CARTRIDGE HANDLING SYSTEM

A cartridge handling system (10) comprising: a cartridge engaging assembly (22) for engaging an exposed end portion of a cartridge (24) positioned in an aligned holding unit (12, 14, etc.); a longitudinal displacement assembly (26) for longitudinally displacing a cartridge (24) engaged by the engagi...

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Hauptverfasser:	METHLIE, JENNIFER L, OLIVER, THOMAS C, WANGER, MARK E, STAVELY, DONALD J, DAUNER, DANIEL R, CHRISTIE, LESLIE G, DOMEL, DOUGLAS R, JONES, DAVID P
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	INFORMATION STORAGE INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:	A cartridge handling system (10) comprising: a cartridge engaging assembly (22) for engaging an exposed end portion of a cartridge (24) positioned in an aligned holding unit (12, 14, etc.); a longitudinal displacement assembly (26) for longitudinally displacing a cartridge (24) engaged by the engaging assembly (22); a flipping assembly (28) for invertingly rotating a cartridge engaged by the engaging assembly about a longitudinally extending flip axis (DD); a lateral displacement assembly (30) for laterally displacing a cartridge (24) engaged by the engaging assembly (22); and a unitary, rotatable drive motor (32) drivingly linked to the longitudinal displacement assembly (26), the flipping assembly (28), and the lateral displacement assembly (30) for providing driving force thereto.