JP5326446B2 - Liquid refinement device and sauna device using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid atomizing device and sauna equipment using the same, which dispense with piping construction for drainage of non-atomized liquid thereby simplifying the construction work. <P>SOLUTION: The liquid atomizing device includes: a heat exchanger 7 as a heating means provided in an air passage connecting a suction port 4 of a body case 6 and an exhaust port 5 thereof; a fan motor 8 as a blowing means; and a liquid atomizing means 9 provided between the fan motor 8 and the exhaust port 5. The liquid atomizing means 9 comprises a rotating means 13 and a water supply pipe 14 as a liquid supply means for supplying the rotating means 13 with liquid. When a rotation axis 15 and a plurality of rotating plates 16a, 16b provided in the rotating means 13 are rotated by a motor 17 at high speed, supplied liquid is scattered and atomized by centrifugal force. The liquid which is scattered by the rotating plate 16a and adhered inside a cylindrical path 12 is guided to the rotating panel 16b below which rotates at high speed via a water storage means 22 provided in a liquid guiding means 21 and a water channel 23, and is atomized. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

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 water supply pipe (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.

And in order to achieve this object, the present invention comprises a main body case having a suction port and an exhaust port, a heating unit and a blower unit provided in an air passage connecting the suction port and the exhaust port in the main body case, A liquid refining means provided between the blower means and the exhaust port, the liquid refining means having a rotating means and a liquid supply means for supplying a liquid to the rotating means; A rotating shaft and a plurality of rotating plates fixed at predetermined intervals in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, each of the plurality of rotating plates having a hole through which air or liquid passes, The rotating plate to which liquid is supplied from the supply means includes a central portion for supplying the liquid to the upper surface thereof, an annular rib provided concentrically on the outer peripheral side of the central portion, and a radial shape from the central portion. A connecting rib extending and connected to the annular rib; Integrally constructed, thereby, we have achieved the objective.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the liquid refining unit includes the rotating unit and the liquid supply unit that supplies the liquid to the rotating unit. Since the minimum liquid required for miniaturization is supplied and the liquid is miniaturized, as a result, a large amount of drainage is not generated when the liquid is miniaturized.

  In other words, at the end of miniaturization, almost all of the supplied liquid can be miniaturized, and it can be naturally dried without special discharge of the remaining 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 schematic diagram of the same liquid micronizer Enlarged perspective view of the same liquid micronizer Cross-sectional schematic diagram of the same liquid micronizer Enlarged view of the rotating plate of the liquid micronizer The perspective view of the liquid guide path | route of the same liquid refinement | miniaturization apparatus

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

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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 includes a main body case 6 having a suction port 4 and an exhaust port 5, and heating provided in an air passage connecting the suction port 4 and the exhaust port 5 in the main body case 6. A heat exchanger 7 as means, a fan motor 8 as air blowing means, and a liquid refinement means 9 provided between the fan motor 8 and the exhaust port 5 are provided.

  The air passage leading from the fan motor 8 to the liquid micronization means 9 is formed by a casing 10, and a movable louver 11 is attached to the exhaust port 5.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the liquid refinement means 9 includes a cylindrical path 12, a rotating means 13 provided inside the cylindrical path 12, and a liquid supply means for supplying liquid to the rotating means 13. The water supply pipe 14 is provided.

  The rotating means 13 is provided with a rotating shaft 15 and a plurality of rotating plates 16 a and 16 b that rotate about the rotating shaft 15 at fixed intervals in the axial direction of the rotating shaft 15. In the present embodiment, two rotating plates 16 a provided above the rotating shaft 15 and a rotating plate 16 b provided below are provided.

  A motor 17 for driving the rotating shaft 15 is provided at the upper part of the rotating means 13, and a rotating shaft 15 and a plurality of rotating plates 16 a and 16 b that rotate at high speed by driving the motor 17 are supported at the lower part of the rotating means 13. A holding portion (not shown) is provided.

  A water storage means 22 and a water passage 23 are provided on the inner wall of the cylindrical path 12 as the liquid guide means 21 for guiding the liquid adhering to the inner wall to the lower rotating plate 16b. Details of the liquid guiding means 21 will be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the rotary plates 16a and 16b have holes A through which air and liquid pass. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, each of the rotating plate 16 a and the rotating plate 16 b is provided concentrically on the central portion 18 for supplying liquid to the upper surface thereof and on the outer peripheral side of the central portion 18. A plurality of annular ribs 19 and a connecting rib 20 extending radially from the central portion 18 and connected to the plurality of annular ribs 19 are integrally formed. The central portion 18, the annular rib 19, the connecting rib 20, Between the gaps are holes A. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the upper rotating plate 16a has a center portion 18a, an annular rib 19a, and a connecting rib 20a, and the lower rotating plate 16b has a center portion 18b, an annular rib 19b, and a connecting rib 20b. Respectively.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the water supply pipe 14 is configured to supply a liquid onto the central portion 18 a of the upper rotating plate 16 a.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the liquid guiding means 21 guides the liquid adhering to the inner wall of the cylindrical path 12 to the lower rotating plate 16b. The water storage means 22 is provided along the inner wall of the cylindrical path 12 between the rotary plate 16b and the water passage 23 for guiding the liquid from the water storage means 22 to the central portion 18b of the lower rotary plate 16b. And As shown in FIG. 6, the water channel 23 has a shape extending from the three sides of the water storage means 22 toward the center of the cylindrical channel 12, and as shown in FIG. 4, the water channel 23 opens on the central portion 18b of the lower rotating plate 16b. ing.

  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 heat exchanger 7 shown in FIG. 2 through the pipe 24 shown in FIG. Is done. A part of this hot water is supplied to the water supply pipe 14. The hot water supplied to the water supply pipe 14 is very small and is not discharged from the water supply pipe 14 at this time.

  In this state, when the heat exchanger 7 is operated and the fan motor 8 is driven, the fan motor 8 sucks air in the sauna room 1 through the suction port 4, and the sucked air is absorbed by the heat exchanger 7. Heated. The heated air is sent to the cylindrical path 12 by the fan motor 8 through the casing 10.

  On the other hand, when the motor 17 is driven, the rotating shaft 15 rotates at a high speed, and accordingly, the rotating plate 16a and the rotating plate 16b are rotated at a high speed.

  At this time, the water supply pipe 14 supplies hot water to the upper surface of the central portion 18a of the upper rotating plate 16a that rotates at a high speed. The hot water supplied to the central portion 18a of the upper rotating plate 16a spreads in a thin film shape toward the outer periphery of the central portion 18a due to the centrifugal force caused by the high-speed rotation, and the thin water is heated outside the central portion 18a. It is blown away at high speed from the periphery to the tangential direction. The water droplets blown off from the central portion 18a at high speed further collide with the annular rib 19a provided on the rotating plate 16a rotating at high speed and the connecting rib 20a and are crushed. Since the annular rib 19a and the connecting rib 20a rotate at a high speed together with the rotating plate 16a, a centrifugal force is further applied to the water droplets that collide with the rotating plate 16a, and the scattering speed of the water droplets in the outer circumferential direction is further increased by this centrifugal force. It will be. Thus, the water droplets scattered by the centrifugal force collide with the annular rib 19a and the connecting rib 20a that rotate at high speed one after another, and the liquid miniaturization is accelerated. Further, a part of the hot water that has been dispersed and refined from the upper rotating plate 16a collides with the inner wall of the cylindrical path 12 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 12 are splattered again in the cylindrical path 12 due to the collision, and again collide with the annular rib 19a and the connecting rib 20a of the rotating plate 16a rotating at high speed. The liquid is further pulverized.

  Thus, most of the hot water supplied from the water supply pipe 14 to the upper surface of the upper rotating plate 16a is miniaturized at this time, and is mixed with the heated warm air in a steam state.

  On the other hand, slight water droplets that could not be miniaturized due to the rotation of the upper rotating plate 16a, and some of the micronized water droplets that collided with the annular rib 19a and the connecting rib 20a were scattered by centrifugal force and fan generated by high-speed rotation. The air from the motor 8 is carried to the lower rotary plate 16b through the hole A of the upper rotary plate 16a. At this time, since the water droplets scattered from the upper rotating plate 16a are scattered in a three-dimensional direction, they collide one after another with the annular ribs 19b and the connecting ribs 20b of the lower rotating plate 16b rotating at high speed, and are crushed and fine. It becomes.

  Furthermore, among the water droplets scattered by the centrifugal force from the upper rotating plate 16a, a few water droplets that have not been miniaturized and adhered to the inner wall of the cylindrical path 12 and a minute amount of water droplets that has condensed on the inner wall after being miniaturized are: Then, the water flows through the water storage means 22 through the inner wall of the cylindrical path 12, and is stored. A small amount of warm water stored in the water storage means 22 is conveyed from the three directions of the water storage means 22 to the central portion 18b of the lower rotating plate 16b via the water channel 23.

  In this way, even a small amount of hot water carried to the lower rotating plate 16b is miniaturized by rotating the lower rotating plate 16b at a high speed in the same manner as the upper rotating plate 16a. That is, slight water droplets supplied from the inner wall of the cylindrical path 12 to the central part 18b of the lower rotating plate 16b through the water storage means 22 and the water channel 23 are caused by centrifugal force due to high-speed rotation to the outer periphery of the central part 18b. It spreads in the form of a thin film toward the direction and is blown off at high speed from the outer peripheral edge to the tangential direction.

  As described above, the hot water supplied to the upper rotating plate 16a is largely refined by the high speed rotation of the upper rotating plate 16a, and a part of the remaining non-miniaturized portion remains. Water droplets are also transported to the lower rotating plate 16b rotating at high speed through the hole A of the upper rotating plate 16a or the liquid guiding means 21 provided in the cylindrical path 12, and are almost completely fine. It becomes.

  Warm air containing hot water refined by the high-speed rotation of the rotating plate 16a and the rotating plate 16b is supplied as steam from the exhaust port 5 to the inside of the sauna room 1 by blowing air from the fan motor 8.

  Further, when the sauna operation is interrupted or stopped, the rotation of the fan motor 8 and the rotating means 13 and the water supply from the water supply pipe 14 are stopped. At that time, the warm water supplied so far from the water supply pipe 14 is almost all refined by the high-speed rotation of the upper rotating plate 16a and the lower rotating plate 16b.

  Further, even when liquid that is not refined remains in the water storage means 22, if the sauna operation is stopped, the movable louver 11 is moved, and the exhaust port 5 is closed, the non-fine fluid is discharged into the sauna chamber 1. In other words, the liquid is refined by the residual heat of the air heated by the heat exchanger 7 inside the liquid micronizer 3.

  According to the above configuration and operation, as described above, the rotating means 13 that rotates at high speed and the water supply pipe 14 that supplies liquid to the rotating means 13 are provided, and the minimum amount of hot water required for miniaturization by high-speed rotation Therefore, at the end of the miniaturization by the liquid miniaturization apparatus 3 of the present embodiment, there is an effect that all the hot water supplied to the apparatus can be miniaturized. Even if a small amount of the non-micronized liquid remains, the amount is such that it can be naturally dried by the heat remaining in the micronizing means without being specifically discharged.

  In addition, as in the present embodiment, the rotating means 13 includes a plurality of rotating plates 16a and 16b in the axial direction, so that the slightly remaining liquid that has not been refined by the upper rotating plate 16a can be removed. Since it can be miniaturized by the lower rotating plate 16b, it is possible to divide the supplied liquid into stages and to almost completely miniaturize it.

  In addition, since the plurality of rotating plates 16a and the rotating plates 16b each have the hole A that passes air and liquid, the flow of air sent from the fan motor 8 is not hindered, so that energy loss can be suppressed. Further, the water droplets blown off in the three-dimensional direction by centrifugal force from the upper rotating plate 16a are carried to the lower rotating plate 16b through the hole A, and by the high speed rotation of the lower rotating plate 16b, There is an effect that the miniaturization of the liquid is accelerated.

  Each of the plurality of rotating plates 16a and 16b has a central portion 18a, 18b where liquid is supplied to the upper surface thereof, and a plurality of annular ribs provided concentrically on the outer peripheral side of these central portions 18a, 18b. 19a and 19b and the connecting ribs 20a and 20b that extend radially from the central portions 18a and 18b and connect to the plurality of annular ribs 19a and 19b are integrally configured, thereby improving the efficiency of liquid miniaturization. It is possible to raise. In other words, the liquid supplied to the central portion 18a of the upper rotating plate 16a spreads and blows away in a thin film shape in a radial pattern and progresses in miniaturization, and the hot water blown off collides with the annular rib 19a and the connecting rib 20a. Then, further miniaturization is accelerated, and furthermore, the blown-off hot water is conveyed to the lower rotating plate 16b through the hole A of the upper rotating plate 16a, and the annular shape of the lower rotating plate 16b rotating at high speed It becomes possible to accelerate the refinement of hot water by colliding with the ribs 19b and the connecting ribs 20b. Further, by enlarging the hole A through which air or liquid passes, it is possible to suppress energy loss without impeding the flow of air sent from the fan motor 8, and the plurality of rotating plates 16a and 16b themselves are light weight. Therefore, it is possible to improve the efficiency of high-speed rotation and to suppress noise due to high-speed rotation.

  Further, a cylindrical path 12 is provided on the outer periphery of the upper rotating plate 16a to which the liquid is supplied from the water supply pipe 14 as the liquid supply means, and the non-miniaturized liquid adhering to the inner wall of this path is rotated downward. Since the liquid guide means 21 for guiding the central portion 18a of the plate 16b is provided, the slight non-micronized liquid scattered from the upper rotary plate 16a and adhering to the inside of the cylindrical path 12 is rotated. Returning to FIG. 13, the rotating plate 16 b on the lower side can be almost completely miniaturized, so that all the supplied hot water can be efficiently miniaturized.

  The liquid guide means 21 includes a water storage means 22 provided on the inner wall of the cylindrical path 12, and a water passage 23 for guiding the liquid from three sides of the water storage means 22 to the central portion 18b of the lower rotating plate 16b. With this configuration, the non-micronized liquid blown off from the upper rotating plate 16 a and adhered to the inside of the cylindrical path 12 is stored in the water storage means 22, and the hot water stored there is passed through the water channel 23. By returning to the lower rotating plate 16b that rotates at a high speed, the hot water supplied from the water supply pipe 14 can be reliably collected and refined almost completely.

  The rotational speed of the plurality of rotary plates 16a and 16b is set to a rotational speed lower than 3000 rpm (rpm is a unit representing the rotational speed per minute), thereby making it possible to suppress noise caused by high-speed rotation. Play.

  If the hot water supplied from the water supply pipe 14 is configured to be supplied at a rate of 60 g / min or less, the supplied hot water is almost completely refined by the upper rotating plate 16a and the lower rotating plate 16b at a rotational speed of 3000 rpm. It is possible to do this.

  Since the movable louver 11 is provided at the exhaust port 5, when the sauna operation is interrupted or stopped, the movable louver 11 can be moved to close the exhaust port 5 so that the exhaust port 5 is not miniaturized. Even when the liquid remains in the water storage means 22, the non-micronized liquid is not discharged into the sauna chamber 1, and the air heated by the heat exchanger 7 is left inside the liquid micronizer 3. There is an effect that it is dried by heat.

  As described above, when the liquid refining device 3 is installed in the sauna chamber 1 and used as a sauna device, the supplied liquid can be almost completely refined, and the remaining non-micronized liquid is specially selected. Even if it is not discharged, the amount of water that can be naturally dried by the heat remaining in the liquid micronization means 9 is sufficient, so that piping work for treating the hot water that could not be micronized as wastewater becomes unnecessary. There is an effect that the construction work of the sauna device is simplified.

  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 Heat exchanger 8 Fan motor 9 Liquid refinement means 11 Louver 12 Cylindrical path 13 Rotating means 14 Water supply pipe 15 Rotating shaft 16a Rotating plate 16b Rotating plate 17 Motor 18 Center part 19 Annular Rib 20 Connecting rib 21 Liquid guide means 22 Water storage means 23 Water channel

Claims (7)

A main body case having a suction port and an exhaust port, a heating unit and a blower unit provided in an air passage connecting the suction port and the exhaust port in the main body case, and a liquid fine unit provided between the blower unit and the exhaust port The liquid refinement means includes a rotation means and a liquid supply means for supplying a liquid to the rotation means. The rotation means has a rotation axis and a predetermined axial direction of the rotation axis. A plurality of rotating plates fixed at intervals, each of the plurality of rotating plates having a hole through which air or liquid passes, wherein the rotating plate to which liquid is supplied from the liquid supply means, A central portion for supplying liquid to the upper surface thereof, an annular rib provided concentrically 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 integrated. configured liquid body miniaturized device. From the liquid supply means to the outer periphery of the rotary plate which the liquid is supplied is provided a cylindrical path, wherein the liquid in the path, to claim 1 provided with the liquid guide means for guiding to the center portion of the lower rotating plate Liquid refinement equipment. 3. The liquid refinement apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the liquid guide means includes water storage means provided on an inner wall of the cylindrical path, and a water channel that guides the liquid from the water storage means to the center of the rotating plate below. The liquid refining apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of rotating plates are configured to rotate at a rotational speed lower than 3000 rpm. The liquid refinement apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the liquid supply means is configured to supply the liquid at 60 g / min or less. The liquid refinement apparatus according to claim 5 , 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 6 in the sauna room.

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