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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2008
Matthew Charles Compton, Durham, NC (US);
Louis Daniel Echevarria, Tucson, AZ (US);
Stefan Lehmann, Tucson, AZ (US);
Richard Albert Welp, Tucson, AZ (US);
Matthew Charles Compton, Durham, NC (US);
Louis Daniel Echevarria, Tucson, AZ (US);
Stefan Lehmann, Tucson, AZ (US);
Richard Albert Welp, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A pass-through accessor comprising a fixturing apparatus that can store a plurality of portable data storage cassettes. The pass-through accessor comprises a moveable gripper assembly comprising a plurality of gripping members. The gripper assembly releaseably attaches to a portable data storage cassette disposed in a storage slot, pulls that portable data storage cassette outwardly from the storage slot, and releaseably attaches that portable data storage cassette to one of a plurality of fixturing assemblies disposed on the fixturing apparatus.