US3641610A - Artificial tufted sponges - Google Patents

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US3641610A
US3641610A US10475A US3641610DA US3641610A US 3641610 A US3641610 A US 3641610A US 10475 A US10475 A US 10475A US 3641610D A US3641610D A US 3641610DA US 3641610 A US3641610 A US 3641610A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B5/00—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B3/00—Brushes characterised by the way in which the bristles are fixed or joined in or on the brush body or carrier
    • A46B3/20—Brushes characterised by the way in which the bristles are fixed or joined in or on the brush body or carrier the bristles being fixed or joined in rubber bodies, e.g. in soft rubber
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B9/00—Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body
    • A46B9/06—Arrangement of mixed bristles or tufts of bristles, e.g. wire, fibre, rubber
    • 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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  • References cited tufted sponge construction comprising an artific1al sponge having apertures opening through a scrubbing sur- UN T D STATES PATENTS face and having the prefused end of a synthetic filament tuft received in each aperture before said mass cools so that the 2,679,063 5/ 1954 Hoffman ..15/114 X pref-used mass conforms to the internal confines f the apep 1 9 7/ 1960 Flue Q l 14 x ture and adheres thereto to support the tuft.
  • Tufted sponge 3,121,897 i bl tg 1 1 5 1 constructions of this invention may be formed from sponge. 3,392,421 a 'son 3,403,070 9/1968 Lewis ..l5/159 A UK 12 Claims, 13 Drawing Figures I v loo loo 2- /oo 0 0 a a 0 9 o 0 a 6 V a 0 M 10/ ml" 4 PATENTEB RB 15 I972 SHEET 2 OF 2 INVENTOR.
  • the improved characteristics of the sponges of this invention are attained by providing novel tufts within the framework of the sponge, and so located at or near the working surface in order that the working tips of each tuft operate as effective brush working ends.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a tufted sponge having improved cleaning qualities by having placed near or at the working surface synthetic filament tufts.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a sponge showing tufts in accordance with this invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary side view partly in cross section showing one arrangement of tufts integrally attached to a sponge substrate.
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a sponge illustrating the working ends of each tuft.
  • FIGS. 4-6 illustrate a method of inserting synthetic filament tufts in a sponge substrate in accordance with this invention.
  • FIGS. 7-11 illustrate a method of assembling a tufted sponge employing the sections of FIG. 7.
  • FIG. 7 is a front view of a section comprising a multiplicity of filament tufts attached to and supported by a sponge.
  • FIG. 8 is an end view of FIG. 7.
  • FIG. 9 is an end view of two sections aligned side by side and next to an untufted section of sponge.
  • FIG. 10 is an end view of a cap adapted to be placed over the aligned segments of FIG. 9 in the manner shown in end view FIG. 11 which shows a finished sponge mop construction with the sections held by the cap.
  • the invention is directed to brush making wherein tufted sponges are formed employing tuft-picking devices, filling the said tuft-picking devices with synthetic filament, heating the nonworking end of said tuft and inserting same into a sponge substrate, allowing the heated end to fuse as it cools, to the sponge, and upon removal of the picking device, leaving the tuft attached to the substrate.
  • the prefused end of the tuft When the prefused end of the tuft is inserted into an aperture on the scrubbing or working surface of the sponge substrate, the prefused end conforms to the internal confines at the base of the aperture.
  • the heat-softened filamentary material then enters the porous surface at the base of the aperture.
  • the mass of material conforms and adheres to the internal confines at the base of the aperture to hold the tuft in the sponge.
  • a sponge substrate 102 is shown containing tufts of synthetic filament having different trim lengths.
  • Filament tufts 100, and 100", designated as X, Y, and 2 respectively, are attached to the substrate and their nonworking end 101, 101' and 101".
  • the filament portion of tuft X is completely free of substrate 102 excepting at the point of joining 101.
  • the fused portion of filament actually is hardened to and attached to the sections of substrate 102 in such a manner as to allow a bond between the sponge and the tuft.
  • the sponge section 102 of FIG. I is in the wet state, and shows different tuft arrangements.
  • the tuft X protrudes beyond the surface of sponge 102, and would act more like a conventional tuft in a tufted brush during usage.
  • the tuft Y is trimmed in such a manner that when the sponge is wet, the working tip of the filament tuft is level with the surface of the sponge.
  • the tuft Z is trimmed in such a manner that the working tip of the filament tuft 100" never extends to or beyond the surface of the sponge 102.
  • tufts 103 are exposed. Tufts 103 are held firmly in the sponge substrate 105 by the heat fused portion 104.
  • the sponge 107 of FIG. 3 demonstrates how the tufts can be effective in cleaning. Tufts 106 are deflected in various directions, as shown, when pressure from hand 109 pushes down and forward along direction B and C, thus exposing the working tips of filament tufts 106. In turn, the tips are in contact with the surface 108, and subsequently, work similar to brush tufts in removing unwanted material.
  • the sponge portion 107 retains solvent and chemicals when needed.
  • FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 specific embodiments with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplification of the principle of the invention and is not intended in any way to limit the invention to the embodiments illustrated.
  • FIG. 4 wherein there is shown the tuft-picking device 112 containing filament 110 fused and still in the semimelt state 111, said tuft-picking device held in support 113.
  • a punched hole with bottom 1 14 in sponge Prior to the picking device indexing in direction D, a punched hole with bottom 1 14 in sponge is provided for. The hole is formed by inserting a probe through the cell structure of the sponge, thus tearing and widening an opening.
  • the fused end portion 111 is then indexed in direction D allowing the fused portion to fuse and cool around the sponge substrate as shown in FIG. 5.
  • the tuft-picking device is indexed in direction E as shown in FIG. 5, there results a pretrimmed synthetic filament tuft I10 securely fastened to the sponge 115 as shown in FIG. 6. This type of construction is not possible by employing conventional methods for stapling filament tufts.
  • FIGS. 7-1 I show how segments with synthetic filament tufts may be assembled into a finished sponge mop. More particularly, as shown in FIG. 7, the segment 200 is comprised of tufted sponge. An end view of this segment is shown in FIG. 8. In FIG. 9 two similar segments, 200 and 200' are placed next to an untufted section of sponge 201 and are so aligned that by providing a cap 202, as shown in FIG. 10, there results a tufted sponge mop having handle 203.
  • the finished mop of FIG. 11 is comprised of handle 203, cap section 202, and tufted sponge section 204.
  • the tufted sponge rug cleaner shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 is constructed in such a manner that allows one to hold on to aerosol cap 208 while cleaning.
  • the sponge section 206 containing tufts 205 is attached by means of an adhesive 207 to the cap.
  • the preferred sponge compositions for making the tufted articles of this invention are cellulose, polyurethane and foamed polyolefins.
  • the tufts of this invention can be composed of any thennoplastic composition such as polyamides, polyolefins, polyvinyl chloride and the like. Colorants, extenders, plasticizers and modifiers may be added to these materials as practice dictates.
  • the cell structure is not limited in any way, and can be fine or coarse. Also, orientation of the sponge structure can be varied, and is not limiting. The magnitude of the filaments described in the invention is in the range of 0.006 to 0.200 inch.
  • the tufted sponge construction of this invention can be employed to prepare improved products such as: mops, polishing brushes, abrasive strip brushes, rotary brushes, liquid-retention brushes, auto cleaning sponges, kitchen sponges, and the like.
  • a tufted sponge construction having a plurality of mutually spaced filamentary tufts mounted in a porous scrub sponge, the improvement comprising:
  • each aperture receiving a prefused mass of said filamentary material with an integral filament tuft extending therefrom so that when the mass of material cools, the said mass conforms and adheres to the internal confines at the base of the aperture to hold the tuft in the sponge.
  • a tufted scrub sponge comprising:
  • a sponge having at least one tuft-receiving blind aperture opening through a scrub surface thereof;
  • At least one tuft comprising a plurality of cut-to-length synthetic filaments extending from a prefused mass of said filamentary material, said prefused mass and at least a portion of the tuft extending therefrom received in the aperture in said sponge so that when the mass of material cools, the said mass conforms and adheres to the internal confines at the base of the aperture to hold said tuft in said s n e. 6.
  • the tufte sponge of claim 5 further comprising a plurality of mutually spaced tuft-receiving blind apertures opening through a scrub surface of said sponge, each of said apertures receiving at least one of said tufts having a prefused homogenous mass of filamentary material with a plurality of synthetic filaments extending therefrom, said mass received in said apertures and conforming and adhering to the internal confines at the base of said aperture to hold said tuft in said sponge when said mass cools.
  • the tufted sponge of claim 6 wherein the apertured surface of said tufted sponge forms a scrub surface thereof, said sponge further comprising a rigid support, said support mounting said tufted sponge at a surface other than the scrub surface to support the surface for scrubbing.
  • the tufted sponge construction of claim 5 wherein the sponge is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of cellulose, polyurethane and a foamed thermoplastic olefin.

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