JPH10165071A - Vaporizer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vaporizer with which switch operation can be easily performed by one hand without holding the main body of device, the satisfactory visibility of light emitting part can be secured and further a switch operating part and the light emitting part can be matched. SOLUTION: A vaporizer 1 is provided with a swing member freely turnably supporting one end through a horizontal supporting point shaft onto the upper surface of a main body 9 of device and freely swinging the other end, light transmissive light transmission part 33 provided at any position except for the supporting point shaft of swing member, light emitting means for irradiating the light transmission part 33 with light while being built in the main body 9 of device under the light transmission part 33, and switch for changing over contact by pressing a pressing part with the swing of swing member while being built in the main body 9 of device and contacting the pressing part with the other end of swing member.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a heating and evaporating apparatus for evaporating and evaporating a medicine or an aromatic substance (a medicine or the like) by heating the same with a heating element.
The present invention relates to improvement of a switch structure for performing N, OFF, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a heating and evaporating apparatus, a liquid medicine or the like put in a liquid container is impregnated in a liquid absorbing core, and the liquid absorbing core drawn out of the liquid container is heated by a heating element. There is a liquid-absorbent type in which a drug or the like is vaporized and evaporated from the liquid-absorbent core, or a mat type in which a drug or the like is impregnated in a flat solid mat and heated. This type of heating and evaporating apparatus generally includes a switch for switching between various modes such as turning on / off a power supply and switching the amount of generated heat, and a light emitting unit for displaying an operation state of the apparatus. I have. In the heating and evaporating apparatus, an evaporating port for evaporating and evaporating chemicals or the like is provided on the upper surface of the main body of the apparatus, and it is necessary to consider the compactness of the apparatus. ing. Therefore, when the light emitting unit is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus main body in order to improve the visibility, the switch is generally provided on the side surface of the apparatus main body.

[0003]

However, when a switch is provided on a side surface of the apparatus main body in the tabletop type heating and evaporating apparatus, it is necessary to hold the apparatus main body so that the apparatus main body does not move when the switch is operated. There was a problem that the switch could not be operated with one hand and the operability was reduced. On the other hand, when the switch is provided on the upper surface and the light emitting unit is provided on the side surface, the operability of the switch is improved, but there is a new problem that the visibility of the light emitting unit is reduced. When both the switch and the light-emitting unit are provided on the upper surface, the size of the switch and the light-emitting unit is reduced because the switch and the light-emitting unit are provided in a limited area, and both the operability of the switch and the visibility of the light-emitting unit are reduced. became. Further, in the conventional heating and evaporating apparatus, since the positions of the switch operating unit and the light emitting unit do not match, when the switch is operated in the dark, the switch must be searched for the relative position with the light emitting unit. Was a factor in lowering. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, allows easy switch operation with one hand and one finger without holding the device main body, and ensures good visibility of the light emitting unit, and furthermore, the switch It is an object of the present invention to provide a heating and evaporating apparatus that can make an operation unit and a light emitting unit coincide with each other.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a heating and evaporating apparatus according to the present invention has a structure in which one end is rotatably supported on the upper part of the apparatus via a horizontal fulcrum shaft. A swingable member, a light-transmitting light guide portion provided at a position other than the fulcrum axis of the swing member, and a light guide portion built in the device main body below the light guide portion. A light emitting unit that irradiates light to the light guide unit, and a pressing unit that is built in the device main body and is in contact with the other end of the rocking member to press the pressing unit with the rocking of the rocking member. And a switch for switching a contact. In the heating and evaporating apparatus, the swinging member is formed of a bent piece, and one end of the swinging member is disposed on an upper surface of the device main body, and the other end of the swinging member is formed on a side surface of the device main body. The light guide section is provided on one end side of the swing member located on the upper surface of the apparatus main body, and the pressing portion of the switch is brought into contact with the other end of the swing member located on the side surface of the apparatus main body. May be characterized.

[0005] In the heating and evaporating apparatus configured as described above, when the light guide section located at the top of the apparatus main body is pressed, the swing member swings about the fulcrum shaft, and the other end presses the switch pressing section. . The switch switches an internal electrical contact when the pressing portion is pressed. At the same time, the neon sphere is turned on, and the light guide is irradiated with light from the back surface to cause the front surface of the light guide to emit light. Further, in the heating and evaporating apparatus in which the swinging member is formed by a bent piece, one end of the swinging member is arranged on the upper side of the apparatus main body, and the other end is arranged on the side of the apparatus main body, the light guide section arranged on the upper side Can be changed to the horizontal pressing force of the switch arranged on the side surface.

The swinging member used in the present invention can take any shape other than the bent shape as long as it has the following functions.
That is, the swinging member is provided for activating the switch, and directly or indirectly functions as a kind of lever, thereby enabling the switch to be activated with a small force (one finger). Can be. Therefore, even if there is a swinging member at the peripheral edge of the body, the body can be turned on and off with one hand and one finger without moving or falling. Note that the entire swinging member may be formed by the light guide.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of a heating and evaporating apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the external appearance of the heat evaporation apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the heat evaporation apparatus shown in FIG. 1 without an outer cover, and FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the heat evaporation apparatus shown in FIG. It is a perspective view. The heating and evaporating apparatus 1 includes a base unit 3, a dome-shaped intermediate cover 5 that covers the base unit 3, and a dome-shaped outer cover 7 that covers the intermediate cover 5.
Is configured.

The base 3 is composed of a disc-shaped base 11 provided with legs 12 and a cylindrical base 13 erected on the base. An accommodation space for mounting a liquid container (not shown) is formed inside the base 13, and the liquid container accommodated in the accommodation space can be visually inspected through a window 15 formed on a side wall of the base 13. It has become.
A liquid absorbent core is inserted vertically into the center of the liquid container, and the liquid absorbent core is immersed in a lower part of the liquid container and the like, while an upper part protrudes upward from the liquid container.

An annular heating element 19 having a through hole 17 in the center is provided on the upper surface of the base 13.
In 9, the above-mentioned liquid-absorbing wick is inserted into the through hole 17. The heating element 19 can be configured using, for example, a nichrome wire, a semiconductor (positive temperature coefficient thermistor), or the like. The heating element 19
By heating the liquid absorbent core inserted into the through hole 17, a drug or the like impregnated in the liquid absorbent core is vaporized from the liquid absorbent core.

A transpiration port 21 is formed in the center of the upper surface of the intermediate cover 5, and the transpiration port 21 allows the vaporized medicine and the like from the liquid absorbent wick to evaporate upward from the apparatus main body 9. In addition, holes 23 are formed on both side surfaces of the intermediate cover 5, and the holes 23 coincide with the windows 15 so that the liquid container can be viewed, and the outside air is taken in. An outside air inlet for generating an ascending airflow to the through hole 17 may also be used. Of course,
The outside air inlet may cut off the lower end of the body, provide a leg, or form an opening in a part of the body, as long as an upward air flow is generated in the through hole 17. The outer cover 7 is formed with a cutout portion 24 that divides the upper surface and side surfaces of the outer cover 7 to the right and left at predetermined intervals with a vertical plane interposed therebetween. The cutout portion 24 covers the outer cover 7 over the intermediate cover 5. Then, these are aligned with the transpiration port 21 and the hole 23 of the intermediate cover 5 and are exposed to the outside.

An opening 25 is formed in the intermediate cover 5 so as to open over the upper surface and the side surface.
3. Expose the top and part of the side of 3. Each of the opening holes 25 is provided with a concave bearing portion 27 on an upper inner wall facing the upper portion, and the bearing portion 27 can support both ends of a horizontal shaft.

On the other hand, a swing member 29 formed in a bent piece can be attached to the opening hole 25. A fulcrum shaft 31 projecting from both sides is provided at one end of the oscillating member 29, and the oscillating member 29 is opened so that it can swing around the fulcrum shaft 31 by inserting the fulcrum shaft 31 into the bearing 27. Hole 25
Attach to. The swinging member 29 of the bent piece attached to the opening hole 25 has one end arranged on the upper surface of the intermediate cover 5 and the other end arranged on the side surface of the intermediate cover 5. A light guide section 33 is formed at one end of a swing member 29 located on the upper surface of the intermediate cover 5, and the swing member 29 has at least the light guide section 33 formed of a light transmissive material.

The light guide section only needs to guide the light from the lamp to the outside. In this case, the finger always touches the surface of the light guide section to activate the switch, and the light guide section is easily stained. Antifouling means may be provided. For example, linear or dot-like projections may be provided only on the parts that are most easily touched to prevent the surface from being directly stained. Further, the shape of the light guide portion may be a flat plate type, an arc-shaped convex shape, an arc-shaped concave shape, or a flat incident surface and a circular arc exit surface. Further, the incident surface of the light guide may be formed in a wave shape, a fine conical shape, a triangular shape, a square shape, or the like. By adopting these shapes, the light receiving area can be enlarged, and the amount of derived light can be increased.

On and off of the power supply on the side surface of the base 13
Also, a switch 35 for switching between various modes such as switching of the amount of generated heat is provided. The switch 35 presses a protruding pressing portion 37 by a biasing means (not shown) to sequentially switch the internal electrical contacts. You can switch between them. This switch 35 connects the intermediate cover 5 to the base 3
The pressing portion 37 is disposed so as to abut on the other end of the swing member 29 attached to the opening hole 25 when it is put on the opening hole 25.

A lamp 39 serving as a light emitting means is provided on the upper surface side of the base 13.
The operation status of the device is displayed by turning off the light. When the intermediate cover 5 is put on the base 3, the lamp 39 has the opening 2.
The light guide part 33 of the swing member 29 attached to the light source 5 is disposed at a position where light is irradiated. Examples of the light emitting means include various lamps such as neon lights and lanterns in addition to lamps.

In the heating and evaporating apparatus 1 having the above-described components, the base 3 is covered with the intermediate cover 5, and the swing member 29 is attached to the opening 25 of the intermediate cover 5.
Is covered with the outer cover 7 so that the fulcrum shaft 31 and the light guide portion 3
3, the lamp 39 and the switch 35 are arranged vertically, and FIG.
As shown in (2), only the light guide 33 of the swing member 29 is exposed on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 9 via the switch hole 41 of the outer cover 7.

Next, the heating and evaporating apparatus 1 thus configured
The operation of will be described. When the light guide 33 exposed on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 9 is pressed, the swing member 29 swings about the fulcrum shaft 31, and the other end presses the pressing portion 37 of the switch 35. The switch 35 switches the internal electrical contact when the pressing portion 37 is pressed, and closes the power supply circuit to supply power to the heating element 19 and the like. At the same time, the lamp 39 connected to the power supply circuit is turned on, and the light guide 33 is irradiated with light from the back surface, so that the surface of the light guide 33 emits light.

When the light guide 33 is pressed again, the other end of the swing member 29 presses the pressing portion 37 of the switch 35,
The switch 35 switches an electric contact, opens a power supply circuit and shuts off power to the heating element 19 and the like, and at the same time, connects to the power supply circuit and turns off the lamp 39.

As described above, according to the above-described heating and evaporating apparatus 1, the light guide section 33 of the swing member 29 is arranged on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 9, and the light guide section 33 is depressed. Is pivoted to press the pressing portion 37 of the switch 35, so that it is not necessary to hold the apparatus main body 9 so that the apparatus main body 9 does not move at the time of operating the switch, and to operate the switch with one hand and one finger. And operability can be improved. Then, the light guide unit 33 serving as the light emitting unit is connected to the device body 9
Since it is arranged on the upper surface, the visibility of the light emitting section can be improved. Further, since the light emitting unit and the switch operating unit can be shared by the single light guiding unit 33, the light guiding unit 33 can be formed in a large size, and both the operability of the switch and the visibility of the light emitting unit can be improved. In addition, since the position of the switch operating unit and the position of the light emitting unit coincide with each other, the light emitting unit can be directly operated, and the switch operability particularly in darkness can be improved. Further, since the swinging member 29 is formed of a bent piece, one end of the swinging member 29 is disposed on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 9 and the other end is disposed on the side surface of the apparatus main body 9, so that the conductive By the pressing operation of the light unit 33, the operation of the switch 35 whose pressing direction is located on the side surface in the horizontal direction can be enabled.

Further, according to the heating and evaporating apparatus 1, one end of the swinging member 29 is supported by the fulcrum shaft 31, the other end is in contact with the pressing portion 37, and the light guide portion 33 is provided near the fulcrum shaft 31. So
A large pressing stroke of the switch pressing portion 37 can be obtained with a small pressing amount of the light guide portion 33. As a result, the amount of protrusion of the light guide portion 33 can be reduced, and the appearance can be improved, and An erroneous operation due to interference of the foreign matter with the light unit 33 can be suppressed.

It is to be noted that, besides making the swinging member bendable, FIG.
As shown in (1), the swing member may be formed in a flat plate shape, and the entire swing member may be used as the light guide. That is, the flat swing member 59 is formed of a light-transmitting material and functions as a light guide. One end of the swinging member 59 is supported, and a lamp 39 is arranged near the swinging member 59. A switch 35 is arranged near the other end of the swinging member 59. Then, when the upper surface of the swing member 59 is pressed, the switch pressing portion 37 is pressed. Of course, one surface of the swing member facing the lamp 39 may be used as the light guide.

In the above-described embodiment, the heating and evaporating apparatus 1 of the absorbent core type has been described as an example. The present invention can be similarly applied to a heating evaporation type apparatus.

[0023]

As described in detail above, according to the heating and evaporating apparatus according to the present invention, the switch can be operated by pushing down with one hand and one finger from above, and the apparatus main body is held when the switch is operated. There is no need to perform this, and switch operability can be improved. And since the light guide part is arrange | positioned at the upper surface of an apparatus main body, the visibility of a light emitting part can be improved.
Furthermore, since the light emitting part and the switch operating part are shared by one light guiding part, the light guiding part can be formed in a large size, so that the switch operability and the visibility of the light emitting part can be improved, and the switch in the dark can be realized. Operability can also be improved. Further, according to the heating and evaporating apparatus in which the swinging member is formed of a bent piece, one end of the swinging member is arranged on the upper surface of the device main body, and the other end is arranged on the side surface of the device main body, A switch arranged on the side of the apparatus main body can be operated by pressing the light unit.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a heat evaporation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the heating and evaporating apparatus shown in FIG. 1 without an outer cover.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the heating and evaporating apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the swing member.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Heat evaporation apparatus 9 Device main body 29 Oscillating member 31 Support shaft 33 Light guide part 35 Switch 37 Press part 39 Lamp (light emitting means)

Claims (2)

[Claims] A swing member having one end rotatably supported on a top portion of the apparatus main body via a horizontal fulcrum shaft and the other end swingable; and a position of the oscillating member other than the fulcrum shaft. A light-transmitting light-guiding unit provided in the device body; a light-emitting unit built in the device main body below the light-guiding unit to irradiate the light-guiding unit with light; A switch for switching a contact by contacting a pressing portion with the other end of the moving member and pressing the pressing portion in accordance with the swing of the swinging member. 2. The oscillating member is formed of a bent piece, one end of the oscillating member is arranged on an upper surface of the apparatus main body, and the other end of the oscillating member is arranged on a side surface of the apparatus main body. The light guide section is provided on one end side of the swing member located on the upper surface of the apparatus body, and the pressing section of the switch is brought into contact with the other end of the swing member located on the side face of the apparatus body. The heating and evaporating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: