Cleaning tool for photographing device

Abstract

A cleaning tool to remove foreign matter from a light receiving surface of an imaging device in a photographing device includes a body, a planar member, and a connecting member. The body extends in a longitudinal direction thereof. The planar member is provided at the end of the longitudinal direction, and has an adhesive surface to adhere to the foreign matter, a first edge, and a second edge that is at the opposite side of the first edge. The connecting member connects the body and the planar member, and the connecting member causes one of the first edge or the second edge of the planar member that is contact with the light receiving surface to detach from the light receiving surface earlier than the other, by an operation of the body, so that said foreign matter adheres to said adhesive surface.

1 . A cleaning tool to remove foreign matter from a light receiving surface of an imaging device in a photographing device, said cleaning tool comprising: 
 a body that extends in a longitudinal direction thereof;    a planar member that is provided at the end of said longitudinal direction and that has an adhesive surface to adhere to said foreign matter, a first edge, and a second edge that is at the opposite side of said first edge; and    a connecting member that connects said body and said planar member, said connecting member causing one of said first edge or said second edge of said planar member that is in contact with said light receiving surface to detach from said light receiving is surface prior to the other, by an operation of said body, so that said foreign matter adheres to said adhesive surface.    
   
   
       2 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 1 , wherein said adhesive surface comprises a flat plate and an adhesive sheet on said flat plate, said adhesive sheet adhering to said light receiving surface.  
   
   
       3 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 1 , wherein said planar member has a rectangular shape, and said first edge and said second edge are long sides of an outline of said planar member.  
   
   
       4 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 1 , wherein said planar member is perpendicular to said longitudinal direction.  
   
   
       5 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 1 , wherein said connecting member comprises a first member that connects between a planar member-side end of said body and said first edge, and a second member that is in contact with said planar member-side end of said body and that connects to said second edge, so that said connecting member causes said first edge to detach from said light receiving surface prior to said second edge.  
   
   
       6 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 5 , wherein said body and said first member are formed as a single unit.  
   
   
       7 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 1 , wherein said body and said connecting member are formed as a single unit.  
   
   
       8 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 5 , wherein a force applied to said body for bringing said planar member into contact with said light receiving surface is transmitted to said planar surface via said first member and said second member, and a force applied to said body for detaching said planar member from said light receiving surface is transmitted to said planar surface via only said first member.  
   
   
       9 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 5 , wherein said first member and said second member are symmetric about said body.  
   
   
       10 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 5 , wherein said connecting member further comprises a first rib that is in contact with said first member around said planar-member-side end of said body, and that connects to said second member.  
   
   
       11 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 5 , wherein said connecting member further comprises a plate member that is connected to said planar member at the opposite side of said adhesive surface, and a second rib that extends from said first edge to said second edge on said plate member, and that has a greater thickness at said second edge side than thickness at said first edge side.  
   
   
       12 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 5 , wherein a notch is provided on said second member for said first member to move with said body.  
   
   
       13 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 5 , wherein said connecting member further comprises a plate member that is connected to said planar member at the opposite side of said adhesive surface, and a side wall that extends from said second member along said plate member; such that between said side wall and said plate member at said first edge side, a slit is provided.  
   
   
       14 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 5 , wherein said connecting member comprises a plurality of said first members and a connecting mechanism that connects said first members to each other.  
   
   
       15 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 14 , wherein said connecting member comprises a pair of said first members, said connecting mechanism comprising a shaft that passes through a hole provided at said second member to connect said first members to each other; such that a force applied to said body for bringing said planar member in contact with said light receiving surface is transmitted to said planar force via said first member and said second member by said shaft moving to a planar-member-side end of said hole, and a force applied to said body for detaching said planar member from said light receiving surface is transmitted to said planar surface via only said first member, by said shaft moving to body-side of said hole.  
   
   
       16 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 14 , wherein said first members are connected to the ends of said first edge.  
   
   
       17 . The cleaning tool according to  claim 14 , wherein said connecting member comprises a pair of said second members that are connected to the ends of said second edge.  
   
   
       18 . A cleaning tool to remove foreign matter from a subject plane to be cleaned, said cleaning tool comprising: 
 a body that extends in a longitudinal direction thereof;    a planar member that is provided at the end of said longitudinal direction and that has an adhesive surface to adhere to said foreign matter, a first edge, and a second edge that is at the opposite side of said first edge; and    a connecting member that connects said body and said planar member, said connecting member causing one of said first edge or said second edge of said planar member that is in contact with said subject plane to detach from said subject plane prior to the other, by an operation of said body, so that said foreign matter adheres to said adhesive surface.