Tape cleaning apparatus
US7369362B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 16, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 6, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B23/502
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Devices, methods and systems for cleaning a tape media within a tape cartridge are described, particularly removable cleaning device inserts, and cartridges adapted to use cleaning device inserts. Removable cleaning device inserts generally include a holdfast surface and one or more tape cleaners comprising a cleaning surface. A holdfast surface may be used to secure the cleaning device insert within a tape cartridge. Tape cartridges for use with a cleaning device insert may include a housing at least partly enclosing a tape pathway, and an accessway through the housing for loading a cleaning device insert into the tape pathway within the tape cartridge housing. A tape media may be cleaned by inserting a cleaning device insert having a tape cleaner with a cleaning surface into a tape cartridge and contacting the cleaning surface to a tape traveling along the tape pathway.
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