Patents by Inventor Erik E. A. Bengds

Erik E. A. Bengds 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).

  • Disposable LTO cartridge retention spring cleaner tool
    Patent number: 6980398
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for the cleaning of magnetic tape cartridge drive, particularly such as removable data-storage media tapes, and especially an arrangement and method of providing a disposable cartridge retention spring cleaning tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik E. A. Bengds, Kamal E. Dimitri, Jerry W. Hammar, Scott Richard Lockaby, Wayne A. McKinley
  • System and method of cleaning an automated tape library with a pass-through cleaning tool using cleaning tape
    Patent number: 6865053
    Abstract: A cleaning system for cleaning a picker in an automated media library includes a removable cleaning cartridge. The cleaning cartridge contains cleaning tape that is automatically advanced. The cleaning cartridge has a window through which access to the cleaning tape is provided. The picker has rollers that must be periodically cleaned of debris. The picker is aligned with a designated cleaning bin and one of the rollers is placed in contact with the cleaning tape. The roller then wipes against the cleaning tape. After the roller is cleaned, the cleaning tape advances so that a clean, unused portion of the cleaning tape is available through the window. The cleaning cartridge is extracted from the bin so that another roller can be cleaned. After each roller is cleaned, the cleaning cartridge is returned to the bin, and the picker returns to picking and placing media cartridges until another cleaning operation is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik E. Bengds, Kamal Emile Dimitri, Jerry Walter Hammar, Wayne Alan McKinley
  • Disposable LTO cartridge retention spring cleaner tool
    Publication number: 20040194802
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for the cleaning of magnetic tape cartridge drive, particularly such as removable data-storage media tapes, and especially an arrangement and method of providing a disposable cartridge retention spring cleaning tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik E.A. Bengds, Kamal E. Dimitri, Jerry W. Hammar, Scott Richard Lockaby, Wayne A. McKinley
  • System and method of cleaning an automated tape library with a pass-through cleaning tool
    Publication number: 20040136112
    Abstract: A cleaning system for cleaning a picker in an automated media library includes a removable cleaning cartridge. The cleaning cartridge contains cleaning tape that is automatically advanced. The cleaning cartridge has a window through which access to the cleaning tape is provided. The picker has rollers that must be periodically cleaned of debris. The picker is aligned with a designated cleaning bin and one of the rollers is placed in contact with the cleaning tape. The roller then wipes against the cleaning tape. After the roller is cleaned, the cleaning tape advances so that a clean, unused portion of the cleaning tape is available through the window. The cleaning cartridge is extracted from the bin so that another roller can be cleaned. After each roller is cleaned, the cleaning cartridge is returned to the bin, and the picker returns to picking and placing media cartridges until another cleaning operation is required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik E. Bengds, Kamal Emile Dimitri, Jerry Walter Hammar, Wayne Alan McKinley