Patent ID: 6452894
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recording media library apparatus capable of storing and processing recording media of a double-side recording type, said recording media library apparatus comprising:a plurality of storage units, removably installed in a plurality of predetermined installing areas within said recording media library apparatus, each of said storage units being capable of storing a plurality of the recording media; a drive unit for driving a desired one of the recording media in a predetermined driving direction; a transport mechanism for transporting a desired one of the recording media between one of said storage units and said drive unit, said transport mechanism is separate from said drive unit; an inversion unit that inverts a desired one of the recording media to correspond to the predetermined driving direction of said drive unit, wherein said inversion unit is physically distinct from said transport mechanism, said storage units and said drive unit, wherein said inversion is removably installed in any one of the predetermined installing areas, and wherein when a desired one of the recording media of the double-side recording type is to be driven for data writing/reading on a particular side thereof, said desired one of the recording media is transported from one of said storage units or said drive unit to said inversion unit via said transport mechanism.