Patent ID: 7227715
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A data cartridge magazine for use in a magazine-based data cartridge library that is capable of transporting data cartridge magazines within the library, the data cartridge magazine comprising: a box structure with an interior space for 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 bottom wall interior surface and said side wall interior surface define said interior space; wherein said side wall terminal edge defines a top opening for the insertion/extraction of 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 capable of accommodating one of said plurality of data cartridges; and a magazine transport means for being engaged by a portion of a magazine transport device that is associated with said magazine-based data cartridge library and used to displace said data cartridge magazine towards and away from a storage location within said magazine-based data cartridge library.