Abstract: An antistatic record cleaner has a support securable to a turntable adjacent the platter thereof and having an upward metallic pin having an upper end projecting from the support. A sweep arm is pivoted on the support and has a metallic rod whose inner end is secured in a pivot-forming block which is formed with a recess receiving the upper end of the pivot with metal-to-metal contact between the rod and the pin and has on its outer end a head piece carying a record-sweeping brush. A plurality of fine metallic filaments extend downwardly from and are in direct electrical contact with the outer end of the rod. A terminal is provided on the support in direct electrical contact with the pin and through the rod with the filaments. This terminal can be grounded via a lead so that static electric charges on the record being swept can be eliminated.

Abstract: A tape splicer having a base, at least one groove extending longitudinally on said base and being of a predetermined breadth permitting insertion thereinto of a correspondingly wide tape to be spliced. A blade-guiding slot is provided in the groove to allow introduction thereinto of a blade, so that this blade moved along this slot will cut a tape laid along the groove. A pair of tiltable toggles is associated to the base. These toggles are located longitudinally of the groove and at opposite sides of the blade-guiding slot. At least one arm is comprised in each of the toggles and is provided with a tape-clamping means which is arranged so that it reaches, when the toggle is tilted, into the groove; thus, the pair of toggles engages with the tape-clamping means the tape laid into the groove thus securing a clean cut.

Abstract: A degausser has a housing having two housing sections of generally tubular configurations. A support element is accommodated in the interior of the housing, and has a tubular portion and a generally flat portion. A core of an electromagnet is accommodated in the tubular portion of the support element, and a coil of the electromagnet surrounds a part of the tubular portion in the housing. The flat portion is formed with resiliently yieldable projections which engage associated recesses at the housing sections with snap action so as to connect the housing sections to the support element. Electric leads pass through an opening of one of the sections, are received in slots of the flat portion in a labyrinthine manner, and connected to a switch supported on the support element and having an actuating element passing through a slot in the housing to the exterior of the latter. The housing and the support element are of synthetic plastic material.