JP5819662B2 - Volatilizer cartridge - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a volatilizer cartridge used in a volatilizer that heats and volatilizes a volatilizer.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an electric volatilizer that heats and volatilizes a volatile agent by a heating unit that generates heat when energized is known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a liquid medicine, an absorption core that absorbs the medicine, a cartridge having a liquid container that contains the medicine and holds the absorption core, a heating element that heats the absorption core, and a support that supports the cartridge. A heating evaporator having a container having a portion is disclosed. In this heating evaporator, when the absorption core is heated by the energized heating element, the medicine impregnated in the absorption core evaporates.

  Patent Document 2 is attached to a perfume oil, a glass fiber that absorbs the perfume oil, a cartridge that contains the perfume oil and holds the glass fiber, a incense holder that supports the cartridge, and an upper part of the incense holder. A perfume oil evaporator having an upper lid, a fume tube fixed to the upper lid and having a glass fiber disposed inside thereof and having an outer shape resembling an incense stick, and a coil portion for heating the upper end of the glass fiber is disclosed. ing. In this perfume oil evaporator, when the upper end of the glass fiber is heated by the energized coil portion, the perfume oil impregnated in the glass fiber evaporates and is volatilized from the opening at the upper end of the fume tube and is visually recognized as smoke.

JP 08-000148 A Japanese Patent No. 3666855

  In the above evaporator, there is a demand for a cartridge that has an external appearance imitating an incense stick and that can be easily replaced.

  In this regard, the heating vaporizer cartridge described in Patent Document 1 has an absorption core protruding from a liquid container containing a liquid medicine, and its shape is completely different from the incense stick. Furthermore, since the liquid container has a size that accommodates the liquid medicine and the absorption core, it is not easy to replace the cartridge.

  Moreover, since the perfume oil evaporator of the said patent document 2 is made into a pseudo incense stick, although the external shape of a fume pipe is resembling an incense stick, replacement | exchange of a cartridge is easy, such as the glass fiber in a cartridge being arrange | positioned in a fume pipe | tube. There wasn't.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a volatilizing agent cartridge used for a volatilizer that can be easily replaced while having an external shape similar to that of an incense stick.

  As means for solving the above problems, the present invention comprises a volatilizing agent cartridge having a volatilizing agent that volatilizes when heated, a support unit that supports the volatilizing agent cartridge, and a heating unit that heats the volatilizing agent. A volatilizer cartridge for use in a volatilizer including the core body, the core material impregnated with the volatilizer, and a core material holder that holds the core material, the core material holder is A core material holding portion for holding the core material, and a main body portion extending in a specific direction from the core material holding portion, and an end portion of the main body portion opposite to the side on which the core material holding portion is provided. Constitutes a supported part supported by the supporting part. A volatilizing agent cartridge is provided.

  According to the volatile agent cartridge of the present invention, the core material holding body has a main body portion extending in a specific direction from the core material holding portion that holds the core material, so that the outer shape of the volatile material cartridge can be made to resemble an incense stick. it can. Further, since the main body portion can be gripped and the supported portion can be attached to and detached from the support portion of the container, the volatilizing agent cartridge can be easily replaced. Further, the core material holder is supported by the support portion at the end opposite to the side on which the core material holding portion for holding the core material impregnated with the volatile agent that volatilizes when heated. Since the support portion is configured, when the volatile agent cartridge is attached to the support portion of the container, an operation of actually raising the incense stick can be embodied. In addition, the core material is a part of the volatilizer cartridge, and the shape other than the core material in the volatilizer cartridge is determined by the core material holder, so the length of the core material and the amount of the volatilizer impregnated are adjusted. As a result, the use time of the volatilizer cartridge can be adjusted so as to be comparable to that of the incense stick, for example.

  Further, in the volatile agent cartridge, it is preferable that the main body portion has a shape extending so as to include a center line of the core material.

  If it does in this way, since a volatilizer cartridge exhibits linear form as a whole, it can be set as the shape resembling an incense stick further.

  Further, in the present invention, the core material is formed of a fiber bundle, and the fiber direction thereof is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the main body portion, and is held by the core material holding portion so that the end portion of the core material is exposed. It is preferable.

  In this way, since the volatile agent is retained in the fine air layer between the fibers, the amount of the volatile agent impregnated in the core material can be increased and the retention of the volatile agent by the core material can be improved. Can do. Moreover, since the edge part of the core material is exposed when the core material is heated, it is possible to easily generate smoke by evaporating the volatile agent from the core material.

  Further, in the present invention, the core material holding portion includes a core material placement portion on which one end of the core material is placed, and the core so as to be disposed around the core material from the core material placement portion. It is preferable to have a wall portion extending toward the other end of the material and a plurality of protrusions provided intermittently in the circumferential direction of the inner surface so as to contact the core material from the inner surface of the wall portion.

  In this way, the contact between the outer peripheral surface of the core member and the inner peripheral surface of the wall portion becomes a point contact through the protrusion, and a gap is formed between the outer peripheral surface of the core member and the inner peripheral surface of the wall portion. Therefore, when air enters the core material placement portion side through this gap, the volatilizer in the core material can be promoted to move to the other end of the core material.

  More specifically, the wall portion stands upright from the core material placement portion toward the other end of the core material, and surrounds the entire circumference of the end portion of the core material on the core material placement portion side. And a plurality of flexures that extend toward the other end of the core material and are flexibly displaced toward the core material side so as to be disposed intermittently surrounding the core material from the cylindrical portion. It is preferable that the protrusion is provided so as to come into contact with the core member from the inner surface of each of the plurality of bending pieces.

  In this way, the entire periphery of the end on the core material placement portion side of the core material is surrounded by the cylindrical portion, so that the core material can be stably held. In addition, leakage of the volatilizing agent that has exuded from the core material from the core material holding portion can be prevented. Furthermore, since the protrusion is provided on the bent piece, the pressure contact of the protrusion with the core material can be facilitated.

  Further, in the present invention, the core material holding portion is a core material placement portion on which one end of the core material is placed, and is upright from the core material placement portion toward the other end of the core material, It is preferable to have a cylindrical portion that surrounds the entire circumference of the end portion on the core material placement portion side of the core material.

  In this way, the entire periphery of the end on the core material placement portion side of the core material is surrounded by the cylindrical portion, so that the core material can be stably held. In addition, leakage of the volatilizing agent that has exuded from the core material from the core material holding portion can be prevented.

  Moreover, in this invention, it is preferable to have further the clamping member attached to the said core material holding | maintenance part so that the said protrusion may maintain the state which press-contacts to the said core material.

  In this way, since the pressure contact state of the protrusions to the core material is ensured, the core material holding portion can stably hold the core material.

  Moreover, this invention is a volatilizer, Comprising: It has the core material impregnated with the volatilizing agent, and the core material holding body holding this core material, The said core material holding body hold | maintains the said core material. A volatilizing agent cartridge having a core material holding part and a main body part extending in a specific direction from the core material holding part, and the core material holding body of the volatilizing agent cartridge is directed in the vertical direction, and the core material at the upper end thereof A support part for supporting the volatilizer cartridge by holding a supported part at an end opposite to the side where the core material holding part is provided in the main body part in a posture where the holding part is positioned, and the support part The volatilizer is provided with a container having a heating part for heating the volatilizer of the volatilizer cartridge supported by the apparatus.

  According to the volatilizer of the present invention, since the core material holder has a main body portion extending in the vertical direction from the core material holding portion that holds the core material, the outer shape of the volatilizer cartridge can be made to resemble an incense stick. . Further, since the main body portion can be gripped and the supported portion can be attached to and detached from the support portion of the container, the volatilizing agent cartridge can be easily replaced. Furthermore, by adjusting the length of the core material and the amount of impregnation of the volatilizing agent, the usage time of the volatilizing agent cartridge can be adjusted to be the same as that of the incense stick. In addition, the core material holding body is provided with a core material holding part for holding a core material impregnated with a volatilizing agent that volatilizes when heated at the upper end, and the lower end of the core material holding body is supported by the support part. Since the support portion is provided, when the volatile agent cartridge is attached to the support portion of the container, an operation of actually raising an incense stick can be realized.

  Moreover, in this invention, it is preferable that the said support part has a cylindrical part which encloses the hole open | released upwards and the said supported part of the said main-body part can be inserted from the inside.

  In this way, when the volatilizer cartridge is attached to the support part, the supported part is inserted so as to stand up from the hole of the support part, so that it is easy to embody the operation of raising the incense stick. Become.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a volatilizing agent cartridge used for a volatilizer whose external shape is similar to that of an incense stick and whose exchange is easy.

It is a perspective view of the volatilizer of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the state which the heating part holding body of the volatilizer shown in FIG. 1 is located in a separation position. It is an expanded sectional view of the upper part of a volatilizer cartridge, and a heating part. It is the cross-sectional perspective view which expanded the upper part of the core material holding body, and the clamping member. It is a sectional view of the volatilizer shown in FIG. It is a perspective view of the expanded sectional view shown in FIG. It is a perspective view in the state where a cap was attached to a volatilizer cartridge. It is a perspective view of the volatilizer of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the volatilizer of 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is an exploded view of the volatilizer shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
As shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, the volatilizer 1 in this embodiment has the volatilizer cartridge 10 as a volatilizer holder, and the container 50, and volatilizes the volatilizer of the volatilizer cartridge 10. FIG. To generate smoke. FIG. 1 shows a use state of the volatilizer 1 in this embodiment. In this state, a pilot lamp 94 which will be described later is lit, and smoke (not shown) rises from above the volatilizer cartridge 10. FIG. 2 shows the volatilizer 1 in a state when the volatilizer cartridge 10 is replaced. The volatilizer cartridge 10 can be easily replaced by moving the heating unit holder 70 described later upward. In the present embodiment, the longitudinal direction of the volatilizing agent cartridge 10 is the vertical direction, the longitudinal direction of the heating unit holder 70 is the left-right direction, and the short direction of the heating unit holder 70 (the vertical direction and the left-right direction are orthogonal to each other). Direction) is the front-rear direction.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the volatile agent cartridge 10 includes a core material 20 impregnated with a volatile agent (not shown), a core material holder 30 that holds the core material 20, and a clamp attached to the core material holder 30. Member 41.

  The core material 20 consists of a fiber bundle of glass fibers, and is impregnated with a volatilizing agent. Specifically, the volatilizing agent is held in a fine air layer formed between the fibers of the fiber bundle of the core material 20. Examples of the volatilizer include fragrances, deodorants, insecticides, acaricides, bactericides, and repellents. In this embodiment, fragrances are used. This volatilizing agent evaporates and volatilizes by being heated by the heating unit 80 described later, and is visually recognized as smoke rising from the core material 20. At the same time, the aromatic component contained in the volatilizing agent is volatilized.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the core material holding body 30 includes a core material holding portion 31 that holds the core material 20 (not shown in the figure), and a main body portion 32 that extends below the core material holding portion 31. Have.

  The core material holding portion 31 includes a core material placement portion 33 for placing the lower end of the core material 20, and a wall portion 34 extending upward from the core material placement portion 33 so as to be disposed around the core material 20. And a protrusion 37 provided so as to protrude inwardly on the upper portion of the wall portion 34, the fiber direction of the core member 20 is directed in the vertical direction, and the upper end portion of the core member 20 is exposed. The core material 20 is held in the state of being made to be.

  The wall 34 rises upward from the peripheral edge of the core material mounting portion 33, and surrounds the entire periphery of the lower portion of the core material 20, and the periphery of the core material 20 from the cylindrical portion 35. A plurality of flexure pieces 36 extending upward are provided so as to be intermittently surrounded in the circumferential direction. A plurality of protrusions 37 are provided so as to protrude inward from the respective upper portions of these bending pieces 36 toward the core member 20. Moreover, the upper end of each bending piece 36 is an abutting portion 38 that abuts a positioning portion 85 described later.

  The cylindrical portion 35 holds the core material 20 so that the fiber bundle is not scattered by surrounding the lower portion of the core material 20. Each bending piece 36 presses each projection 37 against the core member 20 by its own flexibility or by being sandwiched between clamping members 41 described later. The protrusion 37 has a contact point between the wall 34 and the core member 20 as a point contact, and a gap 40 connected to the space outside the wall 34 between the inner peripheral surface of the wall 34 and the outer peripheral surface of the core member 20. Is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the main body portion 32 has a columnar shape that is long in the vertical direction, and is provided so as to extend downward from the core material holding portion 31 so as to include the center line of the core material 20. A supported portion 39 supported by the support portion 61 is provided. The main body 32 has a shape resembling an incense stick, with the volatile agent cartridge 10 extending in the vertical direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the holding member 41 has a cylindrical shape, and is inserted from below the main body portion 32 and attached to the core material holding portion 31 so as to surround the core material holding portion 31 from the outside. The bending piece 36 is clamped so as to be pressed against the core 20 side. The clamping member 41 is designed so that the inner diameter of the upper end thereof is smaller than the outer diameter of the circle defined by each of the bending pieces 36 in the mounting state where the bottom portion is located at the boundary between the core material holding portion 31 and the main body portion 32. Has been. Therefore, when the clamping member 41 is attached to the core material holding portion 31, the upper end of the clamping member 41 presses the projection 37 against the core material 20 via the bending piece 36, and the core material holding portion 31 is in contact with the core material 20. Is stably held.

  The main body 32 and the clamping member 41 have a shape in which a lower space 67 described later is formed around the volatile agent cartridge 10 supported by the support 61.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the cap 42 is attached to the clamping member 41 so as to cover the core member 20 from above, and suppresses the volatilization of the volatilizing agent. In addition, when using the volatilizer cartridge 10, since this cap 42 is removed, the cap 42 is not illustrated in the volatilizer cartridge 10 shown in FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the container body 50 includes a container body 60, a heating unit holder 70 that is movably attached to the container body 60, and a heating unit 80 that is held by the heating unit holder 70. A substrate 92 disposed in the body main body 60, a switch 93 mounted on the substrate 92, a pilot lamp 94 also mounted on the substrate 92, and a power supply unit 95 for energizing the heating element 81, have.

  The container body 60 includes a container lower part 63 having a support part 61, a first connecting part 65, and a second connecting part 66.

  The support part 61 has a cylindrical part surrounding a hole 62 penetrating in the vertical direction. The hole 62 opens upward, and has a diameter that allows the supported portion 39 of the main body portion 32 of the volatile agent cartridge 10 to be inserted from above. The support part 61 supports the volatilizer cartridge 10 while holding the inserted supported part 39.

  The container lower part 63 is located in the lower part of the container main body 60, has a support part 61 in the upper part, and accommodates the board | substrate 92 etc. in the space provided in the inside. In addition, the container lower part 63 has a back cover 64 that closes an opening formed at the bottom of the container lower part 63. The back cover 64 is opened and closed when the battery of the power supply unit 95 is attached or detached.

  The first connecting part 65 connects the left end of the lower part 63 and the left end of the heating part holding body 70 to support the heating part holding body 70 above the lower part 63. It has a shape that spreads outward (left side) as it goes upward from the connecting portion, and curves so as to narrow again inward (right side) at the connecting portion with the heating unit holder 70. Since the 2nd connection part 66 is a shape symmetrical with the 1st connection part 65, it abbreviate | omits description. That is, the first connecting part 65 and the second connecting part 66 connect the container lower part 63 and the heating part holding body 70 so as to support the heating part holding body 70 above the container lower part 63, and the core material. 20, that is, a lower space 67 that is a substantially cylindrical open space opened in the front-rear direction (opened on the side) is formed around the sandwiching member 41 and the main body 32. Is. In this way, the lower space 67 can be easily formed simply by specifying the shapes of the first connecting portion 65 and the second connecting portion 66. The lower space 67 is connected to the upper space 91 via a surrounding space 90 around the core member 20 described later.

  The heating unit holder 70 holds a heating unit 80 described later, and the left end thereof is connected to the upper end of the first connecting unit 65 by an axis extending in the front-rear direction. With this axis as the center, the right end of the heating unit holding body 70 has a locking position (the position shown in FIG. 1) locked with the upper end of the second connecting portion 66 and an open position (the position shown in FIG. 2) where it is not locked. It is possible to move between. A through hole penetrating in the vertical direction is provided vertically above the support 61 in the heating unit holder 70, and the volatilizer cartridge 10 is formed on the inner peripheral surface 71 surrounding the through hole so as to form the through hole. A heating unit holding unit 72 that holds a heating unit 80 that heats the volatilizing agent is provided.

  The heating unit 80 includes a heating element 81 as a heating element in which a conductive wire is wound in a coil shape, a base member 82 that holds the heating element 81, and a hold member 86 that is placed on the base member 82. The base member 82 and the hold member 86 constitute a heating element holding part as a heating element holding part that holds the heating element 81.

  The heating element 81 is formed by winding a part of a conducting wire (not shown) connected to the substrate 92 into a coil shape, and generates heat when energized to heat the volatile agent. In this embodiment, nichrome wire is used as the conducting wire.

  The base member 82 engages and holds linear portions at both ends of the heating element 81 in notches 83 provided at both ends in the left-right direction. Further, the base member 82 has a base member inner peripheral surface 84a surrounding the center member so as to form a base member opening 84 penetrating in the vertical direction, and the heating element 81 faces the base member opening 84. Is mounted on the base member 82. The base member 82 is provided with a positioning portion 85 so as to protrude from the base member inner peripheral surface 84a into the base member opening 84.

  The positioning portion 85 is provided on a surface of the base member 82 that is one step lower than the surface on which the notch 83 is formed, and comes into contact with the contact portion 38 at the upper end of the flexure piece 36, so that the front and rear of the volatilizer cartridge 10. And the position of the left-right direction and the relative position of the core material 20 and the heat generating body 81 are determined. The positioning portion 85 is also a portion that presses the contact portion 38 downward when the heating portion holding body 70 is positioned at the locking position.

  Here, the vertical dimension between the lower surface of the heating element 81 and the positioning portion 85 is less than or equal to the vertical dimension between the upper end of the core member 20 and the contact portion 38 in the volatile agent cartridge 10. Designed. The design is such that when the heating part holder 70 is in the locking position with the volatilizer cartridge 10 supported by the support part 61, the heating element 81 held by the heating part holder 70 is cored. This is because the upper end of the material 20 is brought into contact.

  Furthermore, since the core member 20 is formed of a fiber bundle and is held so that the fiber direction thereof is directed in the vertical direction, in the state where the heating unit holder 70 is in the locking position, a part of the heating element 81 is At the upper end of 20, the fiber comes into contact with the gap between the fibers.

  As described above, when the heating unit holder 70 is in the locking position, the heating element 81 and the core member 20 are in contact with each other, and when the heating unit holder 70 is in the open position, The heating element 81 and the core member 20 are spaced apart from each other.

  The hold member 86 is placed above the base member 82 and sandwiches the heating element 81 together with the base member 82. Similarly to the base member 82, the hold member 86 also has a hold member inner circumferential surface 87 a that surrounds the center of the hold member 86 so as to form a hold member opening 87 penetrating in the vertical direction. In addition, at both ends in the left and right direction of the hold member 86, the heating element 81 is arranged so that when the heating element 81 is pushed upward from below by the core member 20, the intermediate portion of the heating element 81 is easily displaced. Concave portions 88 that allow upward displacement of both end portions are provided. In addition, the shape of the holding member 86 having the recess 88 and the shape of the through hole of the heating unit holder 70 are similar to each other. The hold member 86 is provided with a plurality of inward ribs 89 for preventing a finger or the like from entering the hold member opening 87. Above the hold member 86, an upper space 91 is secured in which the volatilizing agent that has evaporated to become smoke rises.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the base member 82 and the hold member 86, which are heating element holding portions (heating body holding portions), have a base member inner peripheral surface 84a that opens the base member opening 84 and the hold member opening 87 only in the vertical direction. The inner peripheral surface 87a has a hollow shape, and the inner peripheral surfaces 84a and 87a define a surrounding space 90 inside thereof. The heating element holding part (heating element holding part) holds a heating element 81 as a heating element above the core member 20 in the peripheral space 90 inside the inner peripheral surfaces 84a and 87a. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, when the surrounding space 90 is viewed from above, the heating element 81 prevents at least a part of the upper end surface of the core member 20 so as not to hinder the smooth rise of the evaporated volatile agent. Is shaped to be exposed upward. The lower space 67 is connected to the upper space 91 via the surrounding space 90 that is open only in the vertical direction. The heating element 81 is held between the base member 82 and the holding member 86, that is, in the surrounding space 90, and the high temperature portion is not exposed to the lower space 67 and the upper space 91, so There is no risk of burns when touching the heating element 81.

  The board 92 is housed in the lower part 63 of the vessel, and has a switch 93 that is pressed at the lower end of the main body 32, a pilot lamp 94, and a conductor (not shown) connected to the coiled heating element 81. .

  The switch 93 is pressed to start energization of the heating element 81. The switch 93 is pressed at the lower end of the main body 32 when the heating unit holder 70 is positioned at the locking position and the contact unit 38 is pressed by the positioning unit 85. Since the switch 93 has an urging force that urges the lower end of the main body portion 32 upward, the contact portion 38 is moved to the positioning portion 85 in a state where the heating portion holder 70 is located at the locking position. Can be brought into contact with each other so as to have a predetermined contact pressure. In addition, since the switch 93 has an overstroke, it is possible to absorb variations in the amount of pressing due to a molding error in the vertical direction of the core material holder 30. The switch 93 is not limited to being pressed at the lower end of the main body portion 32, and may be configured to be operated by an operation portion provided so as to protrude from the side surface of the main body 60.

  The pilot lamp 94 is turned on while the heating element 81 is energized, and is mounted on the substrate 92 so as to be exposed from a hole provided in front of the lower body 63. In the present embodiment, since the substrate 92 is provided with a program that is turned off in 10 minutes after the energization of the heating element 81 is started, the pilot lamp 94 is turned off after 10 minutes.

  The power supply unit 95 applies a voltage for causing a current to flow through the heating element 81 when the switch 93 is turned on, and includes a battery as a supply source of the voltage. The lower surface of the power supply unit 95 has an exposed shape for battery replacement, and the exposed surface is covered with a back cover 64 of the lower part 63 of the body.

  Next, how to attach the volatilizer cartridge 10 to the container 50 or how to use the volatilizer 1 will be described.

  First, the right end of the heating unit holding body 70 is lifted upward to position the heating unit holding body 70 in an open position (a position where the heating element 81 and the core member 20 are separated). Then, the supported portion 39 of the main body portion 32 of the volatile agent cartridge 10 is inserted into the hole 62 of the support portion 61. At this time, the main body 32 has a shape that is long in the vertical direction, and the lower portion of the main body 32 is raised on the support 61, so that it is possible to embody the action of actually raising an incense stick. At this time, since the lower end of the main body portion 32 is only in contact with the switch 93 and the switch 93 is not depressed, energization of the heating element 81 has not yet started.

  Next, the heating unit holder 70 is returned to the locking position (the contact position between the heating element 81 and the core member 20). By doing so, the positioning portion 85 of the base member 82 comes into contact with the contact portion 38 of the core material holding portion 31 to position the core material holding body 30 in the front-rear and left-right directions, and to the upper side of the switch 93. The abutting portion 38 is pushed downward against the urging force. As a result, the switch 93 is turned on, energization of the heating element 81 is started, and the pilot lamp 94 is lit. In this state, the core member 20 is in contact with the heating element 81 from below, and a part of the heating element 81 is in contact with the fibers while being positioned between the fibers of the core member 20. The energized heating element 81 generates heat and transfers heat to the fibers above the core member 20 in contact with the heating element 81. As a result, the upper part of the core material 20 becomes high temperature, and the volatilizing agent evaporates mainly from the high temperature contact portion to generate smoke. At the same time, the aroma component contained in the volatilizing agent is also volatilized.

  The generated smoke rises from the surrounding space 90 where the core member 20 is located toward the upper space 91 above it. Then, when 10 minutes have elapsed from the start of energization, the energization to the heating element 81 is stopped, and the evaporation of the volatile agent is completed.

  As described above, according to the volatilizer 1 of the present embodiment, the volatilizing agent cartridge 10 has the main body portion 32 having an outer shape extending long in the vertical direction, and thus can be shaped like an incense stick. . In addition, since the supported portion 39 can be attached to and detached from the support portion 61 of the container 50 by grasping the main body portion 32, the volatilizing agent cartridge 10 can be easily replaced. Further, the volatile agent cartridge 10 has a core material 20 containing a volatile agent that is visually recognized as smoke when evaporated on the upper end side in a state of being supported by the container body 50, and has a supported portion 39 on the lower end side. In addition, when the volatilizer cartridge 10 is attached to the container 50, the support portion 61 supports the supported portion 39 below the main body portion 32 extending in the vertical direction, so that the incense stick is actually raised. Such an operation can be embodied. In addition, since the core material 20 is a part of the volatilizer cartridge 10 and the shape other than the core material 20 in the volatilizer cartridge 10 is determined by the core material holder 30, the length of the core material 20 and the volatilizer It is possible to adjust the usage time of the volatilizer cartridge 10 to be approximately the same as that of the incense stick, for example, only by adjusting the amount of impregnation. Moreover, since the core material 20 consists of a fiber bundle, a volatile agent is hold | maintained in the fine air layer between fibers, and while the amount of the volatile agents impregnated into the core material 20 can be increased, the volatile agent by the core material 20 of Holding power can be improved. And since the core material holding | maintenance part 31 has the cylindrical part 35, the volatile agent cartridge 10 can hold | maintain the core material 20 stably, and the volatile agent contained in the core material 20 is a core. Even if the material 20 oozes out, the volatilizing agent can be held so as not to leak from the core material holding part 31. Further, since a gap 40 is secured between the inner peripheral surface of the wall portion 34 and the outer peripheral surface of the core member 20 in the core member holding portion 31, air passes through the gap 40 below the core member 20, that is, By flowing into the cylindrical portion 35 side, it is possible to promote the rise of the volatilizing agent in the core material 20.

  Here, when the heating element 81 is energized and the heating element 81 generates heat, the air existing in the surrounding space 90 around the heating element 81 and the core member 20 is heated and rises toward the upper space 91. Since the surrounding space 90 is a space that is surrounded by the base member 82 and the holding member 86 and is opened only in the vertical direction, air is supplied to the surrounding space 90 from the lower space 67 below the surrounding space 90. . That is, air is supplied from the lower space 67 to the surrounding space 90 around the heating element 81 and the core member 20, and the air is heated by the heating element 81 and travels toward the upper space 91. As described above, when the heating element 81 is energized, an upward air flow from the lower space 67 to the upper space 91 through the surrounding space 90 is generated. Therefore, the evaporated volatile agent does not diffuse in the vicinity of the heating element 81, and can be visually recognized as smoke that rises thinly and straight like an incense stick at least immediately above the core material 20.

  More specifically, the surrounding space 90 surrounded by the base member 82 and the holding member 86 has a smaller cross-sectional area in the horizontal direction than the lower space 67 and the upper space 91, so that the rising air current in the surrounding space 90 is Is larger than the flow velocity of the updraft in the lower space 67 and the flow velocity of the updraft in the upper space 91, so that the evaporated volatilizing agent is not diffused in the vicinity of the heating element 81 and at least in the portion directly above the core material 20. The smoke in the thin state at the time of generation can be led to the upper space 91.

  And since the volatilizer cartridge 10 supported by the support part 61 is made into the shape in which the surrounding space 90 is formed between the container bodies 50, it passes from the lower space 67 through the surrounding space 90 to the upper space 91 reliably. Ascending airflow toward the can be generated.

  Further, the heating element 81 in the heating unit 80 has a coil shape and is held by the base member 82 so that the longitudinal direction thereof is the left-right direction, so that an intermediate portion thereof can be deflected and displaced in the vertical direction. Yes. Furthermore, since the heating part 80 can fix the position of the core material holding part 30 in the volatile agent cartridge 10 with respect to the heating part 80 by the positioning part 85, the shape of the surrounding space 90 can be made constant.

  And in this embodiment, the contact location with the heat generating body 81 in the core material 20 is made into high temperature by making the core material 20 and the heat generating body 81 contact, and volatilization agent is mainly evaporated from the contact location used as this high temperature. By making it, compared with the case where a volatile agent is evaporated from the whole upper end of the core material 20, it can raise thin smoke. Furthermore, since the core member 20 is made of a fiber bundle and a part of the heating element 81 is in contact with the fiber while entering the gap between the fibers at the upper end of the core member 20, the contact area between the heating element 81 and the fiber is sufficiently large. The amount of evaporation of the volatilizer can be increased, and smoke can be clearly seen. And since the core material 20 is contacting with the heat generating body 81 from right under, the generated smoke can be raised smoothly, without being disturbed by the fiber itself. In addition, since the heating element 81 and the upper end of the core member 20 are in contact with each other, the upper end of the core member 20 is heated to evaporate the volatilizing agent from the upper end of the core member 20. As described above, since the gap 40 is secured between the inner peripheral surface of the wall portion 34 and the outer peripheral surface of the core member 20, air enters the lower portion of the core member 20 through the gap 40, thereby The movement of the volatilizing agent to the upper end of the core material 20 is promoted, and the volatilizing agent can be efficiently supplied to the upper end of the core material 20. Further, the relative position between the core member 20 and the heating element 81 is determined by the contact between the positioning portion 85 and the contact portion 38, but the intermediate portion of the heating element 81 can be deflected upward and displaced. It is possible to absorb a dimensional error in the amount of protrusion of the core material 20 from the core material holding portion 31 when the material 20 contacts the heat generator 81 from below the heat generator 81. In addition, since the heat generating body 81 is positioned so as to be in contact with the core member 20, the surrounding space 90 can be secured widely, and the ascending air current can be made smooth.

  Moreover, according to the volatilizer 1 of the present embodiment, a plurality of volatilizer cartridges 10 having volatilizers of different fragrance components are prepared, and they are replaced to change according to the user's preference, use place, environment, and the like. A volatilizing agent having an aromatic component can be volatilized. Furthermore, since it does not have the container which accommodates a liquid volatilizer like the past, there is no possibility of the liquid leakage by the fall of the volatilizer 1, etc.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 8 shows the configuration of the volatilizer 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment, only the parts different from the first embodiment will be described, and the description of the same configuration, operation, and effect as in the first embodiment will be omitted.

  The difference of the volatilizer 1 of the second embodiment from the volatilizer 1 of the first embodiment is the shape of the lower space 67 due to the omission of the second connecting portion 66 of the main body 60.

  Also in the present embodiment, since an air flow path that leads from the lower space 67 to the upper space 91 through the surrounding space 90 around the core member 20 is secured, the same operations and effects as in the first embodiment can be achieved. Can do.

(Third embodiment)
9 and 10 show the configuration of the volatilizer 1 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In the third embodiment, only the parts different from the first embodiment will be described, and the description of the same configuration, operation, and effect as in the first embodiment will be omitted.

  The volatilizer 1 of the third embodiment is different from the volatilizer 1 of the first embodiment in the configuration of the vessel 50. That is, the 1st connection part 65 and the 2nd connection part 66 of the volatilizer 1 in 1st Embodiment are abbreviate | omitted, and the heating part holding body 70 itself becomes a structure which can be attached or detached with respect to the container lower part 63. FIG.

  The heating unit holder 70 includes a heating unit holding unit 72 that holds the heating unit 80 in a vertically upper portion of the support unit 61, and a cylindrical unit 73 that gradually increases in diameter from the upper end to the lower end. . A plurality of openings 74 are provided on the side surface of the cylindrical portion 73 so that the inside and outside of the heating portion holding body 70 are communicated. The lower end portion of the heating part holder 70 has substantially the same shape as the upper end part of the container lower part 63, and the heating part holder 70 is supported by the support part 61 of the container lower part 63. Is connected to the lower part 63 of the vessel so as to cover. In the state where the heating unit holder 70 is connected to the lower part 63 of the volatilizer, the side of the sandwiching member 41 and the main body 32 of the volatile agent cartridge 10 is communicated with the outside of the heating unit holder 70. Is opened, and a space connected to the upper space 91 through the surrounding space 90 around the core member 20, that is, a lower space 67 is formed.

  Therefore, also in the present embodiment, since an air flow passage that leads from the lower space 67 to the upper space 91 through the surrounding space 90 around the core member 20 is secured, the same operations and effects as the first embodiment are achieved. Can play.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown not by the above description of the embodiments but by the scope of claims for patent, and further includes all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the scope of claims for patent.

  For example, although the example which used what consists of a fiber bundle of glass fiber as the core material 20 was shown in the said embodiment, the fiber used for the core material 20 is not restricted to glass fiber. Further, the core material 20 is not limited to one made of fiber such as glass fiber, but may be a porous medium or the like. Furthermore, the core material 20 containing fibers may be made of a cotton-like material whose fiber direction is not specified, or a member other than the fiber and a fiber bundle provided at the upper end of the member.

  Moreover, although the core material 20, the core material holding | maintenance part 31, and the main-body part 32 were shown about the example which is each column shape in the said embodiment, these may be prismatic shape instead of column shape. Furthermore, the core material may be spherical or elliptical.

  In the above-described embodiment, the core member holding portion 31 has been described with respect to the core portion placement portion 33, the wall portion 34 having the tubular portion 35 and the bending piece 36, and the protrusion 37. May be omitted, and a plurality of bending pieces 36 may be erected directly from the core material placement portion 33. Alternatively, the bending piece 36 and the protrusion 37 may be omitted, and the core material placement portion 33 and the cylindrical portion 35 may be included. Alternatively, as the core material holding portion 31, a core material placement portion 33, a cylindrical body standing upright from the core material placement portion 33 so as to surround the entire circumference of the core material 20, and an inner surface of the cylinder body It may have a protrusion that protrudes intermittently in the circumferential direction so as to contact the core member 20. Further, in these cases, the position where the protrusion is provided may be a position where the gap 40 can be secured between the inner peripheral surface of the wall 34 or the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body and the outer peripheral surface of the core member 20. The upper part of the bending piece 36 and the upper part of the cylinder are not limited.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, the external shape of the main-body part 32 of the volatile agent cartridge 10 is made into the column shape long to an up-down direction, and the support part 61 is a hole which can insert the to-be-supported part 39 of the main-body part 32 which has a cylindrical external shape. Although the example which has 62 was shown, even if a support part has the column-shaped external shape extended upwards from the container lower part 63, and a to-be-supported part is a recessed part engaged with the column-shaped support part, Good. Alternatively, the core material holding body 30 may be omitted, and the core material 20 itself may be directly supported by the support portion 61 as a volatilizing agent cartridge extending in the vertical direction.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although shown about the example with which the cap 42 was mounted | worn with the volatile agent cartridge 10 of an unused state, if the volatilization of a volatile agent can be suppressed, the circumference | surroundings of the core material 20 will be sealed. The film etc. which coat | cover may be sufficient.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the example which provided the support part 61 in the container lower part 63 was shown, as a place which provides the support part 61, not only the container lower part 63 but a connection part or a heating part holding body. Moreover, the support part 61 does not necessarily need to support so that the volatile agent cartridge 10 may face an up-down direction.

  In the above embodiment, the heating element 81 in which a conductive wire is wound in a coil shape is used as the heating element. However, the heating element may be a semiconductor, a ceramic heater, or the like.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the example which makes the heat generating body 81 contact the core material 20 from upper direction, ie, the upper end surface of the core material 20, was shown from the side of the core material 20, ie, the side surface of the core material 20. The heating element 81 may be brought into contact.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the holding member 41 is inserted from below the main body portion 32 to hold each bending piece 36 is shown. However, the shape is not limited to such a shape as long as the bending piece 36 can be held. Alternatively, a band or the like wound around the wall 34 may be used.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the heating element 81 is held in the surrounding space 90 that is the inner region of the heating body holding portion has been described, but either the upper space 91 or the lower space 67 from the surrounding space 90 is shown. A configuration in which the heating element 81 is held so as to be somewhat exposed to the space may be employed.

  In the above embodiment, the rib 89 is provided on the hold member 86. However, the hold member may be omitted, and the rib may be provided directly on the inner peripheral surface of the heating unit holder 70.

  Moreover, in 1st Embodiment and 2nd Embodiment, although the heating part 80 showed about the example hold | maintained at the heating part holding body 70, the heating part holding body 70 was abbreviate | omitted and it was used as a heating body at the upper end of a connection part. The heating element 81 may be held.

  In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the support portion 61 is shown as an example in which the hole 62 is fixed to the upper portion of the lower body 63 so that the hole 62 faces in the vertical direction. For example, the support portion extends in the left-right direction. It may have an axis, and the hole 62 may be supported by the lower part 63 of the vessel so that the hole 62 can be rotated forward by a predetermined angle from vertically upward. In this case, the support part 39 is tilted forward, the supported part 39 of the volatile agent cartridge 10 is inserted into the hole 62, and the volatile agent cartridge 10 is attached to the container 50 by returning the hole 62 to be vertically upward. Is completed. In this case, the heating unit holder 70 and the heating unit 80 are provided with a slit through which the upper part of the volatile agent cartridge 10 can be passed, or the heating unit holder 70 is provided as described above. The heating element 81 needs to be held so as to be in contact with the core member 20, for example, by omitting and holding the heating element 81 at the upper end of the connecting portion. In this case, the heating element 81 comes into contact with the side surface of the core member 20.

  Moreover, in 1st Embodiment and 2nd Embodiment, although the heating part holding body 70 was shown about the example supported rotatably with respect to the container main body 60 by the axis | shaft extended in the front-back direction, the direction of the axis is front-back. The heating unit holding body 70 may be supported so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction with respect to the main body 60 in the up-down direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction. Or both are connected so that either one of the upper end of the 1st connection part 65 and the left end of the heating part holding body 70 may enter in the other end part, and the heating part holding body 70 is the container main body 60. May be slidably supported. Furthermore, in these 1st Embodiment and 2nd Embodiment, the thin part extended in the front-back direction is provided in a part of connection part, and the heating part 80 moves to an up-down direction by bending this thin part. It may be.

1 Volatilizer 10 Volatilizer cartridge (volatile agent holder)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 Core material 30 Core material holding body 31 Core material holding part 32 Main body part 33 Core material mounting part 34 Wall part 35 Cylindrical part 36 Deflection piece 37 Protrusion 38 Contact part 39 Supported part 40 Gap 41 Clamping member 42 Cap 50 Body 60 Body body 61 Support part 62 Hole 62a Support part inner peripheral surface 63 Container lower part 64 Back cover 65 First connection part 66 Second connection part 67 Lower space 70 Heating part holding body 71 Inner peripheral surface 72 Heating part holding part 73 Cylindrical part 74 Opening 80 Heating part 81 Heating element (heating element)
82 Base member (heating element holder, heating element holder)
83 Notch 84 Base member opening 84a Base member inner peripheral surface 85 Positioning portion 86 Hold member (heating element holding portion, heating body holding portion)
87 Hold member opening 87a Hold member inner peripheral surface 88 Recessed portion 89 Rib 90 Surrounding space 91 Upper space 92 Substrate 93 Switch 94 Pilot lamp 95 Power supply unit

Claims (9)

Volatile agent cartridge for use in a volatilizer comprising a volatilizer cartridge having a volatilizer that volatilizes when heated, a support unit that supports the volatilizer cartridge, and a heating unit that heats the volatilizer. Because
A core material impregnated with the volatilizing agent, and a core material holding body for holding the core material;
The core material holding body has a core material holding part for holding the core material, and a main body part extending in a specific direction from the core material holding part,
The main body portion has an outer diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the core material holding portion, and is formed in a cylindrical shape having a size larger than the size of the core material holding portion in the specific direction. A volatilizing agent cartridge, wherein an end of the main body portion opposite to the side on which the core material holding portion is provided constitutes a supported portion supported by the support portion.   The volatilizer cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the main body has a shape extending so as to include a center line of the core material.   The core material is formed of a fiber bundle, and the fiber direction is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the main body, and the core material is held by the core material holding portion so that the end of the core material is exposed. The volatilizer cartridge according to claim 1 or 2.   The core material holding portion is directed to a core material placement portion on which one end of the core material is placed, and from the core material placement portion to the other end of the core material so as to be disposed around the core material. 4. A wall portion extending in a vertical direction, and a plurality of protrusions provided intermittently in a circumferential direction of the inner surface so as to abut against the core member from an inner surface of the wall portion. A volatilizer cartridge according to claim 1. The wall portion stands upright from the core material placement portion toward the other end of the core material, and surrounds the entire circumference of the end portion of the core material on the core material placement portion side, and this A plurality of flexure pieces that extend toward the other end of the core material so as to be intermittently surrounded from the cylindrical portion and arranged to be bent toward the core material side, and
The volatilizer cartridge according to claim 4, wherein the protrusion is provided so as to come into contact with the core member from an inner surface of each of the plurality of bending pieces.   The core material holding unit is upright from the core material mounting unit on which one end of the core material is mounted, and from the core material mounting unit toward the other end of the core material, and the core in the core material The volatilizer cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a cylindrical portion surrounding the entire circumference of the end portion on the material mounting portion side.   6. The volatilizer cartridge according to claim 4, further comprising a clamping member attached to the core material holding portion so as to maintain a state in which the protrusion is in pressure contact with the core material. A volatilizer,
The volatilizer cartridge according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The volatile agent cartridge is supported by holding the supported portion of the main body portion in a posture in which the core material holding body of the volatile agent cartridge faces in the vertical direction and the core material holding portion is positioned at an upper end thereof. A volatilizer comprising: a supporting unit that includes a heating unit that heats the volatilizing agent of the volatilizing agent cartridge supported by the supporting unit.   The volatilizer according to claim 8, wherein the support portion surrounds a hole opened upward, and has a cylindrical portion into which the supported portion of the main body portion can be inserted from above.

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