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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2004
Clark D. Brace, Westminster, CO (US);
Jennifer L. Woodruff, Erie, CO (US);
Clark D. Brace, Westminster, CO (US);
Jennifer L. Woodruff, Erie, CO (US);
Spectra Logic Corporation, Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a data cartridge picking apparatus for use with a data cartridge library generally comprising at least one drive, a plurality of data cartridges capable of being disposed in a magazine and a transport system comprising an elevator capable of moving the picking apparatus within the library. The picking apparatus is capable of grasping and withdrawing, via a pair of grasping members, a data cartridge in a linear motion from, for example, a data cartridge magazine. The grasping members are actuated to open and close via the rotation of a crank and cam system whereby a camming structure associated with the crank engages a cam follower over some portion of rotation of the crank causing the grasping members to open and disengages the cam follower over a different portion of rotation causing the grasping members to close. The crank is rotated by the linear motion of the picker.