CN107019318A

CN107019318A - Hair care appliance

Info

Publication number: CN107019318A
Application number: CN201611069807.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: N.H.W.伊姆哈斯利; S.F.史密斯; P.J.斯蒂芬斯; M.A.史密斯
Original assignee: Dyson Ltd
Current assignee: Dyson Technology Ltd; Dyson Ltd
Priority date: 2015-11-26
Filing date: 2016-11-25
Publication date: 2017-08-08
Also published as: EP3228209A1; JP2017094096A; CN206761047U; JP6444361B2; GB201520873D0; GB2544778A; GB2544778B; US20170150797A1

Abstract

Disclose a kind of hair care appliance, including body, the frame extended with outer wall, in outer pars intramuralis, wherein frame includes latch-up structure portion, and body includes connected structure portion, wherein when latch-up structure portion rotates relative to connected structure portion, connected structure portion is suitable to frame being held in place in the outer wall.The outer wall may include inner surface, and the connected structure portion extends internally from inner surface radial direction.Connected structure portion may include the flank from the inner surface extension of outer wall.Connected structure portion can extend at least partially about the inner surface of outer wall.Connected structure portion may include a pair of engaging structural portion, and it can be radially spaced.Latch-up structure portion may include locking flank, and it can be from frame towards outer wall radially.

Description

Hair care appliance

Technical field

The present invention relates to the fluid issuing of a kind of hand-held instruments, more particularly to hair care appliance and such utensil.

Background technology

Hair-dryer, particularly hot air blower are used for a variety of applications, material or hair such as drying paint, and clearly Remove or divest superficial layer.Additionally, hot air blower such as hot type sizing brush be used to shape under wet or dry environment Hair.

Generally there is provided motor and fan, it is drawn fluid into body；Fluid can be heated before body is left.Electricity Machine is easy to damage due to the exotic such as dirt or hair, therefore the setting filtering generally at the fluid inlet end of hair-dryer Device.Generally such utensil is provided with nozzle, and the nozzle can be connected to utensil or be pulled down from utensil, and change ejection tool Fluid stream shape and speed.Such nozzle can be used for according to the demand of moment user assemble utensil effluent or Spread effluent.

The content of the invention

According in a first aspect, the invention provides a kind of hair care appliance, including body, with outer wall, in outer wall The frame of portion's extension, wherein frame include latch-up structure portion, and body includes connected structure portion, wherein when latch-up structure portion is relative When connected structure portion rotates, connected structure portion is suitable to frame being held in place in the outer wall.

Preferably, the outer wall includes inner surface, and the connected structure portion extends internally from inner surface radial direction.

Preferably, connected structure portion includes the flank extended from the inner surface of outer wall.

Preferably, connected structure portion extends at least partially about the inner surface of outer wall.

Preferably, connected structure portion includes a pair of engaging structural portion.

Preferably, this pair engagement structural portion is radially spaced.The structural portion helps to maintain frame in outer pars intramuralis With one heart.

Preferably, latch-up structure portion includes locking flank.

Preferably, flank from frame towards outer wall radially.

Preferably, when frame is held in place in, frame is radially and longitudinally constrained in outer pars intramuralis.

Preferably, body includes the first and second ends, and frame and outer body include and the first and second end phases The locking of adjacent cooperation and connected structure portion.

Preferably, frame includes first component and second component.

Preferably, the first component of frame is orientated the second component for being connected to frame along one.

Preferably, the first component of frame and the second component of frame each include at least two asymmetric cooperations and dashed forward Go out portion and recess, it is only engaged along an orientation.

Preferably, body accommodates heater, and heater is installed on the first component of frame.

Preferably, heater includes locating ring, its with it is described at least two asymmetrical on the first component of frame Cooperate protuberance and recess cooperation so that heater can be only along an orientation on the first component of frame.

Preferably, body includes PCB, and PCB is installed on the second component of frame.

Preferably, body includes the PCB baffle plates for being connected to PCB.

Preferably, the PCB baffle plates include orientation texture portion so that PCB and PCB baffle plates can be arranged on frame along an orientation Second component on.

Preferably, body includes keeping wall, and frame is maintained in rotation position by wherein keeping wall relative to outer wall.

Preferably, keeping wall is extended to above frame in an end of body.

Preferably, keeping wall engages outer wall and frame to be maintained at frame in rotation position relative to outer wall.

Preferably, frame includes first component and second component, and keeping wall extends to be formed from an end of body Above joint portion between the first component of frame and the second component of frame.

Preferably, keeping wall includes pipeline, and it extends from an end at least partially along body, and exists radially Above machine frame inside, joint portion.

Preferably, the pipeline includes lip seal, and it extends radially about pipeline between pipeline and frame.

Preferably, O-ring is arranged between keeping wall and outer wall and the one or both of frame.

Preferably, O-ring is arranged between keeping wall and outer wall.

Preferably, the utensil is hair dryer.

Brief description of the drawings

Only it will describe with reference to the accompanying drawings by way of example in the present invention, accompanying drawing now：

Fig. 1 shows the perspective view of the utensil according to the present invention；

Fig. 2 shows the cross-sectional view through Fig. 1 utensil；

Fig. 3 shows the decomposition view of each several part of Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 utensil；

Fig. 4 a show the front perspective view of the part of the utensil according to the present invention；

Fig. 4 b show the rear portion three-dimensional view of the part of the utensil according to the present invention；

Fig. 5 shows the cylinder of the assembling according to the present invention in the case where no part is mounted；

Fig. 6 shows the internal view of the second end of the body of the utensil according to the present invention；And

Fig. 7 shows the enlarged side view of the body through the utensil according to the present invention.

Embodiment

Figures 1 and 2 show that hair dryer 10, the hair dryer 10 has handle 20 and body 30.The handle has first end 22 and the second end 24, the first end is connected to body 30, and the second end is away from body 30 and including main fluid entrance 40.Electric power is supplied to hair dryer 10 by cable 50.Plug is provided with the far-end of the cable 50 away from hair dryer 10 (not Show), plug can be provided to such as main power source or the electrical connection to battery pack.

Handle 20 has exterior wall 200, and its distal end 24 from body 30 towards handle extends.At the distal end 24 of handle, End wall 210 extends across outer wall 200.Cable 50 enters hair dryer through this end wall 210.Main fluid in handle 20 enters Mouth 40 includes the first hole 42, and it is prolonged with a series of row and columns extended from the distal end 24 of handle 20 around with along the exterior wall 20 of handle Stretch, and the second hole 46, it extends across and through the end wall 210 of handle 20.The cable 50 is generally positioned in end wall 210 In portion, therefore extend from the center of handle 20.The handle 20 have longitudinal axis X-X, outer wall 200 along the longitudinal axis X-X from Body 30 extends towards distal end 24.

Preferably, the cable 50 medially extends from handle, as it means that hair dryer no matter handle 20 user's Orientation in hand and be balanced.Also, if position of their hand of user movement on handle 20, will not have from cable 50 pull, because cable does not change the position on hand when hands movement.If cable biased and closer to handle one Side, then the distribution of weight of dry device will change with orientation, this can allow user to divert one's attention.

The upstream of main fluid entrance 40 is provided with fan unit 70.The fan unit 70 includes fan and motor.Fan list Member 70 aspirates fluid and passes through main fluid entrance 40, it is passed through major fluid flow path 400 towards the fluid of body 30, and it is from master Fluid intake 40 extends and enters body 30 at the position 90 that handle 20 and body 30 are engaged.The body 30 has first end 32 and the second end 34, the second end 34 that the major fluid flow path 400 continues across body 30 towards body extends, surrounded Heater 80 and primary fluid outlet 440 is extended to, the fluid aspirated in this place by fan unit discharges major fluid flow path 400.The major fluid flow path 400 is nonlinear, and flows through handle 20 in the first direction and pass through in a second direction Body 30, the second direction is perpendicular to first direction.

Body 30 includes outer wall 360 and internal pipeline 310.The major fluid flow path 400 is along body from handle 20 and originally The tie point 90 of body 30 goes out between outer wall 360 and internal pipeline 310 towards the main fluid at the second end 34 of body 30 Mouth 440 extends.

Inwall 260 extends in outer wall 360.Inwall 260 at least partially defines primary fluid outlet 440, and from body 30 The second end 34, internally between pipeline 310 and outer wall 360 extend.

Another fluid flow path is provided in body；This flowing is indirectly by fan unit or heater Reason, but produced by fan unit through the effect of the main fluid of hair dryer and be aspirated into hair dryer.This fluid stream The fluid volume inspiration for being flowed through major fluid flow path 400 enters hair dryer.

The first end 32 of body includes fluid intake 320 and the second end 34 of body includes fluid issuing 340.Fluid Both entrance 320 and fluid issuing 340 are limited by internal pipeline 310 at least in part, and it is the inwall of body 30, and in body It is interior and extend along the body.Fluid flow path 300 internally extends to fluid issuing 340 in pipeline 310 from fluid intake 320. At the first end 32 of body 30, side wall 350 extends between outer wall 360 and internal pipeline 310.This side wall 350 is at least Partly limit fluid intake 320.Primary fluid outlet 440 is ring-type and surrounds fluid flow path.

PCB 75 includes the control electronic device for hair dryer, and it is positioned at body 30 and proximal wall 350 and fluid is inscribed Entrance 320.The PCB 75 is annular shape, and is internally extended around internal pipeline 310 between pipeline 310 and outer wall 360.Should PCB 75 is in fluid communication with major fluid flow path 400.The PCB 75 extends and by inner tube around fluid flow path 300 Road 310 keeps apart from fluid flow path 300.

The control parameters of PCB 75, such as the temperature of heater 80 and the rotary speed of fan unit 70.Internal wiring is (not Show) PCB 75 is electrically connected to heater 80 and fan unit 70 and cable 50.Control button 62,64 is provided and connected PCB 75 is connected to allow the user to for example select from the scope of temperature setting and flow rate.

PCB 75 downstream is heater 80, and PCB baffle plates 700 are provided between the two.Situations such as heater 80 is opened Under, PCB baffle plates are that PCB 75 provides Thermal protection.

In use, the fluid of major fluid flow path 400 is aspirated into alternatively by the operation of fan unit 70 Heated by heater 80 and discharged from primary fluid outlet 440.The fluid through processing causes fluid to be rolled up at fluid intake 320 Suck fluid flow path 300.The fluid converges at the second end 34 of body with the fluid through processing.It is shown in fig. 2 Embodiment in, the fluid through processing discharges primary fluid outlet 440 and hair dryer as annular fluid, and the annular fluid is around logical That crosses the discharge hair dryer of fluid issuing 340 inhales fluid by volume.Therefore, the fluid handled by fan unit and heater is by being rolled up Fluid is inhaled to be enhanced.

With particular reference to Fig. 3, Fig. 4 a, 4b and Fig. 5 to 7, pipeline 310 is formed by multiple parts, first component 310a, and it is from originally The first end 32 of body 30 extends；Second component 310b, it extends from the second end 34 of body；And third member 310c, It extends from the first end of body 30 inside first component 310a.First and second part 310a and 310b of pipeline include The all parts of frame, wherein hair dryer are installed in frame.The third member 310c of pipeline is the keeping wall for frame.

First component 310a is easily formed by pipeline 312 and internal end wall 314.Outer wall 360 of the pipeline 312 in body 30 Inside extends, and internal end wall 314 extends from one end 312a of pipeline towards outer wall 360.PCB 75 and PCB baffle plates 700 are pacified On pipeline 312, wherein internal end wall 314 is adjacent to PCB 75.

Second component 310b is pipeline 330, and it is easily formed as individual unit with inwall 260, and it is molded with branch Stake rib (not shown).The inwall 260 conveys the fluid flowed in major fluid flow path 400 towards primary fluid outlet 440. Interior wall 260 includes flow guides point 132, and when the second end 34 of diameter towards the body 30 of body 30 is reduced, it draws Lead or directing fluid leaves heater 80 and flowed towards primary fluid outlet 440.Heater 80 is installed on second component 310b. Heater 80 has outer wall 180 and inwall 84, both extends around heating element heater (not shown).

Third member 310c is another pipeline 322, and it is formed as individual unit with side wall 350.Another pipeline 322 is The pipeline 312 of two parts radially inside extends.

It is maintained in order that obtaining part in body 30 in correct position, first component 310a and second component 310b quilts Connect together to form cylinder 250.First component 310a and second component 310b additionally include some holding structures.

With particular reference to Fig. 7, the inwall 260 surrounds the downstream end of heater 80 radially.Inwall 260 has a pair Lip 262,264, it extends towards heater 80, and the outer wall 180 of heater 80 is inserted into this pair of lip.Inwall 260a footpath The fluid left from heater 80 is directed to fluid issuing 440 by inner surface 260.

The upstream end thereof 80a of heater 80 includes locating ring 82.Locating ring 82 is provided with location structure portion 86, its radially towards The inside extension of inward wall 84.Second component 310b includes leg 186, and its first end 32 for being longitudinally towards body 30 prolongs Stretch.Location structure portion 86 and leg 186 are asymmetrical, so that leg 186 can be only along an orientation around location structure portion 86 By.

First component 310a at the upstream end thereof 312a of pipeline 312 have the first location structure portion 102, these first determine Bit architecture portion 102 is adapted to engage between leg 186, and again because leg 186 is asymmetrical, the engagement can be only along one Orientation occurs.First location structure portion 102 and leg 186 are provided with groove 104, and its guide ring 106 is positioned in the groove In 104, loosely to remain to these parts of cylinder 250 together along known orientation, for further assembling.

So that it is favourable during manufacture that all parts, which are maintained at single known orientation, because internal wiring is by eternal edge Identical path is directed, and it needs the circuit of equal length；Connection for the control button 64 on PCB will be correct Position, and PCB parts will be properly oriented.

Once cylinder 250 is assembled as already described above, cylinder 250 is inserted into body 30.Cylinder 250 is radially constrained in Constrained in body 30 and longitudinally in body 30.It is desirable that cylinder is at first end 32 and the second end 34 and by enclosing It is restrained around the restraining structure portion that cylinder is radially spaced apart.In this example, there are four restraining structure portions.

The outer surface 260b of inwall 260 is provided with two separation being radially spaced flanks 266, and it prolongs towards outer wall 360 Stretch and with arc radially around inwall 260.In addition, internal end wall 314 is provided with two separation being radially spaced flanks 316, it extends towards outer wall 360 and with arc radially around internal end wall 314.The inner surface 360a of outer wall 360 has two To cooperation flank 362,364, it is extended radially inwardly from inner surface 360a, and with arc radially around outer wall 360.A pair of associations Make the first end 32 that flank 362 is positioned close to body 30, and second pair of cooperation flank 364 is positioned close to the of body 30 Two ends 34.When cylinder 250 is pushed into body, when the separation flank 266,316 being radially spaced is in two pairs of cooperation flanks 362nd, during 364 upstream, cylinder is rotated, until arriving at retainer 370.

In order to which cylinder 250 is maintained at into the rotation status, one group of flank is equipped with holding structure.In this example, body 30 cooperation flank 362,364 is equipped with constriction 372, is in this case protuberance, its with corresponding flank 266,316 Respective recess 374 cooperate.When flank 266,316 and cooperation flank 362,364 are rotated, the end of flank 266,316 266a, 316a must be pushed through constriction 372, to allow corresponding recess 374 to accommodate constriction 372.

Seal washer 116 is provided between the inwall 260 of body 30 and outer wall 360.The seal washer is in spaced radial The separation flank 266,316 opened be pulled to two pairs cooperation flank 362,364 downstream when deform.This is provided in the He of outer wall 360 Sealing between inwall 260, and help to prevent motion of the cylinder 250 in body 30, including opposite rotary motion.

For the gap being sealed between first component 310a and second component 310b, third member 310c is provided with lip Shape seal 340, its around pipeline 322 radially-outer surface 322a radially.When third member 310c is inserted into body During 30 inside, lip seal 340 is engaged with the second component 310b in the downstream of leg 186, dynamic through pipeline to prevent fluid flow 310, into major fluid flow path 400.

At the first end 30 of body 30, O-ring 352 is provided between side wall 350 and outer wall 360, is somebody's turn to do with sealing Gap, and prevent fluid via the gap and internally the gap between end wall 314 and outer wall 360 enters major fluid flow path 400。

Side wall 350 has the snap-fit 354 being radially spaced, and it extends from the inner surface 350a of side wall, and connects Close the hole 318 being arranged in internal end wall 314.In order to stop the rotation of cylinder 250, side wall has a pair of protuberances 356, and it is engaged It is arranged on the recess 366 in the inner surface 360a of outer wall.

Thus, the part of cylinder 250 by with known orientation positions in body 30, and the respective recess 374 for passing through flank With constriction 372；The combination of the protuberance 356 of the side wall 350 of the recess 366 of outer wall 360 is engaged, is prevented from and can not be taken from this To leaving；All these to be combined with snap-fit 354, it can not be removed from hole 318 in the case where not destroying them.

Be described in detail the present invention on hair dryer, but its be applicable to suction fluid and guide the fluid from Any utensil of utensil outflow.

The utensil can be used together with heater or can not be used together with heater；The effect that fluid flows out at high speeds With drying effect.

The fluid of utensil usually air is flowed through, but can be the various combination of one or more gases, and It may include additive, the influence for improving utensil performance or the utensil object be aligned to output, the object is, for example, hair With the hair style of hair.

It is described in detail the invention is not restricted to given above.Various deformation form will be aobvious for those skilled in the art And be clear to.

Claims

1. a kind of hair care appliance, including body, the wherein frame extended with outer wall, in outer pars intramuralis, frame include lock Determine structural portion and body includes connected structure portion, connected structure portion is adjacent with both first end and the second end, wherein working as lock When determining structural portion and being rotated relative to connected structure portion, the locking of cooperation and connected structure portion are suitable to frame being maintained in the outer wall Position.

2. utensil according to claim 1, wherein the outer wall includes inner surface, and the connected structure portion is from inner surface Extend radially inwardly.

3. utensil according to claim 1 or 2, wherein connected structure portion include the flank extended from the inner surface of outer wall.

4. the utensil according to Claims 2 or 3, wherein connected structure portion extend at least partially about the inner surface of outer wall.

5. utensil according to claim 1, wherein connected structure portion include a pair of engaging structural portion.

6. utensil according to claim 5, wherein this pair engagement structural portion are radially spaced.

7. utensil according to claim 1, wherein latch-up structure portion include locking flank.

8. utensil according to claim 7, wherein flank from frame towards outer wall radially.

9. utensil according to claim 1, wherein when frame is held in place in, frame is radially and longitudinally constrained In outer wall.

10. utensil according to claim 1, wherein frame include first component and second component.

11. the first component of utensil according to claim 10, wherein frame is connected to the second of frame along an orientation Part.

12. the first component of utensil according to claim 11, wherein frame and the second component of frame are each included At least two asymmetric cooperation protuberances and recess, cooperation protuberance and recess are only engaged along an orientation.

13. utensil according to claim 1, wherein body accommodate heater, and heater is installed in the first of frame On part.

14. the utensil according to claim 13 when being subordinated to claim 12, wherein heater include locating ring, positioning Ring and described at least two asymmetrical cooperate protuberance and the recess cooperations on the first component of frame so that heater can Only along an orientation on the first component of frame.

15. utensil according to claim 1, wherein body include PCB, and PCB is installed on the second component of frame.

16. utensil according to claim 15, wherein body include the PCB baffle plates for being connected to PCB.

17. utensil according to claim 16, wherein the PCB baffle plates include orientation texture portion so that PCB and PCB baffle plates Can be along an orientation on the second component of frame.

18. utensil according to claim 1, wherein body include keeping wall, wherein keeping wall by frame relative to outer wall It is maintained in rotation position.

19. utensil according to claim 18, wherein keeping wall are extended to above frame in an end of body.

20. utensil according to claim 19, wherein keeping wall engage outer wall and frame to protect frame relative to outer wall Hold in rotation position.

21. utensil according to claim 17, wherein frame include first component and second component, and keeping wall is from body An end extend to be formed above the joint portion between the first component of frame and the second component of frame.

22. utensil according to claim 21, wherein keeping wall include pipeline, pipeline is from end edge at least in part Body extension, and is radially extended in frame above joint portion.

23. utensil according to claim 22, the wherein pipeline include lip seal, it is radially about pipeline in pipeline Extend between frame.

24. utensil according to claim 23, wherein O-ring are arranged on one or both and guarantor in outer wall and frame Hold between wall.

25. utensil according to claim 24, wherein O-ring are arranged between keeping wall and outer wall.

26. utensil according to claim 1, wherein primary fluid outlet are located at the downstream end of body.

27. utensil according to claim 26, wherein inwall have downstream end and upstream end thereof, and downstream end is at least Partly limit primary fluid outlet.

28. the upstream end thereof of utensil according to claim 27, wherein inwall extends towards outer wall.

29. the utensil according to claim 27 or 28, wherein inwall include the hermetic unit for extending to outer wall.

30. utensil according to claim 29, wherein upstream end thereof and downstream of the hermetic unit in the inwall Between portion.

31. the utensil according to any one of claims 1 to 30, the wherein utensil are hair dryer.