Patent ID: 6441996
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A device for cleaning magnetic head of a disk drive, comprising:a lower plate having a notch provided at a front end thereof and a reflex induction element mounted thereon at a suitably predetermined position; an upper plate being closed to said lower plate to form a flat body, said upper plate having a longitudinal opening provided at a front end thereof corresponding to said notch on said lower plate, said longitudinal opening being provided along two lateral sides with inward projected flanges, and a height difference existing between a top surface of said upper plate and said flanges, so that a recess is defined in said opening; a cleaning element being disposed in said longitudinal opening to stretch between said two inward projected flanges; and a shutter being positioned in said recess to clamp said cleaning element in place between said flanges and said shutter.