JP2016104382A - Interdental cleaning tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interdental cleaning tool facilitating holding by pinching wide both surfaces of a handle base material with the thumb and the forefinger, and improving handling properties.SOLUTION: An interdental cleaning tool 1 which includes a base material part 10 comprising a synthetic resin, and a soft part 20 comprising an elastomer is such that: the base material part 10 has a handle base material 11 and a slender shaft-like core part 12; the soft part 20 has a cleaning soft part 21 covering the core part 12; a handle part 3 as a handle is constituted of the handle base material 11; and a cleaning part 2 for interdental cleaning is constituted of the core part 12 and the cleaning soft part 21. The handle base material 11 is formed in a slender and flat rod-like form having a handle base material body 11a and a tapered base material part 11b connected to the tip of the handle base material body 11a. The tapered base material part 11b is curved in the width direction of the handle base material body 11a, and the linear slender shaft-like core part 12 is connected to the tip of the tapered base material part 11b.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an interdental cleaning tool having a cleaning portion covered with an elastomer.

  As an interdental cleaning tool, a base part made of synthetic resin and a soft part made of elastomer are provided, and the base part is a handle base and an elongated shaft-shaped core provided at the tip of the handle base The soft portion has a cleaning soft portion that covers the core portion, and the handle base material constitutes a handle portion as a handle, and the core portion and the cleaning soft portion include What comprised the cleaning part for interdental cleaning is put into practical use (for example, refer patent documents 1-3).

  As a method for manufacturing the interdental cleaning tool, a base material part is manufactured by filling a first molding space of a first mold with a synthetic resin material, and the base part molded by the first mold is a second metal. A manufacturing method is widely adopted in which an interdental cleaning tool is obtained by setting the mold in the second molding space and filling the second molding space with an elastomer material to mold the soft part. In addition, normally, a plurality of first molding spaces are formed in the first mold so that a plurality of interdental cleaning tools can be molded simultaneously, and the same number of second moldings as the first molding spaces are formed in the second mold. When forming a molding space and manufacturing an interdental cleaning tool, a synthetic resin material is supplied from a common runner to a plurality of first molding spaces, and a plurality of substrate parts are manufactured at the same time. A primary molded product composed of a plurality of base parts connected by a runner is set in a second molding space of a second mold, and an elastomer material is filled into the plurality of second molding spaces through a common runner. A plurality of interdental cleaning tools are simultaneously formed.

  By the way, in order to make the mold structure as simple as possible, the filling of the elastomer material into the second molding space is usually performed by placing a gate on the tip side of the interdental cleaning tool in the second molding space, and then performing the second molding. The elastomer material is filled from the distal end side to the proximal end side of the core portion of the base material portion loaded in the space. In addition, since the elastomer material is relatively high in viscosity, when the soft material for cleaning in the second molding space is molded, if the elastomer material is filled from the base side of the core part toward the tip side of the core part, Since the filling failure may occur at the distal end of the soft part, this also means that the elastomer part is usually filled from the distal end side to the proximal end side of the core part, and the distal end part of the cleaning soft part It is constituted so as to prevent molding defects.

Japanese Patent No. 4236571 Japanese Patent No. 3002668 Special table 2001-506514 gazette

  However, if the elastomer material is filled from the distal end of the core toward the proximal end as described above, the mold structure can be simplified, and molding defects at the distal end of the cleaning soft portion can be prevented. The opening area cannot be increased and the amount of elastomer injected cannot be increased, so the elastomer material cannot be sufficiently filled up to the handle side, making it difficult to form a non-slip portion or the like on the handle portion. The temperature of the filled elastomer will drop quickly, making it difficult to adhere to the synthetic resin that makes up the core, making it easier for the non-slip part to peel off, and softening the tip of the core to prevent deformation As a result, the diameter of the core part is inevitably increased and the cleaning part cannot be inserted between the teeth, or the length of the cleaning part that can be inserted between the teeth is shortened. Ikoto, there has been a problem, such as.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an interdental cleaning tool that can be easily held by picking both wide surfaces of a handle base material with a thumb and an index finger and can improve handling properties. In addition, it is possible to prevent defective filling of the elastomer material in the cleaning part, prevent the elastomer from falling off the product due to poor filling, and set the length of the cleaning part that can be inserted between the teeth, and the handle part. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing an interdental cleaning tool that can easily form a non-slip portion or the like.

The present invention includes the following inventions.
(1) A base material portion made of a synthetic resin and a soft portion made of an elastomer are provided, and the base material portion includes a handle base material and an elongated shaft-shaped core portion provided at a tip portion of the handle base material. The soft part has a cleaning soft part covering the core part, and the handle base material forms a handle part as a handle, and the core part and the cleaning soft part are used for interdental cleaning. An interdental cleaning tool constituting a cleaning part for a handle, wherein the handle base has an elongated flat bar shape having a handle base body and a tapered base part connected to the tip of the handle base body The tapered base material portion is curved in the width direction of the handle base material main body, and a linear elongated shaft-shaped core portion is continuously provided at the distal end portion of the tapered base material portion. Interdental cleaning tool.

(2) (1) description which has a slip prevention part which consists of an elastomer formed cyclically | annularly over the perimeter of the said handle base material, and several connection parts which consist of an elastomer which connects the said slip prevention part and the soft part for cleaning. Interdental cleaning tool.

(3) The interdental cleaning tool according to (2), wherein the supply path is formed along the length direction of the handle base material so as to correspond to the center portions in the width direction of both wide surfaces of the handle base material.

(4) In any one of (1) to (3), an annular insertion restricting portion made of an elastomer is provided at the distal end portion of the handle base so as to continue to the base of the cleaning soft portion over the entire circumference. Interdental cleaning tool.

(5) The core portion is formed in a tapered shape that decreases in diameter toward the distal end side, and an angle formed by the tapered shape with respect to the length direction of the core portion is continuously increased toward the distal end side of the core portion. The manufacturing method of the interdental cleaning tool in any one of (1)-(4) set so that it might become small in steps or steps.

(6) The cleaning soft portion includes a covering portion that covers the core portion, and a plurality of protruding portions that are formed on the covering portion so as to protrude outward at intervals in the length direction. The interdental cleaning tool in any one of-(5).

(7) The interdental cleaning tool according to any one of (1) to (6), wherein a concave portion or a through hole for reducing the synthetic resin material is formed in the base material portion.

(8) The interdental cleaning tool according to any one of (1) to (7), wherein the synthetic resin material that constitutes the base portion and the elastomer material that constitutes the soft portion are made of compatible materials.

  A method for manufacturing an interdental cleaning tool according to the present invention includes a base material portion made of a synthetic resin and a soft portion made of an elastomer, and the base material portion is provided at a handle base material and a tip portion of the handle base material. An elongated shaft-shaped core portion provided, the soft portion has a cleaning soft portion covering the core portion, and the handle base material constitutes a handle portion as a handle, and the core portion And a soft part for cleaning, a method for manufacturing an interdental cleaning tool comprising an interdental cleaning part, in which a first molding space of a first mold is filled with a synthetic resin material and the base part is The base material part forming step to be manufactured and the base material part molded by the first mold are set in the second molding space of the second mold, and then the elastomer material is filled into the second molding space to form the soft part. A soft part forming step of forming a cleaning part in the second forming space in the soft part forming step. Elastomer material is supplied to the base portion of the space so as to be uniform over the entire circumference thereof, and the cleaning material forming space is filled with the elastomer material from the base side of the core portion toward the distal end, and the cleaning is performed. The soft part is molded.

  In this manufacturing method, the soft material for cleaning is molded by filling the elastomer material from the base side of the core part toward the tip side of the core part, but at the base of the cleaning part molding space of the second molding space, Since the elastomer material is supplied so as to be uniform over the entire circumference, it is possible to prevent partial filling defects in the cleaning portion molding space and to fill the elastomer material from the base portion of the core portion to the tip portion without excess or deficiency. It becomes possible, and the molding defect of the soft part for cleaning can be effectively prevented. In addition, peeling of the elastomer from the product due to poor filling of the elastomer material can be effectively prevented. Furthermore, since the elastomer material is filled from the base side of the core portion, the anti-slip portion can be easily formed on the handle base material. Furthermore, since the elastomer material is filled from the base side of the core portion having a large cross-sectional area, it is possible to configure the tip side portion of the core portion to have a small diameter while preventing deformation of the core portion due to heat during filling of the elastomer material. It becomes possible, the length of the cleaning part which can be inserted between teeth can be set as long as possible, and the cleaning property between teeth can be improved.

  Here, an annular storage space is formed in the second molding space along the outer periphery of the handle base material, and the elastomer material is stored in the storage space and is formed directly from the storage space or along the handle base material. It is a preferred embodiment that the elastomer material is supplied to the base of the cleaning portion molding space through the plurality of supply paths so as to be uniform over the entire circumference. In this case, by temporarily storing the elastomer material in the storage space, it is possible to supply the elastomer material from the storage space to the base of the cleaning portion molding space substantially simultaneously and substantially without variation over the entire circumference of the base. Thus, since the elastomer material can be supplied so as to be uniform over the entire circumference of the base portion of the cleaning portion molding space, defective molding of the cleaning soft portion can be effectively prevented. In the case where a plurality of interdental cleaning tools are formed simultaneously, it is difficult to form a runner on the mating surface of the second mold, so the runner is formed on at least one mold of the second mold. However, when configured as in the present invention, the runner is formed only in one mold of the second mold, and the runner is communicated with the storage space, thereby preventing the molding defect of the cleaning soft part. However, a plurality of interdental cleaning tools can be configured to be simultaneously molded, and the mold structure can be greatly simplified.

  It is a preferred embodiment that the injection gate of the elastomer material is opened in the middle of the supply path within 5 mm from the storage space or the storage space. By comprising in this way, it becomes possible to store once the elastomer material reliably with respect to the storage space.

  As the storage space, a non-slip portion molding space is formed corresponding to the middle portion of the handle base material, and a plurality of supply paths that communicate the non-slip portion molding space and the cleaning portion molding space are provided along the handle base material. It is a preferred embodiment to form. In this case, the elastomer material is temporarily stored in the anti-slip molding space, and the elastomer is made uniform over the entire circumference from the anti-slip molding space to the base of the cleaning molding space through a plurality of supply paths. Since the material can be supplied, it is possible to effectively prevent molding defects of the cleaning soft portion. Moreover, since the anti-slip | slip part which consists of an elastomer is shape | molded by the anti-slip | skid part shaping | molding space in the interdental cleaning tool manufactured with this manufacturing method, the handleability of a cleaning tool can be improved.

  It is also a preferred embodiment that the storage space is formed with an insertion restricting portion forming space that communicates directly with the entire periphery of the base of the cleaning portion forming space so as to correspond to the tip portion of the handle base material. In this case, the elastomer material is temporarily stored in the insertion restricting portion molding space, and directly from the insertion restricting portion forming space to the base of the cleaning portion forming space so as to be uniform over the entire circumference. Since the elastomer material can be supplied, it is possible to effectively prevent molding defects of the cleaning soft portion. In addition, the interdental cleaning tool manufactured by this manufacturing method has an insertion restricting portion made of an elastomer in the insertion restricting portion forming space, and the insertion restricting portion regulates the maximum insertion length of the cleaning portion between the teeth. It is possible to prevent the shaft from being bent by avoiding a load on the core due to excessive insertion, and to bring the insertion restricting portion into contact with the gingiva, thereby expecting a massage effect on the gingiva.

  As the storage space, a non-slip portion molding space is formed corresponding to the middle portion of the handle base material, and directly corresponding to the tip portion of the handle base material over the entire circumference of the base portion of the cleaning portion molding space. It is a preferred embodiment to form an insertion restricting portion forming space that communicates with each other and to form a plurality of supply paths that communicate the anti-slip portion forming space and the insertion restricting portion forming space along the handle base material. . In this case, the elastomer material is temporarily stored in the anti-slip portion forming space and the insertion restricting portion forming space, and the cleaning portion forming space is directly from the insertion restricting portion forming space to the base of the cleaning portion forming space. Since the elastomer material can be supplied so as to be uniform over the entire circumference of the base portion, molding defects of the cleaning soft portion can be more effectively prevented. Further, the interdental cleaning tool manufactured by this manufacturing method is formed with an anti-slip portion and an insertion restricting portion made of elastomer, so that the handling property of the cleaning tool can be improved by the anti-slip portion, and the insertion restricting portion In addition to being able to regulate the maximum insertion length of the cleaning part between the teeth, a massage effect on the gums can be expected.

  The handle base material is formed in an elongated flat bar shape, and the supply path is formed along the length direction of the handle base material so as to correspond to the center portions in the width direction of both wide surfaces of the handle base material. This is a preferred embodiment. In this case, the width of the supply path is set wide so that the elastomer material can be sufficiently supplied to the cleaning portion molding space, and molding defects of the cleaning soft portion can be more effectively prevented. In addition, when using the interdental cleaning tool, it is possible to clean the handle base by grasping both wide sides of the handle base with the thumb and forefinger. Since the connecting portions made of elastomer are formed on both sides, it is preferable not only in the anti-slip portion but also in the connecting portion, because the held fingers can be prevented from slipping and the handling property of the interdental cleaning tool can be improved.

It is also a preferred embodiment that the core portion is formed in a linear and elongated shaft shape.
The core portion is formed in a tapered shape that decreases in diameter toward the tip side, and an angle formed by the taper shape with respect to the length direction of the core portion is continuous or stepped toward the tip side of the core portion. It is a preferred embodiment that the setting is made small. In this case, the diameter of the base portion of the core portion where the heat load increases can be set to be larger, and the thermal deformation of the core portion can be more effectively prevented during the filling of the elastomer, and the small diameter portion on the tip side of the core portion can be reduced. An interdental cleaning tool that can be set as long as possible and set the length of the cleaning part that can be inserted between the teeth as long as possible can be manufactured.

  Preferably, the cleaning soft portion includes a covering portion that covers the core portion, and a plurality of protruding portions that are formed on the covering portion so as to protrude outwardly at intervals in the length direction. It is.

The handle base material has a handle base material main body and a tapered base material portion continuously provided at a tip portion of the handle base material main body, and the tapered base material portion is curved in the width direction of the handle base material main body. In a preferred embodiment, the taper is formed in a tapered shape in the width direction and the thickness direction so as to become narrower and thinner as it goes to the tip side.
It is also a preferred embodiment to form a recess or a through hole for reducing the synthetic resin material in the base material portion. By constructing in this way, the material used for the base material can be saved, and the production cost of the interdental cleaning tool can be reduced, and the design of the interdental cleaning tool can be improved by using the recesses and through holes. When the interdental cleaning tool is accommodated in the packaging blister container or the like, the interdental cleaning tool can be fixed to the blister container, which is preferable.

In a preferred embodiment, the synthetic resin material constituting the base portion and the elastomer material constituting the soft portion are made of compatible materials. In this case, since the soft part can be effectively prevented from peeling from the base part, an interdental cleaning tool with excellent durability can be realized.
An interdental cleaning tool according to the present invention includes a base material portion made of a synthetic resin and a soft portion made of an elastomer, and the base material portion is an elongated shape provided at a handle base material and a tip portion of the handle base material. A shaft-shaped core part, and the soft part has a cleaning soft part covering the core part, and the handle base material forms a handle part as a handle, and the core part and the cleaning part An interdental cleaning tool comprising a soft part and a cleaning part for interdental cleaning, wherein the handle base material includes a handle base material body and a tapered base material part connected to the tip of the handle base material body The tapered base material portion is curved in the width direction of the handle base material body, and is tapered in the width direction and the thickness direction so as to become narrower and thinner as it goes to the tip side. And a linear elongated shaft-shaped core portion is continuously provided at the tip of the tapered base material portion. Is shall.

  According to the interdental cleaning tool of the present invention, it is easy to hold the handle base material by picking both wide surfaces of the handle base material with the thumb and the index finger, and the handling performance of the interdental cleaning tool can be improved.

  According to the manufacturing method of the interdental cleaning tool according to the present invention, the soft material for cleaning is formed by filling the elastomer material from the base side of the core part toward the distal end side of the core part. Elastomer material is supplied to the base of the cleaning part molding space so that it is uniform over the entire circumference, preventing partial filling defects in the cleaning part molding space, from the base part of the core part to the tip part. It becomes possible to fill the elastomer material without excess and deficiency, and it is possible to prevent molding defects of the soft portion for cleaning. In addition, peeling of the elastomer from the product due to poor filling of the elastomer material can be effectively prevented. Furthermore, since the elastomer material is filled from the base side of the core portion, the anti-slip portion can be easily formed on the handle base material. Furthermore, since the elastomer material is filled from the base side of the core portion having a large cross-sectional area, it is possible to configure the tip side portion of the core portion to have a small diameter while preventing deformation of the core portion due to heat during filling of the elastomer material. It becomes possible, the length of the cleaning part which can be inserted between teeth can be set as long as possible, and the cleaning property between teeth can be improved.

(A) of the interdental cleaning tool is a front view, and (b) is a side view. 1A is a sectional view taken along the line aa, FIG. 1B is a sectional view taken along the line bb, FIG. 1C is a sectional view taken along the line cc, and FIG. 1D is a sectional view taken along the line dd. Enlarged view of the cleaning section (A) of the base material part is a front view, and (b) is a side view. 4A is a sectional view taken along the line aa, and FIG. 4B is a sectional view taken along the line bb. Explanatory drawing of molding method of base material part Explanatory drawing of molding method of soft part Front view of the interdental cleaning tool of Example 1 used in the evaluation test 8A is a sectional view taken along the line aa, FIG. 8B is a sectional view taken along the line bb, FIG. 8C is a sectional view taken along the line cc, and FIG. 8D is a sectional view taken along the line dd. (A) is a front view of the interdental cleaning tool of Example 2, (b) is a front view of the interdental cleaning tool of Comparative Example 1.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
<Interdental cleaning tool>
First, the configuration of the interdental cleaning tool will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the interdental cleaning tool 1 is provided with a cleaning part 2 for interdental cleaning and a handle part 3 as a handle when distinguished by its function. A base material portion 10 made of a synthetic resin and a soft portion 20 made of an elastomer are provided.

(Base material part)
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the base portion 10 made of a synthetic resin includes a flat and slender bar-shaped handle base 11 that can be picked and held by a finger, and teeth that are connected to the tip of the handle base 11. A small-diameter, elongated shaft-shaped core portion 12 that can be inserted therebetween is provided.

  The handle base material 11 has a flat and slender plate-like handle base body main body 11a having a rectangular cross section, and a tapered base material portion 11b having a rectangular cross section continuously provided at the tip of the handle base body 11a. The portion 11b is gently curved in the width direction of the handle base body 11a, and is formed in a tapered shape in the width direction and the thickness direction so as to become narrower and thinner as it goes to the distal end side. A ridge 13 extending from the core 12 to the handle base body 11a is formed at the center in the width direction of both wide surfaces of the tapered base 11b, and an annular recess 14 is formed in the middle of the handle base 11a. Has been. However, as the handle base material 11, any shape can be adopted as long as it is a shape that can be easily picked by fingers and cleaned between teeth. Reference numeral 15 denotes a handle base material for fixing the interdental cleaning tool 1 at the time of packaging, saving the synthetic resin material constituting the base material portion 10, improving the design of the interdental cleaning tool 1, and the like. 11 is a through-hole formed in 11. The formation position, size, and number of the through holes 15 can be arbitrarily set. In addition, it is possible to form a recess in the handle base 11 instead of the through hole 15 or to form a recess in the handle base 11 in combination with the through hole 15.

  The core portion 12 is formed in a substantially straight and slender shaft shape, and is formed in a gently tapered shape whose diameter is reduced toward the distal end side. The length of the core part 12 can be set to any length that allows interdental cleaning, and can be set to, for example, 7 mm to 20 mm. The angle θ formed by the taper shape with respect to the length direction of the core portion 12 is set so as to decrease continuously or stepwise as it goes to the distal end side of the core portion 12. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, by setting the radius R1 of the distal end side portion of the core portion 12 to 24.7 mm, for example, and setting the radius R2 of the proximal end portion to 23.9 mm, The angle θ is configured to continuously decrease as going to the tip side of the portion 12. The diameter of the distal end side portion of the core portion 12 is set to 0.35 mm to 0.60 mm, and the distal end portion of the core portion 12 having a diameter of 4 mm to 8 mm from the distal end portion of the core portion 12 can be reliably inserted between teeth. Has been. The diameter of the base portion of the core portion 12 is set to 0.8 mm to 2.0 mm so that the base portion of the core portion 12 is not deformed when the elastomer material is filled.

  Synthetic resin materials for the substrate 10 include polypropylene, polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate, saturated polyester resin, polymethyl methacrylate, cellulose propionate, polyurethane, polyamide, polycarbonate, ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene butadiene). A thermoplastic synthetic resin material such as styrene can be used. In particular, a saturated polyester resin excellent in insertion property and bending is preferable. Furthermore, you may add additives, such as glass fiber, from the point which raises an intensity | strength.

(Soft part)
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the soft portion 20 is formed integrally with the base material portion 10 using an elastomer material, and includes a cleaning soft portion 21 sheathed on the core portion 12, and a cleaning soft portion 21. An insertion restricting portion 22 that is externally connected to the distal end portion of the handle base 11, a first anti-slip portion 23 provided in the annular recess 14 of the handle base body 11 a, and a tapered base portion 11 b of the handle base 11. A second anti-slip portion 24 provided in the middle of the first anti-slip portion 24, a first connecting portion 25 connecting the first anti-slip portion 23 and the second anti-slip portion 24, a second anti-slip portion 24 and the insertion restricting portion 22. And a second connecting portion 26 for connecting the two.

  The cleaning soft portion 21 includes a covering portion 21a that is covered with the core portion 12 and a plurality of protruding portions 21b that are formed on the covering portion 21a so as to protrude outward at intervals in the length direction. .

  If the thickness of the covering portion 21a is too thick, the diameter of the covering portion 21a becomes large and the insertability between the teeth decreases, and if it is too thin, the elastomer material cannot be filled up to the tip of the cleaning portion 2; It will be set to ~ 0.2 mm.

  The protrusions 21b are formed at intervals in the length direction of the covering portion 21a, and at 90 ° intervals with respect to the circumferential direction of the covering portion 21a. Further, the protrusions 21b adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction are arranged at a position shifted by 1/4 pitch in the length direction, and the protrusions 21b are arranged along a spiral that goes around the covering part 21a. However, the protrusion 21b can be formed with an array pattern other than those described above.

The cross-sectional area, length, number, and arrangement pitch of the base end portion of the protruding portion 21b can be arbitrarily set, but the cross-sectional area of the base end portion of the protruding portion 21b is set in consideration of moldability and cleanability. , preferably set to approximately 0.03mm ² ~1.50mm ^2, the length of the projecting portion 21b is preferably set to approximately 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm, the number of the protrusions 21b is 20 to 100 It is preferable to set them individually, and the arrangement pitch of the protrusions 21b is preferably set to 0.5 mm to 1.5 mm. Moreover, although the cone-shaped thing was employ | adopted as the projection part 21b, the flat taper-shaped thing flat in an axial direction is also employable. Furthermore, as a cross-sectional shape of the protrusion 21b, an arbitrary cross-sectional shape such as an ellipse or a polygon can be adopted in addition to a circular shape.

  The insertion restricting portion 22 is formed in an annular shape along the outer periphery of the distal end portion of the handle base material 12 so as to be continuous with the entire circumference of the base portion of the cleaning soft portion 21. The maximum insertion length of 2 is regulated. Moreover, since the insertion control part 22 is comprised with the elastomer, the massage effect to a gum can also be anticipated by making the insertion control part 22 contact | abut to a gum. Although the thickness and width of the insertion restricting portion 22 can be arbitrarily set, in order to prevent molding defects of the cleaning soft portion 21, for example, the thickness is 1.0 mm to 2.5 mm and the width is 1.2 mm to 3 mm. It is preferable to set to 0.0 mm.

  The first anti-slip part 23 is packaged so as to fill the annular recess 14 formed in the handle base body 11a, and the second anti-slip part 24 is along the outer periphery of the middle part of the tapered base part 11b of the handle base 11 It is formed in an annular shape. The width | variety of the 1st antiskid part 23 can be set arbitrarily. Further, if the thickness of the first anti-slip portion 23 is too thin, defective filling of the elastomer material occurs, and if it is too thick, the handle portion 3 is uncomfortable when held with a finger, so that the thickness is 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm. It is preferable to set to. Moreover, in order to prevent the molding defect of the soft part 20, it is preferable to set the width | variety of the 2nd antiskid part 24 to 1.0 mm-6.0 mm, and the thickness of the 2nd antiskid part 24 is too thin. Insufficient filling of the elastomer material occurs, and if it is too thick, it is uncomfortable when the handle portion 3 is held with a finger, so it is preferable to set the thickness to 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm. In this way, by forming the first anti-slip part 23 so as to fill the annular recess 14, the first anti-slip part 23 is prevented from being peeled off, and the second anti-slip part 13 is covered so as to cover the protrusion 13. By forming the non-slip portion 24, the second anti-slip portion 24 is prevented from being peeled off.

  The 1st connection part 25 and the 2nd connection part 26 are so that the protrusion 13 formed in the taper base material part 11b of the handle base material 11 may be covered in the center part of the width direction of both wide surfaces of the taper base material part 11b. It is provided along the ridge 13. Thus, the 1st connection part 25 and the 2nd connection part 26 are formed, and it is comprised so that peeling of the 1st connection part 25 and the 2nd connection part 26 may be prevented.

  The first connecting portion 25 is provided to supply an elastomer material from the second anti-slip portion 24 to the first anti-slip portion 23 when the soft portion 20 is formed, and the second connecting portion 26 is formed of the soft portion 20. Sometimes it is provided to supply the elastomer material from the second anti-slip part 24 to the cleaning soft part 21 via the insertion restricting part 22. The widths of the connecting portions 25 and 26 can be arbitrarily set. However, if the width is too narrow, filling of the elastomer material is likely to occur when the soft portion 20 is molded. Therefore, the width is preferably set to 0.1 mm or more. It is also possible to form over the entire circumference of the tapered base material portion 11b. If the thicknesses of both the connecting portions 25 and 26 are too thin, it is easy to cause poor filling of the elastomer material when the soft portion 20 is molded. , 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm is preferable.

  However, the insertion restricting portion 22, the anti-slip portions 23 and 24, and the connecting portions 25 and 26 can be formed in an arbitrary shape in consideration of design and the like. Further, the insertion restricting portion 22 is omitted, the second connecting portion 26 is directly connected to the cleaning soft portion 21, the first anti-slip portion 23 and the first connecting portion 25 are omitted, the insertion restricting portion It is possible to omit both the anti-slip portions 23 and 24 and the both connecting portions 25 and 26 while leaving only 22.

  Examples of the elastomer constituting the soft portion 20 include thermoplastic elastomers such as styrene, olefin, and polyamide, nylon elastomers such as 6 nylon, 6-6 nylon, 6-10 nylon, and 6-12 nylon, and silicon. Thermosetting elastomers such as rubber, urethane rubber, fluoro rubber, natural rubber, and synthetic rubber can be used. In particular, a material having compatibility with the synthetic resin material constituting the base portion 10 is preferable. For example, when the base portion 10 is made of polypropylene, the soft portion 20 is made of a polyolefin-based elastomer or a styrene-based elastomer. It is preferable.

<Manufacturing method>
Next, the manufacturing method of the interdental cleaning tool 1 is demonstrated.
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the manufacturing method of the interdental cleaning tool 1 is a base for manufacturing the base material portion 10 by filling the first molding space 32 of the first molds 30 and 31 with a synthetic resin material. After the material part forming step and the base material part 10 formed by the first molds 30 and 31 are set in the second molding space 42 of the second molds 40 and 41, the elastomer material is put into the second molding space 42. A soft part forming step of filling and forming the soft part 20.

(Base part molding process)
In the base material portion molding step, the base material portion 10 is manufactured by filling the first molding space 32 of the first molds 30 and 31 with a synthetic resin material. More specifically, as the first molds 30 and 31, a plurality of first molding spaces 32 are formed in parallel, and a runner 33 is formed on the base end side of the plurality of first molding spaces 32, and the gate The plurality of first molding spaces 32 communicated with the runner 33 through the 34 and the synthetic resin material is supplied to the runner 33 so that the plurality of first molding spaces 32 are filled with the synthetic resin material through the gate 34. The plurality of base material portions 10 are formed at the same time. Then, a primary molded product 10 </ b> A having a plurality of base material portions 10, runner portions 35, and gate portions 36 is manufactured. In addition, although the base material part 10 can also be shape | molded one by one, while shape | molding the several base material part 10 simultaneously, productivity can be improved and the shape | molded runner part 35 is hold | maintained. It is preferable because a plurality of substrate parts 10 can be transferred simultaneously and workability can be improved.

(Soft part molding process)
In the soft part molding step, the base material part 10 molded by the first molds 30 and 31 is set in the second molding space 42 of the second molds 40 and 41, and then the elastomer material is put into the second molding space 42. The soft part 20 is molded by filling.

  First, the second molds 40 and 41 will be described. The second molds 40 and 41 are positioned at positions corresponding to the plurality of base material portions 10 of the primary molded product 10A formed by the first molds 30 and 31. A plurality of second molding spaces 42 are formed, and a fitting space 43 that fits the runner portion 35 and the plurality of gate portions 36 of the primary molded product 10A is formed. As the second molding space 42 between the second molds 40 and 41 and the base material portion 10, a rectangular tube-shaped first anti-slip portion molding space 44 surrounding the handle base material body 11 a and the taper base material portion 11 b are provided. A rectangular tube-shaped second anti-slip portion forming space 45 surrounding the portion, a first connecting portion forming space 46 along the ridge 13 on the base side of the tapered base material portion 11b, and the tip end side of the tapered base material portion 11b A second connecting portion forming space 47 serving as a supply path along the ridge 13, an insertion restricting portion forming space 48 surrounding the distal end portion of the handle base material 11, and a cleaning portion forming space 49 surrounding the core portion 12. It is formed in a shape. One second mold 40 is formed with an injection gate 50 (see FIGS. 1 and 7) that opens into the second anti-slip portion molding space 45 of each second molding space 42. The elastomer material is connected to a common runner 51 formed in the two molds 40, and an elastomer material is supplied from the common runner 51 to the plurality of second molding spaces 42 through the plurality of injection gates 50. The second anti-slip portion forming space 44 and the insertion restricting portion forming space 48 correspond to a storage space.

  The diameter of the injection gate 50 is preferably set to 0.1 mm or more and 1.0 mm or less in order to prevent poor filling of the elastomer material. Further, the injection gate 50 can be opened in the insertion restricting portion forming space 48 or the first non-slip portion forming space 44 instead of the second antislip portion forming space 45. Further, the injection gate 50 can be opened in the middle of the first connecting portion forming space 46 or the second connecting portion forming space 47. In this case, the insertion restricting portion forming space 48 or the first anti-slip portion is provided. It is preferable to open the molding space 44 or the second anti-slip portion molding space 45 within a range of 5 mm.

  The first connecting portion forming space 46 and the second connecting portion forming space 47 can be set to have the same thickness. The thickness of the second connecting portion forming space 47 disposed on the cleaning portion forming space 49 side is the thickness of the first connecting portion forming space 46 disposed on the base end side of the handle portion 11 when viewed from the injection gate 50. It is preferable to set it thicker. Specifically, it is preferable to give a difference of 0.1 mm or more between both thicknesses.

  In the soft part forming step, the elastomer material is supplied to the injection gates 50 of the plurality of second forming spaces 42 through the common runner 51, and the first slip is passed from the second anti-slip part forming space 45 through the first connecting part forming space 46. The stopper material forming space 44 is filled with an elastomer material, and the cleaning material forming space 49 is filled from the second anti-slip portion forming space 45 through the second connecting portion forming space 47 and the insertion restricting portion forming space 48. At this time, since the second anti-slip portion forming space 45 is formed in an annular shape so as to surround the middle portion of the tapered base material portion 11b, the elastomer material supplied from the injection gate 50 is the entire second anti-slip portion forming space 45. It is stored temporarily. For this reason, poor filling of the elastomer material into the second anti-slip portion forming space 45 is reliably prevented. Further, the elastomer material stored in the second anti-slip portion forming space 45 is supplied to both the first connecting portion forming spaces 46 by substantially the same amount at substantially the same timing, and both the second connecting portion forming spaces 47. Also, approximately the same amount is supplied at substantially the same timing. For this reason, since the elastomer material can be supplied from the two first connecting portion molding spaces 46 to the first anti-slip space 44 at substantially the same timing by substantially the same amount, poor filling of the elastomer material into the first anti-slip space 44 is also caused. Effectively prevented. Further, the elastomer material is supplied from the second anti-slip portion forming space 45 through the second connecting portion forming space 47 to the cleaning portion forming space 49 at substantially the same timing and in substantially the same amount, and the annular insertion space 47 is inserted. Since it is further temporarily stored in the restricting portion forming space 48 and then supplied to the entire circumference of the base of the cleaning portion forming space 49 at substantially the same timing and without any variation over the entire circumference, the elastomer material reaches the tip of the cleaning portion forming space 49. Can be filled without difficulty, and defective filling of the elastomer material in the cleaning portion forming space 49 is prevented. In addition, since the base portion of the core portion 12 disposed in the cleaning portion molding space 49 has a larger cross-sectional area than the tip portion side and is not easily softened by the heat of the elastomer material, the core portion 12 is increased while increasing the filling pressure of the elastomer material. This also prevents the defective filling of the elastomer material in the cleaning portion forming space 49. In addition, since the elastomer material is filled from the base side of the core part 12, the tip side part of the core part 12 can be configured to have a small diameter, and the length of the cleaning part 2 that can be inserted between teeth can be set as long as possible. .

  Thus, after covering the base part 10 with the soft part 20, the runner part 35 and the gate part 36 are removed, and the interdental cleaning tool 1 is obtained.

  In addition, the 1st connection part shaping | molding space 46 and the 1st anti-slip | skid part shaping | molding space 44 are omissible. Further, the insertion restricting portion forming space 48 can be omitted, and the first connecting portion forming space 46 can be directly communicated with the cleaning portion forming space 49. Further, it is possible to omit the first and second connecting portion forming spaces 46 and 47 and the first and second anti-slip portion forming spaces 44 and 45 and to open the injection gate 50 into the insertion restricting portion forming space 48. is there.

Next, evaluation of formability of the interdental cleaning tool will be described.
As the base material part 10, a primary molded body 10 </ b> A formed by connecting five base material parts 10 in parallel by the runner part 35, using polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) as a synthetic resin material, a molding temperature of 250 ° C., Molding was performed at an injection pressure of 150 MPa, and using this primary molded product 10A, a soft part made of an elastomer was molded under the following molding conditions to produce three types of interdental cleaning tools 1A, 1B, and 1C.

  Specifically, in Example 1, a second mold capable of forming the soft portion 20A having the dimensions shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 is manufactured, and the primary molded body 10A is set in the second mold. Using a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), under the molding conditions of a molding temperature of 250 ° C. and an injection pressure of 100 MPa, the soft portion 20A, the cleaning soft portion 21, the insertion restricting portion 22, the first anti-slip portion 23A, and the second slip The stop portion 24, the pair of first connecting portions 25, and the pair of second connecting portions 26 were formed, and this was performed 10 shots to produce a total of 50 interdental cleaning tools 1A. The number of protrusions 21b was set to 51.

  In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10A, the same second gold as in the first embodiment except that the second anti-slip portion 24B having a width of 1.0 mm is used instead of the second anti-slip portion 24. Using a mold, the primary molded body 10A is set in the second mold, and using a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) as a soft part 20B under molding conditions of a molding temperature of 250 ° C. and an injection pressure of 130 MPa, a soft cleaning material The part 21, the insertion restricting part 22, the first anti-slip part 23A, the second anti-slip part 24B, the pair of first connecting parts 25 and the pair of second connecting parts 26 are molded, and this is performed 10 shots, A total of 50 interdental cleaning tools 1B were produced.

  In Comparative Example 1, as shown in FIG. 10 (b), the same second mold as in Example 1 is used except that the second anti-slip part 24 and the insertion restricting part 22 are omitted. The molded body 10A is set, and using a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), the soft part for cleaning 21 and the first non-slip parts 23A and 1 as the soft part 20C under the molding conditions of a molding temperature of 250 ° C. and an injection pressure of 175 MPa. A pair of first connecting portions 25C and a pair of second connecting portions 26C were formed, and this was performed 10 shots to produce a total of 50 interdental cleaning tools 1C.

  And the manufactured interdental cleaning tools 1A, 1B, and 1C were visually inspected, and the moldability of the soft portions 20A, 20B, and 20C was evaluated. The results are shown in Table 1.

  The applicant of the present invention was considering the production of the interdental cleaning tool 1C under the molding conditions of Comparative Example 1 at the beginning of the development of the interdental cleaning tool. As described above, in all 10 shots, the core portion 12 was biased, and a molding defect occurred in which part of the core portion 12 was exposed to the outside from the cleaning soft portion 21. Then, as a result of examining the cause, in the molding method of Comparative Example 1, the molding space of the second connecting portion 26 </ b> C connected from the injection gate 50 to the molding material flow path supplied to the molding space of the cleaning soft portion 21 is used. Through the injection gate 50, the molding space of the first connecting part 25C, the molding space of the first anti-slip part 23, the molding space of the other first connecting part 25C, and the other first There are two flow paths of the second flow path that is supplied through the molding space of the two connecting portions 26C, and the second flow path is longer than the first flow path. As a result of the idea that the injection pressure of the elastomer material at the base portion of the molding space varies and the core portion 12 is biased, the second annular ring is formed at the position including the injection gate 50 as in the second embodiment. Interdental cleaning with anti-slip part 24B It was manufactured 1B. As a result, as shown in Table 1, although molding failure occurred in 3 shots out of 10 shots, good moldability was obtained in 7 shots, and the moldability was greatly improved as compared with Comparative Example 1. . In order to further improve the moldability, as shown in FIG. 8, the interdental cleaning tool 1A of Example 1 in which the width of the second anti-slip portion 24A at the position corresponding to the injection gate 50 is increased to 4.1 mm. As shown in Table 1, it was found that good moldability was obtained in all 10 shots.

  From this, when filling the elastomer material from the base side of the core portion 12 to mold the cleaning soft portion 21, the second connecting portions 26 on both surfaces of the base material portion 10 are placed at positions corresponding to the injection gate 50. It is preferable to form an annular second anti-slip portion 24 having a large flow area to be connected, and it is preferable to form an annular insertion restricting portion 22 having a large flow area at the base of the cleaning soft portion 21. I understand.

  In addition, the interdental cleaning tool 1 shown in FIG. 1 is configured to improve grip performance by setting the width of the first anti-slip portion 23A wider than the interdental cleaning tool 1A of Example 1. Is. Although the evaluation test has not yet been performed on the interdental cleaning tool 1 shown in FIG. 1, the width of the second anti-slip portion 24 is set to be the same as that of the first embodiment. It is considered that moldability can be obtained.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that the configuration can be changed without departing from the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Interdental cleaning tool 2 Cleaning part 3 Handle part 10 Base material part 10A Primary molded article 11 Handle base material 11a Handle base material main body 11b Tapered base material part 12 Core part 13 Projection 14 Annular recessed part 15 Through-hole 20 Soft part 21 Cleaning Soft part 21a Cover part 21b Projection part 22 Insertion restricting part 23 First anti-slip part 24 Second anti-slip part 25 First connection part 26 Second connection part 30 First mold 31 First mold 32 First molding space 33 runner 34 gate 35 runner portion 36 gate portion 40 second mold 41 second mold 42 second molding space 43 fitting space 44 first non-slip portion molding space 45 second anti-slip portion molding space 46 first connecting portion Molding space 47 Second connecting part molding space 48 Insertion restricting part molding space 49 Cleaning part molding space 50 Injection gate 51 Runner

Claims (8)

A base portion made of synthetic resin, and a soft portion made of elastomer, the base portion has a handle base, and an elongated shaft-shaped core provided at the tip of the handle base, The soft portion has a cleaning soft portion that covers the core portion, and the handle base material constitutes a handle portion as a handle, and the core portion and the cleaning soft portion are used for cleaning between teeth. An interdental cleaning tool comprising a part,
The handle base material is formed in an elongated flat bar shape having a handle base material body and a tapered base material part connected to a tip part of the handle base material body, and the tapered base material part is formed of the handle base material body. Curved in the width direction,
A linear elongated shaft-shaped core is continuously provided at the tip of the tapered base material.
An interdental cleaning tool characterized by that.   The interdental teeth according to claim 1, comprising a non-slip portion made of an elastomer formed in an annular shape over the entire circumference of the handle base material, and a plurality of connecting portions made of an elastomer for connecting the anti-slip portion and the cleaning soft portion. Cleaning tool.   The interdental cleaning tool according to claim 2, wherein the supply path is formed along the length direction of the handle base material so as to correspond to the center portions in the width direction of both wide surfaces of the handle base material.   The interdental cleaning tool according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an annular insertion restricting portion made of an elastomer is provided at a distal end portion of the handle base material so as to continue to the base of the cleaning soft portion over the entire circumference. .   The core portion is formed in a tapered shape that decreases in diameter toward the tip side, and an angle formed by the taper shape with respect to the length direction of the core portion is continuous or stepped toward the tip side of the core portion. The manufacturing method of the interdental cleaning tool of any one of Claims 1-4 set so that it might become small automatically.   The said soft part for cleaning has the coating | coated part which coat | covers the said core part, and several protrusion part formed in this coating | coated part in the shape of protruding outwardly at intervals in the length direction. The interdental cleaning tool of any one of Claims.   The interdental cleaning tool of any one of Claims 1-6 in which the recessed part or through-hole for synthetic resin material saving is formed in the said base material part. The interdental cleaning tool according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the synthetic resin material constituting the base portion and the elastomer material constituting the soft portion are made of compatible materials.

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