JP2005287994A - Washing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a washing device which is installed in a conventional bathroom without requiring no special bathroom for the washing device, reduces water consumption, prevents an increase in cost by simplifying a constitution through using a common passage for a shower and a detergent and a common nozzle for showering and spraying the detergent, suppresses a noise by using a pump for a liquid, and has a constitution showing excellent washing effects. <P>SOLUTION: The washing device is equipped with a hot water supply device 37, a pressure device 43, a gas mixing part 44, a detergent supply device 48, and a spraying nozzle 35. Fine bubbles are separated by mixing a gas and the detergent in the hot water, pressurizing and compressing the mixed material by the pressure device 43, and releasing the compressed material from the spraying nozzle 35 into the air, and result in bubbles of the detergent. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a cleaning device that sprays a detergent and cleans a human body by a shower or the like.

  Conventionally, this type of cleaning device constitutes a shower room, and has a nozzle for spraying hot water for cleaning the body and a nozzle for spraying detergent (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  FIG. 9 shows a conventional cleaning apparatus described in Patent Document 1. In FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the bathroom 11 has a cylindrical shape, and a seat portion 12 on which a bather sits is provided. Side poles 13 are respectively arranged at an angle of 120 degrees around the seat part 12 on the front left and right sides of the seat part 12, and a main pole 14 extending to the ceiling is arranged behind the seat part 12. Inside the side pole 13 and the main pole 14, piping such as a sauna nozzle 15, a jet shower nozzle 16, and a soap bubble injection nozzle 17 and a driving mechanism are compactly installed.

  A plurality of sauna nozzles 15 are disposed on both sides of the side pole 13 and the lower portion of the seat portion 12, and the outlets of the sauna nozzles 15 are provided in the circumferential direction of the bathroom 11, that is, in the direction along the inner wall. Further, three jet shower nozzles 16 and three soap bubble spray nozzles 17 are provided on the side pole 13 in the height direction, and a plurality of jet shower nozzles 16 and soap foam jet nozzles 17 are provided on the main pole 14 vertically. The jet shower nozzle 16 sprays water or hot water toward the bather sitting on the seat 12.

  Similarly, the soap foam spray nozzle 17 is a jet of soap foam that is sprayed in the form of a lump of mousse-like soap foam, and adheres the mousse-like soap foam to the body surface of the bather without scattering on the way. is there.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the soap bubble generator 20 for body washing, in which mousse-like soap bubbles are ejected from the soap foam spray nozzle 17. In addition to the soap foam jet nozzle 17, the soap foam generating apparatus 20 for body washing includes a soap liquid supply tank 21, a soap foam generation tank 22, a compressor 23, a soap liquid supply passage 24 connecting them, and a soap foam supply passage. 25, an air supply passage 26, a water supply passage 27, and open / close valves 28a, 28b, 28c and 28d.
JP-A-4-332556

  However, in the conventional configuration, a dedicated bathroom 11 is required, and since the jet shower nozzle 16 is used when washing the human body, a large amount of hot water is required and it is difficult to use in a general household.

  Furthermore, since the soap bubble jet nozzle 17 is provided, the number of nozzles is increased and the configuration is complicated. Moreover, in order to make it a mousse-like bubble, the compressor 23 was needed, and it had the subject that a problem, such as a noise etc., might arise while it became complicated and cost-up of an apparatus.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and does not require a dedicated bathroom, can be installed in a conventional bathroom, can reduce the amount of water used, a shower passage, a detergent passage, and a shower nozzle. And a nozzle for spraying detergent can be simplified to reduce the cost and increase the cost. Furthermore, since a liquid pump is used, generation of noise can be suppressed. And it aims at providing the washing | cleaning apparatus set as the structure which exhibits a high washing | cleaning effect.

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, the cleaning device of the present invention is provided with a pressurizing device in a shower device that sprays hot water supplied from a normal hot water supply device from a spray nozzle, and gas and detergent are added to hot water. After being mixed, the gas is compressed under pressure to dissolve the gas, and water is sprayed out from the spray nozzle.

  As a result, when the gas compressed and compressed in hot water by the pressurizing device is sprayed by the spray nozzle, the gas dissolved under the saturated dissolved amount in the water of the gas is separated into fine bubbles that are deposited because the pressure is reduced. To do. At this time, if the detergent is dissolved, it is protected by a strong thin film by the detergent surfactant and becomes a lump of fine detergent foam, which adheres to the body surface of the bather.

  The cleaning device of the present invention sprays warm water containing a detergent from a shower nozzle, includes fine bubbles in the sprayed particles, and adheres to the bather's body surface as a lump of fine detergent foam. it can. The fine detergent foam lump can be effectively washed by allowing the detergent to penetrate into the dirt while slowly flowing down the body surface, and causing the dirt to rise by stimulation of the sprayed particles.

  1st invention is equipped with the gas mixing part connected with the pipe line, the pressurization apparatus, and the spray nozzle, the said gas mixing part is equipped with the hot water supply port and the gas supply pipe line, and the detergent supply apparatus is provided in the said gas supply pipe line. It is characterized by being disposed. By compressing and compressing detergent and gas in hot water, the gas is dissolved in hot water, and the dissolved gas is decompressed by ejecting it from the spray nozzle together with the detergent, generating fine bubbles in the spray particles. And it can be made to adhere to a bather's body surface by becoming detergent foam.

  The second invention includes a gas mixing part, a detergent supply device, a pressurizing device, and a spray nozzle connected to each other by a pipe line, and the gas mixing part is provided with a hot water supply port and a gas supply pipe line. . The gas is dissolved in hot water by pressurizing and compressing the gas in hot water, and the dissolved gas is decompressed by ejecting it from the spray nozzle together with the detergent, generating fine bubbles in the spray particles, By becoming a detergent foam, it can be attached to the body surface of the bather.

  The third invention is characterized in that, in particular, a melting tank provided with a degassing part is disposed in the middle of a pipe line connected to the spraying nozzle and the pressurizing device of the first and second inventions. The gas that has been depressurized and pressure-compressed is uniformly mixed with hot and cold water, and the gas that is undissolved at this time is separated and discharged, so that almost no undissolved gas is contained, and the gas is supersaturated at normal pressure. Hot water in which is dissolved can be supplied to the spray nozzle.

  The fourth aspect of the invention is characterized in that, in particular, the spray nozzles of the first to third aspects are composed of a single or a plurality of nozzles, and each of the plurality is composed of nozzles having the same or different spray shapes. The spray nozzle can be freely set according to the body surface to be used, and the detergent foam can be effectively applied to the bather's body even if the bather's body surface part where the detergent foam is necessary and the position of the bather are different. Can be attached to the surface.

  In particular, the fifth invention is compressed by pressurizing the spray nozzle according to any one of the first to fourth inventions, characterized in that the particle diameter is 50 to 800 μm when only hot water is ejected. Since the diameter of the fine bubbles deposited when the gas is reduced to normal pressure is several μm to several tens of μm, the bubbles can be surely deposited in the particle diameter of the hot water ejected from the spray nozzle.

  The sixth invention is characterized in that, in particular, the gas supply pipe line according to any one of the first to fifth inventions is provided with a control means for controlling the inflow amount of the gas, whereby fine bubbles in the spray particles are provided. The amount of can be adjusted. Further, by adjusting the amount of inflow of gas, undissolved gas discharged from the degassing unit can be eliminated, and the load of the pressurizing device can be maintained in an optimum state.

  The seventh aspect of the invention is particularly characterized in that the detergent supply device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects is provided with a control means for controlling the inflow amount of the detergent, whereby the amount of detergent sprayed and the spraying Can be controlled.

  According to an eighth aspect of the invention, in particular, water discharge from the spray nozzle is stopped after a predetermined time from the start or stop of the detergent supply in the detergent supply device according to any one of the first to seventh aspects. If the set time is set to be equal to or less than the time until the detergent concentration in the hot water decreases, it is possible to keep the detergent bubbles generated by the fine bubbles attached to the body surface of the bather.

  The ninth aspect of the invention is particularly characterized in that the pressurizing device according to any one of the first to eighth aspects of the invention can control the water discharge amount by rotational speed control or the like. This allows the bather to usually adjust the flow rate, making it easy to use, and during cleaning, the state of occurrence may vary due to fine bubbles depending on the detergent, so the pressure can be adjusted by automatically controlling the number of rotations. By doing so, the optimum detergent foam can be sprayed.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
1 is a perspective view with the cover 30 of the cleaning device removed in the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the cleaning device, FIG. 3 is a side view showing a use state, and FIG. ), (B) are a sectional view of an example of a spray nozzle and a front view of a swivel tip. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an operation unit of the cleaning device, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a flow path of the cleaning device.

  As shown in the figure, this cleaning device has a small footprint, so there is no need to create a separate shower room, etc., and it must be installed in an existing bathroom (not shown) or shower room (not shown). Can do. This cleaning device is composed of a cleaning device main body 31, a pair of left and right arm portions 32, and a chair portion 33 as seating means. The arm portion 32 can be stopped at an appropriate position by a rotatable means 34 provided in the cleaning apparatus main body 31. A total of 10 spray nozzles 35 are arranged on the arm portion 32, 5 on each of the left and right, and 2 in the cleaning device main body 31. In this embodiment, the number of spray nozzles 35 is twelve, but the number is not limited as long as it is an arrangement that wraps around the user's body. Further, in the present embodiment, the chair portion 33 is provided so that the user can sit comfortably and take a shower. However, a separate chair may be used or no chair may be used.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the user 36 sits on the chair portion 33 with the cover 30 and the cleaning device main body 31 in the back. The arm portion 32 can be rotated and moved to an appropriate position, and all the 12 spray nozzles 35 can be directed toward the user 36 and the sprayed hot water can be disposed so as to wrap around the user's 36 body. .

  As shown in FIG. 2, the hot water supply device 37 is connected to a water supply pipe 38 and a hot water supply pipe 39. The hot water supply device 37 has a built-in mixing valve 40 as a means for mixing hot water and water, and can supply hot water at a set temperature. A thermistor 41 is attached near the outlet of the mixing valve 40 to detect the mixed hot water temperature. The hot water supply device 37 is connected to the pressurizing device 43 by a pipe line through a water stop electromagnetic valve 42 that controls the flow and stop of hot water.

  The pressurizing device 43 needs to be able to ensure a discharge pressure of 0.2 MPa or more even when a necessary amount of gas is mixed in hot water, and it is usually necessary to select a pump having a high head. Moreover, the flow rate of the hot water can be changed by controlling the rotation speed. The method for controlling the flow rate of hot water is the same as the method for changing the passage resistance in the pipe other than the rotational speed control.

  The gas mixing unit 44 is disposed between the water stop electromagnetic valve 42 and the pressurizing device 43, and controls the inflow amount of gas by the gas control valve 45. By providing the governor mechanism 46 in the gas control valve 45 and keeping the amount of gas flowing in constant, vibration of the pressurizing device 43 can be suppressed. If the gas inlet 47 is opened to the atmosphere, air is taken in. In the present embodiment, air is mixed in hot water, but oxygen, carbon dioxide or other gas supply device (not shown) is connected to the gas inlet 47 and the gas alone or air or other gas is connected. A gas mixed with a gas can also be used.

  The detergent supply device 48 includes a detergent tank 49 and a detergent adjustment valve 50, and the detergent stored in the detergent tank 49 is connected to the gas mixing part 44 connected to the gas mixing part 44 via the detergent adjustment valve 50. Has been. The cover 30 is provided with a detergent inlet 51 shown in FIG. 1 so that the user 36 can supply a necessary amount of detergent to the detergent tank 49.

  When hot water containing gas is pressurized by the pressurizing device 43, the gas is compressed while being mixed with hot water, so that the gas is dissolved in the hot water. In the pressurized liquid, the saturated dissolution amount is larger than the atmospheric pressure, so that the gas is easily dissolved. For this reason, the gas of the maximum saturation state melt | dissolves in the pressurized hot water which sets the quantity of inflow gas to the quantity more than the saturated dissolution amount of the pressurized hot water. At this time, the gas that has not been dissolved flows out in a bubble state with hot water.

  In FIG. 2, there is a dissolution tank 52 disposed by a conduit on the discharge side of the pressurizing device 43, and a degassing unit 53 is disposed. The dissolution tank 52 has a cross-sectional area larger than the cross-sectional area of the pipe line. For this reason, when hot water enters the dissolution tank 52, the flow rate becomes slow. At this time, the gas not dissolved in the hot water in the pipe is separated from the hot water. Moreover, since a cross-sectional area will spread if it enters into the dissolution tank 52, the pressurized hot water is once pressure-reduced. A part of the gas that has been dissolved in the hot water in a saturated state is also deposited by the amount of the reduced pressure and the amount of saturation, and bubbles up and floats to become a gas separated from the hot water. These gases are separated from the hot water in the dissolution tank 52, and the upper part is gas and the lower part is hot water. At this time, in the dissolution tank 52, it is still in a pressurized state, and the gas dissolved in the hot water becomes uniform. In order to prevent the gas collected at the upper part from being mixed with the hot water flowing downstream, the pipe structure flows downstream from the bottom of the dissolution tank 52.

  The degassing unit 53 is arranged at the upper part of the dissolution tank 52 and has a structure for discharging the gas accumulated at the upper part from the outlet 54 so as not to be mixed with hot water. Although the exhausted gas shows a structure that is released to the atmosphere, although not shown, it is returned to the gas mixing unit 44 again, mixed with new (fresh) gas, and mixed with hot water from the gas mixing unit 44. It is also possible to do.

  1 and 2, in this embodiment, a flow rate detection device 55 and a switching valve 56 are disposed in a conduit between the dissolution tank 52 and the spray nozzle 35. The flow rate detection device 55 is a device that measures the amount of hot water flowing in the pipe and outputs a signal. One of the switching valves 56 is connected to the spray nozzle 35 by switching the pipe passage, and the other is connected to the hand shower 58 by a shower hose 57 so as to be freely bent. The hand shower 58 is not limited to the one that discharges a simple shower that is usually attached to a faucet or the like, or a structure that also has a sprayed shower. In addition, the switching valve 56 may have a structure for switching between hot and cold water, and a plurality of valve bodies (not shown) may be combined.

  The spray nozzle 35 is connected to the header 59 on the downstream side of the switching valve 56, branches in three directions to the hoses 60a, 60b, 60c, and the spray nozzle 35 attached to the left and right arms 32, and a cleaning device. It is connected to a spray nozzle 35 attached to the main body 31.

  Further, a pipe line is branched on the upstream side of the switching valve 56, a drain valve 61 composed of an electromagnetic valve is provided, and connected to the drain port 63 through the drain pipe 62. When the drain valve 61 is stopped, hot water flows through the switching valve 56 and is discharged from the spray nozzle 35 or the hand shower 58. When the drain valve 61 is operating, it is set so that all hot water flows from the drain valve 61 and is discharged from the drain port 63 to the outside of the cleaning device. When the hot water temperature is too hot or too cold than the temperature set by the user 36, the drain valve 61 discharges the water from the drain 63 through the drain pipe 62 to the outside of the cleaning device. Further, when the detergent staying in the pipe is discharged early, the drain valve 61 is operated to purify the pipe to the switching valve 56, and the portion downstream from the switching valve 56 is discharged from the spray nozzle 35 or the hand shower 58. If the water is purified, the inside of the pipe can be cleaned faster than when the water is simply discharged from the spray nozzle 35 or the hand shower 58 and cleaned, and it is possible to prevent the spray nozzle 35 or the hand shower 58 from spraying a lot of excess detergent. it can.

  The spray nozzle 35 is configured to spray hot water in a mist form so as to wrap the entire body, and cross-sectional views are shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b). The spray nozzle 35 is provided with an inlet 64 through which hot water flows, a swivel tip 65, a swirl chamber 66, and an ejection hole 67. The swivel tip 65 is provided with swirl holes 68 for imparting a swirl force to three fluids on the same circumference. In FIG. 4A, a central hole 69 that forms a central flow of the swirling flow is provided at the approximate center of the swirling hole 68. The swirl chamber 66 is provided on the downstream side of the swirl tip 65 and the swirl flows swirled in the swirl holes 68 are confused to stabilize the swirl flow. In FIG. 4A, the hot water is ejected from the ejection hole 67 with a swirling flow and a central axial flow, so that the spray is conical and substantially uniformly distributed. In FIG. 4B, the spray is conical because it is ejected from the ejection hole 67 with only a swirl flow, but hot water is distributed only in the surroundings in a hollow state.

  Here, since it is ejected into the atmosphere from the narrow ejection hole 67 at once, the hot water in the pressurized state is rapidly decompressed. When the gas is dissolved more than the saturated dissolution amount at the atmospheric pressure of hot water, the gas amount dissolved above the saturated dissolution amount at atmospheric pressure becomes fine bubbles at a stretch and precipitates in the spray particles of the hot water. It becomes spray particles containing fine bubbles and is sprayed so as to enclose the user 36. When the detergent is mixed in the hot water, the fine bubbles become stronger detergent bubbles due to the action of the detergent surfactant and adhere to the body surface of the user 36.

  Desirably, the particle size of hot water required to form bubbles in the sprayed particles to form detergent foam is 50% or more (preferably 70% or more) in the range of 50 to 800 μm. 66 and the ejection hole 67 are set so as to satisfy the above specifications. In the present embodiment, the number of the swirl holes 68 is three, but the present invention is not limited to this as long as the hot water and the water can be distributed in a wide range.

  The operation unit 70 shown in FIG. 3 has a water-resistant structure and includes a button and a display unit. The operation unit 70 is portable and is usually stored in the remote control holder 71 of the cover 30, but the user 36 can be removed from the remote control holder 71 and operated by hand. In this embodiment, the operation unit 70 is connected to the control unit 90 by a remote control cable 72 (wired), but the operation unit 70 is not limited to this as long as it has a wireless (wireless) configuration and the operation is the same.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the operation unit 70 is provided with the following buttons and a display unit. Each time the operation button 73 is pressed, the “operation state” and the “stop” state of the cleaning device can be switched. When the body shower button 74 is pressed in the “running state”, the water stop electromagnetic valve 42 is opened, and the spray can be sprayed from the spray nozzle 35. Further, when the hand shower button 75 is pressed in the “driving state”, water can be discharged from the hand shower 58. When the bubble button 79 is pressed during spraying from the spray nozzle 35 or while discharging water from the hand shower 58, the gas control valve 45 is opened, gas is mixed into the hot water, and spray or shower containing fine bubbles comes out. Further, when the washing button 80 is pressed during spraying from the spray nozzle 35, the detergent control valve 50 is opened with the gas control valve 45 opened, and the detergent is mixed into the hot water together with the gas. Can produce detergent foam. At this time, the detergent adjustment valve 50 is opened for a certain period of time and then automatically closed to stop the mixing of the detergent. After the fixed time has elapsed, the water stop solenoid valve 42 is automatically closed to stop spraying. Each stop method, switching method, reuse method, and the like are not particularly described in the present embodiment because various usability can be supplied by a control procedure of a microcomputer (not shown) built in the control unit 90. Further, the temperature can be adjusted by pressing the temperature adjustment buttons 76a and 76b during spraying or hand shower water discharge. At this time, the set temperature can be confirmed with an indicator 77 constituted by LEDs. Further, the flow rate can be adjusted by the water amount adjustment buttons 78a and 78b. In the present embodiment, the type and arrangement of buttons as in the operation unit 70 are used. However, the present invention is not limited to this as long as equivalent operability can be ensured.

  The mixing valve 40 is configured to mix the amount of hot water and the amount of water by an electric actuator (not shown) in response to a signal from the control unit 90 in order to mix with the mixed water temperature set by the operation unit 70. The Mr. 41 sends the temperature of the mixed hot water as an electrical signal to the control unit 90, and if there is a difference from the set temperature, the control unit 90 issues a command to the mixing valve 40 so that the set temperature is reached. The mixing valve 40 and the thermistor 41 perform feedback control. In addition, when the detected temperature is too high or too low than the set temperature, the drain valve 61 is automatically operated to discharge from the cleaning pipe 59 to the outside of the cleaning device in order to prevent the danger of the user 36. Has been.

  The configuration will be described again with reference to the block diagram of this embodiment shown in FIG. 6. The water supply pipe 38 and the hot water supply pipe 39 are connected to the mixing valve 40 in the pipe. The mixed hot water passes through the thermistor 41 and is connected to the water stop solenoid valve 42. When the water stop solenoid valve 42 is opened, the hot water passes through the pressurizing device 43, the dissolution tank 52, and the flow rate detection device 55 and passes through the switching valve 56. The flow rate is calculated by the control unit 90 based on a signal transmitted from the flow rate detection device 55, and the operation of the pressurizing device 43 and the rotation speed control can be performed. The flow path is switched to the spray nozzle 35 or the hand shower 58 by the switching valve 56. On the other hand, the flow rate of the gas is adjusted by the governor mechanism 46, and mixed into the hot water before the pressurizing device 43 through the gas control valve 45. The detergent stored in the detergent tank 49 is mixed with gas through the detergent regulating valve 50 and before the gas regulating valve 45, and is mixed into hot water. The drain valve 61 disposed in front of the switching valve 56 automatically performs a drain operation under the set conditions, and can ensure the safety and convenience of the user.

  The electrical system is composed mainly of the control unit 90, with a mixing valve 40, a thermistor 41, a water stop solenoid valve 42, a pressurizing device 43, a gas control valve 45, a detergent control valve 50, a flow rate detection device 55, a switching valve 56, a drain valve. 61, which is organically coupled to the operation unit 70 and the like, and realizes control so that the cleaning device is brought into an optimum use state.

  About the washing | cleaning apparatus comprised as mentioned above, the operation | movement and an effect | action are demonstrated below.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, first, the user 36 supplies a specified amount (necessary amount) of detergent to the detergent inlet 51 of the cover 30. For the sake of explanation, the user is a person who operates and sits down and takes a spray or shower, but if the elderly or disabled person is being cared for, the person who operates and the person who bathes will be expressed as a user even if they are different. It shall be. The user sits on the chair portion 33, rotates the arm portion 32, moves the arm portion 32 to an appropriate position where the spray wraps around the body, pushes the operation button 73 of the operation portion 70, and pushes the body shower button 74. When the temperature of the mixed hot water is close to the set temperature by operating the water stop solenoid valve 42 and the pressurizing device 43 in accordance with a command from the control unit 90, the water is sprayed from the spray nozzle 35. When the temperature is outside the set temperature, the drain valve 61 is operated, and the hot water passes through the discharge pipe 59 and is discharged out of the cleaning device through the drain port 63. At this time, the hot water sprayed is only the hot water supplied from the hot water supply device 37. The spray of hot water of about 42 ° C. enveloping the user envelops the user, and the user continues to bathe this so that a thermal effect appears for the user.

  When the user presses the bubble button 79 with the operation unit 70, the gas control valve 45 is activated, and the gas is mixed into the hot water from the gas mixing unit 44. The mixed hot water and gas are compressed and pressurized by the pressurizing device 43, and a part thereof is dissolved in the hot water. By passing through the dissolution tank 52, undissolved gas is removed, and only hot water in which the gas is dissolved is obtained. By spraying from the spray nozzle 35, fine bubbles are deposited in the spray particles, and the spray particles containing the bubbles wrap around the body surface. Because it contains bubbles, it adheres to the body surface with a softer feeling than particles that do not contain bubbles.

  When the user's body warms up and the washing button 80 is pressed at a time when the body is usually washed by bathing, the gas regulating valve 45 is activated, and the gas is mixed with hot water from the gas mixing section 44. Next, the detergent control valve 50 is operated, and the detergent stored in the detergent tank 49 is drawn by negative pressure and mixed with hot water together with gas. The detergent control valve 50 is closed after a predetermined time has elapsed so as not to suck an excessive amount. By passing through the pressure device 43 and the dissolution tank 52, the detergent is uniformly mixed with hot water and sprayed from the spray nozzle 35. Since supersaturated gas is mixed in the atmosphere, fine bubbles are deposited in the spray particles, and further, a firm bubble mass is adhered to the body by the detergent surfactant. Since the spray nozzle 35 is set to wrap around the body, the bubble mass of the detergent wraps around the whole body, and the whole body is wrapped at once with the detergent foam.

  The concentration of the detergent once increases and then decreases. For this reason, the time from when the detergent is mixed into the hot water until it is sprayed by the spray nozzle 35 is measured in advance, and a constant slightly longer than that time is set in the control unit 90. After supplying the detergent, the control unit 90 stops the spraying by stopping the water stop electromagnetic valve 42, the pressurizing device 43, the gas control valve 45, and the like according to the time constant. For this reason, if the bubble mass adhering to the body is left unattended, spraying is stopped without being washed away with hot water with a low detergent concentration, so that it slowly moves downward. The user cleans the body with detergent bubbles adhering with hands, towels, brushes, etc. If a detergent having a cleaning effect is used, there may be a case where the cleaning effect appears even if nothing is done for a while.

  After that, if normal operation or bubble operation is performed, hot water without detergent is sprayed, so that the detergent attached to the body can be washed away.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the cleaning device includes the gas mixing unit 44, the detergent supply device 48, the pressurizing device 43, and the spray nozzle 35 that are connected to each other by a pipe line, and the gas mixing unit 44 includes a hot water supply port. And the gas supply line are provided, the detergent necessary for cleaning becomes a state of fine bubbles, and can be attached without being easily dropped.

  In addition, since the hand shower 58 is provided in this embodiment, spraying by the spray nozzle 35 or hand shower 58 can be used to wash away detergent bubbles adhering to the body. , Can be used properly according to the application.

  There is also a method of disposing as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 6 is a pressurizing device 43. In FIG. 6, the pressurizing device 43 is a pump. However, in FIG. 7, the pressurizing device 43 includes a pump 91, a branching unit 92, and a venturi unit. 93 is connected in a ring shape in the water flow direction. When the pump 91 rotates, the water flow circulates in the annular pipe. The other of the branch portions 92 is connected to the dissolution tank 52. Hot water from the hot water supply device 37 is connected to the vicinity of the minimum inner diameter portion 94 where the flow velocity of the venturi portion 93 is maximized and the negative pressure to be sucked is maximized, and is mixed with circulating water. The amount of mixed water becomes equal to the amount of water flowing out from the branch portion 92 to the dissolution tank 52. Even if gas or detergent is mixed in the sucked hot and cold water, the operation is the same as in the above embodiment. In this configuration, since the back pressure rises because the pump 91 circulates, the pressure on the discharge side of the pump can be increased, so that a pump with a low lift can be used. In addition, due to the circulation of the mixed water of gas and hot water, and the effect of stirring and mixing in the bench section 93, the gas is easily dissolved in the hot water, and hot water in which the gas close to the saturation amount is dissolved is easily obtained. .

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the cleaning apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 6 and FIG. 7 in the block diagram of the cleaning device of the first embodiment is that the detergent tank 49 and the detergent adjustment valve 50 are directly connected to the hot water pipe. Although it is connected in front of the pressurizing device 43 in FIG.

  In the cleaning device of the first embodiment, the suction of the detergent depends on the suction by the negative pressure of the gas mixing unit 44. However, in the cleaning device of the second embodiment, the detergent adjustment valve 50 ensures the predetermined amount. Can be mixed in hot water.

  As described above, the cleaning device according to the present invention can both discharge a liquid in a sprayed state from the same spray nozzle and discharge a fine bubble detergent and attach it to an object. Therefore, it can be applied not only to washing the entire human body but also to local washing of the human body such as a warm water washing toilet seat, washing of dishes, washing of sinks, bathrooms and toilets, washing of cars, and the like. Since gas having an effect on the object can be selected and supplied, it can also be applied to medical treatment and cleaning of precision processed products.

The perspective view of the washing | cleaning apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention Front view of the cleaning device Side view of the cleaning device in use (a) Cross-sectional view of spray nozzle example 1 and swivel tip front view of the cleaning device (b) Cross-sectional view and swivel tip front view of spray nozzle example 2 of the cleaning device Explanatory drawing of the operation unit of the cleaning device Block diagram showing flow path and wiring path of the cleaning device Block diagram showing flow path and wiring path in another embodiment of the cleaning apparatus The block diagram which shows the flow path and wiring path | route of the washing | cleaning apparatus in Embodiment 2 of this invention. Side view of a conventional cleaning device Schematic diagram of a soap foam generator for body cleaning of a conventional cleaning device

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35 Spray nozzle 43 Pressurizer 44 Gas mixing part 48 Detergent supply device 52 Dissolution tank 53 Degassing part

Claims (9)

A detergent device comprising a gas mixing section, a pressurizing device, and a spray nozzle connected by a pipe, the gas mixing section having a hot water supply port and a gas supply pipe, and a detergent supply device arranged in the gas supply pipe . A cleaning device comprising a gas mixing part, a detergent supply device, a pressurizing device, and a spray nozzle connected to each other by a pipe line, wherein the gas mixing part has a hot water supply port and a gas supply pipe line. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a dissolution tank having a degassing unit is disposed in the middle of a pipe line connected to the pressure device and the spray nozzle. The cleaning apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the spray nozzle is composed of a single or a plurality of spray nozzles, each of which is composed of nozzles having the same or different spray shapes. The cleaning apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a particle diameter when only hot water is ejected from the spray nozzle is 50 to 800 µm. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a control unit that controls an inflow amount of gas is provided in the gas supply pipe line. The cleaning apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a control means for controlling an inflow amount of the detergent is provided in the detergent supply apparatus. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein water discharge from the spray nozzle stops after a predetermined time from the start or stop of the detergent supply in the detergent supply apparatus. The cleaning apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the pressurizing device can control a water discharge amount by a rotational speed control or the like.

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