公开(公告)号：US11798591B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US17481347

申请日：2021-09-22

申请人： International Business Machines Corporation

发明人： Leonard G. Jesionowski ,  Shawn M. Nave

IPC分类号： G11B15/68 ,  G11B15/675 ,  G11B23/023 ,  G11B23/02

CPC分类号： G11B15/684 ,  G11B15/67502 ,  G11B15/6751 ,  G11B15/688 ,  G11B23/0236 ,  G11B23/02

摘要： A deep slot cell configured to house a plurality of tape cartridges. The deep slot cell includes a front side of the deep slot cell configured to allow insertion and removal of a locking tape cartridge of the plurality of tape cartridges by a robotic mechanism. The deep slot cell includes a depth side of the deep slot cell configured with an opening to engage a locking mechanism that prevents a biasing spring mechanism of the deep slot cell from advancing a rearmost tape cartridge of the plurality of tape cartridges forward toward the front side of the deep slot cell. The deep slot cell includes a front air gap at the front side of the deep slot cell that prevents the robotic mechanism from reaching a front-most tape cartridge of the plurality of tape cartridges after the robotic mechanism removes the locking tape cartridge from the deep slot cell.