Patent ID: 8863372

Claim:
A hard disk drive top cover removal tool comprising: a main body; a nest assembly rotatably attached to the main body and configured to secure a hard disk drive, the nest assembly configured to rotate the secured hard disk drive from a first position to a second position; a clamp coupled to the nest assembly and configured to press against a top cover of the secured hard disk drive such that the top cover maintains contact with a hard drive body of the hard disk drive; a guide plate configured to be positioned with respect to the pressed top cover of the hard disk drive secured in the nest assembly such that a hole defined in the guide plate is aligned with a screw location of the top cover and the hard drive body, the hole configured to receive a screw driver for removing a screw fastening the top cover to the hard drive body at the screw location; and a purge and vacuum assembly configured to purge and evacuate particles from the screw location of the pressed top cover and the hard drive body of the hard disk drive in the second position, wherein the clamp is further configured to release the top cover, and wherein the purge and vacuum assembly is further configured to remove the released top cover from the hard drive body.