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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1988
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Isobe, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic changing system for a cassette-type medium, having at least one recording and/or reproducing apparatus, a cassette storage apparatus includes multiple cassette storage compartments, and a cassette transporting apparatus by which a selected cassette may be either picked up from a compartment in the cassette storage apparatus and transported to the recording and/or reproducing apparatus, or picked up from the recording and/or reproducing apparatus and transported to the cassette storage apparatus. A cassette carriage is provided which includes three openings through which a cassette may be transported in a selected direction, without the need for a special device by which the cassette may be rotated 90.degree. between the recording and/or reproducing apparatus and the cassette transporting apparatus.