Abstract: A disk storage device includes a first housing portion including a planar upper wall spaced-apart from a planar lower wall, a first side wall connecting mutual first edges of the upper and lower walls together, a second side wall connecting mutual second edges of the upper and lower walls together, and a closed end wall connecting mutual end edges of the upper and lower walls together, the walls cooperating to define a disk holder portion having a front opening for receiving a planar object therein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compact disc cleaner which includes a box base having a cover and a seat, a turntable that is rotated on the cover, a cleaning device moveably attached at the near end of the turntable that includes a knob and a wheel body on the exterior and interior of the turntable, a cleaning element attached underneath the wheel body and gear teeth on the external wall of the wheel body that engage with the gear teeth on the internal wall of the box base. The cover is pivoted, at one end, with the seat in which the compact disc is held. When the user rotates the knob of the cleaning device, the turntable will revolve as the same time and the internal gear of the box base will bring the wheel body on the cleaning device to rotate within the radius of the compact disc so to effectively clean the compact disc with the cleaning element underneath the wheel body.

Abstract: A radially reciprocating cleaning device for compact disc, including: a lower casing in which a retaining wheel is rotatably disposed, a circumference of the retaining wheel being formed with a gear section: an upper casing one end of which is pivotally connected with the lower casing for snugly mating the upper casing with the lower casing; and a cleaning mechanism including a slide board slidably disposed on a bottom of the upper casing and connected with at least one wiping member positioned on a compact disc rested on the retaining wheel. The cleaning mechanism further includes a rotary tray rotatably mounted on the upper casing for driving a cam disc to rotate. A driving post of the cam disc is slidably fitted in a longitudinal guide slot of the slide board, whereby when the upper and lower casings are mated with each other, a driving gear projecting from bottom end of the cam disc drivingly meshes with the gear section of the retaining wheel.

Abstract: A lens-cleaning disc capable of efficiently removing dirt or dust on pickup lenses, equipped with a brush body comprising bristles fastened into the brush base, at a position facing the pickup lens when the disc is used, wherein the surface of the brush base may be constructed as an adhesive surface or the brush body may be placed at an angle with respect to a radial direction of the disc so that its inner end is located further forward than its outer end in the direction of rotation at all times during rotation of the disc.

Abstract: A compact disc cleaning device including a seat, a cover pivotally connected to one edge of the seat, and a rotatable wheel. The seat has a circular recess portion with teeth provided along an inner peripheral wall thereof. The rotatable wheel includes a hand cap and a wheel body connected to a lower axis portion of the hand cap. The wheel body has a cleaning element attached to a bottom side thereof and has teeth formed along an outer peripheral wall thereof to mesh with the teeth on the peripheral wall of the circular recess portion of the seat, such that the rotatable wheel can move in rotation along the toothed inner peripheral wall of the circular recess portion in the seat, allowing the cleaning element at the bottom side of the wheel body to wipe clean a compact disc positioned in the circular recess portion. The circular recess portion is further formed of a central recess, an inner annular recess, an intermediate partition ring, and an outer annular recess.

Abstract: A compact disk case including a bottom shell, a cover shell hinged to the bottom shell, a platter mounted on the inside of the bottom shell to carry a compact disk, a rotary cap mounted on the outside of the cover shell, a driving device (for example, a handle) for turning the rotary cap, a driving wheel mounted on the inside of the cover shell and turned by the rotary cap, a driven wheel revolvably mounted inside the cover shell, a transmission gear meshed between the driving wheel and the driven wheel, and a cleaning element fixedly secured to the driven wheel and turned by the driving device through the rotary cap, the driving wheel, the transmission gear, and the driven wheel to remove dust from the compact disk.

Abstract: A cleaner apparatus by which flaws or dust on the surface of a disk can be removed readily to prevent otherwise possible disorder in audio or video signals to be reproduced from the disk to allow utilization of the disk for a long interval of time is provided. The cleaner apparatus comprises an arm 1 for removably holding a disk 5 for rotation thereon, a dust or flaw removing rotary member 2 having a cylindrical peripheral face for being resiliently contacted with the surface of the disk 5, and a driving source 3 for driving the rotary member 2 to rotate around an axis of the same.

Abstract: An improved compact disk cleaner is provided which includes a base (12), a support table (14) rotatably mounted within the base for supporting a compact disk (16) thereon, an electric motor (18) having a shaft for rotating the support table and the compact disk within the base, a cover (22) hinged to the base and a mechanism carried on the underside of the cover for removing dust from the top surface of the compact disk, when the cover is closed over the base. The dust remover may include: a brush (30) and a fan (32 ) along with a removeable pan (34) including a filter (44 ); or a cleaning belt (62) with tracked rollers (56).

Abstract: A cleaner unit is provided for applying a liquid cleaning solution onto the surface of an information disk, such as a so-called compact laser disk or the like. The cleaner unit includes a housing with a rotatable spindle (22) adapted to support the information disk in a generally horizontal orientation, in combination with a circulation system having a rotatable pump impeller (24) for spraying a jet of a cleaning solution onto the underside of the disk (12) near the spindle. A drive motor is operated by a control circuit for initially rotating the spindle and impeller in a first direction for spraying the cleaning solution against the spinning disk, with the rotational disk movement causing the cleaning solution to spread radially outwardly as a film over the underside disk surface. The cleaning solution is thrown from the disk periphery and is captured by an outer contoured deflector shroud (99) for recirculation to the pump impeller.

Abstract: A magnetic recording disk accommodated in a casing is rotated and air in the casing is drawn through air sucking openings formed in the upper and lower sides of the casing.

Abstract: A device of the prior art has an elongated arm, on the underside of which is a porous cleaning pad that cleans a phonograph record when the arm is rotated around the record. The novel device is similar, but has a small reservoir pivotably mounted in the handle. To use the novel device, one fills the reservoir with cleaning fluid and pivots it to dump the fluid which saturates the cleaning pad. Then one rotates the arm to clean the record, repeating this procedure for each record side to be cleaned.

Abstract: A disc or record cleaning device especially for laser-read discs having digital recordings is provided in a disc storage container and incorporates a cleaning member with which the disc or record is brought into contact so as to clean the disc by a relative movement with respect to the cleaning member. The cleaning member is a fibrous pad and is either fixed and the disc rotated or the disc is held stationary and the cleaning pad rotated or translated. The storage container is provided by sections movable relative to one another, either articulated about a common pivot or translatable. The relative movement of the sections is coupled to move the disc and cleaning member relatively for cleaning the disc.

Abstract: A record cleaning device comprises a container body for receiving therein an adhesive material to be applied onto a surface of a record for cleaning, a slit formed in the bottom of the container body, an arm member attached to an end of the container body to be integrally formed therewith, and positioning means provided at an end of the arm member. The positioning means is located in the center of the record to be cleaned so that the container body can be rotated over the record. The cleaning device is further provided with support means situated on at least one of the bottom face of the container body and the bottom face of the arm member to form a clearance between the bottom of the slit and an upper surface of the record to be cleaned when the cleaning device is located on the record. Consequently, when the container body is turned over the record, the adhesive material can be applied uniformly onto the upper surface of the record through the slit and the clearance.

Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning phonograph records comprises a grip member th at least one cleaning insert engaged with the grip member and having a record engaging cleaning surface which projects outwardly therefrom which is adapted to rest upon a record to be cleaned. The surface may advantageously be covered by a ribbon or other cleaning cloth which may be wetted with a cleaning liquid. The grip member is provided with a bearing pressure weight member which acts through the grip member on the insert to apply a predetermined cleaning pressure to the record. The grip member advantageously comprises a member having a trough facing outwardly from each side into which an insert is positioned and a weight member is disposed therebetween the trough members. One of the inserts is adapted to rest in a cleaning housing or case so that it contacts a wick which is wetted with cleaning liquid so that its surface or the surface of a cleaning cloth wrapped therearound is wetted at all times.

Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning records is shown in its preferred form including first and second liquid containers, a body member, and a cleaner element pivotally mounted to the body member. A supportive, positional recess is formed in the body member and includes first and second ribs for interlocking with first and second groove members located on the first liquid container and also preferably includes a third rib for interlocking with an indented slot located on the second liquid container. Therefore, the first and second liquid containers can be removably supported, positioned, and snuggly interfitted within the recess. The cleaner element includes a casing member and a cleaner member. The cleaner member includes a form member having cushioning material positioned over the outside surfaces thereof and further includes a cleaning cloth positioned over the remaining portions of the form member and the cushioning material.