Patent ID: 7211742

Claim:
Apparatus for protecting an operable computer digital data storage device from damage or loss of data caused by fire, comprising: an operable digital data storage device, a fire resistant enclosure in which said operable digital data storage device is carried, 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, fan means for actively driving ambient air through said opening to cool said data storage device while said storage device operates and while such hatch is open, and hatch closure means for closing said fire resistant hatch automatically in the presence of a threshold temperature, said hatch closure means including a temperature sensitive element which normally causes said fire resistant hatch to stay open but which is activated in the presence of said threshold temperature and causes said fire resistant hatch to move to said closed position.