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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael N Benson, San Jose, CA (US);
James F Taylor, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microclean, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360128 ; 360137 ;
Abstract
A cassette for cleaning the capstan and read/write head of a tape drive. The capstan drives a mechanism for cleaning the read/write head, while a cleaning pad simultaneously engages the capstan from the side. As the cleaning cassette is inserted into the tape drive, the engaging extension of the tape drive activates a lever or motor system to move the capstan cleaning pad from a location within the cassette to a cleaning position in contact with the capstan.