Brush cleaning apparatus and cleaning system for disk-shaped objects using same
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1. A brush cleaning apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of brush cleaning means for transporting and cleaning disk-shaped objects one at a time between a pair of brushes, each of said brush cleaning means comprising a pair of rotary brushes arranged in parallel one above the other, guides for guiding the disk-shaped objects during cleaning, said guides being arranged perpendicular to axes of the rotary brushes and adjacent the rotary brushes, and a stopper means for blocking movement of the disk-shaped objects and releasing the disk-shaped objects for movement along a transport direction perpendicular to the axes of the rotary brushes, said stopper means being located at a distance from the brush cleaning means along the transport direction, said stopper means including a pair of stopper rods, a spacing between said pair of stopper rods being adjustable, whereby the disk-shaped objects are transported at a speed during cleaning, which speed is controlled by adjusting a rate of change in magnitude of the spacing between the stopper rods.
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A brush cleaning apparatus which includes at least one brush cleaning means having a pair of rotary brushes that are arranged in parallel one above the other. Disk-shaped objects are transported one at a time between the brushes so as to be cleaned thereby. A stopper is provided in front of the disk-shaped objects. The stopper selectively blocks movement of the disk-shaped objects and releases the disk-shaped objects for controlled movement of the disk-shaped objects through the cleaning apparatus.
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1. A brush cleaning apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of brush cleaning means for transporting and cleaning disk-shaped objects one at a time between a pair of brushes, each of said brush cleaning means comprising a pair of rotary brushes arranged in parallel one above the other, guides for guiding the disk-shaped objects during cleaning, said guides being arranged perpendicular to axes of the rotary brushes and adjacent the rotary brushes, and a stopper means for blocking movement of the disk-shaped objects and releasing the disk-shaped objects for movement along a transport direction perpendicular to the axes of the rotary brushes, said stopper means being located at a distance from the brush cleaning means along the transport direction, said stopper means including a pair of stopper rods, a spacing between said pair of stopper rods being adjustable, whereby the disk-shaped objects are transported at a speed during cleaning, which speed is controlled by adjusting a rate of change in magnitude of the spacing between the stopper rods.
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9. A cleaning system for disk-shaped objects comprising:
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a carrier for accommodating disk-shaped objects therein; a loader mechanism for loading the disk-shaped objects one by one from the carrier to brush cleaning sections of the cleaning system in which the disk-shaped objects are cleaned, said brash cleaning sections being directly located next to the loader mechanism; rinse sections for rinsing disk-shaped objects cleaned in the brash cleaning sections; drying sections for drying disk-shaped objects rinsed in the rinse sections; an unloader mechanism for receiving the disk-shaped objects from the drying section and placing said disk-shaped objects into another carrier; and a disk-shaped object transportation belt mechanism for transporting the disk-shaped objects between the brash cleaning sections, the rinse sections, and the drying sections, wherein each of the brash cleaning sections comprises a plurality of brash cleaning means for transporting and cleaning disk-shaped objects one by one between pairs of brushes, each of the brush cleaning means comprising; a pair of rotary brushes arranged in parallel one above the other, guides for guiding the disk-shaped objects during cleaning, said guides being arranged perpendicular to axes of the rotary brushes and adjacent the rotary brushes, and a stopper means for blocking movement of the disk-shaped objects and releasing the disk-shaped objects for movement along a transportation direction, the stopper means being located at a distance from the brush cleaning means along the transportation direction and perpendicularly to the axes of the rotary brushes, said stopper means including a pair of stopper rods, a spacing between said pair of stopper rods being adjustable, whereby the disk-shaped objects are advanced along the transportation direction at a speed which speed is controlled by adjusting a rate of change in magnitude of the spacing of the stopper rods. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A cleaning system for disk-shaped objects comprising:
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a carrier for accommodating disk-shaped objects therein; a loader mechanism for loading the disk-shaped objects one by one from the carrier to brush cleaning sections of the cleaning system in which the disk-shaped objects are cleaned, said brush cleaning sections being directly located next to the loader mechanism; rinse sections for rinsing disk-shaped objects cleaned in the brush cleaning sections; drying sections for drying disk-shaped objects rinsed in the rinse sections; an unloader mechanism for receiving the disk-shaped objects from the drying section and placing said disk-shaped objects into another carrier; a disk-shaped object transportation belt mechanism for transporting the disk-shaped objects between the brash cleaning sections, the rinse sections, and the drying sections, wherein each of the brash cleaning sections comprises;
a plurality of brash cleaning means for transporting and cleaning disk-shaped objects one by one between pairs of brushes, each of the brush cleaning means comprising;a pair of rotary brushes arranged in parallel one above the other, guides for guiding the disk-shaped objects during cleaning, said guides being arranged perpendicular to axes of the rotary brushes and adjacent the rotary brushes, and a stopper means for blocking movement of the disk-shaped objects and releasing the disk-shaped objects for movement along a transportation direction, the stopper means being located at a distance from the brash cleaning means along the transportation direction and perpendicularly to the axes of the rotary brushes, said stopper means including a pair of stopper rods, a spacing between said pair of stopper rods being adjustable, whereby the disk-shaped objects are advanced along the transportation direction at a speed which speed is controlled by adjusting a rate of change in magnitude of the spacing of the stopper rods; and at least one auxiliary brash cleaning means for cleaning a leading tip of each disk-shaped object, said at least one auxiliary brash cleaning means including a pair of auxiliary rotary brushes arranged in parallel one above the other and located at a distance from the stopper means along the transportation direction of the disk-shaped objects. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A cleaning system for disk-shaped objects comprising:
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a carrier for accommodating disk-shaped objects therein; a loader mechanism for loading the disk-shaped objects one by one from the carrier to brush cleaning sections of the cleaning system in which the disk-shaped objects are cleaned, said brush cleaning sections being directly located next to the loader mechanism; rinse sections for rinsing disk-shaped objects cleaned in the brush cleaning sections; drying sections for drying disk-shaped objects rinsed in the rinse sections; an unloader mechanism for receiving the disk-shaped objects from the drying section and placing said disk-shaped objects into another carrier; a disk-shaped object transportation belt mechanism for transporting the disk-shaped objects between the brush cleaning sections, the rinse sections, and the drying sections, wherein each of the brush cleaning sections comprises;
a plurality of brush cleaning means for transporting and cleaning disk-shaped objects one by one between pairs of brushes, each of the brush cleaning means comprising;a pair of rotary brushes arranged in parallel one above the other, disk-shaped object guides for guiding the disk-shaped objects during cleaning, said disk-shaped object guides being arranged perpendicular to axes of the rotary brushes and adjacent the rotary brushes, and a stopper means for blocking movement of the disk-shaped objects and releasing the disk-shaped objects for movement along a transportation direction, the stopper means being located at a distance from the brush cleaning means along the transportation direction and perpendicularly to the axes of the rotary brushes, said stopper means including a pair of stopper rods, a spacing between said pair of stopper rods being adjustable, whereby the disk-shaped objects are advanced along the transportation direction at a speed which speed is controlled by adjusting a rate of change in magnitude of the spacing of the stopper rods; and an auxiliary stopper means for blocking movement of the disk-shaped objects and releasing the disk-shaped objects for movement along the transportation direction, said auxiliary stopper means being located at a distance from the at least one auxiliary brush cleaning means along the transportation direction of the disk-shaped objects. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A cleaning system for disk-shaped objects comprising:
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a carrier for accommodating disk-shaped objects therein; a loader mechanism for loading the disk-shaped objects one by one from the carrier to brush cleaning sections of the cleaning system in which the disk-shaped objects are cleaned, said brush cleaning sections being directly located next to the loader mechanism; rinse sections for rinsing disk-shaped objects cleaned in the brush cleaning sections; drying sections for drying disk-shaped objects rinsed in the rinse sections; an unloader mechanism for receiving the disk-shaped objects from the drying section and placing said disk-shaped objects into another carrier; and a disk-shaped object transportation belt mechanism for transporting the disk-shaped objects between the brush cleaning sections, the rinse sections, and the drying sections, wherein each of the brush cleaning sections comprises a plurality of brush cleaning means for transporting and cleaning disk-shaped objects one by one between pairs of brushes, each of the brush cleaning means comprising; a pair of rotary brushes arranged in parallel one above the other, disk-shaped object guides for guiding the disk-shaped objects during cleaning, said disk-shaped object guides being arranged perpendicular to axes of the rotary brushes and adjacent the rotary brushes, and a stopper means for blocking movement of the disk-shaped objects and releasing the disk-shaped objects for movement along a transportation direction, the stopper means being located at a distance from the brush cleaning means alone the transportation direction and perpendicularly to the axes of the rotary brushes, said stopper means including a pair of stopper rods, a spacing between said pair of stopper rods being adjustable, whereby the disk-shaped objects are advanced along the transportation direction at a speed which speed is controlled by adjusting a rate of change in magnitude of the spacing of the stopper rods; and an auxiliary stopper means for blocking movement of the disk-shaped objects and releasing the disk-shaped objects for movement along the transportation direction, said auxiliary stopper means being located at a distance from at least one auxiliary brush cleaning means in the transportation direction of the disk shaped objects, said auxiliary stopper means comprising a pair of auxiliary stopper rods, a spacing between said pair of auxiliary stopper rods being adjustable, whereby a disk-shaped object is stopped in place when the space between the pair of the stopper rods is smaller than the diameter of the disk-shaped object, the disk-shaped object is slowly moved forward as the spaced between the pair of stopper rods is slowly increased, and the disk-shaped object is moved out of the apparatus when the space between the pair of stopper rods is larger the diameter of the disk-shaped object.
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