Adhesive roller-type cleaning tool

• US 9,706,892 B2
• Filed: 10/10/2013
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dreamlike Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Tomio Kanai
• Inventors: Kanai, Tomio
• Primary Examiner(s): JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO
• Application Number:
  US14/432,507
• Publication Number:
  US 20150313443A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,377 Days
• Field of Search: 15 3, 15 98, 15104002, 15231
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4047 Wound-up or endless cleaning belts
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4069 Driving or transmission means for the cleaning tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/38 Other dusting implements using adhesive surfaces A47L25/005
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 25/00 Domestic cleaning devices not provided for in other groups of this subclass for cleaning spectacles G02C13/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 25/005 using adhesive or tacky surfaces to remove dirt, e.g. lint removers

Abstract

A rotatably installed adhesive roller unit and a take-up unit to wind up the adhesive sheet after being drawn out of the adhesive roller unit and having lint adhered thereon. The take-up unit is installed to be configured to rotate forward and backward synchronized through a rotation transmission unit with forward and backward rotation of the adhesive roller unit. The adhesive roller unit engages the rotation transmission unit when pressed onto a contact surface and moved forward. The adhesive roller unit is energized to release the engagement with the rotation transmission unit when moved backward and separated from the contact surface. A rotation inhibiting mechanism is provided to inhibit the rotation of both the adhesive roller unit and the take-up unit when the adhesive roller unit separates from the contact surface.

Claims

1. An adhesive roller-type cleaning tool comprising:

a case member;

an adhesive roller unit deployed inside the case member to be rotatable forward and backward;

a take-up unit to wind up an adhesive sheet drawn out of the adhesive roller unit and having lint adhered thereon;

the take-up unit is configured to rotate forward and backward synchronized through a rotation transmission unit with forward and backward rotation of the adhesive roller unit;

the adhesive roller unit engages the rotation transmission unit in response to the adhesive roller unit being pressed onto a contact surface and a forward movement of the adhesive roller unit, and is energized to release the engagement with the rotation transmission unit in response to a backward movement of the adhesive roller unit and separation of the adhesive roller unit from the contact surface;

a grip unit connected to be rotatable forward and backward with respect to the case member; and

a rotation inhibiting mechanism to inhibit rotation of both the adhesive roller unit and the take-up unit in response to separation of the adhesive roller unit from the contact surface, the rotation inhibiting mechanism is synchronized with the forward and rearward rotation of the grip unit to inhibit rotation of the adhesive roller unit and the take-up unit in response to the grip unit being linearly aligned with the case member by the energizing force and to release an inhibiting action in response to the adhesive roller unit being pressed onto a contact surface against the energizing force.

2. An adhesive roller-type cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the grip unit is energized to linearly align with the case member and is rotated forward against an energizing force in response to the adhesive roller unit being pressed onto the contact surface.

3. An adhesive roller-type cleaning tool comprising:

an adhesive roller unit deployed to be rotatable forward and backward;

a take-up unit to wind up an adhesive sheet drawn out of the adhesive roller unit and having lint adhered thereon;

the take-up unit is configured to rotate forward and backward synchronized through a rotation transmission unit with forward and backward rotation of the adhesive roller unit;

the adhesive roller unit engages the rotation transmission unit in response to the adhesive roller unit being pressed onto a contact surface and a forward movement of the adhesive roller unit, and is energized to release the engagement with the rotation transmission unit in response to a backward movement of the adhesive roller unit and separation of the adhesive roller unit from the contact surface;

a grip unit;

a rotation inhibiting mechanism to inhibit rotation of both the adhesive roller unit and the take-up unit in response to separation of the adhesive roller unit from the contact surface;

wherein the adhesive roller unit and the take-up unit are each integrally equipped with an engaging unit; and

wherein the rotation inhibiting mechanism is equipped with inhibiting units that operate in coordination with push-down/pull-up action of the grip unit to lock with or unlock from the respective engaging units.

4. An adhesive roller-type cleaning tool according claim 3, further comprising

a case member provided on an inner face with a handle base plate installed to be vertically moveable;

a handle plate rotatably journaled on the handle base plate at one end and vertically moveable with the handle base plate;

one end of the grip unit is connected to the handle plate;

the adhesive roller unit and the take-up unit are arranged vertically in parallel by an adhesive roller unit rotary shaft and a take-up unit rotary shaft, both projecting outward of the case member;

each of the adhesive roller unit rotary shaft and the take-up unit rotary shaft having one end housed inside the case member;

a first gear and a first engaging unit are integrally provided on the one end of the adhesive roller unit rotary shaft;

a second gear and a second engaging unit are integrally provided on the one end of the take-up unit rotary shaft,

the rotation transmission unit constitutes a third gear and a fourth gear deployed inside the case member between the first gear and the second gear;

the third gear is constantly meshed with the second gear;

the fourth gear is rotatably retained on a gear retaining plate whose one end is rotatably journaled on the inner face of the case member, the gear retaining plate is constantly energized to separate the fourth gear from the first gear;

the handle base plate is provided with inhibiting units respectively engageable with the first engaging unit and the second engaging unit; and

the handle plate comprising a pressing portion, the pressing portion is effected by a press-down action of the grip unit to press the gear retaining plate and enable the fourth gear to engage with the first gear and the third gear.