JP5053703B2 - Cleaning tool - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cleaning tool.

As a cleaning tool, there is a brush with a sponge in which a sponge is attached to the upper surface of the brush as described in Patent Document 1. This sponge brush is provided with a sponge on the upper surface, thereby improving the durability of cleaning with the brush without repeatedly immersing the brush in detergent or water due to the detergent retention and water retention of the sponge.
JP2002-112836

  Although the cleaning tool described in Patent Document 1 includes both a brush and a sponge, the brush is provided on the lower surface and the sponge is provided on the upper surface. Is bad.

  An object of the present invention is to provide both a cleaning tool body made of a sponge-like material and a brush body in a cleaning tool, thereby improving the usability of both.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a brush body is provided in a recess opening in a cleaning main work surface made of a sponge-like material of the cleaning tool main body, and the brush body is juxtaposed on the cleaning main work surface of the cleaning tool main body. And the main cleaning work surface can come into contact with the surface to be cleaned, and the main body of the cleaning tool comprises a base material layer and a hole-forming layer made of a sponge-like material fixed to the base material layer. A plurality of through-holes are provided in each of the plurality of holes, and a brush body is passed through each of the plurality of holes. A base end of each brush body is coupled to a branch-like flexible connector, and the flexible connector is connected to the base. It is made to fix between a material layer and the said hole formation layer .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the invention, the base end of the brush body and the flexible coupling body are coupled via a cylindrical substrate .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, both ends of the flexible coupling body are coupled to the substrate .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the invention, the number of the flexible connectors is smaller than the number of the substrates .

  The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cleaning tool body is made of a plurality of layers of sponge-like material, and each layer is a nonwoven fabric, a woven fabric, a knitted fabric, or a synthetic resin in which fibers are entangled. Is selected from a porous material obtained by foaming.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the second to fifth aspects, the base material layer is attached to the tip end head portion of the handle.

(Claims 1 to 4 )
(a) A brush body is provided in a recess opening in the cleaning main work surface of the cleaning tool body made of a sponge-like material, and since the cleaning main work surface of the cleaning tool body is a flexible sponge-like material, it can be in close contact with the surface to be cleaned; The main surface to be cleaned of sponge-like material is in close contact with the smooth surface to be cleaned (including gently curved surfaces), and the bottom surface of the tile joints, etc., in particular the rising surface is almost perpendicular to the bottom of the recess The brush body enters the recesses and corners of the surface to be cleaned, which is difficult to follow, such as the corners, and the sponge-like material is difficult to follow. Since the outer edge of the cleaning tool body is made of a sponge-like material, for example, when cleaning the corner of the floor surface, clean the floor surface while simultaneously bringing the sponge-like material into contact with the side surface rising from the floor surface. It is possible to clean the corners of the surface to be cleaned.

  (b) Since the brush body is provided in the recess opening in the cleaning main work surface of the cleaning tool body made of sponge-like material, the cleaning main work surface of the cleaning tool body in which the brush bodies are juxtaposed is applied to the surface to be cleaned. Thus, the strength of the cleaning pressure F applied to the cleaning tool main body by the user can be applied to the surface of the cleaning body against the surface to be cleaned while applying the main cleaning surface of the cleaning tool body to the surface to be cleaned. .

(c) The cleaning tool body is composed of a base material layer and a hole forming layer, and a brush body is passed through each of the plurality of through holes provided in the hole forming layer, and a base end of each brush body is coupled to the flexible connector. By fixing the flexible connector between the base material layer and the hole forming layer, it is possible to improve the manufacturability and stability of the cleaning tool body including the brush body. When the brush bodies are separated from each other, when the brush body is applied to the surface to be cleaned and the cleaning pressure F is applied, the brush body tilts obliquely due to the flexibility of the cleaning tool body, and the tip surface of the brush body is covered. When the base material layer is attached to the tip head portion of the handle, the brush body is more likely to fall obliquely than when it is gripped by hand and used. Since each brush body is connected by the flexible connection body, it is hard to fall down diagonally, the tip surface of the brush body can be reliably applied to the surface to be cleaned, and the cleanability can be improved.

(d) By making the flexible connector into a branch shape, it becomes easy to squeeze the cleaning tool main body, and it is easy to drain water.

(Claim 5)
(e) The sponge-like material constituting the cleaning tool body is made of a material in which fibers are entangled or woven or knitted, for example, a nonwoven fabric, a woven fabric, or a knitted fabric. Good trackability.

  When the sponge-like material constituting the cleaning tool body is made of a porous material obtained by foaming synthetic resin, for example, a foamed resin, a more flexible cleaning tool body can be formed.

  (f) The base material layer contained in the main body of the cleaning tool and to which the brush body is fixed is also made of a sponge-like material, and is made of a material in which fibers are entangled, woven or knitted, for example, a nonwoven fabric, a woven fabric, or a knitted fabric. Thus, when the cleaning pressure F applied by the user through the base material layer acts on the hole forming layer and the brush body, the cleaning pressure F is applied to the surface to be cleaned (cleaning) by selecting a sponge-like material. Feeling) can be adjusted. For example, when a non-woven fabric having a low cushioning property is used as the base material layer, the cleaning pressure F can be easily transmitted to the tip of the brush body, and the cleaning with the brush body can be made hard.

  For example, when the base material layer is made of a porous material obtained by foaming a synthetic resin or a foamed resin, the user adds the foamed resin with a high cushioning property through the base material layer. When the cleaning pressure F acts on the hole forming layer and the brush body, the cleaning with the brush body can be softened by transmitting the cleaning pressure F from the foamed resin base material layer having a high cushioning property to the tip of the brush body. In addition, the surface of the surface to be cleaned has a good contact with the surface to be cleaned, while maintaining the followability to the surface to be cleaned. Can be soft.

As described above, by selecting the sponge-like material for the base material layer and the hole forming layer, the contact condition (cleaning feeling) of the cleaning tool main body with the cleaning pressure F can be adjusted.
(Claim 6)

  (g) Cleaning workability can be improved by attaching the base material layer of the cleaning tool to the tip head portion of the handle. By making the base material layer easily detachable from the head portion, the cleaning tool can be directly gripped by hand and used.

  The cleaning tool 10 includes a hole forming layer 20 made of a sponge-like material and a base on which the hole forming layer 20 is fixed (adhered, welded, fitted, etc.) as shown in FIGS. The material layer 30 is used. The hole forming layer 20 made of a sponge-like material of the cleaning tool main body 15 is provided with a hole 23 penetrating from the main cleaning work surface 20A to the back surface facing this, and the base material layer 30 is adhered to the back surface of the hole forming layer 20, The brush body 40 fixed to the base material layer 30 passes through the hole 23 of the hole forming layer 20 and is juxtaposed on the cleaning main work surface 20A. Therefore, the cleaning tool main body 15 provides the brush body 40 in the recess formed by the hole 23 of the hole forming layer 20. The brush body 40 is juxtaposed to the cleaning main work surface 20A of the cleaning tool main body 15, and the tip of the brush body 40 and the cleaning main work surface 20A can both come into contact with the surface to be cleaned. In addition, the base material layer 30 can also consist of sponge-like material, and the base material layer 30 can also be used as a cleaning work surface by this. And the outline shape of the hole formation layer 20 and the base material layer 30 makes the same elliptical shape, for example.

  The sponge-like material constituting the hole forming layer 20 is a material that can be impregnated with a liquid material, and is a material in which fibers are entangled, woven or knitted (nonwoven fabric, felt, knitted fabric, woven fabric), for example, a nonwoven fabric 21 or a synthetic resin. The foamed porous material (foamed resin, continuous honeycomb structure), for example, the foamed resin 22 can be used. As shown in FIG. 4, the hole forming layer 20 of the present embodiment is composed of a two-layer structure formed by adhering a foamed resin 22 to the upper surface of the nonwoven fabric 21, and a large number of holes 23 penetrating the nonwoven fabric 21 and the foamed resin 22. The lower surface of the nonwoven fabric 21 is defined as a cleaning main work surface 20A. The sponge-like material forming the main cleaning work surface 20A is preferably a sponge-like material having good scraping properties, such as a nonwoven fabric 21 or a porous material having a coarse mesh, or a knitted fabric or a fabric fixed on the surface of the sponge-like member. Can be adopted. As the foamed resin 22, various sponge-like materials can be selected as long as they are elastic and can irritate a cleaning agent or the like, or have water retention and can retain a liquid agent or the like.

  The base material layer 30 is made of a material in which fibers are entangled, woven or knitted (nonwoven fabric, felt, knitted fabric, woven fabric), for example, a nonwoven fabric 31 or a porous material in which a synthetic resin is foamed (foamed resin, continuous honeycomb structure) ), For example, may be made of a foamed resin 32. As shown in FIG. 4, the base material layer 30 of the present embodiment is a one-layer structure composed of only the nonwoven fabric 31, and the lower surface of the nonwoven fabric 31 is bonded to the back surface of the hole forming layer 20 (the upper surface of the foamed resin 22).

  In the brush body 40, the base end of the hair material is planted on the substrate 41, and the substrate 41 is bonded to the lower surface of the base material layer 30 (nonwoven fabric 31) facing the hole 23 of the hole forming layer 20.

  The cleaning tool 10 is attached to the tip head portion 12 of the handle 11. It is preferable that the head portion 12 has a plate shape, and the upper surface of the base material layer 30 of the cleaning tool 10 is detachably fixed to the back surface of the head portion 12. For example, the upper surface of the base material layer 30 (nonwoven fabric 31) of the cleaning tool 10 can be detachably attached to Velcro (registered trademark) or the like provided on the back surface of the head portion 12.

  In the cleaning tool 10, the contour shape of the hole forming layer 20 (nonwoven fabric 21, foamed resin 22) and the base material layer 30 (nonwoven fabric 31) is the same, for example, elliptical, and the contour shape of the head portion 12 is the same as that of the hole forming layer 20. It is smaller than the contour shape of the material layer 30, the peripheral edge of the head portion 12 is not arranged up to the peripheral edge of the base material layer 20, and the outer peripheral surface of the hole forming layer 20 (nonwoven fabric 21) can be used as a cleaning work surface, The portion of the cleaning tool main body 15 that extends outward from the periphery of the head portion 12 can be compressed, bent, curved, or deformed against the pressure received from the side of the cleaning tool main body 15.

  In the cleaning tool 10, as shown in FIG. 5, the base material layer 30 is composed of a two-layer structure in which the foamed resin 32 is bonded to the lower surface of the nonwoven fabric 31, and the lower surface of the foamed resin 32 is the back surface of the hole forming layer 20 (foamed). It may be bonded to the upper surface of the resin 22. At this time, the brush body 40 adheres the substrate 41 to the lower surface of the base material layer 30 (foamed resin 32) facing the hole 23 of the hole forming layer 20. It is preferable to select a sponge-like material such as a non-woven fabric having scraping properties for the upper surface of the base material layer 30 and the layer constituting the main cleaning work surface 20A. As the sponge-like material 32 on the lower side of the base material layer 30 (intermediate layer of the cleaning tool 10), a sponge-like material that is coarser than the hole forming layer 20 and has good liquid drainage (low water retention) is selected. For example, the foam-like material 32 is preferably a foamed resin having a pore that is coarser than the foamed resin 22 that forms the hole-forming layer 20 and has good liquid drainage, such as a porous material or a honeycomb structure.

  According to the cleaning tool 10 of FIG. 5, the cleaning that is added by the user via the base material layer 30 by the base material layer 30 being made of a porous material obtained by foaming a synthetic resin, for example, the foamed resin 32. When the pressure F acts on the hole forming layer 20 and the brush body 40, the cleaning pressure F is transmitted from the base layer 30 of the foamed resin 32 having a high cushioning property to the tip of the brush body 40, thereby cleaning the brush body 40. Can be soft.

According to the cleaning tool 10 of the present embodiment, the following operational effects can be obtained.
(a) The brush body 40 is provided in the hole 23 opened in the cleaning main work surface 20A of the cleaning tool body 15 made of a sponge-like material, and the cleaning main work surface 20A of the cleaning tool body 15 is made of a flexible sponge-like material. The main cleaning surface 20A made of sponge-like material is in close contact with the smooth surface to be cleaned (including a gently curved surface), and the rising surface is in contact with a concave portion such as a tile joint, particularly the bottom of the concave portion. The brush body 40 enters into the recesses and corners of the surface to be cleaned, which is difficult to follow, such as the bottom corners that are close to a right angle, and the followability to the surfaces to be cleaned is good. Since the outer edge of the cleaning tool main body 15 is made of a sponge-like material, for example, when cleaning the corner of the floor surface, clean the floor surface while simultaneously bringing the sponge-like material into contact with the side surface rising from the floor surface. It is possible to clean the corners of the surface to be cleaned.

  (b) Since the brush body 40 is provided in the hole 23 opened in the cleaning main work surface 20A of the cleaning tool body 15 made of a sponge-like material, the cleaning main work surface of the cleaning tool body 15 in which the brush bodies 40 are juxtaposed. 20A is applied to the surface to be cleaned, and the brush body 40 is cleaned while the cleaning main work surface 20A of the cleaning tool body 15 is applied to the surface to be cleaned by the strength of the cleaning pressure F applied to the cleaning tool body 15 by the user. You can apply strength to the surface.

  (c) The cleaning tool body 15 includes a base material layer 30 and a hole forming layer 20, and a plurality of through holes 23 are provided in the hole forming layer 20. Then, the brush body 40 is passed through each of the plurality of through holes 23 corresponding to the position of the brush body 40, the base end of each brush body 40 is coupled to the flexible coupling body 50, and the flexible coupling body 50 is By fixing between the material layer 30 and the hole forming layer 20, the manufacturability and stability of the cleaning tool body 15 including the brush body 40 can be improved. When the brush bodies 40 are separated from each other, when the brush body 40 is applied to the surface to be cleaned and the cleaning pressure F is applied, the brush body 40 tilts obliquely due to the flexibility of the base material layer 30, and the brush body 40. In particular, when the base material layer 30 is attached to the tip head portion 12 of the handle 11, the brush body 40 is more likely to fall obliquely than when it is gripped by hand and used. . Since each brush body 40 is connected by the flexible connection body 50, it is hard to fall down diagonally, the tip surface of the brush body 40 can be reliably applied to the surface to be cleaned, and the cleaning performance can be improved.

  (d) Since the sponge-like material constituting the cleaning tool main body 15 is made of a material in which fibers are entangled, woven or knitted, for example, a nonwoven fabric 21, the flexible cleaning tool main body 15 is constituted and the main cleaning work The followability of the surface 20A to the surface to be cleaned can be improved.

  The sponge-like material constituting the cleaning tool main body 15 is made of a porous material obtained by foaming synthetic resin, for example, the foamed resin 22, thereby constituting a more flexible cleaning tool main body 15, and the cleaning main work surface 20 </ b> A. The followability to the surface to be cleaned can be further improved.

  (e) The base material layer 30 included in the cleaning tool main body 15 and to which the brush body 40 is fixed is also made of a sponge-like material, and a material in which fibers are entangled, woven or knitted, a nonwoven fabric, or a synthetic resin is foamed. When the cleaning pressure F applied by the user via the base material layer 30 acts on the hole forming layer 20 and the brush body 40 by selecting a material having a low cushioning property from those made of a porous material or the like, This cleaning pressure F can be easily transmitted from the base material layer 30 of the sponge-like member having a low cushioning property to the tip of the brush body 40, and the cleaning by the brush body 40 can be made hard. For example, when a material having a low cushioning property is selected as the nonwoven fabric 31, cleaning with the brush body 40 can be made hard.

  When the base material layer 30 is made of a sponge-like material having a high cushioning property, when the cleaning pressure F applied by the user via the base material layer 30 acts on the hole forming layer 20 and the brush body 40, By transferring this cleaning pressure F from the base material layer 30 of a sponge-like material having a high cushioning property to the tip of the brush body 40, the cleaning by the brush body 40 can be made soft. Moreover, the user of the cleaning tool can also be used by the cushioning property of the sponge-like material of the base material layer 30 and / or the hole forming layer 20 while maintaining the followability to the surface to be cleaned even on a fine uneven surface of the surface to be cleaned. The win can be soft. For example, when the foamed resin 32 having a high cushioning property is adopted as a porous material obtained by foaming a synthetic resin, cleaning with the brush body 40 can be made soft.

  As described above, the contact condition (cleaning feeling) of the cleaning tool main body 15 with the cleaning pressure F can be adjusted by selecting the sponge-like material of the base material layer 30 and the hole forming layer 20.

  (f) By attaching the base material layer 30 of the cleaning tool 10 to the tip head portion 12 of the handle 11, the cleaning workability can be improved. By making the base material layer 30 easily detachable from the head portion 12, the cleaning tool 10 can be directly gripped by hand and used.

  In the cleaning tool 10, a large number of holes 23 are provided in the hole forming layer 20. When the brush bodies 40 are provided in the plurality of holes 23 corresponding to the positions of the brush bodies 40, The base end is coupled to a branch-like flexible coupling body 50 made of a resin such as polypropylene or metal as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, and the flexible coupling body 50 is connected to the hole forming layer 20 and the base material layer 30. It can be fixed by being sandwiched between them. The flexible connector 50 is preferably disposed between the hole forming layer 20 and the base material layer, and is preferably adhered and fixed to the base material layer 30 (or the hole forming layer 20 is also acceptable). The flexible connector 50 can be deformed into various shapes as shown in FIGS. The flexible connector 50 may be a thin plate.

  According to the cleaning tool 10 using the flexible coupling body 50, the hole forming layer 20 is provided with a plurality of holes 23, and the brush body 40 is passed through each of the plurality of holes 23 corresponding to the position of the brush body 40, By connecting the base end of each brush body 40 to the flexible coupling body 50 and fixing the flexible coupling body 50 to the base material layer 30, the manufacturability and stability of the cleaning tool 10 including the brush body 40 can be improved. It can be improved. When the brush bodies 40 are separated from each other, when the brush body 40 is applied to the surface to be cleaned and the cleaning pressure F is applied, the brush body 40 tilts obliquely due to the flexibility of the base material layer 30, and the brush body 40. In particular, when the base material layer 30 is attached to the tip head portion 12 of the handle 11, the brush body 40 tends to fall down more obliquely than when it is gripped by hand. Since each brush body 40 is connected by the flexible connection body 50, it is hard to fall down diagonally, the tip surface of the brush body 40 can be reliably applied to the surface to be cleaned, and the cleaning performance can be improved.

  Moreover, by making the flexible coupling body 50 into a branch shape, the hole forming layer 20 and the base material layer 30 can be easily squeezed, and draining is easy.

  In the cleaning tool 10, a through-hole for hooking during storage can be provided in the hole forming layer 20 and the base material layer 30 of the cleaning tool body 15.

  Further, in the cleaning tool 10, the brush body 40 is provided in a recess such as a notch recess opened in the cleaning main work surface 20 </ b> A made of a sponge-like material of the cleaning tool body 15, and the brush body 40 is provided in the hole forming layer 20. It can also be juxtaposed to the main cleaning work surface 20A.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a cleaning tool. FIG. 2 is an exploded view showing the cleaning tool. FIG. 3 is a back view showing the cleaning tool. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the cleaning tool. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a modified example of the cleaning tool. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a brush substrate connected to a flexible connector. FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a brush substrate connected to a flexible connector. FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. FIG. 12 is a schematic view showing a brush substrate connected to a flexible connector. FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing a brush substrate connected to a flexible connector. FIG. 16 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. FIG. 17 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. FIG. 18 is a schematic view showing a brush substrate connected to a flexible connector. FIG. 19 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram showing a brush substrate connected to a flexible connector. FIG. 22 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. FIG. 23 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. FIG. 24 is a schematic view showing a brush substrate connected to a flexible connector. FIG. 25 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. FIG. 26 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. FIG. 27 is a schematic view showing a brush substrate connected to a flexible connector. FIG. 28 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 29 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Cleaning tool 11 Handle 12 Head part 15 Cleaning tool main body 20 Hole formation layer 20A Cleaning main work surface 21 Nonwoven fabric 22 Foamed resin 23 Hole (concave part)
30 Base material layer 31 Non-woven fabric 32 Foamed resin 40 Brush body 50 Flexible connector

Claims (6)

A brush body is provided in a recess opening in the cleaning main work surface made of a sponge-like material of the cleaning tool body, and this brush body is juxtaposed with the cleaning main work surface of the cleaning tool body so that the tip of the brush body and the cleaning main work surface are aligned. Both are cleaning tools that can contact the surface to be cleaned ,
The cleaning tool body is composed of a base layer and a hole forming layer made of a sponge-like material fixed to the base layer,
A plurality of through holes are provided in the hole forming layer, and a brush body is passed through each of the plurality of holes.
A cleaning tool in which the base end of each brush body is coupled to a branch-like flexible coupling body, and the flexible coupling body is fixed between the base material layer and the hole forming layer . The cleaning tool of Claim 1 which couple | bonds the base end of the said brush body, and the said flexible coupling body through the board | substrate which consists of a column shape . The cleaning tool according to claim 2, wherein both ends of the flexible connector are coupled to the substrate . The cleaning tool according to claim 2, wherein the number of the flexible coupling bodies is smaller than the number of the substrates .   The said cleaning tool main body consists of sponge-like material of multiple layers, and each layer is chosen from the porous material which foamed the nonwoven fabric, the textile fabric, the knitted fabric which entangled the fiber, and the synthetic resin. Cleaning tools.   The cleaning tool according to claim 2, wherein the base material layer is attached to a tip end head portion of a handle.

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