Non-abrasive disc cleaner

A non-abrasive cleaner for discs comprising a spinning means having an engagement means for driving the disc, an enclosure, a spin pan for holding cleaning fluid and contacting the disc with cleaning fluid supplied from a cleaning fluid reservoir, the disc positioned and spinning with respect to the fluid, initially frothing the fluid within the spin pan and subsequently spinning the fluid off the disc to wash and dry the disc without abrasive contact, further comprising the motor being a variable speed motor, wherein the cleaner has a wash cycle and a dry cycle, the wash cycle having different RPMs that the dry cycle for frothing and partially submerging the disc in the fluid on the pan, and subsequently spinning the fluid off the disc and the pan due to spin during the dry cycle.

A non-abrasive cleaner for discs, comprising a motor having a disc attachment means for centrifugally spinning disc, a base, a cover hinged to the base and further attached to the motor, a spin pan provided within the base for holding cleaning fluids, the disc positioned above the cleaning fluid in the pan and a spinning motion being imparted by the motor, creating a vacuum which draws the cleaning fluid upward from a central port of a reservoir to the pan, into contact with the disc to thereby clean the disc without abrasive contact.

A non-abrasive cleaning method for discs comprising supplying cleaning fluid from a reservoir to a spin pan in an enclosure having a spinning means, horizontally positioning and spinning the disc with respect to the fluid, contacting the disc with fluid from a central port of a reservoir to the pan thereby facilitating supplying of fluid from the reservoir to the pan, frothing the fluid with the spinning disc, and subsequently spinning the fluid off the disc to dry the disc through centrifugal force and air contact, thereby washing and drying the disc without abrasive contact.

A non-abrasive cleaning method for discs comprising supplying cleaning fluid from a reservoir to a spin pan in an enclosure having a spinning means, positioning and spinning the disc with respect to the fluid, contacting the disc with fluid, frothing the fluid with the spinning disc, and subsequently spinning the fluid off the disc to dry the disc through centrifugal force and air contact, thereby washing and drying the disc without abrasive contact, further comprising providing the cleaning fluid reservoir in communication with the spin pan and communicating fluid from the reservoir to the spin pan, further comprising providing the reservoir and spin pan within the base and the spinning means within the cover;

• hinging the base and the cover, positioning the disc on an engagement means attached to the motor in the cover and closing the cover on the base, further comprising positioning the pan horizontally over the reservoir, incorporating a port in the pan, and supplying fluid from the reservoir to the pan through the port.