Cleaning rotary brush

A cleaning rotary brush comprising a sheet member mounted on and rotating in unity with a rotating working surface opposite an object to be cleaned, and one or more cleaning members projecting from the sheet member, the top of said cleaning members rotating in substantially the same plane in contact with the object to be cleaned, wherein:

• said cleaning members are made of a polyvinyl acetal porous elastomer and are formed as ridged projections positioned continually from inner reference points on the side of the center of rotation of the sheet member to outer reference points on the side of the outer periphery of the sheet member on each of a plurality of phantom setting lines extending from said inner reference points to said outer reference points,
• wherein a length in a longitudinal direction of said ridged projections along said phantom setting lines is formed longer than a length in a widthwise direction of said ridged projections,
• wherein said inner surface points are adjacent to an innermost edge of the sheet member,
• wherein said outer reference points are adjacent to an outermost edge of the sheet member,
• wherein a total area occupied by all of said cleaning members accounts for 20 to 60% of a total area of said working surface,
• wherein said phantom setting lines are generally straight and extend at an angle to a first reference line passing through said center of rotation of said sheet member and extending toward the outermost edge of said sheet member in a reverse direction of the rotation of said sheet member, and
• wherein a second reference line extending from said first reference line bisects phantom setting lines to define a crossing angle of at most 45 degrees between said second reference line and said phantom setting lines such that said phantom setting lines extend in relation to said crossing angle.

A cleaning rotary brush comprising a hard base having a rotating working surface opposite an object to be cleaned while mounted to a rotary shaft, and one or more cleaning members projecting from the working surface, the tops of said cleaning members being in contact with said object to be cleaned while rotating in substantially the same plane, wherein:

• said cleaning members are made of a polyvinyl acetal porous elastomer and are formed as ridged projections positioned continually from inner reference points on the side of the center of rotation of the working surface to outer reference points on the side of the outer periphery of the working surface on each of a plurality of phantom setting lines extending from said inner reference points to said outer reference points,
• wherein a length in a longitudinal direction of said ridged projections along said phantom setting lines is formed longer than a length in a widthwise direction of the ridged projections,
• wherein said inner reference points are adjacent to an innermost edge of the working surface,
• wherein said outer reference points are adjacent to an outermost edge of the working surface,
• wherein a total area occupied by all of said cleaning members accounts for 20 to 60% of a total area of said working surface,
• wherein said phantom setting lines are curved with the curve protruding in the direction of the rotation of said working surface and are at an angle to a first reference line passing through said center of rotation of said working surface and extending toward the outermost edge of said work surface in a reverse direction of the rotation of said working surface,
• wherein a second reference line is tangential to the curved phantom setting lines at a midpoint of said length of said ridged projections, and
• wherein a third reference line extending from the end of said first reference line at said center of rotation and through the tangent point of said second reference line defines a crossing angle approaching- 90° between said third reference line and said second reference line such that said phantom setting lines extend in relation to said second reference line based on said crossing angle.

A cleaning rotary brush comprising a sheet member mounted on and rotating in unity with a rotating working surface opposite an object to be cleaned, and one or more cleaning members projecting from the sheet member, the top of said cleaning members rotating in substantially the same plane in contact with the object to be cleaned, wherein:

• said cleaning members are made of a polyvinyl acetal porous elastomer and are formed as ridged projections positioned continually from inner reference points on the side of the center of rotation of the sheet member to outer reference points on the side of the outer periphery of the sheet member on each of a plurality of phantom setting lines extending from said inner reference points to said outer reference points,
• wherein a length in a longitudinal direction of said ridged projections along said phantom setting lines is formed longer than a length in a widthwise direction of the ridged projections,
• wherein said inner reference points are adjacent to an innermost edge of the sheet member,
• wherein said outer reference points are adjacent to an outermost edge of the sheet member,
• wherein a total area occupied by all of said cleaning members accounts for 20 to 60% of a total area of said sheet member,
• wherein said phantom setting lines are curved with the curve protruding in the direction of the rotation of said sheet member and are at an angle to a first reference line passing through said center of rotation of said sheet member and extending toward the outermost edge of said sheet member in a reverse direction of the rotation of said sheet member,
• wherein a second reference line is tangential to the curved phantom setting lines at a midpoint of said length of said ridged projection, and
• wherein a third reference line extending from the end of said first reference line at said center of rotation and through the tangent point of said second reference line defines a crossing angle approaching 90° between said third reference line and said second reference line such that said phantom setting lines extend in relation to said second reference line based on said crossing angle.