JP2000157392A - Furniture - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make much air come into contact with a photocatalyst to remarkably heighten the deodorizing effect for the air in the space by installing a photocatalyst member in the wall surface of a piece of furniture disposed in such a manner as to form a space where air is forcedly circulated by convection, which is represented by a smoking space or the like. SOLUTION: One face plate part 11a facing to the smoking space of a panel main body constituting a partition panel 1 is covered with a cloth-like photocatalyst member 7 formed by weaving fabrics extending over the substantially whole surface. The air circulated in the smoking space by convection comes into face contact with the photocatalyst member 7 provided on the face plate part 11a while flowing, whereby much air can be made come into contact with the photocatalyst member 7 to function the deodorizing action remarkably efficiently. Especially, since the face plate part 11a of the partition panel 1 is covered with the cloth-like photocatalyst member 7 extending over the substantially whole surface, odor of smoke can be prevented from being caught in the face plate part 11a so as to more effectively exhibit the air deodorizing function.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to furniture such as a partition provided to form, for example, a smoking room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, as a smoking room installed in an airport, a bank lobby, or the like, a smoker is provided with a space opened upward by partitioning the room with short panels. There has been developed a device which can smoke smoke comfortably without feeling pressure and can easily grasp the external situation. Such things form an air curtain around the smoking space,
The forced convection of the air in the smoking space prevents the diffusion of smoke and the like in the smoking space to the outside.
In addition, if air is merely convected in the smoking space, the smell and dust caused by smoking pose a problem, and the air in the smoking space is forcibly discharged to the outside through an air purifier. Is also known.

[0003]

However, depending on the situation of use and aging, there is still a problem that the odor of the cigarette cannot be removed or the odor permeates the panel. . And in the case of the related art, in such a case, the number and capacity of the air purifier must be improved, and the complexity of the filter in the air purifier must be frequently replaced increases. The inconvenience occurred.

On the other hand, deodorizing and antifouling techniques utilizing a photocatalytic reaction have recently been realized. The photocatalytic reaction refers to a reaction in which deodorization, antifouling, and the like are performed by an oxidation / reduction reaction caused by irradiation of a photocatalyst with light. Although such photocatalysts are kneaded into the fiber material constituting the curtain and are used to deodorize the interior of the room, they are different from ordinary deodorants, etc. In fact, exploration is being carried out on effective use applications that take advantage of this.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such inconvenience, and has an object to form a space in which air is forcibly convected as represented by the above-mentioned smoking space. The main object of the present invention is to provide a photocatalyst member on the wall surface of the furniture arranged in the company, thereby effectively exhibiting a characteristic function of the photocatalyst and effectively deodorizing the space.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The furniture according to the present invention comprises:
It is arranged with a wall facing the space where the air is forcedly convected, and a photocatalyst member that acts to deodorize air by a photocatalytic reaction is provided on the wall. . In such a case, since air flows and comes into surface contact with the photocatalyst member provided on the wall surface, a large amount of air can come into contact with the photocatalyst member, and the deodorizing action in the space is extremely reduced. It will be operated efficiently. Therefore, for example, when a smoking space or the like is formed, there is an effect that deodorization can be suitably performed. Further, in the case of using a normal deodorant such as silica gel or activated carbon, in the above-described configuration in which a large amount of air is exposed, a problem may occur that the deodorant must be frequently replaced. However, according to the present invention, the characteristic function of the photocatalyst member, that is, the function of not changing itself, serving as a medium, decomposing odor components and the like, and having no saturation point in its action, is particularly effectively exerted, as described above. Problems can be prevented, and the effect relating to air deodorization can be made remarkable.

In order to effectively prevent the smell of cigarettes from permeating on the wall surface and to increase the air contact area of the photocatalyst member without difficulty, a cloth-shaped photocatalyst member is attached so as to cover the wall surface. Desirably. As a specific embodiment, the present furniture is configured by using a partition panel having a function as a partition, and includes a face plate portion on the space side of the partition panel as a wall surface.

[0008] An embodiment for providing a device particularly suitable for a lobby such as a bank or an airport, which is capable of easily changing the installation location and has an agility and can form an open smoking space. As an aspect, the partition panel is disposed at an upper end of the partition panel,
Air circulating means for forcibly convection the air in the space while blowing air sucked from a required direction upward to form an air curtain, and an attachment member for attaching the air circulating means to the partition panel. What is. In such a case, it is more preferable that the height is set to be substantially equal to the line of sight of the person sitting on the chair because the external situation can be easily visually recognized.

When a smoking space is constructed, special consideration must be given to fire. In such a case,
It is preferable that the photocatalyst member and the partition panel have a flameproof function. In order to adjust the flow of air convection in the space and allow the photocatalyst member to more efficiently contact the air, the mounting angle of the air circulation means to the partition panel by the mounting member can be freely set. It is desirable to keep.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing a partition device 100 which is furniture to which the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, this device includes a partition panel 1, air circulation means 5 disposed on the partition panel 1,
A mounting member 6 for detachably and rotatably supporting the air circulating means 5 to the partition panel 1 is provided, the height H of which is approximately equivalent to the line of sight of a person sitting on a chair, that is, the floor. It is set to about 1300 mm from the surface. A certain or more space for forming an air curtain AR to be described later is formed between the ceiling and a ceiling (not shown).

The partition panel 1 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 5, a self-supporting device having a rectangular plate-shaped panel main body 11 and two columns 12 for supporting the panel main body 11 from both sides is provided. Each of the columns 12 includes a column body 13 made of a round pipe, and a base 14 arranged at the lower end of the column body 13 and extending in the front-rear direction. Optional mounting holes 15 are formed in the support body 13 at regular intervals vertically. This optional mounting hole 1
5 is for mounting various optional parts such as a magazine rack.

The air circulating means 5 is an elongated member whose longitudinal dimension is set to be substantially the same as the width of the panel main body 11, and mounting members mounted at both ends to the upper end of the column main body 13. 6, it is pivotally supported so that it can be fixed at any angle,
It is arranged along the upper end of the panel main body 11 so that its longitudinal direction coincides with the left-right direction. By operating a cross flow fan (not shown) provided therein, air is sucked from an air suction port 3 having a large number of through-holes opened only on one side surface, and is opened at an upper end surface. The air sucked from the rectangular air outlet 4 is blown out to form an air curtain AR.

Such a partitioning device 100 is, for example,
It is suitably used when a smoking space SA is formed in a lobby of a bank or an airport. In the present embodiment, for example, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a pair of partitioning devices 100 are separately arranged along the wall W such that the partition panels 1 are orthogonal to the wall W. Air purifier A
U, wall W, partitioning device 100, air purifier A
A smoking space SA is formed so as to surround U on all sides. The mounting angle of the air circulating means 5 in each partitioning device 100 is adjusted such that the inlet 3 faces the smoking space SA side with respect to the partition panel 1 and the air blown out from the outlet 4 is slightly upward and Set so as to face the smoking space SA side, and air curtains A on the left and right toward the wall W.
R is formed. On the other hand, the air purifier AU is installed so that the suction port AU1 faces the smoking space SA.
The air sucked from the inlet AU1 is blown out from the first outlet AU2 opened on the upper end surface to form an air curtain AR, and the air is also cleaned from the second outlet AU3 opened on the opposite surface to the inlet AU1. And forced discharge.
As described above, in the smoking space SA, the air containing the smoke and odor of the cigarette circulates and circulates without leaking to the outside by the wall W and the air curtain AR, and only the air purified by the air purifier AU becomes the outside. Will be discharged.
The smoking space SA is not blocked from the outside, so that the smoker can comfortably smoke without feeling mentally oppressed, and even if a person is sitting on the bench while smoking in the smoking space SA, it is a partition. In addition to the fact that the height H of the device 100 is set to approximately the line of sight of the person sitting on the chair, it is possible to visually grasp the external situation, and to reliably respond when called out. In addition, smoking space S
The layout of A is not limited to the layout shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, but may be a layout set in a corner of a room surrounded by two walls W as shown in FIG. Needless to say,

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, one of the face plate portions 11a of the panel body 11 constituting the partition panel 1 facing the smoking space SA.
Is covered by a cloth-like photocatalyst member 7 formed by weaving fibers over substantially the entire surface. This photocatalyst member 7
Is formed by kneading a metal-containing ceramic-based special deodorant, which is a photocatalyst, at the fiber raw material stage. When irradiated with light (especially, ultraviolet light), it causes a photocatalytic effect reaction and does not change itself. Oxidizes odor components as a catalyst
It acts to reduce and decompose. The photocatalyst member 7 has no functional problem as long as it covers at least the one face plate portion 11a. However, the photocatalyst member 7 also faces the face plate portion 11b (shown in FIG. 3) in view of the balance in appearance. The member 7 may be attached.

According to such a configuration, the air convective in the smoking space SA comes into surface contact with the photocatalyst member 7 provided on the face plate portion 11a while flowing, so that a large amount of air is And the deodorizing action can be performed extremely efficiently. In particular, in the present embodiment, since the face plate portion 11a of the partition panel 1 is covered over substantially the entire surface by the cloth-like photocatalyst member 7, it is possible to prevent the smell of cigarettes from permeating the face plate portion 11a and to prevent the photocatalyst member The area of contact with the air of No. 7 can be reasonably increased, and its air deodorizing function can be more effectively exerted. In addition, it becomes easy to replace when it becomes dirty, and the appearance is also favorable.

The photocatalyst member 7 itself does not change as described above, and serves as a medium for decomposing odorous components. Basically, there is no saturation point in its operation. Therefore, even with the above-described configuration in which a large amount of air is brought into contact, there is a problem that the deodorant must be replaced frequently, as in the case of using a normal deodorant such as silica gel. Absent.

Further, the air circulating means 5 by the mounting member 6
Can be fixed at a desired angle, so that the formation angle of the air curtain AR is optimized according to the installation posture of the partition panel 1 and the shape and size of the set space SA so as to prevent smoke and the like from leaking outside. In addition to adjusting the air flow, the flow of air convection in the smoking space SA can be adjusted so that more air comes into contact with the photocatalyst member 7.

In addition, since the air circulation means 5 can be removed, the remaining partition panel 1 can be effectively used as a normal partition. The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. For example, the space for forced convection of air is not limited to the smoking space SA as described above, but may be a normal room in which air is circulated by an air conditioner. In this case, a bookcase or the like may be used as furniture, and a photocatalyst member may be provided on this side. of course,
The same effect can be obtained even if a photocatalyst member is attached to the chamber wall. It is needless to say that the photocatalyst member is not limited to a cloth-like member, but may be a sheet-like member, a member coated on a wall surface, or a member mixed with the material constituting the wall surface.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the illustrated example, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0020]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
Since the air comes into surface contact with the photocatalyst member provided on the wall surface while flowing, a large amount of air can be brought into contact with the photocatalyst member and the deodorizing effect of the air in the space can be extremely efficiently exerted. Therefore, for example, when a smoking space or the like is formed, there is an effect that deodorization can be suitably performed. Further, in the case of using a normal deodorant such as silica gel or activated carbon, in the above-described configuration in which a large amount of air is exposed, a problem may occur that the deodorant must be frequently replaced. However, according to the present invention, the characteristic function of the photocatalyst member, that is, the function of not changing itself, serving as a medium, decomposing odor components and the like, and having no saturation point in its action, is particularly effectively exerted, as described above. Problems can be prevented, and the effect relating to air deodorization can be made remarkable.

If the photocatalyst member is in the form of a cloth or a sheet adhered so as to cover the wall surface, not only can the existing furniture be easily realized with little design change, but also it can be easily realized. The smell of cigarettes can be prevented from permeating the wall. Further, the air contact area of the photocatalyst member can be increased without difficulty, and the photocatalyst member can be easily replaced when it becomes dirty.

Said partition panel, and air circulating means disposed at an upper end of the partition panel and forcing air in the space while forming air curtain by blowing air taken in from a required direction upward,
As long as the air circulation means is provided with an attachment member for attaching the air circulation means to the partition panel, it is possible to easily change the installation location, to have any mobility, and to constitute an open smoking space. This is particularly preferable when a smoking space opened in a lobby of a bank or an airport is constructed. In this case, if the height is set to about the line of sight of the person sitting on the chair, even a person sitting on the chair can easily grasp the external situation such as calling and becomes more suitable for use in a smoking area. In addition, if the photocatalyst member and the partition panel have a flameproof function, the safety against fire can be improved when a smoking space is formed.

If the angle of attachment of the air circulation means to the partition panel by the attachment member can be freely set, the flow of air convection in the space can be adjusted according to the size and shape of the space. The member can be efficiently brought into contact with air, and the deodorizing effect can be further enhanced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing a partitioning device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the partition device in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective reference view showing a smoking space constituted by using the partition device in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan layout view of a smoking space in FIG. 5;

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing a photocatalyst member of the partition device of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a plan layout diagram showing a modification of the smoking space.

[Description of Signs] 100: Furniture (partitioning device) 1: Partition panel 11a: Face plate (wall surface) 3: Suction port 4: Air outlet 5: Air circulation means 6: Mounting member 7: Photocatalyst member AR: Air curtain H: Height SA: Space (smoking space)

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A photocatalyst member which functions to deodorize air by a photocatalytic reaction is provided on a wall surface facing a space in which air is forcedly convected. And furniture. 2. The furniture according to claim 1, wherein the photocatalyst member is in the form of a cloth or a sheet attached so as to cover the wall surface. 3. Furniture according to claim 1, wherein a partition panel having a function as a partition is used, and a face plate portion on the space side of the partition panel is a wall surface. . 4. The partition panel, and air circulating means disposed on the partition panel for forcibly convecting the air in the space while forming an air curtain by blowing air taken in from a required direction upward to form an air curtain. The furniture according to claim 3, further comprising an attachment member for attaching the air circulation means to the partition panel. 5. The panel according to claim 4, wherein the photocatalyst member and the partition panel have a flameproof function. 6. Furniture according to claim 4, wherein the mounting angle of the air circulation means with respect to the partition panel by the mounting member can be freely set. 7. The furniture according to claim 4, 5 or 6, wherein the height is set to be substantially equal to a line of sight of a person sitting on the chair.