JPS6180676A - Cartridge magazine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To take out smoothly a magazine by providing a groove on a plate for partitioning a cartridge group and a cartridge jump-out prevention means in such a way that the groove go beyond a built-in cartridge front part containing position from a cartridge I/O port. CONSTITUTION:When a claw 12 of a cover 11 and a magazine 2 provided with a groove 14 on a cartridge group partition 13 of a cartridge 1 are placed on a stand 5 of a cartridge automatic exchange 3, the cover 11 is pushed up by a cover pushing up part 9, and the insertion and taking out of the cartridge 1 is made possible. If the cartridge 1 mounted on the cartridge automatic exchange 3 in the magazine 2 jumps out by earthquake, etc., it is positioned at a cartridge I/O port by the action of a cartridge automatic exchange, and therefore it is corrected with the tapered part of a cartridge jump-out preventing member 15 and returned to the magazine 2. After the cartridge automatic exchange action is terminated, the cover 11 is returned to its original position when the magazine 2 is taken out. Therefore the claw 12 of the cover 11 prevents the cartridge 1 from jumping out, and the cartridge will not jump out accordingly.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a cartridge magazine, and more particularly, after the cartridge magazine is mounted on an automatic cartridge exchange machine and an automatic cartridge exchange operation is performed, the cartridge magazine is loaded with 8 When removing it from the automatic exchange machine,
This invention relates to a cartridge magazine that can be removed smoothly.

A magnetic tape device is a device that records information on a magnetic tape or reads information recorded on a magnetic tape based on instructions from a computer or the like. The magnetic tape wound on a reel is attached to a magnetic tape device and reciprocated between the two reels, during which it comes into contact with a magnetic head to read/read information.
Writing is done.

Recently, a magnetic tape and two reels have been made into cartridges, and a plurality of cartridges 1 are stacked and stored in a cartridge magazine (hereinafter referred to as magazine) 2, as shown in FIG. As shown in Figures (a) and (b), it is mounted on a stand 5 fixed to a magazine moving mechanism (not shown) of an automatic cartridge exchanger 3, and is pushed out in the direction of arrow A by a cartridge pushing mechanism (not shown). The cartridge is loaded into a recording/reproducing device (not shown) through the cartridge entrance/exit port 4, and the magnetic tape is read/written. When the process is finished, the cartridge 1 is returned to the magazine 2, and the next cartridge 1 is automatically taken out from the magazine 2. There is a device that does this repeatedly. Note that the magazine transfer mechanism moves the magazine 2 up and down in order to select the cartridge 1 within the magazine 2.

At the entrance/exit of the cartridge 1 of the magazine 2, there is a lid 8 which is a means for preventing cartridges from popping out, as shown in FIG. There is,
The lid 8 is configured so that when the magazine 2 is mounted on the stand 5 of the automatic cartridge exchanger 3 (see FIG. 7 (b)), it is opened and the cartridges 1 in the magazine 2 can be freely inserted and removed. .

The lid 8 of the cartridge ejecting prevention means is activated when the magazine 2 is taken out from the automatic cartridge exchange machine 3 after the automatic cartridge exchange operation in the magazine 2 has been completed.
It is necessary to operate so that the cartridge 1 in the magazine 2 does not fly out.

[Conventional technology]

The conventional magazine 2 shown in FIG. 6(a) has a cartridge l.
There is a lid 8 (the lid 8 covering the claw 7 is movable) which is a means for preventing the cartridge from popping out at the entrance and exit of the cartridge, and when the lid 8 is raised as shown in Fig. 6 (c), the cartridge 1 can be inserted. .

Figure 6 (C) shows the front view at that time. When the lid 8 is stopped being lifted, the lid 8 returns due to its own weight as shown in Figure 6 (B), and the cartridge l inside is caught by the claw 7 and can be pulled out. do not have.

When the magazine 2 is mounted on the stand 5 of the automatic cartridge exchange device 3 shown in FIG. 7(B), the lid is pushed up by the lid push-up part 9 of the stand 5, resulting in the state shown in FIG. 6(C). Kartori 7ji 1 will be able to come out. In addition,
The automatic cartridge exchanger 3 is equipped with a pop-out prevention member IO for preventing the cartridge 1 from falling from the magazine 2.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

If the cartridge 1 shown by the solid line in FIG. 7(A) moves to the position shown by the dotted line due to vibrations such as an earthquake, when the cartridge automatic exchange operation is completed and the magazine 2 is taken out from the automatic cartridge exchange machine 3, the lid 8 Since the claw 7 of the cartridge 1 is caught on the cartridge 1 and the lid 8 cannot be returned, the cartridge 1 may be ejected from the magazine 2.

If the cartridge 1 were to pop out, if the magazine 2 was to be stored with the cartridge 1 inside, the cartridge 1 would have to be put inside, which would be troublesome.

[Means for solving problems]

The above problem is solved by the cartridge magazine of the present invention, in which a groove is provided in the plate that partitions the cartridge group and the cartridge protrusion prevention means from the cartridge entrance to the internal cartridge front housing position. .

[Effect]

That is, grooves are formed in the cartridge partition plate of the magazine and the lid of the cartridge ejecting prevention means so that the cartridge ejecting member provided in the automatic cartridge exchanging machine is brought closer to the cartridge inside the magazine than the claw of the lid, which is the means for preventing cartridge ejection of the magazine. has been established. Even if a cartridge in the magazine pops out due to this groove, the cartridge is corrected by the tapered portion of the cartridge pop-out prevention member and returned into the magazine by being located at the cartridge entrance/exit during an automatic cartridge exchange operation. When the cartridge magazine is removed after the cartridge automatic exchange operation is completed, the lid returns to its original position and the claw prevents the cartridge from popping out, so the cartridge does not pop out.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the gist of the present invention will be specifically explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the operating state of the present invention, where (a) is a perspective view and (b) is a perspective view.
, (c) is a front view. Note that the same reference numerals throughout the figures indicate the same objects.

1, the difference from the conventional example shown in FIG. 6 is a claw 12 of a lid 11 which is a means for preventing cartridges from popping out, and a cartridge partition plate 1 which partitions a group of cartridges 2.
3, a groove 14 is provided extending from the cartridge entrance to the front side of the built-in cartridge.

The magazine 2 having the grooves 14 in the claw 12 of the lid 11 and the cartridge partition plate 13 of the cartridge 2 as described above is mounted on the base 5 of the automatic cartridge exchange machine 3 shown in FIG.
When the lid 11 is placed on top as shown in FIG. 2(A), the lid 11 is pushed up by the lid push-up portion 9, and the cartridge 1 becomes able to be taken in and taken out as shown in FIG. 2(C). Even if the cartridge 1 in the magazine 2 installed in the automatic cartridge exchanger 3 were to fly out due to an earthquake, etc., as shown in Figure 3 (
As shown in (a) and (b), the cartridge 1 is positioned at the cartridge entrance/exit port 4 due to the automatic cartridge exchange operation, so the cartridge ejection prevention member (near the cartridge entrance/exit port 4 of the automatic cartridge exchange machine 3) pushes the cartridge l back into the magazine 2. The cartridge 1 is corrected by the tapered part of the cartridge ejecting prevention member (having a tapered part) 15, and the cartridge 1 is returned into the magazine 2.

When the magazine 2 is removed after the cartridge automatic exchange operation is completed, the lid 11 returns to its original position (see Figure 2 (B)), and the claw 12 of the lid 11 prevents the cartridge 1 from popping out, so the cartridge does not pop out. .

Figures 4 (a), (b), and (c) show modified examples of the present invention,
Figures 5(a) and 5(b) show diagrams in which the magazine shown in Figure 4 is mounted on an automatic cartridge exchange machine.

In FIG. 4 (a), the difference from the above embodiment is that the lid 1
6 and the top and bottom of the box 17 of the magazine 2, grooves 18 are provided at the top and bottom of the box 17 of the magazine 2, and all the places where the cartridge pop-out prevention member 15 enters are cut out. FIG. 4(c) shows a front view with the lid 16 lowered, and FIG. 4(c) shows a front view with the lid 16 lifted.

In this way, the cartridge pop-out prevention member 15 of the automatic cartridge exchanger 3 is further removed as shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 2, by providing a long magazine 2 over all movable areas, not all cartridges 1 can be ejected at any time, resulting in higher safety.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the cartridge partition plate of the magazine is arranged so that the cartridge ejecting member provided in the automatic cartridge exchanger is brought closer to the cartridge in the magazine than the claw of the lid, which is the means for preventing cartridge ejection of the magazine. By providing a groove in the cartridge protrusion prevention means, the cartridge does not protrude from the magazine when the magazine is removed after the cartridge automatic replacement operation, so that the magazine can be removed smoothly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the operating state of the present invention, where (a) is a perspective view and (b) is a perspective view.
, (C) is a front view, FIG.
B) / I/I is a front view, FIG. 4 shows a modification of the present invention, (A) is a perspective view, (B) and (C) are front views, respectively, and FIG. This is a diagram of the magazine installed in an automatic cartridge exchange machine, (a) is a plan view, (b) is a front view, Fig. 6 is a diagram explaining a conventional magazine, (a) is a perspective view, (b), (C) is a front view. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the automatic cartridge exchange machine, in which (a) is a plan view and (b) is a front view. In the figure, l is a cartridge, 2 is a cartridge magazine, 3 is an automatic cartridge exchanger, 4 is a cartridge entrance/exit, 5 is a stand, 9 is a lid pushing member, ll is a lid, 12 is a claw, 13 is a cartridge partition plate, 14. 18 is a groove, 15 is a pop-out prevention member, 16 is a lid, and 17 is a box. No. 1 Garden - m - 2nd threshold ¥3 A (ν) (Inokan 6 closed (, () (r:I) 7th Z

Claims (1)

[Claims] The automatic cartridge exchange machine is equipped with a means to prevent cartridges from popping out from the cartridge entrance and exit when the cartridge is not installed in the automatic cartridge exchange machine, and a member to prevent cartridges from popping out from the cartridge magazine that stores a group of cartridges. A cartridge magazine for recording and reproducing in combination with a reproducing device, characterized in that a groove is provided in the plate that partitions the cartridge group and the cartridge protrusion prevention means from the cartridge opening to beyond the internal cartridge front storage position. cartridge magazine.