Patent ID: 7291784
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: G11B,H05K

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for protecting an operable computer digital data storage device from damage or loss of data caused by fire and/or water, comprising: an operable digital data storage device, a fire resistant enclosure for said operable digital data storage device, an opening formed in said enclosure, a movable fire resistant hatch positioned adjacent said opening, said hatch movable between a closed position, in which said hatch closes said opening, and an open position wherein ambient air may pass through said opening, a water resistant gasket carried by said hatch, fan means for actively driving ambient air through said opening to cool said data storage device, and hatch closure means for closing said hatch automatically in the presence of a threshold temperature, said hatch closure means including a temperature sensitive element which normally causes said hatch to stay open but which is activated in the presence of said threshold temperature and causes said hatch to move to said closed position.