DE60116580T2 - Automatisches Bibliotheksystem mit automatischer Ladung von Bandkassetten - Google Patents
Automatisches Bibliotheksystem mit automatischer Ladung von Bandkassetten Download PDFInfo
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- DE60116580T2 DE60116580T2 DE60116580T DE60116580T DE60116580T2 DE 60116580 T2 DE60116580 T2 DE 60116580T2 DE 60116580 T DE60116580 T DE 60116580T DE 60116580 T DE60116580 T DE 60116580T DE 60116580 T2 DE60116580 T2 DE 60116580T2
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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
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| US09/710,645 US6829116B1 (en) | 2000-11-10 | 2000-11-10 | Automated tape cartridge autoloader/library system |
| US710645 | 2000-11-10 |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| DE60116580D1 DE60116580D1 (de) | 2006-04-06 |
| DE60116580T2 true DE60116580T2 (de) | 2006-12-07 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| DE60116580T Expired - Fee Related DE60116580T2 (de) | 2000-11-10 | 2001-11-09 | Automatisches Bibliotheksystem mit automatischer Ladung von Bandkassetten |
Country Status (4)
| Country | Link |
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| US (1) | US6829116B1 (enExample) |
| EP (1) | EP1205927B1 (enExample) |
| JP (1) | JP4008228B2 (enExample) |
| DE (1) | DE60116580T2 (enExample) |
Families Citing this family (13)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6693759B2 (en) * | 2000-11-10 | 2004-02-17 | Quantum Corporation | Compact form factor for an automated tape cartridge autoloader/library system |
| US6816331B2 (en) * | 2000-11-10 | 2004-11-09 | Quantum Corporation | Tape cartridge picker for an automated tape cartridge autoloader/library system |
| US7400469B2 (en) * | 2003-09-16 | 2008-07-15 | Spectra Logic Corporation | Magazine-based library |
| US7251544B2 (en) * | 2003-07-01 | 2007-07-31 | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | Storage system |
| US7499242B2 (en) * | 2003-10-30 | 2009-03-03 | Tandberg Data Asa | Scalable and expandable units for data storage system |
| JP2005216389A (ja) * | 2004-01-30 | 2005-08-11 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | データーライブラリー装置 |
| US7417819B2 (en) * | 2004-11-17 | 2008-08-26 | Prostor Systems, Inc. | Extendable virtual autoloader systems and methods |
| JP2007080440A (ja) * | 2005-09-15 | 2007-03-29 | Mitsumi Electric Co Ltd | テープカートリッジオートローダー |
| US7532431B2 (en) * | 2006-03-15 | 2009-05-12 | Tandberg Storage Asa | Single elevator system and method for a tape automation system with a base unit and one or more add-on units |
| JP5881161B2 (ja) * | 2012-03-29 | 2016-03-09 | Ｎｅｃプラットフォームズ株式会社 | 記憶媒体保管システム |
| US9093088B1 (en) | 2014-05-14 | 2015-07-28 | International Business Machines Corporation | Load balancing and space efficient big data tape management |
| US9601149B1 (en) * | 2015-09-21 | 2017-03-21 | Quantum Corporation | Media library including storage media retrieval assembly |
| US9928009B1 (en) | 2015-09-29 | 2018-03-27 | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | High density tape drive server design |
Family Cites Families (40)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4063294A (en) | 1975-08-22 | 1977-12-13 | Northwestern Technology, Inc. | Tape cartridge loading mechanism |
| US4635150A (en) * | 1982-02-22 | 1987-01-06 | Victor Company Of Japan Ltd. | Apparatus for automatically selecting and reproducing a recording medium |
| US4981409A (en) | 1985-04-16 | 1991-01-01 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Cartridge auto changer |
| JPS62134852A (ja) | 1985-12-09 | 1987-06-17 | Hitachi Ltd | カ−トリツヂロ−デイングシステム |
| JPS62239372A (ja) | 1986-04-08 | 1987-10-20 | Sony Corp | カセツトオ−トチエンジヤ− |
| DE3721821C1 (en) | 1986-07-04 | 1988-10-27 | Neumann Christian G Von | Video cassette tape replay device for optionally replaying video cassettes |
| US4910619A (en) | 1987-09-16 | 1990-03-20 | Sony Corporation | Automatic changing system for cassette-type mediums |
| US4835634A (en) | 1988-02-24 | 1989-05-30 | Storage Technology Corporation | Automatic magnetic tape cartridge stack loader for tape drive systems |
| DE68917620T2 (de) | 1988-03-23 | 1995-04-20 | Sony Corp | Automatischer Videokassettenwechsler. |
| EP0426456B1 (en) | 1989-10-31 | 1996-05-15 | Sanki Engineering Co. Ltd. | Automatic storage installation for information recording media |
| US5089920A (en) | 1989-11-13 | 1992-02-18 | Wangdat, Inc. | Loader mechanism for tape cartridge systems |
| US5469310A (en) * | 1989-11-13 | 1995-11-21 | Wangdat, Inc. | Automated cassette loader |
| JP3208787B2 (ja) | 1991-06-17 | 2001-09-17 | ソニー株式会社 | カセット移送装置 |
| US5442500A (en) * | 1992-01-09 | 1995-08-15 | Hitachi, Ltd. | Cartridge library apparatus for handling a number of cartridges in one operation |
| JPH0620363A (ja) * | 1992-05-15 | 1994-01-28 | Hewlett Packard Co <Hp> | オートチェンジャ |
| JP3276986B2 (ja) | 1992-06-29 | 2002-04-22 | 日本電産コパル株式会社 | 開閉扉機構 |
| JPH0652657A (ja) | 1992-07-30 | 1994-02-25 | Hitachi Electron Eng Co Ltd | 磁気テープのバーコード読み取り方式 |
| GB2271014B (en) | 1992-09-29 | 1996-01-24 | M4 Data Ltd | Tape drive machine with tape cartridge magazine |
| US5537378A (en) | 1993-08-25 | 1996-07-16 | Clarion Co., Ltd. | Data processing device with controlled insertion of recording media |
| US5680377A (en) | 1993-11-03 | 1997-10-21 | International Business Machines Corporation | Automated data storage library employing multi-direction picker with double lip gripper |
| US5449091A (en) | 1994-03-18 | 1995-09-12 | Storage Technology Corporation | Carousel apparatus for handling data storage cartridges |
| US5663938A (en) * | 1994-04-15 | 1997-09-02 | International Business Machines Corporation | Checkerboad data storage library |
| US5555143A (en) | 1995-01-17 | 1996-09-10 | Western Automation Laboratories, Inc. | Data cartridge library system architecture |
| JP3470438B2 (ja) | 1995-02-03 | 2003-11-25 | ソニー株式会社 | テープカートリッジのオートローダー |
| US5847897A (en) | 1995-10-26 | 1998-12-08 | Media Logic, Inc. | Data storage and retrieval system having plural data cartridges, plural drive mechanisms each with an associated transfer mechanism having a finger member to fully insert a cartridge into its associated drive |
| US5856894A (en) | 1995-10-26 | 1999-01-05 | Media Logic, Inc. | Data storage and retrieval system having a data cartridge conveyor with independently operable drives each with an associated cartridge transfer mechanism |
| US5760995A (en) | 1995-10-27 | 1998-06-02 | Quantum Corporation | Multi-drive, multi-magazine mass storage and retrieval unit for tape cartridges |
| US5959803A (en) | 1996-07-12 | 1999-09-28 | Hitachi, Ltd. | Cartridge changer, data storage unit using the changer and apparatus using the data storage unit |
| US5746385A (en) | 1996-09-16 | 1998-05-05 | Philips Electronics North America Corporation | Tape library cartridge storage and control system |
| US5975450A (en) | 1996-09-16 | 1999-11-02 | Plasmon Lms, Inc. | Tape library cartridge manipulation x-y positioning system |
| US5752668A (en) | 1996-09-16 | 1998-05-19 | Philips Electronics North America Corporation | Tape library cartridge manipulation gripper with z-axis translation |
| US5999356A (en) * | 1997-08-29 | 1999-12-07 | International Business Machines Corporation | Data cartridge library with rotating storage stacks |
| US6064544A (en) * | 1998-06-16 | 2000-05-16 | Nec Corporation | Information medium conveying method and apparatus |
| US6130800A (en) | 1998-07-08 | 2000-10-10 | Storage Technology Corporation | Data storage library with cartridge access mechanism |
| IT1308807B1 (it) | 1999-04-16 | 2002-01-11 | Gv Di Bragadin Luigi S A S | Distributore automatico di prodotti audiosivi,quali vidiocassette,cd e simili. |
| GB2361350B (en) * | 1999-06-10 | 2002-05-22 | M4 Data Ltd | Data storage |
| US6754037B1 (en) | 1999-07-28 | 2004-06-22 | Storage Technology Corporation | Small library horseshoe architecture |
| US6532131B1 (en) * | 2000-06-07 | 2003-03-11 | Plasmon Ide, Inc. | Import/export element with selector nut and bevel gear for rotation |
| US6381089B1 (en) | 2000-07-28 | 2002-04-30 | Qualstar Corporation | Tape cassette storage and accessing system with closely spaced layered cassettes |
| US6496325B1 (en) * | 2000-11-13 | 2002-12-17 | Overland Storage, Inc. | Media handling system and method |
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- 2000-11-10 US US09/710,645 patent/US6829116B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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- 2001-11-09 DE DE60116580T patent/DE60116580T2/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2001-11-09 JP JP2001344462A patent/JP4008228B2/ja not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2001-11-09 EP EP01309490A patent/EP1205927B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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| Publication number | Publication date |
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| US6829116B1 (en) | 2004-12-07 |
| EP1205927A3 (en) | 2003-02-12 |
| EP1205927A2 (en) | 2002-05-15 |
| JP4008228B2 (ja) | 2007-11-14 |
| JP2002203347A (ja) | 2002-07-19 |
| EP1205927B1 (en) | 2006-01-11 |
| DE60116580D1 (de) | 2006-04-06 |
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