JP2014226221A - Cleaning tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stabilize rotation of a cleaning roll by removing easily refuge such as hairs entangled on a spindle of the cleaning roll in a cleaning tool.SOLUTION: There is provided a cleaning tool 10 in which a cleaning head 30 has a cleaning roll 50, and a spindle 54 provided on either of the cleaning head 30 or the cleaning roll 50 is inserted into a bearing hole 55 provided on the other of the cleaning head 30 and the cleaning roll 50 and journaled. The cleaning tool 10 has dust discharge means 60 in which the outer peripheral surface R of the spindle 54 is reduced toward the insertion direction into the bearing hole 55, and dust entangled on the spindle 54 can be discharged to the bearing hole 55 side.

Description

  The present invention relates to a cleaning tool.

  As a cleaning tool, there is a cleaning tool having a cleaning roll in a cleaning head and pivoting by inserting a support shaft provided in the cleaning roll into a bearing hole provided in the cleaning head. Disclosed is a technology for capturing dust on the surface to be cleaned while feeding the cleaning roll to the surface to be cleaned, feeding it to the dust guide plate, and storing it in the dust container while pressing and sliding the dust guide plate as it is. Has been.

Shoko Sho 55-23481

  In the cleaning tool described in Patent Document 1, elongated dust (hereinafter simply referred to as dust) such as hair and lint on the surface to be cleaned may be entangled with the spindle of the cleaning roll. It is considered that after one end of the dust wound around the outer periphery of the both ends of the cleaning roll is caught on the cleaning head side, it is entangled with the support shaft fixed or pivotally supported by the cleaning head.

  The dust entangled with the support shaft in this way is wound and tightened by the rotation of the cleaning roll, and is filled between the end face of the cleaning roll and the inner wall surface of the cleaning head, which may make the cleaning roll unrotatable.

  An object of the present invention is to easily remove dust entangled with a support shaft of a cleaning roll in the cleaning tool and to stabilize the rotation of the cleaning roll.

  The invention according to claim 1 has a cleaning roll in the cleaning head, and is pivotally supported by inserting a support shaft provided in the cleaning roll into a bearing hole provided in the cleaning head, or provided in the cleaning head. Is a cleaning tool that is pivotally supported by inserting it into a bearing hole provided in the cleaning roll, and the outer peripheral surface of the support shaft is reduced in diameter in the direction of insertion into the bearing hole, and the entangled dust on the support shaft is It has dust discharge means that can discharge to the side of the hole.

  According to the present invention, in the cleaning tool, dust entangled with the spindle of the cleaning roll can be easily discharged and removed to the bearing hole side, and the rotation of the cleaning roll can be stabilized.

  When the bearing hole is opened in the axial direction, which is also the direction of diameter reduction of the support shaft, or opened in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction, the above-described elongated dust such as bristles can be smoothly discharged.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a cleaning tool. FIG. 2 is a perspective view taken along line II-II in FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the dust discharge structure of the third embodiment. 6A and 6B show a dust discharge structure of Example 4, where FIG. 6A is a cross-sectional view and FIG.

Example 1 (FIGS. 1 to 3)
The cleaning tool 10 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 has flooring, carpet floor, etc. as the surface to be cleaned, grain dust (rice, confectionery waste, earth dust, sand, etc.), hair, lint, Collect cotton dust. The cleaning tool 10 has a dust container 40 in a cleaning head 30 provided at the tip of the handle 20, front and rear side openings 41 (41 F, 41 R) provided in front and rear of the dust container 40, and those It has cleaning rolls 50 (50F, 50R) before and after closing the side opening 41.

  In the cleaning tool 10 of this embodiment, the cleaning roll 50 is rolled on the surface to be cleaned by the operating force applied to the handle 20, and the direction in which the cleaning head 30 advances by the pressing operation force applied to the handle 20 is forward (see FIG. 2), and the direction in which the cleaning head 30 advances by the pulling operation force applied to the handle 20 is the rear direction (R direction in FIG. 2).

  In the cleaning tool 10, the handle 20 is a long body having a length of about 1 m in which a plurality of rod-like bodies 21 are connected in order, and includes a grip at the base end. The connecting plate 24 of the joint 23 is inserted into the slit of the front end bifurcated portion 22 of the handle 20. The connecting plate 24 is connected to the bush 26 which is inserted into the bifurcated portion 22 and fixed to the bifurcated portion 22 with a screw (not shown). The pins are connected. Further, the joint 23 is provided at the left and right support portions provided at the center in the front-rear direction (the direction in which the cleaning roll 50 advances by movement) and the left-right direction (the axial direction of the cleaning roll 50) of the upper frame 31U of the cleaning head 30. The pin 27 is inserted between the pins 32 and 32 and is fixed to the pin 27 fixed to the support portion 32. The pin 27 extends in the left-right direction of the cleaning head 30, and the bush 26 is disposed orthogonally to the pin 27. Thus, the user can swing the handle 20 left and right around the bush 26 and swing the handle 20 back and forth around the pin 27.

  The cleaning head 30 includes a combined body of an upper frame 31U and a lower frame 31L. The upper frame 31U extends across the entire area of the cleaning head 30 in the front-rear and left-right directions, and arc-shaped cover portions provided at both ends in the front-rear direction cover substantially the upper half circumference of the front and rear cleaning rolls 50. The upper frame 31U includes a central rib 33 that is suspended from the front-rear center of the lower surface, extending in the left-right direction across the left and right side walls of the upper frame 31U. The lower frame 31L has a frame shape that is fitted between the left and right side walls of the upper frame 31U, and the lower surface of the rectangular outer peripheral frame 35 is a horizontal surface that can be in sliding contact with the surface to be cleaned. A square stepped portion 36 into which a bottom plate 43 (a cleaning sheet 44 described later) can be fitted is provided. The lower frame 31L includes a central rib 37 in the outer peripheral frame 35. The central rib 37 is erected at the central portion in the front-rear direction in the outer peripheral frame 35 and extends across the entire region in the left-right direction intersecting the left and right step portions 36 of the outer peripheral frame 35. The lower frame 31L is coupled to the upper frame 31U in a state where the upper end concave portion 37A of the central rib 37 is fitted to the lower end convex portion 33A of the central rib 33 of the upper frame 31U.

  Accordingly, the cleaning head 30 is configured such that the upper frame 31U and the lower frame 31L are coupled, and the bottom plate 43 is fitted to the stepped portion 36 on the lower surface of the lower frame 31L, so that the dust is disposed between the upper frame 31U and the lower frame 31L. The accommodating part 40 is formed. The dust container 40 is divided in the front-rear direction by the center rib 33 of the upper frame 31U and the center rib 37 of the lower frame 31L at the center in the front-rear direction of the cleaning head 30. The cleaning head 30 has front and rear dust storage portions 40F, 40R, the front dust storage portion 40F includes a side opening 41F that opens to the front, and the rear dust storage portion 40R opens to the rear. An opening 41R is provided.

  The cleaning tool 10 is a dust invitation surface portion that guides dust from the surface to be cleaned to the side surface opening 41 along the lower end of the side surface opening 41 (41F, 41R) provided in the dust container 40 (40F, 40R) of the cleaning head 30. 42 is provided. The outer surfaces of the front and rear outer peripheral frames 35 of the lower frame 31L of the cleaning tool 30 are in sliding contact with the outer periphery of the cleaning roll 50 over the entire length of the cleaning roll 50, or a small gap is provided on the outer periphery of the cleaning roll 50. The arc-shaped dust invitation surface portion 42 is formed. The lower edge 42A of the dust invitation surface portion 42 that intersects the lower surface of the outer peripheral frame 35 at an acute angle is in close contact with the surface to be cleaned when the cleaning tool 10 is moved, and rubs the dust on the surface to be cleaned. Scoop up on 42.

  At this time, the bottom of the dust container 40 (40F, 40R) is sealed by the bottom plate 43 fitted to the stepped portion 36 of the outer peripheral frame 35 of the lower frame 31L. The bottom plate 43 can be constituted by a cleaning sheet 44. At the time of cleaning by the cleaning tool 10, fine dust such as soil dust on the surface to be cleaned that has passed through the lower edge 42 </ b> A of the dust invitation surface portion 42 is wiped with a sheet-like wiping material on the lower surface of the cleaning sheet 44. Further, the dust put between the cleaning roll 50 and the dust invitation surface portion 42 and introduced into the dust storage portion 40 from the side opening 41 is held by the sheet-like adhesive material on the upper surface of the cleaning sheet 44.

  The cleaning tool 10 pivotally supports both ends of the front and rear cleaning rolls 50 (50F, 50R) on the front and rear sides of the left and right side walls of the cleaning head 30 (upper frame 31U). The cleaning roll 50 has a sponge roll 52 attached to the entire circumference and the entire length of the outer periphery of the shaft tube 51 made of metal such as hard plastic or aluminum pipe, and the entire surface of the sponge roll 52 is, for example, a cylindrical thin film that is difficult to be charged. 53 is an elastic roll coated with 53. The cleaning roll 50 closes the side opening 41 of the dust container 40 and is rotatably arranged at a position where it comes into contact with the surface to be cleaned or a position through a certain minute gap.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the cleaning roll 50 has support shafts 54 that are inserted and fixed to the outer periphery of both ends of the shaft tube 51 in the cleaning roll 50. The support shaft 54 is inserted into the outer periphery of the end portion of the shaft tube 51 and has a conical surface cap portion 54 </ b> A that covers the end surfaces of the shaft tube 51 and the sponge roll 52. The support shaft 54 is pivotally supported by inserting a front end shaft portion 54B protruding outward from the center portion of the cap portion 54A into a bearing hole 55 provided in each of the left and right side walls W of the upper frame 31U of the cleaning head 30. As a result, the cleaning roll 50 is pivotally supported on the cleaning head 30.

  Therefore, in the cleaning tool 10, the cleaning roll 50 deforms the thin film 53 and the sponge roll 52 so that the particle dust and the like on the surface to be cleaned is bitten, and the dust roll and the like that are bitten on the surface to be cleaned are pressed. It rolls on the cleaning surface, and carries the dust particles to the dust invitation surface portion 42 side. Grain dust or the like that has sunk into the cleaning roll 50 is drawn into the dust invitation surface portion 42, and is further squeezed and slid up on the dust invitation surface portion 42, and then from the side opening 41 by the elastic force of the sponge roll 52. It is thrown into the garbage container 40.

  Further, the cleaning roll 50 draws hair, cotton dust, and the like scooped up by the lower end edge 42A of the dust invitation surface portion 42 into the dust invitation surface portion 42, and further squeezes and slides on the dust invitation surface portion 42. It is thrown into the dust container 40 from the side opening 41 with the elastic force of 52.

  In the cleaning roll 50, the surface of the sponge roll 52 is covered with, for example, a thin film (for example, a thin film made of thermoplastic polyurethane resin) 53 that is difficult to be charged. It can be made difficult to get dirty, and the frequency of replacement can be reduced. Further, when the cleaning roll 50 captures hair and cotton dust on the roll surface, the cleaning roll 50 can be charged into the dust container 40 from the side opening 41 without electrostatic adhesion.

  However, in the cleaning tool 10, as shown in FIG. 3, when a long and narrow dust K such as hair on the surface to be cleaned is entangled with the support shaft 54 of the cleaning roll 50, a dust discharge means for easily removing the dust. 60 is provided as follows.

  The dust discharge means 60 has a tapered shape in which the outer peripheral surface R of the support shaft 54, in this embodiment, the outer peripheral surface R of the cap portion 54A is reduced in the direction of insertion into the bearing hole 55 provided on the cleaning head 30 side. It was supposed to make. Thereby, the dust discharge means 60 can discharge the dust entangled with the support shaft 54 toward the bearing hole 55 as described later. The tapered outer peripheral surface R of the cap portion 54A shown in FIG. 3 is concave toward the radially outer side of the support shaft in a cross-sectional view including the central axis of the cap portion 54A. However, the tapered outer peripheral surface R of the cap portion 54A may be linear or may be convex outward in a cross-sectional view including the central axis of the cap portion 54A.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the dust discharge means 60 has a bearing hole 55 that penetrates into and out of the side wall W of the upper frame 31U of the cleaning head 30 and as a result is opened to the outside. That is, the bearing hole 55 extends in the axial direction, which is also the diameter reduction direction of the cap portion 54A of the support shaft 54, pivotally supports the tip shaft portion 54B, and further extends outward in the axial direction to open to the outside. In this manner, the upper frame 31U is perforated. The bearing hole 55 is formed so that a portion of the support shaft 54 facing the cap portion 54A is expanded toward the inner side of the upper frame 31U, and a support portion of the tip shaft portion 54B is straight, but includes only a straight hole. It is good as a thing.

  In order to make it easy to produce dust, the material and dimensions of each part can be selected as appropriate. In this embodiment, the material of the cap part 54A, the support shaft 54, and the bearing part in the upper frame 31U is polyacetal. Further, the maximum taper angle in the bearing portion of the support shaft 54 is about 40 degrees, and the taper angle of the bearing hole 55 is about 45 degrees. Further, the outer diameter of the inlet portion of the bearing 54 of the spindle 54 is 8 mm, the outer diameter of the outer peripheral tip is 4 mm, the inner diameter of the inner side of the side wall W of the bearing hole 55 is 10.6 mm, and the outer diameter is 4.6 mm.

  According to the cleaning tool 10 of the present embodiment, since the dust discharge means 60 is provided, the following operational effects can be obtained.

  (a) In the cleaning tool 10, the outer peripheral surface R of the support shaft 54 is reduced in diameter toward the insertion direction into the bearing hole 55. The dust entangled with the support shaft 54 is wound and tightened by the rotation of the cleaning roll 50, and this tightening force pushes the reduced-diameter outer peripheral surface R of the support shaft 54 so as to slide toward the reduced diameter side, toward the bearing hole 55. And discharged.

  (b) The dust entangled with the support shaft 54 is pushed out so as to smoothly slide toward the small diameter side on the outer peripheral surface R, which has a tapered shape of the support shaft 54 and continuously decreases in the axial direction. It is surely discharged to the side.

  (c) The dust entangled with the support shaft 54 slides on the outer peripheral surface R of the support shaft 54 to the small diameter side by the tightening force due to the rotation of the cleaning roll 50, is discharged to the bearing hole 55 side, and is eventually released to the outside. It is pushed out to the opening of the bearing hole 55 that has been made. By picking out the tip of the dust reaching the opening of the bearing hole 55 with the fingers of the user, the entire dust can be easily pulled out from the bearing hole 55 and removed. In addition, when it continues to be used without being picked up, it is discharged while being pushed out from the bearing hole 55 as a bundle.

(Example 2) (FIG. 4)
The cleaning tool 10 of the second embodiment is different from the cleaning tool 10 of the first embodiment in that a dust discharge means 70 is provided instead of the dust discharge means 60 as shown in FIG.

  The dust discharge means 70 has an outer peripheral surface R of the cap portion 54 </ b> A of the support shaft 54 that has the same taper shape as that of the dust discharge means 60 and is reduced in diameter in the direction of insertion into the bearing hole 55, and the cleaning head 30. The bearing hole 55 provided in the upper frame 31U is communicated with the dust container 40 of the cleaning head 30 through the communication hole 56 provided in the upper frame 31U. In other words, the bearing hole 55 extends in the axial direction, which is also the diameter reduction direction of the cap portion 54A of the support shaft 54, and is drilled in the upper frame 31U so as to pivotally support the distal end shaft portion 54B. The communication hole 56 communicates with the bearing hole 55 and extends in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the bearing hole 55, then bends and is formed in the upper frame 31 U so as to open toward the dust container 40. The

  According to the present embodiment, the dust entangled with the support shaft 54 slides on the outer peripheral surface R of the support shaft 54 to the small diameter side by the tightening force due to the rotation of the cleaning roll 50, and is discharged to the bearing hole 55 side. As a result, the bearing hole 55 is discharged to the dust container 40 that communicates with the communication hole 56.

(Example 3) (FIG. 5)
The cleaning tool 10 according to the third embodiment is different from the cleaning tool 10 according to the first embodiment in that the cleaning tool 10 includes a support shaft 54, a support shaft 81 instead of the bearing hole 55, and a bearing hole 82 as shown in FIG. The present invention is provided with a dust discharge means 90 instead of the above.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the cleaning tool 10 includes support shafts 81 protruding from the inner side surfaces of the left and right side walls W of the upper frame 31 </ b> U of the cleaning head 30. The support shaft 81 includes a conical surface-like base portion 81A that rises from the side wall W of the upper frame 31U, and a tip shaft portion 81B that protrudes outward from the center portion of the base portion 81A. The support shaft 81 is pivotally supported by inserting the tip shaft portion 81B into the bearing hole 83 of the bearing 82 inserted and fixed to the inner and outer circumferences of both ends of the shaft tube 51 in the cleaning roll 50, and as a result, the cleaning roll 50 is moved to the cleaning head. Pivot to 30.

  The dust discharge means 90 has a tapered shape in which the outer peripheral surface R of the support shaft 81, in this embodiment, the outer peripheral surface R of the base portion 81A is reduced in the direction of insertion into the bearing hole 83 provided on the cleaning roll 50 side. It was supposed to make. The tapered outer peripheral surface R of the base portion 81A shown in FIG. 5 is concave toward the radially outer side of the support shaft in a sectional view including the central axis of the base portion 81A. However, the tapered outer peripheral surface R of the base portion 81A may be linear or may be convex outward in a sectional view including the central axis of the base portion 81A.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the dust discharge means 90 is configured such that the bearing hole 83 communicates with the hollow portion 51 </ b> A of the shaft tube 51 in the cleaning roll 50. That is, the bearing hole 83 is extended in the axial direction, which is the diameter reduction direction of the bail portion 81A of the support shaft 81, pivotally supports the tip shaft portion 81B, and the extended end is opened as it is in the hollow portion 51A of the shaft tube 51. doing. The bearing hole 83 has a portion facing the base portion 81A of the support shaft 81 widened outwardly in the axial direction of the shaft tube 51, and the support portion of the tip shaft portion 81B has a straight shape. It may be composed of only.

  According to the present embodiment, the dust entangled with the support shaft 81 slides on the outer peripheral surface R of the support shaft 81 to the reduced diameter side by the tightening force caused by the rotation of the cleaning roll 50, and is discharged to the bearing hole 83 side. As a result, it is discharged to the hollow portion 51A of the cleaning roll 50 with which the bearing hole 83 communicates.

Example 4 (FIG. 6)
The cleaning tool 10 of Example 43 is a modification of the dust discharge means 90 of Example 3. That is, the protruding strip portion 83B extending along the axial direction is provided so that the base portion 81A of the support shaft 81 and the outer peripheral surface R of the tip shaft portion 81B are in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the bearing hole 83 provided in the bearing 82. A plurality of positions in the circumferential direction of the hole 83 are provided. Then, adjacent groove portions 83 </ b> A are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the bearing hole 83.

  Here, in the present embodiment, the width of the concave groove portion 83A is 1.2 mm and the depth is 0.6 mm, and ten concave groove portions are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the bearing hole 83.

  According to the present embodiment, the support shaft 81 is pivotally supported by the presence of the protruding strip portion 83B provided in the bearing hole 83 while keeping the backlash with the bearing hole 83 small, thereby enabling the cleaning roll 50 to rotate smoothly. . At the same time, dust entangled with the support shaft 81 can be smoothly discharged through the gap with the bearing hole 83 formed by the recessed groove portion 83A.

  Even in the dust discharge means 60 and 70 of the first and second embodiments, the protruding strip portion extending in the axial direction is arranged in the circumferential direction so that the inner peripheral surface of the bearing hole 55 is in sliding contact with the outer peripheral surface R of the spindle 54. It is good also as what is equipped with a ditch | groove part between the protruding item | line parts adjacent in the outer peripheral surface R of the spindle 54 in multiple positions. Also in this case, the support shaft 54 is pivotally supported by the presence of the protruding portion while keeping the backlash with the bearing hole 55 small, so that the cleaning roll 50 can be rotated smoothly. At the same time, dust entangled with the support shaft 54 can be smoothly discharged through the gap with the bearing hole 55 formed by the recessed groove portion.

  In the cleaning tool of the present invention, the cleaning roll may be a brush roll.

  Further, the cleaning tool of the present invention does not necessarily need to reduce the diameter of the outer peripheral surface of the support shaft in a taper shape toward the direction of insertion into the bearing hole, and may be reduced in a step shape, for example.

  According to the present invention, in the cleaning tool, dust entangled with the support shaft of the cleaning roll can be easily removed, and the rotation of the cleaning roll can be stabilized.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Cleaning tool 30 Cleaning head 50 Cleaning roll 51 Shaft tube 51A Hollow part 54 Support shaft 55 Bearing hole 60 Dust discharge means 70 Dust discharge means 81 Support shaft 83 Bearing hole 83A Protruding line part 83B Concave groove part 90 Dust discharge means

Claims (6)

Has a cleaning roll on the cleaning head,
The support shaft provided in the cleaning roll is inserted into the bearing hole provided in the cleaning head and pivoted, or the support shaft provided in the cleaning head is inserted into the bearing hole provided in the cleaning roll and pivoted. A cleaning tool,
A cleaning tool comprising dust discharge means for reducing the diameter of the outer peripheral surface of the support shaft in the direction of insertion into the bearing hole, and enabling discharge of dust entangled with the support shaft toward the bearing hole.   The cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the outer peripheral surface of the support shaft has a tapered shape whose diameter decreases in a direction of insertion into the bearing hole.   The cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the bearing hole is provided on a cleaning head side and is open to the outside.   The cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the bearing hole is provided on a cleaning head side and communicates with a dust container provided in the cleaning head.   The cleaning tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bearing hole is provided on a cleaning roll side and communicates with a hollow portion of the cleaning roll.   One of the support shaft and the bearing hole is provided with a plurality of protrusions extending in the axial direction so as to be in sliding contact with the other of them, and a groove is provided between adjacent protrusions. The cleaning tool according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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