Modular data storage system with expandible vertical lift mechanism
OwnerJoseph M. White, Matthias A. Lesterinventors
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Abstract
A data storage system comprising: a plurality of vertically stacked modular housing units, each modular housing unit comprising a plurality of data storage media receiving devices; a data storage media handling device adapted to laterally displace media between the media receiving devices; a vertical lift mechanism attached to the data storage media handling device and adapted to vertically displace the handling device along a vertical displacement path extending adjacent to the vertically stacked modular housing units and comprising a drive assembly fixedly positioned with respect to the modular housing units and a linkage mechanism connected between the drive assembly and the handling device.
Claims1
A data storage system comprising:
- a) a plurality of vertically stacked modular housing units, each modular housing unit comprising a plurality of data storage media receiving devices;
- b) a data storage media handling device adapted to laterally displace media between said media receiving devices;
- c) a vertical lift mechanism attached to said data storage media handling device and adapted to vertically displace said handling device along a vertical displacement path extending adjacent to said vertically stacked modular housing units and comprising a drive assembly fixedly positioned with respect to said modular housing units and a lead screw connected between said drive assembly and said handling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.