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6744592 Cleaner strip for rollers of cartridge loader  
A strip with an exterior sticky surface is judiciously selected for its ability to entrap dust and other loose debris without interfering with the operation of moving parts contacted thereby. The...
6736583 Method and system for sharing robotic mechanisms between automated storage libraries  
A method and system for sharing robotic mechanisms between physically remote storage libraries in an automated storage library system includes routing robotic mechanism guide structures between the...
6735042 Tape cartridge lifting device  
A lifting apparatus for magnetic tape cartridges in a tape transport system or tape autoloader has a lifting platform supported by threaded lead screws. The threaded lead screws extend through...
6731455 Automated library system including a gripper assembly apparatus for interfacing with a storage device  
Provided is a library system apparatus including an array of storage cells and a plurality of storage devices. The storage devices include a storage medium and a data interface through which data...
6717766 Automatic changer for cartridge-type recording medium  
Provides an automatic changer with excellent space efficiency, by reducing the size of a hand mechanism section that is mounted with a CCD. The automatic changer selects and holds one desired...
6710969 Rotary magazine tape storage system  
A tape storage system ( 10 ) includes a rack assembly ( 14 ), a plurality of cartridges ( 20 ), a first tape drive ( 66 ) and a second tape drive ( 106 ). The rack assembly ( 14 ) includes a...
6707636 Cartridge picker assembly  
A cartridge picker assembly may include a frame having a first side wall and a second side wall positioned in spaced-apart relation, the first side wall of said frame defining lateral plane. A...
6700734 Cartridge library apparatus with an openable door for storing cartridges  
A cartridge library apparatus according to the present invention comprises door 1 provided openably to apparatus body C and having a multiplicity of cells 4 for housing cartridge W in an inner...
6697214 Removable disk drive with separable electrical and mechanical components  
A disk drive has discrete, modular mechanical and electrical devices. The mechanical device includes a casing to which is mounted a drive motor, disks, and an actuator that is driven by a voice...
6693859 Gripper assembly apparatus for interfacing with a storage device  
Provided is a gripper assembly including a gripper capable of engaging a storage device having a data interface through which data is transferred to a storage medium within the storage device. The...
6693759 Compact form factor for an automated tape cartridge autoloader/library system  
A tape cartridge autoloader library system including at least one read/write tape drive, a tape cartridge picker, a single tape cartridge interface, and a pair of tape cartridge magazines within a...
6693758 Tape cartridge transport magazine for an automated tape cartridge autoloader/library system  
The tape cartridge transport magazine receives and stores tape cartridges in a horizontal orientation relative to the tape cartridge transport magazine to achieve a substantially smaller form...
6690530 Cassette auto changer system  
A cassette auto changer system including a member for selectably providing a plurality of cassettes to be loaded into one or more tape signal readers. A cassette rack is provided including a...
6684131 Device and method for controlling robot  
A robot controller capable of minimizing an increase in the tact time during work, reducing changes in joint axes of the robot, thereby providing the structure with long mechanical life. The robot...
6674711 Stocker and changer for information recording media  
A stocker for information recording media is capable of stocking the information recording media and is to be loaded in a changer or unloaded from it. The stocker comprises a trace record device...
6668991 Redundant power supply system and method for an automated robotic device in a data storage system  
A system and method for distributing electrical power to an automated robotic device for transporting media cartridges in a data storage library. A power distributor includes multiple sections...
6669431 Robotic docking apparatus for a cartridge library system having a cartridge storage array  
The robotic docking apparatus for a cartridge library system having a cartridge Storage array provides a docking apparatus on the robotic arm that mates with corresponding features on the storage...
6662281 Redundant backup device  
The present disclosure relates to a redundant back up device. Through use of the device, a method for backing up information can be performed that comprises the steps of transmitting data to be...
6643226 Mail slot data cartridge exchange system for use with a data storage system  
A mail slot data cartridge exchange system for a data storage system may comprise a drawer mounted to the data storage system so that the drawer can be moved between a retracted position and an...
6643091 Automated data cartridge import/export drawer  
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...
6639751 Data cartridge library  
The present invention provides an architecture for a data cartridge library that has a high data density footprint, i.e., is capable of storing data cartridges such that the density of data stored...
6621654 Apparatus and method for retaining different sizes of data cartridges in a storage magazine  
An apparatus and method for retaining at least two different sizes of data cartridges in a storage magazine. A frame assembly defines a chamber in the storage magazine. The chamber is dimensioned...
6621655 Modular data storage system with expandible vertical lift mechanism  
A data storage system comprising: a plurality of vertically stacked modular housing units, each modular housing unit comprising a plurality of data storage media receiving devices; a data storage...
6614619 Cartridge library apparatus having an inner door to close an opening of the apparatus body  
A cartridge library apparatus comprises door 3 provided openably to an opening portion formed in apparatus body B and having a plurality of cells 4 for housing cartridges in its inner surface,...
6607344 Mechanical gripper/adapter for use within a data cartridge library  
A fully mechanical gripper for grasping and releasing data cassette cartridges is disclosed. The gripper may be built into a robotic picker, or may be implemented as an adapter to be fitted to an...
6606218 Single tape cartridge interface having a cartridge reinsertion preventing mechanism in an automated autoloader/library system  
The single cartridge interface includes a cartridge stop link that cooperates with an interface door and doorstop to control the receipt of tape cartridges in the single cartridge interface. The...
6602039 Automated data storage system and apparatus and method for removing an accessor from same  
Applicants' invention includes an automated data storage system which includes one or more data storage libraries each of which includes one or a plurality of accessors which retrieve data storage...
6600967 Automated physical disk storage and management  
A data storage system for remote access to stored data. The innovative system uses a storage library to contain magnetic hard disks and automatically replaces the hard disks upon failure, without...
6580582 Cartridge magazine for a tape library  
The present invention is directed to a tape library ( 10 ) and a cartridge magazine ( 22 ) for transferring cartridges ( 24 ) to and from a tape library ( 10 ), without interrupting the operation...
6570734 Automated storage library with multiple independent robots  
The automated library system contains multiple independent robots for concurrently manipulating multiple media cartridges. The library system comprises a two-dimensional array that contains media...
6560060 Import/export element with screw-mounted bevel gear for rotation  
In a data media storage library for storing and accessing storage media, the storage media being contained in cartridges, the data media storage library having a library housing, an access opening...
6552868 Magnetic tape library apparatus having small size and capable of quickly loading/unloading tape cartridges  
In a magnetic tape library apparatus comprising a cartridge storage shelf for storing a plurality of tape cartridges, a data recording/reproducing unit for recording/reproducing data to/from the...
6552866 Library apparatus  
In order to improve a data carrier archiving system with a data carrier store comprising a plurality of storage compartments and at least one disk drive for data carriers and with a data carrier...
6549358 Ehanced gripper for transporting cartridges in an information storage library  
A gripper for clutching cartridges for transport in a computer information storage library. The library includes storage locations for the data cartridges, a transporter with the gripper for moving...
6538841 Cartridge stop/compression pad for a tape cartridge picker  
The cartridge stop/compression pad includes a beveled portion and a planar portion that permits the cartridge stop/compression pad to serve a dual function of compression pad and cartridge stop....
6537013 Picking mechanism with ventilation system for automated library of memory storage units  
One embodiment of a picking tool for an automated library of disk drives has an electromagnet, a tapered hole, and a ventilation system. The ventilation system has a box fan with an impeller for...
6538752 System and method for positioning a component using feedback  
The present invention is directed to a system and method which utilize a feedback loop arrangement to control the accurate positioning of components. The system and method may utilize the feedback...
6532131 Import/export element with selector nut and bevel gear for rotation  
In a data media storage library for storing and accessing storage media, the storage media being contained in cartridges, the data media storage library having a library housing, an access opening...
6517305 Accessor device for tape library  
An accessor device for a tape library has two accessor bases movably mounted on two parallel guide rails extending along a plurality of cells housing tapes. The accessor bases have, on respective...
6515822 Modular data storage system with expandable vertical lift mechanism  
A data storage system comprising: a plurality of vertically stacked modular housing units, each modular housing unit comprising a plurality of data storage media receiving devices; a data storage...
6512963 Library system having empty cartridge storage cell coded label stripe  
In a mass storage library, a module storage array includes a back plate having apertures patterned to form a cartridge storage together with cell blocks that mate with the openings in the back...
6512962 Cabling picker in a library of stationary memory devices  
Disclosed is a cabling picker in a library of stationary memory devices. One or more input/output cables electrically connected to a host computer through a destination are provided, and these are...
6504671 Recording medium cartridge library apparatus with transfer-rollers  
A recording medium library apparatus is constructed of a magnetic tape library apparatus which is capable of smoothly transferring a magnetic tape cartridge among a carrier, a cartridge storage...
6498771 Data storage unit having plural removable magazines  
Data storage units ( 1 ) for storing a plurality of individual data storage media ( 12 ), the units comprising at least one removable magazine ( 9, 10 ) in which the individual data storage media (...
6496325 Media handling system and method  
A media element library includes two linear arrays of media elements. Positioned between the two media element arrays is a linearly extending track on which a media element transfer carriage is...
6493178 Data cartridge library system  
The present invention is directed to a data cartridge library system that realizes a reduced cost by reducing the number of certain components, especially expensive components, that are needed to...
6483655 Magnetic-tape library system and method for controlling positioning of accessor to magnetic-tape drive  
A magnetic-tape library system for accurately mounting a magnetic tape on a magnetic-tape drive by using a hand assembly mounted on an accessor and a method for controlling the positioning of an...
6478524 Storage arrangement and storage receptacle with storage arrangement  
The invention relates to a storage arrangement ( 15 ) and a storage receptacle ( 10 ) for objects ( 1 ), wherein the storage arrangement ( 15 ) has a storage device ( 14 ) with at least one storage...
6480352 Drive system equipped with an autoloader mechanism, and autoloading device  
In order to achieve a drive system having a simple structure in which a cartridge having therein a wound magnetic tape can be supplied or replaced in small installation space, a carrier unit...
6473261 Cartridge overinsertion protection for cartridge library  
Cartridges ( 64 ) are loaded into or retrieved from an automated media library ( 20 ) either singly through an entry/exit port module ( 54 ), or by opening a library door ( 30 ) and...