Cleaning tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10338322-B2
Application number	US-201615253083-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2016
Priority date	Sep 1, 2015
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

A cleaning tool includes: a tool body; and an insertion part provided projecting from the tool body, the insertion part being configured to be movable in a predetermined direction with respect to the tool body, the insertion part including a head unit, the head unit being configured to press a cleaning element against a cleaning target with a pressing surface, wherein by relatively moving the tool body and the insertion part, the cleaning element is supplied and recovered, and the head unit is rotated in a rotation direction with the predetermined direction as an axis, the head unit includes a head member and a tubular member, the head member including the pressing surface, the head member being inserted into the tubular member with the pressing surface in a projected state, the cleaning element is stretched around the pressing surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cleaning tool comprising:
a tool body; and
an insertion part projecting from the tool body, wherein
the insertion part is movable in a predetermined direction with respect to the tool body,
the insertion part includes a head unit,
the head unit presses a cleaning element against a cleaning target with a pressing surface,
by relatively moving the tool body and the insertion part, the cleaning element is supplied and recovered, and the head unit is rotated in a rotation direction with the predetermined direction as an axis,
the head unit includes a head member, a tubular member, and a base member comprising a leading end part that extends toward the head member,
the head member includes the pressing surface and is configured of a different member separate from the base member,
the head member is inserted into the tubular member with the pressing surface in a projected state,
the head member is inserted into a first end of the tubular member distal to the tool body and the leading end part is inserted into a second end of the tubular member opposite the first end,
the cleaning element is stretched around the pressing surface, and
when viewing the pressing surface from the predetermined direction, the cleaning element is disposed in a clearance between an outer surface of the head member and an inner peripheral surface of the tubular member on a supply side, and the cleaning element is disposed in a clearance between an outer surface of the head member and an inner peripheral surface of the tubular member on a recovery side.

2. A cleaning tool according to claim 1 , wherein the base member receives a force in the rotation direction.

3. A cleaning tool according to claim 1 , wherein the head member includes a collar part, and when viewing the pressing surface from the predetermined direction, the collar part is arranged to conceal at least a part of an end part of the tubular member.

4. A cleaning tool according to claim 1 , wherein the head member includes a supply-side guide groove and a recovery-side guide groove formed along the predetermined direction, and the cleaning element is disposed in the supply-side guide groove and the recovery-side guide groove.

5. A cleaning tool according to claim 1 , wherein the head member is made of a resin, the tubular member is made of a metal, and the tubular member is crimped to the head member to be secured to the head member in the predetermined direction and the rotation direction.

Assignees

• Fujikura Ltd

Inventors

• Nakane Junichi

Classifications

• B08B2240/02

  Optical fibers or optical fiber connectors · CPC title

• G02B6/3866 Primary

  Devices, tools or methods for cleaning connectors (cleaning in general B08B) · CPC title