JP2585209Y2 - Bathroom heating dryer - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a heating / drying machine for a bathroom, in which a heating / drying operation in a bathroom can be appropriately performed by selecting an operation mode.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As such a bathroom heater / dryer, a casing having an air inlet for sucking air in a bathroom and an air outlet for blowing air into the bathroom is formed through the air inlet and the air outlet. A circulation fan that ventilates the air, a heat exchanger that heats the air that is ventilated by the circulation fan, and an exhaust fan for ventilation to form a unit structure that can be installed in a bathroom. And an electric wire for supplying electric power for driving the exhaust fan is connected to the exhaust fan so that wiring from outside the bathroom is possible, and an exhaust pipe is connected to the exhaust fan so that the exhaust pipe can be opened outside the bathroom. A device in which a hot water pipe for supplying hot water for heat exchange to the heat exchanger is connected so as to allow piping from outside the bathroom has been previously developed by the present inventors. When the heating dryer is provided in the bathroom, in advance, at an appropriate position on the bathroom wall, a through-hole for passing a part of the electric wire, a through-hole for passing a part of the exhaust pipe, and a part of the hot water pipe Are formed individually, and after installing the unit structure in the bathroom, using the plurality of through holes, wiring of the electric wires from outside the bathroom,
The opening of the exhaust pipe outside the bathroom and the arrangement of the hot water pipe from outside the bathroom are individually performed.

[0003]

However, even in such a conventional bathroom heater / dryer, there is no room for improvement as described below. That is, in the bathroom heater / dryer, when the unit structure is installed in a bathroom, a plurality of through holes are formed in a bathroom wall, and an electric wire, an exhaust pipe, and a hot water pipe are fitted into each of the through holes. Therefore, there is a problem to be improved that a plurality of works are required and their workability is not always good. The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and has as its object to provide means capable of solving the above-described problem to be improved.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A characteristic feature of a bathroom heater / dryer (hereinafter referred to as the present invention) according to the present invention is that an air inlet for sucking air in the bathroom and an outlet for blowing air into the bathroom are formed. For the casing, a circulation fan that ventilates the air through the air inlet and the air outlet, a heat exchanger that heats the air that is ventilated by the circulation fan, and an exhaust fan for ventilation are attached. An electric wire for supplying electric power for driving the circulating fan and the exhaust fan to the circulation fan and the exhaust fan is connected to the circulation fan and the exhaust fan so that wiring from outside the bathroom is possible. The exhaust pipe is connected to the fan so that the exhaust pipe can be opened to the outside of the bathroom, and the heat exchanger is connected to a hot water pipe for supplying hot water for heat exchange so that piping from outside the bathroom is possible. Bathroom heating A dryer that collectively stores a part of the electric wire, a part of the exhaust pipe, and a part of the hot water pipe, and a duct that can be fitted into a through hole formed in a bathroom wall. , Is provided integrally with the casing.

[0005]

According to the device of the present invention having such a characteristic structure, the duct which can be fitted in the through hole formed in the bathroom wall,
It is provided integrally with the casing, and a part of the electric wire, a part of the exhaust pipe, and a part of the hot water pipe can be collectively stored in the duct. Is provided in the bathroom, a single through-hole is formed in advance without forming a plurality of through-holes in the bathroom wall as in the prior art, and after the unit structure is installed in the bathroom, In the through hole, it is only necessary to insert and fit the duct in which a part of the electric wire, a part of the exhaust pipe and a part of the hot water pipe are collectively accommodated.

[0006]

Therefore, when the device of the present invention is provided in a bathroom, a single through-hole can be formed, instead of forming a plurality of through-holes in a bathroom wall as in the prior art. The number of man-hours for forming is reduced, and the workability is greatly improved compared to the past, and moreover, the work of storing electric wires, exhaust pipes, hot water pipes, etc. in through holes can be done at once. In addition, the workability for the storage is greatly improved as compared with the related art, so that the conventional problem can be solved.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numeral 1 in the figure denotes a casing constituting the outer shell of the device of the present invention. The casing 1 is formed in a substantially closed square housing, and the casing 1 itself is attached to a bathroom wall 2 at an appropriate position on the back of the casing 1.
A plurality of locking members 1d for locking the lock member are attached. The front part of the casing 1 is constituted by a panel 3 provided with a plurality of types of bathroom fixtures 3a such as a shelf 31 on which a bathing tool such as soap can be placed, a mirror 33 and a deck faucet 34. An inlet 1a for sucking air in the bathroom and an outlet 1b for blowing air into the bathroom are formed in a front portion of the casing 1. An opening for drainage is formed at the bottom of the casing 1. The casing 1 is configured to be freely installed in a standing posture along a wall surface in a bathroom, and is configured to be able to be locked to the bathroom wall 2 by using the locking member 1d. That is, the casing 1
Is formed in a shape capable of contacting the inner wall surface of the bathroom (for example, when the inner wall surface is a flat surface as in this embodiment, a flat surface capable of contacting the inner wall surface). 2 can be freely locked using the locking member 1d.

In the casing 1, the intake port 1a is provided.
A circulation fan 4 for passing air in the bathroom through the outlet 1b, a heat exchanger 5 for heating the air passed by the circulation fan 4, and an exhaust fan 6 for ventilation are integrally provided. They are all configured in a unit structure. That is, all of the circulation fan 4, the heat exchanger 5, and the exhaust fan 6 are attached to the casing 1 so as to be located in the casing 1, thereby constituting a unit device of the present invention. ing. Note that, as a heating medium supplied to the heat exchanger 5, hot water of a circulation-type heating heat source unit is used.

Wires 4a and 6a for supplying electric power for driving the fans 4 and 6 are connected to the circulation fan 4 and the exhaust fan 6 from outside the bathroom. An exhaust pipe 7 is connected to the exhaust fan 6 so as to open outside the bathroom. Further, a hot water pipe 5a for supplying hot water for heat exchange (that is, the hot water) to the heat exchanger 5 is drawn in and out of the bathroom to be piped.

A part of the electric wires 4a, 6a, a part of the exhaust pipe 7, and a part of the hot water pipe 5a are collectively stored in the through hole 2a formed in the bathroom wall 2. A duct 10 that can be fitted inside is provided integrally with the casing 1.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 8 denotes a bathtub, and reference numeral 9 denotes a door used when a bather enters a bathroom.

According to such a device of the present invention, the duct 10 can be fitted into the single through hole 2a formed in the bathroom wall 2.
Are provided integrally with the casing 1 so that a part of the electric wires 4a, 6a, a part of the exhaust pipe 7, and a part of the hot water pipe 5a can be collectively stored in the duct 10. Therefore, when the device of the present invention is provided in a bathroom, the through-hole 2a is formed in advance without forming a plurality of through-holes (not shown) in the bathroom wall 2 as in the prior art, and the unit structure is formed. After being installed in the bathroom, the electric wires 4a, 4a,
It is only necessary to fit the duct 10 in which the part of the exhaust pipe 6a, the part of the exhaust pipe 7 and the part of the hot water pipe 5a are collectively accommodated. In this embodiment, the mirror 33 is provided as one of the bathroom fixtures 3a.
3 is heated by the heat exchanger 5 in the unit structure to prevent fogging.

When drying the inside of the bathroom, both the circulation fan 4 and the exhaust fan 6 are driven while a heating medium is supplied to the heat exchanger 5. When heating the bathroom, the circulation fan 4 is driven while the heating medium is supplied to the heat exchanger 5, while the exhaust fan 6 is turned on.
Is set to the driving stop state. When simply ventilating the bathroom, the exhaust fan 6 is driven while the circulation fan 4 is stopped. In this case, the heat exchanger 5
Need not be supplied with a heating medium. However, in order to prevent the mirror 33 from fogging, a heating medium is supplied to the heat exchanger 5.

Next, another embodiment will be described. An embodiment in which the device of the present invention is installed in a corner of a bathroom is also conceivable. That is, the rear surface of the casing 1 is formed in a corner surface which can be in contact with the inner wall surface of the bathroom corner, and the device of the present invention is formed in the bathroom corner while the rear surface is in contact with the inner wall surface of the bathroom corner. An embodiment of installation is also conceivable.

In the claims of the utility model registration, reference numerals are written for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the attached drawings by the entry.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention device.

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line II in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a use state of the device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Casing 1a Inlet 1b Outlet 2 Bathroom wall 2a Through hole 4 Circulation fan 4a Electric wire 5 Heat exchanger 5a Hot water pipe 6 Exhaust fan 6a Electric wire 7 Exhaust pipe 10 Duct

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-3-117830 (JP, A) JP-A-61-202046 (JP, A) JP-A-60-96109 (JP, A) JP-A-4-327711 (JP) , A) Japanese Utility Model Showa 51-45840 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Showa 43-4391 (JP, Y1) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) F26B 9/02 F24H 9/06 302 A47K 4/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] An intake port (1a) for sucking air in a bathroom.
And a circulating fan (4) that ventilates the air through the air inlet (1a) and the air outlet (1b) with respect to the casing (1) in which the air outlet (1b) for blowing air into the bathroom is formed. A heat exchanger (5) for heating the air ventilated by the circulation fan (4) and an exhaust fan (6) for ventilation are attached to form a unit structure that can be installed in the bathroom. Electric wires (4a) and (6a) for supplying electric power for driving the fans (4) and (6) to the fan (4) and the exhaust fan (6) can be wired from outside the bathroom. The heat exchanger (5) is connected to the exhaust fan (6) so that an exhaust pipe (7) can be opened outside the bathroom.
And a hot water pipe (5a) for supplying hot water for heat exchange,
A bathroom heater / dryer connected such that piping from outside the bathroom is possible, a part of the electric wires (4a) and (6a) and the exhaust pipe (7).
And a duct (10), which collectively accommodates a portion of the hot water pipe (5a) and a through hole (2a) formed in the bathroom wall (2), is provided in the casing ( Bathroom heating / dryer provided integrally with 1).