Material or article handling – Plural – static structures for supporting discrete loads and... – Load-underlying members
Patent
1993-03-16
1994-08-09
Bucci, David A.
Material or article handling
Plural, static structures for supporting discrete loads and...
Load-underlying members
B65G 106
Patent
active
053360303
ABSTRACT:
A buffered access system for loading and unloading media from a storage library system without interfering with the operation of the robotic arm within the storage library, while maintaining the security and integrity of the system, and increasing the overall storage capacity of the storage library. The buffered access system includes an automatic stack loader coupled to the exterior of the library module enabling the operator to stack multiple data cartridges to be input into the library module and to remove data storage cartridges automatically stacked in an output tray. The automatic stack loader retrieves and inserts the data storage cartridges in sequence from and into the library module through a cartridge access port to a turntable mechanism located in the interior of the library module. The turntable mechanism has a rotating platform which holds the data storage media cartridge to be transferred and is positioned by a servo motor to be properly aligned the cartridge with the automatic stack loader or robotic arm. The automatic stack loader and turntable mechanism are controlled by a library control unit which drives the two devices to operate together with the robot arm to transfer a data storage media cartridge between the automatic stack loader to a storage cell or other device within the library module.
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Hoge David T.
Ostwald Timothy C.
Bucci David A.
Storage Technology Corporation
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