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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
David J. Altknecht, San Jose, CA (US);
John S. Best, San Jose, CA (US);
Donald S. Bethune, San Jose, CA (US);
William M. Dyer, San Jose, CA (US);
A. David Erpelding, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven R. Hetzler, Los Altos, CA (US);
Drew B. Lawson, Aptos, CA (US);
Daniel F. Smith, Felton, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes one or more disc media cassettes configured to store multiple disc-based media. Multiple disc drives are configured to read and write data to the multiple disc-based media. A robotic delivery device is configured to transport a selected disc-based media to and from at least one disc drive of the multiple disc drives, and to transport the selected disc-based media directly to a spindle on the at least one disc drive.