JP2779478B2 - Hand 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 hand dryer which is installed on a wall of a toilet or the like and blows warm air for drying hands.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a warm air fan is provided inside a hand dryer, and is configured so that warm air can be blown from an outlet of the warm air fan.
Unless the outlet of the hot air fan is placed at the correct position, it is not possible to blow out the hot air properly into a predetermined area. However, if the motor side of the hot air fan is fixed at a predetermined position, screwing on the outlet side may not be possible due to dimensional errors, etc., and assembling is difficult. However, there is a problem that the operation is troublesome and it is difficult to accurately set the outlet at a predetermined position.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and does not provide a hand dryer capable of installing the outlet of a hot air fan at an accurate position with one touch. The gist of the invention is to provide a hot air fan for blowing hot air for drying hands inside, and to dispose a sensor for detecting a user's hand near the outlet of the hot air fan. In the hand dryer, the sensor is attached to a frame that is formed separately, and the frame is formed with positioning claw pieces that can be fitted with the outlet of the warm air fan. is there.

[0004]

[Function] Since the frame for the sensor is formed separately and the positioning claw is formed on this frame, the frame is fixed at a predetermined position, and then the outlet of the hot air fan is fitted into the claw. Accordingly, the outlet is installed at an accurate position, and positioning and assembling become extremely easy.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a plan view of the hand dryer with the front cover removed, FIG. 2 is a side view, FIG. 3 is a rear view of the hand dryer, and FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the hand dryer as viewed from below. FIG.

The back side of the hand dryer 1 is composed of a resin back plate 2, and a metal front cover 3 is integrally provided on the front surface of the back plate 2 to cover the inside with warm air. A hot air fan 4 to blow out is provided, and a sensor frame 7 having a sensor attached thereto is disposed near an outlet 4a at a lower end of the hot air fan 4, and a terminal block 6 and a control board 5 are provided inside. Are arranged. The hand dryer 1 has a mounting bracket 8 fitted on the back side of the back plate 2, and the mounting bracket 8 is fixed to a wall surface of a toilet or the like via screws 9, and the mounting bracket 8 is as shown in FIG. A fixed piece 8a which is formed in a shape, has screw holes 8c, 8c, 8c, 8c through which the screw 9 is inserted, and is fixed to a wall surface of a toilet or the like via the screw 9;
The fixing piece 8a is formed in an L-shape with a locking piece 8b projecting substantially horizontally forward at the lower end thereof. The lower end of Ba is abutted and locked.

The details of the back plate 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 12. FIG. 5 is a plan view of the back side of the back plate 2, FIG. 6 is a plan view of the back side of the back plate 2, and FIG. Is a perspective view of the front side of the back plate 2 as viewed from above, and FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the back side of the back plate 2 as viewed from below. In the figure, a large number of intake holes 2 are provided on the outer peripheral side and lower portion of the back plate 2.
a, 2a, 2a are formed.
As shown in FIG. 9 along the line CC in FIG. 6, a and 2a are formed so as to be inclined downward from the front side to the back side, and water entering from the back side does not flow into the front side. It is formed in an inclined shape.

In the back view of FIG. 6, the intake holes 2a,
Inside the 2a, 2a, a rectangular contact protruding frame 2d protruding to the back side is formed, and this contact protruding frame 2d is installed in a contact state on a wall surface of a toilet or the like. Inside the abutment frame 2d, a pair of mounting metal holes 21 and 21 for inserting mounting metal fittings to be engaged with the mounting metal 8 are formed, and a screw is provided above one of the mounting metal holes 21. Hole 2
3, 23 are formed. A reverse U is formed so as to protrude to the rear surface side so as to surround the outer circumferences of the mounting hole 21 and the screw hole 23.
The ribs 22 are formed in the shape of a letter.
Since the projections 2 and 22 are formed in a protruding manner, the sprinkling water flowing down the wall surface of the toilet or the like flows down along the ribs 22, so that the holes 21 for the fittings and the holes 23 for the screws 23.
Water can be effectively prevented from entering the inside.

A concave portion 24 is formed in the center of the lower part of the pair of inverted U-shaped ribs 22, 22 so as to be concave toward the front side. That is, as shown in the cross-sectional view along the line AA in FIG. 7, the locking piece 8 b of the mounting bracket 8 is arranged in contact with the back surface of the concave portion 24. In this case, a gap is formed between the locking piece 8b and the locking piece 8b. Therefore, even when water flowing down from above is collected on the locking piece 8b of the mounting bracket 8, the gap 24 is formed. The water can escape downward, and the water can be drained well downward.

Below the recess 24, a pair of water receiving ports 25, 25 are formed. The water escape port 25 is formed so as to protrude toward the front side as shown in the sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 6 in FIG. Opened top opening 2
5a, and an inclined surface 25b is formed to be inclined downward from the upper surface opening 25a to the back side, and the front side of the back plate 2 through the gap between the base chassis B and the mounting hole 21; This is configured so that the water that has entered the water outlet can be received by the upper surface opening 25a of the water discharge port 25 and discharged to the back side along the inclined surface 25b.

Further, a power supply hole 26 is formed below one side of the water escape port 25, and a V-shaped groove 27 recessed in a V shape is formed below the power supply hole 26. The structure is such that water can flow down well through the V-groove 27. As shown in FIG. 8, the power supply inlet hole 26 is integrally formed with a power supply inlet cylindrical portion 28 protruding toward the front side, and the front end of the power supply inlet cylindrical portion 28 is formed in an upwardly inclined portion 29 b. The upper surface side of the inclined portion 29b forms an open upper surface opening 29a, and the receiving port 29 is formed by the inclined portion 29b and the upper surface opening 29a.

Therefore, the intrusion of water into the power supply inlet hole 26 is prevented by the V-groove 27, and the water that has entered inside is received by the receiving port 29 and discharged to the outside through the inclined portion 29b. Can be. The power supply hole 2
A power line is inserted into the power line 6 from the back side, and the power line is inserted well along the inclined portion 29b.

As shown in a plan view from the front side of FIG. 5, a frame mounting portion 2b is formed at the center of the lower end of the rear plate 2 below the power supply tube portion 28. The sensor frame 7 can be set on the mounting portion 2b, and a screw hole 2c for fixing the sensor frame 7 is formed in the frame mounting portion 2b.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a projection 30 protruding further to the front side is provided at a portion indicated by D on the partitioning protrusion 2f formed in a frame shape inside the intake hole 2a on the front side of the back plate 2 as shown in FIG. As shown in an enlarged manner in FIG. 10, the projection 30 forms an inclined portion 30a whose upper end is inclined outward, that is, toward the intake hole 2a side.
, Water that is going to enter the inside can be satisfactorily discharged to the outside. In addition, a ground mark 30b stipulated by law is engraved on the protrusion 30, and an arrow 30c indicating the earth position is engraved further below the mark. A plurality of terminal block mounting pins 2e are formed at the position indicated by the arrow 30c, that is, at the inner lower portion of the protrusion 30, so as to protrude toward the front side. It is configured such that a terminal block 6 for connecting a power supply line drawn into the inside through the terminal block 6 can be attached.

The ribs 22 can be formed so as to protrude from the outer periphery of various openings formed in the back plate 2 so as to prevent water from entering the openings from the back side. A plurality of the protrusions 30 may be formed over the entire circumference of the partition protrusion 2f so that water can be discharged to the outside via the inclined portion 30a.

As described above, in this embodiment, the intake hole 2a is formed to be inclined so that water can be prevented from entering from the back side, and the rib 22 prevents water from entering the opening hole from the back side. Water can flow down well by the V-groove 27 to prevent the water from flowing into the opening hole. To the recess 2
4 is a structure that improves the flow of water to the lower side and prevents water from entering the inside as much as possible. 4, the structure has a structure in which the adverse effects of water on the electric components such as the control board 5 can be eliminated, and the occurrence of failures of these components can be favorably prevented. Incidentally, the V-shaped groove 27 may be formed below any opening.

As shown in FIG. 17, in the hand dryer 40 having a rear projecting portion 40a projecting from the rear, a part of the lower end of the mounting bracket 8 in contact with the locking piece 8b is used instead of the recess 24. A notch-shaped water escape recess 24 is formed, and water accumulated on the locking piece 8b can flow down well through the water escape recess 24.

Next, FIG. 14 shows a perspective view of a mounted state of the sensor frame 7 mounted on the frame mounting portion 2b of the back plate 2. As shown in FIG. That is, the sensor frame 7 has a bottom piece 7a placed in contact with the frame placement portion 2b, and a screw hole 7b is formed in the bottom piece 7a.
Side pieces 7c, 7c are integrally formed by being raised upward on both sides of the bottom piece 7a, and positioning claw pieces 7d, 7d projecting further upward are integrally formed at the upper ends of the pair of side pieces 7c, 7c. An elliptical sensor hole 7f for attaching the infrared hand detection sensor 11 from the back side is formed below the claw pieces 7d, 7d, and a rectangular recess is fitted on the front surface of the sensor hole 7f. A recess 7g is formed, and projections 7h, 7h are integrally formed on both sides of the fitting recess 7g so as to protrude forward. A mounting cylinder 7e for mounting the temperature sensor 10 is integrally formed below the sensor hole 7f.

An infrared sensor 11 having a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element is mounted on the back side of the sensor hole 7f, and a plate filter 12 is provided on the front surface of the sensor hole 7f with the fitting recess 7g. It is to be fitted in the inside. This plate filter 12
Is for blocking visible light and covering the front surface of the infrared sensor 11 to improve the appearance. The plate filter 12 is first fitted in the fitting recess 7g,
Thereafter, the projections 7h, 7h are heated with a soldering iron or the like and pressed to crush the projections 7h, 7h, so that the side portions of the plate filter 12 can be locked at the crushed portions. The plate-like filter 12 is fixedly mounted in the fitting recess 7g. That is, the sensor frame 7 can be formed of a thermoplastic resin such as ABS separately and independently of the back plate 2.

A temperature sensor 10 is mounted on the back side of the temperature sensor mounting cylinder 7e. The temperature sensor 10 detects the temperature of the hand inserted downward and detects the temperature of the heater provided in the air outlet 4a. It controls the temperature. The outlet 4a of the hot air fan 4 is provided with a pair of positioning claw pieces 7 projecting upward from the sensor frame 7.
d, 7d, and can be fixed. When the sensor frame 7 is fixed to the frame mounting portion 2b, the positions of the positioning claw pieces 7d, 7d are also fixed, and the pair of positioning claw pieces 7d are fixed. , 7d, the outlet 4a of the hot-air fan 4 can be favorably positioned, and the positioning when the hot-air fan 4 is mounted can be accurately and easily performed.

The sensor frame 7 is covered by the front cover 3. The lower portion of the front cover 3 has a sensor frame 7 as shown in FIGS.
An opening 3a is formed at a position where the lattice 3b is aligned, and a lattice 3b is formed integrally with this opening 3a.
Accordingly, the lower portions of the infrared sensor 11 and the temperature sensor 10 are covered by the grid 3b. The distance between the gratings 3b is such that a finger of a child or the like cannot enter, and the light from the infrared sensor 11 and the reflected light from the hand pass through the grating 3b so as not to affect the detection. The lattice spacing is set to about 7 mm, for example.

That is, the infrared sensor 11 of this embodiment is the same as that shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), a condensing lens is used so that the pin spot light P can be projected downward, and it is configured to pass between the gratings 3b and to emit infrared rays to the lower side. Further, a sensor off delay timer is provided in the control board 5, and in the case of the pin spot light P, since the detection area is small, the hot air fan 4 is immediately stopped when the hand comes out of the detection area. In order to prevent such a situation, the configuration is such that the operation of the hot air fan 4 can be continued by the sensor off delay timer as long as the hand does not leave the detection area for, for example, 1.5 seconds or more.

As described above, the sensors 11 and 10 are connected to the grid 3b.
In the past, there have been people who have attached or scratched the sensor part with mischief etc., especially in toilets where unspecified number of people enter and exit, such as service areas, because they were covered with Can be prevented well, sensor 1
It is possible to maintain the functions 1 and 10 well.

[0024]

According to the present invention, there is provided a hand dryer in which a sensor for detecting a user's hand is provided near an outlet of a warm air fan, wherein the sensor is attached to a frame formed separately. In addition, since the frame is formed with positioning claw pieces into which the outlet of the hot air fan can be fitted, after the frame is fixed at a predetermined position, the blowing of the hot air fan into the claw pieces is performed. By fitting the outlet, the outlet is installed at an accurate position, and there is an effect that positioning and assembling of the hot air fan becomes extremely easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a state in which a front cover of a hand dryer is removed.

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a rear view from the back side of the hand dryer.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the hand dryer as viewed from below.

FIG. 5 is a front plan view of a back plate of the hand dryer.

FIG. 6 is a plan view from the back side of the back plate.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 6;

10 is an enlarged view of a portion D in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the front side of the back plate viewed from above.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the back side of the back plate viewed from below.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a lower portion of the front cover.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a state in which a sensor frame is mounted.

FIG. 15 is a schematic configuration diagram of pin spot light projected from an infrared sensor.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a mounting bracket.

FIG. 17 is a schematic side view of a modification of the hand dryer in an attached state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 hand dryer 2 back plate 2a intake hole 2b frame mounting portion 2d abutment frame 2f partitioning protrusion 3 front cover 3b lattice 4 warm air fan 4a outlet 5 control board 6 terminal block 7 sensor frame 7d positioning claw piece 7f Sensor hole 7g Fitting recess 7h Projection 8 Mounting bracket 8b Locking piece 10 Temperature sensor 11 Infrared sensor 12 Plate filter 21 Mounting bracket hole 22 Rib 23 Screw hole 24 Concave 25 Water escape port 25a Upper surface opening 25b Inclined surface 26 Power supply inlet hole 27 V groove 28 Power supply inlet cylinder 29 Receptacle 29 a Upper surface opening 29 b Inclined portion 30 Projection 30 a Draining inclined portion 30 b Ground indicator

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A hand dryer comprising a warm air fan for blowing warm air for drying hands therein, and a sensor for detecting a user's hand disposed near an outlet of the warm air fan. The hand is characterized in that the sensor is attached to a frame formed separately, and the frame is formed with positioning claw pieces into which an outlet of the warm air fan can be fitted. Hairdryer.