JPH11299688A - Brush holding tool for cleaning toilet stool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hold a brush so that water dropping from a brush part after use may fall within a toilet stool by providing a hook tool engaged/disengaged with/from a hook hole part provided at a tip part of a handle of the brush and a locking tool locked on a fixed object located on the upper part of the toilet stool and connecting the hook tool and the locking tool by a flexible string body. SOLUTION: When a toilet stool is normally used, a brush for cleaning a toilet stool 10 is held by inserting a brush part 12 within a brush case on a corner floor of a lavatory in a state that a locking tool 3 is separated from a holding tool 4 adsorbed and locked on a side wall 8a of a low tank 8. In the holding tool 4, a flexible string body 2 and a hook tool 1 are suspended. When a toilet stool 6 is cleaned, the toilet stool 6 is cleaned by taking out the brush 10 from a brush case. When the cleaning is finished, the lower parts of the hook tool 1 and the flexible string body 2 are drawn to this side via the upper part of a toilet seat 7 and the hook tool 1 is hooked on a hook hole 13 of a handle 11 of the brush 10. As a result, the brush part 12 is made in a state of inserted into an opening part 6b of the toilet stool 6 to drop water of the brush part 12 within the toilet stool 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a holder for holding a toilet cleaning brush such that water dripping from a used brush portion falls into the toilet bowl.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a toilet cleaning brush is stored in a box-shaped brush case (brush storage container) with the brush portion stored in a corner of a toilet or the like. When carried to the side and stored in the brush case, moisture drip from the brush onto the floor and soil the floor, which is not preferable for sanitation. In addition, since the dropped wastewater accumulates in the brush case, it is troublesome to return the wastewater to the toilet.

[0003] In order to improve these points,
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 8-239886 discloses that the brush handle can be bent and hooked on the upper surface of the toilet body, the brush portion is stored in the toilet along the inside of the toilet body, and the brush handle is disposed on the outer surface of the toilet body. There is disclosed a toilet cleaning brush which is designed to be accommodated in a hanging manner along a line, and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-10135 discloses a brush having a special shape in which the handle of the brush is bent into an L-shape or a U-shape. , The bends of these handles are locked to the upper edge of the corner of the toilet, and the brush is housed in the toilet,
There is disclosed a brush (cleaning tool) that locks a toilet bowl with an upper portion of a handle portion standing upright.

[0004]

However, the brushes described in the above-mentioned publications always keep the brush set on the toilet except during cleaning, which is annoying when the toilet is used.
There is a problem that the brush part is easily soiled by the toilet and the soil is not removed even by washing after the toilet and is accumulated, so that the brush is unclean.

[0005] Further, in both of the publications, a commercially available brush having a straight rod-shaped handle cannot be used, and in the former of both publications, the brush is broken in three. It is difficult to hold the thin handle in the shape of a straight bar so as to withstand the force applied when cleaning the toilet, and if a complicated mechanism is used, the cost is increased, and the latter described,
There is also a problem that the cost is increased because a specially shaped pattern is required.

The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and can prevent moisture from dripping from the brush after cleaning onto the floor, so that it does not cause any obstruction or hindrance to stool.
An object of the present invention is to provide a simple and economical urinal cleaning brush holder that can be widely applied to a normal toilet cleaning brush having a straight rod-shaped handle.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A hook that is engaged with and disengaged from a hook hole provided at an end of a handle of a toilet cleaning brush; a hook that is locked by a fixed object located above a toilet in a toilet; A toilet-cleaning brush holder comprising a flexible string connected to a stopper.

[0008] In the present invention, various shapes and structures such as a washing shears type and a hook can be used as the locking tool. It is particularly preferable to use a suction cup as the locking tool because the suction cup can be quickly and easily locked to the fixed object by being adsorbed to a flat surface portion such as a tile wall surface of a toilet or a side surface of a washing tank near a toilet. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hook for engaging and disengaging a hook hole provided at an end of a handle of a toilet cleaning brush, and one end connected to the hook and the other end being a toilet. And a string tied to a tubular fixture located above the toilet in the toilet bowl.

In the present invention, the other end of the string may be cut off (straight), but a loop is formed at the other end of the string as in the invention of claim 4. This is particularly preferable because the loop portion can be used to quickly and easily tie the other end of the string to the tubular fixed object as shown in a fourth example of the embodiment described later.

Further, in the present invention, as the hooking device, various shapes such as a ring shape can be used according to the shape of the hooking hole of the toilet cleaning brush. It is particularly preferable to use a hook as the hook as in the present invention, since the hook can be easily engaged with and disengaged from the hook hole regardless of the shape of the hook hole.

In the present invention, the fixed object located above the toilet in the toilet includes a toilet wall, a tank for supplying flush water,
It refers to various fixed objects such as water supply pipes and hand washing nozzles, and the tubular fixed objects refer to various tubular objects such as the pipes and hand washing nozzles in the fixed objects.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In FIG.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a hook comprising a hook made of metal (or may be made of plastic). One end of a flexible cord body 2 made of tex is connected to the hook 1 and is combined with a hook 3 made of a suction cup. And a toilet-cleaning brush holder 4.
3b is an attachment sheet piece attached to the suction cup, which is formed by applying a pressure-sensitive adhesive to the back of a thin plastic sheet having a smooth surface and laminating a release paper, and is necessary for rough surfaces where suction of the suction cup is difficult. It is used as an adsorption surface by bonding according to
It may be omitted.

FIG. 2 shows a usage state when the toilet cleaning brush holder 4 (hereinafter abbreviated as a holder) of the above configuration is applied to a Western toilet, 6 is a toilet bowl, 7 is an openable toilet seat, 8
Is a low tank. The toilet bowl cleaning brush 10 is formed by attaching a brush part 12 to a lower end of a straight rod-shaped handle 11.
A hooking hole 13 is formed in the upper end of 1. In using the holding tool 4, the locking tool 3 is sucked and locked on the side wall 8a of the raw tank 8, and as shown in FIG.
In the state where the hook 1 is hooked in the hook hole 13, the lower part of the handle 11 is engaged with the upper edge 6 a of the toilet 6, and the brush 12 is
The length of the flexible cord 2 is adjusted so as to be accommodated in the opening 6b of the fixing member 3 and the end portion is attached to the mounting shaft 3a of the locking member 3.
The setting of the holder 4 is completed.

During normal use of the toilet, the toilet bowl cleaning brush 10 is placed in a brush case placed on a corner floor of a toilet (not shown) in a state where the hook 1 is separated from the holder 4 without being hooked on the hook hole 13. The holder 4 holds the flexible cord 2 and the hook 1 along the side wall surface of the low tank 8 as shown by a chain line 15 in FIG. For example, the toilet bowl cleaning brush 10 and the holder 4
Does not hinder the stool and does not become annoying.

At the time of cleaning the toilet bowl, the toilet cleaning brush 10 is removed from the brush case and the toilet bowl 6 is cleaned. After the cleaning, the brush portion 12 is washed with water in the toilet bowl 6, and then the hook 1 and the lower portion of the flexible cord 2 are pulled out to the near side through the upper part of the open toilet seat 7 to open the hook 1. If the hook is hooked on the hook hole 13 of the handle 11 of the brush, the brush
Is held by the hook 1 and the brush portion 12 is inserted into the opening 6b of the toilet bowl 6 as shown in FIG. Drip.

The brush holding state is briefly set (for example, 5
If the continuation is continued, most of the water in the brush portion 12 is dripped, so that the hook 1 is removed from the hook hole 13 and the brush holding the handle 11 by hand is stored in the brush case (not shown). During the transfer, there is almost no water dripping from the brush unit 12 onto the floor, and even after the brush case is stored in the brush case, there is almost no water dripping into the brush case. There is no need.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the drawings, the same parts as those in the first example are denoted by the same reference numerals as in FIGS. 1 and 2, and detailed description thereof is omitted (the same applies to other examples hereinafter).

The toilet-cleaning brush holder 21 includes the hook 1
The other end of the flexible cord body 2 whose one end is connected to a locking member 22 formed of an openable and closable card ring. The card ring has a pair of semicircular arcuate curved pieces 24, 24 whose bases are pivotally connected by pins 23, and has claw portions 25, 25 which are mutually engaged and disengaged.

In order to use the holder 21, as shown in FIG. 4, a locking piece 22 is engaged by opening and closing the curved pieces 24, 24 on a water supply pipe 28 to a low tank 27 which is a tubular fixed object. In a state where the hook 1 is hooked in the hook hole 13 of the handle 11 of the toilet cleaning brush 10, the brush portion 12 is positioned inside or above the opening 26a of the toilet 26 which is a Japanese toilet. The length of the flexible cord 2 is adjusted and set by, for example, applying a double locking knot 29 to the intermediate portion of the flexible cord 2.

At the time of normal use of the toilet, the toilet cleaning brush 10 is stored separately from the holder 21 as in the first example, and the holder 21 is a flexible cord as shown by a chain line 30 in FIG. If the body 2 and the hook 1 are hung down along the wall surface of the toilet, it does not hinder the stool and does not obstruct the toilet. At the time of cleaning the toilet, the brush 10 for cleaning the toilet is cleaned in the same manner as in the first example.
If the brush is held as shown in FIG. 4 and the brush is held as shown in FIG. 4, the same effect as in the first example can be obtained since the water in the brush portion 12 drops into the toilet 26.

In this example, since the openable and closable card ring is used as the locking member 22, it is possible to easily lock the intermediate portion of the tubular fixed object with one touch.

Next, in a third example shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a toilet bowl cleaning brush holder 31 formed by connecting one end 32a of a string 32 made of tex to a hook 1 made of a hook is used. The other end 32b of the string 32 whose length has been adjusted in the same manner as in the first example is connected to a water supply nozzle 34 which is a tubular fixed object and set and used.

By hooking the hook 1 in the hook hole 13 of the handle 11 of the brush, the same operation and effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained. In this example, when the holder is not used, the string 32 and the hook 1 are connected to the low tank 8 as shown by a chain line 35 in FIG.
By hanging along the side surface (the left side surface in FIG. 6), the holder 31 can be located in a place where it is less noticeable.

Next, in a fourth example shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a loop portion 42 is formed at the other end 32b of the string 32 in the third example.
8 is connected to the water supply pipe 28, as shown in FIG.
And the string 32 connected thereto is inserted and drawn down as shown by a chain line 43, so that the other end 3
2b can be tied to the water supply pipe 28.
In this case, the length of the string 32 may be adjusted by applying a double fastening knot 29 to an intermediate portion of the string 32 as in the third example.

When the loop 42 is fitted into a hand-washing nozzle 45 which is a tubular fixed object whose one end is open to the air, as shown in FIG.
The connection of the other end of 2 to the tubular fixed object can be performed very quickly and easily with one touch.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, instead of the locking member 22 in the second embodiment,
A lock 51 made of a scissors of a washing shears type as shown in FIG. 10 may be used, and instead of the hook 1 made of a hook in each example, a handle 11 of a brush as shown in FIG. When the hooking hole 14 is opened laterally, a ring-shaped hooking tool 52 as shown in FIG. 7A or a ball-shaped hooking tool 53 as shown in FIG. May be.

As the flexible cord 2 in the first or second example, a string of a material other than tex, a chain such as a ball chain, a wire, or the like may be used. As the string 32 in the example, a string or the like of a material other than Tegs may be used. In addition, the hook and the locking tool and the flexible cord or the cord may be connected in advance, or may be connected when the holding tool is set before use.

[0029]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the toilet bowl cleaning brush holder can be easily attached to the fixed object located above the toilet bowl by the locking tool.
A hooking device connected to this locking device via a flexible cord body,
By engaging the hook holes of the handle of the toilet cleaning brush and holding the brush in the toilet (including above the opening of the toilet), water dripping from the brush after cleaning the toilet drops into the toilet. If the above-mentioned holding is performed for a short time, almost no water will be dripped from the brush part. The toilet bowl cleaning brush and holder do not cause any obstruction or hindrance to the toilet. Further, a normal toilet cleaning brush having a straight rod-shaped handle can be used, and the toilet cleaning brush holder is simple and inexpensive, and is economical.

In addition to the above-described effects, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the upper end of the flexible cord can be quickly and easily attached to the fixed object using the locking member formed of the suction cup.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the catch hole of the handle of the toilet cleaning brush is engaged with the catch connected to the string tied to the tubular fixed object located above the toilet. By holding the brush portion in the toilet (including above the opening of the toilet), dripping water from the brush portion after cleaning the toilet can be dropped into the toilet, and if the above-mentioned holding is performed for a short time, the brush portion will Hardly drops water, so the toilet bowl cleaning brush separated from the hook part of the holder can be transferred and stored in the brush case part without dripping water on the floor, and both the toilet bowl cleaning brush and the holder, There is no obstruction or hindrance in the case of stool. In addition, a normal toilet cleaning brush having a straight rod-shaped handle can be used, and the toilet cleaning brush holder is simpler and more inexpensive than the invention of claim 1, and is economical. .

In addition to the above effects, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the other end of the string can be quickly and easily connected to the tubular fixed object using the loop portion.

In addition to the above effects, according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the hook comprising the hook is not limited to the shape of the hook hole provided at the end of the handle of the toilet cleaning brush. In addition, a toilet bowl cleaning brush holder that can be easily engaged with and disengaged from the hook hole and can be widely applied to various shapes of toilet bowl cleaning brushes can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a toilet bowl cleaning brush holder according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a use state of the toilet bowl cleaning brush holder of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of a toilet bowl cleaning brush holder according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a use state of the toilet bowl cleaning brush holder of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a toilet bowl cleaning brush holder according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a perspective view of a main part showing a use state of the toilet bowl cleaning brush holder of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a toilet bowl cleaning brush holder according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a perspective view of a main part showing a use state of the toilet bowl cleaning brush holder of FIG. 7;

9 is a perspective view of a main part showing another state of use of the toilet bowl cleaning brush holder of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a main part front view showing another embodiment of the locking device according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a front view of a main part showing another embodiment of the hook according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Hooking tool, 2 ... Flexible string, 3 ... Locking tool, 4 ... Toilet cleaning brush holder, 6 ... Toilet, 8 ... Low tank, 10 ...
Toilet brush, 11 handle, 13 hook hole, 14 hook hole, 21 toilet brush holding tool, 22 locking tool,
26 ... toilet bowl, 27 ... low tank, 28 ... water supply pipe, 31 ...
Toilet cleaning brush holder, 32 ... string, 32 a ... one end,
32b: The other end, 34: Water supply nozzle, 41: Toilet cleaning brush holder, 42: Loop part, 45: Hand washing nozzle,
51: locking tool, 52: hooking tool, 53: hooking tool.

Claims (5)

[Claims] A hook that is engaged and disengaged with a hook hole provided at an end of a handle of a toilet cleaning brush; a hook that is locked to a fixed object located above a toilet in a toilet; A toilet bowl cleaning brush holder comprising a hooking tool and a flexible cord connecting the locking tool. 2. The toilet bowl cleaning brush holder according to claim 1, wherein the locking member comprises a suction cup. 3. A hook that is engaged with and disengaged from a hook hole provided at an end of a handle of a toilet cleaning brush, and one end is connected to the hook and the other end is located above the toilet in the toilet. A brush holder for cleaning a toilet bowl, comprising a string tied to a tubular fixture. 4. The toilet bowl cleaning brush holder according to claim 3, wherein a loop is formed at the other end of the string. 5. The brush holder for cleaning a toilet bowl according to claim 1, wherein said hooking tool comprises a hook.