CN220109633U

CN220109633U - Body drier

Info

Publication number: CN220109633U
Application number: CN202320559359.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡晔军
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2023-03-21
Filing date: 2023-03-21
Publication date: 2023-12-01
Anticipated expiration: 2033-03-21

Abstract

The utility model discloses a body drier. A dryer, comprising: a host device including a control section; and a fan device, the fan device comprising at least one fan heater; the body dryer further comprises a lifting device, wherein the lifting device comprises a driving part and a sliding rail part, and the fan device is driven by the driving part to move along the sliding rail part in the vertical direction. The body dryer according to the present utility model is suitable for being directly installed in a shower room, and has high drying efficiency.

Description

Body drier

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of drying equipment used after bathing, in particular to a body dryer suitable for being installed in a shower room.

Background

With the improvement of living standard, in order to keep the body of a person in a fresh state after bathing, a home dryer for drying the body has been developed.

One common household dryer is a vertical dryer, which has an elongated tuyere, and the height of the dryer is equivalent to the height of an ordinary person. The body drier is mainly arranged in a dry area outside a shower room in a home, and cannot be arranged in the shower room, the main reason is that the shower room is a place with water, bath water generated by bath can splash into an air port of the body drier, bath milk and shampoo used during bath are easy to splash into the air port of the body drier carelessly, and a lot of dirt can be stuck to the inside of the air outlet of the body drier for a long time, so that the body drier is unhygienic and is not clean.

Another common household dryer is a floor dryer, which includes a dryer main unit that is typically placed on the floor. After the bath is completed, a person can stand on the main machine, and the main machine blows the drying air flow upwards. However, such a floor-type dryer is hot due to the position of the air blowing opening near the ground, but the air reaching the upper body is cooled, and the blown air reaches the upper body and is cool and whitish, and is particularly unsuitable for use in winter, thus causing discomfort to the user, and the drying efficiency of such a floor-type dryer is low.

Accordingly, there is still a disadvantage in the existing home dryer in that it is required to provide a dryer that can be installed in a shower room, and comfort and drying efficiency of the existing dryer in use are also to be improved.

Disclosure of Invention

To overcome the deficiencies of the prior art, the present utility model provides a dryer comprising: a host device including a control section; and a fan device, the fan device comprising at least one fan heater; meanwhile, the body drier further comprises a lifting device, wherein the lifting device comprises a driving part and a sliding rail part, and the fan device is driven by the driving part to move along the sliding rail part in the vertical direction.

According to an aspect of the present utility model, the dryer includes a main body housing in which the control part and the driving part are accommodated, the main body housing being disposed at an uppermost part of the dryer in a mounted state of the dryer, and the rail part vertically extends downward from the main body housing such that the blower device moves between an upper end position of the rail part and a lower end position of the rail part.

According to an aspect of the present utility model, the driving part includes a stepping motor, the slide rail part includes a conveyor belt and a slider fixed to the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt is driven by the stepping motor, and the blower device is attached to the slider to move up and down with movement of the conveyor belt.

According to still another aspect of the present utility model, the blower device further includes a far infrared ray lamp movable in a vertical direction with the blower device.

According to yet another aspect of the utility model, the fan apparatus includes a proximity sensor configured to trigger the fan heater to stop when an object or person approaches the sensor when the distance between the object or person and the sensor is less than a set value, the proximity sensor including a plurality of proximity sensors disposed on left, right and lower sides of the fan apparatus, respectively. Preferably, the slide rail portion is provided with a proximity switch at an upper end and a lower end, respectively.

In addition, a height sensor for measuring the height of the user is mounted on the blower device so as to move along the slide rail portion as the blower device moves, and height position data corresponding to the slide rail portion is transmitted to the control portion when the height sensor senses a specific position of the user.

According to still another aspect of the present utility model, the slide rail part extends in a vertical direction in a mounted state of the dryer, and the extending length of the slide rail part is between 1.8 meters and 2.2 meters.

According to yet another aspect of the utility model, the main housing has a sealing mechanism that prevents water from entering the main housing.

According to yet another aspect of the present utility model, the host device further includes a display touch device having a display screen, the display touch device having a mounting body independently mounted with respect to the host device.

According to still another aspect of the present utility model, the control part is configured to provide a dry body mode, a dry hair mode, a dry foot mode, and a stop mode.

In the dry mode, the control part controls the driving part to drive the fan device to reciprocate up and down along the sliding rail part in the vertical direction and simultaneously the fan heater operates, wherein in the dry mode, the control part can selectively preset one or more pause height positions, and when the fan device moves to the pause height positions, the fan device is paused for a preset time length and then continues to move along the sliding rail part in the vertical direction.

In the hair drying mode, the control part controls the fan device to move to and stop to a preset head height position along with the sliding rail part, and meanwhile, the fan heater operates.

In the foot drying mode, the control part controls the fan device to move along with the sliding rail part and stay at the lower end of the sliding rail part, and meanwhile, the fan heater operates for a preset time.

In the stop mode, the control portion controls the fan device to move to the upper end of the slide rail portion while the fan device is stopped.

According to still another aspect of the present utility model, the dryer includes two fan units which are movable in a vertical direction along the rail portion independently of each other.

The main unit device and the stopping position of the fan device of the body dryer are arranged at high positions, so that the body dryer is suitable for being assembled in a shower room, water spraying is not worry, and meanwhile, the household space is saved. The user can blow the body dry in the shower room after using the body dryer according to the utility model, and the user can not bring water out of the shower room. The fan device, especially the tuyere, can be kept clean, and dirt is prevented from entering. The fan device that reciprocates can just dry the health in the short time, and drying efficiency is high.

Drawings

A dryer according to a preferred embodiment of the present utility model will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

fig. 1 shows a schematic view of a dryer according to a preferred embodiment of the present utility model.

Elements in the figures are illustrated schematically for simplicity and clarity and have not necessarily been drawn to scale and do not necessarily include all features, options, or attachment. For example, the dimensions and/or relative positioning of some of the elements in the figures may be exaggerated relative to other elements to help improve the understanding of the various embodiments of the present utility model.

List of reference numerals

10 body drier

11 mainframe shell

12 control part

20 drive part

30 slide rail part

31 conveyor belt

50 fan device

51 warm air blower

52 far infrared lamp

53 sensor

Detailed Description

The utility model is further described in conjunction with specific embodiments and figures, and further details are set forth in the following description to provide a thorough understanding of the utility model, but it will be apparent that the utility model can be practiced in many other ways other than as described herein.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic view of a dryer 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present utility model. The dryer 10 according to the present utility model mainly comprises a main unit device, a fan device 50 and a lifting device, and the dryer 10 is particularly suitable for being directly installed in a shower stall.

The main unit device of the dryer 10 mainly includes a control unit 12, a display touch device, and a switching device. The control section 12 is, for example, a programmable logic controller, which communicates with the fan apparatus 50 and the lifting apparatus so as to control the apparatus according to the preset conditions and the operation state of the user. The display touch device is used for setting the operation of the dryer 10, and the display screen of the display touch device can display the current mode and running state of the dryer 10 to a user.

The fan apparatus 50 of the dryer 10 mainly comprises a fan heater 51. The fan heater 51 has an internal electric heating module and a fan module. The fan module provides a flowing air stream and the thermoelectric module heats the flowing air stream. Preferably, the temperature of the electric heating module is adjusted by the control part 12, and the user can set the temperature according to seasons and personal preference. In addition, the control part 12 can control the electric heating module to start before the fan module, so that the air blown onto the human body after the fan heater 51 is started is always warm, cold air cannot be blown out at the initial stage of starting, and particularly in winter, the function can ensure that the human body cannot catch a cold.

As shown in fig. 1, the fan apparatus 50 of the preferred embodiment includes two fan heaters 51, and the two fan heaters 51 are horizontally arranged side by side at a distance. In other alternative embodiments, three or four fan heaters 51 may be provided, and a plurality of fan heaters 51 may be arranged on a horizontal plane or may be arranged at an angle to each other, so that the blown air flow is more concentrated, and the drying efficiency is improved.

In particular, the dryer 10 according to the present utility model includes a lifting device for enabling the blower device 50 to move in a vertical direction. The lifting device mainly includes a driving part 20 and a slide rail part 30. In the mounted state of the dryer 10, the slide rail portion 30 is vertically arranged. The driving part 20 is generally arranged above the slide rail part 30. The blower device 50 is attached to the rail portion 30 so that the blower device 50 can be moved up and down in the vertical direction along the rail portion 30 by the driving of the driving portion 20, so that the position of the blower device 50 in the vertical direction can be controllably varied in a range covering the length of the user.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the driving part 20 of the lifting device is a stepping motor, and the slide rail part 30 includes a conveyor belt 31, a rail body, and a slider fixedly attached to the conveyor belt 31. The stepping motor drives the conveyor belt 31 in the slide rail portion 30 to move, and the blower device 50 is attached to a slider on the conveyor belt 31, and the blower device 50 is movable up and down in the vertical direction with the movement of the conveyor belt 31, thereby changing the vertical height position of the blower device 50.

As shown in fig. 1, the dryer 10 includes a main body housing 11. The driving unit 20 and the control unit 12 are mounted in the housing. Preferably, the main housing 11 has a waterproof structure so that the housing 11 can provide waterproof protection for the internal driving part 20, the control part 12, and other electrical components. As shown in fig. 1, the main body housing 11 is disposed at a position at the very top of the main body of the entire body dryer 10, which is disposed such that the influence of water on the main body housing 11 can be minimized when the body dryer 10 is installed in a shower room.

The slide rail portion 30 of the lifting device extends vertically downward from below the main body case 11. The extension of the conveyor belt 31 is preferably between 1.6 and 2 meters, preferably 1.8 meters. In this way, the blower device 50 can be moved vertically up and down along the conveyor belt 31 for a length distance that can cover substantially the entire length of the user.

In the mounted state, the lower end of the slide rail portion 30 is close to the ground, so that the lowest position to which the blower device 50 can be moved is close to the foot of the user, and the warm air blown by the blower device 50 can directly reach the foot of the user. On the other hand, in the installed state, the upper end of the conveyor belt 31 is spaced from the ground by a distance of 1.8 m to 2.2 m, and when the dryer 10 is stopped, the fan device 50 is moved and stopped at or near the top end of the conveyor belt 31, that is, the stopping position of the fan device 50 is set to be away from the ground, so that water or bath foam in the shower room in which the dryer 10 is installed is not easily splashed to the fan device 50, and pollution is not caused to the fan device 50, particularly the tuyere of the fan heater 51.

A proximity switch is preferably provided at the upper and lower ends of the rail portion 30, respectively, to control movement of the blower device 50. When the fan apparatus 50 moves to the proximity switch, the driving part 20 is stopped, so that the fan is prevented from stalling out of a predetermined stroke to strike the ground or the main body above.

In the preferred embodiment, fan assembly 50 is also provided with a far infrared lamp 52. As shown in fig. 1, the fan unit 50 includes two far infrared lamps 52 arranged side by side with the fan heater 51. The far infrared lamp 52 may be operated independently of the fan heater 51 or may be operated together with the fan heater 51. Especially when the dryer 10 is used in winter, the far infrared ray lamp 52 and the warm air blower 51 are preferably started together, so that the body can be warmer, and the drying effect can be further improved. On the other hand, the far infrared ray lamp 52 also has the beneficial effects of relieving muscular soreness and the like.

The fan device 50 is further provided with a proximity sensor 53, for example, an optional infrared sensor 53. The sensor 53 is connected to the control section 12, and a detection signal of the sensor 53 is transmitted to the control section 12 to perform a corresponding control operation. Preferably, three sensors 53 may be provided, respectively disposed at the lower, left and right positions of the outlet side of the blower device 50. The sensor 53 is configured such that, when an object or person approaches the sensor 53 at a distance smaller than a set value in use, the control section 12 stops the operation of the warm air blower 51/far infrared ray lamp 52. Typically, the distance is set to 5-10cm. The proximity sensor 53 is provided on the blower device 50 to prevent the user from being scalded due to too close to the blower device 50, and also to prevent the risk of covering the blower device 50 with a towel or the like by mistake.

In other alternative embodiments, fan assembly 50 may also incorporate a negative oxygen ion generator.

In other alternative embodiments, the dryer 10 may include two fan units 50, and the two fan units 50 may be mounted on the two rail parts 30 such that the two fan units 50 can move in the vertical direction independently of each other. In this way, the drying efficiency of the dryer 10 can be further improved.

Furthermore, in other alternative embodiments, the display touch device in the host device may be provided separately, and the display touch device may have a separate mounting body so as to be mounted separately with respect to the host housing 11. In this way, the display touch device may be installed at a height suitable for user operation to facilitate user operation. The switching device of the dryer 10 may be mounted on the main body casing 11 or may be provided on the display touch device.

Furthermore, in other alternative embodiments, the lifting device may employ other lifting mechanisms, such as a screw lift mechanism.

The control part 12 of the body dryer according to the utility model is configured to provide the following drying modes: a dry body mode, a dry hair mode, and a dry foot mode.

In the dry mode, the control part 12 of the main unit device controls the driving part 20 to drive the fan device 50 to reciprocate vertically along the slide rail part 30, and simultaneously the fan heater 51 operates

Preferably, the shoulder height position of the user can be preset by displaying the touch device. After the dry mode is started, the fan device 50 is lowered to a position parallel to the shoulder of the user at a normal speed, then an electric heating module in the fan heater 51 of the fan device 50 is started to preheat, and at the moment, if the user selects to use the far infrared lamp 52, the far infrared lamp 52 will be lighted, for example, about 2 seconds passes, the preheating is completed, the fan device 50 reaches the shoulder height position, and the fan module starts to work to send out warm air. Meanwhile, the conveyor belt 31 drives the fan heater 51 to move at a speed slower than the normal speed, and the fan heater reversely rises after reaching the bottom of the lower end of the sliding rail part 30, and can reciprocate for a preset number of times or a preset time, so that the moisture on the surface of a human body is dried.

In a preferred embodiment, the control portion is capable of selectively presetting one or more pause height positions in the dry mode, such that the fan unit 50 is temporarily stopped at these positions of the slide rail portion 30 for a period of time during the up-and-down reciprocation of the fan unit 50. For example, the user's armpit height position, buttock height position, and foot height position may be preset by displaying the touch device, and the fan device 50 may stop moving up and down for a period of time, for example, 10-20 seconds, when moving to these positions, and the duration of warm air blowing to these portions that are not easy to dry may be specifically increased in a targeted manner, thereby improving the drying effect.

For the dry hair mode, the user's head height position may be preset by displaying the touch device. In the hair drying mode, the control part 12 controls the fan device 50 to move to and stop at the preset head height position along with the slide rail part 30, and then the fan heater 51 operates.

The hair drying mode may be set for a predetermined period of time, such as three minutes or five minutes, after which the control portion 12 automatically ends the hair drying mode and moves the fan assembly 50 back up to the top position of the slide rail portion 30.

In the dry foot mode, the control part 12 controls the fan device 50 to move along the slide rail part 30 to the lower end of the slide rail part 30, and then the fan heater 51 operates. At this time, the warm air blown by the warm air blower 51 reaches the feet of the person, so that the water on the skin of the feet is quickly dried, and meanwhile, the slippers on the feet and the water on the ground standing on the feet are also dried. Thus, the user's feet and the bathroom slippers are dry and comfortable without any time, and the water is not taken out of the bathroom after the user takes the bathroom, so that the whole bathroom is clean and sanitary.

The foot drying mode may be set for a predetermined period of time, such as one minute or two minutes, after which the control section 12 automatically ends the foot drying mode, and then the blower device 50 is moved up to the upper end position of the slide rail section 30.

Further, when the dryer 10 according to the present utility model is turned off, the control part 12 will activate the stop mode, at which time the control part 12 detects whether the blower device 50 stops at the upper end of the rail part 30, and if not, the control part 12 controls the blower device 50 to rise to its uppermost end along the rail part 30, i.e., the position farthest from the ground, to remain stopped there, and then stops the operation of the whole apparatus.

In other alternative embodiments, the dryer is preferably provided with a height sensor for automatically measuring the height of the user. The height sensor is an infrared sensor, for example. The height sensor is provided on the blower device 50 that can move up and down, and moves along the slide rail portion together with the blower device 50. At each use, the height sensor senses the current position of the user, such as the head, and the height sensor transmits the current height position along the sliding rail to the control unit, and then the control unit calculates the height of the corresponding user and the height positions of each part, such as the head position, the armpit height position, the hip height position, and the like, so as to automatically control the blower device 50 during each mode of operation.

The body dryer 10 according to the present utility model is provided with the installation position of the main unit device and the stop position of the blower device 50 at high positions, and thus the body dryer 10 is suitable for being assembled in a shower room without worrying about water shower while saving space for home use. The user can blow the body dry in the shower room after using the body dryer 10 according to the present utility model, and the user does not take water out of the shower room.

The body dryer 10 according to the present utility model is particularly provided with a foot drying mode, and particularly, the parts, such as toe seams, which are not easy to dry, can be dried, so that the risk of skin diseases is reduced, and the use is clean and sanitary.

It should be understood that although a particular arrangement of components is disclosed in the illustrated embodiment, embodiments of the utility model are not limited to those particular combinations. Some components or features of one of the examples may be used in combination with features or components of another of the examples.

Although an example embodiment has been disclosed, a worker of ordinary skill in this art would recognize that certain modifications would come within the scope of this utility model.

Claims

1. A dryer, comprising:

a host device including a control section; and

the fan device comprises at least one fan heater;

it is characterized in that the body drier also comprises a lifting device, the lifting device comprises a driving part and a sliding rail part,

the fan device is driven by the driving part to move along the sliding rail part in the vertical direction.

2. A dryer as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the dryer comprises a main housing, the control part and the drive part being accommodated in the main housing,

in the installation state of the dryer, the main body housing is arranged at the uppermost part of the dryer, and the sliding rail part vertically extends downwards from the main body housing, so that the fan device moves between the upper end position of the sliding rail part and the lower end position of the sliding rail part.

3. A dryer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the drive section comprises a stepper motor, the slide rail section comprises a conveyor belt and a slider fixed to the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt is driven by the stepper motor, and the blower device is attached to the slider for up-and-down movement with movement of the conveyor belt.

4. The dryer of claim 1, wherein the blower means further comprises a far infrared lamp, the far infrared lamp being movable in a vertical direction with the blower means.

5. The dryer of claim 1, wherein the dryer includes at least one of the following sensors:

the proximity sensor is configured to trigger the fan heater to stop running when an object or a person approaches the sensor when the distance between the object or the person and the sensor is smaller than a set value, and comprises a plurality of proximity sensors which are respectively arranged at the left side, the right side and the lower side of the fan device;

proximity switches provided at upper and lower ends of the slide rail portion; and

the height sensor is used for measuring the height of a user, and is installed on the fan device so as to move along the sliding rail part along with the fan device, and when the height sensor senses a specific position of the user, the height position data corresponding to the sliding rail part is transmitted to the control part.

6. A dryer according to claim 1, wherein in the mounted state of the dryer the rail portion extends in a vertical direction, the rail portion extending between 1.8 and 2.2 meters.

7. The dryer of claim 2 wherein said main housing has a sealing mechanism to prevent water from entering said main housing.

8. The dryer of claim 1 wherein the host device further comprises a display touch device having a display screen, the display touch device having a mounting body that is mounted independently with respect to the host device.

9. The dryer of claim 8, wherein the control is configured to provide the following modes:

a dry body mode in which the control part controls the driving part to drive the fan device to reciprocate up and down along the sliding rail part in a vertical direction and simultaneously the fan heater operates, wherein in the dry body mode, the control part can selectively preset one or more pause height positions, and when the fan device moves to the pause height positions, the fan device is paused for a preset time length and then continues to move along the sliding rail part in the vertical direction;

a dry hair mode in which the control part controls the fan device to move to and stop to a preset head height position along with the slide rail part and simultaneously the fan heater operates;

a foot drying mode, in which the control part controls the fan device to move to and stay at the lower end of the sliding rail part along with the sliding rail part, and meanwhile, the fan heater operates for a preset time; and

and a stop mode in which the control portion controls the fan device to move to the upper end of the slide rail portion while the fan device is stopped.

10. A dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that the dryer comprises two fan units which are movable in a vertical direction along the rail portion independently of each other.