JP2005193180A - Cleaning tool - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning tool of high cleaning efficiency with which both inside and outside of a container such as a nursing bottle can be cleaned at the almost same time. <P>SOLUTION: The cleaning tool comprises a brush rod 2 equipped with a brush section 6 having a brush 5 at one end of the first rod 4 and with a handle 7 at the other end of the first rod 4, a sponge rod 3 equipped with a sponge section 9 having a sponge at one end of the second rod 8 and with a handle 10 at the other end of the second rod 8 and a hinge pin 11 to pivot both rods turnably on the intersection where the middle point between the brush section and the handle of the brush rod and the middle point between the sponge section and the handle of the sponge rod are crossed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a cleaning tool suitable for cleaning a container such as a baby bottle body from which a nipple has been removed, and more particularly to a cleaning tool capable of cleaning both the inner and outer surfaces of a baby bottle main body almost simultaneously.

  Conventionally, as this type of cleaning tool, a cleaning brush, a cleaning sponge, and the like are known. As a cleaning brush, there is one in which a rod-like brush portion is formed by sandwiching and fixing a large number of fibers as a brush between two twisted wires, and a pattern is provided on the brush portion. . In this method, water or a detergent is added to the rod-shaped brush portion, and then the brush portion is inserted into the baby bottle body from which the nipple has been removed, and the inner surface thereof is cleaned by rubbing with the brush portion.

  On the other hand, as a cleaning sponge, there is one in which a sponge portion is formed by covering and fixing a sponge to the outer surface of one end portion of a rod-like body having a handle. In this case, the sponge part is impregnated with water, detergent or the like, and then the sponge part is inserted into the baby bottle body and cleaned by rubbing the inner surface thereof.

In recent years, there has been proposed one in which the entire outer surface of the cleaning brush is covered with a bag-like fabric cover (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-177050 A

  However, although all such conventional cleaning tools can clean the inner surface of the baby bottle main body, the outer surface of the baby bottle main body must be cleaned by another cleaning tool, which is cumbersome. .

  Moreover, the inner surface and outer surface of the baby bottle main body must be cleaned in separate steps, and there is a problem that efficiency is poor.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning tool with high cleaning efficiency capable of cleaning both the inner and outer surfaces of a container such as a baby bottle body almost simultaneously.

  The present invention constitutes a cleaning tool by rotatably connecting a brush rod having a brush part and an axially intermediate part of the sponge rod having a sponge part, and the baby bottle is composed of the brush part and the sponge part. The container such as the baby bottle body is washed by holding the side peripheral surface of the container such as the main body from both the inner and outer surfaces and relatively moving the cleaning tool along the side peripheral surface of the container in the sandwiched state. Yes, it is configured as follows.

  The invention according to claim 1 of the present application is a brush rod including a brush portion in which a brush is disposed at one end of a rod-shaped body, and a handle formed at the other end of the rod-shaped body, and one end of the rod-shaped body. A sponge rod provided with a sponge and a sponge rod having a handle formed at the other end of the rod-shaped body, and a brush of the brush rod at an intermediate portion between the sponge portion and the handle of the sponge rod A cleaning tool comprising: a hinge portion formed by intersecting an intermediate portion of the portion and the handle and pivotally attaching the sponge rod and the brush rod at the intersection. is there.

  The invention according to claim 2 of the present application is the cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the brush rod and the sponge rod are configured such that at least one tip portion of the rod-shaped body is flexibly configured.

  The invention according to claim 3 of the present application is the cleaning tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein both the handle of the brush rod and the sponge rod form a finger insertion / removal hole.

  The invention according to claim 4 of the present application is the cleaning tool according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the brush part and the sponge part are formed on at least the opposed surface side.

  The invention according to claim 5 of the present application is characterized in that the hinge portion includes a spring that urges the sponge rod and the brush rod in a direction to always open. The cleaning tool according to claim 1.

  According to the present invention, the brush peripheral portion and the sponge portion sandwich the side peripheral surface of the container such as the baby bottle main body from both the inner and outer surfaces, and the cleaning tool is relatively moved along the side peripheral surface of the container in the sandwiched state. The inner and outer surfaces of the container can be cleaned almost simultaneously.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In these drawings, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a cleaning tool 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and this cleaning tool 1 connects a brush rod 2 and a sponge rod 3 in a so-called bowl shape.

  That is, in the brush rod 2, a plurality of brushes 5 made of synthetic resin or natural material are continuously planted at a predetermined pitch in the axial direction and the circumferential direction at one end portion of the first rod 4 which is an example of a rod-shaped body. Thus, the brush portion 6 is formed. The first rod 4 is formed by twisting a plurality of wires, and a plurality of synthetic fibers or natural fibers are continuously sandwiched and fixed as a brush between the twisted wires to form the brush portion 6. The brush portion 6 is formed over substantially the entire length and the entire circumference of one end portion of the rod 4. Moreover, the 1st rod 4 forms the whole wire so that bending is possible, or forms at least the front-end | tip part of the 1st rod 4 so that bending is possible.

  The brush rod 2 bends the other end portion of the first rod 4 in a crank shape to form a crank portion 4a. At the tip end portion (the left end portion in FIG. 1) of the first rod 4a ahead of the crank portion 4a, A handle 7 of a predetermined length made of plastic or the like is integrally or integrally formed.

  On the other hand, the sponge rod 3 forms a sponge portion 9 by covering and fixing a sponge having a predetermined thickness on almost the entire outer surface of one end portion of the second rod 8 which is an example of a rod-shaped body.

  The second rod 8 is formed in a flat rod shape or plate shape with plastic or the like, has a flat surface with a predetermined width on the facing surface facing the brush portion 6, and bends the entire second rod 8 and the sponge portion 9 or at least the tip portion. It is composed freely.

  The sponge rod 3 is bent at the other end of the second rod 8 in a crank shape to form a crank portion 8a. At the tip of the second rod 8 ahead of the crank portion 8a (the left end in FIG. 1). The handle 10 having a predetermined length made of plastic or the like is integrally or integrally formed.

  Then, the crank portions 4a and 8a of the brush rod 2 and the sponge rod 3 thus configured are overlapped with each other in the thickness direction, and at the intersection, the crank portions 4a and 8a are connected by the hinge pin 11. It is connected so that it can rotate freely.

  For this purpose, both the handles 7 and 10 of the brush rod 2 and the sponge rod 3 are closed and brought into contact with each other with the hinge pin 11 as a fulcrum by gripping the handles 7 and 10 of the brush rod 2 and the sponge rod 3 together. It is possible to open the brush portion 6 and the sponge portion 9 by opening each other.

  FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example in which the baby bottle body 12 from which the nipple (not shown) is removed is washed with the cleaning tool 1 configured as described above.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the brush portion 6 of the brush rod 2 is inserted into the baby bottle body 12 through the wide mouth 12a, and the sponge portion 9 is positioned outward from the wide mouth 12a. In this state, when both the handles 7 and 10 of the brush rod 2 and the sponge rod 3 are gripped together by hand, the side peripheral surface of the baby bottle body 12 is pressed at a required pressure by the brush portion 4 and the sponge portion 9 from both inside and outside. It is pinched. At this time, the brush portion 6 and the sponge portion 9 are impregnated with a required amount of a required detergent and water in advance. Or the whole baby bottle main body 12 etc. are immersed in a washing | cleaning liquid.

  Next, the cleaning tool 1 is moved along the side peripheral surface of the baby bottle main body 12 while the brush part 4 and the sponge part 9 are sandwiched, or the baby bottle main body 12 is rotated around its central axis to clean the cleaning tool 1. The inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the baby bottle main body 12 can be cleaned almost simultaneously by the single cleaning tool 1 by moving relative to each other or appropriately moving in the axial direction. In addition, since the sponge portion 9 is elastically compressed and deformed and is in close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the baby bottle body 12, it can be variously adapted to a plurality of baby bottle bodies 12 having slightly different shapes.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 2, the brush portion 6 bends along the inner peripheral surface 12b of the baby bottle main body 12 and abuts against the inner bottom surface 12c, so that the inner peripheral surface 12b and the inner body surface 12c of the baby bottle main body 12 Can be cleaned almost simultaneously with the inner and outer peripheral surfaces.

  Furthermore, in general, the inner surface of the baby bottle body 12b is often contaminated with a container such as milk, but the inner peripheral surface 12b and the inner bottom surface 12c can be scraped off by the brush of the brush portion 6.

  For this reason, the strong dirt stuck to the inner surface of the baby bottle main body 12b can also be scraped off and washed by the brush portion 6.

  On the other hand, since the sponge portion 9 is elastically closely adhered to the outer peripheral surface of the baby bottle body 12 in a flat surface, the outer surface can be cleaned finely in an approximately uniform and continuous manner.

  When the positional relationship of the brush portion 6 and the sponge portion 9 with respect to the baby bottle body 12 is exchanged inside and outside, the brush 7 and the sponge rod 3 are first opened between the handles 7 and 10, and the cleaning tool 1 is attached to the baby bottle. Remove from the body 12. Next, the baby bottle body 12 may be washed again by inserting the sponge part 9 into the baby bottle body 12 and bringing the brush part 6 into close contact with the outer surface of the baby bottle body 12.

  According to this, while the sponge part 9 can wash | clean the inner peripheral surface of the baby bottle main body 12 which could not be wash | cleaned by the brush part 6 continuously, the dirt which stuck to the outer surface of the baby bottle main body 12 is brush part. 6 can be scraped off, so that the degree of cleaning can be improved.

  Further, by appropriately adjusting the gripping pressure of the hands 7 and 10 of the brush rod 2 and the sponge rod 3, the holding pressure of the side peripheral surface of the baby bottle body 12 by the brush portion 6 and the spongy portion 9, that is, the close contact The degree of cleaning can be adjusted by appropriately adjusting the force.

  FIG. 3 is a front view of a cleaning tool 1A according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In this cleaning tool 1A, both the handle 7 and 10 of the brush rod 2 and sponge rod 3 of the cleaning tool 1 shown in FIG. 1 and the like are formed into wider handles 7A and 10A, and these wider handles 7A and 10A. There is a feature in that finger holes 13 and 14 into which fingers can be inserted / removed are formed. The rest of the configuration is substantially the same as that of the cleaning tool 1, and a duplicate description thereof is omitted.

  For this purpose, the user's thumb and index finger, for example, are inserted and held in the finger holes 13 and 14 of the wide patterns 7A and 10A, respectively, and the wide patterns 7A and 10A are opened and closed. The brush portion 6 and the sponge portion 9 can be opened and closed at an appropriate angle, and the usability of the cleaning tool 1A can be improved.

  It should be noted that a return spring (not shown) may be provided on the hinge pin 11 of the cleaning tools 1 and 1A, and the return spring may be configured to urge the handle 7 and 10 and 7A and 10A to always open. . For example, as the return spring, a spring having a single or multiple ring portion that can be fitted on the outer periphery of the hinge pin 11 and a pair of leg portions that project outward from the both ends of the ring portion at a required angle, The ring portion is externally fitted to the hinge pin 11, and the pair of leg portions are locked to the inner end portions of both the handles 7 and 10, 7A and 10A, so that the handles 7 and 10, 7A and 10A are always opened. It may be energized as follows.

  According to this, since the space between the brush portion 6 and the sponge portion 9 is always opened by the return spring, only when closing the space between the brush portion 6 and the sponge portion 9 between both the handles 7 and 10 and between 7A and 10A. Since it only has to be clamped, further convenience can be improved. Moreover, although each said embodiment demonstrated the case where the baby bottle main body 12 was wash | cleaned with the cleaning tools 1 and 1A, this invention is not limited to this, The washing | cleaning of containers, such as other bottles, is also carried out. Can be used. Further, in FIGS. 1 to 3, the brush portion 6 is formed to be slightly longer than the sponge portion 9, but it may be vice versa or the same length.

  Further, in each of the cleaning tools 1 and 1A, the brush portion 6 and the sponge portion 9 are also formed on the outer surface other than the opposing surface (inner surface side) between the both 6 and 9, but only on the opposing surface side. It may be formed. According to this, it is possible to reduce the cost by reducing the use amount of the sponge of the brush portion 6 and the brush and sponge portion 9.

The front view of the cleaning tool which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. The front view which shows the state which wash | cleans a baby bottle main body with the cleaning tool shown in FIG. The front view of the cleaning tool which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,1A ... Cleaning tool, 2 ... Brush rod, 3 ... Sponge rod, 4 ... 1st rod, 4a ... Crank part of 1st rod, 5 ... Brush, 6 ... Brush part, 7, 10 ... Handle, 7A, 10A DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS: Wide handle, 8 ... 2nd rod, 8a ... Crank part of 2nd rod, 9 ... Sponge part, 11 ... Hinge pin, 12 ... Baby bottle body, 13, 14 ... Finger hole.

Claims (5)

A brush rod provided with a brush formed by arranging a brush at one end of the rod-shaped body and a handle formed at the other end of the rod-shaped body;
A sponge rod provided with a sponge formed on one end of the rod-shaped body and a handle formed on the other end of the rod-shaped body; and
The intermediate part of the sponge rod and the handle of the sponge rod intersects the intermediate part of the brush rod and the handle of the sponge rod, and the sponge rod and the brush rod are pivotally attached at the intersection. A hinge part,
A cleaning tool comprising: 2. The cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the brush rod and the sponge rod are configured such that at least one tip portion of the rod-like body can be bent. The cleaning tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein both the handle of the brush rod and the sponge rod form a finger insertion / removal hole. The cleaning tool according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the brush part and the sponge part are formed at least on the facing surface side. The said hinge part is equipped with the spring urged | biased in the direction which always opens between the said sponge rod and a brush rod, The cleaning tool of any one of Claims 1-4 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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