Patent ID: 6648428
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A data cartridge exchange apparatus for use in a data storage system, comprising:a drawer having a first data cartridge storage location and a second data cartridge storage location, the drawer being operatively associated with said data storage system so that the first data cartridge storage location may be moved between a first position and a second position and so that the second data cartridge storage location may be moved between a third position and a fourth position, the first data cartridge storage location being operatively associated with the second data cartridge storage location so that the first data cartridge storage location may be moved independently from the second data cartridge storage location and so that the first data cartridge storage location may be moved together with the second data cartridge storage location; a first guide rail mounted to the first data cartridge storage location of said drawer; a second guide rail mounted to the second data cartridge storage location of said drawer; a third guide rail being sized to engage the first and second guide rails; and a fourth guide rail mounted to the data storage system, the fourth guide rail being sized to engage the third guide rail.