WO2002045084A3 - Method and system for sharing robotic mechanisms between automated storage libraries - Google Patents

Method and system for sharing robotic mechanisms between automated storage libraries Download PDF

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WO2002045084A3
WO2002045084A3 PCT/US2001/044407 US0144407W WO0245084A3 WO 2002045084 A3 WO2002045084 A3 WO 2002045084A3 US 0144407 W US0144407 W US 0144407W WO 0245084 A3 WO0245084 A3 WO 0245084A3
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Timothy C Ostwald
Daniel J Plutt
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B15/00—Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form; Driving both such record carriers and heads; Guiding such record carriers or containers therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function
    • G11B15/675—Guiding containers, e.g. loading, ejecting cassettes
    • G11B15/68—Automatic cassette changing arrangements; automatic tape changing arrangements
    • G11B15/6805—Automatic cassette changing arrangements; automatic tape changing arrangements with linearly moving rectangular box shaped magazines
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B15/00—Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form; Driving both such record carriers and heads; Guiding such record carriers or containers therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function
    • G11B15/675—Guiding containers, e.g. loading, ejecting cassettes
    • G11B15/68—Automatic cassette changing arrangements; automatic tape changing arrangements
    • G11B15/682—Automatic cassette changing arrangements; automatic tape changing arrangements with fixed magazines having fixed cassette storage cells, e.g. in racks
    • G11B15/6835—Automatic cassette changing arrangements; automatic tape changing arrangements with fixed magazines having fixed cassette storage cells, e.g. in racks the cassettes being transferred to a fixed recorder or player using a moving carriage
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B17/00—Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor
    • G11B17/22—Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor from random access magazine of disc records
    • G11B17/225—Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor from random access magazine of disc records wherein the disks are transferred from a fixed magazine to a fixed playing unit using a moving carriage

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A method and system for sharing robotic mechanisms (14) between physically remote storage libraries in an automated storage library system includes routing robotic mechanism guide structures (46,48) between the storage libaries. The guide structures run through robotic mechansim transfer ports located on the sides of the housing enclosures of the storage libraries. A robotic mechanism within an first storage library moves through the transfer port of the enclosure of the first storage library onto the guide structure. The robotic mechanism then moves out of the enclosure of the first storage library along the guide structure towards a second storage library. The robotic mechanism then moves along the guide structure through the transfer port of the enclosure of the second storage library and into the second storage library for performing operations such as accessing media objects within the second storage library.
PCT/US2001/044407 2000-11-30 2001-11-27 Method and system for sharing robotic mechanisms between automated storage libraries WO2002045084A2 (en)

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