JPH11178766A - Cleaning tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive cleaning tool easily and surely cleaning a raised fabric. SOLUTION: The tool is provided with a dust housing room 20 forming the aperture part 21a at a bottom surface part 21, a fixing brush 30 play-inserted to the aperture part 21a of the part 21 and projecting to the inside/outside of the room 20, a guide piece 33 provided under the bush 30 and is in slidable contact with a surface to be cleaned, and rockable brushes 41 and 52 provided at the part 21. Then the brush 30 consists of a fixed base body 31 held in the room 20 and many bristle materials 32 transplanted on its outer surface by tilting so as to make the tips of the bristles obliquely upward. In addition, the rocking brushes 41 and 51 are provided with rocking base bodies 42 and 52, which are pivotally supported rockably within a prescribed rotation angle range under the part 21 and provided with peripheral surfaces in the state of a circular arc with the pivotally supporting position in a center, and with the materials 32 transplanted on the peripheral surfaces, and the materials 32 positioned at the lower end parts of the bodies 42 and 52 are transplanted tilting toward the brush 30.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cleaning tool suitable for cleaning a raised cloth such as a carpet or a carpet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Among cleaning operations, cleaning a floor surface on which carpets and carpets are laid is regarded as one of difficult operations.
This is because various dusts such as lint and hair are easy to adhere to the brushed carpet, and these dusts once adhered are
This is because they cannot be easily separated because they are entangled with the nap. For this reason, when a carpet or the like is cleaned with a normal broom or the like in which long hair materials are bundled, only the dust floating on the raised surface can be scooped out and penetrates into the brushed interior. It is difficult to remove the dust that is present, and a sufficient cleaning effect cannot be expected. Therefore, it is the most common and effective means to remove dust inside the brush by suction with a vacuum cleaner. However, even in this case, when the length of the brush is long, only the suction force is used. Since this is not sufficient, an electric mechanism such as vibrating a carpet or rotating a brush has been added, and thereby a dust inside has been scraped out.

[0003]

As described above, current vacuum cleaners not only suck dust but also improve the cleaning ability by various electric mechanisms. The basis for maintaining cleanliness is to perform frequent cleaning work. Therefore, simplicity is an important factor required of the user as a tool used for the work. That is, it is particularly important for a cleaning tool used in a home to be able to easily handle relatively weak items such as the elderly and children. However, a vacuum cleaner that requires a power source and has a large weight is excellent in dust-absorbing ability, but lacks ease of use, and is not suitable for frequent cleaning of narrow parts, and is expensive in price. It has become something.

At present, as a cleaning tool considering simplicity, a so-called paper mop using a replaceable sheet material or a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet wound in a cylindrical shape is rotatably supported at the lower end of a handle. Have been proposed and implemented.
However, the above-mentioned paper mop is mainly intended for wiping work such as flooring, and there is a problem that dust inside the brushed brush cannot be removed even if it is applied to a carpet or a carpet. Further, even in the case of using the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, when the surface to be cleaned is a carpet or a carpet, there is a problem that not only dust but also the raised surface of the surface to be cleaned is pulled out, and the raised surface is also raised. There is still a problem that a sufficient cleaning effect cannot be obtained with respect to dust inside.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and can be easily handled by any person, and can be easily and appropriately applied to a place where a raised cloth such as a carpet is laid. It is another object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive cleaning tool that does not use an electric mechanism or the like.

[0006]

The present invention has the following arrangement to solve the above-mentioned problems. That is, the present invention is:
A dust storage chamber having a hollow structure capable of storing dust and having an opening formed in a bottom portion, and a dust storage chamber held in the dust storage chamber and loosely inserted into an opening formed in the bottom portion to be inside the dust storage chamber. A fixed brush protruding outwardly from a fixed brush, a guide piece slidably contacting a surface to be cleaned provided at a lower portion of the fixed brush, and a bottom portion of the dust storage chamber located near the fixed brush. And at least one swinging brush provided, wherein the fixed brush is tilted such that a bristle tip is directed obliquely upward on an outer surface of the fixed base body held in the dust storage chamber. The swing brush is pivotally mounted within a predetermined rotation range below the bottom surface of the dust storage chamber and pivotally moves about the pivot position. Swing base body having an arcuate surface A plurality of bristle materials implanted on the peripheral surface of the body in a predetermined tilt direction, and a bristle material located at a lower end portion of the swing base body is tilted toward the fixed brush. It was done.

[0007] According to the present invention having the above-described structure, for example, even when the portion to be cleaned is a place where a raised cloth such as a carpet is laid, dust or the like that has entered the inside of the raised brush is scraped out. A good cleaning condition can be obtained by capturing. That is, when the guide piece and the bristle material of the oscillating brush are brought into contact with the surface to be cleaned such as a carpet to move the dust storage chamber, the oscillating brush is swung within a predetermined rotation range by contact with the surface to be cleaned. Move. Then, at the start of the forward movement, the swing brush swings to one swing restriction position by contact with the surface to be cleaned, and further swing is prevented,
When the dust chamber is further moved in the forward movement direction, the bristle material of the swinging brush positioned rearward in the forward movement direction from the fixed brush exerts a force in the rising direction, and the bristle material is raised on the surface to be cleaned. It moves while penetrating inside. As a result, the dust that has invaded the raised portion of the cleaning target is scraped out and captured by the bristle material of the oscillating brush, and accumulates inside the oscillating brush.

[0008] Thereafter, when the dust storage chamber is moved in the backward movement direction, the dust brush is moved forward (backward in the forward movement direction) from the fixed brush.
Is swung from one swing restriction position to the other swing restriction position by contact with the surface to be cleaned, and further swing is prevented. When swinging to the other regulating position, the swinging brush positioned forward of the fixed brush in the backward movement direction transfers dust already captured and accumulated in the bristle material to the bristle material of the fixed brush. By repeating the capture of the dust by the swinging brush and the transfer of the captured dust to the fixed brush in this manner, the dust on the surface to be cleaned is gradually sent into the dust storage chamber along the fixed brush, Accumulated in the dust storage room.

Further, if the first oscillating brush and the second oscillating brush are provided with the fixed brush interposed therebetween, dust can be removed both in the forward movement and the backward movement, and the efficiency is improved. The cleaning operation can be performed in an efficient manner. That is, at the time of forward movement of the dust storage chamber, the second swinging brush positioned rearward in the forward movement direction from the fixed brush captures dust on the surface to be cleaned by the bristle material, and is positioned forward of the fixed brush in the forward movement direction. The first swinging brush transfers the dust already captured to the bristle material of the fixed brush. Conversely, at the time of return, the second oscillating brush transfers the dust caught by the bristle material to the bristle material of the fixed brush, and the first oscillating brush removes dust on the surface to be cleaned. Capture with hair material. In addition, each swing brush,
When the guide piece is brought into contact with the surface to be cleaned, the peripheral surfaces of the two oscillating brushes are arranged so as to float from the surface to be cleaned, and only the bristle material transplanted on the flocking surface comes into contact with the brush member. Because of this configuration, both swinging brushes move smoothly on the surface to be cleaned.

The dust storage chamber supports a swinging brush so as to be swingable and has a bottom portion formed with an opening through which a fixed brush is loosely inserted, and is detachably held to the bottom portion. Along with, it is considered to be configured by a lid body having a hollow body structure in combination with the bottom portion,
With this configuration, the dust stored in the dust storage chamber can be easily taken out by opening the lid,
The dust storage chamber and the fixed brush can be easily cleaned.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG.
Is an external perspective view of the same embodiment, FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of a main part of the cleaning tool main body shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where a lid of the dust storage chamber shown in FIG. 2 is opened, 4 to 7 are explanatory diagrams of the operation of the one shown in FIG. In FIG. 1, the cleaning tool shown here has a cleaning tool body 2 pivotally attached to the lower end of a long rod-shaped handle 1 (grip), and a worker stands on the floor. It is a mop-type cleaning tool that can be used for work.

The cleaning tool body 2 is shown in FIGS.
It is configured as shown in FIG. That is, the cleaning tool main body 2 includes a dust storage chamber 20 having a hollow body structure, a fixed brush 30 held in the dust storage chamber 20, and a pair of front and rear swingers held by a bottom surface 21 of the dust storage chamber 20. Moving brushes (first oscillating brush 41, second oscillating brush 51). Among these, the dust storage chamber 20 is openable and closable via a hinge 23 at one end of the bottom portion 21 having an opening 21a formed in the center of a rectangular plate-shaped member. And a lid 22 connected thereto. The lid 22 forms a three-dimensional shape by an outer peripheral surface 22a, a side surface 22b, and a bottom surface 22c, and forms a hollow body structure by superposing the lid 22 on the upper surface of the bottom portion 21 so as to be in a closed state. Has become. Reference numeral 24 denotes a hook-shaped locking portion protruding from the other end of the lid 22, which is engaged with the other end of the bottom portion 21 by closing the lid 22 to maintain the closed state. The lid 22 can be opened by pushing the locking portion 24 outward to release the engagement with the bottom portion 21.

The fixed brush 30 is provided on the cover 2.
A fixed base 31 having a rectangular parallelepiped shape whose upper end is fixed to the inner surface of the base 2 and a number of bristle members 32 planted on both front and rear surfaces of the fixed base 31. A guide piece 33 is fixed to the portion so as to protrude in the front-rear direction along both front and rear sides thereof.
The cross section of 3 has a tapered shape in which the wall thickness decreases toward the tip. The bristle material 32 is inclined such that the bristle tip is directed obliquely upward toward the outside.
The fixed brush 30 opens and closes together with the lid 22 and closes the lid 22 so that the fixed brush 30 is loosely inserted into the opening 21 a of the bottom surface 21. .

The first and second oscillating brushes 41, 51
The support shaft 4 is located forward and rearward of the opening 21a.
0, 50 so as to be rotatable.
It is composed of swing base bodies 42 and 52 having arc-shaped peripheral surfaces 42a and 52a centered at 0 and 50, and bristle materials 43 and 53 implanted on each peripheral surface. Each of the bristle members 43, 53 of the swing base members 42, 52 is a bristle member 43, 53 located at the lower end of the swing base members 42, 52, i. The tips of 43 and 53 are inclined in such a direction as to always face the fixed brush 30.

Each of the oscillating brushes 41, 51 has a lower end portion of the peripheral surface 42a, 52a provided slightly above a guide piece 33 provided at a lower end of the fixed brush 30, so that a flat cleaning surface is provided. When the guide piece 33 is brought into contact with the surface W, the swing base body 4 of the swing brushes 41 and 51
The peripheral surfaces 42a and 52a of the surfaces 2 and 52 float slightly upward from the upper surface of the surface W to be cleaned, and only the bristle members 43 and 53 come into contact with the surface W to be cleaned. In addition, both oscillating brushes 41 and 51 have front upper surface portions abutting on the bottom surface portion 21 from a reversing start position (see FIG. 4) where the rear upper surface portion abuts on the bottom surface portion 21 of the dust storage chamber 20. Forward movement start position (Fig. 5
(See Reference).

When the cleaning operation is performed by the cleaning tool having the above-described configuration, the lid 22 of the dust storage chamber 20 is closed, and the bottom surface 21 is directed downward onto a surface to be cleaned such as a brushed cloth W. The bristle materials 43 and 53 of the both oscillating brushes 41 and 51 are brought into contact with the guide piece 33. The dust storage chamber 20 is reciprocated in the front-rear direction with the handle 1, so that the guide piece 33 slides on the surface W to be cleaned while the swing base body 4.
The peripheral surfaces 42a and 52a of the base materials 2 and 52 are not brought into contact with the surface W to be cleaned, but only the bristle materials 43 and 53 are in contact with each other to capture and remove dust D on the brushed cloth W at the tips of the bristle materials 43 and 53. Go. Here, the front-back direction is a direction perpendicular to the front side and the rear side of the dust storage chamber 20 on the surface to be cleaned such as the raised cloth W, in other words, on a plane perpendicular to the support shafts 40 and 50. The arrow X indicates the front and the arrow Y indicates the rear in each figure.

The operation of the oscillating brushes 41 and 51 accompanying the reciprocating movement of the dust storage chamber 20 is as shown in FIGS. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, when the dust storage chamber 20 is moved forward (in the X direction) (moves forward), the two swinging brushes 41 and 51 are supported by the contact friction resistance with the brushed cloth W. Each of the oscillating brushes 41, 51 is rotated clockwise in FIG.
The b and 52b come into contact with the bottom portion 21 to reach one swing regulation position, and further rotation in the clockwise direction is prevented.

When the dust storage chamber 20 is further moved forward in this state, the bristle material 43 of the first swinging brush 41 located forward of the fixed brush 30 causes the bristles in contact with the raising cloth W. The material 43 is tilted from the bristle 43 not in contact with the raising cloth W. On the other hand, the bristle material 53 of the second swinging brush 51 located behind the fixed brush 30 is
Since the tip enters the brushed cloth W and stands up, the hairs and lint entangled with each brushed W1 of the brushed cloth W, and the dust D that has entered the inside are captured and scraped to the surface side. The dust D and the like falling on the upper surface of the raising cloth W accumulate in each bristle 53.

Next, as shown in FIG.
When 0 is moved backward (in the Y direction) (moved back), the two oscillating brushes 41 and 51 move counterclockwise around the support shafts 40 and 50 by contact frictional resistance with the raising cloth W. And each of the oscillating brushes 41, 51 has its front upper surface 42f, 52f abutting against the bottom surface portion 21 to reach the other oscillating restriction position, and further rotation in the counterclockwise direction is prevented. . Then, by the rotation in the counterclockwise direction, the bristle 53 of the second swinging brush 51 moves to a position in contact with the bristle 32 implanted in the fixed brush 30, and the dust captured and accumulated earlier is fixed to the fixed brush 30. Move to and deliver. At this time, since the dust moves while being guided by the guide piece 33, the dust D captured by the second swinging brush 51 is removed.
Moves reliably to the fixed brush 30 without being left on the raising cloth W. When the dust storage chamber 20 is further moved backward, the bristle material 4 of the first swinging brush 41 is moved.
The dust 3 enters the raised cloth W and stands up, and captures and accumulates the dust D on the raised cloth W.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6, when the dust storage chamber 20 is moved forward (in the X direction) again (moving forward), the oscillating brush 41 is brought into contact with the brushing cloth W by frictional resistance. , 51 are the rear upper surface portions 42b and 52b are the bottom surface portions 2b.
It rotates clockwise until it abuts 1 and further clockwise rotation is prevented. Thus, the dust D captured and accumulated in the bristle 43 of the first swinging brush 41 moves to the bristle 32 of the fixed brush 30 and is transferred to the bristle 32 of the fixed brush 30. Also, the second swinging brush 51
The bristle material 52 is removed from the dust D delivered to the fixed brush 30, and the dust D is held in a state of being captured by the fixed brush 30. When the dust storage chamber 20 is further moved forward, the second swinging brush 51 catches dust on the raising cloth W.

Next, as shown in FIG.
Is moved backward again, the two oscillating brushes 41, 51
Both rotate counterclockwise. Then, the second swinging brush 51 moves and transfers the dust D that has been captured and accumulated up to that time to the fixed brush 30, and pushes the dust D already held by the fixed brush 30 upward. Also, the first
The swinging brush 41 separates from the dust D previously moved to the fixed brush 30 and then moves further rearward to capture the dust D on the brushed cloth W. In this manner, by repeating the forward and backward movement (reciprocating movement) of the dust storage chamber 20, each of the oscillating brushes 41 and 51 captures and removes the dust D from the raising cloth W, and each of the oscillating brushes 4 and 51.
The dust D trapped by the first and the 51 gradually moves upward along the bristle material 32 of the fixed brush 31 and moves to the bottom 21
Is sent into the dust storage chamber 20 through the opening 21a formed in the chamber 20, and finally falls and stored in the bottom surface 21 of the same chamber 20.

Further, the dust stored in the dust storage chamber 20 releases the engagement between the locking portion 24 and the bottom portion 21 so that the lid 2
2 can be easily taken out by opening. Moreover, by opening the lid 22, the fixed brush 30 is also exposed to the outside, so that dust and the like adhering to the fixed brush 30 can be easily removed and cleaned, and excellent usability can be obtained. Can be done.

In the above embodiment, the case where two oscillating brushes 41 and 51 are provided opposite to each other with the fixed brush 30 interposed therebetween has been described as an example. The number is not necessarily limited to two, and other desired numbers can be provided. For example, it is also possible to provide one or three or more oscillating brushes, in which case the opening of the dust storage chamber and the fixed brush inserted therein according to the number of oscillating brushes and the mounting location. Should be provided. When a single oscillating brush is provided, dust is captured only at the time of forward movement or backward movement. Although it is inferior, it is effective when cleaning with the raising of the raising cloth tilted in a certain direction, and the like, and it is desirable to appropriately set the number of oscillating brushes according to the application.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the description has been given by taking the mop type cleaning tool for floors having a long handle as an example.
The present invention is also applicable to a so-called handy type mop in which a short handle is provided on a support.
Of course, in the above embodiment, if the handle is configured to be exchangeable for a short one, a handy type mop suitable for cleaning a desk or the like can be used. Can be changed as needed.

[0025]

As described above, the cleaning tool according to the present invention can swing the brush by reciprocating the dust storage chamber even when the part to be cleaned is a raised cloth such as a carpet or a carpet. Can scrape and capture the dust that has entered the inside of the brush, move the captured dust into the dust storage room while passing it to the fixed brush, and accumulate the dust. An extremely good cleaning state can be obtained without causing such inconvenience. Moreover, since an electric mechanism is not used unlike a vacuum cleaner or the like, it can be configured at low cost and light weight.

If the first and second oscillating brushes are provided before and after the fixed brush, dust can be removed both at the time of forward movement and at the time of backward movement. Cleaning ability can be obtained. further,
Each oscillating brush is arranged such that when the guide piece is brought into contact with the surface to be cleaned, the peripheral surface of each oscillating brush is floated from the surface to be cleaned, and the bristle material implanted on the flocking surface Since only the two brushes are configured to be in contact with each other, both swinging brushes move smoothly on the surface to be cleaned. In addition, if the dust storage chamber is constituted by the bottom plate and the lid that is openably and closably connected to the bottom plate, dust in the dust storage chamber can be easily removed, and good usability can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of a main part of the cleaning tool body shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where a lid of the dust storage chamber shown in FIG. 2 is opened.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view of the one shown in FIG. 2, showing a state in which a dust storage chamber is moved forward at the start of cleaning.

5 is a diagram illustrating a state where the dust storage chamber is moved back from the state illustrated in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a state where the dust storage chamber is moved forward from the state illustrated in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a view showing a state where the dust storage chamber is moved back from the state shown in FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 Dust storage room 21 Bottom part 21a Opening 22 Lid 30 Fixed brush 31 Fixed base 32 Hair material 41, 51 Swing brush 42, 52 Swing base 42a, 52a Peripheral surface D Dust

Claims (3)

[Claims] A dust storage chamber having a hollow structure capable of storing dust and having an opening formed in a bottom portion; and a dust storage chamber held in the dust storage chamber and loosely inserted into an opening formed in the bottom portion. A fixed brush protruding from the inside of the dust storage chamber to the outside, a guide piece provided below the fixed brush and slidably in contact with the surface to be cleaned, and the dust so as to be positioned near the fixed brush. At least one oscillating brush provided on the bottom surface of the storage chamber, wherein the fixed brush has a fixed base body held in the dust storage chamber and a bristle tip obliquely upward on an outer surface of the fixed base body. The swing brush is pivotally attached to the lower part of the bottom surface of the dust storage chamber so as to be swingable within a predetermined rotation range. Oscillation with an arc-shaped peripheral surface about the shaft attachment position And over the scan body,
A plurality of bristle materials implanted in a predetermined tilting direction on a peripheral surface of the swing base body, and a bristle material located at a lower end of the swing base body tilts toward the fixed brush. By moving the dust storage chamber on the surface to be cleaned, the oscillating brush is oscillated by contact with the surface to be cleaned, and the oscillating brush positioned behind the fixed brush in the moving direction is moved. A cleaning tool that captures dust on a surface to be cleaned by the bristle material, and transfers the captured dust to a bristle material of the fixed brush by a swinging brush positioned forward of the fixed brush in the moving direction. 2. The oscillating brush comprises a first oscillating brush and a second oscillating brush provided at two locations opposed to each other with a fixed brush interposed therebetween. When the guide piece is brought into contact with the surface, the peripheral surface of each oscillating brush is arranged so as to float from the surface to be cleaned, and only the bristle material planted on the flocked surface is configured to contact. By reciprocating the dust storage chamber on the surface to be cleaned, the two oscillating brushes oscillate due to contact between the surface to be cleaned and the bristle material,
At the time of forward movement, the second brush is located behind the fixed brush in the forward movement direction.
The brush on the surface to be cleaned captures the dust on the surface to be cleaned by the bristle material, and transfers the dust captured by the first rocking brush positioned forward of the fixed brush in the forward movement direction to the bristle material of the fixed brush. At the time of return, the second oscillating brush transfers the dust caught by the bristle material to the bristle material of the fixed brush, and the first oscillating brush transfers the dust on the surface to be cleaned by the bristle material. The cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning tool is captured. 3. The dust storage chamber supports a swinging brush so as to be swingable, and has a bottom portion formed with an opening through which a fixed brush is loosely inserted, and is detachably held to the bottom portion. The cleaning tool according to claim 1, further comprising: a lid having a hollow body structure in combination with the bottom portion.