Recording media cartridge having a memory accessible from multiple directions
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorKazuo Hiraguchi
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Abstract
A recording medium cartridge that is housed in a library, extracted from the library by a gripping mechanism, and loaded into a drive device includes a case, within which is housed a recording medium, and a memory, in which is stored information relating to the recording medium and that is noncontactingly accessible by reading and writing devices disposed at the drive device and at the gripping mechanism. A communication surface of the memory is disposed within the case at an angle at which the memory is accessible from at least three directions.
Claims14
A recording medium cartridge that is adapted to be housed in a library, extracted from the library by a gripping mechanism, and loaded into a drive device, the recording medium cartridge comprising:
- a case within which is housed a recording medium;
- and a memory in which is stored information relating to the recording medium and that is noncontactingly accessible by reading and writing devices disposed at the drive device and at the gripping mechanism,
- wherein a communication surface of the memory is disposed within the case at an angle at which the memory is accessible from at least three directions,
- wherein the case is substantially rectangular and the memory is disposed so that the communication surface faces a corner of the case, and
- wherein the memory is disposed such that a plane which passes through a straight line extending from a center of the lower surface of the case to a corner of the case at which the memory is disposed and which extends in a thickness direction of the case substantially coincides with a normal line of the communication surface of the memory.
A recording medium cartridge that is adapted to be housed in a library, extracted from the library by a gripping mechanism, and loaded into a drive device, the recording medium cartridge comprising:
- a case within which is housed a recording medium;
- and a memory that includes a communication surface and in which is stored information relating to the recording medium,
- wherein the memory is disposed so that a normal line of the communication surface of the memory intersects a plane that is parallel to a thickness direction of the case and to a direction in which the case is loaded into the drive devices,
- wherein the case is substantially rectangular and the memory is disposed so that the communication surface faces a corner of the case, and
- wherein the memory is disposed such that a plane which passes through a straight line extending from a center of the lower surface of the case to a corner of the case at which the memory is disposed and which extends in a thickness direction of the case substantially coincides with a normal line of the communication surface of the memory.
A recording medium cartridge that is adapted to be housed in a library, extracted from the library by a gripping mechanism, and loaded into a drive device, the recording medium cartridge comprising:
- a case within which is housed a recording medium;
- and a memory in which is stored information relating to the recording medium and that is noncontactingly accessible by reading and writing devices disposed at the drive device and at the gripping mechanism,
- wherein a communication surface of the memory is disposed within the case at an angle at which the memory is accessible from at least three directions, and
- wherein the at least three directions include a lower surface side, a rear surface side, and a side surface side of the case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.