EP2929827A1 - Balai à franges plat, notamment balai à franges à usage unique - Google Patents

Balai à franges plat, notamment balai à franges à usage unique Download PDF

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EP2929827A1
EP2929827A1 EP14164503.6A EP14164503A EP2929827A1 EP 2929827 A1 EP2929827 A1 EP 2929827A1 EP 14164503 A EP14164503 A EP 14164503A EP 2929827 A1 EP2929827 A1 EP 2929827A1
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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
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/16—Cloths; Pads; Sponges

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  • the present invention relates to a flat mop, in particular a disposable flat mop, the use of this flat mop for clean room cleaning, a method for clean room cleaning, a, in particular sterile, packaging containing flat mops according to the invention, and a cleaning device equipped with a flat mop according to the invention.
  • Mops of any kind are used today for a variety of cleaning purposes. Such mops can be used for both dry as well as wet and wet cleaning. Flat mops have proven themselves both for use in the private sector as well as for commercial cleaning. Flat mops often have a substantially rectangular basic shape. Both single-layer and multi-layer flat mop systems are used. While little consideration has to be given to the choice of material, the type of production and the structural design for conventional cleaning purposes, a very demanding profile of properties is reliably to be ensured for flat mops which are to be used in clean room cleaning, in particular sterile clean room cleaning. The cleaning of clean rooms must be done in such a way that the risk of contamination can be excluded, but at the same time a high cleaning performance is guaranteed.
  • the present invention was accordingly an object of the invention to provide a flat mop is available, which is suitable for the purification of clean rooms and can be produced inexpensively.
  • the invention was in particular the object of making a disposable flat mop for clean room cleaning verfbar.
  • a flat mop has been found with a front or cleaning side having a garniture or loop structure and a backsheet side comprising at least one front side woven, knitted or knitted layer formed of microfiber material and at least one backsheet made of a particularly solidified nonwoven material, in particular comprising or consisting of polyolefin fibers, in particular polypropylene fibers, preferably having at least one intermediate layer arranged between the front and back layers of a, in particular unconsolidated, nonwoven material or of a foam material, wherein on the back at least one, preferably two, engaging pocket (s) for a flat mop holder present.
  • At least one intermediate layer is present between the front and back of the flat mop according to the invention.
  • front or cleaning side that side of the flat mop is to be understood, which comes into contact with the surface to be cleaned during the cleaning process.
  • the cleaning surface has an irregular surface structure or three-dimensionality, for example, in contrast to the smooth surface of a tensioned cleaning cloth.
  • the front-side position is accordingly part of the front or forms this.
  • the back or cover page in the context of the present invention is the opposite side of the front side of the flat mops invention.
  • the back layer is accordingly part of the back or forms this.
  • the back or cover sheet side is usually provided with two engaging pockets, which are spaced from each other, so that a flat mop holder can engage in these engaging pockets.
  • both the intermediate layer and the back layer are in the form of fleece, wherein the intermediate layer preferably comprises unconsolidated nonwoven material and the backsheet preferably comprises consolidated nonwoven material or is formed therefrom.
  • Non-bonded nonwoven material in the sense of the present invention comprises those which are obtained directly in nonwoven production, as well as needled nonwovens, that is to say unconsolidated nonwoven material which has been needled.
  • Suitable nonwoven materials include, for example, those made of vegetable fibers such as cotton nonwoven fabric and flax nonwoven fabric, animal fibers such as woolen fiber nonwoven fabric, synthetic fibers of natural polymers such as viscose fiber nonwoven fabric, synthetic fibers of synthetic polymers or man made fibers of mineral substances.
  • Suitable manmade fibers of synthetic polymers include, in addition to polyester nonwovens, polyolefin nonwoven fabrics such as polypropylene and polyethylene nonwovens, nonwoven polyamide fabrics, and aramid nonwoven fabrics.
  • Suitable man-made fibers of mineral materials include, for example, non-woven fiberglass and carbon fiber non-woven fabrics.
  • the microfiber material of the front-side layer comprises or consists of polyamide microfibers and / or polyester microfibers, in particular polyethylene terephthalate microfibers, preferably polyester microfibers and / or that the nonwoven material of the intermediate layer, in particular recycled, polyester fibers, in particular polyethylene terephthalate fibers, includes or consists of.
  • Polyethylene terephthalate microfibers are particularly preferably used for the microfiber material of the front-side layer.
  • the nonwoven material of the intermediate layer is preferably used on polyethylene terephthalate fibers, which are not regularly present in the form of microfibers. Nevertheless, can also for the nonwoven material of the intermediate layer can be resorted to polyester microfibers, for example polyethylene terephthalate microfibers.
  • microfiber material of the front-side layer in a particularly suitable embodiment, continuous fibers are used, regardless of whether the frontside layer is a woven, knitted or knitted layer of microfiber material. In this way, the contamination of clean rooms by fiber residues or so-called lint can be avoided particularly efficiently.
  • a stocking or loop structure for the front side with a particularly pronounced cleaning effect is obtained by the fact that the at least one front-side layer is formed from a, in particular circular knit or warp-knit terry cloth.
  • the microfiber material of the front layer has an average fineness less than or equal to 1 dtex, in particular in the range of 0.3 dtex to 0.8 dtex, and / or that the fiber material of the intermediate layer has an average fineness in the range from 0.5 dtex to 4 dtex, in particular in the range from 1 dtex to 3 dtex and particularly preferably in the range from 1.5 dtex to 2.5 dtex.
  • the fineness of the microfiber material of the front-side layer is absolutely less than or equal to 1 dtex, in particular in the range of 0.3 dtex to 0.8 dtex, and that of the fiber material of the intermediate layer is preferably absolutely in the range of 0.5 dtex to 4 dtex , in particular in the range of 1 dtex to 3 dtex and more preferably in the range of 1.5 dtex to 2.5 dtex.
  • the fineness or mean fineness is determined on the basis of ISO 1144 and DIN 60905 part 1.
  • such flat mops invention are particularly suitable in which the at least one front-side layer over a basis weight of at least 150 g / m 2 or in the range of 150 g / m 2 to 400 g / m 2 , preferably of at least 200 g / m 2 or in the range of 200 g / m 2 to 350 g / m 2 , and more preferably of at least 225 g / m 2 or in the range of 225 g / m 2 to 300 g / m 2 , and / or that the at least one intermediate layer over a basis weight in the range of 50 g / m 2 to 150 g / m 2 , preferably in the range of 75 g / m 2 to 125 g / m 2 and particularly preferably in the range of 90 g / m 2 to 110 g / m 2 features.
  • the unconsolidated web of the intermediate layer is preferably a needle-punched nonwoven.
  • Staple fibers are also suitably used for the intermediate layer, in particular with an average length in the range from 20 mm to 80 mm, preferably in the range from 30 mm to 70 mm and particularly preferably in the range from 40 mm to 60 mm.
  • the at least one backsheet layer is preferably a spunbonded material.
  • Spun nonwovens are well known to those skilled in the art. They are generally obtained from fibers spun from polymer melt passing through nozzles and drawn by cold air and / or mechanically drawn. These fibers are then usually formed directly into a spunbonded or form after solidification of this spunbonded nonwoven. Spunbonded fabrics are generally based on continuous fibers.
  • spunbonded nonwovens are solidified spunbonded nonwovens, for example spunbond nonwoven spunbonded with water jet. These may additionally have been calendered.
  • the back layer of the flat mop according to the invention is preferably designed as a single layer.
  • the at least one backsheet layer in particular all the backsheets, are preferably substantially permeable to liquid, in particular water-permeable, preferably by means of perforation.
  • Particularly fluff-proof or lint-free flat mops according to the invention are also obtained by virtue of the fact that the front-side layer and the backsheet, as well as optionally the intermediate layer, are interconnected along their peripheral edges by means of overlock sewing methods.
  • the front-side layer and the backsheet, as well as possibly the intermediate layer add a substantially identical basic shape, so that they overlap one another when they overlap one another.
  • the expansion of the intermediate layer is slightly smaller than that of the front layer and the back layer, so that when sewing the three layers, the intermediate layer is completely enclosed by the abutting and sewn-together edge strips of front and back layer and preferably nevertheless still connected to this, in particular sewn.
  • Overlocking the edge of one or more fabrics can be done using specially designed overlock sewing machines.
  • Flat mops according to the invention whose edges are connected to one another by means of overlock sewing methods, are readily suitable for being subjected to at least one washing and / or decontamination cycle.
  • the engagement pocket or the engagement pockets have been obtained by folding over one or more edge sections of the flat mop so that the material of the rear layer comes into contact with one another in the area of the engagement pocket or engagement pockets and / or that the folded-over edge portions along its peripheral edges to form the engaging pocket by means of overlock sewing process are connected to each other.
  • engaging pockets as separate elements and connecting them to the back of the flat mop
  • the engaging pocket or the engaging pockets have been obtained by folding over one or more edge portions of the flat mop, so that in the region of the engaging pocket or Engaged pockets the material of the backseat layer comes to rest against each other and / or that the folded over each other edge portions along their peripheral edges to form the engaging pocket by means of overlock sewing process are interconnected.
  • the flat mops according to the invention can be configured to a considerable thickness without disproportionately increasing the production costs.
  • the front side with stocking or loop structure or possibly also the intermediate layer in the form of the unconsolidated nonwoven or the foam layer contribute, but more preferably both said layers in combination.
  • Particularly suitable flat mops according to the invention are distinguished, for example, in that the front-side layer has an average thickness of at least 0.5 mm or in the range of 0.5 mm to 5.0 mm, preferably of at least 1.0 mm or in the range of 1.0 mm to 4.5 mm, and more preferably at least 1.5 mm or in the range of 0.5 mm to 5.0 mm, and / or that the intermediate layer has a thickness in the range of 0.5 mm to 10 mm, preferably in the range of 1.0 mm to 8 mm and particularly preferably in the range of 2.0 to 5 mm.
  • the flat mop according to the invention is also characterized in particular by the fact that it represents a disposable flat mop that can be used for example for the purification of clean rooms.
  • the object underlying the invention is further achieved by a method for cleaning rooms or objects, which cleans with the flat mop invention in a first, unused condition clean rooms, the flat mop then subjected to a washing and / or decontamination cycle and with This washed or decontaminated flat mop cleans rooms or objects that are not clean rooms or not present in clean rooms.
  • the flat mop according to the invention can be used in a first, unused state for the cleaning of clean rooms and then in a washed or decontaminate, second state for the cleaning of rooms that are not clean rooms, each at least once. Even with this measure, the flat mop invention contributes to an improved life cycle assessment.
  • a package for flat mops comprising at least one, in particular at least two and more preferably a plurality of flat mops according to the invention, these flat mops are present in a first, closed by welding plastic film packaging and this first welded plastic film packaging is preferably present in a second, closed by welding plastic film packaging.
  • first and / or the second plastic film packaging are tubular and that the welds are preferably present in each case on the opposite narrow sides of the plastic film tubes.
  • sterile flat mops in particular can be stored and transported in a particularly secure manner. It can also be ensured in this way that, with the stepwise unpacking of the flat mops according to the invention, contamination of sterile rooms, in particular sterile clean rooms, can be prevented in a cost-efficient and equally well-practicable manner.
  • the flat mops according to the invention and the plastic film packaging provided for their packaging can be sterilized, for example, by means of suitable radiation, for example beta radiation, gamma radiation or electron radiation.
  • a cleaning device comprising an actuating element, in particular a handle, and, connected or connectable with the actuating element, a flat mop holder and a flat mop according to the invention.
  • the present invention was based on the surprising finding that cost-effective cleaning systems can be obtained by means of multilayer flat mops according to the invention, which are well suited for clean-room cleaning. With the invention, an economically and ecologically advantageous access to flat mops is possible, which can be used as disposable flat mops for clean room cleaning.
  • the flat mops of the invention are in the clean room cleaning qualitatively at least the same level as conventional flat mop systems for clean room cleaning, which are used again after a washing or decontamination cycle for clean room cleaning. Although designed or usable as a disposable flat mop, even after at least one washing or decontamination cycle after use in the clean room cleaning, the flat mops according to the invention can be used at least once more for the cleaning of rooms which are not clean rooms.
  • a particular advantage associated with the use of the flat mops according to the invention in the form of disposable flat mops is the fact that re-contamination or cross-contamination can be avoided, which is not uncommonly observed in the use of reusable flat mops.
  • reusable flat mops it can not be guaranteed that they will always be free of residual contamination after a washing or decontamination cycle. Consequently, the use of the disposable flat mops according to the invention entails a much lower safety risk in the cleaning of clean rooms and, in particular, in the cleaning of sterile clean rooms.

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EP14164503.6A EP2929827B1 (fr) 2014-04-11 2014-04-11 Balai à franges plat, notamment balai à franges à usage unique
DK14164503.6T DK2929827T3 (da) 2014-04-11 2014-04-11 Fladmoppe, især engangsfladmoppe
ES14164503T ES2805798T3 (es) 2014-04-11 2014-04-11 Mopa plana, en particular mopa plana de un solo uso

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