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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2001
Jeffrey A. Gariepy, West Boylston, MA (US);
Stephen Stamm, Fort Lupton, CO (US);
Victor Finley, Westminster, CO (US);
Mark W. Ackerman, Douglas, MA (US);
Chan S. Kim, Franklin, MA (US);
Satya Mallick, Milford, MA (US);
George A. Saliba, Northboro, MA (US);
Quantum Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A tape storage system ( ) includes a rack assembly ( ), a plurality of cartridges ( ), a first tape drive ( ) and a second tape drive ( ). The rack assembly ( ) includes a rotatable magazine mount ( ), a cartridge magazine ( ) secured to the magazine mount ( ), and a magazine mover ( ) to rotate the cartridge magazine ( ). The tape storage system ( ) also includes a first transport assembly ( ) to transport one of the cartridges ( ) between the cartridge magazine ( ) and the first tape drive ( ). Uniquely, the cartridge magazine ( ) rotates to position one of the cartridges ( ) over the first transport assembly ( ). The tape storage system ( ) can also include a second transport assembly ( ) for transporting one of the cartridges ( ) between the cartridge magazine ( ) and the second tape drive ( ). With this design, the rack assembly ( ) can efficiently transport two different sized cartridges ( A, B).