JP2003190072A - Drying device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drying device which takes air inside an accommodating part from a drying chamber, supplies it to the inside of the drying chamber efficiently through an air supply cylinder while avoiding radiation of air heated by a heater part, and can dry articles to be dried quickly by promoting circulation of air inside the accommodating part. <P>SOLUTION: The drying device is equipped with the accommodating part 2 comprising drying chambers formed in a plurality of levels to contain articles to be dried, such as boots W, to be taken out, an air supply part 3 circulating air inside the accommodating chamber 2 by supplying the air from one side to the other, and the heater part 3b heating air circulated inside the accommodating part 2. The air supply part 3 is formed in a hollow air supply chamber 30, and the air supply cylinder 7 with an air duct 71 heating the air taken from one drying chamber by the heater part 3b and supplying it to the other drying chamber is placed inside the air supply chamber 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drying device for removably accommodating a desired article to be dried such as personal accessories such as boots and clothes or a cooking utensil in a storage section so as to be taken out.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a drying apparatus for removably accommodating and drying a large number of boots as an article to be dried in an accommodating section having a plurality of stages of drying chambers having doors and shelves has been disclosed. The structure shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. -30479 is already known. In this drying device, a hollow air supply unit having an intake fan and an air supply fan is installed on one side communicating with each drying chamber, and the air blown to the drying chamber on the other side is supplied to the other drying chamber side. An air supply guide unit for supplying air is provided, and the air circulating in the storage unit is heated by the heater unit.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the drying device having the structure as disclosed in the above publication, the air sucked from one of the drying chambers has a hollow air feeding portion as a direct air passage air feeding chamber, and the other one. Since the air is blown to the drying chamber, the heat radiation from the peripheral side wall that forms the air passage air blowing chamber is large, and the air easily generates turbulence in the air blowing chamber, so that the air is blown to the plurality of drying chambers. There is a problem that it is difficult to uniformly blow air in the rectified state. In addition, with the above-mentioned configuration, when the storage section is configured in a multi-tiered and wide configuration and a large number of boots are dried at the same time, the drying time is largely different for each boot and uniform proper drying is difficult, and running There are issues such as increased costs.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the drying apparatus according to the present invention comprises, firstly, a plurality of drying chambers for accommodating articles to be dried such as boots W in a removable manner. Drying device including a storage unit 2, an air supply unit 3 that blows and circulates the air in the storage unit 2 from one side to the other side, and a heater unit 3b that heats the air circulated in the storage unit 2 1, the air supply part 3 is formed in a hollow air supply chamber 30, and the air sucked into the air supply chamber 30 from one of the drying chambers is heated by the heater part 3b to the other drying chamber. The present invention is characterized in that it is provided with a sending cylinder 7 having an air passage 71 for blowing air.

Secondly, of the drying chambers having a plurality of stages, the dehumidifier 3a is provided in the upper drying chamber, and the dehumidifier 3a is connected to the feed cylinder 7 provided in the lower drying chamber. Is characterized by.

Thirdly, an air supply fan 32 for introducing and supplying the air dehumidified by the dehumidifier 3a is provided above the sending cylinder 7, and a heater section 3b is installed in the middle of the sending cylinder 7 and a heater section 3b. The air blower fan 16 is provided in the branch air passages 71 and 73 formed on the lower side of the air blower so that the heated dry air is blown into the drying chamber.

Fourthly, the storage section 2, the air supply section 3 and the like are formed separately on the upper drying main body 1a side and the lower drying main body 1b side, and the dehumidifier 3a and the dehumidifier 3a are fed into the air supply chamber 30 on the upper drying main body 1a side. In addition to installing the air fan 32, the air-sending cylinder 7 is installed in the air-sending chamber 30 on the side of the lower drying main body 1b, and the lower drying main body 1b and the upper drying main body 1a are joined to each other to connect the air-sending cylinder 7 and the air-sending fan 32. It is characterized by being able to communicate.

Fifthly, the air supply unit 3 and the air supply guide unit 4 communicating with the respective drying chambers are connected to one side of the storage unit 2 and the air supply guide unit 4 in the same manner. It is characterized in that the aroma processing section 8a and the like are installed.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Reference numeral 1 is a drying device for personal accessories or the like showing an embodiment of the present invention. The drying device 1 shown in FIG. 1 accommodates a plurality of pairs of working boots W as objects to be dried and dries them. A hollow chamber-shaped storage part 2, an air supply part 3 installed on one side (right side) of the storage part 2 for sending dry air into the storage part 2, and the other side (left side) of the storage part 2. The air supply guide unit 4 is installed in the up-down direction to turn the air in the storage unit 2 and circulate the air through the storage unit 2 to the air supply unit 3 side.

The drying device 1 of this embodiment is shown in FIG.
As described above, the above-mentioned components are vertically divided into a straight line, so that the upper drying main body 1a side and the lower drying main body 1 are separated.
It is divided into b-sides in the form of an assy, and as a result, the installation structure of the shelves 5 capable of accommodating and mounting a large number of boots W in the accommodating part 2 and the manufacture thereof are simple and inexpensive. In addition, the compact drying device 1 having a large size is divided into upper and lower parts so that work such as transportation and installation can be efficiently and easily performed. Further, the lower surface of the upper drying main body 1a and the upper surface of the lower drying main body 1b are each formed into a flat surface, and the two are bonded and fixed to each other, whereby the air supply section 3, the storage section 2, and the air supply guide section 4 are formed. The air circulation path is formed in series so that a large number of boots W can be dried and the like efficiently and easily.

Further, the upper drying body 1a and the lower drying body 1
b is a plurality of vertical frames 10 that are pillars, and upper and lower horizontal frames 11
To form a rectangular cubic box frame, and the upper and lower horizontal frames 11 on the front side of the box frame within the width of the storage section 2.
The entrance and exit of the boots W are partitioned in the left-right direction by connecting the boots W for one pair so that the boots W can be put in and taken out by the vertical frame 10, and the space between the vertical frames 10 is a conventional one. A door 20 made of a transparent plate is rotatably and rotatably attached to the hinge portion as a fulcrum by a door mounting means similar to the above, and a seal member is installed around the door 20 so that the inside can be opened and closed with an airtight structure, and the inside by compressed air. It is designed to prevent air leakage. On the other outer surface, that is, the left and right side surfaces, the back (rear) side surface, the upper side surface, and the lower side surface, a wall plate made of a flat iron plate or the like is attached to form an airtight box frame body in which each side wall 13 is formed. ing.

Inside the left and right side walls 13, inner side walls 14 and 15 having a plurality of vent holes 14a and 15a are stretched in parallel at a predetermined interval. The respective chambers of the air supply unit 3 are partitioned from the storage unit 2. In the illustrated example, the upper drying main body 1a includes a shelf 5 on which the boots W are placed at substantially the same position as the lowermost horizontal frame 11 in the storage unit 2, and a shelf 5 having the same structure above the shelf 5 as a vertical frame. By providing the drying chambers (air passages) in the upper and lower two stages by providing it in the middle part of 10, the lower drying main body 1b is provided with three shelves 5 in the storage part 2 so that the upper, middle and lower stages are three stages. To form a drying room.

As a result, in the drying apparatus 1 of the illustrated example, in the state where the upper drying main body 1a is connected to the lower drying main body 1b, five stages of flow passages are formed in the storage section 2, and the lowermost stage has the following structure. The flow passages of No. 1 and No. 2 are the fastest drying chambers 21, the topmost flow passages are the quick drying chambers 22, and the three flow passages between them are the normal drying chambers 23. A drying chamber capable of properly drying the boots W is provided for one drying device 1 at a low cost with a simple and rational structure, and the situation and use of the boots W as an object to be dried. For the drying adapted to the user's request, the drying mode of each of the drying chambers collectively provided in the storage unit 2 can be freely selected, and the highly convenient drying process of the boots W and the use of the apparatus can be performed.

That is, an air supply fan 16 is provided at each vent 14a of the side wall 14 in the upper drying main body 1a (FIG. 1), and an intake fan 17 is provided at 15a for ventilation of the other inner wall 15 (FIG. 4). ), So that, in the rapid drying chamber 22 of the upper drying main body 1a and the normal drying chamber 23 of the lower portion, as shown by the arrow in FIG. Are formed in the storage section 2 in an orderly manner. At this time, although the air supply fan 16 and the intake fan 17 that are paired so as to be paired on the left and right of each of the drying chambers are separated from each other, the shelf portion 5 serves as a partition wall guide on the upper side or the lower side of the air passage. The shelf portion 5 that also serves to form the air flow is sent from one side to the other side to the adjacent drying chamber side by the wind pressure of the air flow from the shelf gap of the structure described later. Since the upper and lower air flows are mixed, the flow of air in each room is promoted while forming a series of air flow, and the boots W are efficiently dried while homogenizing the dry air in the storage section 2.

Next, the structure of the shelf 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3 and 8 to 10. Shelf 5 in the illustrated example
The front and rear vertical frames 10, 10 standing upright with a space for mounting two pairs of boots W in the storage section 2 are connected by a horizontal rod 25 at a shelf installation position, and face each other. Yoko rod 25, 25
In addition, a plurality of round rod-shaped shelf rods 50 (three in the illustrated example) are inserted and supported at intervals in the front-rear direction at sparse intervals,
On the plurality of shelves 50, shelves 51 each having a length of boots for one pair are removably positioned and mounted, and the shelves 51 are formed between adjacent shelves 51, and the upper and lower shelves are formed. It is possible to ventilate air in any direction and to promote aeration / mixing in a dry room.

In addition, the shelf 5 is provided with an auxiliary shelf 5a on which an article to be dried such as slippers or any other small articles can be placed above the storage space for the boots W. The auxiliary shelf 5a in the illustrated example mounts and supports a shelf rod 50 composed of a plurality of (three) small-diameter rods on the horizontal rod 25 by means similar to that described above, and the shelf rod 50 is in this case stored. It is installed at a position biased to the back side (rear side) of the shelf board 51.
The boots W placed in a normal use position (hereinafter referred to as a normal position) with the shoe soles in contact with the upper part are prevented from abutting the tubular portion and the shelf rod 50 so as not to hinder the storage, and It is designed so that it can be efficiently housed together with other footwear such as slippers in the drying chamber. Further, the shelf 5 configured as described above
The auxiliary shelves 5a are also formed by a gap (slit) formed by mounting and supporting the adjacent shelves 50 at sparse intervals.
Free up and down ventilation.

The shelf plates 51 of the shelf 5 are adjacent to each other.
1 and the horizontal rod 25 are separated from each other, so that a branch flow can be rationally formed for each shelf plate 51 of the boots W while partially releasing the air flow in the intake direction from the gap. Therefore, the warm air blown from the lower side can be blown to the upper drying chamber side and mixed with the blowing air flowing in the drying chamber to homogenize the temperature inside the storage section 2. The feature is that uniform drying of a large number of boots W placed and stored on the shelf 5 in 23 can be promptly promoted.

In such a storage unit 2, the rapid drying chamber 22 formed at the top of the storage unit 2 has the shelves 5 formed in series in the same direction, and as shown in FIG. The air blower fan 18 is installed on the plate 13 via the mounting bracket 13a so as to face each of the lower shelves 51, and a part of the air flow crossing the rapid drying chamber 22 is set downward from the top plate 13 side for each pair. The boots W are forcibly blown into the tubular portion. As a result, in the top rapid drying chamber 22,
In addition to lateral flow of the air flow in a relatively high temperature state, the air is forcedly blown into the boots W, so that the inside and outside of the boots W can be quickly dried, and the normal drying chamber 23 It can be dried quickly in a shorter time than the boots W.

On the other hand, the fastest drying chamber 21 is formed at the lowest stage of the storage section 2 of the lower drying main body 1b.
Inside, a shelf 5 similar to the one described above is formed in series, and a reversing support structure 6 for the boots W having a configuration described later is provided in the drying chamber, and the boots W are provided with the normal posture and the reversing support posture. In both postures, the drying chamber in which the boots W can be dried in the storage unit 2 in the shortest time by blowing the air of high temperature and low humidity (high temperature dry air).

That is, in the fastest drying chamber 21, the dehumidified and heated air is directly supplied from the lower upper and lower straight air passages of the air supply section 3 described with reference to FIGS. A specific area that allows the lowermost stage of the storage section 2 to be dried most quickly in the shortest time compared to other areas by being blown and, if necessary, also heated by the heating section 55 installed under the shelf plate 51. As a result, even the boots W in a wet state can be efficiently and appropriately dried.

In the heating unit 55 of the illustrated example, a panel or block-shaped heater is installed on the bottom plate 13 as shown by a dotted line. However, when it is constructed integrally with the shelf rod 50 by using a rod-shaped heater or the like, the heater is formed. There is an advantage that the air in the room can be efficiently heated without occupying a large space and hindering the air flow. In addition to the above-mentioned means, for example, a panel heater or the like may be installed on the back side of the shelf plate 51. Further, a bypass passage 76 is provided in the space passage formed between the shelf portion 5 and the bottom plate 13 as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 4 so that the dehumidified heated air blown from the air feeding portion 3 is selectively introduced and blown. You may In addition, in this embodiment, a heater 3h such as a tube heater or a cord heater is installed in the pipe of the shelf rod 50 laterally installed in each drying chamber, similarly to the conventional one, and in addition to warm air heating, it is locally heated. The contact heating can be selected.

Next, the reversing support structure 6 provided in the quickest drying chamber 21 will be described with reference to FIGS. The inverted support structure 6 of the illustrated example has an auxiliary shelf portion 5a in which both ends of a support rod 60 formed of a rod-shaped member bent in a U-shape are attached to the left and right horizontal rods 25 located above the lower shelf portion 5. 1 and the supporting portion 61 of the supporting rod 60 is rotatably supported at the front side of the supporting rod 60.
It is possible to switch between a supporting posture which is shown in a solid line 0 of the projecting member and which is projected into the quickest drying chamber 21 and a storing posture which is retracted upward as shown by a dotted line and is retracted along the horizontal rod 25. is doing. Further, the auxiliary shelf portion 5a of this portion, which is provided opposite to the inversion support structure 6, has a shelf rod 50 when the support rod 60 is switched.
With the structure capable of advancing and retracting for retracting, the contact between the support portion 61 and the shelf rod 50 can be prevented, and the posture of the support rod 60 and the inverted support of the boots W can be easily and promptly performed. I am trying.

That is, the auxiliary shelf 5a in the illustrated example is such that, of the three shelves 50 in the normal use posture, the two front shelves 50 are integrally connected at both ends thereof by the actuating members 62, and The operating member 62 is slidably fitted and supported in a guide groove 25a formed in the horizontal rod 25. In the normal posture shown by the dotted lines in FIGS. 8 and 10, the inversion support structure 6 and the auxiliary shelf 5a in the quickest drying chamber 21 configured as described above are
The support rod 60 is in a retracted posture along the horizontal rod 25, and the shelf rod 50 connected by the operating member 62 is pulled out to the front side and the auxiliary shelf 5a of the rear shelf rod 50 on which slippers and the like can be placed. Since the boots W are in use, in a normal posture in which the boots W are placed on the shelves 5 with their soles in contact with each other, the tubular parts of the boots W can be stored without contacting the auxiliary shelves 5a.

Further, in the inverted posture shown by the solid line in the figure, when the two rack rods 50 on the front side of the auxiliary rack portion 5a are pushed in, the two rack rods 50 are pushed through the actuating member 62 to the rear side. The shelves 50 can be gathered on the back side and left in a stable manner while forming a large space above the front side of the shelves 5, and in this state the support rods 60 can be elastically changed from the switching member 65. If the support rod 60 is pivoted to the front side while being removed, the switching operation to the support posture can be quickly performed without contacting the support rod 60 with the auxiliary shelf 5a. Next, the boots W are turned upside down, and the toes are placed on the auxiliary shelves 5a, and the support portion of the support rod 60 is attached to the bulging surface of the heel formed on the rear of the boots W. When 61 is joined, the boots W are stably supported by the shelf rod 50 and the support rod 60 in the upward posture with the toe portion and the heel portion.

Therefore, according to this structure, the inverted support of the boots W can be performed easily and quickly, and the boots W can be supported.
It is possible to widely open the cylindrical portion of the above with the natural downward hanging state in which it is separated from the shelf 5. In addition, since the boots W that are inverted and supported do not have a supporting tool inserted into the boots W unlike the conventional boots, the air heated by the heating unit 55 of the quickest drying chamber 21 is introduced into the hollow cylindrical portion. Since the water in the shoes can be dropped while dropping downward while appropriately flowing without resistance, even the boots W immediately after washing can be dried in a good and short time. Therefore, FIG.
As shown in 0, when boots W for which cold protection members W1 such as felt having a thickness of about 5 mm are stretched inside are washed, or when wet ski boots or general ski boots immediately after use are washed. Even if it is a shoe or sports shoe, the inverted support structure 6
The quickest drying chamber 21 provided with can dry easily and quickly.

The switching member 65 has a support rod 6 on the horizontal rod 25.
0 has an elastically displaceable stopper structure made of a spring material, a rubber material, or the like that supports 0 in the drying chamber. Further, in the illustrated example, the shelf rod 50 of the auxiliary shelf portion 5a has a structure capable of sliding forward and backward, but is not limited to this. It may be possible to switch between the normal use posture and the retracted posture. Further, a drainage structure 5b is installed below the boots W to be inverted and supported. The drainage structure 5b forms a trough-shaped drainage trough 57 by bending the bottom plate 13 and drops from the boots W. The bottom plate 13 receives the water, collects the water in the drain gutter 57, and promptly discharges the water to the outside of the machine via the drain gutter 57. At this time, when performing reverse support drying of the boots W,
When the shelf plate 51 is removed and used, water drops can be quickly discharged to further accelerate the drying.

Next, another embodiment of the shelf 5 and the inversion support structure 6 will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 to 13. The switching member 65 of the inversion support structure 6 is used for the rack 50 of the auxiliary rack 5a.
It is provided in. Further, a plurality of ventilation holes 51a are formed in the shelf board 51 so as to be biased to one side from the middle portion, and the shelf board is directed upward from below into the tubular portion of the boots W which is inverted and supported from the ventilation holes 51a. Air is intensively blown without removing 51, and the drying of the boots W can be promoted. At this time, the shelf board 51 may be bent in a mountain fold shape as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13. In this case, water is quickly drained while collecting water dripping from above, and the shelf board 51 is mounted in a normal posture. A ventilation space can be secured between the shoe sole of the boots W to be placed and the shelf plate 51, and there is an advantage that the drying of the shoe sole is promoted.

Next, the air supply section 3 and the air supply guide section 4 installed in the storage section 2 will be described. First, the air supply unit 3 installed on the right side of the storage unit 2 is a closed air supply unit including the inner side wall 15, the side wall 13, the bottom plate 13 and the openable lid 19 on the front side on the lower drying main body 1b side. A chamber 30 is formed, and a sending cylinder 7 having a rectangular cross section is erected inside the chamber 30 with a predetermined adiabatic distance from the side wall 13 and in a hermetic dehumidifying chamber 31 formed on the upper drying main body 1a side. Is a low temperature dehumidification type dehumidifier 3a
And the lower drying main body 1b and the upper drying main body 1a are connected to each other, the rapid drying chamber 22 of the upper drying main body 1a is
Also, the high-humidity air sucked from the normal drying chamber 23 is dehumidified through the dehumidifier 3a, and the dehumidified dry air is fed from the sending cylinder 7 to the normal drying chamber 23 and the fastest drying chamber on the lower stage side of the lower drying main body 1b. The air is blown toward the chamber 21 side, and the normal drying chamber 23 on the upper stage side of the lower drying main body 1b has the blowing cylinder 7
The upper part of the is communicated so that it can be inhaled. Incidentally, the lid portion 19
An operation panel 9 is provided for controlling the operation of the drying device 1 and the control of each device so that the operation can be performed automatically and manually from outside the machine.
Further, the operation panel 9 is connected to a microcomputer (not shown), various actuators, and devices such as a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor so that the drying device 1 can be freely operated in various setting patterns.

That is, the air-sending cylinder 7 is provided with an air-sending fan 32 at the upper end of a direct air passage 70, the air-sending fan 32 is provided to face the inside of the dehumidifying chamber 31, and the quickest drying chamber 21 is provided at the lower end thereof.
A lowermost stage air passage 71 having a small diameter and a width l which is bent and directed toward the side is formed, and the end portion of the lowermost air passage 71 is connected to the air supply fan 16 attached to the inner wall 15. . In addition, the middle of the air passage 70 is provided with the intake fans 17 of the normal drying chambers 23, 23,
The middle-stage air passages 72, 73 connected to the air supply fan 16 are vertically branched, and between the middle-stage air passage 72 and the middle-air passage 73, the wind of the lowest-stage air passage 71 in front view. A heater portion (heating portion) 3b for heating air is installed while forming an air passage width L larger than the passage width l.

As a result, the heater portion 3b is also used as an air passage component member, and the series of straight air passages 70 can be easily manufactured and assembled with a simple and inexpensive structure, and the heater can be used. By installing the portion 3b at a specific position on the upstream side in the air feeding direction in the air passage 70, it is possible to improve the heating efficiency of the heater portion 3b and prevent the heat radiation of the entire feeding cylinder 7 to the outside of the machine.
It is possible to improve the heat insulation performance, and it is possible to make the air blow (air blow) from each air blow fan 16 toward each drying chamber substantially uniform.

Further, a baffle plate 75 having a predetermined shape and a predetermined number of sheets is installed on the inflexible path portion of the air passages 71, 72, 73 branching from the air passage 70 in a substantially orthogonal manner as shown in FIG. Thus, from the air passages 70 having different vertical widths and different widths, the air can be blown to the corresponding drying chambers in a rectified state in a substantially equal amount. That is, the baffle plate 75
Is installed from the air supply fan 32 into the air passage 70 by installing a plurality of sets with a predetermined interval from the center of the corner of the inflexible path and having different curving diameters and lengths. The blown air can be smoothly guided in a rectified state toward the lower side in the air blowing direction such as the corresponding drying chamber side.

Next, an embodiment of the heater portion 3b which is suitable for the feed cylinder 7 having the above-mentioned structure will be described with reference to FIGS.
Referring to FIG. 3, the heater portion 3b is a block-shaped heater 35 containing a heater wire, and a high thermal conductivity member such as aluminum that can be joined to the side surface of the heater 35 and has a number of fins vertically formed on the other side. The heater 35 is integrally sandwiched and fixed by the left and right heat dissipation members 36, and the heater portion 3b is detachably attached to and supported by the central portion of the heater tube 33 having a rectangular cross section. A ventilation gap is formed between the inner circumference of the cylinder 33 and the fins. As a result, the air blown by the upper air feeding fan 32 at about 35 ° C. comes into contact with a large number of fins when passing through the inside of the heater cylinder 33, and is efficiently heated to about 45 ° C. and sent. The air is blown from below the cylinder 7 to the normal drying chamber 23 and the fastest drying chamber 21.

At this time, the air does not come into direct contact with the heater 35, which becomes a high temperature as a heat generating portion, but passes through while contacting the indirectly heated vertical fins. It has the features of preventing volume and not burning or burning it. Further, the heater cylinder 33 is formed such that the heater portion 3b and the upper and lower lengths thereof are substantially the same length, and the air passages 70a and 70b divided into the upper and lower portions are connected to each other via a collar-shaped mounting piece provided at the upper and lower ends thereof. In this way, the sending cylinder 7 is configured in series.

That is, the sending cylinder 7 constructed as above is
Since the upper and lower air passages 70a and 70b are formed separately and are connected by the heater cylinder 33 having the heater portion 3b also serving as the air passage, the two are connected to each other even in the long and complicated sending cylinder 7. The road can be easily manufactured and the assembling work can be easily performed. In addition, the heater cylinder 33 that is configured to be independently attachable to and detachable from the feed cylinder 7 is
It is characterized in that it can be assembled by attaching parts b in advance. As shown in FIG. 6, in the heater cylinder 33, maintenance work such as cleaning and repair of the heater portion 3b is performed through an opening hole formed on one side of the heater cylinder 33, and the maintenance work can be performed without disassembling the feed cylinder 7. Can be done easily.

Further, in the air-sending cylinder 7 constructed as described above, the air-sending fan 32 is positioned on the side of the upper drying main body 1a, and the two are divided so that they can come into contact with and separate from each other. In this configuration, the blower cylinder 7 on the side of the lower drying body 1b is downsized, and the blower resistance is simple without complicating the air passage. In addition, the air supply fan 16
Is the lower frame 35 of the upper drying main body 1a via the joint cylinder 74.
The lower end of the connecting cylinder 74 and the upper end of the feeding cylinder 7 are attached to and supported by the upper drying main body 1a and the lower drying main body 1b.
So that the upper drying main body 1a and the lower drying main body 1b do not project their joint ends from the joint surfaces of each other, and are not deformed or damaged during transportation or assembly. It has features such as easy assembling work while preventing

Next, the dehumidifier 3a will be described with reference to FIG. The dehumidifier 3a has a well-known low-temperature dehumidification type dehumidification structure. In the air supply section 3 of the upper drying main body 1a, the intake port 37 is opposed to the rapid drying chamber 22 and the normal drying chamber 23 side, and dehumidified air is used. Is installed toward the air supply fan 32 side, and the intake port 37 side and the delivery port 38 side are partitioned by an appropriate partition member 39. Further, in the air supply unit 3 configured as described above, a heat insulating member is attached or blown to the inner surface such as the side wall 13 forming the outer wall of the machine body so that the air supply unit 3 has a heat insulating structure to prevent heat loss. is doing. Further, when a heat insulating member is installed on the outer periphery of the sending cylinder 7 on the side of the lower drying main body 1b, in this case, the heat insulating work on the side wall 13 and the like can be omitted.

Therefore, the air supply unit 3 is replaced by the hollow air supply chamber 3
And a dehumidifier 3a for dehumidifying the air sucked from one of the drying chambers into the air supply chamber 30, and the dehumidifier 3a.
The air in the storage section 2 is supplied to one side by providing a configuration in which the blower cylinder 7 integrally formed with a plurality of branch air passages for heating the air dehumidified by After the air is taken from the drying chamber (upper) and dehumidified by the dehumidifier 3a, the air heated by the air-sending chamber 30 and the heater portion 3b which are vertically installed in the air-sending chamber 30 with a heat insulating space around Since the air is sent to the (lower) drying chamber, the heated and dried air that has been dehumidified and heated is separated from the side wall 13 side with a heat insulating space, and the heat radiation is prevented as much as possible while the drying chamber is in the air feeding direction. The air is efficiently blown to the side to accelerate the circulation of the air in the storage unit 2 composed of a plurality of drying chambers, and the dried object is quickly dried. Benefits such as cost reduction There is.

Next, the air supply guide portion 4 will be described with reference to FIG. The air supply guide part 4 is formed in a closed hollow chamber having a lid part that can be opened and closed by a structure similar to that of the air supply part 3, and the second dehumidifier 3c is provided on the lower drying main body 1b side in the hollow chamber. For example, an ultraviolet lamp ozone generation as an air treatment unit (miscellaneous bacteria treatment unit) for sterilizing or suppressing bacteria in the air (miscellaneous bacteria treatment) is installed on the rear wall side in the hollow chamber on the side of the upper drying main body 1a. An ozone treatment part (ozone generator) 8 consisting of a gas or discharge type ozone generator, etc., and an aroma treatment part 8a for removing or preventing an offensive odor in the air by giving an aroma effect by an aroma generator etc. In addition to the above, an air purifying processable structure is installed by collectively including the sterilizing agent spraying processing unit 8b including a sterilizing agent spraying device that sprays a sterilizing solution similar to the conventional one.

Since the ozone treatment unit 8 is installed above the hollow chamber of the air supply guide unit 4 serving as a circulation path, the ozone generator is provided in the hollow chamber above the air supply guide unit 4 where there is no obstacle. It is possible to efficiently irradiate the ozone generated in the air to the air, and to properly perform the treatment of bacteria in the air and the air cleaning treatment, and the ultraviolet rays and the like generated from the ozone generator are closed from the air guide unit 4. Because it does not leak,
There is an advantage that the device can be used with peace of mind without being touched by the user.

After the air cleaning process as described above is performed, the aroma treatment section 8a is operated after a predetermined period of time for attenuating the ozone component, so that the air cleaned in this section can be operated. The fragrance can be satisfactorily applied. In addition, the miscellaneous bacteria processing unit 8 and the aroma processing unit 8a
In addition, the sterilizing agent spray processing unit 8b and the like can be compactly and collectively installed in substantially the same position in the air supply guide unit 4 suitable as a maintainable space, and the inspection and repair of the device and the replenishment of the sterilizing agent, etc. Also, there is a structural advantage that the maintenance work can be easily performed.

The second dehumidifier 3c is installed diagonally below the air feed guide unit 4 with the dehumidifier 3a of the air feed unit 3, and is discharged from the fastest drying chamber 21 and the normal drying chamber 23 side. The air containing moisture is sucked in, dehumidified, and then merged with the air from the upper normal drying chamber 23 having a relatively low humidity, and the normal drying chamber 23 and the rapid drying chamber 22 side on the upper drying main body 1a side. And the like, and air in a dry state is circulated in the storage portion 2 on the side of the upper drying main body 1a to dry the boots W in this portion similarly to the storage portion 2 of the lower drying main body 1b. Therefore, the inside of the storage unit 2 is uniformly dried as a whole by the dehumidifier 3a and the second dehumidifier 3c with a simple and inexpensive structure.

Further, since the air is circulated in the drying device 1 as described above, the dusts mixed and floating in the air are removed by the filters and the dehumidifiers provided in the dehumidifiers 3a and 3c. It can be removed by adhering or mixing in water droplets that occur occasionally, and can promote the purification of the air in the storage part 2 to bring it into a clean state, dry and store the boots W with high quality, and allow the user to open the door 20. Although it is possible to prevent an obstacle due to dust when opened, in this embodiment, a filter is not provided on the dehumidifier 3a side, but a filter is provided on the air supply fan 16 on the upper drying main body 1a side. As a result, the air purifying capacity is improved in each stage while the dehumidifier 3a is downsized and the capacity is improved. In the present embodiment, the second dehumidifier 3c can be omitted when the storage unit 2 has a small capacity or when the heater performance is sufficient.
Similarly, when the capacity of the heater portion 3b is increased or the object to be dried does not require a great deal of dehumidification in the air, the dehumidifier 3a may be omitted.

In the drying device 1 constructed as described above, the air supply section 3 is formed in the hollow air supply chamber 30, and the air sucked into the air supply chamber 30 from one of the drying chambers is dehumidified. Dehumidifier 3a and a plurality of air passages 71, 7 communicating with the dehumidifier 3a and heating the dehumidified air to blow it to the other drying chamber.
3 is integrally formed in a branched manner, and a dehumidifier 3a is installed in the upper side drying chamber of the plurality of stages of the drying chambers formed in the storage unit 2 so as to face the lower stage. The sending cylinder 7 is communicated with the drying chamber on the side, and the dehumidifier 3 is provided above the sending cylinder 7.
An air supply fan 32 for introducing and supplying the air dehumidified in a is provided, a heater part 3b is installed in the middle part of the cylinder 7, and an air supply fan is provided in branch air passages 71 and 73 formed on the lower side of the heater part 3b. 16 is provided so that the heated dry air is blown into the drying chamber. Therefore, in the operating state in which the operation panel 9 is operated, when the doors 20 are opened and the boots W are accommodated in the shelves 5, the doors 20 are closed. The boots W are subjected to a drying treatment with air which is in a predetermined heated and dried state.

At this time, the boots W accommodated in the normal drying chamber 23 are usually dried for about a time, but the quick drying chamber 2
The boots W accommodated in 2 are located at the uppermost stage of the storage section 2 and are forced to be fed into the boots W by the air supply fan 18, so that the boots W are rapidly dried in a time shorter than the normal time. Become. In the boots W stored in the quickest drying chamber 21, the dehumidified dry air that has passed through the dehumidifier 3a and the heater unit 3b is directly blown from the lower part of the feeding cylinder 7 in the lowermost stage of the storage unit 2. By reheating the air by the heating unit 55, the air can be dried in a shorter time than in the quick drying chamber 22 when the air supply fan 18 is stopped. Further, in the drying of the boots W as described above, by selectively operating the miscellaneous bacteria processing unit 8, the aroma processing unit 8a, the bactericide spraying processing unit 8b, and the like, each condition corresponding to the situation of the boots W as an article to be dried can be obtained. The processing can be performed simply and as desired.

In the drying of such boots W, a dehumidifier for forming the air feeding section 3 in the hollow air feeding chamber 30 and dehumidifying the air sucked from one of the drying chambers in the air feeding chamber 30. 3a and a drying device 1 having a configuration in which a blowing cylinder 7 integrally formed with a plurality of branch air passages for heating the air dehumidified by the dehumidifier 3a and blowing the air to the other drying chamber is provided.
The air in the storage unit 2 is sucked from one of the rapid drying chambers 22 and the drying chambers such as the normal drying device 23 and dehumidified by the dehumidifier 3a, and then independently formed with an adiabatic space in the air supply chamber 30. Since the heated air is blown to the other drying chambers such as the normal drying device 23 and the quickest drying chamber 21 by the heater portion 3b of the sending cylinder 7, the heat insulating box frame structure of the entire device is combined,
The air-sending cylinder 7 of the air-sending unit 3 is installed in the air-sending chamber 30 with a heat insulating structure and efficiently blows the heated dry air into the drying chamber while radiating heat to promote the circulation of the air in the storage unit 2. The material to be dried can be dried quickly.

In addition, by installing the dehumidifier 3a in the upper drying chamber of the multiple drying chambers formed in the storage section 2 and connecting the sending cylinder 7 to the lower drying chamber, the boots W The humidified air that has been dried and moves to the upper side is dehumidified by the dehumidifier 3a
Since the dehumidified air can be efficiently dehumidified by the above, the dehumidified air is transferred to the heater portion 3b of the lower feeding cylinder 7 to heat it, and the heated dry air is blown to the lower drying chamber. The dried material can be dried efficiently and promptly.

Further, the dehumidifier 3a is provided above the sending cylinder 7.
An air supply fan 32 for introducing and dehumidifying the air dehumidified by is installed, and a heater part 3b is installed in the middle of the air supply cylinder 7.
The drying device 1 in which the blower fan 16 is provided in the branch air passages 71 and 73 formed on the lower side of the heater portion 3b to blow the heated dry air into the drying chamber in a rectified state, is a dehumidifying air feeding cylinder. 7 can be smoothly introduced and heated efficiently by the heater part 3b, and heated dry air can be accurately blown to a plurality of drying chambers. Further, the heater part 3b can be installed in the sending cylinder 7 in a well-assembled manner. It is possible to simply install the sending cylinder 7 and the heater part 3b in the air part 3 with a simple structure.

Further, the storage section 2, the air supply section 3 and the like are separately formed on the upper drying main body 1a side and the lower drying main body 1b side, and the dehumidifier 3a and the air supply fan 32 are provided in the dehumidifying chamber 31 on the upper drying main body 1a side.
Is installed, the air-sending cylinder 7 is installed in the air-sending chamber 30 on the side of the lower drying main body 1b, and the upper drying main body 1a is joined to the lower drying main body 1b, so that the air-sending fan 32 is connected to the air-sending cylinder 7 in communication. By doing so, the lower drying body 1
The sending cylinder 7 can be freely installed and formed on the b side, and the air dehumidified from the dehumidifier 3a side can be smoothly sent.
Can be smoothly delivered to the inside, and the lower drying body 1b
By mounting the upper drying main body 1a on the above, the sending cylinder 7 and the air sending fan 32 can be easily connected, so that the configuration and assembly of the large-sized drying device 1 can be simplified. There are advantages.

In the drying device 1 according to the above embodiment, the inside of the storage 2 is operated at a preset temperature of about 38 ° C.
When the general boots W are washed and housed in the quick-drying chamber 22, the normal-drying chamber 23, and the quickest-drying chamber 21 in the normal mounting posture, the quick-drying chamber 22 has the normal drying chamber for about 1 to 3 hours. 23 is about 2 to 4 hours, and the fastest drying chamber 21 is about 1 to 3 hours.
Each can be dried to a predetermined state in about a time, and according to this drying operation specification, the above-mentioned cold boots W with thick felt stretched immediately after washing can be installed in the quick drying chamber 22.
In the case where the normal drying chamber 23 is accommodated in a normal posture, and the fastest drying chamber 21 is accommodated in a reverse posture using the reverse support structure 6, the time required for drying to a predetermined state is the rapid drying. In room 22, it takes 2-4 days,
Usually, it was about 3 to 7 days in the drying room 23, and about half to 1.5 days in the fastest drying room 21. According to this, the high drying performance in the quickest drying chamber 21 can be confirmed, and the effect of being able to hygienically promote the washing use of the cold boots W, which is difficult to dry and is refrained from washing, is remarkable. It was

Although the drying apparatus 1 according to the present invention has been described with respect to the preferred embodiment for drying the boots W as the article to be dried, the article to be dried is not limited to the boots W and can be dried. At the same time, when drying other accessories or articles, depending on the shape, size, drying specifications, etc. of the accessories, the configuration of the storage section 2 and the shelf section 5, dehumidification, drying, and various other necessary processing sections. You should set the performance of. Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the drying device 1 may be configured such that the constituent elements such as the storage portion 2 are divided and formed in the longitudinal direction in the shape of an assy in the form of an assy, so that a large number of boots W or the like are stored in the storage portion 2. The installation structure of the drying chamber in which the articles to be dried can be placed and mounted and the manufacturing thereof can be made simple and inexpensive, and the large-sized drying device 1 is vertically divided into a compact form. Thus, the work such as transportation and installation can be performed efficiently and easily.

[0051]

Since the present invention constitutes the drying device as described above, the following effects can be obtained. (1) According to the invention of claim 1, the air in the storage portion is sucked from one of the drying chambers, and the air heated by the heater portion is sucked into the other drying chamber through a cylinder that is independently formed and installed in the air feeding chamber. Since the air is blown into the drying chamber, it is possible to efficiently blow the air into the drying chamber while preventing the heat radiation of the heated air, promote the circulation of the air in the storage portion, and quickly dry the dried object.

(2) According to the second aspect of the present invention, the humidified air that has dried the material to be dried and moves to the upper side can be efficiently dehumidified by the dehumidifier, and the dehumidified air moves to the heater section of the lower sending cylinder. Since it is heated at least and the heated dry air is blown to the lower drying chamber, it is possible to efficiently and quickly dry the material to be dried in the storage section.

(3) According to the third aspect of the present invention, the dehumidified air can be smoothly introduced into the sending cylinder to be efficiently heated by the heater portion, and the heated dry air can be appropriately sent to the drying chamber. Further, the heater unit can be installed in a well-arranged manner in the air supply cylinder, and the heat insulating property of the air dehumidified and dried in the air supply unit can be improved.

(4) According to the invention of claim 4, since the air-sending fan connected to the sending cylinder is installed on the upper drying main body side, the sending cylinder can be freely installed and formed on the lower drying main body side, and dehumidification is performed. The dehumidified air can be smoothly sent from the machine side into the sending cylinder, and the construction and assembly of a large-sized drying device can be simplified.

(5) According to the invention of claim 5, the bacteria treatment section or the aroma processing section and the like installed in the hollow chamber of the air supply guide section which is the circulation path of the storage section is in the air in the hollow chamber where no obstacle exists. It is possible to efficiently perform various bacteria treatment and air cleaning treatment, etc., and it is possible to easily prevent leakage of light etc. from the closed air supply guide part at the time of treatment and to perform maintenance work easily. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the structure of a drying device according to the present invention with a part thereof cut away.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an upper drying main body and a lower drying main body of the drying device of FIG.

FIG. 3 (A) is a front view showing a partially broken structure of a storage portion of an upper drying main body. (B) is a side sectional view of (A).

FIG. 4 is a front sectional view showing a configuration of a storage section and an air supply section.

5 is a side cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the air supply unit of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan sectional view of a heater portion.

FIG. 7 is a plan sectional view showing a configuration of a branch air passage of a sending cylinder.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a shelf portion, an inversion support structure, and the like.

9 is a front view showing the configuration of the shelves, the inversion support structure, and the like of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a side sectional view showing the configuration of the shelf portion, the inversion support structure, and the like of FIG.

11 is a side sectional view showing the configuration of another embodiment such as the shelf portion and the reversing support structure of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a side sectional view showing the configuration of another embodiment of the shelf board.

FIG. 13 is a side sectional view showing the configuration of another embodiment of the shelf board.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a configuration of another embodiment in which a drying device is vertically divided.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 dryer 1a Upper drying body 1b Lower drying body 2 storage 3 Air supply unit 3a dehumidifier 3b heater part 4 Air supply guide 5 shelves 5a Auxiliary shelf 6 Inversion support structure 7 sending cylinder 8 Miscellaneous bacteria processing department 8a Fragrance processing unit 8b Sterilization processing section 10 vertical frames 16, 18, 32 Insulation fan 17 Intake fan 19 Lid 20 doors 21 fastest drying room 22 Rapid drying room 23 Normal drying room 25 Yokochi 30 air supply chamber 33 heater tube Fifty racks 51 shelves 55 Heating part 57 Drainage gutter 60 Support rod 61 Support 70 Wind path 71, 72, 73 Wind path (branch air path) W Dry material (boots)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A storage section (2) comprising a plurality of stages of drying chambers for storing articles to be dried such as boots (W) so that they can be taken out.
An air supply part (3) for blowing and circulating the air in the storage part (2) from one side to the other side, and a heater part (3b) for heating the air circulated in the storage part (2). In the drying device (1) provided with, the air supply part (3) is formed in a hollow air supply chamber (30), and the air sucked into the air supply chamber (30) from one drying chamber side. A drying device provided with a sending cylinder (7) in which an air passage (71) for heating the air in the heater part (3b) to blow air to the other drying chamber is installed. 2. A feed cylinder (7) provided with a dehumidifier (3a) in the upper drying chamber of a plurality of drying chambers, and the dehumidifier (3a) and the lower drying chamber facing each other. Claim 1 which can connect to
Drying equipment. 3. An air-blowing fan (32) for introducing and blowing air dehumidified by a dehumidifier (3a) is provided on the upper part of the sending cylinder (7), and a heater section (3b) is provided in the middle of the sending cylinder (7). )
And a blower fan (16) is provided in the branch air passages (71), (73) formed on the lower side of the heater section (3b), and the heated dry air is blown into the drying chamber. Drying device. 4. An air supply chamber on the side of the upper drying main body (1a), wherein the storage section (2), the air supply section (3) and the like are formed separately on the upper drying main body (1a) side and the lower drying main body (1b) side. A dehumidifier (3a) and an air supply fan (32) are installed in (30),
A delivery cylinder (7) is installed in the air supply chamber (30) on the side of the lower drying body (1b), and the lower drying body (1b) and the upper drying body (1a) are joined together to deliver the air to the delivery cylinder (7). Qi fan (3
The drying device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, which allows 2) to communicate with each other. 5. The air supply part (3) and the air supply guide part (4) communicating with each drying chamber are connected to one side of the storage part (2) and the inside of the air supply guide part (4). The drying apparatus according to claim 1, 2 or 3 or 4, wherein a miscellaneous bacterium processing section (8), an aroma processing section (8a), or the like is installed.