JP2005192720A - Storage apparatus for absorbing harmful chemical substance - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a storage apparatus capable of improving an environment inside a living space and the storage apparatus by removing harmful chemical substances generated from furniture and an interior material, etc., from air without the need of large-scale constructions. <P>SOLUTION: A chemical substance absorbent 2 is freely detachably attached to at least one part of members constituting the storage tool 1 so as to be in contact with both spaces on the inner side and outer side of the storage apparatus 1 such as the furniture or a closet. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a container having a function of adsorbing harmful volatile chemical substances generated from building materials, furniture and the like and reducing the amount of harmful chemical substances in the air. Here, the storage tool includes movable furniture such as a locker or a desk, a closet or a clog box provided in a building, and uses a metal, wood or a resin material as a material.

  In recent years, building materials and furniture, such as interior materials such as flooring materials and formaldehyde contained in adhesives such as furniture, volatile organic compounds contained in plasticizers and finishing agents, toluene and xylene used as solvents for paints and adhesives, etc. The indoor environment is polluted by various harmful chemical substances released from the environment.

  If a large amount of these volatile chemicals is inhaled, they may act on the central nervous system and cause dizziness, headache, nausea, etc., and may have a great adverse effect on the human body. Especially in homes and schools, many days of chemical hypersensitivity patients called sick houses or sick schools are caused by spending a long time in a room contaminated with harmful chemical substances every day, which is a serious social problem.

  For this reason, the Building Standards Act and Japanese Industrial Standards have been revised to provide specific guidelines for the control of harmful chemical substances in indoor air. Measurements are being made.

  Also, when constructing a building, adopt building materials and construction methods that do not use harmful chemical substances as much as possible, or use chemical adsorbents made of diatomaceous earth as an interior material to remove harmful chemical substances indoors. It is adsorbed to improve the indoor environment.

  However, if harmful chemical substances were detected in a completed building, it took extensive construction and a large amount of cost to replace the walls and ceiling and attach the chemical adsorbent. Moreover, once the chemical adsorbent has been constructed, it could not be easily replaced.

  Also, adhesives are usually used for furniture such as lockers and fixtures, or closets such as closets, and painting for the purpose of improving durability, rust prevention and aesthetics is performed. The organic solvent may volatilize from the agent or paint, and the installation of such a storage device may contaminate the room with harmful chemical substances. Therefore, as with building materials, there has been a demand for means for removing harmful chemical substances with respect to the storage equipment.

  In patent document 1, the furniture which aimed at suppressing the divergence of a hazardous chemical substance by apply | coating a diatomaceous earth coating solution to wooden furniture is proposed, According to this, the divergence of the chemical substance from the inside of furniture is proposed. Although it could be suppressed, it did not have the effect of adsorbing chemical substances generated outside the furniture.

Moreover, in patent document 2, what attached the plate body which adsorb | sucks a volatile chemical substance to the back surface of the door of a storage tool is proposed, but this also purifies only the air inside a storage tool. There was no effect on the indoor space outside the storage device.
JP 2000-176370 A JP 2003-20878 A

  As described above, the problem to be solved by the present invention is that volatile harmful chemical substances generated from building materials and storage tools have a great adverse effect on the human body, and do not require extensive construction work. In addition, it is possible to remove harmful chemical substances from the air to improve the living space and the environment inside the storage device. In this case, a harmful chemical substance adsorbent is provided inside the storage device to clean the air inside the storage device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a storage device that can clean the air outside the storage device and can easily exchange the harmful chemical substance adsorbent.

  Therefore, in order to solve the above problem, the invention of claim 1 is characterized in that the chemical substance adsorbing material is detachably attached to at least one of the members constituting the storage tool, and the chemical substance adsorbing material is A container for adsorbing harmful chemical substances is provided, wherein at least a part of the container is in contact with the space inside and outside the container.

In the invention of claim 2, the chemical substance adsorbing material is detachably attached to the door of the storage tool, and a plurality of holes are formed in the door so that at least a part of the chemical substance adsorbing material is the door. It is characterized in that it is in contact with the space inside and outside.
The invention of claim 3 is characterized in that the chemical substance adsorbing material is divided and mounted on at least one surface of the storage tool.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is generated from a chemical substance generated when a coating agent or an adhesive is used for furniture such as a locker, furniture, or a storage such as a closet, and an interior material of a building. Both the volatile chemical substances present in the air are adsorbed by the chemical adsorbent attached to the storage device, thereby improving the environment of the living space inside and outside the storage device. it can.

  Moreover, no energy such as electric power is required to remove the chemical substance, and no running cost is required.

  Further, since the chemical substance adsorbing material is detachably attached, it can be easily replaced when the adsorbing effect is lowered and the stable adsorbing effect can always be maintained.

According to the invention of claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1 above, the chemical substance adsorbing material is detachably attached to the inside of the door of the storage device, so that the attachment / detachment / replacement work is facilitated. As well as being strong, it is stable in strength.
According to the invention of claim 3, since the chemical substance adsorbing material is divided and attached, the shape of each divided body is reduced, the handling property is improved, the attachment / detachment / replacement work can be facilitated, and a part thereof is damaged. It can easily cope with cases.

  1 to 4 show an example of an embodiment of the present invention, in which a chemical substance adsorbing material 2 is attached to the inside of a door 11 of a storage tool 1 (in this example, a metal locker).

  A chemical substance adsorbing material 2 is fixed between the outer and inner plate members 12 and 13 of the door 11 of the storage tool 1 by a receiving metal fitting 3, a metal fitting 4, a screw (not shown) or the like. The chemical substance adsorbing material 2 is attached without using a chemical substance such as an adhesive, and a fixing means that can be easily detached is used for replacement or the like as necessary.

  A large number of holes 10 are formed in the plate members 12 and 13 so that the chemical substance adsorbing material 2 can come into contact with the air inside and outside the container 1. The shape and size of the hole 10 are not limited to the example shown in FIG. 1, and the design of the door 11 can be improved by designing as appropriate.

  The container 1 is preferably made of stainless steel, aluminum, titanium, or galvanium steel plate because the container 1 itself does not become a source of harmful chemical substances and therefore does not require a painting process and has excellent corrosion resistance and durability. Such as metals and low-cost galvanized steel sheets are used. Further, a storage tool made of a wooden material or a resin material other than metal may be used. Normally, melanin coating is applied to the steel for rust prevention or aesthetic appearance. However, if the chemical substance adsorbing material 2 can sufficiently adsorb the chemical substance, the steel may be used. Moreover, when coating these metals, it is preferable to use powder coating that does not generate harmful chemical substances.

  In addition, the chemical substance adsorbing material 2 used in the present invention is preferably a chemical substance adsorbing material that is mainly made of natural materials, for example, diatomaceous earth, etc., and is generally used as an interior material for environmental adjustment by being formed into a plate shape. What is being used is used.

  Since the chemical substance adsorbing material 2 can be easily processed such as cutting and drilling, it is cut in accordance with the mounting space and fitted into the receiving metal fitting 3 or a fixing tool such as a screw is inserted through the mounting hole. It is possible to attach without using an adhesive which is a chemical substance. Therefore, new harmful chemical substances are not generated by the implementation of the present invention. In addition, since the chemical substance adsorbing material 2 does not have a strength as a structure, it is preferably attached to a storage tool 1 made of a metal or other material having a sufficient strength.

  When a plurality of rectangular plate-shaped chemical substance adsorbing materials 2 are attached (four in the upper and lower directions in the example of FIG. 2), the brackets having a U-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. By mounting 3, the chemical substance adsorbing material 2 is reinforced and the strength of the storage tool 1 itself is increased. Such a reinforcing metal fitting 3 may be similarly mounted on the left and right sides. In this way, by attaching the chemical substance adsorbing material 2 attached to the entire surface of the storage device 1 in a plurality of parts, the divided chemical substance adsorbing material becomes smaller in size and easy to handle and easy to attach and detach. In addition, when a part is damaged, only that part can be exchanged and easily dealt with.

  In this way, the chemical substance adsorbing material 2 attached to the door 11 of the storage device 1 is brought into contact with the air inside the door 11, that is, inside the storage device 1 and outside the door 11, that is, the indoor space. Both the chemical substance generated from the storage device 1 and the chemical substance generated from the interior material in the room can be adsorbed. In addition to adsorbing harmful volatile chemical substances, the chemical adsorbing material 2 has a humidity adjusting function by absorbing and releasing moisture and keeps the relative humidity around 60%, which is comfortable for the human body. At the same time, it can prevent ticks and molds that are likely to occur in high humidity conditions, and can prevent the propagation of viruses that become active in low humidity conditions. Furthermore, since there is an effect of adsorbing the odor-causing substance, the deodorizing effect of the storage device 1 and the room can be obtained. Therefore, the articles stored in the storage tool 1 can be protected and various environments in the living space can be improved.

  The chemical substance adsorbing material 2 is not only attached to the door 11 of the storage device 1, but may be attached to a top plate, a side plate, a back plate or the like in a storage device such as a shelf without doors or various fixtures. . In the case of a storage device without a door, the interior of the storage device and the indoor living space are the same space. Therefore, if the chemical substance adsorbing material 2 is in contact with the air inside the storage device, the storage device is resident simultaneously with the interior of the storage device. It can adsorb chemical substances in the space.

  FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 show different embodiments of the present invention, in which a chemical substance adsorbing material 2 is attached inside a wooden door 11a itself of a closet 1a provided in the room.

  Also in this case, as in the case described above, the chemical substance adsorbing material 2 is detachably attached without using a chemical substance such as an adhesive, and a large number of holes 10 are formed in the inner and outer plate members of the door 11a. Thus, the chemical substance adsorbing material 2 is brought into contact with both the inner and outer spaces of the closet 1a. In this way, the air inside and outside the closet 1a can be purified, and at the same time, the articles stored in the closet 1a can be protected from mold, bad odor, and the like by the humidity adjusting effect and the deodorizing effect of the chemical substance adsorbing material 2.

As described above, the present invention is implemented with respect to installation type furniture such as bags and bookcases, furniture such as lockers, desks, display shelves, and storage units installed in buildings such as closets and shoe racks. be able to.
Furthermore, it can be incorporated into the side plates of bookshelves such as libraries. It can also be attached to a door of a home kitchen system or the like to improve the environment of both the kitchen storage and the indoor space.

The front view which shows embodiment of this invention. The longitudinal cross-sectional view along the AA line of FIG. The elements on larger scale of the door part of FIG. The elements on larger scale of the cross section of a door part. The front view which shows different embodiment of this invention. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 5.

Explanation of symbols

1: storage device, 2: chemical adsorbent, 3: metal fitting, 4: fastener, 10: hole,
11: Door, 12, 13: Plate material.

Claims (3)

  The chemical substance adsorbing material is detachably attached to at least one of the members constituting the container, and at least a part of the chemical substance adsorbing material is in contact with the space inside and outside the container. A storage device that adsorbs harmful chemical substances.   The chemical substance adsorbing material is detachably attached to the door of the storage tool, and a plurality of holes are formed in the door, and at least a part of the chemical substance adsorbing material is formed in a space inside and outside the door. The container for adsorbing a harmful chemical substance according to claim 1, wherein the container is in contact with the container. The storage device for adsorbing hazardous chemical substances according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the chemical substance adsorbing material is divided and mounted on at least one surface of the storage device.

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