JP2015126799A - Cleaning tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning tool capable of sanitarily and simply removing a removal object intertwined around a cleaning material.SOLUTION: A cleaning tool where a cleaning material 1 comprising a hair body group is fixed to one end of a grip body 2 includes a raking body 3 insertably/extractably inserted into an insertion hole 21 formed on the other end of the grip body 2 and raking a removal object intertwined around the hair body group. A user of the cleaning tool can rake the removal object by moving the raking body 3 by applying to the vicinity of a place around which the removal object of the cleaning material 1 is wound.

Description

  The present invention relates to a cleaning tool in which a cleaning material comprising a hair group is attached to one end of a handle.

  A cleaning tool in which a cleaning material is attached to one end of a handle is known. The cleaning tool described in Patent Document 1 uses a hair group (brush portion) as a cleaning material, and entangles objects to be removed such as hair, lint, or cotton dust on the cleaning surface with the cleaning material.

JP 2000-184991 A

  In this type of cleaning tool, when the use is continued with the removal object entangled in the hair group remaining, the cleaning ability decreases. Moreover, when the said state is maintained, there exists a problem in terms of hygiene. Therefore, the user of the cleaning tool needs to perform an operation to remove the removal target entangled with the cleaning material periodically or appropriately according to the situation.

  In the operation, it is conceivable that the user of the cleaning tool employs a method of directly picking up the removal target entangled in the hair group or a method of picking up the removal target using a tool such as tweezers. In the method of directly picking the removal object entangled in the hair group by hand, there is a problem in terms of hygiene. It is necessary to prepare and is troublesome.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a situation, and it is providing the cleaning tool which can remove the removal target object entangled in the cleaning material hygienically and simply.

  The cleaning tool according to the present invention is a cleaning tool in which a cleaning material comprising a hair group is attached to one end of a handle, and an insertion hole formed in the other end of the handle in a cleaning tool that entangles an object to be removed on a cleaning surface. And a scraping body that is inserted in and removed from the hair body and scrapes the object to be removed from the hair group.

  In the present invention, since the removal target entangled with the cleaning material by the scraping body can be scraped out, it is not necessary to directly remove the removal target by hand, which is hygienic. Moreover, since the user can extract and use the scraped body from the insertion hole of the handle when the object to be removed is entangled with the cleaning material, it is convenient.

  In the cleaning tool according to the present invention, the scraped body includes a columnar gripping portion that protrudes at least partially from the insertion hole when inserted into the insertion hole, and an end portion on the other side of the gripping portion. It has the extended part extended in the axial length direction of this holding part, and the several nail | claw part protrudingly provided by this extended part, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  In the present invention, the user of the cleaning tool can use the scraped body in a state of gripping a part of the gripping portion protruding from the insertion hole, pulling out the scraped body from the insertion hole, and gripping the scraped body. It is simple. In addition, the user can easily remove the object to be removed by moving the scraping body in a state where the tips of the plurality of claws protruding from the extending part are in contact with the vicinity of the place where the object to be removed of the cleaning material is tangled. Can be scraped. At this time, the object to be removed can be scraped off at a position away from the gripping portion, so that the possibility of contact with the user's hand can be reduced, which is hygienic.

  The cleaning tool according to the present invention is characterized in that the plurality of claw portions are arranged along an extending direction of the extending portion.

  In this invention, when a user scrapes off a removal target object using a scraping body, the some nail | claw part located in a line along the extension direction of an extension part can be applied to a cleaning material. Therefore, the efficiency of scraping off the removal target can be increased, and convenience is improved.

  The cleaning tool according to the present invention is characterized in that the plurality of claw portions are provided in a plurality of rows along the extending direction of the extending portion.

  In the present invention, since the plurality of claw portions are provided in a plurality of rows along the extending direction of the extending portion, a large number of claw portions to be applied to the cleaning material can be provided. Therefore, the efficiency of scraping off the removal target can be increased, and convenience is improved.

  The cleaning tool according to the present invention is characterized in that the extending portion is a plate body having the extending direction as a longitudinal direction, and the plurality of claw portions protrude from one surface of the extending portion. To do.

  In the present invention, when the user uses the scraped body, the user can easily apply a force in the scraping direction by attaching a finger to the other surface of the extending portion that is a plate body. Therefore, the usability of the scraped body can be improved.

  The cleaning tool according to the present invention is characterized in that the scraped body has a collar portion protruding from an extended end of the extended portion.

  In the present invention, the user can easily scrape off the removal object by moving the scraping body in a state where the tip of the buttock is in the vicinity of the portion where the removal object of the cleaning material is entangled. Since the heel part is provided at the position farthest from the gripping part, the user's hand is surely prevented from coming into contact with the cleaning material when the user scrapes the object to be removed by the heel part. Can be more hygienic.

  In the cleaning tool according to the present invention, the handle has a guide groove for guiding insertion of the scraped body on an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole, and the gripping portion is inserted and held in the guide groove. It has a holding projection on the peripheral surface.

  In the present invention, since the guide groove is inserted and held in the holding projection of the scraped body, rotation around the central axis can be prevented in a state where the scraped body is inserted into the insertion hole. Therefore, when the end of the handle is gripped with the scraped body inserted into the insertion hole, rotation around the central axis of the scraped body does not occur, and the usability of the cleaning tool is not impaired.

  The cleaning tool according to the present invention is characterized in that the cleaning material has a rod shape having the same longitudinal direction as the handle.

  In the present invention, when the user of the cleaning tool, for example, cleans the inner peripheral surface of a bathroom or a washroom drainage port, a rod-shaped cleaning material can be inserted through the opening and rubbed. Improves.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the removal target object entangled in the cleaning material can be removed hygienically and simply.

It is a front view which shows the structure of the cleaning tool which concerns on embodiment. It is an expanded sectional side view which shows the other end part of a handle. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the handle taken along line III-III in FIG. 2. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a scraping body. It is sectional drawing of the scraping body by the VV line | wire of FIG. It is a bottom view of a scraped body. It is explanatory drawing which shows the usage example of a scraping body. It is explanatory drawing which shows the usage example of a scraping body.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings illustrating embodiments thereof.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing the configuration of the cleaning tool according to the embodiment. The illustrated cleaning tool is configured by attaching a cleaning material 1 to one end portion in the longitudinal direction of a rod-shaped handle 2. The cleaning material 1 is held by a shaft member 4 attached to one end of the handle 2 so as to extend in the axial length direction of the handle 2. The cleaning material 1 is a group of hair bodies in which hair bodies are bundled in a rod shape, and each hair body is, for example, a polyester fiber having a thickness of about 40 μm that has been heat-shrinked. The shaft member 4 is a stranded wire in which two metal rods such as stainless steel are twisted. The cleaning material 1 is held by the shaft member 4 by twisting the shaft member 4 in a state where each hair of the cleaning material 1 is sandwiched between two metal rods. At this time, the cleaning material 1 is configured as a group of hair bodies that form a rod shape as a whole by arranging each hair body spirally around the shaft member 4 while being biased in the twisting direction of the shaft member 4.

  The user of the cleaning tool uses the cleaning tool of the present invention by holding the handle 2 and rubbing the cleaning material 1 configured as described above against a cleaning surface such as a floor surface or a wall surface. In addition, the user of the cleaning tool inserts the rod-shaped cleaning material 1 into an opening such as a drainage port of a bathroom or a washroom, for example, and rubs the inner peripheral surface of the drainage port by rubbing the inner peripheral surface. Can be cleaned.

  The handle 2 is a rod-shaped member made of a resin material such as polypropylene, and is tapered from the middle part toward one end part. The cleaning material 1 is attached to one end of a tapered handle 2, and a scraped body 3 is attached to the other end.

  FIG. 2 is an enlarged side cross-sectional view showing the other end portion of the handle 2, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the handle 2 taken along line III-III in FIG. 2. The handle 2 has a quadrangular prism shape with rounded corners from the middle part to the other end part, and an insertion hole 21 is provided in the other end part. The insertion hole 21 is a hole having a circular cross section that opens to the other end of the handle 2 and extends in the axial length direction of the handle 2. The handle 2 has a guide groove 22 that guides the insertion of the scraped body 3 into the insertion hole 21. The guide groove 22 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole 21 and extends from the opening at the other end of the handle 2 in the axial length direction of the handle 2. The scraper 3 is inserted and held in the insertion hole 21. Next, the configuration of the scraped body 3 will be described.

  4 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the scraping body 3, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the scraping body 3 along the line V-V in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the scraping body 3. The scraped body 3 is made of resin such as polypropylene, and a gripping portion 31, an extending portion 32, and a flange portion 34 are arranged from one end side to the other end side. The holding part 31 is formed in a cylindrical shape having substantially the same diameter as the opening of the insertion hole 21, and a part of the holding part 31 protrudes in a state of being inserted into the insertion hole 21 as shown in FIG. It is inscribed in the inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole 21. Moreover, the holding part 31 has the overhang | projection part 311 projected in the radial direction in the middle part. The overhanging portion 311 has a quadrangular prism shape of the gripping portion 31, and the end surface is substantially the same size as the end surface of the other end portion of the handle 2. The gripping portion 31 has a holding projection 312 that projects from the peripheral surface on the other side. The holding protrusion 312 is a ridge extending along the axial length direction of the gripping portion 31, and has a width that is substantially the same as the width of the guide groove 22.

  The scraped body 3 includes an extending portion 32 that extends in the axial length direction of the gripping portion 31 from the end on the other side of the gripping portion 31. The extending portion 32 is a support plate that is curved in an arc shape in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction, and the outer peripheral surface thereof is flush with the peripheral surface of the gripping portion 31 opposite to the formation surface of the holding projection 312. It is so extended. Further, a plurality of claw portions 33 arranged in a comb-teeth shape projecting from both side edges and the central portion of the inner peripheral surface (one surface) of the extending portion 32 along the extending direction. As shown in FIG. 2, the claw portion 33 has a trapezoidal shape with the protruding end as an upper base in a side view. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the claw portions 33 formed on both side edges are formed by extending the extending portions 32. The claw portion 33 formed in the central portion is formed by claws formed on both side edges from the projecting surface of the flat plate projecting on the inner peripheral surface of the extension portion 32 having the extension direction of the extension portion 32 as the longitudinal direction. This is a flat projection protruding higher than the portion 33.

  The scraped body 3 has a flange 34 protruding from the extended end of the extended portion 32. The collar portion 34 includes a protruding plate 341 and a claw portion 342. The protruding plate 341 protrudes from the extended end with a gentle inclination toward the inner peripheral surface side of the extended portion 32. Four claw portions 342 are juxtaposed along the edge of the protruding end of the protruding plate 341, and are bent toward the inner peripheral surface side so as to be steeper than the inclination of the protruding plate 341.

  The scraped body 3 configured as described above is inserted into the insertion hole 21 from the flange 34 side as shown in FIG. At this time, the overhang portion 311 functions as a stopper, and the scraped body 3 is not inserted into the insertion hole 21 more than necessary. In the scraped body 3 inserted into the insertion hole 21, the holding projection 312 is inserted and held in the guide groove 22. By inserting and holding the holding protrusion 312, the scraped body 3 inserted into the insertion hole 21 can be prevented from rotating around the central axis. Therefore, even when the user of the cleaning tool grips the other end of the handle 2 with the scraped body 3 inserted into the insertion hole 21, rotation around the central axis of the scraped body 3 does not occur. Does not impair the usability of the cleaning tool. The scraped body 3 is used for removing objects to be removed such as hair, lint or cotton dust entangled in the cleaning material 1 after using the cleaning tool. The user of the cleaning tool holds the handle 2 with one hand, holds a part of the gripping portion 31 protruding from the insertion hole 21 with the other hand, pulls out the scraping body 3 from the insertion hole 21, The scraped body 3 is used.

  7 and 8 are explanatory views showing an example of use of the scraped body 3. The user of the cleaning tool pulls out the scraped body 3 as described above, and as shown in FIG. The scraped body 3 is used in the direction perpendicular to the direction. By moving the scraping body 3 in this way, each of the plurality of claw portions 33 moves while entering the cleaning material 1, and the removal target entangled with the cleaning material 1 can be scraped out. At this time, the user of the cleaning tool can easily apply a force in the direction of scraping by attaching his / her finger to the outer peripheral surface of the extending portion 32, and can use the scraped body 3 more stably.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the user of the cleaning tool uses the scraped body 3 by applying the tip of the claw portion 342 formed on the collar portion 34 in the vicinity of the portion where the object to be removed of the cleaning material 1 is tangled. You can also. The user uses the scraped body 3 by moving the scraped body 3 in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the claw portions 342 are arranged in a state where the tip of the claw portion 342 is applied in the vicinity of the location. By moving the scraping body 3 in this way, the four claw portions 342 move in a state of entering the cleaning material 1, and the removal target entangled in the cleaning material 1 can be scraped out. At this time, the user of the cleaning tool can easily apply a force in the direction of scraping by attaching his / her finger to the outer peripheral surface of the extending portion 32, and can use the scraped body 3 more stably.

  The user of the cleaning tool does not have to pick out the removal object directly by hand by using the scraping body 3 and scraping the removal object entangled in the cleaning material 1 as described above. It is not necessary to prepare another tool for removing the removal object, and the removal object entangled with the cleaning material 1 can be removed hygienically and easily. Further, since the scraped body 3 can be inserted into the insertion hole 21, it can be prevented from being lost.

  In the present embodiment, the claw portions 33 are arranged in three rows of comb teeth on both side edges and the central portion of the inner peripheral surface of the extending portion 32, but there are four rows or more or two rows or less. May be. In addition, since the scraping part of the cleaning material 1 increases as the number of rows increases, the efficiency of scraping off the removal target by the scraping body 3 can be increased.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, the nail | claw part 33 may be provided in other arrangement | sequence forms, such as not only a comb-tooth shape but zigzag shape. Furthermore, the nail | claw part 33 may be provided irregularly.

  Further, in the present embodiment, it has been described that the collar portion 34 includes the protruding plate 341 and the claw portion 342. However, the protruding end of the protruding plate 341 is provided with the extending portion 32 without providing the claw portion 342. The structure which only bends to the inner peripheral surface side may be sufficient.

  In the present embodiment, the extending portion 32 is a support plate that is curved in an arc shape in the extending direction, and is extended so that the outer peripheral surface is flush with the peripheral surface of the gripping portion 31. However, it may be other than that. For example, it may be a flat plate member extending in the axial length direction from the center of the end surface on the other side of the grip portion 31. At this time, the nail | claw part 33 may protrude on both surfaces of a flat plate-shaped board member, and may protrude on one side. Further, the extending portion 32 may be a columnar member having a smaller diameter than the end surface and extending in the axial length direction from the center of the end surface on the other side of the gripping portion 31. At this time, the claw portion 33 is formed on the circumferential surface of the member.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, although the cleaning material 1 demonstrated having comprised the rod shape, shapes other than that may be sufficient. Moreover, if the cleaning material 1 consists of a hair group, the thickness of a hair body, a material, etc. will not ask | require.

  Furthermore, it should be thought that embodiment disclosed this time is an illustration and restrictive at no points. The scope of the present invention is defined not by the above meaning but by the scope of the claims, and is intended to include all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the scope of the claims.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cleaning material 2 Handle body 3 Scraping body 4 Shaft member 21 Insertion hole 22 Guide groove 31 Holding part 311 Overhang part 312 Holding protrusion 32 Extension part 33 Claw part 34 Gutter part 341 Projection plate 342 Claw part

Claims (8)

In the cleaning tool in which the cleaning material consisting of the hair group is attached to one end of the handle, and the object to be removed on the cleaning surface is entangled,
A cleaning tool, comprising: a scraping body that is removably inserted into an insertion hole formed at the other end of the handle and scrapes the object to be removed from the hair group. The scraped body is
A columnar gripping part that protrudes at least partially from the insertion hole when inserted into the insertion hole;
An extending portion that extends in the axial length direction of the gripping portion from the end on the other side of the gripping portion;
The cleaning tool according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of claw portions protruding from the extending portion. The cleaning tool according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of claw portions are arranged along an extending direction of the extending portion. The cleaning tool according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of claw portions are provided in a plurality of rows along the extending direction of the extending portion. The extending portion is a plate body having the extending direction as a longitudinal direction,
The cleaning tool according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the plurality of claw portions are provided so as to protrude from one surface of the extending portion. The cleaning tool according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the scraped body has a collar portion protruding from an extended end of the extended portion. The handle has a guide groove for guiding insertion of the scraped body on an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole,
The cleaning tool according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the gripping portion has a holding protrusion inserted and held in the guide groove on a peripheral surface. The cleaning tool according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the cleaning material has a rod shape having the same longitudinal direction as the handle.

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