JP4018730B2 - Aroma generator - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a scent generating apparatus that uses a scent generator that is thin and small, has high scent generation efficiency, and is easy to handle, and further enhances the scent generation efficiency and efficiently presents the scent to the user.

Conventional scent generators or scent generators can be broadly divided into natural and forced volatile types. As a natural volatilization method, a method in which a rope is put in a bottle containing liquid fragrance, a little tip of the rope is taken out from the bottle, and the liquid fragrance soaked in the rope is naturally vaporized in the air is well known. Although the structure is simple, there is a problem that the amount of vaporization is small and a strong scent cannot be obtained because the area in contact with air is limited. There is also a problem that when the bottle is knocked down, the liquid spills along the rope. Furthermore, liquid fragrance | flavor is limited to one type, for example, it is difficult to select and use a fragrance | flavor by the mood of the day from several fragrances.

Other natural volatilization methods include those in which a liquid fragrance is soaked in a fiber or a felt cloth material and used in a special case (for example, JP-A-10-296439 and JP-A-11-178909). Usually, the user takes out the fiber or felt cloth material from the special case with tweezers, soaks the liquid fragrance with a dropper or the like, and returns it to the case for use. Therefore, there is a problem that it is troublesome and the hand is easily soiled when handling the liquid.

With regard to this problem, JP 2000-355374 discloses a mechanism for wrapping a drug and providing a liquid retaining part. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-172477 discloses a mechanism for improving retention and diffusibility during drug impregnation. However, these naturally volatile fragrances have the problem of low volatility, similar to the rope type.

In order to solve this problem, a heating method can be considered. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-319789 discloses an apparatus for generating a scent by heating a plate-shaped drug cartridge in which a large number of fragrance-containing microcapsules are embedded. Vaporization is promoted by heating the fragrance, but that alone is not sufficient to efficiently present the scent to remote users.

Further, as a forced volatile fragrance device, a diffuser using a spraying principle is also well known. Immerse one end of the tube in a liquid fragrance and make the other end thinner and blow air at the tip. The liquid perfume goes up to the top of the tube with the blown air and is blown off into a mist. The mist is circulated in a glass container, and after dropping large liquid perfume particles, fine particles are vaporized to release the scent from the container. Since it is vaporized after it has been made into particles, a strong scent can be obtained with a high vaporizing power. However, since the spraying mechanism is complicated, it is difficult to manufacture in a small size and the manufacturing cost tends to be high. Further, when the container becomes dirty, cleaning is troublesome.

In addition, when the liquid fragrance is mist-like and circulated in the glass container, there is also a problem that the liquid fragrance is deteriorated by contact with air. The use of deteriorated liquid fragrances is undesirable, especially in natural fragrances, which increases running costs. Moreover, since only one type of liquid perfume is usually contained in the liquid perfume reservoir, it is difficult to combine fragrances. In addition, it is structurally difficult to change the scent concentration by changing the amount of spray. Furthermore, an air pump is used for blowing air, but since the pump is accompanied by vibration and sound, there is a problem in quietness and environment.

In addition, an apparatus for vaporizing a fragrance with an ultrasonic vibrator has been developed. Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 7-112491 discloses a method of generating a fragrance-containing mist by bringing a fragrance-impregnated member into close contact with the tip of an ultrasonic transducer. Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 6-22555 discloses an apparatus that vaporizes perfume that is lighter than water and hardly soluble in water with an ultrasonic vibrator.

Arranging so far, the natural volatile formula can not get enough fragrance. Forced volatilization types include those that use heat, those that use the principle of spraying, and those that use ultrasonic waves, which are characterized by generating a strong scent, but users who are away from the generated scent. There is a problem with the means to deliver to. When diffusing little by little in a large room, there are problems such as time consuming, a lot of fragrance consumed wastefully and uneconomical, and difficult to switch fragrances.

A method of diffusing by combining a small electric fan is often used, but the problem is that there are many fragrances consumed wastefully, which is uneconomical and difficult to switch fragrances.

In order to solve the problem of scent conveyance, a method has been proposed in which vaporized fragrance is put in a cylinder and presented to the user by the principle of an air cannon. Although the principle of the air cannon has been known for a long time, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-81851 discloses a device that mixes and fills a cannon with a plurality of scents and discharges it toward the user's nose. The air cannon can discharge the scent as a lump, which has the advantage of easily presenting the scent to a remote user.

However, it is difficult to fill the barrel with fragrance. Ink jet methods for injecting fragrance particles into the gun barrel and ultrasonic methods for generating fragrance-containing fine particles and transporting them to the gun barrel have been proposed. Therefore, there are problems such as troublesome maintenance and expensive equipment. In other words, there is no practical utility that can be used at home.

As described above, conventional scent generators or scent generators have problems such as poor scent generation efficiency and poor scent quality if they have a simple structure. There are problems such as difficult, expensive, difficult to maintain, and high consumption of fragrance. In addition, as a common problem, it is difficult to efficiently generate a fragrance and accurately present it to the user. Furthermore, it is difficult to prepare a complex fragrance by combining a plurality of fragrances.

JP-A-10-296439 JP-A-11-178909 JP 2000-355374 A JP-A-7-172477 JP-A-6-319789 JP 7-11491 JP 6-22555 JP 2004-81851 A

In view of the above situation, the object of the present invention is to further improve the scent generation efficiency by incorporating a scent generator that is thin, small, high in scent generation efficiency, and easy to handle into the air gun, and to give the scent to the user. It is to realize a scent generating device that presents efficiently.

Technical issues are: (1) Occupancy of fragrance is high, vaporization efficiency is good, and plate-like fragrance is generated that air easily passes in the plate thickness direction (vertical direction) or in the direction along the plate surface (lateral direction). (2) to efficiently vaporize the fragrance, and (3) to efficiently release the vaporized fragrance to the outside as a lump without diffusing.

<Means 1>
The scent generating apparatus according to claim 1 according to the present invention absorbs a fragrance when described in association with, for example, FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 8, 11, 12, and 13. Scent generation composed of a net-like wire rod that stores and stores air, or a perfume occlusion plate made of a porous material, and a cover plate having a plurality of air holes provided so as to be in contact with the perfume occlusion plate In the fragrance generating device that releases the vaporized fragrance as a lump by applying an airflow in the thickness direction (longitudinal direction) or in the direction along the plate surface (lateral direction) to the fragrance generator, The fragrance storage plate of the scent generator (see FIGS. 3, 8, 11, 12, and 13) stores the fragrance in a predetermined area (EssH) and passes the air flow so as to surround the fragrance storage area. It has a structure to squeeze (AirH) The scent generator is provided at the barrel opening or the gas compression section at the tip of the barrel (see 007 in FIG. 1, 010 in FIG. 2, 011 in FIG. 4), and the compressed gas is used as the occlusion fragrance. It is characterized in that it is allowed to pass through the surroundings of the water instantly, and the mass of the scent is released so as to involve the vaporized scent.

In the fragrance storage plate (115 in FIG. 3, 101 in FIG. 8, 103 and 104 in FIG. 11, 105 and 106 in FIG. 12, 107 in FIG. 13), the region (AirH) through which the gas passes is an annular vortex of scent It is desirable that the density of the region is controlled to the extent that (400B) is generated.

<Means 2>
The scent generating apparatus according to claim 2 according to the present invention will be described in association with, for example, FIGS. 1, 2, 4, 11, and 16. A net-like wire that absorbs and stores fragrance and allows air to pass therethrough. Or, using a scent generator composed of a perfume occlusion plate made of a porous material and a cover plate having a plurality of air holes provided so as to be in contact with the perfume occlusion plate, the scent generator In the scent generating device that releases the vaporized fragrance as a lump by applying an airflow in the direction of the plate thickness or along the plate surface, between the fragrance occlusion plate and the cover plate of the fragrance generator, A space for promoting vaporization is provided (see 202 in FIG. 11 and 210 in FIG. 16), and the scent generator is provided in the gun barrel opening or the gas compression section at the tip of the gun barrel (007 in FIG. 1). 010 in FIG. 2, 0 in FIG. Referring to 1), the compressed gas instantaneously passed around the occlusion perfume, characterized in that to release the mass of aroma as involving fragrance stored in the fragrance vaporization promoting space.

<Means 3>
The fragrance generating device according to claim 3 according to the present invention will be described in association with, for example, FIGS. 1, 2, and 4. For example, a scent-generating device that absorbs and stores fragrance and allows air to pass through, or a porous material. A fragrance generator composed of a fragrance storage plate composed of a cover plate having a plurality of air holes provided in contact with the fragrance storage plate, and the fragrance generator has a plate thickness direction or a plate surface The scent generator (007 in FIG. 1) crosses the vicinity of the tip of the barrel where the atmospheric pressure is instantaneously increased. The scented vortex (400B) is released by applying an airflow in the plate thickness direction , or the scent generator (010 in FIG. 2, 011 in FIG. 4) has a high atmospheric pressure. Cannon tip It provided so as to constitute the vicinity, characterized in that to release the fragrance of the annular vortex (400B) by applying the direction of the air current along the plate surface.

In the means 1 to 3, the cover plate (for example, 200 and 201 in FIG. 1, 226 and 227 in FIG. 2) is provided with a plurality of air holes (202), and the size and shape of the air holes are as follows. When the skin touches the air hole, the skin that penetrates into the air hole due to deformation of the skin is set so as not to reach the liquid perfume storage plate, and from the front to the back, that is, the skin It is desirable that the air hole be configured to increase from the surface in contact with the surface to the surface in contact with the liquid fragrance storage plate. For example, FIG. 6, FIG. 9, FIG. 11c, FIG. 13, FIG. Specifically, the volume of the hole may be set to be larger than the volume of the skin that enters the hole.

As shown in FIG. 11 (C), the scent generator used in the present invention takes an air flow from the air hole of one cover plate, and passes the air flow so as to surround a predetermined fragrance storage region (EssH), those designed to be released from the air holes in the other cover plate, incorporates i.e., those passing air flow in the thickness direction, or, as shown in FIG. 16 (C), the air flow from the air hole in the cover plate The liquid fragrance storage plate can be used so as to pass in a direction along the plate surface and to be discharged from another air hole of the cover plate.

That is, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIGS. 11, 13, and 16, it is desirable that the airflow path is designed so that the air resistance is reduced when the airflow passes.

In order to form the air flow passage, as shown in FIG. 8, the liquid perfume storage plate (101) has an air passage region (AirH) connected to the air hole of the cover plate selectively with a water repellent material (RC). 11B, FIG. 12 or FIG. 13, the air passage area is configured such that the mesh interval is sparser than the surrounding area (AirH), and the air entering the air hole is It is desirable to form an airflow in the direction along the plate thickness direction or the plate surface through the air passage region (AirH).

Further, the net wire of the liquid fragrance occlusion plate may be composed of a combination of a portion where the mesh interval is dense and a portion where the mesh interval is sparse as shown by 103 and 104 in FIG.

In the scent generator, the net wire of the liquid fragrance storage plate is configured in a net shape so that the number N of wires is 50 or less per 1 mm width, or the porous material of the liquid fragrance storage plate has the number of holes M. It is configured in a range of 50 or less per 1 mm width, the thickness t of the cover plate is configured in the range of 0.5 to 2.0 mm, and the diameter d of the surface of the air hole is 0.2 to 3.0 mm. A range is desirable. Furthermore, it is desirable that d satisfies a condition greater than 1 / N (mm) or 1 / M (mm).

As shown in 100 of FIG. 11, the liquid perfume storage plate has a multilayer structure in which a plurality of mesh wires are stacked, and the mesh density is preferably as dense as the center of the layer.

As shown in 113 of FIG. 1 or 115 of FIG. 3, the liquid fragrance storage plate is divided into a plurality of areas, and the liquid fragrance supplied to the divided predetermined area diffuses only in the predetermined area. And may be configured to be accumulated.

The shape of the air hole of the cover plate can be circular, square, triangular, or other shapes. Further, as shown in FIG. 15, the hole area may change from the front surface to the back surface. Moreover, the shape of the front surface and the back surface can be changed. It is desirable that the vaporization space is widened inside the cover plate (see FIG. 16).

The vicinity of the air hole (202 in FIG. 6) of the cover plate or the air hole (AirH in FIG. 8) of the liquid fragrance storage plate can be made of a water repellent material (RC) such as a fluorine resin.

<Means 4>
The fragrance generating apparatus according to claim 4 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3, for example, and includes means for heating the fragrance generator in the means 1 to means 3 (FIG. 1). 505 of FIG. 3, 520 of FIG. 3, the heating means vaporizes the occlusion fragrance, and the vaporized fragrance is stored in a vaporization promoting space provided between the fragrance occlusion plate and the cover plate. .

In the means 4, the space provided between the fragrance storage plate and the cover plate is preferably a fragrance vaporization promoting space created by the means 1 or 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, the scent generator (010) can be provided with a heat generating conductor (115), and the scent generator can be provided using means (520) for energizing the heat generating conductor. Can be heated. A fragrance | flavor occlusion board (115) or a cover board can be comprised with the said exothermic conductor.

In the means 4, as shown in FIG. 1, the heating means (505) has a large number of air holes that allow air current to pass through instantaneously, and the gas that has entered from the air holes is air holes (202) of the cover plate. It is desirable to set so as to pass.

As the heating means, means for generating far infrared rays can be used. A far infrared ray having a wavelength of 2.53 to 3.0 μm or 5.0 to 7.0 μm is desirable. When a heat generating object using a carbon material is provided near the cover plate or the liquid fragrance storage plate to generate heat, strong far infrared rays including the wavelength are emitted from the carbon material.

In the scent generating device of the present invention, the liquid fragrance does not matter the viscosity. As shown in FIGS. 7, 8, 11, 12, and 13, the present invention can be applied as long as the fragrance is accumulated while the air hole is formed in the fragrance storage plate. What is dotted with a fragrance | flavor is preferable, without preventing passage of airflow. Accordingly, naturally, a gel-like fragrance is also included. You may use the gel-like fragrance | flavor which has the same function. That is, the fragrance | flavor occlusion board should just pass a low resistance in the direction which air follows a board thickness direction or a board surface, and a fragrance | flavor vaporizes.

<Effects of Means 1 and 3>
As shown in FIG. 1, when an airflow in the thickness direction is momentarily applied to the scent generator, the vaporized fragrance is released as an annular mass (scented ball). The annular mass will fly a suitable distance without spreading. Therefore, the scent can be efficiently presented to the user.

Moreover, the scent generator can use a cylindrical structure. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, when an air flow is passed in parallel to the cylinder, that is, in a direction along the plate surface, a part of the air flow passes through the air hole of the cover plate, and the cover plate The fragrance accumulated between the fragrance and the liquid fragrance storage board is involved, and it flies in an annular mass.

In means 1, as shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 8, FIG. 11, FIG. 12, and FIG. 13, the fragrance storage plate stores the fragrance only in a predetermined area (EssH in the figure) and surrounds the fragrance storage area. Thus, it has a characteristic structure in which airflow passes instantaneously.

That is, in FIGS. 3, 11, 12, and 13, the dense and dense regions are provided in the mesh structure of the fragrance storage plate. When the liquid fragrance is dropped, the fragrance is diffused and stored in the direction of the plate surface due to capillary action, but the force applied locally to the liquid fragrance is uneven due to the dense mesh structure, the portion where the liquid accumulates, There is a part that does not accumulate. The portion without the liquid becomes a ventilation hole (AirH) through which air passes.

Moreover, in FIG. 8, since the water repellent material (RC) is coated in the predetermined position of the liquid fragrance | flavor occlusion board, the said liquid fragrance | flavor is hard to occlude and the ventilation hole (AirH) is formed in the said part.

Since the air holes (AirH) are provided in an orderly and uniform manner, the airflow passing through the cross-section or the periphery of the gun barrel is stable. Therefore, when the air cannon is operated, an annular vortex with a well-shaped scent can be created.

Here, if a case where the above-described vent hole (AirH) is not provided in the fragrance storage plate is given as a comparison, the place where the liquid fragrance is stored when the liquid fragrance is dropped on the fragrance storage plate is unstable. The position changes each time it is dropped, and the variation varies depending on the product. Therefore, since the vent hole cannot be secured stably, there is a problem that the annular vortex of the scent is not generated or is unstable even if generated, and does not fly straight away. The present invention is effective in solving such problems.

<Effects of Means 2 and 3>
The means 2 is characterized in that a space (202 in FIG. 11 and 210 in FIG. 16) for promoting the vaporization of the fragrance is provided between the fragrance storage plate and the cover plate of the scent generator. That is, since the contact area between the cover plate (200, 201) and the liquid fragrance storage plate (100) is small, the area where the liquid fragrance comes into contact with air is large, and the fragrance is easily vaporized.

The vaporized scent accumulates in this vaporization promoting space, and the concentration gradually increases. When the air cannon is operated, a scent lump (400B) is efficiently generated by entraining this scent. When the scent of the vaporization promoting space is released and the air is replaced, the scent concentration in the space becomes low, and vaporization is promoted again.

As described above, in the present invention, since it has a structure in which fragrance is easily accumulated between the cover plate and the liquid fragrance storage plate and an airflow passage structure in which the fragrance is easily released, when combined with an air cannon There is an excellent feature that can present a high-concentration fragrance appropriately to the user.

Here, if a case where a vaporization promoting space as in the present invention is not provided between the fragrance storage plate and the cover plate is given as a comparison, the fragrance is less likely to vaporize, so that when the air cannon is activated, the gas is solidified. There is little fragrance contained in. In an air cannon, since a small amount of gas is instantaneously released, if the fragrance concentration of the annular vortex (400B) is low, the sensory threshold value may not be reached and olfaction may not be presented. The present invention is effective in solving such problems.

<Additional explanation of effects according to means 1 to 3>
Here, the effect of the present invention will be described in more detail in comparison with the conventional example. The fragrance generators disclosed in JP-A-10-295439, JP-A-11-178909, and JP-A-7-172477 also use liquid fragrance occlusion plates. It was the composition that was. Unlike the present invention, it is not configured to forcibly release the scent accumulated inside by applying an air flow to the fragrance. Therefore, for example, even if the conventional scent generator is used instead of the scent generator (007) of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, it is difficult to make a scented mass as in the present invention. Moreover, it is not possible to make an annular mass.

The configuration of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 is equipped with a scent generator so as to traverse the turret, so that with normal knowledge, the flow of air is stagnant in the turret so that no annular scent is produced. However, as mentioned above, by providing an air flow passage in the scent generator and devising the air resistance to pass in the thickness direction to reduce the vortex ring vortex (chunk) without any problem. Can be made. This is a finding obtained through various experiments and is not obvious.

In FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, the scent generator is allowed to pass an airflow in a direction along the plate surface, but the effect is the same as in FIG. In the configuration shown in FIG. 4, the airflows A and C pass in the direction along the plate surface, and the airflow B passes in the plate thickness direction . Thus, it is possible to increase the efficiency by combining them.

In the present invention, since the fragrance is vaporized and released in a very limited small space, the inside of the air gun is not contaminated with the fragrance. Maintenance is easy. Moreover, since a some fragrance | flavor can be put into a scent generator as shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3, a fragrance | flavor can be switched and mixed. In addition, a small, lightweight, and inexpensive configuration is possible with a small number of parts.

With respect to the fragrance storage plate, when the mesh wire density N is 50 / mm or less, the storage performance is excellent, and the liquid fragrance is less clogged and air permeability is good. Further, by setting d> 1 / N (mm), the vaporized fragrance is easily released out of the cover plate.

As shown in FIG. 11A, the liquid has a property of diffusing toward a finer mesh density. Therefore, by increasing the mesh density at the center of the mesh wire occlusion plate, the liquid perfume diffuses toward the center and the force (holding force) to stay at the center increases. That is, it becomes a safe structure which hardly causes liquid leakage.

Next, another effect of the air holes of the cover plate will be described. In FIG. 6, since the hole on the side of the cover plate (200, 201) that contacts the skin is small, the amount of skin that sinks into the hole when the skin contacts the cover plate is small, that is, the skin occludes liquid fragrance. Contact with the plate can be avoided.

When the thickness t of the cover plate is 0.5 to 2.0 mm and the diameter d of the surface of the air hole is 0.2 mm or more, the scent is likely to come out from the cover plate. When d is 3 mm or less, when the skin (500) touches the cover plate (201), the skin hardly passes through the air holes (202) and reaches the occlusion plate (100).

As shown in FIG. 11A, when the vicinity of the air hole of the cover plate is made of a water repellent material (RC), the surface tension of the liquid fragrance near the air hole is increased, so that the liquid fragrance is the liquid fragrance storage plate. Held in. That is, the cover plate prevents liquid fragrance leakage and functions as a liquid container.

<Effect of means 4>
As shown in FIG. 1, the heating means 505 warms the cover plate (200, 201) or the liquid perfume storage plate (113). The liquid fragrance is usually used as an essential oil stock solution or diluted with water, alcohol or the like. When heated, essential oil, water, and alcohol are each easily vaporized.

A large amount of scent accumulates between the cover plate (200, 201) and the liquid storage plate (113). Since the heating means is provided with a large number of air holes and the air resistance is small, the airflow of the instantaneous airflow generation means (514) is not obstructed. Therefore, the vaporized fragrance is efficiently released like a two-dot chain line. In the annular vortex (400B), the fragrance is present at a high concentration, so that the olfactory characteristics are good. In other words, the rise of the olfactory stimulus is clear, and it is possible to create a sensation of “perfuming”. Because the human sense of smell has adaptation characteristics, the device that can present a high concentration of scent instantly is much more effective than the device that gradually smells over time.

As shown in FIG. 3, the fragrance | flavor occlusion board is comprised with an exothermic conductor, and the said fragrance | flavor occlusion board can be heated by energizing the said exothermic conductor, and vaporization can be accelerated | stimulated. The structure is simple, and it is effective for miniaturization and economy. Also, since the fragrance can be directly heated, the operation speed is fast. Suitable for fast scent switching. The same applies when the cover plate is made of the heat-generating conductor.

The liquid perfume is usually an essential oil stock solution or diluted with water, alcohol or the like, but when using far-infrared rays with wavelengths of 2.53-3.0 μm, 5.0-7.0 μm Since water molecules resonate and resonance absorption of energy occurs, water vaporization is promoted. At this time, fragrant molecules dissolved in water are also vaporized. In particular, 6.27 μm generates a large amount of negative ions by breaking water clusters while resonating with water molecules. Therefore, a scent containing a large amount of negative ions can be generated.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the scent generating device of the present invention, which is a device for emitting scented balls. In the figure, reference numeral 514 denotes instantaneous airflow generating means for generating air balls, and includes a cylindrical container having an opening 518, an air pump 515, and an air pump drive unit 516. The air ball generator is a toy that emits a smoke ball, and its basic structure is known, but FIG. 1 is a flat plate configured to allow air current to pass through the opening in the thickness direction instantaneously. It is characterized in that a fragrance ball generator is formed by attaching a scent generator 007.

The air pump drive unit 516 can use spring drive, electromagnet drive, or the like. This figure shows an electromagnet drive type. 517 is an air pump drive plate, Fe is an iron core, and 519 is a coil. When the coil is energized, the air pump drive plate 517 is drawn inside the cylindrical container. Since the volume in the container rapidly decreases, the air is solidified (balls) and discharged from the opening.

The operation when the flat scent generator 007 is attached to the opening 518 is as follows. The scent generator is characterized by a structure through which air can easily pass. The cover plate can improve the passage of air by increasing the diameter of the air holes and increasing the number of air holes. Further, as will be described in detail later, the liquid perfume storage plate can facilitate the passage of air by a structure provided with a large number of air holes AirH as shown in FIGS. 8, 11, 12, and 13.

If air is easily passed through the flat scent generator 007, even if the flat scent generator is attached to the opening 518 of the airflow generating means 514 in FIG. 1, the air ball generating mechanism is greatly affected. Rather, the air ball is released forward without breaking its shape. At this time, since the perfume molecules released from the flat scent generator 007 are mixed in the air balls, the air balls are discharged forward as the scent balls 400B.

By the way, considering the principle of the air cannon, if there is something that greatly disturbs the airflow at the opening, you can not get an air ball, but this scent generator has the property of passing air well enough not to disturb the airflow Therefore, there is a feature that can realize the scented balls as described above. This has been confirmed by experiments.

Moreover, the flat scent generator 007 of FIG. 1 shows a case where two types of liquid fragrances can be occluded. By controlling the liquid perfume vaporization promoting means, the amount of vaporization of the two types of liquid perfume can be adjusted to release a fragrant ball having a change.

Naturally, it is possible to further divide the liquid perfume storage area and combine many perfumes. For example, when six types of liquid fragrances are used, a citrus type cologne recipe can be created. That is, recipe A that uses lemon, mandarin, lavender, petit glen, geranium, or sandalwood can be used. As recipe B, bergamot, petitgren, lemon, lavender, neroli, rosemary and the like can be used. Citrus fragrances are preferred regardless of gender and age.

If you use a few fragrances, you may get bored, but if you use about 6 types of fragrances and mix them at different concentrations, you can create a fragrant space that never gets tired throughout the year.

FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a cylindrical scent generator 010 is attached to the opening of an instantaneous airflow generating means 514 that generates air balls. The cylindrical scent generator 010 uses a liquid fragrance storage plate 115 and cover plates 226 and 227 in a cylindrical shape by utilizing the characteristics of a plate-like scent generator having flexibility in shape. The cross-sectional structure of the cylinder is shown in an enlarged view. 115 is a liquid fragrance storage plate, 226 is a cover plate (inside), and 227 is a cover plate (outside).

FIG. 3 shows a state where the cover plate (outside) 227 of the cylindrical scent generator 010 is removed. The liquid flavor storage plate 115 stores two types of liquid flavor on the left and right. 302-1 and 302-2 are liquid fragrance | flavor supply ports, respectively. Reference numeral 520 denotes energization means, BA is a power source, GD is ground, and SW is a switch.

As shown in an enlarged view in the figure, the liquid perfume storage plate 115 is configured by a mesh wire material in which the mesh interval is alternately sparse and dense in order to facilitate the passage of air. A solid line indicates a portion where the water repellent material is not coated, and a broken line indicates a portion where the water repellent material is coated. The solid line part where the mesh is dense and not coated with the water repellent material functions as an occlusion area where a large number of liquid perfume storage holes EssH exist, and the part where the mesh is sparse and the water repellent material is coated is a vent hole Functions as AirH. In the figure, a state where the liquid fragrance 309 is occluded around the solid line is shown.

In addition, a heat-generating conductor is used for part of the wire. As the exothermic conductor, a material made of nichrome alloy, conductive carbon or the like can be used. As shown in FIG. 3, when the energizing means 520 is used to energize the exothermic conductor, the liquid fragrance storage plate 115 generates heat and the liquid fragrance 309 is warmed by Joule heat. It is more effective to use a material that emits far-infrared rays of 2.53-3.0 μm or 5.0-7.0 μm for the exothermic conductor.

When far-infrared rays of this wavelength are emitted from the heater, the light energy of the wavelength is efficiently absorbed by the liquid fragrance of the liquid fragrance storage plate. This is because water molecules in the liquid fragrance resonate at the wavelength of the light and cause strong resonance absorption. Therefore, water is efficiently vaporized with less energy. In particular, a wavelength of 6.27 μm breaks up a cluster of water while resonating with water molecules and generates a large amount of negative ions. Therefore, water vapor containing a large amount of negative ions can be generated. When water is vaporized, fragrance molecules dissolved in water are also vaporized by mixing with water vapor.

Note that the heater that heats the scent generator may be driven by selecting a region so that a part of the scent generator is heated.

Moreover, although not shown in the figure, an ultrasonic vibrator may be disposed around the cylindrical scent generator 010 as a liquid fragrance vaporization promoting means to vaporize the liquid fragrance. In FIG. 2, when the cover plates 226 and 227 or the liquid fragrance storage plate 115 are vibrated by an ultrasonic vibrator, the vibration is transmitted to the liquid fragrance. Since the liquid fragrance is a small liquid ball, when the liquid ball is adjusted so that ultrasonic waves are irradiated, the liquid ball vibrates vigorously and vaporizes. In addition, you may drive a some ultrasonic transducer | vibrator selectively so that an ultrasonic wave may be irradiated only to the one part range of the said fragrance generator.

As described above, the vaporization speed of the liquid fragrance stored in the liquid fragrance storage plate can be changed depending on the region by selecting and driving the heater region or selectively driving the ultrasonic transducer. . If the type of the liquid fragrance is changed for each region, fragrances having various combinations of concentrations can be created depending on the difference in vaporization speed of the fragrance.

Next, the principle of generating scent balls when combined with the cylindrical scent generator 010 and the instantaneous airflow generation means 514 will be described. In FIG. 2, when the air pump 515 is pushed at an appropriate pressure, a lump of air is released from the cylindrical container. This is indicated by a two-dot chain line. In the two-dot chain line, the air current A is a mass of air current discharged from the center portion, and proceeds at a high speed. When air flows through the center of the opening at high speed, the pressure in that part drops and tries to trap the surrounding air. By this action, the air current around the cylinder creates a spiral as shown by air current B. This spiral airflow is released at a speed slower than that of the airflow A, as shown in 400B, in the same shape as the opening, that is, in the case of the figure, as a circular ring.

Here, as described above, the cylindrical scent generator 010 uses the liquid perfume storage plate 115 and the cover plates 226 and 227 through which air easily passes, so that part of the air around the cylinder is The cylindrical scent generator passes in the plate thickness direction (longitudinal direction) as shown in FIG. In addition, it is natural that a part of the air also passes in a direction (lateral direction) along a plate surface parallel to the cylinder. Thus, the fragrance | flavor vaporized by the liquid fragrance | flavor occlusion board 115 also mixes in the airflow A. FIG. Therefore, the airflow A and the airflow B contain a large amount of the fragrance vaporized by the liquid fragrance storage plate, and 400B becomes a scented ball and is released forward.

Furthermore, when the vaporization is promoted by heating a cylindrical scent generator to make a scented ball, the user can be given a very clear olfactory stimulus.

The distance that the scent ball flies depends on the performance of the airflow generation means 514, but it can be 3 to 5 m or more in a windless state (indoor). Further, even in an environment where there is some wind, the airflow A can be skipped by several meters.

Presentation of the scent to the user can be performed intermittently. Human olfaction has the property of olfactory adaptation that makes no sense of stimulation when fragrance is constantly supplied. Therefore, when the means for promoting the vaporization of the liquid fragrance is intermittently driven, the scent concentration in the room changes, resulting in a pleasant olfactory stimulus.

In the above description, the case where the exothermic conductor is used for the liquid fragrance storage plate has been described, but the exothermic conductor may be used for the cover plate. Further, when the liquid fragrance is conductive and there is a risk of short circuit, the conductor may be covered with an insulator. However, as shown in FIG. 3, the resistance value of the occlusion plate is greatly increased when the liquid fragrance is attached to the liquid fragrance occlusion plate, where the two electrodes to which the voltage is applied are separated from each other, and it is not necessary to make the voltage higher. For example, since it does not decrease, it can be normally heated without being short-circuited even without being coated.

Moreover, although the cylindrical fragrance generator was shown, the shape may be a square tube shape, a triangular tube shape, or a polygonal tube shape.

FIG. 2 shows a case where two cover plates are provided on the outer side and the inner side, and the liquid perfume storage plate is a multi-layer set. Since the outside of the cylindrical scent generator is easy for human hands to touch, the cover plate (outside) is necessary, but the inside is difficult for human hands to touch, so the cover plate (inside) may be omitted. Is possible. Thus, in this scent generator, you may comprise a cover board only by one side.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment in which the opening and the cylindrical scent generator of FIG. 2 are modified. In FIG. 4, 011 is a cylindrical scent generator. The characteristic compared with FIG. 2 is the cylindrical shape from the airflow generation means 514 to the opening. As shown in the figure, the cross section of the cylinder is gradually narrowed from the airflow generating means to the opening. Since the shape suppresses the turbulence of the airflow, a stable scented ball can be made. Further, as shown by the two-dot chain line airflow C, a large amount of airflow is generated along the outside of the cylinder, so that the vaporized fragrance is easily taken into the airflow C. As a result, the fragrance concentration of the scented ball increases.

FIG. 5 is an application example of a system that produces various scents using the scent generating apparatus. In the figure, K1 to K4 are regions obtained by dividing the liquid fragrance storage plate of the scent generator into four parts, ES1 to ES4 are means for supplying four types of liquid fragrances to K1 to K4, and AC1 to AC4 are the K1. A photocoupler for detecting the liquid occlusion amount of ~ K4. This structure will be described in detail later. H1 to H4 are means for heating K1 to K4, U1 to U4 are means for irradiating K1 to K4 with ultrasonic waves, and W1 to W4 are air paths to K1 to K4, respectively. Means.

The CPU is a microcomputer for controlling the concentration of fragrance and controlling the combination of liquid fragrances. Data is a database for media conversion from language to fragrance for selecting a combination of fragrances corresponding to an image of fragrance. For example, to image the scent of the sea, rosemary and bergamot are prepared. If you want to imagine the scent of a mountain, you should mix oak moss, pine, cypress, atlas cedar and cedar wood. The above is an example of a natural fragrance, but it is a matter of course that a more complex and refined fragrance is obtained by combining synthetic fragrances.

The CPU controls the driving of the heater H, the ultrasonic generator U, and the airflow generator W to prepare the fragrances released from the liquid fragrance storage plates K1 to K4. At this time, if blended based on the knowledge in Data, a scent suitable for the image language can be generated. In other words, it is a means to realize the concept of “language-controlled scent generation” by constructing a system that can create a scent suitable for the word using hints.

USB is an external interface terminal of the computer, TUKI is a signal shunt, and YK is a minute current storage power source. The power supply is supplied to the heater H, the ultrasonic generator U, the airflow generator W, the photocoupler AC, and the liquid perfume supply means ES as indicated by the broken line. When the CPU sends a control signal for operation to the device, the device operates to promote the supply of the liquid fragrance and the vaporization of the liquid fragrance.

The control method will be described in more detail. The arrow from E to ES indicates the flow of liquid perfume. The arrow from ES to K shows a state in which the supply amount of the liquid fragrance is controlled. The thicker the line, the greater the liquid volume. The arrow from K to AC indicates the signal of the photocoupler for detecting the amount of the liquid fragrance on the liquid fragrance storage plate. An arrow from the AC to the CPU indicates transmission of the signal. The CPU processes the signal and sends a command as to the amount of liquid perfume to be supplied to the ES as indicated by the arrow. The arrows from H, U, W to K indicate the energy flow of the vaporization promoting means, and the thickness of the line relatively indicates the strength. The selection of the energy is performed based on a control signal from the CPU. The CPU refers to Data and instructs H, U, and W to send appropriate energy to K.

In the figure, the K1 region of the liquid fragrance storage plate is supplied with a large amount of liquid fragrance E1 by ES1, and the photocoupler AC1 detects the amount. The heater H1 receives a large amount of heat and the ultrasonic generator U1 receives a small amount of ultrasonic waves. Further, a moderate airflow is applied from the airflow generator W.

Similarly, in the K3 region of the liquid fragrance storage plate, the fragrance E2 is medium, and the fragrances E3 and E4 are supplied little by little, and the photocoupler AC3 detects the amount. The heater H1 receives moderate heat radiation, and the ultrasonic generator U1 receives medium ultrasonic waves. Further, a moderate airflow is applied from the airflow generator W.

The CPU determines what kind of fragrance is supplied to the liquid fragrance storage plate and how much vaporization is promoted by referring to the data storing the relationship (recipe) between the message and the fragrance. .

Below, the Example of the plate-shaped scent generator which is a component of this invention is described. FIG. 6 shows a cross section and an overview of a flat scent generator.

In the figure, 001 is a flat scent generator. 100 is a liquid fragrance storage plate, 200 is a cover plate (upper), 201 is a cover plate (lower), and 300 is a liquid fragrance supply means. These are the main parts of 001 and are shown underlined in the figure. 400 is a scent generated from the scent generator, and 500 is a heat source.

The liquid perfume storage plate 100 is formed by stacking three reticulated wire rods, which are an A layer, a B layer, and a C layer, respectively. In the present invention, occlusion is used to mean storing liquid fragrance.

The cover plates 200 and 201 are provided with a number of air holes 202. A bolt 203 connects the cover plate (upper) and the cover plate (lower). The cover plates 201 and 201 both desirably have a thickness of about 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm.

In FIG. 6, the cover plate (upper) 200 is provided with a liquid perfume supply port 302 and a supply port lid 303. Open the lid and supply the fragrance.

The liquid fragrance supplying means 300 may be a dropper or the like, but in FIG. 6, a liquid fragrance reservoir 304 containing the liquid fragrance 301, a pump 305 for sucking out the liquid fragrance 301 and sending it to the nozzle 307, a handle 306 for operating the pump, And the fragrance | flavor supply port 302 is comprised.

FIG. 7 is a top view of a liquid perfume occlusion plate of a mesh wire that is a component of the embodiment. In the figure, 101 is a mesh wire corresponding to the A layer and C layer, and 102 is a mesh wire corresponding to the B layer. 101 and 102 are knitted in a lattice pattern with 3 to 50 wires per mm as shown in the figure, but 102 corresponding to the B layer has a line width compared to 101 corresponding to the A and C layers. Dense and fine eyes. Reference numeral 301 denotes a state where the liquid fragrance is occluded in the mesh.

Here, the usage method and scent generation principle of the said Example are demonstrated. In FIG. 6, when the handle 306 of the liquid fragrance supply means 300 is pressed, the pump 305 is activated, and an appropriate amount of liquid fragrance is supplied from the nozzle 307 to the fragrance supply port 302 and absorbed by the liquid fragrance storage plate 100. The absorbed liquid fragrance diffuses in a flat shape in the liquid fragrance storage plate by capillary action or the like. A one-dot chain line 308 is a diffusion path of the liquid fragrance that diffuses in the liquid fragrance storage plate.

Here, as described above, the liquid fragrance storage plate is composed of the reticulated wires A, B, and C layers. However, since the density of the B layer is high, the liquid fragrance tends to accumulate in the B layer of a finer mesh. Thus, liquid fragrance | flavor is occluded by A layer and C layer centering on B layer. Note that the finer the reticulated wire is, the better it is not. If it is too fine, the diffusion rate will be slow and the above occlusion may not occur. As shown in FIG. 7, it is preferable to knit in a lattice pattern with 3 to 50 wires per mm.

As shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG. 6, the liquid fragrance flows around the wire of the liquid fragrance storage plate when diffusing. Therefore, although the mesh of the wire is temporarily filled with the liquid, the surface tension applied to the liquid is non-uniform when the flow of the liquid stops, so that liquid perfume can be accumulated. This is indicated by 301 in FIG. When the liquid perfume can be accumulated in the mesh lattice, a minute space is created around the reservoir, and air vents through which air passes are formed.

Here, as shown in FIG. 6, if there is a heat source near the flat scent generator 001, the heated air passes through the air holes of the cover plate (lower) 201 along a path like a two-dot chain line. It passes through the vent hole of the liquid fragrance storage plate 100, passes through the air hole 202 of the cover plate (upper) 200, and goes out as a scent 400. Note that reference numeral 400 denotes an air flow path (path) indicating that the liquid fragrance accumulated in the liquid fragrance storage plate 100 is vaporized by an air flow passing through the storage plate and becomes scent gas. The above is the basic operation of the scent generator of the present invention.

Next, in the liquid fragrance storage plate using the mesh wire shown in FIG. 7, a method for more reliably making a portion for storing the liquid fragrance and a portion for passing air (air vent) will be described.

FIG. 8 shows an example in which a water-repellent material is applied to make a ventilation hole in the liquid perfume occlusion plate of the mesh wire. The solid line in FIG. 6A indicates a wire material to which a water repellent material is not applied, and the broken line indicates a wire material to which a water repellent material RC is applied. Fig. 6 (a) shows the state when a large amount of liquid fragrance is stored in (a). The liquid fragrance 301 is occluded around the wire indicated by the solid line, and does not exist around the wire applied with the water repellent material indicated by the broken line. That is, the mesh wire portion indicated by a solid line forms a hole EssH for storing liquid fragrance, and the mesh wire portion indicated by a broken line forms a ventilation hole AirH. As described above, the occlusion portion and the ventilation portion can be separately formed in the liquid fragrance occlusion plate. By dividing, the air passage characteristics are greatly improved.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of the cover plate 200 which is a component of FIG. In the figure, the air hole 202 of the cover plate is shown enlarged, and the diameter of the air hole increases from the front surface side 202-1 to the back surface side 202-2 of the cover plate. Thus, it is desirable that the diameter of the air hole is small on the front side of the cover plate and that the back side is large. Further, the diameter d1 of the air hole on the surface side is preferably about 0.2 mm to 3.0 mm.

The action of the characteristic shape of the air hole will be described. First, a case where the hand touches the scent generator 001 will be described. In FIG. 9, the diameter of the air hole of the cover plate is smaller on the side (surface 202-1) that touches the skin. Therefore, the skin does not enter the hole greatly. If the diameter d1 is about 0.2 mm to 3.0 mm and the thickness of the cover plate is 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm, the skin will not reach the occlusion plate in normal contact. Therefore, the fragrance does not adhere to the hand or the skin and is not contaminated. It is safe because the skin is rarely stimulated with fragrances.

Next, the reason why the hole diameter of the back surface 202-2 is increased in FIG. The back surface of the cover plate is in contact with the liquid fragrance storage plate 100. Here, if the contact area between the cover plate and the liquid fragrance storage plate is large, the area where the liquid fragrance comes into contact with the air is less likely to vaporize, but in this embodiment, the hole diameter on the back surface of the cover plate is increased. Therefore, the contact area between the cover plate and the liquid fragrance storage plate is small, and the area where the liquid fragrance comes into contact with air is large. For this reason, liquid fragrance | flavor is easy to vaporize.

This will be described in more detail with reference to the cross-sectional structure diagram of the cover plate in FIG. As shown in the figure, the surface of the cover plate has a small diameter of the air hole, and the back surface has a large diameter of the air hole. Therefore, the cover plate is in contact with the liquid fragrance storage plate on a small surface. Thus, since the large space is made between the cover plates 200 and 201 and the occlusion plate 100, the space can store the vaporized scent gas. Here, when the airflow passes through the space, the stored scent gas is guided to the outside like a two-dot chain line from the air holes 202 to 400.

In the present invention, the liquid fragrance stored in the liquid fragrance storage plate does not easily leak from the air hole of the cover plate, but the reason will be described. In FIG. 6, the liquid fragrance storage plate 100 has a three-layer structure, and the eyes of the inner B layer are finer than the eyes of the outer A layer and C layer. In general, the liquid perfume tends to stay inside the layer because of the capillarity and the force of spreading to the finer side works. Accordingly, the liquid is difficult to move outward and hardly leaks.

Further, in order to more completely prevent liquid leakage from the air holes of the cover plate, in FIG. 9, the surface of the cover plate on the side of the air holes 202 and the side in contact with the liquid perfume storage plate 100 is made of a fluororesin or the like. It is desirable to coat with the water repellent material RC.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the operation when the air holes of the cover plate have a simpler structure and the water-repellent material is coated in the vicinity of the air holes. The cross section of a cover board and a liquid fragrance | flavor occlusion board is shown.

In the figure, reference numeral 205 denotes a cover plate (lower), and 309 denotes a liquid fragrance. Note that the air holes are different from the case of FIG. 6 in the case of the same size from the front surface to the back surface. FIG. 4C shows the case where there is no coating around the air hole, and FIG. 4D shows the case where the water repellent material RC such as fluororesin is coated around the air hole. A portion indicated by a broken line around 205 is a portion coated with RC.

When the liquid fragrance stored in the liquid fragrance storage plate 100 is about to overflow, in the case of (c) where the water-repellent material is not coated, the fragrance 309 passes along the wall of the air hole as shown in FIG. However, in the case of (d) coated with the water repellent material RC, the surface tension of the liquid in the air hole increases, so the liquid fragrance becomes hemispherical as shown in the figure. Stay in the storage plate.

As described above, the scent generator 001 stores the liquid fragrance in a thin plate-shaped liquid fragrance storage plate and facilitates the passage of air, so that the fragrance generation efficiency is extremely high.

Next, the constituent materials of each part will be described. The reticulated wire occlusion plates 101 and 102 are preferably made of a material that hardly undergoes a chemical change due to the liquid perfume. Specifically, aluminum, stainless steel, carbon fiber, glass fiber, gold alloy, platinum alloy, and the like are suitable. In particular, the carbon fiber has an action of releasing far infrared rays by heating and promoting the vaporization of the liquid fragrance. It is also possible to use plastic, silk or the like.

The cover plates 200 and 201 not only do not cause a chemical change with a liquid perfume, but are also light, deformable, and beautiful. Specifically, colored glass, carbon, stainless steel, gold alloy, silver alloy, copper alloy and the like are suitable. Moreover, a plastic can also be used as a flexible material with respect to bending. Further, air holes may be formed in a thin plate made of fluororesin to form a cover plate. In this case, it is possible to realize a cover plate that allows air to pass through but does not allow liquid to pass through.

As the liquid fragrance, a vegetable fragrance, an animal fragrance, a chemically synthesized fragrance, and a blended fragrance combining these can be applied. Specifically, citrus, fruity, green, floral, woody and animal flavors include musk, amber and civet, and synthetic flavors include alcohols and aldehydes. , Ketones, esters, ethers, lactones, aromatics and the like can be applied.

11 is another embodiment of the liquid fragrance storage plate 100 in the scent generator 001 of FIG. 6, FIG. 11A is a cross-sectional view of 001, and FIG. 11B is a liquid fragrance storage plate 103 composed of a mesh wire. FIG. 11C is a top view of 104 and FIG. 11C is a cross-sectional enlarged view of the liquid fragrance storage plate, and is a schematic view when the broken line portion of FIG. In FIG. 11C, the liquid perfume storage plate 103 (A layer) has a relatively coarse mesh, and 104 (B layer) has a fine mesh.

In FIG. 11A, RC indicated by a broken line indicates a water repellent material coated around the air holes of the cover plates 200 and 201. The coating is applied around all air holes, but only one location is shown in the figure. Moreover, the joint part between the cover plates 200 and 201 and the liquid fragrance storage plate 100 may be integrated by electric welding. Adhesion facilitates handling as a scent generator. AK is a light emitting means such as a light emitting diode, and CH is a light receiving means such as a phototransistor. AK and CH are combined to form a photocoupler.

In FIG. 11B, 103 is a mesh wire corresponding to the A layer and the C layer of the liquid fragrance storage plate 100, and 104 is a mesh wire corresponding to the B layer. As shown in the figure, the features 103 and 104 are configured so that the dense mesh portions and the loose mesh portions are alternately arranged. In addition, the dense portion of the 104 mesh is finer than the dense portion of the 103 mesh.

103 and 104 are overlapped as shown in FIG. 11C to constitute a liquid fragrance storage plate, but the region EssH where the vertical and horizontal crossing of the dense part of the mesh intersects is a collection of micro holes for storing the liquid fragrance. Is configured. A region AirH where the vertical and horizontal crossing of the sparse part of the mesh constitutes a vent hole through which air passes. In this way, in the production of the liquid fragrance storage plate, the storage portion and the ventilation portion can be formed by making the dense and sparse portions of the line interval.

When the liquid fragrance is supplied to the liquid fragrance storage plate 100 (A, B, C layers), the fragrance flows in the storage plate, but when the flow stops, the liquid fragrance 309 is in a dense area EssH. Concentrated and stored. When the same state is seen in the enlarged cross-sectional view of FIG. 11C, it can be seen that the fragrance 309 is unevenly distributed in fine portions of the mesh, and a space is created around it. The space is the air hole AirH.

In FIG. 11C, when the airflow is applied from the cover plate (lower) 201, the airflow enters from the air hole 201, passes through AirH, and exits from the air hole 202 of the cover plate (upper) 200 as indicated by a two-dot chain line. . At this time, a part of the fragrance 309 is vaporized and mixed in the airflow, so that the fragrance 400 is obtained through a path like a two-dot chain line. In this embodiment, since the liquid fragrance is unevenly distributed in a dense area of the mesh and the airflow passes through the area, the area where the liquid fragrance is in contact with the air is very large and easily vaporized. Therefore, a scent can be generated efficiently.

As a matter of course, the liquid fragrance storage plate 100 has a maximum storage amount of the liquid fragrance, and cannot store more than this. If the liquid fragrance is supplied beyond the maximum occlusion amount, the liquid fragrance will overflow even if the cover plate is coated with a water repellent material.

In FIG. 11C, a photocoupler comprising a light emitting means AK such as a light emitting diode and a light receiving means CH such as a phototransistor is a monitoring means for preventing liquid fragrance from being supplied to the liquid fragrance storage plate beyond the limit. The feature is that the optical axis of AK is deviated from the optical axis of CH.

In the same figure, the monitoring and supply control of the liquid amount of the liquid fragrance are performed as follows. When the fragrance does not uniformly fill the dense portion of the mesh, the light emitted from the light emitting means AK goes straight and does not reach CH. On the other hand, when the amount of the liquid fragrance stored in the liquid fragrance storage plate increases and the dense portion of the mesh is uniformly filled, an optical path as indicated by TN in FIG. 11C is generated, and AK light is received. It will be caught by means CH.

Here, if the relationship between the amount of light received by CH and the amount of liquid occlusion is prepared in advance as comparison data, the amount of occluded liquid at that time can be detected by referring to the comparison data from the amount of light received by CH. If it is determined that there is a difference due to comparison with the set target value, the supply of the fragrance can be continued. Further, when the amount of received light reaches or exceeds the set target value, it is possible to control the supply of the liquid to be stopped. These controls are performed using a control circuit not shown in FIG. As described above, liquid leakage can be prevented by determining whether or not the storage limit is reached based on the light reception level of CH and stopping the supply of the liquid fragrance before the storage limit is exceeded.

FIG. 12 shows another embodiment of the liquid fragrance storage plate. The top view of the liquid fragrance | flavor occlusion board of a mesh wire and the enlarged view of the structure which overlap | superposed the said mesh wire occlusion board of 3 sheets are shown.

In the drawing, reference numerals 105 and 106 denote reticulated occlusion plates having a check pattern structure. The dense portion of the solid line indicates a portion composed of many wires, and the sparse portion indicates a portion where there is no or little wire. Usually, three or five of these are used in an overlapping manner.

At this time, as shown in the figure, it is desirable to dispose a high-density liquid perfume storage plate in the center of the layer. 12 has a large number of occlusion holes EssH for occluding liquid perfume, and a sparse part with a low wire density has air holes AirH through which air easily passes. Reference numerals 105S and 106S denote spacers for creating a gap when the occlusion plates are stacked.

The reticulated occlusion plate having a check pattern structure is manufactured from a thin plate of stainless steel or noble metal using a pattern printing technique and an etching technique. That is, after applying non-dissolving paint to the parts that require lines using pattern printing technology, the metal plate is immersed in a solution that dissolves, and the unnecessary parts that are not coated with the non-dissolving paint are dissolved by etching. And delete it. Furthermore, if the said non-dissolving paint is finally removed, the liquid perfume storage board of the said structure is obtained.

Alternatively, it is also possible to mold a resin or carbon material using a mold. By using the etching technique or the molding technique, a liquid perfume occlusion plate having a complicated mesh pattern can be obtained. In this design, it is desirable to occlude as much liquid fragrance as possible and to make the contact surface between the liquid fragrance and air as large as possible to facilitate vaporization.

FIG. 13 is an example of a flat scent generator using a liquid perfume storage plate made of a porous material. In the figure, 002 is a flat plate scent generator, 107 is a liquid fragrance storage plate using a porous material, 200 is a cover plate (upper), 201 is a cover plate (lower), and 303 is provided in a liquid supply port. The EssH of the lid 107 is an occlusion hole for occlusion of the liquid provided in the porous material 107 itself, and AirH is an air hole for allowing air formed in 107 to pass through. The state of fragrance generation is indicated by a two-dot chain line. The air entering from the air hole of one cover plate is mixed with the fragrance when passing through the liquid fragrance storage plate, and released as a scent when leaving the other cover plate.

AK is a light emitting means such as a light emitting diode, CH is a light receiving means such as a phototransistor, and both constitute a photocoupler. 225 is a sensor port for attaching AK, TN1 is a portion where AK light is incident, TN2 is a portion which emits the light to CH, and TN1 and TN2 indicate light paths.

FIG. 14 is a top view of the porous perfume storage plate of the porous material. In the same figure, 301 is a liquid fragrance | flavor, 302 is a fragrance | flavor supply port, and the dashed-dotted line 310 is an example of the spreading | diffusion path | route of the fragrance | flavor which shows a mode that a liquid fragrance | flavor diffuses in the porous material occlusion board.

The operation of the scent generator will be described. In FIG. 13, the liquid fragrance is supplied from the supply port by opening the lid 303 of the liquid supply port. The liquid fragrance diffuses in the surface direction in 107, as shown in FIG. During the diffusion, EssH and AirH may be filled with the liquid, but after the liquid has diffused, the fragrance is mainly occluded in the EssH part and not much remains in the AirH part. That is, a hole AirH through which air passes is generated around the liquid fragrance occluded in EssH.

Here, in FIG. 13, when an airflow is applied to the cover plate 201, a part of the airflow enters from the air hole, passes through AirH, and exits from the air hole 202 of the cover plate 200. At this time, the liquid fragrance occluded in EssH is vaporized by the air flow, and comes out of 202 as a scent having a high concentration.

Next, a mechanism for monitoring the storage amount of the liquid fragrance on the liquid fragrance storage plate will be described. In FIG. 13, in a state where the liquid fragrance is not occluded in 107, the path from TN1 to TN2 is bent as shown in FIG. 13, so that AK light does not reach CH. On the other hand, when EssH of the storage plate 107 is filled to some extent with the liquid fragrance, the liquid fragrance enters the path from TN1 to TN2, so an optical path is generated, and AK light is received by CH through TN1 and TN2. Is done.

The amount of liquid occluded at the light receiving level can be estimated. In addition, when the light receiving level exceeds a preset value, the liquid fragrance does not overflow from 107 exceeding the maximum occlusion amount by controlling to stop the supply of the fragrance, and the liquid Perfume does not leak from the scent generator.

FIG. 15 shows another embodiment of the flat scent generator, in which the air holes of the cover plate have a special shape. In the figure, 206 is a cover plate (upper), 207 is a cover plate (lower), 208 is an air hole, and 100 is a liquid perfume storage plate. The cover plate and the liquid fragrance storage plate are electrically welded at the joint. An alternate long and two short dashes line shows the appearance of fragrance.

In the same figure, the enlarged structure of the air hole 208 is also shown. In the air hole 208, when comparing the diameters of the holes on the front and back surfaces of the cover plate, the back surface is larger as in the examples up to the previous figure, but it is not monotonically increasing from the front surface to the back surface. The diameter of the hole once decreases from the front surface to the back surface, and then increases again from the middle, and is the largest hole diameter on the back surface.

Since the air hole structure can increase the amount of air passing compared to the case where the hole diameter is monotonously increased from the front surface to the back surface, the scent generation efficiency is high. In addition, when the hand touches the surface of the cover plate, the skin does not go deeper than the part where the hole is narrow, so the skin touches the occlusion plate and the skin is stimulated by the fragrance. Trouble can be avoided.

FIG. 16 shows another embodiment of the flat scent generator, in which the air hole of the cover plate 209 has a special shape. 16A is the front side of the cover plate 209, that is, the surface that is touched by the hand, FIG. FIG.

In the figure, 210 is an air hole, and 303 is a lid for a fragrance supply port. The feature of this embodiment is that the hole diameter of the air hole 210 on the back side surface 209-2 of the cover plate is large enough to overlap with the adjacent hole. Note that the hole diameter of the front side surface 209-1 of the cover plate is the same as the hole diameter of the front side surface of the cover plate 200 shown in FIG.

The features of the cover plate of FIG. 16 will be described. As can be seen from FIG. 16C, since the contact area between the cover plate 209 and the liquid fragrance storage plate 100 is small, the air flow 401 is 1
It is possible to enter from the air hole of one cover plate and exit from the other air hole of the cover plate. Further, although not shown in the figure, another cover plate can be arranged under 100, an air flow is introduced from the air hole of one cover plate, and the vent of the liquid fragrance storage plate is passed through. Of course, it can be taken out from the air hole of the other cover plate.

That is, in this scent generator, the airflow can pass in both the thickness direction and the surface direction of the scent generator. Thus, since it has a structure through which various air currents can pass, it is possible to efficiently guide the fragrance gas vaporized by the liquid fragrance storage plate. The scent generator having the cover plate having such a structure is suitable for the scent generator shown in FIGS.

The scent generator of the present invention has the following characteristics.
(1) Using a plate-like fragrance generator, the cover plate and the liquid fragrance storage plate are made to pass through the airflow instantaneously in the plate thickness direction (vertical direction) or in the direction along the plate surface (lateral direction). The scent that temporarily accumulates between and can be efficiently released as a lump. In particular, when an air cannon is used, the perfume can be delivered to the vicinity of the user's olfactory tract without diffusing, so the olfactory characteristics are very good. Further, a gas ball having a high concentration of scent can be selectively sent to an arbitrary space.

(2) Since the fragrance generator promotes vaporization of the liquid fragrance when heated, the fragrance generation efficiency can be further increased.

(3) The scent generator can divide the liquid fragrance storage region and selectively heat the divided region. The scent can be switched or formulated.

(4) Even when the scent generator touches the cover plate, the air perforation does not pass through the skin and the skin does not touch the occlusion plate. Therefore, the liquid fragrance cannot be directly applied to the skin or clothing due to allergic diseases, but it is optimal for users who want to enjoy the scent.

(8) When the scent generator is soiled, if water pressure is applied to the air holes of the cover plate, water passes through the cover plate and the liquid fragrance storage plate, so that cleaning is easy. Naturally, it can be boiled or subjected to an ultrasonic cleaner. Maintenance is easy.

(9) By controlling with a microcomputer, various types of scents can be generated at various concentrations.

Therefore, the following industrial uses are possible. Scent generators for home use, devices for scenting movies and music, lighting devices that produce scents, hair dryers, air conditioners, electric fans, hay fever and cold prevention devices. When eucalyptus or peppermint is used as a liquid fragrance, it is possible for a person with hay fever to relieve physiological spicy symptoms using the scent.

In addition, since it can be intermittently driven based on the olfactory saturation characteristics of a person, a scent generator that does not get tired of humans can be realized.

Since it is intermittent driving, it consumes very little power and can be operated using the power obtained from the USB terminal. Therefore, it can be combined with various information appliances such as connecting to a personal computer.

It is a 1st Example of the fragrance generating apparatus of this invention. A cross-sectional overview is shown. A flat scent generator is used. It is a 2nd Example of this invention. A cylindrical scent generator is used. It is a figure explaining the structure of the said cylindrical scent generator, and an exothermic reticulated wire is used for a liquid perfume storage board. It is a 3rd Example of this invention. Other cylindrical scent generators are used. It is a 4th example of the present invention. The control method of a scent generator is shown. It is a 5th example of the present invention. The structure of the flat plate type scent generator used for a scent generator is shown. A net-like material is used for the liquid perfume storage plate. It is an example of the liquid fragrance | flavor storage board using the net-like material used for a fragrance generator. It is another example of the liquid perfume storage board using the net-like material used for a fragrance generator. It is an example of the cover board used for a fragrance generator. Air holes are shown. It is a figure explaining the effect at the time of coating a water-repellent material on the cover board used for a fragrance generator. The other structure of the scent generator used for a scent generator is shown. It is an example of the liquid fragrance | flavor occlusion board using the special net-like material used for a fragrance generator. It is a 6th example of the present invention. The other structure of the scent generator used for a scent generator is shown. A porous material is used for the liquid flavor storage plate. The flow of the fragrance | flavor in the liquid fragrance | flavor storage board using the said porous material is shown. It is a 7th example of the present invention. The other structure of the scent generator used for a scent generator is shown. The air holes in the cover plate have a special shape. It is an 8th Example of this invention. The other structure of the scent generator used for a scent generator is shown. The air holes in the cover plate have a special shape.

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001, 002, 007 ... Flat scent generators 010, 011 ... Cylindrical scent generators 100, 113, 114, 115 ... Liquid perfume occlusion plates 107 ..... Constructed liquid fragrance storage plate 109... Liquid fragrance partitioning portions 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106... ················································································································ Cover plates 202, 208, 210 ... Air holes 203 ..Bolts (screws)
225... Sensor attachment port 300... Liquid fragrance supply means 301, 309... Liquid fragrance 302. Lid 304... Fragrance reservoir 305... Liquid pump 306... Handle 307 .. Liquid nozzles 308 and 310. 325... Fragrance reservoir 326... Liquid pump 327... Liquid transfer pipe 400 .. Fragrance 401. ··· Fragrance ball 500 ··· Heat source 505 · · · Heater 506 · · · Ultrasonic vibrator 514 ········· 515 ... Air pump 516 ... Driver 517 ... Air Pump drive plate 518... Opening 519... Drive coil 520... Energizing means AirH. · Light emitting means BA ··· Power source CH ··· Light receiving means EssH ···· Storage hole Fe ······ Iron core GD ··· ..Ground RC ... Water-repellent material SW ... Switch TN ... Optical path

Claims (4)

It consists of a net-like wire rod that absorbs and stores perfume and allows air to pass through, or a perfume occlusion plate made of a porous material, and a cover plate having a plurality of air holes provided so as to be in contact with the perfume occlusion plate the fragrance generator used that, by applying the direction of the air current along the thickness direction or the plate surface to the fragrance generator, the fragrant odor generating apparatus for releasing the perfume vaporized as mass,
The fragrance occlusion plate of the scent generator has a structure in which fragrance is occluded in a predetermined area and allows airflow to pass around the fragrance occlusion area. A scent generating device provided in a gas compressing section at the tip of a cylinder, which passes the compressed gas instantaneously around the occluded fragrance, and releases a mass of scent by entraining the evaporated scent. . It consists of a net-like wire rod that absorbs and stores perfume and allows air to pass through, or a perfume occlusion plate made of a porous material, and a cover plate having a plurality of air holes provided so as to be in contact with the perfume occlusion plate In the scent generator that releases the vaporized fragrance as a mass by applying an airflow in the direction of the plate thickness or along the plate surface to the scent generator,
A space for promoting vaporization of the fragrance is provided between the fragrance storage plate and the cover plate of the fragrance generator, and the fragrance generator is provided in the gun barrel opening or the gas compression section at the tip of the gun barrel. The scent generating device is characterized in that the compressed gas is instantaneously passed around the occluded fragrance and the fragrance stored in the fragrance vaporization promoting space is engulfed to release a mass of fragrance. It consists of a net-like wire rod that absorbs and stores perfume and allows air to pass through, or a perfume occlusion plate made of a porous material, and a cover plate having a plurality of air holes provided so as to be in contact with the perfume occlusion plate In the scent generator that releases the vaporized fragrance as a mass by applying an airflow in the direction of the plate thickness or along the plate surface to the scent generator,
The scent generator is installed so as to cross the vicinity of the tip of the barrel where the atmospheric pressure is instantaneously increased, and the scent generator is released by applying an airflow in the thickness direction. A scent generating device, which is provided so as to constitute a vicinity of a tip of a cannon that is instantaneously enhanced, and discharges an annular vortex of scent by applying an air flow in a direction along a plate surface . In any one of Claims 1-3, The said scent generator is equipped with the means to heat, The said heating means vaporizes the said occlusion fragrance | flavor, The said aromatized fragrance is between a fragrance | flavor occlusion board and a cover board. A fragrance generating device that is stored in a vaporization promotion space provided.

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