JP2007282880A - Cleaning appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning appliance capable of removing dust regardless of its size from a cleaned surface with a single cleaning operation. <P>SOLUTION: This cleaning appliance 1 includes a rotary brush 4 rotating at an opening and scraping the dust on the cleaned surface with multiple brush materials, a dust collecting part 5 storing the dust scraped by the rotary brush, a driving motor rotating the rotary brush, and a power supply part 7 of the driving motor, in a cleaning appliance body 3 having an opening 31 for incorporating dust 100 or the like on the cleaned surface 10; removes the dust by scraping it from the cleaned surface; and is characterized in that the brush material of the rotary brush is formed of piles 422. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cleaning tool that removes dust and the like from a surface to be cleaned such as a floor surface by scraping.

A cleaning tool having a rotating brush is known (Patent Document 1). And the cleaning tool which used the raising cloth as a brush raw material of a rotating brush is proposed (patent document 2). Furthermore, a cleaning tool including both a scraping portion having a rotating brush and a wiping portion having a wiping sheet has also been proposed (Patent Document 3).
JP-A-6-86742 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-16182 JP 2003-135348 A

  In the cleaning tool disclosed in Patent Document 1, the brush material of the rotating brush was a bristles made of nylon or the like. Therefore, such a cleaning tool was suitable for scraping and removing large dust, dust, dust and the like (hereinafter referred to as “dust”), but scraping and removing small dust and the like. It was not suitable to do. On the other hand, the cleaning tool shown in Patent Document 2 is the opposite.

  On the other hand, according to the cleaning tool disclosed in Patent Document 3, dust and the like can be wiped and collected by the wiping unit, and the collected dust and the like can be scraped by the scraping unit. It could be removed from the surface. However, since such a cleaning tool is provided with both a scraping part and a wiping part, it is large and is not easy to handle. Moreover, it was necessary to frequently replace the wiping sheet of the wiping unit, and maintenance was troublesome.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning tool that can remove dust and the like from a surface to be cleaned by a single cleaning operation regardless of the size, and that is easy to handle and maintain.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the rotation of the cleaning tool body having an opening for taking in dust and the like from the surface to be cleaned is rotated at the opening and the dust or the like is scraped by a plurality of brush materials from the surface to be cleaned. A brush, a dust collecting part for storing dust scraped by the rotating brush, a driving motor for rotating the rotating brush, and a power source for the driving motor, and by scraping dust from the surface to be cleaned The cleaning tool to be removed is characterized in that the brush material of the rotating brush is made of a pile.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the pile is impregnated with an adsorbent that adsorbs dust and the like.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the rotating brush comprises a rotating shaft and a brush main body, and the brush main body is configured by planting a plurality of piles on a base cloth. The brush body is detachable from the rotating shaft.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 3, wherein the rotating shaft has a polygonal cross section.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the brush material of the rotating brush is made of pile, the following operational effects can be exhibited.
(A) The pile can make small dust etc. adhere. Therefore, the rotating brush can scrape not only large dust but also small dust. Therefore, both large dust and small dust can be removed from the surface to be cleaned by a single cleaning operation. Therefore, the cleaning work can be performed efficiently.
(B) The collection performance by the rotating brush is high. Therefore, the number of rotations of the rotating brush can be reduced as compared with the conventional case where the brush material is bristles made of nylon or the like. Therefore, noise and power consumption during cleaning work can be reduced.
(C) Since it is not necessary to provide a wiping portion for removing small dust and the like, it is possible to realize a compact tool and an improved operability. That is, handling and maintenance are easy.

According to invention of Claim 2, since the pile has impregnated the adsorption agent, the following effects can be exhibited.
(A) Small dust or the like can be more reliably attached. Therefore, the effect by the invention of claim 1 can be exhibited more effectively.
(B) Dust or the like scraped by the pile is hardened by the adsorbent. Therefore, the dust 100 is separated from the pile 422 by the centrifugal force, and is smoothly thrown into the dust collecting unit 5. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the rotary brush 4 from being saturated due to dust or the like 100 and being unable to be cleaned. In addition, when the dust 100 collected in the dust collecting unit 5 is discarded, the dust 100 can be prevented from flying up.

  According to invention of Claim 3, a brush main body can be removed as needed, wash | cleaned, and it can attach and use again. Therefore, the economical efficiency of the cleaning tool can be improved. Moreover, the cleaning effect can be maintained high.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the brush body from spinning around the rotation axis. Therefore, the cleaning work can be performed reliably.

  1 is a top perspective view of the cleaning tool of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan perspective view, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. The cleaning tool 1 is used in a state where it is attached to the tip of the handle 2 so as to be swingable vertically and horizontally. The cleaning tool 1 includes a rotating brush 4, a dust collecting unit 5, a drive motor 6, and a power source unit 7 inside a cleaning tool main body 3 having an opening 31 for taking in dust and the like on the surface to be cleaned 10. It is equipped with. The opening 31 has a long shape on the left and right, and is located at the forefront of the cleaning tool body 3.

  The rotating brush 4 is provided so as to rotate at the opening 31 and scrape dust or the like from the surface to be cleaned 10 with a large number of brush materials. Specifically, the rotating brush 4 is configured by winding a brush body 42 around a cylindrical rotating shaft 41 having a hexagonal cross section as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the brush body 42 is configured by planting a large number of piles 422 on a base cloth 421. That is, the brush material is made of pile. The base fabric 421 is made of, for example, nylon mesh, and retains dimensional stability by coating NBR. The pile 422 is formed by, for example, arranging thin fibers around a thick monofilament and twisting them together, and the material is nylon, polyester, or cotton.

  In the brush main body 42, six rows are formed in which a large number of piles 422 are arranged at appropriate equal intervals D. The brush body 42 is wound around the rotary shaft 41 so that a row of piles 422 is positioned at each vertex of the hexagonal cross section of the rotary shaft 41.

  The brush body 42 can be fixed to the rotating shaft 41 by, for example, overlapping the joining members provided on both edges of the base fabric 421 by winding the brush body 42 on the rotating shaft 41, and by peeling the joining members from each other. It can be removed from the rotating shaft 41. That is, the brush body 42 can be attached to and detached from the rotating shaft 41.

  The rotating brush 4 is rotatably supported on the side wall 32 of the cleaning tool main body 3 via the shafts 43 at both ends at a height position where the tip of the pile 422 is exposed from the opening 31.

  The dust collecting unit 5 is provided to store dust or the like scraped by the rotating brush 4. Specifically, the dust collecting unit 5 is a transparent box that opens upward, and is provided behind the rotating brush 4 in parallel with the rotating brush 4. In the dust collecting part 5, one side surface 50 constitutes a side wall of the cleaning tool body 3, that is, one side surface 50 is exposed from the cleaning tool body 3. And the dust collection part 5 is provided so that all can be pulled out and removed from the cleaning tool main body 3 in the direction of one side 50 side, ie, the arrow A direction of FIG. The front wall 51 of the dust collector 5 is slightly lower than the rear wall 52.

  The drive motor 6 and the power supply unit 7 are provided on the left and right sides of the dust collection unit 5, respectively. The power supply unit 7 is provided so as to supply electricity to the drive motor 6. The drive motor 6 is provided so as to rotate the rotating brush 4 via a timing belt 62 wound around the rotating shaft 61 and the grooved peripheral surface 44 (FIG. 5) of the rotating brush 4.

  The pile 422 is impregnated with an adsorbent that adsorbs dust and the like. The adsorbent is, for example, a mineral oil-based oil.

  In FIG. 1, a foot switch 8 for turning on / off the supply of electricity from the power supply unit 7 to the drive motor 6 is provided on the upper surface of the cleaning tool body 1. The foot switch 8 is configured to be relatively large so that it can be operated by a foot, and is turned on when pressed once and turned off when pressed again.

  The cleaning tool 1 having the above configuration is used so as to move the rotating brush 4 forward while rotating. In the cleaning tool 1 having the above-described configuration, when the foot switch 8 is turned on, the drive motor 6 operates to rotate the rotating brush 4. When the rotating brush 4 rotates, as shown in FIG. 7, the dust 100 on the surface to be cleaned 10 such as the floor surface is scraped into the cleaning tool main body 3 from the opening 31 by the pile 422 of the rotating brush 4. Most of them are rolled up backwards and thrown into the dust collecting part 5. As a result, dust 100 or the like is removed from the surface to be cleaned 10 and collected in the dust collecting unit 5.

According to the cleaning tool 1 of the said structure, the following effects can be exhibited.
(1) Since the brush material of the rotating brush 4 is made of the pile 422, the following operational effects can be exhibited.
(A) The pile 422 can attach small dust 100 or the like. Therefore, the rotating brush 4 can scrape not only large dust 100 but also small dust 100. Therefore, both the large dust 100 and the small dust 100 can be removed from the surface to be cleaned 10 by a single cleaning operation. Therefore, the cleaning work can be performed efficiently.
(B) The collection performance by the rotating brush 4 is high. Therefore, the number of rotations of the rotating brush 4 can be reduced as compared with the conventional case where the brush material is bristles made of nylon or the like. Therefore, noise during cleaning work can be reduced.
(C) Since it is not necessary to provide a wiping portion for removing small dust 100 or the like, it is possible to realize a compact tool and an improved operability. That is, handling and maintenance are easy.

(2) Since the pile 422 is impregnated with the adsorbent, the following effects can be exhibited.
(A) Small dust or the like 100 can be more reliably attached. Therefore, the effect (1) can be exhibited more effectively.
(B) Dust 100 or the like scraped by the pile 422 is hardened by the adsorbent. Therefore, the dust 100 is separated from the pile 422 by the centrifugal force, and is smoothly thrown into the dust collecting unit 5. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the rotary brush 4 from being saturated due to dust or the like 100 and being unable to be cleaned. In addition, when the dust 100 collected in the dust collecting unit 5 is discarded, the dust 100 can be prevented from flying up.

(3) Since the brush main body 42 is detachably attached to the rotating shaft 41, the brush main body 42 can be removed, washed, reattached and used as necessary. Therefore, the economical efficiency of the cleaning tool 1 can be improved. Moreover, the cleaning effect can be maintained high.

(4) Since the brush body 42 is wound around the rotation shaft 41 having a hexagonal cross section, the brush body 42 can be prevented from spinning around the rotation shaft 41. Therefore, the cleaning work can be performed reliably.

(5) Since the suction mechanism is not provided, the power supply unit 7 can be used for a long time, and therefore a long-time cleaning operation and low noise can be realized.

(6) Since the opening 31 is located at the foremost part of the cleaning tool body 3, the rotating brush 4 is also located at the foremost part of the cleaning tool body 3. Therefore, dust etc. 100 near the wall can be easily removed.

(7) Since the dust collection part 5 is transparent and the one side surface 50 is exposed from the cleaning tool main body 3, it is possible to grasp the accumulation state of dust and the like 100 in the dust collection part 5 from the outside. Therefore, it is possible to easily know the progress of the cleaning work and the disposal time of accumulated dust 100 and the like.

(8) Since the front wall 51 of the dust collecting unit 5 is slightly lower than the rear wall 52, the dust 100 or the like scraped up by the rotating brush 4 can be easily thrown into the dust collecting unit 5.

In addition, you may employ | adopt the following modified structures.
(I) The rotating shaft 41 is not limited to a hexagonal cross section. Any polygonal shape may be used, for example, a pentagonal shape or an octagonal shape. Further, a protrusion may be provided on the surface of the polygonal rotation shaft 41.
(Ii) The rotating shaft 41 may have a circular cross section. However, in that case, it is preferable to provide a protrusion on the surface of the rotating shaft 41.
(Iii) The rotating shaft 41 is not limited to a cylindrical shape, and may be a columnar shape.
(Iv) The row of piles 422 may not be parallel to the rotation axis 41. For example, a spiral row may be used.
(V) An antibacterial agent, an antifungal agent, an antiallergen component, or the like may be blended in the adsorbent impregnated by the pile 422. According to this, health damage due to house dust can be reduced.

  Since the present invention can remove dust or the like from the surface to be cleaned by a single cleaning operation regardless of the size, the industrial utility value is great.

It is an upper perspective view of the cleaning tool of the present invention. It is a plane perspective view of the cleaning tool of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 1. It is an IV-IV cross-sectional arrow view of FIG. It is an upper perspective view of a rotating shaft. It is a cross-sectional partial view of a brush body. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the action | operation of the cleaning tool of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cleaning tool 3 Cleaning tool main body 31 Opening 4 Rotating brush 41 Rotating shaft 42 Brush main body 421 Base cloth 422 Pile 5 Dust collection part 6 Drive motor 7 Power supply part

Claims (4)

A rotating brush that rotates at the opening and scrapes dust from the surface to be cleaned with a large number of brush materials into the main body of the cleaning tool having an opening for taking in dust from the surface to be cleaned, and a rotating brush. In a cleaning tool comprising a dust collecting part for storing dust and the like, a drive motor for rotating a rotating brush, and a power supply part for the drive motor, and removing the dust by scraping the surface to be cleaned,
A cleaning tool characterized in that the brush material of the rotating brush is made of pile.   The cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the pile is impregnated with an adsorbent that adsorbs dust and the like. The rotating brush consists of a rotating shaft and a brush body,
The brush body is constructed by planting a large number of piles on the base fabric.
The cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the brush body is detachable from the rotation shaft. The cleaning tool according to claim 3, wherein the rotation shaft has a polygonal cross section.

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