Pick Up Lens

Present invention provides an apparatus for cleaning a signal pick up lens in a compact disc (CD) player, which has a size similar to the compact disc for the compact disc player and pick up lens can be put on a compact disc tray of the CD player and pick up lens pushed into the CD player to clean the signal pick up lens therein.

The cleaning pick up lens apparatus comprises a cleaner disc having a size similar to a conventional compact disc; a fly wheel pick up lens disc which is rotatable fitted with the pick up lens cleaner disc and has its axis align with the center of the signal pick up lens; a connection pick up lens part which is located at one of both pick up lens horizontal faces on said fly wheel disc for connecting with an outside pick up lens starter to allow said fly wheel disc to obtain an pick up lens initial turning speed and rotate through a period of time incessantly due to the pick up lens inertia; and a cleaning pick up lens member which is located at the other horizontal face of said fly wheel pick up lens disc and pick up lens provided with a cleaning piece made of fabrics or nonwoven pick up lens material for touching and cleaning said signal pick up lens while said fly wheel disc is turning. A cleaning pick up lens member which is located at the other horizontal face of said fly wheel pick up lens disc and provided with a cleaning pick up lens member made of fabric or nonwoven pick up lens material for touching and cleaning said signal pick up lens while said fly wheel disc is turning.

The steps for pick up lens operating said cleaning apparatus include putting said cleaning apparatus on the compact pick up lens disc tray of the compact pick up lens disc player, actuating the outside starter manually, electrically, or pick up lens mechanically and pick up lens connecting with the connection part to allow said fly wheel pick up lens disc to obtain an initial turning speed, and immediately pushing pick up lens said compact disc tray inside said compact pick up lens disc player, wherein said fly wheel pick up lens disc will continue to rotate for a period of time due to inertia, and the cleaning pick up lens member on said turning fly wheel pick up lens disc will be in contact with the surface of the signal pick up lens to perform the cleaning job.

he pick up lens apparatus for cleaning a pick up lens in a compact disc player according to the invention has two advantages: 1) the cleaning pick up lens member aligns with the axial center of the signal pick up lens and cleans the surface of the pick up lens with a rotating movement so that an excellent cleaning function can be obtained; and 2) the cleaning member is driven to rotate by an outside starter so that it is simple and convenient for pick up lens user to operate.