Devices, methods and systems for cleaning a tape media within a tape cartridge are described, particularly removable cleaning device inserts, and cartridges adapted to use cleaning device inserts. Removable cleaning device inserts generally include a holdfast surface and one or more tape cleaners comprising a cleaning surface. A holdfast surface may be used to secure the cleaning device insert within a tape cartridge. Tape cartridges for use with a cleaning device insert may include a housing at...

A thin-film magnetic head comprises at least one of a magnetoresistive device for reading and an electromagnetic transducer device for writing, and a heating element provided in the head body part. The heating element has an up portion meandering between an origin and a halfway point and a down portion meandering along the up portion from the halfway point to an end positioned in the vicinity of the origin, and adapted to generate heat when energized.

A thin-film magnetic head comprises at least one of an electromagnetic transducer and a magnetoresistive device, and a heater member adapted to generate heat upon energization. The heater member contains NiCu or NiCr.

A magnetic recording head comprises a write pole having a tip adjacent to an air bearing surface of the recording head, a return pole magnetically coupled to the write pole, a conductor positioned adjacent to an edge of the write pole at the air bearing surface, a first conductive heat sink connected to the conductor, and a second conductive heat sink connected to the conductor, wherein at least a portion of each of the first and second conductive heat sinks is positioned adjacent to the air bea...

A thin-film magnetic head comprises at least one of a magnetoresistive device for reading and an electromagnetic transducer device for writing, and a heating element provided in the head body part. The heating element has an up portion meandering between an origin and a halfway point and a down portion meandering along the up portion from the halfway point to an end positioned in the vicinity of the origin, and adapted to generate heat when energized.

A flying type thin-film magnetic head includes a write head element with a coil conductor and a yoke, a write current flowing through the coil conductor, an overcoat layer laminated on the write head element, and a heat-block layer formed in the overcoat layer and made of a material with a heat conductivity that is lower than a heat conductivity of the overcoat layer.

A magnetic recording head comprises a write pole having a tip adjacent to an air bearing surface of the recording head, a return pole magnetically coupled to the write pole, a conductor positioned adjacent to at least one edge of the write pole at the air bearing surface for carrying current to produce a magnetic field that saturates at least a portion of the write pole and augments a write field, a first conductive heat sink connected to a first end of the conductor, and a second conductive hea...

A soothing teat consisting of a resilient teat nipple, a relatively rigid clamp member, a mouth-plate and an optional holding element wherein the clamp member is of an unique configuration with a plurality of positioning protrusions, and a neck portion of the teat nipple includes a correspondingly arranged and matingly shaped plurality of positioning ridges, the positioning protrusions and ridges adapted to interconnect the teat nipple, the clamp member and the mouth-plate.

A magnetic tape head cleaning system is provided that linearly moves a cleaner element across the surface of a read/write head while simultaneously using the liner displacement to rotate the cleaner element relative to the surface of the head. A cleaning mechanism includes a stationary post having a drive pin that engages a spiral cam slot in a rotary slide positioned to slide over the post. A linearly moving cleaner slide is mounted over the rotary slide to cause linear displacement of the rota...

A tape drive having a magnetic head cleaning apparatus comprising a frame, a read and write magnetic head attached to the frame, a flexure supported by the frame for relative movement between the frame and the read and write magnetic head, and a brush attached to the flexure for cleaning debris off the magnetic head. The read and write magnetic head attached to the frame is configured for reading and writing data to and from a storage medium. The flexure having the brush attached thereon moves u...