JP2010148747A - Dispensing device and liquid vaporizer equipped with the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dispensing device which can prevent a volatile liquid permeating a porous impregnation body from leaking out when a container body is heated due to the temperature variation of an external environment. <P>SOLUTION: A holder 19 is fitted into an opening in the top end of the container body 18 and the porous impregnation body 20 is held in a holding recess 19a formed in the upper part of the holder 19. The upper end part of a porous wick 21 is inserted into the communicating hole 19c formed in the central part of the holder 19 and the insertion hole 20a formed in the central part of the porous impregnation body 20. The lower part of the porous wick 21 is made to enter a perfume K stored in the inside of the container body 18. The recess 19d, which makes the upper part space R communicate with the atmosphere side of the container body 18, a communicating path 19f, and a channel 19e are formed in a part to the circumference of the holder 19. A porous non-leakage body 22 which air permeates and the perfume K permeates, is fitted into the communicating path 19f. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a distribution device that distributes a volatile liquid and a liquid volatilization apparatus including the distribution device. More specifically, when the distribution device is heated, the liquid stored in the container body of the distribution device is reduced. The present invention relates to a distribution device capable of preventing leakage to the outside and a liquid volatilization apparatus including the distribution device.

  The thing disclosed by patent document 1 is proposed as a conventional fragrance | flavor container. This perfume container contains aromatic liquid inside the container body, and is attached so as to penetrate the porous wick vertically from the upper end opening of the container body. The fragrance container sucks up the aromatic liquid and exposes it to the outside. The fragrance was volatilized from the surface of the wick.

On the other hand, the applicant of the present application has developed an aroma generator as shown in FIG. In this generator, a fragrance container 82 is accommodated in an accommodation hole 81 a of a holder 81, and a fan holder 83 is detachably attached to a screw cylinder 81 b formed on the upper surface of the holder 81. A discharge fan 84 is attached to the fan holder 83. A rotating motor 85 is mounted. The fragrance container 82 includes a container 86, a fixed valve plate 87 having a valve hole 87a bonded to the upper end opening edge of the container 86, and a movable valve plate 88 bonded to the fixed valve plate 87 so as to be opened and closed. Yes. When the fan 84 is rotated by the motor 85, the movable valve plate 88 is elastically deformed and opened by the air flow, and the liquid fragrance K accommodated in the container 86 is aired from the valve hole 87a. Is sent to generate fragrance and is released into the room through a hole 89 formed in the upper part of the fan holder 83.
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  However, in the former fragrance container, when the air in the upper space inside the container body is heated when the outside air temperature is high, for example, in summer, the fragrance liquid impregnated in the porous wick by the air is heated. There was a problem of leaking outside. In particular, when the container body is in a rollover state, there is a problem that the leakage of the aromatic liquid becomes remarkable.

  On the other hand, the latter fragrance generating device opens the movable valve plate 88 by blowing air onto the movable valve plate 88 of the fragrance container 82 by the fan 84. For this reason, since the movable valve plate 88 is not opened unless the capacity of the motor 85 is increased, there is a problem that the fragrance generating device cannot be reduced in size. The movable valve plate 88 of the fragrance container 82 is movable with respect to the fixed valve plate 87 so that the fragrance K does not leak from the container 82 when the container 82 is stored or transported alone. The valve plate 88 must be brought into contact with the proper elastic force. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the capacity of the motor 85 in order to open the movable valve plate 88, and it is impossible to reduce the size of the aroma generator.

  The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art and to leak out the volatile liquid impregnated in the porous impregnated body when the container body is heated by the temperature change of the external environment. An object of the present invention is to provide a distribution device that can prevent the above-described problem.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a liquid volatilization apparatus that can reduce the size of a product and can save energy in consideration of the environment.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention described in claim 1 is characterized in that a porous impregnated body impregnating the liquid is impregnated into an upper end opening of a bottomed cylindrical container main body for containing a volatile liquid. Inserted into the inner end of the porous impregnated body is provided with a porous wick that draws the liquid in the container body by capillary action and flows into the porous impregnated body, and the air in the inner space of the container main body is thermally expanded. In this case, the gist is provided with expansion air discharge means for discharging the expansion air to the outside and preventing leakage of the liquid.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the expansion air discharging means is provided with a function of preventing the liquid in the container body from leaking to the outside when the container body is in a rollover state. It is a summary.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, the expansion air discharge means is formed of a porous non-leakage body having a function of allowing air to permeate to the outside and preventing liquid leakage. The gist.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, a holder for accommodating the porous impregnated body is fitted into the opening of the container main body, and the holder includes an interior of the container main body. A communication hole that communicates with the outside is provided, and the expansion air discharging means is provided in the communication hole.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device housing case for housing the distribution device according to any one of the first to fourth embodiments, and a device mounted on the device housing case and air on the surface of the porous impregnated body. The gist of the present invention is that it is provided with an air spraying means capable of spraying.

  The invention described in claim 6 is the device storage case according to claim 5, wherein the device storage case stores a plurality of types of distribution devices that individually store a plurality of types of fragrance liquids, and the air blowing means includes the device storage A fan housing case attached to the case, and a motor and a fan for volatilizing the fragrance by blowing air onto the surface of the porous impregnated body of each distribution device so as to correspond to each of the distribution devices with respect to the fan storage case And a motor control means for individually controlling the motor of each of the blower fans.

  The gist of a seventh aspect of the present invention is that, in the sixth aspect, a housing having a blending chamber for blending volatile components of a plurality of kinds of fragrances discharged from the respective dispensing devices is provided.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to claim 6 or 7, wherein each of the distribution devices is accommodated such that an upper end surface thereof is flush with an accommodation hole of the device accommodation case, and each of the blower fans is accommodated in a fan. An air passage for supplying air from the fan to the distribution device is formed in the fan housing chamber of the case, and the fan housing case is configured to be removable from the device housing case. It is a summary.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the motor control means is based on perfume pattern data relating to a combination of a plurality of kinds of perfumes and a blend ratio of each combined liquid. The gist of the invention is that it has a function of individually controlling the on / off control of each motor and the rotation of each motor.

  The gist of a tenth aspect of the present invention is that, in the ninth aspect, the motor control means is configured to receive perfume pattern data created by a personal computer or a mobile phone.

  According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the tenth aspect, the computer or the mobile phone is provided with a function of downloading the fragrance pattern data stored in the provider's blending database via the Internet. The gist.

  According to the invention of the distribution device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, when the air in the upper space of the container main body is thermally expanded due to the temperature change of the external environment, the expansion air discharging means As a result, the expanded air is discharged to the outside. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the volatile liquid impregnated in the porous impregnated body from leaking out.

  According to the invention of the liquid volatilization apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 11, the capacity of the air blowing means for blowing air to the porous impregnated body of the distribution device is reduced, and the operation with a small motor becomes possible. Further, the liquid volatilization apparatus can be reduced in size.

Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the distribution device of the present invention is embodied in a perfume container and the liquid volatilization apparatus is embodied as an aroma generating apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the lower unit 12 and the upper unit 13 of the fragrance generating device 11 are configured to be opened and closed by a hinge 14. The lower unit 12 is formed of a synthetic resin such as ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) resin and has a bottomed cylindrical housing case 15 for housing a battery (not shown), and an upper opening of the housing case 15. A container housing case 16 detachably fitted to the edge and a plurality (six in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7) of housing holes 16a formed in the container housing case 16 are detachably housed. And a plurality of perfume containers 17 formed.

Next, each said fragrance | flavor container 17 is demonstrated based on FIGS.
A synthetic resin holder 19 is detachably attached to the upper end opening 18 a of the glass or resin container body 18, and a porous impregnated body 20 is accommodated in an accommodation recess 19 a formed in the upper part of the holder 19. Contained. A stepped portion 19 b for positioning the holder 19 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the holder 19 so as to contact the upper end opening edge of the container body 18. A communication hole 19 c is formed at the center of the holder 19 to communicate with the housing recess 19 a and the upper space R of the container body 18. The upper portion of the porous wick 21 is inserted into the communication hole 19c, and the upper end portion of the porous wick 21 is inserted into an insertion hole 20a formed at the center of the porous impregnated body 20. The porous wick 21 sucks upward the liquid fragrance K stored in the container body 18 by capillary action so that the porous impregnated body 20 is impregnated.

  A donut-shaped recess 19d is formed on the lower surface of the holder 19, and a plurality of grooves 19e extending in the vertical direction are formed on the cylindrical inner peripheral surface of the housing recess 19a. In this embodiment, the groove 19e is formed at three positions at an equal pitch as shown in FIG. The recess 19d and the grooves 19e are communicated with each other through a communication path 19f. The upper space R of the container body 18 and the outside are communicated with each other by the recess 19d, the communication path 19f, and the groove 19e. A mounting seat 19g such as a valve seat is formed on the lower inner peripheral surface of each communication passage 19f. Each mounting seat 19g accommodates a porous non-leakage body 22 having a function as an inflation air discharge means and a function of preventing leakage of the fragrance K in the container body 18. The porous non-leak body 22 has a large number of capillary pores that discharge the air in the upper space R of the container body 18 to the outside through the communication passage 19f and the groove 19e. The pores of the porous non-leak body 22 are set so that the fragrance K does not penetrate into the porous non-leak body 22 even when the liquid fragrance K in the container body 18 is contacted. The perfume K is prevented from leaking to the outside by the porous non-leak body 22. As the porous non-leakage 22, a material that does not leak to the outside even when the perfume K permeates may be used.

  As a material of the porous impregnated body 20, a trade name fiber rod manufactured by Asahi Textile Industry Co., Ltd. is used in this embodiment. This fiber rod has innumerable pores that suck up the fragrance and has a thin and cohesive string-like capillary structure. This fiber rod has a structure in which approximately 21 μm of string-like fibers are bundled, and approximately 75% are voids. Further, as a material constituting the porous wick 21, a product name, VH-900, manufactured by Asahi Kasei Chemicals Co., Ltd. is used, and its structure is a capillary-like structure with a porous shape. The average pore diameter of the pores of the porous wick 21 is set to approximately 25 μm, and the porosity is set to 42%. Furthermore, the material which comprises the said porous non-leak body 22 uses the silicon made by Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. Instead of this silicon, a porous sponge structure manufactured by INOAC Corporation, ie, a high-functional foam (product symbol: SAQ) and a malt filter (product symbol CFS) are used. The number of cells of the malt filter (pieces / 25 mm) is 68 ± 8 pieces / 25 mm. Moreover, the average pore diameter of the cell of this malt filter is set in the range of 250 μm to 500 μm.

  In the state where the fragrance container 17 is stored alone, when the outside air temperature rises and the temperature of the air in the upper space R of the container body 18 rises and the air expands, the expanded air becomes the recess 19d and the porous It is discharged to the outside through the pores of the non-leakage body 22, the communication passage 19f and the groove 19e. For this reason, the expanded air in the upper space R of the container body 18 does not enter the pores of the porous impregnated body 20, and leakage of the fragrance K impregnated in the porous impregnated body 20 is prevented.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 4, when the fragrance container 17 is in a rollover state, the communication passage 19f is provided at three locations, so that one of the three communication passages 19f is connected to the space Ra above the container body 18. Therefore, the air in the space Ra is discharged to the outside through the porous non-leak body 22. Further, since the porous non-leakage body 22 accommodated in the two communication passages 19f located below the liquid surface of the fragrance K does not have a function of permeating the fragrance K, the fragrance K is transferred from the inside of the container body 18 to the outside. There is no leakage.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a guide portion 19 h is formed on the upper outer peripheral surface of the holder 19. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the fragrance volatilized from the fragrance K impregnated in the porous impregnated body 20 in a state where the fragrance container 17 is accommodated in the accommodation hole 16 a of the container accommodation case 16 in the horizontal direction. It is designed to guide you. Further, in order to properly set a plurality of kinds of perfume containers 17 at predetermined positions, protrusions 19i are formed at two positions, and the protrusions 19i are engaged with engaging recesses 16b formed on the upper surface of the container housing case 16. Are combined. In FIG. 7, the forming angles of the two engaging recesses 16b are the same in any of the receiving holes 16a, but the forming angles of the projections 19i and the engaging recesses 16b are made different or the shapes are made different. It is desirable that different types of perfume containers 17 are properly set at predetermined positions.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the state where the fragrance container 17 is accommodated in the accommodation hole 16a of the container accommodation case 16, in order to confirm the storage amount of the fragrance K stored inside the fragrance container 17, An opening 16 e is formed in the container housing case 16.

Next, the configuration of the upper unit 13 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 5, the upper unit 13 has a fan housing made of a synthetic resin such as an ABS resin that is rotatably connected to the upper outer peripheral surface of the container housing case 16 of the lower unit 12 by the hinge 14. As shown in FIG. 6, the case 24 includes a covered cylindrical housing 25 that is detachably fitted and fixed to the outer peripheral edge 24 a of the upper end of the case 24.

  As shown in FIG. 9, a plurality of fan storage chambers 24b having a rectangular shape in plan view are formed on the upper surface of the fan storage case 24 at a predetermined depth and at an equal pitch in the circumferential direction of the fan storage case 24. It is formed so as to correspond to each fragrance container 17 accommodated in the accommodation hole 16 a of the accommodation case 16. As shown in FIG. 6, a cylindrical air passage 24c is formed in the bottom surface of each fan accommodating chamber 24b so as to penetrate downward. Each fan accommodating chamber 24b accommodates first to sixth blower fans 27A to 27F as air blowing means. Since the first to sixth blowing fans 27A to 27F are all configured in the same manner, the first blowing fan 27A will be described with reference to FIG. The first blower fan 27 </ b> A is configured by fixing a motor 29 to the lower surface of a lid portion 28 a of a covered rectangular tubular housing 28 and connecting a fan 30 to the lower end portion of the rotating shaft of the motor 29. A vent hole 28b is formed in the lid portion 28a so as to penetrate vertically. When the fan 30 is rotated by the motor 29, air is sent from above the housing 28 into the air passage 24c through the vent hole 28b. The fragrance K impregnated in the porous impregnated body 20 is blown from the lower end opening of the air passage 24c to the porous impregnated body 20 of the fragrance container 17 so that aroma is generated.

  As shown in FIG. 6, a support bar 31 is vertically penetrated through the center of the fan housing case 24, and a sleeve 32 is fitted and fixed to the lower end of the support bar 31. A disc-shaped valve plate 33 is fitted to the outer peripheral surface so as to be rotatable about the support rod 31. The sleeve 32 is provided with a locking member 34 made of a leaf spring by a bolt (not shown). A taber-like engagement hole 16c for allowing the engagement fitting 34 to enter is formed at the center of the container housing case 16, and a latch step 16d formed at the lower end edge of the engagement hole 16c. The container housing case 16 and the fan housing case 24 are held in a joined state by locking the locking protrusion 34 a formed on the locking metal fitting 34. As shown in FIG. 6, when the upper unit 13 is opened from the lower unit 12 in the closed state in which the upper unit 13 is joined to the lower unit 12, the lower unit 12 is held with one hand. At the same time, when the upper unit 13 is held with the other hand and the upper unit 13 is rotated clockwise about the hinge 14, the locking projection 34a of the locking bracket 34 is detached from the locking step 16d. Thus, the upper unit 13 is switched to the open state.

  The valve plate 33 shown in FIG. 8 is accommodated in an accommodation recess 24d formed in the lower surface of the fan accommodation case 24 as shown in FIG. In the valve plate 33, as shown in FIG. 8, the long communication holes 33a are formed radially so as to correspond to the air passages 24c. On the outer peripheral surface of the valve plate 33, a knob 33b for rotating operation is integrally formed, and the knob 33b protrudes from the outer peripheral surface of the fan housing case 24 to the outside as shown in FIG. When the valve plate 33 is rotated by operating the knob 33b, the communication hole 33a is formed between the valve opening position where the communication hole 33a communicates with the air passage 24c and each communication hole 33a as shown in FIG. The closing portion 33c can be switched between a valve closing position for closing the air passage 24c. And when not in use, the valve plate 33 is placed in the closed position so as to block the fragrance and the external air, thereby preventing the natural volatilization of the fragrance.

  The fan housing case 24 is formed with a discharge passage 24e for discharging the fragrance volatilized from the porous impregnated body 20 together with air through the communication hole 33a of the valve plate 33, and the discharge passage 24e allows the fragrance to be discharged into the fan. It is guided to the outside of the housing case 24. Each discharge passage 24e communicates with a nozzle portion 24f formed integrally on the upper surface of the fan housing case 24. An air pipe 35 is connected to each nozzle portion 24f as shown in FIG. A discharge nozzle 36 having a blend chamber B for blending various fragrances is fitted into the mounting hole 25a formed in the center of the lid portion of the housing 25. An upper end portion of each air pipe 35 is disposed in the vicinity of the blend chamber B.

  Next, by controlling the on / off control of each motor 29 and the rotation of each motor 29 of the first to sixth blower fans 27A to 27F of the fragrance generating apparatus 11 configured as described above, a plurality of types of fragrances are prepared. The motor control means that can control the blend amount of the above will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 10, a drive circuit 37 is connected to each motor 29 of the fragrance generating device 11, and each drive circuit 37 has a lead wire having a plug 38 a for supplying current to each motor 29. 38 is connected. The aroma generating device 11 is provided with a control device 40 for controlling the operation of each motor 29. The control device 40 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 41 and a read only memory (ROM) 42 and a random access memory (RAM) 43. The control device 40 outputs a control signal related to the perfume operation to each drive circuit 37 via a signal line 44. Various data such as incense pattern data is stored in the storage medium such as the RAM 43 or the hard disk. The ROM 42 stores software for executing a program for outputting a control signal to each drive circuit 37 based on the fragrance pattern data stored in the RAM 43. Various data such as incense pattern data are externally taken into the storage medium such as the RAM 43. The various data input means will be described below.

  A display device 46 and an operation panel 47 are connected to the personal computer 45 shown in FIG. Further, the personal computer 45 has a function capable of connecting to a provider 49 that provides various data such as incense pattern data via the Internet 48. The personal computer 45 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 50, a read only memory (ROM) 51, and a random access memory (RAM) 52. Various data such as incense pattern data is downloaded from the provider 49 and stored in a storage medium such as the RAM 52. In the ROM 51, desired incense pattern data will be described later by viewing the display screen of the display device 46 by operating the operation panel 47 using various incense pattern data stored in the storage medium. Software storing programs that can be selected and set is stored. The personal computer 45 is provided with a receptacle 53, while the control device 40 is also provided with a receptacle 54. A plug 56 connected to a USB cable 55 is connected to the receptacles 53 and 54. With this USB cable 55, the incense pattern data created from the personal computer 45 can be transmitted to the control device 40.

  As shown in FIG. 6, a support plate 60 is horizontally mounted inside the housing 25 so as to surround the air pipe 35. Various types of control devices shown in FIG. 10 are mounted on the support plate 60, although not shown. The control device 40 shown in FIG. 10 is connected to a power switch SW for turning on / off the power, and the power switch SW is exposed on the upper surface of the housing 25 in FIG. The control device 40 shown in FIG. 10 is connected to selection buttons 57A to 57C that can select any one of three kinds of fragrance patterns. Then, by turning on any one of the selection buttons 57A to 57C, the fragrance can be blended based on the predetermined fragrance pattern data. As shown in FIG. 5, the selection buttons 57 </ b> A to 57 </ b> C are supported by the support plate 60 and exposed at the upper portion of the housing 25.

Next, the operation of the fragrance generator 11 and the motor control means configured as described above will be described.
Different types of perfume K are accommodated in the six perfume containers 17 shown in FIGS. 7 and 9. In this embodiment, for example, angelica, benzoin, ylang ylang, orange, jasmine, and lavender are used as the perfume K.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the fragrance containers 17 storing different kinds of fragrances K are accommodated in six accommodation holes 16 a of the container accommodation case 16 of the lower unit 12 (see FIG. 7). In the state where the housing 25 is joined to the upper end edge of the housing case 15 of the lower unit 12 and the valve plate 33 is held in the open position where the air passage 24c is opened, the indoor situation among the six kinds of fragrances K, the user's The user operates the operation panel 47 of the personal computer 45 shown in FIG. 10 in accordance with various conditions such as the psychological state or the presence / absence of a visitor, thereby selecting and selecting a plurality of fragrances K to be blended. The blend ratio of the fragrances of the plurality of fragrances K is set. The selection of these fragrances K and the selection / setting operation of the fragrance blend ratio of the selected fragrance K are selected from a variety of fragrance combinations prepared and the fragrance pattern data relating to the fragrance blend ratio of each fragrance. The Specifically, by operating the operation panel 47, the fragrance pattern data is downloaded from the provider 49 via the Internet 48 and recorded on the recording medium of the personal computer 45. Next, a variety of fragrance pattern data is displayed on the display screen 46 a of the display device 46. For example, FIG. 11 shows an example of this incense pattern.

  As shown in FIG. 11, in the state where the list of incense patterns is displayed on the display screen 46a, for example, the pattern 1 is selected from the five types of patterns 1 to 5 by clicking the pattern selection icon S1. Thereby, the kind and blend ratio of the fragrance | flavor K blended are set. The fragrance blend ratio is set by controlling the rotation speed of the fan 30 by changing the voltage or current of each motor 29, or by controlling the operation time within the reference time of the motor 29. The operation time control of the motor 29 is performed, for example, by changing and setting how many seconds the motor 29 is operated on the basis of one minute.

  Next, by operating the operation panel 47 and clicking the operation time setting icon S2 displayed on the display screen 46a, the operation time of the aroma generating device 11 is set to a predetermined time (for example, 3 hours).

  After the selection / setting operation is completed, when the start switch S3 provided on the display screen 46a is clicked, the perfume selected in the RAM 43 of the control device 40 from the personal computer 45 via the USB cable 55. Data (pattern 1) is transferred. As a result, various control signals are transmitted from the control device 40 to the drive circuit 37 based on the fragrance data (pattern 1), thereby the first selected from the first to sixth blowing fans 27A to 27F. The first, third, and fourth blower fans 27A, 27C, and 27D are operated, and the blower fans are rotated at a predetermined rotation speed based on the fragrance blend ratio (50:30:20). As a result, three types of fragrance are supplied from the inside of the container body 18 of the selected first, third, and fourth fragrance containers 17 to the inside of the housing 25, and the fragrance blended inside the housing 25 is discharged from the discharge nozzle. 36 is discharged into the room.

  Further, when the fragrance generating device 11 is used alone, the USB cable 55 is disconnected from the receptacle 54, the power switch SW shown in FIG. 5 is turned on, and one of the selection buttons 57A to 57C is selected. Turn on. Then, predetermined fragrance pattern data corresponding to the selected button is read from the storage medium (RAM 43), and based on this, the fans 30 corresponding to the plurality of types of fragrance containers 17 are rotated, and fragrance is obtained. Blended and discharged from the discharge nozzle 36 to the outside.

According to the fragrance container 17 and the fragrance generating device 11 of the above embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) In the above embodiment, the holder 19 is attached to the upper end opening of the container body 18 of the fragrance container 17, and the porous impregnated body 20 is fitted into the accommodating recess 19 a of the holder 19. A porous wick 21 was connected. And since the fragrance | flavor K stored in the inside of the said container main body 18 was sucked up by the porous wick 21, and it was made to supply to the said porous impregnation body 20, as shown in FIG. The air flow generated by the fan 30 can be blown to volatilize the fragrance K to generate fragrance. For this reason, since an air flow should just be made to act on the surface of the porous impregnation body 20, the motor 29 for volatilizing the fragrance | flavor K can be reduced in capacity, and size reduction of the fragrance generator 11 can be achieved.

  (2) In the above embodiment, the holder 19 mounted on the holder 19 mounted on the upper portion of the container body 18 of the fragrance container 17 is provided with the recess 19d, the groove 19e and the communication path 19f, and the mounting seat 19g is not porous. A leaking body 22 was disposed. For this reason, when the container body 18 is heated by a change in the external environment temperature and the air in the upper space R of the container body 18 expands, the expanded air is discharged to the outside through the pores of the porous non-leak body 22. The Therefore, the expanded air does not enter the inside of the porous impregnated body 20 through the pores of the porous wick 21, and the liquid fragrance K impregnated in the porous impregnated body 20 is not in the porous impregnated body 20. Leakage to the surface can be prevented.

  (3) In the said embodiment, since the said porous non-leakage body 22 was used, as shown in FIG. 4, the fragrance | flavor K accommodated in the inside of the container main body 18 leaks outside when the container main body 18 rolls over. Can be prevented.

  (4) In the above embodiment, the fragrance container 17 is accommodated in the plurality of accommodation holes 16 a of the container accommodation case 16 of the fragrance generating device 11 and the fan accommodation case 24 accommodated in the housing 25 of the upper unit 13. A plurality of blower fans 27A to 27F were accommodated in the fan accommodating chamber 24b. In addition, air was blown onto the porous impregnated body 20 of the fragrance container 17 by each of the blower fans 27A to 27F, and the impregnated fragrance K was volatilized to generate a fragrance. For this reason, the number of parts can be reduced, manufacturing and assembling work can be easily performed, miniaturization can be achieved, and cost can be reduced.

  (5) In the above embodiment, the discharge nozzle 36 having the blending chamber B is provided on the upper portion of the housing 25, and a plurality of types of fragrances are blended. be able to.

  (6) In the above embodiment, since the lower surface of the upper unit 13 is connected to the upper surface of the lower unit 12 by the hinge 14 so that it can be opened and closed, the fragrance container 17 is renewed after the fragrance K of the plurality of fragrance containers 17 is consumed. The work of exchanging with a thing can be easily performed.

  (7) In the above embodiment, the scent pattern data can be downloaded from the provider 49 via the Internet 48 to the personal computer 45. For this reason, by operating the operation panel 47 of the personal computer 45, the work of creating the incense pattern can be performed very easily based on a variety of incense pattern data.

In addition, you may change the said embodiment as follows.
In the fragrance container 17 shown in FIG. 12, a porous impregnated body 20 is fitted into the upper end opening of the container main body 18, and a flange portion 20 b integrally formed on the outer peripheral edge of the upper end of the porous impregnated body 20 The porous impregnated body 20 is positioned by being in contact with the upper end opening edge of 18. A through-hole 20c is formed in a part of the porous impregnated body 20, and a porous non-leakage body 22 is fitted into the through-hole 20c. You may make it attach the said porous non-leak body 22 to the attachment hole 18c formed in the said container main body 18. FIG.

  -The fragrance | flavor container 17 shown in FIG. 13 forms the porous wick 21 in the lower end part of the porous impregnation body 20 integrally. Further, a porous non-leakage body 22 is fitted into the through hole 20 c of the porous impregnated body 20.

  In the fragrance container 17 shown in FIG. 14, an opening / closing valve 23 is provided for the mounting seat 19 g formed on the holder 19. When the air in the upper space R of the container body 18 expands and the pressure rises, the on-off valve 23 is elastically deformed by the pressure, the communication passage 19f is opened, and the air in the upper space R is discharged to the outside. It has come to be.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the fragrance generating device 11 is attached to the holding hole 62a of the cup holder 62 attached to the console box 61 of the automobile. A plug 64 is connected to the tip of the lead wire 38, and the plug 64 can be connected to a socket 63 of a cigarette lighter of an automobile. Further, the plug 56 of the USB cable 55 connected to the fragrance generating device 11 may be connected to the receptacle of the mobile phone 58.

  In this embodiment, the driver of the automobile can blend the desired fragrance K by operating the mobile phone 58, and the blended fragrance to be released into the passenger compartment is easily set according to preference. be able to.

In the fragrance generating device shown in FIG. 16, although not shown, the fragrance container 17 described above may be attached to the accommodation hole 81 a of the holder 81.
Although not shown, in the state where a plurality of types of fragrance data are displayed on the display screen 46a of the display device 46 shown in FIG. 10, the fragrance to be blended is appropriately selected and set, and the blend ratio of the selected fragrance is appropriately set. It may be possible to set to

  Although not shown, the fragrance data and the fragrance pattern data are stored in advance on the recording medium of the control device 40 of the fragrance generating device 11, and the fragrance generating device 11 is provided with a display unit and an operation unit, and the operation unit is operated. By doing so, it may be possible to select and set the incense pattern in the same manner as the personal computer 45. Further, the controller 40 is provided with a function of selecting and setting a plurality of fragrances to be blended, and setting a blend ratio of the selected fragrances, and each operating time of the blower fan. You may give the function to set.

-You may set the arrangement | positioning number of the said fragrance | flavor containers 17 to 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, or 8 or more places.
A variety of data may be transmitted from the personal computer 45 or the mobile phone 58 to the control device 40 by wireless communication.

  In the embodiment, the upper unit 13 is rotatably connected to the lower unit 12 by a hinge 14, but instead of the hinge 14, the upper end outer peripheral surface of the container housing case 16 of the lower unit 12 and the fan of the upper unit 13 Outer flange portions may be formed on the outer peripheral surface of the lower end of the housing case 24, and both outer flange portions may be connected by a plurality of bolts. Moreover, you may form the recessed part and convex part which are each fitted with respect to the upper surface of the said container storage case 16, and the lower surface of the fan storage case 24 in multiple places.

-You may embody in the fragrance generator using one fragrance | flavor container 17. FIG.
-You may combine each embodiment mentioned above in the possible range.
In the above embodiment, the fragrance container 17 and the fragrance generating device 11 are embodied. However, for example, a dispensing device that dispenses odor masking agents, insecticides, drugs, and other volatile substances having an insecticidal or medical effect. And a volatile device in a volatile material chamber.

The center part longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows one Embodiment which actualized the distribution device of this invention as a fragrance | flavor container. The top view of a fragrance | flavor container. The perspective view of the upper part of a fragrance | flavor container. The cross-sectional view of the rollover state of a fragrance | flavor container. The perspective view which shows one Embodiment which actualized the liquid volatilization apparatus of this invention as an aroma generator. The center part longitudinal cross-sectional view of an aroma generator. The perspective view of a container storage case. The perspective view of a valve plate. The perspective view of a container storage case, a fan storage case, and a ventilation fan. The circuit diagram of the control system which performs fragrance operation | movement of a fragrance generating apparatus. The front view of the display screen of a display apparatus. The longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows another embodiment of the fragrance | flavor container of this invention. The longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows another embodiment of the fragrance | flavor container of this invention. Explanatory drawing of the on-off valve which shows another embodiment of the fragrance | flavor container of this invention. The perspective view which shows another embodiment of the fragrance generator of this invention. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the conventional fragrance generator.

Explanation of symbols

  B ... Blending chamber, K ... Fragrance, 15 ... Housing case, 16a, 81a ... Housing hole, 16e ... Opening, 18 ... Container body, 19, 81 ... Holder, 19c, 33a ... Communication hole, 20 ... Porous impregnated body, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 ... Porous wick, 22 ... Porous non-leakage body, 24 ... Fan accommodating case, 24b ... Fan accommodating chamber, 24c ... Air passage, 25, 28 ... Housing, 27A-27F ... Blower fan, 29 ... Motor, 30 ... Fan, 45 ... personal computer, 48 ... internet, 49 ... provider, 58 ... mobile phone.

Claims (11)

A porous impregnated body impregnated with the liquid is inserted into an upper end opening of a bottomed cylindrical container main body for containing a volatile liquid, and an inner end portion of the porous impregnated body has an inner end portion of the container main body. A porous wick that sucks liquid by capillary action and flows into the porous impregnated body is provided, and when the air in the internal space of the container body is thermally expanded, the expanded air is discharged to the outside and liquid leakage is prevented. Distributing device characterized in that it is provided with expansion air discharging means. 2. The distribution device according to claim 1, wherein the expansion air discharge means is provided with a function of preventing the liquid in the container body from leaking outside when the container body is in a rollover state. 3. The distribution device according to claim 2, wherein the expansion air discharge means is formed of a porous non-leakage body having a function of allowing air to permeate outside and preventing leakage of liquid. The holder for housing the porous impregnated body is fitted into the opening of the container main body according to any one of claims 1 to 3, and the holder is provided with a communication hole for communicating the inside and the outside of the container main body. And the expansion air discharge means is provided in the communication hole. A device housing case for housing the distribution device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, and an air blowing means attached to the device housing case and capable of blowing air onto a surface of the porous impregnated body. A liquid volatilization apparatus comprising: In Claim 5, the said device accommodation case accommodates the multiple types of distribution device which accommodated the liquid of the multiple types of fragrance | flavor separately, The said air blowing means is a fan accommodation case with which the said device accommodation case was mounted | worn; A plurality of blower fans having a motor and a fan for blowing air to the surface of the porous impregnated body of each distribution device to volatilize the fragrance so as to correspond to each distribution device with respect to the fan housing case, and A liquid volatilizing apparatus comprising motor control means for individually controlling the motors of the blower fans. 7. The liquid volatilization apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a housing having a blending chamber for blending volatile components of a plurality of kinds of fragrances discharged from the respective distribution devices. In Claim 6 or 7, each said distribution device is stored so that an upper end surface may become the same plane to an accommodation hole of a device accommodation case, and each above-mentioned fan is accommodated in a fan accommodation room of a fan accommodation case, An air passage for supplying air from the fan to the distribution device is formed in the housing case, and the fan housing case is configured to be removable from the device housing case. apparatus. 9. The motor control unit according to claim 6, wherein the motor control unit is configured to turn on / off a motor of each blower fan based on a scent pattern data regarding a combination of a plurality of types of fragrances and a blend ratio of each of the combined liquids. A liquid volatilization apparatus having a function of controlling and controlling rotation of each motor individually. 10. The liquid volatilization apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the motor control means is configured to receive incense pattern data created by a personal computer or a mobile phone. 11. The liquid volatilization apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the computer or the mobile phone is provided with a function of downloading the fragrance pattern data stored in the preparation database of the provider via the Internet.

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