Patent ID: 8656545

Claim:
A core for a cleaning sponge roller, the core being in a substantially cylindrical shape comprising: a bore extending in an axial direction and a plurality of small holes communicating between the bore and a circumferential outer surface of the core, the plurality of small holes are distributed both in a circumferential direction and in an axial direction of the core and aligned along straight lines in the axial direction, small holes in one of the straight lines and small holes in a straight line adjacent to the one of the straight lines are arranged on one and the same circumference of the core; and grooves recessed in the circumferential outer surface of the core and extending in the axial direction of the core, the small holes opening into the grooves, wherein: a diameter of the bore is 10 to 20 mm; a diameter of the small holes is 2.5 to 5 mm; and a total of cross-sectional areas of the plurality of the small holes is 1.2 to 5 times larger than a cross-sectional area of the bore.