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US 7,242,549 B2Granted
Media cartridge autoloader
AssigneesMitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Quantum Corporation
InventorsTomoaki Sakaguchi, Peter A. Johnson
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AssigneesMitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Quantum Corporation
InventorsTomoaki Sakaguchi, Peter A. Johnson
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A media cartridge autoloader is disclosed which includes a media cartridge picker having a turntable capable of supporting a media cartridge and rotating to change the orientation of the media cartridge. A turntable rotating mechanism configured to rotate the turntable and a media cartridge transport mechanism configured to transport the media cartridge onto and off of the turntable are provided on the turntable. A mail slot through which the media cartridge is inserted or ejected, a media drive into which the media cartridge is loaded, and a media cartridge storage section configured to store the media cartridge are provided. The mail slot, the media drive, and the media cartridge storage section are arranged around the media cartridge picker. The media cartridge picker includes a turntable lifting mechanism that raises and lowers the turntable.
A media cartridge autoloader comprising:
A media cartridge picker for a media cartridge autoloader, the media cartridge picker moving a media cartridge between the media cartridge picker and one or more of a mail slot through which the media cartridge enters or exits the media cartridge autoloader, a media drive that receives the media cartridge and a media cartridge storage section that stores the media cartridge, the media cartridge picker comprising:
A method for moving a media cartridge within a media cartridge autoloader, the operating a media cartridge autoloader including a media cartridge picker moving a media cartridge between the media cartridge picker and one or more of a mail slot through which the media cartridge enters or exits the media cartridge autoloader, a media drive that receives the media cartridge, a media cartridge storage section that stores the media cartridge and a turntable, said method comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.