Record cleaning device

Claim 1

A record cleaning device, comprising: a container body adpated to be located above a record to be cleaned, said body having a generally longitudinal dimension extending normal to recording groves on the record, said container body having a cavity for receiving therein an adhesive material to be applied onto a surface of the record, said cavity extending in the longitudinal direction of the container body and having cross sections normal to the longitudinal direction thereof which increase from one end to be located near the center of the record to the other end to be located near the outer periphery of the record, said adhesive material being adapted to be peeled off the surface as a film after the material dries; a slit formed in the bottom of said container body to longitudinally extend along substantially the entire length of the cavity; an arm member attached to said one end of the container body to be integrally formed therewith; positioning means provided at an end of said arm member, said positioning means being adapted to be located at the center of the record to be cleaned so that the container body can be rotated over the record; and support means situated at at least one of the bottom face of the container body which does not locate over the surface of the record to be cleaned and the bottom face of the arm member, a clearance being formed between the bottom face of the contaner body including the bottom of the slit and the upper surface of the record to be cleaned when the cleaning device is located over the record, so that the adhesive material can be applied uniformly onto the upper surface of the record through said slit and said clearance when the container body is turned over the record.