JP3488424B2 - Brush wash - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a brush washing tool for washing the tip of a brush with a cleaning liquid.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, when the tip of a brush to which paint is attached is washed while drawing an oil painting, petroleum-based oil or the like is used, and an iron plate or wire net with a large number of holes is used inside. I am using a brush-washing tool with a container provided.

The paints used for drawing oil paintings are difficult to dissolve in water or oil in order to achieve its purpose, and it is a very troublesome work for a person who paints oils to wash a brush to which the paints are attached. Is. Normally, petroleum-based light oil, turpentine oil, etc. are used, but they are difficult to remove, and the paint on the brush may harden and become unusable if it is not washed carefully with soap after washing with light oil. .

In addition, in many cases, paint of different color is used with the same brush during drawing, and in that case, once wipe off the paint with a tissue paper or rag cloth, wash with a detergent such as light oil, or wipe with a tissue paper, etc. Immediately apply another color to the brush.

A brush-washing tool for washing a brush is a physical method in which water is filled in a container up to a position near an iron plate or a wire net, a detergent such as light oil is put on the container, and the tip of the brush is rubbed with a wire net. Helped the detergent's chemical cleaning action.

[0006]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional writing brush, since it is a wire mesh or the like that is not easily deformed,
There is a problem that only the tip side of the tip of the brush is subjected to the physical cleaning action, and as a result, the paint, which is the adhered matter adhered to the base side which is the root side of the tip, may not be removed.

[0007] Further, there is a problem that the tip of the brush is easily damaged, for example, the hair of the tip of the brush is sandwiched between wire meshes and cut, and the hair is inadvertently worn due to friction with the iron plate.

It should be noted that the paint that has been washed off with a cleaning liquid made of light oil or the like and dissolved becomes a liquid with a high viscosity of muddy and settles in the lower part of the container of the brush, and the lower layer will harden solidly. Everyone is having a hard time. Furthermore, the treatment of waste liquid accumulated in the brush is the most troublesome problem for oil painters.
The current situation is that they are absorbed into old newspapers and treated as burning dust.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and by using a coil spring, it is possible to appropriately remove the attached matter from the entire tip of the brush and to appropriately prevent damage to the tip of the brush. It aims at providing the brush-cleaning tool which can be prevented.

[0010]

Brush washing tool 請 Motomeko 1 wherein SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION comprises a container for storing a cleaning liquid, a place located in the container
A holding body and the spring holding body
It is located inside the container and comes into contact with the tip of the brush.
And a coil spring to remove deposits, the spring retainer is substantially the engaging recess to be engaged with the coil spring is formed corresponding to the number of turns of the coil spring at both end edge portions in a predetermined direction a horizontally holding plate portion forming a rectangular, this is projected by the holding plate upward, and a arm portion forming a pair of upper end side is fixed removably to the side plate portion of the container It is a thing.

In this structure, the coil spring is
It is pushed by the tip of the ear and easily elastically deforms.
The blade comes into contact with the entire tip of the brush, and the tip of the brush
The deposit is properly removed from the whole. Also, coil spring
Due to the deformation of the brush, excessive force may be applied to the tip of the brush.
No damage to the tip of the brush is properly prevented. In addition, despite the simple structure, the coil spring can be reliably held by the holding plate portion of the spring holding body, and the coil spring can be used by using the arm removed from the side plate portion of the container. Can be easily removed from the container.

The brush cleaning tool according to claim 2 stores a cleaning liquid.
The container, the spring holder located inside the container, and
Positioned in the container while being held by the
Removes deposits from the tip of the ear by contact with the tip
And a coil spring, said spring holding member is horizontally engagement recess that engages the coil spring has a substantially rectangular shape which is formed to correspond to the number of turns of the coil spring at both end edge portions in a predetermined direction and holding plate portion, projecting downward on the holding plate, those having a leg portion of the pair of lower end side in contact with the bottom plate of the container.

In this structure, the coil spring is
It is pushed by the tip of the ear and easily elastically deforms.
The blade comes into contact with the entire tip of the brush, and the tip of the brush
The deposit is properly removed from the whole. Also, coil spring
Due to the deformation of the brush, excessive force may be applied to the tip of the brush.
No damage to the tip of the brush is properly prevented. Further, despite the simple structure, the coil spring can be reliably held by the holding plate portion of the spring holding body, and the leg portion is used as compared with the configuration requiring screwing work. This makes it possible to easily position the coil spring in the container.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The construction of an embodiment of the brush-washing tool of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a brush-washing tool such as a brush-washing can.
This brush-washing tool 1 is, for example, a container 2 for storing the cleaning liquid A.
And a spring holder 3 positioned and fixed in the container 2.
With a substantially equal diameter, which is positioned horizontally in the container 2 while being held by the spring holder 3 to remove the deposit W from the tip 6 by contact with the entire tip 6 of the brush 5. And a cylindrical coil spring 8.

The container 2 is formed of, for example, metal or transparent plastic in the shape of a bottomed cylinder that opens upward, and has a circular bottom plate portion 11.
A side plate 12 having a cylindrical shape is erected on the peripheral edge of 11. As the cleaning liquid A placed in the container 2, for example, a solution of a powder detergent (a powder detergent used for washing clothes in a general household) is used.

Further, the spring holder 3 has a horizontal holding plate portion 14 which is made of, for example, stainless steel and has a substantially rectangular shape which is a substantially rectangular shape. At both end edges of the holding plate portion 14 in the predetermined direction (direction (a) in the figure), there are provided seven engaging recesses 15 corresponding to the number of turns of the coil spring 8, respectively.
Notches are formed in a concave shape at equal intervals.

The coil spring 8 engages with the engaging recess 15 of the inner holding plate 14 in a slightly tensioned state and is held by the holding plate 14. Both ends of the coil spring 8 are fixed to the holding plate portion 14 with a fixture 16 such as a screw.

The engagement between the coil spring 8 and the engaging recess 15 cannot be easily released by the action of the restoring force of the coil spring 8 in a slightly stretched state.
The cross section of the coil spring 8 is circular so as not to damage the tip 6. The axial direction of the coil spring 8 coincides with the horizontal direction. Between the wires of the coil spring 8,
A gap is formed so that the tip portion 6 of the brush 5 can be inserted therethrough.

Further, in the vicinity of the corners of both end edges of the holding plate portion 14 in the direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction (the direction of B in the figure), a pair of elongated rectangular plate-like arm portions made of stainless steel or the like are provided. 18 and 18 are integrally provided so as to project upward. Then, the upper end of each of the pair of arms 18, 18 is
The side plate portion 12 of the container 2 with the fixture 19 including screws and nuts.
Removably fixed to.

Next, a method of using the brush washing tool 1 of the above-described embodiment will be described.

Brush 5 to which the adhered matter W (for example, paint) is adhered
When washing the tip portion 6 of the brush, first, wipe off the adhering matter W to some extent with a tissue paper or a rag cloth, and then brush 5
A container 2 in which the cleaning solution A is filled up to the eighth minute in the tip portion 6 of the
It is inserted inside and inserted into the gap of the coil spring 8.

Subsequently, the tip 6 of the brush 5 is attached to the coil spring 8
When the coil spring 8 is moved in different directions along the axial direction (direction B in the drawing) while being pressed against, the entire tip 6 of the brush 5 comes into contact with the coil spring 8. Then, by the restoring force based on the elasticity of the thin wire of the coil spring 8, the attached matter W is removed so as to be blown off from the entire tip portion 6, and at the same time, the attached matter W is finely crushed and easily dissolved in the cleaning liquid A. .

After that, the brush 5 is pulled out from the container 2, and the tip 6 of the brush 5 is rinsed with fresh water or the like to complete the cleaning.

Further, according to the above-described embodiment, the coil spring 8 is easily elastically deformed by being pushed by the tip 6 of the brush 5, so that the coil spring 8 contacts the entire tip 6 of the brush 5. This means that the adhering matter W can be properly removed from the entire tip portion 6 of the brush 5, and thus the root portion of the tip portion 6 will not be hardened by the paint.

Moreover, the deformation of the coil spring 8 causes the brush 5
No force is applied to the tip portion 6 of the brush, and damage to the tip portion 6 of the brush 5 can be appropriately prevented. Therefore, the hair of the tip portion 6 will not be cut or fallen off during cleaning, and the brush 5 Can last longer.

Furthermore, since the coil spring 8 can be reliably held by the holding plate portion 14 of the spring holding body 3, the coil spring 8 can be prevented from being inadvertently moved, and the deposit W can be removed properly. You can

When cleaning the inside of the container 2, a fixture
Unlock the arm 18 by 19 and remove the removed arm 18
By utilizing, the coil spring 8 can be easily taken out from the container 2 together with the spring holder 3.

Further, by using this brush-washing tool 1, it is possible to use a solution of a powder detergent used for washing clothes in a general household without using a conventional detergent such as light oil.
The stains on the brush 5 can be easily removed. That is, by using a solution of a powder detergent used for washing clothes in general households as the cleaning liquid A, the paint in the waste liquid is decomposed and becomes dry, and the waste liquid can be discarded in the sewage. Furthermore, the paint hardly adheres to the inner surface of the container 2 of the brush 1 and can be cleaned by washing with water. Moreover, the unpleasant odor in the room is halved.

To summarize the above matters, the brush-cleaning tool 1
Is environmentally friendly and can reduce the economic burden of many oil painting lovers due to the difficulty of washing and damage to the brush 5.

In the above-described embodiment, the brush-washing tool 1 is described as having the spring holder 3 which is attachable to and detachable from the container 2 by the arm portion 18. However, for example, as shown in FIG. Instead of the spring holder 3 of FIG.
Alternatively, the spring holding body 3a placed on the bottom plate portion 11 may be provided.

As with the spring holder 3 shown in FIG. 1, the spring holder 3a shown in FIG. 2 has the engaging recesses 15 for engaging with the coil spring 8 at both end edges in a predetermined direction (illustrated). It has a horizontal holding plate portion 14 having a substantially rectangular shape formed corresponding to the number of turns.

Unlike the spring holder 3 shown in FIG. 1, the holding plate portion 14 has, for example, stainless steel or the like at both end edges thereof in a direction orthogonal to a predetermined direction of the holding plate portion 14 (direction B in the drawing). 2 pairs of vertical legs 20 and 20 in the shape of an elongated rectangular plate
20 and 20 are integrally provided so as to project downward. The lower ends of the four legs 20 are in contact with the upper surface of the bottom plate 11 of the container 2. In addition, at the lower end of each leg 20,
A bent plate portion 20a for positioning is formed, and the tip of this bent plate portion 20a is in contact with the inner surface of the lower end of the side plate portion 12 of the container 2.

Also in the cleaning tool 1 shown in FIG. 2, the coil spring 8 is pushed by the tip 6 of the brush 5 and easily elastically deformed, as in the cleaning tool 1 shown in FIG. 8 comes into contact with the entire tip 6 of the brush 5, and the brush 5
It is possible to achieve the action and effect such that the attached matter W can be appropriately removed from the entire tip portion 6 of the ears. Further, in the brush-washing tool 1 shown in FIG. 2, unlike the brush-cleaning tool 1 shown in FIG.
Since the coil spring 8 does not need to be screwed, the coil spring 8 can be easily positioned in the container 2 or easily taken out from the container 2 by using the leg portion 20.

The brush-washing tool 1 of the above-described embodiment is applicable not only to washing the tip 6 of the brush 5 to which paint is attached, but also to washing the brush or the like as the brush 5 to which paint is attached. .

Although not shown, a partition plate is provided in the container 2 of the brush-washing tool 1 to divide the container 2 into a brush-picking part for soaking the brush 5 and a brush-washing part for cleaning the brush 5 with the coil spring 8. It can also be configured.

Further, the container 2 is not limited to a cylindrical shape, and may have a rectangular tube shape such as a square shape or a hexagonal shape.

[0038]

Effects of the Invention] According to the invention 請 Motomeko 1, if the coil
Ne is pressed by the tip of the brush and easily elastically deforms,
The coil spring comes into contact with the entire tip of the brush, and the brush
Adhesive matter can be properly removed from the entire tip portion of the. Also,
Unreasonable force acts on the tip of the brush due to the deformation of the il spring
The tip of the brush can be properly prevented from being damaged.
Further, despite the simple structure, the coil spring can be securely held by the holding plate portion of the spring holding body, and by using the arm portion removed from the side plate portion of the container, the coil spring can be used. It can be easily taken out from inside.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the coil spring is provided.
Is pressed by the tip of the brush and easily elastically deforms.
The il spring comes into contact with the entire tip of the brush, and the brush
Adhesive matter can be appropriately removed from the entire tip portion. Also, carp
Unreasonable force acts on the tip of the brush due to the deformation of the spring.
It is possible to properly prevent damage to the tip of the brush. Well
Also, despite the simple structure, the coil spring can be reliably held by the holding plate part of the spring holding body, and by using the legs, compared to the structure requiring screwing work, The coil spring can be easily located in the container. Furthermore, when washing the inside of the container, the coil spring can be easily taken out from the inside of the container.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a brush washing tool of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the above-described brush washing tool.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Brush cleaning tool 2 containers 3,3a Spring holder 5 brushes 6 Tip 8 coil springs 11 Bottom plate 12 Side plate 14 Holding plate 15 Engagement recess 18 arms 20 legs A cleaning liquid W deposit

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] And 1. A container for storing a cleaning liquid, and a spring retainer located in the container, positioned in the container while being held by the spring holding member
Then, remove the deposits on the tip of the brush by contact with the tip of the brush.
And a coil spring that supports the spring holding member has a substantially rectangular shape engaging recess for engaging said coil spring is formed corresponding to the number of turns of the coil spring at both end edge portions in a predetermined direction a horizontally holding plate portion, upwardly projecting from the the retaining plate portion, and a arm portion forming a pair of upper end side is fixed removably to the side plate portion of the containers <br/> device brush wash equipment shall be the features that you are. 2. A container for storing a cleaning liquid, a spring holder located inside the container, and a container inside the container while being held by the spring holder.
Then, remove the deposits on the tip of the brush by contact with the tip of the brush.
And a coil spring that supports the spring holding member has a substantially rectangular shape engaging recess for engaging said coil spring is formed corresponding to the number of turns of the coil spring at both end edge portions in a predetermined direction a horizontally holding plate portion, projecting downward on the holding plate, that has a leg portion of the pair of lower end side in contact with the bottom plate portion of the containers <br/> device brush wash equipment shall be the feature.