Floppy drive seal insert

An insertable sealing device for insertion into a disk drive when not in operation through a slot in said disk drive through which removable media is inserted and removed from said disk drive, said sealing device when in place in said slot impedes entrance of airborne contaminants into said disk drive through said slot, said sealing device comprising:

• a T-shaped body of a rigid sheet material shaped to mate with a selected disk drive design, said T-shaped body portion defining two regions thereof:
• a first region that is narrower and thinner than the width and height, respectively, of the slot of said disk drive and that is disposed to be inserted into said disk drive through said slot, said first region being the stem of the T and being shorter than the distance from said slot to the rear of said disk drive;
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• a second region that is wider than the width of said slot of said disk drive and that is not disposed to be accepted by said disk drive, said second region being the cross-bar of the T-shape with the edge thereof extending away from the intersection of said first and second regions forming a stop surface to limit the distance that said first region can be inserted through said slot into said disk drive;
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• a sealing sleeve surrounding said first region of said body and spaced apart a selected distance from said stop surface of said second region to position said sealing sleeve in said slot of said disk drive to seal said slot when said stop surface contacts said disk drive, said sealing sleeve being elastic and in ample quantity to fill said slot of said disk drive.