Dual-purpose picker for automated multimedia library

An automated data storage library having a robotic picker, one or more drive bays each disposed for receiving at least one internal Peripheral Data Storage Device for reading a Data Storage Medium cartridge mounted thereon and a plurality of magazine bays each disposed for receiving one or more detachable data storage media magazines each having a plurality of cartridge storage slots each disposed to receive at least one said cartridge, said robotic picker comprising:

• first magazine gripping means for grasping a first said detachable magazine;
• cartridge gripping means coupled to said first magazine gripping means for grasping a first said cartridge within a selected said storage slot in said first detachable magazine;
• cartridge indexing means coupled to said first magazine gripping means for aligning said cartridge gripping means with said selected storage slot in said first detachable magazine;
• and
• location indexing means coupled to said cartridges gripping means for transferring said first cartridge between said first detachable magazine and another location.

In an automated data storage library, a robotic picker for transporting one or more data storage medium cartridges from an origination location to a destination location, said picker comprising:

• first magazine gripping means for grasping a first detachable magazine, said first detachable magazine having a plurality of storage slots each disposed to receive at least one said cartridge;
• cartridge gripping means coupled to said first magazine gripping means for grasping a first said cartridge within a selected said storage slot in said first detachable magazine;
• cartridge indexing means coupled to said first magazine gripping means for aligning said cartridge gripping means with said selected storage slot in said first detachable magazine;
• and
• location indexing means coupled to said cartridge gripping means for transferring said first cartridge between said first detachable magazine and another location.

An automated data storage library having a robotic picker, one or more internal Peripheral Data Storage Devices for reading a Data Storage Medium cartridge mounted thereon and one or more detachable magazines each having a plurality of storage slots each disposed to receive at least one said cartridge, said robotic picker comprising:

• first magazine gripping means for grasping a first said detachable magazine;
• cartridge gripping means coupled to said first magazine gripping means for grasping a first said cartridge within a selected said storage slot in said first detachable magazine;
• cartridge indexing means coupled to said first magazine gripping means for aligning said cartridge gripping means with said selected storage slot in said first detachable magazine;
• and
• location indexing means coupled to said cartridge gripping means for transferring said first cartridge between said first detachable magazine and another location.