Apparatus and associated method for storing, retrieving, and manipulating computer, mass-storage media elements
US6072766A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 22, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 22, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B17/26
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer mass-storage media element storage, retrieval, and manipulative apparatus and associated method uses media elements stored in storage bins of storage carousels. The storage carousels are independently rotatable to rotate selected storage bins of the storage carousels into index positions. A transport mechanism is positionable proximate to the index positions and is operative to retrieve media elements from the storage bins of the storage carousels once rotated into the index positions.
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