CA2380188C - Towel material of wet towel and a manufacturing apparatus thereof - Google Patents
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- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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Abstract
The present invention is to make a towel material for forming a wet towel, that is made by a drying, compressing or evacuating manner into compact units having a winding bar shape, or block shape. The units are connected by connecting members into a strap, so that the towel material str ap may be stored in the chamber of the manufacturing apparatus. After the user emits the using signal, the towel material strap is serially drawn out by a control wheel member, and the connecting member is wound by the winding roller; so that the units may fall into the output member or the article outlet. The units are wet or immersed in the liquid, so that the units may be expand ed into a wet towel.
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z TOWEL MATERIAL OF WET TOWEL AND A MANUFACTURING
z TOWEL MATERIAL OF WET TOWEL AND A MANUFACTURING
2 APPARATUS THEREOF
3 ~ , Background of the Invention 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a towel material of a wet towel and 6 the manufacturing apparatus thereof, wherein the towel material of the wet 7 towel may maintained at a smaller volume, and. the wet towel can be made 8 conveniently.
9 2: Description of the Related Art The closest prior art of which the applicant is aware is disclosed in 21 the Taiwanese Patent Publication No. 356819, entitled by "Cutting Structure i2 Improvement of a Wet Paper Towel Supplying Machine", wherein it discloses 13 a cutting structure of a wet paper towel. A U-shaped frame is mounted in a 14. machine station for placing a paper towel material wheel, so that the paper towel material is transferred by the driving wheel to enter the guide plate set, 16 the mobile cutting blade shaft, and the lower cutting blade set to be cut into a 17 predeternuned length to proceed the twisting work. The two ends of the main 18 shaft of the mobile cutting blade shaft are respectively secured with a push cam 19 and a press cam. The push cam is protruded with a push section, and the press 2o cam is recessed with an operation section. The press plate of the guide plate set 21 and the Iower cutting blade set are provided with an elasticity by elastic 22 members. Thus, the lower cutting blade set is initially pressed to the inner side 23 by the press cam. When the paper towel material is to be cut, the press cam is 24 rotated to the operation section, so that the lower cutting blade set moves back by the elastic force of the elastic member, to mate with the upper cutting blade 26 of the mobile cutting blade set, while the press plate is pressed by the push 27 plate of the push carn whereby the lower end of the press plate is closely rested a: 4 . 1 on the guide plate to clamp the paper towel material, so that the upper and 2 lower cutting blades may cut the paper towel material conveniently.
3 , ~ In the conventional manufacturing method of a wet towel, an entire
9 2: Description of the Related Art The closest prior art of which the applicant is aware is disclosed in 21 the Taiwanese Patent Publication No. 356819, entitled by "Cutting Structure i2 Improvement of a Wet Paper Towel Supplying Machine", wherein it discloses 13 a cutting structure of a wet paper towel. A U-shaped frame is mounted in a 14. machine station for placing a paper towel material wheel, so that the paper towel material is transferred by the driving wheel to enter the guide plate set, 16 the mobile cutting blade shaft, and the lower cutting blade set to be cut into a 17 predeternuned length to proceed the twisting work. The two ends of the main 18 shaft of the mobile cutting blade shaft are respectively secured with a push cam 19 and a press cam. The push cam is protruded with a push section, and the press 2o cam is recessed with an operation section. The press plate of the guide plate set 21 and the Iower cutting blade set are provided with an elasticity by elastic 22 members. Thus, the lower cutting blade set is initially pressed to the inner side 23 by the press cam. When the paper towel material is to be cut, the press cam is 24 rotated to the operation section, so that the lower cutting blade set moves back by the elastic force of the elastic member, to mate with the upper cutting blade 26 of the mobile cutting blade set, while the press plate is pressed by the push 27 plate of the push carn whereby the lower end of the press plate is closely rested a: 4 . 1 on the guide plate to clamp the paper towel material, so that the upper and 2 lower cutting blades may cut the paper towel material conveniently.
3 , ~ In the conventional manufacturing method of a wet towel, an entire
4 roll of paper towel material is stored, then cut by the upper and lower cutting blades, and is then processed by wetting and twisting works, so that the dry G paper towel is formed into a wet paper towel to be output. In general, the 7 conventional manufacturing method of the wet towel has a complicated 8 construction, and the cutting blades and the twisting equipment cannot endure use during a long period of time, so that they are easily worn out. In addition, 1 o the entire roll of paper towel material is stored, so that the diameter of the paper 11 towel material is enlarged to satisfy the requirement of use of a large amount.
12 Thus, the volume of the paper towel machine becomes very large relatively.
13 . Summary of the Invention 14 The primary obj ective of the present invention is to provide a towel material strap of a wet towel, wherein the units of a smaller volume may be 16 formed, and the units may be sent out continuously, to be wet by the ejected 17 liquid or immersed in the liquid to absorb the liquid, so that the units are 18 expanded into wet towel. .
A secondary objective of the present invention is to provide a 2o manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel, wherein the manufacturing apparatus 21 of the wet towel has a simple structure, can be used during a Iong period of 22 time, and is not easily worn out.
23 The present invention is to make a towel material for forming a wet 24. towel, that is made by a drying, compressing or evacuating manner into compact units having a winding bar shape, or block shape. The units are 26 connected by connecting members into a strap; so that the towel material strap 27 may be stored in the chamber of the manufacturing apparatus. After the user emits the using signal, the towel material strap is serially drawn out by a control wheel member,. and the connecting member is wound by the winding roller, so that the units may fall into the output member or the article outlet.
The units are wet or immersed in the liquid, so that the units may be expanded into a wet towel.
According to the present invention, there is provided a manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel, comprising:
a housing having a chamber and an article outlet, and provided with a control member;
a towel material strap having units connected by connecting members into a continuous strap, placed in the chamber of the housing;
a control wheel member for serially drawing out the units of the towel material strap, and having a winding roller for winding the connecting members, the units falling into an output member after being drawn out;
a liquid supply member for ejecting liquid from a nozzle so that the units fallen into the output member absorb the liquid to form a wet towel; and an output member for supplying the wet towel through the article outlet of the housing.
According to the present invention, there is also provided a manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel, comprising:
a housing having a chamber and an article outlet, and provided with a control member;
a towel material strap having units connected by connecting members into a continuous strap, placed in the chamber of the housing;
a control wheel member for serially drawing out the units of the towel material strap through a roll onto a support plate, a press member being mounted on the support plate to move downward to press a unit of the towel material strap or press the corresponding connecting member, and having a winding roller for winding the connecting members so that the units between the press member and the winding wheel are stripped from the towel material strap, and the units fall into the article outlet of the housing after being stripped; and a liquid supply member for ejecting liquid from a nozzle by a guide pipe so that the units fallen into the article outlet or stripped from the towel material strap absorb the liquid to form a wet towel.
Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a towel material strap in accordance with a first embodiment of the.present invention;
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a towel material strap in accordance ~~ a second embodiment of the present invention; . .
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a towel material strap in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a towel material strap in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is a schematic view of a manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention;
FiB. 7 is an operational view of the manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel as shown in Fig. 6 in use; and Fig. 8 is an operational view of the manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel as shown in Fig. 6 iri~use.
Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments 3a - 1 Referring to the drawings and initially to Fig. I, a towel material z strap 2 in accordance with a fast preferred embodiment of the present 3 . invention may be derived from cotton starch, wood starch etc. made of a 4 natural fiber or synthetic fiber, and may be made into units 21 which have a smaller compact volume by a drying, compressing or evacuating manner. The 6 units 21 may be foamed with a bar shape or a block shape, and the top and bottom sides of the units 21 are fixed by the connecting members 22, thereby 8 forming the towel material strap 2. The connecting members 22 may be 9 bonded on the middle of the units 21 as shown in Fig. I, or bonded on the two 1o sides of the units 2I as shown in Fig. 2. T'he towel material strap 2 may be 11 placed in the chamber I I of the housing 1, and may be taken out serially.
12 Referring now to Fig. 3, the wet towel manufacturing, apparatus in i3 accordance with the first preferred embodiment of the present invention 14 comprises a housing 1 that may be placed or suspended at a proper position.
The housing 1 has a chamber 11 for storing the towel material strap 2, and one 16 end of the towel material sixap Z canbe serially taken out from the chamber 11.
17 The housing 1 is provided with a panel 13, and a control member 14, such that is the manufacturing apparatus of the wet towel may be manipulated, and such 19 that the wet towel can be used from the article outlet 12. In the preferred 2o embodiment, the push buttons of the control member 14 may be pressed to 21 select the amount of the using wet towel, and to select the hot wet towel or cold 22 wet towel.
23 The control wheel member 3 may be a wheel that can be driven. The . 24. user may push the control member 14 to send a using signal, whereby the control wheel member 3 can be driven to rotate by a power member, such as a 26 motor, so that the units 21 of the towel material strap 2 can be serially drawn 2'7 outward by the control wheel member 3. The towel material strap 2 drawn 1 outward b~ the control wheel member 3 is controlled by the roll 31, and the 2 connecting members 22 are restored by a winding roller 32. T'he: units 21 that 3 have been stripped may be introduced through the guide conduit 33 to the 4 output member 5. The output amount of the units 2 i may be calculated by the sensor 34. When the entire towel material strap 2 is completely released, the 6 sensor 35 may emit a signal, so as to supply the towel material strap 2 into the '7 chamber I I in time.
8 The liquid supply member 4 may be mounted at a proper position of 9 the housing 1, fox storing a liquid with a normal temperature. When the user sends the signal of using the hot wet towel or cold wet towel, the liquid may be 11 guided through the guide pipe 4I to the heating member 42 or the cooling 12 member 43, wherein the heating member 42 may be a conventional electrical 13 heater, and the cooling member 43 may be a conventional cooling chip or 14 refrigerant compressor. Thus, the liquid rnay be formed into the hot water or cold water; and may be ejected through a plurality of nozzles 44; so as to wet 1 G the units 21 placed in the output member 5, so that the units 21 are expanded to 17 form the hot wet towel or cold wet towel. In addition, the liquid supply 18 member 4 may be provided with a liquid drain pipe 45. When the liquid stored 19 in the liquid supply member 4 needs to be cleaned or drained, the liquid may directly drained outward through the liquid drain pipe 45. In addition, during 21 the wetting process of the units 21, the auxiliary nozzle 46 may eject a fragrant 22 agent, so that the hot wet towel ox cold wet towel contains fragrance.
23 The output member 5 is located at the terminal of the guide conduit 24 33, to mate with the liquid ejecting position of the nozzle 44, and may be formed with a plurality of receiving slots that are rotated like a wheel.. The 26 operation of the output member 5 may be controlled by a program or a timer.
27 After the units 21 fall and are wet, the output member 5 may be driven by a s ' ,.
1 power member to rotate through a proper angle, so that the hot wet towel or 2 cold wet towel may fall into an article outlet 12 mounted on the housing 1 to be 3 ~ used. The amount of rotation of the output member 5 may be calculated by a 4 sensor.
Referring to Fig. 3, in use of the wet towel manufacturing apparatus 6 in accordance with the present invention, the towel material strap 2 is placed in 7 the chamber 1 l of the housing 1; so that one end of the towel material strap 2 8 placed in the chamber l l of the housing l is serially drawn out by the control .9 wheel member 3. The user may push the control member 14 to emit a using to signal, so that the control wheel member 3 may be rotated through a proper 11 angle. A predetermined amount of units 21 may be calculated by the sensor 12 and may fall through the guide conduit 33 to the output member 5. At this time, 13 the liquid supply member 4 outputs the liquid which is controlled by the using 14 signal emitted from the user to flow through the operated heating member 42 i5 or cooling member 43, so that the liquid becomes hot water or cold water, to 16 wet the units 21 placed in the output member 5. After the unit 21 absorbs the 1~ liquid, the unit 21 may be expanded into a wet towel during a short period of 18 time {about three seconds), which may driven by the output member 5 to fall 19 into the article outlet 12 for use.
2o Referring to Fig. 4, a towel material strap 2 in accordance with a third 21 preferred embodiment of the present invention may be derived from cotton 22 starch, wood starch etc. made of a natural fiber or synthetic fiber, and may be 23 made into units 21 which have a smaller compact volume by a drying, 24 compressing or evacuating manner. The units 2I may be formed with a rolled 25 bar shape or a block shape, and the units 21 are fixed by connecting members 26 22, thereby forming the towel material strap 2: 'The connecting member 22 22 may be a strap coated with adhesive; or a plastic f lm, so that the units 21 are - L equally spaced. In addition, the connecting members 22 may be bonded on the 2 middle of the units 21, or bonded on the two sides of the units 21.
3 ~ ~ Referring to Fig. 5, a towel material strap 2 in accordance with a 4 fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention is disclosed. The top and bottom sides of the units 21 are fixed by the connecting members 22. The two 6 connecting members 22 may be a conventional plastic film, and may be 7 bonded with each otherby adhesive. As shown in the figure, the connecting 8 members 22 encompassing the periphery of the units 21 have different lengths, 9 wherein the connecting member 22 having a smaller length has a detachable line 23 mating with the position of the unit 21, so that when the towel material 1 L strap 2 is pulled, the connecting member 22 is broken from the detachable line 12 23. Thus, the units 21 may fall, and the towel material strap 2 may be placed in 13 the chamber 11 of the housing 1, and may be taken out serially.
i4 Referring now to Fig. 6, the wet towel manufacturing apparatus in L 5 accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present invention i6 comprises a housing 1 that may be placed or suspended at a proper position.
17 The housing 1 has a chamber 11 for storing the towel material strap 2, and one 18 end of the towel material stxap 2 can be serially taken out from the chamber I 1.
19 The housing 1 is provided with a panel 13, and a control member 14, such that the manufacturing apparatus of the wet towel may be manipulated, and such 21 that the wet towel can be used from the article outlet 12. In the preferred 22 embodiment, the push buttons of the control member 14 may be pressed to 23 select the amount of the using wet towel, and to select the hot wet towel or cold 24 wet towel.
The control wheel member 3 may be a 'wheel that can be driven. The 26 user may push the control member 14 to send a using signal, whereby the 27 control wheel member 3 can be driven to rotate by a power member, such as a 1 motor, so that the units 2I of the towel material strap 2 can be serially drawn 2 outward by the control wheel member 3. The towel material strap 2 drawn 3 outward by the control wheel member 3 is controlled by the roll 31, and is 4 conveyed to a support plate 36. The output amount of the units 21 of the towel material strap 2 may be calculated by the sensor 35. When the entire towel 6 . material strap 2 is completely released, the sensor 35 may emit a signal, so as to supply the towel material strap 2 into the chamber II in time'. A press 8 member 37 is mounted above the support plate 36, and can be moved 9 downward when the user pushes the control member 14 to send a using signal, 1 o . to press one of the units 21 and the connecting member 22 as shown in Fig. 7, 11 or to directly press the connecting member 22 between two units 21 as shown 12 in Fig. 8. At the same time, a winding roller 32 performs the winding action;
13 whereby the connecting member 22 between the winding roller 32 and the 14 press member 37 is stretched, so that the units 2I fall from the connecting member 22 into the article outlet 12 of the housing 1, or the canrzecting 1 G member 22 is broken from the detachable line 23, so that the units 21 fall into .
1 ~ the article outlet 12 of the housing 1.
18 The liquid supply member 4 may be mounted at a proper position of 19 the housing 1, for storing a liquid with a normal temperature. When the user 2o sends the signal of using the hot wet towel or cold wet towel, the liquid may be 21 guided through the guide pipe 41 to 'the heating member 42 or the cooling 22 member 43, wherein the heating member 42 may be a conventional electrical 23 heater, and the cooling member 43 may be a conventional cooling chip or 24 refrigerant compressor. Thus, the liquid may be formed into the hot water or cold water; and may be ejected through a plurality of nozzles 44, so as to wet 2G the units 2I of the towel material strap 2 between the winding roller 32 and the 27 press member 37, so that the units 21 of the towel material strap 2 are expanded s - 1 to form the hot wet towel or cold wet towel, In addition, the liquid supply z member 4 may be provided with a liquid drain pipe 45. When the liquid stored ~3 in the liquid supply member 4 needs to be cleaned or drained, the liquid may 4. directly drained outward through the liquid drain pipe 45: In addition, during the wetting process of the units 2I of the towel material strap 2, the auxiliary 6 nozzle 46 may eject a fragrant agent, so that the hot wet towel or cold wet towel contains fragrance.
8 Further, the liquid ejected from the nozzle 44 or the auxiliary nozzle 9 46 may also be directly ejected toward the units 21 placed in the article outlet to 12, so that the units 2I may be immersed in the liquid to absorb the liquid.
11 Referring to Fig. 7, in use of the wet towel manufacturing apparatus 12 in accordance with the present invention, the towel material strap 2 is placed in 13 the chamber 11 of the housing l, so that one end of the towel material strap 2 14 placed in the chamber l I of the housing 1 is serially drawn out by the control wheel member 3 and the roll 31 to the support plate 36. The user may push the I G control member 14 to emit a using signal, whereby the control wheel member 1 ~ rnay be rotated through a proper angle, so that a predetermined amount of units 18 21 may be wet by the ej ected liquid, while the press member 37 is lowered to 19 press the unit 21 as shown in Fig. 7, or press the connecting member 22 as shown in Fig. 8, and by means of the winding action of the winding roller 32, 21 the units 21 are stripped from the towel material strap 2 to fall into the article 22 outlet 12. At this time; the liquid supply member 4 outputs the liquid which is 23 controlled by the using signal emitted from the user to flow through the 24 operated heating member 42 or cooling member 4~, so that the liquid becomes hot water or cold water, to wet the units 21 stripped from the towel material 2G strap 2, or to wet or sink the units 2I placed in the article outlet 12.
After the 27 unit 21 absorbs the liquid, the unit 21 may be expanded into a wet towel during 1 a short period of time (about three seconds), which may be taken out from the 2 article outlet 12 for use.
3 ~ Accordingly, the wet towel manufacturing method, the wet towel manufacturing apparatus, and the towel material unit in accordance with the , present invention are completely different from the conventional ones. In 6 accordance with the present invention, the towel material units rnay be ~.erived 7 from cotton starch, wood starch,etc. made of a natural fiber or synthetic fiber, 8 and rnay be made to have a smaller compact volume by a drying, compressing 9 or evacuating'manner. The units are connected by the connecting member into to a continuous strap, such that the units will not be expanded. Thus, the units I1 may constantly maintain a smaller volume, thereby facilitating storage. The 12 towel material strap may be mass produced directly thxough the factory, 13 thereby greatly decreasing the cost of fabrication. Especially; the wet towel 14 manufacturing apparatus does not have the cutting blade set and the twisting set that are mast easily worn out, thereby greatly reducing the. possibility of 16 failure. In addition, the units in accordance with the present invention derived 1 ~ from cotton starch, wood starch etc. made of a natural fiber or synthetic fiber 18 are made to have a strip shape, block shape; or particle shape with~a smaller 19 compact volume by a drying, compressing or evacuating manner, and are then , made into a continuous towel material strap. Thus, before the units absorb the 21 liquid, they have a smaller volume and occupy a smaller space, thereby 22 facilitating the storage. Further, when the units are used as wet towel, they may 23 absorb the liquid to be expanded instantaneously, thereby forming the wet 24 towel.
Although the invention' has been explained in relation to its preferred 26 embodiment as mentioned above, it is to be understood that many other 27 possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the lo - 1 scope of the present invention. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended z claim or claims will cover such modifications and variations that fall within the 3 ~ true scope of the invention:
12 Thus, the volume of the paper towel machine becomes very large relatively.
13 . Summary of the Invention 14 The primary obj ective of the present invention is to provide a towel material strap of a wet towel, wherein the units of a smaller volume may be 16 formed, and the units may be sent out continuously, to be wet by the ejected 17 liquid or immersed in the liquid to absorb the liquid, so that the units are 18 expanded into wet towel. .
A secondary objective of the present invention is to provide a 2o manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel, wherein the manufacturing apparatus 21 of the wet towel has a simple structure, can be used during a Iong period of 22 time, and is not easily worn out.
23 The present invention is to make a towel material for forming a wet 24. towel, that is made by a drying, compressing or evacuating manner into compact units having a winding bar shape, or block shape. The units are 26 connected by connecting members into a strap; so that the towel material strap 27 may be stored in the chamber of the manufacturing apparatus. After the user emits the using signal, the towel material strap is serially drawn out by a control wheel member,. and the connecting member is wound by the winding roller, so that the units may fall into the output member or the article outlet.
The units are wet or immersed in the liquid, so that the units may be expanded into a wet towel.
According to the present invention, there is provided a manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel, comprising:
a housing having a chamber and an article outlet, and provided with a control member;
a towel material strap having units connected by connecting members into a continuous strap, placed in the chamber of the housing;
a control wheel member for serially drawing out the units of the towel material strap, and having a winding roller for winding the connecting members, the units falling into an output member after being drawn out;
a liquid supply member for ejecting liquid from a nozzle so that the units fallen into the output member absorb the liquid to form a wet towel; and an output member for supplying the wet towel through the article outlet of the housing.
According to the present invention, there is also provided a manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel, comprising:
a housing having a chamber and an article outlet, and provided with a control member;
a towel material strap having units connected by connecting members into a continuous strap, placed in the chamber of the housing;
a control wheel member for serially drawing out the units of the towel material strap through a roll onto a support plate, a press member being mounted on the support plate to move downward to press a unit of the towel material strap or press the corresponding connecting member, and having a winding roller for winding the connecting members so that the units between the press member and the winding wheel are stripped from the towel material strap, and the units fall into the article outlet of the housing after being stripped; and a liquid supply member for ejecting liquid from a nozzle by a guide pipe so that the units fallen into the article outlet or stripped from the towel material strap absorb the liquid to form a wet towel.
Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a towel material strap in accordance with a first embodiment of the.present invention;
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a towel material strap in accordance ~~ a second embodiment of the present invention; . .
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a towel material strap in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a towel material strap in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is a schematic view of a manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention;
FiB. 7 is an operational view of the manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel as shown in Fig. 6 in use; and Fig. 8 is an operational view of the manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel as shown in Fig. 6 iri~use.
Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments 3a - 1 Referring to the drawings and initially to Fig. I, a towel material z strap 2 in accordance with a fast preferred embodiment of the present 3 . invention may be derived from cotton starch, wood starch etc. made of a 4 natural fiber or synthetic fiber, and may be made into units 21 which have a smaller compact volume by a drying, compressing or evacuating manner. The 6 units 21 may be foamed with a bar shape or a block shape, and the top and bottom sides of the units 21 are fixed by the connecting members 22, thereby 8 forming the towel material strap 2. The connecting members 22 may be 9 bonded on the middle of the units 21 as shown in Fig. I, or bonded on the two 1o sides of the units 2I as shown in Fig. 2. T'he towel material strap 2 may be 11 placed in the chamber I I of the housing 1, and may be taken out serially.
12 Referring now to Fig. 3, the wet towel manufacturing, apparatus in i3 accordance with the first preferred embodiment of the present invention 14 comprises a housing 1 that may be placed or suspended at a proper position.
The housing 1 has a chamber 11 for storing the towel material strap 2, and one 16 end of the towel material sixap Z canbe serially taken out from the chamber 11.
17 The housing 1 is provided with a panel 13, and a control member 14, such that is the manufacturing apparatus of the wet towel may be manipulated, and such 19 that the wet towel can be used from the article outlet 12. In the preferred 2o embodiment, the push buttons of the control member 14 may be pressed to 21 select the amount of the using wet towel, and to select the hot wet towel or cold 22 wet towel.
23 The control wheel member 3 may be a wheel that can be driven. The . 24. user may push the control member 14 to send a using signal, whereby the control wheel member 3 can be driven to rotate by a power member, such as a 26 motor, so that the units 21 of the towel material strap 2 can be serially drawn 2'7 outward by the control wheel member 3. The towel material strap 2 drawn 1 outward b~ the control wheel member 3 is controlled by the roll 31, and the 2 connecting members 22 are restored by a winding roller 32. T'he: units 21 that 3 have been stripped may be introduced through the guide conduit 33 to the 4 output member 5. The output amount of the units 2 i may be calculated by the sensor 34. When the entire towel material strap 2 is completely released, the 6 sensor 35 may emit a signal, so as to supply the towel material strap 2 into the '7 chamber I I in time.
8 The liquid supply member 4 may be mounted at a proper position of 9 the housing 1, fox storing a liquid with a normal temperature. When the user sends the signal of using the hot wet towel or cold wet towel, the liquid may be 11 guided through the guide pipe 4I to the heating member 42 or the cooling 12 member 43, wherein the heating member 42 may be a conventional electrical 13 heater, and the cooling member 43 may be a conventional cooling chip or 14 refrigerant compressor. Thus, the liquid rnay be formed into the hot water or cold water; and may be ejected through a plurality of nozzles 44; so as to wet 1 G the units 21 placed in the output member 5, so that the units 21 are expanded to 17 form the hot wet towel or cold wet towel. In addition, the liquid supply 18 member 4 may be provided with a liquid drain pipe 45. When the liquid stored 19 in the liquid supply member 4 needs to be cleaned or drained, the liquid may directly drained outward through the liquid drain pipe 45. In addition, during 21 the wetting process of the units 21, the auxiliary nozzle 46 may eject a fragrant 22 agent, so that the hot wet towel ox cold wet towel contains fragrance.
23 The output member 5 is located at the terminal of the guide conduit 24 33, to mate with the liquid ejecting position of the nozzle 44, and may be formed with a plurality of receiving slots that are rotated like a wheel.. The 26 operation of the output member 5 may be controlled by a program or a timer.
27 After the units 21 fall and are wet, the output member 5 may be driven by a s ' ,.
1 power member to rotate through a proper angle, so that the hot wet towel or 2 cold wet towel may fall into an article outlet 12 mounted on the housing 1 to be 3 ~ used. The amount of rotation of the output member 5 may be calculated by a 4 sensor.
Referring to Fig. 3, in use of the wet towel manufacturing apparatus 6 in accordance with the present invention, the towel material strap 2 is placed in 7 the chamber 1 l of the housing 1; so that one end of the towel material strap 2 8 placed in the chamber l l of the housing l is serially drawn out by the control .9 wheel member 3. The user may push the control member 14 to emit a using to signal, so that the control wheel member 3 may be rotated through a proper 11 angle. A predetermined amount of units 21 may be calculated by the sensor 12 and may fall through the guide conduit 33 to the output member 5. At this time, 13 the liquid supply member 4 outputs the liquid which is controlled by the using 14 signal emitted from the user to flow through the operated heating member 42 i5 or cooling member 43, so that the liquid becomes hot water or cold water, to 16 wet the units 21 placed in the output member 5. After the unit 21 absorbs the 1~ liquid, the unit 21 may be expanded into a wet towel during a short period of 18 time {about three seconds), which may driven by the output member 5 to fall 19 into the article outlet 12 for use.
2o Referring to Fig. 4, a towel material strap 2 in accordance with a third 21 preferred embodiment of the present invention may be derived from cotton 22 starch, wood starch etc. made of a natural fiber or synthetic fiber, and may be 23 made into units 21 which have a smaller compact volume by a drying, 24 compressing or evacuating manner. The units 2I may be formed with a rolled 25 bar shape or a block shape, and the units 21 are fixed by connecting members 26 22, thereby forming the towel material strap 2: 'The connecting member 22 22 may be a strap coated with adhesive; or a plastic f lm, so that the units 21 are - L equally spaced. In addition, the connecting members 22 may be bonded on the 2 middle of the units 21, or bonded on the two sides of the units 21.
3 ~ ~ Referring to Fig. 5, a towel material strap 2 in accordance with a 4 fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention is disclosed. The top and bottom sides of the units 21 are fixed by the connecting members 22. The two 6 connecting members 22 may be a conventional plastic film, and may be 7 bonded with each otherby adhesive. As shown in the figure, the connecting 8 members 22 encompassing the periphery of the units 21 have different lengths, 9 wherein the connecting member 22 having a smaller length has a detachable line 23 mating with the position of the unit 21, so that when the towel material 1 L strap 2 is pulled, the connecting member 22 is broken from the detachable line 12 23. Thus, the units 21 may fall, and the towel material strap 2 may be placed in 13 the chamber 11 of the housing 1, and may be taken out serially.
i4 Referring now to Fig. 6, the wet towel manufacturing apparatus in L 5 accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present invention i6 comprises a housing 1 that may be placed or suspended at a proper position.
17 The housing 1 has a chamber 11 for storing the towel material strap 2, and one 18 end of the towel material stxap 2 can be serially taken out from the chamber I 1.
19 The housing 1 is provided with a panel 13, and a control member 14, such that the manufacturing apparatus of the wet towel may be manipulated, and such 21 that the wet towel can be used from the article outlet 12. In the preferred 22 embodiment, the push buttons of the control member 14 may be pressed to 23 select the amount of the using wet towel, and to select the hot wet towel or cold 24 wet towel.
The control wheel member 3 may be a 'wheel that can be driven. The 26 user may push the control member 14 to send a using signal, whereby the 27 control wheel member 3 can be driven to rotate by a power member, such as a 1 motor, so that the units 2I of the towel material strap 2 can be serially drawn 2 outward by the control wheel member 3. The towel material strap 2 drawn 3 outward by the control wheel member 3 is controlled by the roll 31, and is 4 conveyed to a support plate 36. The output amount of the units 21 of the towel material strap 2 may be calculated by the sensor 35. When the entire towel 6 . material strap 2 is completely released, the sensor 35 may emit a signal, so as to supply the towel material strap 2 into the chamber II in time'. A press 8 member 37 is mounted above the support plate 36, and can be moved 9 downward when the user pushes the control member 14 to send a using signal, 1 o . to press one of the units 21 and the connecting member 22 as shown in Fig. 7, 11 or to directly press the connecting member 22 between two units 21 as shown 12 in Fig. 8. At the same time, a winding roller 32 performs the winding action;
13 whereby the connecting member 22 between the winding roller 32 and the 14 press member 37 is stretched, so that the units 2I fall from the connecting member 22 into the article outlet 12 of the housing 1, or the canrzecting 1 G member 22 is broken from the detachable line 23, so that the units 21 fall into .
1 ~ the article outlet 12 of the housing 1.
18 The liquid supply member 4 may be mounted at a proper position of 19 the housing 1, for storing a liquid with a normal temperature. When the user 2o sends the signal of using the hot wet towel or cold wet towel, the liquid may be 21 guided through the guide pipe 41 to 'the heating member 42 or the cooling 22 member 43, wherein the heating member 42 may be a conventional electrical 23 heater, and the cooling member 43 may be a conventional cooling chip or 24 refrigerant compressor. Thus, the liquid may be formed into the hot water or cold water; and may be ejected through a plurality of nozzles 44, so as to wet 2G the units 2I of the towel material strap 2 between the winding roller 32 and the 27 press member 37, so that the units 21 of the towel material strap 2 are expanded s - 1 to form the hot wet towel or cold wet towel, In addition, the liquid supply z member 4 may be provided with a liquid drain pipe 45. When the liquid stored ~3 in the liquid supply member 4 needs to be cleaned or drained, the liquid may 4. directly drained outward through the liquid drain pipe 45: In addition, during the wetting process of the units 2I of the towel material strap 2, the auxiliary 6 nozzle 46 may eject a fragrant agent, so that the hot wet towel or cold wet towel contains fragrance.
8 Further, the liquid ejected from the nozzle 44 or the auxiliary nozzle 9 46 may also be directly ejected toward the units 21 placed in the article outlet to 12, so that the units 2I may be immersed in the liquid to absorb the liquid.
11 Referring to Fig. 7, in use of the wet towel manufacturing apparatus 12 in accordance with the present invention, the towel material strap 2 is placed in 13 the chamber 11 of the housing l, so that one end of the towel material strap 2 14 placed in the chamber l I of the housing 1 is serially drawn out by the control wheel member 3 and the roll 31 to the support plate 36. The user may push the I G control member 14 to emit a using signal, whereby the control wheel member 1 ~ rnay be rotated through a proper angle, so that a predetermined amount of units 18 21 may be wet by the ej ected liquid, while the press member 37 is lowered to 19 press the unit 21 as shown in Fig. 7, or press the connecting member 22 as shown in Fig. 8, and by means of the winding action of the winding roller 32, 21 the units 21 are stripped from the towel material strap 2 to fall into the article 22 outlet 12. At this time; the liquid supply member 4 outputs the liquid which is 23 controlled by the using signal emitted from the user to flow through the 24 operated heating member 42 or cooling member 4~, so that the liquid becomes hot water or cold water, to wet the units 21 stripped from the towel material 2G strap 2, or to wet or sink the units 2I placed in the article outlet 12.
After the 27 unit 21 absorbs the liquid, the unit 21 may be expanded into a wet towel during 1 a short period of time (about three seconds), which may be taken out from the 2 article outlet 12 for use.
3 ~ Accordingly, the wet towel manufacturing method, the wet towel manufacturing apparatus, and the towel material unit in accordance with the , present invention are completely different from the conventional ones. In 6 accordance with the present invention, the towel material units rnay be ~.erived 7 from cotton starch, wood starch,etc. made of a natural fiber or synthetic fiber, 8 and rnay be made to have a smaller compact volume by a drying, compressing 9 or evacuating'manner. The units are connected by the connecting member into to a continuous strap, such that the units will not be expanded. Thus, the units I1 may constantly maintain a smaller volume, thereby facilitating storage. The 12 towel material strap may be mass produced directly thxough the factory, 13 thereby greatly decreasing the cost of fabrication. Especially; the wet towel 14 manufacturing apparatus does not have the cutting blade set and the twisting set that are mast easily worn out, thereby greatly reducing the. possibility of 16 failure. In addition, the units in accordance with the present invention derived 1 ~ from cotton starch, wood starch etc. made of a natural fiber or synthetic fiber 18 are made to have a strip shape, block shape; or particle shape with~a smaller 19 compact volume by a drying, compressing or evacuating manner, and are then , made into a continuous towel material strap. Thus, before the units absorb the 21 liquid, they have a smaller volume and occupy a smaller space, thereby 22 facilitating the storage. Further, when the units are used as wet towel, they may 23 absorb the liquid to be expanded instantaneously, thereby forming the wet 24 towel.
Although the invention' has been explained in relation to its preferred 26 embodiment as mentioned above, it is to be understood that many other 27 possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the lo - 1 scope of the present invention. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended z claim or claims will cover such modifications and variations that fall within the 3 ~ true scope of the invention:
Claims (6)
1. A manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel, comprising:
a housing having a chamber and an article outlet, and provided with a control member;
a towel material strap having units connected by connecting members into a continuous strap, placed in the chamber of the housing;
a control wheel member for serially drawing out the units of the towel material strap, and having a winding roller for winding the connecting members, the units falling into an output member after being drawn out;
a liquid supply member for ejecting liquid from a nozzle so that the units fallen into the output member absorb the liquid to form a wet towel; and an output member for supplying the wet towel through the article outlet of the housing.
a housing having a chamber and an article outlet, and provided with a control member;
a towel material strap having units connected by connecting members into a continuous strap, placed in the chamber of the housing;
a control wheel member for serially drawing out the units of the towel material strap, and having a winding roller for winding the connecting members, the units falling into an output member after being drawn out;
a liquid supply member for ejecting liquid from a nozzle so that the units fallen into the output member absorb the liquid to form a wet towel; and an output member for supplying the wet towel through the article outlet of the housing.
2. A manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel, comprising:
a housing having a chamber and an article outlet, and provided with a control member;
a towel material strap having units connected by connecting members into a continuous strap, placed in the chamber of the housing;
a control wheel member for serially drawing out the units of the towel material strap through a roll onto a support plate, a press member being mounted on the support plate to move downward to press a unit of the towel material strap or press the corresponding connecting member, and having a winding roller for winding the connecting members so that the units between the press member and the winding wheel are stripped from the towel material strap, and the units fall into the article outlet of the housing after being stripped; and a liquid supply member for ejecting liquid from a nozzle by a guide pipe so that the units fallen into the article outlet or stripped from the towel material strap absorb the liquid to form a wet towel.
a housing having a chamber and an article outlet, and provided with a control member;
a towel material strap having units connected by connecting members into a continuous strap, placed in the chamber of the housing;
a control wheel member for serially drawing out the units of the towel material strap through a roll onto a support plate, a press member being mounted on the support plate to move downward to press a unit of the towel material strap or press the corresponding connecting member, and having a winding roller for winding the connecting members so that the units between the press member and the winding wheel are stripped from the towel material strap, and the units fall into the article outlet of the housing after being stripped; and a liquid supply member for ejecting liquid from a nozzle by a guide pipe so that the units fallen into the article outlet or stripped from the towel material strap absorb the liquid to form a wet towel.
3. The manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the liquid ejected from the liquid supply member is introduced through a heating member so that said liquid that is ejected forms hot water.
4. The manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the liquid ejected from the liquid supply member is introduced through a cooling member so that said liquid that is ejected forms cold water.
5. The manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel as claimed in claim 1 or 2, further comprising an auxiliary nozzle for adding other liquid.
6. The manufacturing apparatus of a wet towel as claimed in claim 1 or 2, further comprising a sensor for transmitting a signal to supply the towel material strap when a terminal unit of the towel material strap passes through the sensor.
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