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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1998
Steve Small, Golden, CO (US);
Exabyte Corporation, Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
An automated cartridge library (,) comprises a magazine mounting assembly (,) which holds at least one magazine (,) to a library frame (,), the magazine accommodating at least one cartridge (,) of information storage media. A cartridge transport system (,) transports cartridges between the magazine and a drive section (,). The magazine mounting assembly (,) comprises a magazine mounting surface (,) having a reflection region which is of contrasting reflectivity with another region of the magazine mounting assembly. A magazine guide flange (,) extends from the magazine mounting surface and has a label-bearing facet (,) formed thereon for each cell of the magazine, each facet being aligned with a corresponding cell. The magazine mounting assembly (,) further has two side walls (,) extending from a rear of the magazine mounting surface, planes of the two side walls being angularly inclined toward one another whereby a rear section of the magazine mounting assembly forms a wedge.