Disk storage and retrieval device.

摘要

A disk storage and retrieval device is disclosed in which at least one stocker is disposed in a housing above a recording and reproducing device for storing a multitude of disk cartridges. The stocker has a plurality of horizontal shelf plates on which cartridges are received, the shelf plates being vertically disposed at equal intervals. A horizontal guide rail is mounted on a pair of vertical guide rails for vertical movement therealong. A carrier is supported on the horizontal guide rail so as to be movable therealong in the horizontal direction for transporting a disk cartridge from the stocker to the recording and reproducing device or vice versa. A cartridge handling mechanism is attached to the carrier for transporting a cartridge between the carrier and the stocker and between the carrier and the recording and reproducing device. In one embodiment, the stocker may be rotatabe around a vertical rotary shaft on which the shelf plates are mounted for rotation therewith. Each of the shelf plates has a plurality of storage areas for receiving a plurality of disk cartridges.