Patent ID: 8087118

Claim:
An optical connector cleaning tool which wipes to clean a joining end face of an optical connector, comprising: a tool body which incorporates a feeding mechanism that supplies and takes up a cleaning body; and an insertion part which is provided so as to protrude from said tool body, and which is inserted into a connector housing hole of a positioning housing for connectors, wherein: said insertion part has a head member on which is formed a pressing face that presses said cleaning body against said joining end face within said connector housing hole, and is capable of moving in an extension or contraction direction of said insertion part relative to said tool body; movement of said tool body in an insertion direction relative to said insertion part in a state where said cleaning body is in contact with said joining end face causes said head member to axially rotate while said state of contact is maintained; said tool body comprises a rotary mechanism which causes said axial rotation of said head member, and said rotary mechanism comprises a supporting member, and a rotary shaft to which said head member is attached; and said rotary shaft has a rotary tube part in which is formed a cam groove into which an insertion protuberance that is formed in said supporting member inserts, and is axially rotated by movement of said rotary tube part along said cam groove in accordance with movement of said extension or contraction direction of said insertion part.