Cleaning Device and a Method For Producing a Cleaning Device For Cleaning a Read and/or Write Interface of a Read and/or Write Unit

摘要

A cleaning device (1) for cleaning a lens of an optical head of an optical disc drive unit comprises a carrier disc (2) similar to a compact disc or a CD-ROM disc for inserting in a disc receiving area of the optical disc drive unit. A brush type element 97) comprising a woven base member 99) with tufted filaments (10) extending from the base member (9) is located in a receiving recess (5) in the carrier disc 92). The filaments (10) are flexible relative to the base member (9), and the tufting of the filaments in the base member (9) permits limited hinging of the filaments (10) relative to the base member (9). The depth of the base member (9) is less than the depth of the receiving recess (5), and the area of the base member 99) relative to the area of the receiving recess (5) is such as not to inhibit the flexibility of the filaments (10) relative to the base member (9). The carrier disc (2) is rotated in the disc receiving area of the optical disc drive unit, so that the brush type element (7) wipes the lens of the optical head for cleaning thereof.