| 发明名称 |
Magnetic tape head cleaning apparatus and method |
| 摘要 |
Preventing accumulations on read/write (R/W) elements of a tape appliance tape head. Power and current to the R/W elements of the tape head are turned off. A tape head cycle using a tape cartridge is then performed. In another aspect of the invention, the tape cartridge is a standard tape cartridge. Tape processing of the standard tape cartridge is suspended. The tape head cycle is performed using the standard tape cartridge. Tape processing of the standard tape cartridge is then resumed. |
| 申请公布号 |
US9495981(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.11.15 |
| 申请号 |
US201514750103 |
申请日期 |
2015.06.25 |
| 申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
Biskeborn Robert G.;Czarnecki Wlodzimierz Stanley;Liang Jason |
| 分类号 |
G11B5/41;G11B15/03;G11B15/087;G11B5/008;G11B15/18;G11B15/67 |
主分类号 |
G11B5/41 |
| 代理机构 |
|
代理人 |
Anda Jennifer M.;Waldbaum Samuel A. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method for preventing accumulations on read/write (R/W) elements of a tape appliance tape head, the method comprising:
turning off, by a processor, power and current to the R/W elements of the tape head; and performing, by the processor, a tape head cycle using a tape cartridge, while the power and current to the R/W elements of the tape head is turned off. |
| 地址 |
Armonk NY US |
