JP2003111706A - Throw-away cleaning cloth product - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel approach for use of products consisting of unwanted objects. SOLUTION: A throw-away or equivalent cleaner is formed by using nonwoven fiber materials of a certain length put or folded into or not folded into fine pieces or ribbons of paper or disused cloths or all kinds of other materials. These cloths are thread substitutes in manufacturing inexpensive and throw away or equivalent products including mop heads, mats, dossals, furniture covers for house-moving, carpet protective materials, dish towels for cleaning, mop heads, diapers, mats for incontinence, or the like. Special embodiments are disclosed, where the mops are made of the disclosed thread substitutes, and such a mop evaluated to be disposed after one or several times of use according to the kinds of the fabrics used in manufacturing procedures is provided. The mop is formed of the slender thread substitutes which are wound around arms arranged apart spacings and are bundled in order to form the head attachable to a mop fixture. Their terminals are looped or cut.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cleaning cloth or its material, and a method for manufacturing them at low cost and using many unnecessary materials. The fabric preferably comprises a non-woven fibrous material having an outer layer of fabric and an inner layer of superabsorbent fabric.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention was filed on June 14, 2000 in the United States Patent Office with serial number 09/593999.
Of the above patent application.

Cleaning tools, mops, wipes and covers are
Historically, cotton or synthetic fibers, which are twisted to form single yarns.
And a single yarn forming yarn. The yarn is woven on a loom to produce a sheet-shaped product. These textile products are made at some cost. An alternative to traditional staple fiber threads is the use of cellulose / wood pulp nonwovens such as those used in tea bags, hoods and filters for industrial machinery, disposable uniforms, packaging, paper towels, facial tissue, paper towels, etc. is there. Waste products result from the manufacture of these products.

[0004]

Applicant's invention provides a novel approach to the use of products consisting of these waste materials. Outer strips of cheap or waste material are combined with inner packings of different types of waste material. The inner and outer materials are combined by multiple folds or by sewn, sewn, glued or other joining means. Material consisting of waste mixed cellulose-based non-woven fabric, preferably selected for a particular end use based on different performance characteristics such as wear resistance, water absorption, life and wear imparting properties. It is created based on various components. The very low cost of these materials makes it possible, once or for a very short time, to take into account waste cuttings and the less expensive by-products of the more expensive manufacturing process, while maintaining a reasonable profit for the manufacturer. Or make the use of the limited time suitable for the final purchaser.

Many attempts have been made to produce cheap mops for varying degrees of success. Some methods use the cheapest fibers or recycled fibers in the spinning process, others use large amounts of stripped fabric to form flat ribbons or strings, and others. Made a non-woven material using a special stretch and twist technique that reduces water absorption but adds sufficient stretch to make a usable mop or other cleaning article.
Some have water absorption that is about the same as others, and some are more durable in use than others.

The present invention provides a new answer to the disposable cleaning article and mop problem by providing strips or ribbons of material that are folded around an absorbent inner material.

The mops produced according to the disclosed procedure are so low in cost that they can be discarded after a limited time varying from just one day to a few weeks. The mop is still a sufficiently strong water absorbent and can provide effective cleaning and cleaning capabilities. Water absorbent pads and wipes are also made from the disclosed thread substitutes and the special shape of the wipes is disclosed.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION As required, while a detailed description of the preferred and other embodiments is disclosed herein, other embodiments or configurations may be made based on the description below. It will be apparent to the vendor.

FIG. 1 is a diagram generally showing a ribbon forming a yarn substitute. The ribbon 1 is formed in large part from an outer cover 3 of a non-woven material such as used in the manufacture of tea bags, hoods and filters for industrial machinery, disposable uniforms, packaging and the like. The outer coating 3 is the unwanted material or shavings left by the manufacturer of such goods or the end of a roll of such material. The waste materials differ in abrasion resistance, water absorption, life, wear imparting properties and other properties. Since the ribbon 1 can be used as a yarn substitute for various purposes, the quality of the outer coating 3 is selected based on the intended use of the ribbon 1. The outer coating 3 is preferably as shown in FIG.
It is a single elongate material that is folded in two into upper and lower layers 4 and 5 as shown in FIG. The ribbon 1 is filled with other waste nonwoven fibrous material, such as paper dust, facial tissue, paper towels and the like, such as cuttings from superabsorbent products. The filling 7 is also folded vertically (often in the form of a bellows of many pleats) and is collected in the outer jacket 3 of FIG. The finished ribbon 1 preferably has a width on the order of 0.635 cm (1/4 inch) to 2.54 cm (1 inch) and is manufactured in long rolls.

To stabilize the outer covering 3, the covering 3 can be provided with a central stitch 9 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, or the stitch 9 can be end stitched. If appropriate, other types of fastening are used, including ultrasonic welding, heat welding, gluing, and other solid envelope manufacturing techniques. Alternatively, no stitch 9 is required and the coating 3
Is sufficiently wrapped around the inner fill 7 to provide a complete closure that remains intact.

The ribbon 1 is useful for inexpensively producing disposable hygiene articles such as the wipes or pads 12 shown in FIG. 3 or the mops 14 shown in FIG. In the wipe or pad 12 of FIG. 3, the ribbons 1 are spaced apart using chains or bolt weights, as is generally known in the art of making looping materials. A flat mat structure 16 is formed by wrapping a continuous length of ribbon 1 around the formed arm. The distance between the spaced arms depends on the width of the manufactured goods. In the mat structure 16 shown, the width can be several inches or feet depending on the size of the wipe or pad used. In the case of a dish towel, 12.
A width of 7 cm (5 inches) or 15.24 cm (6 inches) is preferred. Such as being placed on the bedside of an incontinent person, or used, for example, for oil spills,
In the case of a pad such as would be used as a packaging protection pad, the structure would be several feet wide. The mat structure 16 is placed in a pillow or pouch 18 with the upper and lower layers sealed and closed.

When used in the manufacture of mop 14, ribbon 1 results in the above-described spacing so that it is cut with a headband width of about 15.24 cm (about 6 inches) and has a helical structure at the tip. It is formed on the mop head 20 by wrapping it around a traveling arm that is spaced apart. The mop fixture 22 has a tip 2
It is fixed at 3. The mop fixture 22 has an insertion port 24 for connection to a mop handle 25. The end 27 of the mop in FIG. 4 is looped and one arm is shown in FIG.
And the other arm extends parallel to the one arm shown in FIG. 5, which is a longitudinal section of FIG. Note that ribbon 1 is left looped at end 27. When the mop with looped ends is assembled, no stitches 9 need be applied and the outer jacket 3 is simply folded and held in place by the looped ends. However, if it is desired to construct a mop (not shown) with cut ends, then the preferred stitch 9 or other end connection or joining technique is required.

The method of manufacturing the ribbon 1 is illustrated in connection with FIGS. 6 and 7. Here, the coating 3 is moved through the rollers forming the valleys 28 and the inner filling 7 is placed in the folded bottom and top layers. FIG. 7 shows the folded distal end 30 and the opposite sewn closed end 31.

The ribbon 1 can be manufactured in various widths, but a preferred ribbon particularly suitable as a yarn substitute is:
Inevitably 0.3175 cm (1/8 inch) to 2.5
It will be 4 cm (1 inch) wide.

The yarn substitutes described above provide an inexpensive, alternative to cotton-based twisted yarn products. Such yarn products use short strands of single strands of yarn, which are easy to fall off as fluff and rapidly deteriorate, when manufactured at low cost. Other options disclosed herein employ folded and unfolded nonwovens, cellulosic or paper strips or ribbons to provide a low cost, economically disposable mop, cloth, pad or other. Manufacture sanitary maintenance products. Folded material is shown here, but if long strips of edge-cut material are available, especially if placed in stacked or sandwiched packings. Easy to use, single strip, unfolded.

The inner non-woven materials include tea bags, hoods and filters for industrial machinery, disposable uniforms, packaging,
Derived from products such as paper towels, facial tissues, paper towels, etc. Each specific article has different physical properties, such as high water absorption, heat retention, etc., suitable for various applications. The outer material or coating should have different physical properties, such as high tensile strength, waterproofness, detergency, stain retention or release, fluffiness, oil adsorption, etc., to suit the specific application. To be selected. Various types of non-woven materials obtained from waste with edge edging suitable for use in the present invention have from 18 grams to 6 grams per square meter.
It varies in the weight range of 0 grams. Suitable material is 20
~ 50% polypropylene or viscose and 10%
Up to cotton. Nonwoven type materials suitable for use include spunlace, hydroentanglement, thermal bond, print bond.

A special embodiment of a mop made in accordance with the present invention is shown in connection with FIGS. Mop 40
Has a closed end with the headband 42 or, alternatively, a double loop end. Mop 40
Is usually attached to a mop holding fixture (not shown) at headband 42. The mop 40 is made from the ribbons described above that form strips 43 of cloth material that have hitherto been generally considered unnecessary or of minimal value. In FIG. 9, the strip 43 is the hand band 42.
Forming opposite ends 44 that are looped on both sides of the. FIG. 9 shows a set of opposite ends of the headband 42. FIG. 9 shows a single yarn 43 with a set of opposite ends taken from the mop 40.

FIG. 10 shows a cross-section of a single yarn 43, showing that each single yarn 43 is formed from a longitudinally folded outer jacket 45 around a packing strip 46. . Outer coating 4
5 consists of a porous non-woven material and the filling strips 46 consist of a fine mesh non-woven fabric as shown. The single layer of strip 46 forms the core of the single yarn 43, and the coating 45 is wrapped around the core strip 46 to wrap it. The coating 45 has been opened in FIG. 11 for illustration purposes. The centerline of the seam 48 holds the parts together.

This combination is effective and low cost,
Provide a mop that can withstand at least several uses before it is disposable. These mops are intended to be disposable, they are used several times and then discarded.
Its cost is low enough to be cost effective. With special care and the use of more durable materials, there is no reason why mops can not withstand longer use.

The invention described above is not restricted to the description other than what is stated in the claims.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a fragment of a yarn substitute cloth according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a 2-2 cross-sectional view of the fabric material shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a fragment of a thread substitute in an embodiment for forming a cloth or mat.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a yarn substitute according to an embodiment of forming a mop.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a mop.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a manufacturing process of the yarn substitute ribbon shown in FIG.

7 is a cross-sectional view of the structure of the ribbon shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a mop according to another embodiment.

9 is a diagram showing a part of the mop shown in FIG. 8. FIG.

10 is a cross-sectional view of a single yarn of the mop shown in FIG.

11 is a perspective view of a single yarn of the mop shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ribbon 3 outer coating 7 filling 14 mops 20 mop heads 22 mop fixture 23 Tip 25 mop handle 27 Terminal 30 end 31 edge

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Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A yarn substitute for cleaning, comprising: a) an outer layer made of an inexpensive waste material, and b) an inner layer made of an inexpensive waste material, and c) the outer layer formed therein. A yarn substitute, characterized in that they are connected to each other to retain said inner layer. 2. An elongated strip useful as a yarn substitute, which has a water-absorbing outer strip made of a non-woven fabric, which is folded in at least two lengths and is filled with a water-absorbing inner waste made of a non-woven fabric. ribbon. 3. An outer strip of non-woven fabric forming a sandwich structure by layering with an inner filler of a waste material of a nonwoven material, said outer strip retaining said inner filler therebetween. Ribbons useful as yarn substitutes that are joined together like 4. A mop formed from an elongate ribbon of absorbent outer cloth material, folded in at least two along at least its longitudinal axis and packed with absorbent inner waste material, The ribbon passes through a central area that is glued to a handle fixture and has its end at the end of the mop, the outer material folded in two holds the inner waste material in it. Mop to do. 5. The mop of claim 4, wherein the ribbons are substantially centered in a bundled relationship with each other for attachment to a handle fixture. 6. The elongated ribbon is made of a non-woven material,
The mop according to claim 4. 7. The mop of claim 4, wherein the elongated ribbons have margins that are connected to each other. 8. The mop of claim 7, wherein the margins are connected by sewing. 9. The mop of claim 7, wherein the margins are connected by cloth welding. 10. An outer material, folded in at least two along its longitudinal axis, stuffed with a water-absorbent inner waste material, interconnected to retain said waste material inside Formed from an elongated ribbon, the ribbon having a looped end at the end of the mop. 11. A mop formed of an elongated strip of inexpensive material that is sufficiently durable to allow water to pass through and to withstand the cleaning action, the strip being formed of waste material that is water absorbent. Formed in a trough for receiving, folded in at least two about the longitudinal axis and filled with the absorbent material therein, and the strip is a central portion for connecting to a mop handle fixture. A ribbon with mating arms that hang together to form a mop and hang down from the central portion to form a mop of economically disposable material that is sufficiently durable for cleaning and wiping operations. Forming a mop. 12. An elongate ribbon of absorbent outer nonwoven material folded at least vertically in two and stuffed with strips of absorbent inner waste material to form a sandwich structure. A water absorbent cleaning tool having a looped coating of a formed thread substitute, the coating being flattened into a pouch to form a pad. 13. A mop comprising an elongated ribbon of a covering of a non-woven material folded at least two along its longitudinal axis and packed with at least one strip of absorbent mesh material, The ribbon includes a ribbon that passes through a central portion of a mop handle fixture for bonding and has opposed looped ends at the ends of the mop. 14. The mop of claim 13, wherein the ribbon has a sew line around the strip to secure the coating.