JPS59207056A - Automatic disc replacing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To set surely a disc to a storage part by providing the storage part where plural disc cases are arranged and stored at intervals of a prescribed length and controlling operations of an inserting and removing means, a transfer means, and action of a deck part in accordance with commands of an external signal or the like. CONSTITUTION:When a keyword or the like of information to be retrieved is inputted from a keyboard or the like of an external device, a slot number of a disc to be retrieved and a track address are designated in accordance with information of a storage part, where information required for retrieving individual discs are stored, of the external device. By the command of disc replacement start of the external device, a disc motor 83 is stopped, and thereafter, a solenoid is turned on to release a clamper 50, and a carrier 62 is moved to a slot (m) of a storage part 9. A disc 7m and a disc case 8m set to a deck part 81 are stored in the slot (m) of the storage part 9. A carrier 62' is moved to a slot (n) of the storage part. A disc 7n and a case 8n are detached from the storage part 9 and are placed on a carrier 62'', and the disc 7n is set onto a turntable 82.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention provides an automatic disc changing device that stores a plurality of discs and automatically selects a required disc according to instructions from an external signal, etc., and records or plays the disc. It is related to.

Conventional Structure and Problems Jukeboxes and compact Dinuku automatic performance devices are conventionally known as such automatic Dinuku exchange devices.

However, as seen in the above-mentioned examples of jukeboxes and compact disc automatic performance devices (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 57-181403), setting the discs in the disc storage compartment is complicated and it is difficult to prevent incorrect settings. It was difficult. That is, since the correspondence between the type of Dinuk and the predetermined slot of the storage section, the front and back of the Dinuk, etc. are all done manually, it is not possible to prevent the above-mentioned Minu setting.

In addition, since the entire disc in the storage compartment is exposed when setting the disc, there is a risk of dust adhering to the disc or getting into the device, causing noise during recording or playback. There's a problem.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and provides a device that can reliably set Dinuk in a storage section in an automatic exchange device for a plurality of Dinuk.

Recently, several types of disk file devices have been proposed that file document information by recording a decile signal on a dinuque.

Particularly, in the method using optical dinuks, since a continuous signal is formed on the optical dinuks at an H-rank pitch of 2 .mu.m by focusing the laser beam to about 1 .mu.m, the recording density is about 100 times that of normal magnetic recording. The amount of information recorded can be 10,000 sheets of normal A4-sized documents, each with a single-sided portrait. Therefore, for example 5
With 0 Dinuk pages, you can file 500,000 documents. By using optical dinuks in this way, huge amounts of documents do not take up valuable office space.

By using the automatic exchange device of the present invention, it is possible to search for two required discs from a plurality of discs at high speed by operating the keyboard of an external device or the like. Therefore, necessary information can be immediately obtained from a large amount of information, thereby streamlining work such as document collation, confirmation, and investigation in the office.

The present invention provides a correspondence between the type of disc and the size of the storage section.
We provide an automatic disk exchange device that automates checks such as distinguishing between the front and back sides of a disk and transfers the disk, so that dust does not contaminate the disk or the inside of the device when setting the disk in a storage area without storage space and inking the disk. It is something to do.

Structure of the Invention The present invention provides a disc case that is located in a housing and rotatably houses a Dinuk therein, a storage part that stores a plurality of Dinuk cases arranged at predetermined intervals, and a disc case that is inserted into the storage part. an insertion/removal means for inserting and removing the disc; a deck portion for recording or reproducing required information on the disc; a first position for inserting and removing the disc case from the storage portion; and a second position for inserting and removing the disc case from the storage portion; a transfer means for loading the means and moving it in the direction of arrangement of the discs in the storage section; an insertion port for loading and unloading one disc case from the housing; and the insertion/removal means in response to a command such as an external signal. , a control section for controlling the operation of the transfer means and the deck section, and can ensure the ink to the storage section.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of an automatic disk exchange device according to the present invention. In the figure, the main body 1 of the apparatus stores a plurality of discs and searches for the desired disc at high speed, and controls the operation of the disc exchange decoy tank 2 in response to commands from external signals from the disc exchange rock structure 2. It is configured with a control section 3 for controlling, and is built in a housing 5. The insertion slot 4 is used to insert and remove disc cases containing discs, which will be described later, one by one. Various commands to the device main body 1, such as a disk search, are sent as signals to a means separate from the device main body 1 (not shown).

Since the main body of the device has a housing structure, the storage capacity can be expanded by stacking similar devices in a rank or the like.

FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 show a disk case containing a Dinuku that is applied to the present Dinuku automatic exchange device. FIG. 2 shows a plan view, and FIG. 3 shows a side view. In this figure, the Dinuk 7 is rotatably housed in a disc case 8. 6
indicates the central hole of Dinuk. The Dinuk 7 is configured not to separate from the Dinuk case due to the side wall 9 of the Dinuk case 8 and the side plate 10 screwed to the disc case 8. The central part of the disc case 8 is formed in four parts so that both sides of the dinuks 7 are exposed, as shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. The disc case 8 also has an arc-shaped positioning groove 11 for regulating the position of the disc within the storage section.
A retaining protrusion 12 that engages with the insertion/removal means. Positioning hole 13 for positioning the disc hook 77 in the deck part.
When the disc case 78 is inserted into the insertion slot 4, an end portion 12b that comes into contact with a nut pad (described later) and a reflective plate 14 that detects the presence or absence of the disc case are constructed.

FIG. 4, FIG. 5, and FIG. 6 show an outline of the internal configuration of the Dinuk exchange mechanism section 2 of the automatic disk exchange apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view, FIG. 5 is a side view, and FIG. 6 is a plan view.

In the figure, the disk storage section 15 includes an upper rail 17 and a lower rail/rail having a plurality of grooves 16 formed with a constant pinch.
The L/18 is fixed with side plates 19 and 20 at an interval slightly larger than the outer shape of the disk case 8, and is attached to a substrate 21. The disc case 78 is housed in a slot between two upper and lower partition plates 22, and the surface of the groove 16 is coated with Teflon in order to reduce friction when inserting and removing the disc case 8. has been done. Top ~ /l/
As shown in FIG. 5, a positioning roller 24 supported by a leaf spring 23 is disposed in each groove 16 of the upper rail 17. The positioning roller 24 intervenes in the hole 16a passing through the groove 16 of the upper roller 17,
The disc case 8 is engaged with the positioning groove 11 of the disc case 15 to regulate the position of the disc case 8 within the storage section 15. The lower tray v18 has a detection hole 25 for confirming that the disc case 8 is positioned at a predetermined position in the storage section 15, and a reflection type photo sensor 8° disposed on the moving means described later. The position of the disk case 8 is confirmed by the light being reflected and returned to the plate 14.

Further, at the end of the storage section 15, an insertion slot 101 is arranged at a position corresponding to the insertion opening 4, and an empty slot 1Q2 adjacent to the slot 101 that does not accommodate the slot 10. 1 is equipped with a reflective photosensor 104 mounted on the substrate 21 at a position corresponding to the detection hole 10'3 for determining the insertion position of the disk case. A stopper 105 is provided on the side plate 19 to control the insertion and removal of the disc case. The stopper 105 is rotatably supported by a shaft 107 attached to a disk plate 106, moves in and out of the insertion mechanism 101, and engages with the disc case 8 and an engaging claw of an insertion/removal means described later. It is constructed with a leaf spring 119 that biases the piece 108 and the rotating piece 108 into the insertion slot 101 at all times. With the above configuration, the rotating piece 108 is inserted into the slot from the insertion port side in the direction of arrow G, as shown in FIG. The end portion 6 of the Dinuk case 8 inserted into the Dinuk case 101 comes into contact with a plane 108a perpendicular to the axis 107 of the rotating piece 108, and the Disk case 78 stops. On the other hand, the disk case 8 discharged from the transfer means (to be described later) in the direction of arrow H to the insertion port 4 comes into contact with the inclined surface 108b of the rotating piece 108, rotates the rotating piece 108 in the direction of the arrow, and the disk case 8
passes through, is moved to the insertion port 4, and is sent. In addition, stopper 10
The disk case 8, which has been positioned and stopped by 5, is moved into the apparatus by rotating the rotary piece 108 in the direction of the arrow by means of a disk case insertion/removal means, which will be described later. As described above, the stopper 105 controls the transfer of the disc case when the disc case is inserted into or taken out from the insertion port 4.

≠Place the Isukukenu 8 against the disc case storage section 15,
An insertion/removal section 26 serving as an insertion/removal means is mounted on a carrier substrate 27. A movable body 30 with an engaging claw 29 coupled to a sliding guide 28 fixed to a carrier substrate 27
moves in the direction of arrow A. The engaging claw 29 is for engaging the protrusion 12 of the disc case 8 and transferring the disc casing 78. The engaging pawl 29 is driven by a motor 31 fixed to the carrier board 27 via a wire 32. The wire 32 is stretched between a motor pulley 33 connected to the motor and a relay pulley 34 attached to the carrier board 27, and is fixed to the engaging claw 29.

The lower drawer rail 35 and the lower drawer rail 36 are installed at the same height as the upper rail 17 and the lower rail /L'1B, respectively, as guides when pulling out the disk case 8 from the disk case storage section 15. Carrier board 27 and pillar 3, 38
is fixed. Upper rail 35 and lower V-/I/36
, there is a mounting bracket 41a.

41 b, 41 C, 41 d and elastic bodies 42 a, 42
Side guides 43+44 are attached via b14QQ and 42d. Further, on the upper drawer rail/I/35, a positioning roller 45 for positioning the Dinuk case 8 is supported by a leaf spring 46, and is supported by a hole 47 in the upper drawer rail.
is intervening.

The operation of the insertion/removal portion 26 in this configuration will be explained with reference to FIG. 7. The Dinuk case 8 is stored at a predetermined position in the storage portion 15. In this case, the engaging pawl 29' is located at the center of the groove 121L of the protrusion 12 of the Dinuk case 8. In the same figure, the engaging claw 29' moves in the force direction of arrow A' to transport the Dinuk case 8. At the position where the Dinuk case 8 is removed from the Dinuk case storage section 15, the shielding plate 39 attached to the movable body 30 shuts off the photocoupler 40 and stops the motor 31. At the stopped position, the engaging claw 29 and the protrusion 12' are in contact with each other, but the positioning roller 45 engages with the positioning groove 11 of the Dinuk case 8, and moves the Dinuk case 8 in the direction of arrow A' to a predetermined position. After positioning, the operation of pulling out the Dinuk case 8 is completed. If the pulled-out Dinuk case 8 is still to be stored in the Dinuk case storage section 15, the operation is the same as the above-mentioned pulling out operation, and the engaging claw 29 is moved in the direction of arrow A'', and the photocoupler 48 is closed by the blocking plate 39'. By stopping at the position shown in FIG. 4 and 5, it is transferred from the position of Dinuk case 8' (broken line) to the position of Dinuk case 8 (solid line).

In FIG. 6, the support column 3, 7.
A clamper 50 is used to fix the Dinuk to a turntable, which will be described later, and a shaft 61 is fixed to the clamper 50. A spring 52 and a thrust bearing 59 are inserted into the shaft 51, and the clamper 5o is moved as shown by arrow B'.
It is negatively biased by a force direction spring 52. The shaft 51 passes through the clamp base plate 53, and a gripper 54 is fixed thereto. A release block 55 for releasing the clamp is fitted into the clamper shaft 51, and a release lever 5 engaged with a solenoid 66 is inserted into the clamper shaft 51.
7 and a pin 58 fixed to the release block 55, and the release lever 57 is rotated in the direction of arrow C about the rotation shaft 60 by being attracted by the solenoid 56. therefore,
The spring 52 is compressed and the clamper 5o moves in the direction of arrow B''. When the solenoid 56 is turned off, the clamper 5o
returns in the direction of arrow B'. The damper 61 is the solenoid 56
This is to slow down the recovery speed when the switch is turned off.
This is to prevent impact force from being applied to the disc when clamping the Dinuku, which will be described later.

The carrier 62 carrying the above-described insertion/removal portion 26 is driven in the direction of arrow B, which is the direction in which the Dinuk cases in the Dinuk case storage section 15 are arranged, via a motor 63 and a wire 64 for driving the carrier. The sliding guide 65 is fixed to the substrate 21 parallel to the direction of arrow B, and the movable body 67 is fixed to the carrier substrate 21.
7 to guide the movement of the carrier 62. The wire 64 is a motor pulley 68 combined with the motor 63, a driven pulley 69 ゜ 70.
71, 72 and a stopper fitting 7 which is stretched over an intermediate pulley 73 attached to the base plate 21 and is attached to the base plate 21.
It is fixed at 4. A carrier positioning sensor that detects the moving position of the carrier 62 is located in the Dinuk case storage section 1.
The positioning plate 76 is formed with a nut corresponding to the storage position of the Dinuk case 8 of No. 5, and the photocoupler 77 is attached to the carrier board 27 with the main positioning plate 76 in between. The carrier 62 carries the insertion/removal part 26 and moves between a first position, which is the storage position of the required Dinuk case in the Dinuk case storage part 15, and a second position, which is the position of the deck part for recording and playing back on the Dinuk. do. At the second position, a photocoupler 78 is connected to the substrate 2 as a carrier stop position detection sensor for detecting the stop position of the carrier 62.
1 and the shielding plate 7 fixed to the carrier substrate 27
9 interrupts the photocoupler 78, the motor 63 is stopped and the carrier 62 is positioned at a predetermined position.

A reflective photosensor 8o is attached to the carrier board 27 in order to detect the presence or absence of a Dinuk case in the Dinuk case storage section 16. The reflective photo sensor 80 detects the Dinuk case 7 by the return light from the reflector 14 of the Dinuk case.
Detects the presence or absence of.

In a deck section 81 for recording or reproducing required information on a Dinuk, a Dinuk motor 83 integrated with a turnchip/v82, an optical head guided by a guide shaft 84, 85 and transported in the direction of arrow C by a linear morph (not shown) or the like. 86 etc. are arranged on the substrate 87. A lock part 8 for regulating the movement of the carrier 62 on the lower door of the deck part 81
8 is attached to the substrate 21. The lock part 88 is composed of a lock lever 39 that engages with a pin 93 of the carrier 62, a solenoid 90, a rotation shaft 91, a spring 92, and a mounting bracket, and when the carrier 62 is in the second position of the deck part 81, In this case, the lock lever 89 is negatively biased by the spring and the pin 9
3, the carrier 62 is restricted to the second position and cannot move. When the solenoid 90 is turned on and the plunger is sucked, the lock lever 89 rotates and is released from the pin 93, allowing the carrier 62 to move.

In this configuration, the operation of attaching the deck portion 81 to the head will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4 and 8.

In FIG. 8, the carrier 62' shows the state in which the Dinuk 7' is being transported, and in FIG. 4, the carrier 62 shows the state in which the Dinuk 7 is mounted on the deck portion 81.

In FIG. 8, the solenoid 56' is in the ON state and is suctioning, and the clamper 60' and the dinuque 7' are separated from each other. In this state, the carrier 62' is moved by the mokro 3 in the υB' direction. The movement of the carrier 62' is decelerated as it approaches the deck portion 81, and when the carrier 62 moves to the second position, the blocking plate 79 blocks the photocoupler 78 and the motor 6
3 and the carrier 62 is positioned at the second position. As shown in FIG. 4, this positioned state of the carrier 62 is such that the lock lever 89 and the pin 93 are engaged to restrict the position of the carrier 62 so that it does not move from the second position. The disc case 8 has a positioning post 94
'! in the positioning hole 13 of the disc case! The side guide 4 is positioned coaxially with the Koonte pull 82
3.44 is pushed back in the direction of arrow B'' by the disk case 78. Therefore, the disk case 8 is pushed back in the direction of arrow B by being biased by the side guides 43 and 44 on the side of the positioning post 94. The position is also fixed.

On the other hand, the disk 7 is connected to the tapered part of the turn tape 1VB2 (
(not shown), solenoid 6
6 is turned off, and the clamper 50 applies a negative force to the turn tape/L/82 surface, thereby attaching the Dinuk 7 to the turntable 82 surface. Since the mounted Dinuku 7 is positioned at the center of the disc case 8, it does not come into contact with the side wall 9 and side plate 10 of the disc case 8.

The insertion opening for setting the Dinuk into the storage section will be explained with reference to FIGS. 5, 6, and 10. FIG. 10 is a view of the insertion opening in FIG. 6 in the direction of arrow C. The insertion opening portion 109 includes an insertion plate 110 having the insertion opening 4 and partially exposed from the housing 5, and an insertion board 111 to which the insertion plate 110 is attached and the entire insertion opening portion 109 is fixed to the housing 5'.
, a lid 112 that tightly contacts the side surface of the insertion port 4 and covers the insertion port 4;
, a lid support 118 that rotatably supports the lid 112 and is fixed to the insertion board 111; a screw spring 117 that biases the lid 112 against the side surface of the insertion port 4; A rotation lever 113 that rotates the lid 112, and a lid opening sensor 1 that detects the opening of the lid 112.
16. A reflective photosensor 116 is configured to determine whether the disc is front or back when the lid 112 is opened. With this configuration, the shifter 112 rotates in the direction shown by the arrow E to open the insertion port 4 when the solenoid 114 is turned on and sucked, and the rotary lever 113 rotates in the direction shown by the arrow E.

When the solenoid 114 is in the OF or F position, the screw spring 117 applies a negative force to the lid 112 in close contact with the side surface of the insertion opening 4, thereby closing the insertion opening 4.

The operation of inserting and removing the disk case in the insertion slot in the above configuration will be explained with reference to FIGS. 11, 12, and 13. 11 and 12a, when the disc case 8 is inserted into the insertion slot 4, the lid 112 rotates and opens in the direction indicated by the arrow, and the Dinuk case 8 slides inside the slot 101. Nutosopa 105 and Disfuke
When the end portion 126 of the disk 78 comes into contact with the disk cane 8, the disk cane 8 is stopped and positioned at the J position. When the disc case 8 stops at position J, the reflective photo sensor 104 detects that the disc cane 8 has been inserted into a predetermined position by the return light from the reflective plate 14 of the disc case 8. Further, the reflective photosensor 116 confirms that the Dinuk 7 is set in a predetermined direction depending on the difference in reflectance between the front and back sides of the disk 7, the presence or absence of a label on the disk 7, etc. Information from the reflection photosensors 104 and 116 is input to the control section 3, and if the setting conditions are good, the next insertion operation is started. The carrier 62 is empty
2, and the engaging claw 2 is moved to the position shown in FIG. 12a.
9 is moved by the motors 31 and 63 in the order of 0→p->Q, and is positioned at the center of the groove Qa of the disk case. At this time, as shown in FIG. 13, when the engaging claw 29 moves from the position P to the Q position, it contacts the movable piece 108 of the nutopper 105 and rotates it in the direction of the arrow 1. Therefore, movable piece 1
08 is Surono) Separated from 101, disc case 8
is not ready for transport. Next, the insertion/removal section 26 pulls out the disc case 8 through the engaging claw 29, removes it from the storage section 15, and inserts it into the insertion/removal section 26 in the same manner as described above. Next, the operation of discharging the Dinuk case positioned at position K by the positioning roller 24 of the slot 101 will be described. As shown in FIG. 12, the engaging claw 29 is
It moves from R to S-+T, is separated from the groove 129 of the disc case 8, and comes into contact with the end of the protrusion 12. Engagement claw 29
is moved in the direction of arrow M by the motor 31, and transports the disc holder 78 to a certain position. Therefore, a portion of the disk case 8 protrudes from the insertion opening 4, allowing the case to be removed from the outside.

Next, the operation of the automatic disk exchange device with the above configuration will be explained.

First, the search operation in a state where the disc 7 is set in the storage section will be explained.

When you input keywords of information to search from the keyboard of the external device that controls the search of this automatic disk exchange device, the disk that searches the information of the storage unit that stores the information necessary to search each dinuque of the external device. Specify the slot number and track address. The control section 3 controls the operation of the disk exchange mechanism section 2 in response to commands from the external device.

The operation of each mechanism will be explained below based on FIG. 9. FIG. 9 shows the operation of each mechanism in the second case where the search for the Dinuku 7m pulled out from Nuroso)m is completed and it is replaced with the disc from Nuroso)n.

In this figure, the carrier 62 is in the second position, and the side rack 7m is attached to the turn tape/v82 and rotated by the disk motor 83. According to the command from the external device to replace the disk, first stop the disk 7 and the motor 83, then turn on the solenoid 56 to release the clamper 50. Next, the solenoid 90 of the lock portion 88 is turned on to release the second position restriction of the carrier 62, and then the carrier 62
is moved to slot m in storage section 9. carrier 62'
is positioned and stopped, the engaging claw 29 of the insertion/removal portion moves to the engaging claw 29', is positioned, and stops.

With the above operation, the disk γm and diskette 78m installed on the deck section 81 are moved to the bottom of the storage section 9.
− Stored in m. Next, with the engaging claw 29' located in the center of the groove 12 & of the protrusion 12 of the di 7,
The carrier 62' moves to slot n of the storage section. After the carrier 62'' is positioned and stopped, the engaging claw 29' engages with the disc case 8n, moves to the engaging claw 29, and stops. By this operation, the disc 7n and the case 8n are separated from the storage section 9. and loaded onto the carrier 62''. Next, the carrier 62'' moves to the second position 1 and stops after being positioned by the position detection sensor.At the same time as the gear rear 62 stops, the solenoid 56 is turned off, and the Dinuk 7n is attached to the turn tape/I/82. On the other hand, as described above, the disc case 8n is also positioned at the same time as the carrier 62 is stopped.The carrier 62 is also positioned at the second position by the lock lever 89 of the lock portion 88. This completes the disk replacement operation.

The subsequent operation is performed by the disk motor 8 in the deck section 81.
3 is activated, and the optical head 86 is moved by a linear motor to perform recording or reproduction on a desired track.

Next, an explanation will be given of the operation of inking the Dinuk into the storage section in the present Dinuk automatic exchange device.

Disc case 8 containing a built-in Dinuku for setting
are sequentially inserted into the insertion port 4. From insertion port 4 to slot 10
If the disc case 8 inserted into the disc case 8 is set incorrectly on the front and back sides of the disc, an error message is displayed and the disc case 8 is ejected to the position. If the setting is good, the carrier 62 transfers the disc case 8 to the second position and mounts it on the deck section 81 in the same way as in the disc exchange operation described above. The deck unit 81 plays back the disc set, reads the management number of the disc recorded in advance on the disc, and verifies whether it is a disc registered in the storage unit of the external device, that is, a disc that needs to be inked. do. In the case of a registered Dinuku, the carrier 62 receives a command of the registered Nurosoto number from an external device and stores the disc case in a predetermined slot. If the disc is not registered, the disc case 8 is ejected from the insertion slot 4 with an error message displayed.

Also, when taking out a specified disk from the storage compartment, enter the disk's management number from the keyboard of the external device, the external device will check the slot number from the management number and give an instruction, and the control unit 3 will respond to the command. Then, the carrier 62 is operated to eject a predetermined number 1 to 8 from the insertion port 4.

As described above, in this embodiment, when sorting a disk into the storage section, the disks can be automatically placed at a predetermined position in the storage section by simply inserting the disk cases containing the disks one after another into the insertion slot. It is possible to automatically and accurately set the correspondence between the front and back of the disc, the type of disc, and the slot in the storage compartment, which was a common problem when sorting in the past.

In addition, the housing 5 has no gaps to prevent dust from entering the device body 1 from outside, and the insertion slot 4, which is the only opening/closing part, is sealed with a sealant around the nook 112. It has a structure. In order to prevent the temperature of the main body 1 from rising, ventilation is performed by drawing in air from the outside through a filter and using purified air to create a positive pressure inside the main body 1. Therefore, when the insertion port 4 is replaced with a tinook, dust and the like will not enter the main body of the device even if the insertion port 4, which has a small area, is opened for a short period of time. Therefore, since the lens and the digital lens of the optical head 86 are not contaminated by dust or the like, there is no concern that noise or the like will occur due to a decrease in light transmittance. As described above, the present embodiment provides an automatic disk exchange device for a plurality of discs, which can reliably attach seven disks to the disk storage portion without any mistakes and prevent the influence of dust.

Effects of the Invention The Dinuk automatic exchange device of the present invention is located in a housing,
A disc case that rotatably houses Dinuk, a storage part that stores a plurality of the disc cases arranged at predetermined intervals, an insertion/removal means for inserting and removing the Dinuk case from the storage part, and information required for the disc. A deck part for recording or reproducing discs, a first position for inserting and removing a disc case from the storage part, and a second position in which the deck part is placed, with the insertion/removal means mounted thereon, in the direction of arrangement of discs in the storage part. a transfer means for moving the disc case into and out of the casing, an insertion port for inserting and removing one disk case into and out of the housing, and a control unit for controlling the operations of the insertion/removal means, the transfer means, and the deck section in response to commands such as external signals. By configuring the controller as a controller, when the disc case is inserted into the insertion slot, the disc case can be automatically set into the slot of the designated storage compartment according to the type of disc, thereby preventing contamination due to dust during setting. can be prevented.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of an automatic disk exchange device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of a disk case used in the device, Fig. 3 is a side sectional view of the same, and Fig. 4 is the same device. Fig. 5 is a front view of the Dinuk exchange mechanism, Fig. 5 is a side view of the same, Fig. 6 is a front view of the Dinuk exchange mechanism.
7 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the insertion/removal section, FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the clamper, FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of each mechanism of the disk exchanger groove, and FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of the insertion slot. The rear view, FIGS. 11, 12, and 13 are explanatory views of the operation of the insertion port. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Device main body, 2... Dinuk exchange mechanism section, 3... Control section, 4... Insertion port, 5...
...Housing, 7...Dinuku, 8...
・Dinukkeine, 9...Insertion/removal part, 51...
...Carrier, 81...Deck club, 101...
... Insert Nulot, 105... Nutsopa, 1
08, --... Rotating piece, 109... Insertion opening part, 1
12... Lid, 114... Solenoid. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person No. 1
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Claims (1)

[Claims] A disk case that rotatably houses disks inside the housing, a storage section that stores multiple disk cases arranged at predetermined intervals, and a disk case that can be inserted into and removed from the storage section.
This insertion/removal means, a deck part for recording or reproducing required information on a disc, a first position for inserting/removing a disk cane from/to the storage part, and a second position in which the deck part is disposed. A transfer means for loading the disks in the disk arrangement direction of the storage section, and a disk case for the housing.
An automatic Dinuk exchange device comprising: an insertion slot for loading and unloading each sheet; and a control section for controlling operations of the insertion/removal means, transfer means, and deck section in accordance with commands such as external signals.