Patent ID: 7474497

Claim:
A deep slot magazine storage library comprising: a library housing defining a magazine cavity and including an active robotic end and a magazine loading and unloading end located opposite said active robotic end, wherein said magazine loading and unloading end includes a hinged door that is operable to said magazine cavity, said hinged door allowing access to any contents of said magazine cavity via said magazine loading and unloading end; a plurality of deep slot magazines storable by height and width within said magazine cavity, wherein each of said plurality of deep slot magazines is individually removable from said magazine cavity, wherein each of said plurality of deep slot magazines extends from said active robotic end to said opposite magazine loading and unloading end when stored in said magazine cavity, and wherein each of said plurality of deep slot magazines defines a cartridge cavity; a plurality of vertical magazine supports associated with said library housing and disposed within said magazine cavity, said plurality of vertical magazine supports including a plurality of support guides which are associable with at least one groove defined by each of said plurality of deep slot magazines, allowing individual support of each of said plurality of deep slot magazines; and a plurality of cartridges removeably storable by depth and at least one of height and width within a plurality of cartridge slots defined by at least one cartridge support guide disposed within said cartridge cavity, wherein each of said plurality of cartridge slots stores at least two of said plurality of cartridges in depth, and wherein said cartridge cavity is open at both of two opposing ends of each of said plurality of said deep slot magazines.