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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masanori Shimo, Gose, JP;
Yoshinori Matsui, Kashiba, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 71 ; 369 71 ; 369292 ; 360128 ; 15160 ; 15DI / ;
Abstract
A lens-cleaning disc capable of efficiently removing dirt or dust on pickup lenses, equipped with a brush body comprising bristles fastened into the brush base, at a position facing the pickup lens when the disc is used, wherein the surface of the brush base may be constructed as an adhesive surface or the brush body may be placed at an angle with respect to a radial direction of the disc so that its inner end is located further forward than its outer end in the direction of rotation at all times during rotation of the disc.