Patent ID: 6892385

Claim:
An information recording medium conveyor for loading and unloading an information recording medium into and out of an information recording/reproducing device, comprising: transport means capable of conveying an object including said information recording medium in both forward and backward directions; detecting means for detecting passage of said object including said information recording medium being conveyed by said transport means; open/close means for opening and closing an insertion/ejection part through which said object is inserted into and ejected/unloaded from the information recording/reproducing device; and control means for controlling said transport means and said open/close means in accordance with output signals from said detecting means, wherein if, during an ejecting or unloading operation, said detecting means outputs a signal indicating that said object is not detected, said control means executes an instruction to said open/close means to close said insertion/ejection part, and if said open/close means fails to close said insertion/ejection part, said control means executes an instruction to said transport means to perform a forcible ejecting operation.