Video game contact cleaning device
OwnerJames G. Balding, Gary M. Toddinventors
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Abstract
An electrical edge connector cleaning device consisting of an essentially planar board having embossed areas at opposite ends that operate as an abrasive due to parallel striations used to create the embossed areas. The device is configured such that a first opposite end operates to clean male edge connectors by employing leverage means to assist in burnishing the connectors and a second opposite end operates to clean female edge connector sockets by embossing a top and a bottom surface of a lip that is then repeatedly inserted into and removed from a female edge connector socket to burnish the contacts.
Claims15
An apparatus having dual abrasive elements for cleaning electrical contacts comprising:
- a planar board having a first end and a second end, said planar board being constructed from a resilient material of a class comprising plastic and polymer materials;
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- an embossed area contained on at least one of said ends near an edge of said planar board, said embossed area consisting of a plurality of parallel striations, said parallel striations comprising a first one of said dual abrasive elements, said striations being formed with an abrasive material in said resilient material, said abrasive material comprising a second one of said dual abrasive elements.
An apparatus having dual abrasive elements for cleaning edge connectors of planar circuit boards of the type used in computers and home video games, comprising:
- an elongated planar board having first and second opposite ends, and a handle between said opposite ends, said planar board being constructed from a resilient material of a class comprising plastic and polymer materials;
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- a first embossed area contained on said first end and a second embossed area contained on said second end, said first and second embossed areas being formed near an edge of said planar board, each of said embossed areas consisting of a plurality of parallel striations, said parallel straitions comprising a first one of said dual abrasive elements, said straitions being formed of an abrasive material embedded in said resilient material, said abrasive material comprising a second one of said dual abrasive elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.