WO2005086151A1 - カセットライブラリー装置およびその姿勢制御方法 - Google Patents
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- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B15/00—Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form; Driving both such record carriers and heads; Guiding such record carriers or containers therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function
- G11B15/675—Guiding containers, e.g. loading, ejecting cassettes
- G11B15/68—Automatic cassette changing arrangements; automatic tape changing arrangements
- G11B15/689—Control of the cassette changing arrangement
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- the present invention relates to a cassette library device and an attitude control method thereof, and in particular, a cassette such as a tape cassette housed in a garage is pulled out by a picker having a turntable structure, and the cassette is inserted into the cassette.
- the present invention relates to a cassette library device and a posture control method thereof, which are transported toward a driver for performing recording and reproduction on a medium.
- a plurality of garages 4 are annularly arranged on a turntable 2, and each garage 4 accommodates a tape cassette 1 respectively.
- a turntable 2 is rotated by a drive mechanism 3 so that a garage 4 containing a target cassette 1 faces an elevator mechanism 5, and the elevator mechanism 5 transfers the target tape cassette 1 to the garage 4.
- Reads and writes information by taking it out of garage 4 and putting it in and out of tape drive 6 ("2002 New Technology of Matsushita Electric", 2003Z05, pages 155—159, "Knockup Library with DDS") Matsushita Electric Industrial R & D Planning Office).
- the magazine type cassette library apparatus has a tape drive 6 and a pair of magazine type garages 8 a and 8 b disposed inside a casing 7.
- a plurality of tape cassettes 1 are accommodated in a row.
- a picker 9 disposed between the pair of garages 8a and 8b transfers the tape cassette 1 between the garages 8a and 8b and the tape drive 6.
- FIG. 13 shows a configuration of an example of the tape cassette 1.
- the tape cassette 1 is formed in a thin rectangular parallelepiped shape as shown in the figure, and concave portions 10a and 10b are formed on both sides on the bottom side, respectively.
- Reference numeral 11 denotes a bottom surface of the tape cassette 1, and 12a and 12b denote side surfaces thereof.
- the tape cassette 1 is accommodated in the garages 8a and 8b such that the concave portions 10a and 10b are located on the opening sides of the garages 8a and 8b, that is, closer to the pickers 9.
- Each of the recesses 10a, 10b has a side wall surface 13 formed on the opening side of the garages 8a, 8b, that is, a position near the picker 9, and a bottom surface 14.
- the picker 9 includes a moving body 15 that can move in the horizontal direction.
- This moving body 15 has a pair of swing arms 16a and 16b as shown in FIGS. 12 to 15, and these swing arms 16a and 16b can swing vertically.
- Each of the swing arms 16a and 16b has a main body 17 in the horizontal direction and a leading end rising portion 18 that rises upward from the tip of the main body 17.
- the swinging arms 16a and 16b swing upward with the moving body 15 of the picker 9 approaching the tape cassette 1 housed in the garages 8a and 8b.
- the main body 17 comes into contact with the bottom surface 11 of the tape cassette 1 and the leading edge 18 enters the recesses 10a and 10b.
- the positions of the rear end surfaces 14 of the concave portions 10a, 10b are regulated by the leading end portions 18 of the pair of swing arms 16a, 16b.
- the tape cassette 1 is chucked by the swing arms 16a and 16b.
- the moving body 15 moves in a direction away from the garages 8a and 8b, so that the rising ends 18 of the swing arms 16a and 16b hit the side walls 13 of the recesses 10a and 10b, and the tape cassette 1 is moved. Can be withdrawn from garages 8a, 8b.
- the picker 9 has a guide rail 19, and the pulled-out tape cassette 1 is mounted on the guide rail 19.
- the transfer of the tape cassette 1 from the garages 8a and 8b to the picker 9 is completed.
- the number of key points in the swing mechanism of the swing arms 16a and 16b is increased.
- the posture is detected by sensing the force place.
- the posture is detected by detecting the torque of a motor for driving the swing mechanism of the swing arms 16a and 16b.
- an object of the present invention is to solve such a problem and to easily detect the attitude of a swing arm for a cassette chuck in a picker of a cassette library device.
- the cassette library device of the present invention includes a picker for pulling out a cassette housed in a garage and having a concave portion at the bottom from the garage, and pushing the cassette into the garage.
- a swinging frame provided on the picker so as to swing up and down, a swinging arm provided on the swinging frame and swingable integrally with the swinging frame;
- An engaging portion which is provided at the tip of the cassette and which is capable of entering a downward force into the recess of the cassette in conjunction with the upward swinging movement of the swinging arm;
- a picker force for pulling out the cassette housed in the garage and having a concave portion at the bottom thereof from the garage and pushing the cassette into the garage according to the present invention is provided on this picker so as to be able to swing up and down.
- Swinging frame, and provided on this swinging frame, A swing arm that can swing integrally with the swing frame, and a swing arm that is provided at the tip of the swing arm and that is interlocked with an upward swing motion of the swing arm from below into the recess of the cassette.
- a method of controlling the attitude of a cassette library device having a retractable engaging portion includes the following.
- a swinging mechanism for swinging the swinging frame and the swinging arm is driven by a stepping motor to detect when the swinging arm has a specific posture, and to perform the specific posture force stepping.
- the attitude of the swing arm changes due to the driving of the motor, the number of pulses supplied to the stepping motor is counted to detect the attitude of the swing arm at that time.
- the means for detecting when the swing arm is in a specific posture is provided, and in other postures, the swing mechanism of the swing arm is driven. Since it can be detected by counting the number of pulses supplied to the stepping motor used in the above, the posture of the swing arm can be detected with a simple configuration.
- the photo interrupter and the slit plate detect that the swing arm has taken a specific posture.
- the count of the number of pulses is reset each time the swing arm detects that it has taken a specific posture.
- the present invention only means for detecting when the swing arm is in a specific posture is provided, and other postures are used for driving the swing mechanism of the swing arm. Since the detection can be performed by counting the number of pulses supplied to the stepping motor, the posture of the swing arm can be detected with a simple configuration.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a main part of an embodiment of a cassette library device of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part of the cassette library device.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a swing arm and a posture detection unit in the cassette library device.
- FIG. 4 is an overall perspective view of a portion shown in FIG. 2
- FIG. 5 A perspective view of the portion shown in FIG. 4, viewed from another direction, omitting the lower fixed frame.
- FIG. 6 A plan view of the portion shown in FIG.
- FIG. 7 is a detailed view of an attitude detection unit in the cassette library device.
- FIG. 8 is a plan view of the entire cassette library device.
- FIG. 9 is a view showing another example of the driving mechanism of the swing arm.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing still another example of the drive mechanism of the swing arm.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a known cassette library device.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of another known cassette library device.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a tape cassette in the apparatus shown in FIG.
- FIG. 14 A perspective view of a main part of the tape cassette of FIG.
- FIG. 15 is a view showing a state in which the tape cassette shown in FIGS. 13 and 14 is pulled out by a picker.
- FIG. 8 shows a plan view of an embodiment of the cassette library device of the present invention.
- This apparatus is of a magazine type similar to the known cassette library apparatus shown in FIG. 12, and has a casing 7, garages 8a and 8b, a picker 9, and a tape drive 6.
- the tape cassette 1 is accommodated in the garages 8a, 8b in such a manner that the recesses 10a, 10b are located on the opening sides of the garages 8a, 8b, that is, near the pickers 9.
- the picker 9 includes a moving body 15 that can move in the horizontal direction to approach or move away from the garages 8a and 8b and the tape drive 6, and a movement of the moving body 15.
- a configuration having a guide rail 31 for guiding, and another guide rail 19 that is provided at a position higher than the guide rail 31 and guides the tape cassette 1 drawn out on the picker 19 and placed thereon. It has been.
- the guide rail 31, the guide rail 19, and the movable body 15 are configured to be able to rotate in the horizontal direction inside the picker 9, whereby the attitude of the tape cassette 1, that is, the horizontal direction can be changed. .
- FIG. 2 to FIG. 7 show the detailed structure of the moving body 15.
- the moving body 15 includes a plate-shaped lower fixed frame 32, a plate-shaped upper fixed frame 33, and a plate-shaped swing frame 34 provided between the fixed frames 32 and 33.
- the fixed frames 32 and 33 are fixed to each other by the fastening element 35 and are integrally formed to form a frame-shaped structure 36, and the structure 36 forms a frame of the moving body 15.
- Bearings 38 each having an upward U-shaped groove 37 are formed at both ends of the lower fixed frame 32 along a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the moving body 15.
- Bearings 40 each having a downward U-shaped groove 39 are formed at both ends of the upper fixed frame 33 along a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the moving body 15.
- the oscillating frame 34 has horizontal shafts 41 at both ends, and these shafts 41 are supported by bearings 38 and 40, so that the oscillating frame 34 moves in the moving direction of the moving body 15. It is free to swing around the horizontal axis in the orthogonal direction. Both ends of the oscillating frame 34 along the moving direction of the moving body 15 are formed by bending downward, respectively, so as to form a stopp 42 that can hit the lower fixed frame 32.
- the swing range of the swing frame 34 is regulated by the stopper 42.
- a pair of swing arms 16a, 16b is formed at both ends of the swing frame 34 along a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the moving body 15.
- These swing arms 16a, 16b are composed of a main body 17 projecting horizontally from the structure 36 in the moving direction of the moving body 15, and a front end rising portion as an engaging portion integrally formed at the front end of the main body 17.
- the pair of swing arms 16a and 16b are basically formed on one side of the moving body 15 along the moving direction of the moving body 15, as indicated by a solid line in the drawing. However, as shown by a solid line and a virtual line in FIG. 4, a pair of swing arms 16a and 16b may be formed on both sides of the moving body 15 in the moving direction.
- a stepping motor 45 is attached to the upper fixed frame 33, and a gear mechanism 46 interlocking with a driving shaft of the motor 45 is provided at a position on the upper surface of the upper fixed frame 33.
- a vertical screw shaft 47 as a feed screw which is provided inside the structure 36 and is rotationally driven by a motor 45 via the gear mechanism 46, is interlocked to the gear mechanism 46.
- the screw shaft 47 is arranged at its upper part inside the structure 36 and It is supported by bearings 49 mounted on the fixed frame 33.
- a nut 48 is loosely attached to the swing frame 34 with play. The screw shaft 47 and the nut-like body 48 are screwed together.
- the lower fixed frame 32 is provided with a photo interrupter 51 having a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit.
- a slit plate 52 cooperating with the photo interrupter 51 is attached to the swing frame 34.
- the slit plate 52 moves between the light projecting unit and the light receiving unit in the photo interrupter 51 as the swing frame 34 swings.
- the slit 53 formed in the slit plate 52 is located between the light projecting unit and the light receiving unit in the photo interrupter 51 when the swing frame 34 is in the horizontal posture. That is, when the swing frame 34 and the swing arms 16a and 16b are in the horizontal posture, the photo interrupter 51 can output a signal to that effect.
- FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a control system for a stepping motor 45 that rotates a screw shaft 47 for rocking the rocking frame 34.
- Reference numeral 55 denotes a control device which can supply a driving pulse 56 to the stepping motor 45 and can receive a signal from the photo interrupter 51.
- the control device 55 can detect from the signal from the photo interrupter 51 that the swing frame 34 is in the horizontal posture.
- the controller 55 counts the number of drive pulses 56 supplied to the stepping motor 45 after receiving the signal from the photo-interrupter 51, so that the swing frame 45 swings upward or downward from the horizontal posture. Can be detected. That is, the control device 55 can detect the posture of the swing frame 45 and the swing arms 16a and 16b as shown in FIG. 3 in real time.
- the control device 55 sets the Since the signal from the interrupter 51 is received and the count of the number of drive pulses 56 can be reset, the attitude of the swing arm 45 can always be detected and controlled accurately with the horizontal attitude as the origin. it can.
- the photo interrupter 51 detects that, and resets the count of the number of drive pulses 56. It is also possible to perform a reset when it becomes.
- the play since the play is provided between the nut-like body 48 and the swing frame 34 as described above, an error occurs in the posture detection of the swing arm 34 only for the play. However, this play, that is, the gap between the nut-like body 48 and the swing frame 34 is maximized when the swing frame 34 is in a horizontal posture, and gradually becomes larger as the swing frame 34 swings more and more. It becomes smaller.
- the mounting position of the photointerrupter 51 and the slit plate 52 is adjusted so that the photointerrupter 51 detects that the swing frame 34 is tilted to the maximum until the stopper 42 hits the lower fixed frame 32. Then, the occurrence of the posture detection error due to the existence of the play can be reduced most.
- a specific posture of the swing arm 45 can also be detected. Furthermore, a specific posture of the swing arm 45 can be similarly detected by using an optical sensor other than the photo interrupter 51 or a sensor of another type.
- the moving object 15 is the tape cassette 1
- the control unit 55 detects that the swing frame 48 is in the horizontal position via the photo interrupter 51 in a state where the tape cassette 1 is close to the tape cassette 1, the tape cassette 1 is simultaneously chucked by the swing arms 16a and 16b. Can be detected.
- the tape cassette 1 is pulled out from the garages 8a and 8b and stored in the picker 9. Then, the tape cassette 1 is transported by the picker 9 and sent to the tape drive 6.
- FIG. 9 the swing arms 16a and 16b are configured to swing around the fulcrum 60 and swing vertically, and this swing movement is performed by a drive motor force gear mechanism 61 (not shown).
- FIG. 10 shows still another example of the swing mechanism.
- the swing arms 16a and 16b around the fulcrum 60 are swinged by a link mechanism 62 driven by a motor (not shown).
- the posture of the swing arms 16a and 16b can be similarly detected in these and other devices.
- the cassette library apparatus and the attitude control method of the present invention only include means for detecting when the swing arm has a specific attitude. Since the number of pulses supplied to the stepping motor used to drive the swinging mechanism can be detected by counting, the posture of the swinging arm can be detected with a simple configuration.
- a cassette library device in which a cassette such as a tape cassette housed in a cassette is pulled out by a picker having a turntable structure, and then the cassette is transported to a driver for recording / reproducing on / from a medium in the cassette. And its attitude control method.
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