Cartridge retention and ejection assembly for storage drive

A storage drive comprising a cartridge retention and ejection assembly for receiving and retaining a storage cartridge therein and for ejecting the retained cartridge, the cartridge including a storage media therein for writing data thereto/reading data therefrom by the drive, the cartridge retention and ejection assembly comprising a rotatable member generally rotatable on an axis between a cartridge-receiving/-ejecting position and a cartridge-retaining position, the member being biased to the cartridge-receiving/-ejecting position, the member including a base with the axis and a cartridge-contacting arm extending from the base, the member being arranged in the drive such that a cartridge received within the drive contacts the cartridge-contacting arm and thereby rotates the member from the cartridge-receiving/-ejecting position to the cartridge-retaining position, the rotatable member upon being released from the cartridge-retaining position to the cartridge-receiving/-ejecting position causing the cartridge-contacting arm of the member to forcibly push against the cartridge and eject such cartridge from the drive.