Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Automatic control of a recorder mechanism
Patent
1992-04-24
1995-03-28
Psitos, Aristotelis
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Automatic control of a recorder mechanism
360 71, 360 92, G11B 1518, G11B 1568
Patent
active
054022851
ABSTRACT:
A generally rectangular outer housing is sized to fit within the full height five and one quarter inch form factor. A drawer is mounted for sliding motion within the housing along a longitudinal axis thereof from a retracted position in which the drawer is substantially fully contained within the housing to an extended position in which a forward portion of the drawer extends beyond a forward transverse end of the housing. A DAT tape drive is mounted within a rear portion of the drawer and has a forwardly opening cassette insertion slot. A cassette magazine is provided that has a plurality of vertically spaced receptacles for holding a plurality of DAT cassettes in a vertically stacked configuration. A magazine loader is mounted in the forward portion of the drawer for receiving and vertically reciprocating the cassette magazine and for selectively transferring cassettes between the magazine and the cassette insertion slot of the DAT tape drive.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5050020 (1991-09-01), Campbell et al.
patent: 5157564 (1992-10-01), Theobald et al.
patent: 5182687 (1993-01-01), Campbell et al.
Campbell Kenneth C.
Gray Roger M.
Hedlund Lyle J.
Heistand II Raymond D.
Kockler Barry C.
Conner Peripherals, Inc.
Kapadia Varsha A.
Psitos Aristotelis
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