US1654713A - Attachment to sound-reproducing machines for record cleaning - Google Patents

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US1654713A
US1654713A US83794A US8379426A US1654713A US 1654713 A US1654713 A US 1654713A US 83794 A US83794 A US 83794A US 8379426 A US8379426 A US 8379426A US 1654713 A US1654713 A US 1654713A
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Watson Theodore
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WATSONIA ENGINEERING AND Manufacturing C
WATSONIA ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING Co Ltd Pty
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B3/00—Recording by mechanical cutting, deforming or pressing, e.g. of grooves or pits; Reproducing by mechanical sensing; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B3/58—Cleaning record carriers or styli, e.g. removing shavings or dust or electrostatic charges
    • G11B3/5809—Cleaning record carriers or styli, e.g. removing shavings or dust or electrostatic charges during transducing operation
    • G11B3/5818—Cleaning record carriers or styli, e.g. removing shavings or dust or electrostatic charges during transducing operation for record carriers
    • G11B3/5827—Cleaning record carriers or styli, e.g. removing shavings or dust or electrostatic charges during transducing operation for record carriers using means contacting the record carrier
    • G11B3/5836—Cleaning record carriers or styli, e.g. removing shavings or dust or electrostatic charges during transducing operation for record carriers using means contacting the record carrier means connected to the pick-up arm or head
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S29/00—Metal working
    • Y10S29/097—Cutter engaging cleaner

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  • Figurepl shows part of a record .adapted tofrotate in the direction indicated by an, arrow, and ads japentfl'portionsqof -a talking machineare shown, including a ,sound box'fitted with a brush, and. a needle. Thebrush cleans. the grooyes ⁇ before-the latt'erQreach the needle,
  • Figure. .2 is. a perspective. view of] my. at
  • Figure e is an e ev tionof-the brush front
  • Brush means in this specification a frictional sweeping element for cleaning the grooved record.
  • a frame 1 is made of bent metal or wire by producing a loop 2 near one end to form a fixed jaw, op-
  • Theclip 5 hasfreespringy flanges fi'tex tending towards one anothenatrthein lower edges, but by i n.sert ion of y the brush, ahead these flanges. are pressed slightly. apart;,.a11d,.
  • the clip slidably, relatively totermi-HaI-Jimbw 1, it is.connected.totaielirule, 5 ..which ,is
  • A -is.a needle, B .the1stylusbar, .G the so nd box, and s the. firs g o ve-of. the record tocbe-pl ayedd In , Figure .7, A is the needle loo (see Figure 7) than outwardly.
  • the brush is wide and is made to bear on the record surface, at, and both inward and outward of, Whatever groove of the record the needle engages, so that the groove meeting the needle; will always be clean.
  • the brush at first extends a greater distance inwardly and transversely of the grooves of the rec ords.-' j
  • a brush carrylng frame having a fixed jaw and an adjustable j aW loosely carried by the fixed aw and projectingto embrace over the peripheral wall and against opposite faces of the reproducer, said adjustable jaw having its engaging surface concave, the edges thereof'operating to grip the surface of the reproducer,
  • a fixed jaw having a threaded projection disposed parallel to the axis of the reproducer, an adjustable clamping jaw operating over said projection, andmeans operating over the threaded projection and against the adjustable clamping jaw.
  • a brush carrying frame comprisinga wire bent upon itself to form a Ushaped member, one arm thereof having an offset portion to form a jaw midway of its length operating to'engage againstthe back face of the reproducer, the
  • a brush carrying frame as claimed in claim 4,-in which the partially, threaded end of the wire is flattened between th-e'threads and the oifset portion, and the second jaw comprises an L-shaped member having one armconcave-to'bring the edges against the surface of the reproduc-er along radiating lines of the latter and the other arm U- shaped to embrace the flattened section of wire and prevent turning of the jaw.
  • a brush carrying frame having one end clamped to the re producer and the other end projecting parallel to the axis .of the reproducer and radiallyof the record, and a brush adjustable over said last mentioned frame'end from a point in the path of the r-eproducerneedle record to'wardsthe center thereof.
  • a record cleaner attachment to be and then transversely of the grooves of'the clamped to phonograph reproducers,: com-V prising a wire frame threaded'at one end and projecting in a straight line a distance substantially great-er than the intended clamping capacity of the attachmentfthe wire being then turned upon itself to form" a loop to engage the rear face of the repro ducer, the wire projecting straight again from the loop in a line substantially"parallel with the axis ofithe reproducer and'th en curving back on itself in a straight portion parallel to theother-straight portion, a'j'a'w adjustable over the threaded end'ofythe wire and relative to theloop to engagethe opposite side of thereproducer', a screwladjustableover the threaded end of the 'wire.
  • a brush. holder Iarranged on' the other straight. end; of the wire and comprisinganinverted Ushaped holder having a bracket movable about the wire and provided with aset screw adapted to engage the wlre, and a brush having a shaped holder.

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Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2509307A (en) * 1945-12-21 1950-05-30 Frederick G Madera Record cleaner

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US2509307A (en) * 1945-12-21 1950-05-30 Frederick G Madera Record cleaner

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