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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1991
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A multi-cassette recording and reproducing apparatus includes at least one rack for storing a stack of tape cassettes and disk cassettes, the tape cassettes containing magnetic tapes, the disk cassettes containing disks; a tape drive unit for subjecting a magnetic tape of a tape cassette to information recording and reproducing processes; a disk drive unit for subjecting a disk of a disk cassette to information recording and reproducing processes; and a common cassette selecting and carrying mechanism for selecting one of the tape cassettes in the rack, for carrying the selected tape cassette between the rack and the tape drive unit, for selecting one of the disk cassettes in the rack, and for carrying the selected disk cassette between the rack and the disk drive unit.