JP3118064U - Cleaning body and cleaning tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning body and a cleaning tool which are made of a material having a cleaning function and have a simple configuration, and can efficiently clean not only the inside of a container to be cleaned but also the external surface.
SOLUTION: A rectangular cleaning cloth 9 is folded at a predetermined distance so as to have a substantially zigzag shape in sectional view, and the vicinity of the central portion of the folded cleaning cloth 9 is tied with a thread 11 so that both ends are fan-shaped. A cleaning tool in which a cleaning body 10 having a substantially circular shape in plan view that is open to the surface is prepared, and a plurality of the cleaning bodies 10 are connected by connecting threads 12 having a predetermined length.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a cleaning body capable of efficiently cleaning the inner surface of various containers such as bottles and a cleaning tool using the same.

Conventionally, in order to clean a container such as a bottle that cannot be reached, a long brush with a sponge attached to the tip of the handle was used, and the brush was inserted into the container and rubbed against the internal surface. However, it has been difficult to reliably clean the inside of a cylindrical or complicated bottle.
Alternatively, there is a method of breaking the egg shell into small pieces and rubbing the inner surface of the bottle, but this method has a drawback that the surface of the plastic bottle is damaged.

Therefore, a laundry ball described in Patent Document 1 has been proposed as a tool for efficiently cleaning the inside of a bottle. According to this laundry ball, a weight is built in a small piece of abrasive material, and the inertia of the laundry ball is used to shake the container so that it touches the container and removes dirt. There was an effect that the container could be cleaned.
Registered Utility Model No. 3007943

  The above-mentioned laundry balls are troublesome to manufacture because the weight is built in a small abrasive, and the impact of the weight is also applied to the surface of the container during use, which may damage the container. This was particularly problematic for bottles with thin containers.

  The gist of the present invention is a cleaning body that is made of a material having a cleaning function, is of a size that can be inserted into a container to be cleaned, and moves inside the container together with the liquid inside the container to clean the surface of the container. is there.

  Further, the gist of the present invention is that the cleaning body is configured to have a substantially zigzag shape in cross-sectional view by folding a cleaning cloth of a predetermined shape at a predetermined distance, and the vicinity of the center portion is fixed and is substantially circular in plan view. It is the washing body comprised in.

  In addition, the gist of the present invention is that the cleaning body is configured in a substantially zigzag shape in cross-sectional view by folding a predetermined shape of cleaning cloth at predetermined distances, and is configured in a substantially spherical shape by fixing the vicinity of the central portion. It is a washing body.

  The gist of the present invention is a cleaning tool in which a plurality of the cleaning bodies described above are connected by a connecting body.

  The gist of the present invention is a cleaning tool that includes any of the cleaning bodies described above and is connected by a plurality of connecting bodies.

Since the cleaning body of the present invention has the above-described configuration, it is simple and can efficiently clean the inner surface of a container that cannot be reached without damaging the container.
In addition, when the cleaning cloth is folded into a substantially zigzag shape in cross-sectional view and the vicinity of the center portion is fixed to form a substantially circular shape or a substantially spherical shape in plan view, the cleaning effect is further increased.

  A cleaning tool in which a plurality of the cleaning bodies are connected to each other so that the plurality of cleaning bodies move integrally inside the container and rubs and cleans the inside of the container, so that the cleaning effect is great and can be applied to containers of any shape, The cleaning tool can be taken out easily.

  In the best mode for carrying out the present invention, a rectangular cleaning cloth is folded at a predetermined distance in the longitudinal direction so as to have a substantially zigzag shape in sectional view. By fixing the vicinity of the central portion of the folded cleaning cloth with a thread, both ends open in a fan shape, and a cleaning body having a substantially circular shape in plan view is formed. And it is a cleaning tool formed by connecting a plurality of the cleaning bodies with connecting threads of a certain length.

Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 is a developed view of the cleaning body, FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the cleaning body, FIG. 3 is a schematic enlarged end view of the cleaning body, FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the cleaning tool, and FIGS. It is explanatory drawing which shows a state.

  The cleaning tool 1 of the present embodiment is obtained by connecting four small cleaning bodies 10 with connecting threads 12. The cleaning cloth 9 constituting the cleaning body 10 is made of a rectangular synthetic resin net-like material having a width of about 2.5 cm and a length of about 40 cm. As the cleaning cloth 9, any cloth having a cleaning function, such as a natural fiber, synthetic fiber or chemical fiber cloth or nonwoven fabric, a net, or a sponge, can be used.

  The cleaning cloth 9 is folded at a predetermined distance in the longitudinal direction, folded in a zigzag shape when viewed from the side, and finally the vicinity of the central portion is bound with a thread 11 in the folded state. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 2, the cleaning body 10 is fixed in the vicinity of the center with the thread 11, so that both ends open in a fan shape and have a circular shape when viewed from above. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the cleaning cloth 9 is continuously folded so that the end face has a substantially zigzag shape.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the cleaning tool 1 is configured by connecting four cleaning bodies 10 with connecting threads 12. In this case, the length of the connecting thread 12 and the number and size of the cleaning bodies 10 can be appropriately changed depending on the size and shape of the bottle to be cleaned.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 5, the cleaning tool 1 is inserted into the inside of the bottle 20 through the mouth 21. At the same time, the cleaning liquid 30 is put into the bottle 20. The cleaning liquid 30 may include a chemical liquid having a cleaning function, but may be water alone.
After that, when the mouth 21 is closed and the bottle 20 is shaken, the cleaning liquid 30 is shaken inside, so that the cleaning tool 1 is reciprocated up and down or rotated inside the bottle 20 as indicated by an arrow A together with the cleaning liquid 30.

As a result, the individual cleaning bodies 10, 10... Of the cleaning tool 1 are rubbed against the inner surface of the bottle 20 and cleaned. Since the end surface of the cleaning body 10 is substantially zigzag as described above, and the shape thereof is a thick disk shape, the area in contact with the surface of the bottle 20 is increased, and at the same time, the end surface of the substantially zigzag shape is formed. Has an effect similar to that of a brush, so that the effect of removing dirt on the surface of the bottle 20 is great.
Furthermore, the cleaning body 10 can contain a large amount of the cleaning liquid 30 because of the shape as described above. Moreover, since each washing | cleaning body 10 is connected with the connection thread | yarn 12, since it moves organically as one big cleaning tool 1, a cleaning effect becomes large.

  When cleaning is completed and the cleaning tool 1 is taken out, as shown in FIG. 6, one cleaning body 10 is taken out from the mouth 21 of the bottle 20, and all the cleaning bodies 10 connected by the connecting thread 12 are grasped and pulled. , 10 ... can be easily removed.

Thus, the cleaning tool 1 of the present embodiment can change the number and size of the cleaning bodies 10 according to the shape of the bottle 20 to be cleaned. For example, if the bottle 20 is large, many cleaning tools 10 can be connected and used, and the same effect is obtained as if a large cleaning tool is inserted into the bottle for cleaning. Usually, the larger the number of cleaning bodies 10, the greater the cleaning effect. Further, since the cleaning body 10 is made of a cleaning cloth, the surface of the glass or plastic bottle is not damaged.
Furthermore, the cleaning tool 1 can wash not only the inside of the bottle 20 but also the outside. In this case, since the plurality of cleaning bodies 10 are integrated by connecting the connecting yarns 12, they can be easily grasped by one hand and washed.

  In the case of a very small bottle, the cleaning effect can be exhibited by using one cleaning body 10.

FIG. 7 shows a schematic perspective view of a cleaning body according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
When the vicinity of the center of the cleaning body 10 is tied with the thread 11, the cleaning body 35 is tightened in the vertical direction, so that the vicinity of the center is narrowed with the thread 11, as shown in FIG. Both ends open in the shape of a fan, and the peripheral edge spreads in the vertical direction, exhibiting a nearly spherical shape.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the cleaning body 35 is also configured by connecting four cleaning bodies 35 with connecting threads 12 to form the cleaning tool 2. The effect of the cleaning tool 2 is the same as that of the first embodiment. However, since both ends of each cleaning body 35 have a nearly spherical shape opened in a fan shape, the surface area is increased and the cleaning effect is further improved. It is.

FIG. 9 shows a schematic perspective view of a cleaning body according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
The cleaning body 36 is made of a sponge having a thickness of about 3 to 8 mm and a width of about 2 to 3 cm. Like the washing body 10, it is folded in a zigzag and the vicinity of the central part is tied with a thread. At this time, by tightening tightly, the vicinity of the central portion is narrowed and narrowed as shown in the figure, both ends open in a fan shape, and the peripheral edge spreads in the vertical direction, exhibiting a spherical shape with a diameter of about 2 cm.

As shown in FIG. 10, the cleaning body 36 also includes four cleaning bodies 36 connected by the connecting thread 12 to form a cleaning tool. The effect of this cleaning tool is the same as that of the first embodiment, but further, each cleaning body 36 is substantially spherical, so that the surface area is increased and the cleaning effect is further improved.
Thus, when the material is a sponge or the like that is thicker than the cloth, the cleaning body is substantially spherical. Examples of the material include nonwoven fabrics such as vinylidene chloride, polyester, and nylon, and polyurethane foam.

FIG. 11 shows a schematic perspective view of the cleaning tool of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
This cleaning tool 4 is formed by connecting four cleaning bodies 40 with connecting threads 12. The cleaning body 40 is constituted by a rectangular parallelepiped sponge, but the cleaning effect is enhanced when the sponge surface is made of a hard material.
The shape of the cleaning body 40 can be arbitrarily selected such as a spherical shape or an elliptical shape, and the size can also be arbitrarily selected according to the size or shape of the container.
In addition to sponges, synthetic resin materials such as urethane foam, towels and other natural fibers, chemical fibers and synthetic resin fabrics can be used. A material with higher friction has a higher cleaning effect. Further, when an acrylic cloth is used, no detergent is required.
Although not shown, a known vinyl brush cleaning tool can be bundled into small spheres and used as a cleaning body.
The action and effect of the cleaning tool 4 are the same as those in the first embodiment.
Moreover, you may comprise the washing | cleaning tool formed by including in any one washing | cleaning body 10,35,36,40 as described in the said 1st Embodiment thru | or 4th Embodiment, and connecting with a coupling body. The effect of this cleaning tool is the same as that of the above embodiments.

Exploded view of the cleaning body of the first embodiment Schematic perspective view of the cleaning body of the first embodiment Schematic end face enlarged view of the cleaning body of the first embodiment Schematic perspective view of the cleaning tool of the first embodiment Explanatory drawing which shows the use condition of the cleaning tool of 1st Embodiment Explanatory drawing which shows the use condition of the cleaning tool of 1st Embodiment Schematic perspective view of the cleaning body of the second embodiment Schematic perspective view of the cleaning tool of the second embodiment Schematic perspective view of the cleaning body of the third embodiment Schematic perspective view of the cleaning tool of the third embodiment Schematic perspective view of the cleaning tool of the fourth embodiment

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cleaning tool 2 Cleaning tool 3 Cleaning tool 4 Cleaning tool 10 Cleaning body 11 Yarn 12 Linking thread 20 Bin 21 Port 30 Cleaning liquid 35 Cleaning body 36 Cleaning body 40 Cleaning body

Claims (5)

  A cleaning body that is made of a material having a cleaning function and is of a size that can be inserted into a container to be cleaned and moves inside the container together with the liquid inside the container to clean the surface of the container.   2. The cleaning body according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning body is configured to have a substantially zigzag shape in cross-sectional view by folding a cleaning cloth having a predetermined shape at predetermined distances, and has a substantially circular shape in plan view by fixing the vicinity of the central portion. .   The cleaning body according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning body is configured in a substantially zigzag shape in cross-sectional view by folding a cleaning cloth having a predetermined shape at predetermined distances, and is configured in a substantially spherical shape by fixing the vicinity of the central portion.   A cleaning tool comprising a plurality of the cleaning bodies according to any one of claims 1 to 3 connected by a connecting body.   A cleaning tool comprising a part of the cleaning body according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and being connected by a plurality of connecting bodies.

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