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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
May. 11, 2007
John A. Barkley, Longmont, CO (US);
John A. Barkley, Longmont, CO (US);
Tandberg Data Corporation, Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A cartridge transport robot transports a cartridge of information storage media between differing locations in a cartridge library. The cartridge robot comprises a robot carriage; a robot tray; and a carriage motive system. The robot tray comprises a guide configured to facilitate linear motion of the robot carriage, the robot carriage being situated on a first side of the robot tray. The robot carriage comprises cartridge engagement elements configured to selectively engage and release the cartridge. The carriage motive system is configured to provide linear motion to the robot carriage along the robot tray from a carriage retracted position to a carriage extracted position and thereby linearly displace the cartridge engaged by the cartridge engagement elements.