JPH07303589A - Mop - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a mop which ensures easiness in cleaning works by giving a sheet mounting member an appropriate flexibility and which is equipped with in enhanced service efficiency by facilitating mounting and removal of a wiping sheet for provision of easy-to-handle characteristic and equipping the sheet with versatility. CONSTITUTION:A mop is fitted with a sheet mounting member 2 attached to the tip of a shank 1, a wiping sheet wound replaceably on the sheet mounting part, and a holder arm 22 to retain the sheet in the wound condition, wherein the sheet mounting member 2 is formed in a short column shape from an elastic material, and its oversurface is provided with a groove 12 stretching in the axial direction. The holder arm 22 is made displaceable between the detaining position in which fitting in the groove 12 is generated so that the ends of the sheet are detained with the groove and the disengage position where removal from the groove is made so that the sheet is released.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mop for cleaning floors, furniture and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of mop, it is known that a disposable wiping sheet made of cloth, paper or the like is attached to a base plate or the like, and the wiping sheet is pressed against the floor or furniture with a strong force for cleaning. When a large amount of dust adheres to the wiping sheet due to cleaning, the dusted wiping sheet is discarded and replaced with a new wiping sheet.

However, in the conventional mop of this type, the base plate for attaching the wiping sheet is formed of a hard material such as synthetic resin, and the wiping sheet is pressed against the cleaning target portion with a strong force for use. Since it is not flexible, not only is the usability not good when the wiping sheet is pressed against the area to be cleaned, but also the rugged feeling is directly transmitted to the hand and the burden on the hand is also very large. There is a drawback that the workability at the time of cleaning is poor, such that the hard base plate easily hits walls and furniture and is easily scratched. Further, since the wiping sheet is relatively difficult to attach and detach to and from the base plate and lacks consideration for widely and effectively using the attached wiping sheet, it is inconvenient to handle and the wiping sheet is not efficiently used.

[0004]

An object of the present invention is to improve workability during cleaning by imparting appropriate flexibility to a sheet mounting member for mounting a wiping sheet,
Another object of the present invention is to provide a mop that facilitates attachment / detachment of a wiping sheet to / from a sheet mounting member for easy handling, and enables the wiping sheet to be widely used, thereby improving the usage efficiency.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the mop of the present invention comprises an operating handle, a seat attachment member attached to the tip of the handle, and a sheet which can be exchangeably wound around the seat attachment member. The cleaning wiping sheet and the sheet holding means for holding the wiping sheet in a wound state, the sheet mounting member is formed of an elastic material into a short column having a required length, and the axial line is formed on the upper surface thereof. Direction, the sheet holding means is fitted into the groove of the sheet mounting member and both ends of the wiping sheet are locked in the groove, and the sheet is removed from the groove. It is characterized in that it has a holding arm which is displaceable between a release position for releasing the wiping sheet and the release position. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the handle is substantially composed of a single rod-shaped member, and the handle is rotatably connected to a substantially central portion of an upper surface of the seat mounting member. Two holding arms are rotatably attached to both sides of the base by pivotally supporting the base ends of the two holding arms. According to another aspect of the present invention, the handle is composed of a pair of first and second handle members that are openably and closably coupled, and the seat attachment member is substantially parallel to the first handle member with respect to their axes. Mounted towards the second
The handle member constitutes a holding arm. The seat mounting member in the present invention is preferably configured as a hollow cylindrical member.

[0006]

In the mop having the above-mentioned structure, the wiping sheet attached to the sheet attaching member is lightly pressed against the cleaning target portion, and the dust is wiped while reciprocating in the left and right directions with a touch like sweeping with a broom. At this time, the seat attachment member elastically bends, and this elastic deformation gives a soft feeling of use. For this reason, the feeling of use during cleaning is good, you do not need to use force, and the feeling of ruggedness is not transmitted to your hand, so the burden on your hand is small, and moreover,
Workability is very good, such as no damage even if the seat mounting member hits a wall or furniture. Further, both ends of the wiping sheet wound around the sheet mounting member are pushed and held in the concave groove on the upper surface of the sheet mounting member by a holding arm rotatable between a locking position and a releasing position. Therefore, the work of attaching the wiping sheet becomes very simple and reliable, and the work of removing the wiping sheet at the time of replacement becomes easy. Moreover, of the total area of the wiping sheet, the only part that is pushed into the groove for locking and is not used for cleaning is a very small part at both ends, and other parts are exposed to the outside and cleaned. The effective use of the wiping sheet is very high.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 show a first embodiment of the mop of the present invention. The mop of the first embodiment is a handle 1 for operation and a short columnar shape attached to the tip of the handle 1 in a horizontally long state. Sheet mounting member 2, a wiping sheet 3 for cleaning (shown only in FIG. 1 and FIG. 6) wound around the sheet mounting member 2 in an exchangeable manner, and a sheet for holding the wiping sheet 3 in a wound state. And holding means 4.

The handle 1 is constituted by a metal or synthetic resin pipe as a substantially single rod-shaped member, and has a handle main body 1a having a grip 5 at a base end thereof, and the handle main body 1a. The connecting member 1b is attached to the front end of the connecting member 1b. The connecting member 1b has a front end portion 6 which is bifurcated, and is a part of a mounting means for mounting the seat mounting member 2 on the front end portion 6. A certain receiving member 8 is rotatably connected by a pin 10.

The mounting means for mounting the seat mounting member 2 on the handle 1 is composed of the above-mentioned receiving member 8 and the pressing member 9, as can be seen from FIGS. 2 to 5. Of these, the receiving member 8 is composed of an elongated channel portion 13 having a substantially U-shaped cross-section that holds the recessed groove 12 portion of the seat mounting member 2 from below, and a connecting portion 14 that rises from approximately the center of the channel portion 13. The connecting portion 14 is fitted into the forked portion of the tip portion 6 of the connecting member 1b of the handle 1 and is rotatably supported by the pin 10.

On the other hand, the pressing member 9 is in the form of an elongated plate having a lateral width narrower than the inner width of the channel portion 13 of the receiving member 8, and the groove 12 of the seat mounting member 2 is formed.
The sheet mounting member 2 is sandwiched between the seat mounting member 2 and the receiving member 8 by being fitted inside, and the lower surface of the pressing member 9 is
As can be seen from FIG. 5, a plurality of pairs of locking bullets 16, 16 having outwardly facing claws 16a are provided at appropriate intervals in the longitudinal direction of the holding member 9, and the locking bullets 16, 16
Is elastically engageable with and disengageable from a hole edge of a locking hole 17 formed in the channel portion 13, and by the locking, the receiving member 8 and the pressing member 9 are fixed to each other. Has become. Even if the holding member 9 is one long plate having substantially the same length as the channel portion 13 of the receiving member 8, it is two short plates located on both sides of the connecting portion 14 with the connecting portion 14 interposed therebetween. However, in the case of a long plate, a hole into which the connecting portion 14 is fitted is provided at the center thereof.

The sheet mounting member 2 for mounting the wiping sheet 3 is made of a soft and elastic material such as synthetic resin or rubber in a hollow cylindrical shape, and its cross-sectional shape is heart-shaped. Has a shape that is elongated in the vertical direction and has a rounded lower end, and the above-mentioned recessed groove 12 having a substantially U shape is formed in the upper surface thereof in the axial direction, and the bottom of the recessed groove 12 is formed. A hole 18 through which the connecting portion 14 of the receiving member 8 is inserted
And a hole 19 through which the locking bullet piece 16 of the pressing member 9 is inserted.

The cross-sectional shape of the seat mounting member 2 is not limited to the illustrated shape, but may be any other shape, but it is preferable that the seat mounting member 2 has a vertically long cross-section so that it may bend during cleaning. The shape is a shape, and a preferable example thereof is a vertically long ellipse, a vertically long rectangle, a trapezoid, or a triangle with rounded corners. Further, the seat mounting member 2 can be easily obtained by cutting an extruded tubular material having a required cross-sectional shape into a required length.

The wiping sheet 3 mounted on the sheet mounting member 2 is formed in a required size by an arbitrary sheet material such as paper such as tissue paper and cloth such as woven cloth and non-woven cloth. As can be seen from FIG. 1 and FIG. 6, the seat mounting member 2 is wound around the seat mounting member 2 so as to wrap the seat mounting member 2 from below, and both ends of the seat mounting member 2 are pushed into the recessed grooves 12 on the upper surface of the seat mounting member 2, It is locked in the groove 12 by the sheet holding means 4.

By attaching the wiping sheet 3 to the sheet mounting member 2 in this manner, the portion of the entire area of the wiping sheet 3 that is pushed into the groove 12 for locking and is not used for cleaning. Since only a very small part of both ends is exposed and the other parts are exposed to the outside and are effectively used for cleaning, the use efficiency of the wiping sheet 3 becomes very high. In addition, if the wiping sheet 3 is formed so that both front and back surfaces can be used, and if a large amount of dust adheres and the cleaning ability deteriorates, the wiping sheet 3 can be used by reversing the front and back to improve its use efficiency. It gets even higher. The wiping sheet 3 can be impregnated with a dusting agent, but it is not always necessary to impregnate it.

The sheet holding means 4 for holding the wiping sheet 3 is composed of two holding arms 22, 22 rotatably attached to both sides of the tip of the handle 1.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, these holding arms 22 have an inverted U-shaped cross section and are provided with reinforcing ribs 2 at appropriate positions.
3 has a slender rod shape, and its base end portion is a bifurcated support portion 22a. The support portion 22a is fitted to the bifurcated tip portion 6 of the connection member 1b from the outside, and the pin 10
It is pivotally supported so that it can rotate freely. As a result, these holding arms 22 and 22 are fitted into the groove 12 of the sheet mounting member 2 so that both end portions of the wiping sheet 3 are connected to the groove 12.
Locking position to lock inside (right half of FIG. 4) and groove 12
It is freely displaceable with respect to a release position (the left half portion in FIG. 4) where the wiping sheet 3 is released by pulling it out.

The force for holding the holding arms 22, 22 at the locking position is the frictional force with the wiping sheet 3 or the elastic force of the sheet mounting member 2, but the support portion 22a has an appropriate friction against the rotation. A force may be applied, and the holding arms 22 and 22 may be stopped at arbitrary rotational positions by this frictional force. Also, in the illustrated embodiment, two holding arms 2
The two holding arms 22 and 22 can be rotated independently of each other. However, the two holding arms 22 and 22 are provided with a gear so as to mesh with each other.
Can also be configured to rotate in conjunction with each other. Thus, the holding arms 22 that are rotatable between the locking position and the releasing position push both ends of the wiping sheet 3 into the concave groove 12 of the sheet mounting member 2 to hold the wiping sheet 3. The operation of attaching the wiping sheet 3 becomes very simple and reliable, and the wiping sheet 3 at the time of replacement is replaced.
It will be easy to remove.

As shown in FIG. 6, the mop having the above-mentioned structure is provided with the wiping sheet 3 attached to the sheet attaching member 2.
Is lightly pressed against the part to be cleaned, and is reciprocated in the left-right direction in the figure with a touch like sweeping with a broom, and the dust is wiped off with the wiping sheet 3. At this time, the sheet mounting member 2
However, as shown by the chain line in FIG. 6, it flexes to the left and right, and this flexing gives a soft feeling of use like sweeping with a broom.

Therefore, the feeling of use during cleaning is very good,
Since it does not need to be put into force and the rugged feeling is not transmitted to the hand, the burden on the hand is small, and even if the seat mounting member 2 hits a wall or furniture, it is not damaged. As described above, the workability is very good, and the usage and effect of this point are clearly different from those of the conventional type mop that wipes with a large force.

Further, since the seat mounting member 2 has a hollow cylindrical shape, the seat mounting member 2 can be flexed smoothly without causing friction or displacement with the wiping sheet 3. That is, when the seat mounting member 2 is non-hollow, when the seat mounting member 2 bends in the direction shown by the chain line in FIG.
Since the right side portion of the wiping sheet 3 extends and the left side portion compresses and shortens, the wiping sheet 3 and the sheet mounting member 2 that do not cause such extension and shortening rub against each other, and the friction between them is reduced. When the sheet attachment member 2 is large, the sheet attachment member 2 is pulled by the wiping sheet 3 and is unlikely to bend. Therefore, if the seat mounting member 2 is formed to be hollow as in the present invention, the side receiving the compressive force when it is bent (the left side in the case of the chain line in FIG. 6)
By bending inward and buckling as shown,
The sheet attachment member 2 can be bent without expansion and contraction, and as a result, the sheet attachment member 2 does not rub against the wiping sheet 3 and the bending is very smooth. When the wiping sheet 3 is turned upside down or replaced with a new one, the holding arm 22
Is rotated to the release position, and then the wiping sheet 3 is removed from the sheet mounting member 2.

FIGS. 7 to 11 show a second embodiment of the present invention. The mop of the second embodiment has an openable and closable handle 31 which also serves as a sheet holding means and is different from that of the first embodiment. By mounting the seat mounting member 32 having substantially the same configuration,
The wiping sheet 3 is attached to the sheet mounting member 32.

That is, the handle 31 has a seat mounting member 32.
A first handle member 36 for attaching the second handle member 36 and a second handle member 37 constituting the holding arm 35 of the sheet holding means.
The base end portion is configured to be openable and closable by being rotatably connected with a pin 38. At the tip of the first handle member 36, the groove 4 of the seat mounting member 32 is provided.
An elongated channel portion 36a having a U-shaped cross section for holding the 0 portion from below is formed, and the seat attachment member 32 is attached to the channel portion 36a with the axis of the first handle member 36 substantially parallel to the concave portion. It is fixed by an elongated plate-shaped pressing member 41 press-fitted into the groove 40. On the lower surface of the pressing member 41, as in the case of the first embodiment,
A plurality of pairs of locking bullets having outwardly facing claws are provided at appropriate intervals, and these locking bullets are elastically engaged with the locking holes provided in the channel portion 36a of the first handle member 36. It can also be configured to stop.

On the other hand, the portion of the second handle member 37 corresponding to the channel portion 36a at the tip thereof is the holding arm 35 which is fitted into the groove 40 of the seat mounting member 32, and the two handle members are provided. When closing 36 and 37, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the holding arm 35 is fitted in the groove 40 to hold both ends of the wiping sheet 3 in the groove 40.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 10, the handle 31 is provided with a closing means 45 for holding both handle members 36 and 37 in a closed state. The closing means 45 includes a locking bullet piece 46 formed on the first handle member 36.
And a locking hole 47 formed in the second handle member 37, and when both handle members 36, 37 are closed, the locking bullet piece 4
The claw 46a of 6 is elastically locked to the edge of the locking hole 47. When opening both handle members 36 and 37, the locking bullet piece 46 exposed on the upper surface of the second handle member 37 is displaced to disengage the pawl 46a from the locking hole 47.

In the illustrated embodiment, the locking bullet piece 46 is provided so as to be engaged with and disengaged from the locking hole 47 by elastic deformation, but the base end portion is rotatable about the first handle member 36 about an axis. It may be configured to be pivotally supported and to be engaged with and disengaged from the locking hole 47 by a rotating operation. The operation of the mop according to the second embodiment is substantially the same as that of the mop according to the first embodiment, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Seat mounting member 2 in each of the above embodiments
Although 32 is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape, it may be non-hollow, and FIGS. 12 and 13 show a typical example of such a non-hollow sheet mounting member. That is, FIG.
2 shows a non-hollow seat mounting member 4 having the same sectional shape as the seat mounting members of the first and second embodiments.
In the example of No. 9, it is made of an elastic material such as synthetic resin, rubber, or synthetic resin foam. Such a seat attachment member 49 is attached to the handle 1 or 31 as shown in the first or second embodiment, in which case the channel portion 13 of the handle or the channel portion 13 of the handle is provided in the groove 50 on the upper surface. 36a is fitted, and is fixed to each other by an appropriate fixing means, for example, by adhesion or by fixing means such as a protrusion formed on the channel portion being locked in a hole formed in the side wall of the groove 50 or the like. Therefore, the pressing member 9 or 41 is not necessary. In addition, since the other structure is substantially the same as that of the first or second embodiment,
Detailed description is omitted.

A seat mounting member 51 shown in FIG.
With the combination of the thin wall 52 and the rib 53, the outer surface for winding the wiping sheet 3 has substantially the same shape as the sheet mounting members 2 and 32 of the first and second embodiments. It is formed as follows. The one shown in FIG. 13 can also be formed of synthetic resin, rubber, synthetic resin foam or the like. The seat is attached to the handle by the seat attachment member 49 shown in FIG.
Since it is substantially the same as the case of 1, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 14 shows another example of the wiping sheet. The wiping sheet 3a is different from the wiping sheet 3 used in each of the above-described embodiments in that it has a plurality of pleats 55, while the wiping sheet 3 has a flat shape. A wiping sheet 3a provided with such pleats 55
Is very effective, for example, when the wiping sheet is made of paper and the thickness of the sheet itself is thin, the apparent thickness can be increased by the pleats 55 to enhance the usability. In this case, in order to prevent the pleat 55 from unraveling unnecessarily, it is desirable that the pleat 55 is fixed at an appropriate position by a dot-shaped or linear seal portion 56. As such a sealing method, there are means such as heat sealing and adhesion.

A wiping sheet 3a provided with the pleats 55
Is used by being wound around the sheet attachment member in the same manner as the flat wiping sheet 3 which is not pleated.
Thereby, the thickness of the thin wiping sheet 3 is appropriately increased,
Not only does it enhance the usability during cleaning, but it also improves the dust capturing power. The reverse side can also be used by reversing the front and back.

[0029]

As described above, according to the mop of the present invention, since the sheet attaching member for attaching the wiping sheet is made of the elastic material, the sheet attaching member has flexibility, so that the sheet attaching member is attached. By simply pressing the wiping sheet attached to the member against the part to be cleaned and moving it, the dust can be wiped off with a light touch like cleaning with a broom. It doesn't have to be, and it doesn't feel rugged, so
The work load is very small, and even if the seat mounting member does not damage the wall or furniture, the workability is very good. Further, since both end portions of the wiping sheet wound around the sheet mounting member are pushed into the concave groove on the upper surface of the sheet mounting member and locked by the rotatable holding arm in the concave groove. The operation of attaching the wiping sheet is very simple and reliable, and the operation of removing the wiping sheet at the time of replacement is also easy. Moreover, of the entire area of the wiping sheet, the only part that is pushed into the groove for locking and not used for cleaning is a very small part at both ends, and the other parts are exposed to the outside and cleaned. Therefore, the wiping sheet can be used very widely and its use efficiency is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially omitted front view showing a first embodiment of a mop according to the present invention.

2 is a side view of the mop of FIG. 1 with a wiping sheet omitted.

3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.
The wiping sheet is omitted.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 2, showing a state in which one holding arm is displaced to a release position.

5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line VV in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the mop of FIG. 1 with a wiping sheet attached.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a main part at the same position as in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a second embodiment of the mop according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the mop wiping sheet of FIG. 7 with the wiping sheet omitted.

9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of the mop of the second embodiment in a state where the holding arm is released at the same position as in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view at the same position as in FIG. 9 with the wiping sheet attached to the mop of the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing another example of the seat attachment member in the mop of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view showing another example of the seat attachment member in the mop of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a development view showing another example of the wiping sheet used in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 31 Handle 2, 32, 49, 51 Sheet mounting member 3, 3a Wiping sheet 4 Sheet holding means 12, 40, 50 Recessed groove 22, 35 Pressing portion 36 First handle member 37 Second handle member

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A handle for operation, a sheet attaching member attached to the tip of the handle, a wiping sheet for cleaning which is replaceably wound around the sheet attaching member, and the wiping sheet held in a wound state. The seat mounting member is formed of an elastic material into a short column having a required length, and has a groove extending in the axial direction on the upper surface thereof. A holding arm that is displaceable between a locking position in which both ends of the wiping sheet are fitted into the groove of the mounting member to lock the wiping sheet in the groove, and a release position in which the wiping sheet is released by withdrawing from the groove. Having a mop. 2. A handle is substantially composed of a single rod-shaped member, the handle is rotatably connected to a substantially central portion of an upper surface of a seat mounting member, and two holding arms are provided on both sides of the handle. But,
The mop according to claim 1, wherein each of the base ends is pivotally supported by the handle so that the mop is rotatable. 3. A first and a second structure in which a handle is openably and closably connected.
A pair of handle members, the sheet attaching member being attached to the first handle member with their axes substantially parallel to each other,
The mop according to claim 1, wherein the second handle member constitutes a holding arm. 4. The mop according to claim 1, wherein the seat mounting member has a hollow cylindrical shape.