JP3298230B2 - Hair catcher - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hair catcher provided in a circulation path for circulating bath water to filter hair, dirt, fibers of towels and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional hair catcher will be described below.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional hair catcher. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 1 denotes a decorative cover having a bottomed cylindrical shape made of metal or resin. The decorative cover 1 is provided with a plurality of water inlets 2 for bathtubs. Reference numeral 3 denotes a net made of metal or resin or the like and having a net structure and a cylindrical shape with a bottom . The net 3 is provided inside the decorative cover 1.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a conventional bathtub apparatus. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 4 denotes a bathtub, and reference numeral 5 denotes a channel pipe for circulating bathtub water. A hair catcher 6 is attached to an inflow end of the bathtub water of the channel pipe 5. 7 is a pump for circulating bath water, and 8 is a heating source for heating the bath water.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view showing a mounting portion of a conventional hair catcher. In FIG. 7, reference numeral 9 denotes a hole provided in the bathtub 4. Reference numeral 10 denotes a connection adapter connected to the end of the flow pipe 5. The connection adapter 10 is pressed against the outer surface of the bathtub 4 via the packing 11, and the fixture 12 is screwed into the connection adapter 10 from the inside of the bathtub 4 through the hole 9 via the packing 13. Attach to Next, the auxiliary fixing plate 14 is
Then, the hair catcher 6 is mounted on the auxiliary fixing plate 14.

The operation of the hair catcher 6 configured as described above will be described below. As shown in FIG. 6, first, the bath 7 is operated by operating the pump 7.
The bathtub water inside is sucked in from the hair catcher 6 side of the flow path pipe 5 and returned to the bathtub 4 from the other end through the flow path pipe 5 to circulate the bathtub water, whereby the net of the hair catcher 6 shown in FIG. 3 captures hair, fiber, scale, etc. contained in the bathtub water.

[0007]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional construction, when large dust such as hair and fibers contained in bath water is captured by a hair catcher having a net structure, the captured hair, fibers and the like are captured by the hair catcher. The mesh of the net is closed, the mesh of the net becomes smaller, and small debris such as dirt are also caught in the mesh of the smaller net, the mesh of the net is closed, and the flow rate of the bathtub water decreases. In order to maintain the quality, it is necessary to frequently carry out maintenance for removing deposits such as hair, fibers, and dirt.

[0008] The present invention is intended to solve the above problems, hair, selectively capture large dust fibers which
It is an object of the present invention to provide a hair catcher that can easily remove water and prevent a decrease in the flow rate of bath water.

[0009]

In order to achieve this object, a hair catcher according to the present invention provides a decorative cover having a bottomed cylindrical shape having an inlet for water with a length substantially equal to the height of the decorative cover. and interior plate provided with a plurality of projections that, collision
The diameter is almost the same as that of the origin, and the same
It has a configuration in which the second plate provided with holes is superimposed on the first plate .

[0010]

With this configuration, the protrusions are perpendicular to the direction of the bathtub water flow in the hair catcher, and the hair, fibers, etc. contained in the bathtub water are entangled with the protrusions and are selectively captured, so that dirt, etc. It is possible to reduce the amount of small dust blocking the flow path, thereby preventing the flow rate from decreasing. Also easy hair
Hair, fibers, etc. can be removed.

[0011]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a hair catcher according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG.
Reference numeral 16 denotes a decorative cover having a bottomed cylindrical shape made of resin or the like. The decorative cover 16 is provided with a plurality of bath water inlets 17. Reference numeral 18 denotes a bottom plate made of resin or the like. On one surface of the bottom plate 18, a plurality of cylindrical projections 19 having a length substantially equal to the height of the decorative cover 16 and a mark 20 for alignment are provided. It is provided inside a decorative cover 16. 21
Is a plate made of resin or the like for removing the adhered matter adhered to the projection 19. The removal plate 20 is provided with a hole 22 at a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the projection 19 and at the same position as the positional relationship of the projection 19. .
Also, the removing plate 21 is provided with a mark 23 for alignment with the bottom plate 18.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a hair catcher according to one embodiment of the present invention. The decorative cover 16 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the bottom plate 18 and the removing plate 21 are provided inside the decorative cover 16 provided with the inflow port 17 in a state where the removing plate 21 is superposed on the protrusion 19 side. .

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view showing an attachment portion of the hair catcher in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
In the figure, reference numeral 24 denotes a bathtub, in which a hole 25 is provided. Reference numeral 26 denotes a connection adapter connected to the end of the flow pipe 5 through which bath water circulates. The connection adapter 26 is pressed against the outer surface of the bathtub 24 via the packing 27 so that the bathtub 2
4 from the inside of the hole 4 through the packing 28 through the hole 25.
Through the connection adapter 26 and the connection adapter 2
6 is attached to the bathtub 24. Next, the auxiliary fixing plate 30 is attached to the fixing tool 29 with the screws 31. Next, the hair catcher 32 in which the bottom plate 18 and the removal plate 19 are mounted on the decorative cover 16 is mounted.

The operation of the hair catcher 32 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. First, by operating a pump (not shown), bathtub water in the bathtub 24 is sucked from the hair catcher 32 side of the flow pipe 5 and returned to the bathtub 24 from the other end through the flow pipe 5 again. Perform Due to this circulation, large debris such as hair and fibers contained in the bathtub water flowing in from the inflow port 17 of the hair catcher 32 are caught by the projections 19 provided perpendicularly to the flow path of the bathtub water. To collect dust and the like captured by the protrusions 19, the hair catcher 32 is removed from the auxiliary fixing plate 30, the bottom plate 18 and the removing plate 21 are taken out from the decorative cover 16, and the removing plate 21 is removed.
By removing from the bottom plate 18, dust and the like captured by the projections 19 can be easily removed and collected.

The characteristics of the hair catcher 32 according to the present embodiment and the characteristics of the conventional hair catcher 6 are shown in comparison with (Table 1).

[0016]

[Table 1]

In this test, a hair catcher was attached to a bathtub of a whirlpool system with filtration (circulating flow rate: 20 liters / min), and five persons bathed a day. Used cosmetic cover 16 of hair catcher 32 of the present embodiment used
Has an outer diameter of 110 mm, and has 30 protrusions arranged radially. At the time of bathing, a jet jet was generated to increase suspended pollutants. Various measurements are based on the number of days since bathing 5 people,
The circulating flow rate of the bath water and the dry weight of the collected deposits were measured.

As is clear from Table 1, the hair catcher 32 according to the present embodiment selectively captures large dust components such as hair floating in bathtub water efficiently while keeping the circulation flow rate low. In this respect, an excellent effect can be obtained.

As described above, according to this embodiment, a plurality of protrusions 19 having a length substantially equal to the height of the decorative cover 16 are provided on the decorative cover 16 having a bottomed cylindrical shape having an inlet 17 for water. By installing the bottom plate 18 provided with the
9 is vertical, and hair, fibers, etc., contained in the bathtub water are entangled with the protrusions 19 and are selectively captured, so that they can be easily removed. The flow rate can be prevented from lowering.

In the present embodiment, the projection 19 is cylindrical, but the projection 19 may be prismatic or arcuate as shown in FIG. Needless to say, the arrangement of the projections 19 may be radial, spiral, or random.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a decorative cover having a cylindrical shape having a bottom having a water inlet and a plurality of protrusions having a length substantially equal to the height of the decorative cover . The interior of the board makes the protrusions perpendicular to the flow direction of the bathtub water in the hair catcher, and the hair, fibers, etc. contained in the bathtub water are entangled with the protrusions and are selectively captured, so that dirt, etc. Thus, an excellent hair catcher can be realized which can reduce the amount of small debris blocking the flow path and prevent the flow rate from decreasing. Also, the diameter is almost the same as the diameter of the projection
In the second, a hole is provided at the same position as the positional relationship of the protrusion.
Because the first board was superposed on the first board, hair, fiber
Etc. can be removed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a hair catcher according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a hair catcher according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view showing a mounting portion of a hair catcher according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a protrusion of a hair catcher according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional hair catcher.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a conventional bathtub apparatus.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view showing a mounting portion of a conventional hair catcher.

[Explanation of symbols]

 16 Makeup Cover 17 Inlet 18 Bottom Plate 19 Projection 20, 23 Mark 21 Removal Plate 22 Hole

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-5-31713 (JP, A) JP-A-2-48743 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) E03C 1 / 264 F24H 9/12

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A first cover provided in a liquid flow path and having a bottomed cylindrical shape having a water inlet; and a plurality of protrusions having a length substantially equal to the height of the cover. A hair catcher having a board inside, the diameter being substantially the same as the diameter of the protrusion.
A hole was provided in the same position as the positional relationship of the projection with the same diameter
The second plate is superimposed on the first plate.
Hair catcher.