Drive system equipped with an autoloader mechanism, and autoloading device
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsTomoyuki Okada, Yuji Kato, Hirofumi Saito, Takahisa Miyamoto, Akira Takano
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Abstract
In order to achieve a drive system having a simple structure in which a cartridge having therein a wound magnetic tape can be supplied or replaced in small installation space, a carrier unit structure is employed in which a cartridge is horizontally retracted from a magazine capable of horizontally inserting/removing the cartridge and then held therein. Further, a drive unit is located beneath the carrier unit, and the cartridge held in the carrier unit is released so that the cartridge can be dropped and loaded into the drive unit.
Claims4
A drive system comprising:
- an autoloader mechanism including:
- a magazine capable of accommodating in stacked tiers a cartridge to be conveyed, and of horizontally inserting and removing the cartridge, and
- a carrier unit capable of vertically elevating/lowering, said carrier unit having holder means for holding the cartridge horizontally inserted from said magazine into said carrier unit, the holder means lowering with said carrier unit, releasing and dropping the cartridge;
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- a drive unit disposed beneath said carrier unit, the drive unit including:
- a cartridge loaded section for accommodating the cartridge released and dropped from the holder means, the cartridge is loaded on said cartridge loaded section, and
- a drive section for retrieving a recording medium from the loaded cartridge to read and write data from and into the recording medium.
An autoloading device comprising:
- a magazine capable of accommodating in stacked tiers a cartridge to be conveyed, and of horizontally inserting and removing the cartridge;
- and
- a carrier unit capable of vertically elevating/lowering, said carrier unit having holder means for holding the cartridge horizontally inserted from said magazine into said carrier unit, the holder means lowering with said carrier unit, releasing and dropping the cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.