Apparatus for recording and reproducing information including energy storing means

Claim 2

An information recording and reproducing apparatus comprising: a mount table for holding an information recording and reproducing medium; mounting means for slidably securing said mount table; optical means secured proximate to said mount table for recording and reproducing information on the information recording and reproducing medium; means for reciprocating said mount table in opposite directions relative to said optical means, said mount table being reciprocated in an acceleration mode and deceleration mode in each direction; and energy storing means having an operating region for decelerating movement of said mount table in the deceleration mode, storing energy generated in the deceleration mode, and transducing the stored energy to kinetic energy in the acceleration mode to accelerate said mount table, wherein said mount table is further driven by said reciprocating means into the operating region of said energy storing means in the deceleration mode so as to store energy therein.

Claim 3

An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said energy storing means stores the kinetic energy of said mount table by using a resilient force.

Claim 4

An information recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said energy storing means stores the kinetic energy of said mount table by using either one of a magnetic force and an electromagnetic force.

Claim 5

An information recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said energy storing means stores the kinetic energy of said mount table by using gravity.

Claim 6

A reciprocating shuttle for an apparatus comprising: a mount table for holding an information recording and reproducing medium; optical means secured proximate to said mount table for recording and reproducing information on the information recording and reproducing medium; means for reciprocating said mount table in opposite directions relative to said optical means, said mount table being reciprocated in a recording and reproducing period and in a direction reversal period; means for driving said reciprocating means so as to reciprocate said mount table at a constant speed during the recording and reproducing period and to accelerate and decelerate said mount table during the direction reversal period; and energy storing means having an operating region for decelerating and accelerating movement of said mount table during the direction reversal period, said storing means decelerating movement of said mount table in a deceleration mode, storing energy in the deceleration mode, and transducing the stored energy to kinetic energy in an acceleration mode to accelerate said mount table, wherein said driving means further drives said reciprocating means to drive said mount table into the operating region of said energy storing means in the deceleration mode to store energy therein.

Claim 7

A reciprocating shuttle for an apparatus comprising: a mount table for holding an information recording and reproducing medium; optical means secured proximate to said mount table for recording and reproducing information on the information recording and reproducing medium; means for reciprocating said mount table in opposite directions relative to said optical means, said mount table being reciprocated in a recording and reproducing period and in a direction reversal period; means for driving said reciprocating means so as to reciprocate said mount table at a constant speed during the recording and reproducing period and to accelerate and decelerate said mount table during the direction reversal period; and energy storing means having an operating region for decelerating and accelerating movement of said mount table during the direction reversal period, said storing means decelerating movement of said mount table in a deceleration mode, storing energy in the deceleration mode, and transducing the stored energy to kinetic energy in an acceleration mode to accelerate said mount table, wherein said driving means further drives said reciprocating means to drive said mount table into the operating region of said energy storing means in the deceleration mode to store energy therein.

Claim 8

An information recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said energy storing means stores the kinetic energy of said mount table by using either one of a magnetic force and an electromagnetic force.

Claim 9

An information recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said energy storing means stores the kinetic energy of said mount table by using gravity.

Claim 10

A reciprocating shuttle for an apparatus comprising: a mount table for holding an information recording and reproducing medium; optical means secured proximate to said mount table for recording and reproducing information on the information recording and reproducing medium; means for reciprocating said mount table in opposite directions relative to said optical means, said mount table being reciprocated in a recording and reproducing period and in a direction reversal period; means for driving said reciprocating means so as to reciprocate said mount table at a constant speed during the recording and reproducing period and to accelerate and decelerate said mount table during the direction reversal period; means for detecting the reciprocating periods of said mount table and sending a detected signal to said driving means to indicate the beginning of the direction reversal period; and energy storing means having an operating region for decelerating and accelerating movement of said mount table during the direction reversal period, said storing means decelerating movement of said mount table in the deceleration mode, storing energy in the deceleration mode, and transducing the stored energy to kinetic energy in the acceleration mode to accelerate said mount table, wherein said driving means, after receiving the signal from said detecting means, further drives said reciprocating means to drive said mount table into the operating region of said energy storing means in the deceleration mode to store energy therein.

Claim 11

A reciprocating shuttle for an apparatus comprising: a mount table for holding an information recording and reproducing medium; optical means secured proximate to said mount table for recording and reproducing information on the information recording and reproducing medium; means for reciprocating said mount table in opposite directions relative to said optical means, said mount table being reciprocated in a recording and reproducing period and in a direction reversal period; means for driving said reciprocating means so as to reciprocate said mount table at a constant speed during the recording and reproducing period and to accelerate and decelerate said mount table during the direction reversal period; means for detecting the reciprocating periods of said mount table and sending a detected signal to said driving means to indicate the beginning of the direction reversal period; and energy storing means having an operating region for decelerating and accelerating movement of said mount table during the direction reversal period, said storing means decelerating movement of said mount table in the deceleration mode, storing energy in the deceleration mode, and transducing the stored energy to kinetic energy in the acceleration mode to accelerate said mount table, wherein said driving means, after receiving the signal from said detecting means, further drives said reciprocating means to drive said mount table into the operating region of said energy storing means in the deceleration mode to store energy therein.

Claim 12

An information recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said energy storing means stores the kinetic energy of said mount table by using either one of a magnetic force and an electromagnetic force.

Claim 13

An information recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said energy storing means stores the kinetic energy of said mount table by using gravity.