JP2021115084A - Flavor emission device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a flavor emission device that achieves easy switching of flavors.SOLUTION: A flavor emission device 1 has a liquid storage part 213 that stores evaporation liquid L, a heat generator 41 that heats the evaporation liquid L to generate a gas, a discharge opening 622 that leads the gas to the outside, and a flavor imparting material storage part 64 that stores a flavor imparting material 7 disposed in a gas channel between the liquid storage part 213 and the discharge opening 622.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to an incense generator.

Conventionally, there has been disclosed an incense device that makes a chemical solution smoke-like and evaporates it into an indoor space in a visible state. The incense device (evaporator) of Patent Document 1 includes a chemical solution containing a solvent, a heating element, and a chemical solution supply means capable of supplying the chemical solution to the heating element, and the chemical solution supply means comes into contact with the heating element. It is arranged so as to. Further, it is disclosed that an aromatic liquid containing a fragrance is used as the chemical liquid.

Japanese Patent No. 5660834

However, in the case of the scenting device of Patent Document 1, the scent given to the smoke is determined by the fragrance liquid contained in the chemical solution. Therefore, when the scent is to be changed, the chemical solution is used up or the remaining chemical solution is taken out. It is not easy to change the scent.

An object of the present invention is to provide a perfume device in which the scent can be easily switched.

The scenting device of the present invention includes a liquid accommodating portion for accommodating an evaporative liquid, a heating element for heating the evaporative liquid to generate a gas, a discharge opening for guiding the gas to the outside, and the liquid accommodating portion. A fragrance-imparting material accommodating portion for accommodating the fragrance-imparting material arranged in the gas flow path between the discharge opening and the gas flow path is provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a scenting device in which the scent can be easily switched.

It is a perspective view of the incense apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is an exploded perspective view seen from above of the incense apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is an exploded perspective view seen from the lower side of the flavoring apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. FIG. 5 is an IV-IV cross-sectional view of the incense generator shown in FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the incense apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a perspective view seen from the lower side of the upper housing which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is VII-VII sectional view of the incense apparatus shown in FIG. 5 which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the incense apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is IX-IX sectional view of the incense apparatus shown in FIG. 8 which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention.

(Embodiment 1)
Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. The scenting device 1 shown in FIG. 1 heats the evaporative solution L (see FIG. 4) housed inside the housing 2 (lower housing 21 and upper housing 22), and has a discharge opening provided above. It is a device that generates a gas to which a scent is added from 622. The gas generated in this embodiment can be smoke S (for example, white smoke) that can be visually recognized from the outside in an aerosol state, and the scent can be enjoyed as the colored gas is generated. The scent of the smoke S can be changed according to the type of the aroma-imparting material 7 that can be inserted from above the discharge opening 622 of the aroma generator 1. The incense sticking device 1 can, for example, add the scent of incense (sandalwood, sandalwood) together with smoke S to generate pseudo incense smoke, but can add various other scents to aroma. It can be used as a diffuser.

As shown in the exploded perspective views of FIGS. 2 and 3, the incense generator 1 has a bottomed cylindrical lower housing 21 having a lower bottom portion 211 and a bottomed cylindrical upper housing having an upper bottom portion 221. It has a body 22 and. The upper housing 22 is connected above the lower housing 21.

Further, the incense apparatus 1 transfers the invading body 3 for transporting the evaporation liquid L (see FIG. 4) and the evaporation liquid L transported to the invading body 3 inside the lower housing 21 and the upper housing 22. A heat generating member 4 for heating and a pressing member 5 for supporting the heat generating member 4 are provided.

The lower housing 21 has a circular lower bottom portion 211 and a cylindrical side wall 212 extending upward from the outer peripheral edge of the lower bottom portion 211. A circularly recessed engaging portion 211a is formed at substantially the center of the inner surface of the lower bottom portion 211. At the upper end of the side wall 212, two notches 212a for accommodating the electric wire 42 of the heat generating member 4 described later are formed. The cutout portion 212a in the present embodiment is cut out in a substantially rectangular shape in a side view, but can be arbitrarily determined according to the shape of the electric wire 42 (for example, the cross-sectional shape). A liquid storage portion 213 for storing the evaporative liquid L is formed on the lower bottom portion 211 side of the lower housing 21 (see also FIG. 4).

The evaporative solution L may be any liquid that can be vaporized at room temperature or by heating with the heating element 41, and is one or two of alcohol-based solvents, glycol ether-based solvents, glycol-based solvents such as propylene glycol, and hydrocarbon-based solvents. A solution containing the above can be used.

The impregnated body 3 is composed of a fiber member such as felt having a columnar outer shape as a whole. One end side (lower end side) of the impregnating body 3 engages with the engaging portion 211a in the assembled state shown in FIG. Further, the other end side (upper end side) of the impregnating body 3 comes into contact with the lower surface of the heating element 41 described later. Therefore, the impregnating body 3 is positioned, and the swinging of the impregnating body 3 in the front-back and left-right directions (horizontal direction) and the up-down direction is restricted. Further, when the impregnating body 3 comes into contact with the evaporation liquid L, the evaporation liquid L can be transported from the lower side to the upper heating element 41 by a capillary phenomenon.

The heating member 4 has a rectangular flat heating element 41 and an electric wire 42 including an electrode for supplying electric power to the heating element 41. The electric wire 42 extends from a substantially intermediate position in the plate thickness direction on the side surface of the heating element 41 (see FIG. 4). As the heating element 41, a heating wire, a PTC heater, a ceramic heater, a fixed resistance heater, or the like, which generates heat by being supplied with an electric current via the electric wire 42, can be used.

The pressing member 5 has an annular frame body 51 and a rectangular flat plate-shaped pressing portion 52 arranged inside the frame body 51. The pressing portion 52 is supported by the frame body 51 by connecting the inner surface of the frame body 51 and the corner portion of the pressing portion 52 by a connecting rod 53. As shown in FIG. 4, the frame body 51 is formed to have substantially the same outer diameter as the upper end portion of the side wall 212 and the lower end portion of the side wall 222. Therefore, in the assembled state shown in FIG. 4, the frame body 51 can be sandwiched by the upper end portion of the lower housing 21 and the lower end portion of the upper housing 22. The upper surface of the pressing portion 52 is formed flat. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, an engaging portion 521 recessed in a substantially rectangular shape is formed on the lower surface of the pressing portion 52. The engaging portion 521 has an inner shape slightly larger than the outer shape of the heating element 41. A part of the heating element 41 on the upper surface side can be engaged with the engaging portion 521 to position the heating element 41 in the front-rear, left-right direction (horizontal direction). In this way, the pressing member 5 can press and support the heating element 41 toward the impregnating body 3.

Further, the pressing member 5 has a prismatic obstruction projection 54 extending downward from a part of the lower surface of the frame body 51. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the electric wire 42 housed in the notch 212a is blocked by the obstruction projection 54 from the upper side to prevent the electric wire 42 from coming out of the notch 212a upward. The electric wire 42 can be connected to an external power source (not shown). The pressing member 5 distributes smoke S generated from the heating element 41 side to the incense-imparting material accommodating portion 64 side through a plurality of flow path openings 55 formed between the frame body 51 and the pressing portion 52. be able to.

The upper housing 22 has a circular upper bottom portion 221 and a cylindrical side wall 222 extending downward from the outer peripheral edge of the upper bottom portion 221. The side wall 222 is inclined in a truncated cone shape so that the outer diameter increases from the upper side to the lower side. A circular opening 221a is formed in the center of the upper bottom portion 221.

Further, the incense device 1 includes an accommodating member 6. The accommodating member 6 is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape having a bottom portion 61 at the bottom. Inside the bottom portion 61 and the side wall 62, an incense-imparting material accommodating portion 64 in which the incense-imparting material 7 shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 is accommodated is formed. A plurality of circular suction openings 621 penetrating in the radial direction of the accommodating member 6 are formed on the side wall 62 of the accommodating member 6. Further, a circular discharge opening 622 is formed inside the upper end portion of the side wall 62, and an opening of the upper housing 22 extends radially outward around the outer circumference on the outside of the upper end portion of the side wall 62. A flange portion 63 having a diameter larger than that of 221a is formed. The accommodating member 6 can be inserted into the opening 221a of the upper housing 22 from the upper side (outside of the incense generator 1) to arrange the incense-imparting material accommodating portion 64 in the housing 2.

The accommodating member 6 inserted from the opening 221a may be fixed to the upper housing 22 by a fixing means (not shown) provided on the flange portion 63, or may not be fixed to the upper housing 22. ..

The incense-imparting material 7 is formed in the shape of a cylindrical rod. In a state where the incense-imparting material 7 is housed in the incense-imparting material accommodating portion 64, the lower end side of the incense-imparting material 7 is supported by the bottom portion 61. Further, the incense imparting material 7 is formed with an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the side wall 62. Therefore, a gap G, which is a flow path through which smoke S can flow, is formed between the incense-imparting material 7 and the side wall 62. The incense-imparting material 7 can be formed as a member in which a fiber member such as felt is impregnated with a liquid fragrance material, or as a member in which the fragrance material is solidified. As the fragrance material, a natural fragrance, a simple fragrance separated from the natural fragrance, or a synthetic fragrance can be used.

Next, the operation of the incense generator 1 will be described with reference to FIG. When the evaporative solution L is stored (accommodated) in the liquid accommodating portion 213 in the incense generator 1, the lower end side of the invading body 3 is immersed in the evaporative solution L, so that the evaporative solution L is absorbed. The absorbed evaporation liquid L moves to the upper end side of the invading body 3 due to the capillary phenomenon and is transported to the heating element 41.

When electric power is supplied to the heating member 4 to cause the heating element 41 to generate heat, the evaporation liquid L vaporizes due to the temperature rise and moves up inside the housing 2 as smoke S in an aerosol state. The smoke S is mainly generated from the upper end side of the impregnated body 3, passes through the flow path (flow path opening 55) between the pressing portion 52 and the frame body 51, and moves to the accommodating member 6 side. After that, the smoke S moves into the incense-imparting material accommodating portion 64 from the plurality of suction openings 621 provided on the side wall 62 of the accommodating member 6. Since the evaporation liquid L transported to the upper end side of the impregnating body 3 is vaporized, the evaporation liquid L is sequentially supplied to the heating element 41 side from below the impregnating body 3.

Since the smoke S that has moved to the incense-imparting material accommodating portion 64 passes through a narrow flow path formed between the incense-imparting material 7 and the side wall 62, the scent is imparted by coming into contact with the surface of the incense-imparting material 7. Then, it is led out from the discharge opening 622 to the outside of the incense generator 1.

As described above, since the incense generator 1 has separated the configuration for generating smoke S (gas) and the configuration for imparting scent, the smoke S can be replaced by exchanging the aroma imparting material 7 regardless of the residual amount of the evaporation liquid L. The scent of can be easily changed. Further, since the scent-imparting material 7 is arranged along the vertical direction, which is the moving direction of the smoke S, the time for the smoke S to come into contact with the scent-imparting material 7 can be lengthened to efficiently impart the scent.

Further, when the fragrance is dissolved in the evaporator L, the appropriate heating temperature of the evaporator L may differ for each scent, but in the present embodiment, the same evaporator L is used even if the scent is changed. Therefore, the scent can be easily changed without changing the temperature setting of the heating element 41.

(Embodiment 2)
Next, the incense device 1A of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7. The incense generator 1A includes an upper housing 22A that integrally provides the functions of the accommodating member 6 and the upper housing 22 described in the first embodiment. Further, the incense device 1A has a suction opening 621A having a shape different from that of the suction opening 621 of the first embodiment. In the description of the present embodiment, the same components as those of the incense device 1 of the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals to simplify or omit the description.

The upper housing 22A shown in FIG. 6 has a circular upper bottom portion 221 and a cylindrical side wall 222 extending downward from the outer peripheral edge of the upper bottom portion 221. The side wall 222 is inclined in a truncated cone shape so that the outer diameter increases from the upper side to the lower side. As shown in FIG. 5, a substantially circular discharge opening 622A is formed in the center of the upper bottom portion 221. The inner edge of the discharge opening 622A is formed with a notch 623 notched in a rectangular concave shape.

From the inner edge of the discharge opening 622A, a bottomed cylindrical accommodating portion 6A having a bottom portion 61 is formed so as to extend downward, which is the inside of the upper housing 22A. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, an incense-imparting material accommodating portion 64 in which the incense-imparting material 7 is accommodated is formed inside the bottom portion 61 and the side wall 62. On the side wall 62 of the accommodating portion 6A, a plurality of suction openings 621A which are elongated in the vertical direction and penetrate in the radial direction of the accommodating portion 6A are formed. The total opening area of the suction openings 621A is formed wider than the total of the suction openings 621 of the first embodiment. The notch 623 of the discharge opening 622A described above is continuously connected to the upper end of the suction opening 621A.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the lower surface 611 of the accommodating portion 6A and the lower end of the side wall 222 are formed on substantially the same surface. In the assembled state, the incense generator 1A has the lower surface 611 of the accommodating portion 6A in contact with the upper surface of the pressing portion 52 of the pressing member 5 to restrict the upward movement of the pressing member 5 and support the pressing member 5. Can be done.

In the present embodiment, since the opening area of the suction opening 621A is wider than that of the suction opening 621 of the first embodiment, the flow path resistance in the incense generator 1A can be lowered, and the flow path resistance in the incense device 1A can be reduced from the discharge opening 622A. The flow rate of the generated smoke S can be increased.

(Embodiment 3)
Next, the incense device 1B of the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. The incense generator 1B includes an upper housing 22B in which the functions of the pressing member 5 and the upper housings 22 and 22A described in the first and second embodiments are integrally provided. In the description of the present embodiment, the same components as those of the scenting device 1 of the first embodiment and the scenting device 1A of the second embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals to simplify or omit the description.

As shown in FIG. 8, the upper housing 22B has a prismatic obstruction projection 223 (corresponding to the obstruction projection 54 in FIG. 1 and the like) extending downward from the lower end of the side wall 222. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the electric wire 42 housed in the notch 212a is blocked by the obstruction projection 223 from the upper side to prevent the electric wire 42 from coming out of the notch 212a upward.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the lower surface 611 of the accommodating portion 6B is located below the lower end of the side wall 222. In the assembled state, the incense generator 1B can support the heating member 4 by restricting the upward movement of the heating element 41 by abutting the lower surface 611 of the accommodating portion 6B with the upper surface of the heating element 41. That is, the lower surface 611 of the accommodating portion 6B can function as the pressing portion 52 of the pressing member 5 shown in the first embodiment or the second embodiment.

In the present embodiment, as in the first and second embodiments, the incense generator 1B can be configured by supporting the heat generating member 4 with a simple configuration.

Although the first to third embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to each embodiment and can be implemented with various modifications. For example, in the description of each embodiment, the gas generated from the incense generators 1, 1A, 1B has been described by taking smoke S (for example, white smoke) that can be visually recognized from the outside as an example, but it may be a colored gas other than white. It may be a colorless gas.

Further, in the first to third embodiments, an example is shown in which a part of the upper end side of the incense-imparting material 7 housed in the incense-giving devices 1, 1A and 1B is projected, but the incense-imparting material 7 is incense-developing. It may be configured to be included in the devices 1, 1A and 1B.

1,1A, 1B Incense device 2 Housing 3 Incense body 4 Heat-generating member 5 Pressing member 6 Storage member 6A, 6B Storage part 7 Incense-imparting material 21 Lower housing 22 Upper housing 22A, 22B Upper housing 41 Heat-generating body 42 Electric wire 51 Frame body 52 Pressing part 53 Connecting rod 54 Closing protrusion 55 Flow path opening 61 Bottom part 62 Side wall 63 Flange part 64 Incense granting material accommodating part 211 Lower bottom part 211a Engaging part 212 Side wall 212a Notch part 213 Liquid accommodating part 221 Top Bottom 221a Opening 222 Side wall 223 Obstruction protrusion 521 Engagement 611 Bottom surface 621, 621A Inhalation opening 622,622A Discharge opening 623 Notch L Evaporative liquid S Smoke

Claims (6)

A liquid storage unit that stores the evaporative liquid,
A heating element that heats the evaporator to generate gas, and
A discharge opening that allows the gas to be led out to the outside,
An incense-imparting material accommodating portion for accommodating an incense-imparting material arranged in the gas flow path between the liquid accommodating portion and the discharge opening.
A perfume device characterized by being provided with. The incense-imparting material accommodating portion is provided above the liquid accommodating portion, has the discharge opening on the upper side, and is a part of the flow path on the liquid accommodating portion side. The perfume device according to claim 1, further comprising an opening. The incense-imparting material accommodating portion and the liquid accommodating portion are contained by a lower housing and an upper housing connected above the lower housing.
The incense-imparting material accommodating portion is formed integrally with the upper housing.
The incense generator according to claim 2. It is provided with an impregnated body that is arranged between the bottom of the liquid storage part and the heating element, comes into contact with the heating element, absorbs the evaporative liquid of the liquid storage part, and transports the evaporative liquid to the heating element. The scenting device according to claim 2 or 3, which is characterized. The aroma generator according to claim 4, further comprising a pressing member that presses the heating element toward the impregnating body side. The incense generator according to claim 5, wherein the pressing member is composed of a bottom portion of the incense-imparting material accommodating portion.

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