Classifications

• • 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

Definitions

• the invention relates to flexible cleaning bodies in the form of a cuboid, which is delimited in the region of its underside by a scouring surface.
• Cleaning bodies of the aforementioned type are used in the household. They are essentially brick-shaped, made of foam and dimensioned such that they can be held with one hand while cleaning operations are being carried out.
• the cleaning body is usually gripped with one hand in the region of the two side surfaces and touched with the index finger in the region of one end surface.
• Grip grooves provided in the area of the longitudinal surfaces, which extend parallel to the longitudinal direction, are intended to ensure that the cleaning body, which is made of flexible material, does not accidentally slip off the receiving hand while cleaning operations are being carried out.
• the invention is based on the object of further developing such a cleaning body in such a way that it is difficult to access before fillets and corners are easier to clean and that there is a better fixation of the cleaning body in the receiving hand while avoiding a cramped hand position.
• the end face delimiting the cuboid at the rear end is delimited on the one hand by a sharp edge and on the other hand by an inclined surface which are arranged between the end face and the adjoining side faces.
• the rear end is to be understood as the end pointing away from the user while the cleaning body is being used.
• the shape of the cleaning body is relatively easy to produce. Nevertheless, it requires an approximation to the anatomical shape of the human hand resulting from a gripping movement.
• the contact zones defining the cleaning body during its intended use are thereby significantly enlarged, which improves the security of fixing and avoids a cramped hand position.
• Existing cleaning body or the human hand is thereby achieved a particularly good fixation in a convenient manner.
• the cleaning body has an inclined surface which, in conjunction with the adjoining parts of the front and side surface, allows dirt to be removed from fillets and corners which are difficult to access.
• the cleaning body can be produced from any one or more of the materials used, for example from a flexible block of textile and / or foam. If several materials are used in combination with one another, for example a layer of polyurethane foam and a layer of a textile material, the individual layers can be attached to one another in a non-detachable or detachable manner. In the latter case, it is possible, for example, to use Velcro fastener elements in this regard.
• the sharp edge is arranged on the left and the inclined surface on the right end of the rear end surface.
• the sharp edge automatically reaches the area between the thumb and forefinger where it can be gripped securely.
• the side and end faces delimiting the cuboid are connected at two diagonally opposite ends by the inclined surface and delimit each other at the other ends in the sharp edge.
• the side surfaces can be provided in a manner known per se with gripping grooves extending parallel to the longitudinal direction, for example with a gripping groove which is sinusoidal in profile and merges rounded into the top of the cleaning body.
• the inclined surface forms part of a rounding. This can run evenly into the respective front and side surface, which makes it usable when wiping out hollow throats further improved and the cleaning of pots and kitchenware simplified.
• the rounding has a radius that is 0.2 to 0.5 times as large as that
• Width of the cuboid preferably 0.3 to 0.4 times as large.
• the articulated arch of the thumb with such a design, can fit particularly harmoniously in the region of the rounding on the cleaning body, which gives it a firm hold.
• the underside is used in many cases to mechanically loosen adhering dirt components.
• a directly adjacent side surface for example the side wall of a pot in the region of the base, it has proven to be advantageous if the profile of the cleaning body is sharply delimited in this region.
• Fig. 1 shows a first embodiment of the cleaning body in a perspective view from above.
• FIG. 2 to 5 alternative versions of the cleaning body in a view from above.
• the cleaning body shown in Fig. 1 consists of a foam block made of open-pore polyurethane foam
• Density of 30 to 40 kg / m 3 preferably of 35 kg / m 3 . It has the shape of a cuboid and is dimensioned so that it can easily be gripped with one hand.
• the cleaning body is delimited by a scouring surface 1, in the longitudinal direction by the two end surfaces 4, 5 and in the transverse direction by the two side surfaces 2, 3.
• the longitudinal surfaces 4, 5 and the side surfaces 2, 3 essentially extend perpendicular to the abrasion surface 1.
• the cover surface 6 preferably extends parallel to the abrasion surface 1.
• the side surfaces 2, 3 delimiting the cuboid and the end faces 4, 5 are connected at two diagonally opposite ends by a rounding 11.1 and cut through each other at the other ends in a sharp edge 9 the.
• One of the sharp edges delimits the rear end face at the left end.
• the side surfaces 2, 3 and the end surfaces 4, 5 form an angle of 75 ° with one another.
• FIGS. 2 to 5 show top-view designs of the cleaning body which are designed differently from the one described above.
• the non-visible abrasion surface 1 extends parallel to the visible top surface 6.
• the cleaning bodies can consist of any relevant foam or textile material, analogous to the version according to FIG. 1.
• the front end face 4 facing the user is rounded off in a semicircle. It runs tangentially in the side faces 2, 3 without a sudden change in direction.
• the rear end surface forms an acute angle of 75 ° with the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal surfaces. It ends in a sharp edge 9 on the left-hand side and is connected to the right-hand side surface 3 by a rounding 11.1 on the right-hand side.
• the rounding has a radius of approximately 20 mm with a width of the cleaning body of approximately 75 mm.
• the cleaning body thus has several radii, sharp edges and abrasive surfaces of a different shape and size. It can therefore be used in a wide variety of household and commercial applications.
• the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 differs from the one described above in that the sides and end faces 2, 3; 4, 5 are connected at two diagonally opposite ends by a rounding 11. 1 and delimit each other at the other ends in sharp edges 9.
• the end faces 4, 5 form an acute angle with the longitudinal direction of the side faces 2, 3, which is approximately 70 °.
• the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 is characterized in that the sides and end faces 2, 3; 4, 5 are connected at two diagonally opposite ends by an inclined surface 11 and delimit each other at the other ends in a sharp edge 9.
• the end faces 4, 5 form a right angle with the longitudinal direction of the side faces 2, 3.
• the end face 5 delimiting the cuboid at the rear end is delimited on the one hand by an inclined surface 11 and on the other hand by a sharp edge 9, the end face making an angle A of approximately 70 ° with the longitudinal direction of the side faces 2, 3 connects and the inclined surface an obtuse angle B of 150 °.
• the front end face 4 forms a right angle with the longitudinal direction of the side faces 2, 3.
• the inclined surfaces 11 can be particularly easily by a straight line

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