JP3182598U - Foot dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a foot drying apparatus capable of performing hygienic foot drying in a short time after bathing.
SOLUTION: A foot wipe mat 3 coated with a visible light responsive photocatalyst, a blower unit 2 for blowing hot air, and a handrail 1 integrated with the blower unit, so that sanitary foot drying can be performed in a short time. It becomes possible.
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Description

    The present invention relates to a foot drying device used after bathing.

In order to clean feet and wipe off water after bathing, fabric foot-wiping mats are generally used. When multiple people use foot-wiping mats, there is a problem that not only moisture will soak up and accumulate, but also bacteria and athlete's foot bacteria from the feet will accumulate, making the mat unclean.

In order to solve this problem, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 have been proposed in which feet are placed directly on a device capable of ejecting warm air and dried.

Patent Document 3 proposes a device that has a function of spraying a fungus inhibitor that suppresses athlete's foot bacteria and that can also adjust the optimum temperature of hot air drying.

JP 2003-061864 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-164088 Special table 2002-501403

However, since these proposals are of the type in which the foot is put directly on the device, the foot and the surface of the device come into contact with each other, and there is a high possibility of contact with bacteria, which is a sanitary problem.

Moreover, since the apparatus is small and the air volume cannot be increased, a long time is required for drying.
These devices are difficult to use while standing and are used while sitting on a chair.

In addition, a small device has functions such as air blowing, overheating, and drug spraying, which causes cost problems.

In other words, with the conventional method, it was difficult to perform sanitary foot drying in a short time after bathing.

In the present invention, in order to allow hygienic foot drying while standing for a short time after bathing, a foot wiping mat coated with a visible light responsive photocatalyst, a blowing section for blowing hot air, a blowing section, It was set as the structure which uses an integrated handrail.

In the present invention, a foot-wiping mat coated with a visible light responsive photocatalyst, a blower unit that blows hot air, and a handrail integrated with the air-feeding unit are used to allow sanitary foot drying in a short time after bathing. It was possible to do it as it was.

It is a block diagram of the foot drying apparatus of this invention. It is a block diagram of the ventilation part of this invention. It is detail drawing of the foot-wiping mat which apply | coated the visible light response type photocatalyst of this invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

    In FIG. 1, the foot drying device 11 includes a foot wiping mat 3, a blower unit 2, and an integrated handrail 1. Can float in the air.

  When the feet suspended in the air are brought close to the nozzle 7 for ejecting the air shown in FIG. Ejects from 8. At this time, the speed of the air squeezed by the nozzle 7 is increased, and the feet can be dried in a short time.

    On the other hand, the other foot is on the foot cleaning mat 3 and thus comes into direct contact with the foot cleaning mat 3. In this embodiment, in order to reduce the contact area with the sole of the foot, a needle-like structure is used as shown in FIG. A visible light responsive photocatalyst is applied to the surface 3 a of the needle-like component of the foot wipe mat 3. The material of the mat 3 is not particularly specified, but a thermoplastic resin and a rubber material are preferable.

Since the visible light responsive photocatalyst can be sterilized by ordinary illumination, the foot wipe mat 3 is always kept clean. By comprising as mentioned above, a sanitary foot wipe becomes possible in a short time. The visible light responsive photocatalyst is not particularly specified, but titanium oxide doped with C, N, W or iron and copper oxide decorated is preferable.

      The foot drying device of the present invention can also be used for public baths, hot spring inns, fitness clubs and home use.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Handrail 2 Air blower 3 Foot wiping mat 4 Air inlet 5 Air blower fan 6 Heater 7 Nozzle 8 Air outlet 9 Human sensor 11 Foot dryer

Claims (1)

A foot drying device composed of a foot wiping mat coated with a visible light responsive photocatalyst, a blower for blowing hot air, and a handrail integrated with the blower.

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