JP2552100Y2 - Feather filling device such as feather futon - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for packing feathers in bedding or clothing filled with feathers, such as feather futons, feather pillows, feather cold coats, etc., and in particular, stores feathers. With a structure in which feathers are blown out into the bedding by wind pressure from a tank or the like through a duct, and by attaching an ozone supply pipe to an appropriate place of the duct to blow out ozone, ozone is blown out into the bedding with the feathers. And a feather stuffing device such as a feather futon having a structure in which the concentration of ozone spouting into the above-mentioned futon skin is controlled by a sensor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Feather-filled bedding and clothing, such as feather futons, feather pillows, and feather-proof winter coats,
Feathers are widely used due to their high heat insulating effect, very light weight compared to cotton, and their flexibility and elasticity. There are two problems described below.

[0003] That is, feathers are extremely light, have a fine shape, and have high air resistance, so they are easily scattered and float in the air. Therefore, when performing the work of packing the feathers into futon, etc., the feathers are scattered. Since there is a high possibility that the stuffing work will be hindered and that there is a high possibility that pests such as ticks and pests and harmful germs may adhere to the feathers, the feathers used as raw materials purchased as imported If it is packed in leather or the like, there is a risk that mites and feather sprouts will propagate in the futon skin at a later date, and harmful bacilli will grow and emit an odor.

On the other hand, in order to solve the former problem, the feather as a raw material as described above is usually stored in a large bag. The feather bag is brought into contact with the mouth of the futon, that is, the portion of the futon skin which is used as the entrance of the feather while leaving one place unsewn as it is sewn. The stuffing of feathers into the mouth of the futon had been carried out from now on, but in this situation it was not possible to pack the feathers into the futons efficiently, and the futons were not efficiently scattered without scattering the feathers. It was desired to provide equipment that could be packed inside.

In order to eliminate the latter problem, that is, to eliminate pests and fungi that may be attached to feathers,
For example, as described in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 60-2537, the object to be cleaned is placed in an apparatus box equipped with an ozone generator, and exposed to ozone generated from the ozone generator, whereby the surface of the object to be cleaned is exposed. Decomposes organic contaminants attached to
When the washing device was tested for sterilization and insecticidal treatment of feathers, it also eliminated pests such as mites and feathers and germs attached to the feathers, and also removed contaminants attached to the surface of the feathers. It was found that there was a certain effect in decomposing and cleaning.

[0006] However, mites and feathers such as mites are bred by laying eggs, and mites and feathers such as mites that survive in an egg state cannot be completely eliminated by exposure to ozone. Despite the need to expose the pest to ozone during the period from the spawning to hatching, that is, about one week at room temperature, if the above facilities are used to kill feathers, It is necessary to store feathers in a container connected to the ozone generator for a long period of time, which requires enormous capital investment and occupies a large area in the factory for a long period of time. is there.

[0007]

[Problem to be solved by the invention] The problem to be solved is that when filling feathers as a raw material into the futon, the feathers are light and easily scattered, so that the work is difficult, but it is difficult to solve the problem. There are no suitable devices, and there are equipment that has already been proposed as a facility for decomposing and cleaning organic contaminants by eliminating pests and fungi that may be attached to feathers as raw materials. Equipment that has a structure that puts the cleaning material in a container connected to the ozone generator and exposes it to ozone requires long-term use of this equipment in order to eliminate pest eggs. It is enormous and occupies a vast area for a long time, which is impractical.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a feather filling device such as feather futon for solving the above-mentioned problems. A duct is attached to a container of feather as a raw material, and a wind pressure is applied through the duct. The structure is such that the feathers in the container are guided into the bedding or the like and blown out, and by attaching an ozone supply pipe to an appropriate place of the duct and ejecting ozone, the ozone is discharged together with the bedding. And a sensor mounted near the tip of the wind pressure duct, and the signal from the sensor controls the amount of ozone passing through an ozone mixing valve provided at an appropriate position in the wind pressure duct. By this means, a feather stuffing device for feather futons configured to keep the concentration of ozone in the futon skin constant,
When packing feathers into down futons, etc., it is possible to prevent the feathers from being scattered and to keep the high concentration of ozone enclosed in the completed futons. Packed and transported in
The insecticide / sterilization effect will be maintained for a considerable period of time until it reaches the consumer after being sold at retail stores through wholesalers, etc. It is also effective.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail based on an embodiment shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a feather stuffing device for a feather futon in which the present invention is carried out. A duct 2 is connected to a feather storage tank 1, and the sirocco fan 3 is interposed in the middle of the duct 2. In this structure, a feather blowing tube 4 is attached to the tip.

Further, an ozone generator 5 is provided, and ozone generated from the ozone generator 5 is connected to a mixing valve 7 provided at an appropriate position of the duct 2 through a pipe 6. , Ozone is pipe 6,
It is configured to be mixed with air containing feathers in the duct through the mixing valve 7.

The ozone generating apparatus is, for example, a structure having a structure in which a high voltage is applied to both ends of a double glass tube, oxygen or air is fed into the glass tube, and silent discharge is generated to generate ozone. Is commercially available, and may be used. The table 9 shown in FIG.
It is a work table for performing the work of placing feathers with 0 set.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing a state in which the down is filled with the down by the above-mentioned down filling device of the down, and a part of the sewn bedding 10 has an unsewn portion. The feather blowing port 11 is left, and the blowing pipe 4 attached to the tip of the duct 2 as shown is inserted into the feather blowing port 11, and the feather is blown into the bedding 10 by the wind pressure from the duct 2. By doing so, the state in which the feathers 12 are packed in the bedding 10 is shown.

Further, a sensor having a sensor as shown in FIG. 1 can be used more conveniently. That is, a sensor 13 is attached near the tip of the blowing pipe 4 attached to the tip of the duct 2, and an electric signal corresponding to the concentration of ozone detected by the sensor 13 is mixed by an electric wire (not shown) by the electric wire. It is connected to the valve 7 and has a structure in which the opening and closing of the mixing valve is controlled by a separately provided information processing device such as a microcomputer. Here, the sensor is a device that detects the concentration of ozone in the air and converts it to a signal such as an electric signal as described above, for example, applying a high DC voltage between both electrodes,
An appropriate gas concentration sensor may be selected from a gas concentration sensor such as a structure in which a silent discharge is generated in the gas of the bipolar tube and the concentration of ozone in the gas is detected based on the amount of current flowing therethrough.

In the above-described feather bedding apparatus for feather futons, the portion shown as the feather storage tank is not necessarily limited to this, and may be a hopper for introducing feathers, a bag for transporting feathers, or other materials. Any container storing feathers may be used. Also, as for the ozone generator, it is not always necessary to place the device close to the device of the present invention, and in any case, the ozone generated by the ozone generator provided in another place is used by a cylinder or the like. Any device may be used as long as it supplies ozone to the duct through an ozone supply pipe.

Of course, the blowing pipe at the end of the duct may have various structures depending on design, such as a structure in which the end of the duct is inserted into the futon, instead of a structure for separately attaching the pipe. Needless to say.

The above is the configuration of the illustrated embodiment. Hereinafter, the method of using the same will be described. A sirocco fan 3 is installed in the middle of the duct 2, and as is well known, the sirocco fan has an action of sucking air from its axial direction and sending out air in a direction of a tangent to the circumference of the sirocco fan. Therefore, as shown in the drawing, a portion of the duct 2 close to the feather storage tank is opened in the axial direction of the sirocco fan 3,
By attaching a portion close to the feather blow-out pipe 4 in the direction of the tangent to the circumference of the sirocco fan 3, the wind pressure in the above-mentioned direction generated by the rotation of the sirocco fan 3 causes
The feathers in the feather storage tank 1 are sucked in the direction of the sirocco fan 3 together with the air, and are further discharged from the sirocco fan 3 through a duct by wind pressure.
And is blown out into the bedding 10 from the feather blowing pipe 4.

Next, the air that has sent the feathers to the bedding 10 escapes freely from the texture of the bedding to the air, so that only the feathers 12 sent by the above are contained in the bedding 10. It will be packed as shown. Therefore, the operator holds the root of the feather discharge pipe,
By operating the direction and position of the feather discharge tube, the operation can be performed such that the feathers 12 are packed in the bedding 10 as uniformly as possible.

A mixing valve 7 is attached to an appropriate position of the duct as described above. The mixing valve 7 allows the ozone supplied from the ozone generator 5 to be discharged into the duct 2. As a result, the feathers are packed into the bedding 10 by the wind pressure as described above, and at the same time, a large amount of ozone is sent into the bedding 10. Most of the ozone sent into the futon in this manner is released into the air from the woven fabric of the futon, like other air, but the rest of the ozone remains in the futon 10. Encapsulated, the ozone is decomposed to change into nascent oxygen, or trapped in the futon for a long time, except when the air in the futon 10 is replaced by external pressure. They will be left behind.

Next, in the vicinity of the tip of the above-mentioned feather blowing tube,
The sensor equipped with the sensor 13 measures the concentration of ozone in the futon as described above by the sensor as described above, and a signal corresponding to the concentration of ozone is transmitted to the mixing valve by an electric wire (not shown). 7 and is configured to control the opening and closing of the mixing valve by an information processing device such as a microcomputer provided separately, whereby the amount of ozone sent into the duct and thus into the futon 10 is To maintain an appropriate concentration.

As described above, the ozone concentration is 2 to 2 by weight relative to air for the purpose of controlling pests and germs.
It is said that about 3% is appropriate. Although ozone is a gas useful to the human body, it is said that inhaling too high a concentration of ozone is harmful to the human body. However, in the feather stuffing device of the present invention, as much ozone as possible is sealed in the futon as described above, so that the insecticidal and sterilizing action of ozone is maintained for a long time. And those who come into contact with the futon packed with feathers using the device of the present invention (eg, carriers and retailers)
Considering that it is rare to inhale ozone directly in the futon skin, and only to inhale ozone leaking out of the futon skin texture in a moment, the futon skin of the present invention It is considered that the concentration of ozone to be enclosed therein is considerably higher than the above-mentioned appropriate concentration, and even if it is increased to about 20%, safety is not impaired. In any case,
In consideration of various circumstances as described above, while determining the concentration of ozone to be enclosed in the futon skin, and by inputting a command to the information processing device, the concentration of ozone to be enclosed in the futon skin is ideal. The concentration can be maintained. However, those using the feather stuffing device of the present invention to perform the work of feather stuffing into the futon use a mask provided with a reducing agent because there is a risk of sucking a large amount of ozone, or Attention should be paid to providing a device for sucking and processing air near the work table 9.

In the practice of the present invention, feathers which have been sterilized and killed with ozone or the like in advance may be used as a raw material before being sent to the device of the present invention. The thing which could not be processed because it was in the state of an egg at the time of the above and the like, the insecticidal effect is produced after hatching of the egg due to the high concentration of ozone in the futon by the device of the present invention. Moreover, in order to generate the wind pressure which conveys feathers in the duct 2, an example using a sirocco fan is illustrated, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to this, and a screw fan or other fan is used, or compressed air is used. Needless to say, such a structure may be adopted.

In the above description, the apparatus for stuffing feathers in the futon skin has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Needless to say. If the pipe from the ozone generator is not connected to the duct but is opened directly into the futon and blows out ozone, the same effect can be achieved without using extra ozone. Can be expected.

[0023]

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention is an apparatus for packing feathers, which are raw materials, into the bedding by wind pressure through a duct, so that feathers that are easily scattered can be packed into the bedding without being scattered. In addition, the work of packing the feathers is dramatically improved.

Next, since an ozone supply pipe is attached to the above-mentioned duct to blow ozone into the futon together with the feather, a high concentration ozone is sealed in the completed futon. Since ozone remains in the futon for a long time until it is packed and delivered to the consumer, pests and the like are mixed in the raw material feathers, which are in the form of eggs, and the raw material feathers are killed. Even if they survive, effective concentrations of ozone will remain in the feather until the eggs of the pest hatch, so these pests will be exterminated by the residual ozone after hatching. It becomes.

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In a feather filling device for a feather bedding configured so that the amount of ozone passing through the mixing valve from the ozone supply pipe can be controlled by the sensor, the concentration of ozone in the bedding is thereby reduced to an ideal concentration as desired. Since it can be maintained, the inside of the futon can easily be adjusted to a concentration suitable for the above purpose, so that ozone is wastefully used or a situation where the concentration of ozone in the futon becomes insufficient. Can be avoided. If the ozone supply pipe is not connected to the duct, but is directly opened in the futon, ozone is not mixed into the large amount of air used to convey the feathers, but the small amount of air that enters the futon. And a constant concentration can be maintained by mixing with the above, so that the same effect as described above can be obtained without using extra ozone.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a feather packing device such as a down comforter for implementing the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a state in which feathers are packed in a futon hide.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hopper 2 Duct 3 Sirocco fan 4 Blow-out tube 5 Ozone generator 6 Pipe 7 Mixing valve 8 Cock 9 Table 10 Futon skin 11 Blow-out port 12 Feather 13 Sensor

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Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A feather packing device having a structure in which a duct is attached to a container such as a hopper or a tank, and feathers in the container are guided into a bedding or the like by wind pressure and blown out through the duct. A feather filling device, such as a feather futon, characterized in that an ozone supply pipe is attached to an appropriate place to blow out ozone so that ozone is blown out together with feathers into a futon or the like. 2. A sensor for detecting the concentration of ozone is mounted near the tip of the wind pressure duct, and the amount of ozone passing through an ozone mixing valve provided at an appropriate position in the wind pressure duct can be controlled by a signal from the sensor. The feather stuffing device for a feather futon according to claim 1 constituted.