FILTER CLEANING DEVICE AND AIR CONDITIONER INCLUDING FILTER CLEANING DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure having a wider air passage so as not to increase a suction resistance and to enable smooth movement of a filter during cleaning.SOLUTION: A filter pressing member 42 facing a rotary brush includes a contact member 70 that contacts a moving filter 6, and a space of the filter pressing member 42 where the contact member 70 is not present serves as a ventilation part 52 for passing the air therethrough from a suction port 2 toward heat exchangers 4a and 4b within a housing 1. By forming the ventilation part 52 in the filter pressing member 42, it is possible to suppress an increase in a suction resistance due to arrangement of the filter pressing member 42 and to enlarge an air passage 8. Irregular portions 71 corresponding to irregular portions of the filter 6 are formed on an outer circumferential surface of the contact member 70 that contacts the filter 6. At a time of cleaning the filter 6, lateral ribs 22b of the moving filter 6 are fitted into the irregular portions 71, and the rotating contact member 70 accelerates moving of the filter 6.