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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1999
Youichi Suzuki, Tochigi, JP;
Keiji Abe, Tochigi, JP;
Yasuki Tsutsumi, Tochigi, JP;
Sachiko Aoki, Tochigi, JP;
Fumihiko Yoshiro, Tokyo, JP;
Harunobu Hirayama, Tokyo, JP;
Masahito Hanaoka, Tokyo, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning apparatus includes a handle for a cleaning cloth to be attached thereto, and a flat bag-like cleaning cloth having an insertion space therein. The handle is provided at a front end portion of a handle body with a head portion. The head portion is inserted into the insertion space, thereby attaching the cleaning cloth to the head portion. The cleaning cloth includes a joined portion formed by joining non-woven fabrics together and having a flat bag-like configuration defining an insertion space in the internal area of the cleaning cloth and a non-joined portion being provided at an external area of the joined portion.