Loading device
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1. A loading device comprising:
- a magazine capable of accommodating a cartridge in stacked tiers, said magazine having a cartridge locking means provided at each tier for regulating the back-and-forth movement of the cartridge; and
a carrier unit disposed at the rear of the cartridge, said carrier unit having a pair of guide means;
wherein said pair of guide means is formed of a pair of guide belts capable of being opened and closed around the cartridge and said cartridge locking means being interlocked with the opening and closing operation of said pair of guide belts.
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Abstract
In order to achieve a magazine structure in which any necessary cartridge can be removed or inserted while a magazine is mounted in an autoloading device, a carrier unit is equipped with a lock releasing mechanism at the distal ends of openable/closable arms thereof so that a cartridge received in the magazine may be individually released from locking. This prevents any failure on the reading and writing of data due to removal of any wrong cartridge since the cartridge to be released can be defined by a programmable operation of the carrier unit.
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1. A loading device comprising:
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a magazine capable of accommodating a cartridge in stacked tiers, said magazine having a cartridge locking means provided at each tier for regulating the back-and-forth movement of the cartridge; and
a carrier unit disposed at the rear of the cartridge, said carrier unit having a pair of guide means;
wherein said pair of guide means is formed of a pair of guide belts capable of being opened and closed around the cartridge and said cartridge locking means being interlocked with the opening and closing operation of said pair of guide belts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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