Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B9/00—Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body
  • A46B9/06—Arrangement of mixed bristles or tufts of bristles, e.g. wire, fibre, rubber
• • 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

Definitions

• the invention relates to a cleaning tool with a trim which, when mixed with absorbent threads, has a more cleaning component.
• Such a cleaning tool is known from DE-A 38 21 857 in the form of a plush-like cleaning cloth.
• the absorbent threads here consist of twisted polyester fibers.
• the threads have capillary action and water absorption capacity due to the narrow gaps between the parallel, adjacent fibers. You can wet the surface to be cleaned and then take up dirty water again.
• the stronger cleaning component consists of crimped threads. As a result of the crimp, the threads are untwisted from their ends, the fibers become independent. When the cleaning cloth is pressed on and moved, the crimped fibers are not simply pulled along their length over the surface to be cleaned, but with crosswise, in any case obliquely running and accordingly scraping sections.
• the pile threads are anchored in the basic structure of the plush-like cleaning cloth by welding.
• DE-A 27 26 485 has a textile fabric for cleaning purposes and deals with the problem of sucking up such cloths on the floor.
• the water-absorbing cotton tends to do this.
• CONFIRMATION COPY Anchoring base fabric As a result of the dense arrangement of the fine bristles, there are capillary spaces between them, which themselves are not capable of absorbing water, which create a line connection for water to be dispensed and dirty water to be taken up between the surface of the floor and the reservoir made available in the base fabric. The function of wet cleaning is retained. However, the velvet or plush bristles made of non-water-absorbent material prevent them from sucking up. In between, individual wick-like, absorbent threads should be arranged.
• a dust, polishing or dry cleaning cloth should also be composed of two types of thread.
• chemical fiber threads with a roughened, fluffy surface run in the warp or weft direction are arranged parallel to these cotton threads and the diameter of the chemical fiber threads is larger than the diameter of the cotton threads.
• the fabric should have a rib structure with dust collecting spaces lying between the ribs.
• the cleaning glove is especially intended for cleaning motor vehicles.
• One side is provided with a pile material suitable for cleaning the metal, glass and plastic surfaces.
• the other side is covered with slanted bristles to clean the upholstery.
• the pile here is made up of shrinkable and non-shrinkable pile fibers.
• the purpose of the different shrinkage is to achieve a different end length. With the different end lengths, either patterns for upholstery fabrics and carpets formed by indentations are to be created, or artificial fur in which the shrunk pile fibers form the lower fur.
• An artificial fur as cleaning textile is known from DE-A 28 44 1 85. Wrapped in several layers, it should be used on a window cleaning device. His hair should have a hardness tearing open the dirt film.
• the invention has for its object to provide a cleaning tool for use in particularly heavy soiling.
• the solution of this task according to the invention has in common with the plush-like cleaning cloth according to DE-A 38 21 857 the combination of features mentioned at the beginning. It differs from this in that the object does not have to be a cleaning cloth and that the said more cleaning component is brush-like, i.e. scratches with pointed ends over the surface to be cleaned.
• a brush has been modified so that it has been provided with absorbent threads and thus also has the water-releasing and water and dirt-absorbing properties of a textile material.
• the brush-like component provided according to the invention is no longer a textile thread in comparison with the prior art from which the invention is based.
• the cleaning tool can consist of natural bristles, although this only covers a part of the intended applications.
• the cleaning tool can be designed as a brush with a hand-graspable rigid back plate made of plastic, in which the absorbent threads and the brush-like component are anchored.
• the brush-like component consists of plastic monofilaments of such a length and bending stiffness and stocking density that, when normal force is exerted, the ends at least partially essentially brush over the surface to be cleaned, i.e. do not lie down with a section of their length.
• plastic monofilaments will generally also be used in the brush to be gripped in the conventional manner. They can be manufactured with absolutely reproducible dimensions and material properties.
• the monofilaments have a structured surface. This means that the monofilaments can also be used for cleaning in working positions in which their ends fold over. Then the structuring scrapes.
• the proposal particularly concerns rougher floor surfaces, at least those with depressions.
• little or no curved monofilaments should protrude into the recesses and grasp the bottom of the recesses with their tips, while in the surroundings and even in the higher edge regions of the recesses, bent monofilaments work with the structuring of their surface.
• the structuring can be done with a monofilament made of thermoplastic material
• thermoforming for example immediately after extrusion through air nozzles acting from the sides.
• the monofilaments will have a length of 7 to 15 mm, preferably approximately 10 to 12 mm, and a diameter of 0.3 to 1.0 mm, preferably 0.5 to
• the proportion of monofilaments may be 5 to 50%, usually between 10 and 40%, of the total number of absorbent threads and monofilaments.
• An essential aspect of the invention is to create a set of cleaning tools with different structures with regard to material selection, length, diameter, surface structure and stocking density of the monofilaments and possibly with regard to the absorbent threads, which are graded in their properties and for different degrees of soiling and / or floors or other surfaces are optimized.
• This set is primarily intended for a set of fabrics for a cleaning device.
• the variants cleaning pillow, cleaning glove or covering of a cleaning device are possible side by side in one assortment. Also they can be designed differently gradually.
• the brush with a graspable rigid back plate is the hardest cleaning tool, the cleaning pad is a bit softer and the cleaning glove is a bit softer.
• the force is distributed over a larger area; either a smaller proportion of even harder brush-like components or a larger proportion of softer brush-like components may be provided here.
• the double plush process is primarily considered for production in textile technology; the monofilaments are worked into a base fabric together with the absorbent threads as a pile. They should be anchored in the base fabric by welding, for which purpose e.g. Weldable fibers can be contained in the material of the base fabric in a manner known per se.
• the monofilaments are held firmly in the whitened fabric. They cannot push backwards despite the considerable force with which they are supported in the tissue due to their stiffness. Due to the welding, the monofilaments are also completely enclosed on their entire circumference, so that bending moments are completely transmitted into the fabric and the monofilaments cannot kink with respect to the base fabric.
• the base fabric can be made stiff enough to hold the bending forces.
• gluing is also possible by means of a finish applied to the back.
• a non-woven basic structure can also be considered, such as a knitted fabric or knitted fabric, into which the monofilaments as well as the absorbent threads, e.g. can be classified. They can also be anchored in them by welding or gluing.
• the absorbent threads and the monofilaments are expediently arranged to be of substantially the same length and in a uniform distribution.
• the absorbent threads can consist of cotton or spun polyester fibers in a manner known per se.
• FIG. 1 shows a cleaning tool like a brush in a perspective view
• Fig. 2 shows schematically a pile fabric for producing a cleaning pad, cleaning glove or a covering of a cleaning device.
• Fig. 1 shows a back plate 1 made of plastic, which is retracted in the middle to be grasped here by hand.
• a belt 2 extends obliquely across the width of the plastic plate at the retraction. The hand can be pushed under with the fingers, the thumb remains in front of it.
• the pile of the absorbent threads 3 moistens the dirt on the surface to be cleaned and later absorbs dirty water and larger dirt particles.
• the monofilaments 4 scrape the adhering dirt off the surface to be cleaned like a brush. In this way, heavy soiling, including grease, can be removed.
• the pile fabric shown in FIG. 2 consists, in a manner known per se, of a base fabric 5 made of warp threads 6 and weft threads 7, around which twisted, absorbent threads 8 and comparatively stiff monofilaments 9 are beaten as a pile.
• the pole is welded to the base fabric.
• the welding of a monofilament 9 is indicated at 10.
• a cleaning tool made of the polypropylene in particular a cleaning cushion, a cleaning glove or a covering of a cleaning device, works in principle in the same way as the cleaning tool according to FIG. 1. It is a brush combined with a cleaning plush.

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• Cleaning Implements For Floors, Carpets, Furniture, Walls, And The Like (AREA)
• Brushes (AREA)
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• Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)

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