Tape cartridge record/plackback apparatus

摘要

PCT No. PCT/GB85/00452 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 7, 1986 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 7, 1986 PCT Filed Oct. 8, 1985 PCT Pub. No. WO86/02192 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 10, 1986.A cartridge-handling arrangement for selectively transferring a tape cartridge from a fixed store holding a plurality of cartridges in a vertical stack, to a fixed record/playback station. The cartridge-handling arrangement comprises an elevator platform moving between the appropriate store level and the level of the record/playback station and a displacement mechanism for transferring a selected cartridge between the store and the elevator platform and between the elevator platform and the record/playback station. The overall arrangement is such that a selected cartridge is presented to the record/playback station in a horizontal attitude.