Patent ID: 6826008
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A system for transferring a cartridge within a transport plane, comprising:at least two opposing bars arranged in a plane different from said transport plane, each bar adapted to slide in a longitudinal direction between an open position and a closed position; at least two grippers, each gripper attached to an end of one of said bars thereby extending from said bars in such a way to engage a cartridge when said bars are in said closed position wherein the bars do not obstruct said transport plane, and sliding rails arranged between said two grippers and between said cartridge and said bars when said grippers engage said cartridge; wherein each of said bars is further from a center point when in said open position than in said closed position, and wherein said bars and said grippers are further adapted to move in a transverse direction in order to transfer said cartridge in said transverse direction.