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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2017
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Bailey, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Strickland Beall, Woodinville, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/68 (2006.01); G11B 15/675 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/67502 (2013.01); G11B 15/68 (2013.01); G11B 15/682 (2013.01); G11B 15/6835 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tape library rack includes partitions defining a slot for receiving a tape cartridge. A hook is coupled with the rack to engage a notch in the cartridge and retain the cartridge within the rack slot. A gripper for retrieving the cartridge includes a ramped surface to engage the hook and laterally displace the hook from the cartridge notch as the hook travels along the ramped surface. The gripper engages the notch from which the hook has been displaced and pulls the cartridge from the slot.