JPS63153352U - - Google Patents

Description

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially sectional side view showing an embodiment of a large-capacity disk device according to this invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cartridge and storage shelf shown in FIG. 1, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a storage shelf showing means for detecting displacement of stored cartridges according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are partially sectional side views of a conventional large-capacity disk device. The front view and FIG. 6 are perspective views of the scale sensor section of FIG. 4. 1... Cartridge, 1a... Engagement recess, 2...
...Stocker, 3...Storage shelf, 3a...Shelf board, 4...
...Disk recording and reproducing device, 5...Carrier, 15
...Slide table, 20...Cartridge supply/discharge mechanism, 22...Cartridge transfer mechanism, 23...
... Exterior cover, 24 ... Front panel, 25 ... Supply/exhaust port, 30 ... Light emitter, 31 ... Light receiver, 32 ...
...Elastic engagement member, 32a...Circular protrusion, 33...
...Slope, 34...Limit switch. Note that the same reference numerals in the figures indicate the same or equivalent parts.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] (1) A stocker equipped with a multi-tiered storage shelf for storing a number of cartridges containing disks on which information is recorded and reproduced, and a disk placed below the stocker. The recording/reproducing device and the cartridge inserted through the supply/discharge port on the front panel are accommodated in a slide table and horizontally moved above the stocker, or the slide table is horizontally moved in the opposite direction and the cartridge is placed in the storage. A cartridge supplying and discharging mechanism for discharging the cartridges from an outlet, and a cartridge transfer mechanism for vertically moving a carrier into which the cartridges have been drawn and transferring the cartridges between the slide table, the storage shelf, and the disk recording/reproducing device. In the capacity disk storage device, detecting the protrusion of the cartridge stored in the storage shelf and the slide table and the cartridge placed in the ejection position of the disk recording and reproducing device from a predetermined position, and controlling the operation of the cartridge transfer device. A detection means for stopping the cartridge, and an elastic engagement holding means for elastically engaging and clamping at least the cartridge stored in the storage shelf in the engagement recesses on both sides of the storage shelf, stocker and disk recording/reproducing device. A large-capacity disk storage device characterized by: (2) As a means for detecting the position of the stored cartridges, the utility model registration claim 1 is comprised of a light emitter that projects detection light vertically behind each cartridge and a light receiver that receives the detection light. Mass disk storage. (3) The large-capacity disk storage as set forth in claim 1 of the utility model registration claim, which is a means for detecting the position of the stored cartridge, and includes a plurality of limit switches that contact the front end and rear side of the cartridge in the stored position and output detection signals, respectively. Device. (4) The elastic engagement and retention means are attached to engagement recesses provided on both sides of the cartridge and on both inner surfaces of the storage shelf, and elastic engagement means are provided to elastically engage the engagement recesses with arcuate protrusions. A large-capacity disk storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is made of a composite member. (5) Of the upper and lower surfaces of the shelf board of the storage shelf on the entrance side,
A large-capacity disk storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that at least an upper surface is provided with an inclined surface.