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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2000
John C. Owens, Arvada, CO (US);
Pat Eliot Collins, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Ryan Stuart Porter, Monument, CO (US);
Peter A. Johnson, Black Forest, CO (US);
Alexander Chan, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Kim M. Thomas, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Christopher Lee Felton, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
David Ray Berry, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Thua Nang Dai, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Dominic John Maglia, Pueblo, CO (US);
Theodore James Oade, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Scott Ryan Patterson, Manitou Springs, CO (US);
Gary Eugene Sadler, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Sam Wen, Superior, CO (US);
Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The tape cartridge autoloader library system comprises at least one read/write tape drive, a tape cartridge picker, a single tape cartridge interface, and at least one pair of tape cartridge transport magazines within a compact form factor that fits into a standard library rack mount of cabinet. The autoloader/library system is a complete tape cartridge library that stores, manages, and automatically exchanges a plurality of tape cartridges between the tape drive unit, the single cartridge interface, and the tape cartridge transport magazines. The tape cartridge transport magazines are each configured to receive and store a plurality of individual tape cartridges in a horizontal relationship. The tape cartridge transport magazines also transport the individual tape cartridges within the tape cartridge transport magazine so that a specific one of the tape cartridges is in position for selection by the cartridge picker. The cartridge picker is configured to rotate to position the cartridge picker to exchange the individual tape cartridges with one of the tape drive, the tape cartridge transport magazines, and/or the single tape cartridge interface. The single cartridge interface is configured to receive individual tape cartridges for either storage in one of the tape cartridge transport magazines or read/write operations in the tape drive.