Abstract: A method of cleaning a component or a unit of an image forming apparatus which has been contaminated by a toner used for image forming includes the steps of blasting a target surface of the component or unit which has been contaminated by the toner with dry ice, and supplying a detergent to the target surface when the target surface is blasted with dry ice. In addition, a type or concentration of the detergent is adjusted in accordance with a type of the toner used for image forming.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaning method in accordance with a degree of soiling and a type of contaminant on a surface to be cleaned of a cleaning target. In the method of cleaning a cleaning target, such as an electrical component, with dry ice, during a process of blasting the dry ice toward the surface to be cleaned from a location where the dry ice is stored, a size of the dry ice is adjusted, so cleaning is performed while a cleaning performance of the dry ice is changed in accordance with the type of soiling or contaminant on the surface to be cleaned.

Abstract: In cleaning operation using dry ice pellets, a bridging phenomenon of the dry ice pellets occurs. Also, static electricity is generated, so a good cleaning effect cannot be obtained. This invention is directed to solve these problems. In order to solve these problems, a cleaning apparatus has a blast nozzle, a device for pneumatically feeding a carrier gas to the blast nozzle, and a device for supplying dry ice pellets to the blast nozzle, and blasts a cleaning object (W) with the dry ice pellets, together with the carrier gas, from the blast nozzle, thereby cleaning a surface of the cleaning object (W). This cleaning apparatus includes an air supplying device for supplying destaticizing air to a cleaning portion of the cleaning object (W) to be cleaned by the blast nozzle, and a charging device for charging the destaticizing air with a polarity opposite to the polarity of the charged dry ice pellets.

Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a cleaning method in accordance with the degree of soil and type of contaminant of a surface to be cleaned of a cleaning target. In order to achieve this object, in a method of cleaning a cleaning target, including an electrical component, with dry ice, during a process of blasting dry ice toward a surface to be cleaned from a location where the dry ice is stored, a size of the dry ice is adjusted, so cleaning is performed while a cleaning performance of the dry ice is changed in accordance with a type of soil or contaminant of the surface to be cleaned.

Abstract: The object of this invention is to clean a machine and device soiled in accordance with an atmosphere, where it has been used, to make it be suitable for recycle. In order to achieve this object, a cleaning target such as a unit or component including an electrical component is cleaned while dry ice and a detergent simultaneously act on a surface to be cleaned of the cleaning target.