Patent ID: 6344947
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A head cleaner for contacting/rotating a sliding surface of a rotary head drum for use in a magnetic tape read/write apparatus to perform cleaning, comprising:a motor for operating by an external power independently of rotation of the rotary head drum; a cleaning member for being forcibly driven by said motor to rotate; and a rotary cleaning member moving means for pressing or detaching said cleaning member to or from said rotary head drum, wherein said cleaning member comprises a rotary brush including a plurality of bristles, said rotary brush has a cylindrical shape, a rotation shaft direction of said rotary brush is substantially perpendicular to a rotation shaft direction of the rotary head drum, said rotary head drum having a cylindrical shape, the bristles of said rotary brush are extended in a radial manner from the rotation shaft, and said bristles of the rotary brush rub the rotary head drum in a direction parallel with the rotation shaft of said rotary head drum to perform a cleaning operation.