JP2009247645A - Apparatus for checking feather use condition - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple apparatus for taking out a part of the feather from bedding using the feather as a wadding material such as feather quilt in order to remove dust and for easily checking use conditions of feather. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus A for checking feather use conditions is composed of a vertical closed-bottom cylindrical body 10 having a top plate, a vertical shaft 20 rotating inside the cylindrical body and a driving part 30 for rotating the vertical shaft. The cylindrical body 10 has a filter 14 composed of a perforated plate which is arranged horizontally inside the cylindrical body so that the cylindrical body 10 is divided into the upper space layer 10a and the lower space layer 10b by the filter 14. The upper space layer 10a has an opening 11 for inserting and discharging the feather. The vertical shaft 20 has a plurality of agitating bars 21 which extend horizontally inside the upper space layer 10a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a feather use state confirmation device for confirming the use state of feathers by taking out part of the feathers used as an intermediate material of a duvet such as a feather comforter and removing the dust.

  Light and moderate feathers with moisture absorption, moisture retention, and heat insulation cushioning are mainly used as the material for the comforters such as comforters. However, some feathers are cut off after long-term use. The futon-specific effects may not be achieved.

Conventionally, as shown in publicly known documents 1 to 5, techniques relating to feather dust removal and regeneration have been published.
Japanese Utility Model Sho 60-49259 JP 61-137586 A JP 61-217190 A JP 63-40593 JP 2001-87105 A

  However, those disclosed in the above-mentioned known documents 1 to 5 are large-scale and have high dust removal and cleaning effects, but have the disadvantage that the cost of manufacturing the apparatus is high and the burden on the user is large. However, if the state of the feathers has deteriorated to such an extent that dust removal and cleaning are required, the feathers must be regenerated by removing the dust and cleaning or replaced with new ones even at a high cost. However, since there is no device that can confirm whether or not the feathers have deteriorated to such an extent that dust removal and cleaning are necessary, even if the feathers are still sufficiently usable, they can be removed and cleaned or In fact, there are cases in which it may continue to be used despite the fact that the condition of the feathers has deteriorated to some extent that it is necessary to carry out dust removal and cleaning, or to replace it with a new one. is there.

  The present invention is a simple device that removes a part of feathers from a bedding such as a feather comforter that uses feathers as an intermediate material, and removes dust. Developed a device that can.

  A feather use state confirmation device according to the present invention is a feather use comprising a cylindrical body with a bottom and a top plate arranged upright, a vertical axis that rotates within the cylindrical body, and a drive unit that rotates the vertical axis. It is a state confirmation device, and the cylindrical body is arranged with a filter made of a perforated panel in the cylindrical body in the horizontal direction, and the cylindrical body is divided into an upper space layer and a lower space layer by the filter, The upper space layer is provided with an opening for introducing and discharging feathers, and the vertical axis is provided with a plurality of stirring rods extending in the horizontal direction in the upper space layer. With this configuration, the feathers put into the upper space layer are stirred by the rotation of the stirring rod, and the cut feathers and dust contained in the feathers settle by this stirring action, and the perforated panel It falls to the lower space layer through the filter. As a result, among the inserted feathers, the feathers with dust removed remain in the upper space layer, and the cut feathers and dust are accumulated in the lower space layer.

  Further, in addition to the above-described configuration, the top plate may be formed to be openable and closable, and may be configured to be an opening through which feathers are inserted and discharged when the top plate is opened.

  Further, in addition to the above configuration, the stirring bars may be arranged so as to cross each other sequentially from the top. If comprised in this way, the stirring efficiency of a feather will improve.

  Furthermore, the side surface of the cylindrical body may be made of a material that can be seen through. If comprised in this way, since the dust removal state of the feather in a cylindrical body can be observed, it will become easy to confirm the use condition of a feather.

  As described above, the feather use state confirmation device according to the present invention includes a tubular body that stores feathers, a vertical axis that stirs feathers inside the tubular body, a drive source that rotates the vertical axis, and feathers and dust. It is a simple device consisting of a filter to be separated, and has the advantage of low manufacturing costs, and therefore the burden on the user can be reduced and the use state of feathers can be easily confirmed.

  Hereinafter, the feather use state confirmation device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a feather use state confirmation device according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the feather use state confirmation device, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which feathers are put into the feather use state confirmation device. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which feathers are being stirred in the feather use state confirmation device, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which feathers are taken out from the feather use state confirmation device after dust removal is completed. .

  1 and 2, A indicates a feather use state confirmation device according to the present embodiment, and the feather use state confirmation device A mainly rotates inside the tubular body 10 and a tubular body 10 that can be seen through internally. The cylindrical body 10, the vertical shaft 20, and the driving unit 30 are assembled to the support base B to complete the vertical shaft 20 and a driving unit 30 that rotates the vertical shaft 20.

  The cylindrical body 10 includes a circular opening / closing lid 11 serving as a top plate, a cylinder 12 configuring a side surface, and a circular bottom plate 13 configuring a bottom portion, and the cylindrical body 10 includes a perforated panel. A filter 14 is arranged in the horizontal direction. In addition, a hole through which the vertical shaft 20 can pass is formed in the center of the bottom plate 13 and the filter 14. The opening / closing lid 11 has an outer diameter that matches the outer diameter of the cylinder 12, a step 11 a is provided around the lower surface of the opening / closing lid 11, and a circular convex portion 11 b that matches the inner diameter of the cylinder 12 is formed. It is configured to be fitted to the upper end portion of the cylinder 12. In addition, hinges 15 are attached to both ends of the opening / closing lid 11 in the horizontal direction. Engagement members 15 a are attached to the free side ends of the hinges 15 and attached to the upper end of the outer surface of the cylinder 12. An engaged member 15b is attached, and the opening / closing lid 11 can be attached to and detached from the cylinder 12 by detaching the engaging member 15a and the engaged member 15b. In addition, instead of the detachable opening / closing lid as described above, one end may be fixed by a hinge, and the upper end of the cylinder and a detachable engagement tool may be attached only to the other end to provide an opening / closing lid that can only be opened and closed. Further, the top plate may be fixed to the upper end of the cylinder without providing an opening / closing lid, and an opening may be formed on the side surface of the cylinder upper portion 12 described later. The filter 14 divides the cylinder 12 up and down into a cylinder upper part 12a and a cylinder lower part 12b, a flange 16a is provided at the lower end of the cylinder upper part 12a, a flange 16b is provided at the upper end of the cylinder lower part 12b, and the flanges 16a, 16b The filter 14 is attached by sandwiching the filter 14 therebetween and fixing the flanges 16a, 16b with bolts 16c. By this filter 14, the cylindrical body 10 is divided into an upper space layer 10a and a lower space layer 10b. The hole diameter of the filter 14 is 4 to 6 mm or 7 to 9 mm depending on the type of feather. A flange 17 is attached to the lower end of the cylindrical lower portion 16b, and the cylindrical body 10 is erected vertically on the support base B by being fixed to the support base B with bolts 17a. In this embodiment, the opening / closing lid 11, the cylinder 12 and the filter 14 are made of a transparent synthetic resin such as a transparent acrylic resin or transparent glass, but only the cylinder 12 is made of a transparent material. The dust removal effect itself is not affected even if it is made of a material that cannot be seen through.

  In the vertical axis 20, a plurality of stirring rods 21 extending in the horizontal direction in the upper space layer 10a are arranged so as to cross each other sequentially from above. The lower end 20a of the vertical shaft 20 is fixed by a bearing C, and a pulley 22 is fixed to the lower end 20b of the vertical shaft 20, and the pulley 22 is a drive unit 30 attached to the support base B. When a motor rotates, the vertical shaft 20 rotates and the stirring rod 21 rotates horizontally in the upper space layer 10a when the motor rotates. .

  The feather use state confirmation device A according to the present embodiment is configured as described above. As shown in FIG. 3, first, the opening / closing lid 11 is removed, and the feather D is placed on the upper space layer 10 a in the tubular body 10. . As shown in FIG. 4, when the vertical shaft 20 is rotated by attaching the opening / closing lid 11 and driving the drive unit 30, the feathers D in the upper space layer 10a are stirred by the stirring rod 21 and broken. E, such as feathers and dust, settles down and passes through the hole of the filter 14 and falls to the lower space layer 10b, whereby the feathers D remaining in the upper space layer 10a are dedusted. Thereafter, the drive unit 30 is stopped, the opening / closing lid 11 is removed, and the removed feathers D can be taken out. In addition, since the cylindrical body can be seen through, dust is removed while observing the stirring state of the internal feathers, which is convenient because the usage state of the feathers can be confirmed.

It is a perspective view of the feather use state confirmation device concerning the example of the present invention. It is sectional drawing of the feather use condition confirmation apparatus which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the state which inserts a feather into a feather use condition confirmation apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the state which is stirring the feather in the feather use condition confirmation apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the state which takes out a feather from a feather use condition confirmation apparatus after dust removal completion.

Explanation of symbols

A ... Feather use state confirmation device B ... Support base C ... Bearing D ... Feather 10 .... Tube 10a / Upper space layer 10b / Lower space layer 11 ... Opening / closing lid 11a / Step 11b・ Circular convex part 12 ・ ・ Cylinder 12a ・ Cylinder upper part 12b ・ Cylindrical upper part 13 ・ ・ Bottom plate 14 ・ ・ Filter 15 ・ ・ Hinges 15a ・ engaging member 15b ・ engaged member 16a ・ flange 16b ・ flange 16c ・ bolt 17 ・・ Flange 17a ・ Bolt 20 ・ ・ Vertical shaft 20a ・ Lower end of vertical shaft 20b ・ Lower end of vertical shaft 21 ・ ・ Stirring bar 22 ・ ・ Pulley 30 ・ ・ Driver 31 ・ ・ Pulley 32 ・ ・ Endless belt

Claims (4)

A feather use state confirmation device comprising a cylindrical body arranged upright with a bottomed top plate, a vertical axis that rotates within the cylindrical body, and a drive unit that rotates the vertical axis,
The cylindrical body has a filter made of a perforated panel arranged horizontally in the cylindrical body, and the cylindrical body is divided into an upper space layer and a lower space layer by the filter, and the upper space layer has feathers. It has an opening for charging and discharging,
The vertical axis comprises a plurality of stirring bars extending horizontally in the upper space layer,
Feather use state confirmation device characterized by this.   The feather use state confirmation device according to claim 1, wherein the top board is formed so as to be openable and closable, and becomes an opening for inserting and ejecting feathers when the top board is opened.   The feather use state confirmation device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the stirring rods are arranged so as to intersect sequentially from above.   The feather use state confirmation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a side surface of the cylindrical body is made of a material that can be seen through.

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