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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2009
Akihiro Fuchigami, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Taneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Fuchigami, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Taneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device () performs a cleaning of an article by blowing a cleaning medium () by an air stream onto the article (). The cleaning device () includes a cleaning tank () that forms a space for the cleaning medium () to be blown, which includes an opening; a holding unit () that holds the article () at the opening; a pool member () that is arranged on an outer edge of the opening with a clearance between the pool member () and the article (); and a cleaning-medium collecting unit () that brings the cleaning medium () leaked out of the outer edge and accumulated in the clearance back into the cleaning tank ().