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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1994
Chi H Dang, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A recordable media cartridge picker assembly and library is provided wherein the library has the plurality of cartridge receptacles arranged in a matrix of stacked rows and side by side columns. A plurality of cartridge pickers are capable of removing or inserting a cartridge with respect to a cartridge receptacle when aligned therewith. A device is provided for selectively aligning each cartridge picker with cartridge receptacles in either column of a respective pair of columns. This device is also used for selectively transporting a cartridge between the columns. A device is also provided for interconnecting at least two of the cartridge pickers aligning and transporting devices. This device positions the two cartridge pickers for selective alignment and transportation between two pairs of columns, the two pairs of columns having one column which is common to both.