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High density tape library system

US6560061B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by
28References
25Claims
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Filing dateJan 4, 2001
Grant dateMay 6, 2003
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Expiry dateJan 4, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/6815
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A high density tape library includes a plurality of rectangular platforms mounted adjacent one another for movement in a plane, with tape cassette magazines mounted on the platforms. The platforms have depending guide and cam follower members for movement around a generally rectangular track under the control of a series of cams. At a cassette handling station, selected tape cassettes are shifted from a magazine to a tape drive.

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