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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:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter L. Groel, Longmont, CO (US);
Philip M. McClelland, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Mountain Engineering II. Inc., Longmont, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/41 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/41 ;
Abstract
A cleaning device for a magnetic recording system that is mechanically actuated by a link to a loading device. A method of cleaning the recording head of a magnetic tape drive by bringing a brush into contact with the head by the movement of the loading device and by using the head actuator to move the head against the brush. A method to dynamically adjust the duration of the cleaning to the contamination.