JPH0315596Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] [Industrial application field]

This invention relates to a pill remover, and more specifically, it not only can easily remove pill, that is, small balls of hair from knitted sweaters etc. This invention relates to a device that has been devised to effectively remove lint and the like that appear at cut portions of fabric or seams of sewn clothing.

[Prior art and its problems]

When clothing made of wool, such as a sweater, is worn for a long period of time, some of the hair tends to bunch up and form pilling. This tendency is especially strong when using wool mixed with synthetic fibers rather than pure wool. When such pilling occurs, conventionally there is no better way to remove it than by removing it one by one with your fingers. Even if the problem occurred, the problem would occur again, so the above-mentioned removal work would have to be carried out each time, which was very inconvenient. In addition, in the process of making clothes, a large amount of lint is often generated at the cut parts of the cut fabric and the seams of the sewn clothes, and these lint can be removed using a cutter knife or scissors. The patient is forced to undergo removal work. On the other hand, the pill and lint mentioned above are relatively small in size, so it takes considerable skill to remove them efficiently with scissors.
There is also the problem that the cutting edge may accidentally damage clothing or fabrics. Therefore, there has been a need for a new device that can easily remove the pill or lint mentioned above without damaging clothes or fabrics. An example of a pill remover that satisfies the above requirements is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 135390/1983. This device has a disc-shaped rotary blade that is rotated by a motor inside a comb-shaped guide plate provided at the bottom of the main body, and the guide blade rotates while being guided by the comb-teeth of the guide plate. The purpose is to cut off the tip of the pill introduced inside by using the disc-shaped rotary blade. However, in the above-mentioned pill remover, firstly, since the cutting means is a disc-shaped rotating blade, the pill guided by the comb teeth is cut by a so-called "push cut". Therefore, there was a problem that the pill could not be removed efficiently.
In other words, in order to "push cut" it is necessary to back up the object to be cut and apply cutting force to it, but in the pill remover of the above publication, the soft pill is simply removed by the comb teeth. Since the comb teeth are simply guided and no pill is backed up in the direction in which the comb teeth extend, it is difficult to cut efficiently. Second, the tips of the combs on the comb-shaped guide plate are not equipped with any measures to prevent them from getting caught in the knitted fabric, so the comb teeth may get caught in the knitted fabric.
In this case, the knitted fabrics are connected to each other and are prevented from retreating, so there is a risk that the knitted fabrics will be cut. This invention was devised under the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a pill remover that can more reliably remove pilling from knitted fabrics and does not damage the knitted fabrics. Take it as a challenge.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above problems, this invention adopts the following technical means. That is, the pill remover of this invention has a contact surface on the outer surface that comes into contact with the front or back surface of clothing, etc.
and a thin plate-shaped abutting body having a comb-shaped guide portion formed on the periphery of the abutting surface; and an inner surface of the abutting body, which is attached to a motor shaft disposed at the center of the inner surface of the abutting body; A sharp cutting edge is formed on the front edge of the motor shaft in the radial direction of the motor shaft with a slight gap between and a cutting means whose cutting direction is set substantially perpendicular to each other, and a sliding surface curved upward is formed at the tip of each tooth of the comb-like guide section.

[Operation and Effect] For example, when removing a pill that has formed on the surface of a sweater, place the contact surface of the contact body on the sweater surface, and in this state, target the pill on the surface. The above contact body is slid. At this time, since a comb-shaped guide portion is formed around the abutting surface, the pill is guided to the comb-shaped guide portion by the movement of the abutting body. become. Further, inside the abutting body, the motor shaft is attached to the motor shaft located at the center of the inner surface of the abutting body, and is mounted in the radial direction of the motor shaft through a slight gap to the inner surface of the abutting body. By forming a sharp blade portion on the leading edge in the rotating direction, a cutting means is provided whose cutting direction is set approximately perpendicular to the direction in which each tooth of the comb-like guide portion extends. Because of this, the fluff is cut off all at once by the shearing action of the cutting means as it is driven. In this case, the above-mentioned cutting means is free-rotating and is rotated apart from the inner surface of the abutting body, so no torque is applied to the motor, and it is possible to reduce power consumption as much as possible, Another advantage is that the life of the motor can be maintained for a long time. Further, since an upwardly curved sliding surface is formed on the outer surface of the tip of each tooth of the comb-shaped guide, even if the abutting body is slid, the comb does not fit in the stitches of the sweater. Plunging of the tip of the toothed guide is avoided and its cutting operation is achieved without any hindrance. Note that the above-mentioned cutting operation mainly involves guiding the hairball, which is the object to be removed, between the teeth of the comb-shaped guide and shearing it with the cutting means, so the same operation as in the above case is performed. If you do this, you can easily cut not only pilling but also lint that occurs at the seams of clothes, for example. Therefore, clothing such as sweaters, or
Efficiently and effectively removes pilling that has formed on the front or lining of the fabric, or lint that has occurred at the seams of clothes or cut sections of cut fabric, without damaging the fabric. It becomes possible to do so.

[Explanation of Examples]

Hereinafter, one embodiment of this invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 shows the external appearance of the pill remover 1 in this example, Figs. 2 to 4 show its interior in detail, and Fig. 5 clearly shows its bottom surface. As can be clearly seen from FIGS. 1 to 5, the pill remover 1 in this example has an approximately matsutake-shaped appearance, and includes a circular thin plate-shaped contact body 2 and a A main body case 3 that fits into the main body case 3 and accommodates two batteries B, and a lid member 4 that covers an opening 3b formed in the upper surface 3a of the main body case 3, A core member 5 on which the battery B is placed is arranged above the contact body 2 at. The abutting body 2 has an abutting surface 2b on an outer surface 2a that abuts against the front/back surface of clothing, etc., and two comb-shaped guide portions 6, 6 are formed to face each other around the outer surface 2a. , furthermore, both of these guide parts 6,
As clearly shown in FIG. 3, a sliding surface 7b that curves upward is formed on the outer surface 7a of the tip end of each of the teeth 7 of 6. As shown in FIG. Furthermore, the abutment body 2 is removably attached to the main body case 3. In other words, the abutting body 2 and the main body case 3 are connected to an engaging piece 2d protruding from the tip of the cylindrical body 2c extending upward from the circumference of the abutting body 2, and an inner circumferential surface of the lower end of the main body case 3. It is held in the locked state by engagement with the engagement piece 3d formed on the portion 3c. Further, the main body case 3 and the lid member 4 are connected to an engaging piece 3f formed on the upper end outer circumferential surface 3e of the main body case 3 and the lid member 4.
The core member 5 is locked by engaging with an engaging piece 4b formed on the inner circumferential surface 4a of the lower end thereof, and further, the core member 5 is fixed to the main body case 3 by attachment pins 8, 8. Note that the abutment body 2 and the core member 5 described later
The removed pill H is accommodated in the space L formed by the bottom plate portion 5a of the body, and the pill H accumulated in the space L is removed from the contact body 2 from the main body case 3. Once removed, it can be discharged to the outside. On the other hand, in the upper surface 3a of the main body case 3, there is a through hole 3 for inserting the battery B into the main body case 3.
g is opened, and the core member 5 is
As can be clearly seen from FIGS. 2 and 4, it has a bottom plate portion 5a and a pair of semi-cylindrical battery housing case portions 5b rising from both ends of the bottom plate portion 5a, into which the battery is inserted through the through hole 3g. battery B
is now stored. Further, a motor 9 electrically connected to the battery B as a driving power source is placed between the pair of battery housing case parts 5b, 5b on the bottom plate part 5a of the core member 5. , the rotating shaft 9a of this motor 9 protrudes toward the lower surface 5c of the core member 5, and
A cutter knife 1 as a cutting means 10 is attached to its end.
1 are connected. That is, the cutting means 10 is connected to the motor 9.
is rotated inside the abutment body 2 through a slight gap with respect to the inner surface 2e of the abutting body 2, and approximately perpendicular to the direction in which each tooth 7 of the comb-shaped guide portions 6, 6 extends. The cutting direction is set.
In this case, the cutter knife 11 can be either a single-edged knife or a double-edged knife, but a double-edged knife is more convenient because it can be used regardless of the direction of rotation of the motor 9. Furthermore, as shown in detail in Fig. 2,
The lid member 4 is provided with a slide switch 12 that is electrically connected to the battery B and controls the drive of the motor 9. Next, how to use the pill remover 1 having the above structure will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. First, the switch 12 is turned ON to drive the motor 9, and the cutter knife 11 as the cutting means 10 is cut off.
While rotating the body, as illustrated in FIG. The abutting body 2 is slid so that the comb-shaped guide portion 6 faces H. At this time, since the comb-shaped guide portion 6 has a sliding surface 7b on the outer surface 7a of its tip, the tip of the comb-shaped guide portion 6 is prevented from damaging the clothes S. The fluff H is guided to the comb-shaped guide portion 6 by the movement of the abutting body 2. As can be clearly seen from FIG. Inwardly there is a cutting means 1
A rotationally driven cutter knife 11 constituting the comb 0 is disposed, and this cutter knife 11 rotates slightly away from the inner surface 2e of the abutting body 2, and at the same time, the cutter knife 11 rotates slightly away from the inner surface 2e of the abutting body 2, and the cutter knife 11 rotates slightly away from the inner surface 2e of the abutting body 2. Since the orthogonal direction is set substantially perpendicular to the extending direction, the fluff H is restrained on both sides by the adjacent teeth 7 of the comb-shaped guide portion 6. As the cutter knife 11 rotates, it is cut all at once by its shearing action, and is accommodated in the space L formed by the abutting body 2 and the bottom plate portion 5a of the core member 5. In this case, since the comb-shaped guide parts 6, 6 are arranged to face each other on the circumference of the abutting body 2, while the pill remover 1 is reciprocated along the opposing direction, By moving it over the surface of the clothes S, pill removal work can be done more efficiently. The above series of operations is repeated until all the pill H on the clothes S are removed, and after the work is completed, the switch 12 is turned off to stop the driving of the cutting means 11. Further, when a certain amount of fluff has accumulated in the space L, the abutting body 2 may be removed from the main body case 3 and the fluff may be taken out. Of course, the scope of this invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, if the cutting means 11 in the above embodiment is made to extend to both sides of the rotating shaft 9a of the motor 9 instead of extending to one side as in the illustrated example, vibrations accompanying the rotation can be suppressed as much as possible. It is possible and convenient. Further, the form of the comb-teeth guide portion 6 is not particularly limited to the illustrated example, but may be designed to effectively guide the pill H and to effectively hold it between its teeth 7. The arrangement thereof may not be in a facing manner as in the above embodiment, but may be provided over the entire circumference of the contact body 2. This makes it possible to perform omnidirectional cutting without changing the orientation of the pill remover 1, and no matter which direction the pill remover 1 is moved, the pill H is reliably removed. It can be removed, making it much easier to use. Needless to say, the pill remover 1 mentioned above
Various other design modifications and changes may be made within the scope of the present invention.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the - line in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the - line in Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the - line in Fig. 1. 1 is a sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a view taken along the V arrow in FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... pill remover, 2... abutting body, 2b... abutting surface, 2e... inner surface, 6... comb-shaped guide part, 7...
...Teeth, 7a...Tip outer surface, 7b...Sliding surface, 1
0... Cutting means.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A thin plate-like contact body having a contact surface that contacts the front or back surface of clothing, etc. on its outer surface, and a comb-shaped guide portion formed around the contact surface. and is attached to the motor shaft disposed at the center of the inner surface of the abutting body, extends in the radial direction of the motor shaft through a slight gap with respect to the inner surface of the abutting body, and has a leading edge in the rotational direction. a cutting means whose cutting direction is set substantially perpendicular to the extending direction of each tooth of the comb-teeth-shaped guide by forming a sharp blade part on the comb-teeth-shaped guide; A sliding surface that curves upward is formed at the tip of each tooth.
Pill remover.