KR20120113463A - Apparatus having mopping function and foreign substance removal function for cleaning object, and rag provided in the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The cleaning apparatus according to the present invention can easily and easily remove foreign matters collected on a floor or the like and foreign matters present on the floor, and has a very simple structure.

Description

Apparatus having mopping function and foreign substance removal function for cleaning object, and rag provided in the same}

The present invention relates to a cleaning apparatus, and more particularly, to a cleaning apparatus that can easily and easily remove foreign substances collected during cleaning of an object or foreign substances present in the object to be cleaned, and its structure is very simple. In addition, the present invention also relates to a mop provided in the cleaning device.

In general, when cleaning the floor, the floor using a broom or a vacuum cleaner to remove foreign substances such as hair, dust, etc. and then wipe the floor using a mop. Therefore, since both the debris removal work and the floor cleaning work are required, a lot of time and labor is required for cleaning.

To solve this problem, a device has been devised to remove foreign substances on the floor while wiping the floor using a mop. Such a device is disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2010-0023553.

The apparatus includes an adhesive roller installed on one side of the mop plate to be rotatable. When removing the foreign matter, the adhesive roller is rotated toward the bottom so that the foreign matter adheres to the adhesive roller, and while the bottom is cleaned, the adhesive roller is rotated upward to fix it.

The device has the advantage of being convenient because it can be performed at the same time to wipe the floor and remove the foreign matter at once.

However, the apparatus is not only complicated in structure and therefore expensive, but also has the inconvenience of rotating the adhesive roller every time the foreign matter is removed and returning the adhesive roller to its original position after removing the foreign matter.

The present invention is devised to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a cleaning device that can easily and easily remove foreign matters collected during cleaning of a cleaning object such as a floor or the like.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a cleaning device whose structure is very simple.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a mop provided in the cleaning device.

In order to achieve the above object, the cleaning device according to the present invention, a flat frame having a flat lower surface; Is provided on at least one side of the flat frame, is formed to be inclined upward, the lower surface of the foreign material removal frame may be provided with an adhesive means for adhering the foreign matter of the cleaning object; And mounting means for detachably attaching the mop to the lower surface of the flat plate frame. By wiping the object to be cleaned using the mop, the adhesive means may adhere the foreign matter by tilting the frame for removing the foreign matter.

The foreign material removal frame is installed at one end of the flat plate frame, it is preferable that the longitudinal section is bent upwards to have an arc shape.

The mop rod may be installed on the upper surface of the flat plate frame to be rotatable.

The foreign material removal frame may be detachably installed on the flat frame. On the other hand, alternatively, the foreign material removing frame may be formed integrally with the flat plate frame.

The mounting means includes a first through groove formed to penetrate the flat frame; A second through hole formed to pass through the flat plate frame and spaced apart from the first through hole by a predetermined distance; And are respectively installed in the first and second through grooves, have a predetermined elastic force, and are deformed by an external force applied by the user so that the mop can be fitted into the first and second through grooves, and when the external force is removed, the mop is returned to its original shape. It may include a; holding the gripping portion.

Preferably, the adhesive means is a Velcro tape or a tape on which an adhesive material is applied.

More preferably, a plurality of tapes are stacked and installed on the lower surface of the foreign material removing frame, and the upper surface of the tape may be attached to the lower surface of the foreign material removing frame or attached to the adhesive material of the upper tape.

On the other hand, the mounting means may be provided in each of the flat frame and the frame for removing foreign matter. In this case, one end of the mop is fixed by the mounting means of the flat plate frame and the other end is fixed by the mounting means of the frame for removing foreign matter. An adhesive material is applied to a portion of the bottom surface of the mop corresponding to the foreign material removing frame.

The lower surface of the foreign material removing frame and the lower surface of the flat plate frame at the portion where the foreign material removing frame and the flat frame meet each other preferably form an angle θ of 5 degrees to 50 degrees.

Mop which is another aspect of the present invention, the wiping portion to wipe the cleaning object; And an adhesive part coated with an adhesive material for adhering the foreign matter on the object to be cleaned.

The cleaning apparatus and the mop provided therein according to the present invention have the following effects.

First, it is possible to easily and easily remove foreign substances gathered while cleaning the object to be cleaned, such as the floor or foreign matter present in the object to be cleaned.

Second, the structure can be very simple while achieving the first effect.

1 is a perspective view showing a cleaning device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
2A and 2B are cross-sectional views taken along line II-II 'of FIG. 1, respectively, showing that the mop is mounted.
3A is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 1.
3B is an enlarged view of a portion B of FIG. 1.
Figure 4a is a plan view showing a connection piece for connecting the flat frame and the foreign material removal frame provided in the cleaning device of Figure 1;
Figure 4b is a side view showing that the plate frame and the foreign material removal frame is connected using the connecting piece of Figure 4a.
5 is an enlarged view of portion C of FIGS. 2A and 2B;
6 is a plan view showing a modification of the mop according to the present invention.
Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view showing that the mop of Figure 6 is mounted on the cleaning device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the specification and claims should not be construed as having a conventional or dictionary meaning, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely examples of the present invention and are not intended to represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention, so that various equivalents And variations are possible.

The present invention is characterized in that it is installed so as to incline the frame for removing foreign matters on one side of the flat plate frame provided with a mop. The foreign matter is attached to the adhesive means installed on the foreign material removal frame by tilting the cleaning device according to the present invention so that the foreign material removal frame is inclined to contact the foreign matter so as to remove the foreign matter collected during the cleaning of the object or foreign matter present in the cleaning object. Can be removed by sticking. That is, the present invention has the effect that it is very easy and easy to perform the wiping operation and foreign matter removal at the same time since the device only needs to be tilted if the removal of foreign matters while cleaning the cleaning object. In addition, the device according to the present invention has the advantage that the manufacturing cost is low because the structure is very simple while having an excellent effect as described above.

On the other hand, in the present specification, 'foreign material' means hair, dust, dirt, confectionery, etc. that are normally present in the object to be cleaned, and the object to be cleaned means a part to be cleaned, for example, a floor, a floor, and the like.

1 is a perspective view showing a cleaning apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along II-II 'of FIG.

Referring to the drawings, the cleaning device 100 is a flat plate frame 10, a mounting means for detachably mounting the mop on the lower surface of the flat frame 10, and for removing foreign matters installed on one side of the flat frame 10 Frame 30.

The flat plate frame 10 has a flat lower surface, and the mop rod 11 is installed on the upper surface so as to be rotatable. The flat frame 10 may be made of conventional plastics, but is not necessarily limited thereto. In addition, the mop rod 11 may be made of metal or plastic, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

The flat plate frame 10 preferably has a rectangular shape of approximately 10 cm to 40 cm horizontally (y direction) and 5 cm to 20 cm vertically (x direction) for efficient cleaning. If the width (y direction) exceeds 40cm and the length (x direction) exceeds 20cm, it is too large and heavy for home use. Also, if the width (y direction) is less than 10 cm and the length (x direction) is less than 5 cm, the area is too small to be suitable for removing contaminants.

The mounting means detachably mounts the mop 1 on the lower surface of the flat plate frame 10. The mounting means may employ a conventional mop, for example, the means disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2010-0023553. On the other hand, the mop 1 may be made of a conventional nonwoven fabric, but may also be made of a material such as woven fabric, cloth, paper, microfiber, or the like in addition to the nonwoven fabric. This mop 1 can not only clean the object to be cleaned, but can also absorb a small amount of liquid.

As shown in Figs. 2a to 3b, the mounting means may include two through grooves 12 and 13 and gripping portions 14a and 14b provided in the respective through grooves 12 and 13, respectively. have.

The through grooves 12 and 13 are formed to extend in one direction, preferably in a horizontal (y) direction, and are formed to penetrate the flat frame 10. The through groove 12 and the through groove 13 are formed to be spaced apart from each other. Among the through grooves 12 and 13, the first through groove 12 is formed near the front end of the flat plate frame 10. The second through hole 13 is preferably formed at a position close to the rear end of the flat plate frame 10. The front end of the mop 1 is inserted into the first through groove 12, and the rear end of the mop 1 is inserted into the second through groove 13.

The gripping portions 14a and 14b are installed in the first and second through holes 12 and 13, respectively, to fix the mop 1 inserted into the first and second through holes 12 and 13. The holding portions 14a and 14b may be made of a material having a predetermined elastic force, for example, synthetic resin, rubber, fiber, or the like.

When the cleaning worker puts the mop into the first and second through holes 12 and 13 by applying a finger, the holding parts 14a and 14b are deformed by the force so that the mop 1 can be inserted. When the force is removed after the mop 1 is inserted, the mop 1 is gripped because the gripping portions 14a and 14b return to their original shape. The force to hold the mop by the holding portions 14a and 14b is a force sufficient to prevent the mop 1 from coming out while the cleaning worker is cleaning the object to be cleaned, and the cleaning worker has to apply the force to remove the mop 1. In the case of pulling the mop (1) by the force is enough to get out of the mop (1).

The gripping portions 14a and 14b may include a first gripping portion 14a and a second gripping portion 14b which are provided at predetermined intervals, and the first gripping portion 14a and the second gripping portion 14 14b) is preferably spaced apart to form a wave shape. After the mop 1 is inserted through the spaced apart space of the wave shape, the mop 1 is moved by the restoring force (elastic force) to return the first and second holding parts 14a and 14b to their original shape. Can be gripped.

The gripping portions 14a and 14b may be installed in each of the through grooves 12 and 13, but two or more may be installed in each of the through grooves 12 and 13. For example, as shown in the figure, the holding portions 14a and 14b may be installed on the upper and lower portions of the first through groove 12, respectively, and on the upper and lower portions of the second through groove 13, respectively. Holding parts 14a and 14b may be provided.

On the other hand, the mop 1 may be inserted from the bottom of the through groove 13 as shown in Figure 2a, or may be inserted from the top of the through groove 13 as shown in Figure 2b.

The foreign material removal frame 30 is installed at one side of the flat plate frame 10, preferably at one end of the flat frame frame 10, and more preferably at the front end of the flat frame frame 10.

The foreign material removal frame 30 is installed to be inclined at one side of the flat plate frame 10, and preferably, a longitudinal section of the foreign material removal frame 30 may be formed in an arc shape. When the longitudinal cross section forms an arc, the adhesive means installed on the lower surface of the foreign material removing frame 30 sequentially comes into contact with the foreign matter sequentially while the cleaning apparatus 100 is inclined. Since this concentration is applied, foreign matter can be effectively adhered and removed. On the other hand, in the specification, 'arc shape' means not only an exact arc, but also used to include both a curved or smooth curved surface having a shape similar to or similar to the arc.

On the other hand, inclining the device 100 inclined in order to adhere the foreign matter to the adhesive means may be made by rotating the device 100 using the mop rod 11, the cleaning worker to remove the top surface of the foreign material removal frame 30 It may also be achieved by turning with a foot or the like.

When the end surface of the debris removal frame 30 has an arc shape, the debris removal frame is formed at the bottom of the debris removal frame 30, that is, a portion where the debris removal frame 30 and the flat frame 10 meet. It is preferable that the angle (theta) formed between the lower surface of the 30 and the lower surface of the flat plate frame 10 is approximately 5 degrees to 50 degrees.

When the angle θ is less than 5 degrees, the lower surface of the flat plate frame 10 and the lower surface of the foreign material removing frame 30 are almost in line with each other, which is inconvenient to use, and the angle θ is 50. If it is larger than the degree, it is inconvenient because it must be rotated at a large angle for foreign matter adhesion.

In addition, the straight line distance L2 from the lowermost part to the upper end of the foreign material removal frame 30 is preferably 0.1 times to 0.5 times the length L1 of the longitudinal (x) direction of the flat plate frame 10. That is, it is preferable that L1: L2 is 1: 0.1-1: 0.5. When the ratio of L1: L2 is less than 1: 0.1, the area of the foreign material removal frame 30 is too small to remove foreign substances, and when the ratio of L1: L2 is larger than 1: 0.5, the center of gravity of the device 100 is not correct. It is not convenient to use because the device 100 can easily fall.

The foreign material removal frame 30 may be detachably installed on the flat frame 10. Sides of the debris removal frame 30 and the flat plate frame 10 are formed with insertion holes into which bolts 34 or screws can be inserted, respectively. Bolts 34 or screws are through holes 33 of the connecting piece 32. ) Is installed in the insertion hole to penetrate the foreign matter removing frame 30 and the flat plate frame 10 is connected. The connecting piece 32 preferably has sufficient strength and rigidity to withstand the force applied when removing foreign matter.

Preferably, a plurality of through holes 33 are formed in the connection piece 32, and the bolts 34 or screws are installed in some of the through holes 33 of the plurality of through holes 33 to remove the foreign substance 30. And the distance between the flat plate frame 10 can be adjusted. For example, in the connecting piece 32 of FIG. 4A, three through holes 33 are formed on the foreign material removing frame 30 and three through holes 33 are formed on the flat plate frame 10 side. The bolt 34 may be selectively installed in any one of the plurality of through holes 33 to adjust the distance between the foreign material removing frame 30 and the flat plate frame 10. In FIG. 4B, the bolts 34 are installed in the two through holes 33 in the center of the plurality of through holes 34 so that the foreign material removing frame 30 and the flat plate frame 10 are in contact with each other.

On the other hand, the foreign material removal frame 30 may be formed integrally with the flat plate frame 10, this point will be easily understood by those skilled in the art with reference to the present specification will be omitted herein.

On the other hand, the figure shows that the foreign material removal frame 30 is installed on one side of the flat frame 10, that is, the front end, the foreign material removal frame 30 is installed in two or more places of the flat frame 10. May be For example, the foreign material removal frame 30 may be installed at the front end and the rear end of the flat frame 10, respectively.

The foreign material removal frame 30 is provided with an adhesive means on the lower surface. The adhesive means adheres the foreign matter to remove the foreign matter from the object to be cleaned.

Preferably, the adhesive means is a tape 40 attached to the lower surface of the frame 30 for removing foreign matter. In other words, a tape coated with an adhesive material on both sides (top and bottom), for example, a double-sided tape may be attached to the bottom of the frame 30 for removing foreign matter.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of tapes 40 may be stacked and attached to the lower surface of the frame 30 for removing foreign matter. In this case, an adhesive substance 42 is applied to the lower surface of the tape 40 (the surface in contact with the cleaning object). The upper surface of the tape 40 is attached to the adhesive material 42 of the tape 40 of the upper layer (lower side of the foreign material removing frame), and the uppermost tape 40 of the tape 40 is It is attached to the lower surface of the foreign material removal frame 30 by a predetermined adhesive material (44). The cleaning worker can adhere to the foreign matter using the tape 40, and remove the foreign matter. The used tape 40 can be peeled off and discarded, and the new tape 40 on the upper layer can be used for cleaning.

On the other hand, the adhesive means is not limited to those described above, the form may be very diverse. For example, the adhesive means may be made by applying an adhesive material to a predetermined nonwoven fabric. In this case, through-holes (through-holes having the same structure as the through-holes 12 and 13 of the flat frame 10) are formed in the upper and lower portions of the frame for removing foreign matters through the horizontal (y) direction. The gripping portion (the gripping portion having the same structure as the gripping portions 14a and 14b of the flat frame 10) may be provided in the groove, and then the nonwoven fabric may be inserted and fixed to the gripping portion. The gripping portion has the same structure as the gripping portions 14a and 14b shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the nonwoven fabric is applied in the same manner as the mop 1 is fixed by the gripping portions 14a and 14b. It can be fixed by the gripping portion.

In addition, the adhesive means may be a Velcro tape attached to the lower surface of the frame 30 for removing foreign matter. As is known, Velcro tape is adhesive and can attach hair, rags and the like.

6 is a plan view showing a modification of the mop according to the present invention, Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view showing that the mop is mounted on the cleaning device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 6 and 7, the same reference numerals as the reference numerals of FIGS. 1 to 5 denote the same components having the same function.

Referring to the drawings, the cleaning device 100 'includes a flat frame 10', mounting means for detachably mounting the mop 1 'on the lower surface of the flat frame 10', and the flat frame 10 '. It includes a foreign material removal frame 30 'installed on one side of the).

The cleaning device 100 'is different from the cleaning device 100 of the first embodiment in that the mounting means are provided in the flat plate frame 10' and the foreign material removal frame 30 ', respectively.

That is, the first through groove 36 is formed in the foreign material removing frame 30 ', the holding portions 14a and 14b are installed in the first through groove 36, and the first through groove 36 is formed in the flat frame 10'. 2 through grooves 13 are formed, and gripping portions 14a and 14b are provided in the second through grooves 13. One end of the mop 1 ′ is fixed to the first through groove 36, and the other end of the mop 1 ′ is fixed to the second through groove 12. Since the material, the physical properties of the gripping portions 14a and 14b and the mop 1 'are fixed by the gripping portions 14a and 14b have been described above, a description thereof will be omitted.

The mop 1 ′ has an area enough to cover the bottom surface of the flat plate frame 10 ′ and the bottom surface of the frame 30 ′ for removing debris at a time. The mop 1 ′ has a wiping part 3 having a wiping function and an adhesive part 5 coated with an adhesive material 42. The wiping part 3 is not coated with an adhesive substance.

The wiping part 3 corresponds to the lower surface of the flat frame 10 'when the mop 1' is installed in the device 100 ', and the adhesion part 5 is provided with the mop 1' of the device 100 '. When installed in the corresponding to the lower surface of the foreign material removal frame 30 '.

Therefore, the wiping unit 3 serves to wipe the object to be cleaned by the force applied by the cleaning worker, and the adhesive part 5 adheres to and removes the foreign matter present in the object to be cleaned by the wiping operation. Do it.

Such a rag 1 'is convenient because it can perform both a wiping function and a foreign material adhesion removal function. The mop 1 and the adhesive means of the first embodiment are each provided, but when the mop 1 'is provided, the adhesive means are also automatically installed.

The distance between the flat plate frame 10 'and the foreign material removal frame 30' may be adjusted according to the relative positions of the wiping unit 3 and the adhesive unit 5. For example, when the area of the adhesive portion 5 is large, the adhesive portion is increased by increasing the distance between the flat plate frame 10 'and the foreign material removing frame 30' by using the connecting piece 32 and the bolt 34. It is possible to prevent (5) from being located under the flat plate frame 10 '.

<Examples>

A comparative example and an example were manufactured to the same specifications as Table 1 below to evaluate the degree of dust removal during the cleaning process. In the comparative example and the embodiment, the length of the mop rod 11 is 130 cm and the area of the flat frame 10 is 25 cm wide, 10 cm long, and 1 cm high.

The ratio (that is, the ratio of L1: L2) and the angle θ of the flat plate frame 10 and the foreign material removal frame 30 are shown in Table 1.

L1: ratio of L2 Angle (θ) Comparative Example 1 No frame for removing foreign objects 0 Example 1 1: 0.5 35 °

Cleaning Satisfaction Rating

After selecting 40 housewives in their 30s to 40 and using the cleaning device of Example 1 and Comparative Example 1 once a day for 2 weeks, the table 2 was used to confirm the dust removal satisfaction during cleaning. The evaluation was carried out according to the evaluation criteria and the results are shown in Table 3.

Evaluation standard Very bad Bad usually good Very good Score One 2 3 4 5

satisfaction Comparative Example 1 2.0 Example 1 4.5

As shown in Table 3, it was found that the satisfaction of the case of the foreign material removal frame 30 (Example 1) is much greater than the case of the foreign material removal frame 30 (Comparative Example 1).

On the other hand, the present invention has been described by taking an example that is applied to the object to be cleaned, such as the floor, floor, floor, etc., the cleaning apparatus according to the present invention can also be applied to cleaning the glass window. That is, the glass window may be cleaned using the mop 1 installed on the flat plate frame 10, and dust collected during the cleaning of the glass window may be adhered and removed using the adhesive means of the frame 30 for removing foreign substances. This will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art with reference to the present specification.

1, 1 ': mop
10, 10 ': flat frame 30, 30': frame for removing foreign matter
40: tape 42: adhesive material
100, 100 ': Cleaning device

Claims (11)

A flat frame having a flat bottom surface;
Is provided on at least one side of the flat frame, is formed to be inclined upward, the lower surface of the foreign material removal frame may be provided with an adhesive means for adhering the foreign matter of the cleaning object; And
It is provided with a mounting means for detachably mounting the mop on the lower surface of the flat frame,
The cleaning device, characterized in that for cleaning the object to be cleaned using the mop, the adhesive means can adhere the foreign matter by tilting the frame for removing the foreign matter. The method of claim 1,
The foreign material removing frame is installed at one end of the flat plate frame, and the cleaning device, characterized in that the end surface is curved upward to have an arc shape. The method of claim 1,
Cleaning device, characterized in that the mop rod is installed on the upper surface of the flat plate frame to be rotatable. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The foreign material removing frame is a cleaning device, characterized in that detachably installed on the flat frame. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The foreign material removal frame is a cleaning device, characterized in that formed integrally with the flat plate frame. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The mounting means,
A first through hole formed to penetrate the flat frame;
A second through hole formed to pass through the flat plate frame and spaced apart from the first through hole by a predetermined distance; And
It is installed in the first and second through grooves, respectively, has a predetermined elastic force, and is deformed by an external force applied by the user so that the mop can be fitted into the first and second through grooves. Holding device; cleaning device comprising a. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Adhesive means is a cleaning device, characterized in that the adhesive tape is applied to the Velcro tape or the lower surface. The method of claim 7, wherein
The tape is installed in a plurality of laminated on the lower surface of the foreign material removal frame, the upper surface of the tape is attached to the lower surface of the foreign material removal frame or cleaning device, characterized in that attached to the adhesive material of the tape of the upper layer. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The mounting means are provided in the flat frame and the frame for removing foreign matter, respectively,
The mop is fixed to one end by the mounting means of the foreign material removal frame, the other end is fixed by the mounting means of the flat frame,
Cleaning device, characterized in that the adhesive material is applied to the portion of the lower surface of the mop corresponding to the foreign material removal frame. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The cleaning device, characterized in that the lower surface of the foreign material removal frame and the lower surface of the platen frame at the portion where the foreign material removal frame and the flat plate frame meet the angle (θ) of 5 degrees to 50 degrees. Wiping unit to wipe the object to be cleaned; And
The mop characterized in that it comprises a; adhesive portion coated with an adhesive material for adhering the foreign matter in the object to be cleaned.

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