Cleaning apparatus for a disc drive

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1988-03-28

1990-04-10

Wolff, John H.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Head

Head accessory

360133, 360137, 15210R, G11B 591, G11B 2302

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active

049165640

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for cleaning the read/write head of a drive unit for a jacketted flexible magnetic disc comprises a thin substantially square jacket, having, in register on each side, a central aperture and a slot which extends radially from adjacent the central aperture in a direction towards and normal to the rear edge of the jacket. The jacket contains a double-sided cleaning element having a pair of opposite cleaning surfaces of which a portion of each is exposed by a respective slot. The cleaning surfaces comprise respective layers of cleaning material secured together via an intermediate layer of a material which is impermeable to magnetic head cleaning fluid.

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IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, "Head Cleaning Cartridge", Feb. 1979, vol. 21, No. 9, pp. 3784-3785.

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