JP2000210244A - Carpet cleaning tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a carpet cleaning tool capable of easily removing hairs in the carpet. SOLUTION: A scratching-off member 3 for cleaning a carpet is supported by a support part 2 attached to or integrally formed with the top of a handle 1. The scratching-off member 3 is made of a rubber material, which shall be either natural rubber or synthetic rubber. In the latter case, urethane rubber is preferable.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a rug cleaning tool.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, vacuum cleaners are widely used for cleaning rugs such as carpets. The vacuum cleaner sucks foreign substances such as dust, dirt, and hair on the rug from the suction port. dust,
It is effective for garbage.

As a simple means, a brush, a broom or the like may be used. These are effective for large garbage.

[0004] Further, recently, there has been known a device in which an adhesive tape is formed into a roll, and dust, hairs, and the like are adhered and removed.

[0005]

Although the above-mentioned conventional one is effective for a specific object, there are some objects which are difficult to remove.
The improvement is desired.

[0006] First, in a vacuum cleaner, dust, dirt, and the like that are not easily entangled with the fibers of the rug can be easily absorbed, but human hair, animal (pets, etc.) hair, etc., are once removed from the rug fibers It is hard to take when it is involved. If the suction force is increased to absorb this, the rug itself will be sucked, making it extremely difficult to clean.

[0007] There is a problem that it is difficult to remove hair even with a brush or broom. In this regard, according to the adhesive tape, the hair can be removed. However, fine foreign matter such as dust adheres to the entire adhesive surface after a single use, so the adhesive force of the adhesive tape immediately decreases, and a new adhesive surface must be exposed. It is inconvenient and inconvenient, and the effort involved is cumbersome.

[0008] In view of such circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a rug cleaning tool having a simple structure and capable of easily removing hairs and the like.

[0009]

According to the present invention, an object of the present invention is to provide a rug cleaning scraping member supported by a support portion attached to or integrally formed with the tip end of a handle,
This is achieved because the scraping member is formed of a rubber material.

According to the rug cleaning tool of the present invention, when the surface of the rug is rubbed by the scraping member made of rubber material, not only dirt and dust, but also hair and the like are easily scraped up, and the effect is improved. Turned out to be enormous.

The rubber material used for the scraping member of the present invention may be either natural rubber or synthetic rubber, and the synthetic rubber is preferably urethane rubber.

It is important that the scraping member made of a rubber material has sufficient rigidity or rigidity to be attached to a supporting member which can sufficiently rub against the rug during the scraping operation.

In the present invention, the support portion is formed in a plate shape, and the scraping member is supported by the plate surface of the support portion, and the scraping edge is formed so as to cover the front edge of the support portion. be able to. In this case, even when the scraping member itself does not have rigidity, when the scraping edge is strongly rubbed against the rug, the scraping edge is firmly reinforced by the support portion, so that there is a problem in strength. It can respond to scraping work without deformation.

[0014] Further, the support portion is formed in a plate shape, and the scraping member is supported in a state of extending forward from a front edge of the support portion.
It is also possible for the leading edge of the scraping member to form a scraping edge. In this case, since the extended portion is not reinforced by the support portion, it is necessary that the scraping member has such a rigidity that it is not easily deformed.

If a plurality of scraping edges are formed in parallel, the cleaning power is improved. This is the above-mentioned form in which the scraping member covers the front edge of the support member, and in any of the forms extending forward than the front edge of the support portion,
Applicable. In the latter case, the scraping member may be divided into a plurality of portions in a direction extending forward at a plurality of positions on the front edge of the support portion.

The support portion may be formed as a cylindrical portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the handle, instead of the plate shape as described above. In this case, the scraping member contacts the outer surface of the cylindrical portion. It is provided facing and forms a scraping surface. By rubbing the scraping surface against the rug, hairs and the like are scraped. It is preferable that the scraping surface is formed with a groove parallel to the longitudinal direction of the handle. By doing so, scraping is performed in the direction perpendicular to the groove, and the cleaning power is improved.

In any of the above-described embodiments, it is preferable that an air suction port is formed in the support portion, and a scraping member is provided near the suction port. By doing so, the raked hairs and the like are automatically sucked up from the suction port.

In the present invention, it is advantageous that the support portion is detachable from the handle. Cleaning is not always performed only on a portion of a rug arranged in a plane, and a scraping member having a shape suitable for cleaning a different portion is required. At this time, if the supporting portion for supporting the scraping member is detachable from the handle, it can be appropriately replaced.

In addition, it is desirable that the scraping member be detachable from the supporting portion. By doing so, a new member can be easily replaced when the scraping member is worn or damaged.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In FIG. 1, the rug cleaning tool of the present invention has a handle 1 integrally formed with a plate-like support portion 2 on the tip end side. In the present embodiment, the support portion 2 is made of a metal plate to secure strength. The support 2 may be detachable from the handle 1. It is preferable that the handle 1 is covered with a soft material in order to improve the gripping ability during use.

The supporting portion 2 has a spatula-shaped tip portion having a wide width, and the tip portion including the protruding portion 2A has a rubber material scraping member 3.
Covered by That is, the scraping member 3 at the distal end is adhered to the surface of the support portion 2 and is supported by the support portion 2 in a reinforced state. The leading edge of the scraping member 3 forms a scraping edge 3A. In this case, the thickness, the planar shape, and the like of the support portion 2 are not limited to the illustrated forms, and can be set as appropriate.

The rubber material may be a natural rubber or a synthetic rubber. The synthetic rubber can be made of urethane rubber.

In use, the cleaning tool is used by rubbing in the direction X perpendicular to the scraping edge 3A while pressing the scraping edge 3A against a rug while holding the handle 1. By doing so, the scraping edge of the rubber material
Not only dust on rugs but also human hair and pet hair, which have been considered difficult to remove, can be scraped extremely effectively. To some extent, if raked, these dusts,
Hair and the like may be sucked by a vacuum cleaner. In addition, this rug cleaning tool may be in a state where the front and back of the support portion 2 are reversed without depending on the state shown in the drawing, and which one to use depends on the usage of the user.

The scraping member may not be entirely reinforced by the support. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the scraping member 4 made of a rubber material may have a configuration in which only the base portion is held by the support portion 5 of the metal plate and extend forward. in this case,
At the time of scraping, if the scraping member 4 bends too much, its effect is reduced, so that the scraping member 4 needs to have rigidity in order to keep the bending small. In the case of FIG. 2, the scraping member 4 is
It is also possible to provide slits 4B and the like at a plurality of positions on the front edge 4A to divide and form a plurality of slits.

In the case of FIGS. 1 and 2, the cross-sectional shape of the scraping edges 3A and 4A of the scraping members 3 and 4 may be rounded as shown in the drawing, or may be pointed so as to form a somewhat triangular shape. is there. As a modified example, a plurality of rows of scraping edges may be formed in parallel. Since the cleaning operation is performed by a plurality of scraping edges in one scraping operation, the effect is large. In the example shown in FIG. 3, rubber plate scraping members 7, 7 are attached to both sides of the support portion 6 of the metal plate. The tips of these scraping members 7, 7 form two parallel scraping edges 7A (extending in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper).
In the example of FIG. 4, two parallel scraping edges 8A, 8A are formed so as to be branched at the tip of one scraping member 8. The cross-sectional shape of these scraping edges 7A and 8A can be arbitrarily selected.

The support portion need not be plate-shaped as shown in FIGS. FIG. 5 shows a case where the support portion 9 forms a cylindrical portion. In FIG. 5, the support portion 9 is formed integrally with the handle 10, and a rubber member scraping member 11 is attached to the lower surface side of the support portion 9 having a larger diameter and a lower surface side formed cylindrically than the handle 10. I have. In this embodiment, the curved lower surface of the scraping member 11 forms a scraping surface, and in use, the scraping surface is pressed against a rug and directed in a direction Y perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the handle 10. Rub the rug. In this way, the hairs on the rug can be scraped very effectively, as in the case of FIG.

Even in the case of such a cylindrical shape, it is more effective to form a groove on the scraping surface. For example, FIG.
As described above, if a plurality of grooves 11A extending in the longitudinal direction of the handle are formed in the scraping member 11, the same operation as in the case where a plurality of parallel scraping edges are provided in FIGS.

If the raked hairs and the like are automatically sucked and removed, the usability is further improved.

FIG. 7 shows an attachment detachably attached to a suction tool of the vacuum cleaner. In this attachment, the scraping member 13 is formed integrally with the support portion 12, but may be formed separately. In this case, since the support portion 12 is attached to the suction tool of the vacuum cleaner, the suction pipe connected to the suction tool corresponds to a handle in the present invention.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, a horizontally long suction port 12A is formed at the center of the support portion 12, so that when the attachment is attached to the absorption port, the suction port 12A communicates with the space in the suction pipe of the vacuum cleaner. become. On both sides of the suction port 12A, two scraping members 13 made of a rubber material are provided in parallel. Therefore, in this embodiment, if the scraping member 13 is reciprocated while pressing the same against the rug, and the rug is rubbed, the hairs on the rug are easily scraped, and at the same time, into the cleaner through the suction port 12A. Collected automatically. When rubbing in only one direction, it is preferable that the scraping member positioned rearward in the rubbing direction slightly floats or comes into contact with the rug with reduced pressing force. However, if both of the two parallel scraping members 13 are simultaneously brought into contact with the rug, only one of the scraping members contributes to the one-way scraping operation.
Since the suction force between the three members increases, the pressing force of the scraping member against the rug increases, and as a result, it can be expected that the scraping effect is improved. Therefore, how to use the two scraping members should be determined in consideration of the properties of the rug, the degree of contamination, and the like.

In the present invention, the support portion can be detachably attached to the handle. Although a scraping member is attached to the support portion, when it is desired to use various scraping members depending on the cleaning portion of the rug, the support portion to which one selected scraping member is attached is attached to the handle. Can be more convenient. The attachment may be a simple one such as screwing or one-touch mounting by snap connection.

The scraping member is preferably detachable from the support. Replacement is easy when the scraping member is used for a long time or damaged. Alternatively, it is also effective when it is desired to exchange the form of the scraping edge or the scraping surface of the scraping member with a different one. This attachment / detachment method is variously possible, for example, by inserting a supported portion of the scraping member into a slit formed in the support portion.

[0034]

According to the present invention, as described above, the rug is cleaned by the scraping member of the rubber material supported by the support portion. Therefore, dust, dirt, hairs, etc. on the rug on the rubber surface are removed. It can be scraped extremely effectively and can easily remove pet hair, which has been considered difficult to remove, and can be used for a long time without replacing parts because it does not use consumables like conventional adhesive tape And have an economic effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cutaway perspective view showing a modification of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing still another modification of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing still another modification of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a cutaway perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a modification of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 handle 2 support portion 2A leading edge 3 scraping member 3A scraping edge 4 scraping member 4A scraping edge 5 support portion 6 support portion 7 scraping member 7A scraping edge 8 scraping member 8A scraping edge 9 support portion 10 Handle 11 scraping member 11A groove 12 support portion 12A suction port 13 scraping member

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A scraping member for cleaning a rug is supported by a support portion attached to or integrally formed with the tip of the handle, and the scraping member is formed of a rubber material. Rug cleaning equipment. 2. The rug cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the rubber material is one of natural rubber and synthetic rubber. 3. The rug cleaning tool according to claim 2, wherein the synthetic rubber is urethane rubber. 4. The support portion is plate-shaped, and the scraping member is supported on a plate surface of the support portion, and forms a scraping edge so as to cover a front edge of the support portion. Item 1. A rug cleaning tool according to Item 1. 5. The support section is plate-shaped, and the scraping member is supported in a state of extending forward from a front edge of the support section.
The rug cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein a front edge of the scraping member forms a scraping edge. 6. The rug cleaning tool according to claim 4, wherein a plurality of scraping edges are formed in parallel. 7. The rug cleaning tool according to claim 5, wherein the scraping member is divided into a plurality of portions in a direction extending forward at a plurality of positions on the front edge of the support portion. 8. The support portion comprises a tubular portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the handle, and a scraping member is provided in contact with an outer surface of the tubular portion to form a scraping surface. The rug cleaning tool according to 1. 9. The rug cleaning tool according to claim 8, wherein the scraping surface is formed with a groove parallel to the longitudinal direction of the handle. 10. The rug cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the support portion has an air suction port formed therein, and the scraping member is provided near the suction port. 11. The rug cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the support portion is detachable from the handle. 12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the scraping member is detachable from the supporting portion. Rug cleaning equipment.