JP2000356397A - Preserved operating method of bath unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a preserved operating method of bath unit in which a user can notice the fact that the a person trying to preserve bath boil-up operation has missed to set a preserved operation switch correctly at ON state before being too late. SOLUTION: A boil-up start time is operated such that boil-up of bath is completed at a set boil-up time by setting a boil-up time and setting a preserved operation switch 56 of automatic boil-up at ON state so that automatic boil-up operation is started when the boil-up start time is reached. In such a preserved operating method of bath unit, if the preserved operation switch 56 is not set at ON state although the boil-up time is set, the user is notified to this effect when the boil-up start time is reached.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a reserved operation method for a bath apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been provided a bath apparatus which can set a time in advance and make a reservation so that the bath is in a heated state at the reserved time. In this bath apparatus, a person who intends to use the bath sets the time when he / she wants to use the bath in advance and makes a reservation, so that the bath is boiling at that time, and a comfortable bath can be immediately performed.

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional bath apparatus capable of making a boiling reservation, although the reservation time is set, it is necessary to finally or confirmably set the reservation operation switch to the ON state. If you forget it, you will not notice that the bath has not yet been boiled when you try to take a bath, and you will not notice that you have not pressed the reservation operation switch correctly for the first time. However, it was already late and I could not take a bath at the reserved time.

Accordingly, the present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional bath apparatus capable of making a reservation for a boiling bath, and makes it possible for a person who intends to make a reservation operation for bath heating to correctly set a reservation operation switch to an ON state. It is an object of the present invention to provide a reserved operation method of a bath apparatus that enables a user or the like to be aware of a situation in which the user forgets to do so, even if the user forgets or makes a mistake.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a reservation operation method of a bath apparatus according to the present invention sets a boiling time and sets a reservation operation switch for automatic bath heating to an ON state. A reserved operation method for a bath apparatus in which a boiling start time is calculated so that boiling of the bath is completed at the set boiling time, and an automatic boiling operation is started when the boiling start time is reached. When the boiling operation time is set but the reserved operation switch is not set to the ON state, at the time when the heating start time is reached,
The first feature is that some kind of notification is given to a user or the like. Further, in addition to the first feature, the reserved operation method of the bath apparatus of the present invention enables the setting of the boiling time by first pressing the reserved operation switch first, and then sets the reserved time again after setting the reserved time. A second feature is that when pressed, the reservation operation switch is set to the ON state.

According to the first feature of the present invention, when the boiling time is set, the bath apparatus is set to the above setting even if the reservation operation switch is not set to the ON state. The boiling start time is calculated based on the boiling time, and when the boiling start time is reached, the user or the like is notified. Therefore, the user can notice that he / she has forgotten to set the reservation by the notification, and if the user starts the bath heating operation again at that time, the bath can be heated in time for the desired time. . In the above description, the notification may be, for example, notification for notifying that no reservation has been made. In addition, some notification may be performed by, for example, voice notification, but may be performed by display or by lighting or flashing a lamp for warning or the like. According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the first aspect, by pressing the reservation operation switch first, the reservation time for bath boiling can be set, and after setting the time, The reservation can be completed by pressing the reservation operation switch again. Therefore, even if the user forgets to press the reservation operation switch again after setting the time in order to perform the reservation operation, even in such a case, the bath apparatus calculates the boiling start time and calculates the start time. Since the user is notified when the boiling start time comes, he / she will not miss a bathing candidate taking a bath at the scheduled bathing time.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a bath apparatus to which the method of the present invention can be applied, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a remote controller for instructing a reservation operation.

First, a bath apparatus to which the method of the present invention can be applied will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG.
Numeral 10 denotes a bathtub constituting the bath apparatus, and numeral 20 denotes a bath kettle having a hot water supply function constituting the bath apparatus. The bath kettle 20 has a heat source device such as an oil burner or a gas burner therein, and circulates the bathtub water sent from the bathtub 10 through the reheating circuit 30 by a heat exchanger. By doing so, it is possible to reheat the bath water. Further, the bath kettle 20 has a hot water supply function, and heats water sent from a water source such as a water supply (not shown) in a heat exchanger different from the internal heat exchanger for reheating the bath. In addition to supplying general hot water through a general hot water supply pipe which is not used, the hot water can be dropped into the bathtub 10 by using the additional heating circulation path 30. The bath kettle 20 has a bath kettle 20
A controller for controlling the operation of the vehicle is provided, and a bathroom remote controller 40 and a kitchen remote controller 50 for instructing the controller on various operations such as a hot water supply operation and a bath operation and displaying an operation state and the like are provided. In the bathroom remote controller 40, for example, various settings relating to bath operation, such as setting of bathtub water level, setting of bath temperature, command of bath additional heating operation, automatic hot water filling, command of automatic bath operation from automatic hot water filling to boiling, and the like. An operation switch is provided. Meanwhile, kitchen remote control 5
In 0, there are provided several switches for bath operation, in addition to switches for hot water supply operation, such as a hot water supply temperature setting for a general hot water supply and a main operation switch.

Referring to FIG. 2, an example of a kitchen remote controller 50 used in the method of the present invention will be described. 51 is a main operation switch, 52 is a hot water temperature setting button, and 53 is a hot water side display unit. When performing general hot water supply, after turning on the main operation switch 51, a desired hot water supply temperature is set with the hot water supply temperature setting button 52, and then a hot water supply curl (not shown) is opened. Hot water is supplied by adjusting the temperature of the hot water. The kitchen remote control 5
When the 0 cover 50a is opened, switches for bath operation appear. As bath switches, a bath automatic switch 54, a clock setting switch 55, a bath reservation operation switch 56, a time setting button 57, and a bath side display section 58 are provided. When the bath automatic switch 54 is turned on, the bathtub 10
Automatic hot water filling and subsequent automatic reheating are performed, and the bath is heated to a preset water level and a preset bath temperature. The clock adjustment switch 55 is a switch for adjusting the current time. First, the clock adjustment switch 55 is pressed once, and then the time setting button is operated to adjust the time. At this time, the adjusted time is displayed on the bath-side display unit 58. After setting the time, pressing the clock setting switch again sets the time.

Next, the reservation operation by the bath reservation operation switch 56 will be described. Now, when the user intends to perform the reservation operation, firstly, once the reservation operation switch 56 is pressed once, the reservation time can be set. At this time, the reserved time is displayed in the bath-side display section 58 in a blinking state. Next, a desired boiling time is set by a time setting button 57. When the time setting is completed, by pressing the reservation operation switch 56 again, the display on the bath side display section 58 changes from blinking to lighting state, indicating that the reservation operation switch has been set to the ON state. It is to be noted that the bath remote control 40 can also be used to set a reserved bath operation.

Along with the setting of the reserved operation, the controller of the bath kettle 20 performs the setting of the bath temperature, the set water level of the bath, the reservation contents of the boiling time, and the stored water input temperature at the time of the previous reserved operation. Alternatively, the time required to bring the bath to a boiled state, such as the time for filling the bathtub or the subsequent reheating operation, is calculated from the previously stored water temperature, such as the water temperature during the last operation. Then, the time obtained by subtracting this time from the reserved boiling time, or a time with some margin, is stored as the boiling start time. Then, when the stored boiling start time comes, the operation is automatically started. On the other hand, the controller of the bath kettle 20 operates when the switch 56 has not been pressed again after the bath reservation operation switch 56 has been pressed once, that is, when the reservation operation setting is still in the middle and not completed. However, the boiling start time with respect to the preset boiling time set in that state is calculated and stored, and when the boiling start time is reached, a notification sound is sounded. The utterance of this sound is performed by incorporating a speaker configuration in the remote controllers 40 and 50 in advance. As the voice, a predetermined voice can be stored in a voice ROM or the like. The type of the voice may be, for example, a word indicating that the reservation is not completed or other words. Of course, a notification sound such as a buzzer sound may be used instead of the sound, or a display of a word other than a sound or the like may be possible.

[0012]

According to the present invention, the reservation operation method for a bath apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention sets a boiling time and turns on a reservation operation switch for automatic bath heating. By setting the state to a state, a bath start time is calculated so that the bath is completed at the set boiling time, and an automatic boiling operation is started when the bath start time is reached. A reserved operation method for the apparatus, wherein if the boiling operation time is set and the reserved operation switch is not set to the ON state, the user is requested to reach the boiling operation start time. And so on, so that when the boiling time is set, even if the reserved operation switch is not set to the ON state, it will not be used. Is, it is possible to receive the news comes to the boiling start time. Therefore, the user can forget to set the reservation or notice the failure by the notice, and if the user starts the bath heating operation again at that time, the bath is heated in time for the desired time. be able to. According to the reserved operation method of the bath apparatus according to the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the configuration according to the first aspect, the boiling time can be set by first pressing the reserved operation switch first, and the reserved time can be set. After the time is set, the reserved operation switch is set to ON by pressing the reserved operation switch again, so if the user sets the time to perform the reserved operation and then presses the reserved operation switch again. Even if you forget to, you can be notified in such a case that the boiling start time comes, so that you can avoid missing the bathing person at the scheduled time .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a bath apparatus to which the method of the present invention can be applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a remote controller for instructing a reservation operation.

[Description of Code] 10 Bathtub 20 Bath kettle with hot water supply function 30 Additional heating circuit 40 Bathtub remote control 50 Kitchen remote control 51 Main operation switch 52 Hot water temperature setting button 53 Hot water supply side display unit 54 Automatic bath operation switch 55 Clock setting switch 56 Bath Reserved operation switch 57 Time setting button 58 Bath side display

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Setting a boiling time and setting a reservation automatic operation switch of a bath to an ON state to start the boiling so that the boiling of the bath is completed at the set boiling time. A reserved operation method for a bath apparatus in which a time is calculated and an automatic boiling operation is started when the boiling start time is reached, wherein the reserved operation switch is turned on even though the boiling time is set. If the state has not been set, a notice is given to a user or the like at the time when the boiling start time is reached. The boiling time can be set by first pressing the reservation operation switch once, and the reservation operation switch is set to ON by pressing the reservation operation switch again after setting the reservation time. A reserved operation method for the bath apparatus according to claim 1.