Tape cartridge drive head cleaner

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1982-11-18

1986-12-23

Wolff, John H.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Head

Head accessory

360137, 15210R, G11B 541

Patent

active

046316140

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a cleaning cartridge for cleaning the magnetic heads and the scraper of computer tape drives that use tape cartridges and more particularly streamer and start-stop drives. This cleaning cartridge can be inserted into the tape drive and can simultaneously clean the heads and the scraper by rubbing a cleaning pad against the heads and the scraper in a direction that is perpendicular to the tape path. This pad is made from an absorbent material that can be saturated with a cleaning fluid, so the pad will collect foreign particles when it is rubbed against the heads. The cartridge can be manually operated or it can engage the drive mechanism of the tape drive.

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patent: 4272796 (1981-06-01), Van Kreuningen et al.
patent: 4458281 (1984-07-01), Kara

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