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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Macy J Price, Jr, Louisville, CO (US);
Timothy J Pickles, Brighton, CO (US);
Assignee:
Engineered Data Products, Inc., Broomfield, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
211162 ; 211 41 ; 211175 ; 312198 ;
Abstract
A safety device for storage rack systems to sweep tape cartridges out of the path of movement of a sliding rack and to at least partially absorb the impact of the striking the tape cartridges. Protective members are mounted on the sides of each of the sliding racks extending in a direction away from the center racks and in the path of movement of the sliding racks to move data tape cartridges out of the path of the sliding rack to reduce the damage to the data tape cartridges or storage rack system.