Appeal No. 2000-1234 Page 2
Application No. 08/911,442
tape cassettes of different sizes or recording formats. Each
bin is assigned to house cassettes of a specific format. An
elevator selectively removes a cassette from the bin and,
based on the assigned format, loads the cassette into a video
tape recorder using the same format.
Claim 1, which is representative for present purposes,
follows:
1. A cassette auto-changer, comprising:
a cassette accommodating portion including a
plurality of accommodating units each having a
plurality of substantially identical cassette bins,
each individual cassette bin being adapted to
accommodate a plurality of different types of
cassettes housing different types of recording media
having different types of recording formats, a
respective one of said recording formats being
assigned to each of said cassette bins, the cassette
bins in a respective accommodating unit
accommodating a plurality of cassettes housing
recording media having the same one of said
recording formats, each of said accommodating units
including a memory circuit for storing recording
format information indicating the type of recording
format assigned to each of said cassette bins
therein, aid memory circuit including a plurality of
connections each connected to one of a power source
and a ground;
an information reading circuit electrically
coupled to the memory circuit of each of aid
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