System for storing and automatically retrieving recording discs

Details System for storing and automatically retrieving recording discs System for storing and automatically retrieving recording discs

1982-09-08

1985-03-12

Wolff, John H.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Record transport with head stationary during transducing

Disk record

G11B 5012

Patent

active

045048789

ABSTRACT:
A mechanism is described for storing and automatically retrieving a plurality of recording discs such as floppy discs. A plurality of recording discs are vertically disposed in a cartridge which is adapted to be held on a horizontally movable carriage which positions the cartridge under the drive mechanism for receiving and recording or playing back information from the disc. The carriage holding the cartridge permits positioning of the cartridge in increments under the drive mechanism so that a particular recording disc can be inserted upward into the drive mechanism and retrieved from the mechanism. A device is disposed directly below the cartridge for pushing a particular recording disc upward out of the cartridge. Additional devices are disposed above the cartridge for engaging the disc as it is pushed upward and inserting it into the drive mechanism and returning it to the cartridge. Advantageously, all of the mechanisms of the device are connected into a unitary control system so that a particular recording disc can be easily selected and fed into the drive mechanism. Additional devices are provided for returning the recording disc to the cartridge by pushing downward on the top of the disc so that it is properly aligned for insertion back into the cartridge below the drive mechanism.

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IBM/TDB, vol. 20, No. 12, May 1978, pp. 5281-5286, "Orient and Interlock Sensor . . . ", by Larson et al.

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