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Patent No.:

US 8731710 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2010
Applicants:

Hiroyasu Inagaki, Kawasaki, JP;

Koujiro Hashimoto, Kawasaki, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroyasu Inagaki, Kawasaki, JP;

Koujiro Hashimoto, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:

Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G11B 15/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A library apparatus includes a rack that holds a magazine loaded with plural tape cartridges, the rack including an insertion slot through which the magazine is inserted, a conveying mechanism that attaches the plural tape cartridges to the magazine and detaches the plural tape cartridges from the magazine, the conveying mechanism including a reader for reading an identifier provided on each of the plural tape cartridges, and a control device that moves the conveying mechanism, prior to the magazine being inserted into the insertion slot, to an identifier reading position enabling the reader to read the identifiers as the magazine is inserted through the insertion slot.


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Inagaki, Hiroyasu. (2014). Library apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 8731710). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8731710

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