JP5245672B2 - Liquid refinement device and sauna device using the same - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a liquid miniaturization apparatus and a sauna apparatus using the same.

  For example, the configuration of a liquid micronizer used for a sauna device has the following configuration.

  That is, a main body case having a suction port and an exhaust port, a heating unit and a blower unit provided in a ventilation path in the main body case, and a miniaturization unit provided between the blower unit and the exhaust port, The means is configured to eject liquid from the liquid supply means (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP-A-6-63103

  The problem with the above conventional example is that, in order to discharge the liquid ejected from the nozzle that could not be refined, piping must be constructed in the sauna room, which makes the construction work complicated. That is.

  That is, in the type in which the liquid is ejected from the nozzle and the liquid is refined, the liquid cannot be completely refined, and in the sauna room in order to process a large amount of non-miniaturized liquid remaining in the sauna apparatus. The pipe is extended to discharge this non-fine liquid to the sauna room. It is very troublesome to construct such a pipe in the sauna room aesthetically.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to facilitate construction work.

In order to achieve this object, the present invention includes a main body case having a suction port and an exhaust port, a heating unit provided in an air passage between the suction port and the exhaust port in the main body case, and the heating unit. And a first air blowing means provided between the air outlet and the liquid blowing means disposed on the upstream side of the suction of the first air blowing means. A rotating means connected to the motor of the means, and a liquid supply means for supplying a liquid to the rotating means , wherein the first blowing means and the second blowing means each have a casing, The rotating means connected to the motor of the first blower means includes a rotating shaft connected to the motor, and a predetermined interval in the axial direction of the rotating shaft. With multiple rotating plates fixed with In addition, each of the plurality of rotating plates has holes through which air and liquid pass, and the rotating plate to which liquid is supplied from the liquid supply means has a central portion for supplying the liquid to the upper surface thereof. In addition, a liquid micronizing device in which an annular rib concentrically provided on the outer peripheral side of the central portion and a connecting rib extending radially from the central portion and connected to the annular rib are integrally formed , The above objective has been achieved.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the liquid refining means is configured by the liquid supply means that is arranged on the upstream side of the suction of the air blowing means and supplies the liquid to the rotating means connected to the motor of the air blowing means. Thus, in the liquid refinement means, the minimum liquid necessary for refinement is supplied to the rotating means that rotates at high speed to refine the liquid, and the air containing the liquid in which the suction airflow by the blower means is refined. Since the liquid is raised and led to the exhaust port, as a result, a large amount of drainage is not generated when the liquid is refined.

  In other words, at the end of the micronization by the liquid micronization means, almost all of the supplied liquid can be miniaturized, and the air heated by the blower means is sucked in to create a rising airflow, resulting in a slight non-miniaturization Even if liquid adheres to the air path, it can prevent the liquid from flowing downward and can be dried in the air path, so there is no need to discharge the non-miniaturized liquid. The piping construction for discharging the liquid can be eliminated, and as a result, the construction work can be simplified.

The perspective view of the sauna apparatus using the liquid refinement | miniaturization apparatus in embodiment of this invention Cross-sectional configuration diagram of the same liquid micronizer Perspective view of the main part of the liquid micronizer Perspective view of the main part of the liquid micronizer Enlarged perspective view of the rotating plate of the liquid micronizer Enlarged perspective view of liquid guiding means of the same liquid miniaturization apparatus Cross-sectional configuration diagram of liquid refinement means of the same liquid refiner Sectional block diagram of the liquid refinement | miniaturization apparatus in the other form of this invention

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sauna apparatus using a liquid micronizer according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a liquid micronizer 3 is provided on a ceiling surface 2 of a sauna room 1. It is attached.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the liquid micronizer 3 is provided in a main body case 6 having a suction port 4 and an exhaust port 5, and an air path between the suction port 4 and the exhaust port 5 in the main body case 6. Heating means 7, a plurality of blowing means 8a, 8b provided between the heating means 7 and the exhaust port 5, and a liquid refinement means 9 provided on the suction upstream side of one blowing means 8b. .

  In the present embodiment, the air blowing means 8a and 8b are fans (for example, a sirocco fan or a turbo fan) and include casings 10a and 10b, respectively. The blowing means 8b is provided with a rotating shaft 11, and one end of the rotating shaft 11 is connected to a driving motor 12 provided on the upper portion of the casing 10b. The rotating shaft 11 extends in the vertical direction from the air blowing means 8b toward the lower surface of the main body case 6, and includes a holding portion (not shown) at the lower end.

  The liquid refinement means 9 includes a cylindrical path 13, a rotation means 14 provided inside the cylindrical path 13, and a liquid supply means 15 that supplies a liquid to the rotation means 14.

  The upper end of the cylindrical path 13 is connected to the casing 10b of the blowing means 8b, and the lower end has a suction opening 16 on the heating means 7 side as shown in FIG.

  Returning to FIG. 2 again and continuing the description, the rotating means 14 has a plurality of rotating plates 17a and 17b rotating around the rotating shaft 11 at predetermined intervals on the rotating shaft 11 extending downward from the air blowing means 8b. It is fixed. In the present embodiment, two rotating plates 17 a provided above the rotating shaft 11 and two rotating plates 17 b provided below are provided.

  A movable louver 18 is attached to the exhaust port 5.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the inside of the main body case 6 as viewed from above. As shown in the figure, the heating means 7 is disposed on the lower surface of the main body case 6, and the casing 10a is placed on the heating means 7 at one corner of the case. It arrange | positions so that it may open, and the casing 10b and the liquid refinement | miniaturization means 9 are arrange | positioned at the diagonal of the casing 10a. The air path A through the casing 10a, and the air path B through the suction opening 16, the liquid refinement means 9, and the casing 10b are configured to merge at the merging portion 19. As shown in FIG. 4, the junction 19 communicates with the exhaust port 5.

  Next, details of the liquid micronization means 9 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the rotating plates 17a and 17b have holes C through which air and liquid pass. Each of the rotating plate 17a and the rotating plate 17b includes a central portion 20 for supplying liquid to the upper surface thereof, a plurality of annular ribs 21 provided concentrically on the outer peripheral side of the central portion 20, and a radial shape from the central portion 20. The connecting ribs 22 are integrally formed with a plurality of annular ribs 21 extending to the center, and the center portion 20, the annular ribs 21, and the connecting ribs 22 are all holes C. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the upper rotating plate 17a has a center portion 20a, an annular rib 21a, and a connecting rib 22a, and the lower rotating plate 17b has a center portion 20b, an annular rib 21b, and a connecting rib 22b. Respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 6, a water storage means 24 and a water channel 25 are provided on the inner wall of the cylindrical path 13 as the liquid guide means 23 for guiding the liquid adhering to the inner wall to the lower rotating plate 17b. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, a water storage means 24 is provided along the inner wall of the cylindrical path 13 between the upper rotary plate 17a and the lower rotary plate 17b. A water channel 25 for guiding the liquid to the central portion 20b of the lower rotating plate 17b is provided. The water channel 25 has a shape extending from the three sides of the water storage means 24 toward the center of the cylindrical channel 13 as shown in FIG. 6, and opens on the central portion 20b of the lower rotating plate 17b as shown in FIG. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the liquid supply means 15 is configured to supply liquid onto the central portion 20a of the upper rotating plate 17a.

  Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.

  When using a sauna in the sauna room 1, first, hot water is supplied from a heat source such as a gas water heater or an electric water heater (not shown) to the heating means 7 shown in FIG. 2 via the pipe 26 shown in FIG. The A part of the warm water is supplied to the liquid supply means 15. The amount of warm water supplied to the liquid supply means 15 is very small and is not discharged from the liquid supply means 15 at this time.

  In this state, when the heating means 7 is operated and the air blowing means 8a is driven, the air blowing means 8a sucks air in the sauna chamber 1 through the suction port 4, and the sucked air is approximately centigrade by the heating means 7. Heat until 80 degrees. The heated air is sent to the merging section 19 through the casing 10a by the blowing means 8a. This air flow passes through the air passage A shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, when the motor 12 is driven to operate the air blowing means 8b, a part of the air sucked by the air blowing means 8a and heated by the heating means 7 enters the inside of the cylindrical path 13 through the air suction opening 16. And sucked. Inside the cylindrical path 13, an updraft is generated by the blowing means 8b. This air flow passes through the air passage B shown in FIG.

  At this time, the rotating shaft 11 of the air blowing means 8b rotates at a high speed, so that the rotating plate 17a and the rotating plate 17b are rotated at a high speed. Here, the liquid supply means 15 supplies hot water to the upper surface of the central portion 20a of the upper rotating plate 17a that rotates at a high speed. The hot water supplied to the central portion 20a of the upper rotating plate 17a spreads in a thin film shape toward the outer periphery of the central portion 20a due to the centrifugal force caused by the high-speed rotation, and the thin water is heated outside the central portion 20a. It is blown away at high speed from the periphery to the tangential direction. The water droplets blown off from the central portion 20a at high speed further collide with the annular rib 21a provided on the rotating plate 17a rotating at high speed and the connecting rib 22a to be crushed. Since the annular rib 21a and the connecting rib 22a rotate at a high speed together with the rotating plate 17a, a centrifugal force is further applied to the water droplets that collide with the rotating plate 17a, and this centrifugal force further increases the scattering speed of the water droplets in the outer circumferential direction. It will be. In this way, the water droplets scattered by the centrifugal force successively collide with the annular rib 21a and the connecting rib 22a that rotate at high speed, and the miniaturization of the liquid is accelerated. Further, a part of the hot water that has been dispersed and refined from the upper rotating plate 17a collides with the inner wall of the tubular path 13 and is crushed, and the refinement of the hot water is further accelerated. Further, the water droplets collided with the inner wall of the cylindrical path 13 are splattered again in the cylindrical path 13 due to the collision, and again collide with the annular rib 21a and the connecting rib 22a of the rotating plate 17a rotating at high speed. The liquid is further pulverized.

  Thus, most of the hot water supplied from the liquid supply means 15 to the upper surface of the upper rotating plate 17a is refined at this time by the high-speed rotation of the rotating means 14, and the air passing through the air path B, In other words, the air is mixed with warm dry air sucked into the cylindrical path 13 through the suction opening 16 by the blower 8a, and becomes a steam state, and is sent to the junction 19 through the casing 10b.

  Of the water droplets scattered by the centrifugal force from the upper rotating plate 17a, there are a few water droplets that are not miniaturized and adhere to the inner wall of the cylindrical path 13, or a few water droplets that are condensed on the inner wall after being miniaturized. Most of the air is kept from flowing down from the inner wall by the warm ascending airflow generated inside the cylindrical path 13 and dried as it is.

  The remaining water droplets that are not dried on the inner wall by the warm updraft flow down the water storage means 24 through the inner wall of the cylindrical path 13 and are stored. A small amount of warm water stored in the water storage means 24 is conveyed from the three directions of the water storage means 24 to the central portion 20b of the lower rotating plate 17b via the water channel 25.

  The slight amount of warm water carried to the lower rotating plate 17b in this way is miniaturized by rotating the lower rotating plate 17b at a high speed in the same manner as the upper rotating plate 17a. That is, slight water droplets supplied from the inner wall of the cylindrical path 13 to the center part 20b of the lower rotating plate 17b through the water storage means 24 and the water channel 25 are caused by centrifugal force due to high-speed rotation to the outer periphery of the center part 20b. It spreads in the form of a thin film toward the direction and is blown away at high speed from the outer peripheral edge to the tangential direction. The water droplets blown off collide with the inner wall of the cylindrical path 13 and the annular rib 21b and the connecting rib 22b and are crushed, and further move upward on the warm updraft sucked by the blowing means 8b. By colliding with the annular rib 21a and the connecting rib 22a of the upper rotating plate 17a, further refinement of hot water is promoted.

  In this way, the hot water supplied to the upper rotating plate 17a is largely refined by the upper rotating plate 17a rotating at a high speed, and a part of the remaining water that has not been refined slightly remains. Water droplets are also transported to the lower rotating plate 17b rotating at high speed via the liquid guiding means 23 provided in the cylindrical path 13, and are almost completely miniaturized. The refined water droplets are mixed with the air passing through the air passage B, that is, warm air that is sucked into the cylindrical passage 13 through the suction opening 16 by the air blowing means 8b, and then merges through the casing 10b. Sent to section 19.

  In the merging portion 19, heated dry air carried from the air blowing means 8a via the air path A and wet air containing the micronized liquid carried from the air blowing means 8b via the air path B are provided. They are merged and supplied from the exhaust port 5 to the inside of the sauna room 1 as steam.

  Further, when the sauna operation is interrupted or stopped, the rotation of the air blowing means 8b and the rotating means 14 and the water supply from the liquid supply means 15 are stopped. At that time, the hot water supplied so far from the liquid supply means 15 is almost all refined by the high-speed rotation of the upper rotating plate 17a and the lower rotating plate 17b. Further, even if liquid that is not miniaturized adheres to the inside of the cylindrical path 13 or hot water remains in the water storage means 24, these are dried by the residual heat of the air heated by the heating means 7. Therefore, it is not necessary to discharge from the liquid micronizer 3 to the outside.

  According to the configuration and operation as described above, as described above, the rotating means 14 that rotates at high speed provided on the suction upstream side of the air blowing means 8b and the liquid supply means 15 that supplies liquid to the rotating means 14 are provided. Since it is configured to supply the minimum amount of hot water necessary for miniaturization by high-speed rotation, all the hot water supplied to the device is miniaturized at the end of the miniaturization by the liquid micronizer 3 of the present embodiment. It is possible to carry it to the exhaust port 5 via the casing 10b and the merging portion 19 and to supply it to the sauna room 1 by the suction rising airflow. Therefore, the construction work of piping for treating the hot water that could not be refined as waste water is unnecessary, and as a result, the construction work of the sauna device is simplified.

  Further, the humid air containing the micronized liquid that has been micronized by the liquid micronizer 9 has a temperature lower than that at the time when it is heated by the heating unit 7 due to the vaporization of the hot water. , The temperature of the steam supplied to the sauna room 1 can be increased efficiently by joining the heated dry air conveyed via the air passage A by the air blowing means 8a, and this apparatus can be used as a sauna apparatus. As a result, the driving performance is improved.

  Furthermore, as described above, the plurality of rotary plates 17a and 17b each have a hole C through which air or liquid passes, so that it is possible to suppress the energy loss of suction by the air blowing means 8b. There is an effect.

  Further, as described above, each of the plurality of rotating plates 17a and the rotating plates 17b is rotated at a high speed as a configuration having the center portions 20a and 20b, the plurality of annular ribs 21a and 21b, and the connecting ribs 22a and 22b. As a result, the liquid splashed by the centrifugal force can collide with these one after another to accelerate the refinement of the hot water, and the air blowing means 8b sucks by enlarging the hole C through which air or liquid passes. It is possible to suppress energy loss without obstructing the air flow. Furthermore, by reducing the weight of the plurality of rotating plates 17a and 17b themselves, it is possible to improve the efficiency of high-speed rotation and to suppress noise due to high-speed rotation.

  Furthermore, as described above, the liquid guide means 23 that guides the liquid not adhered to the inner wall of the cylindrical path 13 to the central portion 20a of the lower rotating plate 17b is provided, so that the liquid is slightly increased. The remaining non-micronized liquid is returned to the rotating means 14 and can be refined almost completely by the lower rotating plate 17b. Therefore, all the supplied hot water can be efficiently refined. There is an effect.

  Further, as described above, the liquid guide means 23 includes the water storage means 24 and the water passage 25, so that the non-micronized liquid blown off from the upper rotating plate 17 a and adhered to the inside of the cylindrical path 13. Is stored in the water storage means 24, and the hot water stored there is returned to the lower rotating plate 17b rotating at high speed from the three sides via the water channel 25, thereby reliably collecting the hot water supplied from the liquid supply means 15, There is an effect that it is possible to make the pattern almost completely fine.

  In addition, since the movable louver 18 is provided in the exhaust port 5, if the sauna operation is interrupted or stopped, the movable louver 18 can be moved to close the exhaust port 5, thereby miniaturization. Even if the liquid that is not left remains in the junction 19, the non-micronized liquid is not discharged into the sauna chamber 1, and the air heated by the heating means 7 is left inside the liquid micronizer 3. There is an effect that it is dried by heat.

  When the suction opening 16 is configured to be openable and closable, the operation of the air blowing means 8b is stopped and the air suction opening 16 is closed, so that the air heated by the heating means 7 by the air blowing means 8a passes through the air path A. Then, it can be sent to the exhaust port 5. In the air path A, since there is no obstacle such as the rotating means 14 that hinders the air flow as in the air path B, it is possible to suppress loss of energy for blowing the heated air, and the heated air is efficiently used. It becomes possible to send well to the inside of the sauna room 1. For this reason, the apparatus of the present invention can be used not only as a sauna apparatus but also for drying and heating the sauna room 1 by sending high-temperature dry air to the sauna room 1.

  Furthermore, as another form, as shown in FIG. 8, on the side surface of the cylindrical path 13 on the heating means 7 side, a plurality of passages are provided at a height position between the lower rotary plate 17b and the liquid guide means 23. The pores 27 may be provided. In such a configuration, the dried air heated by the heating means 7 is sucked into the inside of the cylindrical path 13 from the vent hole 27 in addition to the suction opening 16. The temperature of the high-temperature air sucked through the suction opening 16 by the air blowing means 8b is lowered by the vaporization of the liquid supplied to the liquid micronizing means 9, but in this way, the liquid guiding means 23 and By sucking high-temperature dry air from the air holes 27 between the lower rotating plates 17b, it becomes possible to prevent the temperature inside the cylindrical path 13 from being lowered. It becomes possible to prevent dew condensation due to a decrease in the temperature of the micronized liquid scattered by high-speed rotation. As a result, the hot water supplied to the liquid refinement means 9 is efficiently refined by the high-speed rotation of the upper rotating plate 17a and the lower rotating plate 17b in the cylindrical path 13, and the non-miniaturized liquid is formed. While remaining inside the liquid refinement means 9 is prevented, and the temperature of the air containing the refined liquid is increased, the operational performance of the sauna device is improved.

  As described above, the liquid miniaturization apparatus of the present invention enables efficient and almost complete micronization of the liquid. Therefore, the liquid that has not been miniaturized can be naturally dried without special discharge. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a drainage means separately.

  Therefore, for example, utilization to a sauna device, a humidifier, a cooling device, a spraying device, a cleaning device, a plant growing facility and the like is expected. Moreover, it can be used not only for warm water but also for other liquid refining equipment such as oil and detergent.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 4 Suction port 5 Exhaust port 6 Main body case 7 Heating means 8 Blowing means 9 Liquid refinement means 11 Rotating shaft 12 Motor 13 Cylindrical path 14 Rotating means 15 Liquid supply means 16 Suction opening 17a Rotating plate 17b Rotating plate 18 Louver 19 Part 20 Central part 21 Annular rib 22 Connecting rib 23 Liquid guide means 24 Water storage means 25 Water channel 27 Ventilation hole

Claims (8)

A main body case having a suction port and an exhaust port; heating means provided in an air passage between the suction port and the exhaust port in the main body case; and a first unit provided between the heating means and the exhaust port. A blower means and a second blower means; and a liquid refinement means disposed upstream of the suction of the first blower means, and the liquid refinement means is connected to a motor of the first blower means. A rotation means and a liquid supply means for supplying a liquid to the rotation means, the first blower means and the second blower means each having a casing, and an air passage connecting the casing and the exhaust port A rotating means connected to the motor of the first air blowing means, and a rotating shaft connected to the motor, and a plurality of rotating plates fixed at predetermined intervals in the axial direction of the rotating shaft A plurality of the rotating plates Each have a hole for the air and liquid passing through said rotating plate in which liquid is supplied from the liquid supply means includes a central portion for liquid is supplied to the upper surface, the outer peripheral side of the central portion an annular rib provided concentrically, liquids atomizer configured integrally and a connecting rib connected to the annular rib extending radially from the center. A cylindrical path is provided on the outer periphery of the rotating plate to which liquid is supplied from the liquid supply means, and one end of the opening of the cylindrical path communicates with the casing of the first blower means, and the other end has a suction opening. The liquid refinement apparatus according to claim 1 . The liquid refinement apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising liquid guide means for guiding the liquid in the path to the center of the lower rotating plate in the cylindrical path. 4. The liquid refinement apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the liquid guide means comprises water storage means provided on the inner wall of the cylindrical path, and a water channel for guiding the liquid from the water storage means to the center of the rotating plate below. Cylindrical suction opening of the path, the liquid atomizer according to any one of claims 2 was opened and closed freely configuration 4. The liquid micronizing device according to any one of claims 2 to 5 , wherein a plurality of vent holes are provided between the liquid guide means and the lower rotating plate on a side surface of the cylindrical path. The liquid refinement device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein a movable louver is provided at the exhaust port. The sauna apparatus which installed the liquid refinement | purification apparatus as described in any one of Claim 1 to 7 in the sauna room.

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