Donaldson Comapny, Inc.

Cynthia D Bellefeuille

Andrew J Dallas

Suzan K Nunnink

Stanley B Miller, Iii

Michael A Madden

Paul L Kojetin

Katsushi Isogawa

Kirk A Schneider

Henry J Drasner, Iii

Allan L Liebrenz

M E Wright

A filter device filters contaminants from air for magnetic disk drive systems. The filter has layers of permeable fabric material allowing flow through the filter. An adsorptive slurry is deposited in a discreet pattern onto one layer with a cover layer mounted over the adsorptive deposit. The slurry retains a high adsorptive material surface area for improved adsorption of contaminants. The slurry is placed onto the base material using a screening or other similar application method.

Method of making a filter device

A filter is provided which includes an organic vapor adsorbing layer, a first particulate removal layer, and a second particulate removal layer. The organic vapor adsorbing layer includes porous adsorbent beads which allow air or gas to flow therethrough with little resistance and provide increased surface area by virtue of the pores. The particulate removal layer can be made from an electrostatic and/or polytetraflouroethylene. The filter can have a figure of merit greater than about 10 and a capacity for permanently adsorbing organic vapors, wherein the figure of merit is calculated based upon a fractional efficiency determined for particles having a size of 0.3 .mu.m in an air flow having a velocity of 10.5 ft./min and for Frazier permeability at 0.5 inches H.sub.2 O.

Filter and method for making a filter

A filter device filters contaminants from air for magnetic disk drive systems. The filter has layers of permeable fabric material allowing flow through the filter. An adsorptive slurry is deposited in a discrete pattern onto one layer with a cover layer mounted over the adsorptive deposit. The slurry retains a high adsorptive material surface area for improved adsorption of contaminants. The slurry is placed onto the base material using a screening or other similar application method.

Filter device

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Eden Prairie, MN, United States of America

Cynthia D Bellefeuille