IP Library Granted Patent US 9,583,138
Granted Patent B2
US 9,583,138 · App. 14/993,245 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Accessor and library device

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Patent No.
US 9,583,138
App. No.
14/993,245
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An accessor includes a main body unit configured to convey a recording medium in a first direction, the main body unit being attached to a housing of a library device to be movable in the first direction, a picker configured to convey the recording medium in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, the picker being mounted on the main body unit to be movable in the second direction, and a cleaner mounted on a surface of the picker along the second direction.

Claims (21)

1. A library device comprising:

a magazine configured to accommodate a plurality of recording media;

a drive configured to record or read information with respect to the recording media;

a housing including vent holes formed on at least one surface of the housing, the housing being configured to accommodate the magazine and the drive;

an accessor accommodated by the housing and comprising:

a main body unit configured to convey a recording medium of the recording media in a first direction, the main body unit being attached to the housing of the library device to be movable in the first direction;

a picker configured to convey the recording medium in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, the picker being mounted on the main body unit to be movable in the second direction; and

a cleaner mounted on a surface of the picker along the second direction;

a filter provided for the vent holes,

wherein the accessor is disposed on the housing in such a manner that the cleaner comes into contact with the filter in response to the movement of the main body unit and the picker.

2. The library device according to claim 1 , wherein

the cleaner is provided in such a manner as to protrude to an outside of the main body unit.

3. The library device according to claim 2 , wherein

an opening is formed on a side surface of the main body unit, and

the cleaner is mounted in such a manner as to protrude to the outside of the main body unit through the opening.

4. The library device according to claim 1 , wherein

the cleaner is a brush.

5. The library device according to claim 1 , wherein

the filter is provided along the second direction.

6. The library device according to claim 1 , wherein

the size of the filter is determined in accordance with at least one of a size of the cleaner or a moving range of the picker.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2024
From: IP WAVE PTE LTD.
To: CLOUD BYTE LLC.
Reel/Frame 067944/0332 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2024
From: NEC ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD.
To: IP WAVE PTE LTD.
Reel/Frame 066376/0276 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2023
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: NEC ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD.
Reel/Frame 063349/0459 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2016
From: IWATA, SHINICHI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037462/0807 →