Patent ID: 6034928
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An apparatus, comprising:a tray movable in a first direction, selectively into a housing to a closed position and out of the housing, and having plural slots respectively and individually assignable to plural recording media, the plural recording media being selectively and individually insertable into and removable from the respectively assigned plural slots by movement thereof in a second direction transverse to the first direction, the tray being movable out of the housing, in a first mode, to a fully open position providing access to all slots and, in a second mode, to a limited open position affording insertion, or withdrawal, of an individual medium into, or from, a predesignated mail slot of the plural slots;an accessor transferring a selected, individual recording medium from a designated source location to a designated destination location; anda controller controlling the accessor, in an insertion operation of the second mode, for conveying a recording medium in the mail slot, when designated as a source location, to the respective, assigned slot of the tray, when designated as a destination location thereof, and, in an ejection operation of the second mode, for conveying a recording medium in the respective, assigned slot of the tray, when designated as a source location, to the mail slot, when designated as a destination location thereof.