JP2006255225A - Hand dryer device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hand dryer device making a user feel no discomfort due to discomfort musty odor around the user's face when drying hand. <P>SOLUTION: The hand dryer device 35 is adapted to blow air for drying hand from a blow port 36 toward the side of a bowl portion 32 of a hand-washing basin 12. In the hand dryer device, an air inlet 90 for sucking air is provided in the front wall 14B of a cabinet 14 under the hand-washing basin 12 so as to suck outside air outside the cabinet 14 from the air inlet 90 and blow the outside air from the blow port 36. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a hand dryer device, and more particularly to a hand dryer device that blows out air for hand drying from a blow-out port toward a water receiving recess such as a bowl portion of a hand-washer.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a hand dryer device is known in which air is sent out from a dryer body provided with a blower, and air for hand drying is blown out from a blower outlet toward a bowl portion (water receiving recess) side of a handwasher.

For example, Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2 listed below disclose an automatic hand washing apparatus provided with this type of hand dryer device.
FIG. 7 shows a specific example thereof.
In the figure, 200 is an automatic hand-washing apparatus, and a soap solution discharge port 206 and a hot water discharge port 208 are provided on the front surface of the casing 204 above the mounting base 202 such as a counter. The soap solution is automatically discharged from the discharge port 206 based on the hand sensing, and the hot water is discharged from the water discharge port 208.

Reference numeral 214 denotes a hand dryer device provided in the automatic hand-washing device 200, which has a blowout port 216 for warm air (air) for hand drying.
This air outlet 216 is provided on the front surface of the casing 204 above the mounting base 202 together with the soap liquid outlet 206, water outlet 208, etc., and automatically from the air outlet 216 based on hand detection by the human body detection sensor 218. Hot air is blown out toward the bowl 224 side of the hand-washing device 222 to dry the user's wet hands.

  The hand dryer device 214 also has a dryer body 220 having a blower 217 and a heater 219 inside the cabinet 226 below the mounting base 202, that is, below the bowl portion 224, and the air sent out by the blower 217. Is converted into warm air by the heating action of the heater 219, and this is sent to the outlet 216 through the blower pipe 221.

  Incidentally, the hand dryer device 214 in this type of automatic hand-washing device 200 conventionally sucks the air in the cabinet 226 from the air inlet provided in the dryer body 220 and sends it to the air outlet 216. In this case, There was a problem that the musty smell in the cabinet 226 was blown out from the outlet 216 as it was.

In particular, in the case of the hand dryer device 214 that blows out air for hand drying from the air outlet 216 toward the bowl portion 224 side of the hand-washing device 222, the blown air hits the bowl portion 224 and is bounced back up. Therefore, there is a problem that the user feels discomfort due to the musty smell.
This problem is not limited to the hand dryer device 214 provided in the automatic hand washing apparatus 200 as described above, but is a common problem in a hand dryer device of a type in which air for hand drying is simply blown out from the outlet toward the water receiving recess. is there.

Utility model registration No. 2519884 JP 2001-20338 A

  The present invention is based on the circumstances as described above, and provides a hand dryer device in which a musty odor or the like is not sprayed around the user's face when the hand is dried and the user does not feel uncomfortable. It was made as a purpose.

  Thus, according to the first aspect of the present invention, in the hand dryer apparatus in which air for hand drying is blown out from the outlet toward the side of the water receiving recess such as the bowl portion of the hand-washer, the lower side of the water receiving recess is provided. An air inlet for air intake is provided in the wall portion of the cabinet, and outside air outside the cabinet is sucked from the inlet and blown out from the outlet.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, a dryer main body provided with a blower is provided in the cabinet, and the dryer main body and the intake port are communicated with each other through an air intake pipe. To do.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first and second aspects, a deodorizing cartridge is provided at the intake port.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first and second aspects, the intake port is provided with an aroma cartridge for imparting aroma to the intake air.

Effects and effects of the invention

  As described above, according to the present invention, in the hand dryer device that blows out air for hand drying from the outlet toward the water receiving concave portion, the air inlet is provided on the wall of the cabinet below the water receiving concave portion. In the hand dryer device of the present invention, the air for hand drying blown out from the air outlet is odorous. Because it is not the air inside the cabinet with the air, but the clean air outside the cabinet, so that the hand dryer device can be used comfortably without giving the user an unpleasant feeling during hand drying Become.

In this case, the air inlet provided in the wall portion of the cabinet and the dryer main body having the blower provided in the cabinet can be communicated with each other through an air suction pipe (claim 2).
If it does in this way, clean external air can be sent out from this dryer main body to a blower outlet, installing a dryer main body in arbitrary positions in the inside of a cabinet.
Here, the air suction pipe can be constituted by a flexible pipe.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a deodorizing cartridge is provided at the intake port. By doing so, the deodorizing cartridge provided at the intake port is deodorized even if the air outside the cabinet is accompanied by odor. It is possible to send odorless air after deodorization to the outlet and blow it out from there.
Moreover, since this deodorizing cartridge is provided in the inlet of the wall part of a cabinet, the replacement | exchange can be performed easily.

On the other hand, claim 4 is provided with a fragrance cartridge for imparting fragrance to the intake air at the intake port. In this case, the fragrance can be imparted to the air blown from the outlet, and when the hand dryer device is used. A pleasant feeling can be given to the user.
Further, in this fourth aspect, since the aroma cartridge is provided at the intake port, it can be easily replaced.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes an automatic hand-washing device (here, a wall-hanging type), which has a ceramic hand-washing device 12, a lower cabinet 14 and a functional unit 16 mounted on the hand-washing device 12.
The functional unit 16 has a casing 18 in which various functional units are built.
Here, the casing 18 includes a lower casing body 18A and a lid 18B that closes an opening at the upper end thereof.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a housing recess 28 surrounded by a rear wall portion 24 that rises along the rear edge and a pair of left and right side wall portions 26 is formed at the rear portion of the hand-washing machine 12. As shown in FIG. 2, the functional unit 16 is accommodated in the accommodating recess 28.
The functional unit 16 has its rear surface and side surfaces surrounded by a rear wall portion 24 and a pair of left and right side wall portions 26, respectively, and its front surface opens toward the bowl portion 32 (water receiving recess) of the hand-washing device 12. Has been.
Here, the bottom of the accommodation recess 28 is a flat support portion (mounting base) 30 that supports the functional unit 16.
In FIG. 2, 34 is a drain outlet provided in the bowl portion 32.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic hand washing apparatus 10 includes a water discharge port 38 and a soap solution discharge port 40, which are provided on the front surface of the casing 18 in the functional unit 16.
Human body detection sensors 44 and 46 are also provided on the front surface of the casing 18 correspondingly.

In this automatic hand washing apparatus 10, when a hand is put out in front of the soap solution discharge port 40, the human body detection sensor 46 detects this, and the mousse soap solution (air is mixed with the soap solution) automatically from the discharge port 40. And foamed).
When a hand is put out in front of the water discharge port 38, the human body detection sensor 44 detects this and automatically discharges hot water from the water discharge port 38.

In FIG. 1, a soap solution replenishment drawer 48 is provided at a position adjacent to the left side of the soap solution discharge port 40 so that it can be put in and out.
The soap solution is replenished by supplying the soap solution to the inside from above with the drawer 48 being pulled out.

As shown in FIG. 1, a drain pipe 50 is provided inside the cabinet 14, and its upper end is connected to the drain port 34 of the bowl portion 32.
Waste water from the bowl portion 32 is discharged to the outside through the trap portion 52 of the drain pipe 50.

The cabinet 14 is also provided with a hot water mixing section 54 and an electromagnetic valve 56 for cutting off the supply of hot water, and pipes for supplying cold water and hot water to the mixing section 54 are connected. .
The cold water and hot water supplied to the mixing unit 54 are mixed at a predetermined ratio to be mixed water at an appropriate temperature, and sent to the water discharge port 38 through the water supply pipe 58 by opening the electromagnetic valve 56, from which the bowl portion Water is discharged toward 32.

On the other hand, a soap solution tank 60 is provided inside and below the cabinet 14, and a predetermined amount of soap solution is stored therein.
A liquid supply pipe 62 extends from the soap liquid tank 60, and a liquid supply pump 64 is provided on the liquid supply pipe 62.
The soap solution in the soap solution tank 60 is sent to the soap solution discharge port 40 through the supply pipe 62 by the supply pump 64.
When the amount of the soap solution in the soap solution tank 60 is reduced, the soap solution is supplied through the drawer 48 and the supplied soap solution flows into the soap solution tank 60 through the supply pipe 66.
Reference numeral 70 denotes an air pump. The air pump 70 sends air through the air supply pipe 68 toward the soap solution discharge port 40.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 35 denotes a hand dryer device provided in the automatic hand washing apparatus 10, and has an air outlet 36.
Here, the air outlet 36 is located on the upper side of the hand-washing machine 12 like the soap liquid outlet 40 and the water outlet 38, more specifically, on the front side of the casing 18 on the bowl portion 32 on the upper side of the support portion 30 as the mounting base in FIG. It is provided for.

The hand dryer device 35 is provided with a human body detection sensor 42 immediately above the air outlet 36. When a wet hand after hand washing is put out in front of the air outlet 36, the hand dryer device 35 starts from the air outlet 36 based on the detection by the human body detection sensor 42. Hot air is automatically blown out to dry wet hands.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 100 denotes an outlet nozzle, and the outlet 36 is formed in a slit shape on the left and right at the tip of the outlet nozzle 100.

The hand dryer device 35 has a dryer main body 72 incorporating a blower and a heater, and the dryer main body 72 is provided inside and below the cabinet 14.
And this dryer main body 72 and said blower outlet 36 are connected by the ventilation pipe 74 which consists of a flexible hose, as also shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cabinet 14 has a pair of side walls 14A, a front wall 14B (see FIG. 2), and a bottom wall 14C. An intake port 90 for inhaling outside air is provided.
As shown in FIG. 2, the air inlet 90 and the dryer main body 72 are connected to each other by an air suction pipe 92 made of a flexible pipe.

  In the present embodiment, the hand dryer device 35 sucks outside air outside the cabinet 14 from the air inlet 90 opened by the front wall 14B of the cabinet 14 in the dryer main body 72, and guides it inside through the air suction pipe 92. Then, the air is sent to the air outlet 36 through the blower pipe 74 and blown out from there toward the bowl portion 32 side of the handwasher 12 as hot air for hand drying.

In this embodiment, a deodorizing cartridge 94 is also provided at the air inlet 90 as shown in the partially enlarged view of FIG.
Here, the deodorizing cartridge 94 performs a deodorizing action on the air sucked from the intake port 90.
Instead of the deodorizing cartridge 94, an aroma cartridge for imparting aroma to the intake air can be provided.
Alternatively, a cartridge having both a deodorizing function and an aroma function can be provided there.

In the hand dryer device 35, air from the dryer main body 72 is sent to the outlet 36 through the blower pipe 74.
As shown in FIG. 4, the blowing nozzle 100 is provided integrally with the blowing chamber case 78.
A blowout chamber 80 is formed in the blowout chamber case 78 as shown in FIG.

The blow-out chamber 80 forms a part of the air passage 83, and an opening 84 for communication with the air pipe 74 is provided at the bottom thereof, and the connection pipe 86 rises downward from the opening 84. Yes.
The connecting pipe 86 is plugged into the blower pipe 74.
Here, the connecting pipe 86 is provided integrally with the blowing chamber case 78.

In this hand dryer device 35, the warm air sent out from the dryer main body 72 is blown out vigorously from the blowout port 36 at the tip of the blowout nozzle 100 toward the bowl portion 32.
As shown in FIG. 4, the air outlet 36 is directed obliquely downward.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the intake port 90 for sucking outside air outside the cabinet 14 is provided in the lower part of the front wall 14B of the cabinet 14, and clean outside air outside the cabinet 14 is sucked from there. The air blown from the air outlet 36 during hand drying does not give the user an unpleasant feeling due to the odor, and the hand dryer device can be used comfortably.

  In addition, since the air inlet 90 and the dryer main body 72 are connected by an air intake pipe 92 made of a flexible pipe, the dryer main body 72 is installed at an arbitrary position inside the cabinet 14 and clean outside air is discharged. It can be sent out from the dryer body 72 to the air outlet 36.

In the present embodiment, a deodorizing cartridge 94 or a fragrance cartridge is also provided at the intake port 90, so that even if the outside air outside the cabinet 14 is accompanied by odor, the deodorizing cartridge 94 provided at the intake port 90 It is possible to deodorize or impart fragrance and blow out air without odor after deodorization or air imparted with fragrance from the air outlet 36.
Further, since the deodorizing cartridge 94 and the fragrance cartridge are provided at the intake port 90 of the front wall 14B of the cabinet 14, the replacement can be easily performed.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the air suction pipe 92 is divided into male pipes 92-1 and 92-2, which are slidably fitted, and are configured as a slide telescopic pipe. You can also.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the present invention.
In this embodiment, the cabinet 14 is a floor-standing box-like and self-supporting type, and has a counter 96 as a top plate.
In this embodiment, the cabinet 14 has a large left-right width with respect to the functional unit 16, and the handwasher 12 is attached to the counter 96 at the center in the left-right direction.

Note that the functional unit 16 is mounted on the handwasher 12 in the same manner as described above, and the configuration of the automatic handwashing apparatus 10 is also the same as described above.
However, in this embodiment, an air inlet 90 is provided in the upper part of the front wall 14B of the cabinet 14, and the air inlet 90 and the dryer main body 72 are communicated with each other by an air intake pipe 92 bent in a crank shape. ing.
In FIG. 6B, reference numeral 14D denotes a kick-in portion, which is provided below the bottom wall 14C of the cabinet 14.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, this is merely an example, and the present invention can be configured in various forms without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

It is a figure which shows the automatic hand-washing apparatus containing the hand dryer apparatus which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the side surface structure of the same apparatus. FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the functional unit in FIG. 1. It is principal part sectional drawing of the function part unit. It is a figure which shows the principal part of other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the conventional automatic hand-washing apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

12 Washing machine 14 Cabinet 14B Front wall (wall)
32 Bowl part 35 Hand dryer device 36 Air outlet 72 Dryer main body 90 Air inlet 92 Air inlet pipe 94 Deodorizing cartridge

Claims (4)

In a hand dryer apparatus in which air for hand drying is blown out from a blow-out port toward a water-receiving recess such as a bowl portion of a hand-washer, an air inlet for air intake is provided in a wall of a cabinet below the water-receiving recess. The hand dryer device is characterized in that outside air outside the cabinet is sucked from the air inlet and blown out from the air outlet.   2. The hand dryer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a dryer body provided with a blower is provided inside the cabinet, and the dryer body and the intake port are communicated with each other through an air suction pipe.   The hand dryer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a deodorizing cartridge is provided at the intake port.   3. The hand dryer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a fragrance cartridge for imparting fragrance to the intake air is provided at the intake port.

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