JP2007121565A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (8)

A cleaning device for cleaning an optical member arranged on the front surface of a solid-state imaging device for capturing an image in an imaging device,
A cleaning member in which a part of the cross section is a columnar member having an arc shape, and the arc surface has adsorptivity,
A support member for supporting the cleaning member;
A cleaning device, wherein the cleaning member is rotatably supported by the support member with a ridge line in a column direction including the center of the arc as a rotation axis.   The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a first urging unit that acts on the support member and applies an urging force to the optical member to the cleaning member.   The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising movement assisting means for moving the support member substantially parallel to the surface of the optical member. The cleaning member is detachably attached from the support member, the cleaning member may be any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that one selected from cleaning member having a plurality of different sizes A cleaning device according to claim 1. The cleaning member is a cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that it has a cleanable size by a single turning movement to expose the entire surface of the optical member. The length of the arc of the cross section of the cleaning member is configured to be substantially the same as the length of one side of the exposed surface of the optical member, and the length of the rod shape is approximately the same as the length of the other side of the exposed surface of the optical member. the cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized by being configured the same. A second urging means for urging the cleaning member about the rotation shaft so that one end of an arc of a cross section of the cleaning member abuts on the optical member in a state where the cleaning member is not rotated ; further cleaning apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it has. The cross section of the columnar member, a cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that a fan shape.