Automatic changing apparatus for a recording medium
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1. A changing apparatus for a recording medium comprising:
- an annular storage magazine having top and bottom sides and having a plurality of storage slots for storing recording media formed therein, the storage slots being sloped with respect to the top and bottom sides of the magazine and overlapping one another in the circumferential direction of the magazine;
an information transfer device for reading information from or writing information onto a recording medium; and
a loading device for transferring a recording medium between one of said storage slots i said magazine and a location where said information transfer device can read from or write onto the recording medium.
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Abstract
A changing apparatur for recording media has a rotatable magazine which houses a plurality of sloping storage slots in which recording media can be housed. The storage slots overlap one another in the circumferential direction of the magazine. A selector rotates the magazine until a desired storage slot is disposed in a loading position. A loading mechanism transfers a recording medium between the storage slot which is at the loading position and a pick-up which reads the information recorded in the recording medium.
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1. A changing apparatus for a recording medium comprising:
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an annular storage magazine having top and bottom sides and having a plurality of storage slots for storing recording media formed therein, the storage slots being sloped with respect to the top and bottom sides of the magazine and overlapping one another in the circumferential direction of the magazine; an information transfer device for reading information from or writing information onto a recording medium; and a loading device for transferring a recording medium between one of said storage slots i said magazine and a location where said information transfer device can read from or write onto the recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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- 10. A changing apparatus as claimed 8 further comprising a selector for generating a signal which stops said electric motor from rotating said magazine when a prescribed one of said slots reaches a prescribed loading position where a recording medium contained in the prescribed slot can be accessed by said loading device.
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20. A changing apparatus for a recording medium comprising:
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a curved storage magazine having top and bottom sides and inside and outside curved edges, and having a plurality of storage slots for storing recording media formed therein, the storage slots being sloped with respect to the top and bottom sides of the magazine and overlapping one another in the circumferential direction of the magazine, the storage slots having openings for access along at least one of the edges of said magazine; an information transfer device mounted at an edge of said magazine and having mechanism for reading information from or writing information onto a recording medium; said magazine and said transfer device being relatively movable to align a storage slot opening with said transfer device; and a loading device for transferring a recording medium through an opening of one of said storage slots in said magazine to the aligned information transfer device so that said mechanism can read from or write onto the recording medium.
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