Patent ID: 7085097
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A data cartridge magazine that is useful in moving cartridges between an environment that is exterior to a data cartridge library and an environment within a data cartridge library comprising: a box structure that defines an interior space that is capable of accommodating a plurality of data cartridges; wherein said box structure comprises a bottom wall with a bottom wall interior surface and a bottom wall exterior surface; wherein said box structure comprises a side wall that is operatively attached to said bottom wall, extends from said bottom wall to a side wall terminal edge, and has a side wall interior surface and a side wall exterior surface; wherein said side wall comprises a first side wall portion, a second side wall portion that is separated from said first side wall portion and substantially parallel to said first side wall portion, a third side wall portion that is substantially perpendicular to said first side wall portion, and a fourth side wall portion that is separated from said third side wall portion and substantially parallel to said third side wall portion; wherein said bottom wall interior surface and said side wall interior surface define said interior space; wherein said side wall terminal edge defines an opening for the insertion/extraction of said data cartridges into/from said interior space; a plurality of partitioning structures for dividing said interior space into a plurality of slots with each of said plurality of slots being capable of accommodating one of said data cartridges; and a coupling structure that allows said box structure to be attached/detached from an entry/exit port structure; wherein said coupling structure comprises a first substantially rigid flange that extends away from said first side wall portion and a second substantially rigid flange that extends away from said second side wall portion, and wherein said box structure comprises a stacking structure that is adapted to be stacked on a second box structure.