MECHANICAL GRIPPER FOR HANDLING STORAGE DEVICE, AUTOMATED STORAGE LIBRARY, AND METHOD FOR GRIPPING STORAGE CARTRIDGE BY GRIPPING MECHANISM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mechanical gripping mechanism for transporting and handling a storage device.;SOLUTION: A gripper mechanism includes a pair of opposing gripper fingers rotatably mounted to the picker frame, each of them has a distal end adapted to engage opposite minor side surface of a storage device. The opposing gripper fingers are further interconnected by corresponding geared surface such that the gripper fingers rotate together. In one example, proximal ends of the gripper fingers include geared surfaces that are directly coupled to rotate the gripper fingers together.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI