Cleaner for a playing head of a cassette player

A cleaner for a playing head of a cassette player having a sprocket drive and having a recess able to receive a cassette tape in a playing position, the cleaner comprising:

• a hollow container dimensioned to be retainable within the recess;
• a hollow post within the container, positioned to permit the sprocket drive of the player to enter the interior of the container;
• a generally circular cam positioned on the post and rotatable thereon;
• drive means on the cam to engage the sprocket drive of the cassette player;
• an opening in one side of the container;
• a lever pivotally located within the container to be reciprocable by the cam;
• means at one end of the lever to receive cleaning means for the playing head of the cassette player, the cleaning means being able to project from the opening in the container to contact and clean the playing head when the cleaner is retained within the recess;
• means for continuously engaging the lever and the cam comprising a generally circular peripheral groove on the cam and a pin on the lever for following the groove;
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• means for cleaning a capstan and a pinch roller of the cassette player comprising a felt cleaning pad secured to the housing at one end and a leaf spring having one end secured to the housing near one side thereof, the leaf spring having a forwardly curved portion near an end opposite the one end, the curved portion of the spring biasing a middle portion of the pad forwardly to bear against the capstan and pinch roller.