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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6693758 | Tape cartridge transport magazine for an automated tape cartridge autoloader/library system The tape cartridge transport magazine receives and stores tape cartridges in a horizontal orientation relative to the tape cartridge transport magazine to achieve a substantially smaller form factor. Once loaded into the magazine, the tape cartridges are ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 5999356 | Data cartridge library with rotating storage stacks An automated library is disclosed for storing and retrieving data storage cartridges having a plurality of rotatable stacks, all rotatable about parallel axes, each stack being multi-faced and preferably rectangular. A column of cells for storing data car... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5599160 | Apparatus and method for putting cassettes into trays A plurality of tape cassettes fed in succession from a conveyor are oriented vertically on an end stretch of the conveyor itself terminating at a position in side by side relation with a tiltable collection element. The cassettes are pushed laterally from... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5508859 | Gravity feed data storage library having magnetic picker An automated storage library having the ability to store and manipulate data storage elements in three dimensions. Data storage elements such as tape cartridges are stored in storage compartments separated by low-friction downward sloping sliding planes e... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5054836 | Gripper mechanism having spring-loaded jaws A gripper for grasping articles in an automatic or semi-automatic handling system includes spring-loaded jaws. No fasteners such as screws, pins, or the like are required to hold the jaws to the gripper assembly. The jaws are moved by way of motor-driven ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4995498 | Rental and vending machine, particularly for video cassettes, and cassette case for video cassettes A hiring and vending slot-machine, in particular for video cassettes, has a cupboard-like housing, two superimposed storage compartments arranged within the housing for the boxes containing the video cassettes, a computer-controlled cassette transporting ... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4595327 | Cassette storage and feeder mechanism A novel cassette storage and feeder mechanism for a tape winding machine, comprising (a) storage chute for storing a plurality of empty cassettes randomly disposed in one or the other of first and second predetermined orientations, (b) a gate for discharg... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4594042 | Device for stacking microcassettes An improvement in a changer apparatus of the type having a recording deck to which individual recording media are transported, one at a time, and an output stack for receiving and storing in stack configuration recording media that have been removed from ... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4415301 | Cassette handling device A system for the handling of cassettes which are nested in a predetermined pattern to individually remove, orient and deliver each cassette to a work station and then nest in another predetermined pattern the cassettes having passed through the work stati... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4377111 | Cassette stacking device An automatic cassette stacking apparatus has first and second three-sided chutes connected to a stacker chute. A cassette to be stacked is moved through the first three-sided chute and can be stamped with a date. The cassette then moves through the second... | 03/22/1983 |
