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US 6,643,091 B2Granted
Automated data cartridge import/export drawer
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPaul C Coffin, Michael J. Chaloner, Richard Lynn Gardner, Jr.
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Abstract
A data cartridge exchange apparatus for use in a data storage system may comprise a drawer sized to receive at least one data cartridge. The drawer is operatively associated with a cartridge handling system of the data storage system so that the drawer may be moved by the cartridge handling system between a retracted position and an extended position.
Claims15
Data cartridge exchange apparatus for a data storage system, comprising:
- a cartridge handling system, said cartridge handling system comprising:
- a cartridge access device having a bearing member mounted thereto;
- a guide member operatively associated with the data storage system, said guide member comprising a channel and a substantially continuous section located adjacent said drawer, the bearing member of said cartridge access device engaging the channel of said guide member;
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- an actuator system operatively associated with said cartridge access device, said actuator system moving said cartridge access device along said guide member;
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- a drawer sized to receive at least one data cartridge, the drawer being engagable with said cartridge access device of said cartridge handling system so that said drawer may be moved by the cartridge handling system between a retracted position and an extended position.
4 more elements
A data cartridge exchange apparatus comprising:
- a cartridge handling system comprising a cartridge access device having a first finger assembly;
- a drawer sized to receive at least one data cartridge, the drawer being engagable with the first finger assembly of said cartridge access device so that said drawer may be moved by said cartridge handling system between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein said at least one data cartridge defines a notch adapted to receive said first finger assembly, said first finger assembly and the notch being engaged when said at least one data cartridge is positioned within said drawer and when said drawer is being moved between the retracted and extended positions by said cartridge handling system.
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