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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2001
Ryan Stuart Porter, Monument, CO (US);
Paddy Eliot Collins, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Quantum Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
The cartridge stop/compression pad includes a beveled portion and a planar portion that permits the cartridge stop/compression pad to serve a dual function of compression pad and cartridge stop. During retrieval of tape cartridges from a single cartridge interface, the planar portion of the compression pad is oriented such that a tape cartridge is stopped during manual insertion from the single cartridge interface in position for selection and retrieval by the cartridge picker. During retrieval of tape cartridges from all other locations, tape cartridges contact the beveled portion of the cartridge stop/compression pad causing the cartridge stop/compression pad to function as a compression pad and expand vertically upward to permit the cartridge to be fully received into the cavity of the cartridge picker.