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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Toshiyuki Shiratori, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimi Ataku, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tomoaki Kimura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of adjusting a magnetic head of the invention includes the steps of: setting a cleaning cartridge into a drive unit; identifying the set cartridge as the cleaning cartridge by checking a cleaning bit in a non-volatile memory; performing an adjustment-operation after a cleaning operation when the set cartridge is identified as the cleaning cartridge; and reading out a pattern signal from a predetermined segment of the magnetic tape held in the cleaning cartridge.