Patent ID: 6168831
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An apparatus for removing mobile lubricant from a first selected portion of a surface of a lubricated magnetic disk, the apparatus comprising: a spindle configured to rotate the magnetic disk; a motor coupled to the spindle to rotate the spindle and the disk; an oscillating roller for guiding an absorbent tape thereover; and an absorbent tape guided over the roller so as to contact only the first selected portion of the surface of the lubricated magnetic disk as the disk is rotated, the surface having a layer of bonded lubricant and a layer of mobile lubricant, so as to absorb and thereby remove mobile lubricant from only the first selected portion of the surface of the lubricated magnetic disk and to leave the layer of bonded lubricant on the first selected portion of the surface of the lubricated magnetic disk, while leaving mobile lubricant on a second selected portion of the surface of the lubricated magnetic disk.