JPH0355022A - Cleaning equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To rotate only a mop head but not a handle when a mop is dewatered by a mop dewatering device, for improving safety, by revolving the mop head on the handle at a high speed. CONSTITUTION:A handle 1 consists of a rotary shaft 6 and a pipe 4 in which the rotary shaft is inserted and supported free to rotate. A guide hole 6a is provided at the tip of the rotary shaft and the rotary shaft is led to a rotating axis 101 of a dewatering dryer 200 to perform centrifugal dewatering. A mop head 2 is attached on the rotary shaft 6 across the guide hole, and duster 2b is fixed on a presser plate 2a having a guide hole. The upper part of the pipe 4 is divided into two or more divided parts 4b, and the divided parts is transformed by a taper part 8a of a lock 8 so that the divided parts are pressed on the outer surface of the rotary shaft and the rotary shaft and the pipe are fixed into one piece. By this fixing means, the mop head is held either free to rotate on the handle or fixed on the handle. As a result, the mop can be used without any difficulty and also treated by the mop dewatering dryer in safe.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a cleaning tool, and particularly to a cleaning tool used with a dryer that dehydrates a wiping means by rotational centrifugal force.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, mops, which are cleaning tools having a long handle with a wiping function at the tip, have been widely used.

Usually, the wiping means of this type of mop is fixed such that the longitudinal direction of the wiping means is perpendicular to the long handle.

The applicant of the present application has developed a spherical bearing cleaning tool j of Utility Application No. 63-56643, in which conventional cleaning tools cannot be used.
For example, it can be used in narrow areas such as the floor between the back of furniture placed on the floor and the wall, and the wiping means can be rotated at high speed around the long handle. When applying the mop to a mop dehydrator that drains water, only the wiping means rotates.In other words, even when the mop is applied to the mop dehydrator, the long handle does not rotate in the same way as the wiping means. We are making proposals to increase safety when using the machine.

Furthermore, according to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry's Electricity Control Law, which regulates the safety of electrical products, it is stipulated that electrical products that use AC as a power source must not have their rotating parts exposed during operation. Washing machines are required to have lids.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above proposal, the one with a bearing in the spherical bearing part can withstand the high speed rotation of the mop dehydrator, but the wiping means is not fixed to the long handle, making it difficult to use. There was a problem that it was difficult to use motsubu due to the condition.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the object of the invention in claim 1 is to rotate the mop at high speed with the long handle as the center of rotation, so that it can be used in a mop dehydrator for draining water. To provide a cleaning tool whose long handle does not rotate and only a wiping means rotates to improve safety.

Further, the object of the invention as claimed in claim 2 is to provide a cleaning tool that improves safety and operability by automatically rotating only the wiping means when the mop is applied to a dehydrator with the long handle as the center of rotation. There is a particular thing.

[Means for Solving the Problems] and [Operation] In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention provides a state in which a wiping means provided on one end surface of the long handle is rotatable with respect to the long handle, and a wiping means provided on one end surface of the long handle is provided. A cleaning tool configured to be integrally fixed to the cleaning tool, the first shaft body having the wiping means sandwiching the guide portion held in a freely rotatable state, and the first shaft body being inserted into the cleaning tool. and a fixing means provided on the outer periphery of the second shaft to fix the first shaft to the second shaft, the fixing means supporting the wiping means. It functions to make the body rotatable relative to the long handle and to be integrally fixed to the long handle.

Further, a guide portion is inserted into a rotating shaft provided at the center of rotation of a basket provided inside the dryer main body to perform drying by rotational centrifugal force, and a wiping means provided at one end surface of the long handle is attached to the long handle. The cleaning tool has two states: a dehydration state in which the wiping means is rotatably dehydrated, and a use state in which the wiping means is fixed integrally with the long handle, wherein the shaft body to which the wiping means is fixed is rotatable relative to the long handle The shaft body and the long handle are connected to each other by a latching action of a latching means that is pivotally supported and has a biasing means that is slidable in the longitudinal direction of the long handle and moves integrally with the long handle in the rotational direction of the long handle. When the latching means is brought into contact with and moved by the rotating shaft, the latching state is released and the dewatering state is brought into the dewatering state.

[Example] Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of the cleaning tool of the present invention, showing a case in which the cleaning tool is applied to a mop, and is shown together with a dehydrating dryer 200.

In FIG. 1, a long handle 1 having a total length of about 1.5 meters and an outer diameter of about 25 mm supports a rotary shaft 6 as a first shaft and rotatably supports the rotary shaft 6 while being inserted therethrough. cylindrical body 4 as a second shaft body. In this way, the cylinder 4
A guide hole 6a shown in broken lines is bored at the tip of the rotating shaft 6 supported by the rotating center shaft 10 provided at the center of rotation of the rotating basket 100 of the dehydrating dryer 200.
1, the center of rotation of the rotating shaft 6 is determined, and centrifugal dehydration is performed as the rotation occurs.

Further, as shown in the figure, wiping means 2 are provided on both sides of the rotating shaft body 6 with the guide hole 6a in between, but the wiping means 2 is provided with a hole for the guide hole 6a. A rag 2b is fixed to one rootstock 2a.

On the other hand, the structure of the fixing means for integrally fixing the rotating shaft body 6 to the cylinder body 4 to enable cleaning work is such that it is divided into a plurality of parts at the upper end portion of the cylinder body 4 as shown in the figure. The rotating shaft 6 and the cylindrical body 4 are integrally fixed by displacing the branch portion 4b by an external force and pressing it against the outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft 6.

For this purpose, a branch portion 4b with the stepped portion 4a of the cylinder body 4 as a base.
In the illustrated disassembled state, the rotary shaft 6 is set so that there is a gap (clearance) between the rotary shaft 6 and the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft 6 due to its own elastic force that tends to return to its original position.

On the other hand, the lock body 8 inserted from above in the direction of the arrow in the figure into the branch part 4b is formed of a cylindrical body as shown in the figure, and a cap (not shown) is provided at the upper end. The rotating shaft body 6 serving as a rotating part is not exposed. Three tapered parts 8a are formed on the inner circumferential surface of the lock body 8 so that the inner diameter gradually changes, and the change in the inner diameter of the tapered parts 8a rotates the branch part 4b. The outer peripheral surface of the shaft body 6 is tightened, and the branch portion 4b is loosened from the rotation shaft body 6, so that the rotation shaft body 6 can freely rotate.

On the other hand, a pedal 202 is provided on the upper surface of the dehydrator/dryer 200.
A semicircular lid 201a is supported by a hinge 203 in order to open it upward in the direction of the arrow by pressing the lid downward. This semicircular lid body 2
Further, a lid 20lb corresponding to approximately 1/4 arc is rotatably supported on 01a via a hinge 404.

As a result, when a worker is located in front of the pedal 202 and presses the pedal 202 downward, the lid 201a and the lid 20lb will be folded away from the worker even when the cleaning tool is set. The lid body does not get in the way.

On the other hand, during dehydration, the rotating parts are kept in the closed state shown in the figure to prevent danger. To perform dewatering using the dehydrator/dryer 200 configured as described above, when the lock stop 8 is rotated in the direction of the solid line arrow in the figure, the radius of the tapered portion 8a is rotated in a direction that decreases, and as a result, a branch is formed. While acting to tighten the outer circumferential surface of the portion 4b, the locking body 8
When it is rotated in the direction of the dashed arrow in the figure, the radius of the tapered portion 8a is rotated in a direction that increases, so that the tightened state of the outer circumferential surface of the branch portion 4b is released, and the rotating shaft body 6 is moved into the cylindrical body 4.
It is designed to be able to rotate freely inside.

This rotational movement is performed by inserting the guide hole 6a into the rotation center shaft 101 of the basket 100, which is provided in the dehydrating dryer 200 and is shown by a two-dot chain line. Here, this lock body 8 does not have to be rotated as described above, and after inserting the wiping stage 2 into the basket 100 shown by the two-dot chain line, the long outer peripheral surface of the cylinder body 4 can be rotated. Then, the tightening state by the lock body 8 may be released.

Next, FIG. 2 is a front view of a broken main part according to a second embodiment of the cleaning tool of the present invention, and shows a case where the cleaning tool is applied to a mop.

In FIG. 2, the basic configuration is the same as in FIG. 1, so functional parts that are the same as those in FIG.
and a cylindrical body 4 which rotatably supports this rotary shaft body 6 in an inserted state.

A rootstock 2 is connected to the lower end of the rotating shaft 6 via a fixing fitting 10.
A is fixed with a screw as shown in the figure, while a total of four insertion holes shown in broken lines are bored in this rootstock 2a, and a horizontal bar with a bolt 12a fixed to the upper end passes through these insertion holes. 12c in the position shown, each bolt 12a
A wing nut 12b is screwed onto the upper end, and a cloth 2b is sandwiched between the horizontal bar 12c, which has a through hole or a bent part so that the rotating shaft 6 can be inserted therethrough, and the rootstock 2a. The rag 2b is made replaceable by tightening the wing nut 12b.

Next, the upper end of the cylindrical body 4 is divided and provided as a branched tapered part 4C, and an outer circumferential threaded part 4d is formed from this branched tapered part 4C as a starting point, as shown.

On the other hand, a locking body 8 for integrally fixing the rotating shaft 6 to the cylinder body 4 to enable cleaning work is attached to the cylinder body 4 described above.
In order to shift the branch part 4C which is divided into two parts by an external force and press it against the outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft 6, the threaded part 8b screwed into the outer circumferential thread part 4d and the branch part A tapered portion 8C that abuts the outer peripheral surface of the tapered portion 4c is provided at the edge of the inner peripheral surface of the tapered portion 4c.

Next, the cap 9 is attached to the rotating shaft body 6 via the bearing 1l.
It is rotatably provided at the upper end of the .

FIG. 3 is a front view showing the external appearance of FIG. 2, showing the outer circumferential threaded portion 4d of the cylindrical body 4 and the branch taper portion 4C. Further, the lock body 8 is connected to the outer peripheral threaded portion 4d of the cylinder body 4
It is inserted from above so that it is screwed into the body. After that, the cap 9 is pressed. This cap 9 has an insertion hole 9a formed therein so that the cap 9 can be hung using this insertion hole 9a.

In the above configuration, by rotating the lock body 8, the lock body 8 moves in the direction of the arrow shown by the solid line and the broken line, since the lock body 8 is screwed together. When the lock body 8 is moved in the direction of the solid line arrow, the rotary shaft 6 and the cylindrical body 4 are integrally fixed, while when the lock body 8 is moved in the direction of the broken line arrow, the stepped portion 4
The branched taper portion 4c with a as its base has a distance (clearance) from the outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft 6 due to its own elastic force.
is set.

That is, when the lock body 8 is rotated in the direction of the solid line arrow in the figure, the taper portion 8c moves in a direction in which the radius of the inner circumferential surface of the branched taper portion 4c becomes smaller. It acts to tighten the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft body 6. On the other hand, when the lock body 8 is rotated in the direction of the broken line arrow in the figure, the radius of the branched taper portion 4c is increased, so that the tightened state of the outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft body 6 is released. As a result, the rotating shaft body 6 is placed in a state where it can freely rotate inside the cylinder body 4.

This rotational movement is performed by inserting the guide hole 6a into the rotation center shaft 101 of the basket provided in the dehydrating dryer. Here, this lock body 8 is as described above.
There is no need to take the trouble to rotate the wiping means 5. After the wiping means 2 is inserted into the basket 100 shown by the two-dot chain line, the long outer peripheral surface of the cylinder body 4 is rotated to release the tightened state by the lock body 8. You can.

Next, FIG. 4 is a front view of a cleaning tool according to a third embodiment of the present invention, and shows a configuration example in which the locking body 8 is disposed near the rootstock 2a. The basic configuration is such that the wiping means 2 is integrally fixed to the rotary shaft body 6 at a portion corresponding to the cap 9 of the second embodiment described based on FIG.

Since the other components are the same as in Fig. 2, the same functional parts as in Fig. 2 are given the same numbers and their explanations are omitted.
In FIG. 4, a branched tapered portion 4e whose tip is branched as shown by broken lines is fixed to the lower end portion of the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder 4. Inside the cylinder 4, a rotary shaft body 6 shown in broken lines is rotatably supported and is prevented from falling off by a stopper 16. A lock body 8 is screwed onto the outer periphery of the branched tapered portion 4e, and the rotation of the lock body 8 causes the cylinder body 4 and the rotating shaft body 6 to be connected as explained based on FIGS. 2 and 3. It is designed to be in a state where it is integrated and a state where it is freely rotatable. In addition, since the rootstock 2a attached via the fixing fitting 10 has an upper surface portion whose semicylindrical corner portion is formed by an arc, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the rag 2b gets entangled with the upper surface portion of the rootstock 2a. It looks like this.

As a result of the above structure, the lock body 8 is located at a low position, which improves operability even for short people. You can now hang it on a container.

Next, FIG. 5 is a cutaway front view of the main parts of the cleaning tool of the fourth embodiment, in which a rootstock 2a and a rag 2b constituting the wiping means are attached to the long handle 1 after being inserted into the basket of a dehydrating dryer. It shows how it can be rotated freely. In this figure, a tip member 14 is fixed to the tip of the long handle 1 with a screw. A sleeve 20 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of this tip member 14.
is rotatably provided via two bearings 24 and is fixed to the upper end surface of the sleeve 20.
6 is inserted into the groove 14h of the tip member 14, and the sleeve 20 is prevented from falling off from the tip member l4.

A sleeve base 22 is fixed to the lower end of this sleeve 20, and two rootstocks 2a provided with cloths 2b are fixed to this sleeve base 22.

Furthermore, a guide hole 22b is bored in the center of the sleeve base 22, through which the tip 101a of the rotation center shaft 101 provided at the center of rotation of the basket 100 of the dehydrating dryer is guided. As shown in the figure, the maximum diameter portion of the rotation center shaft 101 is inserted into this guide hole portion 22b.

Further, the rotating body 102 is rotatably provided at the distal end portion of the distal end portion 101a, and rotates integrally with the locking member 16 in the illustrated state.

Next, inside the tip member 14, there is built-in a locking member 16 which is movable in the directions of the solid line and broken line arrows and whose rotation is restricted in the radial direction by a key 18. As a result of this key 18 being slidably guided along a key groove 14b formed in the moving direction of the tip member l4, the rotation of the locking member 16 is restricted.

On the other hand, this latching member 16 is composed of a cap-shaped body as shown in the figure, and a compression coil spring 28 is built inside the cylindrical portion l6b of the latching member 16. The latch member l6 is biased to move in the direction of the solid arrow. A latching portion 16a is formed on the bottom edge of this latching member 16, and is latched to a latching portion 22a formed on the edge opposite to the guide hole portion 22b of the sleeve base 22. By that,
The latching member l6 and the sleeve base 22 are integrated.

As a result of the above structure, the rootstock 2a is rotatably supported with respect to the long handle 1, and as a result, the rootstock 2a and the cloth 2b, which constitute the wiping means, are rotated against the long handle 1 after being inserted into the basket lOO of the dehydrator dryer. be made free to move.

Next, FIG. 6 is a front view of the cleaning tool shown in FIG. 5 in a state in which it is in use, with the main parts cut away.
is moved in the direction of the solid arrow by the biasing force of the compression coil spring 28, and the hooking portion 16a of the hooking member 16 and the hooking portion 22a of the sleeve base 22 are in a locked state.

In this state, cleaning tools are used.

Next, FIG. 7 is a cutaway front view of the main parts of the cleaning tool of the fifth embodiment, and since the basic configuration is the same as that of the cleaning tool of the fourth embodiment, similar components include the following. To explain the different components by using the same numbers as those in FIG. 5 and omitting the explanation, in FIG. 7, the sleeve base 22 is the tip member l4
It is rotatably supported by two bearings 24 while being inserted into the interior. As shown in the figure, a communication hole having the same diameter as the guide hole 22b inserted into the rotation center shaft 101 of the basket 100 is bored in the center of the sleeve base 22. Stepped portion 16d7 extending downward from the center of the lower end surface of
At the center of the lower end surface of this stepped portion 16d, a rotating body 30 that is rotated by contacting the tip of the rotation center shaft 101 is provided.

As a result of the above structure, the rootstock 2a is rotatably supported with respect to the long handle 1, so that the rootstock 2a and the cloth 2b, which constitute the wiping means, are rotated against the long handle 1 after being inserted into the basket 100 of the dehydrator dryer. In a state (not shown) in which the hanging member l6 is freely movable, the hanging member l6 is moved in the direction of the solid arrow by the urging force of the compression coil spring 28, and the hanging portion 16a of the hanging member 16 and the hanging portion of the sleeve base portion 22 are connected. 22a is put into the state shown in the figure in which it is latched and put into use.

In the configuration described above, instead of the key l8 provided on the latching member 16, the outer shape of the latching member 16 is formed into a spline shape, and a spline groove is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the tip member 14, or The latching member l6 may be formed into a prismatic shape so that it is slidable only in the vertical direction.

Although the above explanation has been limited to a mop having a wiping part equipped with a rag among cleaning tools, the present invention can also be applied to other cleaning tools having a rubber wiper or the like as a wiping means.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, when the long handle is rotated at high speed with the long handle as the center of rotation, only the wiping means is removed without rotating when applying it to a mop dehydrator that drains water. It is possible to provide a cleaning tool that rotates and has increased safety.

Moreover, when the mop is applied to a dehydrator with the long handle as the center of rotation, only the wiping means automatically rotates, thereby providing a cleaning tool with improved safety and operability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of the cleaning tool of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of a broken main part of the second embodiment of the cleaning tool of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is the second embodiment of the cleaning tool of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a front view of a cleaning tool according to a third embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a front view of a broken main part of a cleaning tool according to a fourth embodiment; FIG. 6 is a front view of the cleaning tool shown in FIG. 5 in a state in which the main part is cut away, and FIG. 7 is a front view of the main part of the cleaning tool of the fifth embodiment, with the main part cut away. In the figure, 1... Long handle, 2... Wiping means, 2a... Script, 2b... Rag, 4... Cylindrical body, 4a... Stepped part,
4b... Branch part, 4C... Branch taper part, 4d...
・Outer circumference threaded part, 6...Rotating shaft body, 6a...Guide hole part, 8...Lock body, 8a...Tapered part, 9...Cap, lO...Fixing metal fitting, l1... ··bearing,
14... Tip member, 14h... Keyway, 16...
Latching member, 16a... Latching portion, 16d... Step portion, 18... Key, 20... Sleeve, 22... Sleeve base, 22a... Latching portion, 24... - Bearing, 26... Retainer, 28... Compression coil spring, 100... Basket, 101... Rotating center shaft, 102... Rotating body, 200... Dehydrating dryer. patent

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A cleaning tool in which a wiping means provided on one end surface of the long handle is rotatable relative to the long handle, and the wiping means is integrally fixed to the long handle, wherein the wiping means is rotatable. a first shaft body that is provided with the wiping means on both sides of the guide portion that is held in the body; a second shaft body that supports the first shaft body in an inserted state; A cleaning tool comprising a fixing means for fixing the first shaft body to the second shaft body. (2) A guide part is inserted into the rotating shaft provided at the center of rotation of the basket which is provided inside the dryer main body and performs drying by rotating centrifugal force, and the wiping means provided at one end surface of the long handle is connected to the long handle. A cleaning tool that can be used in a dehydration state in which water is dehydrated while being rotatable against the long handle, and in a use state in which it is integrally fixed to the long handle, wherein the shaft body to which the wiping means is fixed is rotatable relative to the long handle. The shaft body and the shaft body are supported by a latching action of a latching means having a biasing means that is slidable in the longitudinal direction of the long shaft and moves integrally with the long shaft in the rotational direction of the long shaft. The cleaning tool is characterized in that, while the long handle is in the usage state, when the latching means is brought into contact with and moved by the rotating shaft, the latching state is released and the cleaning tool is brought into the dehydration state.