Library apparatus including cartridge access station

Details Library apparatus including cartridge access station Library apparatus including cartridge access station

1996-12-23

1998-02-03

Levy, Stuart S.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Record transport with head stationary during transducing

Tape record

G11B 1568

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057151130

ABSTRACT:
A library apparatus for preventing a recording medium cartridge from floating during a transferring operation of the cartridge. The library apparatus comprises a cell unit having a plurality of cells each for receiving a recording medium cartridge, a drive unit for recording/reproducing information on the recording medium cartridge, a cartridge access station for supplying/discharging the recording medium cartridge, and an accesser for moving the recording medium cartridge from one to the other among the cell unit, the drive unit and the cartridge access station. The cartridge access station includes an entry mechanism for separating, one by one, the recording medium cartridges supplied to a first position and transferring such separated cartridge to a second position for delivering the cartridge to the accesser.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4787074 (1988-11-01), Deck et al.
patent: 5371640 (1994-12-01), Kvifte et al.

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