US3534425A - Record cleaning device - Google Patents

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US3534425A
US3534425A US785858A US3534425DA US3534425A US 3534425 A US3534425 A US 3534425A US 785858 A US785858 A US 785858A US 3534425D A US3534425D A US 3534425DA US 3534425 A US3534425 A US 3534425A
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Cecil Ernest Watts
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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
    • G11B3/589—Cleaning record carriers or styli, e.g. removing shavings or dust or electrostatic charges before or after transducing operation

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  • a record cleaning device comprising an elongated brush composed of closely packed synthetic filaments and a container for the brush, the container having a moistening pad which, when the container is closed is in contact with the tips of the brush filaments, the pad comprising a sponge body, a perforated cover over the face of the body adjacent the brush filaments, and a sheet of plush mate rial between the cover and the sponge body.
  • the present invention relates to the cleaning of gramophone records.
  • a record cleaning device comprising an elongated brush composed of closely-packed synthetic filaments and a container for the brush, the container having a moistening pad which when the container is closed is in contact with the tips of the brush filaments, the pad comprising a sponge body, a perforated cover over the face of the body adjacent the brush filaments, and a sheet of plush material between the cover and the sponge body.
  • the brush is stored in the container under such conditions that when withdrawn for use it is slightly moist.
  • the user has only to moisten the pad from time to time, preferably with distilled water.
  • To clean the brush it can be drawn across the perforated cover of the moistening pad so that the dirt is transferred to the "United States Patent ice plush material and when this becomes too dirty it can easily be removed and washed or replaced.
  • the moistening pad is contained in a lid of the container and the perforated cover is flush with the edge of the lid when open.
  • the brush is placed in the container with the tips of its filaments outwards and when the lid is closed the perforated cover comes into contact with the filament tips.
  • the tips of the filaments are tapered so that they penetrate to the bottom of the record grooves.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a record cleaning device in accordance with the invention with the container lid open and parts of the moistening pad cut away to show its construction
  • FIG. 2 is a longitudinal section of the brush and container in the closed condition
  • FIG. 3 is a detail of the moistening pad on an enlarged scale.
  • the device shown in the drawing includes an elongated brush having closely packed synthetic filaments 10 mounted in a wooden holder or brush back 11 by means of a glue or resin.
  • the brush is about four inches long and a quarter of an inch wide and is composed of filaments of 3 or 5 thousandths of an inch in diameter and having tapered tips.
  • the free length of the filaments is about half an inch.
  • the brush is accommodated in the body 12 of a container of synthetic plastics material. Also accommodated in a separate end compartment 13 is a stylus cleaner 14 composed of plush 15 wrapped about a holder.
  • a lid 17 is hinged to the body 12 of the container and is fitted with a snap-on catch 18.
  • a mounting pad which consists of a block 19 of sponge or synthetic foam, a sheet 20 of synthetic plush material and a perforated cover 21.
  • the perforated cover is formed of a sheet of synthetic material such as PVC or cellulose acetate with a thickness of, for example, ten thousandths of an inch.
  • the perforations are of relatively large diameter, up to about one sixteenth of an inch.
  • the sheet is of a length such that it covers the face of the moistening pad and is folded round behind the sponge block 19.
  • the plush sheet 20 is disposed between the block 19 and the perforated cover 21 with the pile outwards towards the cover 21 as can be seen in FIG. 3.
  • the dimensions of the container are such that when the lid 17 is closed the tips of the brush filaments 10 are resting against the perforated cover 21 of the moistening pad.
  • the brush can be taken out and because of the humid atmosphere in which it has been maintained is sufficiently moist to facilitate the removal of dust from an electrostatically-charged record.
  • the dust can then be removed from the brush by drawing the brush across the perforations in the cover of the moistening pad before the brush is returned to the container.
  • the plush sheet is dirty it can easily be removed for washing or replacement.
  • a record cleaning device comprising an elongated brush composed of closely packed synthetic filaments and a container for the brush, the container having a moisten- 1 References Cited I ingpad Whiiillf Whl'f"fli"'fifziifil” is'clbs'd'i's"iii'doi-F' W i tact with the tips of the brush filaments, the pad com- UNITED STATES PATENTS prising a sponge body, a perforated cover over the face 114101660 3/1922 'Duclos 15 160' 0f the body adjacent the brush filaments, and a sheet of 1444236 2/1923 Cook 15 160 X plush material between the cover and the sponge body. 11/1960 Taylor?

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Cited By (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
USD243382S (en) * 1975-08-18 1977-02-15 Fidelitone, Inc. Record washer or similar article
USD248817S (en) 1977-03-24 1978-08-08 Spencer Richard O Phonograph record cleaner
US4155448A (en) * 1977-12-22 1979-05-22 Horian James G Record cleaner
US4232871A (en) * 1976-11-01 1980-11-11 Horian Richard C Manual record cleaner

Citations (5)

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US1410660A (en) * 1921-04-09 1922-03-28 Clarence E Duclos Magnetic brush for cleaning talking-machine records
US1444236A (en) * 1922-02-13 1923-02-06 Louis E Cook Record-dusting brush
US2958886A (en) * 1959-01-12 1960-11-08 Clarence R Taylor Phonograph record cleaner
DE1225407B (de) * 1965-03-25 1966-09-22 Merten Geb Reinigungsgeraet fuer Schallplatten
US3428988A (en) * 1967-08-11 1969-02-25 John A Blackburn Credit card cleaning apparatus

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1410660A (en) * 1921-04-09 1922-03-28 Clarence E Duclos Magnetic brush for cleaning talking-machine records
US1444236A (en) * 1922-02-13 1923-02-06 Louis E Cook Record-dusting brush
US2958886A (en) * 1959-01-12 1960-11-08 Clarence R Taylor Phonograph record cleaner
DE1225407B (de) * 1965-03-25 1966-09-22 Merten Geb Reinigungsgeraet fuer Schallplatten
US3428988A (en) * 1967-08-11 1969-02-25 John A Blackburn Credit card cleaning apparatus

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
USD243382S (en) * 1975-08-18 1977-02-15 Fidelitone, Inc. Record washer or similar article
US4232871A (en) * 1976-11-01 1980-11-11 Horian Richard C Manual record cleaner
USD248817S (en) 1977-03-24 1978-08-08 Spencer Richard O Phonograph record cleaner
US4155448A (en) * 1977-12-22 1979-05-22 Horian James G Record cleaner

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