Stylus cleaner pad orientation in disc record player
US4464742A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 28, 1982 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B3/58
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The in-arm stylus cleaner includes a cleaner arm mounted for to-and-fro motion in the stylus arm carriage. A cleaning element, comprising a piece of compliant sheet, has one edge secured to the cleaner arm such that the cleaning element extends away from the cleaner arm substantially at right angles thereto. To clean the stylus, the cleaner arm is retracted, the reproducing stylus is raised back up into the carriage arm, the cleaner arm is freed to allow a wiping element mounted thereon to sweep the stylus tip, and the stylus is then gently lowered onto a turntable-disposed record to resume playback operations.
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