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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2009
Applicants:
Shinichi Sudou, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The magnetic tape library device is configured, including: a front magazine and a rear magazine for housing a large number of magnetic tape cartridges; a device main body in which the both magazines are housed in a parallel state in a freely slidable manner; an accessor mechanism for transporting the cartridge taken out from the magazines; and a magnetic tape drive which loads the magnetic tape cartridge and reads/writes data. A magazine pullout mechanism for pulling out the rear magazine and a magazine extracting mechanism for extracting the rear magazine from the device main body are provided.