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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dilip C Patel, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Assignee:
Magnetic Peripherals Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 98 ; 55338 ; 55DI / ;
Abstract
A combination magnetic disk storage device and filter system for internally recirculating filtered air and reducing foreign particle contamination in the shroud area of a magnetic disk unit. The storage device and system having an air filter placed between an enclosed fixed disk and a removable disk received in a disk cartridge. By spinning the disks for a predetermined time prior to using the disk drive unit, the disks coact with the filter in circulating and filtering the air in the disk housing and the disk enclosures to substantially reduce the particle count to prevent read-write head crashes.