JPH0232219Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Field of industrial application) The present invention is a water drop wiping tool, more specifically, a water drop wiping tool for wiping off water droplets after cleaning when washing and cleaning the body of a passenger car etc. This relates to improvements to fixtures.

(Prior Art) The applicant has already developed a water drop wiping tool of this type, in which a handle is slidably attached to the wiping tool body (Utility Model No. 59-190158).
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That is, as shown in FIG. 4, this water drop wiping tool consists of a wiping tool main body 1c, which has a pair of wiping pieces 3c made of a flexible material with gradually thinner tips disposed at the bottom in the upper longitudinal direction. The collar portions 5c, 5c are provided to protrude outward, and an engagement groove 14 into which the collar portions 5c, 5c can be inserted is provided.
c, 14c are formed on the lower surface of the handle 10c, and the flanges 5c, 5 are connected to the engagement grooves 14c, 14c.
The handle 10c is slidably attached to the wiping tool main body 1c by the engagement of the handle 10c.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the water drop wiping tool as described above, the engagement grooves 14c, 14c are arranged in one direction on the lower surface of the handle 10c, that is, in the wiper where the flanges 5c, 5c are formed. Since the handle 10c is formed only in the same direction as the longitudinal direction of the wiping tool main body 1, the handle 10c is attached in the same direction as the longitudinal direction of the wiping tool main body 1c as shown in FIG. The wiping direction is limited to the left and right directions as shown in A of the same figure. For example, if you try to wipe in the vertical direction as shown in B of the same figure, you will end up in an unnatural position such as bending your wrists, making it difficult to actually perform the task. I can't do it.

However, when the wiping direction is restricted to the left and right in this way, problems have arisen in that the work space itself is also restricted, such as the difficulty in wiping the upper part of the window surface. .

In addition, a water drop wiping tool has been developed in which the handle is rotatably attached to the wiping tool body so that the wiping direction can be performed up, down, left, and right, but it is difficult to put it into practical use because it causes looseness during wiping. It was difficult to offer.

In view of these problems, the present invention is based on a water drop wiping tool in which a flange is formed on the wiping tool body as described above, and an engagement groove into which the flange can be inserted is formed in the handle. This was made as an improvement to this, and by replacing the handle, wiping work can be performed in any direction, up, down, left, or right, and the work can be done in a stable state without causing the handle to wobble, and moreover, it is possible to perform wiping work in any direction by replacing the handle. It is an object of the present invention to provide a water droplet wiping tool that can be used very easily.

(Means for solving the problem) The present invention was made to solve the above problem in order to achieve the above purpose, and the means for solving the problem is to This is because an engagement groove 17 into which the flange portion 5 can be inserted is also formed in a direction perpendicular to the groove 14.

(Function) In other words, in order to obtain such a configuration, the handle 10 is first attached to the wiping tool main body 1 by engaging the flange 5 into the engagement groove 14 formed in one direction (same direction as the flange). The handle 10 is attached in the same direction as the wiping tool main body 1 as shown in Fig. 2A, and therefore the wiping operation can be performed in the left and right directions as shown in the figure, and the handle 10 can be slid in this state. When the wiping tool is removed from the main body 1 and the handle 10 is replaced by inserting the flange 5 into the other engagement groove 17 perpendicular to the engagement groove 14, the handle 10 becomes a wiping tool as shown in FIG. It is attached in a direction perpendicular to the main body 1, so that wiping work can be performed in the vertical direction as shown in the figure.

In this way, by replacing the handle 10, it is possible to perform the wiping operation in any direction, up, down, left or right, while holding the handle 10 naturally and without any wobbling.

(Example) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described according to an example shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a water drop wiping tool as an example,
A is a front view, B is a plan view, C is an enlarged end view along line A-A, D is an enlarged bottom view of the main part of the handle, E is B-B of D
Each shows a line end view.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a wiping tool body made of hard synthetic resin and having a substantially elongated rail shape and having a pair of opposing guide pieces 4, 4, with the upper ends of both guide pieces 4, 4 facing outward. Flange portions 5, 5 are formed on the flange portions 5, 5, and a plurality of grooves 2, etc. are formed from the flange portions 5, 5 to the approximately central portions of the guide pieces 4, 4 so that the cut grooves 2, . It is formed at intervals.
6, 6 is a pair of locking pieces formed inward at the lower ends of the guide pieces 4, 4; 7 is a continuous piece provided between both the guide pieces 4, 4; Cut groove 2,
A plurality of them are provided at equal intervals approximately in the center between the two, as shown in FIG. 1(b).

3 is a rubber wiping piece whose tip is gradually thinned and curved slightly inward, and has a bulge 8 formed at the upper end and a flange 9 directly below the bulge 8. , the bulging portion 8 is inserted into the wiping tool body 1 as shown in FIG. 1C, and the locking pieces 6,
6 and supported by the lower surfaces of the plurality of connecting pieces 7, .

Reference numeral 10 denotes a handle made of hard synthetic resin formed in a substantially dogleg shape on the side, between outer protruding pieces 12, 12 and inner protruding pieces 13, 13 protruding in the longitudinal direction of the lower surface of the mounting portion 11 at the tip. The engagement grooves 14, 14 into which the flanges 5, 5 can be engaged are formed horizontally (in the longitudinal direction) as shown in FIG. 1D.

17, 17 are the engagement grooves 1 as shown in FIG.
4, 14, that is, the mounting portion 1
Two insertion grooves formed in the lateral direction (vertical direction) of the lower surface of the wiping tool body 1, similar to the insertion grooves 14, 14, formed so that the flanges 5, 5 of the wiping tool body 1 can be inserted therein. It will be done.

As shown in FIG. 1, the handle 10 is normally slidable relative to the wiping tool main body 1 by engaging the flanges 5, 5 in the longitudinal engagement grooves 14, 14. Moreover, it is attached in the same direction as the wiping tool main body 1. Reference numeral 16 indicates a plurality of holes provided in the handle 10.

When wiping off water droplets after washing a car body such as a passenger car using the water droplet wiping tool configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 2A, the handle 10
The water droplet wiping operation is performed by holding the wiping tool vertically and lightly applying the wiping piece 3 to the vehicle body 18, and moving the wiping tool main body 1 left and right as shown by the arrows in the figure. That is, in this case, since the handle 10 is attached in the same direction as the wiping tool main body 1, the wiping tool main body 1 can be easily moved from side to side while holding the handle 10 vertically in a natural position. It is.

Next, when moving the wiping tool main body 1 up and down, slide the handle 10 relative to the wiping tool main body 1 and pull it out from the wiping tool main body 1. and the engagement groove 14,1 in the longitudinal direction of the handle 10.
4, and then engage the flanges 5, 5 in the other engagement groove, that is, the engagement grooves 17, 17 in the transverse direction, and move the handle 10 to the approximate center of the wiping tool body 1. Slide it to the position. At this time, the engagement grooves 17, 17 in the transverse direction are the engagement grooves 1 in the longitudinal direction.
Since it is formed perpendicular to 4 and 14,
When the flanges 5, 5 are engaged in the engagement grooves 17, 17 in the short direction, the handle 10 is attached in a direction perpendicular to the wiping tool body 1, as shown in FIG. .

Therefore, in this state, water droplets can be wiped off by holding the handle 10 vertically as shown in the figure and moving the wiping tool main body 1 in the vertical direction.

As described above, in the above embodiment, the engagement groove into which the collar of the wiping tool body 1 can be engaged is connected to the attachment part 11 of the handle 10.
Since the lower surface is formed in both vertical and horizontal directions, it can be mounted in either the same direction as the wiping tool body 1 or in the orthogonal direction. It has now become possible to carry out handling operations in either the up, down, left, or right directions without strain and in a stable state without causing wobbling.

In the above embodiment, the wiping tool main body 1 has flanges 5, 5.
are formed as a pair on the left and right, and the flange portions 5, 5
Two insertable engagement grooves 14, 14, 17, 17 are formed in both the vertical and horizontal directions of the attachment portion 11 of the handle 10, but the numbers of the flange portion 5 and the engagement grooves 14, 17 are never the same. It is not limited to the examples. For example, as shown in Fig. 3, wide engagement grooves 14 and 17 are
Each strip may be formed on the lower surface of the handle 10.
The point is that the engagement grooves 14 and 17 into which the collar portion 5 can be engaged are formed on the lower surface of the handle 10 so as to be perpendicular to each other.

In addition, in this embodiment, since the wiping tool body 1 is formed with a plurality of grooves 2, etc., the wiping tool body 1 has flexibility, which makes it easier to wipe surfaces to be cleaned such as car bodies. Although a favorable effect was obtained in which the contact of the strips 3 was facilitated, it is not a condition to form such cut grooves 2, . . . .

Furthermore, in this embodiment, since the continuous piece 7 is provided between the guide pieces 4, 4, this continuous piece 7 supports the bulging part 8 of the wiping piece 3, and prevents the wiping piece 3 from wobbling. However, this continuous piece 7 is by no means essential to the present invention.

Further, the material of the wiping tool body 1 and the handle 10 is by no means limited to the hard synthetic resin of the embodiment, and the material of the wiping piece 3 is also not limited to rubber. The point is that the wiping piece 3 only needs to be made of a flexible material.

Furthermore, although the above embodiment describes the case where the water drop wiping tool is used on the body of a passenger car, the water drop wiping tool of the present invention can also be used to wipe water droplets on surfaces other than the car body. No matter what the purpose is.

In addition, the shape, structure, etc. of the wiping tool main body 1, wiping piece 3, and handle 10 can be changed as desired.

(Effect of the invention) As described above, the present invention forms a flange on the wiping tool body, and forms an engagement groove into which the flange can be inserted on the lower surface of the handle in the same direction as the flange. In the water drop wiping tool, another engagement groove that can be engaged with the flange is also formed in a direction perpendicular to the engagement groove on the lower surface of the handle, so that The handle can be replaced in either the same direction or perpendicular direction to the wiping tool body by appropriately inserting the collar into the vertical and horizontal insertion grooves perpendicular to the wiping tool body, and the replacement is troublesome. This has the remarkable effect of being very easy and smooth to engage the flange into the engagement groove without any work involved.

In this way, the handle can be replaced in either the same direction as the wiping tool body or in the perpendicular direction, so the wiping direction is not limited as in the past, and can be moved up, down, left or right. The wiping work can be performed anywhere, such as on the top of the window surface or near the window frame, and there are no restrictions on the work space. There is a great advantage that the engagement can be carried out in a stable state without causing rattling. In addition, since the engagement grooves are formed on the same bottom surface, even if the handle is replaced at right angles to the wiping tool or in the same direction,
There is an advantage that wiping operations can be performed in the vertical and horizontal directions without changing the position and angle of the arms holding the handle in relation to the wiping surface.

In particular, as mentioned above, since the grip grooves are formed vertically and horizontally in order to improve the structure of the handle itself, there is the practical benefit of being able to optionally replace the main body of a wiping tool with a conventional collar. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 shows a water drop wiping tool as an example,
A is a front view, B is a plan view, C is an enlarged end view taken along line A-A of A, D is an enlarged bottom view of the main part of the handle, E is B of D
-B sectional view. FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing the action during wiping work. FIG. 3 shows a handle of another embodiment, in which A is an enlarged bottom view of the main part and B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line C--C of A. FIG. 4A is a sectional view showing a conventional example, and FIG. 4B is an enlarged bottom view of the main part. FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view showing the operation of the conventional example. 1... Wiping tool body, 3... Wiping piece, 4, 4...
Guide piece, 10... Handle, 14, 14... Engagement groove, 17, 17... Engagement groove.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A wiping tool main body 1 having a wiping piece 3 made of a flexible material with a gradually thinner tip provided at the lower part, and a flange 5 protruding outward along the upper longitudinal direction.
An engagement groove 14 into which the flange 5 of the wiping tool body 1 can be engaged is formed on the lower surface, and the flange 5 can be inserted into the engagement groove 14.
In a water drop wiping tool comprising a handle 10 that can be slidably attached to the wiping tool main body 1 in the same direction as the longitudinal direction of the wiping tool main body 1, the lower surface of the handle 10 A water drop wiping tool characterized in that an engagement groove 17 into which the collar portion 5 can engage is also formed in a direction perpendicular to the engagement groove 14.