Multi-function locking mechanism for a multi-celled data cassette
magazine
    1.
    发明授权
    Multi-function locking mechanism for a multi-celled data cassette magazine 失效
    用于多单元数据盒式存储盒的多功能锁定机构

    公开(公告)号:US5537268A

    公开(公告)日:1996-07-16

    申请号:US338838

    申请日:1994-11-14

    IPC分类号: G11B15/68 G11B17/22 G11B17/28

    CPC分类号: G11B15/6825 G11B17/225

    摘要: A pass-thru cassette magazine performs several functions beyond vertically holding a plurality of data cassettes in a position randomly accessible to a data storage subsystem picker assembly, including locking the data cassettes within corresponding storage cells in either an import or export position when the magazine is not interfaced to the storage subsystem (that is during handling by an operator). The "locked" position indicates that a data cassette cannot be removed from the magazine without a force of approximately one kilogram or greater. When a magazine is interfaced to the storage subsystem, the magazine is interlocked thereto such that the magazine cannot be removed without releasing the interlock. While the magazine is interlocked, the lock on the data cassettes is disabled so that the data cassettes can be freely picked by the picker assembly or removed or inserted by an operator. If a data cassette is in a position other than import or export, a potential problem exists and the interlock mechanism release is disabled thus requiring all data cassettes to be properly positioned before the magazine could be removed from the storage subsystem.

    摘要翻译: 通过盒式磁带盒执行若干功能,不仅在数据存储子系统选择器组件可随机访问的位置上垂直地保持多个数据盒,包括将数据盒锁定在导入或导出位置的相应存储单元内, 不连接到存储子系统(即由操作员处理)。 “锁定”位置表示数据盒不能在没有大约一公斤或更大的力的情况下从盒中取出。 当杂志与存储子系统接口时,盒子与其互锁,使得在不释放互锁的情况下,盒不能被移除。 当杂志互锁时,数据盒上的锁定被禁用,使得数据盒可以由拾取器组件自由地拾取,或由操作者移除或插入。 如果数据磁带处于导入或导出以外的位置,则存在潜在的问题,并且互锁机制释放被禁用,因此在从存储子系统移除磁带盒之前要求所有数据磁带都被正确定位。

    Machine and human readable label
    2.
    发明授权
    Machine and human readable label 失效
    机器和人类可读标签

    公开(公告)号:US5581073A

    公开(公告)日:1996-12-03

    申请号:US503839

    申请日:1995-07-18

    摘要: The present invention provides machine and human readable information for a data cartridge or other item to be stored. In one embodiment, a label, on which human readable information is printed or similarly marked, is applied to cover an indicator area of the cartridge. The indicator area of the cartridge has recesses formed therein; corresponding positions on the indicator area of the label overlay the recesses and be either open or closed. An open position allows a mechanical, spring-loaded finger on a data drive to engage the exposed recess and activate or deactivate a connected switch. Information, matching the printed human readable information, can thus be encoded in the label and machine read by the data drive.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供用于要存储的数据盒或其他物品的机器和人可读信息。 在一个实施例中,应用印刷了人类可读信息或类似标记的标签以覆盖盒的指示器区域。 盒的指示器区域形成在其中; 标签的指示器区域上的对应位置覆盖凹槽,并且打开或关闭。 打开位置允许数据驱动器上的机械弹簧加载手指接合暴露的凹槽,并激活或禁用连接的开关。 因此,可以将与印刷的人类可读信息相匹配的信息编码在由数据驱动器读取的标签和机器中。

    Machine and human readable label for data cartridge
    3.
    发明授权
    Machine and human readable label for data cartridge 失效
    数据墨盒的机器和人体可读标签

    公开(公告)号:US5484055A

    公开(公告)日:1996-01-16

    申请号:US228533

    申请日:1994-04-15

    摘要: The present invention provides machine and human readable information for a data cartridge or other item to be stored. In one embodiment, a label, on which human readable information is printed or similarly marked, is applied to cover an indicator area of the cartridge. The indicator area of the cartridge has recesses formed therein; corresponding positions on the indicator area of the label overlay the recesses and be either open or closed. An open position allows a mechanical, spring-loaded finger on a data drive to engage the exposed recess and activate or deactivate a connected switch. Information, matching the printed human readable information, can thus be encoded in the label and machine read by the data drive.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供用于要存储的数据盒或其他物品的机器和人可读信息。 在一个实施例中,应用印刷了人类可读信息或类似标记的标签以覆盖盒的指示器区域。 盒的指示器区域形成在其中; 标签的指示器区域上的对应位置覆盖凹槽,并且打开或关闭。 打开位置允许数据驱动器上的机械弹簧加载手指接合暴露的凹槽,并激活或禁用连接的开关。 因此,可以将与印刷的人类可读信息相匹配的信息编码在由数据驱动器读取的标签和机器中。

    Door opening mechanism for magnetic tape cartridge with tension control
    6.
    发明授权
    Door opening mechanism for magnetic tape cartridge with tension control 失效
    带张力控制的磁带盒的开门机构

    公开(公告)号:US5543993A

    公开(公告)日:1996-08-06

    申请号:US454897

    申请日:1995-05-31

    CPC分类号: G11B23/08735 G11B23/08707

    摘要: A mechanism for opening a tape access door at the forward end of a tape cartridge which pivots about an axis perpendicular to a mount plate of the cartridge. The access door is spring biased to a closed position and includes a slot which opens along a side wall of the door and has a rearward end that angles open on an outer wall of the door. The door opening mechanism itself comprises an elongate door opener frame, a pin extending from a forward end of the door opener frame, a door opener bearing and a pivot shaft for pivotally mounting a rearward end of the door opener frame and a rear end of the opener bearing to a frame of a loader mechanism adjacent a cartridge insertion slot thereof.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在磁带盒的前端处打开磁带检修门的机构,其绕垂直于盒的安装板的轴线枢转。 检修门被弹簧偏置到关闭位置,并且包括沿着门的侧壁开口并具有在门的外壁上开口的后端的槽。 门打开机构本身包括细长的开门框架,从开门器框架的前端延伸的销,开门器轴承和用于枢转地安装开门框架的后端的枢轴, 开启器支承件邻近其盒插入槽的装载机构的框架。

    Automatic loader mechanism for magnetic tape cartridge with tension
control
    7.
    发明授权
    Automatic loader mechanism for magnetic tape cartridge with tension control 失效
    带张力控制的磁带盒自动装载机构

    公开(公告)号:US5495374A

    公开(公告)日:1996-02-27

    申请号:US229900

    申请日:1994-04-19

    IPC分类号: G11B15/43 G11B15/68 G11B5/008

    CPC分类号: G11B15/43 G11B15/6835

    摘要: A carriage assembly slidingly receives a tape cartridge whose forward end tape access door is opened during insertion of the cartridge by a user or an automatic picker of a tape library system. A single motor driven cam automatically moves the mated carriage assembly and tape cartridge to engage a head with an exposed segment of magnetic tape. The cartridge stops and the carriage assembly continues to move slightly forward from the tape cartridge. This allows the same motor driven cam to automatically move a pair of clutch assemblies transverse to the cartridge insertion axis into engagement with a pair of reel hubs of the tape cartridge. The engagement of the clutch assemblies unlocks the reels inside the tape cartridge for rotation by a pair of reel motors. A rigid mount plate of the tape cartridge is automatically clamped against a plurality of datums.

    摘要翻译: 一个滑架组件滑动地接收一个带盒,该带盒的前端磁带检修门是由用户或磁带库系统的自动拾取器插入盒时被打开的。 单个电动机驱动的凸轮自动地移动配合的托架组件和带盒,以使具有暴露的磁带段的头部接合。 墨盒停止,托架组件继续从带盒稍微向前移动。 这允许相同的马达驱动凸轮自动地将一对离合器组件横向于墨盒插入轴线移动以与带盒的一对卷轴毂接合。 离合器组件的接合将磁带盒内的卷轴解锁,以便由一对卷轴电机旋转。 带盒的刚性安装板被自动夹紧在多个基准面上。