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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2000
Brian P. Egan, Thornton, CO (US);
Robert E. Schneider, Erie, CO (US);
John D. Miller, Boulder, CO (US);
John F. Ellis, Louisville, CO (US);
Paul A. Pedri, Arvada, CO (US);
Steve W. Small, Golden, CO (US);
Everette C. Van Wert, Lafayette, CO (US);
Exabyte Corporation, Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
An automated cartridge library has an essentially rectangular library frame which includes a frame front wall ( ) and a frame back wall ( ), and a library door ( ) provided on the frame front wall. A transport actuator and guide region ( ) is provided within the frame, the transport actuator and guide region including both a guideway along which a cartridge transport assembly ( ) reciprocates and an actuator ( ) which causes the cartridge transport assembly to rotate from a first transport position to a second transport position. A library front section includes a cartridge magazine cavity ( ) and a entry/exit port module ( ). A library rear section includes a region for tape drives ( ) and an auxiliary cartridge magazine ( ). Cartridge magazines ( ) are insertable into the cartridge magazine cavity when the library door is opened so that a reference surface of the cartridges face the transport actuator and guide region.