Data cartridge interlock release actuator system

Details Data cartridge interlock release actuator system Data cartridge interlock release actuator system

1997-05-09

1999-12-07

Ometz, David L.

Dynamic information storage or retrieval

Information location or remote operator actuated control

Selective addressing of storage medium

360 92, 360 9804, G11B 1722, G11B 1568, G11B 1708

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059995009

ABSTRACT:
A data cartridge interlock release actuator system for disabling a data cartridge lock within a data cartridge caddy to enable an autochanger to remove a data cartridge from the data cartridge caddy. The interlock release actuator is a cam shaft within the autochanger storage rack. The cam shaft has lobes and a lever attached to it. When the autochanger needs to remove a data cartridge from the caddy, the picker of the autochanger or a motor or a solenoid rotates the lever, which rotates the cam shaft, which rotates the lobes. When the lobes rotate, they depress a button on top of a data cartridge caddy. When the button is depressed, a spring lock that locks the data cartridges within the caddy is disabled and the data cartridges may be removed from the caddy.

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