Optical connector cleaning tool

An optical connector cleaning tool which cleans a joining end face of an optical connector by a feeding movement of a cleaning body, comprising:

• a tool body which incorporates a feeding mechanism that supplies and takes up the cleaning body and which incorporates a rotary mechanism that rotates a rotary shaft to which a head member is attached at a distal end of the rotary shaft, the head member on which is formed a pressing face that presses the cleaning body against the joining end face within a connecter housing hole of a positioning housing for connectors;
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• an insertion part which has a cylindrical insertion tube through which the head member and a part of the rotary shaft in vicinity to the head member pass, and a distal end of the insertion part being inserted into the connector housing hole of the positioning housing for connectors, wherein:
• the tool body has a case which incorporates the feeding mechanism and the rotary mechanism and which is capable of advancing and retreating in an insertion direction of the insertion part with respect to the feeding mechanism, the rotary mechanism, and the insertion part;
• the rotary mechanism has a cam mechanism that engages an insertion protuberance arranged in vicinity to the case with a spiral cam groove arranged in vicinity to the rotary shaft;
• the feeding mechanism comprises a supply reel on which the cleaning body is wound and a take-up reel which takes up the cleaning body, and is configured to cause the rotation of the take-up reel and take up the cleaning body based on the movement of the case in an insertion direction of the case;
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• the head member axially rotates and the cleaning body undergoes a feeding movement of supply and take up in the feeding mechanism, which is based on the movement of the case in the insertion direction relative to the insertion part in a state
• where the cleaning body is in contact with the joining end face while the state of contact is maintained based on the cam mechanism of the rotary mechanism.