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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2007
Josephine F. Bayang, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nhan X. Bui, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ernest S. Gale, Tucson, AZ (US);
Eiji Ogura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kazuhiro Tsuruta, Kanagawa, JP;
Josephine F. Bayang, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nhan X. Bui, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ernest S. Gale, Tucson, AZ (US);
Eiji Ogura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kazuhiro Tsuruta, Kanagawa, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for reducing occurrences of stick conditions in tape, the method including stopping rotation of a supply reel and take-up reel of a drive that includes a length of tape, a portion of the tape extending between the reels and contacting a head between the reels, wherein the stopping creates a stop condition in the drive, determining if the tape is stuck to the head, dropping tension in the tape between the reels, freeing the tape for movement in a z-direction via the dropping tension, moving the head in y-directions, moving the tape in an x-direction via a rotation of the supply reel a fraction of a rotation, and causing the tape to break contact with the head via the dropping, moving of the tape in the z-direction, moving of the tape in the x-direction, and/or moving of the head in the y-directions.