Low-overhead storage magazine
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorRobert Wesley Luffel
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Abstract
A low-overhead storage magazine and method for storing at least one data cartridge therein. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the low-overhead storage magazine comprises a frame assembly having a chamber formed therein sized to receive a plurality of data cartridges, and a partition mounted to the frame assembly and movable in the chamber to define an adjustable storage area. A method for mapping the low-overhead storage magazine is also disclosed.
Claims25
A low-overhead storage magazine, comprising:
- a frame assembly having a chamber formed therein sized to receive a plurality of data cartridges;
- and
- a partition mounted to said frame assembly and movable in said chamber to define an adjustable storage area for said plurality of data cartridges.
A low-overhead storage magazine, comprising:
- means for storing a plurality of data cartridges;
- and
- means for adjusting the size of said means for storing to accommodate said plurality of data cartridges immediately adjacent one another therein.
A method for adjusting a data cartridge storage area in a low-overhead storage magazine, comprising:
- increasing the size of an adjustable storage area formed within said low-overhead storage magazine before inserting said at least one data cartridge therein;
- and
- decreasing the size of said storage area formed within said low-overhead storage magazine after removing said at least one data cartridge therefrom.
A method for mapping a plurality of data cartridges in a low-overhead storage magazine, comprising reassigning a shifted data cartridge to another location within said low-overhead storage magazine when another data cartridge is removed from the same storage area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.