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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. 12, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert S. Jackson, Little Canada, MN (US);
Assignee:
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 1/02 ; B08B 5/00 ; B24C 1/00 ; B24C 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 1/02 ; B08B 5/00 ; B24C 1/00 ; B24C 3/08 ;
Abstract
Systems and methods for prevention of condensation of ambient water vapor due to evaporation of frozen carbon dioxide particles used to clean data storage tapes. Various embodiments maintain conditions under which condensation cannot form in the ambient environment immediately surrounding a portion of a rigid surface on which the tape is maintained in thermodynamic contact and under tension (e.g., a metallic capstan around which the tape is wrapped).