Non-abrasive magnetic head cleaning system

A magnetic head and pressure pad cleaning system for flexible disk systems comprising:

• a cleaning disk made of an absorbent, fibrous material;
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• a flat jacket for rotatably supporting said cleaning disk within its interior, said jacket including one or more radial openings for exposing said cleaning disk to the magnetic heads and pressure pads of flexible disk systems, said one or more openings exposing a portion of the surface of the cleaning disk to facilitate saturation of said portion of the cleaning disk with a cleaning fluid without requiring removal of the cleaning disk from the jacket.

A system for cleaning magnetic heads in flexible disk systems, comprising:

• a single layer cleaning disk made of an absorbent, porous and substantially non-abrasive material, and adapted to be saturated with a liquid cleaning fluid;
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• a flat jacket supporting said cleaning disk for rotation within the interior of the jacket, said jacket including at least one opening for exposing said cleaning disk to the magnetic head of a flexible disk system, said opening facilitating saturation of a portion of said cleaning disk with cleaning fluid without requiring removal of said disk from said jacket, said disk thereby having alternating wet and dry portions which clean the magnetic head or heads as the cleaning disk is rotated within the jacket.

A system for cleaning magnetic heads in flexible disk systems, comprising:

• a cleaning disk made of an absorbent and porous material, and adapted to be saturated with a liquid cleaning fluid;
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• a flat jacket rotatably supporting said cleaning disk within its interior, said jacket including one or more openings, said one or more openings exposing a total of at least one eighth of the surface of said cleaning disk so as to facilitate saturation of a predetermined portion of said cleaning disk with cleaning fluid without requiring removal of said disk from said jacket.