JP2003111709A - Cleaning tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily manufacture a cleaning head substrate, to easily clean it, to increase the area of a combination part for combining a cleaning material to its bottom surface so as to combine and hold the cleaning material surely, to improve efficiency of cleaning with the cleaning material, to surely combine a covering member for covering the combining part to the cleaning head substrate and to properly carry out cleaning by a sheet-form wiping material. SOLUTION: A holding part 22 for holding the edge part 20a of the sheet- form wiping material 20 is provided at the upper plate part 10a of a box-form member 10. A cleaning material holding plate 24 having an anchor-formed fastener part 24a to be combined to a loop-formed fastener part provided at a cleaning pile cloth 26 on the bottom surface is fixed to the lower end part of a box-form part. The lower part of the box-form member 10 and the cleaning material holding plate 24 are covered detachably with a covering member 28 made of an elastomer. The covering member 28 is fitted detachably to the box-form member 10 by combining a box-side combining part 32 provided at the upper plate part 10a of the box-form member 10 and a cover-side combining part 30 provided at the bottom plate part 28a of the covering member 28 via a through hole 34 formed at the cleaning material holding plate 24.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cleaning method in which any one of a sheet-like cleaning material such as a non-woven cloth cleaning material and a cleaning material such as a cleaning pile cloth can be selected and held for cleaning. Related to appliances.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A non-woven cloth wiping material, a cleaning pile cloth or the like is held on a cleaning head having a handle and is often used as a mop for cleaning. Therefore, with one cleaning tool,
There is provided a cleaning tool capable of selecting and using either a sheet-shaped cleaning material such as a non-woven cleaning material or a cleaning material such as a cleaning pile cloth.

The cleaning head of such a cleaning instrument is
The cleaning head base is provided with a connecting portion (anchor-shaped fastener forming one of the surface fasteners) for connecting the cleaning material on the bottom surface of the cleaning head base, and the bottom surface of the cleaning head base is covered. And a cover member for connecting to the sheet and using the sheet-like wiping material.

However, if an attempt is made to securely connect the cover member to the cleaning head substrate, the area of the connecting portion for connecting the cleaning material may be reduced, and the cleaning material may be uncertainly connected. In addition, the cleaning head itself is formed by unevenness formed by providing a holding portion for holding both edges of the sheet-shaped wiping material on the upper side of the cleaning head base with the bottom surface of the cover lid member covered with the sheet-shaped wiping material. Cleaning of the house tended to be complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems existing in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to easily manufacture a cleaning head substrate and to easily clean the cleaning head substrate. Yes, the area of the connecting portion for connecting the cleaning material to the bottom surface of the cleaning head base body can be secured as large as possible to securely hold the cleaning material, and the cleaning material enables efficient cleaning and the connecting portion. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cleaning tool capable of surely coupling a cover member for covering the above to a cleaning head base and appropriately performing cleaning with a sheet-like wiping material.

[0006]

A cleaning tool of the present invention that achieves the above object is a box-shaped member having a downward opening in which a peripheral wall is provided downward at the peripheral edge of an upper plate, and the box-shaped member. A cleaning member holding plate fixed to the lower end portion of the box-shaped portion and covering substantially the entire lower end portion thereof, and a bottom plate portion and an outer peripheral edge portion provided on the outer periphery of the bottom plate portion. And a cover member made of an elastomer that detachably covers at least the lower portion of the box-shaped member and the cleaning material holding plate, and the edge of the sheet-shaped wiping material is provided on the upper plate portion of the box-shaped member. A holding portion for pushing and holding the upper plate portion is provided, and the cleaning material holding plate has a cleaning material coupling portion on a lower surface thereof and is provided on a lower side of the upper plate portion of the box-shaped member. The box-side connecting part has a through hole in the cleaning material holding plate, and the lid-side connecting part is above the bottom plate part of the cover member. Respectively provided, wherein the covering member by the cover-side connecting portion and the box-side coupling part is connected through the through hole is attached to the box-shaped member.

The box-side connecting portion provided on the lower side of the upper plate portion of the box-shaped member and the lid-side connecting portion provided on the upper side of the bottom plate portion of the cover member are provided through a through hole of the cleaning material holding plate. Since they are connected, it is possible to reliably connect the box-side connecting portion and the cover member while ensuring the area occupied by the cleaning material connecting portion on the lower surface of the cleaning material holding plate as large as possible.

With the cover member removed, a cleaning material such as a cleaning pile cloth is joined to the cleaning material connecting portion on the lower surface of the cleaning material holding plate, and the cleaning material such as the cleaning pile cloth is cleaned by the cleaning material holding plate. Cleaning can be performed while pressing against the target surface. As described above, since the area occupied by the cleaning material connecting portion can be secured as large as possible on the lower surface of the cleaning material holding plate, the cleaning material such as the cleaning pile cloth can be more reliably connected to the lower surface of the cleaning material holding plate. be able to. Further, by fixing a cleaning material holding plate over substantially the entire lower end portion to the lower end portion of a box-shaped member having a downward opening in which a peripheral wall portion is provided downward on the peripheral portion of the upper plate portion, The substrate can be easily manufactured.

When the cover lid member is attached to the box-shaped member so as to cover at least the lower portion of the box-shaped member and the cleaning material holding plate, the bottom surface of the bottom plate portion of the cover lid member is a sheet-like wiping material such as a non-woven cloth-made wiping material. The sheet-shaped wiping material can be cleaned by being held by the holding portion by pushing the edge portions of the sheet-like wiping material (usually, the opposing edge portions) below the upper plate portion of the holding portion. In this case, cleaning can be performed while pressing the sheet-shaped wiping material against the surface to be cleaned by the bottom surface of the bottom plate portion of the cover member made of elastomer. The holding portion for pushing and holding the edge of the sheet-like wiping material into the box-shaped member below the upper plate has the upper plate of the box-shaped member, so that the upper surface of the upper plate should be as flat as possible. It is possible to secure a space for pushing the edge portion of the sheet-shaped wiping material in the box-shaped member while maintaining the edge portion of the sheet-shaped wiping material.

The box-shaped member is generally made of synthetic resin, but is not limited to this. The shape of the box-shaped member in plan view may be, for example, a substantially rectangular shape.

The box-shaped member is generally provided with an operating portion at the center of its upper portion. However, it is not limited to the center of the upper portion, but may be biased to any side of the upper portion, for example. Examples of the operation unit include, but are not limited to, a handle and a handle. The handle is
The box-shaped member can be freely connected to the box-shaped member by connecting the first rotation shaft portion and the second rotation shaft portion which are in a mutually twisted position to each other or the spherical bearing portion. Since the angle can be taken, the cleaning work can be facilitated.

The upper plate portion of the box-shaped member is provided with a holding portion for pushing and holding the edge portion of the sheet-like wiping material to the lower side of the upper plate portion (inside the internal space of the box-shaped member). . Examples of the sheet-shaped wiping material include those made of non-woven fabric.

The holding portion can hold the edge portion of the sheet-shaped wiping material between two or more elastic plate-shaped tongue pieces or between the elastic plate-shaped tongue piece and the fixing portion, for example. The elastic plate-shaped tongue means a member that is supported in a cantilevered manner at the base and that can be elastically deflected in the plate thickness direction at the end side.
The elastic plate-shaped tongue piece or the fixing portion that holds the edge portion of the sheet-shaped wiping material preferably has one or two or more tip portions so that the edge portion of the sheet-shaped wiping material is easily caught.

The holding portion can be fixed to the box-shaped member separately from the box-shaped member, or can be provided integrally with the box-shaped member. By making the material forming the box-shaped member a material such as a relatively soft synthetic resin having elasticity capable of forming the elastic plate-shaped tongue piece, the holding portion can be provided integrally with the box-shaped member. is there.

The cleaning material holding plate fixed to the lower end portion of the box-shaped portion covers almost the entire lower end portion of the box-shaped portion, and the cleaning material held in the cleaning material coupling portion on the lower surface is used as the cleaning target surface. On the other hand, it is preferable that the rigidity is relatively high so that it can be pressed as evenly as possible.

The cleaning material holding plate has a cleaning material connecting portion on the lower surface thereof. As the cleaning material, a cleaning pile cloth or the like may be appropriately used. As the cleaning material, it is possible to use, for example, one having a coupling means corresponding to the cleaning material coupling portion on the upper part thereof. As the cleaning material coupling portion, an anchor-shaped fastener portion (for example, one having a large number of small anchor bodies each having a hook shape, a mushroom shape or the like) forming one side of the hook-and-loop fastener is preferable. In this case, it is preferable that the cleaning material holding plate including the anchor-shaped fastener portion is manufactured by integral molding of synthetic resin or the like. An upper portion of the cleaning material may have a loop-shaped fastener portion that constitutes a hook-and-loop fastener together with the anchor-shaped fastener portion.

The cover lid member has a bottom plate portion and an outer peripheral edge portion provided on the outer periphery of the bottom plate portion, and detachably covers at least the lower portion of the box-shaped member and the cleaning material holding plate. It is made of an elastomer (preferably made of a relatively soft elastomer). The cover lid member is made of an elastomer when the cover lid member is attached to the box-shaped member so as to cover at least the lower portion of the box-shaped member and the cleaning material holding plate, and the bottom surface of the bottom plate portion of the cover lid member is covered. When wiping the surface to be cleaned with a sheet-shaped wiping material such as a non-woven cloth, the sheet-shaped wiping material is elastically pressed against the surface to be cleaned to enhance the cleaning effect and not to damage the surface to be cleaned or furniture. To do so. The main portion of the bottom surface of the bottom plate portion of the cover member may have a large number of projections protruding slightly downward in order to enhance the cleaning effect of the sheet-shaped wiping material as much as possible. The ridges may be linear, curved or a combination of both. The ridges may be, for example, a large number of wavy or zigzag-shaped ridges that are continuous in the lateral direction of the substantially rectangular cover member and that are arranged in parallel in the longitudinal direction (for example, in the same phase).

The cover member is attached to the box-shaped member by
The box-side connecting portion provided on the lower side of the upper plate portion of the box-shaped member and the lid-side connecting portion provided on the upper side of the bottom plate portion of the cover lid member are connected via a through hole provided on the cleaning material holding plate. The cover lid member can be removed from the box-shaped member by releasing the connection through the through hole.

One of the box-side connecting portion and the lid-side connecting portion can be a fitting hole, and the other can be a fitting protrusion that can be fitted and held in the fitting hole and can be unfitted. Provide multiple.
For example, a substantially cylindrical (not necessarily cylindrical) lid-side connecting portion is integrally erected on an elastomer cover member, and the synthetic resin box-like member is fitted with the lid-side connecting portion. A cylindrical (not necessarily cylindrical) box-side connecting portion that can be fitted and held in the hole can be integrally erected by the synthetic resin. The inner diameter of the fitting hole in the lid-side connecting portion made of elastomer is made slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the cylindrical box-side connecting portion, and an axial groove is formed in the inner periphery of the fitting hole in the lid-side connecting portion. By providing two (or two or more), it is possible to maintain the fitting holding force while facilitating the expansion of the inner diameter and facilitating the fitting.

The through hole provided in the cleaning material holding plate is preferably the smallest opening that allows the box-side connecting portion and the lid-side connecting portion to be connected through the through hole, or an opening slightly larger than that. .

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 to 8 relate to a cleaning tool as an example of an embodiment of the present invention.
Is a half sectional assembly view of the cleaning head, FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the cleaning material holding plate, FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the cover lid member, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the cover lid member, FIG. 5 is a half cross sectional view of the cleaning head, 6 is a half cross-sectional view of the cleaning head substrate, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a cleaning tool (that is, a mop) holding a non-woven sheet-shaped wiping material, and FIG. 8 is a cleaning pile cloth (cleaning material). It is a perspective view of the cleaning instrument (namely, mop) in the state hold | maintained.

The box-shaped member 10 is made of synthetic resin and has an upper plate portion 1.
0a is provided with a peripheral wall portion 10b in the peripheral portion thereof, and the downward opening has a box shape having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view.

At the center of the upper portion of the upper plate portion 10a of the box-shaped member 10, a handle 12 as an operating portion is provided. The base of the handle 12 has a first rotating shaft portion 14 (FIG.
And a box-shaped member 10 via a second rotation shaft portion 16 (which rotates about an axis in the substantially left-right direction in FIGS. 7 and 8).
The handle 12 is connected to the upper plate portion 10a, so that the handle 12 can form an arbitrary angle with respect to the box-shaped member 10 and the cleaning operation can be smoothly performed.

The edge portion 2 of the sheet-shaped wiping material 20 made of a non-woven fabric is provided in the mounting holes 18 provided at four positions at the left and right positions in the longitudinal direction at the front and rear positions in the lateral direction of the upper plate portion 10a of the box member 10.
A holding portion 22 for pressing and holding 0a under the upper plate portion 10a is fixed. The holding portion 22 is a separate body from the box-shaped member 10 and has a substantially elliptical frame portion 2 represented by a thick line.
A fan-shaped elastic plate-shaped tongue piece 22b is formed inside the 2a by dividing the elliptical portion into six parts with the center position as the center. The holding portion 22 is fitted and fixed in the mounting hole 18 at the frame portion 22a. Each elastic plate tongue 22b
Has an arcuate base supported in a cantilevered manner by the frame 22a,
The tip end side which is located in the center and is caught by the sheet-shaped wiping material 20 can elastically bend in the substantially plate thickness direction, and the holding portion 22 is made of a relatively soft synthetic resin that can realize such elasticity. It is molded integrally. Holding part 22
Has the upper plate portion 10a of the box-shaped member 10, so that a space for pushing the edge portion 20a of the sheet-shaped wiping material 20 is secured in the box-shaped member 10 while keeping the upper surface of the upper plate portion 10a as flat as possible. The edge portion 20a of the sheet-shaped wiping material 20 can be held.

The cleaning material holding plate 24 is fixed to the lower end portion of the box-shaped portion and covers almost the entire lower end portion thereof. As shown in FIG. 2, the cleaning material holding plate 24 comprises a large number of anchor-shaped fasteners on the bottom surface thereof. It has an anchor-shaped fastener portion 24a and is integrally molded of synthetic resin. The upper portion of the cleaning pile cloth 26 to be used has a loop-shaped fastener portion (not shown) that constitutes a hook-and-loop fastener together with the anchor-shaped fastener portion 24a.

The cover member 28 has a bottom plate portion 28a and an outer peripheral edge portion 28b which is provided on the outer periphery of the bottom plate portion 28a and projects outward. The lower portion of the box-shaped member 10 and the cleaning material holding plate 24 are provided. The cover is detachably attached. Since the cover member 28 is made of a relatively soft elastomer, it covers at least the lower part of the box-shaped member 10 and the cleaning material holding plate 24 to form the cleaning head 29 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the bottom surface of the bottom plate portion 28a of the member 28 is covered with the sheet-shaped wiping material 20, and the edge portion 20a is held by each holding portion 22, and the surface to be cleaned is wiped with the sheet-shaped wiping material 20. In this case, the sheet-shaped wiping material 20 is elastically pressed against the surface to be cleaned to enhance the cleaning effect, and damage to the surface to be cleaned, furniture, etc. is prevented. As shown in FIG. 3, in order to enhance the cleaning effect of the sheet-shaped wiping material 20 as much as possible, a wavy ridge 28c continuous in the lateral direction is formed on the main part of the bottom surface of the bottom plate portion 28a of the cover member 28. Many are formed in parallel in the same direction in the longitudinal direction.

Above the bottom plate 28a of the cover member 28,
As shown in FIG. 4, substantially cylindrical lid-side connecting portions 30 having fitting holes 30a therein are provided upright at six positions at both front and rear positions at both ends in the longitudinal direction and the center. Below the upper plate portion 10a of the box-shaped member 10, a cylindrical box-side connecting portion 32 that is detachably fitted and held in the lid-side connecting portion 30 corresponds to the six lid-side connecting portions 30. It stands upright. The inner peripheral portion of the upper end of the lid-side connecting portion 30 is chamfered, and the inner diameter of the fitting hole 30a of the lid-side connecting portion 30 is formed to be slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the cylindrical box-side connecting portion 32. By providing one axial groove in the inner peripheral portion, the fitting is facilitated and the fitting holding force is maintained.

Lid side connecting portion 30 of the cleaning material holding plate 24
Further, through holes 34 having an inner diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter of the lid-side connecting portion 30 are provided at positions corresponding to the box-side connecting portion 32. The cover member 28 is attached to the box-shaped member 10 by connecting the box-side connecting portion 32 and the lid-side connecting portion 30 via the through holes 34, and releasing the connection through the through holes 34. The cover member 28 can be removed from the box-shaped member 10. Since the box-side connecting portion 32 and the lid-side connecting portion 30 are connected to each other through the through hole 34 of the cleaning material holding plate 24, the area occupied by the anchor-shaped fastener portion 24a on the lower surface of the cleaning material holding plate 24 is secured as large as possible. At the same time, the box-side connecting portion 32 and the cover lid member 28 can be reliably coupled.

As shown in FIG. 6, the cleaning head base 36 with the cover member 28 removed from the cleaning head 29 as shown in FIG. 6 has the anchor-shaped fastener portion 24a on the lower surface of the cleaning material holding plate 24 as shown in FIG. The cleaning pile cloth 26 can be combined with the cleaning material holding plate 24 to press the cleaning pile cloth 26 against the surface to be cleaned for cleaning. Since the area occupied by the anchor-shaped fastener portion 24a can be secured as large as possible on the lower surface of the cleaning material holding plate 24,
The cleaning pile cloth 26 can be more reliably joined to the lower surface of the cleaning material holding plate 24. Further, the base of the cleaning head 29 can be easily manufactured by fixing the cleaning material holding plate 24 covering almost the entire lower end of the box-shaped member 10 having the downward opening. Further, the removed cover member 28 can be washed independently.

Unless otherwise stated, the dimensions, the number, the materials, the shapes, and the relative arrangements of the constituent parts in the above description of the embodiments are within the scope of the present invention. It is not intended to be limited to these, but merely an example of explanation.

In addition, the description including the examples described for the present invention in the section of the means for solving the problems is applied to the above description of the embodiments in principle.

[0033]

According to the cleaning tool of the present invention, the cleaning material such as the pile cloth for cleaning can be securely connected and held by ensuring the area occupied by the cleaning material connecting portion on the lower surface of the cleaning material holding plate as large as possible. At the same time, the box-side connecting portion and the cover member can be reliably coupled to each other, and cleaning can be appropriately performed while holding the sheet-shaped wiping material. In addition, while maintaining the upper surface of the upper plate portion of the box-shaped member as flat as possible to facilitate cleaning itself, a space for pushing the edge portion of the sheet-shaped wiping material is secured in the box-shaped member to secure the sheet-shaped wiping material. The edges can be retained. Furthermore,
By fixing the cleaning material holding plate to the lower end of the box-shaped member having the downward opening, the base body of the cleaning head can be easily manufactured.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a half sectional assembly view of a cleaning head.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the cleaning material holding plate.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the cover member.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a cover member.

FIG. 5 is a half sectional view of the cleaning head.

FIG. 6 is a half sectional view of a cleaning head substrate.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a cleaning tool in a state of holding a non-woven cloth wiping material.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the cleaning device holding a cleaning pile cloth.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Box-shaped members 10a Upper plate part 10b peripheral wall 12 patterns 14 First rotating shaft 16 Second rotation shaft portion 18 mounting holes 20 Sheet-shaped wiping material 20a edge 22 Holder 22a frame part 22b Elastic plate-shaped tongue 24 Cleaning material holding plate 24a Anchor-shaped fastener 26 Pile cloth for cleaning 28 Cover member 28a Bottom plate part 28b outer peripheral portion 28c ridge 29 Cleaning head 30 Lid side connection part 30a fitting hole 32 Box side connection 34 through hole 36 Cleaning Head Base

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A box-shaped member having a downward opening in which a peripheral wall portion is provided downward on a peripheral portion of an upper plate portion, an operation portion provided on the box-shaped member, and fixed to a lower end portion of the box-shaped portion. And a cleaning material holding plate covering substantially the entire lower end portion thereof, a bottom plate portion and an outer peripheral edge portion provided on the outer periphery of the bottom plate portion, and at least the lower portion of the box-shaped member and the cleaning material holding plate are provided. A detachable lid member made of an elastomer is provided, and a holding portion for pushing and holding the edge portion of the sheet-like wiping material to the lower side of the upper plate portion is provided on the upper plate portion of the box-shaped member. The cleaning material holding plate has a cleaning material coupling portion on a lower surface thereof, a box-side connecting portion is provided below the upper plate portion of the box-shaped member, a through hole is provided in the cleaning material holding plate, and the cover lid is provided. Lid side connecting parts are respectively provided on the upper side of the bottom plate parts of the members, and the box side connecting part and the lid side connecting part are Cleaning instrument is the covering member by connecting through the hole, characterized in that attached to the box-shaped member. 2. The cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning material coupling portion provided on the lower surface of the cleaning material holding plate is an anchor-shaped fastener portion forming one side of the surface fastener. 3. The opening of the through hole is a minimum opening that allows the box-side connecting portion and the lid-side connecting portion to be connected via the through hole, or an opening slightly larger than that. The cleaning tool according to 1 or 2. 4. The holding portion holds the edge portion of the sheet-shaped wiping material between two or more elastic plate-shaped tongue pieces or between the elastic plate-shaped tongue pieces and the fixing portion. The cleaning tool according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the portion is integrally provided on the box-shaped member.