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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. 12, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edwin R Childers, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael Henry, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369291 ; 369289 ; 360133 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an optical disk carrier having the same length and width as an ISO standard cartridge but with a reduced thickness and further having the same sensing and handling features as are found on a conventional, full-thickness cartridge. When reduced-thickness carriers are used in an automated optical storage and retrieval library, the storage density of the library can be significantly increased.