1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to cleaning devices and, particularly, to a cleaner for cleaning a universal serial bus (USB) connector.
2. Description of Related Art
USB connectors have a recess for engagement with another USB connector. Contaminants may accumulate in the recess and degrade the performance of the USB connector. Because the recess is usually too small, manual cleaning can be inefficient.
What is needed therefore is a cleaner for cleaning USB connector addressing the limitations described.
The components of the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout several views.
The base 10 is substantially rectangular. The base 10 includes a first surface 11 and a second surface 12 opposite to the first surface 11. The cleaning head 20 is fixed on the first surface 11. The base 10 defines a through hole 13 passing through the first and second surfaces 11, 12. The through hole 13 is divided into a first hole portion 131 adjacent to the second surface 12 and a second hole portion 132 adjacent to the first surface 11. A size of the second hole portion 132 is smaller than that of the first hole portion 131. The base 10 further defines two guiding holes 14 in the second surface 12. The guiding holes 14 are positioned at two opposite sides of the through hole 13, respectively. In this embodiment, the guiding holes 14 are blind holes.
The cleaning head 20 includes a supporting member 21 and a cleaning brush 22 rotatably supported on the supporting member 21. The supporting member 21 defines a shaft hole 211. The cleaning brush 22 includes a disk body 221 and a shaft 222 connected to the disk body 221. The disk body 221 includes a first side surface 221a and a second side surface 221b opposite to the first side surface 221a. The disk body 221 includes a gear portion 221c formed on the first side surface 221a and a number of hairs 221d formed on the second side surface 221b. The shaft 222 is fixedly connected to a surface of the gear portion 221c away from the disk body 221 and coaxial with the gear portion 221c. The shaft 222 rotatably inserts into the shaft hole 211.
In other embodiments, the shaft hole 211 may be defined in the cleaning brush 22, and the shaft 222 may be formed on the supporting member 21.
A size of the cleaning head 20 should be small enough to insert into a recess of a USB connector (not shown).
The driving member 30 includes a handle portion 31, a driving portion 32 connected to the handle portion 31, and two guiding posts 33 connected to the handle portion 31 and corresponding to the guiding holes 14. The handle portion 32 includes a connecting surface 311 facing toward the second surface 12 of the base 10, the driving portion 32 and the guiding posts 33 are securely connected to the connecting surface 311. In this embodiment, the handle portion 32 is substantially rectangular-shaped. The driving portion 32 includes a sliding block 321 connected to the handle portion 32 and a rack 322 connected to an end of the sliding block 321 away from the handle portion 32. The handle portion 32 is slidably inserted into the through hole 13, the sliding bock 321 is received in the first hole portion 131, and the rack 322 passes out of the base 10 from the second hole portion 132 and meshes with the gear portion 221c. The guiding posts 33 are slidably inserted into the guiding holes 14, respectively.
The cleaner 100 further includes two restoring members 40 corresponding to the guiding posts 33. The restoring members 40 are respectively received in the guiding holes 14 and can be elastically compressed by the guiding posts 33. In this embodiment, the restoring members 40 are spiral springs.
In use, the cleaning head 20 is inserted into a recess of a USB connector (not shown). The second side surface 221b faces toward conductive pins of the USB connector, and the hairs 221d of the cleaning contacts with the conductive pins. The handle portion 31 of the driving member 30 is pressed to move to the base 10, the sliding block 321 moves to the cleaning head 20 along the first hole portion 131, and the rack 322 moves along a linear direction driven by the sliding block 321. During the movement of the rack 322, the cleaning brush 22 rotates to surround a central axis of the shaft 222. While the driving member 30 is moving toward the cleaning head 20, the guiding posts 33 elastically compress the restoring members 40. The handle portion 31 is driven to an original position by the restoring members 40, when a pressing force on the handle portion 31 stops. The cleaning brush 22 can also be rotated to clean the conductive pins 20 by a reverse movement of the rack 322.
It is believed that the present embodiments and their advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the examples hereinbefore described merely being exemplary embodiments of the disclosure.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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102103050 | Jan 2013 | TW | national |