AUTOMATIC CASSETTE CHANGER

摘要

An automatic cassette changer wherein a plurality of types of cassettes for which the recording formats are different from each other can be used. The automatic cassette changer comprises a plurality of types of cassettes in which different types of record media for which the recording formats are different from each other are accommodated, a cassette accommodating rack having a plurality of bins for accommodating the cassettes therein, a plurality of recording and/or reproducing apparatus each provided for selectively recording and/or reproducing a format signal in accordance with a selected one of the recording formats of the plurality of types of cassettes, and a transporting machine for selectively transporting the cassettes between the bins and the recording and/or reproducing apparatus. The transporting machine including a hand block for holding a selected one of the cassettes in a thicknesswise direction of the selected cassette into or from a selected one of said bins and said recording and/or recording apparatus, the hand block including a pair of upper and lower cassette holding elements for holding the selected cassette therebetween and an opening and closing mechanism for opening and closing said cassette holding elements while keeping said cassette holding elements in parallel to each other.