JP2840090B2 - Drying equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drying apparatus which is used by being attached to a bathroom or a kitchen wall.

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 6, a dryer (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-37647), which is a conventional dryer mounted on a wall and used, has a heater (not shown) and a blower for blowing air. A housing 102 having a built-in fan (not shown) and having a discharge port 100 and a suction port 101, and a suction port 101 of the housing 102;
Are rotatably connected to each other and mounted on a wall 103. When using this dryer as a hair dryer, attach the dryer to the wall above the user's head and use the center of the suction port 100 as a fulcrum so that the warm air sent from the discharge port 100 hits the head. The outlet 100 is rotated for use.

In addition, a drying apparatus (for example, Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 61-17992) is an example of a conventional hand dryer used by being attached to a wall surface.
7, a blower 104 having a heater (not shown) and a blower fan (not shown) as shown in FIG. 7, and a blower 104 and a control circuit (not shown) for fixing the blower. It comprises a housing 105, and is fixed to a wall surface so that the discharge port 106 comes to the position of the user's hand.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, since these drying devices have the same function of discharging warm air and are used for different purposes, each drying device will be attached according to the application,
There is a disadvantage that a plurality of drying devices are required.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a drying apparatus that can be used for a wide range of applications such as a hair dryer, a hand dryer, and room heating.

[Means for solving the problem]

The drying device of the present invention is a wall mounting housing provided with a hair discharge port at the upper end, a hand discharge port below the hair discharge port, and a suction port at an intermediate portion,
A blower arranged in the housing so as to be capable of sucking wind from the suction port and discharging the wind from the hair discharge port and the hand discharge port, and the inside of the hair discharge port and the hand discharge port. Each of the heaters includes a heater disposed therein, and a shutter for closing the hair discharge port and the hand discharge port so as to be openable and closable.

[Action]

According to the configuration of the present invention, the shutter of the hair discharge port is opened, and when the blower is operated, the wind is sucked from the suction port and blown out from the hair discharge port, and when the heater of the hair discharge port is supplied with power, hot air is generated. And can be used as a hair dryer. Similarly, when the shutter of the hand discharge port is opened and the blower and the heater are operated, the apparatus can be used as a hand dryer. Further, when the shutters of the hair outlet and the hand outlet are opened, it can be used for purposes such as room heating. as a result,
One unit can be used for a wide range of applications.

〔Example〕

One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. That is, the drying device is provided with the housing 1
, A blower 2, heaters 3 and 4, and shutters 5 and 6.

The housing 1 has a suction port 7, a hair discharge port 8, and a hand discharge port 9. Hair outlet 8
The hand discharge port 9 is disposed on both ends of the housing 1 on a substantially diagonal line. The housing 1 includes a blower 2
And a housing cover 11 that covers them, and are connected to each other by screws (not shown) through housing fixing bosses 13.

The housing body 10 has a mounting plate for fixing it to the wall.
The mounting plate 12 is screwed, and is mounted on the wall by fitting the mounting plate 12 with a mounting hook (not shown) mounted on the wall 21.

The housing cover 11 has a lattice-shaped suction port 7 on the front surface, a lattice-shaped hand discharge port 9 on the lower surface side, and a hair discharge port 8 on the upper surface side. A detection window 26 is provided near the hand discharge port 9. The hair outlet 8 is provided with a nozzle 29 for stabilizing hot air. The nozzle 29 has a wind direction frame 30 pivotally supported by the nozzle 29 so that the hot air angle can be changed back and forth.
And a louver 31 which is rotatably supported by a wind direction frame 30 at an intermediate position of the side so that the warm air angle can be changed left and right. The wind direction frame 30 is provided with a wind direction knob 32 for moving the wind direction frame 30 back and forth. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a display panel 33 for displaying the operation state, a display circuit 34 for driving the display panel 33, and a timer 35 for confirming the operation time for the hand are provided on the upper surface side. .

The blower 2 is provided in the housing 1 so as to be able to suck air from the inlet 7 and discharge air from the hair outlet 8 and the hand outlet 9. The blower 2 includes a motor 14 and a fan 15. The fan 15 of the embodiment has a function of sucking wind in the axial direction by rotation and blowing out in the radial direction,
A fan between the hair outlet 8 and the hand outlet 9
15 is located. The fan 15 is fixed to the output shaft 19 of the motor 14 with screws, and the air volume and pressure are controlled by the rotation speed of the fan 15. On the other hand, a positioning rib 16 for positioning the motor 14 is provided at a position on the back side of the mounting plate 12 of the housing body 10.
Are provided integrally with the housing body 10. Motor 14
Fix the vibration-proof rubber 17 on the rotating shaft 19 side where the fan 15 is mounted.
The anti-vibration rubber 18 is attached to the opposite side,
These are sandwiched between the positioning rib 16 and the motor fixing plate 20, and the motor fixing plate 20 is screwed to the motor fixing rib 61 integral with the housing body 10 at three places.

A wind tunnel 22 is screwed to the motor fixing plate 20. The wind tunnel 22 surrounds the fan 15 and has a hole 23 on the suction side of the fan 15 as shown in FIG. 2, and extends to the communication portion 24 extending to the hair outlet 8 and the hand outlet 9 of the housing 1. It has a communication part 25.

The heaters 3 and 4 are disposed inside the hair outlet 8 and the hand outlet 9, respectively. That is, the wind tunnel
A heater surrounding frame 26 for accommodating the heater 3 is screwed to the communication portion 24 of the heater 22, and the opening 36 of the heater surrounding frame 26 is closely opposed to the inside of the hair outlet 8, whereby the heater 3 is connected to the hair outlet 8. It is arranged inside. The heater 3 is configured by being wound around the outer circumference of a pair of substrates 39 which are coil-shaped and face in parallel. Reference numeral 40 denotes a stopper rib for fixing the substrate 39 to the heater surrounding frame 26. Here, the hair discharge port 8 is formed wide to discharge a wide wide wind, and the heater surrounding frame 26 is also formed wide correspondingly. It is wound in a coil shape so as to have an axis in the direction. Further hair outlet 8
In order to generate uniform warm air from the
Are densely wound, and portions away from the communication portion 24 are roughly wound.

The communication section 25 is provided with a heater storage section 37, and an opening 38 at the tip thereof is closely opposed to the inside of the hand discharge port 9 of the housing cover 10. The heater 4 is accommodated in the heater accommodating portion 37, whereby the heater 4 is disposed inside the hand discharge port 9. The heater 4 is also coil-shaped, and a pair of substrates 41 are combined in a cross shape and wound around the periphery thereof. Also, on the side of the heater 4 close to the fan 15, a voltage dividing resistor for dropping a voltage and supplying the power as a power source for the motor 14.
42 is wound around the outer periphery of the substrate so that the wind generated by the fan 15 is applied even when the shutter 6 of the hand discharge port 9 is closed.

The shutters 5, 6 close the hair outlet 8 and the hand outlet 9 in an openable and closable manner. That is, these shutters 5 and 6 have shutter plates 46 and 47 and a slide lever 48, and the shutter plates 46 and 47 are formed on the extending portions 45 of the front plate 43 and the rear plate 44 constituting the wind tunnel 22. The communication portions 24 and 25 are slidably supported by the slide grooves 49 and can be opened and closed by sliding. The hair outlet 8 and the hand outlet 9 are opened and closed by opening and closing the communicating portions 24 and 25. The slide lever 48 is disposed between the motor 14 and the wind tunnel 22, and engages the engaging projections 51 of the shutter plates 46, 47 with the slits 50 at both ends so as to operate the shutter plates 46, 47 simultaneously, An intermediate shaft 52 is held by a rear plate 44 of the wind tunnel 22. An operation knob 53 for operating the slide lever 48 is provided on the shutter plate 46. Further shutter plate 4
Switches 54 to 56 for confirming the positions of 6, 47 are arranged at three places along the front side edge of the shutter plate 46, and the wind tunnel 22
Is attached to the front panel 43 of

Also, a detection window is provided on the back side of the detection window 26 of the housing cover 11.
Sensor 27 for sensing hand movements through 26, and sensors
A control circuit 28 to which the control circuit 27 is connected is fixed to a boss 57 of the housing body 10.

This control circuit 28 has fan speed, heater 3,
4 and other circuits are controlled to enable the following operations.

That is, by operating the switching knob 53 right and left in FIG. 4, control of the heaters 3 and 4 and switching of the wind are performed. When the switching knob 53 is in the position A on the right side in FIG. 4, the hair outlet 8 is closed by the shutter 5, so that the air path to the heater 3 is closed, and at the same time, the slide lever is moved.
48 causes the shutter 6 to open the hand discharge port 9. For this reason, a general air path of the fan 15 is formed in the wind tunnel 22, the air is blown to the heater 4 and compressed, and the air is discharged from the hand discharge port 9. On the other hand, the position of the shutter plate 46 of the heater 3 is detected by the switch 54, and the heater 3 is not energized, and the current flows only to the heater 4. Further, in this state, the sensor circuit including the sensor 27 becomes the main circuit, and the discharge operation of the warm air can be performed only when the sensor 27 detects a hand. Thus, it can be used as a hand dryer.

In a state where the switching knob 53 is at the center position B in FIG. 4, the shutter 6 closes the hand discharge port 9,
The hair outlet 8 closed by the shutter 5 is opened, and 90% of the normal wind is blown out in a low pressure state. Further, the position of the shutter plate 46 is detected by the switch 55, and the energization of the heater 4 is stopped, and the current flows only to the heater 3. The hair discharge port 8 has a large opening area in order to generate a wide and wide wind, and in this case, the coil wire of the heater 3 is densely arranged near the ventilation path to generate uniform warm air in a distant place. Coarsely arranged. Thus, it can be used as a hair dryer.

In a state where the switching knob 53 is at the position C on the left side in FIG. 4, both the shutters 5 and 6 are opened, and the total of 1.7 times the normal wind is discharged from the hair discharge port 8 and the hand discharge port 9. Further, the position of the shutter plate 46 is detected by the switch 56, and a current of 1/2 is supplied to both the heaters 3 and 4. Thus, it can be used as heating or the like.

FIG. 5 shows a state in which the drying device is used, in which the hair outlet 8 is on the upper side and the hand outlet 9 is on the lower side.
A drying device is installed at the height of the chest of 21 human bodies 60.
Arrows indicate wind.

According to this embodiment, one drying device is mounted at a predetermined height of the wall 21 and can be used as a hair dryer by opening the hair outlet 8, and can be used as a hand dryer by opening the hand outlet 9. Yes, and heating can be done by opening both.

Also, since the hair outlet 8 has a large diameter and a low pressure and a large air volume, and the hand outlet 9 has a small diameter and a high pressure-small air volume, a hair dryer and a hand dryer can be used selectively, and drying efficiency can be improved. Never lower. Further, when air is blown out from the hair outlet 8 and the hand outlet 9 at the same time, air can be blown at a rate of 1.7 times the output of the motor 14 at a rate of 1.3 times, which is efficient.

〔The invention's effect〕

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the drying apparatus of this invention, since a hair outlet and a hand outlet are provided in a housing and opened and closed by a shutter, it can be used for a wide range of uses such as a hair dryer, a hand dryer, and room heating. In addition, since the hair outlet is provided at the upper end of the housing, the hair outlet can be arranged near the hair, and the hand outlet is provided below the hair outlet,
Since the hand outlet can be placed near the human hand, hair and hands can be dried efficiently and conveniently. In addition, the arrangement of the blower and the heater is not complicated due to the arrangement of the hair outlet, the hand outlet, and the inlet, and the housing structure is not complicated.
Further, since the heaters are provided at the respective discharge ports, each heater can be set to a heat amount suitable for each of the discharge ports, and there is an effect that efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of a state in which a housing cover is removed, FIG. 3 is a plan view, FIG. 4 is a front view, and FIG. Side view, sixth
The figure is a perspective view of a conventional example, and FIG. 7 is a side view of another conventional example. 1 ... housing, 2 ... blower, 3, 4 ... heater
5, 6 shutter, 7 inlet, 8 outlet for hair, 9 outlet for hand

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A wall mounting housing having a hair discharge port at an upper end, a hand discharge port below the hair discharge port, and a suction port provided at an intermediate portion, and a wind from the suction port. And a blower arranged in the housing so as to be able to discharge air from the hair discharge port and the hand discharge port, and disposed inside the hair discharge port and the hand discharge port, respectively. A drying apparatus comprising: a heater; and a shutter for opening and closing the hair outlet and the hand outlet.