JP2015024047A - Cleaning tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning tool where the washing and dewatering of a mop are performed by using one rotary basket and that has a simple and rational design structure.SOLUTION: The cleaning tool includes: a rotary mop 1 where a mop head 3 is rotated by the telescopic motion of a handle 2; and a bucket 10 for washing and dewatering the mop 1. The bucket 10 includes: a bucket body 11 having a water storage area 13 for storing washing water W and a space area 14 where the washing water W is not stored; and a rotary basket 12 for storing the mop head 3 so as to perform the washing and dewatering of the mop head 3. The rotary basket 12 is stored inside the bucket body 11 so as to be displaceable between two positions, i.e. a washing position A where the basket is soaked in the washing water W inside the water storage area 13 and a dewatering position B inside the space area 14, and also is rotated by following the mop head 3 to be rotated inside the rotary basket 12.

Description

  The present invention relates to a cleaning tool comprising a mop used for cleaning a floor and a bucket for washing and draining the mop.

  A cleaning tool including a mop used for floor cleaning and a bucket for washing and draining the mop is already known as disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2.

In these known cleaning tools, the mop has a retractable handle and a cleaning mop head rotatably attached to the tip of the handle, and the mop head is used to shorten the handle. It is configured to rotate in one direction. A fiber bundle is attached to the mop head.
On the other hand, the bucket has a plan view shape that is elongated to the left and right, with one half in the longitudinal direction being a cleaning part and the other half being a draining part. The cleaning unit is provided with a cleaning disk that is rotatable in the cleaning water, and a draining basket is rotatably disposed at a position above the cleaning water in the draining unit.

  When cleaning the mop, the mop head is rotated together with the cleaning disk by the cleaning part by expanding and contracting the mop handle while the mop head is pressed against the cleaning disk. When the fiber bundle is washed and the mop is drained, the mop head rotates in the drainer part by expanding and contracting the mop handle while the fiber bundle of the mop head is housed in the drainer basket. Following this, the draining rod rotates to drain the fiber bundle.

  However, in the conventional cleaning tool, as described above, the cleaning disk dedicated to cleaning is fixedly disposed in the bucket cleaning portion, and the draining tub dedicated to draining is stationaryly disposed in the draining portion. Since the two types of dedicated parts having different configurations are fixedly arranged in the cleaning part and the draining part, there is a problem that the number of parts is increased and the structure is complicated.

JP 2012-81209 A Utility Model Registration No. 3167294

  The object of the present invention is to adopt a complicated structure such as two types of dedicated parts dedicated to washing or draining in a bucket cleaning part and a draining part like a conventional cleaning tool. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cleaning tool having a simple and rational design structure, which enables a mop to be washed and drained using a single rotating basket.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the cleaning tool of the present invention has a handle that can be stretched and a mop head for cleaning attached to the tip of the handle, and the rotation of the mop head that is rotated by the stretching of the handle. And a bucket for cleaning and draining the mop, the bucket having a water storage area in which the cleaning water is stored and a space area in which the cleaning water is not stored, and the mop A rotating basket that houses the head and cleans and drains the mop head, the rotating basket being immersed in the cleaning water in the water storage area inside the bucket body, and in the space area The water drainage position is accommodated so as to be displaceable at two positions, and the two positions are configured to rotate following the mop head rotating in the rotating cage. It is.

  Preferably, in the present invention, the bucket body has the water storage area on the bottom side and is configured to have the space area above the water storage area, and the rotating basket is perpendicular to the interior of the bucket body. It is disposed so as to be rotatable and movable up and down about an axis, and is engaged with and disengaged from the mop head. And when it is separated from the mop head at the draining position, it is configured to descend from the draining position to the cleaning position.

  In this case, the rotating cage is supported inside the bucket body so as to be rotatable and movable up and down by a supporting and guiding mechanism, and the supporting and guiding mechanism is rotatable relative to the rotating cage but in the axial direction. Is a support member connected so as to be fixed to each other, a support shaft provided on an inner bottom portion of the bucket body to support the support member so as to be movable up and down, and the support member on an inner surface of the bucket body. A plurality of guide members provided so as to guide the raising and lowering of the rotating cage via the support, and the support member has a plurality of cam protrusions arranged at regular angular intervals around the axis. The plurality of guide members are arranged at regular angular intervals around the axis, and each has a cam groove into which one of the plurality of cam protrusions is fitted, and the cam member extends along the cam groove. By guiding the cam protrusion, It is preferably configured so as to displace the basket between said draining position and the cleaning position.

  The cam groove includes a cleaning positioning portion that receives the cam protrusion when the rotating basket is at the cleaning position and holds the rotating basket at the cleaning position, and the rotating basket is moved from the cleaning position to the draining position. An ascending guide for guiding the ascent of the cam protrusion when ascending, a draining positioning part for receiving the cam protrusion when the rotating car is in the draining position and holding the rotating basket at the draining position; It is desirable to have a lowering guide part for guiding the lowering of the cam protrusion when the rotating car descends from the draining position to the cleaning position.

  Further, a first guide is provided on the upper end wall of the cam groove for displacing the cam protrusion from the ascending guide portion toward the draining positioning portion when the rotating cage rises from the cleaning position to the draining position. A surface is formed, and a second guide surface is formed that displaces the cam protrusion from the draining positioning portion toward the descending guide portion when the rotating basket descends from the draining position to the cleaning position. It is desirable that

  Further, in the present invention, the rotating cage and the mop head are configured to be detachable from each other by an engagement / disengagement mechanism, and the engagement / disengagement mechanism is a fitting formed at the center of the inner bottom portion of the rotation cage. And a fitting hole formed in a central portion of the tip surface of the mop head. The fitting shaft includes a shaft head that fits into the fitting hole, and a proximal end portion of the shaft head. And the fitting hole has a plurality of elastic walls that can be elastically deformed in a direction in which the hole diameter changes, and the locking groove is formed on the elastic wall. It is desirable that a claw portion that is elastically engaged and disengaged is formed.

  According to the present invention, unlike a conventional cleaning tool, without adopting a complicated structure in which two kinds of dedicated parts dedicated to cleaning or draining are stationaryly arranged in the bucket cleaning section and the draining section. A cleaning tool having a simple and rational design structure can be obtained, in which the mop can be washed and drained using a single rotating basket.

It is a perspective view of the mop which comprises the cleaning tool which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view of the bucket which comprises the cleaning tool which concerns on this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the bucket. It is a bottom view of a rotation basket. It is sectional drawing which shows a state when cleaning the mop. It is sectional drawing which shows a state when the mop is drained. It is a principal part enlarged bottom view of the mop head of a mop. It is a principal part expanded sectional view which shows the connection state of a mop head and a rotation basket. It is a perspective view of the guide member which comprises a support guide mechanism. It is a perspective view which shows the other structural example of a mop.

The cleaning tool according to the present invention includes a mop 1 shown in FIG. 1 and a bucket 10 shown in FIG.
The mop 1 has an extendable handle 2 and a cleaning mop head 3 attached to the tip of the handle 2. The mop head 3 rotates by the extension and contraction of the handle 2. It is a mop.

The handle 2 has a first handle portion 2a on the base end side made of a large-diameter pipe and a second handle portion 2b on the tip end side made of a small-diameter pipe, and the second handle portion 2a is located inside the first handle portion 2a. The handle portion 2b is telescopically and rotatably fitted, and the first handle portion 2a and the second handle portion 2b are connected to each other by an extension and rotation mechanism (not shown) provided in the handle 2, When the second handle portion 2b is pushed into the first handle portion 2a and the handle 2 is shortened, the second handle portion 2b is rotated in one direction together with the mop head 3 by the telescopic rotation mechanism. Yes.
When the shortened handle 2 is extended, that is, when the second handle portion 2b is pulled out from the first handle portion 2a, the second handle portion 2b is pulled out without rotating, and the second handle portion 2b and the mop head are pulled out. 3 does not rotate.

  Such a rotary mop 1 itself is already known, and in the present invention, the rotary mop 1 having such a known telescopic rotation mechanism is used. Description is omitted.

  A grip portion 4 for gripping is formed at the base end of the first handle portion 2a, and the mop head 3 has a connecting mechanism 5 having a degree of freedom of 360 ° at the tip of the second handle portion 2b. The handle 2 can be inclined at an arbitrary angle with respect to the mop head 3 during cleaning.

  In addition, a handle 6 is attached to the tip of the first handle portion 2a to enable or disable the first handle portion 2a and the second handle portion 2b to expand and contract and rotate. When the handle 6 is tilted upward as shown by a solid line in FIG. 1, the first handle portion 2a and the second handle portion 2b are locked with each other, and the expansion and contraction and rotation operations become impossible. When the handle 6 is tilted downward as indicated by a chain line in FIG. 1, the first handle portion 2a and the second handle portion 2b are unlocked and can be expanded and contracted and rotated.

  The mop head 3 has a circular wiping cloth 8 detachably attached to the lower surface of a disk-shaped head substrate 7 by attaching means such as a hook-and-loop fastener. A large number of mop yarns 8 a extending to the outer periphery of the belt 7 are attached.

  As can be seen from FIGS. 2 and 3, the bucket 10 includes a synthetic resin bucket body 11 having a circular shape in plan view, and a synthetic resin rotating basket 12 for cleaning and draining the mop 1. have.

  The bucket body 11 is slightly widened and gradually decreases in inner diameter as it goes to the bottom side. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the bucket body 11 has a lower half or bottom side. The portion is a water storage area 13 for storing the cleaning water W for cleaning the mop 1, and the upper half of the bucket body 11, that is, the space above the water storage area 13, drains the mop 1. It is a space area 14 for performing.

A semi-circular handle 15 is attached to the upper end portion of the bucket body 11 so that the bucket body 11 can be tilted up and down, and the washing water W swirling in the bucket body 11 when the mop 1 is washed is caused by centrifugal force by the bucket body 11. A ring-shaped annular lid 16 is attached in a detachable manner in an overhanging state so as to prevent it from overflowing and overflowing along the inner side surface. The annular lid 16 is formed with a drain port 17 for draining dirty cleaning water W. The drain port 17 is provided with an openable / closable lid 17a.
Reference numeral 18 in FIG. 2 is a leg member attached to the bottom of the bucket body 11 at intervals of 120 degrees.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the rotating car 12 is a circular car having an open top surface, and has a large number of elongated drain holes 21 on the bottom and side surfaces, and a support guide is provided inside the bucket body 11. A cleaning position A that is supported by the mechanism 22 so as to be rotatable and movable up and down about a vertical axis L, and is immersed in the cleaning water W in the water storage area 13 by the mop 1, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the mop head 3 can be displaced in two positions, a draining position B where the mop 1 is drained in the space area 14, and the mop head 3 is rotated at the two positions A and B. It can be configured to follow and rotate.

  Therefore, at the center of the inner bottom surface of the rotating basket 12, as shown in FIGS. 3, 7, and 8, a fitting shaft 25 that is detachably fitted in a fitting hole 24 on the lower surface of the mop head 3. Is formed, and the mop 1 and the rotating basket 12 can be locked and detached from each other by the engagement / disengagement mechanism 23 composed of the fitting hole 24 and the fitting shaft 25. However, the engagement / disengagement mechanism 23 will be described later.

  As is apparent from FIGS. 3 and 4, the support guide mechanism 22 is provided coaxially with the axis L at the support member 28 connected to the rotating basket 12 and at the center of the inner bottom portion of the bucket body 11, A support shaft 29 that supports the support member 28 so as to be movable up and down, and a guide member 30 that is attached to the inner side surface of the bucket body 11 and guides the elevation of the support member 28 and the rotating basket 12.

  The support member 28 connects the circular pedestal portion 31 located in the center, the three arm portions 32 extending radially from the pedestal portion 31 at an angular interval of 120 degrees, and the adjacent arm portions 32. And the pedestal 31 is rotatable relative to the rotating car 12 at the center of the bottom of the rotating car 12 but is fixed to each other in the direction of the axis L. So that they are connected.

  A support hole 34 is formed in the center of the pedestal portion 31, and the support shaft 29 is inserted into the support hole 34, so that the rotating basket 12 can be attached to the bucket body 11 via the support member 28. It is supported inside so as to be rotatable and movable up and down. The support shaft 29 is formed with a length that does not come off the support hole 34 when the rotating basket 12 is at the washing position A or at the draining position B.

  The tip of the arm portion 32 is slightly bent upward along the outer surface of the rotating car 12, and the cam protrusion 35 having an oval cross-sectional shape on the outer surface of the bent portion 32a formed thereby. Is formed. Since the three arm portions 32 are arranged at intervals of 120 degrees around the axis L, the cam protrusions 35 are also arranged at intervals of 120 degrees around the axis L. Become.

  Three guide members 30 are attached to the inner side surface of the bucket body 11 at an angular interval of 120 degrees around the axis L. As is apparent from FIG. 9, the guide member 30 has a length that extends from the bottom to the upper end of the bucket body 11, in other words, a length that extends from the water storage area 13 to the space area 14. The lower half has a cam groove 36 into which the cam projection 35 is fitted, and the upper half has cleaning water W swirling in the bucket body 11 when the mop 1 is washed. A plurality of baffle plates 37 are provided for restricting rising along the peripheral surface.

  The cam groove 36 is formed in an endless circulation path, and receives the cam protrusion 35 and holds the rotating basket 12 in the cleaning position A when the rotating basket 12 is in the cleaning position A. A concave cleaning positioning part 36a, an ascending guide part 36b for guiding the cam protrusion 35 to rise when the rotating basket 12 rises from the cleaning position A to the draining position B, and the rotating basket 12 serving as the draining pad. A concave draining positioning portion 36c that receives the cam protrusion 35 and holds the rotating basket 12 at the draining position B when in the position B, and the rotating basket 12 moves from the draining position B to the cleaning position A. A lowering guide portion 36d for guiding the lowering of the cam protrusion 35 when the cam protrusion 35 is lowered.

  Further, the upper guide wall 36 of the cam groove 36 is raised and brought into contact with the upper end wall 38 when the rotating basket 12 is raised from the cleaning position A to the draining position B. A first guide surface 41 is formed to displace the cam protrusion 35 from a position corresponding to the ascending guide portion 36b toward a position corresponding to the water draining positioning portion 36c, and the rotating basket 12 is moved to the water draining position. When lowering from B to the cleaning position A, the cam protrusion 35 lifted from the draining positioning part 36c and abutted against the upper end wall 38 is lowered from the position corresponding to the draining positioning part 36c. A second guide surface 42 that is displaced toward a position corresponding to the guide portion 36d is formed.

  The first guide surface 41 has a first inclined portion 41a inclined obliquely upward from a position corresponding to the ascending guide portion 36b toward a position corresponding to the draining positioning portion 36c, and the draining positioning portion 36c. A first stop portion 41b that is inclined obliquely downward to stop the cam protrusion 35 at a corresponding position, and the rotating basket 12 is moved with the cam protrusion 35 stopped at the position of the first stop portion 41b. When lowered, the cam protrusion 35 is guided by the inclined surface 43a at the upper end of the side wall 43 on the front side of the draining positioning portion 36c and is fitted into the draining positioning portion 36c. .

  Similarly to the first guide surface 41, the second guide surface 42 has a second inclination inclined obliquely upward from a position corresponding to the draining positioning portion 36c toward a position corresponding to the descending guide portion 36d. Part 42a and a second stop part 42b inclined obliquely downward to stop the cam protrusion 35 at a position corresponding to the descending guide part 36d, and the cam protrusion 35 at the position of the second stop part 42b. When the rotating car 12 is lowered while the car is stopped, the cam protrusion 35 is guided by the inclined surface 44a at the upper end of the side wall 44 behind the draining positioning part 36c and is fitted in the lowering guide part 36d. It comes to match.

  Reference numeral 45 in FIG. 9 denotes a guide groove for guiding the cam protrusion 35 into the cam groove 36 when the rotating car 12 is accommodated in the bucket body 11, and an upper end portion of the guide member 30. To the descending guide portion 36d. The guide groove 45 is also used when the rotating basket 12 is taken out from the bucket body 11.

  The plurality of baffle plates 37 are formed in an upper and lower multi-stage shape at an appropriate interval between one side of the guide member 30, that is, a side facing the upstream side of the flow of the swirling washing water W. ing.

As described above, the engagement / disengagement mechanism 23 that removably couples the rotating car 12 and the mop head 3 includes the fitting shaft 25 formed at the center of the inner bottom of the rotating car 12, and the mop. The fitting hole 24 is formed at the center of the lower surface of the head 3.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 8, the fitting shaft 25 is formed at a position near the base end portion of the shaft head portion 25a having a hexagonal shape that fits into the fitting hole 24 and the shaft head portion 25a. The locking groove 25b is formed, and an annular contact portion 25c formed at the position of the lower end of the locking groove 25b. The shaft head portion 25a is formed in a slightly tapered shape toward the upper end side, and the contact portion 25c is formed to have a larger diameter than the shaft head portion 25a.

On the other hand, the fitting hole 24 has a hexagonal shape, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, and three elastic walls 24a that can be elastically deformed in a direction in which the diameter of the fitting hole 24 changes, It is surrounded by three fixed walls 24b that cannot be deformed, and these elastic walls 24a and fixed walls 24b are alternately arranged.
The elastic wall 24a is formed with a claw portion 24c that elastically engages and disengages with the locking groove 25b of the fitting shaft 25 so as to protrude toward the inside of the fitting hole 24. The front end surfaces of 24a and the fixed wall 24b serve as pressing portions that contact the contact portion 25c.

Then, the mop head 3 is housed in the rotating cage 12, and the mop 1 is strongly attached to the rotating cage 12 with the shaft head 25 a of the fitting shaft 25 fitted in the fitting hole 24. When pressed, the elastic wall 24a is pushed open, the fitting shaft 25 is completely fitted into the fitting hole 24, and the claw portion 24c is elastically locked in the locking groove 25b. The pressing portions at the ends of the elastic wall 24a and the fixed wall 24b are in contact with the contact portion 25c.
Further, when the mop head 3 is pulled away from the rotating car 12, the claw portion 24c is detached from the locking groove 25b by elastic deformation of the elastic wall 24a, and the mop 1 and the rotating car 12 are separated.

  When using the cleaning tool having the above configuration, first, the cleaning water W is put into the water storage area 13 in the lower half of the bucket body 11. At this time, the rotating basket 12 is immersed in the cleaning water W because the cam protrusion 35 is in the cleaning position A where the cam protrusion 35 is fitted to the cleaning positioning portion 36 a of the cam groove 36.

  When the mop 1 is washed, the mop head 3 is moved as shown in FIG. 5 in a state where the handle 2 of the handle 2 of the mop 1 is tilted downward so that the handle 2 can be expanded and contracted. The mop head 3 is housed in the rotating basket 12 and strongly pressed against the rotating basket 12. Then, the fitting shaft 25 of the rotating basket 12 is fitted into the fitting hole 24 of the mop head 3, and the claw portion 24c is engaged with the engaging groove 25b, thereby rotating with the mop head 3. Since the car 12 is connected to the car 12, the mop head 3 is rotated by expanding and contracting the handle 2 of the mop 1, and the rotating car 12 is rotated in accordance with the expansion and contraction of the mop head 3. The cloth 8 and the mop yarn 8a are washed.

  At this time, the washing water W swirls in the bucket body 11 and rises along the inner peripheral surface of the bucket body 11 by centrifugal force, but the rise is restricted by the baffle plate 37 formed on the support member 28. At the same time, the washing water W does not overflow from the bucket body 11 because the annular lid 16 is received at that position.

Next, when draining the mop 1, the rotating basket 12 is pulled up to the draining position B by the mop 1, as shown in FIG. That is, when the mop 1 is pulled up, the mop head 3 and the rotating car 12 are connected, so that the rotating car 12 is pulled up by the mop head 3. At that time, as shown in FIG. 9, the cam protrusion 35 rises from the cleaning positioning portion 36 a through the rising guide portion 36 b and contacts the first guide surface 41 of the upper end wall 38 of the cam groove 36. After that, the first guide portion 41 is guided by the first inclined portion 41a and displaced from the position corresponding to the ascending guide portion 36b toward the position corresponding to the water draining positioning portion 36c, and the first stop portion. Stop at position 41b. Therefore, by lowering the mop 1 at that position, the cam protrusion 35 is guided by the inclined surface 43a at the upper end of the side wall 43 on the front side of the draining positioning portion 36c, and the inside of the draining positioning portion 36c. Therefore, the rotating basket 12 is held at the draining position B.
Therefore, by rotating the mop head 3 by expanding / contracting the handle 2 at the draining position B, the rotating basket 12 also rotates following the rotation, and the draining of the wipe 8 and the mop yarn 8a of the mop head 3 is performed. Is done.

  When the draining is completed, the mop head 3 and the rotating basket 12 are separated by further raising the mop 1. That is, when the mop 1 is pulled up, in FIG. 9, the cam protrusion 35 comes into contact with the second guide surface 42 of the upper end wall 38 of the cam groove 36 and contacts the second inclined portion 42 a of the second guide surface 42. The guide is displaced from the position corresponding to the draining positioning part 36c toward the position corresponding to the descending guide part 36d, and stops at the position of the second stop part 42b. Therefore, when the mop 1 is further pulled up at that position, the claw portion 24c is disengaged from the engaging groove 25b and the fitting shaft 25 is detached from the fitting hole 24, so that the mop head 3 and the rotating basket 12 are separated. Is done.

  The rotating car 12 separated from the mop 1 is lowered by its own weight as it is. At this time, the cam protrusion 35 is guided by the inclined surface 44a at the upper end of the side wall 44 at the rear of the water draining positioning portion 36c and is lowered. The rotating basket 12 is automatically returned to the cleaning position A in order to fit in the guide portion 36d, descend along the descending guide portion 36d, and then fit in the cleaning positioning portion 36a. It will be.

  On the other hand, the mop 1 that has been drained, by tilting the handle 6 of the handle 2 upward, prevents the handle 2 from expanding and contracting, and in that state, cleans the floor.

  The mop 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a circular shape in plan view of the mop head 3, but the plan view shape of the mop head 3 may be rectangular as shown in FIG. In this case, since the length of the mop head 3 in the longitudinal direction is larger than the diameter of the rotating basket 12, if the housing is not partitioned in the rotating basket 12 at the time of draining, both longitudinal ends 7a, 7a of the head substrate 7 are used. When the water is drained in a state where the length of the mop head 3 is shortened by bending the both end portions 7a and 7a by 90 degrees as shown by the chain line in FIG. As shown by the solid line, the cleaning can be performed in a state where the both end portions 7a and 7a are extended.

  In the illustrated embodiment, three cam protrusions 35 formed on the support member 28 and three guide members 30 each having the cam groove 36 are provided. The number of guide members 30 may be four or more.

In addition, the mop 1 and the rotating basket 12 can be freely engaged and disengaged so that the mop 1 lifts the rotating basket 12 from the washing position A to the draining position B. The car 12 may be configured to be movable to the two positions A and B by holding the handle formed on the car 12 by hand without necessarily detaching the car 12. it can.
Further, the bucket body 11 is formed in a horizontally long shape, the water storage area 13 and the space area 14 are formed at positions adjacent to the left and right, and the rotating basket 12 is moped between the water storage area 13 and the space area 14. It can also be configured to be moved by one or by hand.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mop 2 Handle 3 Mop head 10 Bucket 11 Bucket main body 12 Rotating basket 13 Water storage area 14 Spatial area 22 Support guide mechanism 23 Engaging / disengaging mechanism 24 Fitting hole 24a Elastic wall 24c Claw part 25 Fitting shaft 25a Shaft head 25b Locking Groove 28 Support member 29 Support shaft 30 Guide member 35 Cam protrusion 36 Cam groove 36a Cleaning positioning part 36b Lifting guide part 36c Draining positioning part 36d Lowering guide part 38 Upper end wall 41 First guide surface 42 Second guide surface A Cleaning Position B Draining position W Wash water L Axis

Claims (6)

A rotary mop having a retractable handle and a cleaning mop head attached to the tip of the handle, the mop head rotating by extension and contraction of the handle, and washing and draining the mop Consisting of a bucket, to do,
The bucket has a bucket body having a water storage area in which cleaning water is stored and a space area in which cleaning water is not stored, and a rotating cage that stores the mop head and cleans and drains the mop head,
The rotating basket is accommodated in the bucket body so as to be displaceable into two positions, a cleaning position immersed in the cleaning water in the water storage area, and a draining position in the space area, and At two positions, it is configured to rotate following the mop head that rotates within the rotating basket,
A cleaning tool characterized by that. The bucket body has the water storage area on the bottom side, and is configured to have the space area above the water storage area,
The rotating cage is disposed so as to be rotatable and movable up and down about an axis perpendicular to the inside of the bucket body, and is engaged with and disengaged from the mop head to be locked to the mop head. In this state, when the mop is lifted from the washing position to the draining position and separated from the mop head at the draining position, the mop is lowered from the draining position to the washing position. Item 10. The cleaning tool according to Item 1. The rotating cage is supported inside the bucket body so as to be rotatable and movable up and down by a support guide mechanism,
The support guide mechanism is provided on an inner bottom portion of the bucket body, and a support member coupled to be rotatable relative to the rotating cage but fixed to each other in the axial direction. A support shaft that supports the member so as to be movable up and down, and a plurality of guide members provided on the inner surface of the bucket body to guide the raising and lowering of the rotating cage via the support member,
The support member has a plurality of cam protrusions arranged at regular angular intervals around an axis,
The plurality of guide members are arranged at regular angular intervals around the axis, and each has a cam groove into which one of the plurality of cam protrusions is fitted, and the cam is disposed along the cam groove. The rotating basket is configured to be displaced between the washing position and the draining position by guiding a protrusion.
The cleaning tool according to claim 2.   The cam groove receives the cam protrusion when the rotating basket is at the cleaning position and holds the rotating basket at the cleaning position, and the rotating basket rises from the cleaning position to the draining position. A lifting guide portion for guiding the raising of the cam protrusion, a draining positioning portion for receiving the cam protrusion and holding the rotating basket at the draining position when the rotating cage is at the draining position, and the rotation The cleaning tool according to claim 3, further comprising a lowering guide portion that guides the lowering of the cam protrusion when the car descends from the draining position to the cleaning position.   The upper guide wall of the cam groove has a first guide surface that displaces the cam protrusion from the ascending guide portion toward the draining positioning portion when the rotating cage rises from the cleaning position to the draining position. And a second guide surface is formed for displacing the cam protrusion from the draining positioning portion toward the descending guide portion when the rotating basket descends from the draining position to the cleaning position. The cleaning tool according to claim 4. The rotating cage and the mop head are configured to be detachable from each other by an engaging / disengaging mechanism, and the engaging / disengaging mechanism includes a fitting shaft formed at the center of the inner bottom portion of the rotating cage, and the mop. It consists of a fitting hole formed in the center of the tip surface of the head,
The fitting shaft has a shaft head that fits into the fitting hole, and a locking groove formed at a position near the base end of the shaft head,
The fitting hole has a plurality of elastic walls that can be elastically deformed in a direction in which the hole diameter changes, and a claw portion that elastically engages and disengages with the locking groove is formed on the elastic wall.
A cleaning tool according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein:

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