Patent ID: 6160677
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An information processing device functioning as an automated library-data processing device, which comprises a guide rail, a body having a storage shelf for storing a plurality of storage media; a drive mechanism for performing recording and reproducing operations on each storage medium; and an access mechanism having a motor section, said access mechanism traveling and accessing the drive mechanism under a guidance of said guide rail, wherein the access mechanism has a hand means for inserting and extracting each storage medium to and from the storage shelf and for inputting and outputting each storage medium to and from the drive mechanism, and the information processing device further comprises:a travel rail whose length is substantially the same as the length of the guide rail, and which is disposed along the guide rail; anda plurality of rack gears having a block shape which are inserted into the travel rail and coupled with each other in the longitudinal direction of the travel rail, and a pinion drive gear in said motor section for moving the traveling access mechanism, and the pinion drive gear being engaged with each rack gear, andwherein two sets of said devices, each functioning as an automated library-data processing device, can be coupled with each other in a manner such that the bodies, the guide rails, and the travel rails of both sets of said devices are respectively coupled with each other, and the rack gears are inserted from one end of the coupled travel rails, the number of the rack gears corresponds to the overall length of the coupled travel rails, so as to increase the number of storage media stored in the storage shelves.