Wire mesh cover for adhesive rollers and the like

Abstract

To provide an auxiliary tool that can be used on wooden floors, allows an entire adhesive surface to be used without waste, and can be used repeatedly even after exposing a new adhesive surface.SOLUTION: A thin and firm wire mesh in a planar or cylindrical form with as large holes as possible to be used as a cover for an adhesive roller is made by weaving thin wires, etching a thin metal plate, or the like. When attached to an ordinary adhesive roller, it can be used even on wooden floors. After a certain amount of debris adheres to it, the cover can be removed to use the entire adhesive surface. Even when a new adhesive surface of the adhesive roller is exposed, the cover can be reattached and used repeatedly in the same way.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] This relates to an auxiliary tool for using adhesive rolls, packing tapes, and other adhesive sheets to clean hard surfaces such as wooden floors and drawing paper. [Background technology]

[0002] The cleaning adhesive roll is suitable for carpets, but when I tried to use it on a wooden floor, the adhesive roll stuck to the wooden floor and became stuck, so I couldn't use it. I couldn't remove eraser shavings or trash on my desk when I was drawing with the adhesive tape.

[0003] Therefore, a product was released that had a non-sticky substance applied in a line to the adhesive roll. This did indeed make it easier to remove the roll from the floor, but it also increased the price and reduced the adhesive surface by a quarter or a fifth, making it very uneconomical.

[0004] As in Patent Document 1, there is an idea to cover an adhesive roll with a net made of thin threads to lift it slightly off the floor, which seems very effective. However, there are big questions, the first being whether the net is even feasible. The material is thread, but making the holes larger with thin threads is not possible by simply overlapping warp and weft threads. The intersections must be tied together, and no method for achieving this is given.

[0005] Secondly, even if such a net were to be realized, the drawings show that the net is attached to the entire circumference of the adhesive roll, but it would be impossible to remove such a cylindrical net. If a sheet were wrapped around the adhesive surface instead of a cylinder, it would be attached to the entire surface, making it difficult to remove when exposing a new adhesive surface. This would make it impossible to reuse. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0006] [Patent Document 1] Actual Publication No. 05-088476 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0007] I wanted an aid that would allow me to use regular adhesive rolls on wooden floors, use the entire adhesive surface without waste, and even when peeled off to reveal a new adhesive surface, I could reuse it. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] A flat net with large holes and a cylindrical net with a diameter larger than that of the adhesive roll, which is thin and strong, is manufactured by weaving thin wires, spot welding the intersections, etching a thin metal plate, or the like, and is used as a cover for the adhesive roll. Effect of the Invention

[0009] The adhesive surface rose slightly due to the thickness of the wire mesh, so it either stuck slightly to the wooden floor or didn't stick at all, making it usable for cleaning.

[0010] The wire mesh cylinder has a larger diameter than the adhesive roll, so the arcs of the two parts only come into contact with a small part of the inside, and furthermore, the cover and roll gradually shift during use, causing any dirt that accumulates between them to lift the adhesive surface and wire mesh, making it easy to remove.

[0011] Once a certain amount of dirt gets on it, the dirt acts as a screen, so even when you remove the cover it doesn't stick to the wooden floor, allowing you to use all of the remaining sticky surface.

[0012] Simply peel off the dirty sheet from the roll to reveal a new adhesive surface, then put the reusable cover on and use it again; if the cover gets dirty it can easily be washed. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0013] [Figure 1] 1 is a front view of an adhesive roll equipped with a cylindrical cover according to an example of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. [Diagram 3]3 is a cross-sectional view of a portion where the roll, the cover, and the floor contact each other, as indicated by the arrow in FIG. 2. [Figure 4] FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a planar cover, an adhesive roll, and a flat plate in another example. [Diagram 5] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the planar cover, the packing tape, and the flat plate. [Figure 6] FIG. 11 is a plan view showing another pattern of the flat cover. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THEINVENTION

[0014] The cylindrical cover in the first embodiment will be described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3, and the planar cover in the second embodiment will be described with reference to Figs. Example 1

[0015] Fig. 1 is a front view showing an adhesive roll 2 with a cylindrical cover 1 of one embodiment of the present invention and a part of a table 3, and Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a part of the cross section of the part where they come into contact, that is, the part indicated by the arrow AA in Fig. 2.

[0016] By enlarging the holes in the wire 4 that composes the wire mesh of the cylindrical cover 1, that is, by enlarging the gaps 5 in Fig. 3, the adhesive surface 6 of the adhesive roll 2 comes into very slight contact with the surface 3 of the desk. This allows it to adhere to dirt on the desk (not shown in the figure), but does not adhere strongly to the desk 3. The adhesive surface 6 is applied to a base paper 7 and rolled up into a cylindrical shape.

[0017] Therefore, when the adhesive roll 2 is pushed, it rotates while sticking the dirt on the desk to the wire mesh of the cylindrical cover 1. If the diameter of the adhesive roll 2 is about 4 cm and the inside diameter of the cylindrical cover 1 is about 5 cm, the adhesive roll 2 advances about 12.6 cm in one rotation, but because the inner wall of the cylindrical cover 1 is about 15.7 cm thick, it shifts by 3.1 cm.

[0018] As a result, the next time, a different surface of the adhesive roll 2 passes over the wire mesh. In other words, the sticky surface with the dirt comes into contact with the wire mesh, so the adhesive roll 2 adheres weakly to the wire mesh, or does not adhere at all. Therefore, the cover 1 can be easily removed. If you continue cleaning with only the adhesive roll 2, it will continue to function until all the surfaces that do not attract dirt have adhered to them.

[0019] The difference in diameter between the adhesive roll 2 and the cover 1 does not have much effect on the function, but if the difference is too small, the contact area will be too large and problems will occur. Therefore, it is necessary to have a necessary difference, and the sagging 8 on the edge of the cover 1 in Figure 2 will prevent it from coming off the roll during use, and after use, the roll can go in and out through the hole. For example, if the sagging 8 is 4 mm on one side, the opening of the cover will be 4.2 cm, so a 4 cm roll can go in and out. Example 2

[0020] It also works when the cover 9 is flat, as shown in Figure 4. When eraser scraps appear on the drafting board 10, for example, the adhesive roll 2 can be passed back and forth over the wire mesh of the cover 9. Instead of an adhesive roll, packaging adhesive tape can also work in the same way. Simply cut the adhesive tape into short pieces and place them on top as square pieces 11, as shown in Figure 5.

[0021] If such a flat wire mesh and adhesive tape are attached to a cleaning mop or sweeper (hereinafter simply referred to as a sweeper) that removes dirt by using the static electricity of the nonwoven fabric and the entanglement of its fibers, it will be possible to easily remove heavy dirt such as sand grains that do not stick to the nonwoven fabric at the end, allowing you to complete cleaning without having to go out to get a dustpan and broom.

[0022] The thickness of the wire depends on the softness of the adhesive layer, but the thinner the wire, the greater the effect of the holes, i.e., the holes become relatively larger, but the wire mesh becomes weaker and the holes that can be made become smaller, so it is difficult to strike a balance between the two. Therefore, the diameter of the wire that is currently easy to manufacture is about 0.3 to 0.5 mm, and the holes, i.e., the spacing, is about 3 to 10 mm, but the effect of the present invention is not limited to this. The material can be iron or stainless steel, as long as it is a strong wire.

[0023] Wire mesh can be made not only by weaving thin wire, but also by making it into a blind shape, by cutting numerous slits and widening it to make a mesh, or by etching a thin stainless steel plate.It can also be made into wire mesh 9, as shown in Figure 6, where the peripheral wire mesh 12 is made thick and strong, and the other thin wires are parallel and spaced apart at a certain distance.

[0024] The flat wire mesh functions not only on a flat surface but also on a curled surface, such as a rolled-up cylinder. Therefore, the flat cover of the present invention includes any flat surface onto which a rectangular piece of adhesive tape can be attached without wrinkling.

[0025] It may also be a synthetic wire mesh in which the hanging portion 8 in Fig. 2 and the thick edge 12 in Fig. 6 are replaced with plastic. The point is that the wire mesh can slightly lift the adhesive roll or adhesive tape off the surface of the desk, etc., and the attached wire mesh has the strength and stiffness to stand on its own from the adhesive surface. [Industrial Applicability]

[0026] Since the entire adhesive surface can be used, it is cheaper and more versatile than non-sticky adhesive rolls, and there is no need to have two types of rolls on hand, making it very convenient for consumers.

[0027] Having a small variety is beneficial for producers and retailers in terms of manufacturing and inventory management.

[0028] The cylindrical wire mesh cover can also be used as a storage container, so no other storage container is needed and it can be cleaned whenever you want, which is very convenient.

[0029] A non-woven sweeper is useful for large wooden floors, but it cannot remove small and heavy debris such as sand. In such cases, this adhesive roll or tape with a wire mesh cover can clean the floor, making it an indispensable tool for cleaning. [Explanation of symbols]

[0030] 1. Cylindrical wire mesh cover of the present invention 2 Cleaning adhesive rolls 3. Hardwood floors and desks 4. Wire 5. Holes made by wires and spacing between adjacent holes 6 Adhesive layer of adhesive roll 7 Adhesive base paper 8. Drooping of the edge of the cylindrical cover 9 Flat cover 10 Drawing board 11 Square piece cut from adhesive tape 12. The rim is thicker than the wire of a wire mesh

Claims

1. This cover for an adhesive roll or the like is made of a wire netting made of thin wire or etching of a thin metal plate, which is thin but has a certain strength and has holes larger than the thickness of the wire or edge used, and is characterized in that by placing it between an adhesive roll or adhesive sheet and a hard flat surface such as a wooden floor, the adhesive surface of the adhesive roll or adhesive sheet is slightly raised and does not adhere or stick strongly to the wooden floor, but dirt or the like on the adhesive roll or sheet is attached thereto.

2. 2. A cover for an adhesive roll or the like according to claim 1, wherein the wire netting is formed into a cylindrical shape having a diameter greater than that of the adhesive roll.

3. 2. A cover for an adhesive roll or the like according to claim 1, which is a wire mesh having a flat or curled flat surface and is used by attaching an adhesive sheet such as packaging tape.

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