| 摘要 |
<p>An autoloader apparatus (100) for automatically loading data storage cartridges (C1-C8) into an associated cartridge drive (99) via a cartridge input aperture formed in said cartridge drive, comprises cartridge loading means (200) mounted juxtaposed to said cartridge input aperture and having a first side and a second side located on opposite sides of said cartridge loading means along a horizontal axis, and cartridge queue means (101, 102) oriented along said horizontal axis and juxtaposed to both said first side and said second side of said cartridge loading means, said cartridge queue means comprising means for presenting a plurality of data storage cartridges, one at a time, to said cartridge loading means at said first side thereof, and means for receiving a plurality of data storage cartridges ejected one at a time from said cartridge loading means at said second side thereof. In addition, the cartridge loading means (200) includes single cartridge load means for receiving a single data storage cartridge into said interior portion of said cartridge loading means via an aperture (503) formed in said cartridge loading means exclusive of said first and said second sides. <IMAGE></p> |
