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Magnetic tape drive with a burnishing unit

US10354686B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Erik Rueger · Mainz, DE
Stefan Wiedemann · Munich, DE
Markus Schäfer · Horterhof, DE
Robert Beiderbeck · Wassenberg, DE
Ole Asmussen · Henstedt-Ulzburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 20, 2018
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 20, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B5/40
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a tape drive, which may include a transport mechanism which may include a tape head. The tape drive may be adapted to receive a magnetic tape with the transport mechanism, and to transport the magnetic tape by the transport mechanism. The tape head may be adapted to perform read-write operations on an oxide side of the magnetic tape. The tape drive may include a burnishing unit, which may include a burnishing roller and a burnish controller having an abrasive shell. The burnishing roller may be installed in the tape drive upstream of the tape head such that the abrasive shell supports the received magnetic tape on the oxide side. The burnish controller may be adapted to control the movement of the burnishing roller.

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