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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:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey S Thiessen, Champlin, MN (US);
Assignee:
Geneva Group of Companies, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360128 ;
Abstract
A cleaning tape for cleaning a magnetic tape head and tape path, having a non-abrasive cleaning surface with abrasive segments applied on the non-abrasive surface to form an alternating pattern. The abrasive segments may be angled across the surface of the non-abrasive cleaning surface. The abrasive segments loosen adhered debris and the non-abrasive segments carry the loose and loosened debris away from the head and the tape path.