Patent ID: 7865997

Claim:
A cleaning apparatus for removing dust adhering to a cleaning object, with the use of a flake-shaped cleaning medium caused to flow by an airflow and collide with the cleaning object, the cleaning apparatus comprising: a cleaning tank having an opening at a bottom part of the cleaning tank; a flake-shaped cleaning medium disposed in the cleaning tank for removing dust adhering to the cleaning object by colliding with the cleaning object; a separating member provided at the opening, configured to separate the removed dust adhering to the cleaning medium after the cleaning medium has collided with the cleaning object; an air blowing unit configured to blow out air into the cleaning tank through the separating member to cause the cleaning medium to flow; an air suction unit configured to suction air from the cleaning tank through the separating member; and a relative moving unit configured to move the air blowing unit and the separating member relatively to each other, and to move the air suction unit and the separating member relatively to each other, so that an area on the separating member is switched from an area where air is blown into the cleaning tank to an area where air in the cleaning tank is suctioned.