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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1996
Eric A Ware, Plymouth, MN (US);
Robert G Hart, Minnetonka, MN (US);
International Data Engineering, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
An improved import/export element for a data media storage library for inserting data media into the data media storage library and removing data media from the data media storage library consists of an import/export element base, an import/export element intermediate slider slidingly engaged with the import/export element base, an import/export media drawer holding the media and slidingly engaged with the intermediate slider and extending outside the data media storage library, a motor attached to the import/export element base for moving the intermediate slider into and out of the import/export element base, and a pulley and belt for transmitting the motion of the intermediate slider to the media drawer such that during motion of the intermediate slider the media drawer moves about twice as far as the intermediate slider.