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Article: German Inventor Develops Data Storage Device
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 2, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- Friedhelm Steinhilber of Rottweil, Germany, has developed a data storage method.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For storage of data on data carriers accommodated in cassettes, a device is used with a magazine, having receptacles for cassettes and with a robot unit for changing the cassettes between the receptacles and a drive."
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The magazine is movable relative to robot unit, in order to position the selected receptacle for changing of the cassette. For positioning, a sensor unit is provided on robot unit and a light guide element on each receptacle. The light emitted from ...