A filtering device includes a screen including support rods extending in the axial direction of the screen and arranged generally cylindrically with a predetermined interval, and a cylindrical filter member attached fixedly on the outside of the support rods, a vibrator including a shaft provided in the central portion of the screen coaxially with the screen and at least one leaf spring which is fixed in one end portion thereof to the shaft and is capable of abutting in the other end portion against a part of each of the support rods, and a drive unit for rotating at least one of the screen and the vibrator. In one aspect of the invention, a filtering device includes a screen including support rods extending in the axial direction of the screen and arranged generally cylindrically with a predetermined interval, and a cylindrical filter member attached fixedly on the inside of the support rods, a vibrator including a frame provided on the outside of the screen coaxially with the screen and extending in the axial direction of the screen and at least one leaf spring which is fixed in one end portion thereof to the frame and is capable of abutting in the other end portion against a part of each of the support rods, and a drive unit for rotating at least one of the screen and the vibrator.