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Tape gripper cartridge cache

US10885938B1 · kind B1 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Stefan Wiedemann · Munich, DE
Erik Rueger · Mainz, DE
Markus Schäfer · Horterhof, DE
Robert Beiderbeck · Wassenberg, DE
Ole Asmussen · Henstedt-Ulzburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 25, 2019
Grant date	Jan 5, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 25, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B15/6895
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for big data tape management tape cartridge management. The apparatus includes a tape gripper for storing one or more additional tape cartridges within a housing of the tape gripper, wherein the housing of the tape gripper includes a tape cartridge cache, where the tape cartridge cache is a modification to the housing of the tape gripper for holding the one or more additional tape cartridges stacked internally within the tape gripper, the tape cartridge cache is affixed to a bottom portion of the housing of the tape gripper, and the tape cartridge cache includes a plate, oriented above and centered to the tape cartridge cache, capable of being raised and lowered within the tape cartridge cache utilizing one or more springs mounted under the plate inside the tape cartridge cache.

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