Quantum Corporation

Carl Swanson

Jeffrey A Gariepy

Daniel P Zwarych

Daniel Kloss

A storage system (), including a transport assembly () for moving a plurality of cartridges () between a storage rack () and a tape drive () includes a guide (), a transport mover (), a transporter () and a cartridge mover (). The guide () extends between the storage rack () and the tape drive (). The transport mover () moves the transporter () along the guide () between the storage rack () and the tape drive (). The transporter () selectively receives the cartridges () and includes a first transport receiver (A) and a second transport receiver (B) that can each receive and transport one of the cartridges (). With this design, while one cartridge () is being used by the tape drive () the transport assembly () can retrieve another cartridge () from the storage rack () for immediate insertion into the tape drive () upon rewinding of the first cartridge (). As a consequence, the transport assembly () facilitates an increase in throughput of the storage system ().

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Shrewsbury, MA, United States of America

Carl Swanson