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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1999
Akio Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Koutaro Onso, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Nakamura, Ibaraki, JP;
Kouichi Shibasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Asaca Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic disc exchanging apparatus including pallets each of which can support a disc D, storage cabinets which stores said pallets , recording and reproducing drives for recording and reproducing information on and from said discs D, and a transporting mechanism for transporting said pallets between said storage cabinets and said recording and reproducing drives, magnetic members are provided in the vicinity of claw portions of the pallet . The storage cabinet has an opening through which the pallet can move into and out of the storage cabinet, side walls having grooves formed therein for guiding side edges of the pallet , and a rear wall which receives an end of the pallet , and magnets which attract said magnetic members in the pallet are provided on the rear wall