Material or article handling – Plural – static structures for supporting discrete loads and... – Load-underlying members
Patent
1996-03-27
1997-12-23
Bucci, David A.
Material or article handling
Plural, static structures for supporting discrete loads and...
Load-underlying members
193 44, 198409, 414277, 414786, B65G 106
Patent
active
057001251
ABSTRACT:
A pass thru port, for use in an automated cartridge library, is capable of transferring a cartridge from one module of the automated cartridge library to another module of the automated cartridge library without the use of motors or other powered devices. A rotating mechanism, operating under the force of gravity, engages the cartridge after the cartridge is released by the robot arm of the first module. The rotating mechanism turns the cartridge so it faces in the appropriate direction to be received by the second module. A pivoting tray in the second module engages the cartridge as the cartridge slides from the rotating mechanism to the second module. The pivoting tray positions the cartridge in the second module so that it may be retrieved by a robot arm in the second module. Multiple cartridges can be loaded into the pass thru port and removed one at a time from the second module with the next module automatically moving into position in the second module when the first cartridge is removed.
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Falace Joseph Philip
Miller John David
Bucci David A.
Storage Technology Corporation
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