Drive with features which adjust and actuate cartridge transport and library with such drive

A cartridge library comprising:

• a library frame;
• a magnetic tape drive mounted to the library frame;
• a storage location for at least one cartridge, the storage location being provided on the library frame;
• a cartridge gripper assembly for transporting a data cartridge between the tape drive and the storage location in the library, the gripper assembly comprising:
• a gripper base member;
• a pair of gripper fingers, each of the gripper fingers having a proximal end pivotally mounted to the gripper base member and a distal end adapted to engage a notch of a data cartridge;
• a pair of finger linkages, each finger linkage having a distal end pivotally attached to a corresponding one of the gripper fingers and a proximal end pivotally attached to an other of the finger linkages, the pair of finger linkages being pivotally attached to one another at a linkage pivot junction;
• a biasing member attached to the pair of finger linkages to provide a biasing force on the finger linkages;
• and
• wherein the magnetic tape drive has a projection formed in a position to abut the finger linkages at the linkage pivot junction and to overcome the biasing force on the finger linkages.