US20090119862A1 - Cleaning Cloth - Google Patents

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US20090119862A1
US20090119862A1 US11/990,151 US99015105A US2009119862A1 US 20090119862 A1 US20090119862 A1 US 20090119862A1 US 99015105 A US99015105 A US 99015105A US 2009119862 A1 US2009119862 A1 US 2009119862A1
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Masayoshi Kakutani
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
    • D04H11/00—Non-woven pile fabrics
    • D04H11/08—Non-woven pile fabrics formed by creation of a pile on at least one surface of a non-woven fabric without addition of pile-forming material, e.g. by needling, by differential shrinking
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/16—Cloths; Pads; Sponges

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  • the present invention relates to a cleaning cloth used to wipe off and clean stains adhering to glass, pottery, synthetic resins, metals, stone materials, and other various materials of tableware, rice cooling tools, utensils and others.
  • Patent Document 1 discloses an abrasive cloth, wherein abrasive grains are bonded and fixed to the fiber surface of a nonwoven cloth containing synthetic fibers each having a flatness factor of 5 or more with a binder interposed therebetween.
  • Patent Document 2 discloses an abrasive cloth, wherein silicon carbide abrasive grains are bonded and fixed to fibers of a nonwoven cloth containing a metal-plated synthetic resin fiber.
  • Patent Document 3 discloses an abrasive cloth, wherein a urea resin and silicon carbide abrasive grains are bonded and fixed to fibers of a nonwoven cloth.
  • Patent Documents 4 and 5 each disclose an abrasive cloth, wherein abrasive grains are bonded and fixed not to individual fibers but to a single surface or both surfaces of a nonwoven cloth with an adhesive agent.
  • Patent Documents 6 and 7 each disclose an abrasive cloth, wherein a porous resin layer is formed on fibers of a nonwoven cloth without using any abrasive grain.
  • Patent Document 1 JP-A-5-220670
  • Patent Document 2 JP-A-6-155310
  • Patent Document 3 JP-A-6-155311
  • Patent Document 4 JP-A-5-28477
  • Patent Document 5 JP-A-9-22886
  • Patent Document 6 JP-A-6-17374
  • Patent Document 7 JP-A-7-108465
  • abrasive grains are bonded and fixed only to a surface layer of a nonwoven cloth with an adhesive agent. Accordingly, only the surface layer region to which the abrasive grains are bonded and fixed has an abrading power; at the same time when an adhesive agent layer is worn away, the abrasive grains are peeled off. Thus, the abrasive cloths have a problem that the abrading power falls rapidly.
  • the nonwoven cloth is impregnated with a solution of a polyurethane resin or a polysulfone resin in a polar solvent having a high boiling point, such as dimethylformamide (DMF) and subsequently the DMF solvent is removed by using water or hot water; therefore, a troublesome step, such as distillation, is necessary to collect the solvent.
  • a large amount of discharging water containing pollutants, such as BOD is generated so that a pollution problem may be caused.
  • post-treatment of the discharging water is required.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a multipurpose cleaning cloth which makes it possible to clean stains adhering to the surface of an article to be cleaned effectively without use of a cleaner in the case of ordinary stains, or with a small amount of cleaner in the case of stubborn stains, without scratching the surface, by taking a structure itself of a nonwoven cloth into a unique consideration without bonding and fixing abrasive grains to fibers of the nonwoven cloth or a surface layer thereof or without forming a porous resin layer on fibers of the nonwoven cloth.
  • the cleaning cloth according to the present invention is a cloth, in which a large number of parallel ridge regions each having a predetermined width are formed at predetermined intervals in a nonwoven cloth made of synthetic resin fibers each having a small diameter so that the fibers protrude in a loop by needle punching means.
  • the thickness of regions in the nonwoven cloth, in which the ridge regions are not formed is from 1 to 3 mm
  • the density of the nonwoven cloth is from 0.15 to 0.40 g/cm 3
  • the height of the ridge regions is from 4 to 6 mm
  • the interval between the ridge regions is from 4 to 8 mm
  • the width of the ridge regions is from 3 to 6 mm.
  • the synthetic resin fiber constituting the nonwoven cloth is a polyester fiber, and the fineness thereof is from 20 to 30 dtex.
  • the invention has a constituent as described above, it is possible for edges of a large number of ridge regions arranged in parallel to each other to function as cleaning edges to improve a performance of cleaning the surface of an article to be cleaned. Further, since the ridge regions have the predetermined width, an appropriate strength of the ridge regions can be secured to restrain the quantity of compressive deformation (end face sagging) of the edge parts by a pushing-force during cleaning. Thus, a high cleaning performance can be kept. For example, in the case where the cleaning cloth is used while tableware or the like is washed with water, drainage is made good by grooves made between the individual ridges. Thus, the cleaning effect can be improved.
  • the production process is simple and the cleaning cloth can be produced at low cost since the ridge regions can be effectively formed by needle punching using a nonwoven cloth as a base material. Additionally, since the ridge regions, which are substantially regions for a cleaning action, are integrated with the nonwoven cloth, there is an advantageous effect that the cleaning cloth is strong and has a long lifespan.
  • ridge region edges at the middles grooves or at upper ends of the grooves also function as the cleaning edges to produce an effect that a higher cleaning performance can be obtained.
  • a core material is polyester and a sheath material is polyethylene having a lower melting point than that of the core material
  • the form of the ridge regions can be adjusted.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a cleaning cloth according to the invention before forming ridge regions, wherein alternate long and two short dashes lines represent punching plan lines of a needle punch.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a cleaning cloth of a first embodiment according to the invention.
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a main portion of the cleaning cloth.
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view illustrating a fiber of the cleaning cloth according to the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a front view illustrating an example of use of the cleaning cloth according to the invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating a cleaning cloth of a second embodiment according to the invention.
  • FIG. 7 is an enlarged schematic view illustrating an example of cleaning by use of the cleaning cloth according to the invention.
  • FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view of a fiber illustrating a third embodiment.
  • FIG. 9 is an enlarged schematic view illustrating an example of cleaning by use of the cleaning cloth of the third embodiment.
  • synthetic resin fibers used in a nonwoven cloth are preferably polyester resin fibers since the fibers are firm and have abrasion resistance.
  • the resin fibers each have a triangular or rectangular sectional shape and apexes thereof are made as sharp as possible, a preferable cleaning effect can be expected.
  • FIG. 1 shows a nonwoven cloth, which is a base material of a cleaning cloth A according to the invention.
  • This nonwoven cloth 1 is preferably made of polyester fibers having a fineness of 20 to 30 dtex, preferably 28 dtex, and a thickness (t) of 1 to 3 mm, preferably 1.5 mm.
  • the density of the nonwoven cloth 1 is from 0.15 to 0.40 g/cm 3 , and is preferably 0.20 g/cm 3 . If the density is 0.15 g/cm 3 or less, the strength for keeping the shape deteriorates and further the effect of pulling out the fibers with the needle punch gets worse. If the density is more than 0.40 g/cm 3 , the needles are unfavorably damaged many times.
  • the cleaning cloth of the invention is preferably a cleaning cloth wherein the height (h) of the ridge regions 2 is form 4 to 6 mm, preferably 5 mm, the width (W 1 ) of the ridge regions 3 is from 3 to 6 mm, preferably 4 mm, the interval between the ridge regions 2 , that is, the width (W 2 ) of the grooves 3 is from 4 to 8 mm, preferably 6 mm.
  • the ridge regions 2 are formed so that a large number of fibers a protrude in a loop toward one of both surface sides thereof by needle punching means.
  • the needles are punched into the nonwoven cloth 1 along needle punching lines L having pairs of two adjacent lines L 1 and L 2 , whereby the ridge regions 2 having a predetermined width can be formed by using the fibers a protruded toward the single surface.
  • the interval between the individual pairs of the two lines L 1 and L 2 is changed, for example, when the interval is made slightly large, slender immediate grooves 4 can be formed along the ridge direction between the ridge regions 2 and 2 , as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3 .
  • the ridge regions 2 having no intermediate grooves can be formed at intervals.
  • the ridge regions 2 are formed, and subsequently the surfaces of the protruded fibers are subjected to heating treatment to be shrunken, thereby adjusting the form of the ridge regions 2 and further improving the strength thereof.
  • the fibers a are rendered fibers each having a triangular form and its apexes are made sharp, as illustrated in FIG. 4( a ), or that the fibers a are made into a sheath/core structure, a core material c thereof is made of polyester, and a sheath material b thereof is made of polyethylene having a lower melting point than that of the core material c, as illustrated in FIG. 4( b ).
  • This manner makes it possible to deform some parts of the protruded and intertwined fibers a and a to adjust the form of the ridge regions 2 by subjecting the fibers to heating treatment under the condition of a temperature, which is not higher than the melting point of the core material c and causes the surface of the sheath material b to be melted.
  • the heating temperature in the heating treatment preferably ranges from 150 to 180° C.
  • the thus-formed cleaning cloth A of the first embodiment is a cleaning cloth, wherein the sectional shape of the individual fibers a, which constitute the cleaning cloth A, is made into a substantially equilateral triangle having sharp apexes.
  • stains such as hot water scurf and water scurf, and oily stains on tableware can be rubbed off with the sharp apexes of the individual fibers a.
  • the stains rubbed off once can be floated and embraced into water held between the fibers.
  • the stains are not again rubbed against the surface to be cleaned, so that stains can be effectively cleaned up only by water without using any cleaner.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 illustrate a third embodiment.
  • FIG. 8 is an enlarged view illustrating a sectional shape of a drawn monofilament made in the form of a substantial rectangle having projected portions 10 , 10 , . . . , which are projected into four directions.
  • the monofilaments protrude in a loop by needle punching means, as in the first embodiment, to make ridge regions.
  • the thus-formed cleaning cloth also makes it possible to rub off stains such as hot water scurf and water scurf, and oily stains on tableware with the sharp apexes 10 , 10 , . . . of the individual fibers a, which constitute the cleaning cloth.
  • stains can be effectively cleaned up only by water without using any cleaner.
  • the sectional shape of the polyester fibers a is preferably made into a sectional shape having different diameters, which has sharp apexes, as in fibers a having a substantially triangular shape or fibers a having a rectangular shape. This makes it possible to promote the cleaning performance.
  • the cleaning cloth A of the invention may be used as it is in the state that the cloth is appropriately divided and cut into the form of sheets.
  • a soft sponge support made of a foamed resin may be stuck on the lower surface of the cleaning cloth A so as to make the cloth into a cleaning tool.
  • the cleaning cloth of the invention can be used as a tool for cleaning articles in wide fields whether the articles are articles for households or industries in order to wipe off and clean stains adhering to the surface of glass, pottery, synthetic resins, metals, stone materials, and other various materials of tableware, rice cooling tools, utensils and others.

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