Cleaner unit for information disks
CA 2104597 C · Owner: Graham, Dean S. · Inventors: Gibson, Gary D.; Graham, Dean S.; Lavinsky, Joshua F.
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A cleaner unit is provided for applying a liquid cleaning solution onto the surface of an information disk, such as a so-called compact laser disk or the like. The cleaner unit comprises a housing with a rotatable spindle adapted to support the information disk in a generally horizontal orientation in combination with a circulation , system having a rotatable pump impeller for spraying a jet of a cleaning solution onto the underside of the disk near the spindle. A drive motor is operated by a control circuit for initially rotating the spindle and impeller in a first direction for spraying the cleaning solution against the spinning disk with, the rotational disk movement causing the …
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- Filed March 17, 1992 and granted August 15, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 17, 2012.
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