JP2793873B2 - Hair Dryer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial applications]

The present invention relates to a hair dryer having a function of radiating far-infrared rays.

[Prior art]

A conventional hair dryer having a hot air heater and a blower is good for drying wet hair, but has a problem that the hair tends to be over-dried. In recent years, hair dryers having a far-infrared radiation function have been provided.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

What has the function of radiating far-infrared rays is excellent in that it does not overdry hair,
On the contrary, there is a problem in that hair is dried quickly. The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a hair dryer capable of drying hair quickly and preventing overdrying.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

Thus, the present invention is a hair dryer including a blower, a warm air heater, and a far-infrared heater, wherein a first fan that energizes the far-infrared heater and the warm-air heater and operates the blower in a large airflow state is provided. And a second mode in which only the far-infrared heater of the two heaters is energized and the blower is operated in a small airflow state. [Operation] According to the present invention, the first mode in which the far-infrared heater and the hot air heater are energized and the air blower is operated in a large air blowing state can dry hair quickly. By setting the second mode in which only the far-infrared heater is energized and the blowing device is operated in a small air volume blowing state, it is possible to prevent hair from overdrying. [Embodiment] The body 1 of this hair dryer is formed in a frusto-conical shape when described in detail based on the illustrated embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 and FIG. As shown in the figure, the grip 1 provided with the switches 17 and 18 via the connecting portion 13
4 is provided, and one end of a stand 5 is rotatably connected to the rear side of the lower surface. In the figure, reference numeral 19 denotes a light emitting element for displaying an operation state provided on the surface of the grip 14. The main body 1 having a front surface serving as a discharge port 1b provided with a discharge port lattice 7 and a rear surface serving as a suction port 1a provided with a suction port lattice 6, has a frusto-conical housing 11, and this housing 11
And a front housing 12 arranged on the front opening edge, which is a large-diameter side opening, of which a blower including a motor 3 and a propeller-type fan 2 is installed at the center thereof. ing. The above-mentioned blower, in which the fan 2 is positioned behind the motor 3, is supported by attaching the motor 3 to a motor attachment portion 80 at the center of the support plate 8 which also serves as a rectifying blade. In the figure, 36 is a heater substrate assembled in a cross shape, 37 is a hot air heater mounted on the heater substrate 36, 38
Is a rectifying bridge. The far-infrared heater 4 has a heater 42 mounted on the outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical heater base 41 having a thinner distal end, and a far-infrared radiator is further applied to the outer peripheral surface of the heater and baked or sprayed. The motor 3, the heater substrate 36 and the hot air heater 37 are located inside the far-infrared heater 4. The far-infrared heater 4 serves as a wind tunnel of a blower. Then, along the inner surface of the main body 1, the far-infrared heater 4
A reflecting plate 45 is provided to reflect far-infrared rays radiated from the air blower toward the blowing direction of the blower. This reflection plate 45
The front end is fixed to the housing 11 with screws 48. The discharge port grid 7 arranged in the discharge port 1b is shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, the inner lattice 70 is arranged on the inner periphery, the outer lattice 71 arranged on the outer periphery, and a ring-shaped middle frame 72 located between the lattices 70, 71. It has become something. The middle frame 72 is provided on the cylindrical base 41 of the far-infrared heater 4.
Of the inner grid 70
Corresponds to the blower, and the outer grid 71 corresponds to the far-infrared heater 4. The outer grid 71 corresponding to the far-infrared heater 4 is made fine so that the hair does not enter, and the inner grid 70 corresponding to the blower and the hot-air heater 37 is blown by air. In order to prevent hair from invading, the opening ratio is set to be larger than that of the outer lattice 71, so that the blowing resistance is small, that is, the blowing amount can be increased. Further, the inner grid 70 projects forward from the outer grid 71. In addition to preventing wind leakage and increasing the wind speed, the inner grid 70, which is not thermally affected by the far-infrared heater 4, is made to protrude, so that the power cord etc. Therefore, even if it touches the inner grid 70, it touches only the inner grid 70, and does not touch the outer grid 71 and the middle frame 72, which are heated by the far-infrared heater 4. is there. The stand 5 includes a rotating plate 50 and a connecting portion 54 that is detachable from the rotating plate 50. One end of the rotating plate 50, which is a plate-shaped member, is rotatably connected to the lower rear end of the main body 1, and the other connecting portion 54 includes a pedestal portion 55 having a ring shape and a pedestal 55. And the connecting piece 56 rising from the portion 55, and the tip of the connecting piece 56 is
The other end of 50 is detachably connected. In this stand 5, when the connecting piece 56 of the connecting portion 54 is connected to the turning plate 50, the turning plate 50 and the connecting piece 56 function as legs, and are shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. So the pedestal
When one surface of the 55 is grounded, the main body 1 is located at a position higher by the length of the leg, and the orientation can be changed at this position. Then, if the leg portion is rotated with respect to the main body 1 to a position along the outer surface of the main body 1, the ring-shaped pedestal portion 55 of the connecting portion 54 becomes a ring-shaped pedestal portion 55 shown in FIGS.
As is apparent from FIG. 4, the cover 5 covers the edge of the discharge port 1b of the main body 1. At this time, although the stand 5 has legs, the bulk as a whole is the same as that of the main body 1 alone. In addition to the size, the discharge port 1b of the main body 1 is not blocked, so that the stand 5 can be used by hand while holding the grip 14 without disturbing the stand 5. Now, the two switches 17 and 18 disposed on the grip 14
Among them, the switch 18 turns on and off the energization of both the heating element 42 of the far-infrared heater 4 and the hot air heater 37 at the same time by turning on and off as shown in FIG. 1, that is, for switching between hot air and cold air. It has become. On the other hand, the switch 17 has two contact portions connected in series.
SWa, SWb are provided, both contacts SWa, SWb are both off, both contacts SWa, SWb are both on, and only contact SWa is turned on. 37 is connected to the power supply through both contact portions SWa and SWb, whereas the heating element 42 of the far-infrared heater 4 is connected to the midpoint of the contact portions SWa and SWb and supplied to the power supply only through the contact portion SWa. It is connected. The motor 3 is connected to the above-mentioned middle point through a diode D ₃ and voltage dividing resistors RD ₁ and RD _{2, and} an intermediate point between the _two voltage dividing resistors RD ₁ and RD ₂ is connected to the contact SWb side of the switch 17. It is connected. In the figure, L ₁ and L ₂ are choke coils, D is a display circuit block, Th is a thermal switch, 20 is a connector for power supply, and connector 21
The power is connected via a cable with a mark. Now, when the switch 18 is on, both contact portions of the switch 17
When SWa and SWb are turned on, the heating element 42 of the far infrared heater 4
At the same time it is energized and preparative warm air heater 37, the motor 3 in order to be powered without a diode D ₃ and dividing resistors RD _1, the air volume blowing state. In this case, since the amount of heat is large and the amount of air is large, wet hair can be dried quickly. If only the contact point SWa of the contact points SWa and SWb is turned on by operating the switch 17, only the heating element 42 of the far infrared heater 4 and the heating element 42 of the hot air heater 37 are energized. that at the same time, the motor 3 in order to be powered diode D ₃ in addition to the voltage dividing resistor RD ₂ through dividing resistors RD _1, becomes small air volume blowing state, therefore be used in this state, is over-dried hair At the same time, a gentle wind is sent to the hair.

【The invention's effect】

As described above, in the present invention, the hair can be dried quickly by setting the first mode in which the far-infrared heater and the hot air heater are energized and the blowing device is operated in a large air volume blowing state. By setting the second mode in which only the far-infrared heater is energized and the blowing device is operated in a small air volume blowing state, it is possible to prevent the hair from being over-dried. Can be easily obtained as needed by switching the switching means.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a circuit diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the same, FIG. 4 is a front view of the same, FIG. 5 and FIG. FIGS. 7 and 8 are a front view and a side view showing an example of a usage state of the discharge port grid, wherein 1 is a main body, 3 is a motor, 4 is a far-infrared heater, Reference numeral 17 denotes a switch, and 37 denotes a warm air heater.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A hair dryer comprising a blower, a warm air heater and a far-infrared heater, wherein a power is supplied to the far-infrared heater and the warm air heater, and the blower is operated in a large air flow state. A hair dryer comprising: a switching unit that switches between a mode and a second mode in which only the far-infrared heater of the two heaters is energized and the blowing device is operated in a small air volume blowing state.