JPH0896489A - Floppy disk management device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain the inexpensive floppy disk management device configured simply with a small size that manages lots of floppy disks rationally and is able to load/unloading a desired floppy disk quickly. CONSTITUTION: A disk loading/unloading device comprising a disk reader 3, a moving device 6 for the reader and an arm 4 in this floppy disk management device loads/unloading a floppy disk F to/from a disk container section 2 and generates and manages contained location information relating to the disk loading/unloading device and file information relating to a floppy disk F required for the disk loading/unloading and stored in a nonvolatile memory 5 by means of a CPU at the outside of the device. The location information and file information stored in the nonvolatile memory 5 are generated and managed corresponding to specific information read from the floppy disk F by the disk reader 3 according to a prescribed operation program of the CPU initially.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a floppy disk management device for accommodating and managing a large number of floppy disks and loading / unloading desired floppy disks.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an example of a floppy disk management device of this type, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Sho 6-6 shown in FIG.
The floppy disk device 11 disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-248126 can be mentioned. In this floppy disk device 11, a loading / unloading device 14 having a drive 15 in the device body, in which a return port 18 and an operation panel 19 are mounted, is installed on a hopper 12 partitioned by a rack 13, and the loading / unloading device 14 is installed. A deletion lever 16 is provided near the input port 17 so as to face the input port 17.

The floppy disk device 11 automates file formation of a large capacity diskette, indexing of the diskette, loading / unloading, and file management.
The diskette loading / unloading and the processing waiting time are reduced to improve the operating rate. The registration and deletion of the file information of the floppy disk can be performed by operating a predetermined portion of the operation panel 19. Has become.

Incidentally, as another technique related to management of a storage place of a floppy disk and file information, there are JP-A-61-87263 and JP-A-61-87.
Examples include a floppy disk storage management device disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 268, and a floppy disk management device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-202657.

[0005]

In the case of the above-mentioned floppy disk device shown in FIG. 2, the space occupied by the floppy disk storage portion is high and the operation panel is large, so that the structure of the entire device becomes considerably large. Will end up. Therefore, there is a problem that an installation space is required.

Further, regarding other floppy disk management devices, there is a problem in terms of cost that there is a useless empty space in the floppy disk storage portion, or that the structure is complicated and it is difficult to provide it at a low cost.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its technical problem is that it can be simply and compactly constructed, and a large number of floppy disks can be reasonably managed to obtain a desired floppy disk. An object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive floppy disk management device capable of quickly mounting / removing disks.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a flat-type disk storage portion capable of storing a plurality of floppy disks and a floppy disk inserted from the outside are stored in the disk storage portion. A plurality of floppy disks that correspond to the movable disk loading / unloading device that ejects specific ones out of the floppy disks stored in the storage unit and the storage position information for operating the disk loading / unloading device. A non-volatile memory that rewritably stores file information related to the central processing unit, and a central processing unit connector for connecting to an external central processing unit. A floppy disk management device is obtained which is managed according to a predetermined operation program of the processing device.

Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned floppy disk management device, the disk loading / unloading device is for a disk reading device for reading unique information from the floppy disk and a reading device for holding the disk reading device movably. The floppy disk management device is composed of a moving device and an arm that is engaged and mounted in the disc reading device to take in and out the floppy disc into and from the disc storage portion, and the storage position information and file information are created corresponding to the unique information. can get.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A floppy disk management device according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the basic configuration of a floppy disk management device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This floppy disk management apparatus stores a flat-type disk storage section 2 in which a large number of floppy disks F are stored and a floppy disk F inserted from the disk inlet / outlet 1 from the outside into the disk storage section 2. , A movable disk loading / unloading device for carrying out a specific one of the floppy disks F stored in the disk storage unit 2 to the outside from the disk inlet / outlet 1, and a storage position for operating the disk loading / unloading device A non-volatile memory 5 in which file information relating to a plurality of floppy disks is stored in a rewritable manner in association with information, and a CPU for connecting to an external central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) (not shown). Connector 7
It has a configuration that includes and.

Among them, the disk loading / unloading device is a disk reading device 3 for reading the unique information from the floppy disk F, a reading device moving device 6 for movably holding the disk reading device 3, and a disk reading device 3. And an arm 4 which is engaged with and mounted on the disk storage unit 2 to insert and remove the floppy disk F. The storage position information and file information stored in the non-volatile memory 5 are initially created and managed in accordance with the specific information from the floppy disk F according to a predetermined operation program of the CPU.

That is, in this floppy disk management device, the CPU connected through the CPU connector 7
The disk loading / unloading device operates in accordance with the operation program described in 1., and the floppy disk F in which the storage position information and the file information are stored in the volatile memory 5 between the disk inlet / outlet 1 and the disk storage portion 2 is loaded / unloaded by a predetermined pattern. It can be performed.

More specifically, when the CPU side instructs the storage position information and file information regarding a specific floppy disk F to be stored in the disk storage portion 2, when the floppy disk F is inserted into the disk inlet / outlet 1 from the outside. The arm 4 set in the disk reader 3 takes in the floppy disk F and temporarily holds it. Subsequently, the disk moving device 6 and the arm 4 are moved up and down by the reading device moving device 6 and stopped at a predetermined position, and then the floppy disk F is stored in a predetermined position of the disk storage portion 2 by the arm 4.

On the other hand, when the CPU instructs the storage position information and file information regarding a specific floppy disk F to carry out from the disk storage section 2, the reading device moving device 6 moves the disk reading device 3 and the arm 4 up and down. The arm 4 pulls out a specific floppy disk F from the disk storage portion 2 at a predetermined position and temporarily holds it.
Then, after the disk moving device 6 and the arm 4 are moved up and down by the reading device moving device 6 and stopped at a position near the disk entrance / exit 1, the floppy disk F is carried out from the disk entrance / exit 1 by the arm 4.

In this way, when a file access is generated by the CPU side, the floppy disk F can be taken in and out between the disk entrance / exit 1 and the disk housing 2 in a predetermined pattern.

By the way, when a file relating to the floppy disk F is added or deleted, or a file name is changed, the volatile memory 5 can rewrite the storage position information and the file information. By updating the storage position information and file information corresponding to the floppy disk in the volatile memory 5 on the side, the above-described operation can be performed in the same manner.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, the disk loading / unloading device stored in the volatile memory necessary for loading / unloading the floppy disk into / from the disk storage unit by the disk loading / unloading device. Since the storage position information about the device and the file information about the floppy disk are created and managed from the CPU outside the device, the device itself can be configured in a simple and small size, and a large number of floppy disks can be managed reasonably. There will be provided an inexpensive floppy disk management device capable of quickly mounting and removing the floppy disk. As a result, a floppy disk management device that is smaller than the conventional one and does not occupy a large installation space is realized, so that effective personal use on a desk or the like can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a basic configuration of a floppy disk management device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an upper sectional view showing a basic configuration of a conventional floppy disk device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Disc entrance / exit 2 Disc storage unit 3 Disc reading device 4 Arm 5 Volatile memory 6 Moving device for reading device 7 CPU connection connector 11 Floppy disk device 12 Hopper 13 Rack 14 Mounting / removing device 15 Drive 16 Delete lever 17 Input port 18 Return port 19 Operation panel

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A flat-stack type disk storage section capable of storing a plurality of floppy disks, and a floppy disk inserted from the outside are stored in the disk storage section,
A movable disk loading / unloading device for carrying out a specific one of the floppy disks loaded in the disk loading portion to the outside, and the above-mentioned information corresponding to the loading position information for operating the disk loading / unloading device. A non-volatile memory in which file information regarding a plurality of floppy disks is rewritably stored, and a central processing unit connection connector for connecting to an external central processing unit. The floppy disk management device, wherein the file information is managed according to a predetermined operation program of the central processing unit. 2. The floppy disk management device according to claim 1, wherein the disk loading / unloading device reads a unique information from the floppy disk, and a reading device movably holding the disk reading device. And a file moving device, and an arm that is engaged with and mounted on the disc reading device to take the floppy disc into and out of the disc storage portion. The storage position information and the file information are created corresponding to the unique information. A floppy disk management device characterized by being created.