Manual record cleaner

A manual record cleaner comprising a manually grasped body having leading and trailing projections spaced from each other;

• each projection being of a rigid material and including a covering of a soft pile for cleaning records during relative movement between the cleaner and the record while in an engaged condition;
• a brush supported by the cleaner body between the projections located adjacent the leading projection;
• said brush including bristles that extend from the cleaner body a greater distance than the projections so as to loosen dust accumulation from a record being cleaned;
• a static charge dissipating member supported on the cleaner body between the brush and the trailing projection;
• said static charge dissipating member extending from the cleaner body a lesser distance than the projections so as to be spaced from records during cleaning to remove static charge therefrom;
• a receptacle for supporting the cleaner;
• said receptacle including a first compartment for receiving the leading projection and a second compartment for receiving the trailing projection as well as the brush and static charge dissipating member;
• and absorbent material within the first compartment located in a spaced relationship to the pile covering of the leading projection such that cleaning liquid applied to the absorbent material creates an atmosphere of the cleaning liquid within the first compartment to dampen the pile covering of the leading projection with the proper amount of cleaning liquid, said leading projection removing dust accumulation and static charge from a record being cleaned while the trailing projection removes any remaining dust accumulation and cleaning liquid therefrom and the brush concomitantly loosens the dust accumulation as the static charge dissipating member also removes static charge from the record.

A manual record cleaner comprising an elongated molded plastic body that is manually grasped and includes elongated leading and trailing projections;

• each projection including a blunt end and a tapered body extending from the cleaner body;
• a soft pile covering secured over the blunt end of each projection so as to clean records during relative movement between the cleaner and the records while in an engaged condition;
• an elongated brush supported by the cleaner body between the projections located adjacent the leading projection;
• said brush including bristles that extend from the cleaner body a greater distance than the projections so as to loosen dust accumulation from a record being cleaned;
• an elongated static charge dissipating member supported on the cleaner body between the brush and the trailing projection;
• said static charge dissipating member extending from the cleaner body a lesser distance than the projection so as to be spaced from records during cleaning to remove static charge therefrom;
• an elongated receptacle for supporting the cleaner;
• said receptacle including a first compartment for receiving the leading projection and a second compartment for receiving the trailing projection as well as the brush and static charge dissipating member;
• absorbent material received within the first compartment located in a spaced relationship to the pile covering of the leading projection such that cleaning liquid applied to the absorbent material creates an atmosphere of the cleaning liquid within the first compartment to dampen the pile covering of the leading projection with the proper amount of cleaning liquid;
• said leading projection removing dust accumulation and static charge from a record being cleaned while the trailing projection removes any remaining dust accumulation and cleaning liquid therefrom and the brush concomitantly loosens the dust accumulation as the static charge dissipating member also removes static charge from the record;
• a second brush for cleaning the pile coverings of the projections;
• a bottle for cleaning liquid;
• and holders on the receptacle for the second brush and the bottle.

A manual record cleaner comprising:

• a manually grasped body having leading and trailing projections spaced from each other;
• each projection being of a rigid material and having a blunt end including a covering of a soft pile for cleaning records during relative movement between the cleaner and the records while in an engaged condition;
• a brush located between the leading and trailing projections in a spaced relationship to each projection;
• said brush having bristles that extend away from the body to a plane extending between the soft pile covered blunt ends of the rigid projections so as to loosen dust accumulation from a record being cleaned with the projection coverings slidingly engaging the record;
• said brush bristles having a flexible length that is a plurality of times the thickness of the soft pile coverings on the blunt ends of the rigid projections;
• and the rigid blunt ends on the projections and the pile coverings thereon cooperating to control the degree to which the bristles extend into the record grooves so that effective cleaning can be achieved without damaging the sound track surfaces of the record grooves.

A manual record cleaner comprising:

• a manually grasped body having leading and trailing projections spaced from each other;
• each projection being of a rigid material and having a blunt end including a covering of a soft pile for cleaning records during relative movement between the cleaner and the records while in an engaged condition;
• a brush located between the leading and trailing projections in a spaced relationship to each projection;
• said brush having bristles that extend away from the body to a plane extending between the soft pile covered blunt ends of the rigid projections so as to loosen dust accumulation from a record being cleaned with the projection coverings slidingly engaging the record;
• said brush bristles having a flexible length that is a plurality of times the thickness of the soft pile coverings on the blunt ends of the rigid projections;
• and the rigid blunt ends on the projections and the pile coverings thereon cooperating to control the degree to which the bristles extend into the record grooves so that effective cleaning can be achieved without damaging the sound track surfaces of the record grooves;
• and an additional record treating component located between the brush and one of the projections.