US 4,675,053 A · Record cleaning apparatus and method

Abstract

A cleaning and scrubbing apparatus is described which consists of a vacuum head to which is coupled small hollow fibers. Each of the fibers has a diameter of approximately the size of the record groove so that it may fit within the record groove to scrub away debris formed within the groove. A cleaning fluid is be placed over the record to partially dissolve the debris so that the fibers can loosen it as the record is rotated across the fibers. The vacuum causes the cleaning fluid including the debris to be sucked through the hollow opening of the fibers. The side walls of the fibers may be a membrane material so that additional fluid flows through the side walls. In order to clean the cleaning head, the fluid is forced in the reverse direction while the head and fibers are facing upright, thereby washing away the debris which has become affixed to the fibers.

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Dependent claims

A grooved disk cleaning apparatus for cleaning grooves from a position below adjacent peaks of said grooves comprising:

a cleaning head having a plurality of hollow tube means extending therefrom, each of said hollow tubes means having distal end means having a cross sectional width smaller than a peak to peak separation between adjacent grooves of said disk, said distal end means sized for placement in the groove below the adjacent peaks of the groove of said disk, and
vacuum means for providing a fluid flow from the grooves into said distal end means remote from said head of each said hollow tube means as said distal end means is in the groove below the adjacent peaks of the groove of said disk, and
a turntable means for providing relative movement between said disk and tubes to allow said distal end means to scrub the groove below the adjacent peaks.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Record cleaning apparatus and method

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Record cleaning apparatus and method

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