EP0149705A2 - Eponge rugueuse de nettoyage, notamment pour les surfaces délicates et procédé pour la préparer - Google Patents

Eponge rugueuse de nettoyage, notamment pour les surfaces délicates et procédé pour la préparer Download PDF

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EP0149705A2
EP0149705A2 EP84106989A EP84106989A EP0149705A2 EP 0149705 A2 EP0149705 A2 EP 0149705A2 EP 84106989 A EP84106989 A EP 84106989A EP 84106989 A EP84106989 A EP 84106989A EP 0149705 A2 EP0149705 A2 EP 0149705A2
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Mario Mantica
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L1/00—Cleaning windows
    • A47L1/06—Hand implements
    • A47L1/15—Cloths, sponges, pads, or the like, e.g. containing cleaning agents
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/16—Cloths; Pads; Sponges
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L17/00—Apparatus or implements used in manual washing or cleaning of crockery, table-ware, cooking-ware or the like
    • A47L17/04—Pan or pot cleaning utensils
    • A47L17/08—Pads; Balls of steel wool, wire, or plastic meshes

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  • This invention relates to a roughened cleaning sponge particularly for delicate surfaces, and to a method of manufacturing it.
  • the roughened sponge of this invention is particularly useful for cleaning scratch vulnerable surfaces, such as the surfaces of stainless steel objects, or objects coated with a thin layer of plastics like cooking pots and pans, or motor vehicle windshields.
  • scratch vulnerable surfaces such as the surfaces of stainless steel objects, or objects coated with a thin layer of plastics like cooking pots and pans, or motor vehicle windshields.
  • Such objects in fact, while having inherently hard surfaces, are quite vulnerable to scratching since this would jeopardize their proper use or operation.
  • either felt-like rags are currently utilized or sponges incorporating scraping fillers, e.g. diamond powders, as well as roughened sponges including a core of a sponge-like material and a roughening outer cover for kitchen applications, and those same abrasive filled sponges and known hard rubber scrapers for windshield cleaning epplications.
  • scraping fillers e.g. diamond powders
  • roughened sponges including a core of a sponge-like material and a roughening outer cover for kitchen applications, and those same abrasive filled sponges and known hard rubber scrapers for windshield cleaning epplications.
  • the cited prior sponges including a roughened covering are essentially of two types.
  • a first sponge type comprises a core formed from a non thermoplastic foamed material and a fabric portion, also formed from non-thermoplastic materials, which is wrapped and sewn around the core. This construction has the disadvantage of involving manual processing and being time consuming.
  • the roughened sponges of the second type comprise a sponge-like core of a non-thermoplastic material and a fabric covering of a theromoplastic material.
  • the fabric is here in the form of a tubing. Manufacture provides for manual introduction of the sponge-like insert into its outer sheath and sealing of its ends.
  • the sealing is practically of a linear type and of somewhat limited strenght owing to the small amount of thermoplastic material avilable for the purpose, in practice just that provided by the yarns of the roughening fabric.
  • thermoplastic material avilable for the purpose, in practice just that provided by the yarns of the roughening fabric.
  • prior sponges .tend in use to open up at the sealed ends which are constantly under stress from the sponge core tending to expand.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a method of manufacturing sponges according to the invention, which can afford a fast sponge production rate without waste, the sponges obtained with this method requiring no further processing or finishing steps.
  • a cleaning sponge of the general type outlined hereinabove and comprising a core of a sponge-like material, which is covered externally with a roughening fabric covering the objects of this invention are achieved by that the inventive sponge has the following characteristics:
  • the fabric tubing is a knit fabric, that is having a smooth weft and warp yarns projecting therefrom into loops of a given lenght and only protruding from one side with respect to the weft, a portion of the loops being cut off to provide two respective scraping piles. Said cut off portions of the loops amounting approximately to 40% of the total loop number. Furthermore, according to the invention, the projecting loops are arranged to protrude inwardly of the tubular fabric blank.
  • the heat sealed end bands or strips have a crosswise dimension in the range from about 2 to 10 mm, this sealing providing for a compacting sealing application of compression under heat to both the thermoplastic material of the roughening fabric and thermoplastic material of the sponge-like core.
  • the width of said sealed strips would be about 7 mm.
  • the outer edges of the heat sealed strips stand out of the roughened sponge longitudinal sides, in the finished condition of the sponge, thus affording full access ability to the remotest of the ares or corners to be cleaned.
  • the method of this invention for the manufacture of roughened cleaning sponges according to other aspects of the invention, distinguishes itself by the use of a sponge-like thermoplastic plastics core as an elongate sectional blank and of a tubular roughening fabric covering with inwardly projecting loops, and is characterized by that it comprises the following processing steps:
  • the heat sealing receptacles or impressions are such as to form, during the heat sealing process, outer end corner edges which protrude from the longitudinal sides of the finished cleaning sponge.
  • an advantage of this invention proposal resides in the provision of an extremely siple and rapid manufacturing procedure which requires no finishing steps for the manufactured sponges.
  • a further advantage of the sponges of this invention is that optimum filling of the roughening fabric with the sponge core is achieved, which positively avoids the formation of void pockets between the sponge and covering such as would result in unwanted wrinkles on the sponge surface in use.
  • This cleaning sponge is generally indicated at 1 and comprises, in a manner known per se, a core 2 of a sponge-like or expanded material, and an outer fabric covering with roughening functions, indicated at 3.
  • both the sponge core 2 and roughening fabric 3 are formed from a thermoplastic plastics, that is one accepting heat sealing or ultrasonic welding.
  • the thermoplastic material, both for the roughening fabric and sponge core, is selected to simultaneously provide for heat sealing of the ends and the formation of a scraping means directly from the materials utilized, without involving any insert or supporting elements.
  • the fabric employed is a tubular or hose fabric with looped warp yarns, or knit fabric, which loops, in the preferred embodiment indicated, are arranged to face inwards as shown in Figur 6.
  • polyester yarn has been used for the weft and polypropylene yarn for the warp, the yarns having a diameter on the order of 0.2 mm, while the loops had a height of about 3 mm and a tenght between the loop legs of about 1 mm.
  • the number of opened, or cut off, loops amounted to about 40% of the loop total.
  • the height of the sponge core was 2.5 mm.
  • That heat sealed band has a considerable width, e.g. a width of 7 mm, and a thickness adequate to provide, on the side, optimum scraping rigidity, and on the other side, a favorable flexing ability in use of the sponge.
  • a preassembled blank of a considerable lenght e.g. 5 m, Is first provided.
  • both the fabric 3 and initial portion of the sponge sectional blank 2 By grasping with one's hands, at the end 5b, both the fabric 3 and initial portion of the sponge sectional blank 2, a pulling force is applied to simultaneously withdraw from the lining tubing 5 both the outer fabric 3 and inner sponge sectional blank 2, which is automatically positioned within said fabric, as shown In Figur 10.
  • the starting blank formed by the fabric 3 and sponge core 2 is indicated at 6 in Figure 11.
  • Shown schematically at 7 in Figur 12 are the lines of action of heat sealing jaws for the formation of the sealed bands 4.
  • Indicated at 8 are the areas of fabric material 3 and sponge material 2 which , during the heat sealing step, are displaced and compressed into the sealed bands 4.
  • the same may be produced either as single or double seams, or even simultaneously on two adjacent sponges. In the latter case, the common band, of double the thickness, will be separated by means of a blade element or the like.
  • thermoplastic materials such as, for the weft yarn, polyamides, Nylon, Algodon, polyethylene, polypropylene, raffia, and the like
  • polyethylene, Nylon, polyester, Algodon, etc. may be used, and deviations form the specified dimensions may be made without departing from the scope of this invention.
  • Substantial to the same is the incorporation to the sponge with roughened covering of scraping means as well, which advantageously provide for the sponge sealing. All this without involving any additional finishing steps.
  • Heat sealing could be replaced by an ultrasonic or any other suitable sealing process.
  • sponges may be provided with sealed bands having differen profiles, as indicated in Figures 13, 14, or sponges be provided with peripherally extending sealed bands, as shown in Figure 15, or with Intermediate sealed spots, as shown in Figure 16, or in the form of a padded element, etc.
  • the manufactruing method could be automated by replacing the manual withdrawal of the fabric and sponge core from the lining tubing with some automatic withdrawal procedure, again without departing .from the invention scope.

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  • Cleaning Implements For Floors, Carpets, Furniture, Walls, And The Like (AREA)
  • Shaping Of Tube Ends By Bending Or Straightening (AREA)
  • Polarising Elements (AREA)
  • Cleaning In General (AREA)
EP84106989A 1983-12-22 1984-06-19 Eponge rugueuse de nettoyage, notamment pour les surfaces délicates et procédé pour la préparer Expired EP0149705B1 (fr)

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AT84106989T ATE38141T1 (de) 1983-12-22 1984-06-19 Aufgerauhter reinigungsschwamm, insbesondere fuer empfindliche oberflaechen und herstellungsverfahren dazu.

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IT24324/83A IT1194534B (it) 1983-12-22 1983-12-22 Spugna per pulizia irruvidita,in particolare per superfici delicate e procedimento per la produzione della stessa
IT2432483 1983-12-22

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EP0149705A3 EP0149705A3 (en) 1985-08-21
EP0149705B1 EP0149705B1 (fr) 1988-10-26

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CA (1) CA1249109A (fr)
DE (1) DE3474768D1 (fr)
DK (1) DK296884A (fr)
IT (1) IT1194534B (fr)

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GB2192327A (en) * 1985-12-12 1988-01-13 S R Holbrook Limited Cleaning pad
GR1001143B (el) * 1992-03-16 1993-05-24 Konstantinos Katris Σφουγγαρι οικιακης και βιομηχανικης χρησεως.
DE9312458U1 (de) * 1993-08-19 1993-10-21 Schulze, Dagmar, 96148 Baunach Reinigungsschwamm für die manuelle Reinigung
EP0600829A1 (fr) * 1992-12-02 1994-06-08 Karl Martin Eponge de nettoyage
US5671498A (en) * 1995-04-04 1997-09-30 Martin; Timothy J. Scrubbing device
WO1997049326A1 (fr) * 1996-06-27 1997-12-31 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Article de nettoyage et procede de fabrication de cet article
ES2143420A1 (es) * 1998-06-05 2000-05-01 Saiz Manuel Munoz Util para la limpieza del calzado.
EP1042979A1 (fr) * 1999-04-09 2000-10-11 Alain Edouard Billat Dispositif de nettoyage et de séchage simultanés pour vitres, meubles et objets analogues
US6687941B2 (en) 1999-04-09 2004-02-10 Alain Edouard Billat Device for simultaneously cleaning and drying surfaces made of glass and other materials
ITMI20122209A1 (it) * 2012-12-20 2014-06-21 Orlandi Spa Kit di spugne per la pulizia delle superfici in vetro

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WO2018036617A1 (fr) 2016-08-23 2018-03-01 Alfred Kärcher Gmbh & Co. Kg Appareil de traitement de surface, association de l'appareil de traitement de surface et réceptacle, et utilisation

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DE1503794A1 (de) * 1965-09-24 1970-03-19 Miles Lab Reinigungshilfe aus Fasergewirrmaterial
GB1245242A (en) * 1967-04-26 1971-09-08 John Peter Brennan Improvements in or relating to cleaning pads
FR2112593A5 (fr) * 1970-07-10 1972-06-23 Molena Ag
US4015306A (en) * 1972-06-20 1977-04-05 Fenster Larry A Applicator pads
US4052238A (en) * 1975-06-25 1977-10-04 Acs Industries, Inc. Method of making a scouring pad or the like
GB2063058A (en) * 1979-11-19 1981-06-03 Gropper G Scouring pads

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DE1503794A1 (de) * 1965-09-24 1970-03-19 Miles Lab Reinigungshilfe aus Fasergewirrmaterial
GB1245242A (en) * 1967-04-26 1971-09-08 John Peter Brennan Improvements in or relating to cleaning pads
FR2112593A5 (fr) * 1970-07-10 1972-06-23 Molena Ag
US4015306A (en) * 1972-06-20 1977-04-05 Fenster Larry A Applicator pads
US4052238A (en) * 1975-06-25 1977-10-04 Acs Industries, Inc. Method of making a scouring pad or the like
GB2063058A (en) * 1979-11-19 1981-06-03 Gropper G Scouring pads

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2192327A (en) * 1985-12-12 1988-01-13 S R Holbrook Limited Cleaning pad
GR1001143B (el) * 1992-03-16 1993-05-24 Konstantinos Katris Σφουγγαρι οικιακης και βιομηχανικης χρησεως.
EP0600829A1 (fr) * 1992-12-02 1994-06-08 Karl Martin Eponge de nettoyage
DE9312458U1 (de) * 1993-08-19 1993-10-21 Schulze, Dagmar, 96148 Baunach Reinigungsschwamm für die manuelle Reinigung
US5671498A (en) * 1995-04-04 1997-09-30 Martin; Timothy J. Scrubbing device
WO1997049326A1 (fr) * 1996-06-27 1997-12-31 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Article de nettoyage et procede de fabrication de cet article
ES2143420A1 (es) * 1998-06-05 2000-05-01 Saiz Manuel Munoz Util para la limpieza del calzado.
EP1042979A1 (fr) * 1999-04-09 2000-10-11 Alain Edouard Billat Dispositif de nettoyage et de séchage simultanés pour vitres, meubles et objets analogues
FR2791879A1 (fr) * 1999-04-09 2000-10-13 Alain Edouard Billat Dispositif de nettoyage et de sechage simultanes pour vitres, meubles et objets analogues
US6687941B2 (en) 1999-04-09 2004-02-10 Alain Edouard Billat Device for simultaneously cleaning and drying surfaces made of glass and other materials
ITMI20122209A1 (it) * 2012-12-20 2014-06-21 Orlandi Spa Kit di spugne per la pulizia delle superfici in vetro
WO2014097228A1 (fr) * 2012-12-20 2014-06-26 Orlandi S.P.A. Kit pour le nettoyage de vitres

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IT1194534B (it) 1988-09-22
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DE3474768D1 (en) 1988-12-01
DK296884A (da) 1985-06-23
ATE38141T1 (de) 1988-11-15
CA1249109A (fr) 1989-01-24
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