Patent ID: 8857006
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A cleaning tool to clean an object to be cleaned, said cleaning tool comprising: an elongate cleaning element holder, a cleaning element that is attached to the cleaning element holder, wherein the cleaning element holder includes a grip and an elongate holding element extending from the grip, a fiber assembly provided in the cleaning element, wherein the fiber assembly is formed by a plurality of fibers extending in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction of the cleaning element, a nonwoven fabric laminate provided in the cleaning element, wherein the nonwoven fabric laminate is formed by a plurality of nonwoven fabric sheets, a bonded part provided in the cleaning element to bond the fiber assembly and the nonwoven fabric laminate which are overlaid one on the other, an insert region provided in the cleaning element, wherein the insert region is defined by the plurality of nonwoven fabric sheets and the bonded part and receives the holding element, wherein the bonded part has an outer bonded part which defines an outer side of the insert region in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the cleaning element, wherein the outer bonded part includes a plurality of bonded portions extending along the longitudinal direction of the cleaning element, the bonded portions being disposed in positions displaced from each other in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the cleaning element, wherein the cleaning element holder has a plurality of the elongate holding elements extending side by side from the grip, wherein the cleaning element has a space which extends in the longitudinal direction of the cleaning element and into which the object to be cleaned is insertable, and wherein the cleaning element is split into a plurality of split cleaning parts by the space and each of the split cleaning parts has the bonded part and the insert region.