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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1987
Paul M Hug, Saratoga, CA (US);
Dale C Frese, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul A Yesnosky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William H Umeda, San Jose, CA (US);
Frank R Suchomel, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Cygnet Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An information handling system for use with information containing storage discs, specifically optical discs, is disclosed herein. This system, which may be referred to as a jukebox, includes a combination drive and disc storage unit, a separate disc storage unit without a drive, and a storage disc transport unit. The combination drive and disc storage unit contains a drive assembly for writing information onto and retrieving it from the storage discs as well as shelves for individually storing specific ones of the discs. The separate disc storage unit includes only the shelves. While the storage disc transport unit contains an arrangement of robotic components for transporting specific storage discs between their storage shelves and the drive assembly pursuant to commands from an external source, specifically from a control computer forming part of the system and an outside host computer.