JP2008093132A - Adsorbing tool for bathtub floating matter and its manufacturing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an absorbing tool which has a display surface applied to an outside cloth of an absorbing tool main body does not fall but normally floats in a standing state to absorb sebaceous matters, dirt, hair, and the like floating on the hot water surface or in the hot water and can be used as a toy to float in a bathtub for enjoyment. <P>SOLUTION: The absorbing tool for floating matters in the bathtub comprises: a core material 3 composed of lipophilic fiber materials 3a and 3b; and an outside cloth 2 applied by the display surface 7 which enfolds the core material 3 that is tuck-stitched or mesh-stitched lipophilic fiber. The lipophilic fiber whose specific gravity is 1 or larger is plain knitted into a bottom part 5 of the outside cloth 2. Weight on the bottom part is reduced from 1/6 to 1/7 of a total weight of the absorbing tool. The display surface 7 applied to the outside cloth 2 floats at almost right angles to the hot water surface. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention provides a bathtub floating substance adsorbing device that can naturally cleanse the surface of the hot water, sebum floating in the hot water, dirt on the scale, hair, etc. It relates to the manufacturing method.

  Bathing in ordinary households takes a bath after boiling the water filled in the tub to an appropriate temperature or filling the tub with hot water from the water heater. However, when multiple people take a bath, the hot water becomes dirty. It is normal not to change the total amount of hot water from the economical point of view, even if you add water and reheat it because it decreases or cools, or you replenish hot water from a water heater It is.

  Therefore, the sebum, dirt, hair, etc. of the person who took the bath first floats in the surface of the hot water or the water, or adheres to the wall surface of the bathtub. The hot water was scooped up using a wash basin, etc., but the floating material was fine and difficult to scoop up well, and even if scooped up, it was thrown away and wasted water.

  In order to solve such a drawback, an adsorbing device that floats an adsorbing device in a bathtub and adsorbs floating substances such as scale and hair has already been proposed. As one example, for example, several types of brushes with different lengths are mixed on the entire surface of the elastic ball, and air holes for adjusting the water surface and the ups and downs in the water are provided on the surface of the ball. A ball that removes floating matter in a plurality of bathtubs has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  However, the ball that removes the suspended matter in this bathtub cannot absorb and remove oil and odor components such as sebum and scales even if the hair is caught by a brush while floating on the surface of the water. There was also a problem that people who took a bath later could not comfortably take a bath because of the floating odor.

  As another alternative, the scale adsorbent formed in a substantially oval or square sheet using lipophilic fibers is floated on the bathtub, so that the scale, dust, and hair that float by convection in the bathtub can be removed. What is adsorbed has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

  However, this scale adsorbing sheet is an adsorbent sheet that covers the entire surface of the bathtub even if it removes sebum and scales, so that it covers the water surface until the next person enters after bathing. Because it is a thing, there was an inconvenience that it could not be used during bathing. In addition, since the suction sheet is relatively large, there is a problem that it is difficult to place in a bathroom with little space.

  Furthermore, both Patent Documents 1 and 2 described above are merely useful values that simply adsorb hair and scale floats, such as bathing toys that can be floated together and played together. There was no added value, and the toys that floated in the conventional bathtub were ordinary things such as plastic and wooden animals and vehicles, and were not interesting.

  Therefore, as a solution to the above problems, the present applicant previously formed a core material having a desired shape with lipophilic fibers as Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-124691, and appropriately applied to the core material. The adsorber body is formed by enveloping with an outer covering of lipophilic fiber with a display surface, and when the adsorber body is floated in a bathtub, the display surface stands up with respect to the hot water surface and is configured to float. Providing a bathtub float adsorber, and gaining popularity.

JP 2001-258774 A JP 2002-355185 A

  However, in the above application, in order to make the display surface of the jacket cloth stand up and float with respect to the molten metal surface, the core material is made of a fiber nonwoven fabric having a specific gravity of 1 or less and a plastic pipe having a specific gravity of 1 or less at a predetermined ratio. It is necessary to arrange the fiber nonwoven fabric with a specific gravity of 1 or more in the lower layer, and to place the specified material in a specific position, and the blending amount and the arrangement position. However, it is not only difficult to form the core material, but also it takes too much time to manufacture the bathtub floating material adsorbing tool and it cannot be efficiently produced.

  The present invention has been researched and developed with the object of solving the above-mentioned problems, and the outer cover covering the core material is not only oleophilic specific fiber 1 or less, but also oleophilic. By knitting the bottom with fiber yarns with a specific gravity of 1 or more and setting the weight of the bottom to 1/6 to 1/7 of the total weight of the entire adsorber, the display surface applied to the outer fabric is always stable. It is intended to provide a bathtub floating material adsorber that floats in a standing state and absorbs sebum, dirt, hair, etc. floating on the surface of the hot water and in the hot water, and can be used as a fun toy that floats in the bathtub. is there.

  As means for solving the above-mentioned problems and achieving the object, the present invention provides a tuck knitting with a core material of a desired shape made of a lipophilic fiber material, and a lipophilic fiber having a specific gravity of 1 or less enveloping the core material. Or an adsorbing tool for adsorbing a floating substance in a bathtub composed of a mesh-knitted display cloth with a display surface, wherein the bottom of the cover cloth is flat knitted with lipophilic fibers having a specific gravity of 1 or more, and the bottom weight is The bathtub floating substance adsorbing device is characterized in that it is configured to be 1/6 to 1/7 of the total weight of the adsorbing device, and the display surface applied to the covering cloth is floated in a state substantially perpendicular to the hot water surface. Developed and adopted.

  Further, in the bathtub floating material adsorbing device configured as described above, the fiber having a specific gravity of 1 or more is a polyester fiber or a polyvinyl chloride fiber, and is applied to the bath floating material adsorbing device and the jacket cloth. And a part of the display surface, wherein the display surface is a kind of display surface selected from quadrupeds, birds, fish, imaginary animals or plants, vehicles, and objects. We developed and adopted a bathtub floating material adsorbing tool characterized by a three-dimensional projecting part.

  The present invention also includes a step of forming a core material of a desired shape with a lipophilic fiber material, a tuck knitting or a mesh knitting of a bottomed cylindrical jacket fabric with a lipophilic fiber having a specific gravity of 1 or less, and a specific gravity of 1 or more. A step of knitting the upper end portion and the bottom portion into a flat knitted with the lipophilic fiber of the above, and making the bottom portion weight 1/6 to 1/7 of the total weight of the adsorber, and the step of applying the display surface to the upper cylindrical shape of the covering cloth The step of inserting the core material into the bottomed cylindrical bottom portion of the jacket cloth, the step of tightening at the position of the jacket cloth at the position corresponding to the upper end portion of the core material, and the center core by reversing the upper cylinder shape A bathtub comprising: a step of polymerizing in a lower cylindrical shape covering the material; and a step of bringing the lower end portion together and tightening with a tightening material to close the opening portion and making the end portion into a surplus cloth. Developed and adopted a manufacturing method for suspended solid adsorbers.

  Except the bottom part when the product is finished, it is tucked or mesh knitted with lipophilic fibers with a specific gravity of 1 or less, and the bottom part is flat knitted with lipophilic fibers with a specific gravity of 1 or more. By setting the ratio to 1/7, the weight is balanced, and the display surface applied to the jacket cloth floats at a substantially right angle with respect to the hot water surface, and the entire adsorber body is formed of lipophilic fibers. Therefore, it is possible to adsorb floating substances such as sebum, scale, and hair simply by floating in the bathtub. In particular, oil and fat components such as sweat and sebum secreted from the body and odor components are efficiently adsorbed and purified, so that a person taking a bath later can enter clean water. In addition, it actively adsorbs floating sebum, scales, etc., so that it is less likely to adhere to the inner wall surface of the bathtub and become dirty, making it easy to clean and sufficient for use as washing water.

  Further, as in the prior art, it is necessary to mix a lipophilic fiber material having a specific gravity of 1 or less, a lipophilic fiber material having a specific gravity of 1 or more, and a buoyancy material in a predetermined ratio and disposing a core material at a predetermined position. There is no need to detect only the weight. Furthermore, the display surface can correspond to any form such as quadrupeds, birds, fish, imaginary animals or plants, vehicles, and instruments. Become real. Furthermore, it can also be used as an unprecedented floating toy made of fiber, and can be used as a bathing toy that children can play together in the bathtub and have fun in the bathroom.

  In addition, according to the method for manufacturing a bathtub floating material adsorbing device of the present invention, the portion excluding the bottom of the outer covering cloth is made into a tuck knitted or mesh knitted with lipophilic fibers having a specific gravity of 1 or less, and the bottom is oleophilic with a specific gravity of 1 or more. If it is knitted with fibers and the weight of the part is 1/6 to 1/7 of the total weight of the adsorber, it will stand up and float at a substantially right angle to the molten metal surface, making its production extremely easy.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a bathtub floating material adsorbing device of the present invention, and the adsorbing device main body 1 is knitted with lipophilic fiber yarns. It is comprised by the outer covering cloth 2, the core material 3 and the hanging strap 4 which are covered with the outer covering cloth 2.

  The jacket cloth 2 is knitted with lipophilic fiber yarns having affinity or adsorbability with respect to the fat and oil components. As the lipophilic fiber yarn, polypropylene having a specific gravity of 0.91 and polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 are suitable, and as shown in FIG. 2, it is knitted into a vertically long bottomed long cylindrical shape. The upper end opening peripheral part 5a, the upper end front part 5b, and the bottom part 5c as parts are knitted into a flat knitting 5, and the other parts are knitted with a tack knitting or a mesh knitting 6.

  An appropriate display surface 7 such as a quadruped animal, a bird, a fish, an imaginary animal, a plant, a vehicle, or an instrument is provided on the front surface portion of the upper cylindrical shape 2a of the jacket cloth 2. The display surface 7 is a yarn having a color different from that of the yarn of the jacket cloth 2, and the display surface 7 is configured by a flat knitted portion 8, a protruding portion 9 knitted by a knit, or the like.

  The core 3 is composed of a plastic pipe having a specific gravity of 1 or less, such as polypropylene or polyethylene, polyester or polyvinyl chloride having a specific gravity of 1 or more, and a plastic pipe having a specific gravity of 1 or less and a length of 4 to 8 mm. The buoyancy material 3c is mixed and formed into a spherical shape. Polypropylene, polyethylene 3a, polyester, and polyvinyl chloride 3b can be knitted fabric, woven fabric, non-woven fabric, or their cutting waste cloth. Especially when cutting waste cloth is used, the loss of the cloth is eliminated and the generation of dust is also possible. Less. More preferably, the polypropylene non-woven fabric 3a having a specific gravity of 0.91 and a buoyant material that floats in water, a polyvinyl chloride non-woven fabric 3b having a specific gravity of 1.39, and polyethylene, It is formed by mixing the buoyancy material 3c of the pipe.

  This polypropylene non-woven fabric 3a and polyvinyl chloride non-woven fabric 3b have an oil-fat component adsorbing capacity of 15 to 25 times their own weight, and therefore actively adsorb oily dirt such as sebum and sweat. Floats are also adsorbed.

  The hanging strap 4 has a narrow loop shape in which one end is embedded in the middle core material 3, and is used by hanging on a hanging tool and drying.

  The manufacturing method of the bathtub floating substance adsorbing device configured as described above will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, a tucked knitted or mesh knitted 6 with a lipophilic fiber yarn having a specific gravity of 1 or less, and a jacket with a long bottomed bottom shape. 2 is organized. The upper end opening peripheral portion 5a, the upper front portion 5b, and the bottom portion 5c of the jacket cloth 2, that is, the bottom portion when the product is finished, are made into a flat knitted fabric 5 with lipophilic fiber yarns having a specific gravity of 1 or more. An appropriate display surface 7 is provided on the upper cylindrical shape 2 a of the outer covering cloth 2.

  As shown in FIG. 6, a lipophilic synthetic fiber material 3a having a specific gravity of 1 or less, a lipophilic synthetic fiber material 3b having a specific gravity of 1 or more, and a buoyancy material 3c of a plastic pipe having a specific gravity of 1 or less and a length of 4 to 8 mm. Are mixed to form the spherical core material 3. And the one end part of the hanging strap 4 is embed | buried in the center core material 3, and upper part is made into a loop shape.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the core material 3 is put in the bottom of the outer cover 2 in a state where the bottomed long tubular outer cover 2 is turned upside down, that is, the display surface 7 is an inner surface. Thereafter, the outer cover cloth 2 serving as the upper end portion of the middle core member 3 is tensioned by the tightening and tightening band 10. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 8, the upper cylindrical portion 2 a is inverted and overlapped with the lower cylindrical shape 2 b along the outer shape of the middle core material 3, so that the upper end opening peripheral portion 5 a and the upper front portion 5 b are positioned downward.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the lower end portion is brought together and tightened with the tightening band 11 to close the opening portion 12, thereby closing the upper end opening peripheral portion flattened with lipophilic fiber yarns having a specific gravity of 1 or more. 13 is formed, and the suction tool body 1 is obtained. At this time, the display surface 7 appears on the outer surface of the jacket cloth 2.

  An example of use of the bathtub floating material adsorbing device manufactured in this way will be described. As shown in FIG. 10, when it is placed in the bathtub, the adsorbing device main body 1 floats on the hot water surface and floats on the hot water surface. Sebum, scale, and hair to be absorbed by the outer covering cloth 2. In particular, since the jacket cloth 2 is composed of a lipophilic fiber material, it actively adsorbs the oil component sebum and also removes the odor component, resulting in clean hot water. Even if this adsorption tool main body 1 is put in a bathtub, it can be used without getting in the way.

  Part of dirt such as sebum adsorbed on the outer cover cloth 2 penetrates into the outer cover cloth 2 and is adsorbed by the lipophilic fiber material of the core material 3. Further, a part of the dirt enters the inside, and the dirt and odor are gradually adsorbed. In addition, the core material 3 may contain not only the fiber materials 3a and 3b and the buoyancy material 3c but also silver pieces.

  Since the suction tool body 1 is balanced with the weight of the fiber having a specific gravity of 1 or more, which is the bottom portion of the jacket cloth 2, and the total weight of the suction tool body 1, the display surface 7 always stands up with respect to the hot water surface. Although it is made of fiber, it has the fun of floating on the water surface and functions as a toy, and it feels healed by entering together in the bathtub.

  Furthermore, if it floats on the hot water surface, not only during bathing but also after bathing, it absorbs dirt and the remaining hot water becomes clean and can be used as washing water. And when taking out hot water, it takes out, and the hanging strap 4 is hooked on a hanging tool etc. and dried so that it can be used next time.

Furthermore, specific examples of the present invention will be described.
(Example 1)
A cylindrical outer cloth 2 having a length of 21 cm was knitted with yellow polypropylene yarn, and one end opening was sewn and closed to form a bottomed long cylindrical shape. The upper opening peripheral part 5a, the upper front part 5b, and the bottom part 5c of the jacket cloth 2 are made into a flat knitting 5 with polyester yarn, and the weight of the flat knitting 5 is 6 to 7 g. The display surface 7 which shows the face of a tiger was given to the upper cylindrical shape 2a of this jacket cloth 2. As shown in FIG. That is, knitting ears 9 projecting outward by knitting with a yellow polypropylene yarn that is darker than the yellow of the outer cover cloth 2, and flatly knitting the eyes 8, nose 8 etc. with black yarn and flattening the mouth 8 with white yarn. A display surface 7 showing a tiger was formed as a knitting.

  On the other hand, 50 grams of polypropylene nonwoven fabric 3a and 10 grams of polyethylene pipe 3c containing charcoal powder 4-8 mm in length as a buoyant material are mixed and placed from the middle to the upper layer, and 10 grams of polyvinyl chloride nonwoven fabric 3b is placed on the lower layer. The spherical core material 3 having a diameter of 8 cm was formed on the portion. As a result, the outer cover cloth 2, the polypropylene nonwoven fabric 3a, and the buoyancy material 3c were combined and finished at a ratio of 87% by weight and the polyvinyl chloride nonwoven fabric 3b at a ratio of 13% by weight.

As shown in FIG. 7, the middle core material 3 is placed in the lower cylindrical shape 2b of the outer covering cloth 2, and its upper end is fastened with the fastening band 10, and then the outer surface of the upper cylindrical shape 2a is shown in FIG. Are reversed and superposed on the outer peripheral surface of the lower cylindrical shape 2b so as to be covered twice, so that the upper end opening peripheral portion 5a and the upper front portion 5b become downward. At this time, the outer surface 7 appears on the outer surface of the jacket cloth 2. Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the lower end portion 2b is brought together and tightened with the tightening band 11 to close the opening portion 12, thereby closing the upper end opening peripheral portion 5a flat-knitted with a lipophilic fiber yarn having a specific gravity of 1 or more. The surplus cloth 13 was formed to obtain the suction tool body 1.
(Example 2)

Example 1 was the same as Example 1 except that the polyvinyl chloride nonwoven fabric 3b of the core material 3 of Example 1 was changed to the polyester nonwoven fabric 3b.
(Comparative Example 1)

Example 10 was the same as Example 1 except that 10 grams of the polyvinyl chloride nonwoven fabric 3b of the core material 3 of Example 1 was changed to 5 grams. As a result, the bath float adsorbent body 1 having a ratio of 93% by weight and 7% by weight of the polyvinyl chloride nonwoven fabric 3b was obtained by combining the jacket cloth 2, the polypropylene nonwoven fabric 3a, and the buoyancy material 3c.
(Comparative Example 2)

  Example 1 was the same as Example 1 except that 50 g of the polypropylene nonwoven fabric 3a of the core material 3 of Example 1 was changed to 40 g. As a result, a bath float adsorbent body 1 having a ratio of 93% by weight of the jacket cloth 2, the polypropylene nonwoven fabric 3a, and the buoyancy material 3c and a ratio of 7% by weight of the polyvinyl chloride nonwoven fabric 3b was obtained.

  The floating state of the adsorbent body 1 obtained in Examples 1 and 2 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2 and sebum adsorption experiments were performed. As test conditions, four circular plastic containers having a diameter of 25 cm and a depth of 15 cm were prepared. Put 2 liters of 41 degree water in 4 containers, and add 60 cc of cooking oil (manufactured by Nissin Oil Co., Ltd.) as a substitute for sebum. Put the suction tool body 1 of Example 1 in the second container, put the suction tool body 1 of Example 2 in the second container, put the suction tool body 1 of Comparative Example 1 in the third container, The adsorber body 1 of Comparative Example 2 was placed in a container.

  As a result, the adsorber body 1 of Example 1 and Example 2 adsorbed edible oil by floating the water surface in a state where the display surface 7 of the tiger was always standing with respect to the water surface. When the absorption removal rate of edible oil floating on the surface of the water was measured visually, about 20% after about 5 minutes, about 40% after 10 minutes, about 60% after 15 minutes, 80% after 20 minutes, 30 It was confirmed that almost no oil floated on the water surface after the passage of minutes.

  On the other hand, the suction tool main body 1 of Comparative Example 1 floated with the display surface 7 of the tiger lying down on the water surface, and the display surface 7 could not be seen. Moreover, the suction tool main body 1 of the comparative example 2 was in a state of sinking in water, and the display surface 7 of the tiger was standing in the water. Moreover, in the absorption removal rate of edible oil, although there was no big difference in Example 1, 2 and Comparative Examples 1, 2, the time until the oil which floated on the water surface almost disappeared was the direction of Comparative Examples 1 and 2. It took a while.

  As is clear from the above, both Examples 1 and 2 floated in a normal state, and it was recognized that they were sufficiently edible although they were edible oils. From this, it is clear that the same adsorption effect can be expected since sebum that is gradually coming out from the skin of the body is an oil component when bathed.

  As mentioned above, although main embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, In the range which can achieve the objective of this invention and does not deviate from the summary of this invention, it is various. Of course, the design can be changed.

  The present invention is not limited to a bathtub floating substance adsorbing device that adsorbs sebum, scale, hair, etc. floating on the water surface of the bathtub, but puts it in a washing tub of a washing machine and attaches dirt adhered to clothes to the laundry. It can also be used as a dirt adsorbing tool for washing to adsorb and prevent contamination.

It is a front view of the suction tool of the present invention. It is a front view of a jacket cloth. It is a plain organization chart. It is an organization chart of Tac. It is a front view of a middle core material. It is a perspective view of the fiber material of a center core material, a buoyancy material, and a hanging strap. It is sectional drawing which put the core material in the bottom part of the jacket cloth. It is sectional drawing which reversed the upper cylinder shape of the jacket cloth and superposed | stacked on the lower cylinder shape. It is sectional drawing which tightened the lower end part of the jacket cloth. It is a simplified sectional view showing a use state.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Adsorber body 2 Cover cloth 3 Core material 5 Flat knitting 6 Tack knitting or mesh knitting 7 Display surface

Claims (5)

  A float in a bathtub comprising a core material of a desired shape made of a lipophilic fiber material and an outer cover fabric having a display surface that is tucked or mesh-knitted with a lipophilic fiber having a specific gravity of 1 or less covering the core material. An adsorbing device for adsorbing the outer cover, the bottom of the outer cover cloth is flat knitted with lipophilic fibers having a specific gravity of 1 or more, and the weight of the bottom is made 1/6 to 1/7 of the total weight of the adsorber, and is applied to the outer cover cloth. A bathtub floating substance adsorbing device, characterized in that the display surface is configured to float in a state substantially perpendicular to the hot water surface.   The bathtub floating substance adsorber according to claim 1, wherein the fibers having a specific gravity of 1 or more are polyester fibers or polyvinyl chloride fibers.   The bathtub according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the display surface provided on the jacket cloth is a kind of display surface selected from quadrupeds, birds, fish, imaginary animals or plants, vehicles, and objects. Float adsorber.   The bathtub floating substance adsorber according to claim 3, wherein a part of the display surface is formed into a three-dimensional projecting portion by knitting.   A step of forming a core material of a desired shape with a lipophilic fiber material, a tuck or mesh knitting of a bottomed tubular jacket with a lipophilic fiber having a specific gravity of 1 or less, and an upper end with a lipophilic fiber having a specific gravity of 1 or more Knitting the bottom and bottom into a flat knitting, making the bottom weight 1/6 to 1/7 of the total weight of the suction tool, applying the display surface to the upper cylindrical shape of the outer cover cloth, and bottoming the outer cover cloth The step of inserting the middle core material into the cylindrical bottom portion, the step of tightening at the position of the outer cover cloth at the position corresponding to the upper end portion of the middle core material, and the lower cylinder that covers the middle core material by reversing the upper cylindrical shape Manufacturing the bathtub floating substance adsorbing device characterized by comprising: a step of superposing the end portions together, a step of bringing the lower end portions together and tightening with a tightening material to close the opening portion, and making the end portion a surplus cloth Method.

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