EP2293886B1 - Dispositif de nettoyage et procédé de nettoyage - Google Patents

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EP2293886B1
EP2293886B1 EP09794390A EP09794390A EP2293886B1 EP 2293886 B1 EP2293886 B1 EP 2293886B1 EP 09794390 A EP09794390 A EP 09794390A EP 09794390 A EP09794390 A EP 09794390A EP 2293886 B1 EP2293886 B1 EP 2293886B1
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Tatsuya Satoh
Yoichi Okamoto
Akihiro Fuchigami
Yuusuke Taneda
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  • a certain aspect of the present invention relates to a cleaning device and a cleaning method for removing a deposit adhering to an object using solid cleaning media.
  • a viscous liquid called "flux” is sprayed onto a substrate to improve the wettability of solder.
  • the flux adheres to a printed circuit board (PCB) or a jig called “pallet” for holding the PCB because of the heat of solder. Therefore, it is necessary to remove the adhering flux from the pallet.
  • the pallet is now widely used in soldering processes and is made of an epoxy resin containing glass fibers. Since the pallet is repeatedly used for soldering processes, the flux accumulates to form a thick layer and becomes difficult to remove.
  • the manufacturers are trying to promote effective use of resources by recycling the bodies (base tubes) of photosensitive drums of image forming apparatuses.
  • photosensitive drums are recycled as raw materials, or their base tubes are reused by removing the photosensitive layers with a remover (parting agent), by abrasive blasting, or by grinding.
  • a remover parting agent
  • abrasive blasting or by grinding.
  • this method is not preferable in terms of energy consumption, effects on the environment, and production costs.
  • the applicant has previously proposed a cleaning device using cleaning media in an effort to solve or reduce the above problems.
  • the proposed cleaning device uses flexible cleaning media shaped like flakes and is configured to remove a deposit adhering to an object by causing the cleaning media to collide with the deposit.
  • the proposed cleaning device is effective for removing a deposit of particles such as toner or dust, it is not highly effective for removing a film-like deposit covering an object.
  • aspects of the present invention provide a cleaning device and a cleaning method that solve or reduce one or more problems caused by the limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
  • An aspect of the present invention provides a cleaning device for removing a deposit adhering to an object to be cleaned.
  • the cleaning device includes a cleaning chamber forming a space for housing multiple cleaning media shaped like flakes; a circulating air-flow generating unit configured to generate a circulating air flow to cause the cleaning media to fly and repeatedly collide with the object in the cleaning chamber and thereby to remove the deposit adhering to the object; and a cleaning medium recycling unit configured to suction and remove the deposit adhering to the cleaning media that have collided with the object and thereby to recycle the cleaning media.
  • the pencil hardness of the cleaning media is greater than the pencil hardness of the deposit.
  • Another aspect of the present invention provides a method of removing a deposit adhering to an object to be cleaned.
  • the method includes the steps of causing multiple cleaning media shaped like flakes to fly and repeatedly collide with the object in a cleaning chamber by a circulating air flow to remove the deposit adhering to the object; and suctioning and removing the deposit adhering to the cleaning media that have collided with the object to recycle the cleaning media.
  • the pencil hardness of the cleaning media is greater than the pencil hardness of the deposit.
  • Still another aspect of the present invention provides a cleaning medium shaped like a flake and used in a cleaning device for removing a deposit adhering to an object to be cleaned.
  • the cleaning device is configured to cause the cleaning medium to fly and repeatedly collide with the object in a cleaning chamber by using a circulating air flow to remove the deposit adhering to the object and configured to suction and remove the deposit adhering to the cleaning medium that has collided with the object to recycle the cleaning medium.
  • the pencil hardness of the cleaning medium is greater than the pencil hardness of the deposit.
  • FIGs. 1A through 1C are drawings illustrating a configuration of a cleaning device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1A is a cut-away front view of the cleaning device 1;
  • FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view of the cleaning device 1 taken along line A-A shown in FIG. 1A ; and
  • FIG. 1C is a top view of the cleaning device 1.
  • the cleaning device 1 includes a cleaning chamber unit 2 and a holding unit 3.
  • the cleaning device 1 removes a deposit adhering to an object 4 (that is to be cleaned) being held by the holding unit 3 by causing cleaning media M shaped like flakes (small, thin pieces of a material) to fly and collide with the deposit or the object 4 by using an air flow.
  • the cleaning chamber unit 2 includes a cleaning chamber 6, a cleaning medium accelerating unit 7, and a cleaning medium recycling unit 8.
  • the cleaning chamber 6 includes a cleaning chamber body 9 and a separating unit 10.
  • the cleaning chamber body 9 has a semi-cylindrical, rectangular, or pyramid shape having side walls and an upper opening.
  • the separating unit 10 has many small pores or slits that allow a gas and a removed deposit to pass through but do not allow the cleaning media M to pass through.
  • the separating unit 10 is a porous part such as a wire mesh, a plastic mesh, a perforated metal, or a slit plate and has a smooth shape (e.g., semi-cylindrical shape) to prevent accumulation of the cleaning media M.
  • the separating unit 10 is disposed in the cleaning chamber body 9 at a uniform distance from the internal surface of the cleaning chamber body 9.
  • the cleaning medium accelerating unit 7 is used as a circulating air-flow generating unit and includes cleaning medium accelerating nozzles 11 and a compressed air supplying unit 12.
  • the compressed air supplying unit 12 is, for example, implemented by a compressor.
  • the cleaning medium accelerating nozzles 11 are arranged in a straight line along the center line of the bottom of the cleaning chamber body 9 and run through the cleaning chamber body 9 and the separating unit 10.
  • the compressed air supplying unit 12 supplies compressed air to the cleaning medium accelerating nozzles 11 via an air line 14 having a control valve 13.
  • the cleaning medium accelerating nozzles 11 jet the compressed air supplied from the compressed air supplying unit 12 and thereby cause the cleaning media M to fly.
  • FIGs . 2A and 2B are enlarged cut-away side views of a part around the cleaning chamber unit 2 seen from the back of FIG. 1A .
  • FIG. 2A shows an enlarged view of the cleaning chamber unit 2 shown in FIG. 1A ; and
  • FIG. 2B shows a variation of the cleaning chamber unit 2.
  • the cleaning medium recycling unit 8 includes a suction duct 15, a suction unit 16, and a cleaning medium decelerating unit 17.
  • the suction duct 15 is formed as a gap between the cleaning chamber body 9 and the separating unit 10.
  • the suction unit 16 suctions air from the cleaning chamber body 9 via a suction tube 18 and evacuates air or a removed film-like deposit suctioned via the separating unit 10 into the suction duct 15.
  • the amount of air to be suctioned by the suction unit 16 is greater than the amount of compressed air jetted from the cleaning medium accelerating nozzles 11.
  • the suction unit 16 is capable of generating a negative pressure in the cleaning chamber body 9.
  • the separating unit 10 may instead be provided for only a part of the cleaning chamber 6 and the cleaning chamber body 9 may be provided to cover the pores or slits of the separating unit 10 to form an isolated suction duct 15.
  • the cleaning medium decelerating unit 17 has a predetermined length.
  • a laminar flow forming unit 19 shaped like a square bracket is provided on each side of the cleaning chamber body 9.
  • Linear guides 20 having a thickness of about 5 mm and shaped like rectangular columns are provided at edges of a flat upper surface of the laminar flow forming unit 19.
  • the linear guides 20 are made of, for example, fluoroplastic having a smooth surface and used to support the holding unit 3.
  • Parallel side guides 21 form side walls of the laminar flow forming unit 19.
  • the linear guides 20 and the side guides 21 together guide the movement of the holding unit 3.
  • the linear guides 20 are designed to provide a gap 22 between the flat upper surface of the laminar flow forming unit 19 and the holding unit 3. The length of the gap 22 is determined such that the cleaning media M do not get stuck in the gap 22.
  • the size of the linear guides 20 may be determined freely according to the size of the cleaning media M as long as an air flow flowing into the gap 22 can achieve enough speed.
  • the holding unit 3 is shaped like a long plate and is longer than the object 4.
  • the holding unit 3 includes an object holding part 23 disposed in the center of the holding unit 3.
  • the object holding part 23 is shaped like a recess and has dimensions corresponding to those of the object 4.
  • the object holding part 23 is made of an elastic material such as polyurethane rubber or resin foam and is used to fix the object 4. Assuming that a target surface of the object 4 which is to be cleaned is flat, the object 4 is placed and fixed in the object holding part 23 such that the target surface is positioned at the same height as that of the surface of the holding unit 3 other than the object holding part 23.
  • the object holding part 23 may have any other configuration as long as it can hold the object 4 without forming a gap between the holding unit 3 and the object 4. If such a gap is present, air flows into the gap and the cleaning media M may get stuck in the gap.
  • the holding unit 3 is detachably attached to a driving unit (not shown) such as a direct drive motor, an air cylinder, or a wire drive unit.
  • the holding unit 3 is caused to move along the laminar flow forming unit 19 in synchronization with the operations of the cleaning chamber unit 2 according to a control signal from a control unit.
  • FIGs. 3A and 3B are perspective views of the holding unit 3.
  • FIG. 3A illustrates how to attach the object 4 to the holding unit 3 and how to attach the holding unit 3 to the cleaning chamber unit 2; and
  • FIG. 3B illustrates movement of the holding unit 3.
  • a proper number (determined by an experiment) of the cleaning media M are introduced into the cleaning chamber 6.
  • the object 4 is placed in the object holding part 23 of the holding unit 3.
  • the holding unit 3 is turned upside down so that the object 4 faces the cleaning chamber unit 2 and is placed on the cleaning chamber unit 2.
  • the holding unit 3 holding the object 4 is connected to a driving unit (not shown) and the object 4 (or the holding unit 3) is moved above the cleaning chamber 6 as shown in FIG. 3B .
  • a control unit (not shown) is turned on.
  • the control unit drives the suction unit 16 to suction air from the cleaning chamber 6.
  • the air pressure in the cleaning chamber 6 becomes different from the external air pressure.
  • the differential pressure in turn generates an air flow flowing into the cleaning chamber 6 through the gap 22 formed by the linear guide 20 between the laminar flow forming unit 19 and the holding unit 3.
  • the air flow passes over the flat surface of the laminar flow forming unit 19, is thereby turned into a laminar flow, and causes external air to flow into the cleaning chamber 6.
  • the control unit then drives the compressed air supplying unit 12 and opens the control valve 13 to supply compressed air to the cleaning medium accelerating nozzles 11.
  • the cleaning medium accelerating nozzles 11 jet the compressed air and thereby generate a vertically-upward air flow (circulating air flow) in the cleaning chamber 6.
  • the circulating air flow (including turbulent air flow) generated by the cleaning medium accelerating nozzles 11 causes the cleaning media M in the cleaning chamber 6 to fly and collide with the object 4. As a result, a deposit on the surface of the object 4 is removed by the cleaning media M. After colliding with the object 4, the cleaning media M fall toward the bottom of the cleaning chamber 6 due to the air flow and the force of gravity. The cleaning media M are attracted by suction to the separating unit 10 and slide down the surface of the separating unit 10 to an area around the cleaning medium accelerating nozzles 11.
  • the deposit removed from the object 4 and adhering to the cleaning media M is separated from the cleaning media M by the separating unit 10, and the separated deposit is collected by the suction unit 16 via the suction duct 15 and the suction tube 18. Meanwhile, the cleaning media M fell onto an area near the cleaning medium accelerating nozzles 11 are caused to fly vertically-upward again by the air flow generated by the cleaning medium accelerating nozzles 11.
  • the deposit on the surface of the object 4 can be removed by repeating the above process.
  • Each of the cleaning media M (cleaning medium M) is designed such that it can be caused to fly by an air flow. More particularly, the material, weight, size, and/or shape of the cleaning medium M is determined based on the characteristics (shape, material, etc.) of the object 4 and the characteristics (pencil hardness, bond strength, etc.) of a filmy deposit adhering to the object 4; and then the speed and flow rate of an air flow necessary to cause the cleaning medium M to fly are determined.
  • the energy of the cleaning medium M increases, i.e., the acting force of the cleaning medium M colliding with the object 4 increases, and accordingly the cleaning performance improves.
  • the number of times the cleaning medium M is circulated in the cleaning chamber 6 increases, i.e., the number of times the cleaning medium collides with the object 4 increases, and accordingly the cleaning efficiency improves.
  • the cleaning medium decelerating unit 17 assists the cleaning medium accelerating unit 7 in causing the cleaning media M to randomly collide with the object 4.
  • the cleaning medium M Since the mass of the flake-like cleaning medium M is very small relative to the air resistance, the cleaning medium M faithfully follows the movement of the turbulent air flow and makes complex movements.
  • the cleaning medium M since the cleaning medium M repeatedly collides with the object 4 while rotating on its axis and being also rotated by the turbulent air flow, it can efficiently clean even an object with a complex shape.
  • FIGs. 4A and 4B are drawings illustrating removal of a film-like deposit by sliding contact.
  • "d” indicates a film-like deposit and "C” indicates the movement direction of the cleaning medium M.
  • the cleaning medium M scrapes the film-like deposit d.
  • the cleaning medium M with the scraped deposit d' flies away as shown in FIG. 4B and collides with other cleaning media M or the separating unit 10. As a result, the deposit d' is removed from the cleaning medium M. This process is described in more detail below.
  • FIGs. 5A and 5B are enlarged views of parts of FIGs. 4A and 4B .
  • FIG. 5A shows the cleaning medium M that has just collided with the object 4; and
  • FIG. 5B shows the cleaning medium M sliding on the object 4.
  • FIG. 6 shows the cleaning medium M colliding with the object 4 in a different condition.
  • This mechanism makes it possible to keep the cleaning medium M clean and to prevent the deposit d on the cleaning medium M from adhering again to the object 4.
  • the cleaning medium M is shaped like a flake, the amount of material used for the cleaning medium M is small. This in turn makes it possible to reduce the effects on the environment and the running costs of a cleaning device.
  • a cleaning device has a configuration suitable for cleaning an object by circulating flake-like cleaning media M with an air flow.
  • a cleaning device using flake-shaped cleaning media can effectively and efficiently clean an object (or a part) with a complex shape.
  • a control unit of the cleaning device 1 causes the holding unit 3 to move back and forth over the cleaning chamber 6 along the linear guides 20 and the side guides 21 of the laminar flow forming unit 19 of the cleaning chamber unit 2. After moving the holding unit 3 back and forth at least once, the control unit stops the compressed air supplying unit 12 and the suction unit 16 to complete the cleaning process.
  • brittleness indicates a characteristic of a material manifested by fracture before the material is deformed by an external force or after the material is only slightly deformed by an external force.
  • the folding endurance of the flake-like cleaning medium M is greater than or equal to 0 and less than 65.
  • ductility indicates the ability of a material to be deformed by elongation without fracture even under tension exceeding its elastic limit.
  • FIG. 7 is a drawing illustrating plastic deformation of a cleaning medium over time.
  • the cleaning medium When a cleaning medium is used repeatedly, the cleaning medium is gradually damaged due to repeated impacts on its edges and repeated bending caused by collision with an object. Because of the damage, the cleaning medium is gradually deformed or fractured and finally develops plastic deformation, ductile fracture, or brittle fracture.
  • FIGs. 8A through 8D show various collision patterns of flake-like cleaning media.
  • brittle materials include a glass chip, a ceramic chip, and a resin film chip of acrylic resin, polystyrene, or polylactic resin.
  • a cleaning medium is fractured when a bending force is repeatedly applied to the cleaning medium.
  • brittleness of a cleaning medium is defined by its folding endurance.
  • burrs are formed on an edge of the cleaning medium. However, the burrs break and fall off from the cleaning medium as shown in FIG. 8B and are ejected. Since the burrs do not remain on the edge of the cleaning medium, the function of the edge is maintained.
  • the cleaning medium breaks in the middle before burrs are formed and new edges are formed as shown in FIG. 8A .
  • the function of the edge(s) of the cleaning medium is maintained.
  • the ability of the edge of the cleaning medium to cut deep into a film-like deposit is maintained and the performance (deposit removal performance) of the cleaning medium to remove a film-like deposit is not reduced over time.
  • the thickness of the flake-like cleaning medium M of this embodiment is preferably greater than or equal to 20 ⁇ m and less than or equal to 200 ⁇ m, and its surface area is preferably less than or equal to 100 mm 2 .
  • the pencil hardness is measured with a method according to JIS K-5600-5-4.
  • the pencil hardness of the cleaning medium M is indicated by the lead number of the hardest one of pencil leads that are not capable of making a scratch or dent on the cleaning medium M.
  • FIG. 9 is a drawing illustrating a variation of a cleaning medium.
  • FIGs. 10 through 20 also show variations of a cleaning medium.
  • a cleaning medium shown in FIG. 9 has a groove at least on one side (surface). The groove extends from one end to the other end of the cleaning medium and its cross section is shaped like a rectangle.
  • FIG. 10 shows an exemplary method of producing cleaning media.
  • a tape with a groove is cut into multiple cleaning media M by, for example, an electric tape cutter.
  • the groove on the cleaning medium functions as a break line and the stress applied by collision concentrates on the grooved portion. Therefore, when the cleaning medium collides repeatedly with an object, the grooved portion is easily broken by brittle fracture. As shown in FIG. 11 , even if a deposit accumulates on an edge of the cleaning medium by electrostatic adhesion, the cleaning medium is brittle-fractured at the grooved portion and a new edge(s) is formed. Since the plastic deformation of a fractured edge of the cleaning medium is small, the contact force at the edge of the cleaning medium is not broadly distributed.
  • FIG. 12 shows a cleaning medium having grooves on respective sides
  • FIG. 13 is a side view of the cleaning medium of FIG. 12 .
  • FIGs. 14 through 19 show other variations of cleaning media.
  • the respective cleaning media shown in FIGs. 14 through 19 have one or more groves.
  • the cross sections of the grooves may have a shape other than a rectangular shape.
  • cleaning media having different thicknesses may be used in a cleaning device.
  • a thin cleaning medium can easily enter a gap between a film-like deposit and an object and can easily peel off and remove the deposit by sliding contact like a wedge.
  • Using thick and rigid cleaning media together with such thin cleaning media makes it possible to further improve the cleaning efficiency.
  • cleaning media having different shapes may be used in a cleaning device. This makes it possible to clean objects with various shapes.
  • a cleaning medium may have a discoidal shape, a triangular shape, a square shape, a rectangular shape, or a star shape and cleaning media of one or more of the shapes may be used in a cleaning device.
  • the characteristic of a cleaning medium differs depending on its shape. Therefore, using cleaning media with various shapes makes it possible to improve the total cleaning performance of a cleaning device.
  • a cleaning medium with a square or rectangular shape has long straight edges and is easy to produce.
  • a cleaning medium with a triangular or star shape has sharp points that can easily enter a recess or a corner of an object and therefore can remove a deposit in such a narrow space.
  • a cleaning medium with a discoidal shape always collides with an object with the same posture (orientation) and therefore can stably remove a deposit.
  • cleaning media with different sizes may be used in a cleaning device. This makes it possible to clean objects with various shapes. Naturally, using cleaning media with various sizes and shapes may further improve the cleaning performance of a cleaning device.
  • FIG. 20 is a drawing illustrating a configuration of a cleaning device 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • the cleaning device 100 shown in FIG. 20 removes a film-like deposit d on an object 4 to be cleaned using cleaning media M being circulated by an air flow.
  • the cleaning device 100 includes a cleaning chamber 26, a circulating air-flow generating unit 46, a cleaning medium accelerating unit 27, and a cleaning medium recycling unit 28.
  • the object 4 is placed in the cleaning chamber 26 when cleaned so that the efficiency of suctioning the film-like deposit by the cleaning medium recycling unit 28 is improved.
  • the film-like deposit d removed from the object 4 by the collision of the cleaning media M and fragments of the cleaning media M generated by repeated collision with the object 4 are prevented from being scattered by air flows generated by the circulating air-flow generating unit 46 and the cleaning medium accelerating unit 27.
  • FIGs. 21A and 21B are drawings illustrating operations of the cleaning device 100.
  • the cleaning chamber 26 is a hollow body shaped like a cuboid and has an object input opening 29 on the upper side.
  • the object 4 is placed into the cleaning chamber 26 through the object input opening 29.
  • a lid 30 is provided to close and open the object input opening 29.
  • the cleaning medium recycling unit 28 is provided below the opening in the bottom of the cleaning chamber 26.
  • the circulating air-flow generating unit 46 is provided on an internal side wall of the cleaning chamber 26.
  • the circulating air-flow generating unit 46 generates a circulating air flow that circulates along a circulation path formed by internal side walls (may include upper and bottom walls formed by the lid 30 and a separating part 81 described later) of the cleaning chamber 26.
  • each corner of the internal side walls forming the circulation path is formed by angles ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2. This configuration makes it possible to efficiently circulate the air flow.
  • FIG. 22 is a drawing illustrating the circulating air-flow generating unit 46 in more detail.
  • the circulating air-flow generating unit 46 includes a suction part 62 and a discharge part 64.
  • the suction part 62 has an inlet 61 with a large diameter that allows the cleaning media M to pass through.
  • the discharge part 64 has a compressed air supply opening 63 provided near the exit of the suction part 62 above its outer surface.
  • the circulating air-flow generating unit 46 configured as described above uses a smaller amount of compressed air and therefore can more efficiently circulate the cleaning media M.
  • any other gas may be supplied from the compressed air supply opening 63.
  • an inert gas such as nitrogen gas, CO 2 gas, or argon gas may be used as a substitute for compressed air.
  • the circulating air-flow generating unit 46 is disposed near the bottom of the cleaning chamber 26 on one of the internal side walls forming the circulation path such that the inlet 61 faces vertically upward and the outlet 65 faces vertically downward.
  • the cleaning medium accelerating unit 27 includes an array of accelerating nozzles 71a on a front wall orthogonal to the internal side walls forming the circulation path.
  • the cleaning medium accelerating unit 27 also includes an array of accelerating nozzles 71b on a rear wall facing the front wall.
  • the accelerating nozzles 71 (the accelerating nozzles 71a and 71b) jet compressed air supplied from a compressed air supplier such as a compressor or a pressure tank into the cleaning chamber 26 and thereby cause the cleaning media M to fly and collide with the object 4.
  • the accelerating nozzles 71a and 71b may have a configuration similar to that of the circulating air-flow generating unit 46.
  • the cleaning medium accelerating unit 27 assists the circulating air-flow generating unit 46 in causing the cleaning media M to randomly collide with the object 4.
  • FIGs. 23A and 23B are drawings illustrating the cleaning medium recycling unit 28.
  • FIG. 23A is a perspective view of the cleaning medium recycling unit 28; and
  • FIG. 23B is a cut-away side view of the cleaning medium recycling unit 28.
  • the cleaning medium recycling unit 28 is disposed at the bottom of the cleaning chamber 26 and includes a separating part 81 and a hood 82 that form a closed space.
  • a suction tube 41 is connected to one side of the hood 82.
  • a dust collecting unit (not shown) including a negative pressure generator is connected to the other side of the hood 82.
  • the dust collecting unit generates a negative pressure in the hood 82.
  • the separating part 81 has small pores or slits that allow gas and powder to pass through but do not allow the cleaning media M to pass through.
  • the separating part 81 is a porous part such as a wire mesh, a plastic mesh, a perforated metal, or a slit plate.
  • the cleaning medium recycling unit 26 collects and ejects, via the separating part 81, a film-like deposit removed from the object 4, cleaning media worn-out or fractured by collision with the object 4, and cleaning media which elasticity is reduced after long time use.
  • FIG. 24 is a block diagram illustrating a control system of the cleaning device 100 of this embodiment.
  • FIGs. 25A and 25B are drawings illustrating a pipeline system of the cleaning device 100.
  • FIG. 25A shows a pipeline related to generation of air flows
  • FIG. 25B shows a pipeline related to recycling of cleaning media.
  • the control system of the cleaning device 100 includes a control unit 32, an air-flow circulation solenoid valve 34, an acceleration solenoid valve 35, an accelerated air-flow switching valve 36, and a recycling solenoid valve 37.
  • the air-flow circulation solenoid valve 34 opens and closes an air pipe for supplying compressed air from a compressed air supplying unit 38 to the circulating air-flow generating unit 46.
  • the acceleration solenoid valve 35 opens and closes an air pipe for supplying compressed air to the cleaning medium accelerating unit 27.
  • the accelerated air-flow switching valve 36 switches the direction of the flow of compressed air to be supplied to the accelerating nozzles 71 of the cleaning medium accelerating unit 27.
  • the recycling solenoid valve 37 opens and closes an air pipe 41 connecting the cleaning medium recycling unit 28 and a dust collecting unit 39.
  • the control unit 32 controls the valves according to a drive signal from an activation unit 33.
  • FIG. 26 is a timing chart used to describe an exemplary cleaning process of this embodiment.
  • FIGs. 27A through 27C are drawings illustrating an exemplary method for causing stationary cleaning media to fly. Below, a cleaning process in the cleaning device 100 of FIG. 20 is described with reference to the timing chart of FIG. 26 .
  • the flake-like cleaning media M are introduced into the cleaning chamber 26.
  • the object 3 being held by the holding unit 3 is carried by a carrying unit 40 through the object input opening 29 into the cleaning chamber 26.
  • the object input opening 29 of the cleaning chamber 26 is closed by the lid 30.
  • the activation unit 33 is operated to send a cleaning start signal to the control unit 32.
  • the control unit 32 opens the air-flow circulation solenoid valve 34 to supply compressed air from the compressed air supplying unit 38 such as a compressor to the circulating air-flow generating unit 46.
  • the circulating air-flow generating unit 46 generates a circulating air flow that circulates along the circulation path formed by the internal side walls of the cleaning chamber 26.
  • the circulating air flow flowing over the cleaning medium recycling unit 28 blows a stack of the cleaning media M on the cleaning medium recycling unit 28 in a horizontal direction.
  • the stack of the cleaning media M are gradually (from top to bottom) caused to fly and go up along the length direction of the cleaning chamber 6.
  • the circulating air flow is discharged from the circulating air-flow generating unit 46 directly into the cleaning chamber 26 and therefore can apply a great force on the cleaning media M stacked on the cleaning medium recycling unit 28.
  • the circulating air-flow generating unit 46 can reliably cause the cleaning media M on the cleaning medium recycling unit 28 to fly along with a circulating air flow.
  • FIGs. 28A through 28C are drawings illustrating another exemplary method for causing stationary cleaning media to fly.
  • compressed air from a nozzle 42 is applied to the cleaning media M stacked on the separating part 81 in a vertical direction.
  • the compressed air must have enough energy to lift all of the cleaning media M on the separating part 81.
  • the energy of the compressed air necessary to lift the cleaning media M increases as the amount (or the thickness of the stack) of the cleaning media M on the separating part 81 increases. Even if it is possible to lift the cleaning media M just above the nozzle 42 with the compressed air as shown in FIG. 28B , it is difficult to lift the remaining cleaning media M around the nozzle 42.
  • the circulating air-flow generating unit 46 is configured to generate a circulating air flow along the circulation path formed by the internal side walls of the cleaning chamber 26 such that the air flow is applied in a horizontal direction to the cleaning media M stacked on the separating part 81.
  • This configuration makes it possible to stably cause the stack of cleaning media M to fly using small energy and thereby makes it possible to reduce the amount of compressed air supplied to the circulating air-flow generating unit 46.
  • the cleaning media M may get stuck in the duct or the hose.
  • a circulation path is formed along the wall surface of the cleaning chamber 26. This configuration prevents the cleaning media M from getting stuck in the circulation path and makes it possible to stably cause the cleaning media M to circulate in the cleaning chamber 26.
  • the circulating air-flow generating unit 46 is disposed near the bottom of the cleaning chamber 26 on one of the internal side walls constituting the circulation path such that the inlet 61 faces vertically upward and the outlet 65 faces vertically downward.
  • This configuration makes it possible to generate a strong air flow along the bottom surface of the cleaning chamber 26 and apply the air flow even to the cleaning media M on an area of the separating part 81 that is apart from the outlet 65. This in turn makes it possible to carry a large amount of cleaning media M along the internal surface of the cleaning chamber 26.
  • the space density of the cleaning media M is low when entering the inlet 61 and therefore the cleaning media M do not clog the inlet 61.
  • the above configuration makes it possible to stably generate a circulating air flow.
  • FIG. 29 is a drawing illustrating a cleaning process according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 29 (a) shows the object 4 in the initial position;
  • FIG. 29 (b) shows the object 4 in the lowest position;
  • FIG. 29 (c) shows the object 4 in the uppermost position (i.e., returned to the initial position).
  • the control unit 32 closes the air-flow circulation solenoid valve 34 and thereby stops generation of the circulating air flow by the circulating air-flow generating unit 46.
  • the control unit 32 opens the acceleration solenoid valve 35 to supply compressed air from the compressed air supplying unit 38 via the accelerated air-flow switching valve 36 to the accelerating nozzles 71a of the cleaning medium accelerating unit 27.
  • the control unit 32 opens the recycling solenoid valve 37 to connect the cleaning medium recycling unit 28 and the dust collecting unit 39 and thereby to generate a negative pressure in the hood 82.
  • the flying cleaning media M start to fall.
  • the falling cleaning media M are caused to collide with the object 4 by the compressed air being jetted from the accelerating nozzles 71a and thereby to remove the deposit d on the object 4.
  • the deposit d removed from the object 4 or the cleaning media M with the removed deposit d fall because of gravity and accumulate on the separating part 81 of the cleaning medium recycling unit 28 that is drawing in air because of the negative pressure in the hood 82.
  • the deposit d or the deposit d adhering to the cleaning media M fallen on the separating part 81 is drawn into the hood 82 because of the negative pressure and is collected by the dust collecting unit 39.
  • the cleaning media M are recycled.
  • This configuration prevents the pores or slits of the separating part 81 from being blocked by the cleaning media M and makes it possible to repeatedly separate the deposit d from the cleaning media M. Therefore, it is not necessary to replace the all cleaning media M, i.e., it is only necessary to add cleaning media M to compensate for broken and lost cleaning media M.
  • the above configuration makes it possible to efficiently use the cleaning media M and also makes it easier to maintain a cleaning device.
  • control unit 32 opens the air-flow circulation solenoid valve 34 again to cause the circulating air-flow generating unit 46 to generate a circulating air flow and thereby cause the recycled cleaning media M on the separating part 81 of the cleaning medium recycling unit 28 to fly for a time period T1. Then, the control unit opens the acceleration solenoid valve 35 and the recycling solenoid valve 37 and switches the accelerated air-flow switching valve 36 to the accelerating nozzles 71b to perform the process of removing the deposit d from the object 4 (deposit removal process) and the process of recycling the cleaning media M (recycling process) for a predetermined period of time.
  • the time used for the deposit removal process and the recycling process is set at a period of time longer than the period of time for which the circulating air flow is generated so that a wide area of the object 4 is cleaned. Also, alternately causing the accelerating nozzles 71a and the accelerating nozzles 71b to jet compressed air makes it possible to prevent air flows from the nozzles 71a and 71b from interfering with each other. Thus, the above configuration makes it possible to cause the cleaning media M to stably collide with the object 4 and thereby makes it possible to effectively clean the object 4.
  • the control unit 32 repeats the generation of the circulating air flow, the deposit removal process, and the recycling process while gradually moving the object 4 downward from the initial position.
  • the control unit 32 stops the downward movement of the object 4 and gradually moves the object 4 upward.
  • the control unit 32 also repeats the generation of the circulating air flow, the deposit removal process, and the recycling process while gradually moving the object 4 upward and thereby removes the film-like deposit d from the entire surface of the object 4.
  • the control unit 32 completes the cleaning process. After the cleaning process is completed, the lid 30 of the cleaning chamber 26 is opened and the object 4 being held by the holding unit 3 is taken out of the cleaning chamber 26 using the carrying unit 40. Then, the object 4 is replaced with a new object 4 and the cleaning process is started again.
  • FIG. 30 is a drawing illustrating a variation of the cleaning device 100 of the above embodiment.
  • the cleaning device of FIG. 30 includes a holding unit 31and a carrying unit 40 for moving the holding unit 31 upward and downward.
  • the holding unit 31 is capable of holding multiple objects 4 with different shapes.
  • the cleaning device of FIG. 30 is capable of cleaning multiple objects 4 with different shapes at the same time.
  • compressed air is jetted alternately from the accelerating nozzles 71a and the accelerating nozzles 71b of the cleaning medium accelerating unit 27 to clean the entire surface of the object 4.
  • the accelerating nozzles 71a and the accelerating nozzles 71b may be positioned to form different jet angles with the object 4 and compressed air may be jetted at the same time from the accelerating nozzles 71a and the accelerating nozzles 71b.
  • compressed air may be jet from only one of the accelerating nozzles 71a and the accelerating nozzles 71b.
  • the deposit d to be removed is a release layer (fluoroplastic film) of a fusing roller used in an image forming apparatus such as a copier or a laser printer.
  • the present invention may also be applied to a cleaning device for removing any other type of film-like deposit.
  • the type of cleaning media and the speed and flow rate of the air flow are appropriately determined according to the characteristics of the film-like deposit and the object to be cleaned.
  • a fusing roller of imagio Neo 300 (monochrome copier) was used as an object to be cleaned.
  • the pencil hardness of fluoroplastic forming the release layer of the fusing roller was about "F".
  • Each object was cleaned for two minutes using arrays of air nozzles SL-920A of Silvent to jet compressed air and the pressure of the compressed air was maintained at 0.5 MPa.
  • the object was cleaned by dry scrubbing using the following types of granular cleaning media instead of flake-like cleaning media M:
  • Each object was cleaned for two minutes using arrays of air nozzles SL-920A of Silvent to jet compressed air and the pressure of the compressed air was maintained at 0.5 MPa.
  • the cleaning media were repeatedly used without replacing them for multiple objects and the cleaning quality was evaluated in association with the number of objects processed.
  • a photosensitive layer (polycarbonate binder resin with pencil hardness F) of an organic photoreceptor (OPC) drum used in an electrophotographic device such as a copier or a laser printer was used as a deposit to be removed.
  • OPC organic photoreceptor
  • the present invention may also be applied to a cleaning device for removing any other type of film-like deposit.
  • the type of cleaning media and the speed and flow rate of the air flow are appropriately determined according to the characteristics of the film-like deposit and the object to be cleaned.
  • Each object was cleaned for two minutes using arrays of air nozzles SL-920A of Silvent to jet compressed air and the pressure of the compressed air was maintained at 0.5 MPa.
  • the object was cleaned by dry scrubbing using the following types of granular cleaning media instead of flake-like cleaning media M:
  • Each object was cleaned for two minutes using arrays of air nozzles SL-920A of Silvent to jet compressed air and the pressure of the compressed air was maintained at 0.5 MPa.
  • the cleaning media were repeatedly used without replacing them for multiple objects and the cleaning quality was evaluated in association with the number of objects processed.
  • the following types of cleaning media M were used.
  • a pallet made of glass-fiber-filled epoxy resin was used as an object to be cleaned.
  • a pallet is a jig used in a soldering process using a flow solder tank to mask an area of a printed circuit board (PCB) which is not to be soldered.
  • PCB printed circuit board
  • a flux accumulates and forms a thick layer on the pallet. Therefore, it is necessary to regularly remove the layer of flux (flux layer) from the pallet.
  • the pencil hardness of the flux was 2B and the thickness of the flux layer was between 0.5 and 1 mm.
  • Pallets with dimensions of 330 mm by 330 mm were cleaned for two minutes using a flat-surface cleaning device as shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the pressure of supplied compressed air was maintained at 0.4 MPa.
  • Table 5 shows types of cleaning media used and the corresponding cleaning results. Table 5 also shows physical properties including the folding endurance and the pencil hardness of the respective types of cleaning media.
  • Table 5 No. Cleaning media Number of objects processed Material Thickness ( ⁇ m) Folding endurance Pencil hardness 1 30 1 Cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) 155 0 B ⁇ - 2 Glass 100 0 ⁇ 9H ⁇ - 3 Acrylic resin(2) 125 2 H-F ⁇ - 4 Acrylic resin(1) 125 4 2H ⁇ ⁇ 5 Triacetate (TAC) (1) 120 24 H ⁇ ⁇ 6 Triacetate (TAC) (2) 105 32 2H ⁇ ⁇ 7 Polyimide (PI) (2) 135 45 2H ⁇ ⁇ 8 Polystyrene (PS) (1) 130 88 HB ⁇ ⁇ 9 Stainless steel (SUS) 20 95 ⁇ 9H ⁇ ⁇ 10 Polystyrene (PS) (2) 150 190 4B ⁇ ⁇ 11 Polyimide (PI) (1) 125 3
  • Cleaning media are caused to fly and repeatedly collide with the object by an air flow.
  • the cleaning media are gradually damaged by the repeated collision and develop fractures or deformation.
  • FIG. 31 is a graph showing the distribution of mechanical and physical properties of various cleaning media.
  • FIG. 8C shows an example where an edge of a cleaning medium is squashed and sags due to plastic deformation.
  • a cleaning medium made of PI (1) is deformed like this.
  • FIG. 8D shows an example where an edge of a cleaning medium is curled due to plastic deformation.
  • cleaning media made of SUS, PS (1), PS (2), PE, PET, or TPX are deformed like this.
  • Edges of cleaning media as described with reference to FIGs. 8C and 8D are plastically deformed and sag, and their impact force at collision is reduced because of the deformation. Therefore, cleaning performance of those cleaning media is greatly reduced after processing multiple objects as shown in table 5.
  • cleaning media made of a brittle material having a pencil hardness greater than that of the flux and a folding endurance greater than or equal to 0 and less than 65.
  • Flake-like cleaning media with the minimum folding endurance of 0 (glass, COC, acrylic resin (2)) are very brittle and easily broken. Therefore, they are worn out in a short period of time as shown in table 5 and increase the running costs.
  • cleaning media with a folding endurance greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 52 to effectively and stably remove a deposit for a long period of time.
  • the minimum folding endurance of cleaning media made of PS (1) that develop ductile deformation is 65. Therefore, the maximum folding endurance of brittle cleaning media is less than 65.
  • the maximum folding endurance of cleaning media made of PI (2) that showed good cleaning performance is 52. This indicates that cleaning media with a folding endurance less than or equal to 52 can stably develop brittle fracture.
  • cleaning media made of acrylic resin (1) have the highest folding endurance of 9. Accordingly, cleaning media with a folding endurance greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 9 develop brittle fracture as shown in FIG. 8A and cleaning media with a folding endurance greater than or equal to 10 and less than 65 develop brittle fracture as shown in FIG. 8B .
  • Cleaning media made of acrylic resin (2) with the minimum folding endurance of 0 is extremely brittle and therefore is not suitable for long time use (repeated use) as shown in table 5. Meanwhile, the cleaning performance of cleaning media made of acrylic resin (1) with the minimum folding endurance of 1 was not reduced for a long period of time as shown in table 5.
  • an aspect of the present invention provides a cleaning device that can effectively and efficiently remove a film-like deposit such as a layer of flux on a pallet used in a soldering process, a photosensitive layer of a photosensitive drum of an image forming apparatus, or a release layer or a fixed toner on a fusing roller of an image forming apparatus.

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  1. Milieu de nettoyage pour retirer un dépôt adhérant sur un objet à nettoyer comprenant :
    - plusieurs milieux de nettoyage formés comme des flocons qui sont configurés pour être amenés à voler et heurter de manière répétée l'objet pour retirer le dépôt adhérant sur l'objet,
    dans lequel les multiples milieux de nettoyage sont en outre configurés de sorte que le dépôt adhère de manière amovible sur les milieux de nettoyage qui ont heurté l'objet pour recycler le milieu de nettoyage,
    dans lequel une dureté au crayon du milieu de nettoyage est supérieure à une dureté au crayon du dépôt, et
    caractérisé en ce que
    une endurance au pliage du milieu de nettoyage mesurée selon la norme JIS P8115, est supérieure ou égale à 2 et inférieure ou égale à 45.
  2. Milieu de nettoyage selon la revendication 1, dans lequel une rainure est formée sur au moins un côté de chacun des milieux de nettoyage, la rainure s'étendant d'une extrémité à l'autre de chacun des milieux de nettoyage.
  3. Milieu de nettoyage selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les milieux de nettoyage comprennent des milieux de nettoyage de différentes épaisseurs.
  4. Milieu de nettoyage selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les milieux de nettoyage comprennent des milieux de nettoyage de différentes formes.
  5. Milieu de nettoyage selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les milieux de nettoyage comprennent des milieux de nettoyage de différentes tailles.
  6. Milieu de nettoyage selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'épaisseur des milieux de nettoyage est supérieure ou égale à 20 µm et inférieure ou égale à 200 µm.
  7. Procédé pour retirer un dépôt fixé sur un objet à nettoyer, comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    amener plusieurs milieux de nettoyage formés comme des flocons, à voler et à heurter de manière répétée l'objet dans une chambre de nettoyage en utilisant un écoulement d'air circulant pour retirer le dépôt fixé sur l'objet ; et
    aspirer et retirer le dépôt fixé sur les milieux de nettoyage qui ont heurté l'objet afin de recycler les milieux de nettoyage,
    dans lequel une dureté au crayon des milieux de nettoyage est supérieure à une dureté au crayon du dépôt,
    caractérisé en ce que
    une endurance au pliage des milieux de nettoyage, mesurée selon la norme JIS P8115, est supérieure ou égale à 2 et inférieure ou égale à 45.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 7, dans lequel une rainure est formée au moins d'un côté de chacun des milieux de nettoyage, la rainure s'étendant d'une extrémité à l'autre de chacun des milieux de nettoyage.
  9. Dispositif de nettoyage comprenant un milieu de nettoyage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6 pour nettoyer l'objet, dans lequel
    le dispositif de nettoyage pour retirer un dépôt fixé sur un objet (4) à nettoyer, comprenant :
    une chambre de nettoyage (9) formant un espace pour loger plusieurs milieux de nettoyage en forme de flocons ;
    une unité de génération d'écoulement d'air circulant (7) configurée pour générer un écoulement d'air circulant afin d'amener le milieu de nettoyage à voler et à heurter de manière répétée l'objet (4) dans la chambre de nettoyage (9) et retirer ainsi le dépôt fixé sur l'objet (4) ; et
    une unité de recyclage de milieu de nettoyage (8) configurée pour aspirer et retirer le dépôt fixé sur le milieu de nettoyage qui a heurté l'objet (4) et recycler ainsi le milieu de nettoyage,
    caractérisé en ce que le milieu de nettoyage est un milieu de nettoyage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6.
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