US 11,929,092 B2
System and method for conditioning new LTO media
Turguy Goker, Oceanside, CA (US); James P. Peng, Santa Maria, CA (US); and George Saliba, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by QUANTUM CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/743,840.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/189,810, filed on May 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0375498 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G11B 5/41 (2006.01); G11B 15/467 (2006.01); G11B 23/50 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 15/4673 (2013.01) [G11B 23/502 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tape drive for use in a tape library that retains at least one tape cartridge that retains magnetic tape, the tape drive comprising:
a drive housing that is configured to receive the tape cartridge; and
a media conditioner that is coupled to the drive housing, the media conditioner being configured to condition the magnetic tape that is retained within the tape cartridge when the tape cartridge is received within the drive housing, the media conditioner including a modified roller having a roller body and an outer coating that is affixed on an outer surface of the roller body.