EP0426456A2
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Automatic storage installation for information recording media
Assignee: Sanki Engineering Co Ltd
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Filing: 1990-10-31
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2010-10-31
Abstract
Abstract An automatic storage installation for information recording media comprises a tray containing a plurality of information recording media, a storage unit storing said information recording media, and a load/unload unit which runs between a load/unload location and said storage unit, picks up said each information recording medium sequentially and selectively and transfers said each information recording medium from said tray (16) to said storage unit and vice versa. Information recording media include such as a cartridge type magnetic tape, an optical disk and a document file and an image file. A picking robot (12) which is employed in a loading/unloading unit automatically unloads the information recording medium when a control unit designates the number of the necessary information recording medium and stores it in a tray to transfer. In case of a storage, the picking robot picks up the designated medium from the tray and stores it in a storage unit.
Inventors
- 👤 Rei Ikeda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 08:55
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B15/00; G11B15/675; G11B15/68; G11B15/682; G11B15/6835; G06; G06K; G06K17/00; G06K17/0016; G11B15/6845; G11B15/687; G11B15/688; G11B17/00; G11B17/22; G11B17/225
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
64 words
An automatic storage installation for information recording media comprising: a tray containing a plurality of information recording media, a storage unit storing said information recording media, and a load/unload unit which runs between a load/unload location and said storage unit and sequentially and selectively picks up said each information recording medium to transfer them from said tray to said storage unit and vice versa.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
64 words
An automatic storage installation for information recording media comprising: a tray containing a plurality of information recording media, a storage unit storing said information recording media, and a load/unload unit which runs between a load/unload location and said storage unit and sequentially and selectively picks up said each information recording medium to transfer them from said tray to said storage unit and vice versa.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
137 words
An automatic storage installation for information recording media further comprising: a tray containing a plurality of information recording media; a storage unit storing said information recording media; a storage lane in which a plurality of said storage units are arranged; a load/unload unit running between a load/unload location and said storage unit, thus holding said tray, sequentially and selectively picking up said each information recording medium to transfer them from said tray to said storage unit and vice versa; a tray information read unit; an information recording medium recognition unit reading a recording medium management information indicated on said information recording medium; and a controlling unit controlling a management information for information recording medium and a management information for a rack address of said storage unit and controlling a tray information reading unit and a load/unload unit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
137 words
An automatic storage installation for information recording media further comprising: a tray containing a plurality of information recording media; a storage unit storing said information recording media; a storage lane in which a plurality of said storage units are arranged; a load/unload unit running between a load/unload location and said storage unit, thus holding said tray, sequentially and selectively picking up said each information recording medium to transfer them from said tray to said storage unit and vice versa; a tray information read unit; an information recording medium recognition unit reading a recording medium management information indicated on said information recording medium; and a controlling unit controlling a management information for information recording medium and a management information for a rack address of said storage unit and controlling a tray information reading unit and a load/unload unit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
An automatic storage installation for information recording media as set forth in claims 1 or 2, wherein said information recording medium is a tape cartridge type magnetic tape and said information recording medium management information is indicated on an external surface of said cartridge.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
An automatic storage installation for information recording media as set forth in claim 1, wherein said information recording medium is a magnetic or an optical disc.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
an automatic storage installation for information recording media as set forth in claim 1, wherein said information recording medium is a document or an image file.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
An automatic storage installation for information recording media as set forth in claims 1 or 2, wherein said storage unit is a vertical multi-stage rotating rack, in which vertical arrangement a plurality of storage rack boards circulate and said storage unit comprises a plurality of lanes in which said rotating racks are parallely arranged.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
72 words
An automatic storage installation for information recording media as set forth in claims 1 or 2, wherein a load/unload unit comprises a picking robot sequentially or selectively picking up a information recording medium contained in said tray according to a load/unload command, a tray transfer unit transferring said picking robot along said storage unit and a running traverser disposed at a location so as to orthogonally cross to said tray transfer unit.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
57 words
An automatic storage installation for information recording media as set forth in claims 1 or 3, wherein on one of storage lanes which are parallely arranged, a traverser, which transfers said tray, is disposed thus straddling over each lane and an information recording medium recognition unit and a tray storage unit are disposed forward of said traverser.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
119 words
An automatic storage installation for information recording media as set forth in any of claims 2, 6 or 9, wherein said recognition unit of information recording media reads both of the arrangement information which information recording medium are arranged in said tray and the tray information to input them to said control unit, said control unit determines the information recording medium storage rack where said information recording medium is stored by said storage rack address information which said control unit holds and permits said tray transfer unit and said information recording medium load/unload unit to output a load/unload command so as to load and unload said information recording medium in a tray one by one into said storage unit.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
94 words
An automatic storage installation for information recording media as set forth in any of claims 2, 6 or 9, wherein said control unit has a function to output a drive command to the load/unload unit of another storage lane through said tray transfer unit, after the storage of the information recording medium in said storage lane has once been finished, when by said arrangement information and by said tray information, said control unit is input information that another information recording medium is to be stored in another storage lane still remains in said tray.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
46 words
An automatic storage installation for information recording media as set forth in claims 2 or 10, wherein in case that there are a plurality of trays to be stored, each parallely arranged load/unload unit in said storage lanes actuates simultaneously to perform a load/unload operation effectively.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
73 words
An automatic storage installation for information recording media as set forth in any of claims 1, 2, 8 or 10, wherein in case of unloading said information recording medium from said storage unit, by inputting a take out or an unload information to said control unit, an empty tray is transferred from said tray storage unit to a load/unload unit to unload a predetermined information recording medium in said tray one by one.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
67 words
An automatic storage installation for information recording media as set forth in any of claims 2, 6, 8 or 12, wherein respective information recording medium in each tray is arranged in order of an information recording medium operation in spite of the order of being unloaded from said storage rack by an actuation of said picking robot according to said management information for said information recording medium.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
41 words
An automatic storage installation for information recording media as set forth in claim 7, wherein said picking robot has a picking band capable of load/unloading said information recording media on said storage rack of one side lane or both side lanes.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
81 words
An automatic storage installation for information recording media as set forth in claim 2, 6, 11 or 12, wherein a bar code or a specific code such as a projection provided on a wall surface of said tape transfer tray, a code reader reads that said picking robot holds said tray and said robot is input an actuation signal by a process of said control unit to put a predetermined information recording medium in or out thus picking or loading them.
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