JP2014230666A - Hair remover washing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hair remover washing device which suppresses hair, sebum, skin and the like re-attaching to a hair remover.SOLUTION: A hair remover washing device 1 has: a liquid storage part 20; a washing liquid tank 30; a pump 32; and a control unit 19. The hair remover washing device 1 has a structure in which a hair remover 100 is arranged in a form in which a hair removing blade part 130 is positioned in the liquid storage part 20. The liquid storage part 20 has: a liquid pouring port 21; and an overflow part 23. The pump 32 supplies a washing liquid 31 which the washing liquid tank 30 stores to the liquid storage part 20 from the liquid pouring port 21. The liquid storage part 20 discharges the washing liquid 31 from liquid discharge space 25, when a water level of the stored washing liquid 31 reaches an overflow surface 24. The overflow surface 24 is positioned in the middle of the hair removing blade part 130 and a trimmer part 140 in a height direction.

Description

  The present invention relates to a hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus.

A conventional hair removal tool cleaning device drives a hair removal blade in a state where the head of the hair removal tool is immersed in a cleaning liquid. Patent Document 1 discloses an example of a conventional hair removal instrument cleaning device.
A cleaning device for a shaving device as a hair removal device cleaning device has a storage receptacle and a cleaning receptacle formed integrally with the storage container below the storage container. When cleaning the shaving device, the cleaning device for the shaving device supports the shaving device in a form in which the head portion is positioned on the cleaning receptacle. In the cleaning device for the shaving device, the cleaning fluid stored in the storage container is supplied to the cleaning receptacle. The shaving device performs a cleaning operation in a state where the head portion is immersed in the cleaning fluid in the cleaning receptacle.

JP-T-2006-521846

The inventor of the present application has found that a cleaning device for a shaving device has the following problems.
When cleaning the shaving device, the cleaning device for the shaving device removes the hair accumulated in the head portion of the shaving device, the sebum dropped off during hair removal, the skin, and the like and discharged into the cleaning fluid. The discharged hair, sebum, skin, and the like may float in the cleaning fluid and reattach to the inner and outer surfaces of the shaver head. For this reason, the shaving device may be in a state where hair, sebum, skin, and the like adhere to the head portion even after the cleaning operation. For this reason, the conventional hair removal instrument washing | cleaning apparatus has room for improvement in the point which suppresses that the hair, sebum, skin, etc. which were discharged | emitted from the head part at the time of washing | cleaning operation | movement adhere again to a hair removal instrument.

  The present invention was created based on the above background, and an object of the present invention is to provide a hair removal device cleaning device that suppresses reattachment of hair, sebum, skin, and the like to a hair removal device. .

  This means is “a hair removal tool cleaning device for a hair removal tool having a head part, wherein the head part has a hair removal blade part and a trimmer part, and the hair removal tool cleaning device comprises a cleaning tank, a cleaning liquid, It has a tank, a pump, and a liquid injection part, the washing tub has a liquid storage part, and has a structure that supports the hair removal device in a form in which the hair removal blade part is located in the liquid storage part. The trimmer part is positioned above the hair removal blade part in the height direction in a form in which the hair removal blade part is located in the liquid container part, the liquid container part has an overflow part, and the cleaning liquid The tank stores cleaning liquid, the pump supplies the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning liquid tank to the liquid injection section, and the liquid injection section supplies the cleaning liquid supplied from the cleaning liquid tank to the liquid storage section. The overflow section is overflowing And the overflow surface is in communication with the liquid storage portion. In the hair removal tool cleaning device, the overflow surface is positioned between the hair removal blade portion and the trimmer portion in the height direction. Includes a hair removal instrument cleaning device.

  When the water level of the cleaning liquid stored in the liquid storage unit reaches the overflow surface, the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus discharges the cleaning liquid from the liquid discharge space. The overflow surface is located in the middle of the hair removal blade portion and the trimmer portion of the head portion in the height direction. For this reason, the depilation instrument washing | cleaning apparatus performs washing | cleaning operation | movement in the state in which the lower part of the head part containing the depilation blade part of a depilation instrument was immersed in the washing | cleaning liquid. The liquid storage part forms a flow of cleaning liquid from the liquid injection port toward the overflow part. For this reason, the hair removal instrument washing | cleaning apparatus can suppress that the hair, sebum, skin, etc. which were discharged | emitted by the washing | cleaning liquid from the head part reattach to a head part, when washing | cleaning a hair removal instrument.

  One mode of the above-mentioned means is as follows: "The hair removal instrument cleaning device has a flow channel for ejection on an inner wall surface of the cleaning tank, the flow channel for ejection has a plurality of ejection holes, and the plurality of ejections The hole includes a hair removal tool cleaning device that ejects the cleaning liquid into the liquid container.

One mode of the above means includes “the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus that changes the flow rate of the cleaning liquid supplied from the cleaning liquid tank to the liquid injection unit in at least two stages”.
One form of the above means includes "the liquid container has an upper overflow portion, and the upper overflow portion is located above the overflow portion in the height direction".

  One form of the means is as follows: “The overflow portion has a liquid discharge space, the liquid discharge space is located above the overflow surface, and the hair removal instrument cleaning device has the ejection hole in the liquid discharge space. A depilator cleaning device that ejects the cleaning liquid toward the liquid storage portion side end of the device.

  One mode of the above-mentioned means includes "the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus having at least two or more ejection channels having different positions in the height direction on the inner wall surface of the cleaning tank". .

  One mode of the above-mentioned means is as follows: “The hair removal instrument cleaning device has a control unit, and the control unit is configured to remove the hair removal blade before the liquid injection unit injects the cleaning liquid into the liquid storage unit. Including a hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus that vibrates the part.

  This depilation instrument washing apparatus contributes to suppressing hair, sebum, skin, and the like from reattaching to the depilation apparatus.

These show the perspective view of the depilation instrument washing | cleaning apparatus of 1st Embodiment. These show the cross-sectional structure of 1X-1X plane of the state by which the hair removal tool was inserted in the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus of 1st Embodiment. These show the washing | cleaning process flowchart of the depilation instrument washing | cleaning apparatus of 1st Embodiment. These show the perspective view of the hair removal instrument washing | cleaning apparatus of 2nd Embodiment. These show the cross-sectional structure of 4X-4X plane of the state by which the hair removal tool was inserted in the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus of 2nd Embodiment. These show the cross-sectional structure of the state by which the hair removal tool was inserted in the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus of 3rd Embodiment. These show the cross-sectional structure of the state by which the hair removal tool was inserted in the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus of 4th Embodiment. These show the washing | cleaning process flowchart of 5th Embodiment.

(First embodiment)
With reference to FIG. 1, the structure of the hair removal implement cleaning apparatus 1 is demonstrated.
The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 as a cleaning apparatus for the hair removal instrument 100 includes a cleaning tank 2 that forms a space in the center of the housing 10. The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 includes an operation unit 13 and a display unit 14 at the upper front portion of the housing 10. The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 is connected to a power outlet 5 via a power cord 4.

The cleaning tank 2 has an inner wall surface that forms a space. The cleaning tank 2 has an opening 3. The cleaning tank 2 has a liquid container 20 in a lower region in the height direction.
The housing | casing 10 has the stand part 12 as a hair removal instrument arrangement | positioning part extended upwards from a back surface. The stand unit 12 has a ventilation window 15 and a contact terminal 16 on the wall surface in the direction of the inner wall surface of the cleaning tank 2.

With reference to FIG. 2, the structure of the hair removal tool 100 and the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus 1 is demonstrated.
The hair removal tool 100 has a gripping part 110 and a head part 120. The head part 120 has a hair removal blade part 130 and a trimmer part 140. The hair removal blade part 130 has an inner blade inside the outer blade and the outer blade. The trimmer part 140 has a trimmer blade that is accommodated inside the head part 120 when not in use.

The hair removal tool 100 cuts the body hair inserted into the slit of the outer blade by performing a reciprocating vibration operation in which the inner blade of the hair removal blade portion 130 repeats a reciprocating linear motion.
The hair removal tool 100 is inserted into the cleaning tank 2 such that the hair removal blade part 130 of the head part 120 faces the liquid storage part 20.

  The hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1 has a structure that supports the hair removal tool 100 in a form in which the hair removal blade part 130 of the head part 120 is positioned in the liquid storage part 20. In the hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1, the stand unit 12 supports the back surface of the hair removal tool 100. In the hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1, the liquid storage unit 20 supports the hair removal blade part 130 of the head unit 120.

  When the stand unit 12 supports the back surface of the hair removal device 100, the contact terminal 16 contacts the back terminal 111 provided on the back surface of the hair removal device 100. The back terminal 111 and the contact terminal 16 are electrically connected by contact.

The trimmer part 140 is formed above the hair removal blade part 130 in the head part 120 when the hair removal blade part 130 is located in the liquid storage part 20.
The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 includes a housing support part 11, a fan 17, a heater 18, a cleaning liquid tank 30, a pump 32, a liquid injection part 40, and a liquid discharging part 50. The housing 10 has a configuration that covers the housing support 11. The housing 10 is attached to the housing support 11 so as to be slidable in the height direction. The fan 17, the heater 18, the pump 32, the liquid injection unit 40, and the liquid discharge unit 50 are coupled to the housing 10. The cleaning liquid tank 30 can be taken out of the housing 10 by moving the housing 10 upward.

  The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 has a control unit 19. The control unit 19 has a cleaning processing program. When the hair removal tool 100 is cleaned, the control unit 19 outputs a control signal for controlling operations of the pump 32, the fan 17, the heater 18, and the drain valve 52 in accordance with the cleaning processing program. The controller 19 gives a control signal to the hair removal tool 100 via the contact terminal 16 in accordance with the cleaning program.

  The liquid storage part 20 receives the head part 120 of the hair removal tool 100 inserted through the opening 3. The liquid storage unit 20 includes a liquid injection port 21, a liquid discharge port 22, and an overflow unit 23.

  The liquid injection port 21 is formed by opening the inner wall surface of the cleaning tank 2. The liquid injection port 21 is connected to the end of the liquid injection channel 41 of the liquid injection part 40. The drainage port 22 is an opening formed at the bottom of the liquid storage unit 20. The drain port 22 is connected to the end of the drain channel 51 of the drain unit 50.

  The overflow part 23 has an overflow surface 24 and a liquid discharge space 25 formed above the overflow surface 24. The overflow surface 24 communicates with the liquid storage unit 20. The liquid discharge space 25 is an open space formed in the inner wall surface of the cleaning tank 2. The overflow surface 24 is positioned between the hair removal blade part 130 and the trimmer part 140 in the height direction.

  The cleaning liquid tank 30 stores the cleaning liquid 31. The cleaning liquid tank 30 has a pump 32 and a filtration filter 33. The cleaning liquid tank 30 stores, for example, water as the cleaning liquid 31.

  The drainage unit 50 includes a drainage valve 52 in the drainage channel 51. The drainage valve 52 has a shut-off state and a drainage state as operating states. The drainage valve 52 blocks the flow of the cleaning liquid 31 in the drainage flow path 51 in the shut-off state. The drain valve 52 drains the cleaning liquid 31 from the drain channel 51 in the drain state.

The cleaning operation of the hair removal tool 100 will be described.
When the user cleans the hair removal tool 100, the user inserts the hair removal tool 100 into the opening 3 of the hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1 with the head portion 120 facing the bottom of the cleaning tank 2. In the hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1, the stand unit 12 and the liquid storage unit 20 support the hair removal tool 100. The hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1 supports the hair removal tool 100 in a form in which the hair removal blade part 130 of the head part 120 is located in the liquid storage part 20.

  The pump 32 injects the cleaning liquid 31 stored in the cleaning liquid tank 30 into the liquid storage unit 20 from the injection port 21 by pumping the cleaning liquid 31 through the injection flow path 41. The liquid storage unit 20 stores the cleaning liquid 31 injected from the liquid injection port 21. The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 stores the cleaning liquid 31 in the liquid storage unit 20 by setting the drain valve 52 to a shut-off state. The liquid storage unit 20 stores the cleaning liquid 31 in a state where the drainage from the drainage port 22 through the drainage channel 51 is blocked.

  In the liquid storage unit 20, the liquid discharge space 25 guides the cleaning liquid 31 to the cleaning liquid tank 30 when the water level of the stored cleaning liquid 31 reaches the position of the overflow surface 24 in the height direction. The cleaning liquid 31 that has reached the position of the overflow surface 24 is discharged to the liquid discharge space 25 from the end of the liquid discharge space 25 on the liquid storage unit 20 side. The cleaning liquid 31 in the liquid storage unit 20 flows out of the liquid storage unit 20 through the liquid discharge space 25. The water level of the liquid storage unit 20 is kept at the position of the overflow surface 24. The cleaning liquid 31 flowing out through the liquid discharge space 25 is filtered by the filtration filter 33 and returned to the cleaning liquid tank 30.

  The overflow surface 24 is located below the trimmer part 140 of the hair removal tool 100 in the height direction. For this reason, the water level of the stored cleaning liquid 31 is maintained below the trimmer unit 140. The overflow surface 24 is located above the hair removal blade part 130 of the hair removal tool 100 in the height direction. For this reason, in the hair removal tool 100, the lower part of the head part 120 including the hair removal blade part 130 is immersed in the cleaning liquid 31.

  When the water level of the cleaning liquid 31 reaches the position in the height direction of the overflow surface 24, the liquid storage unit 20 discharges an amount corresponding to the cleaning liquid 31 injected from the liquid injection port 21 from the liquid discharge space 25. The liquid storage unit 20 forms a flow of the cleaning liquid 31 from the liquid injection port 21 toward the overflow unit 23.

  The controller 19 cleans the hair removal tool 100 by reciprocatingly vibrating the inner blade of the hair removal blade 130 in a state where the flow of the cleaning liquid 31 is formed in the liquid container 20. The hair removal instrument 100 removes the hair, sebum, skin, and the like accumulated in the head portion 120 by the reciprocating vibration of the inner blade, and discharges it into the cleaning liquid 31.

  The cleaning liquid 31 including hair, sebum, skin, and the like is discharged outside the liquid storage section 20 through the liquid discharge space 25 along the flow of the cleaning liquid 31 formed in the liquid storage section 20. Most of the hair, sebum, skin, and the like deposited on the head unit 120 is deposited in the hair removal blade unit 130. The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 smoothly discharges hair, sebum, skin, and the like discharged from the hair removal blade part 130 to the outside of the liquid storage part 20 on the flow of the cleaning liquid 31. Hair, sebum, skin and the like contained in the discharged cleaning liquid 31 are filtered by the filter 33.

  The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 performs the operation of draining the cleaning liquid 31 in the liquid container 20 after the cleaning operation of the hair removal instrument 100 is completed. The controller 19 switches the drain valve 52 to the drained state after stopping the pumping of the cleaning liquid 31 by the pump 32. The cleaning liquid 31 in the liquid storage unit 20 is drained from the drain port 22 through the drain channel 51. The cleaning liquid 31 discharged from the drainage flow path 51 is filtered by the filtration filter 33 and returned to the cleaning liquid tank 30.

  The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 drains the hair removal instrument 100 by operating the heater 18 and the fan 17 after draining the cleaning liquid 31 in the liquid storage unit 20. The heater 18 warms the internal space of the liquid storage unit 20. The fan 17 blows air from the ventilation window 15 to the internal space of the liquid storage unit 20.

The outline of the cleaning process flow will be described with reference to FIG.
When cleaning the hair removal tool 100, the user of the hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1 and the control unit 19 sequentially execute steps S11 to S18.

  The user sequentially executes steps S11 to S13. In step S <b> 11, the user injects the cleaning liquid 31 into the cleaning liquid tank 30. The user injects the cleaning liquid 31 into the cleaning liquid tank 30 taken out by lifting the housing 10 upward. In step S12, the user inserts the hair removal tool 100 into the cleaning tank 2 through the opening 3. In step S13, the user operates the operation unit 13 to start the hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1.

  When the hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1 is started, the control unit 19 sequentially executes steps S14 to S18. In step S <b> 14, the control unit 19 performs control to inject the cleaning liquid 31 into the liquid storage unit 20. The control unit 19 operates the pump 32 after setting the drain valve 52 to the shut-off state. In step S <b> 15, the controller 19 controls the hair removal tool 100 to cause the inner blade of the hair removal blade 130 to reciprocate. The hair removal tool 100 removes hair, sebum, skin, and the like accumulated in the head portion 120 and discharges them into the cleaning liquid 31. The cleaning liquid 31 including hair, sebum, skin, and the like is discharged from the overflow portion 23 along the flow. In step S <b> 16, the control unit 19 performs control to discharge the cleaning liquid 31 stored in the liquid storage unit 20. The control unit 19 performs control to stop the reciprocating vibration operation of the inner blade of the hair removal tool 100 and the operation of the pump 32 of the hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1. The controller 19 drains the cleaning liquid 31 stored in the liquid container 20 by setting the drain valve 52 to the drain state. In step S17, the controller 19 determines the end of the cleaning operation. The control unit 19 determines whether or not the number of cleaning cycles including Steps S14 to S16 has reached a predetermined value. In the determination in step S17, when the number of cycles has not reached a predetermined value, the control unit 19 performs control to repeat step S14 to step S17. In step S17, when the number of cycles reaches a predetermined value, the control unit 19 performs control for drying the hair removal tool 100 in step S18.

The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 has the following effects.
(1) The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 discharges the cleaning liquid 31 from the liquid discharge space 25 when the water level of the cleaning liquid 31 stored in the liquid storage unit 20 reaches the overflow surface 24. The overflow surface 24 is positioned between the hair removal blade part 130 and the trimmer part 140 of the head part 120 in the height direction. For this reason, the hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1 performs a cleaning operation in a state where the lower part of the head part 120 including the hair removal blade part 130 of the hair removal tool 100 is immersed in the cleaning liquid 31. The liquid storage unit 20 forms a flow of the cleaning liquid 31 from the liquid injection port 21 toward the overflow unit 23. For this reason, when the hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1 cleans the hair removal tool 100, the hair, sebum, skin, etc. discharged from the head part 120 to the cleaning liquid 31 are prevented from reattaching to the head part 120. can do. In particular, the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 can extremely enhance the effect of suppressing reattachment to the upper portion of the head portion 120 including the trimmer portion 140 that is not immersed in the cleaning liquid 31.

  (2) The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 includes a liquid storage unit 20, a cleaning liquid tank 30, a pump 32, and a control unit 19. The liquid storage unit 20 includes a liquid injection port 21 and an overflow unit 23. The overflow part 23 has an overflow surface 24 and a liquid discharge space 25. The overflow surface 24 is positioned between the hair removal blade part 130 and the trimmer part 140 in the height direction. According to this configuration, the hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1 immerses only the lower part of the head part 120 including the hair removal blade part 130 of the hair removal tool 100 with the cleaning liquid 31. For this reason, the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 can perform an effective cleaning operation with a small amount of the cleaning liquid 31.

(Second Embodiment)
The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 60 of the second embodiment has a different configuration in the following parts compared to the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 of the first embodiment, and has the same configuration in the other parts. About the structure which is common in the hair removal instrument washing | cleaning apparatus 1 of 1st Embodiment, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the one part or all part of the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In the hair removal tool cleaning device 1 of the first embodiment, the liquid injection part 40 has a liquid injection channel 41, and the cleaning liquid 31 pumped by the pump 32 passes through the liquid injection channel 41 from the liquid injection port 21. Liquid is poured into the liquid storage unit 20. On the other hand, the hair removal instrument cleaning device 60 of the second embodiment has an ejection channel 61 coupled to the injection channel 41, and ejects the cleaning liquid 31 pumped by the pump 32 into the ejection channel 61. Eject from 62.

With reference to FIG. 4, the structure of the hair removal implement cleaning apparatus 60 is demonstrated.
The hair removal instrument cleaning device 60 has an ejection channel 61 on the inner wall surface of the cleaning tank 2. The ejection channel 61 has a shape along the inner wall surface of the cleaning tank 2. The ejection channel 61 has a plurality of ejection holes 62 formed at intervals.

With reference to FIG. 5, the structure of the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus 60 in which the hair removal tool 100 was inserted is demonstrated.
The ejection channel 61 is coupled to the injection channel 41 of the injection unit 40. The ejection channel 61 has a tubular shape. The ejection hole 62 is formed to be rotatable in the circumferential direction of the tubular ejection flow channel 61. The ejection hole 62 has a hole diameter large enough to eject the cleaning liquid 31 pumped into the ejection flow path 61 into a fountain shape.

  When the hair removal instrument cleaning device 60 performs a cleaning operation, the pump 32 pumps the cleaning liquid 31 stored in the cleaning liquid tank 30 to the liquid injection channel 41. The cleaning liquid 31 that is pressure-fed to the injection channel 41 is sent to the ejection channel 61.

  When the pump 32 pumps the cleaning liquid 31, the ejection flow path 61 ejects the cleaning liquid 31 from the ejection holes 62 toward the liquid storage unit 20. The ejection hole 62 is formed at a position where the cleaning liquid 31 is ejected from a plurality of directions with respect to the hair removal device 100 when the hair removal device 100 is inserted into the cleaning tank 2. The cleaning liquid 31 ejected from the ejection holes 62 is ejected toward the head portion 120 of the hair removal tool 100 and the surface of the cleaning liquid 31 as the ejection holes 62 rotate in the circumferential direction of the ejection flow channel 61.

  The control unit 19 changes the flow rate of the cleaning liquid 31 to be pumped in two steps by switching the driving capability of the pump 32 to two steps. The control part 19 performs control which repeats the operation | movement which switches the drive capability of the pump 32 in two steps with a fixed period. When the control unit 19 switches the driving capability of the pump 32 in two stages of an operation state and a stop state, the ejection hole 62 ejects the cleaning liquid 31 intermittently.

  The hair removal instrument cleaning device 60 can eject the cleaning liquid 31 having a strong impact force toward the head unit 120 at the moment of ejection by ejecting the cleaning liquid 31 intermittently from the ejection holes 62.

  The hair removal instrument cleaning device 60 is effective for hair, sebum, skin, and the like by spraying the cleaning liquid 31 ejected from the ejection holes 62 toward the region where the cleaning liquid 31 in the liquid storage unit 20 flows out of the overflow part 23. Thus, the liquid can be discharged outside the liquid storage unit 20.

  When the cleaning liquid 31 is discharged through the liquid discharge space 25, the liquid storage unit 20 has a stagnation region in which the amount of the cleaning liquid 31 flowing is extremely small at the liquid storage unit 20 side end of the liquid discharge space 25 from which the cleaning liquid 31 flows out. May occur. When the stagnation region is generated in the liquid storage unit 20, a phenomenon may occur in which the cleaning liquid 31 including hair, sebum, skin, and the like stagnate and remain in the stagnation region without being discharged.

  When the hair removal tool 100 is cleaned, the hair removal tool cleaning device 60 ejects the cleaning liquid 31 from the ejection hole 62 toward the liquid container 20 side end of the liquid discharge space 25. In the hair removal tool cleaning device 60, the cleaning liquid 31 ejected from the ejection holes 62 agitates the cleaning liquid 31 in the vicinity of the liquid storage unit 20 side end of the liquid discharge space 25. For this reason, the hair removal instrument washing apparatus 60 can suppress generation | occurrence | production of a stagnation area | region. For this reason, the hair removal instrument cleaning device 60 can suppress the hair, sebum, skin, and the like contained in the cleaning liquid 31 from staying in the vicinity of the liquid storage unit 20 side end of the liquid discharge space 25.

  The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 60 of this embodiment has the same effects as (1) and (2) exhibited by the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 of the first embodiment. That is, the effect that hair, sebum, skin, and the like can be prevented from reattaching to the hair removal device 100 and the effect that an effective cleaning operation can be performed with a small amount of the cleaning liquid 31 are exhibited. . Moreover, the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus 60 of this embodiment has the following effects.

  (3) The hair removal instrument cleaning device 60 has a jet channel 61 on the inner wall surface of the cleaning tank 2. The ejection channel 61 has a plurality of ejection holes 62 at intervals. The ejection hole 62 is formed at a position where the cleaning liquid 31 is ejected from a plurality of directions with respect to the hair removal tool 100. According to this configuration, the hair removal tool cleaning device 60 can eject the cleaning liquid 31 from a plurality of directions with respect to the head portion 120 of the hair removal tool 100. For this reason, the hair removal instrument washing | cleaning apparatus 60 can eject the washing | cleaning liquid 31 with a big impact force from the circumference | surroundings to the head part 120 of the hair removal instrument 100. FIG. For this reason, the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus 60 can raise cleaning power.

  (4) The ejection channel 61 has a tubular shape. The ejection hole 62 is formed to be rotatable in the circumferential direction of the tubular ejection flow channel 61. According to this configuration, the hair removal tool cleaning device 60 can change the ejection angle of the cleaning liquid 31 with respect to the head portion 120 of the hair removal tool 100. For this reason, the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus 60 can eject the washing | cleaning liquid 31 to the head part 120 of the hair removal tool 100 according to the state of dirt. For this reason, the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus 60 can wash | clean the stain | pollution | contamination of the various positions of the hair removal tool 100 effectively.

  (5) In the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 60, the control unit 19 performs control to switch the driving capability of the pump 32 to two stages. For this reason, the flow rate of the cleaning liquid 31 pumped by the pump 32 changes in two stages. For this reason, the hair removal instrument washing | cleaning apparatus 60 can eject the washing | cleaning liquid 31 intermittently from the ejection hole 62. FIG. For this reason, the hair removal instrument washing | cleaning apparatus 60 can repeatedly eject the washing | cleaning liquid 31 which has a strong impact force toward the head part 120 at the moment of ejecting. For this reason, the hair removal instrument cleaning device 60 can enhance the cleaning power for hair, sebum, skin, and the like stuck to the head portion 120.

  (6) In the hair removal instrument cleaning device 60, the ejection hole 62 ejects the cleaning liquid 31 toward the liquid container 20 side end of the liquid discharge space 25 from which the cleaning liquid 31 flows out. For this reason, in the hair removal instrument cleaning device 60, the cleaning liquid 31 ejected from the ejection holes 62 agitates the cleaning liquid 31 in the vicinity of the liquid storage section 20 side end of the liquid discharge space 25. For this reason, the hair removal instrument washing | cleaning apparatus 60 can suppress that the hair, sebum, skin, etc. which are contained in the washing | cleaning liquid 31 remain in a stagnation area | region. For this reason, the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 60 can enhance the effect of suppressing reattachment of hair, sebum, skin, and the like to the head portion 120.

(Third embodiment)
The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 70 of the third embodiment has a different configuration in the following parts compared to the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 60 of the second embodiment, and has the same configuration in other parts. The components common to the hair removal instrument cleaning device 60 of the second embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and a part or all of the description thereof is omitted.

  In the hair removal tool cleaning device 60 of the second embodiment, the liquid container 20 has an overflow part 23. On the other hand, in the hair removal tool cleaning device 70 of the third embodiment, the liquid storage unit 20 has the overflow part 23 and the upper overflow part 71.

With reference to FIG. 6, the structure of the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus 70 in which the hair removal tool 100 was inserted is demonstrated.
The liquid storage unit 20 of the hair removal instrument cleaning device 70 has an overflow part 23 and a higher overflow part 71. The upper overflow portion 71 has an upper overflow surface 72 and an upper liquid discharge space 73 formed above the upper overflow surface 72. The upper overflow surface 72 communicates with the liquid storage unit 20. The upper overflow surface 72 is located above the overflow surface 24 in the height direction.

  In the liquid storage unit 20, when the water level of the stored cleaning liquid 31 reaches the position of the upper overflow surface 72 in the height direction, the upper liquid discharge space 73 guides the cleaning liquid 31 to the cleaning liquid tank 30. The cleaning liquid 31 that has reached the position of the upper overflow surface 72 flows out of the liquid container 20 through the upper liquid discharge space 73. The cleaning liquid 31 flowing out through the upper liquid discharge space 73 is filtered by the filtration filter 33 and returned to the cleaning liquid tank 30.

  When the hair removal instrument cleaning device 70 performs a cleaning operation, the pump 32 pumps the cleaning liquid 31 stored in the cleaning liquid tank 30 to the liquid injection channel 41. The cleaning liquid 31 that is pumped to the liquid injection channel 41 is supplied to the ejection channel 61.

  The liquid discharge space 25 of the overflow part 23 has a maximum discharge flow rate. The control unit 19 changes the flow rate of the cleaning liquid 31 to be pumped by switching the driving capability of the pump 32 in two stages, that is, the two stages of the first pumping flow rate and the second pumping flow rate. The flow rate pumped by the pump 32 is such that the first pumping flow rate is smaller than the maximum discharge flow rate of the liquid discharge space 25. The flow rate pumped by the pump 32 is such that the second pumping flow rate is greater than the maximum discharge flow rate of the liquid discharge space 25.

When the flow rate pumped by the pump 32 is the first pumping flow rate, the water level of the cleaning liquid 31 stored in the liquid storage unit 20 is maintained at a position in the height direction of the overflow surface 24.
When the flow rate pumped by the pump 32 is the second pumping flow rate, the water level of the cleaning liquid 31 stored in the liquid storage unit 20 exceeds the position of the overflow surface 24 in the height direction. At this time, in the liquid storage unit 20, the upper overflow unit 71 keeps the water level of the cleaning liquid 31 at a position in the height direction of the upper overflow surface 72.

  The controller 19 divides the cleaning period into a first cleaning period and a second cleaning period when the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 70 performs a cleaning operation. The controller 19 continuously performs the cleaning operation in the first cleaning period and the cleaning operation in the second cleaning period. The control unit 19 sets the pumping flow rate of the pump 32 during the first cleaning period as the first pumping flow rate. The control unit 19 sets the pumping flow rate of the pump 32 during the second cleaning period as the second pumping flow rate.

  In the first cleaning period, the hair removal instrument cleaning device 70 performs a cleaning operation at the level of the cleaning liquid 31 that is the position of the overflow surface 24 in the height direction. The hair removal tool cleaning device 70 performs a cleaning operation in a state where the lower part of the head part 120 including the hair removal blade part 130 of the hair removal tool 100 is immersed in the cleaning liquid 31. The hair removal instrument cleaning device 70 can suppress reattachment of hair, sebum, skin, and the like discharged from the head unit 120 to the hair removal apparatus 100 during the cleaning operation.

  In the second cleaning period, the hair removal instrument cleaning device 70 performs a cleaning operation at the level of the cleaning liquid 31 that is the position of the upper overflow surface 72 in the height direction. The hair removal instrument cleaning device 70 performs a cleaning operation in a state in which the head portion 120 of the hair removal instrument 100 is immersed in the cleaning liquid 31 up to a position in the height direction higher than the first cleaning period. The hair removal instrument cleaning device 70 performs a cleaning operation including the upper part of the head unit 120 that has not been immersed in the cleaning liquid 31 in the first cleaning period.

  The hair removal tool cleaning device 70 of this embodiment is played by the hair removal tool cleaning device 1 of the first embodiment (1) and (2), and the hair removal tool cleaning device 60 of the second embodiment (3). There exists an effect similar to (6). Moreover, the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus 70 of this embodiment has the following effects.

  (7) In the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 70, the liquid storage unit 20 has the overflow part 23 and the upper overflow part 71. The control unit 19 performs control such that the pumping flow rate of the pump 32 becomes the first pumping flow rate and the second pumping flow rate. The hair removal instrument cleaning device 70 continues the first cleaning period in which the pumping flow rate of the pump 32 is the first pumping flow rate and the second cleaning period in which the pumping flow rate of the pump 32 is the second pumping flow rate as the cleaning period. According to this configuration, the hair removal instrument cleaning device 70 continuously performs cleaning operations with different levels of the cleaning liquid 31 stored in the liquid storage unit 20. For this reason, the hair removal instrument cleaning device 70 performs cleaning in which hair, sebum, skin, and the like are prevented from reattaching to the hair removal instrument 100, and cleaning that cleans the upper portion of the head portion 120 in the height direction. You can do both. For this reason, the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus 70 can wash | clean the head part 120 whole effectively.

(Fourth embodiment)
The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 90 of the fourth embodiment has a different configuration in the following parts compared to the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 70 of the third embodiment, and has the same configuration in the other parts. About the structure which is common in the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus 70 of 3rd Embodiment, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the one part or all part of the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In the hair removal tool cleaning device 70 of the third embodiment, the cleaning tank 2 has the ejection channel 61 on the inner wall surface. On the other hand, in the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 90 of the fourth embodiment, the cleaning tank 2 has the ejection channel 61 and the upper ejection channel 91 on the inner wall surface.

With reference to FIG. 7, the structure of the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus 90 in which the hair removal tool 100 was inserted is demonstrated.
The hair removal instrument cleaning device 90 has an ejection channel 61 and an upper ejection channel 91 on the inner wall surface of the cleaning tank 2. The upper ejection flow path 91 has a shape along the inner wall surface of the cleaning tank 2. The upper ejection flow path 91 is located above the ejection flow path 61 in the height direction of the hair removal instrument cleaning device 90. The upper ejection flow path 91 has a plurality of upper ejection holes 92 formed at intervals. The upper ejection flow channel 91 has a tubular shape. The upper jet hole 92 is formed to be rotatable in the circumferential direction of the tubular upper jet channel 91. The upper ejection hole 92 has a hole diameter that allows the cleaning liquid 31 pumped to the upper ejection flow path 91 to be ejected in the form of a fountain.

The ejection channel 61 and the upper ejection channel 91 are coupled to the liquid injection channel 41.
The hair removal instrument cleaning device 90 pumps the cleaning liquid 31 stored in the cleaning liquid tank 30 by the pump 32 via the liquid injection path 41 to the ejection path 61 and the upper ejection path 91. The upper ejection flow channel 91 ejects the cleaning liquid 31 from the upper ejection hole 92 to the liquid storage unit 20.

  The upper ejection channel 91 is formed at a position where the upper ejection hole 92 ejects the cleaning liquid 31 from a plurality of directions to the hair removal instrument 100 when the hair removal instrument 100 is inserted into the cleaning tank 2. . The cleaning liquid 31 ejected from the upper ejection holes 92 is ejected toward the head portion 120 of the hair removal tool 100 and the surface of the cleaning liquid 31 as the upper ejection holes 92 rotate in the circumferential direction of the upper ejection flow path 91. The

  The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 90 of the present embodiment is performed by the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 of the first embodiment (1) and (2), and the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 60 of the second embodiment is performed (3) to (3). (6) And the same effect as (7) which the hair removal instrument washing | cleaning apparatus 70 of 3rd Embodiment has is show | played. Moreover, the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus 90 of this embodiment has the following effects.

  (8) The hair removal instrument cleaning device 90 has the ejection channel 61 and the upper ejection channel 91 on the inner wall surface of the cleaning tank 2. The upper ejection flow path 91 is located above the ejection flow path 61 in the height direction of the hair removal instrument cleaning device 90. According to this configuration, the hair removal tool cleaning device 90 can eject the cleaning liquid 31 from different positions in the height direction with respect to the head portion 120 of the hair removal tool 100. For this reason, the hair removal instrument cleaning device 90 removes the cleaning liquid 31 from a position where the upper ejection holes 92 of the upper ejection flow path 91 are different from the place where the cleaning liquid 31 ejected from the ejection holes 62 of the ejection flow path 61 cannot be cleaned. Can be erupted. For this reason, the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus 90 can wash | clean the part covering the wide range of the head part 120. FIG.

(Fifth embodiment)
The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 of the fifth embodiment has different cleaning processing steps in the following parts compared to the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 of the first embodiment, and the same cleaning processing steps in the other parts. Have. About the structure which is common in the hair removal instrument washing | cleaning apparatus 1 of 1st Embodiment, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the one part or all part of the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  When the hair removal tool 100 of the first embodiment cleans the hair removal tool 100, the controller 19 reciprocally vibrates the inner blade of the hair removal blade part 130 after injecting the cleaning liquid 31 into the liquid storage part 20. To control. On the other hand, in the hair removal instrument cleaning device 1 of the fifth embodiment, when the hair removal instrument 100 is cleaned, the inside of the hair removal blade part 130 before the controller 19 injects the cleaning liquid 31 into the liquid storage part 20. Control to reciprocate the blade.

With reference to FIG. 8, the outline | summary of the cleaning process flow in this embodiment is demonstrated.
When cleaning the hair removal tool 100, the user of the hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1 and the control unit 19 sequentially execute steps S21 to S29.

  The user sequentially executes steps S21 to S23. In step S <b> 21, the user injects the cleaning liquid 31 into the cleaning liquid tank 30. The user injects the cleaning liquid 31 into the cleaning liquid tank 30 taken out by lifting the housing 10 upward. In step S22, the user inserts the hair removal tool 100 into the cleaning tank 2 through the opening 3. In step S23, the user operates the operation unit 13 to start the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1.

  When the hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1 is started, the control unit 19 sequentially executes steps S24 to S29. In step S <b> 24, the control unit 19 controls the hair removal tool 100 to reciprocate the inner blade of the hair removal blade part 130. The controller 19 reciprocates the inner blade of the hair removal blade 130 before pouring the cleaning liquid 31 into the liquid container 20. In the hair removal tool 100, the reciprocating vibration operation of the inner blade is performed in a dry state before the head unit 120 touches the cleaning liquid 31. The control unit 19 stops the reciprocating vibration operation of the inner blade after a predetermined time has elapsed. In step S <b> 25, the control unit 19 performs control to inject the cleaning liquid 31 into the liquid storage unit 20. The control unit 19 operates the pump 32 after setting the drain valve 52 to the shut-off state. In step S26, the controller 19 controls the hair removal tool 100 to vibrate the inner blade of the hair removal blade 130. The hair removal tool 100 removes the hair accumulated in the head portion 120, sebum that has fallen off during hair removal, the skin, and the like, and discharges it into the cleaning liquid 31. The cleaning liquid 31 including hair, sebum, skin, and the like is discharged from the overflow portion 23 along the flow. In step S27, the control unit 19 performs control to discharge the cleaning liquid 31 stored in the liquid storage unit 20. The control unit 19 performs a control operation for vibrating the blade of the hair removal tool 100 and stopping the operation of the pump 32 of the hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1. The control unit 19 drains the cleaning liquid 31 stored in the liquid storage unit 20 by setting the drain valve 52 to the drained state. In step S28, the control unit 19 determines the end of the cleaning operation. The control unit 19 determines whether or not the number of cleaning cycles consisting of steps S25 to S27 has reached a predetermined value. When it is determined in step S28 that the number of cycles has not reached a predetermined value, the control unit 19 performs control to repeat steps S25 to S28. In the determination in step S28, when the number of cycles reaches a predetermined value, the control unit 19 performs control for drying the hair removal tool 100 in step S29.

  The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 having the cleaning processing steps of this embodiment has the same effects as (1) and (2) exhibited by the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 of the first embodiment. Moreover, the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus 1 which has the washing | cleaning process step of this embodiment has the following effects.

  (9) When the hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1 cleans the hair removal tool 100, the control unit 19 reciprocally vibrates the inner blade of the hair removal blade part 130 before the cleaning liquid 31 is injected into the liquid storage part 20. Control to operate. For this reason, when the hair removal tool cleaning apparatus 1 cleans the hair removal tool 100, the inner blade can be reciprocally oscillated in a dry state before the head part 120 touches the cleaning liquid 31. For this reason, the hair removal tool 100 can remove the hair, sebum, skin, and the like accumulated in a state where the head portion 120 is dry, and can discharge the hair from the head portion 120. For this reason, the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 reduces hair, sebum, skin, and the like discharged into the cleaning liquid 31 in the cleaning operation of the head unit 120 in a state where the cleaning liquid 31 is injected into the liquid storage unit 20. be able to. For this reason, the hair removal instrument washing | cleaning apparatus 1 can further heighten the effect which suppresses hair, sebum, skin, etc. adhering to the head part 120 again.

(Other embodiments)
This hair removal instrument washing | cleaning apparatus contains embodiment other than 1st-5th embodiment. Hereinafter, the modification of 1st-5th embodiment as other embodiment of this hair removal instrument washing | cleaning apparatus is shown. The following modifications may be combined with each other within a technically consistent range.

  -In the depilation instrument washing | cleaning apparatus of 1st-5th embodiment, the depilation blade part 130 has an outer blade and an inner blade, and the inner blade carries out a reciprocating linear motion, and the depilation device 100 is wash | cleaned. However, the structure of the hair removal blade part 130 of the hair removal tool 100 is not limited to the content exemplified in the first to fifth embodiments. For example, in the modified hair instrument cleaning apparatus, the hair removal blade portion has an outer blade and an inner blade, and the inner blade cleans the hair removal tool that performs rotational movement.

  -The hair removal instrument washing | cleaning apparatus of 1st-5th embodiment uses water as the washing | cleaning liquid 31. FIG. However, the cleaning liquid used by the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus is not limited to water. For example, the hair device cleaning apparatus according to the modification uses a cleaning agent as the cleaning liquid.

  -The hair removal instrument washing | cleaning apparatus 70 of 3rd Embodiment performs control by which the control part 19 wash | cleans a 1st washing | cleaning period and 2 washing | cleaning periods continuously. However, the cleaning operation of the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus is not limited to the content exemplified in the third embodiment. For example, in the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus according to the modification, the control unit performs control to alternately perform the first cleaning period and the second cleaning period for each cleaning cycle.

  -In the hair removal instrument washing apparatus 60 of 2nd Embodiment, the pump 32 has an operation state and a stop state as a 2-stage drive capability, and the ejection hole 62 ejects the washing | cleaning liquid 31 intermittently. However, the drive capability of the pump is not limited to the content exemplified in the second embodiment. For example, in the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus according to the modified example, the pump has a first driving ability and a second driving ability as two-stage driving ability, and alternately ejects cleaning liquids having different jetting output.

  -In the hair removal instrument washing apparatus 60 of 2nd Embodiment, the pump 32 has an operation state and a stop state as a 2-stage drive capability, and the ejection hole 62 ejects the washing | cleaning liquid 31 intermittently. However, the drive capability of the pump is not limited to the content exemplified in the second embodiment. For example, in the hair removal instrument cleaning device according to the modified example, the pump has a driving capability of three stages or four stages or more, and the ejection holes sequentially eject the cleaning liquid having the jet power of three stages or four stages or more.

  -The hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus 1 of 5th Embodiment reciprocates the inner blade which the hair removal blade part 130 has before the control part 19 of the hair removal tool washing | cleaning apparatus 1 inject | pours the washing | cleaning liquid 31 into the liquid storage part 20. FIG. Control to vibrate. However, the depilation instrument washing | cleaning apparatus which a control part controls is not limited to the content illustrated by 5th Embodiment. For example, the hair removal tool cleaning device according to the modified example has a configuration of a conventional hair removal tool cleaning device, and the control unit has an inner blade that the hair removal blade portion has before the hair removal blade portion is immersed in the cleaning liquid. Is controlled to vibrate.

  The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus of the above modification has the same effect as (9) exhibited by the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus 1 of the fifth embodiment.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Hair removal instrument washing apparatus, 2 ... Cleaning tank, 19 ... Control part, 20 ... Liquid storage part, 23 ... Overflow part, 24 ... Overflow surface, 25 ... Liquid discharge space, 30 ... Cleaning liquid tank, 31 ... Cleaning liquid, 32 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS ... Pump, 40 ... Liquid injection part, 60 ... Hair removal instrument washing apparatus, 61 ... Flow path for ejection, 62 ... Ejection hole, 70 ... Hair removal instrument washing apparatus, 71 ... Upper overflow part, 90 ... Hair removal instrument washing apparatus 91 ... Upper ejection channel, 92 ... Upper ejection hole, 100 ... Hair removal instrument, 120 ... Head part, 130 ... Hair removal blade part, 140 ... Trimmer part.

Claims (7)

A hair removal tool cleaning device for a hair removal tool having a head part,
The head portion has a hair removal blade portion and a trimmer portion,
The hair removal instrument cleaning device has a cleaning tank, a cleaning liquid tank, a pump, and a liquid injection unit,
The cleaning tank has a liquid storage part, and has a structure for supporting the hair removal tool in a form in which the hair removal blade part is located in the liquid storage part,
The trimmer part is located above the hair removal blade part in the height direction in a form in which the hair removal blade part is located in the liquid storage part,
The liquid storage part has an overflow part,
The cleaning liquid tank stores the cleaning liquid,
The pump supplies the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning liquid tank to the liquid injection unit,
The liquid injection unit supplies the cleaning liquid supplied from the cleaning liquid tank to the liquid storage unit,
The overflow part has an overflow surface,
The overflow surface communicates with the liquid container;
The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus, wherein the overflow surface is positioned between the hair removal blade part and the trimmer part in the height direction. The depilator cleaning device has a jet channel on the inner wall surface of the cleaning tank,
The ejection channel has a plurality of ejection holes,
The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of ejection holes eject the cleaning liquid into the liquid storage unit. The hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the hair removal instrument cleaning apparatus changes a flow rate of the cleaning liquid supplied from the cleaning liquid tank to the liquid injection unit in at least two stages. The liquid storage part has an upper overflow part,
The hair removal tool cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the upper overflow part is positioned above the overflow part in a height direction. The overflow part has a liquid discharge space,
The liquid discharge space is located above the overflow surface;
The said hair removal instrument washing | cleaning apparatus of Claim 3 or 4 which quotes the said washing | cleaning liquid for the said ejection hole toward the said liquid storage part side edge part of the said liquid discharge space. Depilator cleaning equipment. The hair removal tool cleaning device has at least two or more ejection flow paths having different positions in the height direction on the inner wall surface of the cleaning tank. The depilation instrument cleaning apparatus as described in any one of Claims. The depilator cleaning device has a control unit,
The hair removal tool cleaning according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the control unit vibrates the hair removal blade part before the liquid injection part injects the cleaning liquid into the liquid storage part. apparatus.