Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation

Reizo Kaneko

Shigemitsu Oguchi

Yasunaga Mitsuya

Shigehisa Hukui

Kunio Hoshiya

Akio Tago

An improved ferro fluidic seal assembly having a cylindrical permanent magnet, a pair of ring-shaped yokes coupled coaxially with said magnet, and a fresh fluid storage containing ferro magnetic fluid mounted in a room defined by said magnet and yokes. Said fresh fluid storage is composed of a resilient elongated member like a stainless steel belt adapted and fixed in a circular shape along the surface of the magnet, and supplies fresh fluid to the clearance gaps defined between said yokes and a rotational body to seal said clearance gaps.

Ferro fluidic seal

In a magnetic memory device wherein a magnetic recording medium is rotated in a substantially closed chamber, there are provided a throttle between the inside and outside of the chamber, a first air fliter for filtering air flowing through the throttle to prevent moisture from entering into the chamber by diffusion, a container containing a desiccating agent and communicated with the chamber, and a second air filter located between the desiccating agent container and the chamber. In a modified embodiment, another throttle is also provided between the desiccating agent container and the substantially closed chamber.

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Higashiyamato, Japan

Reizo Kaneko