JP5066053B2 - Deodorization device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a deodorizing apparatus installed in a toilet or the like.

  Conventionally, for example, as shown in Patent Document 1, a deodorizing device installed in a toilet or the like has been used. Conventionally, when a deodorizing apparatus is installed in a narrow installation space, or in order to prevent the deodorizing apparatus from getting in the way when installed, a thin deodorizing apparatus is often used.

  By the way, in a deodorizing device that sucks air using a fan, deodorizes it with a deodorizing means such as a deodorizing filter, and then discharges the deodorized air, It is preferable to use a sirocco fan whose thickness is thin.

Here, when exhausting air in a direction different from the exhaust direction of the sirocco fan from the deodorizing device, it is necessary to form an air passage on the downstream side of the sirocco fan in the deodorizing device. However, it is necessary to dispose interior equipment and the like, and there is a problem that the thickness and size of the deodorizing apparatus are increased.
JP 2003-278221 A

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said conventional problem, Comprising: It aims at providing the deodorizing apparatus which is thin and small in size.

In order to solve the above problems, a deodorizing apparatus according to the present invention includes a housing 8 provided with an intake port 7 and an exhaust port 9, and is housed in the housing 8, and sucks air from the intake port 7 to exhaust the exhaust port 9. A fan that houses the sirocco fan 6 in the housing 8 with the sirocco fan 6 discharged from the sirocco fan 6 and deodorizing means for deodorizing the air discharged from the exhaust port 9. The housing portion 23 and an adjacent space portion 24 adjacent to the fan housing portion 23 in the left-right direction are formed, and the fan housing portion 23 and the adjacent space portion 24 are formed in the front half portion at the boundary between the fan housing portion 23 and the adjacent space portion 24. partitioning with the partition portion 37 is provided, the discharge port 27 of the sirocco fan 6 is provided on the rear half portion of the boundary, the side opposite to the fan housing section 23 of the neighbor space 24 Downstream opening portion 39 is formed in the side surface portion 40, and the wind tunnel 42 that connects the discharge port 27 and the downstream-side opening 39 of the sirocco fan 6 to the adjacent space 24 is formed, a sirocco fan 6 via the該風Hora 42 of the discharge port 27 is communicated with the exhaust port 9 in the adjacent space 24, the equipment mounting portion 43 along the front wall 46 of the partition portion 3 7 and the adjacent space 24 is formed, the instrument housing 43 The downstream opening 39 is formed with an opening area larger than the opening area of the discharge port 27, and a boundary wall 45 between the wind tunnel 42 and the device storage portion 43 is formed. The interior of the interior device is disposed between the boundary wall 45 and the sirocco fan 6 so that the width of the wind tunnel 42 increases as it goes downstream of the wind tunnel 42 .

Further, it is preferable that the deodorizing filter 50 constituting the deodorizing means the width is widened portion than the discharge port 27 in the air channel 42 is provided.

In claim 1, the device storage portion in which the interior device is stored may be formed in a dead space in the adjacent space portion adjacent to the fan storage portion, on the side of the partition portion and in which no wind tunnel is formed. Therefore, the space in the housing can be used effectively, and the deodorizing apparatus can be made thin and small.

  Further, in claim 2, since the deodorizing filter is provided over a portion wider than the fan discharge port in the wind tunnel, the deodorizing efficiency can be increased, and the boundary wall is provided. By inclining in a taper shape, the pressure loss of the air passing through the wind tunnel can be reduced, thereby reducing the size of the sirocco fan and making the deodorizing device thinner and smaller.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  As shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, the deodorizing apparatus 1 of this example is arrange | positioned along the wall 68 of the side of the toilet bowl 2 of a toilet, and is arrange | positioned on the outer side in the left-right direction of the toilet bowl 2. As shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the toilet 2 installed on the floor of the toilet is a Western-style toilet, and a toilet seat 3 and a toilet lid 4 are rotatably attached to a rear upper end portion of the toilet 2. A deodorizer (not shown) is provided at the rear of the toilet bowl 2 in addition to the deodorizer 1 so that the air in the bowl 5 can be sucked into the rear deodorizer and deodorized.

  Hereinafter, the deodorizing apparatus 1 of this example is explained in full detail. In the following description of the deodorizing apparatus 1, unless otherwise specified, the direction perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG. 2 is defined as the front-rear direction, and the front side in FIG. 2 is defined as the front side.

  The deodorizing device 1 sucks air in the toilet from the air inlet 7 provided in the housing 8 by the sirocco fan 6 and deodorizes the air by the deodorizing means, and then the toilet 9 from the exhaust port 9 provided in the housing 8. To be discharged inside.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the deodorizing apparatus 1 includes a housing 8 that is open in the front and formed in a substantially rectangular thin box shape with a thin vertical thickness, and a thin thin film with a thin vertical thickness disposed in the housing 8. A deodorizing unit 10 and a ventilation grill 13 having air permeability attached to the housing 8 so as to cover the entire front opening 12 of the housing 8 are provided.

  The deodorizing unit 10 includes an sirocco fan 6, a fan drive control unit 15 that drives and controls the sirocco fan 6, a deodorizing filter 50 that constitutes a deodorizing unit, an electrostatic atomizer 17, and an electrostatic atomizer 17. An atomizer drive control unit 18 and the like for drive control are provided and unitized.

  The inner casing 14 has a box-shaped portion 20 having a thin rectangular shape and a substantially rectangular shape that is long in the left-right direction, and one side of the box-shaped portion 20 (the rear side when a seated person sitting on the toilet seat 3 is used as a reference). A device disposing portion 21 projecting downward from the half portion and an installation portion 22 projecting outward from the lower portion of the device disposing portion 21 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 5, the front half of the substantially rectangular space that is long in the left-right direction in plan view in the box-shaped portion 20 is divided into left and right by a partition portion 37 formed in the box-shaped portion 20. Thus, a fan housing portion 23 having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view is formed inside the half of the box-like portion 20 opposite to the installation portion 22. Further, an adjacent space portion 24 having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view adjacent to the fan housing portion 23 in the left-right direction is formed inside the half portion on the installation portion 22 side of the box-shaped portion 20.

  A sirocco fan 6 is disposed in the fan storage portion 23. The sirocco fan 6 includes a blade 25 having a rotation axis direction parallel to the vertical direction, and a fan case 26 having a substantially cochlear shape in a plan view that houses the blade 25.

  A suction port 30 of the sirocco fan 6 is formed in the lower surface portion of the fan case 26 that constitutes the outline of the sirocco fan 6, and a rectangular discharge is formed in the rear half of the side surface portion on the adjacent space 24 side of the fan case 26. An outlet 27 is projected.

  As shown in FIG. 6, a suction port 29 penetrating vertically is formed in the bottom surface portion 28 of the fan housing portion 23. The suction port 30 of the sirocco fan 6 communicates with a space 31 below the fan housing portion 23 through a suction port 29. Each of the upper surface and the side surface of the space 31 is constituted by the lower surface portion of the box-shaped portion 20 (the bottom surface portion 28 of the fan housing portion 23) and the side surface portion 33 of the device arrangement portion 21, and the lower surface portion of the box-shaped portion 20 and the device. An upstream side air passage forming portion 34 is configured by the side surface portion 33 of the arrangement portion 21.

  By incorporating the deodorizing unit 10 in the housing 8, the upstream air is formed in the housing 8 by the upstream air passage forming portion 34 and the inner surface of the housing 8, and is partitioned from the device arrangement portion 21 and the fan storage portion 23. A path 35 is formed. That is, the upstream side air passage 35 is positioned below the suction port 30 side of the sirocco fan 6 and is arranged in parallel with the sirocco fan 6 in the vertical direction parallel to the rotational axis direction of the sirocco fan 6.

  In front of the space 31 below the fan housing portion 23, one side portion of the ventilation grill 13 provided on the front surface of the housing 8 (the front side portion with respect to the seated person) is located. The intake port 7 is configured at a portion facing the upstream air passage 35 in one side portion. A dustproof filter 36 that collects dust contained in the air sucked from the air inlet 7 is disposed in the upstream air passage 35.

As shown in FIG. 5, a fitting portion 38 having an opening penetrating in the left-right direction is formed on the rear side of the partition portion 37 that partitions the fan housing portion 23 and the adjacent space portion 24. A discharge port 27 of the sirocco fan 6 is fitted in the fitting portion 38.

The fan housing section 23 of the neighbor space 24 opposite the side surface portion 40 rectangular downstream opening portion 39 is formed. The downstream opening 39 extends over substantially the entire length of the side surface portion 40 in the front-rear direction, and the front-rear width thereof is larger than the front-rear width of the discharge port 27. As a result, the opening area of the downstream opening 39 is larger than that of the discharge port 27.

  In the adjacent space portion 24, a wind tunnel 42 extending from the discharge port 27 of the sirocco fan 6 toward the side and connecting the discharge port 27 and the downstream opening 39 is formed.

In the adjacent space 24 and the remaining sites not and wind tunnel 42 located on the side of the partition portion 3 7 is formed which is an equipment mounting unit 43 is formed, the fan drive controller 15 to the instrument housing portion 43 Is arranged.

The wind tunnel 42 and the device storage unit 43 are partitioned forward and backward by a boundary wall 45. End of the discharge port 27 side of the boundary wall 45 is connected to the front edge of the fitting portion 38. The boundary wall 45 constituting a part of the front surface of the wind tunnel 42 is inclined so as to widen the front-rear width of the wind tunnel 42 toward the downstream side (downstream opening 39 side) in the left-right direction. End of the downstream opening portion 39 side of the boundary wall 45 that make up the front portion of the box-shaped portion 20 is connected to the front wall 46 of the adjacent space 24, thereby equipment storage section 43 partitioning portion 37 And a substantially right triangle shape in plan view along the wall 46.

  The wind tunnel 42 constitutes a downstream air passage forming portion 47. A space 48 communicating with the wind tunnel 42 is formed above the installation portion 22 and on the side of the box-shaped portion 20.

  By incorporating the deodorizing unit 10 into the housing 8, the housing 8 includes a downstream air passage forming portion 47 and an inner surface of the housing 8, and a downstream wind that is partitioned from the device placement portion 21 and the fan storage portion 23. A path 49 is formed. The downstream air passage 49 is located on the side of the fan 6 on the discharge port 27 side.

  A side portion opposite to the air inlet 7 of the ventilation grill 13 is positioned in front of the space 48 on the side of the box-shaped portion 20, and is a portion corresponding to the downstream air passage 49 on the other side portion of the ventilation grill 13. An exhaust port 9 is configured.

  A deodorizing filter 50 is provided on the downstream side of the boundary wall 45 of the wind tunnel 42. The deodorizing filter 50 is applied with a catalyst for adsorbing odor components contained in the air, and deodorizes air discharged from the exhaust port 9 by the action of the catalyst.

The deodorizing filter 50 is disposed in a portion of the wind tunnel 42 that has a wider front and rear width than the outlet 27 of the fan 6.

  The electrostatic atomizer 17 deodorizes the liquid by electrostatically atomizing the liquid to supply the generated charged fine particle liquid to the air that has passed through the deodorizing filter 50.

  As schematically shown in FIG. 7, the electrostatic atomizer 17 includes a heat exchange unit 52, an atomizer 53, and an atomizer drive controller 18 (see FIG. 6) that drives and controls them. Among these, the heat exchange part 52 and the atomization part 53 are installed on the installation part 22.

  The heat exchanging part 52 constitutes an atomizing liquid supply means for supplying condensed water as an atomizing liquid to an atomizing electrode 54 to be described later, and includes a Peltier unit 55 that forms a cooling side and a heat radiation side by energization. The cooling plate 56 provided on the cooling side of the Peltier unit 55 constitutes a cooling part of the heat exchange unit 52, and the radiation fins 57 provided on the heat radiation side of the Peltier unit 55 constitute a heat radiation part of the heat exchange unit 52.

  From the cooling plate 56 of the heat exchanging part 52, an elongated columnar atomizing electrode 54 projects upward. A counter electrode 59 is fixed to the frame 58 covering the atomizing electrode 54 at a position facing the tip of the atomizing electrode 54 at a predetermined distance above the atomizing electrode 54. The atomization electrode 54, the frame body 58, and the counter electrode 59 constitute an atomization section 53 that generates charged fine particle liquid.

  Between the atomization electrode 54 and the counter electrode 59, a high voltage application unit 60 for applying a high voltage between the electrodes 54 and 59 is provided. The high voltage application unit 60 and the Peltier unit 55 are connected to a control unit 61 that controls them, and the control unit 61 and the high voltage application unit 60 constitute the atomizer drive control unit 18.

  When the controller 61 starts energizing the Peltier unit 55, the atomizing electrode 54 is cooled via the cooling plate 56, and condensed water is generated on the atomizing electrode 54 based on the moisture in the air. Then, in a state where water as the atomizing liquid is held on the surface of the atomizing electrode 54, the control unit 61 applies a high voltage between the atomizing electrode 54 and the counter electrode 59 by the high voltage applying unit 60, and atomizes. Water on the electrode 54 is electrostatically atomized at the tip of the atomizing electrode 54 to generate a charged fine particle liquid.

  The charged fine particle liquid generated by the atomizing unit 53 is discharged toward the space 48 of the upper upstream air path 35.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the high voltage application unit 60, the substrate 62, the capacitor 63, and the like that constitute the atomizing device drive control unit 18 of the electrostatic atomizing device 17 are arranged in the device arrangement unit 21. The device disposition portion 21 is arranged in parallel with the wind tunnel 42 of the downstream air passage 49 in the vertical direction and is located beside the space 48 of the upstream air passage 35.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the deodorizing device 1 is attached to the lower surface of a counter 65 projecting from a toilet wall 68 standing on the side of the toilet 2, and the longitudinal direction of the housing 8 determines the seated person. The air inlet 7 faces the upper part of the front part of the toilet 2 in parallel with the front-rear direction when used as a reference.

  When using the deodorizing apparatus 1, the sirocco fan 6 and the electrostatic atomizer 17 are driven. As a result, the air in the upper part of the front part of the toilet 2 in the toilet is sucked into the upstream air passage 35 from the air inlet 7 constituted by a part of the ventilation grill 13, and then dust and the like are removed by the dust filter 36. Then, the air is sucked into the fan case 26 through the suction port 29 and the suction port 30.

  Subsequently, the purified air is discharged from the discharge port 27 of the fan 6 toward the side wind tunnel 42 orthogonal to the rotation axis direction of the fan 6, and this air passes through the deodorizing filter 50 and is deodorized. Next, the charged fine particle liquid discharged from the downstream opening 39 to the side space 48 and generated in the electrostatic atomizer 17 in the space 48 is applied.

  After that, the exhaust port 9 formed by a part of the ventilation grill 13 is reached, and the deodorized and cleaned air containing the charged fine particle liquid is directed upward from the rear part of the toilet 2 in the toilet. Discharged.

  The charged fine particle liquid has a small particle size including a nanometer size and a strong charge, and exhibits various effects such as a high deodorizing effect and a sterilizing effect. For this reason, as described above, the charged fine particle liquid is released into the toilet by placing it on the air after deodorization, so that the charged fine particle liquid is distributed to every corner of the toilet for deodorization and sterilization in the toilet. be able to.

As shown in FIG. 6, the deodorizing apparatus 1 described above includes a device storage portion 43 in which the fan drive control unit 15 is stored, in the adjacent space portion 24 adjacent to the fan storage portion 23, on the side of the partition portion 37. It can form in the dead space in which the wind tunnel 42 is not formed, Therefore, the space in the housing 8 can be utilized effectively and the deodorizing apparatus 1 can be made thin and small.

Further, the deodorizing filter 50 is disposed in a portion of the wind tunnel 42 where the front and rear width is wider than the discharge port 27 of the fan 6. For this reason, the deodorizing efficiency by the deodorizing filter 50 of the air which flows through the downstream air path 49 can be improved. Moreover, the pressure loss in the wind tunnel 42 can be reduced by inclining the boundary wall 45 in a taper shape.

  In the above example, the deodorizing apparatus 1 is attached to the toilet counter 65. However, as shown in FIG. 8, the deodorizing apparatus 1 may be incorporated into a counter cabinet 67 installed along the toilet wall 68. As shown in FIG. 9, the deodorizing apparatus 1 may be provided directly on the wall 68 of the toilet.

  In the above example, the device arrangement unit 21 is provided with the atomizing device drive control unit 18 and the device storage unit 43 is provided with the fan drive control unit 15. However, the device arrangement unit 21 and the fan drive control unit 15 are provided. The interior parts provided in are not limited to the atomizer drive control unit 18 and the fan drive control unit 15.

It is a top view of the toilet installation which shows an example of embodiment of this invention. It is a side view same as the above. It is a perspective view of a toilet bowl same as the above. It is a disassembled perspective view of a deodorizing apparatus same as the above. It is the perspective view seen from the upper side of a deodorizing unit same as the above. It is the perspective view seen from the lower side of a deodorizing unit same as the above. It is explanatory drawing which shows schematically the electrostatic atomizer same as the above. It is a perspective view which shows the example which provided the deodorizing apparatus same as the above in the counter cabinet. It is sectional drawing which shows the example which provided the deodorizing apparatus same as the above in the wall.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Deodorizing device 6 Sirocco fan 7 Intake port 8 Housing 9 Exhaust port 23 Fan storage part 24 Adjacent space part 27 Discharge port 37 Partition part 39 Downstream side opening part 40 Side part 42 Wind tunnel 43 Equipment storage part

Claims (2)

A housing provided with an air inlet and an air outlet; a sirocco fan which is housed in the housing and sucks air from the air inlet and exhausts it from the air outlet; and a deodorizing means for deodorizing the air exhausted from the air outlet The rotation axis direction of the sirocco fan is the vertical direction, and a fan storage portion for storing the sirocco fan and an adjacent space portion adjacent to the fan storage portion in the left-right direction are formed in the housing and adjacent to the fan storage portion with a partition portion for partitioning the an adjacent space fan storage unit in the front half portion in the boundary of the space portion is provided, the discharge port of the sirocco fan is provided on the rear half portion of the boundary, the fan housing portion of the neighbor space a side surface portion on the opposite side is formed downstream opening, is wind tunnel that connects the discharge port and a downstream side opening of the sirocco fan to the adjacent space portion formed between,該風Hora Through the discharge port of the sirocco fan is communicated with the exhaust port, in the adjacent space, equipment storage portion along the front wall of the partition portion and the adjacent space is formed, decorated equipment the instrument housing section distribution a set is Ru deodorizing device, the downstream openings opening area thereof is formed larger than the opening area of the discharge port, the width of the air channel in accordance with the wind tunnel and the equipment storage portion of the boundary wall toward the downstream side of the air channel The deodorizing apparatus is characterized in that the interior device is disposed between the boundary wall and the sirocco fan . Deodorizing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that deodorizing filter constituting the deodorizing means in the portion where the width is widened than the discharge port in the wind tunnel are provided.

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