Rear-facing autochanger bar code reader
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPaul C. Coffin, Richard Gardner
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Abstract
A data storage system comprises a plurality of cartridge receiving devices provided within the data storage system. A cartridge engaging apparatus having a cartridge access side and a back side is mounted within the data storage system so that the cartridge engaging apparatus moves along a displacement path. The arrangement of the plurality of cartridge receiving devices and the displacement path is such that at least one of the plurality of cartridge receiving devices is located opposite the back side of the cartridge engaging apparatus. An information reader mounted to the cartridge engaging apparatus reads cartridge information provided on a data cartridge located adjacent the back side of the cartridge engaging apparatus.
Claims20
A data storage system, comprising:
- a plurality of cartridge receiving devices provided within said data storage system;
- a cartridge engaging apparatus having a cartridge access side and a back side, said cartridge engaging apparatus being mounted within said data storage system so that said cartridge engaging apparatus moves along a displacement path, the arrangement of said plurality of cartridge receiving devices and the displacement path being such that at least one of said plurality of cartridge receiving devices is located opposite the back side of said cartridge engaging apparatus;
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- an information reader mounted to said cartridge engaging apparatus, said information reader reading cartridge information provided on a data cartridge located adjacent the back side of said cartridge engaging apparatus when the cartridge access side of said cartridge engaging apparatus is facing an opposite direction of said information reader.
A data storage system, comprising:
- means for defining at least one cartridge storage location within said data storage system;
- means for defining a displacement path within said data storage system;
- cartridge engaging means having a cartridge access side and a back side operatively associated with said displacement path for engaging and transferring a data cartridge along the displacement path, the arrangement being such that said at least one cartridge storage location is located opposite the back side of said cartridge engaging means;
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- means, mounted to said cartridge engaging means, for reading cartridge information provided on the data cartridge located adjacent the back side of said cartridge engaging means when the cartridge access side of said cartridge engaging means is facing an opposite direction of said means for reading cartridge information.
A data storage system, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a plurality of cartridge receiving devices mounted to said chassis;
- a guide member mounted to said chassis, said guide member defining a displacement path;
- a cartridge engaging apparatus having a cartridge access side and a back side, said cartridge engaging apparatus being mounted to said guide member so that said cartridge engaging apparatus moves along the displacement path, the arrangement of said plurality of cartridge receiving devices and the displacement path being such that at least one of said plurality of cartridge receiving devices is located opposite the back side of said cartridge engaging apparatus;
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- an information reader mounted to said cartridge engaging apparatus, said information reader reading cartridge information provided on a data cartridge located adjacent the back side of said cartridge engaging apparatus when the cartridge access side of said cartridge engaging apparatus is facing an opposite direction of said information reader.
A method for detecting cartridge information provided on a data cartridge stored within a data storage system, comprising:
- providing the data storage system with a cartridge engaging apparatus having a cartridge access side and a back side, the cartridge engaging apparatus being mounted within the data storage system so that the cartridge engaging apparatus moves along a displacement path, the arrangement being such that at least one data cartridge is located opposite the back side of the cartridge engaging apparatus;
- providing an information reader to the cartridge engaging apparatus so that the information reader can read cartridge information provided on a data cartridge located adjacent the back side of the cartridge engaging apparatus when the cartridge access side of said cartridge engaging apparatus is facing an opposite direction of said information reader;
- moving the cartridge engaging apparatus so that the back side is adjacent a data cartridge;
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- operating the information reader to read the cartridge information provided on the data cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.