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
  • A47L13/20—Mops
• • 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
  • A47L13/38—Other dusting implements

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a cleaning tool including a cleaning unit and a handle, and a method of manufacturing the cleaning unit in the cleaning tool.
• Hataki has conventionally been used as a cleaning tool for removing dust attached to furniture such as a chest, electric appliances such as a noise control or a lighting fixture, walls inside a building, a sill, and power.
• Hataki has a structure in which a plurality of cord-like bands are attached to the tip of a handle, and dust is removed by striking the surface of a dusty object with the cord-like bands. Therefore, the conventional hagaki had the function of wiping it off, so it was not possible to remove dust without scattering it into the atmosphere.
• Patent Document 1 a cleaning tool in which a cleaning cloth provided with a wiping part and a lettering part is attached to a head at the tip of a handle, a handle and a head
• Patent Document 2 a hand wiper
• a main body is formed at the center of a head and a thin flexible portion is formed around the main body.
• the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and has as its object to provide a cleaning tool that can exhibit a sufficient cleaning ability even in cleaning a narrow space.
• Patent Document 1 JP-A-10-43115
• Patent Document 2 JP-A-2000-83883
• the present invention is a cleaning tool comprising a cleaning unit and a handle, and the cleaning unit is configured to join a sheet-like fiber bundle and a sheet together to form a bonded portion along a bonded portion.
• Fold like The bulky portion forming portion is formed by bending, and the laminated sheet body having the bulky portion forming portion is bent so as to face the bulky portion forming portion so that the contact surfaces of the sheet-like fiber bundles facing each other are joined. It has a handle insertion opening opened at one end side of the bulky part forming portion, and the support rod of the handle portion is inserted into the handle insertion portion formed inside the bulky portion forming portion.
• a cleaning tool characterized in that:
• the cleaning tool of the present invention bends the sheet-overlap body to partially join the opposing joint surfaces of the sheet-like fiber bundles to form a bulky portion forming portion, and forms the bulky portion forming portion.
• the abutted surfaces of the sheet-like fiber bundles facing each other are further folded by folding the overlapped sheet body, and the handle insertion opening and the handle insertion section opened at one end side at the position where the bulky portion forming portion is formed are bulky. Is formed. For this reason, this cleaning tool can be formed in a narrow shape, and therefore, it is possible to efficiently remove dust and dirt present in a narrow gap.
• this cleaning tool uses a sheet-like fiber bundle in which fibers are bundled in the cleaning section, even if dust lurks in a narrow groove having a narrow gap, the cleaning tool extends to such a narrow groove.
• the fibers constituting the sheet-like fiber bundle are introduced, and the dust lurking in the grooves is efficiently extracted, and the dirt wiping ability is excellent.
• a pattern insertion portion is formed by folding a sheet-overlapping body, so that it is not necessary to manufacture and arrange a component to be the pattern insertion portion separately from the cleaning portion. The number of components constituting the tool can be reduced.
• the present invention is a cleaning tool comprising a cleaning portion and a handle portion, wherein the cleaning portion has a bonding portion formed by partially bonding a sheet-like fiber bundle and a sheet having a strip-shaped portion.
• the superimposed sheet is bent along the joining portion to form a bulky portion forming portion, and the sheet-like fiber bundle side is formed so that the superimposed sheet forming the bulky portion forming portion faces the bulky portion forming portion. It is bent inward and integrated so that the contact surfaces of the sheet-like fiber bundles are joined to each other, and has a handle insertion opening opened at one end side of the bulky portion forming portion, forming a bulky portion.
• a cleaning tool characterized in that a support rod of a handle portion is inserted into a handle insertion portion formed inside the portion.
• this cleaning tool it is possible to form the above-described narrow shape and efficiently remove dust and dirt present in a narrow gap. Reduce number
• the strip-shaped portion provided on the sheet allows a certain amount of dust, which cannot be exhausted by the fibers constituting the sheet-like fiber bundle, to be exhausted, thus further removing the dirt. Is improved.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle may be formed by overlapping a plurality of sheet-like fiber bundles.
• this cleaning tool by using a sheet-like fiber bundle in which a plurality of sheet-like fiber bundles are stacked, dust can be efficiently extracted by a larger number of fibers.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle has a first sheet-like fiber bundle having a large number of fiber strengths and a second sheet-like fiber strength having a fiber strength larger than the fibers constituting the first sheet-like fiber bundle. It may be configured with a fiber bundle.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle is composed of the first sheet-like fiber bundle and the second sheet-like fiber bundle made of a fiber fiber thicker than the fibers constituting the first sheet-like fiber bundle.
• the first sheet fiber bundle and the second sheet fiber bundle have different stiffness. That is, since the stiffness increases as the thickness of the fibers constituting the sheet-like fiber bundle increases, the stiffness of the second sheet-like fiber bundle can be increased. Further, as the thickness of the fibers constituting the sheet-like fiber bundle is smaller, the texture of the fiber bundle becomes finer when the sheet-like fiber bundle is formed. From these facts, in this cleaning tool, the stiff second sheet-like fiber bundles extract dust more efficiently, and the finer first sheet-like fiber bundles efficiently remove the extracted dust. It can function to capture and provide efficient cleaning.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle is composed of a first sheet-like fiber bundle having a large number of fiber strengths and a second sheet comprising fibers thicker and shorter than the fibers constituting the first sheet-like fiber bundle.
• a configuration in which the sheet-like fiber bundle is partially joined may be provided.
• the stiffness of the fiber becomes strong, so that the stiffness of the second sheet-like fiber bundle can be further enhanced.
• this cleaning tool is characterized by the fact that the constituent fibers constituting the second sheet-like fiber bundle are thicker and shorter than the constituent fibers constituting the first sheet-like fiber bundle, and thus the stiffness is stronger.
• the dust can be extracted more strongly from the small gaps, and it can function to capture the dust that has been extracted, and the fibers can be taken in. It can contribute to prevention of thick !, thin fiber !, and entanglement of fibers.
• the cleaning unit is configured such that the first sheet-like fiber bundle and Z or the second sheet-like fiber bundle are also forced between the sheet-like fiber bodies in which the sheet superimposed body is folded and faces.
• the fiber bundle and the sheet-like fiber bundle may be joined at a position where they are in contact with each other with the fiber bundle being interposed therebetween.
• the sheet superimposed body joins the sheet body to the sheet-like fiber bundle at the joint portion so as to cover the opposite surface of the sheet with the sheet-like fiber bundle therebetween. It may be made.
• the cleaning tool since the sheet-like fiber bundle is sandwiched between the sheet and the sheet body, the form of the sheet-like fiber bundle as a whole can be stabilized, and the cleaning tool as a whole can be better organized.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle may include a plurality of first sheet-like fiber bundles and / or a plurality of second sheet-like fiber bundles.
• this cleaning tool by using a plurality of sheet-like fiber bundles, dust can be efficiently extracted by a larger number of fibers.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle may be formed by alternately stacking the first sheet-like fiber bundle and the second sheet-like fiber bundle.
• the thick, stiff fibers constituting the second sheet-like fiber bundle extract dust more efficiently, and the thin fibers constituting the first sheet-like fiber bundle form the same.
• the cleaning part can be effectively cleaned because it functions to take in the extracted dust. Further, such a sheet-like fiber bundle can function so as to effectively contribute to prevention of entanglement of thin fibers with thin fibers.
• the sheet may be made of a nonwoven fabric.
• the cleaning tool is made of non-woven fabric forming the strip-shaped portion. Fine dust can be efficiently taken into the fibers of the cloth.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle is arranged inside the arrangement position of the strip portion of the sheet, and the fibers constituting the sheet-like fiber bundle extract fine dust, and The fibers of the non-woven fabric constituting the portion can efficiently take in the extracted dust.
• the present invention also provides a sheet-like fiber bundle obtained by bundling fibers in a sheet-like manner and a sheet having a strip-shaped portion, which is partially joined to form a sheet-laminated body. After the sheet-like fiber bundle is folded along the joining portion so as to fold and overlap at the joining portion of the sheet superimposed body to form the bulky portion forming portion, the sheet having the strip-shaped portion is opposed to wrap the bulky portion forming portion. The sheet-like fiber bundle and the sheet having the strip-like portion are folded back so that the sheet-like fiber bundle side is inward and further folded so that the contact surfaces of the sheet-like fiber bundles are joined to each other.
• This is a method for manufacturing a cleaning unit in a cleaning tool, which is characterized in that it is joined and integrated.
• a cleaning unit of the present invention According to the method of manufacturing a cleaning unit of the present invention, it is possible to easily provide a cleaning tool capable of exhibiting a sufficient cleaning ability even for cleaning in a narrow gap.
• the present invention provides a step of forming a cut for forming a strip in a long sheet for forming a sheet having a strip-shaped portion, and the step of forming a long sheet having the cut for forming a strip and a fiber.
• the long sheet-like fiber bundle bundled in a sheet-like manner and the base sheet that supports the sheet-like fiber bundle are sequentially superimposed on each other, and a long sheet superimposed body is joined in the width direction of the sheet.
• Joining to form a joined portion cutting a long overlapped sheet between the joined portions to obtain a laminated sheet for forming the cleaning portion, strips in the laminated sheet for forming the cleaning portion Cut off one side of the sheet having the shape-like portion sandwiching the joining portion, cut off both sides of the base sheet sandwiching the joining portion, and then fold and join the sheet-like fiber bundle along the joining portion. So that the part becomes cylindrical
• the manufacturing method of the cleaning unit of the present invention it is possible to easily provide a cleaning tool capable of exhibiting a sufficient cleaning ability even for cleaning in a narrow gap, and the cleaning tool has a strip-shaped portion.
• the pattern insertion section can be formed so that the sheet-like fiber bundle surrounds the periphery of the pattern insertion section while maintaining the bulkiness of the pattern insertion section. Can be formed.
• FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an example of the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a stacked sheet body in a manufacturing process of the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line II of FIG. 2.
• FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a sheet superimposed body in a manufacturing process of the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a stacked sheet body in a manufacturing process of the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing an example of the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view along the IHI line in FIG. 7.
• FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing one step of a method of manufacturing a cleaning unit in the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing another step of the method for manufacturing the cleaning unit in the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing another step of the method for manufacturing the cleaning unit in the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing another step of the method for manufacturing the cleaning unit in the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing another step of the method for manufacturing the cleaning unit in the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• FIG. 14 is a process schematic diagram of another manufacturing method of the cleaning unit in the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• FIG. 15A is a view as viewed in the direction of the arrow A in FIG. 14.
• FIG. 15B is a view on arrow B in FIG. 14.
• FIG. 15C is a view on arrow C in FIG. 14.
• FIG. 16 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line XX of FIG. 15B.
• FIG. 17 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line X-XI in FIG. 15C.
• FIG. 18 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a state where the nonwoven fabric on one side sandwiching the joint and the support sheets on both sides sandwiching the joint are cut off from the perforations from the cleaning section forming overlapped sheet shown in FIG.
• FIG. 19 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cleaning section forming superimposed sheet shown in FIG. 18 is bent along the joining section.
• FIG. 20 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a state in which a bulky cylindrical pattern insertion portion is joined to the joined portion of the folded cleaning portion forming overlapped sheet shown in FIG. 19 so as to be formed.
• FIG. 21 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cleaning section forming overlap sheet having the handle insertion section shown in FIG. 20 is bent.
• FIG. 22B is a front view showing one embodiment of the handle of the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• FIG. 22B is a plan view of one embodiment of the handle of the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• FIG. 23 is a front view of the handle in a folded state.
• [24A] is a longitudinal sectional view of a bending mechanism of a handle.
• FIG. 24B is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line DD in FIG. 22A.
• FIG. 25A is a plan view showing an aspect showing another example of the handle.
• FIG. 25B is a plan view showing a state where a grip portion of the handle of FIG. 25A is extended.
• FIG. 26A is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line EE in FIG. 25A.
• 26B is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where the protrusion of FIG. 26A has been pressed.
• FIG. 27A is a side view of relevant parts showing a coupling part between the grip part of the handle part and the support rod of FIG. 25A.
• FIG. 27B is a side view of relevant parts showing a state where the stopper of the grip part of FIG. 27A has been moved.
• FIG. 28A is a vertical sectional view of a main part near a stopper shown in FIG. 27A.
• FIG. 28B is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part near the stopper shown in FIG. 27B.
• FIG. 27A is a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part in the vicinity of a joint.
• FIG. 29B is a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part in the vicinity of a joint.
• the cleaning tool of the present invention includes a cleaning portion and a handle portion, and the cleaning portion joins the sheet-like fiber bundle and the sheet to form a bonded portion so as to be along the bonded portion.
• the bulky portion forming portion is formed by bending, and the sheet superposed body having the bulky portion forming portion is bent so as to face the bulky portion forming portion so that the contact surfaces of the sheet-like fiber bundles facing each other are joined. And having a handle insertion opening opened at one end of the bulky portion forming portion, and a support rod of the handle portion being inserted into a handle insertion portion formed inside the bulky portion forming portion. are doing.
• the sheet used for the cleaning unit is preferably a nonwoven fabric such as paper, a synthetic resin sheet, and a nonwoven fabric.
• a nonwoven fabric such as paper, a synthetic resin sheet, and a nonwoven fabric.
• a spunlace nonwoven fabric, a spunbonded nonwoven fabric, a thermal bond nonwoven fabric, an air-through nonwoven fabric, a point bond nonwoven fabric and the like can be used, but a spunbond nonwoven fabric and a thermal bond nonwoven fabric are preferable.
• the fiber constituting the nonwoven fabric include a natural fiber, a synthetic fiber, and a conjugate fiber, and a synthetic fiber or a conjugate fiber having heat-fusibility is preferable.
• the nonwoven fabric preferably has a basis weight of about 20 gZm 2 to 100 gZm 2 .
• the sheet is bonded to the sheet-like fiber bundle by heat-sealing due to the heat-bonding material such as a hot-melt adhesive. It becomes possible.
• the number of sheets is not limited to one, and two or more sheets can be used by overlapping.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle is formed by bundling a large number of fibers into a sheet shape, and a force capable of using a bundle of a large number of fibers to such an extent that the constituent fibers do not disperse individually.
• the fibers may be partially bonded to each other by fusion or the like depending on the conditions.
• Sheet-like fiber bundles shall be obtained, for example, by bundling a large number of long fibers in a sheet-like manner, joining them at appropriate intervals in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and then cutting them at an intermediate position between adjacent joints. Can be.
• the fibers constituting the sheet-like fiber bundle include natural fibers such as cotton and wool, synthetic fibers such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, nylon, and polyacryl, core-sheath type fibers, sea-island type fibers, and side-by-side type fibers. Conjugate fiber etc. are used
• core-sheath composite fibers in which the core is made of polypropylene and the sheath is made of polyethylene, are preferred for heat-synthetic synthetic fibers and composite fibers. It is preferred because it has the strength of the stiffness of the constituent polypropylene.
• the fibers constituting the sheet-like fiber bundle have a thickness of about 0.3 to 0.3 mm.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 may be composed of only fibers having the same thickness, or may be composed of two or more fibers having different thicknesses, or may be composed of only the same type of fiber. It can be composed of two or more different types of fibers.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle can be constituted by using fibers of different colors irrespective of the thickness or type of the constituting fibers being the same or different.
• two or more sheet-like fiber bundles can be used by overlapping.
• sheet-like fiber bundles having different thicknesses, fiber colors and types can be used in an appropriate combination.
• the design of the cleaning tool of the present invention can be improved.
• the number of layers to be stacked is not particularly limited, but usually two to ten sheets are preferable.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle includes a first sheet-like fiber bundle having a large fiber strength and a first sheet-like fiber bundle. It is also possible to provide a structure in which the second sheet-like fiber bundle which is thicker and shorter in fiber strength than the fibers constituting the sheet-like fiber bundle is partially joined.
• FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an example of the cleaning tool of the present invention including a cleaning section 1 and a handle section 2.
• the handle portion 2 has a grip portion 14 and a support rod 5, and the cleaning portion 1 and the handle portion 2 are connected to the handle portion 2 through the handle insertion opening 4 opened at one end of the bulky portion forming portion 3 of the cleaning portion 1.
• the support rod 5 is inserted into the handle insertion portion 6 formed at the position of the bulky portion forming portion 3 to be integrated.
• reference numerals 45 denote non-slip projections for preventing the support rod 5 from falling off the handle insertion portion 6.
• the cleaning unit 1 includes a sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and a sheet 9.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 is composed of a first sheet-like fiber bundle 7a formed by collecting fibers into a sheet, and a first sheet-like fiber bundle 7a.
• a second sheet-like fiber bundle 7b which is thicker than the constituent fibers and has a large size (fineness), is formed into a sheet-like shape. In this way, the thick fibers with strong stiffness extract dust, and the fine fibers function to capture the extracted dust, so that cleaning can be performed effectively.
• the thickness of the fibers constituting the first sheet-like fiber bundle is preferably 10 m to 50 m in diameter.
• the thickness of the fibers constituting the second sheet-like fiber bundle may be larger than the thickness of the fibers constituting the first sheet-like fiber bundle, but if the diameter is 60 ⁇ m-300 ⁇ m, It is preferable that the stiffness of the two-sheet fiber bundle 7b is appropriately stronger than that of the first sheet-like fiber bundle 7a.
• the first sheet-like fiber bundle 7a and the second sheet-like fiber bundle 7b are made of the fibers constituting the second sheet-like fiber bundle 7b rather than the fibers constituting the first sheet-like fiber bundle 7a. Is made shorter.
• the length of the fiber constituting the second sheet required fiber bundle 7b may be shorter than the length of the fiber constituting the first sheet-like fiber bundle 7a, but may be 1 mm shorter than the fiber constituting the first sheet-like fiber bundle 7a. About 10mm short!
• the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 When the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 is formed by alternately stacking the first sheet-like fiber bundle and the second sheet-like fiber bundle, the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 becomes the second sheet-like fiber bundle 7b. Since the thick fibers having a strong waist that constitutes the first sheet-like fiber bundle 7a function to extract dust more efficiently and the thin fibers that constitute the first sheet-like fiber bundle 7a function to take in the extracted dust more, the cleaning unit 1 Cleaning can be performed effectively. Further, such a sheet-like fiber bundle 7 is preferable because the thick fiber can function to contribute to the prevention of entanglement of thin fibers with each other.
• the fibers constituting the first sheet-like fiber bundle 7a include, for example, natural fibers such as cotton and wool, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, nylon, and polyacryl, similarly to the above-described sheet-like fiber bundle.
• Composite fibers such as synthetic fibers such as core-sheath type fibers, sea-island type fibers and side-by-side type fibers are used, and heat-fusible synthetic fibers and composite fibers are preferred.
• the core-sheath type composite fiber whose sheath also has a polyethylene force is preferable because it has both the excellent heat-fusibility of polyethylene constituting the sheath and the stiffness of polypropylene constituting the core.
• the fibers constituting the second sheet-like fiber bundle 7b include, for example, For example, thermoplastic fibers such as polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, and PBT are used.
• the first sheet-like fiber bundle 7a and the second sheet-like fiber bundle 7b may be composed of only the same type of fiber, or may be composed of two or more different types of fibers. It can be configured using fibers of different colors irrespective of the type and thickness of the fibers. Further, the first sheet-like fiber bundle 7a and the second sheet-like fiber bundle 7b may be used by overlapping two or more sheets.
• the cleaning unit 1 includes a joining unit 10 in a region where the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and the sheet 9 overlap in a sheet-laminated body formed by overlapping the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and the sheet 9.
• the sheet stack is folded with the sheet 9 side inward (FIG. 4) to form the bulky portion forming portion 3 along the joint portion 10 with the sheet-like fiber bundles 7 facing each other, and
• the sheet superposed body having the high portion forming portion 3 is further bent at one end in the longitudinal direction to the other end, and by this bending, the vicinity of the bulky portion forming portion 3 of the contact surface between the sheet-like fiber bundles 7 facing each other is opposed. It joins to form a joint 11 and is integrated (Fig. 5).
• the cleaning unit 1 of this cleaning tool can be manufactured as follows.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and the sheet 9 are overlapped and joined at the position of the portion 12 of the overlapping area (for convenience, the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and the sheet 9 are joined together).
• the area of the joining portion 12 is indicated by diagonal lines.
• the joining method includes a method such as heat fusion, adhesion, and sewing, but the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and the sheet 9 can be thermally fused.
• the part 12 that joins the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and the sheet 9 is formed in a direction orthogonal to the fiber direction of the sheet-like fiber bundle 7. It is formed at the center part.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and the sheet 9 are overlapped and joined at the portion 12 to form a sheet overlapped body 13a having the joint portion 10 formed.
• the sheet superimposed body 13a on which the joints 10 are formed is bent with the sheet 9 facing inward, and the bulky portion forming portions 3 are formed along the direction in which the joints 10 are formed (FIG. Four).
• one end in the longitudinal direction of the sheet stack 13b is bent toward the other end, and the sheet weight is reduced.
• a bonded body 13c is formed, and the sheet-like fiber bundles 7 facing each other are joined at the positions where they come into contact with each other by this bending to form a joint portion 11, whereby the cleaning portion 1 is obtained.
• the sheet-like fiber bundles 7 facing each other are joined to each other at a position near the bulky portion forming portion 3 (FIG. 5).
• the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and the sheet 9 can be simultaneously bonded in addition to the sheet-like fiber bundles 7 facing each other.
• the fiber bundle 70 formed by laminating the first sheet fiber bundle 7a and the second sheet fiber bundle 7b between the sheet-like fiber bundles 7 to be formed is formed into a bulky portion at the fiber end of at least one of the fiber bundles 70 in the fiber direction. It may be configured to be interposed so as to be located above part 3 (Fig. 6).
• the cleaning unit 1 is configured such that the fiber-direction ends of the first sheet-like fiber bundle and the second sheet-like fiber bundle are directed in both directions above and below the bulky part forming unit 3, the cleaning tool is used.
• dust and dirt are captured by the sheet-like fibrous body 7, dust and dirt located above the bulky portion forming part 3 can be captured by the fiber bundle 70.
• the number of superposed first sheet-like fiber bundles 7a and second sheet-like fiber bundles 7b is not limited.
• the cleaning tool is placed on the first sheet above the bulky portion forming section 3. It is possible to form a state in which a large number of constituent fibers of the fiber bundles 7a and the second sheet-like fiber bundles 7b are present, and it is possible to more efficiently capture dust and dirt above the bulky portion forming portion 3.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 includes the first sheet fiber bundle 7a and the second sheet fiber bundle 7b which are alternately overlapped with each other, as described above.
• the strong and thick fibers constituting the 2-sheet-like fiber bundle 7b efficiently extract dust, and the thin fibers constituting the first sheet-like fiber bundle 7a function to take in the extracted dust.
• the cleaning unit 1 is preferable because it can effectively perform cleaning.
• the cleaning unit 1 in the cleaning tool of the present invention may be configured by superposing a sheet body on the outside of the sheet-like fiber bundle 7.
• the sheet body is laid so that the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 is sandwiched between the sheet body and the sheet 9 to form the sheet superimposed body 13a, and the sheet superimposed body 13a is bent in the same manner as described above to thereby form the cleaning unit. Manufacturing one Can do.
• a nonwoven fabric is preferable as the sheet body. In this case, the sheet body, the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and the sheet 9 are easily bonded and integrated by heat fusion to form the sheet superposed body 13a.
• the cleaning unit 1 stabilizes the overall form of the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 by sandwiching the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 between the sheet body and the sheet 9, so that the cleaning tool as a whole can be united well. Can be.
• the cleaning unit in the cleaning tool of the present invention may use a sheet provided with a strip-shaped portion on one side as a sheet.
• the cleaning tool is configured as shown in FIG.
• FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing another embodiment of the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• This cleaning tool is composed of a cleaning unit 1 including a sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and a sheet 9 and a handle 2 having a grip unit 14 and a support rod 5.
• the cleaning part 1 and the handle part 2 are inserted by inserting the support rod 5 of the handle part 2 into the handle insertion part 6 formed at the position of the bulky part forming part 3 from the handle insertion opening 4 opened at one end of the handle part. It is configured to be able to be integrated.
• reference numeral 45 denotes a non-slip convex portion for preventing the support rod 5 from falling off from the handle insertion portion 6.
• the cleaning section 1 is formed by partially bonding the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and the sheet 9 having the strip-shaped section 8 at the bonding section 10 to form the bonding section 10 as a bulky section forming section.
• the folded sheet is bent so that the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 side is on the inside, and a joining portion 11 is provided near the bulky portion forming portion 3 of the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 facing each other to be integrated. ing.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 may be formed by stacking a plurality of sheet-like fiber bundles.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 includes a large number of first sheet-like fiber bundles 7a having a large fiber strength and fibers that are thicker than the fibers constituting the first sheet-like fiber bundles 7a (the fibers have a large fineness ⁇ ) And a second sheet-like fiber bundle 7b.
• the thickness of the fibers constituting the first sheet-like fiber bundle is 10 m in diameter.
• the thickness of the fibers constituting the second sheet-like fiber bundle which is preferably 50 m, should be larger than the thickness of the fibers constituting the first sheet-like fiber bundle, but the diameter is 60 ⁇ m. Preferably 300 ⁇ m.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 may be configured by alternately stacking the first sheet-like fiber bundle and the second sheet-like fiber bundle. In this case, in the sheet-like fiber bundle 7, the stiff and thick fibers forming the second sheet-like fiber bundle 7 b extract dust more efficiently, and the thin fibers forming the first sheet-like fiber bundle 7 a form a thin sheet.
• the cleaning unit 1 can effectively perform cleaning because it functions to take in more dust that has been extracted, and can also function to contribute to preventing thick fibers from becoming entangled with thin fibers. Because preferred.
• the length of the strip-shaped portion 8 of the sheet 9 is preferably about 20 to 100 mm and the width is about 0.5 to 5 mm.
• the number of sheets 9 having the strip-shaped portions 8 is not limited to one, and two or more sheets 9 can be used in an overlapping manner.
• a plurality of sheets 9 each having the strip-shaped portion 8 are used by being stacked, not only the same sheet is stacked but also sheets 9 having different materials and colors can be used.
• a sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and a sheet 9 having a strip-shaped portion 8 on one side are overlapped, and a part 12 of the overlapping portion is joined (for convenience, the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and shown hatched portion 12 for bonding the sheet 9 having a strip-shaped portion 8.)
• the adhesive there may be mentioned methods such as sewn, the sheet-like fiber bundle 7,
• the sheet 9 having the strip-shaped portions 8 has a material strength capable of heat fusion
• the sheet 9 should be joined by heat fusion, which can be easily joined and integrated by applying heat and pressure with a heating roller or the like. Is preferred.
• the portion 12 joining the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and the sheet 9 having the strip-shaped portion 8 corresponds to a portion sandwiching the center of the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 in a direction orthogonal to the fiber direction of the sheet-like fiber bundle 7. I do.
• a sheet superposed body 13 a joined at a portion 12 which is a part of an overlapping portion of the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and the sheet 9 having the strip-shaped portion 8 is joined to the sheet-like fiber bundle 7.
• the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 is bent in the vicinity of the central portion orthogonal to the fiber direction to face the sheet-like fiber bundle 7, and the joining portion 10 formed by joining the part 12 of the overlapping portion is not formed as the bulky portion forming portion 3.
• the sheet 9 having the strip-shaped portions 8 in the sheet superimposed body 13b on which the bulky portion forming portion 3 is formed is bent in the bulky portion forming portion 3 direction to form the bulky portion of the sheet 9.
• the contact part with part 3 is joined.
• the inner surface side of the bulky portion forming portion 3 in the fiber bundle 7 is also joined at the same time.
• the sheet 9 is folded back so as to surround the bulky portion forming portion 3 as shown in FIG.
• the sheet stack 13c is folded so that the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 is on the inside (FIG.
• the cleaning unit 1 can be obtained by joining and integrating the sheet 9 having the sheet-like portion 8, but the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 is joined so that the position immediately adjacent to the bulky portion forming portion 3 on the contact surface is joined. Is preferably performed. At this time, if the heat fusion method is adopted, the sheet-like fiber bundle 7 and the sheet 9 having the strip-shaped portions 8 can be simultaneously bonded between the sheet-like fiber bundles 7.
• FIG. 14 shows steps of a different method for manufacturing the cleaning unit 1, and an example in which three sheets each having a strip-shaped portion are formed of a nonwoven fabric will be described.
• 47a, 47b, and 47c denote a long nonwoven fabric
• 48 denotes a long sheet-like fiber bundle
• 49 denotes a long base sheet for supporting the sheet-like fiber bundle.
• the material of the base sheet 49 is not particularly limited as long as it is a sheet, but a nonwoven fabric is preferable.
• the nonwoven fabrics 47a, 47b, and 47c are superimposed and transported, and a plurality of cuts 52 for forming strip-shaped portions along the longitudinal direction are formed in the superimposed body 51 of the nonwoven fabrics 47a to 47c by the cut roll 50. ( Figure 15A).
• a discontinuous cut 52 can be formed in the mating body 51.
• the sheet shape of the nonwoven fabric stack 51 is maintained.
• the laminated nonwoven fabric 51, the sheet-like fiber bundle 48, and the base sheet 49 are laminated to form a laminated laminate 53, but before the laminated laminate 53 is formed, the laminated nonwoven fabric 51 is formed.
• the perforation roll 54 allows perforation 5 as shown in FIG. Preferably, 5 is formed.
• the base sheet 49 is also provided with perforations 57 (FIG. 17) by the perforation roll 56 before forming the sheet superimposed body 53.
• the nonwoven fabrics 47a-47c, the sheet-like fiber bundle 48, and the base sheet 49 constituting the laminated sheet body 53 are joined along the width direction, and as shown in FIG. Are provided intermittently in the longitudinal direction of.
• the joining portion 58 be provided with 60 non-cut forming portions.
• the joining portion 58 is preferably formed by a method in which heat sealing is performed by applying heat and pressure by a seal roll 59. It is preferable that the perforations 55 provided in the non-woven fabric superimposed body 51 are provided so as to be located on one side of the joining portion 58 of the non-formed portion 60 of the cut 52.
• the perforations 57 provided on the base sheet 49 are formed so as to be located on both sides of the joint portion 58. If the width of the sheet-like fiber bundle 48 constituting the sheet superimposed body 53 is made smaller than the width of the nonwoven fabrics 47a-47c and the base sheet 49, as shown in FIG. It is preferable that the end of the sheet-like fiber bundle 48 be exposed to the outside, so that the operation of inserting the support rod of the handle portion described later into the handle insertion portion 6 formed by making the joining portion 58 into a bulky tubular shape becomes easy.
• the sheet superimposed body 53 on which the joints 58 are formed is cut between the joints 58 and the joints 58 by the cutting roll 61, so that the cleaning unit forming overlaps.
• Sheet 62 is formed (FIG. 17).
• one side portion of the cleaning portion forming sheet 62 sandwiching the joining portion 58 of the nonwoven fabrics 47 a to 47 c is cut off from the perforation 55, and the joining portion 58 of the base material sheet 49 is sandwiched. Cut both sides from perforation 57.
• reference numeral 49a denotes the remaining portion of the cut base sheet 49.
• the joining portion 58 is joined so as to form a bulky tubular portion 63 to form the handle insertion portion 6.
• the cleaning section forming superposed sheet 62 is bent so that the sheet-like fiber bundle 48 side is on the inside, and the bent sections are mutually connected. By joining, the cleaning unit 1 can be obtained.
• the manufacturing method differs from the first manufacturing method described above in the order in which the pattern insertion portion 6 is formed in the manufacturing process, there is no substantial structural difference in the obtained cleaning portion 1! .
• the force described in the case of laminating the three-layer nonwoven fabric 47a-47c and the one-layer sheet-like fiber bundle 48 is used.
• the sheet-like fiber bundles 48 may be stacked in two or more layers.
• the cleaning tool of the present invention is obtained.
• Can be The cleaning unit 1 is detachably attached to the handle 2.
• plastic metal, wood, or the like can be used.
• Plastic is preferable because it is lightweight and inexpensive.
• a polyolefin resin such as a polyethylene resin or a polypropylene resin is preferred because of easy molding.
• FIGS. 22A and 22B—FIGS. 24A and 24B show an example of a preferred embodiment of the handle 2 of the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• the handle 2 includes a support bar 5 and a grip 14. It is preferable that the interval between the support rods 5 provided on the handle portion 2 is wider than the interval between the handle inlets 4. With this configuration, when the support rods 5, 5 are inserted into the handle insertion section 6, the interval between the support rods 5, 5 is reduced, and after the support rods 5, 5 are inserted into the handle insertion section 6, the support rods 5, 5 are inserted.
• the support rods 5, 5 are securely held in the handle insertion portion 6, and the support rods 5, 5 are not easily detached from the handle insertion portion 6 during cleaning.
• a mountain-shaped notch 15 is provided outside the two support rods 5 and 5.
• the notch angle ⁇ on the tip side of the support rod 5 of the notch 15 is preferably a large angle, and the notch angle
• the two support rods 5, 5 can be easily inserted into the handle insertion part 6, and the support rods 5, 5 are hard to release the force of the handle insertion part 6, so that the cleaning Separation of the support rods 5 from the handle insertion portion 6 can be more reliably prevented.
• the handle portion 2 is configured to be bendable between the support bar 5 and the grip portion 14 and to be fixed to each other when the support bar 5 and the lip portion 14 are extended.
• Figure 24 ⁇ , ⁇ As shown, a receiving portion 16 is provided at the base of the support rod 5, an insertion portion 17 is provided at the tip of the grip portion 14, and a concave portion 18 that can be fitted with the insertion portion 17 is provided inside the receiving portion 16.
• a bearing hole 21 is provided in the side wall 19 and the side wall 20 in the concave portion 18 formed in the portion 16, and a shaft 24 provided in the side wall 22 and the side wall 23 of the insertion portion 17 is supported by the bearing hole 21.
• the grip portion 14 is configured to be rotatable.
• a locking projection 26 is provided on a ceiling 25 of the receiving portion 16, and a locking recess 28 that can be fitted with the locking projection 26 is provided on an upper surface 27 of the insertion portion 17.
• FIGS. 25A and 25B show another embodiment of the handle 2 used in the cleaning tool of the present invention.
• the handle portion 2 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 25A has a non-slip convex portion 45 in place of the cutout portion 15 shown in the above example in order to prevent the support rod 5 from coming off the handle insertion portion 6.
• the handle portion 2 is configured such that the two support rods 5, 5 and the grip portion 14 can be bent at the joint portion 29, and the grip portion 14 can be extended.
• the grip portion 14 of the handle portion 2 shown in FIGS. 25A and 25B includes an exterior portion 46 having an air gap and a core portion 30 accommodated in the air gap of the exterior portion 46, and the core portion 30 and the exterior portion 46 are elongated.
• the grip portion 14 is extended and elongated by sliding the exterior portion 46 and the core portion 30 in the longitudinal direction.
• Protrusions 31 are provided near the ends of the core 30 in the longitudinal direction, and fitting holes 32 and 33 for fitting the protrusions 31 are provided near both ends in the longitudinal direction of the exterior part 46.
• the projection 31 of the core portion 30 is fitted and fixed in the fitting hole 32 on the distal end side of the exterior portion 46.
• the grip portion 14 is fixed at a predetermined length by fitting the projection 31 and the fitting holes 32, 33.
• the grip portion 1 4 can be prevented from being pulled out too much and the core 30 from coming off the exterior 46.
• FIG. 26A when the projection 31 of the core 30 is fitted into the fitting hole 32 (or 33) of the exterior 46, the exterior 46 easily moves with respect to the core 30. It is locked like this.
• the thickness of the portion of the end of the core portion 30 where the protrusion 31 is provided is formed as a thin wall as shown in FIG.
• the handle 2 shown in FIGS. 25A and 25B is formed so that it can be bent and folded in two at the connecting portion 29 between the grip portion 14 and the support rod 5, and in use, the two are maintained in an extended state. It is provided with an anti-bending function so that it cannot be bent easily! As shown in FIGS.
• the buckling prevention mechanism includes a stopper 34 formed to be slidable in the longitudinal direction of the core portion 30 and a locking portion extending above the side wall 36 of the connecting portion 29 of the support rod 5.
• the locking claw 37 is locked to the stopper 34, thereby preventing the handle portion 2 from being broken during use.
• the stopper 34 is slid in the longitudinal direction of the core portion 30 so as to be pressed against the coupling portion 29, and the locking claw 37 is locked to the stopper 34 so that the grip portion 14 is The grip portion 14 can be fixed so as not to rotate with the support rod 5 extended.
• the stopper 34 is slid toward the grip portion 14 as shown in FIG.
• the stopper 34 is provided with a movement positioning mechanism so as not to move more than necessary when the stopper 34 is slid in the direction in which the engagement with the engagement claw 37 is released.
• This movement positioning mechanism as shown in FIGS. 28A and 28B, for example, provides a projection 39 on the upper surface of the core 30 and a concave groove 40 in which the joint 29 is closed on the stopper 34, and It can be configured by being slidable in the concave groove 40. As shown in FIG.
• the handle 2 shown in FIGS. 25A and 25B has a connecting portion as shown in FIGS. 29A and 29B in order to prevent the two from bending when the support bar 5 and the grip 14 are extended.
• a hemispherical projection 43 is provided at the bottom 42 of the 29, and a hemispherical recess 44 is provided at the core 30 so as to fit the hemispherical projection 43 so that the grip 14 and the support rod 5 are extended.
• the hemispherical projection 43 of the connecting portion 29 is fitted and fixed in the hemispherical concave portion 44 of the core 30.
• the grip portion 14 is rotated by applying a slightly large force, the hemispherical concave portion 44 of the core member 30 and the hemispherical portion of the coupling portion bottom portion 42 are rotated. The engagement state with the projection 43 is released, and the grip portion 14 is rotated, so that the support rod 5 and the grip portion 14 can be folded into two.
• the cleaning unit 1 in the cleaning tool of the present invention is a disposable type, and after use, the cleaning unit 1 can be extracted from the handle 2 and replaced with a new cleaning unit 1.
• the present invention is suitable for use in households and the like as a cleaning tool for removing furniture such as a closet, electric appliances such as a personal computer and lighting equipment, a wall, a sill, and a power inside a building, and removing dust. It is informative.

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