Patent ID: 7092202
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A data storage apparatus comprising: a drive with an actuator carrying a head for reading or writing data from a storage medium and a storage medium rotator for rotating a storage medium; a removable cartridge containing the storage medium, the removable cartridge having an access path to allow the head of the actuator to be moved back and forth into proximity with the storage medium while the storage medium is rotated by the storage medium rotator when the removable cartridge is mounted in the drive, where rotation of the storage medium by the rotator induces an air flow over the storage medium, where the location of the actuator in the air flow creates a high pressure zone in an upstream direction from the actuator and a low pressure zone in a downstream direction from the actuator, an induction vent disposed in the high pressure zone, an exhaust vent disposed in the low pressure zone, a passage extending between the induction vent and the exhaust vent, and an air processing unit disposed in the passage such that air passing through the passage between the induction vent and the exhaust vent is processed by the air processing unit.