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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:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takeshi Suzuki, Yonezawa, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/902 ;
Abstract
A medium transfer mechanism of a recording medium storage apparatus is provided, which is capable of reducing a load on a motor or a gear, when a recording medium is transferred. In order to store a recording medium T in libraries L and L , the medium transfer mechanism of a recording medium storage apparatus includes a driving side engaging element which is moved by a motor. A follower side engaging element engages with the driving side engaging element. A predetermined gap is between the driving side engaging element and the follower side engaging element. A biasing device biases the follower side engaging element for engaging with the driving side engaging element.