US 4,759,093 A · Apparatus for cleaning a record disc

Abstract

A cleaning apparatus for a record disc comprises a support member having a top side and a bottom side. Locating means is provided for locating the support member relative to the center of a record disc. A knob is mounted on the top side of the support member for rotation about an axis offset from the location means whereby the support member may be manually rotated about the center of the record disc. A holder for a cleaning pad is mounted on the bottom side of the support member also for rotation about an axis offset from the locating means. A drive mechanism comprising a step-up gear is provided to couple the knob and the pad holder together such that rotation of the knob relative to the support member causes rotation of the pad holder relative to the support member. The knob is hollow and the drive mechanism comprises a circular set of teeth arranged around the internal periphery of the knob coaxially with the axis of rotation of the knob, and a gear wheel fixed relative to the pad holder coaxially with the axis of rotation of the pad holder, the gear wheel being driven by the teeth on the internal periphery of the knob. The cleaning pad has a circular cleaning portion which in use imparts a generally radially cleaning action on the record disc.

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Dependent claims

A cleaning apparatus for a record disc, comprising a support member having a top side and a bottom side, means for locating the support member relative to a centre of the record disc, a knob mounted on the top side of the support member for rotation about an axis offset from the locating means whereby the support member may be manually rotated about the centre of the disc, a cleaning member mounted on the bottom side of the support member, the cleaning member also being mounted for rotation relative to the support member about an axis offset from the locating means, and a drive mechanism operative upon manual rotation of the support member about the centre of the disc by the knob to cause rotation of the pad holder relative to the support member.

An apparatus adapted to clean an object, such as encoded disc, said object having an middle portion and a peripheral portion, where the cleaning is acccomplished in a wiping path having a substantial radial component between the middle portion and the peripheral portion, said apparatus comprising:

a. a locating and mounting means which defines a first vertically aligned centre axis which is adapted to locate said object at a stationary cleaning location centered on said first axis,
b. a cleaning means having a second generally vertically aligned cleaning axis, said cleaning means being adapted to be positioned at said cleaning location, in a manner that said second cleaning axis is spaced from said first axis, and said cleaning means being movable in a circumferential path around said first axis, said cleaning means comprising a cleaning member having a cleaning surface which is centered on said second axis, at least said cleaning member being rotatable about said second axis,
c. handle means operatively connected to said cleaning means and arranged to be moved manually on a generally horizontal path around said first axis to move said cleaning means on said circumferential path around said first axis,
d. drive transmission means which is operatively connected to said cleaning member to rotate said cleaning member about said second axis and which is arranged to be powered from movement from said handle means relative to said locating and mounting means along said horizontal path around said first axis, in a manner that with said object placed at said cleaning location, and with said cleaning means positioned at said cleaning location, the handle can be moved on said horizontal path to move said cleaning means along said circumferential path and to cause rotation of at least said cleaning member about said second axis, to in turn cause said annular cleaning surface to travel on said wiping path as the cleaning means travels progressively around said first axis.

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Apparatus for cleaning a record disc

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