JPH06267097A - Cleaning disc - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the labor and time required for an operator to clean a head within a deck of an optical disc apparatus as an external memory device of a computer by constituting a cleaning disc of a recording/reproducing surface and a cotton cloth. CONSTITUTION:The cleaning disc is formed of a cleaning disc 2 for cleaning a head inside a deck of an optical disc apparatus and a cartridge case for accommodating the cleaning disc 2. The cleaning disc 2 has a hole 4 at the center thereof, and a recording/reproducing surface 2a at the inner peripheral part of a cleaning surface which is at least either a front or a rear face of the disc. A cotton cloth 2b is attached to the outer peripheral part adjacent to the inner peripheral part.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cleaning disc for cleaning a head in a deck portion in an optical disc device which is an external recording device of a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An example of conventional technology will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a cleaning disk and a deck portion, which is an example of a conventional technique, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a cleaning disc used in the cleaning disc of FIG. 3.

In FIG. 3, the cleaning disk 11
Is composed of a cleaning disk 12 for cleaning the head 7 provided in the deck portion 6 and a cartridge case 13 for accommodating the cleaning disk 12.

As shown in FIG. 4, the cleaning disk 12 has a hole 14 at the center thereof, and the cotton cloth 1 is provided on at least one surface thereof.
2a is attached.

The cartridge case 13 comprises a cleaning disk 12 and a mounting portion 15. The mounting portion 15 has a rectangular shape, and the width and thickness of the mounting portion 15 are set so that they can be inserted into the grooves 9a and 9b formed in the guide frames 10a and 10b of the deck portion 6. . The grooves 9a and 9b are the same as the grooves 9a and 9b.
The plane passing through b is set so as to pass through the tip of the spindle motor shaft 8. The length of the mounting portion 15 is such that when the cartridge case 13 is inserted into the deck portion 6 through the grooves 9a and 9b, the hole 14 of the cleaning disk 12 is the spindle motor shaft 8
It is set to be located on the tip of.

Next, an example of using a cleaning disk according to an example of the prior art will be described.

In FIG. 3, when an error in the recording / reproducing surface processing due to dirt on the head is detected, the operator discharges the work in progress and then cleans the optical disk device from the host device connected to the optical disk device. Command the execution of work. Then, the cartridge case 13 is inserted into the grooves 9a and 9b of the guide frame 10 of the deck portion 6.

When the cartridge case 13 is inserted until it hits the deck portion 6, the hole 14 in the cleaning disk 12 is inserted.
Is positioned directly above the spindle motor shaft 8 and the cartridge case 13 is loaded, the cleaning disk 12
Is fitted to the spindle motor shaft 8 through the hole 14 and after the cotton cloth 12a attachment surface contacts the head 7, the spindle motor shaft 8 rotates for a certain period of time and the head 7 is cleaned by the cotton cloth 12a. .

After that, when the rotation of the spindle motor shaft 8 is stopped, the cartridge case 13 is unloaded from the deck portion 6, and the operator operates the cartridge case 13.
When is discharged, the cleaning work is completed.

[0011]

In the above-mentioned conventional cleaning disc, when the head is cleaned, before the operator inserts the cartridge, the host device connected to the optical disc device instructs the optical disc device to perform the cleaning operation. However, since it is necessary to input operation conditions such as the rotation time of the spindle motor shaft, it takes a considerable amount of labor and time from the start to the end of head cleaning by the operator.

Therefore, the present invention improves the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art by automatically cleaning the head, and when the cleaning is completed, the cartridge is automatically ejected from the deck section, and the operator Is to reduce the time and effort required to clean the head.

[0013]

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems. As a means for solving the problems, a cleaning disk for cleaning a head in a deck portion and the cleaning disk are provided. The cleaning disc is provided with a hole for inserting the spindle motor shaft in the deck portion, the cleaning disc is provided with a recording / reproducing surface on the inner peripheral portion, and the adjacent outer peripheral portion is provided on the outer peripheral portion. The cleaning disc with the cotton cloth attached and the recording / playback surface of the cleaning disc recognize the cleaning disc inserted by the operator into the deck and automatically clean the head.When cleaning is complete, the cartridge is automatically ejected. ,
The present invention provides a cleaning disk on which program information and the like for controlling the number of rotations of the spindle motor shaft to an optimum value for cleaning the head are recorded.

[0014]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a cleaning disc and a deck portion of an optical disc device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a cleaning disc used as the cleaning disc of the optical disc device of FIG. is there.

The cleaning disc 1 includes a cleaning disc 2 for cleaning the head 7 provided in the deck portion 6,
The cartridge case 3 accommodates the cleaning disk 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, the cleaning disk 2 has a hole 4 in the center thereof, a recording / reproducing surface 2a on the inner peripheral portion of the front surface or the back surface, and a cotton cloth 2b attached on the outer peripheral portion adjacent thereto. There is. Here, on the recording / reproducing surface 2a, the operator recognizes the cleaning disk 1 inserted in the deck portion 6 to automatically clean the head 7, and when the cleaning is completed, the cartridge case 3 is automatically ejected. Information, program information for controlling the number of revolutions of the spindle motor shaft 8 to an optimum value for cleaning the head 7, and the like are recorded.

The cartridge case 3 is provided with mounting portions 5 on opposite side surfaces. The mounting portion 5 has a rectangular shape, and the width and thickness of the mounting portion 5 are the same as those of the guide frame 10 of the deck portion 6.
The size is set so that it can be inserted into the grooves 9a and 9b formed in a and 10b. The grooves 9a and 9b are set so that the plane passing through the grooves 9a and 9b passes through the tip of the spindle motor shaft 8. The length of the mounting portion 5 is the cartridge case 3
It is set so that the hole 4 of the cleaning disk 2 is located on the tip of the spindle motor shaft 8 when it is inserted into the deck portion 6 through the grooves 9a and 9b.

Next, a usage example of the cleaning disk of the optical disk device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In FIG. 1, when the operator cleans the lens surface of the head 7, the cartridge case 3 is inserted into the grooves 9a and 9b of the guide frames 10a and 10b of the deck portion 6. When the cartridge case 3 is inserted until it abuts on the deck portion 6, the hole 4 of the cleaning disc 2 is positioned directly above the spindle motor shaft 8 and when the cartridge case 3 is loaded, the cleaning disc 2 is inserted into the hole 4. The head 7 faces the cleaning disc 2 while being fitted to the spindle motor shaft 8 via the intermediary of the head 7 and the cleaning disc 2.

Next, the head 7 is drawn into the recording / reproducing surface 2a of the inner peripheral portion of the cleaning disk 2, and the head 7 reads the program information written on the recording / reproducing surface. The operator inputs the program information. When the optical disk device determines that the cartridge is a cleaning disk, the number of rotations of the spindle motor shaft 8 is first determined by the head 7
Is controlled to an optimum value for cleaning, and the head 7 moves from the recording / reproducing surface 2a in the inner peripheral portion to the sticking area of the cotton cloth 2b in the outer peripheral portion.

Here, the head 7 contacts the surface of the cleaning disk 2 to which the cotton cloth 2b is attached, and the dirt of the head 7 is cleaned by the rotational movement of the spindle motor shaft 8.

After a certain period of time, the spindle motor shaft 8 automatically stops rotating according to the above program information, the cartridge case 3 is unloaded from the deck portion 6 and then ejected, and the operator ejects the cleaning disk 1. Then, all cleaning work is completed.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the cleaning disk having the recording / reproducing surface on the inner peripheral portion and the cotton cloth attached on the adjacent outer peripheral portion is mounted on the spindle motor shaft of the deck portion by the cartridge case. If the optical disk drive determines that the cartridge inserted by the operator is a cleaning disk according to the program information written on the recording / reproducing surface of the inner peripheral portion of the cleaning disk when fitted and the spindle motor shaft is rotated, the head is cleaned. When the cleaning is completed, the cartridge is automatically ejected. Therefore, the operator does not need to spend time and time to clean the head, and the operator can easily clean the head.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cleaning disc according to an embodiment of the present invention and a deck portion of an optical disc device.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a cleaning disc used in the cleaning disc according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a cleaning disc according to an example of a conventional technique and a deck portion of an optical disc device.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a cleaning disc used in a conventional cleaning disc.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Cleaning Disc 2 Cleaning Disc 2a Recording / Reproducing Surface 2b Cotton Cloth 3 Cartridge Case 4 Hole 5 Placement Part 6 Deck Part 7 Head 8 Spindle Motor Shaft 9a, 9b Groove 10a, 10b Guide Frame 11 Cleaning Disc 12 Cleaning Disc 12a Cotton Cloth 13 Cartridge case 14 Hole 15 Placement part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An optical disk device comprising a cleaning disk for cleaning a head in a deck section and a cartridge case for housing the cleaning disk, wherein the cleaning disk has a hole for inserting a spindle motor shaft in the deck section. A cleaning disc provided with a recording / reproducing surface on the inner or outer surface of the cleaning disc, and a cotton cloth attached on the outer periphery of the cleaning disc. 2. Program information for automatically cleaning the head by recognizing the cleaning disk inserted into the deck section by the operator on the recording / reproducing surface of the cleaning disk, and automatically ejecting the cartridge when cleaning is completed. The cleaning disc according to claim 1, wherein