JPH0612828A - Cartridge for cleaning media cleaner of optical disk device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent removed dust from scattering inside, to catch and hold the dust and to attain high dustproof effect by providing projecting parts on the surface of a cleaning disk, and simultaneously, providing a viscous member on the vicinity of the projecting part. CONSTITUTION:A disk for cleaning 20 is housed in a cartridge case CC and the disk for cleaning 20 and the cartridge case CC constitutes a cartridge CA. The projecting parts 9 are formed on the disk for cleaning 20 and plural projecting parts 9 are placed in a row and in the radial direction. Then, the viscous member 10 composed of an adhesive tape for catching and holding the removed dust is provided in the vicinity of the projecting parts 9. Consequently, a cleaner brush is cleaned without disassembling an optical disk device and the removed dust is prevented from scattering in the cartridge and caught and held by the viscous member 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an optical disk device media cleaner cleaning cartridge for removing dust from an optical disk device media cleaner in an optical disk device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional optical recording / reproducing apparatus, various dust removing devices have been considered because dust on the surface of an optical disk medium causes a data error. For example, as one of the dust removing devices for the disk surface, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-2
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 4889, there has been proposed a technique in which a cleaner member and a disk come into contact with each other only when necessary for cleaning. This technique minimizes the contact between the disc and the cleaner member.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the above-mentioned conventional technique. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is an optical disk medium, reference numeral 2 is a recording / reproducing head, reference numeral 3 is a cleaner brush made of a conductive member for removing dust adhering to the surface of the optical disk medium 1,
Reference numeral 4 is a grounding conductive member for grounding the cleaner brush 3, and reference numeral 5 is a driver for bringing the cleaner brush 3 into contact with the surface of the optical disk medium 1. And reference numeral 6
Is a medium drive spindle for mounting the optical disc medium 1, reference numeral 7 is a hub for fixing the optical disc medium 1 mounted on the medium drive spindle 6, and reference numeral 8 is a recording / reproducing head 2 for reciprocating in the direction of the arrow in the figure. It is a career to do. In this optical disc device, the cleaner brush 3 is driven by the drive unit 5 only when the optical disc medium 1 needs to be cleaned.
Is brought into contact with the optical disk medium 1 to perform cleaning.

[0004]

However, in the optical disk device which is frequently used, the cleaner brush 3 is used.
However, there is a problem that dust is accumulated on the optical fiber and the effect of removing the dust is reduced, and at the same time, the dust is attached to the peripheral optical device. Further, when the cleaner brush 3 is replaced before the dust removal effect is deteriorated, there is a problem that the optical disk device needs to be disassembled.

Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, the present invention cleans a cleaner brush in a cartridge having a cleaning disk without disassembling the optical disk device, and removes dust adhering to the cleaner brush into the cartridge. An object is to provide a cartridge for cleaning an optical disk device media cleaner that can be taken in.

[0006]

The present invention has been made to achieve the above-mentioned object, and the invention according to claim 1 has a shape mountable to an optical disk device, and is mounted at least on the optical disk device. A cartridge having an opening in a portion facing the optical pickup of the optical disk device, wherein the cartridge cleaner has a cleaning disk in the cartridge case. In the cartridge for cleaning a media cleaner, at least one protrusion is provided on the surface of the cleaning disk. And a viscous member is provided around the protrusion.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the cartridge for cleaning an optical disk device media cleaner according to the first aspect comprises a protrusion holding member for holding the protrusion and the viscous member. A structure is provided in which a part of the cleaning disk is provided with a mechanism in which the protrusion holding member is detachably and replaceably locked.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a third aspect of the present invention has a shape mountable to an optical disk device, and has an opening at least in a portion facing the optical pickup of the optical disk device when mounted in the optical disk device. A cartridge for cleaning an optical disk device having a cleaning disk in a cartridge case, wherein at least one protrusion is provided on the surface of the cleaning disc, and a dust container is provided near the protrusion. The configuration is provided.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the cartridge for cleaning an optical disk device media cleaner according to the third aspect, a protrusion dust container for holding the protrusion and the dust container is provided. A holding member is provided, and a mechanism is provided in which the protrusion dust container holding member is detachably and replaceably engaged with a part of the cleaning disk.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in the cartridge for cleaning an optical disk device media cleaner according to the third or fourth aspect, the dust container is provided with an exhaust port with a filter. It is configured.

According to a sixth aspect of the invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the cartridge for cleaning an optical disk device media cleaner according to the third, fourth or fifth aspect, a viscous member is provided inside the dust container. It is configured.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a seventh aspect of the present invention has a shape mountable to an optical disk device, and has an opening at least in a portion facing the optical pickup of the optical disk device when mounted in the optical disk device. In a cartridge for cleaning an optical disk device having a cleaning disk in the cartridge case, the cleaning disk has at least one protrusion on the surface of the cleaning disk, and at least a part of the inside of the cleaning disk. A dust storage portion is formed in the opening, and an opening that communicates with the dust storage portion and the surface around the protrusion,
In addition, an exhaust port with a filter that communicates with the dust container and the surface of the cleaning disk on the opposite side of the protrusion is provided.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the cartridge for cleaning an optical disk device medium according to the seventh aspect, the opening is provided near the opening on the dust accommodating portion side. A valve having elasticity for opening and closing is provided.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the cartridge for cleaning an optical disk device media cleaner according to the seventh or eighth aspect, the dust container is provided with a viscous member.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a tenth aspect of the present invention provides a cartridge for cleaning a media cleaner of an optical disc apparatus according to the seventh, eighth or ninth aspect, wherein the cleaning disc surface is provided, and the dust container is provided. A dust discharge port having an openable and closable mechanism for discharging the dust accumulated in the dust storage portion is provided.

[0016]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the cleaning disk surface is provided with the projection and the viscous member is provided around the projection, dust on the media cleaner installed in the optical disk device is removed. The removed dust is captured by a viscous member without being scattered inside the optical disk device.
Retained.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the function of the first aspect of the present invention, a protrusion holding member for holding the protrusion and the viscous member is provided, and the protrusion holding member is provided on a part of the cleaning disk. Is equipped with a mechanism that is detachably and replaceably locked, so that the protrusion and the viscous member can be cleaned and replaced by removing the protrusion holding member.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the protrusion is provided on the surface of the cleaning disk and the dust container is provided in the vicinity of the protrusion, the dust removed by the protrusion is taken into the dust container. Is held.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the projection dust container holding member for holding the projection and the dust container is provided, and the projection dust container holding member is detachable and replaceable on a part of the cleaning disk. In addition to the function of the invention according to the third aspect, the protrusion and the dust container can be cleaned and replaced by removing the protrusion dust container holding member.

According to the invention of claim 5, in addition to the operation according to the invention of claim 3 or 4, since the exhaust port with the filter is provided in the dust container, the dust contained in the dust container is cleaned. Even if it is affected by the air flow due to the rotation of the disc, it will not be blown out from the exhaust port.

According to the invention of claim 6, claim 3,
In addition to the operation according to the invention described in 4 or 5, since the viscous member is provided inside the dust container, the dust that has flowed into the dust container is captured and held by the viscous member.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, at least one protrusion is provided on the surface of the cleaning disc, and a dust accommodating portion is formed in at least a part of the inside of the cleaning disc. Since there are provided an opening communicating with the surface of the container and an exhaust port with a filter communicating with the surface of the cleaning disk on the side opposite to the cleaning container and the protrusion, there are more exhaust holes than those in the storage container according to claim 3. Dust is captured and held in the dust storage inside the cleaning disc.

According to the invention described in claim 8, in addition to the operation according to the invention described in claim 7, a valve having elasticity for opening and closing the opening is provided in the vicinity of the opening on the dust container side. When the cleaning disc is rotating, the valve is floated by the air flow generated by the rotation to open the opening, and the removed dust is guided to the dust storage container from the opening and is stored therein. Further, when the cleaning disc stops rotating, the elastic force of the valve closes the opening.

According to the ninth aspect of the invention, in addition to the function of the seventh or eighth aspect of the invention, since the viscous member is provided in the dust container, the dust entering the dust container is captured by the viscous member. Retained.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the seventh, eighth or ninth aspect of the present invention, in order to discharge the dust accumulated in the dust storage portion through the dust storage portion on the cleaning disk surface. Since the dust discharge port having the openable and closable mechanism is provided, the dust accumulated inside the cleaning disc can be discharged.

[0026]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

An optical disk device media cleaner cleaning cartridge (hereinafter simply referred to as "cartridge") for removing dust from the optical disk device media cleaner according to the present embodiment has the same components as the above-described conventional cleaner device. Therefore, the same components are given the same reference numerals as in the conventional example, and the description thereof is omitted.

First, referring to FIG. 1 and FIG.
Alternatively, the configuration of a cartridge as an embodiment corresponding to the invention described in 2 will be described. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 20 indicates a cleaning disc. The cleaning disc 20 is housed in the cartridge case CC, and the cleaning disc 20 and the cartridge case CC form the cartridge CA of the present invention. Reference numeral 9 indicates a protrusion, which has a function of removing dust attached to the cleaner brush 3. The protruding portion 9 is formed in a hook shape and has a cleaning disk 2
A plurality of them are provided on the 0 surface in a line in the radial direction. Here, a plurality of protrusions 9 are usually provided,
Only one may be provided depending on the purpose of use. Reference numeral 10 indicates a viscous member that is provided around the protrusion 9 and that captures and holds the dust removed by the protrusion 9. Here, the viscous member 10 is formed of, for example, a well-known adhesive tape. The thickness of the cleaning disk 20 is such that the viscous member 10 does not touch the cleaner brush 3.

Further, reference numeral 11 is a protrusion 9 and a viscous member 1.
The protrusion holding member for holding 0 is shown. The protrusion holding member 11 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape having V grooves on both sides thereof, can be reciprocally slid in the radial direction of the cleaning disc 20, and can be removed and replaced in the direction of the arrow of the cleaning disc 20. It has a mechanism to be locked. The configuration shown in the figure shows an embodiment corresponding to the invention described in claim 2. An embodiment corresponding to the invention according to claim 1 is shown in the configuration in which the protrusion holding member 11 and its detachable and replaceable locking mechanism are removed from the same figure.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. When the cartridge CA is inserted into an optical disk device (not shown), the cleaning disk 20 is loaded instead of the optical disk medium 1 in the figure, and the cleaner brush 3 is driven by the drive unit 5 to approach the surface of the opposing cleaning disk 20. . Then, the protrusion 9 comes into contact with the cleaner brush 3, whereby the dust (not shown) attached to the cleaner brush 3 is removed. The removed dust (not shown) is captured and held by the viscous member 10, and the cleaner brush 3 is cleaned.

If the cartridge CA is frequently used, dust (not shown) adheres to the protrusions 9 and the viscous member 10 and is captured and held, so that the cleaning performance deteriorates. Therefore, the protrusion holding member 11 And remove it for cleaning, or the protrusion holding member 11
Replace itself with a new one to maintain cleaning performance.

Next, referring to FIG. 3 to FIG.
Examples corresponding to the inventions described in 1 to 6 will be described. In all the following embodiments, the cartridge case CC is commonly used, and the configuration provided on the cleaning disk is different, so the illustration of the cartridge case CC is omitted, and the configuration and operation of the difference are described. I decided to.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 200 indicates a cleaning disk. The cleaning disk 200 has the following structure in addition to the point that at least one protrusion 9 is provided on the surface thereof. In the figure, reference numeral 12 indicates a waste container. At least one dust container 12 is provided on the back surface of the protrusion 9 to store the dust removed by the protrusion 9. Further, reference numeral 110 is a protrusion 9 and a waste container 12
7 shows a protrusion dust container holding member for holding. This protrusion dust container holding member 110 is shown in FIG.
And V on both sides of the protrusion holding member 11 of FIG.
A cleaning disk 20 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape having a groove.
It has a mechanism capable of reciprocating sliding in the radial direction of 0 and being detachably and replaceably locked in the radial direction of the cleaning disk 200. The operation of the protrusion dust container holding member 110 is the same as that of the protrusion holding member 11 in FIGS.

The configuration shown in FIG. 3 shows an embodiment corresponding to the invention described in claim 4. An embodiment corresponding to the invention according to claim 3 is shown in the same drawing except that the protrusion dust container holding member 110 and its detachable and replaceable locking mechanism are removed from the drawing.

The cleaning disk 210 shown in FIG.
The difference from the configuration shown in FIG. 3 is that an exhaust port 13 with a filter is provided. The exhaust port 13 is provided on the back wall of the protrusion 9
It is prevented that the dust storage container 12 is blown out by the air flow generated by the rotation of the cleaning disk 210. Here, it goes without saying that the coarseness of the filter of the exhaust port 13 is set so as not to allow dust of a size that interferes with the above-mentioned optical disc medium 1 to pass through. The configuration of the figure shows an embodiment corresponding to the invention of claim 5.

The cleaning disk 220 shown in FIG.
It differs from the configuration shown in FIG. 2 in that the viscous member 100 is provided inside the dust container 12. In the figure, the viscous member 100 causes the dust contained in the dust container 12 to adhere and be captured and held. The configuration of the figure shows an embodiment corresponding to the invention of claim 6.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8, embodiments of the invention described in claims 7 to 10 will be described.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 2000 indicates a cleaning disk. On the surface of the cleaning disk 2000, a plurality of protrusions 9 are provided in a line in the radial direction. Here, a plurality of protrusions 9 are usually provided, but only one may be provided depending on the purpose of use. Reference numeral 22 denotes a dust container having a space formed inside the cleaning disk 2000. The cleaning disk 2000 has an opening 19 that communicates with the dust container 22 and the surface around the protrusion 9, and a filter that communicates with the dust container 22 and the surface of the cleaning disc 2000 opposite to the protrusion 9. An attached exhaust port 23 is provided. In this embodiment, the dust storage unit 22 has a cleaning disk 200.
Although it is formed in a part of the inside of 0, it may be formed in the whole inside depending on the purpose of use. Garbage storage 22
A viscous member 110 for adhering, capturing, and holding the dust stored in the dust storage portion 22 is attached to the upper and lower surfaces of the figure. The configuration of the figure shows an embodiment corresponding to the invention of claim 9. An embodiment corresponding to the invention of claim 7 is shown in the configuration excluding the viscous member 110 and the attachment structure thereof from the figure.

The cleaning disk 2100 shown in FIG. 7 is different from the structure shown in FIG. 6 in that it has the following structure.
Reference numeral 32 denotes a dust storage portion having a space formed almost entirely inside the cleaning disk 2100. The cleaning disc 2100 has an elastic film valve 14 whose one end is fixed in the vicinity of the opening 19 on the dust storage portion 32 side.
In addition to the above, a dust discharge port 15 is provided at the other end of the surface on the exhaust port 23 side for discharging the dust accumulated in the dust storage unit 32 through the dust storage unit 32. The dust discharge port 15 is provided with an openable / closable lid 15A.
In this embodiment, the viscous member 110 shown in FIG. 7 is not attached to the dust container 32.
The configuration of the figure shows an embodiment of the invention described in claim 10.
A configuration excluding the dust discharge port 15 and the opening / closing lid 15A from the same figure shows an embodiment of the invention described in claim 8.

When the cleaning disk 2100 is rotating, the film valve 14 is floated by the air flow (indicated by the arrow in the drawing) generated by the rotation, and the dust removed from the cleaner brush 3 by the protrusion 9 is opened in the opening 19. To garbage storage 32
Is led to and stored. Further, when the cleaning disc 2100 is stopped rotating, the film valve 14 closes the opening 19 to remove dust collected in the dust storage portion 32.
It does not leak to the outside of 100.

The cleaning disc 2200 shown in FIG. 8 is a modification of the cleaning disc 2100 shown in FIG. In the cleaning disc 2200 shown in the figure, a slide lid 15B that is openable and closable for sliding is disposed in the vicinity of the dust discharge port 15 to discharge the dust accumulated in the dust storage portion 32. This slide lid 15B is provided with a cleaning disc 220.
The sliding groove 15C formed on the 0 surface is used as a guide to slide openably and closably in the front-rear direction in the drawing, and the dust collected in the dust storage portion 32 can be discharged from the dust discharge port 15.

[0042]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the cleaning disk surface is provided with the protruding portion and the viscous member is provided around the protruding portion, so that the optical disk device is equipped. The dust of the media cleaner is removed, and the removed dust is captured and held by the viscous member without being scattered inside the optical disc device.
A higher dustproof effect can be obtained.

According to the second aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the invention, a protrusion holding member for holding the protrusion and the viscous member is provided, and the protrusion holding member is provided on a part of the cleaning disk. Since it is equipped with a mechanism that is detachably and replaceably locked, the protrusion and the viscous member can be cleaned and replaced by removing the protrusion holding member, and the cartridge can be used for a long time.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the protrusion is provided on the surface of the cleaning disk and the dust container is provided in the vicinity of the protrusion, the dust removed by the protrusion is contained in the dust container. Since it is held, a higher dustproof effect can be obtained without being scattered inside the optical disk device.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the projection dust container holding member for holding the projection portion and the dust container is provided, and the projection dust container holding member is detachable and replaceable on a part of the cleaning disk. By providing the mechanism to be locked in the above, in addition to the effect according to the invention of claim 3, by removing the protrusion dust container holding member, the protrusion and the dust container can be cleaned and replaced, and The cartridge can be used for a long time.

According to the invention of claim 5, in addition to the effect according to the invention of claim 3 or 4, the waste container is provided with an exhaust port with a filter, so that the dust contained in the waste container is It is possible to prevent the cleaning disc from being blown out from the exhaust port under the influence of the air flow due to the rotation.

According to the invention of claim 6, claim 3,
In addition to the effect of the invention described in 4 or 5, since the viscous member is provided inside the dust container, the dust that has flowed into the dust container is captured and held by the viscous member. It can be prevented from leaking.

According to the invention described in claim 7, the dust container is provided at least at a part of the inside of the cleaning disk, and the dust container and the surface around the protrusion are opposite to the dust container and the protrusion. The amount of dust larger than that of the waste storage container according to claim 3 is provided by providing an exhaust port with an opening and a filter which communicate with the surface of the cleaning disk on the side and a viscous member inside the waste storage container. Is captured and held in the dust container inside the cleaning disc, so that the cartridge can be used for a longer period of time.

According to the invention of claim 8, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 7, a valve having elasticity for opening and closing the opening is provided inside the dust container of the opening. Since the opening is opened during rotation of the cleaning disc and the opening is closed when rotation of the cleaning disc is stopped, it is possible to prevent dust from flowing out inside the cleaning disc.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the function of the seventh or eighth aspect of the invention, since the viscous member is provided in the dust container, the dust entering the dust container is captured by the viscous member. Since it is held, it is possible to prevent dust from leaking from the dust storage container.

According to the tenth aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the seventh, eighth or ninth aspect of the invention, the dust collected in the dust storing container is discharged to the cleaning disc surface through the dust storing container. Since the dust discharge port having the openable and closable mechanism is provided, the dust accumulated inside the cleaning disc can be discharged and the cleaning disc can be used longer.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the invention according to claim 1 or 2,
FIG. 6 is a perspective view when the disk surface facing the optical head is a lower part.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view of an essential part showing an embodiment of the invention according to claim 4;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an essential part showing an embodiment of the invention according to claim 5;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an essential part showing an embodiment of the invention according to claim 6;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing an embodiment of the invention according to claim 9;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of an essential part showing an embodiment of the invention as set forth in claim 10;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an essential part showing another embodiment of the invention according to claim 10;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a conventional cleaner device.

[Explanation of symbols]

CA Optical disk device Media cleaner cleaning cartridge CC Same as above Cartridge case 1 Optical disk medium 2 Recording / reproducing head 9 Protrusions 10, 100, 110 Viscous member 11 Protrusion holding member 12 Garbage storage container 13, 23 Exhaust port 14 As a valve having elasticity Film valve 15 Dust discharge port 19 Open hole 20, 200, 210, 220, 2000, 2100,
2200 Cleaning Disk 22, 32 Dust Storage Unit 110 Projection Dust Storage Container Holding Member

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A shape that can be mounted on an optical disk device,
A cartridge having an opening at least in a portion facing the optical pickup of the optical disc device when the optical disc device is mounted in the optical disc device, wherein the cartridge has a cleaning disc in the cartridge case. A cartridge for cleaning a media cleaner of an optical disk device, wherein at least one protrusion is provided on the disk and a viscous member is provided around the protrusion. 2. A protrusion holding member for holding the protrusion and the viscous member, and a mechanism for detachably replacing the protrusion holding member with a part of the cleaning disk. The cartridge for cleaning an optical disk device media cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge is for cleaning. 3. A shape that can be mounted on an optical disk device,
A cartridge having an opening at least in a portion facing the optical pickup of the optical disc device when the optical disc device is mounted in the optical disc device, wherein the cartridge has a cleaning disc in the cartridge case. A cartridge for cleaning a media cleaner for an optical disk device, wherein at least one protrusion is provided on the optical disk device and a dust container is provided near the protrusion. 4. A protrusion dust storage container holding member for holding the protrusion and the dust storage container, wherein the protrusion dust storage container holding member is detachably and replaceably locked to a part of the cleaning disk. The cartridge for cleaning an optical disk device media cleaner according to claim 3, further comprising: 5. The cartridge for cleaning an optical disk device media cleaner according to claim 3, wherein the dust container is provided with an exhaust port with a filter. 6. The cartridge for cleaning an optical disk device media cleaner according to claim 3, 4 or 5, wherein a viscous member is provided inside said dust container. 7. A shape that can be mounted on an optical disk device,
A cartridge having an opening at least in a portion facing the optical pickup of the optical disc device when the optical disc device is mounted in the optical disc device, wherein the cartridge has a cleaning disc in the cartridge case. At least one protrusion, and a dust container is formed in at least a part of the inside of the cleaning disk, and an opening communicating with the dust container and the surface around the protrusion, and the dust container. A cartridge for cleaning a media cleaner of an optical disk device, wherein an exhaust port with a filter communicating with the surface of the cleaning disk on the side opposite to the protrusion is provided. 8. A cartridge for cleaning an optical disk device media cleaner according to claim 7, wherein a valve having elasticity for opening and closing the opening is provided in the vicinity of the opening on the side of the dust container. . 9. The cartridge for cleaning an optical disk device media cleaner according to claim 7, wherein a viscous member is provided in the dust storage portion. 10. A dust discharge port having an openable / closable mechanism for discharging the dust accumulated in the dust storage portion through the dust storage portion is provided on the surface of the cleaning disk. A cartridge for cleaning an optical disk device media cleaner according to 7, 8, or 9.