Signal recording and/or reproducing system having a cassette storing and transporting arrangement therein

Claim 1

A signal recording and/or reproducing system having a tape cassette storing and transporting arrangement therein, comprising: cassette storing means comprising a plurality of receiving compartments each provided for receiving a tape cassette to store the same therein, a plurality of recording and/or reproducing means for recording an information signal on or reproducing an information signal from the tape cassette taken out selectively from said cassette storing means, each of said recording and/or reproducing means comprising a housing which is provided with a control panel and with an opening through which the tape cassette is inserted therein and a cassette loading mechanism provided in said housing for placing the tape cassette inserted in the housing through said opening in a tape drive portion provided in said housing, cassette transporting means cooperating with said cassette storing means and said recording and/or reproducing means for taking the tape cassette out of a selected one of the receiving compartments of said cassette storing means and transporting the tape cassette taken out from said cassette storing means in order to transfer the same to a selected one of said recording and/or reproducing means through said opening and to the receiving compartment of said cassette storing means from said selected one of said recording and/or reproducing means, transportation driving means connected to said cassette transporting means for moving said cassette transporting means along the arrangement of said plurality of recording and/or reproducing means, position detecting means associated with said cassette transporting means for detecting the position of said cassette transporting means in relation to positions where said cassette transporting means should stop to transfer the tape cassette to said selected one of said recording and/or reproducing means and producing an output signal representing the detected position, and electronic controlling means connected to said transportation driving means for controlling said transportation driving means for cause said cassette transporting means initially to move towards a previously memorized stop position and then to move to and stop at to current appropriate stop position determined in accordance with the current output signal of said position detecting means, said electronic controlling means comprising means for memorizing said current appropriate stop position as a corrected preset stop position for subsequent use to control the initial movement of said cassette transporting means.