JPH11190039A - Scooping tool, metallic handle therefor, snow dump, and shovel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operability in a low or high temperature-environment by applying or sticking a synthetic foamed body such as polyethylene or the like to a metallic handle of a scooping tool. SOLUTION: A snow dump provided with a synthetic resin placing part 1 scooping snow for instance, a metallic frame body 2 fitted to the placing part 1, a handle 3 made of a metallic frame body, is prepared. A polyethylene foamed body 5 is applied on the outer periphery of the handle 3a at least grasped by hands of the snow dump or the outer periphery is coated with a polyethylene foamed body having a sheet-form or a cylindrical form or the like. Not only polyethylene but also other high temperature resistant and low temperature resistant synthetic resins can be used for the foamed body 5. And further, the foamed body 5 is attached likewise to a metallic handle such as a shovel or the like used for a high temperature work such as a forging work of metal or the like. In this way, hands or gloves are prevented from sticking to the handle due to the freeze in severe cold and as it is nonslip, works can be easily done. And a skin burn can be prevented even if one grasps the heated handle under a high temperature.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a scooping tool,
More specifically, foaming is applied to at least a portion of a scooping tool such as a snow dump, a shovel, a fork or a ladle to be gripped with a hand, so that a foaming portion can fully draw out the characteristics of the foaming coating. The present invention relates to a metal handle of a painted scooping tool and a scooping tool.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, on a scooping tool such as a snow dump, a shovel, a fork, etc., a metal frame W is attached to the outer periphery of a main portion of a main body on which articles are placed with screws, and one end of the frame W is provided. , A handle portion X having a U-shape was provided.
The frame W and the handle X were generally made of bare wood, metal, synthetic resin, or the like, or simply provided with a coating Y on the surface of the handle. FIG. 8 is a partially-omitted longitudinal sectional view in which a frame body W and a handle portion X of a snow dump are cut in a front-rear direction.
In addition, wooden handles with low thermal conductivity have been used for shovels and ladles used in high-temperature work sites.

[0003]

However, among the former, especially those made of metal or simply painted metal, they are cold when grasped by hand at low temperatures, It could not be used without gloves. Even below the freezing point, if the handle is grasped with bare hands, there is a high risk that the hand will freeze on the handle and freeze, resulting in frostbite. It was frozen and the sticking work was hard to do. Also, the metal or simply painted metal handle part is hot (depending on usage) and cannot be grasped with bare hands at a high-temperature working site, and without gloves. I could not work. Therefore, a handle such as a shovel or a ladle used at high temperatures (for example, a ladle used in a casting process and scooping a high-heat-melted cast iron) was desirably made of a highly durable metal handle. Could not be used. Therefore, the inventors solved the problem by applying a polyethylene foam coating to at least the grip portion of the scooping tool having a low-cost, high-strength, and durable metal grip portion at least by a hand.

[0004]

The metal handle of the scooping tool according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises a metal handle attached to one end of a mounting portion on which a scooped article is placed, and a metal handle attached to the metal handle. And at least a part to be gripped by hand, and a painted or adhered polyethylene foam.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a scooping tool, comprising: a placing portion on which a scooped article is placed; a grip portion attached to one end of the placing portion; And a polyethylene foam.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a snow dump, comprising: a mounting portion on which scooped snow is placed;
And a painted or adhered polyethylene foam at least on a part of the handle that is gripped by hand.

A shovel according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is a shovel for placing a scooped article, a handle attached to one end of the receiver, and coating or covering at least a portion of the handle gripped by a hand. And a foam.

The "scooping tool" referred to in the present invention has a storage section for scooping snow used for snow removing work and storing the scooped snow, and a handle for operating the storage section is attached to one end. It has a storage unit for scooping and storing articles such as snow dumps, gravel, sand, soil or hay, and a handle for operating the storage unit scoops articles such as a shovel, fork or ladle attached to one end. Say utensils. Therefore, the illustrated and described snow dump, shovel, and fork are specific embodiments of the scooping tool, and can be applied to other scooping tools such as a ladle (not shown).

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a snow dump according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. FIG.

A description will be given with reference to FIGS. A mounting portion 1 made of a synthetic resin (which may be made of metal) for scooping and mounting snow, metal frames 2 and 2 attached to both ends of the mounting portion 1 or main portions of the outer periphery thereof, And a handle portion 3 made of a metal frame provided at one end of each of the frame members 2 and 2. A snow dump 4 (conventional snow dump) having a handle portion 3 is provided. A polyethylene foam 5 is coated on the outer periphery of 3a. (Or, separately, a sheet-shaped or cylindrical polyethylene foam 5 having one side opened.
a, and may be covered or attached to at least the outer periphery of the grip portion 3a at a portion to be gripped by hand, or the foam portion 5a made of polyethylene may be coated or attached to the grip portion 3 made of wooden or synthetic resin. . Further, the foam 5 is not limited to being made of polyethylene, and may be a synthetic resin having high temperature resistance and low temperature resistance. The conventional snow dump 4 has projections 1a, 1a having a vertical cross section projecting from the outer periphery on both sides and the back side of the mounting portion 1, and a handle made of a metal frame is provided on the projections 1a, 1a. The part 3 is fitted and fixed with screws 1b, 1b. In FIG. 1,
Although the entire handle 3 is shown covered with the polyethylene foam 5, the handle 3 may be covered or attached only to the portion 3a of the handle 3 which is gripped by the hand. The polyethylene foam 5
It has the following various characteristics. Since the polyethylene foam 5 is a foam and an elastic body, the handle 3 coated or attached to the polyethylene foam 5 has a soft contact feeling when grasped, is easy to grasp, and does not slip. Polyethylene foam 5 is very excellent in abrasion resistance,
It has physical properties such as toughness that does not easily cut or cut even when it is cut or cut with a blade. The polyethylene foam 5 is a heat insulator, an insulator, and blocks both heat and electricity. The polyethylene foam is 5, at least -30 to 1
Since it has heat resistance enough to withstand 80 ° C., the above characteristics are not impaired even at a temperature below freezing or at a high temperature where it cannot be touched with bare hands. When a general coating is applied to the grip portion 3 made of a conventional metal frame, it is very cold if the handle portion 3 is touched with bare hands at a low temperature, and the grip portion 3 is fitted with bare hands or gloves below freezing. If touched, hands and gloves will stick to the handle part 3, making the task very difficult. Since the snow dump 4 has a configuration in which the polyethylene foam 5 having the above-mentioned properties is covered or attached to at least the portion 3a of the handle 3 which is gripped by the hand, the properties of the polyethylene foam 5 are fully exhibited. Then, the hands and gloves that grip the handle 3 during extreme cold or snow removal do not freeze and stick to the metal handle 3,
In addition, since the contact feeling of the polyethylene foam 5 is not only warm but also does not slip when grasped, the work is very easy, and a snow dump utilizing the various characteristics of the polyethylene foam 5 can be obtained. (Polyethylene foam 5
To the wooden or synthetic resin handle 3,
Also, since the polyethylene foam 5 is covered or attached only to the handle 3, the shape of the metal frames 2, 2 is also
The shape of the semicircular projections 1a, 1a can also be attached as it is, that is, the handle 3 of the existing snow dump 4
It is only necessary to cover or cover the polyethylene foam 5 with no need to rework the mounting portion 1 made of synthetic resin and the metal frames 2 and 2. Conventional rubber and synthetic resin grips have not been used because of severe deterioration at low temperatures and below freezing.

[Embodiment 2] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a shovel according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a line DD of FIG. , EE line cut enlarged longitudinal sectional view. Different embodiments of the present invention shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 will be described. In the following description of the present embodiment, the same components as those of the already described embodiment of the present invention are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

A description will be given with reference to FIGS. The main difference from the embodiment of the present invention is that at least the shovel body 1
That is, a polyethylene foam 5 was applied to the surface of a portion 13a of the handle 13, which is a handle portion, to be gripped by hand. FIG.
In the above, the polyethylene foam 5 is applied to the entire handle 13, but it can be applied only to the portion 13 a of the handle 13 to be gripped by the hand, and an attaching portion provided at one end of the main body for attaching the handle 13 to the shovel body 11. 11a can also be applied to the surface. Since the shovel is formed by applying the polyethylene foam 5 having the above structure, the polyethylene foam 5 has a temperature resistance to a high temperature of at least 180 ° C. The shovel is made of a polyethylene foam 5 that can be used for high-temperature work such as metal forging without causing burns even if the human body touches the handle 13 of the shovel that has become hot under high temperatures. can get.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a fork according to the present invention. (The cross-sectional view is the same as the shovel and will not be described.) The following embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The main difference from the embodiment of the present invention is that a polyethylene foam 5 is applied to the surface of a handle 23 which is a handle of the fork body 21. Since the fork is configured as described above, a fork having the same effect as in the second embodiment can be obtained.

It should be noted that the handle 3 of the snow dump, shovel, and fork of the present embodiment and the handles 13, 23 serving as the handle are provided.
Although the polyethylene foam 5 is applied to the above, it can be applied to other scooping tools (not shown).

[0015]

EXAMPLES Further, as a result of an experiment under the following conditions, extremely good results were obtained. Snow dumping part 1 Snow placing part 1 Synthetic resin handle part 3 Iron pipe Painted polyethylene foam 5 on iron pipe 3 Shovel shovel body 11 Iron handle 13 Iron pipe Painted polyethylene foam 5 on iron pipe 13 Snow with the above configuration After the dump and the shovel were left in the freezer at -20 ° C for 24 hours, the handle 3 and the handle 13 were grasped with bare hands, but the handle 3 and the handle 1 were not felt cold.
The hand did not stick to 3 and it was held with gloved hands, but the glove did not stick to handle 3 and handle 13
Snow dumps and shovels could be handled at room temperature.

[0016]

Since the scooping tool according to the present invention has the above-described configuration, it has various effects as listed below. Since the handle (or handle) is a scooping tool (snow dump, shovel) in which at least the part to be gripped by hand is covered or covered with polyethylene foam, it fully demonstrates the characteristics of polyethylene foam and is extremely cold. Hands and gloves that grip the handle and handle during snow removal do not freeze and stick to the metal handle and handle, and the feeling of contact with polyethylene foam is not only warm but also when gripped. Since it is not slippery, the work is very easy, and a metal handle and a scooping tool of a scooping tool which can be easily used even at extremely low temperatures or high temperatures, utilizing the various characteristics of the polyethylene foam, can be obtained. (Similar effects can be obtained by covering or attaching a polyethylene foam to a wooden or synthetic resin handle or handle.)

Since the polyethylene foam has temperature resistance to a high temperature of at least 180 ° C.,
A metal scooping tool with a handle made of polyethylene foam on the outer periphery that can be used for high-temperature work such as metal forging without burns even if you grip the handle of a shovel that has become hot under high temperatures Pattern and shovel are obtained.

As described above, it is possible to obtain a scooping tool provided with a handle that is very easy to use even at extremely high temperatures or extremely low temperatures at normal temperature.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a snow dump according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1 at the time of assembly.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a shovel according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken along line DD and line EE in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a fork according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a partially-omitted longitudinal sectional view of a conventional snow dump frame W and a handle X cut in the front-rear direction.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ···· Mounting part 1a made of synthetic resin
Projection with arcuate longitudinal section 1b Screw 2
Metal frame 3... Handle made of metal frame 3a...
Snow dump 5 ···· Polyethylene foam 11 ···
Shovel body 11a ··· Mounting part 13 ···
Handle that is the handle part 21 ··· Fork body 23 ···
Handle that is the handle

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A metal handle attached to one end of a mounting portion on which a scooped article is placed, and a synthetic resin foam coated or coated on at least a portion of the metal handle held by a hand. A metal handle of a scooping tool, comprising: 2. A mounting portion on which a scooped article is mounted, a handle attached to one end of the mounting portion, and a synthetic resin foam coated or adhered to at least a portion of the handle which is gripped by a hand. And a scooping tool comprising: 3. A mounting portion on which scooped snow is placed, a handle attached to one end of the mounting portion, and a polyethylene foam coated or coated on at least a portion of the handle that is gripped by a hand. A snow dump characterized by being provided. 4. A mounting portion on which a scooped article is mounted, a handle attached to one end of the mounting portion, and a polyethylene foam coated or adhered to at least a portion of the handle which is gripped by a hand. A shovel characterized by having.