FIVE AND ONE-QUARTER INCH FORM FACTOR COMBINATION DAT TAPE DRIVE AND CASSETTE MAGAZINE LOADER.

摘要

A generally rectangular outer housing (32) sized to fit within the full height five and one quarter inch form factor. A drawer (34) is mounted for sliding motion within the housing along a longitudinal axis thereof from a retracted position in which the drawer is substantially fully contained within the housing (32) to an extended position in which a forward portion of the drawer (34) extends beyond a forward transverse end of the housing (32). A data tape drive (35) is mounted within a rear portion of the drawer and has a forwardly opening cassette insertion slot. A cassette magazine (42) is provided that has a plurality of vertically spaced receptacles for holding a plurality of data cassettes in a vertically stacked configuration. A magazine loader (36) is mounted in the forward portion of the drawer for receiving and vertically reciprocating the cassette magazine (42) and for selectively transferring cassettes between the magazine (42) and the cassette insertion slot of the data tape drive (35).