JP2006204724A - Mop - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mop which enables even a curved or wavy gap to be cleaned following the gap shape. <P>SOLUTION: The mop 10 is constituted by freely detachably holding a cleaning member 14 composed of fibers on a mop body 13. The mop body 13 includes a holding part 12 composed of one piece-like member 50, and the cleaning member 14 is provided in a roughly flat shape including a sheath part 55 for receiving the piece-like member 50 and many cord-like parts 56. The piece-like member 50 is provided so as to be deformed together with the cleaning member 14 following the shape of the gap even if the gap of an area to be cleaned has a curved or wavy shape. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a mop. More specifically, when the gap in the area to be cleaned is wavy or curved, the holding portion that holds the cleaning member can be deformed following the gap shape and efficiently cleaned. It can be related to mop.

  Conventionally, handy type mops have been used as cleaning tools in various retail stores, offices, general households, and the like. This type of mop is composed of a handle portion having a holding portion on one end side, and a tufted cleaning member that is detachably provided on the holding portion, and the cleaning member is made of a chemical fiber. A large number of sheet pieces or thick yarns formed by twisting yarns are provided. Therefore, the cleaning member can attach dust and the like to the sheet piece without being wet with water, and has been widely used due to the ease of handling.

  By the way, Patent Document 1 discloses a mop in which a holding portion is provided on the distal end side of the handle portion, and a cleaning member is detachably provided on the holding portion.

JP 2003-265389 A

  However, in the mop described in Patent Document 1, there is no particular problem when there is a sufficient space having a certain spread in the area to be cleaned. For example, the upper surface of a merchandise display shelf in a retail store When products such as canned beverages are arranged in a row and the gap between the products is small, or when the gap is not linear, the cleaning member cannot be inserted into the gap and moved back and forth. Therefore, when cleaning such a gap, there is an inconvenience that an artificial work such as widening the gap or removing some products is required.

[Object of invention]
The present invention has been devised by paying attention to such inconveniences. The purpose of the present invention is to insert a cleaning member into the gap and move it back and forth, and the gap is curved or wavy. Also, it is to provide a mop that can be cleaned following the shape of the gap.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a mop body including a mop body provided with a holding part on one end side of a handle part, and a cleaning member detachably held by the holding part.
The holding portion is configured by a single piece-like member connected to the handle portion, and is configured to be deformable along with the cleaning member following the shape of the gap in the area to be cleaned.

Further, the present invention provides a mop body including a mop body provided with a holding portion on one end side of the handle portion, and a cleaning member that is detachably held by the holding portion.
The holding part is constituted by a single piece of member continuous to the handle part,
The cleaning member includes a sheath-like portion that extends along the mop body and receives the piece-like member, and a plurality of string-like portions provided integrally with the sheath-like portion,
The piece-like member can be configured to follow the shape of the gap in the area to be cleaned and to be deformable together with the cleaning member.

Further, the present invention provides a mop body comprising a handle portion having a substantially long piece shape whose surface position during use is located in a substantially vertical plane, and a holding portion provided on one end side of the handle portion, In a mop that includes a cleaning member that is detachably held in the holding portion,
The holding portion is formed of a single piece of member that is connected to the handle portion and has a thickness and / or an area that decreases toward the tip, and that can be deformed into a wavy or curved shape,
The cleaning member extends along the mop body and receives the piece-like member, and a plurality of string-like portions provided so as to hang from one edge along the extending direction of the sheath-like portion. Including
It is preferable that the piece-like member is configured to be deformable along with the cleaning member following the shape of the gap in the area to be cleaned.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that when the cleaning member is attached to the holding portion, an area having a thickness and / or an area that is smaller toward the tip is covered with the cleaning member.

  Moreover, the structure by which the hole was formed in the surface of the said piece-like member along the extension direction of the said piece-like member is employable. At this time, a plurality of holes are provided, and these holes are configured to include at least one of different shapes, different sizes, and different mutual intervals, or the sizes of these holes are included in the piece-like member. It is possible to adopt a configuration in which the size is increased toward the tip.

  In addition, the handle portion includes an inner handle forming body and an outer handle forming body integrally provided with the piece-like member, and the inner and outer handle forming bodies are provided so as to be slidable with respect to each other. The thickness is preferably variable. At this time, positioning means is provided between the inner handle forming body and the outer handle forming body, and the positioning means is provided to hold the length when the handle portion is changed to a predetermined length. Good.

  According to the present invention, since the holding portion that can be deformed following the shape of the gap in the area to be cleaned is employed, it is possible to perform cleaning even if there is no sufficient space for cleaning in the area to be cleaned. . Therefore, effective cleaning can be realized for the gaps existing between the products displaying the products and the like, and the work of removing some of the products can be omitted.

  In particular, since the thickness and / or area of the piece-like member is gradually reduced toward the tip, the tip side is more easily bent and deformed than the base side, and so-called elastic deformation with a waist becomes possible. . Therefore, when the holding part is moved back and forth with respect to the gap, it is possible to realize movement that reliably follows the gap shape while maintaining a certain rigidity, and there is no possibility that the holding part bends in an unintended direction. .

  In addition, the present invention has a structure in which the handle portion can be held in the hand in a state where the surface position of the handle portion is substantially in the vertical plane, and the holding portion is within the thickness of the handle portion. Thus, cleaning can be performed in a state close to the feeling of moving back and forth, and it becomes easy to obtain a sense of unity between the cleaning member and the handle. Therefore, even if the cleaning member is present on the distal end side of the handle portion, it is possible to ensure a state where the operation can be easily performed.

  Furthermore, by the configuration in which the region where the thickness and / or area of the holding portion gradually decreases is covered with the cleaning member, stable deformation along the gap shape of the holding portion and the cleaning member can be realized.

  Moreover, by setting it as the structure by which the hole was formed in the surface of a piece-like member, it can provide easily bending-deforming, maintaining rigidity.

  Further, the structure in which the length of the handle portion is variably provided can extend the handle portion long, and can be easily cleaned when the area to be cleaned is on the depth side.

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

  FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a mop according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 and 3 are exploded perspective views. In these drawings, the mop 10 is detachably attached to the mop body 13 including a handle portion 11 and a holding portion 12 provided to be connected to one end side of the handle portion 11, and the holding portion 12 of the mop body 13. And a cleaning member 14 provided on the head.

  The handle portion 11 is provided in a substantially long piece shape in which the surface position during use, that is, the surface position when cleaning by gripping with a hand, is positioned in a substantially vertical plane. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the handle portion 11 includes an inner handle forming body 16 provided in a substantially long plate shape, and an outer handle forming body 17 that covers the inner handle forming body 16. It is comprised by.

  The inner handle forming body 16 includes a plate-like portion 20 made of a thin plate having a length that is received in substantially the entire longitudinal direction of the outer handle forming member 17, and the rear end side of the plate-like portion 20 (the right end side in FIG. 3). ) Is provided with a bifurcated branch portion 22. Further, the holding portion 12 is provided integrally with the plate-like portion 20 on the front end side which is one end side of the plate-like portion 20. The inner handle forming body 16 is not particularly limited, but in the present embodiment, the total length is about 200 mm, and the plate-like portion 20 is about 3 mm thick. The vertical width is set to about 17 mm. The plate-like portion 20 has a plurality of groove portions 20A extending in the longitudinal direction in both side surfaces thereof, and a shape provided with concave portions 20B constituting positioning means at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction at the upper end edge. Is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, the bifurcated branch portion 22 is composed of a short branch portion 30 and a long branch portion 31 having different protrusion lengths. Protrusions 30A and 31A that engage with the outer handle forming body 17 and act as positioning means for the outer handle forming body 17 and the inner handle forming body 16 are provided at the distal ends of the branch portions 30 and 31. Each is integrally formed.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the outer handle forming body 17 connects a pair of side surface portions 35, 35 having a space S capable of receiving the inner handle forming body 16 and the upper portions of these side surface portion 35. A top surface portion 36; a loading / unloading port 37 for loading and unloading the inner handle forming body 16 from the front end side of the side surface portion 35; a front side coupling portion 39 for coupling the front lower portions of the side surface portions 35, 35; Two rear side connection portions 40 and 41 for connecting the lower portions are provided. At this time, the front connecting part 39 and the rear connecting parts 40 and 41 are engaged with the protrusion 31A and act as positioning means for the inner and outer handle forming bodies 16 and 17.

  Positioning means provided with a U-shaped slot on the front side of the top surface portion 35, that is, on the left side in FIG. 6A, so that the distal end side (left end side) can be bent and deformed as a free end. The tongue 43 to be formed, the first hole 45 formed in the upper position of the front side connecting part 39 in the rear right side (right side) of the tongue piece 43, and the rear side connecting part 40, 41 is provided with second to fourth holes 46, 47, 48 formed above 41. Here, the rear end side of the outer handle forming body 17 is provided in a shape in which the top surface portion 35 protrudes upward along a substantially circular locus. A protrusion 43A (see FIG. 7) is formed on the lower surface of the tip of the tongue piece 43.

  The holding portion 12 is constituted by a single piece-like member 50 that is integrally formed so as to be integrally connected to the distal end side of the plate-like portion 20. Although the piece-like member 50 is not particularly limited, in the present embodiment, the piece-like member 50 is formed of a thin resin piece having a thickness of 1 mm or less, and the tip side is provided in a shape that forms a gentle arc edge. . As shown in FIG. 5A, the piece-like member 50 is relatively thicker on the base side, which is the plate-like portion 20 side, than the distal end side. It is set to become gradually thinner toward the tip of the. A plurality of holes 50 </ b> A are formed at equal intervals in the plane of the piece-like member 50. Note that the piece-like member 50 is positioned in a plane obtained by extending the plate-like portion 20 and has a hardness capable of holding a shape extending linearly in substantially the same vertical plane.

  The cleaning member 14 is continuous so as to hang down from a sheath-like portion 55 into which the piece-like member 50 can be inserted, and one edge along the extending direction of the sheath-like portion 55, that is, the lower edge side of the sheath-like portion 55. It is comprised by the thread-like part 56. FIG. The sheath-like portion 55 is provided in a substantially flat bag shape with the right end side in FIG. 2 being an opening 55A, and the piece-like member 50 can be inserted from the opening 55A, whereby the cleaning member 14 is attached to the holding portion 12. It is removable. The cleaning member 14 can be made of the same material as that used for known mops using chemical fibers or synthetic fibers, and the string-like portion 56 can be made of a large number of sheet pieces or The thick yarn obtained by twisting the yarns is integrated into the sheath-like portion 55.

  When assembling the mop body 13, first, the inner handle forming body 16 configured integrally with the piece-like member 50 is inserted into the loading / unloading port 37 of the outer handle forming body 17. In a state where the inner handle forming body 16 is completely received by the outer handle forming body 17, as shown in FIG. 7, the recess 20 B formed in the upper end portion of the plate-like portion 20 has a lower end of the tip of the tongue piece 43. On the other hand, the protrusion 43 </ b> A provided on the long side branch portion 31 is engaged with the rear side connecting portion 41, whereby the inner handle forming body 16 and the outer handle forming body 17 are positioned. Thus, the relative movement is restricted, and the mop 10 can be used thereafter.

  The mop 10 can be cleaned by grasping the handle portion 11 with a hand, applying the cleaning member 14 to the area to be cleaned, and moving the handle portion 11 in the front-rear direction, that is, along the extending direction. Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, when a large number of cylindrical products W are arranged in the area to be cleaned and there are curved gaps between the rows of the products W, the gripping unit When the 11 is moved back and forth, the piece-like member 50 constituting the holding portion 12 can be deformed into a wave shape so as to follow the curve. At this time, since the plate-like member 50 is thinned toward the distal end, the distal end side is likely to bend and deform so that the distal end side is more easily deformed than the base side. Therefore, there is no inconvenience that the tip side of the piece-like member 50 is bent in an unintended direction.

  When the area to be cleaned is on the depth side, the length of the handle portion 11 of the mop 10 can be extended and used. That is, as shown in FIG. 8A, the inner handle forming body 16 may be extracted from the outer handle forming body 17 by a certain amount. By performing this extraction, the protrusion 43A of the tongue piece 43 is fitted to the other concave portion 20B of the inner handle forming body 16 for positioning, and the relative movement between the inner handle forming body 16 and the outer handle forming body 17 is restricted. The Further, when the handle portion 11 has the maximum length, as shown in FIG. 8B, the protrusion 30A of the short branch portion 30 is engaged with the hole 45 of the outer handle forming body 17, while the long What is necessary is just to engage the protrusion 31A of the branch part 31 with the front side connection part 39. FIG.

  Therefore, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, even if the area to be cleaned is a gap that is not linear, the piece-like member 50 is bent and deformed according to the shape of the gap, and cleaning by the cleaning member 14 is performed. The effect that it can perform efficiently is acquired. Further, since the length of the handle portion 11 is variably provided, it is possible to easily clean an area that is difficult to reach. In addition, since the entire mop 10 is provided in a flat shape, for example, in a store or the like, it is possible to impart portability that is not bulky even if the mop 10 is stored in a pocket in a work apron of a store clerk. it can.

Although the best configuration, method and the like for carrying out the present invention have been disclosed in the above description, the present invention is not limited to this.
That is, the invention has been illustrated and described with particular reference to particular embodiments, but it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are not deviated from the technical idea and scope of the invention. On the other hand, those skilled in the art can make various modifications in the detailed configuration such as shape, position, quantity, and the like.
Accordingly, the description limited to the shape, position, quantity, etc. disclosed above is an example for easy understanding of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention. The description by the name of the member which remove | excluded the limitation of one part or all of such is included in this invention.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the hole 50 </ b> A of the piece-like member 50 that constitutes the holding portion 12 has an opening diameter that increases toward the tip, or, as shown in FIG. 11, the piece-like member 50. It is also possible to form the hole 50 extending in the longitudinal direction in the surface and to increase the vertical opening width of the hole 50 toward the tip. Thereby, the piece-like member 50 can obtain the easiness of bending at the front end side in combination with the configuration in which the plate thickness is gradually reduced. Further, as shown in FIG. 12 (A), a configuration in which holes 50A having different sizes and holes 50A set at different intervals are included in at least a part of the piece-like member 50, or FIG. As shown in (), a hole 50A of various sizes can be employed. Thereby, it is possible to freely design how to bend, such as changing the rigidity of only a specific portion extremely, or deforming to be twisted when the tip side is bent. In addition, the plate | board thickness of the piece-like member 50 of this invention does not prevent setting to the same plate | board thickness in all the areas along a longitudinal direction. In short, the piece-like member 50 according to the present invention may be anything that can be deformed into a wave shape or a curve shape without being greatly bent on the base side.

  Further, the handle portion 11 is not limited to the illustrated configuration example, and various design changes can be made as long as the holding portion 12 can be held. For example, the inner handle forming body 16 and the outer handle forming body 17 may be configured to be opposite.

The schematic perspective view of the mop which concerns on this embodiment. The disassembled perspective view of a mop main body and the member for cleaning. The disassembled perspective view of a mop main body. The top view of a mop body. The top view of the inner side handle formation body provided with the holding | maintenance part integrally, (B) is the same front view. (A) is the top view which cut down a part of outer side handle formation body, (B) is the same front view. Front view of the mop. (A) is a front view of a mop showing a state in which the length of the mop body is slightly extended, and (B) is a front view of the mop when the mop body is the maximum length. Action | operation explanatory drawing which shows the state which the holding | maintenance part went into the curved clearance and followed the clearance shape with the cleaning member. The disassembled perspective view which shows the modification of this invention. The disassembled perspective view which shows the other modification of this invention. (A) And (B) is a principal part perspective view which shows the other modification of a piece-like member.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mop 11 Handle part 12 Holding part 13 Mop main body 14 Cleaning member 16 Inner handle formation body 17 Outer handle formation body 20B Recessed part (positioning means)
30A protrusion (positioning means)
31A Protrusion (positioning means)
39 Front side connection (positioning means)
40 Rear connection part (positioning means)
41 Rear side connecting part (positioning means)
43 Tongue piece (positioning means)
50 piece-like member 50A hole 55 sheath-like part 56 string-like part

Claims (9)

In a mop including a mop body provided with a holding part on one end side of the handle part, and a cleaning member detachably held by the holding part,
The holding portion is constituted by a single piece-like member continuous to the handle portion, and is provided so as to be deformable together with the cleaning member following the shape of the gap in the area to be cleaned. . In a mop including a mop body provided with a holding part on one end side of the handle part, and a cleaning member detachably held by the holding part,
The holding part is constituted by a piece of piece-like member integrally connected to the handle part,
The cleaning member includes a sheath-like portion that extends along the mop body and receives the piece-like member, and a plurality of string-like portions provided integrally with the sheath-like portion,
The mop characterized in that the piece-like member is provided so as to be deformable together with the cleaning member following the shape of the gap in the area to be cleaned. A mop body having a handle portion having a substantially long piece shape whose surface position in use is in a substantially vertical plane, and a holding portion provided on one end side of the handle portion, and detachable from the holding portion In a mop including a retained cleaning member,
The holding portion is formed of a single piece of member that is connected to the handle portion and has a thickness and / or an area that decreases toward the tip, and that can be deformed into a wavy or curved shape,
The cleaning member extends along the mop body and receives the piece-like member, and a plurality of string-like portions provided so as to hang from one edge along the extending direction of the sheath-like portion. Including
The mop characterized in that the piece-like member is provided so as to be deformable together with the cleaning member following the shape of the gap in the area to be cleaned. 4. The mop according to claim 3, wherein when the cleaning member is mounted on the holding portion, a region having a thickness and / or an area that decreases toward the tip is covered by the cleaning member. The mop according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein a hole is formed in the surface of the piece member along an extending direction of the piece member. The mop according to claim 5, wherein a plurality of the holes are provided, and the holes include at least one of different shapes, different sizes, and different mutual intervals. The mop according to claim 5, wherein a plurality of the holes are provided, and the size of the holes is increased toward the tip of the piece-like member. The handle portion is composed of an inner handle forming body and an outer handle forming body integrally including the piece-like member, and the inner and outer handle forming bodies are provided so as to be slidable with respect to each other, and the length of the handle portion is increased. The mop according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the mop is variable. Positioning means is provided between the inner handle forming body and the outer handle forming body, and the positioning means holds the length when the handle portion is changed to a predetermined length. Item 9. The mop according to item 8.

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