Information storage systems comprising a liquid bearing maintained by adsorption isotherm
First Claim
1. A disk for use in an information storage system characterized in that a liquid bearing comprising a low viscosity, high vapor pressure organic liquid layer is disposed on the surface of said disk and said liquid layer having a thickness of at least two molecular layers, and where the gaseous environment of said disk is saturated with respect to said low viscosity, high vapor pressure organic liquid layer and a non-Langmuir adsorption isotherm maintains the liquid layer having a thickness of at least two or more molecular layers on the surface of said disk.
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Abstract
Information storage systems having a liquid bearing of at least 2 molecular layers on the surface of a rigid storage medium are provided. The liquid bearing lubricant of the subject invention has a low viscosity, high vapor pressure organic liquid. The liquid bearing is maintained on the surface of the rigid storage medium by vapor phase transfer, where the gaseous environment of the rigid storage medium is maintained in a saturated state with respect to the low viscosity, high vapor pressure organic liquid of the liquid bearing. Also provided are novel read/write heads for use in the subject information storage systems.
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- 1. A disk for use in an information storage system characterized in that a liquid bearing comprising a low viscosity, high vapor pressure organic liquid layer is disposed on the surface of said disk and said liquid layer having a thickness of at least two molecular layers, and where the gaseous environment of said disk is saturated with respect to said low viscosity, high vapor pressure organic liquid layer and a non-Langmuir adsorption isotherm maintains the liquid layer having a thickness of at least two or more molecular layers on the surface of said disk.
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16. A disk for use in an information storage system, comprising:
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means for lubricating the disk with a liquid bearing means; said liquid bearing means comprising a low viscosity, high vapor pressure organic liquid layer disposed on the surface of the disk and said liquid layer having a thickness of at least two molecular layers, and where the gaseous environment of the disk is saturated with respect to said liquid bearing means and a non-Langmuir adsorption isotherm maintains said liquid bearing means having a thickness of at least two or more molecular layers on the surface of the disk. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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