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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2005
Noboru Nishinaka, Wakayama, JP;
Kiyoshi Ishii, Hyogo, JP;
Noboru Nishinaka, Wakayama, JP;
Kiyoshi Ishii, Hyogo, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a sheet holding structure in which a sheet holding force can be increased, and a cleaner having the structure. The sheet holding structure includes a base material made of a flexible material and having main surfaces, and a slit formed in the main surfaces of the base material. The slit includes a curved slit, and a plurality of protruding slits spaced from each other in a direction along the curved slit, connected to a protruding portion-side forming edge of the curved slit, and protruding and extending from the protruding portion-side forming edge of the curved slit. A part of the base material surrounded by the curved slit is bent and a part of the sheet placed on one of the main surfaces of the base material is inserted into the curved slit and the protruding slits and locked to thereby hold the sheet.