G11B 3/58
Cleaning record carriers or styli
Official title: Cleaning record carriers or styli, e.g. removing shavings or dust {or electrostatic charges}
G11B3/58 (Cleaning record carriers or styli) appears on 102 US grants and 6 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 102
- Published applications
- 6
- Assignees
- 38
- Inventors
- 143
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Static electricity elimination floating tonearm10 Feb 2026US 12,548,590 B2
- Phonograph record cleaner28 Nov 2017US 9,830,934 B2Koolance, Inc.
- Digital data recording/reproducing apparatus and method with means for adding arrival time to a data packet22 Feb 2000US 6,028,726 ASony Corporation
- Apparatus and method for enhancing playback fidelity of compact disks11 Feb 1997US 5,602,817 AKolbe-Podwil Sonics, Inc.
- Apparatus for cleaning a record disc14 Aug 1990US 4,947,505 ARyan Plastics Ireland Limited
- Static electricity elimination floating tonearm19 Dec 2024US 2024/0420731 A1
- Record Cleaning Device and System3 Oct 2024US 2024/0331723 A1Red Vinyl Unlimited LLC
- Method of Constructing a Wall Clock using Vinyl Records24 Dec 2020US 2020/0401084 A1
- Universal ultrasonic record cleaning device and system7 Nov 2019US 2019/0337023 A1
- Phonograph record cleaner30 Oct 2014US 2014/0318573 A1Koolance, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cartridge and flexible magnetic disk assembly48US 4,149,207 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1979
- Apparatus for washing and drying phonograph records45US 4,202,071 A1980
- Cleaning device for discs44US 4,520,470 AStaar S. A. · 1985
- Drive spindle assembly for disc file38US 4,101,945 ASycor, Inc. · 1978
- Roller for cleaning phonograph records36US 4,128,909 ANagaoka & Co., Ltd. · 1978