JP4931470B2 - Baby bottle cleaning tool - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a baby bottle cleaning tool that is particularly convenient when cleaning the inner surface of a baby bottle.

  A conventional baby bottle cleaning tool has a brush shape with a handle like a general cup cleaning tool. A brush-shaped cleaning tool in the form of a brush with a handle is provided with a brush made of sponge, nonwoven fabric or the like that is inserted into the baby bottle and cleans the inner surface of the baby bottle at one end of a rod-shaped handle that is held by the user.

Also, a baby bottle cleaning tool comprising a silicon brush that is inserted into a baby bottle to clean the inner surface of the baby bottle, and a handle that is rotated by a user outside the baby bottle to rotate the brush inside the baby bottle. Has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent No. 3722799

However, the baby bottle cleaning tool in the form of a brush with a handle is large because it has a handle.
Moreover, the baby bottle cleaning tool disclosed in Patent Document 1 is large because it includes a handle.

Moreover, the conventional baby bottle cleaning tool as described above is large because it includes a support member that retains and supports a brush made of sponge, nonwoven fabric, silicon, or the like.
Moreover, when the shape of the shape-retained brush does not completely correspond to the shape of the inner surface of the baby bottle, the contact between the brush and the inner surface of the baby bottle is insufficient, which may cause insufficient cleaning.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a brush portion on the feeding member and to feed the baby bottle into the baby bottle. An object of the present invention is to provide a baby bottle cleaning tool that can be reliably cleaned.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a baby bottle cleaning tool that can be accommodated in a more compact size by adopting a configuration in which a brush portion is detachably bound by an annular member.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide a baby bottle cleaning tool having a simple shape by providing a brush portion having one end fixed to the inside of a bottomed cylindrical charging member and charging it into the baby bottle. It is to provide.

Baby bottle cleaning device according to the first invention, it of a plurality of fibers having a bottomed cylindrical shape having an opening on one side, a dosing member which is introduced into the interior baby bottle, the ridges along the long side direction Ri and a said brush unit to be introduced together with the dosing member to the internal feeding bottles, characterized in that one end of the brush portion is inserted and fixed in the opening of the dosing member.

  The baby bottle cleaning tool according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized by detachably including an annular member that binds the brush portion.

  In the baby bottle cleaning tool according to the first aspect of the present invention, the user inserts the charging member provided with the brush portion into the baby bottle, for example, by appropriately shaking the baby bottle, so that the inner surface of the baby bottle to be cleaned is Wash.

That is, the baby bottle cleaning tool of the present invention is a small size that can be put into the baby bottle. And since the brush part is not shape-retained, the shape of a brush part deform | transforms freely according to the shape of the inner surface of a baby bottle. That is, the brush portion sufficiently contacts the inner surface of the baby bottle regardless of the shape inside the baby bottle.
Further, the brush portion is made of a fiber having a protruding portion along the longitudinal direction thereof, that is, an irregular cross-section fiber, and the frictional force between the brush portion and the inner surface of the baby bottle is the same as that of the brush portion made of a normal circular cross-section fiber and the inner surface of the baby bottle. Greater than frictional force.

As a result of the above, the baby bottle cleaning tool of the present invention is suitable for cleaning the inner surface of the baby bottle which is easy to remove the dirt on the inner surface of the baby bottle, and further uses a detergent for the inner surface of the baby bottle with less fouling. The amount can be reduced.
Moreover, when using the baby bottle cleaning tool of the present invention, a brush portion is provided on the one side of the bottomed cylindrical charging member having an opening on one side. Specifically, one end side of the fiber constituting the brush portion is inserted through the opening of the feeding member and fixed inside the feeding member. That is, the baby bottle cleaning tool has a simple shape and is easy to manufacture.

In the baby bottle cleaning tool of the second invention, when the baby bottle is not washed, the brush part can be compactly gathered by attaching the annular member and binding the brush part. That is, the small baby bottle cleaning tool can be further reduced in size to facilitate storage.
On the other hand, when cleaning a baby bottle, the annular member can be detached to release the binding of the brush part, so that the form of the baby bottle cleaning tool can be freely changed by using / not using the baby bottle cleaning tool And user convenience can be improved.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings illustrating embodiments thereof.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a baby bottle cleaning tool 1 according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where the annular member 4 is attached to the brush portion 3 provided in the baby bottle cleaning tool 1.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the modified cross-section fiber 31 forming the brush portion 3.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the baby bottle cleaning tool 1 includes an input member 2 and a brush portion 3.

The input member 2 is made of a synthetic resin and has a bottomed cylindrical shape having an opening on one side. Since the charging member 2 is charged into the inside of the baby bottle B (see FIG. 4), it has a size sufficiently smaller than the size inside the baby bottle B. The feeding member 2 has a hardness that does not damage the baby bottle B when it comes into contact with the baby bottle B made of glass, synthetic resin, or the like.
On the other side (bottom side of the bottomed cylindrical shape) of the feeding member 2, a hanging string 6 is provided for hanging and drying the baby bottle cleaning tool 1 when the baby bottle cleaning tool 1 is not used, and for storage. ing.

The brush portion 3 is provided on one side of the input member 2.
The brush portion 3 is made of 100% polyester, and is composed of a plurality of yarn-like washing hairs 30, 30,.
Each of the cleaning hairs 30, 30,... Is a fixed end that is inserted into the opening of the charging member 2 at one end (base end) side, and the other end (tip) side is a free end. Since each washing hair 30 is introduced into the baby bottle B together with the feeding member 2, it has a necessary and sufficient length (short) with respect to the size inside the baby bottle B.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the modified cross-section fiber 31 has four sharp protrusions 31 a, 31 a,... Along the longitudinal direction at the circumferential position of the cross section. Specifically, the modified cross-section fiber 31 has a substantially rhombic cross section having four concave sides, and therefore, the ridges 31a, 31a, ... is sharper and sharper. The cross-sectional shape of the irregular cross-section fiber 31 is not limited to a rhombus, and may be various polygons, a star shape, or the like.

The frictional force between the brush portion 3 made of the modified cross-section fiber 31 and the inner surface of the baby bottle B is, for example, a normal circular cross-section fiber or a brush portion made of a deformed cross-section fiber having a substantially rhombic cross section having four straight sides and the inner surface of the baby bottle B It is larger than the friction force.
Since the brush part 3 as described above easily contains air in the brush part 3, the brush part 3 is quickly dried after being wet.

As shown in FIG. 2, the annular member 4 made of synthetic resin has an inner diameter of the annular member 4 larger than the outer diameter of the charging member 2 and smaller than the outer diameter of the lightly bundled brush portions 3.
The brush portion 3 spreads in an umbrella shape as shown in FIG. 1 due to deformation due to contact with other members, static electricity, or the like. The annular member 4 is used in order to make the baby bottle cleaning tool 1 compact by bundling the brush portion 3 that has been greatly expanded as shown in FIG.

The user attaches the annular member 4 to the brush portion 3 by inserting the insertion member 2 into the annular member 4 and pushing the annular member 4 from the insertion member 2 side (arrow 51).
In this case, the annular member 4 is fixed to the brush portion 3 by the elasticity and friction that binds the brush portion 3 and tries to spread the brush portion 3 like an umbrella.
That is, since the annular member 4 is not completely fixed to the brush portion 3, it can be attached and detached.

  When washing the baby bottle B, the user removes the annular member 4 from the brush portion 3 by pulling out the annular member 4 attached to the brush portion 3 from the tip side of the brush portion 3 (arrow 52). The annular member 4 attached to the brush portion 3 may be pulled out from the input member 2 side.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a method of using the baby bottle cleaning tool 1.
The user throws the baby bottle cleaning tool 1 with the annular member 4 removed into the baby bottle B from the brush portion 3 side (arrow 53). In this case, since the charging member 2 is small and the brush part 3 is easily deformed, it can be easily charged into the inside from the opening of a general baby bottle B.

  The user throws water into the baby bottle B and shakes the inner surface of the baby bottle B by shaking the baby bottle B up and down, left and right, etc. while the baby bottle cleaning tool 1 and water are contained in the baby bottle B. wash. By doing so, the brush portion 3 that repeatedly contacts and separates from the inner surface of the baby bottle B automatically and reliably cleans the inner surface of the baby bottle B by a high frictional force. That is, the cleaning operation of the inner surface of the baby bottle B using the baby bottle cleaning tool 1 is very easy.

After completing the cleaning of the inner surface of the baby bottle B, the user reverses the baby bottle B upside down. In this case, the baby bottle cleaning tool 1 and the water housed in the baby bottle B are discharged from the opening of the baby bottle B (arrow 54). As with the feeding of the baby bottle cleaning tool 1, the small and hard feeding member 2 is easily discharged from the opening of the baby bottle B, and the deformable brush portion 3 is also continuously discharged from the feeding member 2. Is done. Even if the brush portion 3 is caught in the opening of the baby bottle B, the user can easily discharge it by grasping and pulling out the insertion member 2.
The baby bottle cleaning tool 1 used in this manner hangs the baby bottle cleaning tool 1 on the hook, for example, by hooking a hanging strap 6 on a hook (not shown), and quickly removes the wet baby bottle cleaning tool 1 from the hook. It can also be dried and stored as is.

Since the baby bottle cleaning tool 1 as described above has a simple shape, it is easy to manufacture.
Moreover, since it is a small size that can be put into the baby bottle B, the inner surface of the baby bottle B can be easily cleaned regardless of the size of the baby bottle B such as the depth and inner diameter of the baby bottle B.
Further, since the baby bottle cleaning tool 1 does not include a support portion that retains and supports the brush portion 3, the shape of the brush portion 3 includes the inner wall surface of the baby bottle B, the bottom surface, the boundary between the wall surface and the bottom surface, etc. It is freely deformed according to the shape of the inner surface of the bottle B. For this reason, the brush part 3 can fully contact the baby bottle B inner surface, and can wash | clean the baby bottle inner surface reliably.

Furthermore, the baby bottle cleaning tool 1 does not include, for example, a handle provided in the baby bottle cleaning tool in the form of a brush with a handle, or a handle provided in the baby bottle cleaning tool disclosed in Patent Document 1, and the brush portion 3. There is also no support part for supporting For this reason, the baby bottle cleaning tool 1 is small and lightweight, and is particularly convenient in the form of going out.
Furthermore, by attaching / detaching the annular member 4, the form of the baby bottle cleaning tool 1 can be freely changed to be used for cleaning / housing depending on whether the baby bottle cleaning tool 1 is used or not used.

In addition, you may wash | clean the outer surface of the baby bottle B using the baby bottle cleaning tool 1, and you may wash the nipple attached to the baby bottle B.
Further, in the present embodiment, washing with water is exemplified, but this water may be cold water or warm water (hot water), and may contain a detergent. However, except when the inside of the baby bottle B is severely stained, the baby bottle B can be sufficiently washed without using a detergent by the action of the modified cross-section fiber 31.
Furthermore, there is no problem even if the baby bottle cleaning tool 1 is put into the baby bottle B from the brush portion 3 side.

  Furthermore, the feeding member of the baby bottle cleaning tool of the present invention is not limited to a bottomed cylindrical shape having an opening on one side, and may be a columnar shape, a cubic shape, a spherical shape, or the like. Moreover, the brush part may be flocked to the feeding member. Furthermore, the brush part may be provided in a part of the charging member, or may be provided in the whole. Furthermore, the materials of the charging member and the brush portion are not limited to synthetic resin and polyester.

It is a front view which shows the structure of the baby bottle cleaning tool which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the state which mounted | wore the brush part with which the baby bottle cleaning tool which concerns on this invention was equipped with the annular member. It is a perspective view of the irregular cross-section fiber which forms the brush part with which the baby bottle cleaning tool which concerns on this invention is equipped. It is explanatory drawing which shows the usage method of the baby bottle cleaning tool which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Feeding bottle cleaning tool 2 Input member 3 Brush part 31 Abnormal cross-section fiber (fiber)
31a ridge part 4 annular member B baby bottle

Claims (2)

A bottomed cylindrical shape having an opening on one side, is turned and the dosing member which is introduced into the interior feeding bottle, the baby bottle inside with the closing member Do Ri from a plurality of fibers having ridges along the long side direction that a brush portion, baby bottle cleaning tool to which one end portion of the brush portion is characterized in that it is inserted and fixed in the opening of the dosing member.   The baby bottle cleaning tool according to claim 1, further comprising an annular member that binds the brush portion in a detachable manner.

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