Jerry W Hammar, 8011646 Saguaro Crest Pl, Tucson, AZ 85747

6842406, Jan 11, 2005

May 30, 2002

10/158758

Robert L. Bingham - Vail AZ, US
Kamal E. Dimitri - Tucson AZ, US
Jerry W. Hammar - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G11B 1568

369 3043, 360 92

A housing for an information storage medium where at least one surface of that housing includes a plurality of grooves. A locomotion apparatus to move Applicants' housing within an information storage and retrieval system, where that apparatus includes at least one rotatable shaft and at least one drive member disposed on that shaft, where each such drive member has the shape of a truncated cone, and where each such drive member includes a drive surface which includes a plurality of ribs. Applicants' drive member contacts the grooved surface of Applicants' housing such that one or more of the ribs disposed on the drive surface intermeshes with one or more of the grooves in the housing. Rotation of the rotatable shaft in a first direction causes the housing the move in a second direction. Rotation of the rotatable shaft in a third direction causes the housing to move in a fourth direction.

6865053, Mar 8, 2005

Jan 13, 2003

10/341204

Erik E. Bengds - Tucson AZ, US
Kamal Emile Dimitri - Tucson AZ, US
Jerry Walter Hammar - Tucson AZ, US
Wayne Alan McKinley - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G11B015/68

360 92, 369 3039, 369191

A cleaning system for cleaning a picker in an automated media library includes a removable cleaning cartridge. The cleaning cartridge contains cleaning tape that is automatically advanced. The cleaning cartridge has a window through which access to the cleaning tape is provided. The picker has rollers that must be periodically cleaned of debris. The picker is aligned with a designated cleaning bin and one of the rollers is placed in contact with the cleaning tape. The roller then wipes against the cleaning tape. After the roller is cleaned, the cleaning tape advances so that a clean, unused portion of the cleaning tape is available through the window. The cleaning cartridge is extracted from the bin so that another roller can be cleaned. After each roller is cleaned, the cleaning cartridge is returned to the bin, and the picker returns to picking and placing media cartridges until another cleaning operation is required.

6980398, Dec 27, 2005

Apr 1, 2003

10/404632

Erik E. A. Bengds - Tucson AZ, US
Kamal E. Dimitri - Tucson AZ, US
Jerry W. Hammar - Tucson AZ, US
Scott Richard Lockaby - Tucson AZ, US
Wayne A. McKinley - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G11B003/58

360137

An apparatus and a method for the cleaning of magnetic tape cartridge drive, particularly such as removable data-storage media tapes, and especially an arrangement and method of providing a disposable cartridge retention spring cleaning tool.

5898593, Apr 27, 1999

Apr 2, 1998

9/053750

Francisco Antonio Baca - Tucson AZ
Kamal Emile Dimitri - Tucson AZ
Jerry Walter Hammar - Tucson AZ

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 700
G11B 1568
G11B 1722
B65G 100

36447802

Disclosed is an automated data storage library for storage and retrieval and selective export and import of portable data storage media stored in storage cells of portable magazines. Each portable magazine has a detent, and has registration surfaces, such as a sleeve at each of two corners. A columnar elevator supports a columnar stack of the portable magazines, and has an opening at its top level external to the library, and pushes the stack toward the top level. Fixed registration shafts in the library mate with the magazine sleeves to prevent lateral movement while allowing columnar movement of the magazines. The media may be accessed by a picker at the storage cells of the magazines at all levels in the stack internal to the library. A releasable latch engages the detent of the magazine at the penultimate level of the stack (e. g. , the top position within the library), holding the stack against the upward pushing of the elevator, and external latches each engage a magazine in the stack at the top level.

5933396, Aug 3, 1999

May 7, 1997

8/852302

Jerry Walter Hammar - Tucson AZ
John Edward Kulakowski - Tucson AZ
Rodney Jerome Means - Tucson AZ
Chi-Hung Dang - Tucson AZ

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G11B 1722
G11B 1568

369 36

A storage and retrieval library has a column of storage cells including at least some side-by-side storage cells. A media accessor with a picker gripper for accessing media in one side of the side-by-side cells is rotatable about a pivot to an opposed position for accessing media in the other side of the side-by-side cells. For multi-sized media, a column may have storage cells extending the full width of the column for holding a large sized media, and a second type of smaller cells arranged side-by-side, each for holding a small sized media. A media picker has a first gripper for accessing large sized media from the full width cells, and a second gripper for accessing small sized media from one side of the side-by-side cells. The media picker is rotatable about a pivot to an opposed position for the second gripper for accessing small sized media from the other side of the side-by-side cells.

6041026, Mar 21, 2000

Feb 25, 1999

9/257056

Jerry Walter Hammar - Tucson AZ
John Edward Kulakowski - Tucson AZ
Rodney Jerome Means - Tucson AZ
Chi-Hung Dang - Tucson AZ

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G11B 1722
G11B 1568

369 36

A storage and retrieval library has a column of storage cells including at least some side-by-side storage cells. A media accessor with a picker gripper for accessing media in one side of the side-by-side cells is rotatable about a pivot to an opposed position for accessing media in the other side of the side-by-side cells. For multi-sized media, a column may have storage cells extending the full width of the column for holding a large sized media, and a second type of smaller cells arranged side-by-side, each for holding a small sized media. A media picker has a first gripper for accessing large sized media from the full width cells, and a second gripper for accessing small sized media from one side of the side-by-side cells. The media picker is rotatable about a pivot to an opposed position for the second gripper for accessing small sized media from the other side of the side-by-side cells.

5970030, Oct 19, 1999

Dec 2, 1997

8/984039

Kamal Emile Dimitri - Tucson AZ
Jerry Walter Hammar - Tucson AZ

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G11B 1722

369 36

Disclosed is an automated data storage library in which a library accessor, arranged for accessing data recording media stored in storage bins, may also exchange electronic components of the library. The media are provided with access engagement surfaces for engagement by the library accessor(s). A plurality of removable mounts, having access engagement surfaces matching the data recording media access engagement surfaces, are provided for individually mounting electronic components, such as data storage drives and communication jumpers. Component slots are provided in the library for individually supporting the removable mounts, and mating low insertion force connectors are provided respectively on the removable mounts and ones of the component slots for removably connecting the electronic components to the library. Thus, a library accessor may engage selected removable mounts to change communication jumper locations and may change the data storage drives between library controllers, and replace a failed RAID data storage drive with a spare drive. Actuators may be operated by a library accessor to release and engage the low insertion force connectors to effectively provide zero insertion force connections.

D334556, Apr 6, 1993

Oct 31, 1990

7/606784

Mark A. Bolden - Tucson AZ
Jerry W. Hammar - Tucson AZ
Richard D. Kusel - Tucson AZ
Roland Zapfe - Tucson AZ
Heather L. C. Bolden

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

D14109