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7376961 Contactless power and/or data transmission in an automated data storage library employing segmented coils  
A contactless power system for an automated data storage library having a plurality of storage shelves for storing data storage cartridges, at least one picker for accessing the data storage...
7334978 Cartridge-handling apparatus for a media storage system  
Cartridge-handling apparatus for a media storage system comprising a lift assembly having at least one guide track aligned along a first displacement path in the media storage system. A carriage...
7234227 Methods for centering disks in a magnetic disk assembly  
An apparatus and a method are provided to facilitate building of a disk stack for inclusion in a magnetic disk drive. A spindle is provided which comprises first and second disk contacts. A...
7181824 Method of installing a disk clamp over a hub of a disk drive  
A disk clamp is provided for securing one or more data storage disks to a disk drive without the need for screws. A preloading device is also provided for installing the disk clamp and removing the...
6987641 Protection of electronic apparatus against erroneous operations by stopping power supply  
An electronic apparatus includes a recording medium container into which a recording medium unit is detachably loaded and that has an insertion inlet through which the recording medium unit is...
6604165 Library control device for logically dividing and controlling library device and method thereof  
The library device is divided into a plurality of logical units in units of frames, and a transport element, an import/export element, a data transfer element etc, are provided in each logical...
6309162 Data storage system with redundant media handling assemblies  
A data storage system comprising: a media picker displacement path having a first end and a second end; a first media picker assembly mounted in the picker displacement path; a second media picker...
6111385 Driving method using motor and its driving apparatus, exchanging apparatus of recording medium, and driving method of exchanging apparatus of recording medium  
A driving apparatus using a motor has a stepping motor, a moving mechanism, and a driving circuit. The moving mechanism moves an object to be driven on the basis of a driving force of the stepping...
6091571 Disk drive system having removable modules  
A computer system providing for quick and simple installation of a removable module, the module having a disk drive unit, a carrier and a connector, into a base unit. The module achieves automatic...
6038490 Automated data storage library dual picker interference avoidance  
Disclosed are an automated data storage library and a method for operating the library. The library includes two pickers arranged on a common guideway; a plurality of media storage slots arranged...
5886853 Library apparatus  
An MPU of a second subcontroller in a library apparatus executes an intra-memory apparatus construction data creation program, thereby controlling operations of an accessor and of a bar code...
5818180 Voice coil motor feedback control circuit  
A circuit for driving a voice coil motor used to position the heads of a disk drive is disclosed. The circuit consists of a an H-bridge circuit, a controller, and a feedback loop. The feedback loop...
5659434 Library apparatus having a rotary cell drum with a locking mechanism  
A library apparatus having a rotary cell drum that minimizes the loss of access time. The library apparatus comprises a recording medium drive unit for writing and reading data to and from a...
5577010 Apparatus for retrieving and playing a plurality of discs  
An apparatus (14) for retrieving and loading disc-shaped objects including CD's (16) onto a CD player (20), such as for a CD juke box (10), is disclosed. The apparatus (14) retrieves an awaiting CD...
5548567 Automatic disk player with stackable disk storage boxes  
A storage box or device for a large number of disks such as optical disks to be stored therein, and also for enabling a disk player having an automatic disk exchanger to be played while being...
5513156 Library apparatus  
A library apparatus where multiple moving commands generated by several upper-order units are conveyed to a director. The moving commands may be sequentially conveyed through the same channel or...
5253129 Removable and transportable hard disk subsystem  
A removable and transportable hard disk subsystem is provided for use with at least one computer and includes at least one hard disk module. The module contains a shock mounted, thin and compact...
5210729 Computer disk transfer apparatus  
A computer disk transfer apparatus for automatically transferring computer diskettes in a stable and precise fashion from one diskette duplicating machine to a subsequent diskette duplicating...
5185727 Coin or token operated machine for playing pre-recorded record discs  
There is disclosed a coin or token operated machine for playing pre-recorded discs and which comprises a magazine store (10) for holding a plurality of pre-recorded record discs, with each disc...
5177722 Disk player with disk changer functions  
A disk player with disk changer functions and having a stacker for storing plural disks for playback allows a new disk to be added or disks to be changed without removing the stacker. The disk...
5159585 Multi-disk player system incorporating disk search and disk selection functions  
A multi-disk player system including a housing, a playing mechanism provided within the housing, a magazine that is capable of accommodating a plurality of disks in an orderly manner and which is...
5146446 Disc player having automatic disc ejection, and method of providing same  
A front loading disc player including two trays that can carry respective discs and having a selectable automatic disc ejection feature. When the automatic ejection mode is selected and scheduled...
5065262 Removable and transportable hard disk subsystem  
A removable and transportable hard disk subsystem is provided for use with at least one computer and includes at least one hard disk module. The module contains a shock mounted, thin and compact...
5031060 Diskette sequential loading and storing apparatus  
An apparatus for sequentially feeding diskettes from a feed magazine alternately into one of two alternately used drop chutes. Each drop chute sequentially feeds received diskettes into a disk...
4980818 Method and apparatus for common resource status management in a computer system including a plurality of computers coupled to a common resource  
In a complex computer system in which a resource is shared by several computers, the resource is provided therein with a memory for recording the status of the resource. Each computer writes status...
4945430 Carrier apparatus for taking information-storage regular articles in and out  
An elevation mechanism for elevating a support member (7) of a picker (6) is suspended at its both ends by strings (17, 18). The strings (17, 18) are stretched to a pull-driving portion disposed at...
4945429 Data security arrangement for an automated magnetic tape cartridge library system  
This data security arrangement provides a significant level of data security in an automatic magnetic tape cartridge library by isolating the actual data from the control of the data retrieval...
4901172 Recording/playback apparatus with auto-changer  
A plurality of buckets are fixedly provided on a different rotary body at predetermined angular intervals, and a disc-shaped recording medium is capable of being loaded into each bucket. A...
4878137 Disk file device  
A disk file device includes a stocker for accommodating a plurality of cartridges each holding a disk. A cartridge displacing mechanism with a cartridge rceiving container passes a cartridge...
4864438 Tape cartridge movement management in an automated tape cartridge library system  
The tape cartridge movement management apparatus for an automated tape cartridge library system includes a database that identifies each tape cartridge stored in the library system and its physical...
4849838 Large capacity information storage apparatus using a plurality of magnetic disk units  
An information storage apparatus (20) used in combination with an information processing device utilizes a plurality of magnetic disk units (22). The units are individually stocked in stocking...
4836621 Disk file apparatus  
A disk file apparatus is provided with a plurality of storage compartments disposed in a vertical column for receiving a cartridge therein. A transfer member adapted to receive a single cartridge...
4833554 Hard disk drive module and receptacle therefor  
A portable hard disk drive module enclosing all of the operative components of the disk drive is removably received by a receptacle in a microcomputer system. The disk drive module and the...
4815056 Automatic disk handling device with overturn plate  
In a diskfile device wherein a large amount of information transmitted by documents, images, sounds, etc. are stored in a lot of disks, these disks are included in respective cartridges (1), these...
4813838 Automatic loader for computer diskettes  
A computer diskette automatic loading device having a hopper for holding a plurality of diskettes, and an automated diskette selection mechanism for the serial removal of diskettes from the hopper...
4734814 Plural disk cartridge arrangement  
In a disk cartridge for charging therein a plurality of disks so that the disks are stacked therein, slide tabs for removing a desired disk are slidably provided along disk discharge and charge...
4727439 Magnetic disc unit system  
A magnetic disc unit capable of improving the throughput by minimizing the seek time for the magnetic head. The magnetic disc unit is operative to respond to a cylinder address instructed by the...
4654732 Transport apparatus for loading microdisks into and retrieving them from a disk drive and thereafter sorting them  
A transport assembly adapted specifically to transport microdisks one after the other from a stack to a disk drive spaced from the stack includes a carriage which supports a finger mechanism for...
4614474 Device for exchanging disks  
A device for exchanging disks is provided with a pair of opposing disk containers each containing a large number of disk caddies each having side grooves and an upper surface having a recess...
4521819 Cartridge load mechanism  
A mechanism for receiving, cradling, and loading, under force, a disk drive cartridge onto the drives spindle is disclosed. The mechanism has an U-shaped cradle, a transverse yoke, and a centrally...
4504936 Modular data storage system  
A modular data storage system for a plurality of identical data carriers (3) includes at least one recorder apparatus and at least one storage module (10). The storage module includes an internal...
4414590 Media interchange switch for magnetic disk drives  
A magnetic disk drive has a media interchange switch which interconnects the two head/disk drive assemblies with the two electronic systems in the drive. A manually operated switch on the operator...
4330803 Disk accessing apparatus and method  
A disk accessing apparatus and method are disclosed for creating an axial spacing between two adjacent disks of a rotating disk stack. The accessing apparatus is mechanical and operates from one...
4271489 Optical disc player system  
A high speed data storage and retrieval system includes a disc storage module, a reader and a disc changer apparatus. Disc records enclosed in protective cartridges are transported between the...
4253125 Head loading and unloading mechanism for magnetic flexible disk  
A loading-unloading mechanism for magnetic heads used with a double-sided, rotating, flexible, magnetic disk is disclosed wherein the mechanism raises or lowers the heads for respectively executing...
4170031 Loading mechanism for magnetic diskettes  
A machine operative to sequentially pull jacketed flexible magnetic disk units (which may be termed "diskettes") into a data transferring position, close a collet on a disk driving spindle for...
4170030 Drive machine moving magnetic disks only partially therein for data transfer  
A machine operative to sequentially pull jacketed flexible magnetic disks (which may be termed "diskettes") into a data transferring position in the machine directly from a carriage or from a...
4127882 Change-over mechanism for recording media, especially for floppy disks  
A change-over mechanism for disk-shaped recording media, especially for magnetic films in a sleeve, is provided with a magazine and with selector, transport and drive mechanisms which can provide...
3673583 RECORDER WITH MEANS TO MOVE THE SPINDLE PERPENDICULAR TO ITS AXIS OF ROTATION  
A disk recorder wherein the disk is supported on a driven spindle and a transducer spaced from the disk surface is moved stepwise generally radially of the disk to record and reproduce information...
3229269 Multiple-disc type random access store  
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