Patent ID: 6674613
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk device comprising:a chassis base; at least one disk rotatably supported on said chassis base; at least one carnage arm pivotable about an axis on one end and, at the other end, having a slider with a read/write head and a load bar extending from said slider; a ramp member attached to said chassis base at a position outside said disk, said ramp member having a guiding part and a parking part; and an actuator for driving said carriage arm between a loaded position in which said slider is held above said disk and an unloaded position in which said load bar rests on said parking part of said ramp member, wherein said ramp member is provided with cleaning means for removing powder attached to said load bar as said load bar moves along the parking part, and wherein said cleaning means is provided as a plate-like component formed by insertion of a material harder than the material of the ramp member, said plate-like component being incorporated into said ramp member.