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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas P Frangesh, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 97 ; 360102 ; 360103 ;
Abstract
An internal pass-through air filtration system for a rotating memory having a recirculating air flow, such as a Winchester-type disk drive, uses a bipolar electrostatic filtering medium having a 0.3 micron filtering efficiency of approximately 50%-80%. An 'electret' medium is preferred. Advantageously, the electret medium is pleated accordian-style to increase its mechanical strength and to reduce its projected area, thereby enabling it to be frictionally or otherwise seated in a relatively compact air filtration system, without the use of a supporting framework.