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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2007
Reed A. Hancock, Tucson, AZ (US);
James A. Jackmond, Tucson, AZ (US);
Linda S. Daanen, Legal Representative, Tucson, AZ (US);
Joseph C. Ramirez, Tucson, AZ (US);
Reed A. Hancock, Tucson, AZ (US);
James A. Jackmond, Tucson, AZ (US);
Linda S. Daanen, legal representative, Tucson, AZ (US);
Joseph C. Ramirez, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method to write information to, or retrieve information from, an information storage medium disposed within a portable data storage cartridge moveably disposed in a data storage and retrieval system, wherein the data storage and retrieval system further comprises a data storage device. The portable data storage cartridge comprises a moveable curved door slidingly disposed within the enclosure, and a tape reel rotatably disposed within the enclosure, wherein the moveable curved door and the tape reel are non-concentric. The method retrieves the portable data storage cartridge from a storage slot, transports that portable data storage cartridge to a data storage device, disposes the portable data storage cartridge in the data storage device. The method further moves the moveable curved door from said a position to a second position, and reads information from and/or writes information to, the information storage medium.