JP2005080882A - Tool for cleaning mop head or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tool having a function of easily cleaning a wiping member kept fitted to a mop head and a function of holding the mop head along a handle bar. <P>SOLUTION: A cleaning tool is attachable to a proper part of a mop handle bar (a), and includes a brush part 12 and a lock part 15 for holding the proper part of the mop head (b) to be turned along the mop handle bar (a), when the tool is attached to the handle bar (a). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a cleaning tool such as a mop head, and more specifically, dust, dust, and the like attached to the head of a cleaning tool such as a mop having a cleaning head attached to the tip of a handle can be easily removed. It is related to what was configured.

  A cleaning tool such as a mop is configured with a mop head attached to the tip of a handle as disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1 or Patent Document 2, and a non-woven fabric is used for the mop head, for example. A wiping member such as a mop cloth is detachably attached for use.

JP-A-10-304997 JP-A-9-285430

  The wiping member can be detachably attached to the mop head because the disposable dirty wiping member is replaced with a new one, or the dirty wiping member that has been used repeatedly is cleaned. This is so that it can be exchanged.

  Further, the handle bar is usually connected to the mop head so as to be freely rotatable about two axes, a first axis in the major axis direction of the mop head and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. Has been. However, there are few that can be rotated about the vertical axis. This is because the handlebar can be tilted in various directions with respect to the floor at various angles, and the mop head along the floor can be pushed and pulled back and forth, or moved left and right to improve usability. is there.

  By the way, even if the wiping member can be replaced with a disposable new one or after cleaning, if dust and hair attached to the mop head or dust can be removed with a simple operation, The replacement frequency can be reduced and the use cost can be reduced.

  On the other hand, the mop head is freely rotatable with respect to the handle as described above. Therefore, for example, even if the mop is stored by suspending the handle, it is stored against the wall. Even so, the mop head spreads in a T-shape at the lower end of the handle bar and takes up more storage space.

  Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a tool having a function of easily cleaning the wiping member that is still mounted on the mop head and a function of holding the mop head along the handle bar. Is to provide.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention employs the following technical means.

  That is, the cleaning tool such as a mop head provided by the present invention can be mounted on an appropriate part of the handle bar of the mop, and has a brush part, and when mounted on the handle bar of the mop, It is characterized by having a locking part for holding an appropriate part of the mop head rotated so as to follow.

  Since this cleaning tool can be attached to the handle of the mop, there is no need for another storage place, it is not lost, and it does not obstruct the cleaning work by the mop in the mounted state. When necessary, it can be removed from the handle and the brush part can be used to remove dust, hair, dust, etc. from the mop head. Furthermore, by attaching this cleaning tool to the handle bar of the mop, the mop can be stored while the mop head is rotated along the handle bar, thus saving the storage space for this mop. be able to.

  In a preferred embodiment, the cleaning tool such as a mop head has a longitudinal main body portion, one end portion of the main body portion is a grip portion, and the brush portion is formed on the side surface of the other end portion. Has been.

  According to such a configuration, since the grip portion can be gripped and operated, it is easy to work with familiarity with the hand. Moreover, since the brush part is provided close to the grip part, a fine cleaning operation is facilitated.

  In a preferred embodiment, a pair of clamp pieces are extended from an appropriate part of the main body, and the pair of clamp pieces elastically hold the handle bar so as to be attached to the appropriate part of the handle bar of the mop. It is possible.

  In a preferred embodiment, the pair of clamp pieces has a cylindrical inner surface corresponding to the outer peripheral surface of the handle bar, and the interval between the tip portions of the clamp pieces is an outer diameter of the handle bar. It is said to be smaller.

  According to these configurations, simply by pressing the pair of clamp pieces from the side of the handle bar, the handle bar is easily held by the pair of clamp pieces, that is, the cleaning tool is attached to the handle bar. On the contrary, the cleaning tool can be easily detached from the handlebar by simply pulling the cleaning tool away from the handlebar. Furthermore, the cleaning tool can be mounted by selecting the position of the handle bar in the axial direction, and in the mounted state, the cleaning tool can be slid in the axial direction of the handle bar.

  In a preferred embodiment, the locking portion is further formed by providing a notch in an appropriate portion of the main body portion.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to reduce the weight of the main body, and by sliding the tool along the handle as described above with the cleaning tool attached to the handle, The operation of locking the appropriate portion and holding it along the handle can be performed more easily.

  In a preferred embodiment, the brush portion is formed by arranging a plurality of strip-shaped rubber pieces side by side along the axis of the main body portion.

  The brush portion made of a rubber piece does not sag even after repeated use, and some rubbers have adsorption performance. When such rubber is used, the fine particles attached to the mop head The action of the brush part that scrapes off dust and the like becomes more excellent.

  Other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description given below with reference to the drawings.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.

  A cleaning tool such as a mop head according to the present invention is used by being mounted on a handle bar of a mop. First, a configuration example of a mop on which the cleaning tool of the present invention is based will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the mop A has a handle bar a having a predetermined length and a mop head b attached to the tip of the handle bar a. The handle bar a is formed using, for example, a light metal pipe such as aluminum as a main material, but the material of the handle bar a is not limited to this. The mop head b is a plate-like member having a longitudinal axis and having a necessary thickness, such as a rectangular shape in plan view, and a wiping member (not shown) such as a mop cloth using a nonwoven fabric is detachable. Can be attached to.

The lower end of the handle bar a is connected to the center of the upper surface of the mop head b. In this connection, the handle bar a is a longitudinal direction about the first axis L ₁ in the longitudinal direction of the mop head b. And is rotatable in the left-right direction about a second axis L ₂ orthogonal to the _first axis L ₁ . As described above, the handle bar a can be tilted in various directions with respect to the floor at various angles, and the mop head b along the floor can be pushed back and forth or moved left and right. Because. In addition, the specific mechanism which can rotate the handle | barrel a with respect to the mop head b as mentioned above, and the specific structure of the mop head b are not limited at all.

  2 to 4 show a first embodiment of a cleaning tool 10 such as a mop head according to the present invention in a mounted state with respect to a handle bar a. The cleaning tool 10 includes a longitudinal main body 11 obtained by resin molding. In the embodiment, the main body 11 is formed in a blade shape having an elliptical cross section having a major axis and a minor axis in its cross section, and its one end in the longitudinal direction functions as the grip 11a and the other end. At the side edge, a brush portion 12 is provided in which strip-shaped rubber pieces 12a as brush members are arranged side by side. A plurality of concave grooves 16 extending in the axial direction for preventing slipping are formed in the grip 11a. In this embodiment, the brush portion 12 has the base portion of the member obtained by connecting the strip-shaped rubber pieces 12 a in a comb shape as a whole to the slit 13 formed in the other end portion of the main body portion 11.

  A pair of clamp pieces 14 are integrally formed at the edge of the body 11 opposite to the brush 12. The clamp piece 14 is elastically deformable and has a form having a cylindrical inner surface corresponding to the outer peripheral surface of the handle bar a, and the interval between the tips thereof is larger than the outer diameter of the handle bar a. Is also set small. Of course, the circle formed by the cylindrical inner surfaces of the pair of clamp pieces 14 in the natural state is slightly smaller than the outer periphery of the handle bar a.

Further, the end of the edge of the main body 11 opposite to the brush 12 is cut out in an L-shape and is rotated around the second axis L ₂ as will be described later. A locking portion 15 is formed that engages with an appropriate portion of the mop head b positioned along a and holds the posture of the mop head b.

  As described above, the cleaning tool 10 having the above configuration can be attached to the handle bar a so that the handle bar a is held between the pair of clamp pieces 14. The operation of attaching the handle bar a in this way can be easily performed by pushing the opposing end portions of the pair of clamp pieces 14 toward the handle bar a. Thus, the cleaning tool 10 can be attached to the mop so as not to obstruct the use of the mop A.

The cleaning tool 10 can be slid along the handle bar a in a mounted state with respect to the handle bar a. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, in the state where the mop head b is rotated around the second axis L ₂ (FIG. 1) with respect to the handle bar a to take a posture along the handle bar a. By sliding the cleaning tool 10 with respect to the handle bar a and locking the appropriate portion of the mop head b with the locking portion 15, the state of the mop head b along the handle bar a can be maintained. In this state, the mop head b does not protrude in a T shape, so that the storage space for the mop A is remarkably saved.

  The cleaning tool 10 is also used for removing dust, dust, and the like attached to the wiping member of the mop head b with a brush portion by removing it from the handle bar a. In order to remove the cleaning tool 10 from the handlebar, it is only necessary to remove the cleaning tool 10 from the handlebar a. In the embodiment, since the one end of the main body 10 is used as the grip 11a that can be easily fitted to the hand, the cleaning operation of the mop head b as described above is very easy to perform. Further, in the embodiment, the brush portion 12 is formed by providing a plurality of rubber pieces 12a. Therefore, even if it is repeatedly used, the brush portion 12 does not sag and adopts a rubber having adsorption performance, so that the mop head Fine dust adhering to the wiping member b can be conveniently scraped off.

  5 to 8 show a second embodiment of a cleaning tool 10 such as a mop head according to the present invention. The difference of the second embodiment from the first embodiment is that a locking portion 15 for holding an appropriate portion of the mop head is formed on the grip portion 11 side. Since the other points are the same as those of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the same portions or members are denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted. . It is obvious that the cleaning tool 10 according to the second embodiment can enjoy the same advantages as those described above for the first embodiment.

  Of course, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and all modifications within the scope of the matters described in each claim are included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, the specific shape of the main body portion 10 can be variously changed, and the brush portion 12 can be other than a rubber piece. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the mop A or the mop head b to which the cleaning tool 10 is attached is attached to the handle bar a so as to be rotatable about the second axis L _2. If the rotation position along the handle bar a can be taken, the specific shape is not limited.

1 is an overall perspective view of an example of a mop in a state in which a cleaning tool such as a mop head according to a first embodiment of the present invention is mounted. It is a side view shown in the state where cleaning implements, such as a mop head concerning a 1st embodiment of the invention in this application, were attached to the handle of a mop. It is sectional drawing which follows the III-III line of FIG. It is sectional drawing which follows the IV-IV line of FIG. It is a whole perspective view of an example of a mop in the state which equipped with cleaning tools, such as a mop head concerning a 2nd embodiment of the invention in this application. It is a side view of cleaning tools, such as a mop head, concerning a 2nd embodiment of the invention in this application. It is sectional drawing which follows the VII-VII line of FIG. It is sectional drawing which follows the VIII-VIII line of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Cleaning tool 11 Main part 11a Grip 12 Brush part 12a Rubber piece 13 Slit 14 Clamp piece 15 Locking part 16 Concave groove A Mop a Handlebar b Mop head L ₁ 1st axis L ₂ 2nd axis

Claims (6)

  It can be attached to the appropriate part of the handle of the mop and has a brush part, and when attached to the handle of the mop, holds the appropriate part of the mop head rotated along the handle. A cleaning tool such as a mop head, comprising a locking portion.   The cleaning of a mop head or the like according to claim 1, further comprising a longitudinal main body portion, wherein one end portion of the main body portion is a grip portion, and the brush portion is formed on a side surface of the other end portion. Ingredients.   A pair of clamp pieces are formed extending from an appropriate part of the main body part, and the pair of clamp pieces can be attached to an appropriate part of the handle bar of the mop by holding the handle bar elastically. A cleaning tool such as a mop head according to claim 1 or 2.   The pair of clamp pieces has a cylindrical inner surface corresponding to the outer peripheral surface of the handle bar, and the interval between the tip portions of the clamp pieces is smaller than the outer diameter of the handle bar. A cleaning tool such as a mop head according to claim 3.   The cleaning tool such as a mop head according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the locking portion is formed by providing a notch in an appropriate portion of the main body portion.   The cleaning tool for a mop head or the like according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the brush portion is formed by arranging a plurality of strip-shaped rubber pieces along the axis of the main body portion.

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