Automatic splaying picker finger
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorsRobert Wesley Luffel, Paul Clinton Coffin, Robert Lee Mueller
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Abstract
A method for disengaging a cartridge picker from a data cartridge includes moving a thumb assembly in the cartridge picker in a first direction to insert the data cartridge in a cartridge receiving device, then moving the cartridge picker in a second direction, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to the first direction, until a finger pivotally mounted to the thumb assembly is withdrawn from a notch in the data cartridge.
Claims7
A method for disengaging a cartridge picker from a data cartridge, comprising:
- providing a cartridge picker comprising a thumb assembly moveable along a first displacement path between an extended position and a retracted position and a finger pivotally mounted to the thumb assembly, said cartridge picker being moveable along a second displacement path that is substantially perpendicular to the first displacement path, the finger being engaged in a notch in the data cartridge;
- moving the thumb assembly along the first displacement path to the extended position;
- and
- moving said cartridge picker along the second displacement path until the finger is free of the notch in the data cartridge.
A method for disengaging a cartridge picker from a data cartridge, comprising:
- moving a thumb assembly in said cartridge picker in a first direction to insert said data cartridge in a cartridge receiving device;
- and
- moving said cartridge picker in a second direction, said second direction being substantially perpendicular to said first direction, until a finger pivotally mounted to said thumb assembly is withdrawn from a notch in said data cartridge.
A method for moving a data cartridge in an autochanger, comprising:
- positioning a cartridge picker in said autochanger adjacent said data cartridge;
- extending a thumb assembly in said cartridge picker toward said data cartridge until a finger pivotally mounted to said thumb assembly is pressed against a front surface and a side surface of said data cartridge to engage said finger in a notch in said data cartridge;
- retracting said thumb assembly into said cartridge picker, thereby pulling said data cartridge into said cartridge picker;
- moving said cartridge picker in said autochanger to a position adjacent a cartridge receiving device;
- extending said thumb assembly toward said cartridge receiving device, thereby inserting said data cartridge into said cartridge receiving device;
- and
- moving said cartridge picker with said thumb assembly extended to withdraw said finger from said notch in said data cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.