JP2009285409A - Mist generator and bathroom air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mist generator efficiently supplying mist to a mist supply object area when it is installed above a desired mist supply object area in a bathroom or the like and used, and is excellent in quietness or the like. <P>SOLUTION: The mist generator MG1 has a plurality of collision wall parts 12 where liquid scattered from a rotor 2 collides, a gap of the plurality of collision wall parts 12 from each other is opened toward the periphery of a housing H1, and the opening part is turned to a mist jetting port 12 for jetting the mist to the outside of the housing H1. By providing all or a part of the plurality of collision wall parts 12 away from the upper part 11a or bottom part 11b of the housing H1, an air outflow opening 19 making air on the inner side than the plurality of collision wall parts 12 flow out to the outer side than the plurality of collision wall parts 12 when the rotor 2 is rotated is formed above or below an area where the plurality of collision wall parts 12 are arranged. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a mist generating device of a type that makes a liquid mist using a rotating rotor, and a bathroom air conditioner equipped with the mist generating device.

  Specific examples of the mist generating device using a rotor include those described in Patent Documents 1 and 2. Each of the mist generating devices described in these documents has a configuration in which a rotatable rotor is accommodated in a housing, and liquid supplied to the housing or toward the rotor is removed by the rotor. It is configured to scatter around. A collision wall is provided around the rotor, and mist is generated when the liquid collides with the collision wall.

  However, in the prior art, there are points to be improved as described below.

  That is, in the mist generating device of Patent Document 1, the mist generated in the housing is not immediately ejected to the outside of the device, but is ejected to the outside of the device after passing through a predetermined flow path formed in the housing. To do. For this reason, most of the mist comes into contact with the wall surface of the housing before it is ejected to the outside of the apparatus to form water droplets. Therefore, the amount of mist ejected is small and it is not suitable for applications where it is desired to increase the amount of mist.

  On the other hand, in Patent Document 2, the mist generated in the housing is immediately ejected toward the upper part of the housing. Compared with Patent Document 1, the amount of mist ejected can be increased. However, in this Patent Document 2, since the mist blowing direction is a direction against gravity, the mist is raised to a high position in the bathroom in a state where the mist generating device described in the document is installed on the floor of the bathroom, for example. It is difficult to efficiently supply a large amount of mist to the entire bathroom or a certain area. The inventors have installed a mist generating device on the ceiling of a bathroom as a measure to improve such a problem, and the mist generated by the mist generating device is directly jetted into the bathroom and then proceeds downward. Inspired to make. However, since the mist generating device blows out toward the upper side of the housing as described above, simply installing this device on the upper part of the bathroom does not efficiently supply the mist to the lower area of the bathroom. Have difficulty.

  Conventionally, there are problems as described above. From the viewpoint of improving the user's comfort when using such a mist generator, the quietness during operation of the mist generator is possible. It is hoped that appropriate security is ensured.

JP 2001-289470 A JP-A-8-182727

  The present invention has been conceived under the circumstances as described above, and when installed and used above a bathroom or other desired mist supply target area, An object of the present invention is to provide a mist generator capable of efficiently supplying mist and having excellent silence and the like, and a bathroom air conditioner equipped with the mist generator.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention takes the following technical means.

  A mist generating device provided by the present invention includes a rotor that is rotatably disposed in a housing and capable of scattering liquid supplied to the housing, and an upper portion and a bottom portion of the housing. A plurality of collision wall portions that are located between and arranged around the rotor in the circumferential direction of the rotor at intervals, and for generating mist by colliding liquid splashed from the rotor; The gap between the plurality of collision wall portions opens toward the periphery of the housing, and the opening portion jets the mist to the outside of the housing. And all or part of the plurality of collision wall portions are provided apart from the top or bottom of the housing. By the above, below the region where the plurality of collision wall portions are arranged, the air on the inner side of the plurality of collision wall portions is more outward than the plurality of collision wall portions when the rotor rotates. An air outflow opening that can flow out toward the side is formed.

  According to such a configuration, the following effects can be obtained.

  First, when the liquid splashed from the rotor collides with the plurality of collision wall portions and mist is generated, the mist passes through the mist outlets as openings of the gaps between the plurality of collision wall portions as they are. Erupted around. For this reason, it is possible to suitably suppress a phenomenon in which a large amount of mist is not ejected due to water droplets in the housing, and the amount of mist ejected around the housing can be increased. When the mist generating device of the present invention is installed above the mist supply target area, most of the mist ejected around the housing can be lowered toward the mist supply target area and efficiently supplied. . Therefore, it is possible to realize that the mist supply target area is filled with many mists with a simple configuration.

  Secondly, in the present invention, effects such as suppression of wind noise when the rotor rotates at high speed and excellent quietness, and stabilization of mist generation and ejection can be obtained. That is, when the rotor is rotated at a high speed, an air flow swirling in the same direction as the rotation direction of the rotor is generated in a region inward of the plurality of collision walls in the housing. When this air flow flows at high speed toward the gaps between the plurality of collision walls, a loud wind noise is generated. On the other hand, in the present invention, a part of the air flow from the air outflow opening provided above or below the region where the plurality of collision wall portions are arranged is located outside the plurality of collision wall portions. It can be made to flow out with little resistance toward the area. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the flow rate of air flowing toward the gap between the plurality of collision walls and the flow velocity thereof, and to reduce the above-described wind noise. Further, since each of the collision walls becomes a resistance to the air flow, there is a possibility that air turbulence may occur in the vicinity thereof, whereas in the present invention, an air flow is generated in the opening for air outflow. In order to enter, the resistance of each collision wall portion to the air flow is also reduced. Therefore, it is possible to make it difficult to generate turbulent flow in the vicinity of each collision wall portion. If the turbulent flow is suppressed, the generation of mist due to this is also suppressed, the mist particle size is made constant, and the mist ejection operation from the mist ejection port is stabilized. As a result, an effect of further increasing the amount of mist ejection can be obtained.

  In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an air inflow port through which external air can flow into the housing is formed in at least one of the top and bottom of the housing.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to increase the amount of air that flows out of the housing through the air outflow opening by positively flowing external air into the housing when the rotor rotates. Therefore, the effects produced by the outflow of air from the air outflow opening, such as suppression of wind noise, are further enhanced.

  In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of collision wall portions include a first collision wall portion whose upper and lower ends are connected to an upper portion and a bottom portion of the housing, and a height higher than that of the first collision wall portion. There is a second collision wall portion having a small dimension, and the upper or lower side of the region where the second collision wall portion is arranged is the air outlet opening.

  According to such a configuration, since the upper part and the bottom part of the housing are connected using the first collision wall part, the upper part, the bottom part, and the plurality of collision wall parts of the housing are integrally formed, and these Manufacturing can be facilitated.

  In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the housing is provided with a mist blocking wall located at a part of the periphery of the plurality of collision wall portions and blocking mist ejected from the mist ejection port. In the periphery of the plurality of collision wall portions, mist is ejected from the region where the mist blocking wall is not provided to the outside of the housing.

According to such a configuration, when the mist generating device is installed near an area where it is not preferable that the mist is blown out of the periphery of the housing, since the mist is not ejected outside the mist blocking wall. In this case, the mist blocking wall only needs to be opposed to the above-described region, which is excellent in practicality. In addition, in the said structure, since a part of mist is interrupted | blocked by the mist blocking wall, compared with the case where a mist blocking wall is not provided, the total amount of mist ejection to the outside reduces. However, in the region where the mist is not blocked by the mist blocking wall, it is possible to increase the amount of mist ejected as described above. Therefore, the above configuration should increase the amount of mist supplied compared to the prior art. It is not contrary to the object of the present invention.
Although details will be described later with reference to FIG. 11, when a mist blocking wall is provided, a peculiar air flow is generated between the mist blocking wall and the plurality of collision wall portions, and the mist ejection amount However, when the air outflow is performed through the air outflow opening, such an effect of suppressing the unevenness of the mist ejection amount can be obtained.

  In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the mist blocking wall is configured as a convex portion provided on at least one of the top and bottom of the housing and projecting toward the other, and the top and bottom of the housing. Are assembled in face-to-face contact with each other at the location where the mist blocking wall is formed.

  According to such a configuration, by using the convex portion provided in the housing, it is easy to assemble the upper portion and the bottom portion of the housing and to form the mist blocking wall.

  In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the side surface portion of the housing is provided with a pair of side surface portions that stand in the vertical height direction of the housing and are connected so as to intersect at a substantially right angle in plan view. The mist blocking wall is provided to prevent mist ejection from the pair of side surface portions.

  According to such a configuration, for example, a mist generating device is installed in the corner of the bathroom (a corner where the two side walls of the bathroom intersect at a substantially right angle), so that the mist is not directly sprayed on the two side walls of the bathroom. It will be suitable for use.

The bathroom air conditioner provided by the second aspect of the present invention is a bathroom air conditioner that is used by being attached to the ceiling or side wall of the bathroom, and is a mist generator provided by the first aspect of the present invention. It is characterized by having a device.
The bathroom air conditioner can be configured such that, for example, the bathroom air can be heated by a heating means such as a heat exchanger and then blown out from the blower opening into the bathroom by a fan.
Preferably, the mist generating device is provided in an arrangement in which mist can be ejected in a region where air is blown from a blower port of a bathroom air conditioner or in the vicinity thereof.

  According to such a configuration, an effect similar to that described for the mist generator provided by the first aspect of the present invention can be obtained. Further, if the mist generator is provided in the bathroom air conditioner, the construction work when the mist generator is installed in the bathroom can be omitted or simplified.

  Other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description of embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.

  1-5 has shown an example of the bathroom air conditioner provided with the mist generator to which this invention was applied, and the structure relevant to this. The bathroom air conditioner A shown in FIG. 1 is configured as a bathroom heater / dryer, and is attached to a ceiling 80 of a bathroom such as a unit bath. A mist generator MG1 is attached to a panel 41 provided at the lower part of the bathroom air conditioner A, and the mist generator MG1 is located at the upper part of the bathroom.

  As clearly shown in FIG. 2, the mist generator MG1 includes a housing H1, a rotor 2, a motor M for driving and rotating the rotor 2, and hot water for generating mist (hot water or non-heated water). A water supply pipe 92 is provided for supply into H1. The water supply pipe 92 is provided with a valve V1 that can turn on / off the water supply or control the flow rate (see FIG. 1).

  The housing H1 is configured by using a housing body 1 whose overall schematic shape is a cup shape with an upper surface opening. The housing main body 1 is attached to the lower surface portion of the panel 41 using a plurality of screw holes 10 provided in the ring-shaped upper portion 11a and screw bodies 90 screwed into these. A part of the panel 41 corresponds to a cover that closes the upper surface opening of the housing body 1 and is a component of the housing H1. When the upper surface opening of the housing body 1 is blocked by the panel 41, the mist is prevented from being ejected above the housing H1. A motor M is mounted on the panel 41 via an appropriate spacer portion 32, and a gap for air circulation is formed between the motor M and the panel 41. The panel 41 is formed with an air inlet 33 that allows the external air that has passed through the gap to flow into the housing H1. The bottom part 11b of the housing H1 forms a liquid storage part 14 capable of storing an appropriate amount of hot water.

  The rotor 2 is supported by the drive shaft 30 of the motor M and accommodated in the housing H1, and includes a disc-shaped rotating plate 20 and a shaft shape for pumping hot water that protrudes downward from the center of the rotating plate 20. Part 21. The shaft-like portion 21 has a conical shape or a truncated cone shape having a larger diameter toward the upper part. When the shaft-shaped portion 21 has such a shape, when the shaft-shaped portion 21 is rotated at a high speed, the hot water stored in the liquid storage portion 14 is filmed along the outer peripheral surface of the shaft-shaped portion 21. It can be raised as a shape. When the hot water rises along the shaft-like portion 21 and is pumped up to the lower surface of the rotating plate 20, the hot water is accelerated from the region near the center of the rotating plate 20 toward the outer periphery by centrifugal force, and the rotating plate 20 Spatter around. Such an action of the rotor 2 itself is the same as the rotor of the apparatus described in Patent Document 1 described above.

  In the vertical direction of the housing H1, a plurality of collision wall portions 12, a plurality of mist jets 13, and an air outlet opening 19 are provided between the upper portion 11a and the bottom portion 11b. The plurality of collision wall portions 12 are portions for causing the water to collide when the rotor 2 rotates and water is scattered from the rotating plate 20 to the periphery thereof, and a mist having a small diameter is appropriately generated by the collision. It is possible. As shown in FIG. 3, the plurality of collision wall portions 12 are in the form of ribs arranged radially at substantially equal intervals around the central axis of the housing H1. The gap between the collision walls 12 adjacent to each other opens directly into the bathroom so as to face in the horizontal direction and downward, and this opening is the mist jet 13. Mist generated when water collides with the plurality of collision wall portions 12 passes through the plurality of mist outlets 13 as it is from the gaps between the plurality of collision wall portions 12 and is ejected around the housing H1.

  2 and 4, among the plurality of collision walls 12, some of the collision walls 12 a (corresponding to an example of the first collision wall in the present invention) The upper and lower ends are integrally connected to the upper part 11a and the bottom part 11b. According to such a configuration, each part of the housing body 1 can be integrally formed, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. On the other hand, the collision wall portion 12b other than the collision wall portion 12a (corresponding to an example of the second collision wall portion in the present invention) has a height hb lower than the height ha of the collision wall portion 12a. The upper end portion of the collision wall portion 12b is separated from the upper portion 11a. Thus, an opening is provided between the region where the plurality of collision wall portions 12b are arranged side by side and the upper portion 11a, and this opening portion serves as an opening portion 19 for air outflow. Preferably, the total number of collision wall portions 12a is reduced (for example, three or four locations) and provided at substantially equal intervals. According to such a configuration, the opening width in the circumferential direction of the opening 19 becomes a relatively large size, the resistance when air flows into the opening 19 is considerably reduced, and the amount of air passing through the opening 19 is increased. can do. Further, it is possible to prevent the opening 19 from being arranged or shaped largely deviated around the rotor 2. The collision wall portion 12a has a structure in which the thickness of the collision wall portion 12a is made larger than that of the other collision wall portions 12b to increase the mechanical strength in order to play a role of connecting the upper portion 11a and the bottom portion 11b. You can also

  A plurality of ribs 15c are provided upright on the bottom 11b of the housing H1 (see also FIG. 5). These ribs 15 c prevent the air around the shaft-shaped portion 21 from becoming turbulent when the rotor 2 rotates, and the hot water in the liquid storage portion 14 is pumped up along the shaft-shaped portion 21. This helps to stabilize the movement that proceeds toward the periphery of the rotating plate 20.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the bathroom air conditioner A includes a case 4, a fan 50, a heat exchanger 51 as a heating unit, and a control unit 7. The case 4 has a lower opening shape that houses the fan 50 and the heat exchanger 51 and is installed on the upper surface side of the ceiling plate 80 of the bathroom. The lower opening of the case 4 is blocked by the panel 41. ing. The panel 41 is provided with an air supply port 41a and a louver 42 having a blower port 41b.

  In the bathroom air conditioner A, when the fan 50 is driven, air is sucked into the case 4 from the air supply port 41 a and the air is heated by the heat exchanger 51. The heat exchanger 51 is configured by using a plurality of finned tubes to which hot water is supplied from a heat source device (not shown) such as a hot water supply device installed outside the bathroom, and the intake air by the fan 50 is used as the intake air. Heated when passing between the plurality of finned tubes. The heated air is guided to the louver 42 and blown out from the air blowing port 41b. The louver 42 can swing and adjust its angle. The flow of air blown out from the air blowing port 41b can be used to efficiently supply the mist blown out from the mist generating device MG1 to a desired region. The control unit 7 is configured using, for example, a microcomputer, and executes operation control of each unit of the bathroom air conditioner A in response to an operation command from an operation remote controller (not shown). The controller 7 also controls the driving of the motor M of the mist generator MG1 and the opening / closing operation of the valve V1.

  Next, the operation of the bathroom air conditioner A provided with the mist generator MG1 will be described.

  First, when operating the mist generator MG1, water supply from the water supply pipe 92 to the liquid storage unit 14 is started, and the motor M is driven to rotate the rotor 2. As described above, a part of the water stored in the liquid storage part 14 rises to the lower surface of the rotating plate 20 along the outer peripheral surface of the shaft-like part 21 by the rotating action of the shaft-like part 21 of the rotor 2. After that, it scatters around it and collides with a plurality of collision walls 12. Due to this collision, a lot of mist is generated in the gaps between the plurality of collision wall portions 12, and the mist passes through the mist outlet 13 as it is and is ejected around the housing H1. Accordingly, it is possible to appropriately suppress the formation of water droplets in the housing H1 without much of the mist generated in the housing H1 being ejected to the outside, thereby increasing the amount of mist ejected. The mist ejected around the housing H1 can then be gradually lowered from the upper part of the bathroom using gravity, but the mist generating device MG1 is utilized by utilizing the air flow blown from the blower port 41a. It can also be actively supplied to areas other than directly below. For this reason, the mist generating device MG1 is preferable for a bather to take a mist shower or to perform a mist sauna bath.

  In the mist generating device MG1, as described below, it is possible to reduce the wind noise during operation to increase the quietness and to stabilize the generation of mist. That is, FIG. 6B shows a comparison with the present invention, and when the rotor 2 rotates, a high-speed air flow as indicated by an arrow N1 around the rotor 2 rotates in the same direction as the rotation direction of the rotor 2. To occur. As a part of the high-speed air flow flows into the gaps between the plurality of collision wall portions 12 as indicated by an arrow N2, wind noise is generated. On the other hand, in the mist generating device MG1 shown in FIG. 5A, in addition to the air flow shown by the arrows N1 and N2, the air flow shown by the arrow N3 is further generated. As shown in FIG. 2, the air flow indicated by the arrow N3 is an air flow in which the air in the housing H1 flows out through the air outlet opening 19, and when this air flow occurs, the arrow N2 The volume of air flow is reduced. Since the gaps between the plurality of collision walls 12 and the opening 19 are in direct communication, the volume of the air flow indicated by the arrow N2 is more accurately reduced. As a result, the wind noise described above is reduced.

  Further, since the plurality of collision wall portions 12 provide resistance to the air flow indicated by the arrow N2, in the comparison shown in FIG. 6B, turbulent air flow is likely to occur in the vicinity of the plurality of collision wall portions 12. . Such a turbulent flow makes the generation of mist unstable and causes a large variation in the particle diameter of the mist. On the other hand, in the mist generating device MG1, the volume of the air flow indicated by the arrow N2 is reduced due to the generation of the air flow indicated by the arrow N3. The above-described turbulence is less likely to occur. Therefore, mist can be generated stably and the particle size of the mist can be made uniform.

  7 to 12 show other embodiments of the present invention. In FIG. 7 and subsequent figures, the same or similar elements as those in the above embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  In the mist generator MG2 shown in FIG. 7 to FIG. 10, the housing H2 is constructed by assembling a substantially flat cover body 11c on the upper side of the housing main body 1A. The cover body 11c corresponds to the upper part of the housing H2, and corresponds to a specific example of the upper part of the housing in the present invention. The cover body 11c supports the motor M and has an air inlet 33 as in the previous embodiment. The housing main body 1A has a bottom portion 11d that forms a liquid storage portion 14, and a plurality of collision wall portions 12A are provided upright on the upper surface of the peripheral portion of the bottom portion 11d. Each collision wall portion 12A is formed at a height that does not reach the lower surface of the cover body 11c, and a gap is formed between the upper end of each collision wall portion 12A and the cover body 11c. Thus, an air outflow opening 19A is formed above a region where the plurality of collision wall portions 12A are provided side by side. The plurality of collision wall portions 12A are arranged at substantially equal intervals around the entire circumference of the rotary plate 20 of the rotor 2 in the same manner as the collision wall portion 12 of the previous embodiment. The outward opening of the gap is the mist jet 13A.

  As clearly shown in FIG. 9, a mist blocking wall 18 is provided in the housing H2. The mist blocking wall 18 is configured as an upward convex portion provided in a substantially L shape in plan view so as to be located at a part of the periphery of the plurality of collision wall portions 12A in the upper surface portion of the housing body 1A. The mist ejected from the mist ejection port 13A facing the mist shielding wall 18 is blocked. When the mist hits the mist blocking wall 18, water droplets are formed. The water thus generated flows into the liquid storage portion 14 of the bottom portion 11b and is reused for mist generation. A cover body 11c is placed on the upper surface of the mist blocking wall 18, and the cover body 11c and the housing body 1A are screwed to each other at this portion.

  As side surfaces of the housing H2, a side surface portion 17a having an arc shape in plan view and a pair of substantially planar side surface portions 17b are formed. A part of the side surface portion 17a is opened to enable mist ejection from the mist ejection port 13A to the outside of the housing H2. On the other hand, the pair of side surface portions 17b are side surface portions in which mist ejection is blocked by the mist blocking wall 18, and both stand up in the vertical height direction of the housing H2 and intersect substantially at right angles in plan view. (See FIG. 10).

  In the mist generating apparatus MG2 of the present embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, the two wall surfaces 95 and 96 are preferably used by being attached to a corner portion of a bathroom having a substantially right angle. At the time of attachment, the pair of side surface portions 17 b are made to face the wall surfaces 95 and 96. As a result, the entire mist generating device MG2 can be arranged in the corner portion in a fashionable manner so that mist is not sprayed on the wall surfaces 95 and 96. Of course, mist can be appropriately jetted to the front area of the side surface portion 17a. In the present embodiment, compared with the mist generating device MG1 described above, although the total amount of mist ejection is reduced, a large amount of mist can be ejected from the plurality of mist ejection ports 13A located at the opening portion of the side surface portion 17a. Since this is possible, it is possible to prevent a shortage in the total amount of mist ejection.

The mist blocking wall 18 becomes a factor that causes a bias in the distribution of the amount of mist ejected. However, such a bias is alleviated in the mist generator MG2 as described below.
That is, in the comparison shown in FIG. 11B, an air flow as shown by an arrow N4 is generated between the plurality of collision wall portions 12A and the mist blocking wall 18. This is because the air located between the plurality of collision wall portions 12A and the mist blocking wall 18 is strongly influenced by the rotation of the rotor 2 and has a flow similar to the air flow indicated by the arrow N1. When an air flow as shown by the arrow N4 is generated and flows out of the housing, the peripheral mist is attracted by the negative pressure action in this region, resulting in a phenomenon that the mist is biased in some regions. On the other hand, in the mist generator MG2 of the present embodiment, as indicated by the arrow N3 ′ in FIG. 5A, the air in the housing H2 flows out from the opening portion 19A for air outflow. The volume of the air flow indicated by the arrow N4 shown in FIG. As a result, the mist can be ejected in a substantially uniform amount to the front area of the side surface portion 17a.

  In the mist generating device MG3 shown in FIG. 12, a plurality of collision wall portions 12A protrude downward from the cover body 11c of the housing H3, and their lower end portions are separated from the bottom portion 11d of the housing H3. Thus, the air outlet opening 19B is formed below the region where the plurality of collision wall portions 12A are arranged. In addition, one or a plurality of cylindrical portions 15a are formed upright on the bottom portion 11d, and an air inlet 15 through which a through hole of the cylindrical portion 15a allows external air to flow into the lower region of the rotating plate 20 and It has become.

  Also in the present embodiment, when the rotor 2 is rotated, the air in the housing H3 can be discharged to the outside from the air outflow opening 19B. Therefore, the volume and speed of the airflow generated around the rotor 2 can be reduced. The same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained. In addition, air existing below the rotating plate 20 travels to the air outlet opening 19B, but external air smoothly flows from the air inlet 15 to the lower region of the rotating plate 20. Supplied. Accordingly, it is possible to ensure a sufficient amount of air passing through the opening portion 19B for air outflow while preventing the turbulent air flow from being generated as much as possible around the rotor 2. As understood from this embodiment and the above-described embodiments, the air outlet opening may be formed on either the upper side or the lower side of the plurality of collision walls.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. The specific configuration of each part of the mist generator according to the present invention and the bathroom air conditioner provided with the mist generator can be varied in design in various ways.

  For example, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, the upper surface opening of the housing body 1 is closed using the panel 41 of the bathroom air conditioner. For example, the part may be closed using a member such as the cover body 11c shown in the embodiment in FIG. It is desirable that the opening for air outflow in the present invention has a large opening width in the circumferential direction and an opening width in the vertical height direction so that resistance when air flows into the opening is as small as possible. However, these specific sizes are not particularly limited.

  As the rotor of the mist generating device, for example, a rotor in which a pipe-like shaft-like portion projects from the lower part of the rotating plate can be used instead of the one shown in the above-described embodiment. During the rotation of the rotor having such a configuration, among the liquid stored on the bottom of the housing, the liquid existing inside the pipe-shaped shaft-like portion is raised by centrifugal force to be pumped up to the upper surface of the rotating plate. Then, it is possible to scatter this liquid around the rotating plate. Further, as an aspect in the case of supplying the liquid to the rotor, the liquid can be directly supplied onto the upper surface of the rotating plate, and the liquid can be directly scattered around the rotor by centrifugal force. The collision wall portion does not necessarily have a rib shape with a constant thickness, and the thickness can be non-uniform. Moreover, it can also be made into the shape bent in planar view etc. From the viewpoint of increasing the amount of mist ejection, it is preferable to provide the collision wall and the mist ejection port over the entire circumference of the rotor, but do not provide them in some areas. It can also be set as the structure by which mist ejection from was prevented. When a mist blocking wall is provided in a part of the periphery of the plurality of collision wall portions, the mist blocking wall may have a shape other than a substantially L shape in plan view (for example, a simple linear shape or an arc shape). it can.

  The mist generating apparatus according to the present invention can be provided in a so-called wall-mounted bathroom air conditioner that is attached to the side wall of a bathroom, for example, instead of the ceiling-mounted bathroom air conditioner as shown in FIG. In contrast to this, the mist generating device can be directly attached to the ceiling of the bathroom or the like and can be used alone regardless of the presence or absence of the bathroom air conditioner. The mist generating apparatus according to the present invention is suitable for mist generation use in a bathroom (including a shower room), but is installed in a place other than this to spray water or liquid other than hot water (for example, humidification use, It can also be used for spraying liquids such as chemicals and for the purpose of negative ion effects accompanying mist generation.

It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows an example of the bathroom air conditioner provided with the mist generating apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is principal part sectional drawing of the mist generator shown by FIG. FIG. 3 is a plan cross-sectional view of the principal part of III-III in FIG. 2. It is a side view of the housing main body used with the mist generator shown by FIG. FIG. 3 is a plan view of a housing body used in the mist generating device shown in FIG. 2. (A) is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the mist generator shown in FIG. 2, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows contrast with it. It is sectional drawing which shows the other example of the mist generator which concerns on this invention. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the mist generating device shown in FIG. 7. FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 8. It is a top view of the mist generator shown by FIG. (A) is action explanatory drawing of the mist generating apparatus shown by FIG. 7, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows contrast with it. It is sectional drawing which shows the other example of the mist generator which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

A Bathroom air conditioner MG1-MG3 Mist generator H1-H3 Housing (of mist generator)
1,1A Housing body 2 Upper part of rotor 11a (of housing)
11b Bottom (housing)
11c Cover body (upper part of housing)
11d bottom (housing)
12, 12A Collision wall portion 13, 13A Mist outlet 15 Air inflow port 18 Mist blocking wall 19, 19A, 19B Air outflow opening 33 Air inflow port

Claims (7)

A rotor that is rotatably arranged in the housing and capable of scattering the liquid supplied in the housing to the surroundings;
The mist is generated by colliding liquid splashed from the rotor, which is located between the top and bottom of the housing and is arranged around the rotor in the circumferential direction of the rotor with a space therebetween. A plurality of impact walls for,
A mist generating device comprising:
The gaps between the plurality of collision walls are opened toward the periphery of the housing, and the opening is a mist outlet for ejecting the mist to the outside of the housing.
Since all or part of the plurality of collision wall portions are provided apart from the upper or bottom portion of the housing, the rotor is disposed above or below the region where the plurality of collision wall portions are arranged. An air outflow opening is formed so that air on the inner side than the plurality of collision wall portions can flow out toward the outer side from the plurality of collision wall portions during rotation. A mist generator characterized by.   The mist generator according to claim 1, wherein an air inflow port through which external air can flow into the housing is formed in at least one of an upper part and a bottom part of the housing. As the plurality of collision wall portions, a first collision wall portion whose upper and lower ends are connected to an upper portion and a bottom portion of the housing, and a second collision wall portion whose vertical height dimension is smaller than that of the first collision wall portion. And
3. The mist generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an upper portion or a lower portion of a region where the second collision wall portions are arranged is the air outflow opening. 4. The housing is provided with a mist blocking wall that is located in a part of the periphery of the plurality of collision wall portions and blocks mist ejected from the mist ejection port,
The mist generation according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a mist is ejected from a region around the plurality of collision walls not provided with the mist blocking wall to the outside of the housing. apparatus. The mist blocking wall is configured as a convex portion provided on at least one of the top and bottom of the housing and projecting toward the other,
The mist generating device according to claim 4, wherein the upper portion and the bottom portion of the housing are assembled in face-to-face contact with each other at a location where the mist blocking wall is formed. The side surfaces of the housing are provided with a pair of side surfaces that stand in the vertical height direction of the housing and are connected so as to intersect at a substantially right angle in a plan view.
The mist generating apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the mist blocking wall is provided so as to prevent mist ejection from the pair of side surface portions. A bathroom air conditioner used by being attached to a ceiling or side wall of a bathroom,
A bathroom air conditioner comprising the mist generator according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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