Material or article handling – Plural – static structures for supporting discrete loads and... – Load-underlying members
Patent
1997-12-31
2000-02-08
Ellis, Christopher P.
Material or article handling
Plural, static structures for supporting discrete loads and...
Load-underlying members
414280, 414283, 36447806, B65G 6300
Patent
active
060221801
ABSTRACT:
A cartridge transferring robot for use in a library apparatus which is capable of certainly transferring a plurality of types of cartridges (media) to meet various needs from the users. In the present invention, for this purpose, in case where a plurality of types of cartridges are handled within the library apparatus, a picker section includes a type identifying mechanism to identify the type of the cartridge held in the picker section in a state of being gripped by a hand mechanism. Further, this invention is for transferring cartridges among a storage unit, a cartridge entry/exit station and a drive unit within a library apparatus storing a large number of cartridges such as magnetic tape cartridges and optical disk cartridges.
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Hori Daisuke
Kato Chikatsu
Motoyama Nobuhiko
Saito Keiichi
Shibuya Hiroshi
Ellis Christopher P.
Fujitsu Limited
Parker Isobel A.
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