JP3777042B2 - Mop holder - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mop holder for holding a mop having a bag-like or tunnel-like opening covering portion formed on the upper surface, a supporting piece inserted into the opening covering portion, and one end portion in the length direction of the supporting piece. More particularly, the present invention relates to a mop holder suitable for a handy type having a short handle held by one hand.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As shown in FIG. 11, this kind of mop holder includes a long spatula-shaped support piece 41 and a handle 42, and a holding lever 44 is provided at the base portion 42 a of the handle 42 so as to be rotatable around a hinge 46, for example. The surface of the opening covering portion 6 of the mop M is pressed by the tip of the presser lever 44. Although not shown, the presser lever 44 is locked in a presser state by a detent mechanism using a spring and a ball.
[0003]
When mounting the mop M, the presser lever 44 is lifted in the direction of arrow D against the spring of the detent mechanism or the like, the support piece 41 is inserted into the opening covering portion 6 of the mop M, and then the presser lever 44 is returned, The presser is held by the detent mechanism.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
When the mop M is mounted in the conventional structure of FIG. 11, the operation of pulling up the lever 44 as described above, the operation of inserting the support piece 41 into the opening covering portion 6 of the mop M, and the insertion of the presser lever 44 after further insertion. The operation of returning and locking by the detent mechanism is required, and the operation procedure increases.
Also, it is conceivable that the lever 44 opens against the detent mechanism due to impact or the like. In this case, once the lever 44 is opened, it does not automatically return to the engaged state, and the mop falls off or shifts. Or
[0005]
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a mop holder that can easily hold the mop simply by inserting it into the opening covering portion of the mop, and can maintain the moped against the mop even if an impact or the like is applied. The purpose is that.
[0006]
[Means for achieving the objectives]
In order to achieve the above object, a mop holder according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided on a support piece for supporting the mop by being inserted into the opening covering portion of the mop, and at one end portion in the length direction of the support piece. In the mop holder consisting of handles,
A sliding body having a locking claw, which is slidably provided between a meshing position where the locking claw is engaged with the opening covering portion inserted into the support piece and a separation position away from the opening covering portion, and an elastic member Comprising a slide body biased to the biting position by
The slide body has a cam surface that pushes the slide body away from the elastic force of the elastic member by contacting the opening cover when the support piece is inserted into the opening cover. It is characterized by.
[0007]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the mop holder according to the first aspect, a release button is formed integrally with the slide body, and the release button is slidably exposed on the upper surface of the handle.
[0008]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the mop holder according to the second aspect, the root portion of the handle is coupled to the support piece in an inclined posture, and the slide body and the release button are slid along the inclination direction of the root portion. It is characterized by being possible.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 10 is an overall perspective view of a mop holder according to the present invention showing a state in which a mop is mounted. The mop holder is formed on an elongated plate-like support piece 1 and one end in the length direction of the support piece 1. And a handle 2 that extends to the opposite side of the support piece 1. In the following description, it is assumed that the longitudinal direction of the support piece 1 is the front-rear direction, and the front end side of the support piece is the front side as indicated by arrows in the drawing.
[0010]
The mop M to be mounted on the mop holder has a large number of piles 5 planted on the bottom surface of an oval base fabric 4 made of campus or the like, and the top surface of the base fabric 4 has openings at both ends in the front-rear direction. A tunnel-shaped opening covering portion 6 having 7 is provided. The support piece 1 is inserted into the opening covering portion 6 from behind to hold the mop M.
[0011]
FIG. 2 shows a side view, wherein the base portion 2 a of the handle 2 is inclined so as to extend rearward and upward relative to the support piece 1, and the grip portion 2 b extends substantially parallel to the support piece 1. . A slit 13 into which the covering portion 6 is inserted by opening toward the front is formed at a joint portion between the root portion 2a and the support piece 1.
[0012]
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a mop holder. The front end of the support piece 1 is formed in a semicircular shape so that it can be easily inserted into the covering portion 6, and a release button 16 is slidable in the front-rear direction on the upper surface of the handle base portion 2a An oval opening 7 is formed. As shown in FIG. 3 in the bottom view, a slide body storage chamber 22 is formed in the handle base portion 2a, and a cover portion integral with the lower surface of the release button 16 is formed in the slide body storage chamber 22. The stopping slide body 11 and a guide plate 14 integrally formed on the lower surface of the release button 16 are accommodated. An opening 8 having a shape corresponding to the slide body storage chamber 22 is also formed in the support piece 1, and the front portion of the opening 8 is a rectangular opening 8 a having a width slightly wider than the left and right width W 1 of the slide body 11. ing.
[0013]
4 is a side view of a single body of the slide body 11. The slide body 11 is formed so as to be inclined rearward, and a round rod-shaped guide rod 15 is provided at a lower position of the guide plate 14 at the rear end portion. The guide rod 15 and the guide plate 14 are formed integrally with each other and extend rearward in a rearwardly rising manner with the same inclination as the slide body 11. A plurality of (for example, three) locking claws 18 are formed in a saw blade shape on the lower surface of the front end portion of the slide body 11, and a guide protrusion 20 that projects forward and upward is integrally formed on the front end portion of the slide body 11. Is formed. Each of the locking claws 18 has a rear end surface formed in a substantially vertical shape, but the front end surface 18a is inclined forwardly, and the front end surface 18a of the foremost locking claw 18 extends forward and upward. The cam surface 19 is formed. A concave portion having a partially spherical shape is formed on the upper surface of the release button 16 so that a finger can be placed on the release button 16 and slid upward.
[0014]
FIG. 5 is a view taken in the direction of arrow V in FIG. 4. The release button 16 is formed in a circular shape when viewed from above, and the guide plate 14 is set to have the same lateral width as the lateral width W2 of the release button 16. Is formed in a semicircular shape. On the other hand, the left and right width W1 of the slide body 11 is narrowed to about 1/3 to 1/2 of the left and right width W2 of the release button 16.
[0015]
6 is an enlarged partial plan view of the handle base 2a shown with the release button 16 and the like of FIG. 1 removed, and the slide body storage chamber 22 has a rear end at the rear end of the opening 7 as indicated by a broken line. Further, a shallow shallow groove 26 for receiving a spring is formed while extending further rearward. The first half of the slide body storage chamber 22 has a narrow slide body slide path 27 by extending the vertical wall surfaces on the left and right sides toward the center of the left and right width. It extends further forward than the front end.
[0016]
FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line VII-VII in FIG. 1, and the lower surface of the slide body storage chamber 22 formed in the handle base 2a is downward through the slit 13 and the openings 8, 8a of the support piece 1 and the like. The upper surface of the slide body storage chamber 22 is inclined rearwardly along the upper surface of the handle base portion 2a. As shown in FIG. 9, the slide body 11 is fitted in the slide body sliding path 27, and is slidable in the directions of arrows A1 and A2 substantially in parallel with the upper surface of the root portion 2a of FIG. The front-end guide protrusion 20 is in sliding contact with the front-end upper surface 22a of the slide body storage chamber 22, the rear upper surface of the guide plate 14 is in sliding contact with the rear-end upper surface 22b of the slide body storage chamber 22, and the engaging claws 18 are slits. 13 protrudes. A coil spring 28 fitted into the guide rod 15 is contracted between the rear end edge of the slide body 11 and the bottom shallow groove 26, and is brought into a meshing position shown in FIG. 7 by the elastic force of the coil spring 28. The slide body 11 is energized, and the front end edge of the release button 16 is locked by coming into contact with the front end edge of the opening 7. The shallow shallow groove 26 is continuous from the opening 8 of the support piece 1 to the upper surface of the slide body storage chamber 22, and the coil spring 28 is inserted from the bottom side to a predetermined position of the slide body storage chamber 22 and does not move at the predetermined position. So that it can be stabilized.
[0017]
FIG. 8 shows a state in which the slide body 11 has moved to the separation position. By sliding the release button 16 in the direction of the arrow A2, the slide body 11 is slid in the direction of the arrow A2 against the spring 28. In this state, the pawl 18 is pulled up.
[0018]
[Action]
A mop attaching / detaching method will be described. When the mop is mounted, the support piece 1 is inserted into the opening covering portion 6 of the mop M from the rear as shown in FIG. 1, but in the final step of the insertion work, as shown in FIG. When the rear end portion is inserted into the slit 13 and the rear end portion of the covering portion 6 comes into contact with the cam surface 19 of the slide body 11, the cover portion 6 is opened while relatively pushing the slide body 11 rearward and upward. Inserted. Further, since each of the locking claws 18 has a front end surface 18 a that has a forward-facing insertion shape, the covering portion 6 is inserted to the innermost end of the slit 13 without being caught by the locking claws 18.
[0019]
The insertion of the mop M is automatically completed by inserting the rear end portion of the covering portion 6 to the innermost end of the slit 13. That is, when the slide body 11 is urged by the spring 28 in the direction of the arrow A1, the locking claw 18 is automatically engaged with the covering portion 6. Moreover, since the shape of the latching claw 18 is a shape of insertion, even if a force in the pulling direction is applied to the covering portion 6, the forward displacement of the mop is prevented, and the dropping is prevented.
[0020]
When removing the mop M, the release button 16 is slid in the direction of the arrow A2 with the finger of the hand holding the handle 2, thereby pulling the locking claw 18 away from the surface of the opening covering 6 as shown in FIG. Remove mop M. Then, when the finger is released from the release button 16, the slide body 11 is automatically returned to the engagement position of FIG. 7 by the spring 28.
[0021]
[Other embodiments]
(1) The shape of the support piece 1 is a long rectangle in FIG. 1, but may be an ellipse. As the elastic member, a tension type coil spring or a leaf spring can be used.
[0022]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the present invention
(1) A support piece 1 that is inserted into the opening covering portion 6 of the mop M and supports the mop M, and a handle 2 provided at one end of the support piece 1 in the length direction. A sliding body 11 is slidably provided between a meshing position where the locking claw 18 is meshed with the opening covering portion 6 by an elastic member such as a spring 28 and a separating position where the latching claw 18 is separated. When the support piece 1 is inserted into the portion 6, the cam surface 19 that pushes the slide body 11 away from the elastic force of the spring 28 by the contact of the opening covering portion 6 is formed. By simply inserting the support piece 1 into the stopper 6, the locking claw 18 can automatically bite into the covering portion 6 and can be held so as not to fall off. Therefore, the mop can be easily attached and the hands are not soiled by a detergent or the like that penetrates the mop.
[0023]
Since the engaging claw 18 is engaged with the mop by using the elastic force of an elastic body such as the spring 28, even if the mop holder is impacted, the engagement state by the engaging claw 18 is maintained and is always stable. In this state, the mop M can be held.
[0024]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to remove the mop M by simply sliding the release button 16 and pull out the mop M, so that the mop removal work is easy, and after the removal, By simply releasing the release button 16, the slide body 11 automatically returns to the original biting position, and no extra operation is required.
[0025]
According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the release button 16 is disposed at the root portion 2a of the handle 2 that extends obliquely with respect to the support piece 1, the release button 16 can be easily operated with a finger of the hand holding the handle. The release operation becomes easier.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a mop holder to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a view taken along arrow II in FIG.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged partial view taken along arrow III in FIG.
FIG. 4 is a side view of the slide body alone (viewed along arrow IV in FIG. 5).
FIG. 5 is a view taken in the direction of arrow V in FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged plan view of a handle base portion shown with a slide body and the like removed.
7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line VII-VII in FIG. 1 showing the state of the biting position.
8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. 1 showing a state of the separated position.
9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IX-IX in FIG.
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a mop holder showing a mop wearing state.
FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a conventional example.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Supporting piece 2 Handle 2a Handle base part 7 Button opening 11 Slide body 14 Guide plate 15 Guide rod 16 Release button 18 Locking claw 18a Front end surface 19 Cam surface 22 Slide body storage chamber 28 Coil spring (elastic body)

Claims (3)

In a mop holder comprising a support piece that is inserted into the opening covering portion of the mop and supports the mop, and a handle provided at one end in the length direction of the support piece,
A sliding body having a locking claw, which is slidably provided between a meshing position where the locking claw is engaged with the opening covering portion inserted into the support piece and a separation position away from the opening covering portion, and an elastic member Comprising a slide body biased to the biting position by
The slide body has a cam surface that pushes the slide body away from the elastic force of the elastic member by contacting the opening cover when the support piece is inserted into the opening cover. Mop holder characterized by. 2. The mop holder according to claim 1, wherein a release button is formed integrally with the slide body, and the release button is slidably exposed on the upper surface of the handle. 3. The mop holder according to claim 2, wherein the base part of the handle is coupled to the support piece in an inclined posture, and the slide body and the release button are slidable along the inclination direction of the base part. Mop holder.

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