EP0709053A1 - Wegspülbare klobürste und verfahren zu ihrer herstellung - Google Patents

Wegspülbare klobürste und verfahren zu ihrer herstellung Download PDF

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EP0709053A1
EP0709053A1 EP95917366A EP95917366A EP0709053A1 EP 0709053 A1 EP0709053 A1 EP 0709053A1 EP 95917366 A EP95917366 A EP 95917366A EP 95917366 A EP95917366 A EP 95917366A EP 0709053 A1 EP0709053 A1 EP 0709053A1
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scraper
toilet
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Josep Folguera Obiol
Pedro Teixidor Casanovas
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Sa Foltex De Nuevos Productos
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K11/00—Closets without flushing; Urinals without flushing; Chamber pots; Chairs with toilet conveniences or specially adapted for use with toilets
    • A47K11/10—Hand tools for cleaning the toilet bowl, seat or cover, e.g. toilet brushes

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  • the present invention refers to a disposable toilet scraper and a method for its manufacture; the purpose of this scraper is to allow toilets to be kept clean with the greatest hygiene. Once used, the scraper can be dropped into the toilet itself, since its dissolves in the water thanks to its technical characteristics.
  • toilet brushes which are formed of a plastic handle to which are coupled disposable elements which are directly intended for the cleaning operation and are made of strips of paper or of sponges.
  • the brushes have the disadvantage of calling for the intervention of the user in the disagreeable operation of handling them in order to break the handle after use. Users often avoid this operation by throwing the brush away whole, which can lead to the brush remaining for some time in the toilet bowl or causing blockages in drainage pipes.
  • the scraper or brush of the invention has been designed to resolve these problems in a fully satisfactory manner, constituting a single-use item or device, that is, a disposable device, made of a material of vegetable or cellulose origin, and having geometrical, weight and density characteristics optimum for efficient fulfilment of the toilet cleaning function while at the same time having a significantly lower cost than the brushes known so far, both in respect of the material and the manufacturing process.
  • the scraper in question comprises a body based on unused and recycled paper pulps, which once treated have optimum weight and density characteristics and presents a slender form which is achieved by use of a die-cutting or moulding process.
  • the disposable toilet scraper of the invention includes a part for gripping it with the hand and a cleaning part, both of water-soluble material: it is characterized in that it is made up of a single-piece elongated laminar body of rigid structure, which presents two distinct regions, one region being a manual gripping area which is longer, and the other region being a cleaning area which is shorter and wider. The cleaning area is wider than the rest in order to increase the abrasion surface and increase its efficiency.
  • the elongated laminar construction lends the body good rigidity, while not preventing its easy disintegration when dropped into the toilet bowl, because the thickness to which the water must gain access in order to impregnate all the material is much less than in the case of the known brushes.
  • the active part of greater width makes it possible to use the scraper easily, quickly and effectively.
  • the cost of the scraper is lower than that of the known brushes, due both to the quantity of material used and the simplicity of the manufacturing process.
  • the material of the scraper is biodegradable, so that it does not constitute a source of environmental pollution; preferably, the material is a fibrous material of vegetable or cellulose origin, such as paper or a paper derivative, with absorption and disintegration characteristics which make it optimal for correct operation.
  • Recycled paper can thus be used in manufacturing the scraper or brush, which makes the cost of the item lower and is also an advantage for the environment.
  • the cleaning area of the brush is impregnated with a substance which retards its dissolution in water compared with the rest of the scraper. This prevents the cleaning area from disintegrating too quickly when it comes into contact with humidity, and before it can complete the cleaning operation.
  • the end of the body corresponding to the cleaning area is flattened like a spade of decreasing thickness towards its front edge.
  • the laminar body presents some longitudinal ribs which lend it rigidity in the longer area corresponding to the handle. At one of the ends of the laminar body the ribs are flattened in such a way that the end adopts a spade shape, with thickness decreasing towards the front edge.
  • the laminar body may be tubular, with the handgrip end open and the cleaning end flattened to form the aforesaid spade shape.
  • the elongated laminar body may be made up of several strips attached to each other, which strips may be flat in shape, ridged, or a combination of both.
  • the scraper In relation to mass manufacturing of the scraper, the latter has shapes which are easily adapted to existing techniques and physical settings, this due to the very wide dissemination and conditioning factors of use, such as packaging, storage and individual arrangement near the toilet itself.
  • a process for manufacturing of the brush with longitudinal reinforcement ribs consists in starting with a strip of water-soluble biodegradable material, dragged continuously in a longitudinal advance movement. Throughout its travel the strip passes between sets of moulds and countermoulds which form longitudinal ribs upon the strip. A product is then applied to the strip to retard its dissolution in the water, said product being deposited on short zones, regularly spaced apart by zones of greater length which do not have the product applied to them. The strip then passes through a pressing station which acts regularly and intermittently, flattening only the impregnated zones. Finally, the strip is cut at the end of the flattened zones to provide the brush/scraper ends.
  • the scraper or brush of the invention is made up of a fibrous laminar structure of vegetable or cellulose origin, sufficiently cohesive to lend it strength, with a high air content and, consequently, porous, being manufactured with unused and recycled paper pulps, which once treated confer the optimum weight and density characteristics.
  • the dimensions of the scraper can be 40 mm maximum width in the cleaning area 2 and 2 mm thickness.
  • the slim or elongated configuration is achieved with a die-cutting or moulding process, while the strength for its optimum functioning is owed to the rigid structure which will offer one or more sheets of either ridged or flat shape.
  • the scraper thus formed is designed for cleaning toilets once they have been used, without accumulation of unhygienic and bacterial remains inherent to faeces, since once the scraper has been used it is dropped into the toilet itself and disappears along with the water flushed down.
  • the brush object of the invention comprises in Figures 3 to 6 of the drawings a single laminar piece of general reference 101 of water-soluble, biodegradable material, such as thin cardboard, which presents an elongated section 102 in the form of a handle and a shorter flattened spade-like section 103 at one of its ends, with its thickness decreasing towards its front edge 104.
  • the elongated part which constitutes the scraper has also been designed to be formed of several sheets glued to each other using a water-soluble starch-based adhesive or the like.
  • the handle 101 presents longitudinal ribs 105 which reinforce it considerably, forming inlets and projections which complement each other, thus facilitating the piling up of the brushes/scrapers ( Figures 3 and 6). At one end of the brush these ribs are flattened to form the spade section.
  • a brush 101a ( Figure 4) to present a tubular handle 102a with one end flattened to form the spade section 103a of decreasing thickness towards the edge 104a.
  • the end opposite to the spade section 103 is open in order to facilitate the entry of water and accelerate dissolution of the brush once used.
  • Figure 5 shows a very simple version of the scraper or brush, formed by a flat strip 101b with a handle 102b, a flattened end 103b and a front edge 104b.
  • the hand-grip area of the scraper of the invention does not require transversal breakage or weakening lines, since its laminar configuration permits its rapid dissolution in the water of the toilet.
  • the flattened end 103, 103a, 103b is impregnated or coated with a product 106 which retards for a few seconds the dissolution thereof in water, compared with the time which the handle 102, 102a, 102b takes to dissolve.
  • the product 106 may impregnate or coat the spade-shaped end and a short section of the handle immediately adjacent to that end.
  • the brush is very light and yet has sufficient rigidity for use one single time to clean a toilet bowl or other similar body, after which the brush is dropped into the toilet itself in order to dissolve in the water. It is important to point out that in order to avoid premature dissolution of the spade-shaped section during its cleaning work, it has incorporated into it a product 106 which retards said dissolution for a few seconds in relation to the time the handle 102 takes to dissolve.
  • the scraper or brush can be supplied in packets, perfectly piled together, from which it is taken for use.
  • the brush/scraper in question eliminates the problem of keeping the currently used scrapers clean.
  • Use of this brush is highly recommendable in the home and, especially, in public places in which it is more difficult to maintain cleanliness and hygiene conditions.
  • this brush is very low and perfectly affordable, all the more so if account is taken of the fact that it can have printed upon it advertising motifs, use recommendations and any type of drawing or legend, thanks to the fact that it can be manufactured from a strip of paper or recycled cardboard.
  • a suitable material for the brush may have a grammage of around 160 g/m2.
  • Manufacturing starts with a strip 107 of a water-soluble biodegradable material, which travels along a path dragged by rollers 108. During its travel the strips passes through pairs of rollers 109, 110 which progressively form ribs 105 in a longitudinal direction. Downstream of this process, the strip 107 passes through a station 111 (a pair of rollers or the like) in which a product 106 is applied to retard its dissolution in water, with the particular feature that the product is applied intermittently on areas 103c spaced apart from each other by longer areas 102.
  • the areas 103c are equivalent to two spade-sections of two corresponding brushes, arranged in opposite directions.
  • the strip then passes through a press 112 (for example, two rollers or the like), which flattens only the areas 1103c to form the spade-sections of the brushes.
  • the strip passes next through a cutting station 113 which cuts it intermittently along the middle of sections 103a to provide the finished brush ( Figures 7 and 8).

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EP95917366A 1994-05-06 1995-05-03 Wegspülbare klobürste und verfahren zu ihrer herstellung Withdrawn EP0709053A1 (de)

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ES9401245U 1994-05-06
ES9401245U ES1027867Y (es) 1994-05-06 1994-05-06 Escobilla de aseo desechable.
ES9401706 1994-08-02
ES9401706A ES2120305B1 (es) 1994-08-02 1994-08-02 Rasqueta de un solo uso y procedimiento para su fabricacion.
PCT/ES1995/000049 WO1995030366A1 (es) 1994-05-06 1995-05-03 Rasqueta de aseo desechable y procedimiento para su fabricacion

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GB2329325A (en) * 1997-09-19 1999-03-24 John Raymond Myers Disposable cleaning devices, particularly for cleaning toilets
FR2816191A1 (fr) * 2000-11-07 2002-05-10 Le Petit Balai Procede de nettoyage manuel des cuvettes de water-closet, dispositif de nettoyage jetable pour sa mise en oeuvre et son procede de fabrication
EP1366835A1 (de) * 2002-05-29 2003-12-03 Meritor Suspension Systems Company Inc. Verfahren zur kontinuierlichen Formung eines Stabilisatorstabs
GB2397753A (en) * 2003-01-29 2004-08-04 Andrew Firth Robinson Toilet wand
WO2005034704A1 (de) * 2003-10-10 2005-04-21 Stender-Tuente Monika Reinigungsgerät, vorzugsweise zur toilettenreinigung
US7159265B2 (en) 2003-07-08 2007-01-09 S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Cleaning brush with disposable/replaceable brush head
US7566491B2 (en) 2003-08-04 2009-07-28 Kimberly Clark Worldwide, Inc. Disposable and reusable pouf products
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CH709160A1 (fr) * 2014-01-17 2015-07-31 Dorian Moiroux Dispositif de nettoyage entièrement décomposable dans l'eau.
GB2538238A (en) * 2015-05-11 2016-11-16 Mullen Jean Cleaning implement and method
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DE202019107119U1 (de) 2018-12-20 2020-04-20 Herbert Bichl Einweg-Reinigungshilfe
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GB2329325A (en) * 1997-09-19 1999-03-24 John Raymond Myers Disposable cleaning devices, particularly for cleaning toilets
GB2329325B (en) * 1997-09-19 2001-09-19 John Raymond Myers An improved cleaning device, particularly for cleaning toilets
FR2816191A1 (fr) * 2000-11-07 2002-05-10 Le Petit Balai Procede de nettoyage manuel des cuvettes de water-closet, dispositif de nettoyage jetable pour sa mise en oeuvre et son procede de fabrication
EP1366835A1 (de) * 2002-05-29 2003-12-03 Meritor Suspension Systems Company Inc. Verfahren zur kontinuierlichen Formung eines Stabilisatorstabs
GB2397753A (en) * 2003-01-29 2004-08-04 Andrew Firth Robinson Toilet wand
US7159265B2 (en) 2003-07-08 2007-01-09 S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Cleaning brush with disposable/replaceable brush head
US7566491B2 (en) 2003-08-04 2009-07-28 Kimberly Clark Worldwide, Inc. Disposable and reusable pouf products
WO2005034704A1 (de) * 2003-10-10 2005-04-21 Stender-Tuente Monika Reinigungsgerät, vorzugsweise zur toilettenreinigung
EP2330051A1 (de) * 2008-09-30 2011-06-08 Celulosas Moldeadas, S.A. Durch separierbare und biologisch abbaubare schaufeln geformtes tablett
EP2330051A4 (de) * 2008-09-30 2014-01-01 Celulosas Moldeadas S A Durch separierbare und biologisch abbaubare schaufeln geformtes tablett
WO2014204353A1 (ru) * 2013-06-17 2014-12-24 Givargizov Mikhail Evgenievich Одноразовое средство для механического удаления загрязнений
CH709160A1 (fr) * 2014-01-17 2015-07-31 Dorian Moiroux Dispositif de nettoyage entièrement décomposable dans l'eau.
GB2538238A (en) * 2015-05-11 2016-11-16 Mullen Jean Cleaning implement and method
GB2538238B (en) * 2015-05-11 2021-09-01 Mullen Jean Cleaning implement and method
WO2016204655A1 (ru) * 2015-06-18 2016-12-22 Владимир Михайлович МОРЕВ Одноразовое изделие для механического удаления загрязнений
WO2018131382A1 (ja) * 2017-01-12 2018-07-19 株式会社冨永庭苑 便器用清掃具
JPWO2018131382A1 (ja) * 2017-01-12 2019-11-07 株式会社冨永庭苑 便器用清掃具
DE202019107119U1 (de) 2018-12-20 2020-04-20 Herbert Bichl Einweg-Reinigungshilfe
WO2023200360A1 (ru) * 2022-04-12 2023-10-19 Игорь Иванович ИЛАШКУ Одноразовый ершик

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