EP1867268B1 - Staubwedel und zugehöriges Staubtuch - Google Patents

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EP1867268B1
EP1867268B1 EP06012174A EP06012174A EP1867268B1 EP 1867268 B1 EP1867268 B1 EP 1867268B1 EP 06012174 A EP06012174 A EP 06012174A EP 06012174 A EP06012174 A EP 06012174A EP 1867268 B1 EP1867268 B1 EP 1867268B1
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Yi-Jun Pan
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
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    • A47L13/38—Other dusting implements

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  • the present invention relates to a duster, in particular to a duster article structure comprising a plurality of nonwoven fabric layers and fibers, wherein the nonwoven fabric layers undergo hot-pressing and cutting, so as to generate a slit in the middle to receive the spiral handle, thereby forming a dusting surface with multi-layers and better dusting effect.
  • the cleaning article comprises two sheets, at least one of which has a plurality of strips; and two layers of a fiber bundle, wherein said two sheets are overlaid in a face-to-face relationship with each other at two joining portions, defining a holding space between confronting faces of said two sheets, and said two fiber bundle layers are disposed on cleaning faces of said two sheets opposite from said confronting faces and joined to said two sheets at said two joining portions.
  • This prior art further includes a cleaning article having a brush portion for collecting dust, comprising a base sheet; a fiber bundle layer of filaments disposed on a cleaning-face of said base sheet, the individual filaments extending in one direction to traverse said whole fiber bundle layer; and a cleaning-side sheet disposed on a cleaning-face of said fiber bundle layer, said cleaning-side sheet being cut from opposing edges to have a plurality of strips oriented in the same direction as the filaments, said fiber bundle layer and said cleaning-side sheet being joined to said base sheet along a longitudinal centerline of the article so that said strips and said filaments have free ends on each side of said longitudinal centerline to thereby provide brush portions, wherein a holding space, into which a hand of a user or a holder is to be inserted, is formed between said base sheet and a holding sheet disposed on a face of said base sheet opposite from the cleaning-face, said holding space being located above said fiber bundle layer and said cleaning-side sheet in a thickness direction of the article.
  • fiber bundle in this prior art refers to a bundle of a number of fibers.
  • the fibers include filaments, flat yarns, split yarns and the like, wherein examples of the fibers include: fibers of PE (polyethylene), PP (polypropylene) or PET (polyethylene terephthalate); and conjugated fibers of PE/PET or PE/PP (e.g., conjugated fibers of a core/sheath structure having a core of PP or PET and a sheath of PE).
  • the fibers forming the fiber bundle layer of the prior art are crimped. With the fibers being crimped, the fiber bundle layer becomes so bulky as to take a structure enabled to capture dust easily by the crimped portions. Especially preferred are crimped filaments opened from a tow.
  • a plurality of strips are further adopted to overlay the fibers of the fiber bundle layer, so as to keep the fiber bundles from intertwining caused by friction over a large area.
  • the fibers are not limited to be a single filament, it does disclose any other embodiments thereof.
  • an intermingled yarn with segmented structure comprising alternate loose and tight segments is capable of capturing more dust powder with the fibers on the loose segments.
  • the alternate loose and tight segments are formed by twisting the intermingled yarn, each of the bundles of the intermingled yarn is effectively bound and will not tangle with each other, thereby prohibiting the problems of fiber tangle and shortage of fiber capacity in the prior art.
  • the fiber bundle layer used in the prior art is too fluffy, it requires a plurality of strips to gather the fiber bundles in the center portion of the cleaning article, which increases the cost of material.
  • the directions of the fiber bundles of the present invention can be confined merely by relatively short border strips, thereby dramatically increasing the contact area between the fiber bundle layer possessing higher cleaning capability and the article to be cleaned.
  • the fiber bundle layer is softer than the strips, the possibility of scratching the articles to be cleaned thus can be reduced.
  • the present invention discloses a spiral handle to be used in combination, which forms a cleaning surface with multi-layer structure that possesses higher dusting capability
  • the applicant of this application also proposes a spiral duster in an application entitled "Spiral Duster", wherein the duster comprises a handle with a crooked pole extending from the front end of the handle; a groove is disposed on each of the two lateral sides of the crooked pole, and a post is disposed under each of the lateral sides; an elbow tenon is disposed at the front end of the crooked pole; the elbow tenon comprises an arc housing, wherein a streamlined slot is disposed in the arc housing along the crooked pole, a rib is disposed on each of the two lateral sides of the slot, and a via hole is disposed under each of the two lateral sides, such that when operated by an user, the via holes of the arc housing engage with the posts of the crooked pole to form a bend point, and the two ribs of the arc housing engage with the grooves of the crooked pole, thereby the handle is integrally coupled with a spiral batten, and
  • Document DE 20 2005 009005 U1 discloses a duster having three non-woven layers and a brush fixed below the layers.
  • Document DE 20 2004 018160 U1 discloses a duster having a spiral haule.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a duster capable of reducing the raise of dust, wherein the fiber bundles are not likely to be tangled and the duster portion is gathered onward.
  • the duster comprises a plurality of nonwoven fabric layers and intermingled yarn undergone hot-pressing in conjugation with a detachable handle. Since the width of the nonwoven fabric layers are always less than the width of the intermingled yarn layer, the intermingled yarn is gathered onward, whereby an excellent dusting effect can be obtained.
  • the intermingled yarn is segmented and has an alternately loose and tight structure, and which is also formed by two strands of yam twisted in different directions, each bundleof the intermingled yarn is effectively bound and will not tangle with each other.
  • the duster of the present invention does not require any strips arranged besides the intermingled yarn to prevent tangling.
  • An aspect of the duster of the present invention uses a handle with a spiral end, such that the dusting portion of the duster becomes spiral and capable of providing a multi-directional dusting function.
  • Another aspect of the duster of this invention uses a fork-shaped handle, such that the dusting portion of the duster has the segmented intermingled yam exposed, and the dusting effect of the duster is best when the angle between the segmented intermingled yarn and the surface of the article to be cleaned is 90 degree.
  • Fig. 1 is an exploded view of the duster 100according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the duster 100 consists of a dusting portion 1 and a handle 2, wherein the handle 2 is formed by the combination of a spiral end 21 and a hand-holding portion 22.
  • the dusting portion 1 comprises a hot-meltable nonwoven fabric layer 12, an intermingled yarn layer 11 disposed on the hot-meltable nonwoven fabric layer 12, a smooth nonwoven fabric layer 13 disposed on the intermingled yarn layer 11, and a nonwoven/woven fabric layer 14 disposed on the smooth nonwoven fabric layer 13; wherein the intermingled yarn layer 11 is comprised of a plurality of segmented intermingled yarn.
  • Fig. 2B which shows the finished product of the dusting portion 1.
  • the hot-meltable nonwoven fabric layer 12, the intermingled yarn layer 11, the smooth nonwoven fabric layer 13, and the nonwoven/woven fabric layer 14 are laminated in this order and a hot-pressing process is performed thereto, such that the hot-meltable nonwoven fabric layer 12, the intermingled yarn layer 11, the smooth nonwoven fabric layer 13, and the nonwoven/woven fabric layer 14 are fused with a semi-closed fusion line 15, leaving an opening 16 to form an elongate pocket.
  • the widths of the hot-meltable nonwoven fabric layer 12, the smooth nonwoven fabric layer 13, and the nonwoven/woven fabric layer 14 are less than the width of the intermingled yarn layer 11, and the long sides of the hot-meltable nonwoven fabric layer 12, the smooth nonwoven fabric layer 13, and the nonwoven/woven fabric layer 14 are cut to be wavy or straight to effectively control the extending direction of the segmented intermingled yarn of the intermingled yarn layer 11.
  • the plurality of segmented intermingled yarn of the intermingled yarn layer 11 comprises an alternately loose and tight structure.
  • the fibers at the loose portions of the plurality of segmented intermingled yarn are capable of capturing more dust, hence the performance of the dusting portion 1 is improved.
  • each bundle of segmented intermingled yarn is formed by two strands of yarn twisted in different direction, the each bundle of segmented intermingled yarn is effectively bound so as not to tangle with the other bundles of segmented intermingled yarn.
  • Figs. 1 and 3 As shown in Fig. 1 , the spiral end 21 of the handle 2 of the duster 100 is inserted into the elongate pocket of the dusting portion 1 through the opening 16. One end of the elongate pocket opposing to the opening 16 is divided into two portions by a fusion line 18, so as to accomodate the fork-shaped front-end of the spiral end 21, thereby making the dusting portion 1 spiral along with the spiral end 21, as shown in Fig. 3 .
  • the duster 100 with the spiral dusting portion 1 provides a multi-directional dusting function, and by such a design the dusting portion 1 and the handle 2 can easily engage/disengage with/from each other. Further, the width on the middle portion of the elongate pocket is slightly narrowed to prevent the spiral end 21 of the handle 2 from easily slipping out of the dusting portion 1.
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the integral duster 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. According to the figure, it can be known that the duster 200 consists of a dusting portion 1' and a handle 3.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the finished product of the dusting portion 1' of the duster 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the dusting portion 1' is formed by laminating a hot-meltable nonwoven fabric layer 12', an intermingled yam layer 11', a smooth nonwoven fabric layer 13', and a nonwoven/woven fabric layer 14' in this order then performing a hot-pressing process thereto, wherein the intermingled yarn layer 11' is comprised of a plurality of segmented intermingled yarn.
  • the dusting portion 1' undergone hot-pressing comprises fusion lines 15' which combine the hot-meltable nonwoven fabric layer 12', the intermingled yarn layer 11', the smooth nonwoven fabric layer 13', and the nonwoven/woven fabric layer 14' by fusion.
  • the fusion lines 15' leave two openings 16' on the dusting portion 1' on the same side and form two juxtaposed-elongate pockets, wherein a slit 17 is further formed between the two elongate pockets so that the dusting portion 1' is easily to be folded.
  • the plurality of segmented intermingled yam of the intermingled yarn layer 11' also comprises an alternately loose and tight structure, therefore the performance of the dusting portion 1' is improved; and since each bundle of segmented intermingled yarn is formed by two strands of yam twisted in different direction, the each bundle of segmented intermingled yarn is effectively bound so as not to tangle with the other bundles of segmented intermingled yarn.
  • the widths of the hot-meltable nonwoven fabric layer 12', the smooth nonwoven fabric layer 13', and the nonwoven/woven fabric layer 14' are less than the width of the intermingled yarn layer 11', and the long sides of the hot-meltable nonwoven fabric layer 12', the smooth nonwoven fabric layer 13', and the nonwoven/woven fabric layer 14' are cut to be wavy or straight to effectively control the extending direction of the segmented intermingled yam of the intermingled yam layer 11'.
  • the handle 3 is fork-shaped and comprises two elongate ends 31.
  • the two elongate ends 31 are inserted into the two elongate pockets on the dusting portion 1' through the openings 16 in the direction indicated by the arrow, thereby forming the duster 200.
  • the dusting portion 1' and the handle 3 can easily engage/disengage with/from each other.
  • Fig. 7 shows a schematic view of the use of the duster 200according to the second embodiment of the present invention. It can be seen from the view that the segmented intermingled yarn of the dusting portion 1' of the duster 200 is exposed for capturing the dust 5 on a table 4, and the duster 200 involves the best dusting effect when the angle between the segmented intermingled yarn and the surface of the table is 90 degree.

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  1. Staubbesen (100) bestehend aus einem Staubwischbereich (1) und einem Griff (2), wobei der Griff (2) einen spiralförmigen Abschluss (21) und einen als Handgriff ausgebildeten Abschnitt (22) beinhaltet oder gabelförmig ist und zwei längliche Enden beinhaltet,
    wobei der Staubwischbereich (1) beinhaltet:
    eine heiß schmelzbare nicht-gewebte Textilschicht (12);
    eine vermischte Fadenschicht (11), die auf der heiß schmelzbaren, nicht-gewebten Textilschicht (12) angeordnet ist und eine Vielzahl von segmentierten, vermischten Fäden aufweist;
    eine glatte, nicht-gewebte Textilschicht (13), die auf der vermischten Fadenschicht (11) angeordnet ist; und
    eine nicht-gewebte/gewebte Textilschicht (14), die auf der glatten, nicht-gewebten Textilschicht (13) angeordnet ist;
    wobei ein Aufnahmeraum zur Aufnahme des Griffes (2) an dem Staubwischbereich (1) angeordnet ist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Breite der heiß schmelzbaren, nicht-gewebten Textilschicht (12), der glatten, nicht-gewebten Textilschicht (13) und der nicht-gewebten/gewebten Textilschicht (14) kleiner ist als die der vermischten Fadenschicht (11), so dass die vermischten Fäden des Staubwischbereichs exponiert sind und
    dass die Längsseiten der heiß schmelzbaren, nicht-gewebten Textilschicht (12), der glatten, nicht-gewebten Textilschicht (13) und der nicht-gewebten/gewebten Textilschicht (14) zugeschnitten sind, um wellenartig oder gerade zu sein, um die Verlaufsrichtung der segmentierten vermischten Fäden der vermischten Fadenschicht (11) effektiv zu kontrollieren.
  2. Staubbesen (100) nach Anspruch 1, wobei jedes Bündel der segmentierten, vermischten Fäden durch zwei Gamstränge ausgebildet ist, die in verschiedene Richtungen verdreht sind.
  3. Staubbesen (100) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die heiß schmelzbare, nicht-gewebte Textilschicht (12), die vermischte Fadenschicht (11), die glatte, nicht-gewebte Textilschicht (13) und die nicht-gewebte/gewebte Textilschicht (14) in dieser Reihenfolge geschichtet sind und ein Heißpressprozess daran durchgeführt wird, so dass die heiß schmelzbare, nicht-gewebte Textilschicht (12), die vermischte Fadenschicht (11), die glatte, nicht-gewebte Textilschicht (13) und die nicht-gewebte/gewebte Textilschicht (14) in einer halbgeschlossenen Schmelzlinie (15) verschmolzen sind, um den Aufnahmeraum frei zu lassen.
  4. Staubbesen (100) nach Anspruch 1, wobei der spiralförmige Abschluss (21) des Griffes (2) in den Aufnahmeraum eingefügt wird, so dass der Staubwischbereich (1) zusammen mit dem spiralförmigen Abschluss (21) spiralförmig wird.
  5. Staubbesen (100) nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Aufnahmeraum für den gabelförmigen Griff aus zwei nebeneinanderstehenden Taschen zur Aufnahme der beiden länglichen Enden des Griffs besteht.
  6. Staubbesen (100) nach Anspruch 5, wobei ein Schlitz zwischen den beiden Taschen ausgebildet ist, so dass der Staubwischbereich leicht gefaltet werden kann.
  7. Staubbesen (100) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die segmentierten vermischten Fäden des Staubwischbereichs exponiert sind und der Abstaubeffekt des Staubbesens am Besten ist, wenn der Winkel zwischen den segmentierten vermischten Fäden des Staubwischbereichs und der Oberfläche eines zu reinigenden Gegenstandes 90 Grad beträgt.
  8. Staubtuch umfassend:
    eine heiß schmelzbare, nicht-gewebte Textilschicht (12);
    eine vermischte Fadenschicht (11), die auf der heiß schmelzbaren, nicht-gewebten Textilschicht (12) angeordnet ist und eine Vielzahl von segmentierten, vermischten Fäden aufweist;
    eine glatte, nicht-gewebte Textilschicht (13), die auf der vermischten Fadenschicht (11) angeordnet ist; und
    eine nicht-gewebte/gewebte Textilschicht (14), die auf der glatten, nicht-gewebten Textilschicht (13) angeordnet ist;
    wobei ein Aufnahmeraum zur Aufnahme des Griffes (2) eines Staubbesens (100) an dem Staubtuch angeordnet ist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Breite der heiß schmelzbaren, nicht-gewebten Textilschicht (12), der glatten, nicht-gewebten Textilschicht (13) und der nicht-gewebten/gewebten Textilschicht (14) kleiner ist als die der vermischten Fadenschicht (11), so dass die vermischten Fäden des Staubwischbereichs exponiert sind,
    wobei die Längsseiten der heiß schmelzbaren, nicht-gewebten Textilschicht (12), der glatten, nicht-gewebten Textilschicht (13) und der nicht-gewebten/gewebten Textilschicht (14) zugeschnitten sind, um wellenartig oder gerade zu sein, um die Verlaufsrichtung der segmentierten vermischten Fäden der vermischten Fadenschicht (11) effektiv zu kontrollieren.
  9. Staubtuch nach Anspruch 8, wobei jedes Bündel der segmentierten, vermischten Fäden durch zwei Garnstränge ausgebildet ist, die in verschiedenen Richtungen verdreht sind.
  10. Staubtuch nach Anspruch 8, wobei die heiß schmelzbare, nicht-gewebte Textilschicht (12), die vermischte Fadenschicht (11), die glatte, nicht-gewebte Textilschicht (13) und die nicht-gewebte/gewebte Textilschicht (14) in dieser Reihenfolge geschichtet sind und ein Heißpressprozess daran durchgeführt wird, so dass die heiß schmelzbare, nicht-gewebte Textilschicht (12), die vermischte Fadenschicht (11), die glatte, nicht-gewebte Textilschicht (13) und die nicht-gewebte/gewebte Textilschicht(14) in einer halbgeschlossenen Schmelzlinie (15) verschmolzen sind, um einen Aufnahmeraum frei zu lassen.
  11. Staubtuch nach Anspruch 8, wobei der Aufnahmeraum aus zwei, nebeneinander angeordneten Taschen zur Aufnahme der beiden länglichen Enden des Griffs (2) besteht und die heiß schmelzbare nicht-gewebte Textilschicht (12), die vermischte Fadenschicht (11), die glatte, nicht-gewebte Textilschicht (13) und die nicht-gewebte/gewebte Textilschicht (14) in dieser Reihenfolge geschichtet sind und ein Heißpressprozess daran durchgeführt wird, so dass die heiß schmelzbare, nicht-gewebte Textilschicht (12), die vermischte Fadenschicht (11), die glatte, nicht-gewebte Textilschicht (13) und die nicht-gewebte/gewebte Textilschicht (14) mit Schmelzlinien verschmolzen sind, um die zwei Taschen frei zu lassen.
  12. Staubtuch nach Anspruch 11, wobei ein Schlitz zwischen den beiden Taschen ausgebildet ist, so dass das Staubtuch leicht gefaltet werden kann.
  13. Staubtuch nach Anspruch 8, wobei die segmentierten, vermischten Fäden des Staubtuchs exponiert sind und der Abstaubeffekt des Staubtuchs am Besten ist, wenn der Winkel zwischen den segmentierten, vermischten Fäden des Staubtuchs und der Oberfläche eines zu reinigenden Gegenstandes 90 Grad beträgt.
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