PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cotton swab by which a fiber massive part is prevented from falling from a shaft body without damaging the softness of the fiber massive part.SOLUTION: The cotton swab includes a shaft body 2 and a fiber massive part 3 by which fibers are wound and bonded at one end or both ends of the shaft body 2, and the fiber massive part 3 is provided partially with a reduced diameter part 4 compressed to the outer circumferential surface of the shaft body 2. The fiber massive part 3 is formed in the order of a small fiber massive part 5, the reduced diameter part 4 and a large fiber massive part 6 to the distal end direction of the shaft body 2 along the axial direction of the shaft body 2, and it is preferable that the outer edge corner part of an end face at one end or both ends of the shaft body is chamfered or formed in a curved surface shape.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】繊維塊状部の柔らかさを損なわずに、繊維塊状部が軸体から脱落するのを防止した綿棒を提供する。【解決手段】軸体2と、該軸体2の一端または両端に繊維を巻き付け接着した繊維塊状部3とを備え、前記繊維塊状部3が、前記軸体2の外周面に向かって圧縮された縮径部4を一部に有している。前記繊維塊状部3は、前記軸体2の軸方向に沿って軸体2の先端方向に向かって、小繊維塊状部5、縮径部4および大繊維塊状部6の順に形成され、前記軸体の一端または両端における端面の外縁角部は、面取りまたは曲面状に形成されているのが好ましい。【選択図】 図1
