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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:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ichiro Tatsuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 92 ;
Abstract
A magnetic tape library apparatus having a bar code reader. The apparatus comprises a cell unit for housing magnetic tape cartridges, a drive unit for performing write and read operations on each magnetic tape cartridge, a cartridge access station for loading and unloading magnetic tape cartridges, an accessor for transferring each magnetic tape cartridge along a predetermined path, and a bar code reader station located along the path of the accessor. The bar code reader station includes a rotatable table on which to place a magnetic tape cartridge, and the bar code reader capable of reading a bar code from the magnetic tape cartridge placed on that table.