The present application claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 202223416787.9 filed on Dec. 20, 2022, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
The present disclosure relates to a scum absorbing device.
People often put a scum absorbing device in bathtub or swimming pool to absorb scums in water. The existing scum absorbing devices are completely made of sponge, which are not environmentally friendly, and are prone to age and fragment after a long time of use.
The present disclosure aims to provide a scum absorbing device for absorbing scums in water. The scum absorbing device includes a front absorbing body, the front absorbing body includes: a first front layer defining a plurality of first via holes; a second front layer; and a third front layer, connected between the first front layer and the second front layer, the third front layer is capable of absorbing or capturing scums in water.
The present disclosure further provides another scum absorbing device for absorbing scums. The scum absorbing device includes a front absorbing body which includes a first front layer, a second front layer, and a third front layer extending between the first front layer and the second front layer.
Implementations of the present disclosure will now be described, by way of embodiment, with reference to the attached FIG.s. It should be understood, the drawings are shown for illustrative purpose only, for ordinary person skilled in the art, other drawings obtained from these drawings without paying creative labor by an ordinary person skilled in the art should be within scope of the present disclosure.
The realization of the aim, functional characteristics, advantages of the present disclosure are further described specifically with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is obvious that the embodiments to be described are only a part rather than all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by persons skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
It is to be understood that, all of the directional instructions in the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure (such as top, down, left, right, front, back . . . ) can only be used for explaining relative position relations, moving condition of the elements under a special form (referring to figures), and so on, if the special form changes, the directional instructions change accordingly.
In addition, the descriptions, such as the “first”, the “second” in the present disclosure, can only be used for describing the aim of description, and cannot be understood as indicating or suggesting relative importance or impliedly indicating the number of the indicated technical character. Therefore, the character indicated by the “first”, the “second” can express or impliedly include at least one character. In addition, the technical proposal of each exemplary embodiment can be combined with each other, however the technical proposal must base on that the ordinary skill in that art can realize the technical proposal, when the combination of the technical proposals occurs contradiction or cannot realize, it should consider that the combination of the technical proposals does not exist, and is not contained in the protection scope required by the present disclosure.
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The front absorbing body 101a includes a first front layer 11a defining a plurality of first via holes 111a, a second front layer 12a defining a plurality of second via holes 121a, and a third front layer 13a connected between the first front layer 11a and the second front layer 12a. In another embodiment, the first via holes 111a and the second via holes 121a of the second front layer 12a are not visible to naked eyes. The first via holes 111a and the second via holes 121a allow the water to substantially move effectively therethrough. The third front layer 13a defines a plurality of gaps 131a communicated with the first via holes 111a and the second via holes 121a, the third front layer 13a is capable of absorbing scums in water and capturing the scums in the gaps 131a, namely a first adsorption. The scum absorbing device 100a can be cleaned and reused without being aging and fragmenting, and the scum absorbing device 100a will not fragment to contaminate the water.
The rear absorbing body 102a has a same structure as the front absorbing body 101a. In detail, the rear absorbing body 102a includes a first rear layer (not labeled) defining a plurality of first via holes, a second rear layer (not labeled) defining a plurality of second via holes, and a third rear layer (not labeled) connected between the first rear layer and the second rear layer. In another embodiment, the second via holes 121a of the second rear layer 12a not visible to naked eyes. The third rear layer defines a plurality of gaps (not labeled) communicated with the first via holes and the second via holes, the third rear layer is capable of absorbing scums in water and capturing the scums in the gaps. The rear absorbing body is connected with the front absorbing body, and the first front layer and the first rear layer are the outermost layers.
The first front layer 11a, the second front layer 12a or the third later 13a may be woven into a mesh structure. In one embodiment, the first front layer 11a, the second front layer 12a and the third front layer 13a may be woven together, and integratedly formed as a whole. In another embodiment, the first front layer 11a, the second front layer 12a and the third front layer 13a are formed independently, and then coupled together.
The front absorbing body 101a and the rear absorbing body 102a may be designed with patterns such as eyes, nose, mouth, hands, etc., and the rear absorbing body 102a may be designed with patterns such as tail, arse, foot, etc. The absorbing body 10a may be animal shaped, plant shaped, sun shaped, fried egg shaped, ring shaped, cloud shaped, or smiley face shaped, and the absorbing body 10a may be shaped according to the actual needs. The first embodiment of the present disclosure designs the absorbing body 10a into a shape of an insect.
The first via hole 111a or the second via hole 121a is triangular shaped, quadrangular shaped, pentagonal shaped, hexagonal shaped, oval shaped, trapezoidal shaped, circular shaped, or irregular shaped. The first via hole 11a and the second via hole 121a may be designed to have suitable shape according to actual needs.
The first front layer 11a has a thickness of about 0.01 mm-100 mm. The second front layer 12a has a thickness of about 0.01 mm-100 mm. The third front layer 13a has a thickness of about 0.1-100 mm. For example, the first front layer 11a has a thickness of about 0.01 mm, 1 mm, 10 mm, 20 mm, 30 mm, 40 mm, 50 mm, 60 mm, 70 mm, 80 mm, 90 mm, or 100 mm; the second front layer 12a has a thickness of about 0.01 mm, 1 mm, 10 mm, 20 mm, 30 mm, 40 mm, 50 mm, 60 mm, 70 mm, 80 mm, 90 mm, or 100 mm; the third front layer 13a has a thickness of about 0.1 mm, 1 mm, 5 mm, 10 mm, 20 mm, 30 mm, 40 mm, 50 mm, 60 mm, 70 mm, 80 mm, 90 mm, or 100 mm.
The first via hole 111a has a diameter of about 0.01-10 mm. For example, the first via hole 111a has a diameter of 0.01 mm, 0.1 mm, 1 mm, 2 mm, 3 mm, 4 mm, 5 mm, 6 mm, 7 mm, 8 mm, 9 mm, or 10 mm. The second via hole 121a has a diameter of about 0.01-10 mm. For example, the second via hole 121a has a diameter of 0.01 mm, 0.1 mm, 1 mm, 2 mm, 3 mm, 4 mm, 5 mm, 6 mm, 7 mm, 8 mm, 9 mm, or 10 mm. The first via hole 111a is larger than the second via hole 121a, and the second front layer 12a may be tightly woven to support the first front layer 11a and the third front layer 13a, avoid a deformation of the absorbing body 10a.
The third front layer 13a includes a plurality of pile members 132a connected between the first front layer 11a and the second front layer 12a, the pile members 132a are spaced apart from each other to defines the gaps 131a. Each pile member 132a extends between the first front layer 11a and the second front layer 12a. The pile members 132a are substantially perpendicular to the first front layer 11a or the second front layer 12a (see
The gap 131a has a diameter of about 0.01-100 mm. The gap 131a has a length of about 0.01-100 mm. For example, the gap 131a has a diameter of 0.01 mm, 0.1 mm, 1 mm, 5 mm, 10 mm, 20 mm, 30 mm, 40 mm, 50 mm, 60 mm, 70 mm, 80 mm, 90 mm, or 100 mm; the gap 131a has a length of 0.01 mm, 0.1 mm, 1 mm, 5 mm, 10 mm, 20 mm, 30 mm, 40 mm, 50 mm, 60 mm, 70 mm, 80 mm, 90 mm, or 100 mm.
The pile members 132a are made of cotton, fiber, or the like. The cotton is fiber cotton, acrylic cotton, pearl wool, or the like. The fiber is polyester fiber, nylon fiber, polyurethane fiber, propylene fiber, vinyl fiber, viscose fiber, polyamide fiber, modal, lyocell, linen, rayon, or the like.
The fiber may be spherical fiber, filament fiber, or fiber clumps. The first front layer 11a and the second front layer 12a may be made of the same material as the pile member 132a, or may be made of a material different from the pile member 132a.
The front absorbing body 101a and the rear absorbing body 102a cooperatively defines a receiving space 14a communicated with the second via holes 121a. The scum absorbing device 100a further includes a middle absorbing member 20a received in the receiving space 14a, the middle absorbing member 20a is configured to absorb scums passing through the second via holes 121a, namely a secondary adsorption. The middle absorbing member 20a is made of cotton (including fiber cotton, acrylic cotton, pearl wool, and the like), fiber (including polyester fiber, nylon fiber, polypropylene fiber, propylene fiber, vinyl fiber, viscose fiber, polyamide fiber, modal, lyocell, linen, rayon, and the like), glass fiber filter cotton, flax, activated carbon, or ion exchange resin, and the fiber may be spherical fiber, filament fiber, or fiber clumps. Further, the middle absorbing member 20a includes one or more of: styrene-butadiene copolymers, styrene-isoprene copolymers, styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymers, styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymers, styrene-butadiene-styrene/ethylene-propylene diene block copolymers, or styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene block copolymers. The scum absorbing device 100a further includes at least one receiving member 15a received in the receiving space 14a, the receiving member 15a may be made of gauze, the receiving member 15a is connected with an inner side of the second front layer 12a of the rear absorbing body 102a to define a receiving portion 151a for receiving the middle absorbing member 20a. The receiving member 15a defines a plurality of third via holes 152a communicated with the receiving space 14a. The third via hole 152a has a diameter of about 0.01-5 mm. For example, the third via hole 152a has a diameter of 0.01 mm, 0.1 mm, 1 mm, 2 mm, 3 mm, 4 mm, or 5 mm. which allows the water to substantially move effectively therethrough. The absorbing body 10a further includes at least one protruding portion 16a connected with the receiving member 15a to cooperatively define the receiving portion 151a. The at least one protruding portion 16a includes a first protruding portion 161a protruded from the rear absorbing body 102a and a plurality of second protruding portion 162a protruded from the rear absorbing body 102a. The first protruding portion 161a is connected with a first receiving member 153a to form a first receiving portion (not labeled) for receiving a first middle absorbing member 21a. The second protruding portion 162a are connected the second receiving member (not labeled) to form second receiving portion (not labeled) for receiving second middle absorbing members. The first protruding portion 161a is arranged at a middle portion of the rear absorbing body 102a. The second protruding portion 162a are arranged around arranged along an edge of the rear absorbing body 102a. The second middle absorbing members 162a are arranged around the first middle absorbing member 161a. The first middle absorbing member 161a is larger than the second middle absorbing member 162a in size. The first protruding portion 161a and the second protruding portion 162a are used to absorb oily scums or liquid scums, such as foams, oils, cosmetics, etc.
The at least one middle absorbing member 20a includes the first middle absorbing member 21a matched with the first protruding portion 161a and the second middle absorbing members (not labeled) spaced apart from each other and matched with the second middle absorbing members 162a. The first middle absorbing member 21a is arranged at a middle portion of the rear absorbing body 102a. The second middle absorbing members are arranged around arranged along an edge of the rear absorbing body 102a. The second middle absorbing members are arranged around the first middle absorbing member 21a. The first middle absorbing member 21a is larger than the second middle absorbing member in size.
The scum absorbing device 100a further includes a connecting member 31a connected with the absorbing body 10a, and a fixing member 32a connected with the connecting member 31a. The fixing member 32a is configured to fix the absorbing body 10a on an object, such as the bathtub, and the swimming pool, etc. The fixing member 32a may be a suction cup, a hook, etc.
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The above description is merely some embodiments. It should be noted that for one with ordinary skills in the art, improvements can be made without departing from the concept of the present disclosure, but these improvements shall fall into the protection scope of the present disclosure.
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