Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning system for tape head and tape drive system implementing same
- Patent Title (中): 用于磁头和磁带驱动系统的清洁系统
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Application No.: US11781842Application Date: 2007-07-23
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Publication No.: US07782567B2Publication Date: 2010-08-24
- Inventor: Robert Glenn Biskeborn , Jason Liang
- Applicant: Robert Glenn Biskeborn , Jason Liang
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Zilka-Kotab, PC
- Main IPC: G11B5/41
- IPC: G11B5/41
Abstract:
A tape drive system according to one embodiment includes a tape head; a guide mechanism for passing a magnetic recording tape over the head; and a cleaning device for cleaning the head, wherein, while the tape is adjacent the head, a relative spacing between the tape and the head is created before the cleaning device cleans the head, wherein the cleaning device does not contact the tape during cleaning of the head. Other systems and methods are also presented.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090027806A1 CLEANING SYSTEM FOR TAPE HEAD AND TAPE DRIVE SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING SAME Public/Granted day:2009-01-29
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