JP3120866B2 - Mist hair 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 mist hair dryer having a mist generating mechanism.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been a mist hair dryer having a hot air generating mechanism for generating hot air and a mist generating mechanism for generating mist (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 1-265905, 28).
No. 8208).

[0003]

However, if the amount of mist and the hot air are constant, there is a disadvantage that it is difficult to set according to the condition of the hair such as a set after restoring the hair and washing the hair, and the usability is poor. . Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a mist hair dryer that can be set without stickiness according to the moisture content of the hair.

[0004]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a mist hair dryer is provided with a hot air generating mechanism and a mist generating mechanism in a main body housing having an air outlet and a suction port, and the mist amount of the mist generating mechanism can be controlled. A control unit is provided in the mist generating mechanism.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the mist hair dryer according to the first aspect, the control unit controls a rotation speed of a motor of the air pump. A mist hair dryer according to a third aspect is the mist hair dryer according to the first aspect, wherein the control unit controls an air blowing amount of the air pump. A mist hair dryer according to a fourth aspect is the mist hair dryer according to the first aspect, wherein the control section linearly controls the air blowing amount of the air pump section.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the mist hair dryer according to the first aspect, the control section controls the amount of air to be blown by exchanging pipes and screws into the air pipe of the air pump.

[0007]

According to the mist hair dryer of the first aspect, when the hot air generating mechanism operates, hot air is blown out from the air outlet, and when the mist generating mechanism operates, mist is generated. Further, when the hot air generating mechanism and the mist generating mechanism operate, the hot air and the mist are mixed and discharged, so that the hair bundle can be moistened. Moreover, when the mist amount is controlled by the control unit, the moisture content in the hair can be controlled, and the setting to the hair and the re-laying can be set without stickiness according to the state of the hair.

According to the mist hair dryer of the second aspect, since the control unit controls the number of rotations of the motor of the air pump in the first aspect, it has the same operation as the first aspect. According to the mist hair dryer of the third aspect, in the first aspect, the control unit controls the amount of air blown by the air pump. According to the mist hair dryer of the fourth aspect, in the first aspect, since the control unit linearly controls the amount of air blown by the air pump, the water content can be more finely adjusted, so that it is easy to set effectively.

According to a mist hair dryer according to a fifth aspect, in the first aspect, the control unit controls the amount of air to be blown by inserting a pipe or a screw into the air pipe of the air pump in a replaceable manner. It has the same function as the first aspect.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body housing, which is formed in a cylindrical shape and has an outlet 2 on one end and an inlet 7 on the other end. Also body housing 1
The heater 3 is disposed in the front end portion on the side of the air outlet 2 via the heater substrate 4, and the blower 60 including the fan 5 and the drive motor M is accommodated in the rear portion on the side of the suction port 7. The warm air generating mechanism 38 is constituted by the heater 3 and the blowing device 60. A handle 11 is provided on the lower surface of the rear end of the main body housing 1 so as to be foldable via a shaft 67, and the main switch 13 is housed in the handle 11. In the figure, 14 is a detachable power cord, 15 is its receiving connector, 16 is a high-low switch, 20 is a grate, and 21 is a suction port.

The mist generating mechanism 61 comprises a mist generating section 9 having a water tank 8 and a mist nozzle 25 and an air pump 6 for supplying air to the mist generating section 9. 1 outlet 2
It is arranged on the front side of. The air pump 6 and the mist generating unit 9 are connected via a connecting pipe 10, a mist ON-OFF switch 12, and a connecting pipe 17 provided below the air outlet 2 of the main body housing 1.

The air pump 6 is disposed at the center of the main body housing 1 so as not to hinder the flow of air in the heater substrate 4 and also removes heat from the heater 3 wound around the outer periphery of the heater substrate 4. It is surrounded by a heat shield plate 18 for shielding. The drive motor M is a double-shaft motor, and has output shafts 19a and 19b (one of which is not shown because it is inside the air pump 6) projecting from both ends. The drive motor M is provided in the main body housing 1 with the air pump 6 and the fan 5.
The drive motor M is attached to the main body housing 1 by the motor attachment frame 22. A bush 23 is provided on the output shaft 19a of the drive motor M. The bush 23 is press-fitted into the center of the fan 5 to connect the fan 5 thereto.

An air pump 6 is connected to the output shaft 19b (not shown), and the air pump 6 is operated by the rotation of the drive motor M, so that air is sent from the pump air discharge pipe 24 to the connection pipe 10. The type and form of the air pump 6 are not particularly specified as long as the drive source is driven by the rotation of the drive motor M. Here, the air is suction-compressed and discharged by a rubber-like valve. A diaphragm pump is installed.

The mist generating section 9 has a mist nozzle 25 press-fitted into a mist nozzle fixing base 26 via an O-ring 27. Air is taken in from an air intake pipe 28 press-fitted into the connecting pipe 17 and sent from the air pipe 30 to the air supply port 31 of the mist nozzle 25 in the mist nozzle fixing base 26 through the air pipe 29 in the water tank 8. . Here, when air is sent from the air supply port 31 to the mist nozzle 25, a pressure drop occurs near the outer periphery of the mist nozzle 25 (the space sealed by the O-ring 27 in the mist nozzle fixing base 26), and the water tank is reduced. The water of No. 8 is sucked up from the suction pipe 32 provided in the water tank 8 and reaches the mist nozzle 25 through the water supply pipe 33. At this time, the water is blown off by the air flow and becomes mist.

In this mist hair dryer, the fan 5 is rotated and the air pump 6 is driven by driving the drive motor M. When the fan 5 is driven, air is sucked from the suction port 7 and the air
And is blown out. At this time, when the heater 3 is energized, heat is generated and hot air is blown, and when the heater 3 is not energized, cool air is blown. Then, when the air pump 6 is driven, air is sent to the mist nozzle 25 and mist is sprayed from the air outlet 2. Here, reference numeral 34 denotes a wind direction nozzle attached to the water tank 8 via a nozzle ring 35. 3
Reference numeral 6 denotes a button of the high-low changeover switch 16, and 37 denotes a button of the main switch 13.

In FIG. 4, the main switch 13 is turned on together with the contacts a and b during hot air, and only the contact a is turned on during cold air. The high-low switch 16 is turned on by a half-wave rectifier diode D when the contact is off. AC100V
Becomes a half-wave, and the power consumption is about half (hence, Low)
Becomes When the contact is on, the full wave (hence Hig
h). Here, M is a drive motor, Ref is a rectifier bridge, RD1 is a voltage dividing resistor, C1 and C2 are noise prevention capacitors, Th is a thermostat, and F is a thermal fuse.

Now, in the above configuration, High-Lo
The changeover switch 16 of w functions as a control unit for controlling the number of rotations of the drive motor M, and the amount of air blown from the air pump 6 changes and the amount of mist can be changed. That is,
When the changeover switch 16 is set to the high state, the hot air power as a dryer becomes high and the amount of mist increases. To L
When in the ow state, the warm air power and the amount of mist are reduced, so that it is easy to use for a light set at a level where the hair flows.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, air sent from the air pump 6 is supplied between the connecting pipe 10 and the connecting pipe 17 connecting the air pump 6 and the mist generating section 9 to the mist generating section 9.
Mist that works to send to and escape to the outside
A mist ON-O switch 12 is provided.
The FF switch 12 functions as a control unit that controls the air volume of the air pump 6.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the structure of the mist ON-OFF switch 12 has a connection port 39 at both ends connected to the connection pipe 10 and the connection pipe 17, and an air hole 80 is formed in the center. A mist switch housing 70 and a valve plate 71 that opens and closes an air hole 80 are attached to one end of the mist switch housing 70.
And a notch 40 formed on both sides of the other end of the mist switch housing 70 and a leaf spring 72 fitted to a pair of support portions 41 provided on the mist switch housing 70, and slides on the upper surface of the leaf spring 72. Then, the leaf spring 72 is operated in a seesaw operation so that the valve plate 71
Switch operation plate 73 for opening and closing air through air hole 80
And a mist switch button 74 attached to the mist switch operation plate 73. The mist switch button 74 is exposed outside the main body housing 1 through the hole 45 of the main body housing 1. FIG. 8 shows the mist switch button 74.
Of the mist switch button 74, the mist switch operation plate 73 connected to the mist switch button 74 moves to the left.
Is pushed counterclockwise around the bent portion 43 of the leaf spring 72 to seal the air hole 80 above the mist switch housing 70 with the valve plate 71 and sent from the air pump 6. The air is sent to the mist generator 9 to generate mist. Conversely, when the mist switch button 74 is slid to the right, the mist switch operation plate 73 moves to the right and pushes the right side of the leaf spring 74 to rotate the leaf spring 74 clockwise, so that air above the mist switch housing 70 is released. The hole 80 is opened to release the air sent from the air pump 6 to the outside air, thereby preventing mist from being generated. At the middle position of the mist switch operation plate 73, the air hole 80 is in a substantially half-open state, and the mist amount is reduced to about half. Therefore, the amount of mist can be ON-OFF controlled, and can be set according to the state of the hair, which is very convenient.

In this embodiment, the amount of mist is controlled by controlling the number of rotations of the drive motor M and controlling the mist ON-OFF switch 12, but only one of them may be used. FIGS. 9 and 10 show a second embodiment of the present invention. That is, the mist hair dryer linearly controls the air flow of the air pump 6. Mist switch operation plate 81 of mist ON-OFF switch 12
A valve plate 82 is adhered to the lower surface of the valve, and the valve plate 82 is slid over the air hole 85, and the air hole 85 is elongated. By sliding the mist switch button 83 left and right, the air hole 8 above the mist switch housing 84 is formed.
5, the seal area of the valve plate 82 can be changed,
As a result, the air blowing control from the air pump 6 and the amount of mist can be linearly varied.

Therefore, the amount of mist and therefore the moisture content can be more finely adjusted according to the condition of the hair, and the device is very easy to use. A third embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. That is, in this mist hair dryer, pipes 77 having various hole diameters are exchangeably inserted in the middle of the connecting pipe 10 connecting the air pump 6 and the mist generating section 9. Since the amount of air sent from the air pump 6 to the mist generating section 9 can be changed by exchanging the pipe 77, the amount of mist can be changed.
At this time, since the pipe 77 also serves as an orifice, the sound generated by the air pump 6 can be reduced.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the heater substrate 4 is composed of two vertical plates 4a and 4b spaced at a fixed interval and one horizontal plate 4c crossing the vertical plates. The connecting pipe 10 is disposed between the vertical plates 4a and 4b. In order to arrange the air pump 6 at the center of the heater substrate 4, cutouts 46 are formed in the vertical plates 4a, 4b and the horizontal plate 4c.

Since the air pump 6 is disposed at the center of the main body housing 1 and the air discharge pipe 24 is also positioned at the center of the air pump 6, when the heater substrate 4 is formed in a cross shape, the air discharge pipe 24 The cross portions of the heater substrate 4 overlap with each other, so that there is a problem that the connecting pipe 10 is broken by the heater substrate 4 and the entire length of the dryer is increased. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the connecting pipe 10 is connected to two vertical plates 4.
a, 4b, so that not only can the above-mentioned problem be solved, but also the connecting pipe 10 can be arranged at a predetermined position of the heater block, and there is no problem such as breakage by hitting the heater 3 and compactness. Can be incorporated into

As a modification, similarly to the third embodiment, a rod 78 having screw grooves of various groove depths as shown in FIG. The amount of air blown by the air pump 6 can be controlled.

[0025]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mist hair dryer having a main body housing having an air outlet and a suction port, a hot air generating mechanism including a heater and a blowing device provided in the main body housing, a water tank, a mist nozzle and a mist nozzle. A mist generating mechanism including an air pump is provided in the main body housing, and a control unit that can control a mist amount of the mist generating mechanism is provided in the mist generating mechanism.By operating the hot air generating mechanism and the mist generating mechanism, Since a mixture of warm air and mist blows out, the hair bundle can be moistened. In addition, since the amount of mist can be controlled by the control unit, the moisture content in the hair can be controlled, and there is an effect that the setting to the hair and the re-laying can be set without stickiness according to the state of the hair.

The mist hair dryer according to the second aspect has the same effect as the first aspect because the control section controls the number of rotations of the motor of the air pump in the first aspect. According to the mist hair dryer of the third aspect, in the first aspect, the control unit controls the amount of air blown by the air pump, and thus has the same effect as the first aspect. According to the mist hair dryer of claim 4, in claim 1, since the control unit linearly controls the air blowing amount of the air pump,
Since the moisture content can be adjusted more finely, it is easy to set effectively.

According to the mist hair dryer of the fifth aspect, in the first aspect, the control unit controls the amount of air blown by inserting a pipe or a screw into the air pipe of the air pump in a replaceable manner. This has the same effect as the first aspect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view as viewed from a discharge port side.

FIG. 3 is a rear view as viewed from a suction port side.

FIG. 4 is an electric circuit diagram.

FIG. 5 is a partial side view of the main body housing with a mist generating portion removed.

FIG. 6 is a partial front view of the mist ON-OFF switch with a mist switch operation plate removed.

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the mist ON-OFF switch.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a mist ON-OFF switch according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view thereof.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a mist ON-OFF switch according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a pipe.

FIG. 13 is a front view of the main body housing.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of the main body housing excluding a mist generating portion.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a modification.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body housing 2 Outlet 3 Heater 6 Air pump 7 Suction port 8 Water tank 12 Mist ON-OFF switch which is a control part 25 Mist nozzle 38 Hot air generating mechanism 60 Blower 61 Mist generating mechanism

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] A mist generating mechanism including a water tank, a mist nozzle and an air pump; a hot air generating mechanism including a heater and a blowing device provided in the main body housing; A mist hair dryer provided in the main body housing and having a control unit in the mist generation mechanism, the control unit being capable of controlling a mist amount of the mist generation mechanism. 2. The mist hair dryer according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls a rotation speed of a motor of the air pump. 3. The mist hair dryer according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls a blowing amount of the air pump. 4. The mist hair dryer according to claim 1, wherein the control section linearly controls the amount of air blown by the air pump. 5. The mist hair dryer according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the amount of air blown by inserting a pipe or a screw into the air pipe of the air pump in a replaceable manner.