JPH10290896A - Bathroom ventilating drying device and bathroom ventilating drying system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathroom ventilating drying device which can dry a bathroom in a short time. SOLUTION: This device is constituted so as to have an exhaust air blower 2 to exhaust air in a bathroom 1 to the outside of the bathroom 1 and a circulating air blower 8 to send and circulate air in the bathroom 1 while heating it. In this case, a main flow 15 of a blowoff air current from its circulating air blower 8 is obliquely blown off toward a floor surface 16 of a washing place of the bathroom 1 from the ceiling of the bathroom 1 by avoiding a bathtub 14, and the blowoff direction is variably constituted so as to form a circulating air current flowing along the floor surface 16, a wall surface 17 and a ceiling surface 13 of the bathroom 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ventilation / drying apparatus for a bathroom, which makes a bathroom a dry atmosphere, and a ventilation / drying system for a bathroom, which forms a drying atmosphere in the bathroom.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of unit baths and the like, bathrooms are becoming multifunctional. Under these circumstances, for example,
-77498, JP-A-4-240495,
As disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 6-38895, a bathroom ventilation / drying apparatus is designed to improve the comfort of a bathroom as well as to use the bathroom as a drying room for clothes etc. Are being developed.

[0003] Some of these bathroom ventilation and drying devices are provided with heating means so that the bathroom can be heated.
Basically, all of them are provided with a ventilator for ventilation, a ventilator for circulation and a heating means, so that the ventilation of the bathroom and the ventilation and drying of the bathroom can be performed. In the bathroom ventilation / drying apparatus disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 6-38995, the direction of airflow from a circulation blower 32 is changed by a swing louver 31 provided at an air outlet 30 during ventilation drying as shown in FIG. The idea of making the air flow reach all over 1 and raising the drying effect is taken.

[0004]

In the conventional bathroom ventilation / drying apparatus as described above, warm air is blown from the ceiling of the bathroom 1 downward as wide as possible or as widely as possible. In 1, when the bathtub 14 protrudes from the floor surface 16 of the washing tub, and hot air is blown downward from above the bathtub 14 as shown in FIG. With the formation of an area, the progress of drying of the floor 16 of the washing place becomes extremely slow. Also, the hot air that hits the lid of the bathtub 14 and rises along the wall surface has a reduced flow velocity and does not easily reach the ceiling surface. As a result, a smooth circulating airflow along the entire inner wall surface of the bathroom 1 cannot be formed, and the drying time is reduced. It takes a long time. Even if the hot air is blown downward from above the washing place, the situation of the air current does not change and the drying takes time.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bathroom ventilation / drying device capable of effectively drying a bathroom in a short time. An object of the present invention is to develop a bathroom ventilation drying system that can effectively dry a bathroom in a short time.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention is to provide a ventilator for exhausting air in a bathroom to the outside of the bathroom, and circulating air while heating the air in the bathroom. Bathroom drying ventilator with drying device
The main stream of the airflow blown out from the drying device is blown obliquely from the ceiling of the bathroom to the floor of the bathroom washroom avoiding the bathtub to form a circulating airflow flowing along the floor, wall and ceiling of the bathroom. As described above, means for variably changing the blowing direction is employed.

In order to achieve the above object, a second aspect of the present invention is directed to the first aspect, wherein the air volume ratio between the ventilation air volume and the circulation air volume relating to the ventilation device and the drying device is variably set by the air volume ratio variable setting device. Employ means to enable this.

In order to achieve the above object, a third aspect of the present invention employs the means according to the second aspect of the present invention, wherein the ratio of the ventilation air volume and the circulation air volume relating to the ventilation device and the drying device is 3 to 5. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ventilator for exhausting air in a bathroom to the outside of the bathroom, and a drying device for blowing and circulating air in the bathroom while heating the air. About the bathroom ventilation drying system which performs ventilation drying of the bathroom, the main stream of the airflow blown out from the drying device is blown obliquely from the ceiling of the bathroom to the floor of the bathroom washroom avoiding the bathtub, and the floor and walls of the bathroom In addition, means for forming a circulating airflow flowing along the ceiling surface is employed.

In order to achieve the above object, a fifth aspect of the present invention employs a means for setting the ratio of the ventilation air volume and the circulation air volume of the ventilating device and the drying device to 3 to 5 in the means according to the fourth aspect. I do.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. Embodiment 1 FIG. The bathroom ventilation / drying apparatus according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 uses the air in the bathroom 1 as shown in FIG.
A device for realizing a bathroom ventilation and drying system for performing ventilation and drying of the bathroom 1 by using a ventilation device for exhausting air to the outside and a drying device for blowing air while heating the air in the bathroom 1 to form a circulating airflow in the bathroom 1 It has a ventilation function, a hot air drying function, and a radiant heating function. The ventilation device that performs a ventilation function is constituted by the exhaust blower 2 and is incorporated in the main body casing 3. An orifice 4 and a makeup grill 5 are detachably mounted on the lower surface of the main body casing 3, and a suction port of the exhaust blower 2 faces a suction port 6 of the makeup grill 5.
The discharge port of the exhaust blower 2 is connected to a duct connection port 7 provided on one side of the main body casing 3.

A drying device is incorporated in the main body casing 3 alongside the exhaust blower 2. The drying device is constituted by a circulation blower 8 and a drying heater 9, and the suction opening of the circulation blower 8 faces the suction opening 6 of the makeup grill 5.
The outlet is connected to an outlet 10 provided alongside the inlet 6 of the decorative grill 5. The outlet 10 of the decorative grill 5 is provided with a wind direction adjusting means 11 capable of adjusting the blowing direction. The drying heater 9 is incorporated in the middle of the air path leading to the discharge port of the circulation blower 8 to heat the blown airflow of the circulation blower 8. The main body casing 3 also incorporates an infrared quartz heater 12 that performs a heating function. The infrared quartz heater 12 may use a far infrared quartz heater.

In this bathroom ventilation / drying apparatus, the decorative grill 5 is mounted on the ceiling of the bathroom 1 so as to face the interior of the bathroom 1 along the ceiling surface 13, and the duct connection port 7 is connected to the outside of the bathroom 1 by connecting the duct. You. The installation position of the bathroom ventilation / drying device is above the bathtub 14, and the main direction 15 of the blown airflow of the circulating blower 8 is directed from the ceiling of the bathroom 1 to the floor 16 of the washing place of the bathroom 1 by the wind direction adjusting means 11, avoiding the bathtub 14. Adjust so that it blows out diagonally. The angle of the mainstream 15 with respect to the floor 16 of the washing place may be about 65 degrees. The bathroom ventilation / drying device thus mounted can exhaust the air in the bathroom 1 to the outside of the bathroom 1 through the suction duct if only the exhaust blower 2 is operated, and operate the exhaust blower 2 and the drying device. Accordingly, the bathroom 1 can be made into a dry atmosphere, and can be a drying room for clothes and the like.

The drying operation is performed only by blowing air without using the drying heater 9 for about 15 minutes after the start of the drying operation.
Thereby, moisture in the bathroom 1 is eliminated by ventilation. After the moisture in the bathroom 1 is eliminated, the heater 9 for drying is energized, and warm air is blown out from the outlet 10. The main stream 15 of the blown hot air flows on the floor 16 of the washing place so as to graze the bathtub 14, flows along the floor 16, rises along the wall surface 17 of the bathroom 1, and reaches the ceiling surface 13. The flow arriving at the ceiling surface 13 is sucked into the suction opening 6 of the decorative grill 5 along the ceiling surface 13, a part of the flow is exhausted out of the bathroom 1 by the exhaust blower 2, and a part is sucked into the circulation blower 8 again. The hot air circulates in the bathroom 1. Part of the hot air blown out from the circulation blower 8 forms a branch stream 18, hits the lid of the closed bathtub 14, flows along the lid, rises on the wall surface 17, and reaches the ceiling surface 13. The flow arriving at the ceiling surface 13 is sucked into the suction port 6 of the decorative grill 5 along the ceiling surface 13, a part of the flow is exhausted out of the bathroom 1 by the exhaust blower 2, and a part is sucked into the circulation blower 8 again. The hot air circulates in the bathroom 1 (see FIGS. 2 and 3).

As described above, all the inner wall surfaces of the bathroom 1 are exposed to the circulating airflow, which is a warm air, so that the airflow cannot be closed. Therefore, the bathroom 1 dries in a short time. The moisture deprived from the clothes, the inner wall surface of the bathroom 1 and the like is continuously discharged to the outside of the bathroom 1 together with the exhaust air flow from the exhaust blower 2. In other words, according to the bathroom ventilation / drying device, the circulating airflow due to the warm air flowing along all surfaces facing the interior of the bathroom 1 is smoothly formed, so that the bathroom 1 can be brought into a dry atmosphere in a short time, and running can be performed. Cost can also be kept low.

Embodiment 2 The basic configuration of the bathroom ventilation / drying apparatus of the second embodiment is the same as that shown in the first embodiment. Therefore, the same reference numerals as in the first embodiment are used for the same parts as those in the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.

In this bathroom ventilation / drying apparatus, the air volume ratio between the ventilation air volume of the exhaust air blower 2 and the circulation air volume of the circulation air blower 8 of the apparatus shown in the first embodiment can be variably set. In a unit bath having a standard size of 1600 mm × 1600 mm, the ratio of the ventilation air volume by the exhaust air blower 2 to the circulation air volume by the circulation air blower 8 is about 3 to 5, and the bathroom 1 can be dried most effectively in a short time. . However, for example, when the humidity is very high, such as during the rainy season, or when drying clothes without dehydration,
It is better to place emphasis on the elimination of moisture due to ventilation, and the ventilation air volume is made larger than the above air volume ratio, and the air volume ratio between the ventilation air volume and the circulation air volume is adjusted to be about 4 to 5 for example. In this bathroom ventilation / drying device, the air volume ratio between the ventilation air volume and the circulating air volume is changed by an air volume ratio variable setting means as shown in FIG. 4 so that an optimal air volume ratio between the ventilation air volume and the circulating air volume is obtained depending on the conditions as described above. 19 is configured to be able to be set in several stages. Other functions and advantages are the same as those of the first embodiment.

[0018]

As is clear from the above description of the embodiment, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a bathroom ventilation / drying device capable of drying a bathroom in a short time can be obtained.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to carry out effective ventilation and drying according to the conditions of the bathroom together with the effect according to the first aspect.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the effect according to the second aspect can be remarkable.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bathroom ventilation drying system capable of drying a bathroom in a short time.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to perform more effective ventilation drying together with the effect according to the fourth aspect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a bathroom ventilation / drying apparatus according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing functions of the bathroom ventilation / drying device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is another explanatory diagram showing the function of the bathroom ventilation / drying device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram illustrating a bathroom ventilation / drying device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a conventional bathroom ventilation / drying device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 bathroom, 2 exhaust blower, 8 circulation blower,
9 heater for drying, 11 means for adjusting wind direction, 13 ceiling surface, 14 bath tub, 15 main stream, 16 floor surface, 1
7 Wall.

Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Takuya Shimizu 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Mitsui Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor All: 2-3-2 2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Mitsubishi Electric Co., Ltd. In company

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A bathroom ventilation / drying device including a ventilation device for exhausting air in a bathroom to the outside of the bathroom, and a drying device for blowing and circulating air in the bathroom while heating the air, wherein the drying device is provided. The mainstream of the airflow from the bathroom is blown obliquely from the ceiling of the bathroom to the floor of the bathroom, avoiding the bathtub, so as to form a circulating airflow that flows along the floor, wall and ceiling of the bathroom. Bathroom ventilation dryer with variable direction. 2. The bathroom ventilation / drying device according to claim 1, wherein the air volume ratio between the ventilation air volume and the circulation air volume relating to the ventilation device and the drying device can be variably set by air volume ratio variable setting means. Drying equipment. 3. The bathroom ventilation / drying device according to claim 2, wherein the airflow ratio between the ventilation airflow and the circulation airflow relating to the ventilation device and the drying device is 3: 5. 4. A bathroom ventilation and drying system for performing ventilation and drying of a bathroom by a ventilation device for exhausting air in the bathroom to the outside of the bathroom, and a drying device for blowing and circulating air in the bathroom while heating the air. The main stream of the airflow blown out from the drying device is blown obliquely from the ceiling of the bathroom to the floor of the washing room of the bathroom, avoiding the bathtub, and the circulating airflow flowing along the floor, wall, and ceiling of the bathroom. Bathroom ventilation drying system forming. 5. The bathroom ventilation / drying system according to claim 4, wherein an air volume ratio between a ventilation air volume and a circulation air volume relating to the ventilation device and the drying device is 3: 5.