Appeal No. 1998-2114
Application No. 08/491,286
Claims 1 and 13 are illustrative of the claimed
invention, and they read as follows:
1. A media cartridge insertion apparatus for a
media cartridge storage and handling system for use in
association with a media cartridge of the type having a
rear end portion which is adapted to be inserted into a
media drive and having a forward end portion which is
adapted to be grasped by a human operator for handling
the cartridge comprising:
a) a housing supporting a cartridge carrier, said
housing having a forward end portion and a side
portion and having a housing longitudinal axis, said
housing having a forward opening for enabling hand-
insertion and hand-removal of cartridges by a human
operator and having a side opening for enabling
machine-insertion and machine-removal of cartridges
by a mechanized cartridge handling apparatus; and
b) said cartridge carrier being angularly
displaceable relative to said housing, said
cartridge carrier having a central longitudinal axis
and having forward and rear end portions which are
adapted to be positioned in corresponding adjacent
relationship with the forward and rear end portions
of a cartridge received therein; said cartridge
carrier having a forward end opening adapted to
enable longitudinal insertion and removal of
cartridges from said cartridge carrier; said
cartridge carrier comprising a first operating
position associated with hand-insertion and hand-
removal of cartridges, wherein said forward end
portion of said cartridge carrier is positioned
proximal said forward end portion of said housing;
said cartridge carrier having a second operating
position associated with machine-insertion and
machine-removal of cartridges, wherein said forward
end portion of said cartridge carrier is positioned
proximal said side portion of said housing;
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