Patent ID: 9033571
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A stirrer, comprising: a stirring section comprising a plurality of wire members bent into a folded shape and arranged so that the plurality of wire members are caused to cross one another to be vertically shifted; a fitting body comprising one or both of grooves and through-holes into which ends of the respective plurality of wire members forming the stirring section are fitted and fixed; and a handle section comprising a mounting recess to which the fitting body is fitted; fixed under a state in which the ends of the respective plurality of wire members are fitted into the one or both of grooves and through-holes; and a connection member, wherein terminal ends of the ends of the respective plurality of wire members fitted into the one or both of grooves and through-holes of the fitting body are fixed and connected to the connection member, wherein the fitting body or the mounting recess of the handle section comprises a housing recess for housing and fixing the connection member, wherein the fitting body is fitted and fixed to the mounting recess of the handle section and the connection member is housed and fixed in the housing recess, wherein the grooves or the through-holes formed in the fitting body are divided and arranged so as to form two opposing rows spaced with an interval at a center, through which a cleaning tool for cleaning the ends of the respective plurality of wire members is capable of passing, and the interval between the two opposing rows is set to be relatively larger than each of intervals between adjacent grooves or through-holes forming each of the two opposing rows, wherein part or all of the plurality of wire members are formed so that both ends thereof are separately present at positions opposite to each other across a projection straight line (T) of a part of the each of the plurality of wire members bent into the folded shape, and further a separation distance or a separation angle of the ends of the each of the plurality of wire members with respect to the projection straight line (T) is set to gradually increase as the ends of the each of the plurality of wire members are arranged at farther positions in the respective two opposing rows than a center portion of the respective two opposing rows, wherein one of both the ends of each of the plurality of wire members is fitted into the grooves or the through-holes forming one of the two opposing rows of the fitting body, another of both the ends of the each of the plurality of wire members is fitted into the grooves or the through-holes forming another of the two opposing rows, and both the ends of the each of the plurality of wire members are fitted so as to be present at positions opposed to each other across a center between the two opposing rows, wherein the connection member comprises two independent connection members formed into a shape corresponding to a row shape of the two opposing rows of the fitting member, and the terminal ends of the ends of the respective plurality of wire members are fixed to the two independent connection members, respectively, and are connected to the two independent connection members so as to form the respective two opposing rows, and wherein the stirring section is formed so that the parts of the respective plurality of wire members bent into the folded shape are arranged so as to pass through a position above the center between the two opposing rows and cross at substantially the same angle with one another, thereby obtaining a radially expanded state, and that a shape obtained by connecting outermost parts of the bent parts comprises a substantially circular shape.