Researchers Submit Patent Application, 'Differential Rack and Pinion Storage Media Mover Assembly', for Approval

摘要

News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: "Magnetic tape has long been used as a storage media for audio, video and computer information. Magnetic tape cartridges have been used extensively because they provide a convenient way to house and support a length of magnetic tape for engagement by a transducer in a tape drive while protecting the tape upon removal of the cartridge. Moreover, magnetic tape cartridges facilitate economic and compact storage of data. With the advent of widespread use of magnetic tape cartridges, the need to provide systems for storage and retrieval of such tape cartridges has resulted in a wide range of automated systems.