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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1996
Yoshiki Akiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A library apparatus for preventing a recording medium cartridge from floating during a transferring operation of the cartridge. The library apparatus comprises a cell unit having a plurality of cells each for receiving a recording medium cartridge, a drive unit for recording/reproducing information on the recording medium cartridge, a cartridge access station for supplying/discharging the recording medium cartridge, and an accesser for moving the recording medium cartridge from one to the other among the cell unit, the drive unit and the cartridge access station. The cartridge access station includes an entry mechanism for separating, one by one, the recording medium cartridges supplied to a first position and transferring such separated cartridge to a second position for delivering the cartridge to the accesser.