JP2001128914A - Wiping tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wiping tool, excellent in the wiping effect with little possibility of making a drain, or the like, choked when used in a kitchen, bathroom, or the like. SOLUTION: This wiping tool comprises a block 10 for wiping made of a melamine resin foaming material and a package material 20 with an opening 20a for wrapping the block 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wiping tool used for wiping the surface of articles such as kitchen utensils and bathrooms.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when performing a wiping operation in a kitchen, a bathroom, or the like, a scouring tool or a so-called sponge made of urethane foam has been used as a wiping tool. These are used by incorporating water and detergent. On the other hand, a wiping tool which is capable of dry wiping and which can effectively remove so-called stubborn stains and which has a better cleaning effect than a scrubber or the like is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 11-128137. I have. This wiping tool uses a melamine-based resin foam, which has been generally used as a construction material, as it is as a wiping tool.

[0003]

However, when the wiping tool disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 11-128137 is used, the wiping tool is liable to generate fragments due to wear because the fiber itself is brittle. However, when the debris is used in a kitchen or a bathroom, there is a problem that the debris gets clogged in a sink or the like.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and has an excellent wiping effect and has a kitchen and a kitchen.
An object of the present invention is to provide a wiping tool which is less likely to cause clogging in a sink or the like even when used in a bathroom or the like.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is characterized in that a porous body formed by connecting needle-like fibers is covered with an auxiliary material having a large number of openings. I do. With such a configuration, the needle-like fiber has an excellent wiping action for scraping off dirt on the object to be wiped, and the auxiliary material causes clogging with a fragment of the porous body. It can be prevented from flowing into a sink or the like.

Here, the porous body may be an open-cell porous body and have water absorbability.
This makes it possible to effectively wipe off dirt even when using water and detergent. Here, the porous body may be a melamine-based resin foam.

Here, in the wiping implement, the porous body may be divided into a plurality of block pieces, and the auxiliary material may be an openable bag. This allows
It can be used not only by adding the block pieces, but also by appropriately replacing the block pieces with a high degree of wear with the wiping operation or particularly dirty ones.

The auxiliary material is selected from the group consisting of nylon, polyester, vinylon, polypropylene, acrylic, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, polyacetate, rayon cotton, hemp, silk, and wool. It can be configured using different materials. Here, the area of the opening is 4.9 × 10 ⁻² mm ² or more.
It is desirable to set it to 0 × 10 ² mm ² or less.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a wiping tool according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. <First Embodiment> FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a wiping tool 1 according to a first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a wiping tool 1 includes a wiping block 10 and a packaging material 20 wrapping the same. It is composed of

The wiping block 10 is a quadrangular pillar-shaped porous body having continuous holes having continuous needle-like crystals and also having elasticity. In the drawing, the shape of the wiping block is a square pole, but it is needless to say that the shape is not limited to this, and may be any shape such as a triangular prism or a sphere. FIG. 2 shows the fine structure of the wiping block 10. As shown in this figure, the wiping block 10 has a connecting fiber in which needle-like fibers 10a are connected in a three-dimensional mesh in a skeleton 10b.
A large number of holes 10c are formed between them. And
The holes 10c communicate with each other. Further, it is desirable that the wiping block 10 itself has a water absorbing property. This is because water can be included in the wiping.

For the wiping block 10, for example, a foam of melamine resin can be used. This is because the melamine foam generally has all of the above-described configurations. Specifically, a miracle block (product name) commercially available from (Japan) Chic Japan Co., Ltd. can be used. The packaging material 20 is a flexible woven or nonwoven fabric having a large number of openings 20a.

The packaging material 20 is made of a material such as nylon, polyester, vinylon, polypropylene, acrylic, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, polyacetate, rayon, cotton, hemp, silk, and wool. Can be used. Next, a wiping mechanism when the wiping tool 1 is used will be described. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a wiping mechanism.

When the worker holds the wiping tool 1 and presses the surface 1a of the wiping tool 1 against the object Ob to be wiped, the surface 10d of the wiping block 10 becomes wrapped by the elasticity of the wiping block 10. The object O to be wiped is exposed to the outside of the packaging material through the opening 20a of the object 20.
The surface 10d of the wiping block 10 contacts b.

When the worker moves the wiping implement 1 while pressing it against the wiping object Ob, dirt Du on the surface of the wiping object Ob is scraped off by the surface 10d of the wiping block 10. At this time, in particular, the surface 10d of the wiping block 10 has a large number of needle-like bodies 10e protruding outward from the surface since the wiping block 10 is formed of the continuous needle-like fibers as described above. In addition, the needle-shaped body 10e greatly contributes to efficiently scraping the dirt Du. In other words, if the surface 10d of the wiping block 10 is flat, the contamination Du
Because it cannot be scraped off. For this reason, for example, it is possible to efficiently scrape stubborn dirt such as tea astringent adhered to a tea set or the like. It should be noted that the contamination Du is
Needless to say, when scraping off, the packaging material 20 is also involved in this.

As a result of the wiping as described above, when a miracle block which is a foam of melamine resin is used, the wiping block 10 is worn. In other words, this miracle block has a great advantage in scraping dirt because the needle fiber itself has high hardness,
On the other hand, there is a disadvantage that it is brittle. For this reason, the wiping operation breaks the needle-like fibers and wears the wiping block 10.

When the wiping block 10 is worn, wear pieces of various sizes are generated. A relatively large wear piece is torn because the wiping block has exceeded the tension limit due to a tensile force generated during the wiping operation due to a frictional force generated between the wiping block and the object to be wiped. Result. The relatively small wear pieces are caused by frictional force generated between the wiping block and the object to be wiped during the wiping operation. As described above, in this specification, the term "wear" refers to the fact that a portion of a member where a frictional force is generated is consumed and that a member is torn by a tensile force generated due to the frictional force. And that the member is consumed.

Since the wear pieces having a diameter larger than the diameter of the opening 20a of the packaging material 20 cannot pass through the packaging material 20a, they remain in the packaging material 20 and do not leak out of the packaging material 20. However, since the wear pieces having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the opening 20a can pass through the packaging material 20a, they do not stay in the packaging material 20 but leak out of the packaging material 20. The fine wear pieces leaking out of the packaging material 20 are considered to be involved as abrasives.

In consideration of preventing such wear pieces from leaking out of the packaging material 20, the size of the opening 20a of the packaging material 20 should be as small as 1.0 × 10 ² mm ² or less. It is desirable because the wear pieces hardly leak out. On the other hand, in order to exert the function of wiping the dirt, it is necessary to expose at least the needle-like fibers from the opening, and for that purpose, the surface 10d of the wiping block 10 is required.
Is desirably exposed to the outside of the packaging material 20,
From this viewpoint, the size of the opening 20a of the packaging material 20 is desirably 4.9 × 10 ⁻² mm ² or more.

In this case, the wear pieces are removed from the packaging material 20.
If it leaks outside, it will splatter into the workplace, which will slightly stain the workplace and cause clogging of the sink, especially when used in kitchens and bathrooms, etc. Only the leaks, and larger wear pieces remain in the packaging material 20 and are not a problem.

As described above, the wiping tool 1 can efficiently wipe off dirt without using water and detergent, and when used in a kitchen or a bathroom, the wiping operation caused by the wiping operation. The wear pieces of the application block do not clog the sink. In addition, the wiping implement 1 also has an advantage that the possibility of damaging the surface of the object to be wiped is extremely low because the needle-like fibers of the wiping block 10 are brittle. Furthermore, even when the surface of the object to be wiped has irregularities, the wiping block is covered with the packaging material, so that it is less likely to be torn,
It can be used for a long time as compared with the case where it is not covered with the packaging material. Furthermore, if dirt adheres to the wiping block, it is necessary to clean it.However, even if the wiping block is covered with the packaging material, it is unlikely that the wiping block will be crushed by the rubbing force. .

Although the above description has been made on the case where water and detergent are not used when the wiping tool 1 is used, the wiping operation can be carried out using water and detergent. In this case, the dirt scraped off penetrates into a large number of passages formed by communicating the holes 10c by capillary action. The wiping tool 1 is a wiping block 1.
Since a large number of holes 10c are continuously formed in the hole 10, water and detergent are impregnated into the holes 10c efficiently.

<Embodiment 2> Hereinafter, differences between the wiping implement according to the present embodiment and the wiping implement according to Embodiment 1 will be described. FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of the wiping tool 30 according to the second embodiment.
As shown in this figure, the wiping implement 30 is composed of a plurality of wiping block pieces 40 and a storage material 50 for storing the same.

The wiping block piece 40 is obtained by dividing the wiping block 10 into a plurality of smaller units. In the figure, the wiping block piece 40 is used.
Is a quadrangular prism shape, but it is needless to say that the shape is not limited to this and may be any shape such as a triangular prism shape and a spherical shape. The storage material 50 is a mesh bag having a number of openings made of the same material as the packaging material 20. However, the storage material 50 has a configuration that can be opened, and for example, a drawstring bag-shaped one in which the openable portion 60 shown in FIG.

The operation and effects of the wiping device 30 having such a configuration are basically the same as those of the wiping device 1 described above, but exhibit the following specific operations and effects. That is, when the porous body of the melamine-based resin is used for the wiping block piece as described above, the size thereof gradually decreases because of the abrasion accompanying the wiping operation. When the wiping block has become smaller due to such abrasion, it can be used by adding the block, or only the smaller one can be replaced with a new one. This allows, for example, housewives to
When used repeatedly in the bathroom, etc., the degree of wear will increase, so use the newly worn wiping block pieces by adding new wiping block pieces without waste. The fact that it is possible to replace only the worn wiping block pieces is significant in practical terms. In addition, it can be used by appropriately replacing it with a particularly conspicuous one.

The packaging material and the storage material in the above embodiment can be subjected to an antibacterial treatment.

[0026]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides:
The porous body formed by connecting the needle fibers is covered with an auxiliary material having a large number of openings. With such a configuration, the needle-like fiber has an excellent wiping action for scraping off dirt on the object to be wiped, and the auxiliary material causes clogging with a fragment of the porous body. It can be prevented from flowing into a sink or the like in a kitchen.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view (partially cut away) of a wiping tool 1 according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a wiping block 10 of the wiping tool 1;
FIG. 3 is a view showing a fine structure of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a wiping mechanism.

FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of a wiping tool 30 according to a second embodiment (partially cut away).

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wiping tool 1a Surface of wiping tool 10 Wiping block 10a Needle-like fiber 10b Skeleton 10c Hole 10d Surface of wiping block 10e Needle-like body 20 Packaging material 20a Opening Du Dub Ob Wipe object 30 Wiping tool 40 50 Storage material 60 Openable part 70 String body

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A wiping tool characterized in that a porous body formed by connecting needle-like fibers is covered with an auxiliary material having a large number of openings. 2. The wiping tool according to claim 1, wherein the porous body is an open-cell porous body and has water absorbability. 3. The wiping tool according to claim 2, wherein the porous body is a melamine resin foam. 4. The wiping tool according to claim 3, wherein in the wiping tool, the porous body is divided into a plurality of block pieces, and the auxiliary member is an openable bag. 5. The auxiliary material is selected from the group consisting of nylon, polyester, vinylon, polypropylene, acrylic, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, polyacetate, rayon, cotton, hemp, silk, and wool. The wiping tool according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the wiping tool is made of a raw material. 6. The area of the opening is 4.9 × 10 ⁻² mm.
The wiping implement according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the wiping implement has a size of ² or more and 1.0 x 10 ² mm ² or less.