Patent ID: 7483240
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A tape drive for processing a media tape wound on a tape cartridge, comprising: a structural support frame; a cartridge loader mounted to the structural support frame for receiving the tape cartridge; a threader assembly mounted to the structural support frame for conveying the media tape relative to the tape cartridge, and between the cartridge loader and the tape drive; a transducer head for reading data from and writing data to the media tape, wherein the transducer head is coupled to the structural support flame and has an air bearing surface; and a head brush assembly coupled to the structural support frame and mechanically linked and being responsive to the cartridge loader for movement between a first position and a second position, wherein the head brush assembly is actuated by the cartridge loader during media tape threading and unthreading processes, such that when the head brush assembly moves between the first and second positions, the head brush assembly contacts and sweeps the transducer head to clean debris from the air bearing surface of the transducer head.