Patents by Inventor DeRidder, A. Lody

DeRidder, A. Lody has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cleaning cartridge for cleaning the drive head/drive wheel of a cartridge tape drive system
    Patent number: 4843508
    Abstract: A cleaning cartridge for cleaning the magnetic heads, tape scraper, and drive wheel of computer tape drives that use tape cartridges. The cleaning cartridge is adapted to be inserted into the tape drive and can simultaneously clean (1) the heads and tape scraper by rubbing a cleaning pad against the heads and the tape scraper in a direction that is perpendicular to the tape path and (2) the drive wheel by causing a second cleaning pad to move in a direction which horizontally intersects the tape path and contacts the drive wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: Perfectdata Corporation
    Inventors: Lee R. Mannheimer, DeRidder, A. Lody