Fujitsu Corporation

Hiroyuki Uematsu

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Hisato Suzuki

Takahiro Ono

Yoshinori Kadowaki

Kazutoshi Suzuki

A data erasing device that erases data recorded on a magnetic disk, by a magnetic field generated in a horizontal direction by magnets, in order to prevent leakage of the data recorded on the magnetic disk of a magnetic disk device to be abandoned. The data erasing device includes a main body case having a path on which a tray is reciprocated, a demagnetizing circuit having plural permanent magnets adjacently disposed along the path in mutually adsorbing polarities, and a tray for accommodating the magnetic recording medium, and capable of reciprocating on the path. This tray includes a first accommodation groove and a second accommodation groove for accommodating the magnetic disk device. The first accommodation groove and the second accommodation groove cross each other to form an angle of 45 degrees or 90 degrees.

Data erasing device using permanent magnet

In a portable data erasing device, to prevent data leaks from magnetic disk devices to be disposed, data is erased by a simple operation. The data erasing device using a magnetic field generated by permanent magnets to erase data comprises a sliding tray, a main body and a swinging tray. The sliding tray is movable into and out from the main body, two permanent magnets, adjacently arranged so that the north and south poles thereof have mutually attracting polarities, are attached to the front end of the sliding tray. One end of the swinging tray is fixed to the upper surface of the main body by a shaft, so that a magnetic disk device can be mounted and swung on top of the main body. While the sliding tray is extracted stepwise from the main body, the magnetic disk device can be swung, and data on the magnetic disks erased.

The invention enables a magnetic disk drive to be inserted and removed against an attraction force exerted by a magnetic force that is strong enough to erase data on a magnetic disk enclosed within a metal case. A converting mechanism comprising a ballscrew and a ballscrew nut bracket is provided that converts rotational motion of a handle into translational motion of an HDD holder; by rotating the handle, the HDD holder with the hard disk drive mounted thereon is moved in the inserting and removing directions by overcoming the attraction force being exerted by the magnetic field generated by means of a permanent magnet. An electric motor may be used to generate the rotational force.

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Higashine, Japan

Hiroyuki Uematsu