Tambour door customer access port
US5449229A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 7, 1994 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 7, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B33/0483
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A Customer Access Port (CAP) for an automated storage library subsystem which comprises two sliding doors to control operator access to the library. A magazine adapted to hold several storage media cartridges is positioned inside the storage library accessible to both an operator and the robotic mechanism for exchanging storage media cartridges between the operator and the storage library. Both sliding doors are slid between two positions by manual movement of a single knob. In one position, a first door closes to prevent any operator access to the magazine as well as other components inside the library while the second door opens to permit robotic mechanisms inside the library to manipulate storage media cartridges in the magazine. In the second position, the first door opens to permit operator access to the magazine while the second door closes to restrict the operator from accessing other components such as the robotic mechanisms or inventoried storage media cartridges within the library.
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