Patent ID: 7533393

Claim:
A cartridge shuttle for use in an automated cartridge recording and playback apparatus, comprising: a chassis; a rotation frame on said chassis operable to rotate the data cartridge; a cartridge picker in said rotation frame operable to draw the data cartridge into the rotation frame and to push the data cartridge from said rotation frame; a translation apparatus connected to said chassis for translational movement of said chassis in a translation space so that the data cartridge in the rotation frame is carried from a first location to a second location; and an elevator on said chassis, said elevator having said rotation frame mounted thereon, said elevator being operable to move said rotation frame and the data cartridge carried in said rotation frame in a direction substantially perpendicular to the translational movement; said elevator including first and second threaded shafts through threaded nuts at one side of said rotation frame and spring loaded lifters acting at another side of said rotation frame.