JPS6153781B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a method for storing information on a recording material such as a magnetic storage tape or an optical video disc stored in a storage body such as a shelf after the recording material is taken out from the storage body as necessary. The present invention relates to a recording processing device that can record information or read recorded information, and then quickly return the recording material after recording or reading has been completed to the storage body.

Conventionally, in this type of recording processing apparatus, as shown in FIG. A cassette tape deck c is fixedly provided above a, and the rotating shelf a is rotated as appropriate so that the shelf booth d containing the tape to be read faces the vertical line where the loading/unloading device b is located. At the same time, if the loading/unloading device b is appropriately raised and lowered up and down to the height of the predetermined shelf space d, the loading/unloading device b can face the front of the required shelf space d.

In this situation, the loading/unloading device b is operated to unload the cassette tape (not shown) in the predetermined shelf space d, and after the loading/unloading device b is raised, it is placed in the same position as the cassette tape deck c. By loading a cassette tape and operating the cassette deck C, data, audio or image signals can be recorded on the cassette tape, or data, audio or image signals recorded on the cassette tape can be reproduced.

Further, by performing the operation opposite to the above-described operation, the cassette tape that has been read can be stored in the predetermined shelf space d.

However, in such a conventional recording processing device, when the carousel a becomes larger, the moment of inertia of the carousel a increases, and the acceleration performance deteriorates, resulting in a reduction in the rotation time of the carousel a and the loading/unloading device b. The time required for going up and down becomes long, making it difficult to process efficiently within a short period of time.

When the time required for recording and reading is short and the reading frequency is high, the above-mentioned difficulties become even more severe.

The present invention relates to an improvement of a recording device that overcomes the above-mentioned difficulties, and includes a storage body in which a large number of storage booths are formed along the outer circumferential surface in the vertical direction and the outer circumferential direction, and a vertical at least one loading/unloading means that can move up and down and rotate along the entire frontage surface of the storage booth of the storage body around the center line; and at least one that records information on recording materials carried out from the storage body by the loading/unloading means. It is characterized by comprising one recording means and at least one reading means for reading information recorded on the recording material, or both means, and its purpose is to achieve high processing efficiency. The object of the present invention is to provide a recording processing apparatus having a large storage capacity for recording materials.

As described above, the present invention forms a storage body with a large number of storage booths along the outer circumferential surface in the vertical direction and the outer circumferential direction, and the storage booths of the storage body are arranged around the vertical center line of the storage body. at least one recording means for recording information on a recording material carried out from the storage body by the loading/unloading means, and the recording material; Since at least one reading means or both means are provided for reading the information recorded on the storage device, the storage booth containing the recording material to be recorded or the recording material to be read, or the recording material to be stored. By appropriately raising, lowering, and rotating the loading/unloading device so that the loading/unloading device faces the storage booth to be stored,
The carrying-in/out device can be placed opposite to a required storage booth to carry recording materials into or out of the required storage booth.

Further, in the above-mentioned state, the carrying-in/out device is appropriately raised/lowered and rotated, and the recording material conveyed by the carrying-in/out device is mounted on one or both of the recording means and the reading means, and the recording material is loaded into the recording means and/or the reading means. By operating one or both of the reading means and the reading means, information can be recorded on the recording material or information recorded on the recording material can be read.

Furthermore, by performing the reverse operation to that described above, the recording material after recording or reading can be stored in a predetermined storage booth.

Furthermore, in the present invention, recording materials can be carried in and out of the required storage booth by simply lifting and lowering and rotating the carry-in/out device as appropriate, without rotating the storage body. Even if the storage body becomes large and its moment of inertia increases, it can be efficiently processed within a short time.

Moreover, when the storage body becomes larger, the recording processing capacity can be further improved by increasing the number of loading/unloading means, recording means, and reading means as necessary.

Further, in the present invention, since the storage body can be made larger, the storage capacity of recording materials can be greatly increased.

Furthermore, in the present invention, since the storage booth is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the storage body, the frontage can be made wider compared to the size of the storage body, and the storage volume can be increased.

Furthermore, in the present invention, since the storage booth is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the storage body, the loading/unloading means, the recording means, and the reading means can be placed outside the storage body, and the loading and unloading means, the recording means, and the reading means can be disposed outside the storage body. The input means, the recording means, and the reading means can be accessed, and maintenance and maintenance thereof can be easily performed, and the recording means and the reading means can be operated very easily.

The present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in FIGS. 2 to 5. Reference numeral 1 denotes a rotating shelf as a rotating storage body whose outer periphery is formed into a substantially cylindrical shape.
is rotatably supported by a column 2 disposed vertically at its center, and the rotary shelf 1 is rotatably driven in any direction by a rotary drive mechanism (not shown). There is.

Further, the rotating shelf 1 is provided with a large number of shelf booths 3i (i indicates the i-th shelf booth) in the vertical and circumferential directions, and cassette tapes (hereinafter referred to as tapes) are installed in the shelf booths 3i. 4i can be stored one at a time.

Further, a cylindrical guide rail 5 having the same rotation center as the rotary shelf 1 is disposed below the rotating shelf 1, and a guide frame 6
The tip of the upper end swing arm 7 is pivotally connected to the upper end of the support column 2, and the lower end of the guide frame 6 is engaged with the annular guide rail 5, and the guide frame 6 is not shown. The rotary drive mechanism rotates the rotary shelf 1 independently of the rotation of the rotary shelf 1.

Furthermore, a loading/unloading device 8 is attached to the guide frame 6 so as to be able to move up and down, and the loading/unloading device 8 is driven up and down by a lifting drive mechanism (not shown).

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the loading/unloading device 8 includes a pair of gripping pieces 9 that detachably grip the tape 3i from both sides, and a pair of gripping pieces 9 that grip the tape 3i from both sides. A support piece 10 provided below, a movable table 11 that can reciprocate in the horizontal direction while supporting the gripping piece 9 and the support piece 10, and a movable table 11 that can be rotated 180 degrees about a vertical axis. Turntable 12
, a gripping piece drive motor (not shown) that drives the gripping piece 9 to open and close, and a rotating table 12 for moving the moving table 11.
The rotating table 12 is made up of a moving means (not shown) formed by a pinion, a rack, a screw nut, etc., and a motor, and a turning motor (not shown), which drives the rotary table 12 to rotate.

Furthermore, a cassette tape deck 14j (j indicates the j-th cassette tape deck) is provided on the outer periphery of the rotating shelf 1 in both the vertical direction and the circumferential direction with an interval that allows the loading/unloading device 8 to pass therethrough. Ori,
The tape deck 14j (hereinafter referred to as tape deck) is capable of performing both recording and playback functions as a recording means and a reading means.

Further, the rotary shelf 1 is provided with a rotary shelf stop position detector (not shown), and the rotation stop position of the rotary shelf 1 is detected by this detector.

Furthermore, the loading/unloading device 8 is provided with a loading/unloading device stop position detector (not shown),
The circumferential stop position and the vertical stop position of the loading/unloading device 8 are detected by the detector.

Moreover, by receiving the detection signals from the carousel stop position detector and the loading/unloading device stop position detector and the operation signal of the tape deck 14j, the time required for rotation of the carousel 1 and the time required for turning and lifting the loading/unloading device 8 are minimized. A control device (not shown) is provided to operate the carousel 1 and the loading/unloading device 8 so as to achieve the following.

Since the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 is configured as described above, the instruction to take out and read a specific tape 4i stored in any of the shelf booths 3i of the carousel 1 is When given to the control device, the carousel 1 and the loading/unloading device 8 will approach each other in the shortest possible time from the shelf booth 3i where the specific tape 4i is stored, the stop position of the loading/unloading device 8, and the position of the empty tape deck 14j. As shown in FIG.
When the rotating shelf 1 and the loading/unloading device 8 are driven to rotate, the loading/unloading device 8 is brought to the height of the shelf booth 3i.
A control signal is transmitted from the control device to the lifting/lowering drive mechanism of the loading/unloading device 8, and the loading/unloading device 8 is driven up/down so that the loading/unloading device 8 matches.

When the shelving booth 3i and the loading/unloading device 8 stop facing each other, the movable platform 11 approaches the shelving booth 3i with the gripping pieces 9 open, and the gripping pieces 9 are driven so as to be moved toward each other. Then, the tape 4i in the shelf booth 3i is gripped by the gripping piece 9.

After this gripping, the moving table 11 moves away from the carousel 1, and at the same time the carousel 12 rotates 180 degrees, and the tape deck 1 closest to this shelf booth 3i is moved.
The carry-in/out device 8 moves up and down so as to approach 4j.

Furthermore, the loading/unloading device 8 is connected to a predetermined tape deck 14.
After facing the tape deck 14, the moving table 11 moves to the tape deck 14.
When the tape 4i approaches the tape deck 14j and the gripping piece 9 is opened, the tape 4i is loaded onto the tape deck 14j, and the required tape reading is performed.

Such unloading operation of the tape 4i is illustrated in FIG.

Further, when reading of the required tape 4i is completed, when a reading end signal is sent from the tape deck 14j to the control device, the control device sends a control signal as shown in the flowchart of FIG. A signal is transmitted to the loading/unloading device 8 and the carousel 1, and the rotating shelf 1 and the loading/unloading device 8 are driven to rotate so that they approach each other, and the loading/unloading device 8 is sent to the tape deck 14j that has finished reading. The loading/unloading device 8 is operated in the opposite manner to that described above, and thus the read tape 4i is stored in the original shelf space 3i.

In this embodiment, the control device controls the rotation of the loading/unloading device 8 so that it can be moved from the stop position of the shelf booth 3i of the carousel 1, the stopping position of the loading/unloading device 8, and the position of the empty tape deck 14j in the shortest possible time. Direction, rotating direction of rotating shelf 1, and empty tape deck 14
Since j is appropriately selected, the processing efficiency of the tape 4i is greatly improved.

Furthermore, since a large number of tape decks 14j are provided, even if it takes a long time to read, playback, record, and record data from the same deck 14j, a large number of tape decks 14j can be used for generating, recording, and recording at the same time. , recording processing can be performed efficiently.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the storage body 1 having a substantially cylindrical outer periphery is a rotating shelf that can rotate around the support 2, but it may also be a fixed shelf.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to embodiments, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, and that various design modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view of a conventional recording processing device, Fig. 2 is a plan view illustrating an embodiment of the recording processing device according to the present invention, Fig. 3 is a front view thereof, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the main parts thereof. A plan view, FIG. 5 is a side view, FIG. 6 is a flowchart at the time of unloading in the above embodiment, and FIG.
The figure is a flowchart at the time of delivery. 1... Rotating shelf, 2... Support, 3... Shelf booth, 4
... Cassette tape, 5 ... Annular guide rail, 6 ... Guide frame, 7 ... Swivel arm, 8 ... Loading/unloading device, 9 ... Grasping piece, 10 ... Supporting piece, 11
...Moving table, 12... Rotating table, 13... Groove, 14
...cassette tape deck.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage body in which a large number of storage booths are formed along the outer circumferential surface in the vertical direction and the outer circumferential direction;
At least one loading/unloading means that can move up and down and rotate along the entire frontage surface of the storage booth of the storage body around the vertical center line of the storage body, and a recording material discharged from the storage body by the loading/unloading means A recording processing apparatus comprising at least one recording means for recording information and at least one reading means for reading information recorded on the recording material.