Appeal No. 1998-2502
Application No. 08/525,007
The invention pertains to jukeboxes. More particularly,
a control system in the jukebox transfers a data storing
device between a carriage and a magazine, and between the
carriage and a drive unit, and the control system retries the
transfer if a misalignment occurs during an initial attempt.
When a detecting means detects that the data storing device is
not transferred in a prior attempt, the control means controls
the carriage to displace the carriage from a reference
position to a new position along a conveying path and the data
storing device is transferred again.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A jukebox apparatus comprising:
a magazine having a plurality of slots for
accommodating data storing devices therein;
a drive unit having a slot for receiving a selected
data storing device;
conveying means including a carriage for conveying a
data storing device between the magazine and the drive
unit along a predetermined conveying path, the carriage
having device transferring means for transferring the data
storing device between the carriage and the magazine and
between
the carriage and the drive unit;
detecting means for detecting whether the data
storing device is transferred or not;
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