JP3560399B2 - Wiping tools - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a wiping tool, and more particularly, to a nonwoven fabric, a dried cloth, a cloth cloth or a paper chemical cloth (hereinafter, these nonwoven cloths, dried cloths, cloth cloths or paper chemical cloths are collectively referred to as “chemical cloths”. The present invention relates to a wiping cleaning tool for performing wiping cleaning by attaching a sheet cleaning body.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a conventional wiper, for example, a wiper as shown in FIG. 1 is known.
[0003]
The wiping tool 100 shown in FIG. 1 includes a substantially rectangular base portion 102, and a joint portion having an arbitrary structure capable of freely changing directions in all directions is provided on an upper surface of the base portion 102. An operation handle 106 is attached via 104.
[0004]
On the bottom surface of the base 102, a substantially rectangular elastic body 108 is attached to the entire bottom surface. The elastic body 108 is integrally formed of rubber or a foam thereof, soft plastic or a foam thereof, or a thermoplastic elastomer, and has a flat bottom surface.
[0005]
Then, a sheet-like cleaning body (not shown) is attached so as to cover the entire bottom surface of the elastic body 108, and a floor surface or a wall surface (hereinafter, the floor surface or the wall surface is collectively referred to as a "cleaning surface"). ), The dirt and dust on the surface to be cleaned (hereinafter, such dirt and dust are collectively referred to as “substance to be cleaned”) adhere to the sheet-like cleaning body, and the It is designed to collect cleaning substances.
[0006]
The reason why the sheet-like cleaning body is attached so as to cover the bottom surface of the elastic body 108 is that when the wiping cleaning tool 100 is slid on the uneven surface to be cleaned, the elastic body 108 is elastically deformed. This is because the sheet-like cleaning body follows the surface irregularities to enable cleaning, and absorbs an impact transmitted from the irregularities on the surface to be cleaned to a cleaner who holds the operation handle 106 of the wiping device 100 to clean. .
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-described conventional wiping device 100, for example, when the wiping device 100 is advanced on the surface 110 to be cleaned, as shown in FIG. The material 112 to be cleaned is collected from the front edge 108a of the elastic body 108 to the rear edge 108b side, that is, the inside of the elastic body 108 by simply collecting (in a scraping manner) the front edge 108a of the elastic body 108. There was a problem that they did not enter the direction very much.
[0008]
Also, when the wiping tool 100 is moved backward on the surface 110 to be cleaned, the same phenomenon as described above occurs, and the elastic body is made to scrape off the substance 112 to be cleaned on the surface 110 to be cleaned. There is a problem that the substance to be cleaned 112 does not enter the front edge portion 108a side from the rear edge portion 108b of the elastic body 108, that is, the inward direction of the elastic body 108 only by being collected at the rear edge portion 108b of the elastic body 108. there were.
[0009]
Therefore, when performing the so-called zigzag operation, in which the surface to be cleaned 110 is slid while repeating the forward and backward operations while holding the operation handle 106 when performing cleaning using the above-described conventional wiping cleaning tool 100, the forward operation is performed. When switching from the reverse operation to the reverse operation, the substance 112 to be cleaned collected at the front edge 108a of the elastic body 108 is left on the surface 110 to be cleaned as it is.
[0010]
Also, when switching from the reverse operation to the forward operation, the same phenomenon as described above occurs, and the substance 112 to be cleaned collected on the rear edge 108b of the elastic body 108 is left on the surface 110 to be cleaned as it is. Was to be done.
[0011]
That is, in the above-mentioned conventional wiping cleaner, the material to be cleaned is collected at the front edge of the elastic body in the forward operation, and the material to be cleaned is collected at the rear edge of the elastic body in the backward operation. When the above-described zigzag operation is performed, there is a problem that the substance to be cleaned remains on the front part and the rear part of the wiping cleaning tool, and also corresponds to the front edge and the rear edge of the elastic body in the sheet-like cleaning body. There is a problem in that the adhesion of the substance to be cleaned is concentrated only at the site, and the sheet-like cleaning body can only partially exert the cleaning action (the action of attaching and collecting the substance to be cleaned).
[0012]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the related art, and an object of the present invention is to prevent a substance to be cleaned from being left in front of a wiping tool in a traveling direction. An object of the present invention is to provide a wiping cleaning tool that can effectively attach and collect a substance to be cleaned by effectively using a contact portion of a sheet-shaped cleaning body with a surface to be cleaned, thereby improving cleaning efficiency. Things.
[0013]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a wiper according to the present invention has a sheet-like cleaning body attached to the bottom surface of a base via an elastic body, and the cleaning object catches a substance to be cleaned on a surface to be cleaned. In the wiping cleaning tool to be collected, the elastic body is configured such that a portion that comes into contact with the sheet-like cleaning body is formed of a large number of flexible thin pieces that are arranged at intervals from each other.
[0014]
That is, in the present invention, unlike the conventional wiping cleaner, the elastic member disposed on the bottom side of the base portion has a large number of flexible members projecting from the portion in contact with the sheet-like cleaning member at intervals from each other. It is configured to have a functional flake.
[0015]
In addition, as the elastic body, it is possible to attach a large number of flexible thin pieces to the bottom surface of the base portion by implanting or the like, and to configure the elastic body only with a large number of flexible thin pieces protruding from the base portion. However, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, the elastic body 10 is composed of a base portion 10a attached to the bottom surface of the base portion 12 and a flexible thin piece 10b erected on the base portion 10a and formed to protrude. It may be configured.
[0016]
The elastic body according to the present invention can be constituted by integrally molding a flexible and elastic material such as rubber or its foam, or soft plastic or its foam, or a thermoplastic elastomer. it can.
[0017]
Here, FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the cleaning action of the wiping cleaning tool according to the present invention, and based on this, the principle of the present invention will be described. Note that, in FIG. 3, the sheet-shaped cleaning body that should be present between the tip end portion of the flexible thin piece 10b and the surface to be cleaned 110 is omitted for simplification of FIG.
[0018]
In FIG. 3, when the wiping tool is advanced in the direction of arrow A, the distal end portion of the flexible thin piece 10b scrapes off the substance 112 to be cleaned on the surface 110 to be cleaned while making contact with the surface 110 to be cleaned and curving. The material 112 to be cleaned is collected on the front side in the traveling direction of the flexible thin piece 10b. At this time, the substance to be cleaned 112 acts so as to relatively move in the direction of arrow B opposite to the direction of arrow A, which is the direction of movement of the wiping tool, and a part of the substance to be cleaned 112 is a flexible flake. The flexible thin piece 10b passes through the space between the front end portion of the flexible thin piece 10b and the surface 110 to be cleaned, and remains on the rear side in the traveling direction of the flexible thin piece 10b. Reference numeral 112 'indicates a substance to be cleaned remaining on the rear side in the traveling direction of the flexible thin piece 10b.
[0019]
In the above description, the sheet-like cleaning body is not attached to the cleaning tool so as to cover the flexible flake 10b, but the sheet-like cleaning body is covered so as to cover the flexible flake 10b. Even when is attached to the wiping cleaner, the substance to be cleaned 112 operates in the same manner as described above. That is, the distal end portion of the flexible thin piece 10b acts to scrape the substance 112 to be cleaned on the surface 110 to be cleaned while curving in contact with the surface 110 to be cleaned via the sheet-shaped cleaning body, and The substance 112 is collected on the front side in the traveling direction of the flexible flake 10b. At this time, a part of the substance to be cleaned 112 slips through between the sheet-like cleaning body covering the leading end portion of the flexible thin piece 10b and the surface to be cleaned 110, and moves toward the rear side in the traveling direction of the flexible thin piece 10b. However, when the cleaning target substance 112 tries to pass through between the sheet-like cleaning body that covers the distal end portion of the flexible flake 10b and the cleaning target surface 110, the cleaning target substance 112 is not cleaned. The substance to be cleaned 112 is adhered to the sheet-like cleaning body because the substance to be cleaned 112 is strongly rubbed against the body. FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the elastic body 10 according to the present invention, showing an arrangement pattern of the flexible thin pieces 10b.
[0020]
In the arrangement pattern shown in FIG. 4, the flexible thin pieces 10b are arranged with a predetermined gap therebetween and obliquely in the longitudinal direction with respect to each operation direction (the direction of the arrow A and the direction of the arrow C).
[0021]
More specifically, the flexible flakes 10b-1 to 10b-4 in each row are spaced apart from each other so as to be parallel to each other, and are arranged so that the longitudinal direction is oblique to the cleaning direction. Further, the flexible flakes 10b in the rows adjacent to each other are arranged so as to be inclined in opposite directions. Further, when the flexible flakes 10b in the rows adjacent to each other are arranged so as to be inclined in the opposite direction, they are arranged to be shifted from each other by a half pitch.
[0022]
Therefore, according to the arrangement pattern shown in FIG. 4, the substance 112 to be cleaned, which moves in the direction (arrow B direction) relatively opposite to the operation direction (arrow A direction) of the wiping cleaning tool, firstly is in the first row. The flexible thin piece 10b-1 is reached. Here, the flexible flakes 10b-1 to 10b-4 in each row are spaced apart from each other so as to be parallel to each other, and are arranged so that the longitudinal direction is oblique to the cleaning direction. Therefore, the substance 112 to be cleaned reaching the flexible flake 10b-1 easily moves in the direction of the flexible flake 10b-2. Further, the substance to be cleaned 112 moves from the flexible flake 10b-2 to the flexible flake 10b-3 and from the flexible flake 10b-3 to the flexible flake 10b-4 in the same manner as described above. .
[0023]
Thus, the substance 112 to be cleaned guided by the flexible flakes 10b-1 to 10b-4 moves inward of the elastic body 10.
[0024]
As described above, the substance to be cleaned 112 moves inward of the elastic body 10 while being guided by each of the flexible flakes 10b. At this time, a part of the substance to be cleaned 112 is removed from each of the flexible flakes 10b. Attempts to pass through between the sheet-like cleaning body covering the leading end portion and the surface to be cleaned 110, and at this time, the sheet-like cleaning body covering the leading end portion of each flexible thin piece 10b is strongly rubbed and adhered.
[0025]
As a result, the substance to be cleaned 112 can be adhered by effectively utilizing the entire contact surface of the sheet-shaped cleaning body with the surface to be cleaned 110.
[0026]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of a wiper according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0027]
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of the embodiment of the wiping cleaner according to the present invention, FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the elastic body viewed from the direction of arrow D in FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a bottom perspective view of the elastic body. is there.
[0028]
The wiping and cleaning tool 20 in this embodiment includes a base portion 22 formed of a substantially flat plastic injection molded product or the like, and the upper surface of the base portion 22 is freely movable in all directions including front, rear, left, right, and oblique directions. An operation handle 26 is provided upright via a universal joint 24 capable of changing the direction.
[0029]
Further, clamps 30 for holding the sheet-like cleaning body 28 on the base 22 are provided on both left and right sides of the upper surface of the base 22.
[0030]
Further, an elastic body 32 integrally molded of rubber or its foam, soft plastic or its foam, or thermoplastic elastomer is detachably fitted to the base portion 22.
[0031]
The elastic body 32 includes a base 32a for detachably fitting to the base 22, and a number of flexible thin pieces 32b protruding from the base 32.
[0032]
The arrangement pattern of the flexible flakes 32b will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. This arrangement pattern is an application of the arrangement pattern shown in FIG. 4, and each flexible flake 32b has a predetermined gap. And the longitudinal direction is obliquely arranged with respect to each operation direction (the direction of arrow E and the direction of arrow F).
[0033]
More specifically, the arrangement pattern of the flexible lamina 32b is on the 6, arranged substantially vertically symmetrically in a substantially symmetrical or center line O ₂ as the center around the center line O ₁ of the elastic body 32 ing.
[0034]
The flexible thin pieces 32b of each row extending in the left-right direction on FIG. 6 are spaced apart from each other so as to be parallel to each other, and are arranged so that the longitudinal direction is oblique to the cleaning direction. Further, the flexible flakes 32b in a row substantially adjacent to each other are arranged so as to be inclined in opposite directions. Further, when the flexible thin pieces 32b in the rows adjacent to each other are arranged so as to be inclined in the opposite direction, they are arranged to be shifted from each other by a half pitch.
[0035]
Therefore, according to the wiping tool 20 provided with the elastic body 32 having the flexible thin pieces 32b of the arrangement pattern shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the moving member moves in the direction opposite to the operation direction of the wiping member. The cleaning substance (not shown) is guided by each flexible thin piece 32b and guided inward of the elastic body 32, and comes into contact with the cleaning surface (not shown) of the sheet-like cleaning body 28. The substance to be cleaned can be adhered by effectively utilizing the entire surface.
[0036]
Therefore, the substance to be cleaned does not remain in front of the wiping device 20 in the traveling direction, and the substance to be cleaned is attached and collected by effectively utilizing the entire contact area of the sheet-like cleaning body 28 with the surface to be cleaned. Cleaning efficiency can be significantly improved.
[0037]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention is configured as described above, and has the following effects.
[0038]
That is, the present invention is a wiping cleaning tool that attaches a sheet-like cleaning body to the bottom side of the base portion via an elastic body and collects a substance to be cleaned on the surface to be cleaned by the sheet-like cleaning body. Since the portion in contact with the sheet-like cleaning body is formed by a large number of flexible thin pieces arranged at intervals from each other, the substance to be cleaned is not left in front of the wiper in the traveling direction. In addition, a material to be cleaned can be attached and collected by effectively using a contact portion of the sheet-shaped cleaning body with the surface to be cleaned, and an excellent effect that cleaning efficiency can be improved can be achieved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional wiping cleaner.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a cleaning action in a conventional wiping cleaning tool.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the cleaning action of the wiping cleaning tool according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an arrangement pattern of flexible flakes of the wiper according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a wiping cleaning tool according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the elastic body according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a bottom perspective view of an elastic body according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10, 32 Elastic body 10a, 32a Base part 10b, 32b Flexible flake 12,22 Base part 20 Wiping cleaner 24 Universal joint 26 Operating handle 28 Sheet-like cleaning body 30 Clamp 110 Surface to be cleaned 112 Material to be cleaned

Claims (3)

In a wiping tool for mounting a sheet-like cleaning body via an elastic body on the bottom side of the base portion and collecting a substance to be cleaned on a surface to be cleaned by the sheet-like cleaning body,
A wiping and cleaning tool, wherein a plurality of flexible flakes are formed in a portion in contact with the sheet-like cleaning body so as to be spaced apart from each other and to have a longitudinal direction oblique to a cleaning direction. The wiping cleaning tool according to claim 1,
Along with spacing from each other, a plurality of rows of the flexible flakes arranged so that the longitudinal direction is oblique to the cleaning direction,
A wiper according to claim 1, wherein said flexible flakes in adjacent rows are arranged to have opposite inclinations. The wiping tool according to claim 2,
A wiper characterized in that flexible flakes arranged in rows adjacent to each other are arranged with a pitch shifted from each other.

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