Scouring body

Abstract

A scouring body (1) is provided that includes a textile fabric (2). The textile fabric (2) is provided with a scouring agent composition (3), wherein the scouring agent composition (3) comprises a binder (4) and scouring particles (5). The textile fabric (2) has a cleaning surface (6) with a relief pattern (7). The fabric (2) is arranged on a sponge body (8).

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a scouring body including a textile fabric.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]A scouring body having a textile fabric as the supporting material that has been provided with a scouring agent composition is known from DE 298 02 421 U1. The textile fabric comprises a non-woven material that has been mechanically needle-punched or hydraulically entangled. A scouring agent composition, which contains a chemical binder and abrasive particles, is applied to the fabric. As a result of the abrasive action of the scouring agent composition, the known scouring body is suitable for absorbing aqueous substances and for loosening firmly adhered dirt.[0003]A disadvantageous aspect of a thin, flexibly constructed scouring body is that the ability to transfer force is limited as a result of the limited grasping possibilities. Moreover, the transfer of force takes place predominantly at the location at which pressure is applied to the scourin...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]To this end, a textile fabric is arranged on a sponge body. The textile fabric is constructed from synthetic fibers in the form of a non-woven material, and it is preferably hydraulically entangled. The thickness of the fabric is between 0.8 and 3 mm, and the weight per unit surface area is between 50 and 200 g / mm2. Such fabrics have a low weight per unit surface area and low thickness with a simultaneously high tensile strength. The sponge body forms a supporting material that offers a plurality of grasping possibilities. Effective force can thereby be exerted in different ways on the fabric that has been provided with the scouring agent composition, so that good cleaning efficiency arises in the case of firmly adhered dirt. The relief pattern improves the cleaning action of the scouring body. The relief pattern can be formed by means of a knop structure, wherein the knops are arranged hexagonally. Clogging of the abrasive surface by the contaminant can thereby be avoided since the dirt accumulates in the depressions between the knops and therefore does not affect the scouring action.

[0006]The sponge body can be formed from an open-cell synthetic foam or a natural foam material. In particular, the foam can thereby be formed from polyurethane or viscose. Foams of these materials can be economically manufactured and exhibit good mechanical properties so that they can be readily grasped and can transfer forces well.

[0010]The binder can be latex-, phenol resin- and / or acrylate-based. A phenol resin-based binder has a high hardness and a high abrasion resistance. In another embodiment, the binder can be acrylate-based. Acrylate-based binders have a pleasant feel. Latex-based binders have high elasticity. Mixtures of latex binders and phenol resin binders have a high bending strength as a result of the phenol resin, with the bending strength being sufficiently reduced by the latex fraction that the scouring body can be wrung out well. In another embodiment, the binder can comprise a mixture of acrylate and phenol resin. The properties of the two binder materials can influence the feel and hardness of the material. The binder can thereby be formed on the fabric in such a way that it is essentially impermeable to water. Thus, during cleaning, a film of cleaning liquid can remain between the fabric with the scouring agent composition and the surface that is to be cleaned. Dirt is dissolved in the cleaning liquid, which results in gentle and effective cleaning of the surface to be cleaned. The binder can also be formed in such a way that the fabric is torsionally rigid. Especially good force transfer thereby results with an improved cleaning action with respect to firmly adhered dirt. Additional binders that are possible are melamine resin, nitrile rubber, polyurethane or compounds comprising all the designated binders.

[0012]The opposing edges can be constructed in a relatively congruent manner. The scouring body is usually manufactured from a flat intermediate product by a punching out process. A waste free and therefore economical manufacture of scouring bodies with a curved edge configuration can thereby result from this type of shaping process.

[0013]The scouring body can have a thickness of 2 through 5 cm. Many grasping possibilities and good force transfer result particularly with a thickness of 4 cm for the scouring body.

Problems solved by technology

A disadvantageous aspect of a thin, flexibly constructed scouring body is that the ability to transfer force is limited as a result of the limited grasping possibilities.

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