JP2008206742A - Cleaning apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning apparatus cleaning an object to be cleaned which is located at an elevated position from a floor for a short time without blowing up dust, a liquid absorbing sheet for use in the cleaning apparatus, and a cleaning method using the cleaning apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: This cleaning apparatus includes: a duster part provided at one end side of a shaft; and a holding part and a spraying operating part provided at the other end side, wherein the shaft or the holding part is provided with a liquid material storing part. The duster part is formed of strip-like or braid-like liquid absorbing sheets, and a spraying part for spraying liquid material is provided in the vicinity of the duster part. In this cleaning apparatus, the liquid material stored in the liquid material storing part is sprayed from the spraying part through a liquid passage by the spraying operating part. The the liquid absorptive sheet for use in the cleaning apparatus, and the cleaning method using the cleaning apparatus are also provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cleaning tool, a liquid absorbent sheet, and a cleaning method.

  Whip and rags are used as cleaning tools to remove dust attached to furniture, electrical appliances, lighting equipment, foliage plants, etc., but simple cleaning that can collect more dust in a shorter time Tools are required. As such a cleaning tool, patent documents 1 to 3 have been proposed.

Patent Document 1 discloses a cleaning tool including a planar wiping portion and a strip-shaped punching portion. However, dry-type cleaning tools have a low fiber-length cotton dust and powder-like dust collection capability, and it is difficult to collect them sufficiently. It is easy to fly in the air and the cleaning efficiency is poor.
Patent Document 2 discloses a wet floor cleaning tool that discharges liquid in the vicinity of a cleaning head to which a cleaning sheet is attached. However, in a cleaning tool using a flat cleaning sheet, followability to an object to be cleaned having an uneven surface such as furniture, electrical appliances, foliage plants, etc. is poor, and even if the sheet is pressed during cleaning, the cleaning sheet remains in the depression. Is difficult to reach and requires time and effort.
Patent Document 3 discloses an absorbent sheet that can also be used as a household cleaning sheet, but there is no description regarding a specific usage.

JP 9-38009 A JP 2005-342259 A JP-A-8-246395

  The present invention provides a cleaning tool that can be cleaned in a short time without raising dust with respect to an object to be cleaned that is higher than the floor, a liquid-absorbent sheet used for the cleaning tool, and the cleaning tool. It is an object to provide a used cleaning method.

  The present invention is a cleaning tool having a hitting portion on one end side of the handle, a gripping portion and a spray operation portion on the other end side, and having a liquid material storage portion on the handle or gripping portion, It consists of a strip-like or string-like liquid-absorbent sheet, and a spray part for spraying the liquid material is provided in the vicinity of the paddle part, and the liquid material stored in the liquid material storage part is transferred to the liquid flow path by the spray operation part. The cleaning tool which sprays from a spraying part via, the liquid-absorbent sheet | seat used for the cleaning tool, and the cleaning method using the cleaning tool are provided.

  According to the cleaning tool of the present invention, the liquid-absorbent sheet used in the cleaning tool, and the cleaning method using the cleaning tool, the wind pressure generated by the cleaning operation, particularly dust such as cotton dust located higher than the floor. This makes it possible to carry out efficient cleaning without flying up in the air.

  The cleaning tool according to the present invention is a cleaning tool having a striking portion on one end side of the handle, a gripping portion and a spray operation portion on the other end side, and a liquid material storage portion on the handle or gripping portion, The flap part is formed of a strip-like or string-like liquid-absorbent sheet, and a spray part for spraying a liquid substance is provided in the vicinity of the flap part, and the liquid substance accommodated in the liquid substance accommodation part by the spray operation part Is sprayed from the spraying part via the liquid flow path. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an overall view showing one aspect of the cleaning tool 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 2 is a handle, and a striking portion 3 and a spraying portion 4 are provided on one end side of the handle 2. Further, a grip portion 5, a liquid material storage portion 6, and a spray operation portion 7 are provided on the other end side of the handle 2, and a liquid material 8 is stored in the liquid material storage portion 6. The spray unit 4 and the liquid material container 6 are connected by the liquid flow path 9 along the handle 2, and the liquid material 8 is added via the liquid flow path 9 by the operation applied to the spray operation unit 7. More sprayed.

The handle 2 is a member that connects each part, and is composed of one or more rod-shaped or cylindrical members, and is formed of a synthetic resin (for example, polypropylene or ABS resin) or a metal (for example, aluminum, alloy, or the like). be able to.
The flapping portion 3 is composed of a plurality of strip-like or string-like liquid-absorbent sheets 10 and the like, and is fixed to the holding portion 11 on one end side of the handle 2.
The flapping portion 3 can be configured by using a plurality of independent strip-like or string-like liquid-absorbing sheets 10 as they are. However, the plurality of liquid-absorbing sheets 10 are joined together or are used as a support sheet or the like. It can be configured to be joined to facilitate attachment to and removal from the holding unit 11. In addition, for example, a plurality of strip-shaped absorbents having roots connected by placing a plurality of cuts in parallel in the rectangular or circular liquid-absorbent sheet 10 or radially toward the center of the liquid-absorbent sheet 10. The sheet 10 can be obtained by using one or more of the liquid sheets 10 and overlapping, folding, or bundling as necessary.

  The spraying part 4 is a member that makes the liquid material 8 mist-like and can be sprayed, and is provided in the vicinity of the flapping part 3. From the viewpoint of maintaining the liquid absorbency of the whirling portion 3, the spraying portion 4 is provided at a position and orientation in which the liquid material 8 does not hit the whirling portion 3 during spraying and is easily sprayed toward the object to be cleaned. For example, the spray part 4 is provided at the tip of the handle 2 and the hammer part 3 is provided on the grip part 5 side of the spray part 4, or the spray part 4 is disposed obliquely downward as shown in FIG. By holding the part 3 upward, it is devised so that the liquid material 8 is not applied to the hitting part 3 when spraying.

The grip portion 5 is provided on the handle 2 on the other end side of the hitting portion 3. However, it is preferable to provide the gripping portion 5 on the opposite end of the hitting portion 3 because the operation range becomes wide. If the grip part 5 has a shape that is easy to grip, the operability in the cleaning operation is improved. For example, a grip shape, a cylindrical shape, or the like is preferable.
The grip portion 5 is formed in a tubular shape by providing a cavity therein, and can be used as it is, or can be configured by inserting the handle 2 into the cavity and attaching the handle of the above shape to the handle 2. You can also.

  The liquid material storage unit 6 is a part for storing the liquid material 8, for example, a liquid container having a bottle shape or the like is formed on a part of the handle 2, is detachably attached, or is gripped as shown in FIG. It is configured by providing a space inside the part 5 or the like. The liquid material storage unit 6 can be provided at any place on the handle 2 or the gripping unit 5, but from the viewpoint of operability when cleaning, the other end side of the spray unit 4 when provided on the handle 2. It is preferable to provide in the holding part 5, and it is more preferable to provide in the holding part 5.

The spray operation unit 7 enables a simple spray operation while cleaning using the cleaning tool of the present invention. From the viewpoint of operability, the spray operation unit 7 is preferably provided on the other end side of the flapping unit 3. It is more preferable to provide in the part 5 or its vicinity. The spray operation unit 7 is configured by, for example, a lever or trigger of a pumping pump, a switch of an electric pump, or the like, or a liquid container made of a flexible material is provided as the liquid material storage unit 6, and the liquid material storage unit 6 is squeezed. The spraying operation can be made possible by adding an operation (pressing and squeezing).
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a lever is provided as the hydraulic pump unit 14 and the spray operation unit 7 for operating the hydraulic pump unit 14.

The liquid material 8 may be any liquid as long as it is a liquid that prevents dust from rising by spraying on the dust and can efficiently remove the dust, and may be tap water.
The liquid flow path 9 communicates the liquid material storage unit 6 and the spray unit 4 and transfers the liquid material 8 without leaking, and a tube is provided outside the handle 2 along the longitudinal direction. 2 may be provided with a hollow cylindrical portion, and a tube may be provided inside the cylindrical portion (FIG. 1), or the hollow portion of the handle 2 may be a flow path.

The liquid absorbent sheet 10 may be a sheet that can absorb liquid, but by making the liquid absorbent sheet 10 into a strip shape or a string shape, the followability to the uneven surface of the object to be cleaned becomes good, and the uneven surface It is easy to collect dust adhering to the surface, and the liquid absorption surface area can be increased.
Since the cleaning method using the cleaning tool of the present invention prevents dust from rising by spraying the liquid material 8 before collecting dust, the liquid absorbing sheet 10 having a high water absorption speed is used. The liquid material 8 and dust adhering to the cleaning object can be efficiently removed at the same time, and it is preferable that these do not remain on the surface of the cleaning object. Furthermore, since it becomes difficult to collect dust when the liquid absorbent sheet 10 cannot absorb the liquid material 8, the liquid absorbent sheet 10 preferably has a large amount of water absorption.

The liquid-absorbent sheet 10 used in the present invention is, for example, a tissue, kitchen paper, a polymer water-absorbing polymer-containing sheet, or the like, and a sheet satisfying the following condition (A) is preferable, and the following conditions (A) and (B) are satisfied. The sheet | seat which satisfy | fills is further more preferable, and the polymeric water absorbing polymer containing sheet | seat which satisfy | fills the following conditions (A) thru | or (C) is the most preferable.
(A) In the Bayrec method of JIS L 1907, a sheet having a water absorption height of 25 mm or more 2 seconds after the start of immersion.
(B) A sheet in which the water absorption of the test piece measured in the fourth measurement procedure is 3 times or more the weight of the test piece before immersion when the water absorption is measured by the following measurement method.
(C) A sheet in which the water absorption amount of the test piece measured in the fourth measurement procedure is 9 times or more the weight of the test piece before immersion when the water absorption amount is measured by the following measurement method.

<Measurement method of water absorption>
A test piece with a length of 200 mm of the polymer-absorbing polymer-containing sheet was prepared, the weight before immersion was measured, and the test piece was fixed on a horizontal bar with a double-sided tape in the same manner as the birec method of JIS L 1907, After the horizontal bar is lowered, the following procedure is repeated four times after adjusting so that the lower end of the test piece of about 10 mm is immersed in tap water. However, the measurement ends when the weight of the test piece is measured for the fourth time.
a) The horizontal bar is lowered and the lower end of the test piece is immersed in tap water for 10 seconds.
b) Pull up the test piece from the water surface and let it stand for 5 minutes.
c) Measure the weight of the test piece and let stand for 5 minutes.

  In addition, as a method for producing a polymer water-absorbing polymer-containing sheet, for example, an adhesive such as a spray paste is applied to the entire surface of a piece of kitchen paper, etc. A method of laminating kitchen paper, etc., a method of spraying a polymer water-absorbing polymer between two paper layers, embossing or quilting, attaching to or intermingling with pulp fibers in the paper making process, Or the method etc. which dry after spraying a superabsorbent polymer on the paper before drying are mentioned.

In the present invention, the polymer water-absorbing polymer contained in the liquid-absorbent sheet 10 is preferably capable of absorbing and holding a liquid 20 times or more of its own weight. The shape and the size of the polymer water-absorbing polymer can be used as long as they can be held in the liquid-absorbent sheet 10, and are spherical, lump, grape-like, powdery or fibrous, preferably 1 to 1 in size. It is in the form of particles of 1000 μm.
Such polymeric water-absorbing polymers include, for example, starch, crosslinked carboxylmethylated cellulose, polymers or copolymers of acrylic acid or alkali metal acrylates, polyacrylic acid and salts thereof, and polyacrylate graft polymers. Can be mentioned. As the polyacrylic acid salt, a sodium salt can be preferably used. In addition, a comonomer such as maleic acid, itaconic acid, acrylamide, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid, 2- (meth) acryloylethanesulfonic acid, 2-hydroxyethyl (meth) acrylate or styrenesulfonic acid is added to acrylic acid. A copolymer copolymerized within a range not deteriorating the performance of the superabsorbent polymer can also be preferably used. As such a polymer water-absorbing polymer, for example, trade name “EQ-5” manufactured by Kao Corporation, which is an acrylic acid-based crosslinked product, may be mentioned.

The number of the liquid-absorbent sheets 10 used for the hitting portion 3 is appropriately selected depending on the shape and size of the liquid-absorbent sheet 10, the shape and size of the holding portion 11, and the like, for example, 10 to 1000 sheets, preferably 30 to 500 sheets, more preferably 50 to 200 sheets.
When the absorbent sheet 10 is used in the form of a strip, the width of the strip is preferably 2 mm or more from the viewpoint of production, and preferably 50 mm or less from the viewpoint of followability to uneven surfaces and operability, 20 mm. The following is more preferable. The length of the strip is preferably 10 to 300 mm, more preferably 10 to 200 mm from the viewpoint of production. In addition, the thing whose length of a strip is 10-20 mm is preferable at the point of operativity at the time of cleaning a fine uneven | corrugated | grooved part. The strip-shaped liquid-absorbent sheet 10 can be formed into a string by twisting it as it is.

The holding part 11 is a part that holds the hitting part 3 on the handle 2, and can hold the liquid-absorbent sheet 10 in a detachable manner as an appropriate structure according to the configuration of the hitting part 3.
For example, when the flapping portion 3 is composed of a plurality of independent strip-like liquid absorbent sheets 10, the holding portion 11 is a plurality of prismatic or columnar elastic members, thereby a plurality of strip-like liquid absorbent properties. When the sheet 10 is sandwiched and held, or when the holding part 11 is a flexible plate-like part provided with a slit, a part of the liquid absorbent sheet 10 is sandwiched and held in the slit. Can do.
Further, the hammering portion 3 made of a plurality of liquid-absorbent sheets 10 or the hammering portion 3 formed by joining the plurality of liquid-absorbent sheets 10 to a support sheet or the like is inserted into an insertion port provided in the holding portion 11. It is also possible to hold the hitting part 3 or to provide an adhesive part on the hitting part 3 and attach it to the joint provided on the holding part 11.

  In cleaning using the cleaning tool of the present invention, the liquid material 8 is first sprayed onto the object to be cleaned, as appropriate, regardless of the dry state of the surface of the beater 3 (FIG. 2 (a)). By spraying the liquid material 8 before performing the cleaning operation, the dust 13 adhering to the surface of the object to be cleaned and the sprayed liquid material 8 are mixed together. Therefore, the dust 13 is caused by wind pressure generated by the cleaning operation. It can prevent soaring in the air. And when the scooping part 3 which consists of the strip-shaped or string-like liquid-absorbent sheet 10 of the cleaning tool 1 of the present invention touches the surface of the object to be cleaned (FIG. 2B), it adheres to the surface of the object to be cleaned. At the same time as the liquid material 8 is absorbed by the flapping portion 3, the dust 13 mixed with the liquid material 8 is adsorbed and collected by the flapping portion 3 (FIG. 2 (c)).

  When using the cleaning tool of the aspect shown in FIG. 1, the liquid material 8 is sprayed from the spraying part 4 toward the object to be cleaned by performing an operation of pulling and squeezing the lever while holding the gripping part 5. The dust and the liquid material 8 adhering to the object can be easily cleaned by wiping off the dust 8 and the liquid material 8 using the dusting unit 3.

FIG. 3 is an overall view showing another aspect of the cleaning tool of the present invention. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the spray unit 4 is arranged obliquely downward, and the whip part 3 is held downward. However, by arranging the spray part 4 slightly in front of the whip part 3, When the object 8 is sprayed, it is prevented from being applied to the hitting portion 3. The bottle-shaped liquid material storage unit 6 is made of a flexible material, has a valve mechanism, and stores the liquid material 8 therein. The liquid material container 6 is provided in the vicinity of the grip 5 of the handle 2 and is fixed to the handle 2 by a fixture 12. Further, the liquid flow path 9 is arranged in parallel to the handle 2 and communicates the liquid material storage unit 6 and the spray unit 4.
In FIG. 3, when the holding unit 5 is held and a squeeze (pressing and squeezing) operation is performed on the liquid material storage unit 6, the liquid material 8 is sprayed from the spraying unit 4, and adheres to the object to be cleaned using the dusting unit 3. Cleaning can be easily performed by wiping off the dust and the liquid 8 that are being removed.

  The water absorption speed and water absorption of the following liquid absorbent sheets were measured. Then, the hygroscopic sheet | seat was mounted | worn with the cleaning tool of this invention, and the foliage plant was cleaned.

<Liquid absorbent sheet>
・ Tissue: Coalex Co., Ltd., trade name "Fairy Brighter"
・ Kitchen paper: Made by Daio Paper Co., Ltd., trade name "Erière Super Absorbent Kitchen Towel"
・ Cotton mop: A commercial product washed and dried with dishwashing detergent ・ Sheet containing high polymer water-absorbing polymer: 1g (weight before drying) of synthetic rubber spray paste on the entire surface of kitchen paper (manufactured by Sumitomo 3M Limited) The product name “3M spray paste 55”) is sprayed, about 1 g of the polymer water-absorbing polymer (product name “EQ-5” manufactured by Kao Corporation) is uniformly dispersed, and another kitchen paper is laminated. Pasted together

<Measurement of water absorption rate>
The measurement was performed according to the JIS L 1907 birec method of Japanese Industrial Standards. That is, after fixing the test piece on the horizontal bar with a pin, the horizontal bar is lowered, adjusted so that the lower end of the test piece is immersed in tap water, and left as it is. The water absorption height after 2 seconds and after 20 seconds was measured. The measurement results are shown in Table 1.

  As is apparent from the results shown in Table 1, the tissue, kitchen paper, and polymer water-absorbing polymer-containing sheet exhibit a water absorption height of 25 mm or more, and the water absorption speed is fast, which is suitable as the liquid absorbent sheet 10 used in the present invention. is there.

<Measurement of water absorption>
Test pieces each having a length of 200 mm were prepared using a tissue, kitchen paper, cotton mop, and a sheet containing a polymer water-absorbing polymer. In addition, the width | variety of the test piece was adjusted so that the weight of each test piece might become equivalent, and the weight before each immersion was measured.
As described above, the test piece is fixed on the horizontal bar with double-sided tape, and when the horizontal bar is lowered, the lower end of the test piece is adjusted so that about 10 mm is immersed in tap water, and the following procedure is performed four times. Repeatedly. However, the measurement was completed when the weight of the test piece was measured for the fourth time.
a) A horizontal bar is lowered, and the lower end of the test piece is immersed in tap water for 10 seconds,
b) Pull the specimen up from the water surface and let it stand for 5 minutes.
c) The weight of the test piece was measured and allowed to stand for 5 minutes.
Table 2 shows the measurement results of each water absorption amount.

  As is apparent from the results shown in Table 2, the amount of water absorption of the test piece measured for the fourth time of the tissue, kitchen paper, and polymer water-absorbing polymer-containing sheet is at least three times the weight of the test piece before immersion. Excellent in terms of quantity. Further, the water absorption amount of the test piece measured for the fourth time of the polymer water-absorbing polymer-containing sheet is not less than 9 times the weight of the test piece before immersion, and is extremely excellent, and is a particularly excellent liquid-absorbing sheet. .

Example 1
As a liquid-absorbent sheet, the tissue is cut into strips with a width of 10 mm and a length of 190 mm, and then bundled and verified by cleaning the leaves of ornamental plants (pachira) (50 sheets of 5-8 cm x 15-20 cm) did. Water was sprayed onto the leaves of the houseplants with accumulated dust using a trigger sprayer (trade name “YT97 trigger” manufactured by Yoshino Seisakusho), and then wiped with a cleaning tool attached to the holding part.
Also, under the same conditions, spray the tap water once with a trigger sprayer (about 0.6 mL) per leaf of houseplant with accumulated dust, and then repeat the operation of wiping with the cleaning tool until there is no water absorption. The water absorption capacity was measured.
<Result>
Cleaning time: 45 seconds Cleaning effect: The dust on the leaves almost disappeared and the leaves became shiny. Dust did not rise in the air during the cleaning process.
Water absorption capacity: The liquid absorption continued until the average of about 80 wipes were repeated, and dust was collected. However, the liquid could not be absorbed any more and dust could not be collected.

Comparative Example 1
As a result of measuring the cleaning time and the cleaning effect in the same manner as in Example 1 except that each piece was wiped with a dust cloth (width 18 cm length 31 cm cotton), the dust did not rise in the air during the cleaning operation, The dust disappeared and the leaves shined, but the cleaning time took 140 seconds.

Comparative Example 2
The cleaning time and the cleaning effect were measured in the same manner as in Example 1 except that no water was sprayed. As a result, the cleaning time was 35 seconds, but the dirt remained on the leaves and the leaves were not glossy, and the cleaning was in progress. Dust soared into the air.

Example 2
In Example 1, only the water absorption capacity was measured in the same manner as in Example 1 except that a sheet containing a polymer water-absorbing polymer was used instead of the tissue. As a result, the liquid-absorbing property was maintained until the average of about 400 sheets were wiped off. I was able to collect dust.

It is a general view which shows the one aspect | mode of the cleaning tool of this invention. Using the cleaning tool of the present invention, the liquid material is sprayed onto the dust (a), the liquid-absorbing sheet is brought into contact with the dust sprayed with the liquid material (b), and the dust mixed with the liquid material is collected (c) ) It is a figure showing a series of cleaning methods. It is a general view which shows another aspect of the cleaning tool of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1: Cleaning tool 2: Handle 3: Flapping part 4: Spraying part 5: Grasping part 6: Liquid substance accommodating part 7: Spraying part 8: Liquid substance 9: Liquid flow path 10: Liquid absorbing sheet 11: Holding part 12 : Fixing tool 13: Dust 14: Hydraulic pump

Claims (5)

  A cleaning tool having a striking part on one end side of the handle, a gripping part and a spraying operation part on the other end side, and a liquid material storage part on the handle or gripping part, wherein the striking part is a strip or string A spray portion for spraying a liquid material in the vicinity of the whip portion, and spraying the liquid material stored in the liquid material storage portion through the liquid flow path by the spray operation unit. Cleaning tool sprayed from the part.   The cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the liquid-absorbent sheet has a water absorption height of 25 mm or more after 2 seconds from the start of immersion in the JIS L 1907 birec method.   The cleaning tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the liquid-absorbent sheet is a polymer water-absorbing polymer-containing sheet.   The liquid-absorbent sheet used for the cleaning tool in any one of Claims 1-3.   Using the cleaning tool according to any one of claims 1 to 3, a liquid material is sprayed on the object to be cleaned, and the absorbent sheet is brought into contact with the dust mixed with the sprayed liquid material to collect the dust. Cleaning method to do.

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