ADAPTER FOR USE IN TAPE CARTRIDGE MAGAZINE, TAPE CARTRIDGE SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING TAPE LIBRARY SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an adapter for use in a tape cartridge magazine including one or more tape cartridge bays.;SOLUTION: Each tape cartridge bay includes a first bay wall surface for engagement with a first surface of a tape cartridge and a second bay wall surface spaced from the first bay wall surface by a first clearance distance. The adapter includes the first surface constituted so as to be engaged with the first bay wall surface of the cartridge bay and a second surface which is opposed to this first surface and is constituted so as to be engaged with the first surface of the tape cartridge, and the second surface of the adapter is spaced from the second bay wall surface by a second clearance distance when the adapter is positioned on the first bay wall surface of the cartridge bay.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI