Optical disk apparatus and disk magazine
AssigneesHitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd., Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
InventorTomomi OKAMOTO
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Abstract
An optical disk apparatus and a disk magazine. Optical disks are stacked and contained in the disk magazine without a gap between adjacent disks. A disk holding member for preventing the optical disks from being rubbed and damaged in the disk magazine is provided in the disk magazine. The optical disk apparatus using the disk magazine has a disk holding portion for holding a plurality of optical disks in a lump. When the Nth optical disk from the top disk in the disk magazine is conveyed to a disk drive, the stacked N optical disks are held by the disk holding portion, the holding of only the Nth optical disk by the disk holding portion is cancelled and the target optical disk is conveyed by a disk drive portion.
Claims8
An optical disk apparatus using a disk magazine in which optical disks are stacked and contained, comprising:
- conveying means for conveying said optical disk between said disk magazine and a disk drive,
- wherein said conveying means has a disk holding portion, a first disk holding claw, and a second disk holding claw,
- said disk holding portion is configured to be capable of holding a plurality of optical disks in a lump, and
- said apparatus has a detecting unit for detecting the number of said plurality of optical disks held by said holding portion.
A disk magazine having a plurality of optical disks therein, comprising:
- a first casing which substantially forms an outer shape of said disk magazine;
- and
- a second casing in which said optical disks are stacked and contained,
- wherein said optical disks have a hole portion at a center and said second casing has an opening portion near said center hole portion at the time when said optical disks are stacked and contained.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.