JP2520342B2 - Automatic hair washer - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a commercial-use automatic hair washer used in barber shops, beauty salons and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is known an automatic hair washing machine for washing hair by spraying warm water for washing on the head and hair without manpower (see, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 52-11248). Such an automatic hair washing machine is generally provided with a hot water storage tank, and after hot water is stored in the hot water storage tank, the hot water stored is taken out to wash the hair. In addition, the conventional automatic hair washing machine is equipped with a sufficiently large capacity hot water storage tank, and even if the hair washing course or hair washing program (for example, short hair washing, long hair washing, finishing washing, etc.) changes,
A system that uses a sufficient amount of hot water in the hot water storage tank so that the hot water in the hot water storage tank is used up for each wash of hair, and a large capacity tank cannot be used for the hot water storage tank due to installation space etc. There are two types, one is provided with a hot water storage tank having a capacity smaller than the required amount of hot water, and a method of continuously supplying hot water to the hot water storage tank after taking out hot water from the hot water storage tank and starting washing hair.

In the case of the hot water storage tank system in the above-mentioned conventional automatic hair washing machine, the required amount of hot water greatly varies depending on the length of the hair to be washed and the content of the hair wash. A lot of residual water is generated in the hot water storage tank. On the other hand, in the above-mentioned method, almost full hot water remains in the hot water storage tank even after the hair washing.

[0004]

In the conventional automatic hair washing machine, the hot water remaining in the hot water storage tank is always forcibly discharged at the end of the hair washing regardless of the method or. The reason for this is that if there is a delay before the next hair wash, the hot water in the hot water tank will cool and become unusable. Therefore, it cannot be said that the conventional automatic hair washer makes effective use of the residual water in the hot water storage tank, which is disadvantageous in that it is uneconomical.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art and provides an automatic hair washing machine in which, when residual water is generated in the hot water storage tank, the residual water can be utilized as effectively as possible. To aim.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is an automatic hair washing machine having a tank for storing hot water and removing hot water stored in the tank to wash hair. Remaining water detection means for detecting whether or not, temperature detection means for detecting the temperature of the hot water in the tank, before supplying hot water to the tank, read the output of the residual water detection means and the output of the temperature detection means, There is more than a certain amount of residual water in the tank
And the temperature of the residual water is below the predetermined temperature.
The tank, forcibly drain the residual water from the tank and
There is the above residual water, and the temperature of the residual water is predetermined
Forced drainage of residual water in the tank when the temperature is higher than
When there is not more than the specified amount of residual water in the tank
Irrespective of the temperature of the residual water,
And residual water treatment means for suppressing the drainage control operation .

[0007]

When the hair is washed by the automatic hair washing machine, the amount of hot water required varies greatly depending on the length of the hair to be washed and the content of the hair wash. For example, a relatively small amount of hot water is required for washing short hair, but a relatively large amount of hot water is required for washing long hair. When hot water is stored in the tank in advance and the hot water stored in the tank is taken out to wash the hair, residual water is generated in the tank at the end of the hair wash depending on the content of the hair wash and the hair washing course. According to the present invention, the residual water in the tank is not forcibly discharged at the end of washing the hair, but is kept as it is. And before supplying hot water to the tank for the next hair wash, the remaining water in the tank
If the remaining water is more than a predetermined amount,
, The temperature of the residual water is discovered. Then , if the temperature of the residual water is equal to or lower than the predetermined temperature, the residual water in the tank is forcibly discharged.

On the other hand, the residual water in the tank is above a predetermined temperature .
Ri Takake lever, remaining water in the tank is left alone, for the next washing, hot water on top of the remaining water is hot water is filled in the tank is replenished. Also, when the remaining water in the tank is less than the specified amount
Irrespective of the temperature of the residual water,
Then, hot water is supplied to the tank. It is preferable that the presence or absence of the residual water in the tank and the temperature thereof be determined immediately before the hot water is stored in the tank.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An automatic hair washer according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of an automatic hair washer according to an embodiment of the present invention. The appearance of the automatic hair washing machine is formed by the cabinet 1.
At the center of the upper surface of the water receiving ball 2 for storing the head
Is arranged. The inside of the water receiving ball 2 is deeply recessed so that the head and hair can be stored. Further, inside the water receiving ball 2, there is provided a nozzle link 55 and the like for spraying washing water when washing hair.

A hood 3 is attached to the water receiving ball 2. The hood 3 is in the opened state shown in FIG.
Can be opened and closed so as to cover the upper part of the housing. Further, the operation panel 7 is provided on the upper surface of the cabinet 1, for example, on the right front side.
Is arranged. Although not shown, various operation buttons and indicators are arranged on the operation panel 7. A hand shower 8 is also provided on the upper surface of the cabinet 1. The hand shower 8 is used by a beautician or the like who operates this automatic hair washing machine to wash the water receiving ball 2 and finish the hair washing, and can be pulled out from the upper surface of the cabinet 1. On the upper right side of the upper surface of the cabinet 1, for example, knobs 9 and 10 for outflow / stop of cold water and hot water for the hand shower 8 and flow rate adjustment are provided.

FIG. 2 is a water channel piping diagram of this automatic hair washing machine. Explaining with reference to FIG. 2, the water supplied from the water supply source 13 provided in the beauty salon etc. in which this automatic hair washing machine is installed passes through the stop valve 81C, the strainer 82C and the check valve 83C, and then the mixing valve 84. Given to. The hot water supplied from the hot water supply source 14 provided in a beauty salon etc. in which this automatic hair washing machine is installed is supplied to the mixing valve 84 via the stop valve 81H, the strainer 82H and the check valve 83H. Then, the mixing valve 84 mixes the water and the hot water to obtain hot water having the temperature set by the mixing valve 84. The hot water is supplied to the tank 87 via the strainer 86 and the hot water storage valve 85 when the hot water storage valve 85 is opened. Further, the hot water of the mixing valve 84 is jetted from the hand shower 8 when the shower valve 88 is opened.

The tank 87 is provided with two water level sensors, a lower limit water level sensor 89 and an upper limit water level sensor 90, which makes it possible to detect whether the amount of water in the tank 87 is almost exhausted or full. There is.
A thermistor 91 for detecting temperature is provided, for example, at a lower position of the tank 87 so that the temperature of the water (hot water) stored in the tank 87 can be detected.

Further, an overflow channel 92 is connected to a position above the tank 87, and when hot water exceeding the storage limit is supplied to the tank 87, the hot water is discharged to the outside of the machine through the overflow channel 92. . A pump suction passage 93 is connected to the tank 87, and the pump suction passage 93 is connected to the pump 94. When the pump 94 is driven, the warm water stored in the tank 87 is sucked into the pump 94 through the suction passage 93. On the output side of the pump 94, the shorting valve 9
The nozzle link 55 for the crown and the nozzle link 58 for the neckline are connected via 5 and the fixed nozzle 60 for mainly cleaning the tip of the long hair is connected via the valve 96 for long. Further, a drain pipe 98 is connected via a drain valve 97.

Therefore, when the long valve 96 and the drain valve 97 are closed and the short valve 95 is opened, the hot water sucked into the pump 94 is passed through the short valve 95 to the nozzle link 55 for the crown. And to a neckline nozzle link 58, and is vigorously ejected from a plurality of nozzles 58 and 59 arranged in each nozzle link.

On the other hand, when the short valve 95 and the drain valve 97 are closed and the long valve 96 is open, the hot water sucked by the pump 94 is fixed nozzle 60.
Is sprayed vigorously to clean the tips of long hair. When the drain valve 97 is closed and the short valve 95 and the long valve 96 are open, the nozzle 57 of the crown nozzle link 55, the nozzle 59 of the neckline nozzle link 58, and the fixed nozzle 60.
Hot water is jetted from the three types of nozzles.

On the other hand, when the drain valve 97 is open, the warm water sucked by the pump 94 is drained through the drain pipe 96. The washing water sprayed from the three types of nozzles 57, 59, 60 is received by the bottom of the water receiving ball 2, and is drained to the drain pipe 98 through the drain trap 99 connected to the lower side of the bottom surface of the water receiving ball 2. It As is well known, the drain trap is for preventing the generation of a foul odor in the water receiving ball 2 and for preventing the hair falling in the water receiving ball 2 from flowing out to the drain pipe 98.

A branch pipe 100 is formed in the pump suction passage 93, and the shampoo valve 10 is formed in the branch pipe 100.
The shampoo storage box 11 is connected via 1 and the amount adjustment valve 102. A branch pipe 103 is formed in the pump suction passage 93, and the rinse storage box 12 is connected to the branch pipe 103 via a rinse valve 104 and an amount adjusting valve 105. Therefore, if the shampoo valve 101 is opened while the pump 94 is operating, the inside pressure of the branch pipe 100 becomes negative, and the shampoo liquid stored in the shampoo storage box 11 is pumped from the branch pipe 100 into the pump suction passage 9.
3, the shampoo liquid is mixed into the warm water taken out from the tank 87. Similarly, when the rinse valve 104 is opened during the operation of the pump 94, the pressure inside the branch pipe 103 becomes negative, and the rinse liquid stored in the rinse storage box 12 is mixed into the warm water flowing through the pump suction passage 93.

Therefore, the shampoo valve 101 or the rinse valve 104 is operated, and the quantity adjusting valve 1 is operated.
By adjusting 02 or 105, a desired amount of shampoo liquid or rinse liquid can be mixed into the wash water sprayed from the three types of nozzles 57, 59, 60. Note that FIG.
In the above, the pump 94 is driven by the inverter 106, and the power of the pump 94 can be adjusted to a desired size by the inverter 106.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electric control circuit of this automatic hair washing machine. The control circuit is provided with a microcomputer 110 as a control center, to which various signals and sensor signals relating to the operation control of the hair washing machine are given, and the microcomputer 110 performs various operations based on the signals. A control signal is output to the element or device.

Specifically, various key switches and the like 111 provided on the operation panel 7 (see FIG. 1) give signals relating to operation control to the microcomputer 110. Further, the temperature detected by the thermistor 91 provided in the tank 87, the output of the lower limit water level sensor 89, the output of the upper limit water level sensor 90, and the open / close switch 11 of the hood 3 (see FIG. 1).
2 and the outputs of the rocking position detection switches 113 and 114 of the nozzle link 55 for the head portion (see FIG. 2) are given to the microcomputer 110.

Further, the output of the monitor switch 115 and the output of the power failure detection circuit 116 are also output from the microcomputer 1.
Given to 10. In the microcomputer 110,
Based on the above-mentioned input signals, for example, a segment signal is given to the tank temperature indicator 24 and the remaining time indicator 33 provided on the operation panel 7. At the same time, a control signal is applied to the tank temperature indicator 24, the remaining time indicator 33, and the process and status display light emitting diode 117. In addition, the light emitting diode 1 for displaying the process and status
A light emitting diode output is given to 17.

The microcomputer 110 also sends control signals to the hot water supply valve 85, the short valve 95, the long valve 96, the shampoo valve 101, the rinse valve 104, the drain valve 97 and the nozzle link motor 71 shown in FIG. Give and control these valves and motors. Further, the microcomputer 110 is
The inverter 106 is controlled to operate the pump 94 at a predetermined power. Further, the melody IC is controlled to output a desired melody sound as needed.

FIG. 4 shows a tank 8 in this automatic hair washing machine.
7 is a flowchart showing hot water storage control for No. 7. The control shown in this flowchart is performed by the microcomputer 11
Performed by 0. Next, a description will be given according to the flow of FIG. When hot water supply control is started based on a signal from the key switch 111 (see FIG. 3), the output of the lower limit water level sensor 89 is read to determine whether the residual water level in the tank 87 is equal to or lower than the lower limit water level. (Step S1).

When the warm water remaining in the tank 87 is detected by the lower limit water level sensor 89, that is, when there is residual water of a predetermined minimum amount or more, the output of the thermistor 91 is read and the inside of the tank 87 is read. The temperature of the residual water is detected.
Then, it is determined whether or not the temperature of the residual water is 35 ° C. or lower (step S2). If the temperature of the residual water is cooled to 35 ° C. or lower, the cold water so cooled cannot be used for the next hair wash. Therefore, in that case, the drain valve 97 is turned on, the pump 94 is operated, and the residual water in the tank 87 is forcibly discharged (step S3).

On the other hand, when the residual water level remaining in the tank 87 is below the lower limit water level and the tank 87 is almost empty, forced drainage is not necessary. Further, when there is residual water in the tank 87, but when the temperature of the residual water is higher than 35 ° C., the residual water is not drained and hot water is added to the residual water. That is, in this case, the hot water storage valve 85 is turned on, and hot water is supplied to the inside of the tank 87 (step S4).

When the tank 87 is filled with hot water and the upper limit water level sensor 90 outputs (step S5), the hot water storage valve 85 is turned off (step S).
6). As a result, the hot water supply control ends. Then, move to hair wash control. In the above description, the presence or absence of residual water is determined based only on the output of the lower limit water level sensor 89 provided in the tank 87. However, the water level sensors are arranged for a plurality of predetermined water levels, and a plurality of water levels are set. Not only the presence / absence of residual water in the tank 87 may be determined based on the output of the sensor, but the amount of residual water may be determined, and the set temperature may be changed depending on whether the residual water is forcibly discharged or not. . That is, when the residual water remains in the tank 87, if the residual water is to be utilized for the next hair wash, the residual water temperature may be relatively low when the residual water is small, If there is a lot of residual water,
The temperature of the residual water must be relatively high. This is because when the residual water is small, the amount of hot water supplied to the residual water is large, and the temperature drop when the tank 87 is filled with warm water is small, but when the amount of residual water is large, it is higher. This is because when the hot water is replenished in the tank 87 and the tank 87 is filled with the hot water, the temperature of the entire hot water may be considerably lowered.

In addition, the present invention can be variously modified within the scope of the claims.

[0028]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the present invention is configured as described above, when residual water remains in the hot water storage tank, it is possible to reuse the residual water without forcibly discharging it uniformly. In this case, since it is used for the next hair washing, it can be used as an automatic hair washing machine with a high energy saving effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of an automatic hair washer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a water channel piping diagram of an automatic hair washer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electric control circuit of the automatic hair washing machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a hot water supply control operation in the automatic hair washer according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 85 hot water supply valve 87 tank 89 lower limit water level sensor 90 upper limit water level sensor 91 thermistor 94 pump 57, 59, 60 nozzle

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Takenari 2-18 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masaru Noro 2-18 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Akio Nishiyama 2-13-22 Shimanouchi, Chuo-ku, Osaka Takara Belmont Co., Ltd. (56) References

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic hair washing machine having a tank for storing hot water, for removing hot water stored in the tank to wash hair, and residual water for detecting whether or not a predetermined amount of hot water is present in the tank. Detection means, temperature detection means for detecting the temperature of hot water in the tank, and before supplying hot water to the tank, the output of the residual water detection means and the output of the temperature detection means are read, and a predetermined amount or more of residual water is stored in the tank. There is water, and the remaining water
When the temperature is below the preset temperature, drain the residual water in the tank.
Forced drainage , there is a certain amount of residual water in the tank, and the residual water
When the temperature is higher than the preset temperature,
When the forced drainage of water is suppressed and there is no more than a specified amount of residual water in the tank,
Forced drainage of residual water in the tank regardless of temperature
An automatic hair washing machine, comprising: a residual water treatment means for suppressing .