JP2008173191A - Cleaning apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning apparatus in which anyone can easily replace a cleaning implement. <P>SOLUTION: The cleaning apparatus 10 includes a holding part 20 with a freely openable and closable opening 12 for holding the cleaning implement 42, and a grip part 11 provided continuously to the holding part 20. The holding part 20 includes a first holding member 13 integrated with the grip part 11, a second holding member 21 provided separately from the first holding member 13 and connected to the first holding member 13 at a prescribed position, and a lever 30 provided on the opposite side of the first holding member 13 relative to a prescribed position for operating the opening and closing of the opening 12. The lever 30 is curved so that the upper side is concaved when the first holding member 13 is positioned so as to be the lower side in the state where the opening 12 is closed, and is inverted when operating the opening 12 to be at a desired opening degree. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cleaning tool, and more particularly to a cleaning tool that can easily remove a cleaning tool such as a cleaning rubber plate.

A window wiper for cleaning a window glass is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-154776 (Patent Document 1). Such a window wiper has a sandwiching portion at one end and a grip for holding the window wiper at the other end. Hold the holder to which the rubber for window cleaning is fixed with the pinch part of the cleaning tool. This window wiper is composed of two plates facing each other with a narrow sandwiching portion and a wide grip side, and the two plates are connected by a hinge at a substantially central portion thereof, on one side of the connecting portion The holder is held at the other end, and a spring is provided on the other end side for biasing the pinching portion to be narrow. The window wiper is provided with a push button that acts to loosen the force of a spring that biases the pinching portion to be narrow.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-154776

  A cleaning tool such as a conventional window wiper has been configured as described above. In order to replace a cleaning tool such as a holder with a window cleaning rubber fixed, it is necessary to push a push button to open the pinch. That is, the operator has to push the push button with a great force when replacing the cleaning tool, and there is a problem that the holder cannot be easily replaced.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a cleaning tool in which anyone can easily replace the cleaning tool.

  The cleaning tool according to the present invention includes a holding part having an openable and closable opening for holding the cleaning tool, and a grip part provided continuously to the holding part, and the holding part is integrated with the grip part. The first holding member and the second holding member provided separately from the first holding member and connected to the first holding member at a predetermined position, and the opposite side of the first holding member with respect to the predetermined position And a lever for operating the opening and closing of the opening, and the lever is bent so that the upper side becomes a recess when the first holding member is in the lower state with the opening being closed. When the opening is operated to have a desired opening, the opening is reversed.

  When the opening is operated so as to have a desired opening, the lever is inverted and the lower side becomes a recess, which makes it easier to push the lever against the first holding member and this principle with a predetermined position as a fulcrum. The opening can be opened and closed with a small force.

Since the lever that is curved in a predetermined direction is reversed, the opening can be adjusted to any size by simply pushing down the lever using the lever principle. It is possible to provide a cleaning tool in which anyone can easily remove the cleaning tool without easily falling off.

  Preferably, the lever is housed in the grip portion when the opening is closed.

  More preferably, the lever has a first surface and a second surface that are in surface contact with the second holding member at one end thereof, and the lever is in surface contact with the second holding member at the first surface. It is accommodated in the grip part, and is reversed after being in surface contact with the second holding member on the second surface.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, the second holding member is a triangular flat plate having one side on the opening side and connected to the lever on the opposite side, and a portion connected to the flat lever. The rod-shaped member includes a pin provided in parallel to the flat plate, and the lever is rotatable about the pin.

  The dimension between the pin and the second holding member when making surface contact with the second holding member on the first surface of the lever is the same as that between the pin and the second holding member when making surface contact with the second holding member on the second surface. It is smaller than the dimension between the members.

  The second holding member preferably has a notch in the opening, and the notch is preferably provided with an engaging portion for engaging with a fixing tool for fixing the cleaning tool.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a cleaning tool according to an embodiment of the present invention and a cleaning tool attached to the cleaning tool.

  Referring to FIG. 1, the cleaning tool 10 includes a holding part 20 having an opening 12 that can be opened and closed in order to hold the cleaning tool 40, and a grip part 11 provided continuously to the holding part 20. The holding part 20 is provided separately from the first holding member 13 integrated with the grip part 11 and the first holding member 13, and a first connecting member such as a screw and a nut 52 is provided below the holding part 20. The second holding member 21 connected to the holding member 13 and the lower side of the position where the connecting member is provided are provided on the opposite side of the first holding member 13 for operating the opening 12 to open and close. Lever 30. The grip portion 11 has a cylindrical shape with a small diameter at the upper and lower end portions and a large diameter at the center portion, and the lever 30 has a concave portion 14 provided in the grip portion 11 when the opening portion 12 is closed as shown in the figure. It is stored in. The lever 30 is curved so that the second holding member 21 side is a concave portion.

  The cleaning tool 40 includes a rubber plate 41 used for window cleaning and the like, and a fixing tool 42 for holding the rubber plate 41. The fixture 42 is U-shaped as a whole, and includes a first plate portion 46 for supporting the rubber plate from the back surface, a second plate portion 44 facing the first plate portion 46, and a first plate portion 46. And a connecting portion 43 that connects the second plate portion 44. The rubber plate 41 is fixed by being inserted along a groove 43a having a circular cross section formed in the connecting portion. The cleaning tool 40 is inserted along the channel 19 formed in the holding portion 20 of the cleaning tool 10 and is held by the cleaning tool 10.

  When the cleaning tool 10 holds the cleaning tool 40, it is necessary to open the opening 12. At this time, the lever 30 is reversed, and the opening 12 can be easily opened and closed by the lever principle. Specific configuration and operation will be described later.

  Three grooves 45 a to 45 c are provided in the second plate portion 44 of the cleaning tool 40. Three cutout portions are provided on the opening 12 side of the second holding member 21 constituting the holding portion 20, and protrusions 22 a to 22 c are provided in the cutout portion, and the cleaning tool 40 is a cleaning tool. 10, the protrusions 22 a to 22 c engage with the grooves 45 a to 45 c, so that the cleaning tool 40 does not easily fall off the cleaning tool 10.

  Next, a specific configuration of the cleaning tool 10 will be described. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating individual parts constituting the cleaning tool 10, and FIG. 3 is a front view (A) in a state where the cleaning tool 10 is assembled, and is indicated by BB in FIG. They are a plan view (B), a left side view (C) indicated by CC in FIG. (A), and a bottom view (D) indicated by DD in FIG. (A). With reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, the cleaning tool 10 includes a grip portion 11, a second holding member 21 provided opposite to the first holding member 13 provided at the upper end portion of the grip portion 11, and a second holding member 21. And a lever 30 provided on the holding member 21.

  The first holding member 13 has a linear tip portion 13 a orthogonal to the extending direction of the grip portion 11, and is provided continuously to the tip portion 13 a and is a channel 19 for holding the cleaning tool 40. The upper portion 15a has a generally rectangular shape, and is continuously provided on the upper portion 15a. The lower portion 15b includes an inverted triangular plate-like lower portion 15b. A cylindrical grip 11 is connected. The distal end portion 13a constitutes one of the opening portions 12.

  The first holding member 13 and the second holding member 21 include holes 16a and 16b provided in the lower part 15b and screws 51a and 51b penetrating the holes 28a and 28b provided in the second holding member 21 with nuts 52a and 52b. It is integrated by tightening.

  Near the lower end 23 of the second holding member 21, there is provided a rod-like member 25 that penetrates the second holding member 21 and has a rod-like end at one end and a disc-like end at the other end. A through hole 25 a is provided on one end side of the rod-like member 25. The rod-shaped member 25 can rotate around its center. That is, the lever 30 held by the rod-like member 25 via the pin 62 described later can rotate around the rod-like member 25. Note that the rod-shaped portion is provided on the opposite side of the grip portion 11.

  The lever 30 is integrated by a hole 61 provided in an upper portion thereof and a pin 62 penetrating the through hole 25a of the rod-like member 25. The direction of the pin 62 is parallel to the second holding member 21. The lever 30 can rotate around the pin 62 in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIGS. 2 and 3C.

  The second holding member 21 is a flat plate having an inverted triangular shape having a wide upper end and narrowing toward the lower end, and the upper end 22 forming the opening 12 is spaced from each other as described above. Claws (engagement portions) 22a to 22c that are bent toward the first holding member 13 are provided. The second holding member 21 has a portion 26 that is inverted upward at the lower end portion 23, and the inverted portion 26 extends upward to almost the lower portion of the holes 28 a and 28 b, and is then bent toward the holes 28 a and 28 b. A portion 27 is provided. In addition, it is preferable that the inversion part 26 has the substantially same width | variety as a lower end part.

  A leaf spring 24 is provided at the center in the width direction of the second holding member 21 from the vicinity of the bottom of the holes 28a and 28b to the lower end. The leaf spring 24 is divided into two at the lower end so as to straddle the rod-like member 25.

  The lever 30 has, at its upper end, a groove 32b and two protrusions 32a and 32c provided so as not to contact the rod-like member 25 provided on the second holding member 21. A hole 61 that engages with a pin 62 for connecting to the second holding member 21 is provided at the center of each of the protrusions 32a and 32b.

  The lever 30 is curved so that a concave portion is formed (warped) on the side opposite to the grip portion 11, and the projecting portions 32a and 32c are respectively flat top portions (second surfaces) 33a and 33b. The corners 34a and 34b that are substantially orthogonal to the surface 31 that extends while curving from the tops 33a and 33b to the lower end of the lever 30, and the corners 34a and 34b extend from the tops 33a and 33b to the opposite side. The first curved surface portions 35a, 35b, the flat surface portions (first surfaces) 36a, 36b provided continuously to the first curved surface portions 35a, 35b, and the flat surfaces 36a, 36b are provided continuously. A second curved surface portion 37 bent to the side of the portion 11, and a surface 38 provided continuously with the second curved surface portion 37 and having a flat end portion protruding in a T shape with respect to the periphery when viewed from the grip portion 11 side. including. A concave portion 14 having a groove corresponding to a surface 38 protruding in a T shape is formed on the lever 30 side of the grip portion 11, so that the lever 30 can be used when the cleaning tool 10 is not used or the cleaning tool 40. At the time of holding, as shown in FIG.

  Note that some flat portions may exist in the portions from the top portions 33a and 33b to the first curved surface portions 35a and 35b.

  Further, the flat portions 36 a and 36 b and the second curved surface portion 37 have a shape along the lower end portion 23 of the second holding member 21. Further, when the second holding member 21 is integrated with the first holding member 13 by the screws 51a and 51b and the nuts 52a and 52b, the curved surface portion 27a that reaches the bent portion 27 from the inverted portion 26 of the second holding member 21. Comes into contact with the first holding member 13.

  Next, the operation | movement which attaches / detaches the cleaning tool 40 in the cleaning tool 10 which has such a structure is demonstrated. 4 and 5 are diagrams for explaining this operation. When the cleaning tool 10 is not used, the lever 30 is housed in the recess 14 of the grip portion 11. When the cleaning tool 40 is held by the holding unit 20 from this state, the lever 30a indicated by the dotted line in FIG. 4 is lifted in the direction indicated by the arrows A and B in the drawing, and the solid line is shown from the state 30b indicated by the one-dot chain line in the drawing. The position is 30c. This is because the lever 30 is rotatably held by the second holding member 21 by the pin 61, and the shape of the lever 30 around the pin 61 is as described above from the top 33a, 33b to the first curved surface 35a, This is possible because it has a continuous shape in 35b. When the lever 30 is moved to the position 30b in this way, the leaf spring 24 is pushed to the second holding member 21 from a position away from the disc-shaped end of the rod-like member 25 as shown in FIG. In this state (see FIG. 4), at least the protrusions 22a and 22c at both ends of the second holding member 21 are pushed toward the first holding member 13 and the cleaning tool 40 is securely held by the holding unit 20. Is done.

  Note that such a configuration is that when the lever 30 is housed in the grip portion 11, when the flat portions 36 a and 36 b are in surface contact with the lower end portion of the second holding member 21, When the lever 30 is in the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 4 with respect to the dimension a between the holding member 21 and the pin 62 and the second holding when the flat top portions 33a and 33b are in surface contact with the second holding member 21. This is because it is set smaller than the dimension b between the member 21 and the member 21.

  Further, the holes 16a and 16b provided in the lower portion 15b of the first holding member 13 are provided at positions recessed from the lower portion 15b, and the holes 16a and 16b become longer from the upper portion 15a toward the grip portion 11. A long hole is preferable.

  Next, from the state 30c shown by the solid line to the state 30d shown by the solid line in FIG. 5, the lever 30c is rotated about the rod-like member 25 as shown by the arrow C in FIG. Invert from the state of. Then, since the lever 30d is curved as described above, the lever 30d can be easily pushed in the direction indicated by the arrow D in FIG. Thus, the deformation | transformation state of the 2nd holding member 21 at the time of pushing with the lever 30d and setting the position of a lever to 30e is shown by a dotted line in the figure.

  As shown in FIG. 5, when the lever is at the position of 30d, the portion fixed by the screw 51 and the nut 52 serves as a fulcrum, and the portion that contacts the second holding member 21 of the pin 61 serves as the working point, and the lever 30d A lever is formed in which the portion pressed by a finger or the like, which is the end opposite to the position where the pin 61 is provided, serves as a power point. Therefore, in this state, a large force is applied to the second holding member 21 only by pushing the lever 30 in the direction indicated by the arrow D with a small force, and the second holding member 21 is lowered as shown by a dotted line in FIG. The curved surface portion 27a, which is pushed in the direction and reaches the bent portion 27 from the inverted portion 26, is moved in the direction of arrow E in the drawing along the lower end portion 15b of the first holding member 13, and the second holding The portion of the member 21 closer to the grip 11 than the screw 51 is pushed downward, and conversely, the tip (opening) side of the pin 51 is lifted in the direction indicated by the arrow F in the figure, and the opening 12 Opens. Since anyone can easily open the opening 12 with a small force, the cleaning tool 40 can be easily replaced.

  After opening the opening 12 and exchanging the cleaning tool 40 in this way, the above procedure is reversed and the lever 30 is accommodated in the predetermined recess 14 of the grip 11 again to perform the cleaning operation.

  At the time of this replacement, since the holding portion 20 is opened, there is a possibility that the cleaning tool 40 may drop off. However, in this embodiment, the opening portion 12 side of the second holding member 21 constituting the holding portion 20 is considered. Since the three protrusions 22a to 22c are provided, the protrusions 22a to 22c are engaged with the grooves 45a to 45c even if the engagement between the two is separated. Does not drop off easily. In addition, the protrusions 22a and 22c at both ends are bent so that the protrusions 22b at the center are slightly spaced so that each of the protrusions 22a and 22c comes into contact with the first holding member 13 when the cleaning tool 40 is not held. It is preferable.

  Further, the opening size of the opening 12 can be adjusted by the degree of tightening between the screw 51 and the nut 52.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the case where the 1st holding member and the grip part were integrated was demonstrated, not only this but it is good also as another parts, and the 2nd holding member and the grip part are integrated. Also good.

  In the above embodiment, the case where screws and nuts are used to connect the first holding member and the second holding member has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Any connection can be used.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although demonstrated taking the rubber plate as an example as the cleaning tool 40, it is not restricted to this, Arbitrary cleaning tools can be attached.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described with reference to drawings, this invention is not limited to the thing of embodiment shown in figure. Various modifications and variations can be made to the illustrated embodiment within the same range or equivalent range as the present invention.

  Since the cleaning tool according to the present invention can be replaced with a small force, it is advantageously used as a cleaning tool.

It is a figure which shows the cleaning tool hold | maintained at the cleaning tool which concerns on one embodiment of this invention, and the cleaning tool. It is a disassembled perspective view of the cleaning tool. It is a figure which shows each surface of a cleaning tool. It is a figure which shows the procedure of replacing | exchanging the cleaning tool hold | maintained at the cleaning tool. It is a figure which shows the procedure of replacing | exchanging the cleaning tool hold | maintained at the cleaning tool.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Cleaning tool, 11 Grip part, 12 Opening part, 13 1st holding member, 13a Tip part, 15a Upper part, 16 hole, 19 channel, 20 Holding part, 21 2nd holding member, 22 Upper end part, 24 Leaf spring, 25 Bar-shaped member, 28 holes, 30 lever, 33 top, 34 corner, 35 first curved surface, 36 flat surface, 37 second curved surface, 40 cleaning tool, 41 rubber plate, 42 fixing tool.

Claims (6)

A holding portion having an openable / closable opening for holding the cleaning tool;
A grip portion provided continuously to the holding portion,
The holding portion includes a first holding member integrated with the grip portion,
A second holding member provided separately from the first holding member and connected to the first holding member at a predetermined position;
A lever for operating the opening and closing of the opening provided on the opposite side of the first holding member with respect to the predetermined position;
The lever is bent so that when the first holding member is on the lower side with the opening being closed, the upper side is a concave, and the opening is operated to have a desired opening degree. When you do, the cleaning tool is inverted. The said lever is a cleaning tool of Claim 1 accommodated in the said grip part, when the said opening part is closed. The lever has a first surface and a second surface that are in surface contact with the second holding member at one end thereof.
The lever is housed in the grip portion when being in surface contact with the second holding member on the first surface, and reversed after being in surface contact with the second holding member on the second surface. Or the cleaning tool of 2. The second holding member is a triangular flat plate having one side on the opening side and connected to the lever on the opposite side, and penetrates the flat plate at a portion of the flat plate connected to the lever. Including a rod-shaped member,
The rod-shaped member has a pin provided in parallel to the flat plate,
The cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the lever is rotatable around the pin. When the first surface of the lever is in surface contact with the second holding member, the dimension between the pin and the second holding member is when in surface contact with the second holding member at the second surface. The cleaning tool according to claim 4, wherein the cleaning tool is smaller than a dimension between the pin and the second holding member. The said 2nd holding member has a notch part in the said opening part, and the notch part is provided with the engaging part for engaging with the fixing tool which fixes a cleaning tool. The cleaning tool as described in any one.

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