Dynamic information storage or retrieval – Information location or remote operator actuated control – Selective addressing of storage medium
Patent
1996-11-22
1999-02-02
Levy, Stuart S.
Dynamic information storage or retrieval
Information location or remote operator actuated control
Selective addressing of storage medium
360 92, 20638715, G11B 1568, B65D 85672
Patent
active
058674586
ABSTRACT:
A computer data storage cartridge magazine for carrying data storage cartridges from conventional "off-line" storage to a storage library subsystem where cartridges may be electronically read or written. The magazine comprises a series of horizontally arranged slots. Each slot has a front spring lever which is operated by the user to insert and remove individual cartridges and a rear locking lever which is operated by the robotic mechanisms of the library subsystem. A safety bar extends substantially the length of the magazine and is located under the rear locking levers. The safety bar acts to ensure that the rear locking levers do not become accidently depressed when the magazine is carried by the user. The safety bar is disengaged by a mated pin when the magazine is inserted into the library subsystem. The rear locking levers may then be actuated (depressed) by an arm on the robotic mechanism of the library subsystem. When the rear locking levers are so depressed, cartridges may be inserted or removed from the rear of the magazine by the robotic mechanisms of the storage library.
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Barkley John A.
Graeber Stephen Ward
Schaefer Robert John
Breece Hill Technologies, Inc.
Fishman Daniel N.
Isaac John L.
Klimowicz William J.
Levy Stuart S.
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