JP2018166678A - Bathroom heater/dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a bathroom heater/dryer which can remove not only odor caused by an odor component such as oil, soot and the like but also odor caused by propagation of bacteria, by utilizing a bathing space of a bathroom.SOLUTION: A bathroom heater/dryer T includes: exhaust means B capable of exhausting air in a bathing space K in a bathroom Y to the outside; air heating means A capable of sucking and heating the air in the bathing space K and then capable of ventilating it to the bathing space K; and operation control means H1 capable of controlling an operation. It also includes mist spraying means C which can atomize electrolytic water having a sterilization action and can spray it to the bathing space as electrolytic mist. The operation control means H1 is constituted so as to execute an electrolytic mist operation for spraying the electrolytic mist in the bathing space K by actuating the mist spraying means C.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention is capable of controlling the operation of the exhaust means capable of discharging the air in the bath space in the bathroom to the outside, the air heating means capable of sucking and heating the air in the bath space, and then ventilating the bath space. And an operation control means.

  As this type of bathroom heating dryer, as shown in Patent Document 1, one that is configured to perform a deodorizing operation capable of deodorizing clothes dried on a clothes drying portion such as above a bathtub in a bath space is known. Yes. Such a bathroom heating dryer does not require a dedicated installation place such as a storage, unlike a stationary clothes deodorization device, and can effectively remove the smell of clothes by utilizing the bathroom bath space. it can.

  The bathroom heating / drying machine described in Patent Document 1 includes mist spraying means capable of spraying water into the bathroom space as mist in the form of water mist, and the operation control means operates the mist spraying means as a deodorizing operation. Then, a mist operation in which water mist is sprayed on the bathroom space is performed to wet the clothes with water, and then a drying operation is performed to dry the clothes. It is possible to remove the odor component of the clothing in such a form that the odor component adhering to the clothing is adsorbed by the moisture of the water mist and the moisture adsorbing the odor component is evaporated.

Japanese Patent No. 5446372

The above conventional bathroom heater / dryer can remove the odor caused by the odorous components adhering to clothing such as the smell of oil and smoke using the bath space in the bathroom, but it removes the odor caused by the propagation of bacteria, etc. There was a problem that could not be done.
In view of this situation, the main problem of the present invention is that the bathroom heating and drying that can remove not only the odor caused by odorous components such as oil and smoke, but also the odor caused by the propagation of bacteria, utilizing the bathroom bath space The point is to provide a machine.

The first characteristic configuration of the present invention is an exhaust means capable of discharging the air in the bath space in the bathroom to the outside.
A bathroom heating / drying machine comprising air heating means capable of sucking and heating air in the bath space and then ventilating the bath space, and operation control means capable of controlling operation,
Mist spraying means capable of spraying into the bath space as an electrolytic mist in the form of mist of electrolyzed water having a sterilizing action,
The operation control means is configured to be capable of performing an electrolytic mist operation in which the electrolytic mist is sprayed into the bath space by operating the mist spraying means.

According to this configuration, when clothes are dried in the bath space and deodorized, the electrolytic mist operation is performed and sprayed with the sterilizing electrolytic mist in the bath space, thereby drying the clothes in the bath space. Can be moistened with electrolyzed water. Therefore, the odor component adhering to the garment can be adsorbed to the electrolyzed water, and the entire garment can be sterilized by the sterilizing action of the electrolyzed water to remove the odor caused by the propagation of the bacterium.
Then, by drying the garment after the electrolytic mist operation is performed, the electrolyzed water adsorbing the odorous component can be evaporated to remove the odorous component.
Therefore, it is possible to remove both the odor caused by odorous components such as oil and smoke and the odor caused by the propagation of bacteria using the bath space in the bathroom.

  According to a second characteristic configuration of the present invention, the mist spraying means includes a mist generating section capable of generating mist, a hot water supply path capable of supplying hot water to the mist generating section, and the mist generating section through the hot water supply path. The electrolysis water generation part which can generate electrolysis water by electrolyzing supplied hot water is in the point constituted.

According to this configuration, since the hot water supplied to the mist generating section through the hot water supply path is electrolyzed in the electrolyzed water generating section to generate electrolyzed water, the generated electrolyzed water is supplied to the mist generating section to generate mist. Electrolytic mist can be sprayed from the part to the bath space.
In addition, since the mist generating section and the hot water supply channel are usually provided in a bathroom drying / heating machine with a mist spraying function, an electrolyzed water generation section is added to the bathroom drying / heating apparatus with such a specification. You can easily configure it.
In addition, as a mist generating part, the mist nozzle which generate | occur | produces mist with the pressure of the supplied hot water can be used suitably, If it does in this way, it is comparatively large particle | grains (the disinfection action of electrolyzed water is hard to deactivate) For example, an electrolytic mist of 50 to 100 μm can be sprayed into the bath space.

  According to a third characteristic configuration of the present invention, the operation control unit operates the electrolyzed water generation unit in the electrolytic mist operation to operate the mist spraying unit, and in a mist operation different from the electrolytic mist operation, The mist spraying means is operated without operating the electrolyzed water generating unit.

According to this configuration, in the electrolysis mist operation, the operation control unit operates the electrolyzed water generation unit to operate the mist spraying unit, so that hot water supplied from the hot water supply path is electrolyzed by the electrolysis water generation unit. It can be made into water and sprayed as electrolytic mist from the mist generating part to the bath space.
In addition, in the mist operation for bathing or the like that is different from the electrolytic mist operation, the operation control means operates the mist spraying means without operating the electrolyzed water generating unit, so that the hot water supplied from the hot water supply passage is Water mist can be sprayed from the mist generating part to the bath space.
In this way, by switching the operation state of the electrolyzed water generation unit by the operation control means, it is possible to change the electrolysis mist and the mist other than the electrolysis mist, and the electrolysis while making the component configuration of the mist spraying means common. The mist operation and the mist operation different from the electrolytic mist operation can be appropriately executed.

According to a fourth characteristic configuration of the present invention, the mist spraying means is configured to spray the electrolytic mist at room temperature onto the bath space,
In the electrolytic mist operation, the operation control means operates the electrolytic mist spraying means and the air heating means so that the electrolytic mist at room temperature is blown into the bath space in a heated state together with warm air passing through the bath space. It is in point to let you.

Electrolyzed water having a sterilizing action containing hypochlorous acid and hypochlorite ions becomes non-dissociated electrolyzed water with high sterilizing power such as oxidizing power when vaporized, but its high sterilizing power is relatively low. It will drop in a short time.
According to this configuration, in the electrolytic mist operation, the room temperature electrolytic mist is sprayed on the bath space and the electrolytic mist is heated by the warm air passing through the bath space. For example, the room temperature electrolytic water is heated with hot water or the like. Thus, the vaporization timing of the electrolytic mist can be delayed as compared with the case where high temperature electrolytic mist is sprayed. Therefore, it is possible to vaporize the electrolytic mist on the side close to the target clothing, efficiently sterilize the clothing using the highly sterilized vapor, and properly remove the odor caused by the growth of the bacteria be able to.

In the fifth characteristic configuration of the present invention, the direction of warm air flowing into the bath space in the electrolytic mist operation is set so as not to face the clothes drying portion of the bath space,
The amount of hot air flowing into the bath space in the electrolytic mist operation is set to be smaller than the amount of hot air flowing into the bath space in the heating operation in which the air heating unit is operated without operating the exhaust unit. It is in the point.

According to this configuration, in the electrolytic mist operation, the hot air is blown in the direction not facing the clothes drying part of the bath space, thereby suppressing the electrolytic mist from directly hitting the clothes dried on the clothes drying part of the bath space. Electrolytic mist can be blown out in a state.
Therefore, it can suppress that specific clothing is getting too wet when electrolytic mist hits specific clothing directly. Further, the electrolytic mist can be uniformly filled in the entire bath space without being obstructed by the specific clothes dried on the clothes drying section, and the entire clothes dried on the clothes drying section can be uniformly moistened with electrolytic water.

  In addition, the amount of warm air flowing into the bath space in the electrolytic mist operation is made smaller than the amount of warm air flowing into the bath space in the heating operation so as to refrain from the air flow. Even if the electrolytic mist is blown out in a state where it is heated with hot air facing away from the part, the vaporized part of the electrolytic mist easily goes around the clothes drying part, and the vaporized part of the electrolytic mist with high sterilization power It can be used appropriately for sterilization.

According to a sixth characteristic configuration of the present invention, the operation control means places an electrolysis mist spraying means and the air heating means in the electrolysis mist operation so that the electrolysis mist is put on warm air passing through the bath space. Configured to blow out into the bath space,
The operation control means is configured to be able to execute a deodorizing operation for causing the electrolytic mist operation to be performed, and then performing a drying operation for operating the exhaust means and the air heating means,
The ventilation direction of the warm air to the bath space in the electrolytic mist operation during the deodorizing operation is set so as not to face the clothes drying portion of the bath space,
In the point that the direction of warm air flowing into the bath space in the drying operation during the deodorizing operation is set to the direction of the clothes drying portion side of the bath space than the direction of warm air in the electrolytic mist operation is there.

According to this configuration, in the electrolytic mist operation during the deodorizing operation, the electrolytic mist directly hits the clothes that are dried on the clothes drying portion of the bath space by blowing warm air in a direction not facing the clothes drying portion of the bath space. Electrolytic mist can be blown out in a state where the above is suppressed.
Therefore, it can suppress that specific clothing is getting too wet when electrolytic mist hits specific clothing directly. Further, the electrolytic mist can be uniformly filled in the entire bath space without being obstructed by the specific clothes dried on the clothes drying section, and the entire clothes dried on the clothes drying section can be uniformly moistened with electrolytic water.

  And in the drying operation during the deodorizing operation, the warm air is blown in the direction of the clothes drying portion side rather than the warm air flowing direction in the electrolytic mist operation, so that the clothes moistened with the electrolyzed water in the electrolytic mist operation Thus, warm air can be passed more directly and clothes can be dried efficiently. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently deodorize the clothes by the deodorizing operation including the electrolytic mist operation and the drying operation.

  In this deodorizing operation, the operation pattern in which the electrolytic mist operation is performed and then the drying operation is performed may be repeated a plurality of times. In this way, in a form in which the removal of the odor caused by the propagation of bacteria due to the sterilizing action of the electrolyzed water and the removal of the odorous component adhering to the clothes by the adsorption / evaporation of the electrolyzed water are repeated several times, Can be efficiently deodorized.

Schematic configuration diagram of bathroom heating dryer Bathroom perspective view Front view of bathroom remote control (A) The figure which shows typically the execution state of the electrolysis mist driving | operation during a deodorizing driving | operation, The figure which shows typically the execution state of the drying driving | operation during a deodorizing driving | operation. Flow chart showing control operation of deodorizing operation

An embodiment of a bathroom heating dryer according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 2 schematically shows a bathroom in which a bathroom heater / dryer according to the present invention is installed. As shown in FIG. 2, a bathroom heater / dryer T is provided on the ceiling of the bathroom Y, and the bathroom heater / dryer is provided. A heat source machine N that circulates and supplies a heat medium to the machine T is provided outside the bathroom Y.
The bathroom heating dryer T has a specification with a mist sauna function, and will be described in detail later. Heating operation, drying operation, ventilation operation, cool air operation, hot water mist operation, water mist operation, mold suppression operation, electrolysis An operation such as a deodorizing operation including a mist operation can be performed.
The heat source unit N is composed of, for example, a domestic water heater, and is provided with a hot water supply function for a general hot water tap and the like in addition to a function of circulating and supplying a heat medium to the bathroom heating dryer T.

As shown in FIG. 1, a dryer control device H1 as an operation control unit that controls the operation of the bathroom heating dryer T and a heat source device control device H2 that controls the operation of the heat source device N are provided. . Further, a dryer remote controller R1 for instructing various information to the dryer controller H1 and a heat source remote controller R2 for instructing various information to the heat source controller H2 are provided.
As the dryer remote controller R1, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a bathroom remote controller R1a installed in the bathroom Y and a dressing room remote controller R1b installed in a dressing room adjacent to the bathroom Y are provided. Yes. The bathroom remote controller R1a and the dressing room remote controller R1b have the same main functions. The remote control R2 for heat source machine is installed in, for example, a kitchen or a washroom.

The controller H1 for the dryer and the controller H2 for the heat source device are connected so that various information can be freely communicated. For example, when a drying operation command is commanded to the controller H1 for the dryer by the bathroom remote controller R1a. When the dryer control device H1 communicates a heat medium request command to the heat source device control device H2, and the dryer control device H1 stops the drying operation, the dryer control device H1 is the heat source device. Is configured to communicate a heat medium unnecessary command to the control device H2.
When the heat medium request command is instructed, the heat source controller H2 circulates and supplies the heated heat medium (for example, 80 °) to the bathroom heating dryer T through the heat medium forward pipe 1 and the heat medium return pipe 2. When the heat medium supply operation is executed and a heat medium unnecessary command is instructed, the heat medium supply operation is stopped.

Hereinafter, a specific configuration of each part will be described.
(Bathroom heating dryer)
As shown in FIG. 1, the bathroom heating / drying machine T includes a main body casing 3 (see FIG. 2) installed on the back side of the ceiling Ya of the bathroom Y, and a grill plate 4 installed on the front side of the ceiling Ya of the bathroom Y. And is configured.

  Inside the main body casing 3, air heating means A capable of sucking and heating the air in the bath space K through the suction port 5 formed in the grill plate 4 and then ventilating the bath space K through the air passage 6, the above-described suction port 5 is equipped with a ventilation fan 7 as an exhaust means B that can suck out the air in the bath space K and discharge it to the outside, and a movable louver 8 that can change the blowing direction of the air blown from the blower passage 6. Yes. The ventilation fan 7 is connected to an exhaust duct 9 that guides the sucked air to the outdoors.

  The air heating means A sucks the air in the bath space K inside the bathroom Y through the suction port 5 formed in the grill plate 4, and the circulation fan 10 that can blow out the air sucked through the air passage 6 into the bath space K; An air heating heat exchanger 11 capable of heating the air ventilated by the circulation fan 10 is provided.

Furthermore, a mist spraying means C capable of spraying various mists in the form of a mist of hot water or electrolytic water onto the bath space K is provided inside the main body casing 3.
The mist spraying means C includes a mist nozzle 12 as a mist generating section capable of generating mist, a hot water supply path 13 capable of supplying tap water (an example of hot water) from the water supply system to the mist nozzle 12, and a hot water supply path 13 through the mist. As an electrolyzed water generating unit capable of electrolyzing tap water supplied to the mist nozzle 12 through the hot water supply passage 13 and the mist heat exchanger 14 capable of heating the tap water supplied to the nozzle 12 to generate electrolyzed water. The electrolysis unit 15 is provided.

The mist spraying means C can spray hot water mist from the mist nozzle 12 to the bath space K by heating the tap water supplied to the mist nozzle 12 through the hot water supply passage 13 by the heat exchanger 14 for mist. Since the tap water is not heated by the heat exchanger 14 for mist, the room temperature water mist can be sprayed from the mist nozzle 12 to the bath space K.
Furthermore, the mist spraying means C hardly inactivates the sterilization action from the mist nozzle 12 to the bath space K by electrolyzing the tap water supplied to the mist nozzle 12 through the hot water supply passage 13 by the electrolysis unit 15. Relatively large (for example, 50 to 100 μm) electrolytic mist can be sprayed.

  The heat exchanger 11 for air heating is supplied with a heat medium through a heat medium supply pipe 16 connected to the heat medium forward pipe 1 of the heat source apparatus N, and passes the heat medium after heat exchange through the heat medium discharge pipe 17 to the heat source apparatus N. It is configured to return to the heat medium return pipe 2. The heat medium supply pipe 16 is provided with a heat valve 18 for intermittently supplying the heat medium.

  A mist supply pipe 16A is branched from the upstream side of the heat medium supply pipe 16 where the thermal valve 18 is installed, and the mist supply pipe 16A is heated after passing through the mist heat exchanger 14 described above. It is connected to the medium discharge pipe 17. The hot water supply path 13 is piped so as to be connected to the mist nozzle 12 via the mist heat exchanger 14. The hot water supply path 13 is provided with a water supply electromagnetic valve 20 for intermittently supplying water. The water supply electromagnetic valve 20 is opened when an operation of spraying mist from the mist nozzle 12 is performed.

  The mist supply pipe 16A branched from the heat medium supply pipe 16 is provided with an electromagnetic proportional valve 21 for adjusting the heat medium supply amount. The proportional valve 21 is opened to allow the heat medium to flow when the operation of ejecting hot water mist from the mist nozzle 12 is performed. Then, the opening degree is adjusted so that the temperature detected by a hot water temperature detection sensor (not shown) for detecting the temperature of hot water supplied to the mist nozzle 12 becomes a target temperature (for example, 60 °).

  The electrolysis unit 15 is configured, for example, by providing at least a pair of positive and negative electrodes 23 </ b> A and 23 </ b> B in an electrolysis tank 22 interposed in the hot water supply path 13. This electrolysis unit 15 electrolyzes tap water (water containing chloride ions) passing through the electrolytic cell 22 by applying a voltage from the power source to the electrodes 23A and 23B, and performs hypochlorous acid and hypochlorous acid. Electrolyzed water having sterilizing action including ions is generated. The electrolysis unit 15 is operated when performing an operation of spraying the electrolysis mist from the mist nozzle 12.

(Remote control for dryer)
Next, the remote controller R1 for the dryer will be described. The bathroom remote controller R1a installed in the bathroom Y is similar to the dressing room remote controller R1b installed in the dressing room except that some functions other than bathing such as a deodorizing operation command are omitted. The room remote controller R1b will be described, and the description of the bathroom remote controller R1a will be omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the dressing room remote controller R1b includes a liquid crystal display 24 for displaying various information, a drying operation, a heating operation, a ventilation operation, a cool air operation, a hot water mist operation, a water mist operation, and a mold. Operation command switches 25a to 25h for instructing each of deodorizing operation including suppression operation and electrolytic mist operation, timer setting switch 26 for setting operation time, wind direction switch 27 for instructing change of direction of movable louver 8, operation A stop switch 38 and the like for instructing a stop command are provided.

  In short, the bathroom heating / drying machine T of the present embodiment is configured to execute various operations based on commands from the dryer remote controller R1. Specifically, the dryer control device H1 of the bathroom heater / dryer T performs the circulation fan 10, the ventilation fan 7, the movable louver 8, the thermal valve 18 and the water supply electromagnetic valve based on the command from the dryer remote controller R1. 20. Control the operation of devices such as the electrolysis unit 15 to perform deodorizing operation including drying operation, heating operation, ventilation operation, cool air operation, hot water mist operation, water mist operation, mold suppression operation, and electrolysis mist operation. It is configured as follows.

(Operation control of controller for dryer)
Next, operation control of the dryer control device H1 will be described with reference to FIG.
(Dry operation)
When a drying operation command is instructed by the dryer remote controller R1, the circulation fan 10 and the ventilation fan 7 are operated in a state where the heat medium from the heat source unit N is passed through the air heating heat exchanger 11. Thus, a drying operation is performed in which the air in the bath space K inside the bathroom Y is sucked and discharged to the outside, and the air in the bath space K is sucked and heated and blown out as drying air to the bath space K.
As the air is exhausted by the ventilation fan 7, the air outside the bathroom Y flows into the bath space K and is replenished through a ventilation gallery or the like.

(Heating operation)
When a heating operation command is issued by the dryer remote controller R1, the ventilation fan 7 is stopped, and the circulation fan is turned on while the heat medium from the heat source device N is passed through the air heating heat exchanger 11. By operating 10, a heating operation is performed in which the air in the bath space K is sucked and heated, and blown out to the bath space K as heating air.

(Ventilation operation)
When the ventilation operation command is instructed by the dryer remote controller R1, the circulation fan 10 is stopped and the ventilation fan 7 is operated in a state where the flow of the heat medium to the air heating heat exchanger 11 is stopped. Thus, a ventilation operation is performed in which the air in the bath space K is sucked and discharged to the outside. As the air is exhausted by the ventilation fan 7, the air outside the bathroom Y flows into the bath space K through the ventilation gallery and the like, and the bathroom Y is ventilated.

(Cool wind driving)
When a cool breeze operation command is instructed by the dryer remote controller R1, the circulation fan 10 and the ventilation fan 7 are operated in a state where the flow of the heat medium to the air heating heat exchanger 11 is stopped, so that the bathroom A cool air operation is performed in which the air in the bath space K inside Y is sucked and discharged to the outside, and the air in the bath space K is sucked and blown out again to the bath space K.
As the air is exhausted by the ventilation fan 7, the air outside the bathroom Y flows into the bath space K and is replenished through a ventilation gallery or the like.

(Hot water mist operation)
When a hot water mist operation command is commanded by the dryer remote controller R1, the electrolysis unit 15 is stopped, and the heat medium from the heat source unit N is made to flow through the mist heat exchanger 14 so that the water supply electromagnetic By opening the valve 20, a hot water mist operation is performed in which hot water mist obtained by heating the water in the hot water supply path 13 using the mist heat exchanger 14 is sprayed from the mist nozzle 12. By this warm water mist operation, it is possible to perform a mist sauna bath in which warm water mist is bathed.

(Water mist operation)
When a water mist operation command is commanded by the dryer remote controller R1, the electrolysis unit 15 is stopped, and the heat medium from the heat source unit N is not allowed to flow through the mist heat exchanger 14 so that the water supply electromagnetic By opening the valve 20, water mist operation is performed in which the water in the hot water supply path 13 is sprayed from the mist nozzle 12 as normal temperature water mist without being heated by the mist heat exchanger 14.

(Mold control operation)
When the mold suppression operation command is commanded by the remote controller R1 for the dryer, the above-described hot water mist operation is executed for the preset operation time for mist, and then the above-described drying operation is performed for the preset operation time for drying. The mold suppression operation is performed for a while. By performing this mold suppression operation, mold (fungus) present in the bathroom Y can be killed, and thus mold growth in the bathroom can be suppressed.

(Deodorizing operation)
When a deodorizing operation command is commanded by the dryer remote controller R1, the mist spraying means C is operated in a state where the electrolysis unit 15 is operated and the heat medium from the heat source device N is not passed through the mist heat exchanger 14. The electrolysis mist operation in which the air heating means A is activated and the room temperature electrolysis mist is blown into the bath space K in a heated state together with the warm air passing through the bath space K is performed for a preset mist operation time. Thereafter, a deodorizing operation is performed in which the above-described drying operation is executed for a preset operation time for drying.

Thus, in the deodorizing operation, the electrolytic mist operation is performed for the mist operation time and the sterilizing electrolytic mist is sprayed on the bath space K, so that the entire clothes dried in the bath space K can be uniformly electrolyzed. Can be moistened with water. Therefore, the odor component adhering to the garment can be adsorbed to the electrolyzed water, and the entire garment can be sterilized by the sterilizing action of the electrolyzed water to remove the odor caused by the propagation of the bacterium. In addition, in this electrolytic mist operation, the electrolytic mist at room temperature is blown out in a state of being heated by the warm air that is ventilated into the bath space K, so that the electrolytic mist can be vaporized in the middle of the ventilation on the side close to the clothing that is the object. The clothes can be efficiently sterilized using the vaporized portion of the electrolytic mist having a high sterilizing power, and the odor caused by the propagation of the bacteria can be appropriately removed.
Then, after the electrolytic mist operation is performed, the drying operation is performed for the drying operation time to dry the clothes, whereby the electrolyzed water that has adsorbed the odor component can be evaporated to remove the odor component.

  The amount of hot air flowing into the bath space K in the electrolytic mist operation during the deodorizing operation is set smaller than the amount of hot air flowing into the bath space K in the heating operation. Further, the amount of warm air flowing into the bath space K in the drying operation during the deodorizing operation is set to be the same as the amount of warm air flowing into the bath space K in the single drying operation described above.

  Here, description is added about the direction of the warm air flow to the bath space K during the deodorizing operation. FIG. 4 schematically shows the bath space K during the deodorizing operation, and a clothes drying section Yc having a pair of left and right clothes drying bars Yb and the like is provided above a bathtub installed adjacent to the washing area. The clothes are dried on the clothes drying portion Yc. In this deodorizing operation, one of the pair of left and right drying bars Yb uses one of the bathtub side located closer to the wall on the bathtub side than the center of the bathroom heating dryer T installed on the bathtub side of the ceiling Ya of the bathroom Y. To do. 4A shows the electrolytic mist operation during the deodorizing operation, and FIG. 4B shows the drying operation during the deodorizing operation.

  In the electrolytic mist operation during the deodorizing operation, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), the direction of warm air flowing into the bath space K is obliquely downward (clothing) facing the washing area side opposite to the clothes drying portion Yc side. An example of a direction not facing the drying portion Yc). By doing in this way, the electrolytic mist can be blown out in a state where the electrolytic mist is prevented from directly hitting the clothes dried on the clothes drying portion Yc, and the clothes can be prevented from being wet too much. Moreover, the electrolytic mist can be uniformly filled in the entire bath space without being disturbed by the clothes dried on the clothes drying portion Yc, and the entire clothes dried on the clothes drying portion Yc can be uniformly moistened with electrolytic water.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), in the drying operation during the deodorizing operation, the direction of warm air flowing into the bath space K is substantially downward toward the clothing drying portion Yc (the clothing is more than the direction of ventilation in the electrolytic mist operation). An example of the direction of the drying portion Yc side). By doing in this way, warm air can be blown more directly with respect to the clothes moistened with the electrolyzed water in the electrolytic mist operation, and the clothes can be efficiently dried.

(Control operation for deodorizing operation)
Next, the control operation in the deodorizing operation of the dryer control device H1 will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

First, it is determined whether or not the deodorizing operation is being performed (# 1). If the deodorizing operation is not being performed (No in # 1), it is determined whether or not the deodorizing operation command is instructed by the deodorizing switch 32 (# 2). ).
If it is determined that the deodorizing operation command is not instructed (No in # 2), the process returns to # 1, and if it is determined that the deodorizing operation command is instructed (Yes in # 2), electrolytic Mist operation is executed (# 3).

  After performing the electrolytic mist operation, it is determined whether or not a preset operation time for electrolytic mist has elapsed (# 4). If it is determined that the time has not elapsed (No in # 4), # 1 Returning to the process, if it is determined that the time has elapsed (Yes in # 4), the electrolytic mist operation is stopped (# 5), and then the drying operation is executed (# 6).

  After executing the drying operation, it is determined whether or not a preset drying operation time has elapsed (# 7), and if it is determined that it has not elapsed (No in # 7), the process of # 1 is performed. Returning, if it is determined that it has passed (Yes in # 7), the drying operation is stopped (# 8), and the process returns to # 1.

If it is determined that the deodorizing operation is being performed in the process of # 1 for determining whether or not the deodorizing operation is being performed (Yes in # 1), it is subsequently determined whether or not the electrolytic mist operation is being performed ( # 9).
If it is determined that the electrolytic mist operation is being performed (Yes in # 9), it is determined whether or not the operation time for electrolytic mist has passed by shifting to the process of # 4, and on the other hand, the electrolytic mist operation is being performed. If it is determined that it is not (No in # 9), the process proceeds to the process in # 7, and it is determined whether or not the operation time for drying has elapsed.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the dryer control device H1 executes the electrolytic mist operation and then performs the deodorizing operation that executes the drying operation has been described as an example. However, the dryer control device H1 However, it is also possible to perform a deodorizing operation in which an electrolytic mist operation is performed and then an operation pattern in which a drying operation is performed is repeated a plurality of times.

[Another embodiment]
(1) In the above-described embodiment, the case where the electrolytic mist operation in which the mist spraying means C is operated to spray electrolytic mist on the bath space K is performed in the deodorizing operation is shown as an example. Or you may make it perform in mold suppression driving | operation etc. in combination with this.

  (2) In the above-described embodiment, the case where the dryer control device H1 as the operation control unit executes the deodorizing operation including the electrolytic mist operation and the drying operation when the deodorizing operation command is instructed is shown as an example. However, the user may operate the dryer remote controller R1 one by one to execute the deodorizing operation method including the electrolytic mist operation and the drying operation.

  (3) Electrolyzed water having a disinfecting action constituting the electrolytic mist is limited to electrolyzed water containing hypochlorous acid and hypochlorite ions generated by electrolyzing the tap water shown in the above embodiment. First, various electrolyzed water having a sterilizing action such as electrolyzed water containing ozone can be employed. Further, the electrolyzed water generating unit that generates electrolyzed water is not limited to the electrolysis unit 15 including the electrolyzer 22 and the electrodes 23A and 23B shown in the above-described embodiment, and various devices capable of generating electrolyzed water are employed. be able to.

  (4) In the above-described embodiment, the electrolyzed water generated by the electrolysis unit 15 is supplied to the mist nozzle 12 at room temperature without being heated by the mist heat exchanger 14, and the room temperature electrolytic mist is supplied to the bath space K. In some cases, the electrolyzed water is heated in the mist heat exchanger 14 and heated to a high temperature and supplied to the mist nozzle 12, and the hot electrolytic mist is supplied to the bath space K in some cases. You may make it spray.

  (5) In the above-described embodiment, the case where the electrolysis unit 15 is disposed in the upstream side portion of the hot water supply path 13 relative to the mist heat exchanger 14 in FIG. The electrolysis unit 15 may be disposed in the downstream portion.

  (6) In the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the bathroom heating dryer T provided on the ceiling portion of the bathroom Y is illustrated, but the present invention is applied to the bathroom heating dryer T provided on the side wall surface of the bathroom Y. The specific configuration of the bathroom heating dryer T to which the present invention is applied can be changed as appropriate.

Y Bathroom K Bath space Yc Clothes drying part T Bathroom heating dryer A Air heating means B Exhaust means C Mist spraying means H1 Dryer controller (operation control means)
12 Mist nozzle (mist generating part)
13 Hot water supply path 15 Electrolysis unit (electrolyzed water generation unit)

Claims (6)

An exhaust means capable of discharging the air in the bath space in the bathroom to the outside;
A bathroom heating / drying machine comprising air heating means capable of sucking and heating air in the bath space and then ventilating the bath space, and operation control means capable of controlling operation,
Mist spraying means capable of spraying into the bath space as an electrolytic mist in the form of mist of electrolyzed water having a sterilizing action,
The bathroom control dryer is configured such that the operation control means is operable to perform an electrolytic mist operation in which the electrolytic mist is sprayed into the bath space by operating the mist spraying means.   The mist spraying means electrolyzes a mist generating section capable of generating mist, a hot water supply path capable of supplying hot water to the mist generating section, and hot water supplied to the mist generating section through the hot water supply path. The bathroom heating dryer according to claim 1, further comprising an electrolyzed water generating unit capable of generating electrolyzed water.   In the electrolysis mist operation, the operation control means activates the electrolyzed water generation unit to activate the mist spraying means, and does not activate the electrolysis water generation unit in a mist operation different from the electrolysis mist operation. The bathroom heating dryer according to claim 2, wherein the mist spraying means is operated. The mist spraying means is configured to spray the electrolytic mist at room temperature onto the bath space,
In the electrolytic mist operation, the operation control means operates the electrolytic mist spraying means and the air heating means so that the electrolytic mist at room temperature is blown into the bath space in a heated state together with warm air passing through the bath space. The bathroom heating dryer according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The direction of warm air flow to the bath space in the electrolytic mist operation is set to a direction not facing the clothes drying portion of the bath space,
The amount of hot air flowing into the bath space in the electrolytic mist operation is set to be smaller than the amount of hot air flowing into the bath space in the heating operation in which the air heating unit is operated without operating the exhaust unit. The bathroom heating dryer according to claim 4. The operation control means is configured to operate the electrolytic mist spraying means and the air heating means in the electrolytic mist operation so that the electrolytic mist is put on warm air passing through the bath space and blown out to the bath space. And
The operation control means is configured to be able to execute a deodorizing operation for causing the electrolytic mist operation to be performed, and then performing a drying operation for operating the exhaust means and the air heating means,
The ventilation direction of the warm air to the bath space in the electrolytic mist operation during the deodorizing operation is set so as not to face the clothes drying portion of the bath space,
The direction of hot air flowing into the bath space in the drying operation during the deodorizing operation is set to be a direction toward the clothes drying portion side of the bath space than the direction of hot air in the electrolytic mist operation. The bathroom heating dryer according to any one of 1 to 5.

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