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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRobert Lee Mueller, Paul Clinton Coffin
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Media storage devices for retaining data media are provided. In one of many possible embodiments, the media storage device comprises a housing having a plurality of slots configured to receive a plurality of data media, a plurality of spring retention members extending from the housing, and a spring mechanism attached to the housing. The spring mechanism includes a plurality of fingers and a plurality of elongate spring tabs. Each of the plurality of fingers extend into one of the plurality of slots and are configured to engage one of the plurality of data media when received in the slot. Each of the plurality of elongate spring tabs have an aperture and are configured such that one of the plurality of spring retention members extending from the housing engages the aperture.
A media storage device, comprising:
A method for assembling a media storage device configured to be used in a data storage system, the method comprising the steps of:
A media storage device, comprising:
A method for assembling a media storage device configured to be used in a data storage system, the method comprising the steps of:
A method for attaching a spring mechanism to a media storage device configured to receive one or more data media, the spring mechanism having at least one finger and at least one elongate spring tab, the method comprising the steps of:
A method for attaching a spring mechanism to a media storage device configured to receive one or more data media, the spring mechanism having a mounting portion from which extend at least one finger and at least one elongate spring tab, the method comprising the steps of:
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With fixed magazines having fixed cassette storage cells, e.g. in racks: the cassettes being transferred to a fixed recorder or player using a…
The cassettes being arranged in multiple levels: the cassettes being transferred to a fixed recorder or player using a moving carriage
Electromagnet, transformer or inductor: magnetic recording reproducing transducer [e.g., tape head, core, etc.]
Magnetic recording reproducing transducer [e.g., tape head, core, etc.]: making disc drive
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The present invention is generally related to data storage systems, and more particularly is related to devices and methods for retaining data media in a media storage device.
Many different types of data storage systems exist and are currently being used to store and access various types of data media, such as optical disks and magnetic tape cartridges to name a few, so that data may be read from and/or written to the data media. Typically, data storage systems include many media storage devices for storing a group of data media, one or more data exchange devices for reading from and/or writing to the data media, and a media handling device for transferring the data media between the media storage devices and the data exchange devices. A typical example of a data storage system is disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/045,134, entitled “Multi-Plane Translating Cartridge Handling System,” which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The data media employed by data storage systems may be any of a variety of types of machine-readable devices capable of storing data, having the data read from the device by a data exchange device, and/or having the data written to the device by the data exchange devices. For instance, the data media may be a magnetic disk or tape, such as a digital linear tape (DLT) or an optical disk, such as a compact disc (CD) and a digital video disc (DVD). Depending on the type of data media employed by the data storage system, any of a variety of data exchange devices may be used.
The invention can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present invention. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one of many possible embodiments of a data storage system.
FIG. 2 is a top view diagram illustrating the internal arrangement of the components of the data storage system of FIG. 1.
I. Data Storage System
FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate a data storage system 100 for handling and storing various data media 102. Data storage system 100 may comprise a housing 104 that contains media storage devices 106, such as magazines, for storing a group of data media 102, data exchange devices 108 for reading from, and/or writing to, data media 102, a media handling system 200 for transferring data media 102 between media storage devices 106 and data exchange devices 108, media storage access panels 110, and handling system access panel 112. One of ordinary skill in the art will understand that housing 104 may also contain any of a variety of additional components or devices, such as control systems, processors, memory devices, software modules, and power supplies to name a few, which may be required or desired for operation of data storage system 100.
Data storage system 100 may be implemented in a number of different types of data storage systems. For example, data storage system 100 may be implemented within a data storage system of the type shown and described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,025,972 entitled “Multi-Plane Translating Cartridge Handling System.” Although the present drawings illustrate a particular type of data storage system, one of ordinary skill in the art will understand that data storage system 100 may be implemented in any of a variety of alternative types of data storage systems.