Syquest Technology, Inc.

Breece Hill Technologies, Inc.

Alan D Romig

Stephen Robert Martin

A disk drive capable of receiving a cartridge having a disk with a diameter of about 3.5 inches which can contain at least 105 megabytes of data includes an operating mechanism for initiating and controlling the positioning of an actuator arm upon which is mounted a read/write transducer . The position of a spindle motor which is used to spin up the disk contained in the cartridge to an operating speed, the locking of the cartridge in the disk drive in an operating mode and the ejection of the cartridge from the drive . The operating mechanism can function to eject the cartridge whether or not the drive is powered up in order to be able to remove the cartridge and transport it to another disk drive or to a secured location in a plane substantially parallel to the disk contained in the cartridge . The cartridge includes a mounting mechanism for accomplishing the motion of the door from the closed to the opened position and locking mechanism for locking the door in the closed position. Further, the cartridge includes a groove which extends rearwardly and across the cartridge in order to lockingly engage the cartridge in the drive

Removable cartridge disk drive with a receiver for receiving a cartridge housing a hard disk

A disk drive capable of receiving a cartridge having a disk with a diameter of about 3.5 inches which can contain at least 105 megabytes of data includes an operating mechanism for initiating and controlling the positioning of an actuator arm upon which is mounted a read/write transducer , the position of a spindle motor which is used to spin up the disk contained in the cartridge to an operating speed, the locking of the cartridge in the disk drive in an operating mode and the ejection of the cartridge from the drive . The operating mechanism can function to eject the cartridge whether or not the drive is powered up in order to be able to remove the cartridge and transport it to another disk drive or to a secured location.

A robotic library design for a mechanism that picks and places storage cartridges having a robotic shuttle assembly that moves parallel to the storage cartridges, a moveable stage that moves perpendicular to the storage cartridges, and a pair of gripping finger to retain, extract, and deposit the storage cartridges within the library subsystem. The pair of gripping fingers, initially biased in a closed position, are cammed open by the edges of the storage cartridge upon the moveable stage's approach and close upon engagement with the storage cartridge's notched recesses. The storage cartridge is moved within the library subsystem and is delivered to its destination when a solenoid activates a mechanical trigger that releases the pair of gripping fingers. The moveable stage completes the storage cartridge's delivery and resets for its next instruction.

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Broomfield, CO, United States of America

Alan D Romig