JP2003210251A - Brush - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a brush in which fallen hair entwining with a brush pin can be removed by a simple operation by hand without using an auxiliary tool, the brush pin can be contracted housed in a brush pedestal portion, and removing fallen hair entwined with the brush pin requires a short time, and which is convenient to carry. <P>SOLUTION: The brush has a casing in which many long holes are provided many brush pins each of which is passed through the long hole in a way able to go out and backward from the long hole, an operating member able to go out and backward from the casing which is passed through the other face of the casing, and an inner plate able to curve in a thickness direction of the casing connecting each of the brush pins and the operating member. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a brush with a cleaner for a pet or a person, which has a brush pin that can freely move in and out of a brush base.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When using a brush for pets,
As the bristles get entangled with the brush pin of the brush while the bristles are trimmed, it is necessary to manually remove the bristles from the brush pin and the brush pedestal each time.
In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 192125, there is proposed a hair brush capable of easily removing hairs left between combs after combing hair. This hair brush is provided with a slide plate for lifting the hair remaining on the comb on the flocking surface side of the brush pin and a stopper for preventing the slide plate from coming off. By lifting the slide plate, hair loss can be easily removed. It is supposed to be possible. Further, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-175740,
Similar to the above, a proposal has been made for a hair brush that easily removes hair loss.By dividing the brush pedestal portion of the brush pin into rows and allowing each of the divided pieces to move independently, hair loss can be facilitated. It is said that it can be removed.

Further, since the brush pin is upright on the brush pedestal portion and a large space for the brush is required for carrying, the hair brush that allows the brush body to shrink is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-172534. Has been proposed. This hair brush is said to be capable of contracting the whole brush by implanting brush pins on a bendable brush substrate and bending the brush substrate.

[0004]

As described above, in order to remove the bristles entangled in the brush pin and the brush pedestal and to make the brush easy to carry, the above-mentioned proposals have been made. However, in the hair brush described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-192125, the hair loss can be easily removed by lifting the movable plate upward. However, since the hair loss bundle remains as it is when the hair is removed from the brush base, hair loss occurs. It remains entangled and requires the work of inserting the fingers of the hand into multiple brush pins. Also, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-17574
In the hair brush described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 0, the brush pedestal is divided, and a part of the brush pedestal is separated to facilitate removal of hair loss. However, it is difficult to remove hair entangled only by the individual divided brush pedestal portions. . Therefore, these hair brushes are not sufficient to remove hair loss. On the other hand, since these brush pins remain upright, they are bulky and therefore poor in portability.

In the hair brush described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 172534/1982, the brush itself is contracted to be compact and excellent in portability, but the fact that hair loss is removed is not taken into consideration. Absent. As described above, these hair brushes do not simultaneously solve the problem that hair loss is difficult to remove and the problem that portability is low. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and most of the hair loss can be performed by a single operation without performing the work of manually removing the hair loss entangled in the brush pin or using an auxiliary tool. The brush pin can be removed and the brush pin can be reduced and stored in the brush pedestal so that it does not take time to remove hair that is entangled with the brush pin and is convenient to carry. With the goal.

[0006]

The present invention takes the following technical means in order to achieve the above object. That is, the present invention has front and back integrated wall surfaces that are curved in a state where the inner surfaces facing each other are concave, and a large number of long holes in the width direction are formed in the front wall portion of each of the wall portions. Movable brush body having a hollow casing, a bendable inner plate housed inside the casing, and a large number of brush pins erected on the surface of the inner plate so as to project from the elongated holes to the outside. And a contracted state in which the inner plate is arranged along the inner surface of the back wall so that the tip portions of the brush pins gather together, and the inner plate moves the inner plate so that the tip portions of the brush pins separate from each other. And an operating member for deforming the movable brush body in any of a discrete state along the inner surface of the portion.

According to the present invention described above, a large number of brush pins that are inserted through the long holes of the casing to the outside and are erected on a bendable inner plate provided inside the casing are curved. Let Then, the movable brush body is set in the contracted state or the discrete state to bring the brush pin into the stored state and the used state, and since the operation member for bending the inner plate is further provided, hair loss entangled in the brush pin is prevented. Most hair loss can be removed with a single operation without the need for manual removal work or the use of auxiliary equipment, and a large number of brush pins can be reduced and stored in the brush base. it can.

Further, in the brush according to the present invention, since the operating member is constituted by a rod-shaped member which is erected on the back surface of the inner plate so as to penetrate the back wall portion of the casing, the movable brush member is provided. Can be easily set to a discrete state or a contracted state. Further, in the brush according to the present invention, the rod-shaped body that constitutes the operation member has a first bend that causes the protruding portion of the operation member to fall along the outer surface of the back wall when the movable brush body is contracted. And a second bent portion that causes the protruding portion of the operation member to fall down along the outer surface of the back wall portion when the movable brush body is in the discrete state. .

Since the protruding portion of the operating member from the casing back wall portion can be inverted when the movable brush member is contracted or separated, the operating member is compact and compact.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 8 show an embodiment of a brush according to the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the brush according to the present invention integrally includes a brush body 1 and an elongated grip 2. As shown in FIG. 4, the brush main body 1 is composed of a casing 25, a movable brush body 12 and an operating member 6, and the casing 25 is composed of a brush frame 4 and a brush pedestal portion 5. The movable brush body 12 is composed of an inner plate 10 and a brush pin 3 provided upright on the inner plate 10, and the operating member 6 is composed of a ring portion 7, a rod portion 8 and a hook portion 9. Therefore, the casing composed of the brush frame 4 and the brush pedestal portion 5 is formed of a pair of front and back wall portions that are curved so that the inner surfaces facing each other are recessed.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, the brush pedestal portion 5 is formed in an oval concave shape in plan view. The grip 2 is attached to one side of the brush pedestal 5 by integral molding. The grip 2 can be attached to the brush pedestal 5 by various attachment methods. Pedestal projections 15 are formed at four locations inside the peripheral edge of the brush pedestal 5, and an H-shaped operation hole 40 is formed in the center. As shown in FIG.
The brush frame 4 is formed in an oval concave shape in plan view.
As shown in FIG. 1, the brush frame 4 has a large number of long holes 3
0 is formed and has a net shape. A large number of each long hole 30 at the central portion in the longitudinal direction has an oval shape, and a large number of other long holes 30 other than that have an oval shape having different circular sizes on both sides. Further, inner plate mounting portions 14 and brush frame protrusions 16 corresponding to the pedestal protrusions 15 of the brush pedestal portion 5 are formed at four positions on the back side of the brush frame 4. Further, a step is provided in the peripheral portion where a large number of elongated holes 30 are formed, which is excellent in design.

As shown in FIG. 7, the inner plate 10
Like the brush pedestal portion 5, it is formed in a plate shape having an appropriate thickness in an oval shape in plan view, and the inner side is penetrated to pivotally support the mounting pins 13 at two positions on the side portions. A mounting portion 11 is formed. This inner plate 10
A large number of brush pins 3 are attached to the front side of the movable brush body 12. Here, the movable brush body 12
An elastic material is used for the inner plate 10 in order to make the brush pin 3 have a cushioning property at the same time as deforming. Although various rubber materials are used in this embodiment, various other elastic materials may be used. The brush pin 3 can be attached to the inner plate 10 by forming a narrow hole in the inner plate 10 in advance, fitting the brush pin 3 into this hole, and then using an adhesive or heating. In addition, it can be attached by various attachment methods other than this.

The brush pin 3 is formed in an elongated cylindrical shape having an appropriate length, and its tip is spherical so as to damage the epidermis and improve the usability. In this embodiment, the brush pin 3 is made of a metal material, but other various resin materials can be used. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the mounting portion 11 of the movable brush body 12 is aligned with the inner plate mounting portion 14 of the brush frame 4, and the pin 13 is inserted into these penetrating portions.
The movable brush body 12 is attached to the brush frame 4 by pivoting, and the brush pedestal portion 5 is further attached.

At this time, the width of the inner plate 10 is configured to be longer than the width of the inner plate mounting portion 14. Here, the inner plate 1
The width of the inner plate mounting portion 14 is determined so that 0 can be largely curved above and below the mounting portion 14. Therefore, the inner plate 10
However, it takes a shape that is greatly curved either above or below,
The movable brush body 12 is set in a discrete state or a contracted state.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 8, the operating member 2 in which the ring portion 7, the rod portion 8 and the hook portion 9 are integrated as described above is
It is inserted through the operation hole portion 40 of the brush pedestal portion 5. As shown in FIG. 2, the ring portion 9 is formed in a substantially elliptical circular plate shape, and the circular portion is formed in a ring shape so that it can be easily caught by a finger of a hand or the like. The rod portion 8 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape having a rectangular cross section, and is rotatably engaged with the ring portion 7 and the hook portion 9. The hook portion 9 has a U-shaped cross section, and an insertion hole is formed at one end portion of the rod portion 8 so that one end portion of the rod portion 8 can be locked. It should be noted that this insertion hole is formed in a T-shape to widen the movable range of the rod portion 8.

The ring portion 7, the rod portion 8 and the hook portion 9 are rotatably engaged with each other, and one end of the operating member 6 in which they are integrated, that is, one end of the hook portion 9 is attached to the inner plate 10. . The brush pin 3 attached to the inner plate 10 is inserted into the elongated hole 30 formed in the brush frame 4, and the brush frame 4 is attached to the brush pedestal 5 with the inner plate 10 interposed therebetween. Therefore, when the operating member 6 is pushed into the front surface of the brush main body 1 as shown in FIG. 5, the inner plate 10 is curved along the inner surface of the front wall portion of the casing 25, and the movable brush body 12 is in a discrete state. Along with this, the brush pins 3 are fan-shaped projected from the brush main body 1 from the elongated holes 30 of the brush frame 4.

Further, when the operating member 6 is pulled back to the back surface of the brush main body 1 as shown in FIG. 6, the inner plate 10 is curved along the inner surface of the back wall portion of the casing 25, and the movable brush body 12 is contracted. The brush pin 3 is housed in the brush body 1 in the elongated hole 30 of the brush frame 4 accordingly. At this time, the brush pin 3 is stored so as to fall inward. At this time, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, when the movable brush body 6 is in the contracted state,
The operation member 6 is bent at the first bending portion, and the operation member 6 is bent.
The ring portion 7 and the rod portion 8 which are the protruding portions of the above are laid down along the outer surface of the back wall portion of the casing 25. When the movable brush body 6 is in a discrete state, the operating member 6
Only the ring portion 7 which is the protruding portion of the operation member 6 is bent along the outer surface of the back wall portion of the casing 25 and is bent at the second bent portion.

The grip 2 provided integrally with the brush pedestal portion 5 is formed in an elongated shape curved laterally, and a grip cover 20 is attached to a part thereof. A hole 21 for installing a brush is provided at the tip of the grip 2.
Has been opened. Although the grip cover 20 is divided into two parts and fitted into the grip 2, the grip cover 20 can be mounted by various other mounting methods. In this embodiment, ABS resin is used for the brush frame 4, the brush seat 5, and the grip 2, various elastomers are used for the grip cover 20, and polyacetal is used for the operation member 6. It should be noted that other various resins and metal materials can also be used.

The present embodiment is as described above. By pulling the operating member 6 to the back surface of the brush main body 1, the movable brush body 12 is contracted, and the brush pin 3 is elongated hole 30.
To the casing 25. At the same time, loose hair or the like entangled in the brush pin 3 may be removed from the casing 2
5 remains on the front. Therefore, since most hair loss can be removed by a single operation, it does not take time. In this way, when not in use, the brush pin 3 is housed in the casing 25 so as to fall inward. Therefore, the brush can be carried compactly when not in use. In addition, the brush surface has an elongated hole 30.
And inner plate 1 with cushioning inside
Since it has a double structure of 0, the cushioning property is not lost during use.

Furthermore, since the operating member 6 is provided with the first bent portion and the second bent portion to form a two-stage folded structure, the operation member 6 is made compact by minimizing the protrusion from the back wall portion of the casing 25. ing. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, after use, the ring portion 7 on the back surface of the brush body 1 is raised and pulled. By pulling the ring portion 7, the movable brush body 12 is contracted, and the brush pin 3 is housed in the casing 25. Next, the ring portion 7 and the rod portion 8 are tilted to the grip 2 side to make it compact. Then, when the brush pin 3 is used, the reverse operation is performed so that the movable brush body 12 is in a discrete state and the brush pin 3 is moved to the casing 2.
It projects from 5 and returns to the use state.

Since the casing 25 is composed of the removable brush frame 4 and the brush pedestal 5, it is convenient for cleaning and can always maintain a hygienic condition. In addition, parts are easily replaced when damaged. When used for pets such as dogs and cats, hair is often shed during combing work, and these hairs get entangled with the brush surface such as the brush pin 3, so cleaning must be performed each time. Using the brush of the present invention, most hair loss can be easily removed in a single operation. In particular, since a specialist handling pets needs to straighten the hair of dogs and the like in a short time, using the brush of the present invention makes the work easier and less troublesome. When not in use, the movable brush body 12 can be stored in a contracted state, so that it can be conveniently stored in a small space.

Since the grip 2 is formed in a curved shape to the side, it is easy to hold and does not tire the hand even if it is held for a long time. Hole 21 provided at the tip of the grip 2
By hanging the hook on a hook or the like, it can be installed at a predetermined place when not in use, which is convenient. Casing 2
Since No. 5 has rounded corners and a rounded shape as a whole, it has a good feeling when held in the hand and does not damage the outer surface of pets such as dogs and cats. Further, by changing the color of each member, it is possible to make the design excellent.

In the above embodiment, a large number of brush pins and a single operating member are attached to the inner plate, and the intervals and the number of brush pins are fixed, so the roughness of the brush pins cannot be changed. . Here, a plurality of inner plates such as two or three are provided in the casing, and like the first embodiment,
Brush pins and operating members are attached to the inner plates, respectively. Further, it is also possible to adopt an embodiment in which each of the brush pins attached to the inner plate is independently actuated on the brush surface by independently bending each inner plate by each operation member.

In the case of such an embodiment, since the roughness of the brush pin can be changed by the pulling operation member, the spacing between the brush pins can be adjusted without preparing a plurality of brushes, so that the combing operation is further facilitated. You can get a nice brush. Further, the brush according to the present invention may be used not only for pets but also for humans. The embodiments of the present invention are as described above, but the design can be changed according to various other embodiments.

[0024]

According to the present invention, most of the hair loss can be removed by a single operation without manually removing the hair loss entangled in the brush pin or using an auxiliary tool. In addition, since the brush pin can be reduced in size and stored in the brush pedestal, it does not take time to remove hair that is entangled in the brush pin, and a brush that is convenient to carry can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the brush.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the brush.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1 when the movable brush is in a contracted state.

5 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 1 when the movable brush is in a discrete state.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 1 when the movable brush is in a contracted state.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of an inner plate with a brush frame removed.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a used state and a stored state.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 brush body 4 brush frame 6 Operation member 7 Ring part 8 Rod part 9 Hook part 10 Inner plate 12 movable brush body 25 casing 30 long holes

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of long holes that are long in the width direction are formed in the front wall portion of each of the wall portions, the wall surfaces having the front and back surfaces that are curved so that the inner surface sides facing each other are concave. Movable brush body having a hollow casing, a bendable inner plate housed inside the casing, and a large number of brush pins erected on the surface of the inner plate so as to project to the outside from the elongated holes. And a contracted state in which the inner plate extends along the inner surface of the back wall so that the tip portions of the brush pins gather together, and the inner plate moves the inner plate so that the tip portions of the brush pins separate from each other. A manipulation member for deforming the movable brush body in any one of a discrete state along the inner surface of the portion, and a brush. 2. The brush according to claim 1, wherein the operating member is constituted by a rod-shaped body that is erected on the back surface of the inner plate so as to penetrate the back wall portion of the casing. 3. The rod-shaped body constituting the operation member includes a first bent portion that causes the protruding portion of the operation member to fall along the outer surface of the back wall portion when the movable brush body is contracted, and The brush according to claim 2, further comprising a second bent portion that causes the protruding portion of the operation member to fall along the outer surface of the back wall portion when the movable brush body is in the discrete state.