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Cleaning disc cartridge

US5966360A · kind A · utility

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4References
15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 26, 1997
Grant dateOct 12, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 26, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B11/10584
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cleaning disc cartridge capable of concurrently cleaning both a magnetic head of a magneto-optical disc apparatus and an optical lens thereof without causing any error in reading of a signal. A rotating disc is provided on one surface thereof opposite to a magnetic head of the apparatus with a head cleaning member and on the other surface thereof opposite to an objective lens of the apparatus with lens cleaning members. The rotating disc includes a disc body which is provided with an inventory region defined on an inner peripheral side of a lens cleaning member arrangement region, a reproduction-only region defined on an outer peripheral side of the lens cleaning member arrangement region, and an information recording and reproducing region outside the reproduction-only region.

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