Dynamic information storage or retrieval – Information location or remote operator actuated control – Selective addressing of storage medium
Patent
1998-02-09
2000-02-15
Dinh, Tan
Dynamic information storage or retrieval
Information location or remote operator actuated control
Selective addressing of storage medium
369 37, G11B 1722
Patent
active
060260637
ABSTRACT:
A library apparatus having a rotatable cell drum adapted to store a plurality of recording media cartridges, the cell drum having a plurality of columns and each column having plural cells configured to receive the recording media cartridges. The library apparatus further includes a door configured to selectively provide direct operator access to all of the cells of a selected column without the assistance of a media transport device. The library apparatus is provided with a cell drum locking mechanism configured to selectively lock the cell drum and prevent rotational movement of the cell drum, and a door locking mechanism configured to selectively lock the door and prevent opening of the door. A link operably interconnects the drum locking mechanism and the door locking mechanism such that the cell drum locking mechanism must assume a locked state before the door locking mechanism may assume an unlocked state.
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Hashizume Masaaki
Kobayashi Manabu
Mikawa Kazuyuki
Miura Tsuyoshi
Nakajima Kenji
Dinh Tan
Fujitsu Limited
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