Supports: racks – Special article – Platelike
Patent
1998-10-08
2000-08-08
Stodola, Daniel P.
Supports: racks
Special article
Platelike
A47G 2900
Patent
active
060988177
ABSTRACT:
The dual purpose data cartridge storage pack serves to accommodate both individual data cartridges as well as data cartridge magazines that serve to store a plurality of data cartridges. This architecture enables the user to use the data cartridge storage pack interchangeably to thereby accommodate varying quantities of data cartridges and data cartridge magazines without loss of cartridge storage space occasioned by the dedication of data cartridge storage racks for a single type of media element. The data cartridges are the industry standard IBM Magstar data cartridges that can be individually stored in a data cartridge storage pack or placed in the IBM Magstar data cartridge magazine. The present dual purpose data cartridge storage pack is equipped with a plurality of data cartridge storage locations, each of which is adapted to receive a single IBM Magstar data cartridge. The dual purpose data cartridge storage pack is also adapted to receive at least one IBM Magstar data cartridge magazine in predetermined site(s) therein. Thus, the present dual purpose data cartridge storage pack can store either IBM Magstar data cartridges or an IBM Magstar data cartridge magazine in the same space, thereby enabling the dual purpose data cartridge storage pack to provide enhanced efficiency of data cartridge management
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Engineered Data Products, Inc.
Novosad Jennifer E.
Stodola Daniel P.
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