JP4212866B2 - Cleaner - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a cleaner for a cleaning tool.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As described in Patent Document 1, as a cleaning tool, a torsion brush is rotatably supported on the main body of the cleaning tool, and dust on the floor surface is scraped up by the torsion brush while the torsion brush rolls on the floor surface. There is something that collects dust.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2002-204770 (2 pages, Fig. 2)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
(1) When hair on the floor gets entangled with the core wire of the torsion brush, it cannot be easily removed, and the scraping ability of the torsion brush is reduced.
[0005]
(2) With a cleaning tool that picks up and picks up dust collected by the torsion brush with an adhesive roll, the tip of the hair entangled with the core wire of the torsion brush sticks to the adhesive roll and rotates the torsion brush or adhesive roll. Inhibit.
[0006]
An object of the present invention is to easily remove hairs entangled with a core wire of a torsion brush in a cleaning tool with a torsion brush.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention of claim 1 is a cleaner for a cleaning tool having a cleaning tool body provided with a torsion brush, and a comb portion having an arc-shaped cross section and a longitudinal direction orthogonal to the arc-shaped cross section of the comb portion. Comb teeth projecting in the longitudinal direction from the positioned end .
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the cleaning tool 10 is configured such that a support arm 13 is coupled to a distal end portion of a circular pipe-shaped handle 11 via a joint portion 12, and a support shaft portion 14 is connected to both side arm portions 13 </ b> A of the support arm 13. The frame 15 is supported so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction. The handle 11 and the frame 15 constitute the cleaning tool body of the present invention.
[0009]
A torsion brush 16 is rotatably supported on the front portion of the frame 15 via a rotating shaft 17, and a contact rotating body 18 formed of a roll body is rotatably supported on a rear portion of the frame 15 via a rotating shaft 19. The torsion brush 16 and the contact rotating body 18 are arranged in parallel. The torsion brush 16 includes a brush portion 16A and a tire portion 16B, and the scraped diameter (brush diameter) of the brush portion 16A is larger than the tire diameter of the tire portion 16B. The contact rotating body 18 includes a roll-shaped contact portion 18A and a tire portion 18B. The contact portion 18A of the contact rotating body 18 may be provided with an uneven portion on the surface thereof. The concavo-convex part means that a rib, a convex part, a concave part, a grained surface or the like is provided on the roll surface of the contact part 18A.
[0010]
An adhesive roll 21 straddling them is placed on the brush portion 16A of the torsion brush 16 and the contact portion 18A of the contact rotating body 18, and the adhesive roll 21 is rotated along with the rotation of the torsion brush 16 and the contact rotating body 18. . The upper part of the frame 15 serves as a slot for the adhesive roll 21 and is covered with a removable transparent cover 15A. The pressure-sensitive adhesive roll 21 includes a structure of a take-up roll of a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet or a structure in which the surface is made of a pressure-sensitive elastomer and can be reused by cleaning the surface. The pressure-sensitive adhesive roll 21 of the present embodiment is constituted by a winding roll in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet 21A is wound around a core 21B, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet 21A can be unwound and cut off.
[0011]
A dust collector 23 is supported at the rear of the torsion brush 16 in the frame 15. The dust collector 23 includes a bottom surface portion 23A that is in contact with the floor surface, a curved (or planar) rake face portion 23B that faces the torsion brush 16 without a gap (or via a gap), and a concave dust receiving portion 23C. Have. The dust collector 23 is supported by the frame 15 so as to be able to swing up and down as will be described later. The bottom 23A and the bottom end of the rake face 23B are in contact with the floor without gaps by its own weight, and the brush part 16A of the torsion brush 16 However, all the dust is guided to the side of the adhesive roll 21 by the scooping surface portion 23B without escaping the dust scraped up along the floor surface, and large dust is sent to the dust receiving portion 23C.
[0012]
The dust collector 23 is supported to the frame 15 so as to be able to swing up and down independently of the torsion brush 16, and the dust receiving portion 23 </ b> C of the dust collector 23 is supported to be openable from the frame 15.
[0013]
Specifically, the front end of the dust collector 23 on the side close to the torsion brush 16 has a swinging portion 40 (pins 41 provided on both side surfaces on the front end side of the dust collector 23 are elongated holes provided on both side walls of the frame 15. 42 is engaged with the frame 15 so as to be swingable. Moreover, the hole 51 of the engagement / disengagement part 50 provided in the rear end of the dust removal part 23 on the side far from the torsion brush 16 can be engaged / disengaged with the engagement / disengagement pin 52 provided in the frame 15, and the hole 51 can be engaged / disengaged. It removes from the pin 52 and supports the rear end of the dust collector 23 so that it can be opened from the frame 15. With the hole 51 of the dust collector 23 engaged with the detachable pin 52 of the frame 15, the detachable pin 52 is used as the center axis of the swing of the dust collector 23, and the hole 51 of the dust collector 23 is used as the frame. The swinging part 40 is used as a central axis for opening the dust removing part 23 in a state where it is removed from the 15 detachable pins 52.
[0014]
The cleaning operation by the cleaning tool 10 is performed as follows.
(1) The cleaning tool 10 is moved forward by an operating force applied in the axial direction of the handle 11, the torsion brush 16 and the contact rotating body 18 are rotated, and the adhesive roll 21 is rotated at the same time.
[0015]
(2) When the brush portion 16A of the torsion brush 16 scoops up dust on the floor surface, the dust is guided to the dust removing portion 23 and sent to the adhesive roll 21 side, and is adsorbed and captured on the adhesive surface of the adhesive roll 21. Is done.
[0016]
(3) The dust trapped on the adhesive surface of the adhesive roll 21 moves to the contact rotating body 18 side with the rotation of the adhesive roll 21, and is pressed against the adhesive surface of the adhesive roll 21 by the contact rotating body 18 to be fixed. Is done.
[0017]
(4) When it is visually confirmed that a large amount of dust has been captured from the transparent cover 15A to the entire circumference of the adhesive surface of the adhesive roll 21, the cover 15A is opened, and one round of the adhesive sheet 21A is peeled, cut and removed. After the surface is exposed, the cover 15A is closed.
[0018]
The torsion brush 16 of the cleaning tool 10 is formed by, for example, sandwiching each central portion of a plurality of bristle materials 61 of the same length between two wire core wires 60 and aligning or twisting the core wires 60 together. The bristle member 61 is fixed, and the long bristle member 61 around the core wire 60 forms a roll-shaped brush portion 16A (FIG. 6).
[0019]
However, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the cleaning tool 10 is provided with a synthetic resin cleaner 70 for cleaning the torsion brush 16 detachably on the handle 11 as the cleaning tool body.
[0020]
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the cleaner 70 has comb portions 71 </ b> A formed by protruding comb teeth 71 </ b> A for removing, for example, hair H entangled with the core wire 60 and the hair material 61 of the brush portion 16 </ b> A of the torsion brush 16. 71 is provided at the distal end portion, and a protrusion 72 is provided at the proximal end portion to remove the hair H or the like stubbornly entangled with the rotating shaft 17 of the torsion brush 16.
[0021]
In the cleaner 70, the cross section of the comb portion 71 has a circular shape or an arc shape along a range exceeding the half circumference of the outer periphery of the handle 11, and the inner side surface of the arc of the comb portion 71 is an engagement recess 73. The cleaner 70 has an opening width A along the arc of the engaging recess 73 of the comb portion 71 that is slightly smaller than the outer diameter B of the handle 11, and the engaging recess 73 is formed into the handle 11 by elastic expansion / contraction deformation of the opening width A. The outer periphery of the can be freely detached.
[0022]
According to this embodiment, there are the following operations.
(Operation corresponding to claims 1 and 4)
(1) The cleaner 70 can be always kept in the handle 11 as the main body of the cleaning tool, and when the torsion brush 16 is to be cleaned, the cleaner 70 can be removed from the handle 11 and used immediately.
[0023]
(2) Hair and the like entangled with the core wire 60 of the torsion brush 16 can be easily removed by the comb portion 71 of the cleaner 70, and the scraping ability of the torsion brush 16 can be maintained.
[0024]
(3) It is possible to prevent the tips of hair, etc., entangled with the core wire 60 of the torsion brush 16 from sticking to the adhesive roll 21, and the torsion brush 16 and the adhesive roll 21 can always rotate stably. Use stability can be secured.
[0025]
(Operation corresponding to claim 2)
{Circle around (4)} The cleaning protrusion 72 of the cleaner 70 can easily hook the hair stubbornly entangled with the rotating shaft 17 of the torsion brush 16 and remove it so as to peel it off.
[0026]
(Operation corresponding to claim 3)
(5) The arc-shaped engaging recess 73 of the cleaner 70 is elastically detachable from the outer periphery of the handle 11 so that the cleaner 70 can be easily attached to and detached from the handle 11.
[0027]
(6) Since the comb portion 71 of the cleaner 70 has an arc shape, the inner surface of the arc of the comb portion 71 is applied around the core wire 60 of the torsion brush 16, and the comb portion 71 is pushed around the core wire 60 in the longitudinal direction. The hair and the like can be collected in a wide range around the core wire 60 (FIGS. 6 and 7). By lifting the comb portion 71 of the cleaner 70 at the end of the core wire 60, the hair and the like scraped to the comb portion 71 can be pulled up from the core wire 60 and removed.
[0028]
The cleaner of the present invention may be detachably provided on the frame 15 as a cleaning tool body.
[0029]
【The invention's effect】
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, in the cleaning tool with a torsion brush, the hair etc. which were entangled in the core wire etc. of the torsion brush can be removed easily.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an entire cleaning tool.
FIG. 2 is a side view showing a main part of the cleaning tool.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of the cleaning tool.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a handle and a cleaner.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV in FIG.
FIG. 6 is a front view showing a usage state of the cleaner.
7 is a view taken in the direction of the arrows along the line VII-VII in FIG. 6;
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Cleaning tool 11 Handle (cleaning tool body)
15 frame (cleaning tool body)
16 Torsion brush 70 Cleaner 71 Comb 72 Protrusion 73 Engaging recess

Claims (4)

A cleaner for a cleaning tool provided with a torsion brush on the cleaning tool body,
A cleaner comprising: a comb portion having an arc-shaped cross section; and comb teeth protruding in the longitudinal direction from an end located in the longitudinal direction perpendicular to the arc-shaped cross section of the comb portion .   The cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the cleaner includes a cleaning protrusion.   The cleaner according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cleaner includes an arc-shaped engaging recess, and the engaging recess is freely detachable from the outer periphery of the handle of the cleaning tool body by elastic expansion and contraction of the engaging recess. .   The cleaning tool which made the cleaner in any one of Claims 1-3 removable.

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