Optical disk apparatus and disk magazine
AssigneesHitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc., Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
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.
Claims3
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 a disk drive,
- wherein said optical disks have a hole portion at a center,
- wherein said conveying means has a disk holding portion comprising a substantially cylindrical member, the cylindrical member further comprising a first disk holding claw, and a second disk holding claw,
- wherein said disk holding portion is inserted into the hole portion of said optical disk, for conveying said optical disk using the holding claw, and said disk holding portion holds said optical disks stacked in a format to contact each other directly in the disk magazine,
- wherein said disk holding portion is configured to be capable of holding a plurality of optical disks in a lump,
- wherein said apparatus has a detecting unit for detecting the number of said plurality of optical disks held by said holding portion, and
- wherein said first disk holding claw and said second disk holding claw are arranged with a interval therebetween corresponding to a thickness of one optical disk.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.