Apparatus and method for supporting storage devices during manufacture

摘要

There is disclosed an apparatus and method for supporting storage devices during manufacture. The apparatus includes structural members and plural slot carriers received in bays in the apparatus. Each slot carrier carries at least one slot arranged to receive a storage device, wherein the slot carriers are insertable and/or removable from the bays through apertures at the front of the apparatus. Clamp assemblies are arranged to releasably clamp the slot carrier to one or more structural members at the sides of the slot carrier.

主权项

1. An apparatus for supporting storage devices during manufacturing, the apparatus comprising:
structural members; plural slot carriers received in bays in the apparatus, each slot carrier carrying at least one slot arranged to receive a storage device, wherein the slot carriers are insertable into, or removable from, the bays through apertures at a front of the apparatus; clamp assemblies arranged to releasably clamp the slot carrier to one or more structural members at sides of the slot carrier; and a rail at each side of the slot carrier such that the slot carrier is slidably insertable into, or slidably removable from, a respective one on the bays on the rails, wherein a clamping mechanism provided by at least one of the rails is an expandable rail assembly, wherein the expandable rail assembly is operably expandable to clamp opposed surfaces of a channel in which the expandable rail assembly is received.