Appeal No. 1998-0146
Application 08/407,058
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-8, and 10. Claim 3
stands objected to. Claim 9 has been canceled.
We affirm-in-part.
BACKGROUND
The disclosed invention relates to an optical disk
apparatus in which an optical head objective lens is cleaned
using a cleaning disk. The cleaning disk, having a brush,
is mounted for rotation in place of the optical disk. The
objective lens is controlled to reciprocate back and forth
in a radial direction while simultaneously being moved
axially toward and away from the rotating cleaning disk.
Thus, there are three simultaneous cleaning motions: (1)
rotation of the cleaning disk; (2) reciprocating radial
movement of the lens; and (3) axial up-and-down movement of
the lens.
Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. An optical disk apparatus comprising:
a shaft rotatably driven by a motor;
a cleaning disk, having a brush, removably mounted
on said shaft;
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