Oblique burnish/wipe mechanism for hard drive disk like media
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsWei-Ming Lee, David Kuo, Jing Gui
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Abstract
An oblique burnish mechanism that provides both translation and rotation degrees of freedom to effectively remove the particles on an article is disclosed. The oblique angle of the mechanism can be adjusted so that the kinematical condition can be selected relative to the motion of the area of the article, preferably a rotating disk, being burnished.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method of operating a disk cleaning apparatus, the method comprising:
- positioning a burnishing object of the apparatus over or under a disk to extend adjacent a surface of the disk at an angle that is offset from a line passing through the center of the disk;
- rotating the burnishing object to change the offset angle of the burnishing object;
- and
- translating the burnishing object relative to the disk to advance a position of a contact of the burnishing object across the surface of the disk,
- wherein changing the offset angle of the burnishing object and translating the burnishing object occur while cleaning the disk.
A method of operating a disk cleaning apparatus comprising a burnishing object positioned over or under a disk and extending adjacent a surface of the disk at an angle that is offset from a line passing through the center of the disk, the method comprising:
- rotating the burnishing object to change the offset angle of the burnishing object;
- and
- translating the burnishing object relative to the disk to advance a position of a contact of the burnishing object across the surface of the disk,
- wherein rotating and translating the burnishing object occur while cleaning the disk.
A method of operating a disk cleaning apparatus, the method comprising:
- positioning a burnishing object of the apparatus over or under a disk;
- and
- simultaneously translating and rotating the burnishing object on the disk while cleaning the disk.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.