JP2000152906A - Bathroom brush - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathroom brush which enables a user to wash the inside of a bathroom and bathtub with the bathroom brush alone, make a detergent bubble up well when the bathroom is washed, and wash even upper parts on the wall of the bathroom. SOLUTION: A round stem-shaped brush base 3 is formed in one end of the oval base 1 of this brush, and a plurality of bristle tufts 4 are planted in the brush base 3 to form the brush part 5. A sponge 6 is attached to the other end of the base 1 from the brush part 5 to form a porous material part 9, and a truncated cone-shaped protrusion 10 is formed at the center over the base 1. A cylindrical engaging part is formed at the center on top of the protrusion 10, and a joint near one end of a sigmoid handle 2 is engaged with the engaging part rotatably around the center axis of the engaging part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathroom cleaning tool used for cleaning a bathroom floor or wall, or a bathtub.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A plurality of types of bathtubs, such as synthetic resin, stainless steel, enamel, wood, etc., are used in bathtubs installed in bathrooms, and these bathtubs are cleaned. In such a case, a bathroom cleaning tool having a handle provided on a base to which a sponge is attached is used. Further, when cleaning the floor or wall of a bathroom, a bathroom cleaning tool having a planted base provided with a handle is used in consideration of cleaning of joints.

[0003] In order to wash a bathtub with such a bathroom cleaning tool, a detergent solution is mainly applied to the object to be cleaned, the cleaning object is scrubbed with the bathroom cleaning tool, and then the detergent foam is washed away. ing.

However, in a conventional bathroom cleaning tool,
Since it is necessary to prepare separately the one used for cleaning the floor or wall of the bathroom and the one used for cleaning the bathtub, there is a problem that the purchase cost is high and the storage of the cleaning tools for both bathrooms is inconvenient. . In addition, the latter cleaning with a bathroom cleaning tool is a so-called brush cleaning, and thus has a high cleaning ability, but has a low ability to foam a detergent liquid, so that the detergent liquid may not sufficiently act on dirt.

Further, while it is difficult to manually apply the detergent liquid to a high portion of the bathroom wall, when the detergent liquid is applied to the flocked portion of the former bathroom cleaning tool, the cleaning liquid falls from the bathroom cleaning tool. There is also a problem that it is difficult to clean a high portion of the bath wall because so-called liquid dripping occurs.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a brush portion having a plurality of hairs radially provided and a porous body having a plurality of holes formed therein. By using a structure in which the handle is rotatably connected to the base, it is possible to wash the inside of the bathroom and the bathtub with one piece, and it is possible to foam the detergent well even when cleaning the interior of the bathroom. Another object of the present invention is to provide a bathroom cleaning tool capable of easily cleaning even a high portion of a bath wall.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bathroom cleaning tool wherein a cleaning section for cleaning the inside of a bathroom or a bathtub is provided on a base, and a handle extends obliquely from the base. In a certain bathroom cleaning tool, the cleaning unit includes a brush portion provided with a plurality of hairs radially, and a flexible porous body portion, and a handle is rotatably connected to the base. By rotating the handle, the interior of the bathroom or the bathtub is washed with the brush portion or the porous body portion.

[0008] A bathroom cleaning tool according to a second invention is the bathroom cleaning tool according to the first invention, wherein a brush portion is provided on one end side of the long base, and a porous body portion is provided on the other end side of the base. It is characterized by being provided.

A third aspect of the present invention is a bathroom cleaning tool, wherein a bow-shaped brush base is provided on one pole side of a base having an elliptical plan view, and a plurality of bristles are radially applied to the brush base. A brush portion is formed by attaching to the base, a flexible porous body portion is fixed to the other pole portion side of the base, and a handle is diagonally connected to the base, The handle is rotatable between one pole portion of the base and another pole portion.

With the handle rotated, the porous body portion having flexibility is arranged at the tip, and the user slides the porous body portion with the handle over a bathtub coated with a detergent. Whisk the detergent by scrubbing the tub.

[0011] Further, with the porous body portion disposed at the tip,
After scrubbing the floor or wall on which the bathroom detergent has been applied and lathering the detergent, the handle is rotated to arrange the brush portion at the tip, and the floor or wall is brush-cleaned. On the other hand, a detergent is applied to the porous body in a state where the porous body is disposed at the tip, and the user holds the handle and applies the detergent to a high portion of the bath wall and foams it. Then, the handle is rotated to arrange the brush portion at the tip, and the foamed portion of the bath wall is brush-washed.

Thus, the interior of the bathroom and the bathtub can be cleaned with one bathtub cleaning tool. Therefore, the purchase cost is low and the storage is convenient. In addition, even when the interior of the bathroom is washed, the detergent can be foamed well, and further, a high portion of the bathroom wall can be easily washed.

[0013] In a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the bathroom cleaning tool according to the second or third aspect, the base is provided with a cylindrical fitting portion for connecting the handle, and the vicinity of one end of the handle is provided. A plurality of leaf spring-shaped connecting portions are cantilevered on a concentric circle with the center axis of the fitting portion, and each connecting portion is fitted inside the fitting portion so as to be able to advance and retreat. A plurality of protrusions are provided at the base portion side of the connecting portion, each of which is opposed to the fitting portion, and the protrusion of each connecting portion fits into a portion near the opening of the fitting portion. Concave portions are provided, and each connecting portion and each concave portion are such that each convex portion fits into each concave portion when the handle is located on a center line parallel to the longitudinal direction of the base. Features.

A bathroom cleaning tool according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the bathroom cleaning tool according to the fourth aspect, wherein an annular convex portion is provided at a position slightly deeper than the concave portion of the fitting portion, and each connecting portion is appropriately positioned at the connecting portion. When it is retracted to the maximum, an engaging portion that engages with the annular convex portion protrudes.

The handle is separated from the base until the engaging portion provided on the connecting portion engages with the annular convex portion provided on the fitting portion. At this time, the convex part of the connecting part is separated from the concave part of the fitting part, and the handle becomes rotatable. After rotating the handle in the appropriate direction, the connecting portion is pushed into the fitting portion, and the convex portion of the connecting portion is fitted into the concave portion of the fitting portion and locked. This prevents the base from rotating during cleaning. Further, since the engaging portion of the connecting portion is engaged with the annular convex portion of the fitting portion, when the handle is rotated, the connecting portion is prevented from coming off the fitting portion.

A bathroom cleaning tool according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the bathroom cleaning tool according to any of the second to fifth aspects, wherein a dimension from the base to the vertical end of the porous body portion is defined by a distance from the base to the brush portion. It is characterized in that it is larger than the dimension up to the end in the vertical direction.

Since the dimension from the base to the vertical end of the porous body is larger than the dimension from the base to the vertical end of the brush part, the bath is cleaned by the porous body. In this case, the brush portion is prevented from contacting the bathtub.

[0018] A bathroom cleaning tool according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in any one of the first to sixth aspects, the porous body portion is formed of foamed polyurethane.

An eighth aspect of the present invention is the bathroom cleaning tool according to any of the first to sixth aspects, wherein the porous body is formed of a nonwoven fabric member made of a synthetic resin.

Since the porous body is formed of a nonwoven fabric member made of foamed polyurethane or synthetic resin, the manufacturing cost of the bathroom cleaning tool is low.

[0021]

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a bathroom cleaning tool according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are a plan view and a side view of the bathroom cleaning tool shown in FIG. At one end of the base 1 having an elliptical plan view, a round bow-shaped brush base 3 is provided, and a plurality of cleaning bristle bundles 4 made of synthetic resin are provided on the brush base 3 at a predetermined pitch. The brush portion 5 is formed by radially flocking.

On the other end side of the base 1 from the brush part 5, a horseshoe-shaped support wall part 8 is suspended, and a sponge 6 made of foamed polyurethane is attached to the support wall part 8, and a porous body part 9 is provided. Is formed. The sponge 6 has a thickness dimension larger than the height dimension of the support wall section 8, and has a substantially fan-shaped notch section 7 in one pole portion of an elliptic columnar body having a plane area larger than the plane area of the base 1.
The notch 7 is externally fitted to the brush 5. Further, a groove for internally fitting the support wall portion 8 is provided in a portion of the sponge 6 facing the support wall portion 8, and the support wall portion 8 is fitted in this groove, and the support wall portion 8 and the sponge 6 Are fixed by an adhesive.

The dimension from the upper surface of the base 1 to the lower end of the brush portion 5 is shorter than the dimension from the upper surface of the base 1 to the lower end of the porous body portion 9 by about 5 mm. When the brush portion 5 is brought into contact with the target surface, the brush portion 5 is separated from the cleaning target surface by a distance. As a result, as will be described later, when the target is washed by the porous body part 9, the brush part 5 is prevented from contacting the target.

At the upper center of the base 1, a truncated cone-shaped projection 10 is provided.
Is provided, and the peripheral surface of the projection 10 is curved so as to protrude inward. At the center of the upper end of the projection 10, a cylindrical fitting portion described later is provided. In the fitting portion, a joint 20 provided near one end of the sigmoid-shaped handle 2 is turned around the central axis of the fitting portion. It is movably fitted.

FIG. 4 is a partial front sectional view showing the joint 20 and the fitting portion described above, and FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the joint 20 and the fitting portion. In the vicinity of the opening of the cylindrical fitting portion 11, an annular convex portion 12 is provided so as to project concentrically with the center axis of the fitting portion 11. Further, in a portion extending from the opening of the fitting portion 11 to the annular convex portion 12, arc-shaped concave portions 14, 14 are provided so as to face each other. The recesses 14 are provided on a center line parallel to the longitudinal direction of the base 1 shown in FIG.

The joint 20 has a leaf spring-like connecting portion 22 on the end surface of a cylindrical support 21 provided near one end of the handle 2 so as to oppose each other on a concentric circle with the center axis of the support 21. And the outer dimension between the two connecting portions 22 and 22 is an annular convex portion.
It has almost the same dimensions as the twelve internal methods. On the outer surface of the connecting portions 22, 22 and at the base end on the support base 21 side, there are provided convex portions 23, 23, respectively, which are thicker than other portions.
Hooks 24, 24 are provided at the tips of the 22, 22, respectively, and are shaped like a letter toward the outside.

A guide portion 26, which is substantially H-shaped in plan view, is inserted between the connecting portions 22, 22 in a cross shape at a distance from the connecting portions 22, 22. Both sides of 26 are arcuate. The outer dimension between both side surfaces of the guide portion 26 is substantially the same as the inner dimension of the annular projection 12.

When the joint 20 is pushed into the fitting portion 11, the hook portions 24, 24 come into sliding contact with the annular convex portion 12, and
When the outer portion between the connecting portions 22 and 22 becomes smaller due to the inward bending of the connecting portions 22 and 22, the hook portions 24 and 24 pass through the annular convex portion 12,
The connecting parts 22, 22 are restored. This allows joint 20
When trying to pull out from the fitting part 11, the hook parts 24, 24
Are engaged with the annular convex portion 12 to prevent the joint 20 from coming off the fitting portion 11. And the convex part of the connecting parts 22 and 22
After aligning 23 and 23 with concave portions 14 and 14 of fitting portion 11,
Further, the joint 20 is pushed into the fitting portion 11 so that the protrusions 23 are firmly fitted to the recesses 14, whereby the rotation of the joint 20 is locked.

FIGS. 6 and 7 are explanatory views for explaining a method of cleaning with the bathroom cleaning tool shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the handle 2 is arranged on the brush part 5 side, that is, the porous body part 9 is arranged at the tip of the bathroom cleaning tool, and the porous body part 9 or the bathtub is provided. Apply detergent solution. Then, by holding the handle 2 and sliding the porous body portion 9 on the bathtub, the detergent liquid is foamed, and the bathtub is scrubbed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 7A, the joint 20 of the handle 2 is fitted to the fitting portion 11 of the base 1, and the connecting portions 22 and
Since the projections 23 of the 22 are firmly fitted to the recesses 14 of the fitting portion 11, the joint 20 does not rotate.

On the other hand, a detergent solution is applied to the porous body portion 9 or the floor or wall of the bathroom, and the detergent solution is foamed by sliding the porous body portion 9 while holding the handle 2. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 7B, the handle 2 is separated from the base 1 until the hooks 24, 24 engage with the annular protrusion 12, and the protrusions 23, 23 are separated from the recesses 14, 14. After being extracted, the handle 2 is rotated toward the porous body 9 as shown in FIG. At this time, since the guide portion 26 comes into sliding contact with the fitting portion 11, the joint 20 rotates smoothly without rattling. Then the joint
20 is pushed into the fitting portion 11 so that the aforementioned convex portions 23, 23 are concave portions.
Fit tightly on 14,14. Thereby, the brush part 5 is arranged at the tip of the bathroom cleaning tool. And with handle 2,
The floor or wall of the bathroom is brush-washed with the brush unit 5.

When a high portion of a bathroom wall is to be washed, a porous body portion 9 is arranged at the tip of a bathroom cleaning tool, and a detergent solution is applied to the porous body portion 9 and then a handle is applied. The detergent liquid is foamed by holding the porous body portion 9 in sliding contact with the high portion of the wall of the bathroom with the holding portion 2. Then, as before, the handle 2 is rotated toward the porous body portion 9 side, the brush portion 5 is disposed at the tip of the bathroom cleaning tool, and the brush portion 5 performs brush washing.

In the present embodiment, the sponge 6 is provided on the porous body portion 9; however, the present invention is not limited to this, and a nonwoven fabric member made of a synthetic resin is formed into a shape similar to that of the sponge 6. An object may be provided on the porous body portion 9.

[0033]

In the bathroom cleaning tool according to the first, second and third inventions, the interior of the bathroom and the bathtub can be cleaned with one bathtub cleaning tool. Therefore, the purchase cost is low and the storage is convenient. In addition, even when the interior of the bathroom is washed, the detergent can be foamed well, and further, a high portion of the bathroom wall can be easily washed.

In the bathroom cleaning tool according to the fourth and fifth aspects of the present invention, the porous body and the brush can be rotated to required positions, and the base rotates during cleaning. Is prevented. Further, since the engaging portion of the connecting portion is engaged with the annular convex portion of the fitting portion, when the handle is rotated, the connecting portion is prevented from coming off the fitting portion.

In the bathroom cleaning tool according to the sixth invention,
When the bath is washed with the porous body, the brush is prevented from coming into contact with the bath, so that the brush prevents the bath from being damaged.

In the bathroom cleaning tool according to the seventh and eighth aspects of the present invention, the manufacturing cost of the bathroom cleaning tool is low because the porous body is formed of a non-woven fabric member made of foamed polyurethane or synthetic resin. The present invention has excellent effects.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a bathroom cleaning tool according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the bathroom cleaning tool shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the bathroom cleaning tool shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a partial front sectional view showing a joint and a fitting portion.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a joint and a fitting portion.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view illustrating a method of cleaning with the bathroom cleaning tool shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view illustrating a method of cleaning with the bathroom cleaning tool shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 base 2 handle 3 brush stand 5 brush section 7 cutout section 9 porous body section 11 fitting section 12 annular convex section 14 concave section 20 joint 22 connecting section 23 convex section 24 hook section

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A bathroom cleaning tool in which a washing section for washing the inside of a bathroom or a bathtub is provided on a base, and a handle extends diagonally from the base, wherein a plurality of hairs are used as the washing section. Are provided radially, and a porous body having flexibility, a handle is rotatably connected to the base, and by rotating the handle, the brush or the porous A bathroom cleaning tool characterized in that a body part cleans the inside of a bathroom or a bathtub. 2. The bathroom cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein a brush portion is provided at one end of the long base, and a porous body is provided at the other end of the base. 3. The one-pole side of a base having an elliptical shape in plan view,
A bow-shaped brush base is provided, a brush part is formed by radially attaching a plurality of bristles to the brush base, and a flexible porous body is provided on the other pole side of the base. The base is fixed, a handle is diagonally connected to the base, and the handle is rotatable between one pole portion and the other pole portion of the base. Bathroom cleaning tools. 4. The base is provided with a cylindrical fitting portion for connecting the handle, and a plurality of leaf spring-like connecting portions are provided near the one end of the handle with a central axis of the fitting portion. Are concentrically cantilevered, and each connecting portion is fitted inside the fitting portion so as to be able to advance and retreat, and is a portion facing the fitting portion of each connecting portion, and is a base end side of the connecting portion. Are provided at each of the positions, and a plurality of concave portions into which the convex portions of the respective coupling portions are fitted are provided in a portion near the opening of the fitting portion, and each of the coupling portions and each of the concave portions has a handle. 4. The bathroom cleaning tool according to claim 2, wherein each projection is fitted into each recess when located on a center line parallel to the longitudinal direction of the base. 5. An annular convex portion is provided at a position slightly deeper than the concave portion of the fitting portion, and the connecting portion engages with the annular convex portion when each connecting portion is retracted to an appropriate position. The bathroom cleaning tool according to claim 4, wherein the engagement portion is provided in a protruding manner. 6. The brush according to claim 2, wherein a dimension from the base to the vertical end of the porous body is larger than a dimension from the base to the vertical end of the brush. The cleaning tool for a bathroom described in Crab. 7. The bathroom cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the porous body is formed of foamed polyurethane. 8. The bathroom cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein said porous body is formed of a non-woven fabric member made of synthetic resin.