Bulk Feeding Disk Drives to Disk Drive Testing Systems
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1. A method of supplying disk drives to a disk drive testing system, the method comprising:
- placing a disk drive tote, carrying multiple disk drives, in a presentation position accessible to an automated transporter of the disk drive testing system;
actuating the automated transporter to retrieve one of the disk drives from the disk drive tote; and
actuating the automated transporter to deliver the retrieved disk drive to a test slot of the disk drive testing system and insert the disk drive in the test slot.
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Abstract
A method of supplying disk drives to a disk drive testing system includes placing a disk drive tote, carrying multiple disk drives, in a presentation position accessible to an automated transporter of the disk drive testing system. The method includes actuating the automated transporter to retrieve one of the disk drives from the disk drive tote, and actuating the automated transporter to deliver the retrieved disk drive to a test slot of the disk drive testing system and insert the disk drive in the test slot.
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1. A method of supplying disk drives to a disk drive testing system, the method comprising:
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placing a disk drive tote, carrying multiple disk drives, in a presentation position accessible to an automated transporter of the disk drive testing system; actuating the automated transporter to retrieve one of the disk drives from the disk drive tote; and actuating the automated transporter to deliver the retrieved disk drive to a test slot of the disk drive testing system and insert the disk drive in the test slot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of supplying disk drives to a disk drive testing system, the method comprising:
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loading multiple disk drives into a disk drive tote; placing the disk drive tote in a loading position on a transfer station; and actuating a tote mover of the transfer station to move the disk drive tote from the loading position to a presentation position for servicing by the disk drive testing system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A transfer station for a disk drive testing system, the transfer station comprising:
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a transfer station housing; multiple tote presentation support systems disposed on the transfer station housing, each tote presentation support system configured to receive and support a disk drive tote in a presentation position for servicing by the disk drive testing system; and a tote mover disposed on the transfer station housing and configured to move a disk drive tote between a loading position and the presentation position at one of the tote presentation support systems. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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36. A transfer station for a disk drive testing system, the transfer station comprising:
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a transfer station housing; multiple tote presentation support systems disposed on the transfer station housing, each tote presentation support system configured to receive and support a disk drive tote in a presentation position for servicing by the disk drive testing system; a tote mover disposed on the transfer station housing; and a tote loading support pivotally coupled to the tote mover and configured to receive and support a disk drive tote, the tote loading support pivoting and moving between first and second positions; wherein the tote mover is configured to move the tote loading support between the first position, for supporting a disk drive tote in a loading position, and the second position, for supporting a disk drive tote in the presentation position at one of the tote presentation support systems. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A disk drive testing system comprising:
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an automated transporter; multiple racks arranged around the automated transporter for access by the automated transporter; multiple test slots housed by each rack, each test slot being configured to receive a disk drive for testing; and a transfer station arranged for access by the automated transporter, the transfer station comprising; a transfer station housing; multiple tote presentation support systems disposed on the transfer station housing, each tote presentation support system configured to receive and support a disk drive tote in a presentation position for servicing by the disk drive testing system; and a tote mover disposed on the transfer station housing and configured to move a disk drive tote between a loading position and the presentation position at one of the tote presentation support systems. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52)
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