Cleaning apparatus
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsKazuhiro Io, Koji Sugita, Tomokazu Imae
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Abstract
A cleaning apparatus may include a cleaning unit that is kept from moving downwardly from a predetermined limit position. The apparatus body includes a positioning member that positions the cleaning unit at the limit position. The cleaning unit includes an intake nozzle that is arranged at a position separated from the surface to be cleaned by a predetermined gap, a cam member that holds the cleaning unit at the limit position, and an operation input unit that changes the limit position to a higher position by moving the cleaning unit upward by operating the cam member.
Claims8
A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a surface to be cleaned while moving on the surface to be cleaned, the cleaning apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- and
- a cleaning unit that is supported so that the cleaning unit is movable to retreat upward from a limit position in a vertical direction relative to the apparatus body and movable downward to return to the limit position, and is kept from moving downwardly from the limit position,
- wherein the apparatus body comprises a shaft as a positioning member configured to position the cleaning unit at the limit position,
- the cleaning unit comprises:
- an intake nozzle that is arranged at a position separated by a predetermined gap from the surface to be cleaned;
- a cam member configured to hold the cleaning unit at the limit position by a cam face being supported on an upper face of the positioning member;
- and
- an adjustment dial as an operation input unit configured to apply, to the cam member, a force in a rotating direction of the cam member, and to change the limit position to a higher position by moving the cleaning unit upward by operating the cam member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.