CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHOD IN A MAGNETIC TAPE UNIT

摘要

Automatic head/tape cleaning apparatus wherein a cleaning member is selectively positioned in the head/tape transducing interface. The tape tension, normally effective to hold the tape to the head during read/write operation, is effective to hold the cleaning member against the head when it is in operative cleaning position. The movement of the cleaning member to its operative position at the transducing interface is automatically accomplished as part of read-after-write error detection, as part of read error detection, and as a result of high speed tape movement.