# US 9,039,486 B2 · Texturing of a storage cell for reduced friction retention of a data storage cartridge > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,039,486 B2 - Document ID: US9039486B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/606,812 - Filed: 2012-09-07 - Published: 2014-03-13 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2012-09-07 - Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation - Applicants: Dylan J. Boday; Andrew S. Green; Shawn M. Nave - Inventors: Dylan J. Boday; Andrew S. Green; Shawn M. Nave - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9039486B2 ## CPC - B24D 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass - G11B 15/68: Automatic cassette changing arrangements; {automatic tape changing arrangements} - G11B 23/049: {Cassettes for special applications not otherwise provided for} - Y10T 83/02: Other than completely through work thickness - B24D: TOOLS FOR GRINDING, BUFFING OR SHARPENING (abrading-bodies specially designed for tumbling apparatus, e.g. abrading-balls B24B31/14; honing tools B24B33/08; lapping tools B24B37/11) - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract Described are embodiments of an invention for a method and a tool to produce a textured surface on the retention tab of a storage cell. The tool has a form that fits within the storage cell. The form has a hard material with a hard surface with contacts a surface of the retention tab within the storage cell. The movement of the hard surface across the surface of the retention tab produces a textured surface on the retention tab. The textured interface between a notch of a data storage cartridge and a retention tab of a storage cell provides a consistent and low friction force that retains the data storage cartridge within the cell but allows the accessor to easily remove the data storage cartridge when needed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A tool for texturing comprising: a form that fits in a storage cell, said form having a notch configured to receive a retention tab therein when said form is inserted in said storage cell; said form having a hard material having a least one hard surface which contacts a surface of said retention tab within said storage cell as said form is inserted in said storage cell; and wherein a movement of said hard surface across said surface of said retention tab producing a textured surface on said surface of said retention tab. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1, wherein said hard material is comprised of a material that is harder than a material of said surface of said retention tab. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1, wherein said hard material comprises one of steel, an abrasive filler, an abrasive oxide or any combination thereof. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1, wherein said hard material is affixed to said form by at least one of molding, welding, ultrasonic welding, and over molding. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1, wherein an outer periphery of said form has a form factor of a data storage cartridge stored in said storage cell. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1, wherein said form includes a top that extends from a front of the form to a back of the form, a bottom that extends from the front of the form to the back of the form, and two sides that extend between the top and bottom from the front of the form to the back of the form, wherein a width of the top and bottom as measured between the two sides is greater than a width of the two sides as measured between the top and bottom, and wherein at least one side of said form includes said hard surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The tool of claim 6, wherein at least one side of said form includes said notch. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1, further comprising a handle. ### Claim 9 A method of texturing a storage cell comprising: inserting a texturing tool into a storage cell, thereby depressing a retention tab in the storage cell out of a path of the texturing tool, wherein said texturing tool has a hard material having a least one hard surface; contacting a surface of said retention tab of said storage cell with said at least one hard surface of said texturing tool; and removing said texturing tool from said storage cell, wherein said removal causing said at least one hard surface in contact with said retention tab to produce a textured surface on said surface of said retention tab. ### Claim 10 A method of texturing a storage cell comprising: inserting a texturing tool into a storage cell, wherein said texturing tool has a hard material having a least one hard surface; contacting a surface of a retention tab of said storage cell with said at least one hard surface of said texturing tool; and removing said texturing tool from said storage cell, wherein said removal causing said at least one hard surface in contact with said retention tab to produce a textured surface on said surface of retention tab, wherein said step of inserting said texturing tool is performed by a library accessor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein said step of inserting said texturing tool is performed by a human. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein said hard material of inserted texturing tool is comprised of a material that is harder than a material of said surface of said retention tab. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein an outer periphery of said texturing tool has a form factor of a data storage cartridge stored in said storage cell. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein said texturing tool includes a top that extends from a front of the tool to a back of the tool, a bottom that extends from the front of the tool to the back of the tool, and two sides that extend between the top and bottom from the front of the tool to the back of the tool, wherein a width of the top and bottom as measured between the two sides is greater than a width of the two sides as measured between the top and bottom, and wherein at least one side of said tool includes said hard surface. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein said tool includes a notch and said hard surface is adjacent said notch; and wherein the retention tab enters the notch when the texturing tool is inserted into the storage cell for retaining the tool in the storage cell. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein said texturing tool further comprises a handle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein said storage cell is a data storage cartridge storage cell and wherein producing texture on said retention tab decreases the force necessary for removing a data storage cartridge from said data storage cell. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1, wherein the form has a form factor of a tape cartridge. ### Claim 19 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the tool has a form factor of a tape cartridge.