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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2021
Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Turguy Goker, Oceanside, CA (US);
Clark Janssen, Fargo, ND (US);
Joe K. Jurneke, Brighton, CO (US);
Lawrence G. Neumann, Leominster, MA (US);
Scott M Rockwell, Aurora, CO (US);
QUANTUM CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A tape library having a robot zone and a robot on the robot zone, movable in the robot zone of the tape rack in at least a first direction and a second direction. A tape drive, which has an opening to receive cartridges, is positioned so that the robot nears the tape drive when the robot moves in a second direction. A width of the tape drive is wider than a width of the robot zone. This tape drive design is called the 'Sideways Format Path for 19″ Rack Libraries.' It is achieved by using unique dimensions for a new tape drive that uses blind spaces existing in tape libraries unreachable by the robot to provide a bigger space to design longer tape paths, resulting in higher cartridge density with longer tape path without requiring bigger overall library dimensions for a library of tape cartridges.