Patent ID: 7958519

Claim:
A recording medium changer comprising: an outer casing having in its front side portion an opening for storage and ejection of a recording medium; a storage block that has a plurality of storage shelves each storing the recording medium, and is movable in a longitudinal direction inside the outer casing; a drive block on which the recording medium is mounted and which processes data recorded on the recording medium; a conveying block that is movable in a vertical direction or in a lateral direction inside the outer casing, and ejects the recording medium from the storage block or the drive block and conveys the ejected recording medium for mounting onto the drive block or for storage into the storage block; and a power supply block that supplies drive power to at least individual sections arranged inside the outer casing, wherein the storage block is moved between a forward position as a movable end on a forward side in a direction of movement where storage and ejection of the recording medium into and from each of the storage shelves are performed via the opening, and a rear position as a movable end on a rear side in the direction of movement, the conveying block is moved between a storage delivery position as a movable end on an upper side or on one lateral side in a direction of movement where delivery of the recording medium is performed between the conveying block and the storage block, and a driving delivery position as a movable end on a lower side or on the other lateral side in the direction of movement where delivery of the recording medium is performed between the conveying block and the drive block, the rear position of the storage block is present above or beside the drive block, the driving delivery position of the conveying block is present forward of the drive block, the conveying block is present in the driving delivery position at the time of movement of the storage block in the longitudinal direction, and the storage block is present in the forward position when storage and ejection of the recording medium into and from the storage block are performed via the opening.