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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1992
Keiji Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Noguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cassette autochanger comprising a cassette container for containing a plurality of cassettes placed in a vertical posture, a reproducing unit for reproducing the signal recorded on the medium of one the cassettes placed therein in a horizontal posture, and a cassette holder movable between vertical and horizontal postures for receiving a selected one of the cassettes thereinto from the cassette container or from the reproducing unit and for transferring the selected cassette therefrom into the cassette container or into the reproducing unit. A carrying device is provided for carrying the cassette holder between the cassette container and the reproducing unit. The carrying device changes the cassette holder from the horizontal posture into the vertical posture to permit the cassette holder to receive the selected cassette from the cassette container or transfer the selected cassette into the cassette container. The carrying device changes the cassette holder from the vertical posture into the horizontal posture to permit the cassette holder to receive the selected cassette from the reproducing unit or transfer the selected cassette into the reproducing unit.