JPH06223480A - Cartridge library device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To rapidly load many cartridges by loading a magazine loading a cartridge on a housing space provided on a housing position after many cartridges are loaded on respective magazines when the cartridge is loaded on a housing device. CONSTITUTION:When a cartridge tape 10 is loaded on the magazine 30, the magazine 30 is incorporated into a lock mechanism 40. Although the opening 32 of the magazine 30 is arranged on a space provided between a tip part and a side surface wall 35 while placing the tape 10 between receiving plates 38, 39 by the mechanism 40, thus, a shaft member 41 and a pawl member 42 are provided on the mechanism 40, and the cartridge tape 10 is locked by these members, and the jumping out of the tape 10 from the magazine 30 is prevented by the pawl member 42 rotating always. When the mechanism 40 is released, the shaft member 41 is pressed by a lever penetrating through the magazine 30 and prolonging to the outside of the magazine 30, and the shaft member 41 is rotated reversely against a spring 45, and the pawl member 42 is retreated from the tape 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cartridge library apparatus and relates to an improvement of a cartridge library apparatus which automatically selects and records and reproduces a large number of cartridges containing a storage medium such as a tape or a disk.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, an apparatus of this kind has a cartridge having a storage medium and a container containing the storage medium, a plurality of magazines in which a large number of cartridges are stored, and a method for taking out information from the cartridge or storing the cartridge in the cartridge. A drive device for writing information or both of them, and a storage device having a storage space opened to the outside for storing each magazine by arranging cartridges side by side,
A transport device is provided for selectively taking out the cartridge from the storage device, moving it to the drive device, removing it to the storage device, and loading it to the original magazine.

In this apparatus, an operator loads a large number of cartridges into a magazine before the cartridge is searched, mounts a large number of magazines loaded with the cartridges in a storage device, and then the operator selects a desired cartridge. If specified, the transport device searches for a large number of cartridges in each magazine mounted in the storage device, takes out the cartridges and loads them into the drive device, and writes or reads data or both of them to the cartridges. Then, the transport device loads the original magazine from the drive device.

[0004]

However, when the cartridges are loaded into the magazine, the tape inlet / outlet of all the cartridges is set so that all the cartridges face a certain direction, for example, when the storage medium is a tape. The magazines must be loaded so that they face outward, and this loading must be repeated many times for each magazine. If the magazine is not loaded in the magazine, or if the magazine is loaded in the storage device as it is, the cartridge cannot be searched completely. The fix is to pull out all of the magazines from the storage device, find the cartridge with the wrong loading direction, reload the cartridge, or find the magazine without a cartridge and load the cartridge, then load the magazine. Must be reattached to the device.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved cartridge library device which can surely load a cartridge into a magazine.

[0006]

This cartridge library device is provided with a cartridge having a storage medium and a container containing the storage medium, a plurality of magazines in which a large number of cartridges are accommodated, information to be extracted from the cartridge, or cartridges. Drive for writing information or both of them, a storage device with a storage space open to the outside for storing each magazine by arranging the cartridges side by side, and selectively taking out the cartridge from the storage device and loading it into the drive device. It is provided with a transfer device for moving, re-moving to the storage device, and loading to the original magazine.

However, in order to achieve the above object, in the cartridge library apparatus of the present invention, the storage device is moved between a position for closing the external opening in the storage space and a position for opening this opening. The magazine is provided with a cover member that is constantly moved to the closed position and a latch mechanism that forcibly holds the cover member at the closed position. Does not project outside the magazine, but the mechanism that causes the cartridge to project from the magazine when the cartridge is mounted in the storage device in the wrong insertion direction, and the mechanism that engages the latch mechanism when the cartridge does not project from the magazine And a mechanism for releasing.

In the cartridge library apparatus of the present invention, the magazine further includes a mechanism including a member that moves outside the magazine when one of the cartridges is not loaded, and the holding unit provides an electric signal indicating a change in the position of the member. It may be equipped with a mechanism for converting to. Further, the magazine may be provided with a mechanism that fits into each loaded cartridge and locks the cartridge, and a mechanism that releases the locking mechanism when the guide unit is loaded with the magazine. further,
The magazine may include a handle located at the top and a handle located on one side of the magazine.

[0009]

The operation of storing the cartridges in the storage device is performed by loading a large number of cartridges in each magazine, carrying the magazines loaded with the cartridges to the storage device, and mounting the magazines in the storage space in the storage device. Done.

When the cartridge is loaded in the magazine, if the loading direction is wrong, the guide mechanism does not completely load the cartridge in the magazine, and the loaded cartridge projects more than the other cartridges. You can check the cartridge loading status before mounting it on the device. When the magazine loaded with the cartridges is mounted on the storage device, the latch mechanism of the storage device is released by the release mechanism of the magazine, the cover member in the storage device is retracted, and the transport device can directly access the cartridge. However, if the cartridge is inserted in the magazine in the wrong direction, the cartridge protruding from the magazine hits the cover member, the release mechanism of the magazine does not reach the latch mechanism, and the latch mechanism is not released, so the cover member does not open. At this time as well, it is possible to confirm an error in the loading direction of the cartridge.

In this cartridge library device, a holding unit converts a mechanism including a member that moves outside the magazine when the magazine is not loaded with one of the cartridges into a electric signal. If each is equipped with a mechanism, it is possible to automatically determine the presence or absence of a cartridge in the magazine.
More complete loading of cartridges into magazines. Further, when the magazine has a mechanism that fits into each of the cartridges loaded in the magazine and locks the cartridge, and the guide unit has a mechanism that releases the lock mechanism when the magazine is mounted in the cartridge, When the cartridge is loaded into the magazine, the lock mechanism prevents the cartridge from coming out of the magazine, and even if the cartridge is shocked during transportation to the storage device, for example, the cartridge does not drop from the magazine. The cartridge can be loaded into the magazine more completely. Furthermore, when the magazine is provided with the first handle arranged at the upper end and the second handle arranged on one side of the magazine, the movement of the magazine to the storage device can be performed by, for example, the first handle. It can be carried out by hanging it, and when mounting it on the storage device, for example, by holding the first handle with one hand and holding the second handle with the other hand, the posture of the magazine will be stable, so the magazine and storage It can be easily aligned with the storage space of the device, and there is no damage or damage to the cartridge due to the cartridge falling from the magazine.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the cartridge library device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

This cartridge library device is for a cartridge containing a magnetic tape. Cartridges, such as 3480 cartridge tape from International Business Machines Corporation in the United States and STK cartridge tape from Storage Technology Corporation in the United States, contain only one reel in the container and use the tape as a storage medium. Is what you use. This cartridge tape is generally designated by the reference numeral 10 in FIG. 3, and the container 11 has the form of a thin rectangular parallelepiped. Between the back wall 13 and the side wall 14 connected to this container, for example, an angle of 4
A 5 ° slope 15 is provided, and a tape inlet / outlet (not shown) is provided on the front wall 16. The tape is wound around a reel, the end portion is pulled out from the tape inlet / outlet, and the lead block is attached.

The main body of the cartridge library device is
A plurality of magazines containing a large number of such cartridges, a tape drive device for taking out information from the cartridges or writing information to the cartridges, or both of them, and arranging the cartridges side by side to open each magazine to the outside. It is equipped with a storage device having a storage space, and a transfer device for selectively taking out a cartridge from the storage device, moving it to a tape drive device, re-moving it to the storage device, and loading it into the original magazine. .

The tape drive device is installed at the back of the main unit 21 in the center of the device body 20 in FIG. 1, the storage device is installed at the front side of the main unit 21, and the transfer device is installed at the middle of the main unit 21. ing. The storage device includes a main body having storage spaces for a plurality of magazines 30. The main body of this storage device is the cartridge tape 10 loaded in the magazine 30.
So that the front wall 16 of the magazine is located in one plane.
Holds 0. The transport device has a movable base, is held by a guide shaft arranged in parallel with the array surface of the cartridge tape 10, and can travel on the guide shaft by a drive mechanism including a motor provided on the movable base.
Further, a robot that carries the cartridge tape 10 between the magazine 30 mounted on the storage device and the tape drive device is mounted on the moving table. The robot is installed on a moving table with an elevating mechanism interposed therebetween, and is moved together with the horizontal traveling mechanism in the plane where the cartridge tapes 10 are arranged so that the arbitrary cartridge tape 10 can be taken in and out. There is. The extension unit 22 on both sides of the main unit 21 has a main body having a storage space 51 and rails connected to the rails of the transport device in the main unit, and the cartridge tape 10 in the magazine 30 mounted on the extension unit 22 by the robot. I have also made it possible to access.

FIG. 3 shows details of the magazine 30.
The magazine 30 has a main body 31 having a storage space for the cartridge tape 10. This magazine body 31
One side surface 32 is open and has a hollow box shape having an upper surface wall 33, a lower surface wall 34, side surface walls 35 and 36, and a rear surface wall 37, and a large number of receiving plates 3 are provided on the inner surfaces of the side surface walls 35 and 36.
8, 39 are provided. Each of the receiving plates 38 on one side wall 35 is in the same plane as each of the receiving plates 39 on the other side wall 36, and the pair of receiving plates 38, 39 in the same plane are adjacent to each other. A space related to the thickness of the cartridge tape 10 is formed between the cartridges 38 and 39. Each of the receiving plates 38, 39 is made of a member having an L-shaped cross section, and is fixed to the side wall 33, 34 of the magazine body 31 via a spacer as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the cartridge tape 10 includes a front wall 12 having a tape entrance / exit.
The outer side of the magazine main body 32 and is inserted between the receiving plates 38 and 39 forming a pair from the opening 32 of the magazine main body, and the magazines 3 are supported by supporting the receiving plates 38 and 39 on both side edges.
It is loaded with 0. In this way, for example, 15 cartridge tapes 10 are loaded in the magazine 30.

One side wall 36 of each receiving plate pair
The end portion of the receiving plate 39 located on the rear wall 37 of the magazine body 30 is bent at an angle of, for example, 45 ° in the horizontal plane. As shown in FIG. 4, when the cartridge tape 10 is loaded into the magazine 30 with the front wall 12 having the tape inlet / outlet facing the back of the magazine body 30 and the back wall 37 facing outward, as shown in FIG. The right-angled corner formed by the front wall 12 and the side wall 16 of the cartridge tape 10 collides,
The cartridge tape is projected from the magazine 30 by hindering further invasion of the cartridge tape. However, as shown in FIG. 3, the cartridge tape 10 is loaded with the front wall 12 outside and the back wall 13 inside. Then, the slanted surface 15 of the cartridge tape comes into close contact with the cartridge tape and the cartridge tape is not projected from the magazine.

Further, a mechanism for locking the magazine 30 when the cartridge tape 10 is loaded is incorporated in the magazine 30. This locking mechanism is shown in FIG.
8 and 39 are arranged in a space between the end of the magazine opening 32 and the side wall 35. The mechanism itself has a shaft member 41 and a pawl member 42 as shown in FIG.
It is equipped with. The shaft member 41 passes through a space between the side wall 35 and the end of the receiving plate 38, 39 from which the opening 32 is peeled, and the shafts 43 at both ends are connected to the upper wall 33 and the lower wall 34 of the magazine body 30. It is held by a bearing in. The pawl member 42 is a support plate 3 forming a pair.
Cartridge tape 1 held on each of 8 and 39
For locking 0, as shown in FIG. 6, one end has a pawl 44 arranged at an interval related to the thickness of the cartridge tape 10, and the other end is fixed to the shaft member 41. A spiral spring 45 is arranged in parallel with the shaft 43, and both ends thereof are fitted on a shaft fixed to the upper wall 33 and the lower wall 34 of the magazine, and one end of the shaft member 41 is attached to the shaft member 41.
The other end is fixed to the magazine body 30, and the pawl member 4 is placed at a position where the pawl 44 is engaged with the side surface of the cartridge tape 10.
The cartridge tape 10 is prevented from jumping out of the magazine 30 when the magazine 30 is conveyed to the storage device by rotating 2 constantly. Further, in this mechanism, the center of rotation of the pawl member 42, that is, the shaft 4 of the shaft member 41 is
3 is arranged at the same position as the pawl 44, and when the cartridge tape 10 receives vibration or the like and the cartridge tape 10 tries to come out of the magazine, the line of action of this force passes through the shaft 43, and the pawl member 42 allows the cartridge tape 10 to be locked with a small spring force. Although not shown, the lock mechanism is released by pushing a lever extending from the outside of the magazine 30 through the magazine body 30 from the shaft member 41 to push the lever 45 from the outside of the magazine 30 to reverse the shaft member 41 in the reverse direction. Then, as shown by a chain line in FIG. 5, the pawl member 42 is retracted from the cartridge tape 10.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, the magazine 30 has a handle 46 mounted on the upper surface wall 36 and a handle 47 mounted on the side wall 35 which form the magazine body 30. The handle itself has a U shape, and the magazine body 30
It is attached by a pin to and can be rotated between a retracted position shown by a solid line and a retracted position shown by a chain line in FIG. The magazine body 30 is provided with dents 48, 49 into which these handles 46, 47 are fitted, and a pin serving as a rotation center of the handles 46, 47 is arranged inside the dents 48, 49. , 47 when retracted, the handles 46, 4
7 is prevented from protruding from the magazine body 30.

In this magazine, the cartridge tape 10 is loaded by rotating the lever of the lock mechanism 40 on the side surface of the magazine 30 from the outside of the magazine and leaving the pawl member 42 retracted as shown by the chain line in FIG. The receiving plates 38 forming a pair in this state,
The cartridge tape 10 is inserted between each of the receiving plate 38 and the receiving plate 38,
Is supported by At this time, if any one of the loading directions of the cartridge tape 10 is wrong, the right-angled corners of the cartridge tape 10 collide with the bent portion 39a on one of the pair of receiving plates 38, 39 as described above, Since the cartridge tape 10 cannot be completely loaded into the magazine 30 and the cartridge tape 10 projects from the magazine 30, the operator can immediately check the error in the loaded state. When all the cartridge tapes 10 are inserted in the magazine 30 in a predetermined direction, the lock mechanism 40
By returning the lever extending to the outside of the magazine, the pawl of each pawl member 42 fits on the side surface of each cartridge tape 10 as shown by the solid line in FIG.
Prevent the escape of.

The magazine 30 loaded with the cartridge is mounted in the storage device. When the magazine 30 is moved to the storage device, the magazine 30 is attached to the handle 4 in FIG.
6 can be hung by the hand, and when the storage device is mounted, for example, by holding the handle 46 with one hand and pressing the handle 47 with the other hand, the posture of the magazine 30 is stabilized, and the magazine 30 is moved to the storage device. Can be easily inserted. At this time as well, the pawl member 42 of the lock mechanism prevents the cartridge tape 10 from coming out, so that even if the magazine 30 receives a shock during conveyance, the cartridge tape does not jump out of the magazine, and the cartridge tape is damaged. And no damage.

Each of the magazines 30 loaded with the cartridge tape 10 has a main unit 21 as described above.
And the extension unit 22 is attached to a storage device built in each. The storage device incorporated in the main unit 21 has a storage space 51 for, for example, six magazines 30, as shown in FIG. Like the main unit, the extension unit 22 also has a storage space for six magazines inside the door. The storage space 51 is provided in the storage device main body inside the units 21 and 22, and a table 52 is incorporated in each storage space 51 of each storage device. Each of the tables 52 is placed on a rail in the main body of the storage device, and can move between the inside and outside of the storage device in each of the units 21 and 22.

The external opening 32 in each storage space 51
A cover member 53 is provided at a portion close to. The cover member 53 is arranged so that only the table 52 crosses the storage space 51 leaving a clearance. As shown in FIG. 4, each cover member 53 has a shaft 55 fixed to one side edge. The shaft 55 is held by a bearing in the main body 54 of the storage device, and is covered by a spring provided between the main body 54 of the storage device and the cover member 53.
Is always rotated to the open position. Latch mechanism 5
Reference numeral 6 is for holding the cover member 53 in the closed position, and is provided with a stop member 57 and a shaft 58. The stopper member 57 has a substantially L-shape when viewed from a plane, and one side thereof is fixed to the shaft 58, and by rotating around the shaft 58, the stopper member 57 is retracted from the cover member 53 at a position where the cover member 53 is held. The member 53 can be rotated with respect to the position where it is opened. Shaft 5
8, both ends of which are held by bearings in the storage device main body 54,
The stop member 57 is rotated by a spring arranged between the storage device body 54 and the storage device body 54 so that the stop member 57 is always in a position for holding the cover member 53. An arm 60 is fixed to the stopper member 57. The arm 60 penetrates a wall forming the storage space 51 in the storage device main body 54 and extends near the side wall of the magazine 30 mounted in the storage space 51. Arm 6 in magazine body 31
An arm 61 is fixed to the outer surface of the side wall 36 facing 0. The arm 61 has a magazine 30 in which all the cartridge tapes 10 are loaded in a predetermined direction.
When it is attached, the arm 60 on the stopper member 57 is pushed to rotate the stopper member 57, and the cover member 53 is opened.

When the magazine 30 loaded with the cartridge tape 10 is loaded into the storage space 51, if one of the cartridge tapes 10 is loaded in the magazine 30 in the opposite direction as shown in FIG. The numeral 10 projects from the magazine 30 as described above. When the magazine 30 is mounted in the storage device in this state, the protruding cartridge tape 10 hits the cover member 53, for example, and the magazine 30 is not mounted at a predetermined position. Therefore, the arm 6 in the magazine 30
1 does not reach the arm 60 in the latch mechanism 56 holding the cover member 53, and the cover member 53 does not open. However, when the magazine 30 in which all of the cartridge tapes 10 are peeled in the predetermined direction is loaded in the storage device, the arm 61 in the magazine 30 causes the cover member 53 to move.
Push the arm 60 on the latch mechanism 56 that holds the
The stop member 57 is rotated to open the cover member 53. And a storage space 51 for mounting the magazine 30
Even if the carrier device is operated while the user's hand is placed on it, the carrier device is not injured, so that the mounting operation of the magazine 30 can be performed safely.

When the magazine is loaded into the storage device body 54, the mechanism 40 that locks the cartridge tape 10 in the magazine is released. This release mechanism is shown in FIG.
Of rod members indicated by reference numeral 62 in FIG. The rod member 62 is the cartridge tape 1.
When all of the magazines 0 are loaded in a predetermined direction and loaded in the storage space 51 of the storage device body 54, the magazine is arranged in the storage device body 54 so as to rotate the shaft member 41 of the lock mechanism. It is fixed to. The side wall 35 of the magazine 30 is provided with a cutout 63 through the rod member 62.

Further, in this cartridge tape library device, when the magazine 30 is loaded into the storage device, if even one cartridge tape 10 in the loaded magazine 30 is not loaded, it can be automatically detected. It has a built-in mechanism. This mechanism, generally designated by 64 in FIG. 3, is located in the space between the back wall 37 end of the backing plate 38 of the magazine and the back wall 37. As shown in FIG. 8, the mechanism itself includes a shaft 65, elevating members 66 and 67, and an arm 68. The shaft 65 is arranged in the space between the back wall 37 and the side wall 36 of the receiving plates 38, 39, and the both ends of the shaft 65.
And, it can be rotated and slid by being inserted into the through hole in the lower surface wall 34. The shaft is composed of two parts. The elevating member 66 is engaged with and fixed to the upper part of the shaft 65, and the elevating member 67 is engaged with and fixed to the lower part of the shaft 65, and they are meshed with each other by saw teeth 69. The arm 68 is a support plate 38, 39
, One end of which is fixed to the shaft 65 and the free ends of which are the receiving plate-to-receiving plates 38 and 39 and the receiving plate-to-receiving plate 3.
It extends into the cartridge tape loading space located between 8 and 39. Then, the coil spring 70 is connected to the shaft 65.
, One end of which is fixed to the magazine body 30 and the other end of which is fixed to the shaft 65, and the free ends of the arms 68 are located inside the cartridge tape loading space.

In this mechanism, when all the cartridge tapes 10 are loaded in the magazine 30, the arm 68 is prevented from rotating by the back wall 13 of the cartridge tape 10, and the elevating members 66 and 67 mesh with each other. However, if even one cartridge tape 10 is not loaded in the magazine 30, the arm 68 is rotated by the coil spring 70, the elevating member 66 is rotated together with the upper portion of the shaft 65, and the saw teeth are the other elevating member. The saw teeth of 67 are raised and slide with the lower portion of the shaft 65, and the lower end of the lower portion of the shaft 65 projects from the magazine 30.

A mechanism for detecting the protruding state of the shaft 65 is incorporated in the storage device main body 54. This mechanism includes an optical sensor 71 and a shutter 72.
The optical sensor 71 is fixed to the storage device main body 54 at a position below the hole into which the lower portion of the shaft 65 in the lower surface wall 34 of the magazine fits. The shutter 72 is arranged between the light source and the light receiver of the optical sensor 71. The shutter 72 has one end supported by a free end of an arm 73 fixed to the storage device main body 54. A guide 74 is attached to the surface of the arm 73 opposite to the surface having the shutter 72. The arm itself is made of a spring material, and the shutter 72 is retracted between the light source and the light receiver of the optical sensor 71, and the guide 74 is engaged with the hole of the lower surface wall 34.

If the cartridge tape 10 is loaded in the entire loading space of the magazine 30 when the magazine 30 is loaded in the storage device, the lower portion of the shaft 65 does not project to the outside of the magazine 30, and therefore the shutter 72 is used.
Is escaping because it is between the light source and the light receiver in the optical sensor 71. However, if the cartridge tape 10 is not loaded in the space of the loading space of the magazine 30, as shown in FIG.
Since it projects from 0, the guide 74 is pushed by the lower part of the shaft 64, the arm 73 bends, and the shutter 72 blocks the light source and the light receiver in the optical sensor 71. Therefore, if the optical sensor 71 is connected to, for example, the control device of the transport device, a warning can be given to the operator by the signal from the optical sensor 71, and the next empty access of the transport device can be prevented.

[0030]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the cartridges can be loaded in the respective magazines without making a mistake in the loading direction, not only can a large number of cartridges be loaded in a large number of magazines, but the operator can also quickly load the cartridges. The labor load on the magazine can be remarkably reduced, and the magazine can be safely attached and detached even when the transport device is operating.

According to the second aspect, the presence or absence of the cartridge tape in each magazine can be automatically determined even after the magazine is mounted in the storage device, so that the loading of the cartridge in the magazine can be completed more completely. it can.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the magazine is carried to the storage device, the cartridge is not accidentally dropped from the magazine when the magazine is mounted in the storage device. Therefore, the cartridge is damaged or the data is destroyed due to the damage. Can be eliminated and the loading of the cartridge in the magazine can be more complete. .

According to the present invention, the magazine can be easily transported to the storage device, the posture of the magazine is stabilized even when the magazine is mounted in the storage device, and the alignment between the magazine and the storage space of the storage device is easy. Therefore, the labor burden on the operator can be further reduced, and damage or damage to the cartridge due to the cartridge falling from the magazine can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a cartridge library device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a may unit in FIG.

3 is an external perspective view of a magazine used in the apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a part of the magazine and main unit taken along the line AA in FIG.

5 is a plan view of a cartridge lock mechanism incorporated in the magazine of FIG.

6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an operating state of a cartridge lock mechanism.

8 is a cross-sectional view of a mechanism for preventing the empty loading of the cartridge in the magazine, taken along line CC in FIG.

9 is a cross-sectional view showing an operating state of the mechanism shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Cartridge, 30 ... Magazine, 32 ... Opening,
39a ... Cartridge protruding mechanism, 51 ... Storage space, 52
... cover member, 56 ... latch mechanism, 61 ... release mechanism.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A cartridge having a storage medium and a container containing the storage medium, a plurality of magazines in which a large number of cartridges are stored, and a method of taking out information from the cartridge or writing information to the cartridge, or both of them. The drive device to be carried out, the storage device having the storage space opened to the outside for storing the magazines by arranging the cartridges side by side, the selective removal of the cartridge from the storage device, the movement to the drive device, the re-movement to the storage device, In a cartridge library device equipped with a transfer device for loading the original magazine, the storage device does not move between a position that closes an external opening in the storage space and a position that opens this opening. And the cover member that is constantly moved to the closed position and the cover member are forced And a latch mechanism that holds the cartridge in the closed position, the magazine does not protrude outside the magazine when the cartridge is loaded in the storage device in the predetermined direction, and the cartridge is stored in the wrong insertion direction. A cartridge library comprising a mechanism for ejecting the cartridge from the magazine when the cartridge is attached to the device, and a mechanism for engaging and releasing the latch mechanism when the cartridge is not ejected from the magazine. apparatus. 2. The mechanism, wherein the magazine includes a mechanism including a member that moves outside the magazine when one of the cartridges is not loaded, and the holding unit includes a mechanism that converts a positional change of the member into an electric signal. The device according to claim 1, wherein 3. A mechanism for fitting and locking a magazine into each of the cartridges loaded in the magazine,
3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guide units each have a mechanism for releasing the locking mechanism when the magazine is loaded. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the magazine comprises a handle arranged at an upper end and a handle arranged on one side of the magazine.