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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2005
Kenichi Hori, Tama, JP;
Hiromi Tanaka, Tama, JP;
Paddy Eliot Collins, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A media cartridge autoloader including first and second media cartridge transport magazines is disclosed. A magazine drive includes a drive shaft unit, a drive shaft unit shifting mechanism, and a magazine drive motor module. A mechanism that rotates a turntable of a media cartridge picker is also used to move the drive shaft unit such that the drive shaft unit is selectively coupled with either one of the first or second media cartridge transport magazines. A drive shaft of the drive shaft unit is driven by a magazine drive motor of the magazine drive motor module, so that the coupled media cartridge transport magazine is driven.