JP2000293921A - Auto-changer device for information equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform recording/reproducing properly by transferring a recording medium to a player side even when plural recording media are loaded on a transfer frame. SOLUTION: When plural recording media 12 are transferred from the inlet/ outlet part 26 of a frame 18 in a stacked manner to a carrier part 28 through the frame 18, only specified recording media 12 are transferred to the carrier part 28 by a regulating means 78. Further, when the recording media 28 present in the carrier part 28 are returned to the inlet/outlet 26, the other recording media 12 dropped on the bottom plate 32 of the inlet/outlet 26 are stacked on the recording media 12 by the operation of a flap 34, and the state of inserting plural recording media 12 into the inlet/outlet is restored.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic changer device for an information device in which a plurality of recording media can be stored in the information device and a required recording medium can be loaded to a player to reproduce or record.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Information equipment includes a CD changer in which a plurality of recording media, for example, compact discs (hereinafter, referred to as CDs) are stored in a magazine and a desired CD is selected to read information such as music.

In such a CD changer, there is a type in which a loading frame is movably mounted on a CD changer main body between a CD exchange position and an elevator carry-in position. A CD transfer tray is mounted on this loading frame so as to be transferable. In this CD changer, a loading frame is pulled out of the CD changer body, and when a CD is placed on a transfer tray thereon, the loading frame is moved to an elevator carry-in position, and the CD is transferred together with the transfer tray to the elevator. Let's move on.

The CD changer raises and lowers the elevator to put the CD on a player to perform a reproducing operation, or aligns the elevator with a required shelf of the magazine and carries the CD together with the transfer tray into the shelf. Alternatively, the operation of pulling out the CD stored in each shelf on the elevator and sending it to the player side, or placing the CD on the elevator and returning it to the elevator carry-in position is performed.

[0005]

In a CD changer, which is one of the information devices as described above, one CD is placed on a loading frame at a CD exchange position.
The normal operation is performed on the assumption that the CD is loaded on the elevator side of the D changer body.

For this reason, when a plurality of CDs are erroneously placed on the loading frame, a plurality of CDs are loaded by the loading operation of the loading frame.
Are carried into the elevator in a state where they are overlapped with each other, and the player performs a play operation, which may cause a malfunction or damage the CD.

When a loading operation is performed with a plurality of CDs placed on a loading frame, a part of the stacked CDs may be dropped on a loading path. In such a case, during the operation of returning the loading frame from the elevator carry-in position to the CD exchange position, the loading operation can be prevented from hitting a CD falling on the loading path, thereby causing a problem. is there.

In view of the above facts, the present invention can perform a proper recording operation and perform a required recording or reproduction process properly and properly even when a plurality of recording media are mounted to be transported on a transport frame. It is an object of the present invention to provide a new automatic changer device for information equipment.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic changer device for an information device, wherein a recording medium inserted from an input / output portion of a frame is transported through the frame and fed to a transport portion of the frame for loading. In addition, in an automatic changer device of an information device in which a recording medium in a transport section can be transferred to an input / output section and taken out, a holding means installed to be able to hold the recording medium in the input / output section, and a transfer section from the input / output section to the transport section. When the recording medium is transferred, a restricting unit that prevents the recording medium other than the predetermined one from entering the conveying unit, positions the blocked recording medium on the holding unit, and conveys the recording medium held on the holding unit. And a flap attached to the holding means so that an end on the side of the transport section is separated from the holding means so as to be placed on the recording medium sent back from the section to the input / output section. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic changer device for an information device, comprising: a frame mounted on a case of the device main body; and an input / output opening provided at a predetermined portion of the frame for inserting and removing a recording medium. A transport unit provided so that a recording medium can be loaded on another predetermined portion of a frame, and when a recording medium inserted in an entrance / exit opening is transported to a transport unit through a frame, a recording medium other than a predetermined Restricting means for preventing entry into the transport section and transferring the blocked recording medium to holding means provided below the entrance / exit opening; and sending back the recording medium in the transport section through the frame to the entrance / exit opening. At this time, the flat end mounted on the holding means so as to be lifted to the position above the recording medium sent back to the opening for in / out so as to raise the end of the recording medium which has been blown off onto the holding means to the position above the conveying medium. And having a, the.

According to the above-mentioned structure, when a recording medium is inserted into the apparatus from the input / output portion of the frame, a plurality of recording media are overlapped. Even in this case, the operation of sending only a predetermined recording medium to the transport unit by the restricting means and loading it on the player to play or storing it in the magazine can be performed reliably and appropriately. Further, when the recording medium in the transport section is sent back to the input / output section by being unloaded from the player or pulled out of the magazine, the other recording medium that has been blown off onto the holding means of the input / output section by the action of the flap is removed. It is placed on the recording medium returned. Therefore, the operation of returning the recording medium from the transport unit to the input / output unit can be performed reliably and properly, and the state can be returned to the state when a plurality of recording media have been inserted into the input / output unit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the automatic changer device for an information device according to the second aspect, a tray for transferring a recording medium is provided, and the movement of the tray is operated by moving the tray. I do.

[0013] With the above-described structure, the operation of automatically moving the flaps in and out can be performed in association with the movement of the tray for transferring the recording medium, and the structure can be simplified and the operation can be reliably performed. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic changer device for information equipment according to the second or third aspect, the restricting means restricts in a thickness direction of the recording medium so that only a predetermined recording medium is passed. Characterized in that the structure is

With the above-described structure, the structure of the restricting means can be simplified, the device can be manufactured at low cost, and the operation can be ensured.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an automatic changer device for information equipment according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a case of a CD changer main body as an information device. In the case 10, a magazine 14 for storing a CD 12 as a recording medium, a player 16, and a CD 12 are inserted and removed. Transfer frame 18 for transferring between the position of the transport unit and the position of the transport unit
And the CD 12 and each shelf of the magazine 14 or the player 16
An elevator 20 to be transported upward is arranged.

The magazine 14 has three CDs in this embodiment.
12 are stored one by one in each of the three shelves. The magazine 14 has CD1 in the direction of arrow A in FIG.
2 is inserted and pulled out in the direction of arrow B. The player 16 controls the elevator 2 in the case 10.
It is located on the 0 descent position side. This player 16
Is configured such that a turntable 22 for rotating a CD rotated by a motor and an optical pickup 24 for reading a signal of the CD 12 are mounted on a base fixed to the case 10.

The elevator 20 includes a CD 12 (not shown).
Is transferred to and from the transfer frame 18 as a frame or to and from the magazine 14 and further to the player 1
6 is provided with an operation holding unit for performing a loading operation for setting to 6 or an unloading operation for removing from the player 16. Further, the elevator 20 is equipped with a lifting / lowering drive mechanism composed of a link mechanism for raising / lowering the operation holding unit holding the CD 12, and a control unit for controlling the operation of the vertical driving mechanism.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the transfer frame 18 is formed into a substantially rectangular frame structure as a whole, and a flat portion on one side in the longitudinal direction has an input / output portion as an input / output portion of the CD 12. An opening 26 is provided, and on the other side, a transport unit 28 to the elevator 20 is provided.

The transfer frame 18 moves between the storage state shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 and the drawn state shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 with respect to the case 10 of the CD changer main body.
Or, it is mounted so as to be movable in the B direction. The transfer frame 18 is movably mounted by a gear drive mechanism connected to a not-shown moving pinion rack mechanism provided between the transfer frame 18 and the case 10.

Further, the transfer frame 18 moves the tray 30 for transferring the disk to the loading / unloading opening 26 shown in FIG. It is supported so that it can be moved to and from the position. At the same time, the transfer frame 18
The case 10 is linked to the pinion rack mechanism for movement.
The tray 30 is moved with respect to the case 10 at a speed about twice the moving speed of the transfer frame 18 with respect to the case 10 between the position of the transport unit in the state shown in FIG. 1 and the position of the input / output unit in the state shown in FIG. (Not shown) is mounted.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the transfer frame 18 is integrally provided with a bottom plate 32 corresponding to the entire opening below the entrance opening 26.

When the CD 12 is placed on the bottom plate 32, the transport unit 2 is positioned from the center of the CD 12 on which the CD 12 is placed.
A flap 34 is mounted at a predetermined position closer to the side 8 so as to be able to appear and disappear. For this reason, a substantially rectangular opening 36 is formed at a predetermined position of the bottom plate 32.

As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG.
Are formed in a rectangular plate shape slightly smaller than the opening 36, and small rectangular protruding pieces 38 are provided at both ends of one long side thereof.
40 are integrally protruded. A flap 34 is provided on each of the free end side portions of one protruding portion 38 from both ends thereof.
The rod-like shaft portions 42 and 44 extending in the longitudinal direction of the first and second protruding portions are provided with a predetermined length. At the free end of the other protruding piece 40, a round rod-like shaft 46 extending outward from an outer end thereof (an end following the short side of the flap 34) has a predetermined length. ing.

Each of the protruding pieces 38, 40 is integrally provided with small rectangular piece-shaped restraining portions 48, 50, which extend obliquely upward from the free end by a predetermined angle with respect to the flap upper surface 34A. .

The flap 3 constructed as described above
The bottom plate 32 is provided with notches 52, 54 cut out in small rectangular shapes corresponding to the protruding pieces 38, 40 at both ends of the long side of the opening 36 on the side of the transporting section 28 corresponding to the opening 4. Has been established. Notch 5 of bottom plate 32 corresponding to one projecting piece 38
In the two portions, an inverted U-shaped bearing groove 56 is opened at a cutout side portion connected to the short side of the opening 36 for bearing the shaft portion 42, and is opened on the lower surface side of the bottom plate 32. Are drilled.

In the cut-out side of the bottom plate 32 opposite to the side where the bearing groove 56 is provided, the cut-out side is opened in an inverted U-shape to receive the shaft 44.
A reverse U-shaped groove-shaped bearing groove 58 is formed in the lower surface of the bottom plate 32. Further, a small rectangular through hole 60 is formed in the bottom plate 32 in a portion corresponding to a portion where the bearing groove 58 is provided on the opposite cutout side portion. The bottom plate 32 has a bearing groove 5 at a side end thereof facing the bearing groove 58 in the through hole 60.
A U-shaped bearing groove 62 is formed on the extension line of the opening 8 in a U-shape and opened on the upper surface side of the bottom plate 32. In addition, the lower surface side corresponding to the bearing groove 62 of the bottom plate 32 is
In order to maintain the strength, the projection is provided on a small rectangular projection, and the bottom of the bearing groove 62 is configured to have a required thickness.

The notch 52 on the back side of the notch 52 of the bottom plate 32 is formed in a small rectangular concave shape, and the notch 5
A restraining recess 64 that opens to the second side and the upper side is formed. In order to increase the thickness of the bottom surface of the restraining recess 64, a small rectangular protruding portion is provided on the lower surface side of the bottom plate 32.

An opening 36 for receiving the shaft 46 is formed in the cutout 54 of the bottom plate 32 corresponding to the other projection 40.
An inverted U-shaped bearing groove 6 is opened in a notched side portion continuous with the short side of the bottom plate 32 and opened to the lower surface side of the bottom plate 32.
6 are drilled. Further, a small rectangular through hole 68 is formed in the bottom plate 32 near the bearing groove 66 on the cutout side.

The bottom plate 32 has a U-shaped opening at an end of the through hole 68 facing the bearing groove 58 on the extension of the bearing groove 66, and a U-shaped groove opening on the upper surface side of the bottom plate 32. A bearing groove 70 is formed.

At the notch end side of the notch 54 of the bottom plate 32, a notch 64 is formed in the shape of a small rectangular recess, and is open to the notch 54 and the upper surface. . In order to increase the thickness of the bottom surface portion corresponding to each of the bearing groove 70 of the bottom plate 32 and the restraining concave portion 64, a small rectangular protruding portion is provided on the lower surface side.

The notch portion 54 of the bottom plate 32 is provided with a U-shaped notch recess 72 which is used for attaching the flap 34 to the notch side opposite to the bearing groove 66.
Is provided.

Next, the operation of attaching the flap 34 to the opening 36 of the bottom plate 32 so as to be able to protrude and retract will be described. When performing this operation, the transfer frame 18 is turned over so that the lower surface side of the bottom plate 32 faces upward. Then, the flap 34 is oriented substantially at right angles to the bottom plate 32 in a form in which the coil portion of the torsion coil spring 74 is fitted into the shaft portion 44 of the flap 34, and the protruding pieces 38, 40 are respectively formed in the corresponding notches 52, 54. Turn to the side. Next, flap 34
In the direction of the arrow C with respect to the opening 36,
The shaft 42 is inserted into the bearing groove 56 from above, the shaft 44 is inserted into the bearing groove 58 from above, and the shaft 46 is inserted into the bearing groove 66 from above.

Next, by moving the flap 34 with respect to the opening 36 in the direction of arrow D, the tip of the shaft 44 is inserted into the bearing groove 62 and at the same time, the tip of the shaft 46 is inserted into the bearing groove 70. By doing so, it can be attached with one touch.

In the above-mentioned mounting operation, one end of the torsion coil spring 74 is hung on the lower surface of the bottom plate 32, and the other end is hung on the flap 34. Energize to rotate to.
The flap 34 urged in the direction of the arrow E as described above is stopped in a state where the respective stopping portions 48 and 50 are pressed into the corresponding stopping recesses 64 respectively. Therefore, the flap 34
As shown in FIG. 7, on the upper surface side of the bottom plate 32, the front end thereof is elastically held so as to rise obliquely toward the front end of the transfer frame 18 on the side of the entrance opening 26.

The flap 34 is rotatably received so as to be sandwiched by U-shaped groove-shaped bearing grooves 58 and 62 which open the shaft portion 44 to the opposite sides.
Is similarly supported between the two bearing grooves 66 and 70 without falling off.

In the CD changer according to the present embodiment, a tray 12 transferred by a transfer frame 18 as shown in FIG. 6 is used in order to use a CD 12 having a diameter of 8 cm in addition to a CD 12 having a diameter of 12 cm. An accommodating recess 76 recessed by the thickness of the CD 12 is formed on the upper surface on which the 30 CDs 12 are placed to accommodate the CD 12 having a diameter of 8 cm.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the transfer frame 18 for transferring the tray 30, the free end portion 78A of the peripheral side portion 78A on the side of the transport portion 28 in the opening peripheral portion of the entrance / exit opening portion 26 and the bottom plate 32 are provided. Is greater than or equal to the thickness of one CD12 having a diameter of 12 cm on the tray 30 and the gap between the two CD12s having a diameter of 12 cm on the tray 30 The thickness is set to less than the thickness to constitute the limiting means.

With this configuration, when one CD 12 having a diameter of 12 cm is placed on the tray 30 and another CD 12 is further placed on the tray 30,
When the tray 30 moves from the position of the entrance / exit unit in FIG. 2 to the position of the transport unit in FIG.
The outer peripheral portion 78 of the other CD 12 further stacked on the 2 cm CD 12 is a peripheral portion 78 as a limiting means.
And is thrown off on the bottom plate 32.
That is, the tray 30 has one diameter 1 placed on it.
It is configured to move to the position of the transport unit shown in FIG.

Next, the operation and operation of the CD changer according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.

The CD changer according to the present embodiment has a CD 12
In the case of inserting a new CD or removing it or replacing it with another CD 12, the gear drive mechanism and the pinion rack mechanism are driven by a command from a control unit (not shown) to pull out the drive unit in the pulled-out state shown in FIGS. 2, 4 and 6. Case 1 to the position of the entrance
From 0, the portion of the transfer frame 18 where the inlet / outlet opening 26 is provided is extended. Then, the CD 12 is placed on the tray 30 waiting under the extended entrance opening 26. If the CD 12 already inserted in the CD changer is on the tray 30, this CD is taken out and the required CD 12 is placed.

Here, a plurality of CDs 12 are mistakenly placed in the tray 3
When the operation of transferring the CD 12 into the case 10 is performed while the CD 12 is kept on the drive unit 0, the drive mechanism is driven by a command from the control unit, and the transfer frame 18 is moved in the direction of the arrow B, and FIGS. It reaches the position of the transport unit in the storage state shown in FIG. At this time, the tray 30 supported to be operated by the interlocking gear mechanism in the transfer frame 18 starts moving in the direction of the arrow B in the transfer frame 18. And tray 3
When the zero passes through the peripheral portion 78, another CD 12 placed on the first 12 cm diameter CD 12 of the tray 30 hits the peripheral portion 78 and is dropped onto the bottom plate 32. In this way, by adopting a structure in which the thickness of the CD 12 is limited in the thickness direction of the CD 12 so that only the outer peripheral thickness portion of the CD 12 passes through the peripheral side portion 78, the CD 12 can be securely and securely attached to the bottom plate 32.
Can be washed off.

When the movement of the tray 30 to the position of the transfer section shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 5 is completed, the tray 30 comes off from the submerged flap 34 provided on the bottom plate 32. By rotating in the direction of arrow E by the urging force of the spring 74 and rising up obliquely and appearing on the bottom plate 32, the portion of the other CD 12 that has been blown off onto the bottom plate 32 and facing the peripheral side portion 78 is removed. Lift and hold.

Next, the elevator 2
The CD 12 that has reached the position of the transport unit to be loaded into the elevator 0 moves the elevator 20 up and down according to a command from the control unit.
The CD 12 is loaded on the turntable 22 of the player 16, and a play operation of reading a signal by the optical pickup 24 while rotating the CD 12 is performed. Alternatively, the elevator 20 is moved up and down to an empty shelf of the magazine 14,
The operation of storing the CD 12 together with the tray 30 in the shelf is performed. When storing the CD 12 hung on the player 16 in the magazine 14, the elevator 20 is moved up and down to lift the CD 12 on the turntable 22 of the player 16 to an empty shelf where the CD 12 is to be stored. The entire tray 30 is sent out and stored in a shelf.

Next, the CD 12 put on the player 16
Alternatively, when the CD 12 stored in the magazine 14 is unloaded and pulled out of the CD changer, the CD 12 placed on the player 16 by the elevator 20
Is received by the elevator 20 and the elevator 20 shown in FIG.
Or the CD 12 stored in a required shelf of the magazine 14 is pulled out to the elevator 20 side, and then raised to the position of the transport unit to be carried out of the elevator 20.

The tray 30 placed at the position of the transport section in this way is set to be moved within the transfer frame 18 simultaneously with the start of the movement of the transfer frame 18 in the direction of arrow A.

Next, the transfer frame 18 is controlled by a command from the control unit.
Starts moving in the direction of arrow A, and the CD
12 starts to move in the direction of arrow A,
The leading end of the tray 30 in the traveling direction enters between the flap 34 and another CD 12 which is left on the bottom plate 32 while being lifted up by the flap 34. When the tray 30 further moves forward, the tray 30 slides on the top surface 34A of the flap and advances while pushing down the flap 34 in the direction opposite to the arrow E against the urging force of the spring 74. At this time, the other CDs 12 left on the bottom plate 32 are placed on top of the CDs 12 placed on the tray 30 so as to ride on them, and return to the state shown in FIGS.

Therefore, according to this CD changer, even when a plurality of CDs 12 are placed on the tray 30 on the transfer frame 18 pulled out to the position of the input / output section in the drawn state, the transfer frame 18 is stored in the transfer section in the stored state. When moving to the position, only the CD 12 placed directly above the tray 30 is carried into the elevator by being thrown off at the peripheral side portion 78, and can be hung on the player 16 or stored in the magazine 14.

When the transfer frame 18 is pulled out from the position of the transport section in the stored state to the position of the input / output section in the pulled-out state, the removed CD 12 is stacked on the CD 12 of the tray 30 by the flap 34, The dropped CD 12 does not prevent the movement of the tray 30 in the transfer frame 18. In this way, even when a plurality of CDs 12 are placed on the CD changer, the operation can be properly performed. By operating the flap 34 by the tray 30 as described above, a reliable operation can be obtained with a simple configuration.

In this embodiment, since the tray 30 has the storage recess 76, the CD 12 having a diameter of 8 cm is placed on the tray 30. When the CD 12 is placed thereon,
The thickness of which is 12 cm in diameter on the tray 30
It is equivalent to the thickness when D12 is placed. Therefore, when the CD 12 having a diameter of 8 cm is placed in the storage recess 76 and another CD 12 is placed on the CD 12, the CD 12 passes through the peripheral side portion 78 and is carried into the elevator 20 in a state of being overlapped. Then, when hung on the player 16, a CD of 8 cm in diameter stored in the storage recess 76
Twelve are reproduced. In addition, storing in magazine 14,
The movement operation to the position of the entrance / exit portion is performed without any trouble in a state where the CDs 12 are overlapped.

[0051]

According to the automatic changer device for information equipment of the present invention, even when a plurality of recording media are transported on a transport frame, the recording media can be properly transported to the player and the recording or reproducing process can be properly performed. Is effective.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic side view showing a state in which a transfer frame in a CD changer according to an embodiment of an information device autochanger device of the present invention is at a position of a carrying section to an elevator.

FIG. 2 is an overall schematic side view showing a state in which a transfer frame in a CD changer according to an embodiment of the information device auto-changer device of the present invention is at a position of a loading / unloading portion of a disk.

FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view showing a state in which a transfer frame in a CD changer according to an embodiment of the automatic changer device for information equipment of the present invention is at a position of a carrying portion to an elevator.

FIG. 4 is an overall perspective view showing a state in which a transfer frame in a CD changer according to an embodiment of the automatic changer device for an information device of the present invention is at a position of a loading / unloading portion for loading and unloading a disc.

FIG. 5 is an overall perspective view, partially in section, of a CD changer according to an embodiment of the information equipment of the present invention, in which two CDs are inserted in a state where the transfer frame is at the position of the carrying portion to the elevator; .

FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of a main part of a CD changer according to an embodiment of the information equipment of the present invention, in which two CDs indicating that the transfer frame is at the insertion / ejection position of the disk are inserted and removed. FIG.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part showing a flap mounting portion of a transfer frame in the CD changer according to the embodiment of the automatic changer device for information equipment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a flap portion attached to a transfer frame in the CD changer according to the embodiment of the automatic changer device for information equipment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Case 12 CD 14 Magazine 16 Player 18 Transfer frame (frame) 20 Elevator 26 Inlet / outlet opening (in / out part) 28 Conveying part 30 Tray 32 Bottom plate (holding means) 34 Flap 36 Opening 38 Projection part 40 Projection part 42 Shaft Part 44 Shaft part 46 Shaft part 48 Stop part 50 Stop part 52 Notch part 54 Notch part 56 Bearing groove 58 Bearing groove 60 Through-hole 62 Bearing groove 64 Stopping recess 66 Bearing groove 68 Through-hole 66 Bearing groove 68 Through-hole 70 Bearing groove

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Daisuke Matsuo 1-2-1 Ikenoba, Taito-ku, Tokyo F-term in Iwa Corporation (reference) 5D072 AB22 BA01 BD07 BH15 EB03 EB04

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A recording medium inserted from an input / output section of a frame is transported in the frame to be sent to a transport section of the frame so as to be loadable, and the recording medium in the transport section is transported to the input / output section. In an automatic changer device of an information device which can be transported and taken out, a holding means installed so as to be able to hold the recording medium in the input / output section, and when transferring the recording medium from the input / output section to the transport section, Limiting means for preventing entry of the recording medium other than a predetermined one into the transporting unit, and positioning the blocked recording medium on the holding means; and transporting the recording medium held on the holding means to the transporting section. A flap attached to the holding means so that an end on the side of the transport section is separated from the holding means so as to be placed on the recording medium fed back from the section to the input / output section. Autochanger device information device characterized by Rukoto. 2. A frame mounted on a case of the apparatus main body, an input / output opening provided in a predetermined portion of the frame for taking a recording medium in and out, and the recording medium in another predetermined portion of the frame. A transport unit provided so as to be capable of loading, and when transferring the recording medium put in the entrance / exit opening to the transport unit through the frame, transfer of the recording medium other than predetermined to the transport unit Limiting means for preventing intrusion and transferring the blocked recording medium onto holding means provided below the entrance / exit opening; and passing the recording medium in the transport section through the frame to enter / exit the opening. When the recording medium is fed back to the holding unit, the holding unit is configured to lift the end of the recording medium that has been blown off onto the holding unit to a position above the recording medium that is fed back to the entrance opening / closing opening. hand Autochanger device information device and having a flap that is mounted retractably on. 3. The automatic changer device for an information device according to claim 2, further comprising a tray for transferring the recording medium, and wherein the movement of the tray controls the operation of the emergence of the fluff. 4. The recording medium according to claim 2, wherein said restricting means restricts in a thickness direction of said recording medium so that only a predetermined recording medium passes therethrough. Automatic changer device for the information device described.