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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2013
Applicants:
Nathan Christopher Thompson, Boulder, CO (US);
Matthew Thomas Starr, Lafayette, CO (US);
Inventors:
Nathan Christopher Thompson, Boulder, CO (US);
Matthew Thomas Starr, Lafayette, CO (US);
Assignee:
Spectra Logic Corporation, Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/00 (2006.01); G11B 15/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/689 (2013.01); G11B 15/6835 (2013.01); G11B 15/6805 (2013.01); G11B 15/6895 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage library is described that includes a shelf system adapted to support a number of tape cartridges. The storage library further includes a tape drive adapted to read and write data to and from tape cartridges. The storage library further possesses a temporary repository near the tape drive that is adapted to facilitate an exchange of a first tape cartridge intended to be loaded in the tape drive with a second tape cartridge ready to be removed from the tape drive with a single tape picker device.