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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
May. 14, 1996
Lester Marvin Yeakley, Estes Park, CO (US);
Clark Milo Janssen, Loveland, CO (US);
Joseph Paul Manes, Arvada, CO (US);
Daniel J Plutt, Superior, CO (US);
John S Todor, Arvada, CO (US);
Storage Technology Corportion, Louisville, CO (US);
Abstract
A data cartridge shuttle apparatus (100) is used to permit a robotic hand (40) to insert and remove a data cartridge (246) into and out of a manual cartridge drive mechanism (20). A pawl and lever linkage (104) is rotated to open and close a handle (26) of the tape drive mechanism by contact with a pawl stop (134), which is mounted on a spring-biased sliding block/plate assembly (106). The sliding block/plate assembly has a triangular clasp (228) that engages the data cartridge for extraction of the tape cartridge from the drive bay to a point where the robotic hand can grasp and remove it.