Material or article handling – Load carried along a horizontal linear path – Carried via magnetic floating
Patent
1996-03-13
1998-11-17
Underwood, Donald W.
Material or article handling
Load carried along a horizontal linear path
Carried via magnetic floating
414222, 414283, 414786, 4147445, B65G 2500
Patent
active
058367357
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 transfer cell accepts and holds a cartridge to be transferred from one module to another module. A spring loaded toggle mechanism operates to hold the transfer cell at one of the modules until operation of the pass thru port is initiated. The robot arm in either one of the modules is used to depress a lever on the pass thru port. Depression of the lever loads a move spring mechanism. When the lever is released by the robot arm, the force of the move spring mechanism overcomes the force of the toggle mechanism. This causes the transfer cell, holding a cartridge, to be rotated from one module to the other module. There are no separate motors or electrical devices associated with the pass thru port.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3010587 (1961-11-01), Hollinger
patent: 4483654 (1984-11-01), Koch et al.
patent: 4728252 (1988-03-01), Lada et al.
Manes Joseph Paul
Yeakley Lester Marvin
Storage Technology Corporation
Underwood Donald W.
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