ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,927, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).
"Tape drive cleaning device" was invented by Peter Walter Wendler (Tucson, Ariz.), Shawn M. Nave (Tucson, Ariz.), Mark Raper (Tucson, Ariz.) and Gregory Goodman (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a tape drive cleaning device, tape drive library deploying a tape drive cleaning device, and method for using a tape drive cleaning device. The tape drive cleaning device is used to clean a tape drive having a tape drive loader tray in which a tape cartridge is inserted. The tape drive cleaning device includes a body and a ma...