Disc file apparatus

• Main Authors: NAKATSUKASA, NAOYUKI, KATSUFUSA, TANAKA, YAMASHITA, TOHRU, MOTOYOSHI, TAKEO, TAKEMATSU, TAKAHARU, ITAMI JIGYOSHO MITSUBISHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 07.09.1988
• Subjects: INFORMATION STORAGE; INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER; PHYSICS

A disc file apparatus which holds a cartridge (1) at both surfaces thereof through a slit formed from an open end to a closed end of a bill-like-shaped cartridge holder (28), clamps by clampers (53) the cartridge (1) at both lateral sides thereof, and renders the axis of rotation of a pick-up and discharge mechanism (4) shifted from the center of gravity thereof so as to regulate rotation of the cartridge holder (28) by a stopper (78) in a range of an angle of 180 DEG , whereby when the cartridge (1) is turned over or even when the same is subjected to an impact from the exterior, the cartridge is reliably held so that there is no fear that the rotational position thereof is shifted. The disc file apparatus uses linear ball bearing at each movable part and makes stand-by the utmost end of the clamper as close as possible to a stocker (2) or a recording and reproducing system (3), thereby improving the processing speed as a whole, and furthermore temporarily makes stand-by the cartridge (1) discharged from the recording and reproducing system just above an insertion and discharge port thereof by a transfer mechanism, thereby enabling a processing time to be reduced when a plurality of cartridges are continuously fed to the recording and reproducing system.