JP2011147487A - Storage cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a storage cabinet which permits the interior of a storage cabinet and a room space where the storage cabinet is installed to be deodorized by a single deodorizing device. <P>SOLUTION: In the storage cabinet 1, a blow switching means 17 with which the deodorizing device 10 with a blowing function is integrated to send air emitted from the air outlet 40 of the deodorizing device switchingly to the room space 20 where the cabinet body is installed and to an intake 5a provided on the upper end of the cabinet body, is provided in the rear of the cabinet body 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage cabinet provided with a deodorizing device.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a cabinet that stores clothes, shoes, and the like, a deodorizing device has been installed in order to take a smell that is not attached to storage items such as clothes and shoes.
As a deodorizing device, for example, a device configured using an adsorbent that adsorbs odorous components such as a filter provided with a titanium oxide catalyst or the like, activated carbon, or the like is known.
In recent years, in order to further improve the deodorization effect, the electrostatic atomizer that generates nanometer-sized charged fine particle water by atomizing the water held by the discharge electrode in such a deodorizer is built in. The proposed one has been proposed.

For example, Patent Document 1 described below describes that charged fine particle water generated by an electrostatic atomizer is discharged into a clothing storage and can effectively remove odors that do not adhere to details in the clothing storage. .
In addition, a partition for partitioning the clothing deodorizing space and the clothing storage space is provided here, and a deodorizing device with a built-in electrostatic atomizer is installed in a space substantially independent of other storage spaces such as the clothing deodorizing space. It is described. According to this, if the garment in which the odor is worried is stored in the garment deodorizing space, only the garment in which the odor is worried can be concentrated and the odor can be effectively removed.

  On the other hand, the deodorizing device provided in such a cabinet is configured to function exclusively for deodorizing the inside of the cabinet, and in the space where the cabinet is installed, individual deodorizing means or deodorizing means are used. It has been.

JP 2006-61409 A

In the device described in Patent Document 1, the deodorizing device is disposed at the lower end of the clothing deodorizing space, and air exhausted from the deodorizing device is blown upward from below when the clothing is placed on the hanger bar. It is configured as follows.
Therefore, even if the door of the clothing storage is opened, the air exhausted from the deodorizing device is not efficiently blown into the indoor space, and the indoor space where the clothing storage is installed can be deodorized with the same single deodorizing device. It is not a thing.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said situation, and it aims at providing the storage cabinet which can perform the deodorization of the interior space in the storage cabinet and this storage cabinet with one deodorizing apparatus.

  In the storage cabinet according to the present invention, a deodorizing device with a blowing function is integrated on the back of the cabinet body, and the air exhausted from the exhaust port of the deodorizing device is installed in the indoor space and the It is characterized by having a ventilation switching means for switching to an intake port provided at the upper end of the cabinet body and blowing air.

In the present invention, an air inlet provided in a lower end portion of the deodorizing device may be formed so as to communicate with the indoor space and a ventilation opening provided in the cabinet body.
In the present invention, the deodorizing device may include an electrostatic atomizer.

  According to the storage cabinet according to the present invention, the deodorization of the storage cabinet and the indoor space in which the storage cabinet is installed can be performed with one deodorization device.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows typically the storage cabinet which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the principal part enlarged view of the deodorizing apparatus of the storage cabinet, and is the X section enlarged view in FIG. FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows typically the storage apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, an example of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The storage cabinet 1 in this embodiment has shown the example installed in the wall surface 30, and the deodorizing apparatus 10 with a ventilation function is integrated in the back of the cabinet main body 2, and the exhaust port 40 ( 40a, 40b) is provided with a ventilation switching means 17 for switching and blowing the air exhausted from the indoor space 20 in which the cabinet body 2 is installed and the intake port 5a provided at the upper end of the cabinet body 2. Features.

The cabinet body 2 of the storage cabinet 1 is arranged between a pair of left and right side plates 3, 3, a top plate 5 arranged between upper ends of these side plates 3, 3, and rear side ends of these side plates 3, 3. A back plate 9, a base plate (bottom plate) 6 disposed between the lower ends of the side plates 3 and 3, and a base ring 60 disposed below the base plate 6. The cabinet body 2 has a rectangular box shape opened forward by these, and the front opening is closed by a front plate 4 configured to be openable and closable.
An intake port 5 a for taking in air exhausted from the deodorizing device 10 is formed in the back side (the wall surface 30 side) of the top plate 5, and this intake port 5 a is an exhaust port of the deodorizing device 10. It is formed so as to communicate with 40b.
Further, an indoor side ventilation opening 41 serving as an air intake port of the indoor space 20 is formed in front of the carriage 6.
Furthermore, below the back plate 9, a ventilation opening 9a (hereinafter referred to as a cabinet ventilation opening) serving as an air intake port in the cabinet body 2 is formed.
As shown in FIG. 1, a hanger bar 70 and a shelf 71 are provided in the storage cabinet 1 so that storage items 7 such as clothes and shoes can be stored therein.

The deodorizing device 10 integrated on the back side of the cabinet body 2 includes a back side outer part 10a provided with a deodorizing part 11, and an upper side outer part 10b installed above the back side outer part 10a. . The upper outer portion 10b is provided with a sirocco fan 13 that functions as a blower, a blower switching means 17 and an electrostatic atomizer 14.
The back shell portion 10a and the upper shell portion 10b are configured separately as shown in the figure, and may be configured integrally with a connecting tool (not shown) such as a screw, or may be integrally formed. It is also good. Moreover, although the example in which the electrostatic atomizer 14 is incorporated is shown here as an example of the deodorizer 10, the electrostatic atomizer 14 is not incorporated, and the deodorizer 11 performs deodorization. Good.

The back side outline 10a is attached in a substantially vertical direction along the back plate 9 of the cabinet body 2, and is configured in a flat rectangular shape. Therefore, in the state where it is installed along the storage cabinet 1 and the wall surface 30, the back side shell portion 10 a is provided between the cabinet body 2 and the wall surface 30 as shown in FIG. Therefore, the depth dimension of the storage cabinet 1 does not become too large.
In addition, although the storage cabinet 1 of the illustrated example includes a back plate 9 and a back side outer portion 10a is provided behind the back plate 9, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the back plate is formed by the back side outer portion 10a. It may be configured.

The dorsal outer portion 10a includes an internal air passage 12 arranged vertically, an air inlet 42 provided at the lower end, a communication port 43 provided at the upper end and communicating with the upper outer portion 10b, and the internal air passage 12. The deodorizing part 11 provided is provided.
The air inlet 42 is formed so as to communicate with the indoor space 20 through the indoor ventilation opening 41 and also communicate with the cabinet ventilation opening 9 a provided in the back plate 9 of the cabinet body 2.
Therefore, the air in the indoor space 20 is taken into the pedestal 60 through the indoor side ventilation opening 41 provided in the pedestal 60. Air that passes through the inside of the wheel 60 flows into the internal air passage 12 through the air inlet 42. The air in the cabinet body 2 flows into the internal air passage 12 through the cabinet ventilation opening 9 a provided in the back plate 9. And air is deodorized through the deodorizing part 11 provided in the internal ventilation path 12, and flows from the communication port 43 (43a, 43b) to the upper outer part 10b.
2 and 3, the communication port 43 is indicated by 43a as a communication port provided on the back side shell portion 10a side, and indicated by 43b as a communication port provided on the upper side shell portion 10b side.

Here, a filter having a trapping property such as dust may be disposed in the vicinity of the back side of the indoor vent opening 41, the cabinet vent opening 9a, and the air inlet 42. If a titanium oxide catalyzed filter or activated carbon filter having a deodorizing property is used as the filter provided here, the air taken in from the indoor ventilation opening 41 or the like is deodorized through the filter, and the deodorizing part 11 is deodorized. It becomes more effective.
Further, here, an example is shown in which a blower that blows up the taken-in air, such as a sirocco fan, is not provided as a blower function. May be provided.

A deodorizing unit 11 in which a deodorizing agent such as activated carbon is accommodated is disposed in the internal air passage 12, and the deodorizing unit 11 exhausts air while deodorizing the air through the internal air passage 12 without stagnation. Any structure may be used as long as it is blown to the mouth 40 side. For example, you may comprise the deodorizing part 11 with the filter which has the above-mentioned deodorizing property. Further, for example, a partition plate that is divided in the width direction while securing the air passage in the internal air passage 12 may be provided to accommodate the deodorant.
The deodorizing unit 11 may contain a functional material having a humidity control function such as silica gel. In this case, not only the deodorization but also the humidity in the cabinet body 2 and the indoor space 20 can be controlled.

The upper outer portion 10b provided continuously with the back outer portion 10a is a flat rectangular box, and is provided on the upper back side (the wall surface 30 side) of the top plate 5 of the cabinet body 2.
The upper outer portion 10b is provided so as to protrude from the top plate 5 of the cabinet body 2, but the upper outer portion 10b is provided in a flat shape and on the upper back side of the top plate 5 as shown in FIG. From the front of the storage cabinet 1, the upper outer portion 10b can be made inconspicuous and have a good appearance.
The configuration of the upper outer portion 10b is not limited to the illustrated example, and the air sent from the lower side to the upper side through the back side outer portion 10a provided on the back side of the cabinet body 2 in the cabinet main body 2 or upward. What is necessary is just the structure exhausted so that it may guide to the indoor space 20. FIG.
Note that in the case of a low cabinet with a low height of the storage cabinet 1, the upper outer portion 10 b may be provided so as to be embedded in the inner corner of the cabinet body 2. At this time, only the exhaust port 40 (40a) to the indoor space 20 side may be slightly protruded.

The upper outer portion 10b includes a casing 16 that accommodates the sirocco fan 13, the electrostatic atomizer 14, and the like, and a communication port 43 (43b) that is provided at the lower end in the back so as to communicate with the back outer portion 10a. The exhaust port 40 (40a, 40b) having openings at the front end and the lower end, and the air blowing switching means 17 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) for switching the deodorized air exhaust port 40 (40a, 40b) are provided. Yes.
The sirocco fan 13 is provided in the vicinity of the communication port 43 in order to blow air through the internal air passage 12 to the exhaust ports 40 (40a, 40b).
In the figure, the exhaust port 40 is indicated by 40a as an exhaust port opened toward the indoor space 20, and is indicated by 40b as an exhaust port disposed toward the cabinet body 2 and communicating with the intake port 5a. .

An electrostatic atomizer 14 is provided in the vicinity of the exhaust port 40 (40a, 40b) so as to discharge charged fine particle water in a direction intersecting the airflow direction of the air blown by the sirocco fan 13. Is installed in the inner space of the upper outer portion 10b.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the electrostatic atomizer 14 is arranged so as to face a pin-shaped discharge electrode (atomization electrode) 14 a and the discharge electrode 14 a, and has an opening coaxial with the discharge electrode 14 a. And a counter electrode 14b having a ring shape. The electrostatic atomizer 14 generates a discharge phenomenon by applying a high voltage between the discharge electrode 14a and the counter electrode 14b, and electrostatically atomizes moisture held in the discharge electrode 14a. Thus, the charged fine particle water is discharged from between the electrodes.
The charged fine particle water is a charged fine particle droplet including a nanometer-sized particle diameter (for example, about 5 nm to 20 nm), and can float in the air in a mist state.

As means for retaining moisture in the discharge electrode 14a, the discharge electrode 14a is cooled by a cooling means (not shown) connected to the base end portion of the discharge electrode 14a, so that it is contained in the air around the discharge electrode 14a. Moisture (water vapor) may be condensed and held on the surface of the discharge electrode 14a.
Alternatively, instead of the above-described embodiment, the discharge electrode is formed of a porous body such as porous ceramic, and a liquid supply unit that stores liquid is connected to the base end portion of the discharge electrode. The liquid may be sucked up by the capillary action of the discharge electrode so that the water is retained at the tip.
Then, the charged fine particle water discharged from the electrostatic atomizer 14 rides on the airflow of air blown in a direction orthogonal to the discharge direction of the charged fine particle water and from the exhaust port 40a to the indoor space 20 or the exhaust port 40b. And it is discharged into the cabinet body 2 through the intake 5a.

Subsequently, the air blowing switching means 17 that switches the air deodorized by the deodorizing unit 11 into the indoor space 20 or the cabinet body 2 and blows air will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.
Air flow paths 16a and 16b are formed from the vicinity of the installation position of the electrostatic atomizer 14 to the opening ends of the exhaust ports 40a and 40b formed at the front end and the lower end of the casing 16, respectively. In these ventilation passages 16a and 16b, a louver 15 configured by arranging a plurality of blades 15a in parallel is provided.
Further, on the air feed ports 17a, 17b side (the vicinity of the electrostatic atomizer 14) of the blow passages 16a, 16b, a concave curved switching piece serving as the blow switching unit 17 is configured to be slidable (see FIG. 2 and the white arrow in FIG. 3). Therefore, the air feed ports 17a and 17b are formed so that the switching pieces follow.

The air passages 16a and 16b are provided with a louver 15 that adjusts the air blowing direction of the air exhausted from the exhaust ports 40a and 40b. The louver 15 includes a plurality of blades 15a arranged in parallel. . Each wing plate 15a of the louver 15 is formed in a substantially linear shape and a substantially flat plate shape.
The louver 15 provided here may extend over the side walls of the air passages 16a and 16b, and may be fixed substantially horizontally or substantially vertically as indicated by a solid line in FIGS. Further, the louver 15 may be pivotally supported by the core rod 15b, and the blowing direction of the air exhausted from the exhaust ports 40a and 40b may be made variable as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIGS.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a case where the deodorized air is exhausted into the indoor space 20.
In this case, the air feed port 17b is sealed by the switching piece so that the exhaust piece 40b communicating with the inside of the cabinet body 2 is closed by the switching piece constituting the air blowing switching means 17.
According to this, the air deodorized by the deodorizing unit 11 is blown by the sirocco fan 13 through the communication port 43, exhausted from the exhaust port 40 a leading to the indoor space 20, and the deodorized air is sent out to the indoor space 20. Can do.
On the other hand, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a case where the deodorized air is exhausted into the cabinet body 2.
In this case, the air feed port 17a is sealed with the switching piece so that the exhaust piece 40a communicating with the indoor space 20 is closed by the switching piece constituting the air blowing switching means 17.
According to this, the air deodorized in the deodorizing part 11 is blown by the sirocco fan 13 through the communication port 43 and exhausted from the exhaust port 40b communicating with the intake port 5a provided in the cabinet body 2, and the cabinet body The air deodorized in 2 can be sent out.

In addition, although the ventilation switching means 17 made into the concave curve shape is shown here, it is not limited to this, What is necessary is just a structure which can switch the exhaust ports 40a and 40b of the deodorized air easily. For example, the exhaust ports 40 a and 40 b may be closed with the blades 15 a of the louver 15.
Further, switching of the air blowing switching means 17 and adjustment or change of the air blowing direction may be performed manually, or may be automatically switched by providing a damper mechanism, a control unit, or the like. For example, a sensor (not shown) that senses odor may be installed in the storage cabinet 1 or the indoor space 20, and the air blowing switching means 17 may be switched according to the sensing situation.
Further, the sensor may be a sensor for detecting moisture when not only the odor but also the humidity control material is stored in the deodorizing unit 11, and detects whether clothes are stored in the storage cabinet 1. It is also possible to provide a sensor for switching the air blowing switching means 17 according to the sensing situation.

Although not shown here, an operation unit for ON / OFF operation of the sirocco fan 13 and the electrostatic atomizer 14 and air volume adjustment is provided in the front plate 4 of the storage cabinet 1 and the cabinet body 2. It may be provided.
In this case, the sensing status of a sensor (not shown) that senses the odor or humidity described above may be displayed.

According to the storage cabinet 1 configured as described above, the air in the indoor space 20 and the air in the cabinet body 2 can be circulated as follows.
First, air is taken in from an indoor ventilation opening 41 provided below the pedestal 6, and the taken-in air flows into the internal air passage 12 through the pedestal 6 through the intake port 42. Further, the air in the cabinet body 2 flows into the internal air passage 12 from the cabinet ventilation opening 9 a provided in the back plate 9. And the odor contained in the air which distribute | circulates when the air in the indoor space 20 and the cabinet main body 2 flows through the internal ventilation path 12, and passes through the deodorizing part 11 is removed. The deodorized air is exhausted through the communication port 43 from the exhaust port 40a leading to the indoor space 20 or the exhaust port 40b leading to the inside of the cabinet body 2. Then, by repeating this, air can be circulated.

According to the above configuration, the inside of the storage cabinet 1 and the indoor space 20 in which the storage cabinet 1 is installed can be deodorized with a single deodorizing device 10.
Further, if the electrostatic atomizer 14 is provided as described above, the odor attached to the surface of clothes stored in the storage cabinet 1 and the details of the storage cabinet 1 and the indoor space 20 by the exhausted air. It can be removed, and it can also be expected to eliminate bacteria and neutralize viruses.
Furthermore, since the deodorizing device 10 is hardly visible from the front of the storage cabinet 1 and the back-side outer portion 10a constituting the deodorizing device 10 is a vertically long and flat rectangular panel, the storage cabinet 1 is not increased in size. The indoor space 20 can be configured neatly.

Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
Portions common to the first embodiment are denoted by common reference numerals, and description of the common portions is omitted.
The embodiment shown here is not a type in which the storage cabinet 1 is installed on the floor surface, but a type in which the storage cabinet 1 is suspended and installed on the wall surface 30, and shows a type in which there is no trolley 6. Therefore, the indoor side ventilation opening 41 described in the first embodiment is not provided, and the air inlet 42 is formed so as to directly communicate with the indoor space 20.
According to the storage cabinet 1 configured as described above, the air in the indoor space 20 and the air in the cabinet body 2 can be circulated as follows.
First, the air in the indoor space 20 passing under the base plate 6 of the cabinet body 2 flows into the internal air passage 12 through the air inlet 42. Further, the air in the cabinet body 2 flows into the internal air passage 12 from the cabinet ventilation opening 9 a provided in the back plate 9. The subsequent flow of air is the same as described above, and the odor contained in the air flowing through the indoor space 20 and the cabinet body 2 flowing through the internal air passage 12 and passing through the deodorizing unit 11 is removed. The deodorized air is exhausted through the communication port 43 from the exhaust port 40 a communicating with the indoor space 20 or the exhaust port 40 b communicating with the inside of the cabinet body 2. By repeating this, air can be circulated.
Also with this configuration, it is possible to deodorize the inside of the storage cabinet 1 and the indoor space 20 in which the storage cabinet 1 is installed with a single deodorizing device 10. Moreover, according to this structure, since the space is formed under the base plate 6, it can be made to have good air permeability.

  In addition, the installation location (indoor space 20) of the storage cabinet 1 can be a entrance space, or a living room space such as a living room or a bedroom. Moreover, the structure of the deodorizing apparatus 10, the ventilation switching means 17, the installation location of the electrostatic atomizer 14, etc. are not limited to the example of a figure.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage cabinet 10 Deodorizing device 14 Electrostatic atomizer 17 Air blow switching means 2 Cabinet main body 9 (Cabinet) ventilation opening 41 Indoor side ventilation opening 42 Intake port

Claims (3)

On the back of the cabinet body, a deodorizing device with a blowing function is integrated,
It is provided with a ventilation switching means for switching and blowing the air exhausted from the exhaust port of the deodorizing apparatus to the indoor space in which the cabinet body is installed and the intake port provided at the upper end of the cabinet body. And storage cabinet. In claim 1,
A storage cabinet, wherein an air inlet provided in a lower end portion of the deodorizing device is formed so as to communicate with the indoor space and a ventilation opening provided in the cabinet body. In claim 1 or claim 2,
A storage cabinet characterized in that an electrostatic atomizer is built in the deodorizing device.

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