Patent ID: 7102848

Claim:
A data cartridge library comprising: a frame that defines an interior space and comprises an exterior surface; a data cartridge magazine, operatively attached to said frame and located within said interior space, for providing a plurality of data cartridge storage spaces; a drive, operatively attached to said frame and located within said interior space, for writing data onto a recording medium located within a data cartridge and/or reading data from said recording medium located within said data cartridge; a picker that is capable of grasping said data cartridge, releasing said grasped data cartridge, inserting said grasped data cartridge into one of said data cartridge storage spaces in said data cartridge magazine, inserting said grasped data cartridge into said drive, retracting said grasped data cartridge from one of said data cartridge storage spaces in said data cartridge magazine, and retracting one of said grasped data cartridges from said drive; an elevator for moving said picker such that said picker can perform grasping, retracting and inserting operations in the moving of said data cartridge between any one of said data cartridge storage spaces and said drive; and a transport support structure; wherein said elevator is operatively connected to said transport support structure; wherein said picker is operatively connected to said elevator; a user-actuatable connector that allows a user: (a) to attach a transport module comprising said transport support structure, at least a portion of said elevator, and said picker to said frame in said interior space; and (b) to detach said transport module from said frame; a portion of said exterior surface capable of being displaced by a user so as create an opening with sufficient dimensions to allow said transport module to be inserted into and removed from said interior space.