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US 9,521,278 B1Granted
Magnetic data processing device and printing apparatus having the same
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshiharu Sekino
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Abstract
A magnetic data processing device includes a magnetic head configured to read data from or write data to a magnetic stripe extending in a first direction on a medium, while moving in the first direction, a pad facing the magnetic head and extending in the first direction, and a controller configured to cause the pad to be in contact with the magnetic head and cause the magnetic head to move in the first direction while being in contact with the pad.
Claims20
A magnetic data processing device, comprising:
- a storage device that stores:
- a first predetermined elapsed time period,
- a second predetermined elapsed time period different from the first predetermined elapsed time period, and
- a current cleaning execution counter;
- a magnetic head configured to read data from or write data to a magnetic stripe extending in a first direction on a medium, while moving in the first direction;
- a pad facing the magnetic head and extending in the first direction;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- increment the current cleaning execution counter when a predetermined event occurs,
- determine whether the current cleaning execution counter is equal to either the first or second predetermined elapsed time period,
- if the current cleaning execution counter is determined to be equal to the first predetermined elapsed time period, perform a first magnetic head cleaning operation including causing the pad to be in contact with the magnetic head and causing the magnetic head to move in the first direction while being in contact with the pad, and
- if the current cleaning execution counter is determined to be equal to the second predetermined elapsed time period, perform a second magnetic head cleaning operation different from the first magnetic head cleaning operation, including causing the pad to be in contact with the magnetic head and causing the magnetic head to move in the first direction while being in contact with the pad.
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A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit configured to print an image on a medium having a magnetic stripe extending in a first direction thereon;
- a conveying unit configured to convey the medium in a second direction different from the first direction;
- a storage unit that stores:
- a first predetermined elapsed time period,
- a second predetermined elapsed time period, and
- a current cleaning execution counter;
- a magnetic head configured to read data from or write data to the magnetic stripe, while the medium is conveyed in the first direction;
- a pad facing the magnetic head and extending in the first direction;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- increment the current cleaning execution counter when a predetermined event occurs,
- determine whether the current cleaning execution counter is equal to either the first or second predetermined elapsed time period,
- if the current cleaning execution counter is determined to be equal to the first predetermined elapsed time period, perform a first magnetic head cleaning operation including causing the pad to be in contact with the magnetic head and causing the magnetic head to move in the first direction while being in contact with the pad, and
- if the current cleaning execution counter is determined to be equal to the second predetermined elapsed time period, perform a second magnetic head cleaning operation different from the first magnetic head cleaning operation, including causing the pad to be in contact with the magnetic head and causing the magnetic head to move in the first direction while being in contact with the pad.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.