JP2019171133A - Cleaning tool - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a cleaning tool that has a dust catching function and facilitates dust collection compared with a conventional wiper type cleaning tool.SOLUTION: A cleaning tool includes: a distal end part 1 constituted by a plate-like elastic material; and a holder part 2 for holding the distal end part 1. The distal end part 1 is constituted to be deformable by allowing a tip end 3 of the distal end part to linearly have contact with a cleaned surface and pressurizing the tip end 3 against a cleaned surface. Cuts 4 with a length of about 2-8 mm from the tip end 3 to have contact with a cleaned surface are formed at an interval of about 2-5 mm in the distal end part 1.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a cleaning tool for capturing dust by moving a tip portion made of a plate-like elastic body while contacting a desk surface or a floor surface.

  Conventionally, in order to remove dirt and dust on flat surfaces such as window glass, a cleaning tool provided with a rubber plate etc. at the tip of a rod-like handle has been used as a wiper for window glass, etc. Are described in Patent Documents 1 and 2.

JP 2000-23881 A Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-168045

  A cleaning tool having a form similar to that of a conventional window glass wiper, that is, a wiper-type cleaning tool, is moved by pressing and moving the tip of one side of a resilient rubber plate or the like against a flat cleaning surface. Scrapes and removes. Sometimes the cleaning surface is wetted with water. Such a wiper-type cleaning tool is also used for applications other than window glass, and is used as a simple cleaning tool for the purpose of removing dust such as a desk surface, a furniture surface, and a narrow floor surface.

  When the wiper type cleaning tool is used for various purposes as described above, since there is no dust trapping function, the scraped dust is collected on the cleaning surface at the tip of the cleaning tool and collected by dust removal etc. It will be necessary. In this case, there has been a problem that dust is scattered forward by the movement of the cleaning tool, or the dust spreads on the cleaning surface, and it takes time to collect.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and provides a cleaning tool that has a dust capturing function and can collect dust more easily than conventional wiper-type cleaning tools. Objective.

  In a first aspect, the cleaning tool of the present invention has a tip portion made of a plate-like elastic material that is deformable by pressing the tip against the cleaning surface, the tip contacting the cleaning surface linearly, and the tip A cleaning tool including a holder portion for holding a portion, wherein a plurality of cuts having a predetermined length are formed in the tip portion from the tip contacting the cleaning surface.

  In the cleaning tool of the present invention, dust such as dust is sandwiched between the plurality of cuts formed at the tip by pressing and moving one end of the tip made of an elastic material such as a rubber plate to the cleaning surface, It has been confirmed by experiments by the inventors that the dust is connected or formed into a lump by moving the cleaning tool and the moving operation can be performed without the dust or the like being removed from the cut. As described above, in the present invention, the dust is captured by the cut at the tip, so that the diffusion of the dust on the cleaning surface is reduced, and the dust can be collected more easily than the conventional wiper type cleaning tool. In the cleaning tool of the present invention, the holder part may be held and moved by hand, and a rod-like handle may be attached to the holder part in order to easily hold the cleaning tool.

  In a second aspect, the present invention provides the cleaning tool according to the first aspect, wherein a thickness of the tip portion at the tip is 1 to 5 mm, a length of the cut is 1 to 15 mm, and the plurality The notches are formed at intervals of 2 to 15 mm.

The cleaning tool of the present invention can be applied to various cleaning surfaces having a flat surface. If the cleaning surface is used for a narrow cleaning surface such as a desk or various furniture surfaces, a small shape is suitable for the shape of the tip portion of the cleaning tool. In this case, the width of the tip that contacts the cleaning surface is preferably about several cm to 20 cm in accordance with the application. Further, the thickness of the tip of the rubber plate or the like is suitably about 1 to 2 mm, and it is desirable that cuts with a length of about 1 to 8 mm are formed at the tip at intervals of about 2 to 5 mm.
On the other hand, the cleaning tool of the present invention can also be applied to cleaning a flat floor surface. For such applications, the shape of the tip of the cleaning tool may be larger than in the above case. The width | variety of the front-end | tip which contacts a cleaning surface can be made into the shape of about 20 cm-60 cm according to a use. In that case, the thickness of the tip of the rubber plate or the like is suitably about 2 to 5 mm, and incisions having a length of about 5 to 15 mm are formed at the tip at intervals of about 5 to 15 mm. Is desirable. Moreover, when using for a large area like a floor surface, it is desirable to attach a long rod-shaped handle to a holder part.

In a third aspect, the present invention provides the cleaning tool according to the first or second aspect, wherein the width of the notch gap is 1 mm or less when the tip portion is not deformed. .
The incision provided in the cleaning tool of the present invention is intended to move dust as it is, with the portion sandwiched between adjacent incisions at the tip being deformed independently of the outer portion, and moving as it is. To do. For this reason, when the tip is not deformed, it is most desirable that there is no gap due to cutting due to the elasticity of an elastic material such as rubber. Even if the gap is generated, the width is preferably 1 mm or less in order to keep dust and the like in the cut.

In a fourth aspect, the present invention provides the cleaning tool according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein a tip that contacts the cleaning surface is formed in a straight line, and the plurality of cuts are formed in the straight tip. It is characterized by being formed in a straight line at an angle of 80 to 100 degrees.
As described above, the incision provided in the cleaning tool of the present invention is intended to be moved with dust or the like sandwiched between the incisions as described above. The shape may be arbitrary. However, as in the invention of this aspect, when the tip is linear, it is easier to make a straight cut at an angle close to perpendicular to the straight line, that is, an angle of 80 to 100 degrees. is there.

In a fifth aspect, the present invention provides the cleaning tool according to the fourth aspect, comprising a plurality of the straight ends, wherein the plurality of straight ends form an angle of 3 degrees or more. It is arranged.
In the cleaning tool of the invention of this aspect, a plurality of linear tips are arranged. For example, when the angle formed by the straight lines between the two tips is θ (here, 3 ° <θ <90 °), the tips are arranged on two sides of the triangle sandwiching an obtuse angle of 180 ° −θ. The case where the tip is arranged on two sides of the triangle sandwiching the acute angle of θ is possible.
Thus, by having a some front-end | tip, a different front-end | tip can be used for every cleaning operation | work. For example, when dust or the like sandwiched between cuts at one tip accumulates, the other tip can be used. In addition, by changing the interval and length of the cuts among a plurality of tips, the tips to be used can be replaced and used according to the expected size, number, type, etc. of dust. For example, after removing a large amount of dust with one tip, it is possible to remove finer dust with another tip.

In a sixth aspect, the present invention provides the cleaning tool according to the fifth aspect, further comprising a handle attached to the holder portion, wherein the length direction of the handle is predetermined with respect to the linear tip. The handle is configured to be rotatable so as to form an angle.
In the invention of this aspect, the rotation mechanism can be provided in the attachment portion of the handle so that the direction of the handle attached to the holder portion is, for example, always 90 degrees with respect to the tip used. By using such a handle, the work for replacing the tip and cleaning becomes easy.

In a seventh aspect, the present invention is characterized in that, in the cleaning tool of the first to sixth aspects, the tip portion and the holder portion are integrally formed of the same material.
Elastomers containing various elastic materials such as rubber can be used as the tip portion of the cleaning tool of the present invention, and the holder portion that holds the tip portion need not be made of an elastic material. However, the manufacturing process can be simplified by integrally forming the tip portion and the holder portion with the same elastic material.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a cleaning tool that has a dust capturing function and that can easily collect dust as compared with a conventional wiper-type cleaning tool.

It is a figure which shows schematic shape of the cleaning tool which concerns on Example 1, FIG. 1 (a) is a front view, FIG.1 (b) is a side view. The perspective view which shows the use condition of the cleaning tool of Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a shape of the front-end | tip part of the cleaning tool of Example 1, Fig.3 (a) is a front view, FIG.3 (b) is a side view. The front view which shows the modification of the shape of the front-end | tip of the cleaning tool of Example 1. FIG. The front view which shows schematic shape of the cleaning tool which concerns on Example 2. FIG. FIG. 6 is a front view illustrating a schematic shape of a cleaning tool according to a third embodiment.

  Hereinafter, the cleaning tool of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the description of the drawings, the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description thereof is omitted.

1A and 1B are diagrams illustrating a schematic shape of a cleaning tool according to a first embodiment, in which FIG. 1A is a front view and FIG. 1B is a side view.
In FIG. 1, the cleaning tool 10 of this embodiment includes a tip portion 1 made of a plate-like elastic material and a holder portion 2 that holds the tip portion 1. The distal end portion 1 is configured to be deformable by having the distal end 3 linearly contact the cleaning surface and pressing the distal end 3 against the cleaning surface. Further, in the tip portion 1, cuts 4 having a length of about 2 to 8 mm from the tip 3 that contacts the cleaning surface are formed at intervals of about 2 to 5 mm. Since the cleaning tool 10 of the present embodiment is used for a narrow cleaning surface such as a desk or various furniture surfaces, the width W of the tip portion 1 is about several centimeters to 20 cm. The thickness is about 1 to 2 mm.

In order to make the cleaning tool 10 of this embodiment easy to hold the cleaning tool 10, a rod-like handle 5 is attached to the holder portion 2. In addition, when the handle 5 is tilted and moved with respect to the cleaning surface, the front end portion 1 is formed so that the surface near the front end 3 of the front end portion 1 is substantially perpendicular to the cleaning surface. It is bent into a letter shape.
In addition, the cleaning tool 10 of a present Example is similar to the conventional wiper type cleaning tool except for the notch | incision 4 being formed. That is, the cleaning tool 10 of the present embodiment can be easily manufactured by forming a cut in a conventional wiper type cleaning tool.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a usage state of the cleaning tool 10 according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 2 shows that while the handle 5 is held obliquely on the cleaning surface 6 such as a desk surface and the tip 3 is pressed against the cleaning surface 6, the vicinity of the tip 3 of the tip portion 1 is slightly bent and deformed. The operation of moving and sweeping out part of the dust on the cleaning surface 6 is shown.

  The cleaning tool 10 of Example 1 was actually produced and the effect was confirmed by experiment. As a result, a large number of cuts 4 are formed in the tip 3 of the tip 1 so that dust such as dust is caught in the cuts 4 and the captured dust 7 is moved by moving the cleaning tool 10. It was confirmed that the moving dust was moved without moving the captured dust 7 away from the notch 4. The trapped dust 7 could be easily removed by wiping the tip 3 with paper or cloth after cleaning. As described above, in the cleaning tool 10, the dust is captured by the notch 4 at the tip, so that the diffusion of the dust on the cleaning surface 6 is reduced, and the dust can be collected more easily than the conventional wiper type cleaning tool.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the shape of the distal end portion of the cleaning tool according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3A is a front view and FIG. 3B is a side view.
Since the cleaning tool 10 of this embodiment is used for a narrow cleaning surface such as the surface of a desk or various furniture, the length d of the notch 4 is d = 2 to 8 mm and a plurality of notches 4 in FIG. The distance p is preferably set to p = 2 to 5 mm. Further, when the tip 3 is not deformed, it is most desirable that a gap due to the notch 4 is not generated due to the elasticity of an elastic material such as rubber. In order to keep dust or the like in the notch, a gap is generated. However, the width g of the gap is preferably g ≦ 1 mm.
In order to be deformable by pressing the tip 3 of the cleaning tool 10 against the cleaning surface 6, in FIG. 3B, the thickness t at the tip 3 of the tip 1 may be t = 1 to 2 mm. desirable.

  An elastomer containing various elastic materials such as rubber can be used as the tip portion 1 of the cleaning tool 10 of the present embodiment. Moreover, the holder part 2 can also be integrally formed of the same elastic material as that of the tip part 1, thereby simplifying the manufacturing process. The portion of the handle 5 may also be formed integrally with the same elastic material, which further simplifies the manufacturing process. In this case, the cut 4 may be formed lastly after the entire shape is produced with the mold.

FIG. 4 is a front view illustrating a modification of the shape of the tip of the cleaning tool of the first embodiment.
The tip portion 11 in FIG. 4 has a cut 14 formed of a straight line inclined obliquely with respect to the tip 13. As shown in FIG. 3 (a), the shape of the cut may be easier to manufacture if it is formed in a direction perpendicular to the tip 3. However, for the purpose of trapping dust by being caught in the cut. The same effect can be obtained with the notch 14 in FIG. Further, the shape of the cut does not have to be linear, and may be curved.

FIG. 5 is a front view illustrating a schematic shape of the cleaning tool according to the second embodiment.
In FIG. 5, the tip portion 21 of the cleaning tool 20 of the present embodiment has two straight tips, that is, a tip 23 a and a tip 23 b, and the angle θ formed by the straight tips 23 a and 23 b is It is about 10 to 45 degrees. A plurality of cuts, 24a and 24b, are formed in the tip 23a and the tip 23b, respectively. The cleaning tool 20 of this embodiment does not have a handle, and the tip portion 23a or the tip end 23b is pressed and moved on the cleaning surface while holding the holder portion 22 holding the tip portion 21 by hand. Accordingly, the dust on the cleaning surface can be cleaned while being caught by being caught in the cuts 24a or 24b.

  Here, a large number of the cuts 24a formed in the tip 23a are arranged at a smaller interval than the cuts 24b formed in the tip 23b. Thereby, after removing large dust at the tip 23b, it becomes possible to perform operations such as removing finer dust at the tip 23a.

FIG. 6 is a front view illustrating a schematic shape of the cleaning tool according to the third embodiment.
The tip portion 31 of the cleaning tool 30 of the present embodiment has three straight tips, that is, a tip 33a, a tip 33b, and a tip 33c, and an angle formed by the straight tips 33a and 33b and a straight shape. The angles formed by the tips 33b and 33c are about 10 to 45 degrees, respectively. A plurality of cuts, 34a, 34b, and 34c are formed in the tip 33a, tip 33b, and tip 33c, respectively. The cleaning tool 30 of the present embodiment has a handle 35 attached to a holder portion 32 that holds the tip portion 31.

  Further, the cleaning tool 30 of the present embodiment is such that when the tip 33a, tip 33b, and tip 33c are used during cleaning, the length direction of the handle 35 is substantially perpendicular to each tip used. In addition, the handle 35 is configured to be rotatable. That is, the handle fixing portion 37 of the holder 32 has a structure in which the handle 35 rotates to a position indicated by a solid line and a broken line and can be substantially fixed at the angle. Thereby, when replacing | exchanging a front-end | tip and cleaning, the handle 35 can be arrange | positioned in the position which is easy to work in the moving direction.

In the cleaning tool 30 of the present embodiment, different tips, that is, the tip 33a, the tip 33b, and the tip 33c can be used for each cleaning operation. In this case, the shapes of the cuts 34a, 34b, and 34c formed in the tip 33a, tip 33b, and tip 33c, respectively, may be the same or different.
When the shape is the same, for example, when dust or the like sandwiched between cuts at one tip accumulates, the other tip can be used.
Further, by changing the intervals and lengths of the notches 34a, 34b, and 34c, it is possible to replace the tip to be used according to the size, number, type, etc. of dust. For example, it is possible to remove a large amount of dust with a tip having a long notch formed at a large interval and then remove finer dust with a tip having a short notch formed at a small interval.

  As described above, the cleaning tool of the present invention has a dust trapping function, and is easier to collect dust than a conventional wiper-type cleaning tool.

  The cleaning tool of the present invention can be used not only for cleaning on desks, furniture and floors, but also on various surfaces such as on shelves where dust easily collects, on doors, on curtain rails, and on umbrellas of lighting fixtures. Can be used for cleaning.

  Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the design can be changed according to the purpose and application. For example, in the cleaning tool 10 of FIG. 1, the tip portion 1 is bent in a dogleg shape, but the tip portion 1 may be one flat shape. In addition, the tip that contacts the cleaning surface does not need to be linear.For example, when the purpose is a convex cleaning surface such as a cylindrical surface, or when the purpose is a concave cleaning surface, the shape of the tip is The curved shape may match the cleaning surface. It may also have four or more different tips.

1 Tip part 2, 22, 32 Holder part
3, 13, 23a, 23b, 33a, 33b, 33c Tip 4, 14, 24a, 24b, 34a, 34b, 34c Notch 5, 35 Handle 6 Cleaning surface 7 Dust captured 37 Handle fixing part

Claims (7)

A cleaning tool comprising: a tip portion made of a plate-like elastic material whose tip is in linear contact with the cleaning surface and deformable by pressing the tip against the cleaning surface; and a holder portion for holding the tip portion. There,
The cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of notches having a predetermined length are formed in the tip portion from the tip that contacts the cleaning surface.   A thickness of the tip portion is 1 to 5 mm, a length of the cut is 1 to 15 mm, and the plurality of cuts are formed at intervals of 2 to 15 mm. The cleaning tool according to claim 1.   The cleaning tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a width of the notch gap is 1 mm or less in a state where the tip portion is not deformed.   The front end that contacts the cleaning surface is formed in a straight line, and the plurality of cuts are formed in a straight line at an angle of 80 to 100 degrees with respect to the straight front end. The cleaning tool according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   5. The cleaning tool according to claim 4, wherein the cleaning tool has a plurality of linear tips, and the plurality of straight tips form an angle of 3 degrees or more.   The handle includes a handle attached to the holder portion, and the handle is configured to be rotatable so that a length direction of the handle forms a predetermined angle with respect to a tip that is in contact with the linear shape. The cleaning tool according to claim 5.   The cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the tip portion and the holder portion are integrally formed of the same material.

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