CA1078750A - On-line tape library system - Google Patents

On-line tape library system

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Publication number
CA1078750A
CA1078750A CA226,210A CA226210A CA1078750A CA 1078750 A CA1078750 A CA 1078750A CA 226210 A CA226210 A CA 226210A CA 1078750 A CA1078750 A CA 1078750A
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Prior art keywords
tape
cartridge
horizontal
self
selector
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CA226,210A
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English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
Vladimir Nejezchleb
Paul J. Badum
George N. Gooras
Roger C. Marolf
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XYTEX CORP
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XYTEX CORP
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B15/00—Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form; Driving both such record carriers and heads; Guiding such record carriers or containers therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function
    • G11B15/675—Guiding containers, e.g. loading, ejecting cassettes
    • G11B15/68—Automatic cassette changing arrangements; automatic tape changing arrangements
    • G11B15/6885—Automatic cassette changing arrangements; automatic tape changing arrangements the cassettes being conveyed within a cassette storage location, e.g. within a storage bin or conveying by belt
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K17/00—Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
    • G06K17/0003—Automatic card files incorporating selecting, conveying and possibly reading and/or writing operations
    • G06K17/0012—Automatic card files incorporating selecting, conveying and possibly reading and/or writing operations with more than one selection steps, e.g. selection of a record carrier from a selected compartment of a compartmented storage

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Automatic Tape Cassette Changers (AREA)
  • Warehouses Or Storage Devices (AREA)
  • Conveying Record Carriers (AREA)
CA226,210A 1974-05-06 1975-05-05 On-line tape library system Expired CA1078750A (en)

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US46711474A 1974-05-06 1974-05-06

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JP (1) JPS588061B2 (de)
CA (1) CA1078750A (de)
DE (1) DE2519870A1 (de)
GB (1) GB1505132A (de)

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NL8102495A (nl) * 1981-05-21 1982-12-16 Philips Nv Modulaire gegevensopslaginrichting.
US4804307A (en) * 1983-07-11 1989-02-14 Motoda Electronics Co., Ltd. Modular storehouse
GB2143223B (en) * 1983-07-15 1986-12-31 Motoda Denshi Kogyo Kk Fully automatic store
US4558983A (en) * 1983-10-24 1985-12-17 Usm Corporation Automatic board handling mechanism
EP0222762B1 (de) * 1985-04-08 1990-07-25 Odetics, Inc. Robotsystem zur materialbehandlung
US4846619A (en) * 1985-04-08 1989-07-11 Odetics, Inc. Robotic materials handling system
DE8804304U1 (de) * 1988-01-20 1988-06-16 Grau GmbH & Co, 7070 Schwäbisch Gmünd Greifer
US5388946A (en) * 1988-01-20 1995-02-14 Grau Gmbh & Co. Systems and methods for the automated archiving and retrieval of computer data storage cassettes
US5217345A (en) * 1988-01-20 1993-06-08 Grau Gmbh & Co. Method for transporting computer data storage cassettes between a cassette library and cassette drive
DE3918198C1 (de) * 1988-09-29 1990-02-01 Grau Gmbh & Co, 7070 Schwaebisch Gmuend, De
US5291001A (en) * 1988-12-22 1994-03-01 Grau Gmbh & Co. Process and device for operating an automatic data carrier archive
DE3843218A1 (de) * 1988-12-22 1990-06-28 Grau Gmbh & Co Holdingges Verfahren und vorrichtung zum betreiben eines automatischen datentraegerarchivs
GB2365200B (en) * 1999-06-10 2002-07-17 M4 Data Ltd Data storage

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US3699266A (en) * 1955-06-14 1972-10-17 Jerome H Lemelson Tape cartridge and transducing means therefore

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JPS588061B2 (ja) 1983-02-14
DE2519870A1 (de) 1975-11-20
GB1505132A (en) 1978-03-22
JPS50153618A (de) 1975-12-10
DE2519870C3 (de) 1980-02-07
DE2519870B2 (de) 1979-06-07

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