Library apparatus
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    发明公开
    Library apparatus 失效
    图书馆设备

    公开(公告)号:EP0694917A3

    公开(公告)日:1996-06-12

    申请号:EP95304749.5

    申请日:1995-07-07

    申请人: FUJITSU LIMITED

    IPC分类号: G11B17/22 G11B17/26 G11B15/68

    摘要: A library apparatus for storage media such as optical disks includes a rotatable cell drum 18 having several columns of cells for the storage media, a load/unload device 22 for inserting and removing cartridges 16 one at a time, at least one drive 36 for reading from or writing to selected media, and an accessor 30 which moves the storage media 16 between the load/unload device 22 and the cell drum 18, and between the cell drum 18 and the drive 36. The load/unload device 22 rotates in a collinear arrangement with the cell drum 18, and can rotate in unison with the cell drum 18, or independently. The collinear arrangement of the cell drum and the load/unload device reduces the overall size of the library. A direct entry/exit (DEE) door 721 exposes several cells in the cell drum 18 when the door is open. The DEE door is provided so that several storage media 730A can be placed in or removed from the cell drum at once, either manually or automatically. The library apparatus automatically rearranges the storage media to fill the cells nearest the drive 36, which reduces the time required to locate storage media in the cell drum and place them in the drive 36. A locking mechanism locks the DEE door when the cell drum rotates, and locks the cell drum when the DEE door is open. Each cell in the cell drum has a skew mounting preventing mechanism and inverse mounting preventing mechanism which prevent incorrect mounting of a cartridge in the cell drum.

    摘要翻译: 用于诸如光盘之类的存储介质的库设备包括具有用于存储介质的几列单元的可旋转单元鼓18,用于一次一个地插入和取出盒16的加载/卸载设备22,至少一个用于读取的驱动器36 来自或写入选定的介质;以及访问器30,其使存储介质16在装载/卸载装置22与单元鼓18之间以及单元鼓18与驱动器36之间移动。装载/卸载装置22以 与细胞鼓18共线布置,并且可以与细胞鼓18一致地旋转,或者独立地旋转。 单元鼓和装载/卸载装置的共线布置减小了库的总体尺寸。 当门打开时,直接入口/出口(DEE)门721暴露电池槽18中的多个电池。 提供DEE门以便可以手动或自动地将多个存储介质730A一次放入或取出细胞鼓。 库设备自动重新布置存储介质以填充最靠近驱动器36的单元,这减少了将存储介质定位在单元鼓中并将它们放置在驱动器36中所需的时间。当单元鼓旋转时,锁定机构锁定DEE门 并在DEE门打开时锁定细胞筒。 单元鼓中的每个单元具有防止倾斜安装机构和防止反安装机构,其防止盒错误地安装在单元鼓中。