JP3100502B2 - Automatic hair washer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic hair washer in which hot water is sprayed and the hair of a person to be washed is automatically washed with the sprayed hot water. The present invention relates to an automatic hair washer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in Japanese Patent Application No. 4-41550, the applicant of the present application has proposed an automatic hair washer in which hot water is sprayed onto hair or the head to wash the hair without human intervention. In the automatic hair washer according to the earlier application, hot water is stored in a hot water storage tank, and the hot water is pumped out. The pumped hot water is supplied to the nozzle through the supply path, and the hot water is jetted from the nozzle. The hair of the person to be washed is automatically washed by the jetted warm water. Further, two branch pipes are joined to the supply path. A shampoo container and a treatment container are connected to the upstream side of the branch pipe, respectively. A valve is inserted into the branch pipe.

[0003] The shampoo solution and the treatment solution contained in the shampoo container and the treatment container are both dedicated to the automatic hair washer and have a low viscosity and a dry solution. Therefore, when the valve inserted in the branch is opened while the hot water is passing through the supply, the shampoo liquid or the treatment liquid in the branch which has a negative pressure as compared with the inside of the supply flows into the supply. Then, the shampoo solution or the treatment solution is mixed with the warm water passing through the supply path, so that good hair washing can be performed.

[0004]

In the automatic hair washer according to the above-mentioned prior application, the shampoo solution or the treatment solution in the branch is utilized by utilizing the negative pressure generated in the branch by the hot water passing through the supply passage. Is taken into the supply path. In order to facilitate the intake of the shampoo liquid or the treatment liquid by the negative pressure, the shampoo liquid or the treatment liquid must have low viscosity, and the exclusive shampoo liquid and the treatment liquid are used as described above. .

[0005] The automatic hair washer according to the prior application is mainly installed in a hairdressing salon or a barber shop, but in a hairdressing salon or a barber shop, a dedicated commercial shampoo or treatment is used. There are not a few shops that do hair washing. For example, in a beauty salon or the like that has concluded or formed a contract with a specific shampoo maker or treatment maker, one of the features of the shop is hair washing using the specific commercial shampoo or treatment. In such beauty salons and the like, even if the hair is washed with an automatic hair washer, it is desired to perform the hair washing using the above-mentioned specific commercially available shampoo and treatment. Usually, many commercially available shampoos and treatments used in such beauty salons have high viscosity.

On the other hand, as described above, in the automatic hair washer according to the prior application, a special shampoo and a treatment having a low viscosity are used. for that reason,
It is difficult to use highly viscous shampoos and treatments with the automatic hair washer according to the earlier application, and the viscous shampoos and treatments have a problem that the shampoo and treatment liquids cannot be mixed well into warm water. Was.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the drawbacks of the automatic hair washer according to the prior application. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic hair washer capable of performing automatic hair washing using any shampoo or treatment, particularly a highly viscous shampoo or treatment.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
The hot water retained in the hot water storage tank provided to the nozzle through the supply passage, the hot water from the nozzle is injected, in the automatic shampoo machine which is adapted to automatically shampoo the hair of the hair's by hot water which is injected, the lower stream side branch tip is merged in a predetermined portion of the feed path, and for taking out the solution from the solution container a solution of connected Ru place <br/> constant on the upstream side is accommodated in the branch
A, provided on the branch, by the solution in the branch to the pressure
And a feeding means for forcibly feeding from the upstream side to the downstream side.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a hot water storage tank is provided.
The hot water is supplied to the nozzle through the supply channel, and
Hot water from the hair washer
In an automatic hair washer that washes hair automatically,
The upstream side can be connected to the solution container containing the specified solution
And the downstream side is joined to a predetermined portion of the supply path.
The branch, and the solution in the branch,
Feed means for feeding from the flow side to the downstream side, the feed means
Has a flexible tube and pushes the tube
Sending the solution from upstream to downstream
It is an automatic hair washer characterized. The invention according to claim 3 is
3. The automatic hair washer according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined portion of the supply path is a venturi portion that is relatively thinner than other portions.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic hair washer according to any one of the first to third aspects, two branches are provided,
Each branch is provided with a feeding means, the container connected to the upstream of one branch is a shampoo storage container, and the container connected to the upstream of the other branch is a treatment storage container. It is a feature.

[0010]

According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, the solution in the branch is sent from the upstream side to the downstream side by the feeding means. Therefore, the solution is positively sent from the upstream side to the downstream side in the branch by the feeding means, as compared with the case where the solution is fed into the supply path using a negative pressure as in the related art. Therefore, regardless of the viscosity of the solution, the solution in the branch can be sent into the supply channel.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the merging portion of the supply path where the downstream end of the branch path merges is a venturi portion which is relatively narrower than other portions. Therefore, the flow velocity of the hot water passing through the supply passage is increased at the venturi portion. For this reason, the negative pressure in the branch connected to the venturi becomes relatively large, and the solution in the branch flows into the supply path more smoothly.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the branch, the storage container, and the feeding means are provided for the shampoo solution and the treatment solution, respectively, the feeding means is selectively operated as required, thereby automatically controlling the feeding means. Shampoo wash and treatment wash.

[0013]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a waterway diagram showing a configuration characteristic of an automatic hair washer according to one embodiment of the present invention. This automatic hair washer is provided with a water tank 1 for receiving the head of a person to be washed during hair washing. A plurality of nozzles 2 are arranged in the water tank 1 for spraying warm water to automatically wash hair. More specifically, an upper link 3 and a lower link 4 provided with a plurality of nozzles 2 are provided. One end of the upper link 3 and the lower link 4 is rotatably supported by the side wall of the water tank 1, and is disposed so as to extend in the horizontal direction in the water tank 1, and the tip is a free end. A drive link 5 is connected to an end of the upper link 3 and an end of the lower link 4 extending outward from the side wall of the water tank 1, and a link motor 6 as a drive source is connected to the drive link 5. I have. At the time of shampooing, the drive link 5 is driven by the link motor 6, and the upper link 3 and the lower link 4 are swung accordingly. As a result, the jet direction of the hot water jetted from the plurality of nozzles 2 arranged on the upper link 3 and the lower link 4 changes, and the hair of the person to be washed is uniformly and well washed.

Further, a plurality of nozzles are provided on the lower side wall of the water tank 1.
Le 2 is fixedly disposed. The nozzles 2 fixed to the lower side wall of the water tank 1 are for washing the long hair of the person to be washed who hangs down in the water tank 1. An openable and closable hood 7 is provided at the upper part of the water tank 1 to cover the upper space except for the face of the person to be washed. The hood 7 is opened when the head of the person to be washed is stored in the water tank 1 for washing the hair, and the hood 7 is closed when washing the hair.

Next, a description will be given of a water channel and a supply mechanism for supplying hot water to the above-described upper link 3, lower link 4 and the nozzle 2 fixedly arranged. Water supplied from an external water supply pipe (not shown) is supplied to a mixing valve 12 via a water supply unit 11. Hot water supplied from an external hot water supply pipe (not shown) is supplied to the mixing valve 12 via a hot water supply unit 13. In the mixing valve 12, water and hot water are mixed to produce hot water at an appropriate temperature. The temperature of the hot water produced by the mixing valve 12 can be adjusted by operating a knob 14 provided to be operated by the operator of the automatic hair washer.

Hot water is supplied to the supply pipe 16 by opening an electromagnetic hot water supply valve 15 controlled by an electric control circuit (not shown).
The hot water is supplied to the hot water storage tank 17. The supply pipe 16 has a thermistor 18 for detecting the temperature of the supplied hot water.
The output of the thermistor 18 is provided to a control circuit (not shown), and the temperature of the hot water supplied to the hot water storage tank 17 is displayed on a display (not shown).

The hot water produced by the mixing valve 12 is
When the knob 19 is manually operated and the shower valve 20 is opened, the fuel is injected from the hand shower 23 through the check valve 21 and the supply path 22. The hand shower 23 is provided so as to be usable in the water tank 1, and is used for auxiliary manual washing of the hair of the person to be washed and for cleaning the inside of the water tank 1.

As the hot water storage tank 17 for storing hot water, for example, a tank having a capacity of 40 liters is employed. In the hot water storage tank 17, two water amount sensors, a lower water amount sensor 24 and an upper water amount sensor 25, are provided.
The outputs of these two water quantity sensors 24 and 25 are supplied to a control circuit (not shown), which controls the opening and closing of the hot water supply valve 15, for example, so that the hot water storage tank 17 can always be filled with constant hot water. ing. A temperature detecting thermistor 2 for detecting the temperature of the hot water stored in the hot water storage tank 17 is provided at a lower position in the hot water storage tank 17.
6 are provided.

Furthermore, the upper position of the hot water storage tank 17 be formed overflow opening 2 7, when the hot water accumulated in the above detected at a higher water amount sensor 25, overflows the hot water to the outside of the hot water storage tank 17 It has been like that. Overflow 27
A drain pan 28 is provided below, and water received by the drain pan 28 is discharged outside the machine through a drain pipe 29.

The drain pan 28 is provided with a water level sensor 30 for detecting an abnormal state in which drain water from the drain pipe 29 flows backward and the drain pan 28 is filled with water. An outlet pipe 31 is connected below the hot water storage tank 17 as a supply path for taking out hot water.
Is connected to the inlet 33 of the pump 32. Pump 32
Is controlled by the inverter 34 to be driven at an arbitrary rotation speed from a low speed to a high speed.

When the pump 32 is driven, the hot water storage tank 1
The hot water stored in 7 is sucked into the pump 32 from the inlet 33 of the pump 32 through the outflow pipe 31 and is discharged from the outlet 35 of the pump 32. A branch pipe 36 for guiding the discharged hot water to four pipes is connected to an outlet 35 of the pump 32 . The first supply pipe 41, the first supply pipe 41, and the fourth solenoid valve are provided at the end of each branch of the branch pipe 36 via four electromagnetic valves, a link-up valve 37, a link-down valve 38, a long valve 39, and a tank drain valve 40, respectively. 2 supply pipe 42,
The third supply pipe 43 and the fourth supply pipe 44 are connected.

The tip of the first supply pipe 41 is connected to the upper link 3 described above. The distal end of the second supply pipe 42 is connected to the lower link 4 described above. The forward end of the third supply pipe 43 is disposed outside the lower side wall of the water tank 1. At the forward end of the third supply pipe 43, the above-mentioned plurality of nozzles 2 projecting into the water tank 1 are attached at predetermined intervals.
The distal end of the fourth supply pipe 44 is connected to a drain trap 45 provided continuously below the bottom of the water tank 1 so as to guide water to the drain trap 45 to drain the water.

A drain pipe 46 is connected to the drain trap 45. The drain pipe 46 is connected to the drain pipe 29 described above. Because it is above configuration, by controlling the inverter 34 to drive the pump 3 2 by an unillustrated control circuit, and, depending link upper valve 37, the link under valve 38 and the long valve 39 necessary By selectively opening the hair, it is possible to spray hot water from a desired nozzle in the water tank 1 and automatically wash the hair of the person to be washed. Further, at the time of washing the hair, the upper link 3 and the lower link 4 may be swung by the link motor 6 to change the direction in which the hot water is sprayed from the nozzle 2 as described above.

Next, the features of this embodiment will be described. The outflow pipe 31 is a supply path connecting the hot water storage tank 17 and the inlet 33 of the pump 32 as described above. The predetermined portion of the outflow pipe 31 is a venturi portion 51 whose inner diameter is relatively smaller than the other portions. The downstream end of the shampoo branch pipe 52 is joined to the venturi section 51. In addition, treatment branch pipe 5
3 are joined at the downstream end.

A shampoo valve 54 is inserted into the shampoo branch pipe 52 near the downstream end thereof, and the upstream end side thereof is connected to a shampoo container 55. A treatment valve 56 is inserted near the downstream end of the treatment branch pipe 53, and a treatment container 57 is connected to the upstream end of the treatment branch pipe 53. further,
At an arbitrary position between the upstream end of the shampoo branch pipe 52 and the shampoo valve 54, a pressure feed pump device 61 is provided as a sending means for sending the solution in the branch pipe from the upstream side to the downstream side. . Similarly, from the upstream end of the treatment branch pipe 53, the treatment valve 56
A pumping pump device 62 is provided at an arbitrary position between the two. Both the pressure pump devices 61 and 62 have the same configuration, and are devices for sending the solution in the branch pipe from the upstream side to the downstream side.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of the pressure feed pump device 61. Note that the pumping pump device 62 is also a pumping pump device 6
Since the configuration is the same as that of No. 1, in the following description, the configuration of the pressure feed pump device 61 will be described. With reference to FIG. 2, the pumping pump device 61 includes a tube receiving portion 64 fixed to a base 63, a rotating frame 65 rotatably attached to the base 63, and a portion from a peripheral surface of the rotating frame 65. A plurality of rollers 66 are provided so as to protrude and are rotatably held with respect to the rotating frame 65, and a flexible tube 67 disposed between the tube receiving portion 64 and the rotating frame 65. ing. The surface of the tube receiving portion 64 that receives the tube 67 is formed in an arc so as to be along the peripheral surface of the rotating frame 65 at a constant interval from the peripheral surface of the rotating frame 65.

In such a configuration, the rotary frame 65 is rotated about the rotary shaft 69 in the direction of arrow 68. Then, although the peripheral surface of the rotating frame 65 is not in contact with the tube 67, a part of the surface of the roller 66 protruding from the peripheral surface of the rotating frame 65 crushes the tube 67 so that the tube 67 is crushed.
, And the contact point moves in the arrow 68 direction. Therefore, the solution existing in the tube 67 is sent out from the upstream side to the downstream side by the roller 66.

With this structure, even if the solution in the tube 67 is a viscous solution, it can be sent from the upstream side to the downstream side. The upstream side of the tube 67 is connected to the shampoo container 55 as shown in FIG. Specifically, it is immersed in the shampoo in the container 55. Therefore, even if there is no shampoo liquid in the tube 67 at the initial stage of driving, the pressure in the tube 67 is reduced by the rotation of the roller 66, and the shampoo liquid in the shampoo container 55 is sucked up and sent from the upstream side to the downstream side.

A pressure pump 6 having a construction as shown in FIG.
For 1, for example, a known roller pump (manufactured by Furue Science Co., Ltd.) can be used. FIG. 3 is an illustrative view for explaining a remaining amount detecting structure for notifying when the remaining amount of the shampoo liquid 58 or the treatment liquid 59 in the shampoo container 55 or the treatment container 57 in the above-mentioned automatic hair washer is low.

In this embodiment, as the shampoo container 55 and the treatment container 57, a container containing a commercially available shampoo can be used as it is. By the way, many containers containing commercially available shampoos and treatments are opaque, and the remaining amount of the shampoo liquid 58 and the treatment liquid 59 contained therein cannot be visually confirmed.

Therefore, this embodiment employs a configuration capable of detecting the remaining amount of the shampoo solution and the remaining amount of the treatment solution. In this configuration, the shampoo container containing the shampoo liquid 58 is placed on the remaining amount detection device 70 with the lid of the commercially available shampoo container 55 being removed. Then, by inserting the distal end of the shampoo branch pipe 52 into the shampoo container 55, the setting of the shampoo container 55 is completed. The same applies to the setting of the treatment container 57, and the treatment container 57 is placed on the remaining amount detecting device 71.

The outputs of the remaining amount detecting devices 70 and 71 are given to a microcomputer 72 as a control circuit for controlling the automatic hair washer. Microcomputer 72
Then, the change in the signal from the remaining amount detecting device 70 or 71 is used to notify that the remaining amount of the shampoo liquid 58 or the treatment liquid 59 is low using a speaker. FIG.
5 is a sectional structural view showing a specific configuration example of the remaining amount detecting device 70. FIG. The remaining amount detection device 70 has an upper member 74 and a lower member 75. Electrodes 76 are formed on opposing end surfaces of the upper member 74 and the lower member 75, respectively, and a lead wire 77 is connected to each electrode 76. Further, a coil spring 78 is inserted between the upper member 74 and the lower member 75 so that the electrodes 76 do not contact the upper member 74 and the lower member 75 due to the elastic force of the coil spring 78. These are housed in a waterproof rubber casing 79.

In such a configuration, when the shampoo container 55 filled with the shampoo liquid 58 is placed on the upper member 74, the weight of the shampoo container 55 exceeds the elasticity of the coil spring 78, and the upper member 74 and the lower member 75 and the electrode 76 comes into contact. On the other hand, when the remaining amount of the shampoo liquid 58 in the shampoo container 55 decreases and the weight of the shampoo container 55 becomes less than a predetermined weight, the elasticity of the coil spring 78 overcomes the weight, and the upper member 74 and the lower member 75 The gap is in a state where the coil spring 78 does not come into contact with the elastic force of the coil spring 78. Then, the electrodes 76 do not contact each other, and the circuit is opened. The opening of the circuit is detected by the microcomputer 72 as described above.

In the embodiment described above, the pressure pump 61
Although the configuration shown in FIG. 2 has been described as an example of the configuration, the pumping pump device may have a configuration other than such a configuration. That is, the pumping pump device only needs to be capable of forcibly sending the viscous shampoo liquid or treatment liquid from the upstream side to the downstream side of the branch pipe. Also,
In this embodiment, the position where the shampoo branch pipe 52 and the treatment branch pipe 53 join in the outflow pipe 31 is the venturi section 51, but a configuration in which the venturi section 51 is not formed may be used.

Further, as a simple configuration, a configuration without the treatment branch pipe 53 may be employed. In particular, in a barber shop or the like, there is a case where it is not necessary to perform the treatment at the time of washing the hair, and an automatic hair washing machine may be used in which the treatment branch pipe 53 and the configuration accompanying the treatment are omitted. Further, in this embodiment, since the delivery of the shampoo liquid and the treatment liquid can be started and stopped by the pressure feed pump devices 61 and 62, the shampoo valve 54 and the treatment valve 56 may be omitted in the configuration of FIG.

According to the first to fourth aspects of the present invention,
When washing hair by spraying warm water, a commercially available shampoo or treatment liquid having high viscosity can be used as the shampoo or treatment liquid mixed into the warm water. Therefore, it is possible to provide an automatic hair washer suitable for the actual situation of a beauty salon or the like where the automatic hair washer is installed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the venturi portion is provided at a predetermined portion of the supply path,
Mixing of shampoo solution and treatment solution into warm water can be performed better.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a waterway diagram showing a configuration of an automatic hair washer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an illustrative view showing a configuration example of a pressure feeding pump device;

FIG. 3 is an illustrative view showing a structure for detecting a remaining amount of a shampoo liquid and a treatment liquid;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a specific configuration example of a remaining amount detection device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Water tank 2 Nozzle 3 Upper link 4 Lower link 17 Hot water storage tank 31 Outflow pipe (specific example of supply path) 51 Venturi part 52 Shampoo branch pipe 53 Treatment branch pipe 55 Shampoo container 57 Treatment container 61, 62 Pressure pumping device

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Takenari Yuki 2-5-1-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masaru Noro 2-5-5-1 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Mitsuru Nagana 2-5-1, Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Akio Nishiyama 2-1-1, Higashishinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi TAKARA JP-A-5-192215 (JP, A) JP-A-50-55765 (JP, U) Patent 2974585 (JP, B2) Patent 2974567 (JP, B2) 75566 (JP, B2) (58) Fields surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A45D 19/06-19/14

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic hair washer in which hot water stored in a hot water storage tank is supplied to a nozzle through a supply path, hot water is sprayed from the nozzle, and the hair of a person to be washed is automatically washed with the jetted hot water. in the branch path below Nagaregawa tip is merged in a predetermined portion of the feed path, contact
From the solution container a predetermined solution that will be connected to the upstream side is accommodated spare the branches in order to take out the solution, provided in the branch, downstream the solution in branch from forced upstream by the pressure An automatic hair washer comprising: sending means for sending to a side. The hot water stored in the hot water storage tank is supplied through a supply path.
Through the nozzle, spray hot water from the nozzle, and spray
Automatically wash your hair with the warm water
In an automatic hair washer , the upstream side can be connected to a solution container containing a predetermined solution.
And the downstream side is joined to a predetermined portion of the supply path.
The branch, and the solution in the branch,
Feed means for feeding from the flow side to the downstream side, the feed means comprising a flexible tube;
Squeeze the solution from upstream to downstream
Automatic hair washer characterized by sending. 3. An apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 automatic shampoo machine as set forth, automatic, wherein the predetermined portion of the supply passage is relatively thin has been venturi section as compared with other portions
Hair washer . 4. The automatic hair-washing machine according to claim 1, wherein said two branches are provided, each branch is provided with a feeding means, and connected to an upstream side of one branch. An automatic hair-washing machine , wherein the container used is a shampoo container, and the container connected to the upstream side of the other branch is a treatment container.