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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventor:
Gary M. McClelland, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G11B 15/68 (2006.01); G11B 15/66 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G11B 15/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/6895 (2013.01); B65G 1/1371 (2013.01); G11B 15/66 (2013.01); G11B 15/674 (2013.01); G11B 15/6835 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods for threading a tape on the one or more reels onto the tape drive. A method according to one embodiment uses a mobile robot to thread a tape on the one or more reels onto the tape drive. A method according to another embodiment includes threading a tape across a tape drive by moving at least one of a tape reel and a take up reel coupled to the tape. A method according to yet another embodiment includes threading the tape across a tape drive using at least one of rollers and cylinders.