Appeal No. 2004-0334 Page 5
Application No. 08/853,608
autochanger, wherein said Z referencing means is a mechanical limit physically
attached to said sleeve;" and
(2) "Y referencing means on said sleeve attached to said autochanger storage rack,
providing preliminary, intermediate and final Y direction referencing between said data
cartridge and said data cartridge caddy during installation of said data cartridge into
said data cartridge caddy by said data cartridge handling mechanism of said
autochanger, wherein said Y referencing means is a mechanical limit physically
attached to said sleeve." Likewise, Porter does not disclose the following method
limitations of claim 6:
(1) "providing a sleeve attached to said storage rack;"
(2) "providing a first referencing mechanism on said sleeve;"
(3) "providing a second referencing mechanism on said sleeve;"
(4) "locating said data cartridge caddy adjacent said sleeve;"
(5) "aligning said data cartridge with said data cartridge caddy in a second direction
which is transverse to said first direction by contacting said data cartridge with said first
referencing mechanism;" and
(6) "aligning said data cartridge with said data cartridge caddy in a third direction which
is transverse to said first direction and said second direction by contacting said data
cartridge with said second referencing mechanism."
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