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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2005
Jeffrey L. Thorn, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raymond Yardy, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jeffrey L. Thorn, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raymond Yardy, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for transporting a storage media cartridge within a data storage library is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first pair of rack and guide rail, a second pair of rack and guide rail, and an accessor capable of moving on the first pair of rack and guide rail or the second pair of rack and guide rail. The first pair of rack and guide rail is located orthogonally from the second pair of rack and guide rail. Located at an intersection between the first pair of rack and guide rail and the second pair of rack and guide rail, a turn plate may change a moving direction of the accessor. The turn plate includes two racks and four guide rails with a conical shaped rack tooth located at an intersection of the two racks.