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Disk cleaning device and disk operating apparatus incorporating the same

CA 2048703 A1 · Owner: Sasaki, Toshikazu · Inventors: Sasaki, Toshikazu; Tanaka Katsufusa; Kawamura, Masaharu

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A disk operating apparatus includes a recording/reproducing device and a disk cleaning device both mounted on an upright stocker between a pair of opposed side plates thereof. The cleaning device is able to automatically clean a great number of disks in a simple and most efficient manner in a short time. To this end, a disk cartridge 110 is loaded into a housing 10 by means of a loading mechanism 12 and placed in position on a turntable 18 with a portion of the disk 112 in the cartridge being exposed therefrom. The turntable 18 is rotated by a drive mechanism 28 while a cleaning tape 15 which is wound at one end thereof around a feeding reel 22 and at the other end thereof around a winding …

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  • Filed August 8, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 8, 2011.
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FiledAugust 8, 1991
GrantedNo grant recorded
Term endedAugust 8, 2011
Patent numberCA 2048703 A1
Classification (IPC)G11B23/50 +1 more

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