JP3628171B2 - Cleaning mop - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a cleaning mop used to remove dust. The present invention relates to a cleaning mop suitable for disposable use, which is particularly simple and inexpensive to manufacture.
[0002]
[Prior art and problems to be solved by the invention]
Conventionally, various articles have been used as articles used for cleaning.
As a cleaning mop used to remove dust between furniture and furniture and uneven parts of furniture and furnishings indoors, there are generally many mop piles of cotton and other yarn twisted on a cloth base fabric What is sewn is fastened to the holder and used. However, since the mop pile is made of cotton or the like, the mop pile is relatively heavy, and it takes a lot of trouble to replace a new one with a holder when the mop becomes dirty. Also, it is too expensive to be a disposable product.
[0003]
On the other hand, disposable products using a nonwoven fabric that are used by being attached to a cleaning tool such as a mop for cleaning are simple to use and are widely available on the market. In these cleaning tools, the surface of the nonwoven fabric is a wiping surface, and the wiping surface is a flat surface. For example, JP-A-9-154791 discloses a cleaning cloth in which a non-woven fabric is bonded and a space for inserting a holder is provided on the inside. If this cleaning cloth gets dirty, you can easily replace it with a new one. However, since the shape of the wiping surface is fixed in the form of a holder inserted into the cleaning cloth, it is difficult to clean a place having an uneven portion or a curved portion.
[0004]
The objective of this invention is providing the mop for cleaning which can be manufactured simply and cheaply as a cleaning article which can wipe an uneven | corrugated | grooved part and a curved part.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The objects and advantages of the present invention are that a large number of heat-bondable fibers or heat-bondable strip-shaped films are densely formed to form a brush, and the fibers or strip-shaped films are heat-bonded to a base sheet. It is achieved by a cleaning mop characterized by that.
[0006]
Since the brush is formed in the cleaning mop of the present invention, even if it is attached to a holder or the like having a flat attachment surface, the uneven portion and the curved portion can be wiped off by the brush. Further, since the brush is formed by bonding to a base sheet by heat fusion using a heat-bondable fiber or a heat-bondable strip-like film, the brush is manufactured easily and inexpensively. be able to.
[0007]
When the fibers or strips of film are gathered into layers, the layers of the fibers or strips of film are folded in half, and the folds are heat-sealed to the base sheet to form a brush. Is easy and preferable.
[0008]
The brush of the cleaning article of the present invention preferably has a configuration in which the thickness of the fiber or strip-like film is different from the outer layer to the inner layer. Different types of dust can be removed depending on the thickness of the fiber or strip-like film. In this case, it is more preferable that the outer layer fiber or strip film of the brush is thinner than the inner layer fiber or strip film.
[0009]
Moreover, it is also preferable to set it as the structure from which the rigidity of a fiber or a strip-shaped film differs from the outer layer of a brush to an inner layer instead of the fiber or strip-shaped film from which thickness differs. Different types of dust can be taken depending on the difference in rigidity of the fiber or strip-like film. In this case, it is more preferable that the outer layer fiber or strip film of the brush has lower rigidity than the inner layer fiber or strip film.
[0010]
In the cleaning mop of the present invention, the base sheet is preferably formed in a bag shape for easy attachment / detachment from the holder.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view when a cleaning mop according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted on a holder, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a method for manufacturing a brush according to an embodiment of the present invention . Note that FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a brush fiber as a reference example, and FIG. 4B is an explanatory diagram showing a manufacturing process of the brush as a reference example.
The cleaning mop 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a brush 4 formed by fusing a fiber or strip-like film 2 to a base sheet 3. As shown in FIG. 4 , the brush 4 is formed by joining a large number of fibers or strip-like films 2 to the base sheet 3 at the joint 7. When the cleaning mop 1 of the present invention is used for cleaning, the brush 4 can be used to wipe the concavo-convex portion and the curved portion.
[0012]
As a manufacturing method of this brush 4, as shown to FIG. 3 (A), many fiber or the strip-shaped film 2 is first laminated | stacked on the base material sheet 3 at layered form. Each fiber or each fiber of the strip-shaped film 2 extends in the X direction. In FIG. 3 (B) which is a reference example , the fiber or the strip-shaped film 2 is joined to the base sheet 3 by thermal fusion toward the Y direction orthogonal to the X direction at the center portion in the X direction . In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of fibers or strip-like films 2 stacked in layers are folded in two and joined by thermal fusion to form the brush 4, and then the brush The joint portion 7 of 4 is joined to the base sheet 3 by heat fusion . Alternatively, the joining portion 7 may be formed by folding the fiber or strip-shaped film 2 into two layers and directly heat-sealing the folded portion to the base sheet 3. As described above, the brush 4 can be easily formed on the base sheet 3. The cleaning mop 1 of the present invention formed as described above has the brush 4 having almost the same length.
[0013]
In order to easily manufacture the cleaning mop 1 of the present invention, the layer of the fiber or strip-shaped film 2 is folded in two, and the fold portion is heat-sealed to the base sheet 3 to form a brush. It only has to be done. Moreover, as shown to FIG. 2 (B), you may join to the base material sheet 3 in the part which is not the center part in the X direction of the fiber or the strip-shaped film 2. In addition, when a large number of brushes are formed on the cleaning mop, the positions of the folds may be different depending on each brush.
[0014]
The cleaning mop 1 of the present invention can be formed of a single portion or a plurality of portions having a single row of brushes as shown in FIG. For example, in the cleaning mop 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2A, two base material sheets 3 having a line of brushes are joined together, and the base material sheets 3 are heat-sealed to each other at the joint portions 3a and 3b. Can be formed by bonding. Moreover, a bag can be formed with the two base material sheets 3. The cleaning mop of the present invention can adjust the number and amount of brushes according to the place of use.
[0015]
As shown in FIG. 2 (A), the brush 4 of the cleaning mop can also be formed of fibers or strip-like films 2 having different thicknesses from the outer layer 4b of the brush 4 and the inner layer 4a . As shown in FIG. 3 (A), the fiber or strip-shaped film 2a forming the brush inner layer 4a is layered on the fiber or strip-shaped film 2b forming the brush outer layer 4b. It can be formed by heat sealing. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, after the fiber or strip-shaped film 2b forming the outer layer 4b and the fiber or strip-shaped film 2a forming the inner layer 4a are overlapped, they are folded in two so that the inner layer 4a is inside. Then, it can be formed by heat-sealing to the base sheet 3. By using a combination of fibers or strip films having various thicknesses, different types of dust are removed from each fiber or strip film 2 during cleaning. Therefore, the cleaning effect can be further increased.
[0016]
When forming a brush using fibers or strip-like films having different thicknesses, it is preferable that the fibers or strip-like film 2b of the outer layer 4b are thinner than the fibers or strip-like film 2a of the inner layer 4a. By using the outer layer 4b as a thin fiber or strip-like film, dust and dirt scraped off by the inner layer 4a are captured by the thin fiber or strip-like film as the outer layer 4b. Therefore, the dust and dust that have been removed will not be scattered.
[0017]
Moreover, in the mop for cleaning of this invention, what has a different rigidity can also be used instead of using the fiber or strip-like film from which the thickness of a fiber differs. The difference in rigidity can be changed depending on the raw materials constituting the fibers and the strip-shaped film.
When fibers or strip-like films having different rigidity are used, it is preferable that the fibers or strip-like film 2b forming the outer layer 4b have lower rigidity than the fibers or strip-like film 2a forming the inner layer 4a. After scraping hard dust and dust with the fibers or strip film 2a of the inner layer 4a having high rigidity, the scraped dust and dust are captured by the fibers or strip film 2b of the outer layer 4b. Therefore, the dust and dust that are paid out are not scattered.
[0018]
Moreover, it is preferable that the length of the fiber or strip-shaped film which comprises the brush 4 is 6 cm or more. In this case, in the brush 4 formed as shown in FIG. 3, the length of the brush is approximately 3 cm or more. This is because if the length of the brush 4 is equal to or greater than the upper limit, the effect of entwining the hair during cleaning is improved. Further, it is more preferable that the length of the hair of the fiber or strip-shaped film is 10 cm or more, that is, the length of the hair of the brush 4 is about 5 cm or more. When the length of the hair of the brush 4 is long, it is possible to clean an uneven portion or a curved portion having a deep recess.
[0019]
In the cleaning mop 1 of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2C, the length of the fiber or strip film 2b forming the outer layer 4b and the fiber or strip film 2a forming the inner layer 4a is set. Can be different.
Note that the brush of the cleaning mop of the present invention is not limited to being formed of two layers, and may be a brush having three or more layers.
[0020]
In the cleaning mop 1 of the present invention, the base sheet 3 is formed in a bag shape as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2A. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the cleaning mop 1 can be used for a cleaning operation by inserting a holder 10 into an opening 5 of a bag formed of a base sheet 3. By making the base sheet 3 into a bag shape, the holder 10 can be easily attached and detached. The holder 10 to which the cleaning mop of the present invention is attached is not limited to the shape held by the hand as shown in FIG. The bag may be used by attaching it to a so-called floor wiping holder, or may be used by holding the bag portion by hand. Or even if a base material sheet is not formed in a bag shape, it can be held and used by hand.
[0021]
Any material can be used as the base sheet 3 as long as it has a strength that can be used, such as a nonwoven fabric formed by a spunbond method, a resin film, and a cloth containing synthetic fibers. For example, if the basis weight of the base material sheet 3 is about 10 to 50 g / m ² , the necessary strength can be obtained. However, it is preferable that the base sheet 3 contains fibers that can be heat-sealed in order to join the brush. In this case, the step of forming the base sheet 3 into a bag shape can also be performed by heat fusion.
The fiber or strip-like film 2 can be heat-sealed. In order to join the fiber or strip-shaped film 2 and the base material sheet 3, heat treatment (heat embossing roll processing) or ultrasonic welding means can be used.
[0022]
As the fiber, for example, what is generally called tow can be used. The fiber is manufactured from, for example, polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon, polyester, rayon and the like.
As the strip-like film, a sheet-like one such as a nonwoven fabric or a film can be made into a strip-like shape having a very short width dimension, and the strip-like sheet can be used as a bundle. For example, it is a bundle of non-woven fabrics that are cut at relatively narrow intervals. A conventionally well-known thing can be used for this nonwoven fabric and film. As for the shape of the strip-like film, those having an appropriate thickness and width capable of trapping and catching dust and the like are preferable.
[0023]
When fibers or strip-like films having different rigidity are used in the outer layer 4b and the inner layer 4a of the brush 4, for example, the fiber or strip-like film 2a constituting the inner layer 4a of the brush is a split yarn using polypropylene and polyethylene, and the outer layer 4b. When a tow using polyester and polyethylene is used for the fibers or strip-like film 2b constituting the, the cleaning mop 1 having different rigidity between the outer layer 4b and the inner layer 4a can be obtained.
In order to easily adsorb dust or the like, the cleaning mop 1 of the present invention preferably contains an oil. Examples of the oil agent include mineral oil such as paraffin, synthetic oil such as polyolefin, silicone oil, and surfactant.
[0024]
In addition to the solid oils described above, the cleaning mop according to the present invention can contain substances such as deodorants, moisturizers, antibacterial agents, and the like.
The mop 1 for cleaning of the present invention can be fluffed by applying air or mechanical force to the brush 4 portion. When the mop 1 for cleaning of the present invention is put on the market as a product, the ability of the brush 4 to be fluffy before use can immediately give the ability to remove dust during use. Even if the brush 4 is used for cleaning in a state where the brush 4 is not fluffed, the brush 4 becomes fluffy as the cleaning mop 1 of the present invention is used. Therefore, the brush 4 need not be fluffed in advance.
[0025]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, by using the cleaning mop of the present invention, it is possible to wipe off dust and dirt on the uneven portion and the curved portion regardless of the shape of the holder to be mounted. In particular, depending on the type of fiber or strip-like film that forms the brush, the fiber or film is thinner than a mop made of a normal cotton pile, so that it can enter a fine gap to remove dust and dirt.
[0027]
Moreover, since the cleaning mop of the present invention uses heat-bondable fibers or strip-like films, the cleaning mop can be easily and inexpensively manufactured by heat sealing.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view when the cleaning mop of the present invention is mounted on a holder. FIG. 2 shows a reference example of the cleaning mop, and (A), (B), and (C) are respectively cleaning mops. Sectional view of
FIG. 3A is a perspective view showing a state in which fibers or strip-like films are stacked on a base sheet, and FIG. 3B is an explanatory view showing a conventional method of manufacturing a brush as a reference example.
Illustration of Figure 4 cleaning mop brush manufacturing method of the embodiment of the present invention Description of Reference Numerals]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cleaning mop 2 Fiber or strip-shaped film 3 Base material sheet 4 Brush 4a Brush inner layer 4b Brush outer layer 5 Opening 7 Joining part 10 Holder X The direction where a fiber or strip-shaped film extends

Claims (7)

Numerous heat sealable fibers densely formed is brush, the cleaning mop said textiles are thermally fused to the substrate sheet,
A cleaning mop characterized in that the fibers are gathered into layers, the fiber layer is folded in half, and the brush layers are formed by joining the fiber layers to each other by thermal fusion at the folded portion. . In a cleaning mop in which a large number of heat-sealable strip-shaped films are densely formed and a brush is formed, and the strip-shaped film is heat-sealed to a base sheet,
The strip-shaped film is combined into a layered shape, and the layer of the strip-shaped film is folded in two, and the layer of the strip-shaped film is joined to each other by heat fusion to form the brush. Characteristic cleaning mop. The mop for cleaning according to claim 2, wherein the strip-shaped film is a nonwoven fabric or a strip of film . The cleaning mop according to claim 3, wherein the strip-shaped film is a nonwoven fabric cut . The cleaning mop according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the folded brush is used alone . The cleaning mop according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a plurality of two-folded brushes are used together . The cleaning mop according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the base sheet is formed in a bag shape and is detachable from the holder.

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