EP0862779A4 - Head cleaning by loading heads at low speed - Google Patents

Head cleaning by loading heads at low speed

Info

Publication number: EP0862779A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: low speed; head cleaning; loading heads; heads; loading
Prior art date: 1995-11-20
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP96940346A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP0862779A1 (en

Inventor

Yiping Ma

Randall C Bauck

James Bero

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Iomega Corp

Original Assignee

Iomega Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1995-11-20

Filing date

1996-11-06

Publication date

2000-02-23

1996-11-06 Application filed by Iomega Corp filed Critical Iomega Corp

1998-09-09 Publication of EP0862779A1 publication Critical patent/EP0862779A1/en

2000-02-23 Publication of EP0862779A4 publication Critical patent/EP0862779A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
- G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
- G11B5/58—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following
- G11B5/60—Fluid-dynamic spacing of heads from record-carriers
- G11B5/6005—Specially adapted for spacing from a rotating disc using a fluid cushion
- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B23/00—Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Accessories, e.g. containers, specially adapted for co-operation with the recording or reproducing apparatus ; Intermediate mediums; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for their manufacture
- G11B23/50—Reconditioning of record carriers; Cleaning of record carriers ; Carrying-off electrostatic charges
- G11B23/505—Reconditioning of record carriers; Cleaning of record carriers ; Carrying-off electrostatic charges of disk carriers
- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
- G11B5/41—Cleaning of heads

EP96940346A 1995-11-20 1996-11-06 Head cleaning by loading heads at low speed Withdrawn EP0862779A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US56086995A	1995-11-20	1995-11-20
US560869		1995-11-20
PCT/US1996/017978 WO1997019449A1 (en)	1995-11-20	1996-11-06	Head cleaning by loading heads at low speed

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0862779A1 EP0862779A1 (en)	1998-09-09
EP0862779A4 true EP0862779A4 (en)	2000-02-23

Family

ID=24239701

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP96940346A Withdrawn EP0862779A4 (en)	1995-11-20	1996-11-06	Head cleaning by loading heads at low speed

Country Status (3)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP0862779A4 (en)
JP (1)	JP2000510635A (en)
WO (1)	WO1997019449A1 (en)

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US5986838A (en) *	1995-02-14	1999-11-16	Iomega Corporation	Thin retroreflective marker for data storage cartridge
US6067214A (en) *	1995-02-14	2000-05-23	Iomega Corporation	Data cartridge marker for foreign object detection
US5992011A (en) *	1997-10-29	1999-11-30	Iomega Corporation	Method of assembling a baffle to a detector for detecting a retroreflective marker
JPH11213356A (en) *	1998-01-12	1999-08-06	Internatl Business Mach Corp <Ibm>	Head deposit removing method and information recording and reproducing device
US6307832B1 (en)	1999-05-04	2001-10-23	Terastor Corporation	Optical storage system with head cleaning mechanism based on a position-controllable optical interfacing surface in an optical head
US6711102B1 (en) *	1999-11-25	2004-03-23	Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd.	Magneto-optical cleaning disk
JP2009230797A (en) *	2008-03-21	2009-10-08	Fujitsu Ltd	Cleaning system, disk drive, and cleaner

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US4384311A (en) *	1981-10-13	1983-05-17	Dma Systems Corporation	Method for cleaning the disc surface and the head support structure in a magnetic disc drive
US4594617A (en) *	1982-08-11	1986-06-10	Canon Kabushiki Kaisha	Method and apparatus for cleaning a recording and/or reproducing head
JPS62162217A (en) *	1986-01-10	1987-07-18	Nec Corp	Head cleaning system
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US5384675A (en) *	1993-09-08	1995-01-24	International Business Machines Corporation	Disk drive with controlled actuator oscillation for release of head carriers

1996
- 1996-11-06 EP EP96940346A patent/EP0862779A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1996-11-06 WO PCT/US1996/017978 patent/WO1997019449A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1996-11-06 JP JP09519763A patent/JP2000510635A/en active Pending

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US4510541A (en) *	1981-06-01	1985-04-09	Hitachi, Ltd.	Magnetic disk storage unit with reciprocating magnetic head for cleaning the magnetic disc

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
See also references of WO9719449A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
WO1997019449A1 (en)	1997-05-29
JP2000510635A (en)	2000-08-15
EP0862779A1 (en)	1998-09-09

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Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1998-07-24	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
1998-09-09	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 19980622
1998-09-09	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): DE FR GB IE NL
2000-02-23	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20000111
2000-02-23	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A4 Designated state(s): DE FR GB IE NL
2000-08-11	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2000-09-27	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20000323