JP3176907B1 - Ski boot automatic dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

Kind Code: A1 A ski boot automatic drying apparatus capable of automatically drying the inside of wet ski boots by inserting a coin of a fixed amount at a free time individually desired by a skier. SOLUTION: A timer 8 which is operated by inserting wet ski shoes into an outlet pipe 15 and inserting coins into a coin insertion hole 6 allows heating and drying air and air for a predetermined time from the outlet pipe 15 into which the ski shoes 42 are inserted. A drying chamber 10 that blows out ozone to dry the inside of the shoe, a heating air supply chamber 30 that has a heater and an air supply fan to generate dry heated air and feeds it to the blowing pipe 15, and an exhaust that exhausts used air. Drying device main body 1 obtained by integrating a plurality of unit boxes 3 each having a chamber 22
Ski boot automatic drying device comprising a chiller and an ozone generation chamber 40.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for drying and disinfecting the inside of wet ski boots by skiing at a ski resort.
Particularly, the present invention relates to a device for drying and disinfecting the inside of a ski boot wet by inserting a coin in a ski resort facility such as a hotel or a guest house.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Since skiing is an intense exercise, the inside of the ski boots becomes high in humidity due to sweat from the feet or the inclusion of snowflakes in the shoes, and the inside becomes wet and wet. If this happens, it will be uncomfortable when worn next time, and bacteria will grow in the shoes, which is extremely unsanitary. Therefore,
The simplest way to dry ski boots is to place them under the sunlight outdoors after use, but outdoor drying depends on the weather and it is possible to dry many ski boots at once. It cannot be done in places where there is a demand for many ski boots at once, such as ski resort facilities. Therefore, in some ski resort facilities, a drying room for circulating dry warm air is provided in a building in the facility, and a number of ski boots are juxtaposed and dried in this drying room. Cannot be dried individually. Further, there is a type in which a large number of drying boxes for storing one pair of ski boots are provided, and dry hot air is blown from nozzles mounted in individual ski boots in each drying box. However, even with such a box-type drying device, it is necessary to constantly arrange and manage a manager to prevent overheating and theft, and the skier could not freely dry at his free time. Locking the drying box with a key to prevent theft is also disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-41380.
These are not provided with safe overheating prevention means, and it is necessary for an administrator to confirm safety after all.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The problem to be solved by the present invention is that skiers can individually enter into a vending machine and purchase juices at the time desired by the individual. At your desired free time, you can put your ski boots in the drying room, insert a coin after closing the door, blow out heated dry air and ozone into the ski boots for a certain period of time, and dry and sterilize, and
An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ski boot drying apparatus in which a door of a drying chamber is locked with a key to prevent the theft of ski boots during drying.

[0004]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a timer 8 which is activated by coin insertion, and a blowout for blowing dry air and ozone for a predetermined time by the timer 8. Drying room 1 equipped with a pipe 15 and the outlet pipe 15 and a door 11 locked by a key
In a ski boot automatic drying apparatus comprising a drying unit body 1 formed by integrating a plurality of unit boxes 3 and a unit box 3 having
Box 3 is a dry box with a door 11 locked on the front by a key.
Drying room 10 and control room 4 having coin insertion hole 6 on the front
Formed from the machine room 20 behind the drying room, and in each unit box 3
The machine room 20 is connected to the upper exhaust chamber 22 and the lower heating chamber.
Partition into air chamber 30 and generate heated dry air in heated air supply chamber 30
Heater 31 and an air supply fan 32
An outside air inlet 36 and an ozone inlet 34 are provided on the rear wall 33 of the air chamber.
Is a partition wall between the heating air supply chamber 30 and the drying chamber 10.
Drys heated air and ozone on the front wall 35 of the heated air supply chamber
Two air supply ports 37 for supplying to the chamber 10 are opened, and the air supply ports 3
7, an outlet pipe 15 is protruded into the drying chamber 10,
Used for the exhaust chamber front wall 23 which is a partition wall between the exhaust chamber 22 and
A communication port 25 for passing the used air is provided, and the exhaust
Fan 26 is provided, and the used air is
An exhaust port 27 for discharging air to the ozone generation chamber 40 is provided.
From the ozone inlet 34 of each heating air supply chamber 30
Arrange ozone feed pipe 41 for feeding zons and insert coins
Heater 31 is supplied for a predetermined time by coin insertion into hole 6
Timer 8 for operating fan 32 and exhaust fan 26
Is provided in the control room 4 .

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a ski boot drying apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the ski boot drying apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a plan view schematically showing a drying chamber and a dry heating air chamber of the ski boot drying apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 4 shows a unit box of the present invention, (a) is a front view,
(B) is a side view showing the inside through seeing.

The ski boot drying apparatus of the present invention has a width of about 5 mm.
Drying device main body 1 in which unit boxes 3 each having a size of 2 cm, a depth of 75 cm, and a height of 40 cm are vertically stacked in four stages and integrated.
Is composed. An ozone generation chamber 40 having an ozone generator and a fan for feeding the generated ozone is installed in the upper part of the drying device main body 1. Further, adjusters 2 are provided at the four lower corners of the drying device main body 1 to level the device in accordance with the floor height. Each unit box 3
Is 42 cm wide, 49 cm deep and 37 cm high
Drying room 10 and a machine room 20 having a width of 34 cm, a depth of 26 cm and a height of 30 cm on the rear side and a width 10 c of a side portion of the drying room 10.
The control room 4 is m, 75 cm deep and 40 cm high. The machine room 20 is divided up and down by upper and lower partition walls 21,
The upper side is in the exhaust chamber 22 with a height of 15 cm and the lower side is in the height 1
A 4.5 cm heated air supply chamber 30 is provided. The unit box 3 is provided with a one-sided door 11 on the front surface. Door 1
1, so that the inside of the drying chamber 10 in the box can be seen through,
Viewing window 14 and handle 12 fitted with glass and keyhole 1
3 The control room 4 in which the coin box 5 is fitted adjacent to the door 11 is provided with a heater 31 for generating dry heating air in accordance with the coin insertion height, an air supply fan, and an exhaust fan for exhausting used air out of the box for a certain period of time. A timer 8 that operates by counting down is built in.
Further, a coin insertion hole 6, a key hole 7, and a timer remaining time display section 9 are provided on the front surface of the control room 4. The remaining time can be set in the timer remaining time display section 9 by rotating the dial. Control room 4 of unit box 3 at the top
A display lamp 43 is provided in the upper front part of the display lamp.
Is turned on when the power is turned on to put the ski boot dryer in use.

As described above, the heating air supply chamber 30 at the lower stage of the machine room 2 partitioned by the upper and lower partition walls 21 has air supply ports 37 on the left and right sides of the heating air supply chamber front wall 35 which is a partition wall from the drying chamber. There are two openings. The base of the blow-out pipe 15 projecting from the drying chamber 10 is attached to the air supply port 37. Inlet 3
7 is provided with a heater 31 of 800 watts. Air and ozone are sent to the heater 31 before the heater 31 is dried by heating, and further, 0.2 Kw of air is supplied from the air supply port 37 to the blowing pipe 15. A fan 32 is provided. The rear wall 33 of the heating air supply chamber has an outside air intake 36 for taking in outside air and an ozone intake 34 for taking in ozone. The end of an ozone supply pipe 41 for supplying ozone generated in the ozone generation chamber 40 is attached to the ozone intake 34.

An upper exhaust chamber 22 of the machine room 2 partitioned by the upper and lower partition walls 21 communicates with an exhaust chamber front wall 23 that separates the drying chamber 10 from used air from the drying chamber 10 to the exhaust chamber 22. A mouth 25 is provided. A lattice 19 is fitted in the communication port 25 so as to prevent fingers from passing through the drying chamber 10. The exhaust chamber rear wall 24 on the rear side of the exhaust chamber 10 has an exhaust chamber 10
And an exhaust port 27 for discharging used air from the outside. A 0.2 Kw exhaust fan 26 for sucking used air from the drying chamber 10 and exhausting the exhaust air to the outside through the exhaust port 27 is provided in front of the exhaust port 27 in the exhaust chamber 10.

The drying chamber 10 has a one-sided door 11 at the front. The door 11 has a viewing window 14 in which glass is fitted at the center so that the inside can be peeped. Door 11
Has a handle 12 and a keyhole 13 and has a locking mechanism inside. The inside of the drying chamber 10 is approximately 10 cm above the floor surface from the front wall 35 of the heating air supply chamber, approximately parallel to the floor surface, and approximately 30 cm forward.
The outlet pipes 15 protruding and extending are provided on the left and right with an interval of about 14 cm. A plurality of blowout holes 16 are arranged around the front end of the blowout pipe 15. Support frames 17 projecting about 4 cm into the room are formed on both side walls above the front end of the blowing pipe 15. The support frame 17 supports the toe portion of the ski boot 42 to be dried. Therefore, the front door side is tapered and chamfered 18 so that the front door side does not interfere with the mounting of the ski boot 42 in the room. ing. A communication port 25 having a lattice 19 communicating with the upper exhaust chamber 22 of the machine chamber 20 is opened directly above the base of the blow-out pipe 15.

In the control room 4 on the side of the drying room 10, a coin box 5 which can be removed by key unlocking is fitted and arranged. The front face of the coin box 5 has a key hole 7 for inserting a key, a coin insertion hole 6 for inserting a coin, and a timer remaining time display section 9. The control room 4 has a built-in timer 8 that automatically sets the energizing time in accordance with the amount of coins inserted, counts down, and energizes the heater 31, the air supply fan 32, and the exhaust fan. The remaining time counted down by the timer 8 is displayed on the timer remaining time display section 9 on the front.

The unit box 3 at the top of the drying device body 1
In order to supply the ozone generated in the ozone generation chamber 40 above each unit box 3, an ozone supply pipe 41 is provided in the passage 28 formed from the ozone generation chamber 40 to the back of the unit box 3. The unit box 3 is connected to the ozone inlet 34 of the rear wall 33 of the heating air supply chamber. The ozone generator of the ozone generation chamber 40 is always operated by turning on the power supply, and is in a state of being able to supply ozone to the unit box 3 for coin insertion.

A method of using the ski boot automatic drying apparatus of the present invention will be described. For example, in a hotel of a resort facility such as a ski resort, the ski boot automatic drying apparatus of the present invention is installed in a corner of a lobby. When the power is turned on, the ski boot automatic drying apparatus is ready for use, and the display lamp 43 at the upper front is turned on. The skier who has returned to the hotel after skiing brings the wet ski shoes 42 inside the ski boot automatic drying apparatus, looks into the inside of the drying chamber 10 through the viewing window 14, and has the ski boot 42 not installed. The door 11 of 10 is opened with the handle 12, and the ski boots 42 are inserted into the outlet pipes 15 one by one. In this case, by opening the door 11, the miniature bulb provided on the wall of the drying chamber 10 can be turned on and the room can be brightened. The inserted ski boots 42 are supported by the support frame 17 with the toes of the ski boots 42 facing upward. When the insertion is completed, the door 11 is closed and locked, and the key is removed from the keyhole 13 and stored.

Next, a predetermined number of coins such as 100 yen coins are inserted into the coin insertion hole 6. By inserting the coin, the remaining time of the timer 8 of the unit box 3 can be set.
Will be displayed. At the same time, the heater 31 in the heating air supply chamber 30, the air supply fan 32, and the exhaust fan 26 in the exhaust chamber 22 are energized, and the heated dry air and ozone are sent by the air supply fan 32 to the blowing pipe 15, and the ski Shoes 42
It is blown out and the inside is dried and sterilized and deodorized with ozone. In this case, the energization time started by coin insertion is determined by the specified number of coins inserted. By inserting a specified number of coins at a time, for example, 30 minutes of electricity is supplied to enable drying, and the drying temperature in the shoe is 30 to 40 ° C.
And the air volume by the air supply fan 32 is 6.8 m
³ / min. Normally, the ski boot 42 can be sufficiently dried by one coin insertion.
During energization, it is possible to prevent the device from being unlocked with a key for safety. Further, a temperature sensor may be provided at an appropriate position of the blow-out pipe 15 to provide a function of turning off the power supply to the unit box when the heating is performed as described above.

The used air used for drying the inside of the ski boots 42 is sucked from a suction port provided in the front wall 23 of the exhaust chamber by the exhaust fan 26 in the exhaust chamber 22 and provided on the rear wall of the exhaust chamber. The gas is discharged from the exhaust port 27 to the outside of the apparatus. An exhaust pipe or the like may be appropriately attached from the exhaust port 27 to the outside of the apparatus.

When about 30 minutes have passed and the remaining time of the timer 8 has expired, the heater 31 of the air supply chamber 30 and the air supply fan 32 of the unit box 3 and the exhaust fan 26 of the exhaust chamber 22 are automatically turned off. Drying ends. In this state, the user inserts the key into the keyhole 13 to unlock and remove the dried ski boot 42. The key hole 13 is left with the key inserted.

If necessary, a key is inserted into the keyhole 7 of the coin box 5 of the control room 4 while patroling the device, and the key is unlocked.
Is removed, the coins are collected, and after the collection, the coins are returned to the original state, fitted into the control room 4, and locked.

[0017]

As described above, the ski boots automatic drying apparatus of the present invention allows a skier to purchase can juice by inserting coins into a vending machine in order to dry wet ski boots. By freely inserting coins at any time, it is possible to blow dry air and ozone into the ski boots loaded in the drying room for a certain period of time and automatically dry them. It is an excellent effect that can be used freely.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ski boot drying apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the ski boot drying apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view schematically showing a drying chamber and a dry heating air chamber of the ski boot drying apparatus of the present invention.

4A and 4B show a unit box of the present invention, wherein FIG. 4A is a front view and FIG. 4B is a side view schematically showing the inside of the unit box.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a ski boot drying apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Drying apparatus main body 2 Adjuster 3 Unit box 4 Control room 5 Coin box 6 Coin insertion hole 7 Key hole 8 Timer 9 Timer remaining time display part 10 Drying room 11 Door 12 Handle 13 Key hole 14 Viewing window 15 Blow-out tube 16 Blow-out hole 17 Support frame Reference Signs List 18 chamfer 19 lattice 20 machine room 21 upper and lower partition wall 22 exhaust chamber 23 exhaust chamber rear wall 24 front wall 25 communication port 26 exhaust fan 27 exhaust port 30 heating air supply chamber 31 heater 32 air supply fan 33 rear wall 34 ozone intake 35 Front wall 36 Outside air intake 37 Air supply port 40 Ozone generation chamber 41 Supply pipe 42 Ski boots 43 Indicator lamp

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A unit box having a timer which is activated by coin insertion, a blow-out tube for blowing out heat-dried air and ozone for a certain period of time by said timer, and a drying chamber having a door locked by said blow-out tube and a key, is formed. In a ski boot automatic drying apparatus comprising a drying apparatus body formed by integrating a plurality of the unit boxes and an ozone generation chamber , the unit box is provided.
Box has a drying room with a door on the front and a coin insertion hole on the front.
And the machine room behind the drying room.
In the position box, the machine room is connected to the upper exhaust chamber and the lower
Partition into heat air supply chamber and heat air supply chamber for heating dry air generation
A heater and an air supply fan are installed, and the heater and air supply fan
Equipped with air intake and ozone intake, heating air supply chamber and drying
Heat dry air and heat
And two ozone outlets for supplying ozone and ozone to the drying chamber.
An outlet pipe protrudes from the vent into the drying chamber, and the drying chamber and the exhaust
Communicating used air through the front wall of the exhaust chamber, which is the partition between them
Port, an exhaust fan in the exhaust chamber, and
An exhaust port is provided to exhaust used air to the outside, while
From the ozone generation chamber to the ozone intake of each heating air supply chamber
Arrange an ozone feed pipe to feed the zon and go to the coin insertion hole
Heater, air supply fan and
An automatic ski-drying apparatus, characterized in that a timer for activating a cooling fan and an exhaust fan is provided in a control room .