JPS62124663A - Disk type recording medium storing mechanism in disk type recording medium automatic mounting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To correctly contain all disks at the prescribed storing position in a storing box by installing a projection part guide moving the disks at the prescribed storing position inside the door of a recording medium automatic mounting device. CONSTITUTION:The guide 7 made of a rigid body is fixed and installed on the inner wall surface of the door 1a so that it can project from an inner wall surface. With the door 1a closed, the guide 7 abuts on an optical disk cartridge 3 inserted halfway onto a shelf in the storing box 2 when said box 2 turns in a direction S, and therefore the guide 7 serves as pressing the disk 3 and moving it to the recess of the shelf in the box 2. Even if an operator inserts the disk 3 halfway in the storing box 2, the guide 7 presses and moves the disk 3. Accordingly the disk 3 can be correctly stored at the prescribed storing position in the storing box 2, and the damage of the disk and the trouble of the device can be prevented.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a mechanism for storing a disc-type recording medium in an automatic loading device for disc-type recording media, and particularly to a mechanism for preventing incomplete storage. .

[Conventional technology]

In an optical disk library device, which is a type of disk-type recording media automatic loading device, storage of optical disk cartridges in each column of the disk storage box in the device is as follows:
Conventionally, this has only been done by the operator directly manually inserting the optical disk cartridge into a predetermined position on the shelf.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, with this conventional method, it is impossible to avoid the situation where the optical disk cartridge is inserted only halfway into the shelf due to a mistake. Therefore, there is a problem in that the device may be operated in an incompletely stored state, leading to damage to the disk or failure of the device. In addition, in the optical disk library device, by providing a detection switch in each column to detect when a MIDISC is stored in a predetermined position, it is possible to check whether there is a disk in each column even after the door of the device is closed. However, if the disc is not fully stored, this detection switch cannot detect it, so it is necessary to check whether there is a disc in each column after closing the door. There was a problem that it could not be done accurately.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a storage mechanism that prevents incomplete storage of disks.

[Means for solving problems]

The disk-type recording medium storage mechanism according to the present invention includes a protrusion for abutting and pressing a disk that is not stored in a predetermined storage position in a storage box to move the disk-type recording medium to the predetermined storage position. It is characterized by being installed inside the door of the automatic loading device.

[Effect]

When the door of the autoloader is closed after a disc has been inserted into each column in the storage box by the operator, e.g. when the door is closed or when the storage box is rotated after the door is closed, the door A protrusion provided on the disc contacts and presses the partially inserted disc to move it to a predetermined storage position. As a result, even if the operator makes an error in the insertion operation, all the disks are correctly stored in the predetermined storage positions in the storage box.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a storage mechanism according to the present invention. This storage mechanism is the optical disk library device 1.
It has been adopted in

In the housing 1h of the apparatus 1, the storage boxes 2 are for storing optical disk cartridges 3 in each column. This storage box 2 is mounted on the rotation drive section 4. The rotation drive unit 4 rotates the storage box 2 by 90° in the direction of arrow S in the figure from the state shown in the figure.
The box 2 rotates 90 degrees in the opposite direction again to return it to its original state. Further, in the housing 1h of this device 1, there is a disk drive section 5 located below the storage box 2, in which one optical disk cartridge 6 is mounted and rotated twice to write signals to or read recorded contents from the disk. A disk holder 6 (not shown in FIG. 1, see FIG. 2) is provided on the side of the storage box 2. The disc holder 6 is movable in the vertical direction, and when the storage box 2 rotates 90 degrees in the S direction, one optical disc cartridge 6 stored in the box 2 is taken out and the disc 3 is inserted into the disc. Operation to attach to the drive unit 5.

and a disk 6 attached to the disk drive section 5
It plays the role of taking out and storing it in the box 2.

To newly store an optical disk cartridge into the storage box 2 from outside the device 1, the operator manually moves the optical disk cartridge 1-ridge into the storage box 2 with the door 1a provided in the housing 1h open. This is done by inserting into each column.

A rigid guide 7 is provided on the inner wall surface of the door 1a (the surface facing the storage box 2) and is fixed to the door 1a so as to protrude from the inner wall surface.

When the storage box 2 rotates in the S direction with the door 1a closed, the guide 7 comes into contact with an optical disk cartridge that is inserted only halfway into the shelf of the box 2, and thereby It serves to press the disk 6 and move it to the innermost position of the shelf of the box 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, the housing 1h is provided with a door closure detection switch 8 for detecting whether the door 1a is closed, and the storage box 2 is provided with a door closure detection switch 8 located at the innermost position of the shelf. A storage detection switch 9 for detecting whether or not an optical disk cartridge 3 is stored in each column is provided for each column. A signal indicating the detection result of the switch 8 is given to the rotation drive section 4, and based on this signal, the rotation drive section 4 rotates the storage box 2 in the S direction when the door 1a is closed. The signal indicating the detection result of the switch 9 is
The information is provided to a display means (not shown) and displayed externally.

An example of the storage operation of the optical disc cartridge 6 in this apparatus 1 is as follows. When the operator inserts the optical disk cartridge 6 into the shelf of the storage box 2 with the door 1a open, and then closes the door 1a (
In the state shown in FIG. 2(a)), the rotation drive unit 4 starts rotating the storage box 2 in the S direction based on the detection result of the door closure detection switch 8. If there is an optical disk cartridge 6 inserted only in the middle of the shelf, this disk 6 will come into contact with the guide 7 of the door 1a (the state shown in FIG. It is pressed by the guide 7 in response to the rotational movement and moves to the innermost position of the shelf. As a result, when the storage box 2 is rotated 90 degrees, all the optical disk cartridges 6 are correctly stored in the innermost position of the shelf of the box 2 (see Figure 2 (C).
) state). After this storage operation is completed, a suitable one of the optical disc cartridges B correctly stored in the storage box 2 is taken out by the disc holder B and mounted on the disc drive unit 5. Further, the presence or absence of the optical disk cartridge 6 in each column of the storage box 2 is accurately indicated to the operator by display means (not shown) that displays the detection result of the storage detection switch 9.

In this embodiment, the optical disk cartridge inserted only halfway is pushed and moved by the guide based on the rotational movement of the storage box, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is not limited to this. Based on this, the guide may be used to press and move.

Further, in this embodiment, the protrusion is formed by fixing a rigid guide to the door, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, the protrusion may be formed by attaching an elastic body such as a leaf spring. Alternatively, the protrusion may be constructed by attaching a rigid body that can be displaced to some extent. Furthermore, the door and the protrusion may be constructed as one piece, with the protrusion forming a part of the door.

Further, in this embodiment, the storage mechanism according to the present invention is adopted in the optical disk library IJ+ device, but this storage mechanism is also adopted in an automatic loading device for other appropriate disk-type recording media such as a flexible disk cartridge. You may also do so.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the disc-type recording medium storage mechanism according to the present invention, the operator can correctly store the disc at a predetermined storage position in the storage box by moving the inside of the storage box. Therefore, it is possible to prevent damage to the loaded disk and failure of the device due to operating the automatic loading device in an incompletely stored state, and it is possible to improve the reliability of the device. Furthermore, since the disk can be stored in a predetermined storage position using relatively simple and inexpensive means, the device can be made more economical.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an optical disk library device employing an embodiment of the storage mechanism according to the present invention, with a part of the housing cut away, and FIGS. FIG. 7 is a top view sequentially showing the operation of storing an optical disk cartridge in a storage box in an optical disk library device. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Optical disk library device, 1a... Door, 1h... Housing, 2... Storage box, 6...
... Optical disk cartridge, 4... Rotation drive unit, 5
...Disk drive section, 6...Disk holder,
7... Guide, 8... Door closing detection switch, 9...
・Storage detection switch. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. At least comprising a housing, a disc-shaped recording medium storage box disposed within the housing, and a door provided in the housing that opens and closes when storing the disc-shaped recording medium in the storage box. In the automatic disk-type recording medium loading device, a protrusion is provided on the inside of the door for abutting and pressing a disk-type recording medium that is not stored in a predetermined storage position in the storage box to move it to the storage position. A disk-type recording medium storage mechanism in a disk-type recording medium automatic loading device, characterized in that: 2. The disk-type recording medium storage mechanism in the disk-type recording medium automatic loading device according to claim 1, wherein the protruding portion contacts and presses the disk-type recording medium based on the closing operation of the door. . 3. The disk-type recording medium automatic recited in claim 1, wherein the protruding portion contacts and presses the disk-type recording medium based on the rotational movement of the storage box when the door is closed. A disk-type recording medium storage mechanism in a loading device. 4. The disk type according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the protruding portion is made of a rigid body whose shape does not change when pressed into contact, and is fixedly attached to the door. A disk-type recording medium storage mechanism in an automatic recording medium loading device.