JPH02206079A - Cartridge for cleaning optical head - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily clean an optical head by providing a cylindrical brush being freely rotatable on the inside of a box-shaped cartridge case, and protruding a part of the brush from the lower face of the cartridge case. CONSTITUTION:As for a box-shaped cartridge case 1, a rotary shaft 2 is supported horizontally in its inside, and the rotary shaft 2 is freely rotatable by supporting parts 4a, 4b. In the center part of this rotary shaft 2, a cylindrical brush 3 is fixed. As for this brush 3, a part thereof is protruded to the outside from the lower face of the cartridge case 1. When the rotary shaft 2 is rotated by inserting this cartridge case 1 into an optical disk device, the part protruded to the outside from the lower face of the cartridge case 1 of the brush 3 rotates, while coming into contact with an optical head, and cleans the optical head.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an optical head cleaning cartridge used for cleaning an optical head of an optical disk device.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional optical disk devices are not equipped with special means for cleaning the optical head, and the optical head is manually cleaned using a cotton swab or the like, after disassembling the optical disk device.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As mentioned above, conventional optical disk devices do not have special means for cleaning the optical head, and therefore have the disadvantage that the optical disk device must be disassembled and cleaned manually. are doing.

[Means to solve the problem]

The optical head cleaning cartridge of the present invention includes a box-shaped cartridge case, a rotary shaft horizontally supported rotatably inside the box-shaped cartridge case, and a shaft of the rotary shaft located at the center of the shaft. and a cylindrical brush whose portion protrudes outward from the lower surface of the cartridge case.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the illustrated embodiment;

1 and 2, a box-shaped cartridge case 1 horizontally supports a rotating shaft 2 therein, and the rotating shaft 2 is rotatable at support portions 4a and 4b. A cylindrical brush 3 is fixed to the center of the rotating shaft 2. A portion of the cylindrical brush 3 protrudes from the bottom surface of the cartridge case 1.

Insert this cartridge into the optical disk device and
When rotated, the cadridge case 1 of the cylindrical brush 3
The part that protrudes from the bottom surface contacts the optical head and rotates to clean the optical head.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, the optical head cleaning cartridge of the present invention has the advantage that the optical head can be easily cleaned by simply inserting it into an optical disk device and rotating the rotation shaft.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the illustrated embodiment;

1... Cartridge case, 2... Rotating shaft, 3... Cylindrical brush, 4a, 4b...
...Support part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a box-shaped cartridge case; a rotating shaft rotatably supported horizontally within the box-shaped cartridge case; and a rotating shaft provided approximately at the center of the rotating shaft, with a portion thereof protruding outward from the bottom surface of the cartridge case. An optical head cleaning cartridge comprising: a cylindrical brush;