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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2001
Jeffrey A. Gariepy, West Boylston, MA (US);
Daniel P. Zwarych, Framingham, MA (US);
Carl Swanson, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Daniel Kloss, Belchertown, MA (US);
Jeffrey A. Gariepy, West Boylston, MA (US);
Daniel P. Zwarych, Framingham, MA (US);
Carl Swanson, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Daniel Kloss, Belchertown, MA (US);
Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A storage system (), including a transport assembly () for moving a plurality of cartridges () between a storage rack () and a tape drive () includes a guide (), a transport mover (), a transporter () and a cartridge mover (). The guide () extends between the storage rack () and the tape drive (). The transport mover () moves the transporter () along the guide () between the storage rack () and the tape drive (). The transporter () selectively receives the cartridges () and includes a first transport receiver (A) and a second transport receiver (B) that can each receive and transport one of the cartridges (). With this design, while one cartridge () is being used by the tape drive () the transport assembly () can retrieve another cartridge () from the storage rack () for immediate insertion into the tape drive () upon rewinding of the first cartridge (). As a consequence, the transport assembly () facilitates an increase in throughput of the storage system ().