JP2000186861A - Heating machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heating machine capable of effectually utilizing a deodorizing function and a sterilizing function by ozone without permitting the ozone to stay in a room. SOLUTION: There are provided an ozone generator and an air fan 9 for producing an air stream passing through an ozone generation section 8 and directed to a combustor 3 of a heating machine or a heat dissipator 4. With operation of the air fan 9 there is formed a circulation flow where indoor air is flowed into a room after passage through the ozone generation section 8 and high temperature sections of the combustor 3 of the heating machine or the heat dissipator 4. When the indoor air passes through the ozone generation section 8, it is deodorized and sterilized, and the ozone involved in the air is thermally decomposed at the high temperature section of the heating machine.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a heater having an ozone generator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there has been known an ozone generator incorporated in a heater in order to utilize a deodorizing function and a sterilizing function of ozone.

[0003]

However, in the conventional heater, the ozone air generated by the ozone generator is directly discharged into the room, or is sent directly to the room through the low-temperature portion of the heater. For this reason, ozone remains in the room. However, while ozone has a deodorizing function and a sterilizing function,
It is also known that, due to the strong oxidizing effect, it produces an odor peculiar to ozone, corrodes the product, and that a high ozone concentration adversely affects the human body (respiratory disorders). Therefore, it is not preferable that ozone stays in a room close to a closed space where heating is performed.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a heater capable of effectively utilizing a deodorizing function and a sterilizing function by ozone without retaining ozone in a room. When the blower is operated by providing an ozone generator and a blower that generates an airflow that passes through the ozone generator and toward the high-temperature section of the heater, the room air circulates through the ozone generator and the high-temperature section of the heater. When the air passes through the ozone generator, the air is deodorized and sterilized, and the air containing residual ozone comes into contact with a high-temperature part (combustion chamber or heat radiation part) of the heater, and the ozone is decomposed into oxygen.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes a heater housing, the heater housing 1 is provided with a hot air outlet 2 on the front surface thereof,
A combustor 3 for burning oil, gas, etc., and a radiator 4 for releasing the heat obtained in the combustor 3 are provided. An indoor air guide cylinder 7 having an outlet 6 opening toward the high temperature portion of the combustor 3 is provided. In the guide cylinder 7, an ozone generator 8 of an ozone generator and a blower 9 are disposed. A filter 10 is attached to the inlet 5. In the illustrated embodiment,
Although the outside of the radiator 4 is selected as the high-temperature portion, it may be outside the combustor 3. In addition, the outer periphery of the combustor 3 and the radiator 4 is coated with an inorganic paint having heat resistance and acid resistance.

[0007] By the operation of the blower 9, the room air taken into the guide cylinder 7 from the inlet 5 is filtered by the filter 10 to remove large dust and dirt, and then guided to the ozone generator 8. Then, the odor contained in the indoor air is oxidized and deodorized and sterilized. After that, the ozone is thermally decomposed by touching the high temperature portion and is blown out from the outlet 2 as hot air. The thermal decomposition of ozone is preferably performed at a temperature of 300 ° C. or higher in order to increase the decomposition efficiency. However, since the decomposition efficiency of ozone is improved by increasing the temperature, the temperature of the high-temperature portion is not necessarily required to be 300 ° C. or higher.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since ozone can be decomposed by thermal decomposition, ozone does not float in the room. Thereby, deodorization and sterilization of indoor air with ozone can be achieved without causing a problem due to residual ozone.

[0009]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 heater housing 2 outlet
3 Combustor 4 Radiator 5 Inlet
6 Outlet 7 Guide tube 8 Ozone generator
9 blower

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A heater comprising an ozone generator and a blower for generating an air flow passing through the ozone generator toward a high-temperature portion of the heater.