Patent ID: 6813144
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An apparatus where media are installed, that is detachably installed in a library apparatus, wherein a first medium and a second medium having a different configuration from the first medium are installed together, comprising:an installation error detecting mechanism wherein detecting an installation in error of the first medium in the apparatus where media are installed and detecting an installation error of the second medium in the apparatus where media are installed are implemented together; wherein an installation error discrimination part is formed for each of the first medium and the second medium, respectively, and the installation error detecting mechanism detects installations in error of the first medium and the second medium in the apparatus where media are installed by detecting the installation error discrimination parts of the first medium and the second medium, the installation error discrimination parts of the first medium and the second medium include side hollow-forming parts formed in the first medium and the second medium, and the installation error detecting mechanism includes an engaging projection part engaging the installation error discrimination parts of the first medium and the second medium in a case where the first medium and the second medium are properly installed in the apparatus where media are installed; the apparatus further comprising a rack part where the first medium and the second medium are installed, wherein an installation error detecting common area is situated inside the rack part, and the installation error detecting common area is defined as a partially superimposed area continuing both an area where the side hollow-forming part of the first medium is positioned when the first medium is installed in the rack part properly and an area where the side hollow-forming part of the second medium is positioned when the second medium is installed in the rack part properly, and the engaging projection part is formed in the installation error detecting common area; further wherein in a case where the first medium or the second medium is installed in the rack part in error, the engaging projection part does not engage with the side hollow-forming part of the first medium or the side hollow-forming part of the second medium but comes in contact with a portion of the first medium other than the side hollow part or a portion of the second medium other than the side hollow part, respectively; and the installation error detecting mechanism further includes a plate for preventing installation error that moves together with the engaging projection part, wherein in a case where the engaging projection part engages the installation error discrimination part of the first medium or the second medium, the plate for preventing installation error is positioned at an installation allowance position so that the apparatus where media are installed is allowed to be installed in the library apparatus, and in a case where the engaging projection part does not engage the installation error discrimination part of the first medium or the second medium, the plate for preventing installation error is positioned at an installation obstruction position where the apparatus where media are installed is obstructed from being installed in the library apparatus.