JP2007215871A - Soap liquid dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a soap liquid dispenser capable of preventing the mischief by children, etc. and securely and repeatedly dispensing the liquid soap from a spout without filling the interior of a bowl part with foam due to the excessive dispensing of the mousse of liquid soap. <P>SOLUTION: The soap liquid dispenser alternately dispenses and stops the dispensing of the mousse of liquid soap made of a mixture of the liquid soap and air from the spout 40 based on the detection of a human body by a human body detecting sensor 42. When the following dispensing is repeated after the last dispensing at time intervals shorter than a set time and after the number of repetition of the dispensing reaches a set number of times, dispensing of only the non-mousse liquid soap is repeated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a soap solution discharge device that mixes soap solution with air and discharges it as a mousse.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a soap liquid discharge device that alternately discharges and stops mousse soap liquid obtained by mixing soap liquid and air based on human body detection by a human body detection sensor is known.
Patent Document 1 listed below discloses this type of soap solution discharge device.
As described above, in the soap solution discharge device that discharges the mousse-like soap solution, particularly in the soap solution discharge device installed in a public toilet or the like, the discharge of the mousse soap solution is excessively repeated due to mischief of children or the like. There was a problem such as.

In this case, a large amount of the soap solution stored in the storage tank is consumed, and when another person uses the soap solution discharge device thereafter, the soap solution runs out, and the soap solution discharge device can be used. The problem that disappears occurs.
Alternatively, in an automatic hand-washing / drying device equipped with a water discharge device for hand-washing water and a hot-air blowing device for blowing warm air for drying hands after hand washing together with a soap solution discharging device, a large amount of mousse-like soap solution is present. When the inside of the bowl becomes full of bubbles by being discharged into the bowl of the hand-washer, if hot air is blown out from the hot air blowing device, the hot air blows into the inside of the bowl. This causes a problem that the bubbles fall on the user's face and clothes.

With respect to this point, Patent Document 1 discloses that when the mousse-like soap solution is repeatedly discharged a plurality of times at short time intervals, the mousse-like soap solution is not allowed to be discharged more than the set number of times. Yes.
However, if the discharge of the mousse soap liquid after the set number of times is completely prohibited, the user will misunderstand that the soap liquid discharge device is broken and cannot be used. The reliability of the device is impaired.
In addition, when it is actually desired to discharge a large amount of soap solution, the purpose may not be achieved because the soap solution is not discharged.

JP 2002-315683 A

  The present invention is based on the above circumstances, and can prevent mischief by children and the like, and the inside of the bowl portion is not filled with bubbles due to excessive discharge of the mousse soap solution, and the soap solution is surely discharged. The object of the present invention is to provide a soap solution discharge device that can be repeatedly discharged from an outlet.

  Thus, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a soap liquid discharge apparatus that alternately discharges and stops mousse-like soap liquid obtained by mixing soap liquid and air based on human body detection by a human body detection sensor. When the previous discharge and the next discharge are repeatedly performed at a time interval shorter than the set time, and after the number of discharge repetitions reaches the set number of times or after the repetition of the discharge continues for the set time, the non-mooth It is characterized in that the discharge of only the soap liquid is repeated.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a soap solution discharge device for alternately discharging and stopping the discharge of a mousse-like soap solution obtained by mixing soap solution and air based on human body detection by a human body detection sensor. When the discharge and the next discharge are repeated at a time interval shorter than the set time, and after the number of discharge repetitions reaches the set number of times or after the repetition of the discharge continues for the set time, the mousse soap The liquid discharge amount is switched to the small discharge mode, and the liquid discharge amount is repeatedly discharged by a smaller amount than the discharge amount within the set number of times or the set time.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, in the small discharge mode, the discharge amount of the mousse-like soap liquid is gradually decreased for each discharge.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect, in the small discharge mode, the discharge time of the mousse-like soap liquid is shortened for each discharge.

Effects and effects of the invention

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, after the number of repetitions of the mousse-like soap solution reaches the set number of times or the repetition of the discharge continues for the set time, only the non-mousse-like soap solution is repeatedly discharged. It has been done.
According to the present invention, when the mousse-like soap liquid is repeatedly discharged, only the soap liquid is discharged from a certain place and the mousse-like soap liquid is not discharged, thereby preventing mischief by children and the like. Can do.

On the other hand, since the soap liquid can be continuously discharged after the set number of times or the set time, there is no particular inconvenience for users who need a large amount of soap liquid.
Further, it is possible to solve the problem that the inside of the bowl portion becomes full of bubbles due to the excessive discharge of the mousse soap solution.
Furthermore, in the automatic hand-washing and drying device equipped with an automatic soap solution discharge function, an automatic water discharge function for hand-washing water, and an automatic hot-air blowing device for drying hot air, hot air is generated inside the foamed bowl. By spraying well, it is possible to solve the problem that bubbles are applied to the user's face and clothes.

On the other hand, according to the second aspect, the mousse-like soap liquid discharge amount is switched to the small discharge mode from the middle and repeatedly discharged in small amounts. A sense of deficiency can be felt to prevent mischief.
On the other hand, since the mousse soap liquid is continuously discharged to a necessary person, there is no particular inconvenience to the user.
Furthermore, since the mousse soap liquid becomes a small amount from the middle, it is possible to solve the problem that excessive mousse soap liquid is discharged into the hand washing bowl more than necessary and the inside of the hand washing bowl becomes full of bubbles.

In this case, in the small discharge mode, the discharge amount of the mousse-like soap solution can be gradually decreased for each discharge (claim 3).
Furthermore, in this case, in such a small discharge mode, the discharge time of the mousse-like soap solution can be shortened for each discharge (claim 4).

Next, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a soap solution discharge device in an automatic hand-washing drying device will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes an automatic hand-washing / drying device (here, a wall-hanging type), which has a ceramic hand-washing machine 12, a lower cabinet 14, and a functional unit 16 attached to the hand-washing machine 12.
The functional unit 16 has a casing 18 in which various functional units are built.
Here, the casing 18 includes a lower casing body 18A and a lid body 18B that closes an opening at the upper end thereof.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a housing recess 28 surrounded by a rear wall portion 24 that rises along the rear edge and a pair of left and right side wall portions 26 is formed at the rear portion of the hand-washing machine 12. As shown in FIG. 2, the functional unit 16 is accommodated in the accommodating recess 28.
The functional unit 16 has its rear surface and side surfaces surrounded by a rear wall portion 24 and a pair of left and right side wall portions 26, respectively, and its front surface is open toward the bowl portion 32 of the hand-washing device 12.
Here, the bottom surface of the housing recess 28 is a flat support surface 30 that supports the functional unit 16.
In FIG. 2, 34 is a drain outlet provided in the bowl portion 32.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic hand-washing / drying apparatus 10 includes a hot air outlet 36, a hand-wash water outlet 38 and a soap liquid outlet 40, which are provided on the front surface of the casing 18 of the functional unit 16. Is provided.
Human body detection sensors 42, 44, 46 are also provided on the front surface of the casing 18 in correspondence with each other.

In this automatic hand washing / drying apparatus 10, when a hand is put out in front of the soap solution discharge port 40, the human body detection sensor 46 detects this and automatically discharges a mousse-like soap solution (water soap) from the discharge port 40. To do.
Further, when a hand is put out in front of the water discharge port 38, the human body detection sensor 44 detects this and automatically discharges hot water from the water discharge port 38.
Further, when a hand is put in front of the hot air outlet 36, the human body detection sensor 42 detects this and automatically blows out hot air from the hot air outlet 36.

In FIG. 1, a soap solution replenishment drawer 48 is provided at a position adjacent to the left side of the soap solution discharge port 40 so that it can be put in and out.
The soap solution is replenished by supplying the soap solution to the inside from above with the drawer 48 being pulled out.

As shown in FIG. 1, a drain pipe 50 is provided inside the cabinet 14, and its upper end is connected to the drain port 34 of the bowl portion 32.
Waste water from the bowl portion 32 is discharged to the outside through the trap portion 52 of the drain pipe 50.

The cabinet 14 is also provided with a hot water mixing section 54 and an electromagnetic valve 56 for cutting off the supply of hot water, and pipes for supplying cold water and hot water to the mixing section 54 are connected. .
The cold water and hot water supplied to the mixing unit 54 are mixed at a predetermined ratio to be mixed water at an appropriate temperature, and sent to the water discharge port 38 through the water supply pipe 58 by opening the electromagnetic valve 56, from which the bowl portion Water is discharged toward 32.

On the other hand, a soap solution tank 60 is provided inside and below the cabinet 14, and a predetermined amount of soap solution is stored therein.
A liquid supply pipe 62 extends from the soap liquid tank 60, and a soap liquid pump 64 is provided on the liquid supply pipe 62.
The soap solution in the soap solution tank 60 is sent to the soap solution discharge port 40 through the supply pipe 62 by the soap solution pump 64.
When the amount of the soap solution in the soap solution tank 60 is reduced, the soap solution is replenished through the drawer 48, and the replenished soap solution flows into the soap solution tank 60 through the refill pipe 66.

  Reference numeral 70 denotes an air pump. Air is sent from the air pump 70 toward the soap solution discharge port 40 through the air supply pipe 68.

A dryer main body 72 of a hot air drying device including the hot air outlet 36 is also provided in the lower part of the cabinet 14, and the dryer main body 72 and the hot air outlet 36 are connected to the blower pipe 74. Have been contacted at.
The dryer main body 72 incorporates a blower and a heater, and the air sucked through the intake port 75 is heated by the heater to be heated by the heater, and is sent to the hot air outlet 36 through the blower pipe 74 by the blower. .

FIG. 4 specifically shows the structure of the periphery of the soap solution discharge port 40.
In the figure, reference numeral 76 denotes a nozzle device having a nozzle main body 78, and the nozzle main body 78 is attached to and held by a mounting portion 80. Here, the nozzle main body 78 and the mounting portion 80 are provided obliquely downward, and are fixed to the front plate portion 81 of the casing 18 that is also obliquely downward.

The attachment portion 80 includes a cylindrical large-diameter container portion 82 and a small tube-shaped nipple portion 84, and the nipple portion 84 is inserted and connected to the liquid supply pipe 62.
A flange portion 86 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the container portion 82, and an attachment portion 80 is fixed to the front plate portion 81 by the flange portion 86 in an opening 88 provided in the front plate portion 81.

The nozzle body 78 holds the meshed cylinder 102. Mesh 106 is provided at both ends in the axial direction of cylindrical body 102 with mesh.
These meshes 106 serve to uniformly mix the soap solution and the air that have been sent by passing the soap solution and air, thereby making the soap solution better mousse.

  In the present embodiment, the soap liquid supplied from the soap liquid tank 60 by the soap liquid pump 64 and the air supplied by the air pump 70 are mixed with each other to form a mousse and pass through the mesh 106. As a result, the mousse is made uniform, and then discharged from the discharge port 40 of the nozzle body 78 toward the bowl portion 32 of the hand-washing machine 12.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 110 denotes a control unit. In this embodiment, the control unit 110 is suspended from the lid 18 </ b> B of the casing 18 and is provided on the lower surface side of the lid 18 </ b> B.
The control unit 110 supplies a blower and a heater inside the dryer main body 72, a solenoid valve 56, a soap liquid pump 64 for supplying soap liquid, and air supply based on human body detection by the human body detection sensors 42, 44, and 46. The operation of the air pump 70 to be performed is controlled.
In the present embodiment, the soap solution tank 60, the soap solution pump 64, the air pump 70, the supply pipe 62, the supply pipe 68, the nozzle device 76 shown in FIG. Is configured.

In this embodiment, every time the human body detection sensor 46 detects the hand that has been pushed out, the mousse soap solution is discharged continuously for a predetermined time (here, for example, 0.7 seconds), and the predetermined time has elapsed. Discharge is automatically stopped at that point.
When the hand is again put in front of the human body detection sensor 46 and the human body detection sensor 46 detects this, the next continuous mousse-like soap solution is discharged once.

That is, in this embodiment, each time the human body detection sensor 46 detects a hand, the mousse-like soap solution is discharged once.
Thus, in the present embodiment, the mousse-like soap solution is repeatedly discharged at a time interval shorter than the time interval that normally occurs between the previous user and the next user, that is, at a time interval shorter than the set time. When performed, and after the number of discharge repetitions reaches the set number of times or after the repetition of the discharge continues for a set time, the control unit 110 controls the soap liquid pump 64 and the air pump so as to limit the discharge of the mousse-like soap liquid. The operation of 70 is controlled.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a soap liquid discharge pattern under such control.
FIG. 5A shows an example in which only the non-mouse soap liquid is discharged without discharging the mousse soap liquid from the middle.
Specifically, in the pattern shown in FIG. 5A, when the mousse-like soap solution is repeatedly discharged N times at a short time interval, the mousse-like soap solution is not discharged and only the soap solution pump 64 is operated. Thus, the operation of the air pump 70 is stopped, whereby the discharge of only the non-mouse soap solution is repeatedly performed.

According to the present embodiment as described above, when the mousse-like soap solution is repeatedly discharged, only the soap solution is discharged from a certain place, and the mousse-like soap solution is not discharged. The mischief by etc. can be prevented.
On the other hand, since the soap solution is continuously discharged even after the set number of times, there is no particular inconvenience for users who need a large amount of soap solution.

Moreover, the problem that the inside of the bowl portion becomes full of bubbles due to the discharge of the excessive mousse soap solution can also be solved.
Furthermore, the problem that bubbles are applied to the user's face and clothes by hot air being blown out into the bowl portion filled with bubbles can be solved.

On the other hand, in the example of FIG. 5B, after the number of repetitions of the mousse soap liquid discharge reaches the set number N, the mousse soap liquid is repeatedly discharged after that, but after the number N, the small discharge is performed. Switch to mode and discharge mousse soap solution.
Specifically, in the example of (B), the discharge time of the mousse-like soap solution is gradually reduced every time, and thereby the discharge amount of the mousse-like soap solution is gradually reduced.

This makes it possible to prevent the mischievous person from feeling deficient and prevent mischief, while the mousse soap liquid is continuously discharged to the necessary person, making the user particularly inconvenienced. It does not happen.
Furthermore, since the mousse soap liquid becomes a small amount from the middle, it is possible to solve the problem that excessive mousse soap liquid is discharged into the bowl part more than necessary and the inside of the hand basin becomes full of bubbles. .

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention can be applied not only to a soap solution discharge device in an automatic hand washing and drying apparatus but also to a single soap solution discharge device.
In the above embodiment, each time the human body detection sensor 46 detects a hand, the mousse-like soap solution is discharged only once. However, when the human body detection sensor detects the human body once. The present invention can also be applied to the case where the soap solution is discharged unconditionally a set number of times.
In addition, this invention can be comprised in the form which added the various change in the range which does not deviate from the meaning.

It is a general view which shows the automatic hand-washing drying apparatus containing the soap liquid discharge apparatus of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sectional side view which expands and shows the washing machine periphery of FIG. It is a front view which expands and shows the function part unit of FIG. 1, and its periphery. It is sectional drawing which expands and shows the principal part of the soap liquid discharge apparatus of the embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the discharge pattern of the soap liquid in the embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

42 Human Body Detection Sensor 64 Soap Liquid Pump 70 Air Pump 110 Control Unit

Claims (4)

Based on human body detection by the human body detection sensor, the previous discharge and the next discharge are set in a soap liquid discharge device that alternately discharges and stops mousse soap liquid, which is a mixture of soap liquid and air When repeated at a time interval shorter than the time, and after the number of repetitions of discharge reaches the set number of times or after the repetition of the discharge continues for the set time, only the non-mooth soap liquid is repeatedly discharged. A soap solution discharge device characterized by the above. Based on human body detection by the human body detection sensor, the previous discharge and the next discharge are set in a soap liquid discharge device that alternately discharges and stops mousse soap liquid, which is a mixture of soap liquid and air When repeated at a time interval shorter than the time, and the number of repetitions of discharge reaches the set number of times or after repeated discharge continues for the set time, the amount of the mousse-like soap solution discharged is set to the small discharge mode. The soap liquid discharging apparatus is characterized in that the liquid is repeatedly discharged by a smaller amount than the discharge amount at the set number of times or within the set time.   3. The soap solution discharge apparatus according to claim 2, wherein in the small discharge mode, the discharge amount of the mousse-like soap solution is gradually decreased for each discharge.   4. The soap solution discharge apparatus according to claim 3, wherein in the small discharge mode, the discharge time of the mousse-like soap solution is shortened for each discharge.

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