Patent ID: 6292330
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A cleaning cartridge for cleaning a read/write head of a tape drive, the read/write head vertically reciprocating during a cleaning operation, the cartridge comprising:a housing having a front, head receiving side;a supply of cleaning tape wound around a spool rotatably attached to the housing for movement along a tape path extending along the front side of the housing, the tape positioned to engage the read/write head during cleaning use;a resiliently displaceable cleaning device comprising:a carrier moveably attached to the housing and normally biased towards the front side of the housing such that the device is disposed for contact by the read/write head during a cleaning operation, said carrier having a mounting surface;an upper cleaning segment and a lower cleaning segment attached to the mounting surface, the upper segment positioned above the cleaning tape and said lower segment positioned below the cleaning tape whereby the read/write head is cleaned by the upper and lower segments of the cleaning device and the cleaning tape.