Patent ID: 7707596
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A device for manipulating data storage cartridges, the device comprising: a housing sized and dimensioned to hold a plurality of data storage cartridges, said housing adapted to be operable with a robot, said robot adapted to move the housing to a plurality of locations within a library of data storage cartridges such that an opening in the housing may be aligned with the data storage cartridges in the library; a gripping mechanism extending from the opening in the housing, said gripping mechanism operably attached to the housing and adapted to grip a first data storage cartridge disposed outside the housing, wherein the gripping mechanism is further adapted to pull the first data storage cartridge into the opening; and a first transport mechanism disposed within and operably connected to the housing, said first transport mechanism adapted to pull the first data storage cartridge away from the gripping mechanism and further into the housing through the opening as the first data storage cartridge comes into contact with the first transport mechanism.