Robotic safety stop for automated storage library
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsNicholas A. HARTL, Shawn M. NAVE
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Abstract
A safety stop mechanism for an automated storage library in which a connector has first and second ends. The first end is configured to contact a door of the automated storage library when the door is in at least a first position. A safety stop is connected to the second end of the connector and adapted to move from a down position to an up position. The safety stop is in the down position when the door is in the first position allowing for travel of the robotic accessor over the safety stop.
Claims21
A safety stop mechanism for a robotic accessor in an automated storage library, comprising:
- a connector having first and second ends, the first end configured to contact a door of the automated storage library when the door is in at least a first position;
- and
- a safety stop connected to the second end of the connector and adapted to move from a down position to an up position, the safety stop in the down position when the door is in the first position to allow for travel of the robotic accessor over the safety stop.
A safety stop mechanism for a robotic accessor in an automated storage library, comprising:
- a housing;
- a plunger, spring-loaded to a portion of the housing, and having a first end adapted to contact a door of the automated storage library when the door is in at least a first position;
- and
- a safety stop connected to an end of the plunger and adapted to move from a down position to an up position, the safety stop being in the down position when the door is in the first position to allow for travel of the robotic accessor over the safety stop.
A method of manufacturing a safety stop mechanism for a robotic accessor in an automated storage library, comprising:
- providing a connector having first and second ends, the first end configured to contact a door of the automated storage library when the door is in at least a first position;
- and
- providing a safety stop connected to the second end of the connector and adapted to move from a down position to an up position, the safety stop in the down position when the door is in the first position to allow for travel of the robotic accessor over the safety stop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.