Appeal No. 2002-1744 Page 2
Application No. 09/179,793
An operator of a juke box must periodically access the data cartridges contained
therein. For example, he may need to replace a cartridge that has been filled with data
to be archived at another location. (Id. at 2.)
To satisfy the aforementioned need, the inventive juke box 12 features
drawers 16 that can be moved between a closed position and an opened position.
Drawer stop indices 78 are coupled to each drawer so as to move along with the
associated drawer. A lock 80 can be moved between a locked position and an
unlocked position. When locked, it engages a drawer stop index to prevent the
associated drawer from being withdrawn further. (Appeal Br. at 2.)
A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following
claim.
36. A mail slot data cartridge exchange system for a data storage
system, comprising:
a drawer mounted to the data storage system so that said drawer
can be moved between a retracted position and a plurality of extended
positions; and
drawer extension regulator means operatively associated with said
drawer for allowing said drawer to be manually extended to a selected one
of said plurality of extended positions and no further, while allowing said
drawer to be manually returned to the retracted position without requiring
additional actuation of said drawer extension regulator means.
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