Cartridge magazine with pivoting cartridge retention mechanism
US7580220B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 18, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B33/0438
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cartridge magazine is shown for placement in a robotic media library. The magazine body has two walls to guide a tape cartridge into a final stopping position. A prong extends into the cartridge from a first wall and an opening is formed in the second wall to permit a friction pad to contact an opposing side of the cartridge. The friction pad is mounted onto a lever that rotates upon a pivot outside a cartridge chamber on the magazine body. The lever is pushed by a spring to ordinarily extend the friction pad well into vacant cartridge chambers. An operator pad of the lever may extend out of the magazine body for engagement by an operator or by door pressures to retract the friction pad so that the cartridge becomes either disengaged, or slightly engaged with the friction pad.
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