Patent ID: 9663073
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B05B,B08B,B60R,B60S,G02B

Claim:
1. A cleaning apparatus for an in-vehicle optical sensor comprising: a cleaning liquid nozzle configured to jet out a cleaning liquid toward a lens surface of a lens of the in-vehicle optical sensor or a translucent surface of a translucent cover covering the lens surface when the translucent cover exists, and an air nozzle, the air nozzle has a jet hole, the air nozzle is configured to jet out air from the jet hole toward a used cleaning liquid, which was jetted out from the cleaning liquid nozzle and cleaned the lens surface or the translucent surface, to prevent the used cleaning liquid from dropping from the lens surface or the translucent surface on a predetermined position by blowing away the used cleaning liquid, the jet hole of the air nozzle is in a shape and disposed at a position, wherein the shape of the jet hole and the position at which the jet hole is disposed are arranged to jet the air that is jetted from the jet hole of the air nozzle toward the used cleaning liquid so that the air is not directly jetted toward the lens surface.