Inter-library exchange of a removable medium

    公开(公告)号:US10472186B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-12

    申请号:US16141045

    申请日:2018-09-25

    IPC分类号: G11B17/22 B65G47/90 G11B17/26

    摘要: A port is used for exchanging removable media with a media library. The port includes a port housing with an opening exchanging the media between an internal volume and another opening permitting an exchange of the media between the internal volume and the media library. The port also includes a guiding funnel for guiding the media from the environment to the opening, an elastic element and a plate for receiving the medium. The elastic element and the plate are installed in the internal volume, and the plate is coupled to the elastic element. The elastic element is configured for pressing the plate against the opening to seal the port when the plate is unloaded and for permitting a movement of the plate into the internal volume to allow the exchange of the medium through the other opening when the plate is loaded.

    MAGNETIC TAPE DRIVE WITH A BURNISHING UNIT
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190325907A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-24

    申请号:US16433102

    申请日:2019-06-06

    摘要: The invention relates to a tape drive, and to a method and a computer program product for operating a tape drive. The tape drive may include a transport mechanism which may include a tape head. The tape drive may be adapted to receive a magnetic tape with the transport mechanism, and to transport the magnetic tape by the transport mechanism. The tape head may be adapted to perform read-write operations on an oxide side of the magnetic tape. The tape drive may include a burnishing unit, which may include a burnishing roller and a burnish controller having an abrasive shell. The burnishing roller may be installed in the tape drive upstream of the tape head such that the abrasive shell supports the received magnetic tape on the oxide side. The burnish controller may be adapted to control the movement of the burnishing roller.

    TAPE DATA PROTECTION BY CLIMATE LABEL VERIFICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20190267045A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-29

    申请号:US15907563

    申请日:2018-02-28

    摘要: A tape cartridge for a magnetic tape may be provided. The tape cartridge includes a magnetic tape surrounded by a housing and a temperature indicator that signals a temperature of the tape cartridge, for example, by a thermochromic label. Additionally, a system for tape cartridge data protection that interoperates with the tape cartridge is provided. The system includes a storage for holding a tape cartridge, a sensor that detects temperature information from the temperature indicator of the tape cartridge, and a control unit for controlling an actuator that performs an action depending on the detected temperature information. Furthermore, a method for operating the system for tape cartridge data protection is proposed.

    Magnetic tape drive with a burnishing unit

    公开(公告)号:US10354686B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-16

    申请号:US15958393

    申请日:2018-04-20

    摘要: The invention relates to a tape drive, which may include a transport mechanism which may include a tape head. The tape drive may be adapted to receive a magnetic tape with the transport mechanism, and to transport the magnetic tape by the transport mechanism. The tape head may be adapted to perform read-write operations on an oxide side of the magnetic tape. The tape drive may include a burnishing unit, which may include a burnishing roller and a burnish controller having an abrasive shell. The burnishing roller may be installed in the tape drive upstream of the tape head such that the abrasive shell supports the received magnetic tape on the oxide side. The burnish controller may be adapted to control the movement of the burnishing roller.

    Tape gripper cartridge cache
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10885938B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-05

    申请号:US16693531

    申请日:2019-11-25

    IPC分类号: G11B15/68 G06F3/06

    摘要: An apparatus for big data tape management tape cartridge management. The apparatus includes a tape gripper for storing one or more additional tape cartridges within a housing of the tape gripper, wherein the housing of the tape gripper includes a tape cartridge cache, where the tape cartridge cache is a modification to the housing of the tape gripper for holding the one or more additional tape cartridges stacked internally within the tape gripper, the tape cartridge cache is affixed to a bottom portion of the housing of the tape gripper, and the tape cartridge cache includes a plate, oriented above and centered to the tape cartridge cache, capable of being raised and lowered within the tape cartridge cache utilizing one or more springs mounted under the plate inside the tape cartridge cache.