Patent ID: 8893346

Claim:
An optical connector cleaner comprising: a supply reel that stores a cleaning cloth member having one end side wounded thereon; a take-up reel that takes up the other end side of the cleaning cloth member; a case that has a connector connection portion on which the cleaning cloth member stretched from said supply reel to said take-up reel is exposed, and rotatably supports said supply reel and said take-up reel; an operation lever that has an operation portion projecting from said case and is swingably supported by said case; a take-up mechanism that is provided between said operation lever and said take-up reel and rotates said take-up reel in a take-up direction by a predetermined angle when the operation lever swings; and a holding member that holds an optical connector on the connector connection portion in a state in which a coupling face of the optical connector is pressed against the cleaning cloth member exposed to the connector connection portion wherein a press mechanism is provided between said operation lever and said holding member, said press mechanism transmitting, to said holding member, an operation force applied to said operation lever and pressing said holding member against the optical connector at a predetermined timing with respect to a timing said take-up reel starts rotating by driving of said take-up mechanism.