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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenichi Ojima, Yamagata, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/700 ; G11B 1/568 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/700 ; G11B 1/568 ;
Abstract
A magnetic-tape library system for accurately mounting a magnetic tape on a magnetic-tape drive by using a hand assembly mounted on an accessor and a method for controlling the positioning of an accessor to the magnetic-tape drive. The magnetic-tape library system includes a magnetic-tape drive for at least reading data from a magnetic tape, an accessor mechanism for transferring a magnetic tape to and from the magnetic-tape drive, and a controller for controlling operations of the accessor mechanism.