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Removable disk media including holographic optical disk stacked in a tape cartridge shell

US7823173B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 9, 2006
Grant dateOct 26, 2010
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Expiry dateMar 3, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B17/049
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An automated data storage library employing a media accessor, an optical disk drive and a removable disk media. The media accessor includes a cartridge shell gripper. The optical disk drive includes a tape cartridge slot. The removable disk media includes a tape cartridge shell having a structural configuration operable to be physically engaged by the cartridge shell gripper and operable to be physically inserted into the tape cartridge slot by the cartridge shell gripper. The removable disk media further includes one or more optical disks disposed within the tape cartridge shell. A recording surface of each optical disk is extractable, partially or entirely, from the tape cartridge shell by the optical disk drive for writing data onto the optical disk and/or reading data from the optical disk.

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