JP6025277B1 - Kitchen knife cleaning tool - Google Patents

Abstract

A knife cleaning tool that can be used easily, has high safety, and can sufficiently remove stains on a knife. A lower member 3 having a lower cleaning surface 2 and an upper member 13 having an upper cleaning surface 12 are provided, and the lower cleaning surface 2 and the upper cleaning surface 12 can be arranged to face each other. As described above, a hinge-like coupling member 21 is attached to the linear end portion 4 of the lower member 3 and the opposite end portion 14 of the upper member 13, and the lower member and the upper member are interposed therebetween through a coupling plate 22. Are connected to each other so as to be openable and closable. There are cleaning members 5 and 15 installed on the lower cleaning surface 2 and the upper cleaning surface 12, respectively, and the blade portion of the kitchen knife can be sandwiched between them, and the handle of the blade portion of the kitchen knife when cleaning is performed A stopper 16 is provided on the upper member 12 so that the side end portion does not jump out. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a kitchen knife cleaning tool that can be easily used when cleaning a kitchen knife at home or the like and can remove stains safely and sufficiently.

  In general, it is desirable to wash the kitchen knife used for cooking immediately after use. This is because the salt and acid contained in the ingredients cause rust. In addition, when cooking with a single knife, it is possible to prevent odors from being transferred to other ingredients by attaching a bowl to wash each time a different ingredient is cut.

  Usually, kitchen knives are washed with a sponge or the like with a detergent at home. However, as described in Patent Document 1, automatic washing machines for knives and cutting boards have been developed.

JP 2001-29306 A

  As described above, it is desirable to clean the kitchen knife immediately after cooking and even during cooking. However, unlike other tableware, the kitchen knife has a blade when it is cleaned using a sponge. Therefore, it requires considerable care when considering safety, and cannot be easily cleaned. In particular, it is not easy for those who are not used to cleaning or who are clumsy at hand. On the other hand, an automatic cleaning apparatus such as that disclosed in Patent Document 1 takes time to clean, so it cannot be used easily and frequently, and the apparatus is expensive.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object thereof is to provide a kitchen knife cleaning tool that can be used easily, has high safety, and can sufficiently clean the kitchen knife. To do.

  In a first aspect, the present invention is a knife cleaning tool capable of simultaneously cleaning both surfaces of a kitchen knife, comprising a lower member having a lower cleaning surface and an upper member having an upper cleaning surface, The lower member and the upper member are connected to each other at either end so that the lower cleaning surface and the upper cleaning surface can be arranged to face each other, and are respectively installed on the lower cleaning surface and the upper cleaning surface The blade part of the kitchen knife can be sandwiched between the cleaning member of the lower cleaning surface and the cleaning member of the upper cleaning surface, and the blade part of the kitchen knife is sandwiched and cleaned. The handle has a stopper installed on at least one of the lower member or the upper member so that the handle end of the knife portion of the knife does not protrude from the lower member and the upper member. Provide a kitchen knife cleaning tool.

  As described above, in the present invention, the knife portion of the kitchen knife is directly touched by holding the knife portion between the cleaning member of the lower cleaning surface and the cleaning member of the upper cleaning surface and holding it. Can be prevented. In addition, clean the entire knife blade by holding the handle of the knife and sliding it while holding the knife blade between the cleaning members such as a brush or sponge with a detergent. Can be dropped. Furthermore, by providing a stopper that is set so that the handle end of the knife part of the knife does not pop out, the knife part of the knife may come out from the lower and upper members that are sandwiched and touch the hand Can be reduced. As a result, a kitchen knife cleaning tool that can be used easily, has high safety, and can sufficiently clean the kitchen knife is obtained.

  In a second aspect, the present invention provides the knife cleaning tool according to the first aspect, wherein the upper cleaning surface is moved to the back side of the upper cleaning surface of the upper member so as to face the lower cleaning surface. It is characterized by having a holding part into which a finger of a hand can be inserted as means for this. By having the holding part as described above, the blade part of the kitchen knife can be easily held and held with one hand, and the upper and lower cleaning members can be pressed against the blade part. Also, when attaching the knife blade to the knife cleaning tool of the present invention before cleaning, and when cleaning is completed and the knife is removed from the knife cleaning tool, the knife should be attached and removed easily. In addition, it is desirable that the lower cleaning surface and the upper cleaning surface be in an open arrangement state in which they are separated from each other. On the other hand, at the time of cleaning, it is desirable that the lower cleaning surface and the upper cleaning surface be in an opposed arrangement state in which they are close to each other. For this reason, it is desirable that at least one of the lower member and the upper member can be moved to realize the open arrangement state and the opposed arrangement state. By having the holding portion as in the invention of this aspect, the upper member can be easily moved with one hand, and an open arrangement state and an opposed arrangement state can be realized.

  In a third aspect, the present invention provides the knife cleaning tool according to the first aspect, wherein the lower cleaning surface is moved to the back side of the lower cleaning surface of the lower member to face the upper cleaning surface. It has a holding part which can insert a finger of a hand as a means for arranging. Similarly to the invention of the second aspect, the invention of this aspect can easily hold the blade part of the kitchen knife with one hand and press the upper and lower cleaning members against the blade part. Moreover, the lower member can be easily moved with one hand, and an open arrangement state and an opposed arrangement state can be realized. The holding part into which the finger of the hand can be inserted may be provided on both the back side of the upper cleaning surface and the back side of the lower cleaning surface. By being in both, the lower member and the upper member can be moved more easily. Moreover, it becomes easy to cope with either the right hand or the right hand.

  In a fourth aspect, the present invention provides the knife cleaning tool according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the lower cleaning surface and the upper cleaning surface are in contact with each other when the lower member and the upper member are closed. It is characterized by being connected so that opening and closing is possible in the one side so that it may oppose. An open arrangement state in which the lower cleaning surface and the upper cleaning surface are separated from each other so that the kitchen knife can be easily attached and detached, and an opposing arrangement state during cleaning in which the lower cleaning surface and the upper cleaning surface are close to each other. In order to achieve this, in the invention of this aspect, the lower member and the upper member are joined on one side and configured to be openable and closable, so that the open member is in the open state and the closed member is in the opposed state. Thereby, the knife can be easily attached to and detached from the knife cleaning tool. In addition, as a method of realizing the open arrangement state and the opposed arrangement state other than the invention of this aspect, a method of sliding one of the lower member or the upper member in a direction away from each other or in the lateral direction, There is a method of combining opening and closing.

  In a fifth aspect, the present invention is the knife cleaning tool according to the first to fourth aspects, wherein the cleaning member is a brush. A sponge or the like can be used as the cleaning member. However, when a brush is used, it is possible to prevent the blade edge of the knife from being caught by the cleaning member during cleaning, and the pressure applied to the blade can be increased. . The brush in this case is preferably a soft brush such as a toothbrush so as not to damage the blade portion of the knife.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a knife cleaning tool that can be used easily, has high safety, and can sufficiently remove stains on the knife.

It is a figure which shows the knife cleaning tool which concerns on Example 1, FIG. 1 (a) is a top view, FIG.1 (b) is a side view. The top view when a kitchen knife is set in the state which opened the kitchen knife washing tool. It is a figure when holding and holding a knife with a kitchen knife washing tool, (a) is a top view, (b) is a side view. The top view which shows a mode that a kitchen knife is wash | cleaned with a kitchen knife washing tool.

  Hereinafter, the knife cleaning tool of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the description of the drawings, the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description thereof is omitted.

  1A and 1B are diagrams illustrating a knife cleaning tool according to a first embodiment, in which FIG. 1A is a top view and FIG. 1B is a side view. In FIG. 1, the kitchen knife cleaner 1 of this embodiment includes a lower member 3 having a lower cleaning surface 2 and an upper member 13 having an upper cleaning surface 12, and the lower member 3 and the upper member 13. Are connected to each other at one side of the end so that the lower cleaning surface 2 and the upper cleaning surface 12 can be arranged to face each other. The connecting portion 20 has a hinge-like shape in which a round bar is inserted into a cylinder at a linear end portion 4 opposed to the linear end portion 4 of the lower member 3 and the end portion 4 of the upper member 13 and coupled in multiple stages. Each of the coupling members 21 is attached, and the two coupling members are coupled via a coupling plate 22. The coupling portion 20 causes the lower cleaning surface 2 and the upper cleaning surface 12 to face each other close to each other, and the lower cleaning surface 2 and the upper cleaning surface 12 as shown in FIG. Open arrangement is possible. FIGS. 1A and 1B are views showing an open arrangement state in which the knife cleaning tool is opened.

  In the present embodiment, the cleaning members 5 and 15 are installed on the lower cleaning surface 2 and the upper cleaning surface 12, respectively. When the knife cleaning tool 1 is closed, the cleaning member 5 on the lower cleaning surface 2 is disposed. And the cleaning member 15 of the upper cleaning surface 12 can sandwich the knife portion of the knife. In this embodiment, brushes are used as the cleaning member 5 and the cleaning member 15. As a brush in this case, a soft brush like a toothbrush is desirable. In addition, there is a stopper 16 installed on the upper member so that the handle end of the knife portion of the knife does not protrude from the lower member 3 and the upper member 13 when the knife portion of the knife is held for cleaning. doing. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the upper cleaning surface 12 and the lower cleaning surface 2 are moved to both the back side of the upper cleaning surface 12 of the upper member 13 and the back side of the lower cleaning surface 2 of the lower member 3. As a means for arranging the upper cleaning surface 12 and the lower cleaning surface 2 to face each other, a holding portion 17 into which a finger of a hand can be inserted is provided.

Further, the upper cleaning surface 12 of the upper member 13 of the kitchen knife cleaning tool 1 has a protrusion for maintaining a gap between the upper cleaning surface 12 and the lower cleaning surface 2 when the knife cleaning tool 1 is in the opposed arrangement state. The lower cleaning surface 2 includes three protrusions 8a, 8b, and 8c having the same purpose. The role of these protrusions has the following purposes in addition to maintaining the distance between the two cleaning surfaces. That is, the protrusion 8c is fitted with the stopper 16 to maintain the relative holding strength of the upper member 3 and the lower member 13 when the knife cleaning tool 1 is closed, and the protrusion 8a and the protrusion 18 are the knife blades. It is to prevent the blade portion of the portion from jumping out from the upper member 3 and the lower member 13, and the protrusion 8b is to suppress the movement range of the back portion of the blade portion of the knife.

  Next, the detail of the usage method of the knife cleaning tool 1 of a present Example is demonstrated. FIG. 2 is a top view when the knife 30 is set with the knife cleaning tool 1 opened. The blade part 32 of the knife 30 is placed on the cleaning member 5 with the detergent between the protrusions 8a and 8b, and the detergent is also applied to the upper cleaning member 15. Next, the coupling part 20 is closed, the upper member 13 is placed on the lower member 3, a finger is inserted into the holding part 17, and the knife 30 is sandwiched and held by the knife cleaning tool 1 with one hand. FIGS. 3A and 3B are views when the knife 30 is sandwiched and held by the knife cleaning tool 1 as described above, in which FIG. 3A is a top view and FIG. 3B is a side view. However, in FIG.3 (b), the part of the hand holding the knife cleaning tool 1 is abbreviate | omitted and shown.

  FIG. 4 is a top view showing a state in which the knife is cleaned by the knife cleaning tool 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, by holding the knife cleaning tool 1 with the left hand and holding the knife 30 and holding the handle 31 of the knife 30 with the right hand and moving it left and right, the cleaning members 5 and 15 are attached with detergent. Both surfaces of the blade part 32 are cleaned simultaneously. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, the stopper 16 suppresses the end of the blade portion 32 on the handle side from protruding from the lower member 3 and the upper member 13. Further, the protrusion 8 a, the protrusion 18, and the protrusion The part 8b also has a function as a stopper that suppresses the movement range of the blade part 32, and can be cleaned more safely.

Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the design can be changed according to the purpose and application. For example, the planar shape of the lower member and the upper member may be other shapes as long as the knife part is sandwiched between them and can be cleaned, and the planar shapes of the lower member and the upper member are different. It may be. The shape of the blade of the target knife, including the shape of the stopper and the shape of the cleaning member, can be arbitrarily designed. The shape of the holding part may be a shape that allows insertion of a part of the fingers of the hand.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Knife cleaning tool 2 Lower side cleaning surface 3 Lower side member 4, 14 End part 5, 15 Cleaning member 8a, 8b, 8c, 18 Projection part 12 Upper side cleaning surface 13 Lower side member 16 Stopper 17 Holding part 20 Coupling part 21 Coupling Member 22 Bonding plate 30 Knife 31 Handle 32 Blade

Claims (3)

A knife cleaning tool capable of simultaneously cleaning both surfaces of a kitchen knife, comprising a lower member having a lower cleaning surface and an upper member having an upper cleaning surface, the lower member and the upper member being A side cleaning surface and the upper cleaning surface are coupled to each other at either end so that the upper cleaning surface and the upper cleaning surface can face each other; The blade portion of the knife can be sandwiched between the cleaning member of the side cleaning surface and the cleaning member of the upper cleaning surface, and the blade portion is sandwiched between the cleaning member and the blade portion in the longitudinal direction of the knife portion. A first handle disposed on at least one of the lower member or the upper member so that the handle end of the knife portion of the knife does not protrude from the lower member and the upper member when the knife is moved for cleaning . In a kitchen knife cleaning tool having a stopper,
On the back side of the upper cleaning surface of the upper member, a holding portion into which a finger of a hand can be inserted as a means for moving the upper cleaning surface and disposing the upper cleaning surface to face the lower cleaning surface;
On the back side of the lower cleaning surface of the lower member, it has a holding part into which a finger of a hand can be inserted as a means for moving the lower cleaning surface and disposing it opposite to the upper cleaning surface,
When the lower member and the upper member are closed, the lower cleaning surface and the upper cleaning surface are coupled so as to be openable and closable on one side thereof so as to be opposed to each other.
The cleaning member is a brush;
A second stopper disposed on at least one of the lower member and the upper member so that a blade portion of the blade portion of the knife does not protrude from the lower member and the upper member when performing the cleaning; A knife cleaning tool characterized by that. A third stopper is provided on at least one of the lower member and the upper member in order to suppress a movement range of a back portion of the blade portion of the knife when performing the cleaning. The kitchen knife cleaner according to 1. The first stopper is configured such that structures respectively installed on the lower member and the upper member are fitted to each other when the lower member and the upper member are closed. A knife cleaning tool according to claim 1 or claim 2.

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