JP6572818B2 - Fragrance equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The disclosure in this specification relates to a fragrance device capable of releasing a gas containing a fragrance component to the outside.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a fragrance device that houses a fragrance container containing a liquid fragrance inside a housing, supplies air to the gas volatilized from the liquid fragrance, and releases the fragrance to the outside of the device.

JP 2007-236400 A

  When exchanging the fragrance container in the apparatus of Patent Document 1, it is not easy to remove the fragrance container from the vinyl pipe connected to the air pump or the blender chamber. Improving the detachability of the fragrance container that is supposed to be replaced many times is an important technical issue for those who use the fragrance apparatus.

  In view of such a problem, an object of the disclosure in this specification is to provide an aroma device that improves the detachability of an aroma container.

  A plurality of aspects disclosed in this specification adopt different technical means to achieve each purpose. In addition, the reference numerals in the parentheses described in the claims and in this section are examples showing the correspondence with the specific means described in the embodiments described later as one aspect, and limit the technical scope. is not.

One of the disclosed fragrance devices is a fragrance device (100) that releases fragrance gas containing a fragrance component to the outside.
A housing (1);
A fragrance container (4) installed in a storage chamber (50) provided inside the housing and storing a medium containing a fragrance component;
A storage chamber (45) to which the volatile gas of the medium is sent;
An air supply unit (2) provided inside the housing for supplying air to the storage chamber and releasing volatile gas present in the storage chamber to the outside of the housing;
An open state in which the fragrance container is opened up to a position where the fragrance container can be taken out upward or obliquely upward, and the volatile gas of the medium can be blown out from a predetermined outlet (81a) while constituting a part of the housing and holding the aroma container A container support portion (5) that is rotatable about a predetermined rotation shaft portion (51a) over a closed state that is closed to a position,
A seal portion (44, 71, 72) that seals air leakage from a passage in which the air supply portion and the storage chamber communicate in the closed state and releases the sealed state in the open state.

  According to this fragrance device, the fragrance container can be taken out upward or obliquely upward by rotating the container support portion holding the fragrance container until it is opened. By moving the container support portion so as to be angularly displaced in this manner, it becomes possible to take out the fragrance container. Further, since the way of taking out is not in the lateral direction, the taking-out operation does not take place. Also, when attaching the fragrance container, it is only necessary to perform the reverse operation to the take-out operation, so that the fragrance container is inserted downward or obliquely downward toward the storage chamber, and the container support portion is rotated from the open state to the closed state. What is necessary is just to displace. In this way, complex operations and large operating ranges are not required for both removal and installation of the fragrance container. Moreover, a sealing part can be formed with completion of attachment by making a container support part into a closed state. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an aroma device that improves the detachability of the aroma container.

It is the schematic which showed the positional relationship of the fragrance apparatus installed in the vehicle, and the vehicle air conditioner. It is the top view which showed the positional relationship of a switch and a decorative panel. It is a figure which shows the positional relationship of the blower outlet of a fragrance device, and a shift lever. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the container module of the state installed in the storage chamber in a housing. It is sectional drawing which shows the connection structure of a container module and a container side connection part. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the state which rotated the support cover and removed the container module from the container side connection part. It is a top view which shows the state which rotated the support cover and removed the container module from the container side connection part. It is a figure which shows the container module taken out upwards from the storage chamber.

(First embodiment)
A first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The fragrance device 100 is a device that supplies fragrance gas to the surrounding space. The fragrance device 100 may be portable and can be installed in any place, or may be built in a member installed in the fragrance gas supply target space. It may be configured.

  In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, an installation example in which the fragrance device 100 is built in an interior member mounted in a vehicle interior will be described. The fragrance device 100 is provided beside the portion of the shift lever 80 that protrudes into the vehicle compartment and is installed inside the upper member 81. As shown in FIG. 4, the upper member 81 forms part of a housing that forms the fragrance device 100. The fragrance device 100 includes a housing 1, a pump 2, a control board 3, a container module 4, and the like. The housing 1 of the fragrance device 100 contains a pump 2, a control board 3, and a container module 4.

  The structure of the container module 4 will be described with reference to FIG. The container module 4 includes a bottle cover 41 and a container 40 that stores in advance an aromatic liquid that is a liquid containing an aromatic component. The container module 4 is one unit in which one bottle cover 41 is integrally attached to one container 40. Further, when the user wants to replace the aromatic liquid, an exchange operation is performed in which the container 40 before replacement is replaced with a new container 40 containing a new aromatic liquid. For example, when the user wants to purchase various aromatic liquids, the user purchases a container 40 containing the desired aromatic liquid. And when using a desired aromatic liquid, it will replace with the container 40 which incorporates a desired aromatic liquid. Moreover, when a user wants to replace | exchange aromatic liquid, the container module 4 before replacement | exchange can also be replaced | exchanged for every container module 4 provided with the container 40 which contains a new aromatic liquid.

  The bottle cover 41 has a shape in which an upper end and a lower end are opened. The bottle cover 41 is configured so that the container 40 can be attached and detached. For this reason, the bottle cover 41 is provided with a mounting portion 43 to which one end side of the container 40 can be attached on the lower end side, and has a valve device 6 having a check valve function on the upper end side. The bottle cover 41 is made of, for example, a resin material such as ABS resin.

  In the bottle cover 41, a storage chamber 45 is formed in the middle of the cylinder located between the valve device 6 built in the upper part and the lower mounting part 43. The wall forming the storage chamber 45 is provided with a module side connection portion 44 having therein a passage 440 through which air sent from the pump 2 flows. The module side connection portion 44 has a passage 440 that directly communicates with the storage chamber 45, and is a cylindrical portion that protrudes from the bottle cover 41 so as to be orthogonal to the central axis of the bottle cover 41. The module side connection portion 44 is formed of a resin material such as ABS resin, for example, similarly to the bottle cover 41.

  As the container 40, a commercially available general-purpose bottle containing a fragrance can be used. The aromatic liquid stored in the container 40 is aroma oil, for example, existing vegetable oil. This oil can be prepared, for example, by including an essential oil in an alcohol such as isopropyl alcohol.

  As illustrated in FIG. 5, the container 40 includes a discharge portion for discharging volatile gas on one end side, for example, the upper end side. The discharge part forms a passage that communicates the inside and the outside of the container. The discharge part is constituted by a discharge cap 46 provided at the bottle mouth which is the open end of the container 40. The discharge cap 46 is called a dropper, and a pre-installed general purpose bottle commercially available as aroma oil or the like can be used. The dropper is provided with a discharge passage having a shape and size in which the amount of one drop dropped when the bottle mouth of the general-purpose bottle is directed downward is set within a predetermined range. The dropping amount in the predetermined range is set according to a standard, for example.

  The discharge cap 46 includes an inner tube portion, an outer tube portion integrally connected to the inner tube portion and the lower end portion, a nozzle portion extending downward between the inner tube portion and the outer tube portion, and one end of the outer tube portion. And a flange portion 462 formed at the upper end is a member. The outer tube portion is inscribed in the upper end opening of the container 40. The discharge cap 46 is attached to the container 40 with the outer tube portion inscribed in the upper end opening of the container 40 and the flange portion 462 in contact with the upper end of the container 40.

  A male screw portion 401 is formed on the outer periphery of the upper end portion of the container 40. The external thread portion 401 is the same as the external thread portion having a predetermined shape and pitch that is provided in advance in the general-purpose bottle in order to attach the general-purpose bottle. A female screw part 430 that can be screwed with the male screw part 401 is formed on the inner periphery of the attachment part 43. Therefore, the female screw portion 430 is formed to match the size of the male screw portion provided in advance in the general-purpose bottle. In addition, the container 40 and the discharge cap 46 can be formed of a resin material such as ABS, but the container 40 is not limited to resin as long as the male screw part 401 having an appropriate size can be formed.

  With such a configuration, the container 40 has the upper end portion of the container 40 attached to the attachment portion 43 by screwing of the male screw portion 401 and the female screw portion 430, and the lower portion of the portion to be attached is the bottle cover 41. It is exposed from the mounting part 43. The gas generated by volatilization of the aromatic liquid in the container 40 flows out of the container through the discharge passage of the inner tube portion 460 and flows into the storage chamber 45 to be stored.

  The housing 1 includes at least a panel-like upper member 81 located on the ceiling, a base member that houses the pump 2 and the control board 3 below the upper member 81, and a support cover 5 that holds the container module 4. It is prepared for. Each member constituting the housing 1 is formed of a resin material. The base member and the upper member 81 may be part of the interior member. The upper member 81 is a transparent member having a high light transmittance, or a member formed with a glass-like surface that scatters light by partially using acrylic resin to illuminate light such as a light emitting diode. It can be done.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the support cover 5 is a cover that is opened when the container module 4 is attached to and detached from the fragrance device 100. The support cover 5 has a configuration in which the upper end portion engages with the upper member 81 and is attached to the upper member 81, and is provided so that it can be seen by a user, for example, an occupant, as shown in FIGS. Can be operated by the occupant. When the engagement relationship between the upper end portion of the support cover 5 and the upper member 81 is released, the support cover 5 is in an open state rotated about a predetermined rotation axis, and the container module 4 is pulled out upward or obliquely upward. Is possible.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the partition wall 13 has a tube side connection portion 70 in which a passage for air supplied from the pump 2 is formed, and a main body side connection portion 71 to which the module side connection portion 44 is connected. And are provided. The tube side connection part 70 and the main body side connection part 71 are formed of a resin material such as ABS resin, for example, similarly to the partition wall 13.

  The tube-side connecting portion 70 is a tubular portion that is orthogonal to the partition wall 13 and protrudes toward the tube 20, in other words, forward of the vehicle, and forms a passage communicating with the passage in the main body-side connecting portion 71. The tube 20 that communicates with the pump 2 is fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the tube-side connection portion 70. The tube 20 is made of, for example, silicone rubber, and can improve the sealing performance at the connection portion with the tube side connection portion 70.

  The main body side connecting portion 71 is a concave portion that is recessed to the tube 20 side perpendicularly to the partition wall 13, in other words, forward of the vehicle, and has a passage that communicates with the passage in the tube side connecting portion 70 on the central axis. . By fitting the module side connecting portion 44 so as to be inscribed in the main body side connecting portion 71, the module side connecting portion 44 and the main body side connecting portion 71 can be connected.

  Further, a packing 72 is interposed between the front end surface of the module side connection portion 44 and the bottom surface of the main body side connection portion 71. Since both are connected so that the module side connection portion 44 is inscribed in the main body side connection portion 71, the packing 72 is deformed and closely adheres to the contact surface, so that the module side connection portion 44 and the main body side connection portion 71 are connected to each other. Airtightness can be ensured.

  In addition, the inner peripheral portion of the main body side connection portion 71, which is a portion where the module side connection portion 44 is inscribed, is softer than the material forming the module side connection portion 44, for example, an elastomer such as natural rubber or synthetic rubber. It is preferable to form. In this case, the inner peripheral part of the main body side connection part 71 and the other part can be integrally manufactured by two-color molding. According to this configuration, when the module side connecting portion 44 is inscribed in the main body side connecting portion 71, the degree of adhesion between the outer peripheral surface of the module side connecting portion 44 and the inner peripheral surface of the main body side connecting portion 71 is improved. In addition to the airtightness of the two, the holding force acting between the two can be increased.

  The upper member 81 is provided with a blower outlet 81a through which aromatic gas is blown into the vehicle compartment, and an indicator 81b. The blower outlet 81a is formed by a through hole penetrating the upper member 81, and communicates with a gas jetting opening 64 provided in the container module 4 to constitute a blowout passage. The indicator 81b is a display unit that can visually check a lighting display by an LED or the like that changes according to the operating state of the fragrance device 100. The indicator 81b is formed of a material that can transmit lighting light such as an LED.

  When the switch 30 is in the ON state, power is supplied to the fragrance device 100 and the fragrance device 100 is in an operating state. In the OFF state, power to the fragrance device 100 is cut off and the fragrance device 100 is in an operation stop state. 2 to 4 are states in which the decorative panel 82 does not cover the entire upper member 81, and the switch 30 is in the ON state. In this state, the indicator 81b and the outlet 81a are exposed in the passenger compartment, and the fragrance device 100 is powered on. In this case, the actuator provided in the switch 30 is not pushed by the decorative panel 82, the contact is closed and a current flows through the contact, and a signal current permitting the operation of the fragrance device 100 is sent to the control board 3.

  On the other hand, when the decorative panel 82 covers the upper member 81, the actuator of the switch 30 is pushed by the decorative panel 82 to open the contact, the contact cuts off the current, and the signal current is not sent to the control board 3. In this state, the switch 30 is in the OFF state, and the fragrance device 100 cannot be operated. When the user wants to drive the fragrance device 100, the user may perform an operation of moving the decorative panel 82 to the front side of the vehicle until all the indicators 81b are visible as shown in the figure. When the user does not drive the fragrance device 100, the user may perform an operation of moving the decorative panel 82 to the rear of the vehicle and hiding the upper member 81. As described above, the switch 30 is also a safety switch of the fragrance device 100.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the fragrance device 100 is installed at a position where the fragrance gas blown out from the air outlet 81 a merges with the conditioned air blown out from the vehicle interior air outlet 83 a of the vehicle air conditioner 83. . The fragrance device 100 may be installed at a position where the fragrance gas discharged from the air outlet 81a merges in a state intersecting with the conditioned air, or at a position where the fragrance gas merges in a state along the conditioned air. May be installed. The fragrance device 100 is preferably installed at a position where the fragrance gas joins the conditioned air on the downstream side of the vehicle interior outlet 83a. The air outlet 81a of the fragrance device 100 is preferably provided at a position closer to the passenger than the vehicle interior air outlet 83a. According to such a configuration, the air-conditioning air can be used to efficiently deliver the fragrance gas to the occupant during the air-conditioning operation of the passenger compartment, and the pump as an air supply unit for ejecting the fragrance gas to the outside The output of 2 can be suppressed.

  The control board 3 is equipped with a control device that controls the operation of the pump 2, and has an input unit that can receive a signal current from the switch 30. When a signal current permitting operation is input to the control board 3 by the operation of the switch 30, power is supplied from an external power source or a built-in storage battery via a power cable.

  The base member of the housing 1 is provided with a partition wall 13 that is divided into a storage chamber 50 of the container module 4 and a space in which the pump 2 and the like are provided. The support cover 5 has a shape including a bottom support wall 54 that supports the bottom of the container 40 and a side support wall 55 that covers the entire side of the container module 4.

  The support cover 5 constitutes a container support portion that holds the container module 4 as described above. The support cover 5 further includes a pair of engagements that engage a support portion 51 that supports a part of the side surface of the container module 4 in a predetermined range in the circumferential direction and a pair of locking claws 81 c provided on the upper member 81. And a recess 52.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the support portion 51 has a shape protruding from the inner wall of the side support wall 55 toward the container module 4, and a guide surface that is a semicircular inner peripheral surface comes into contact with the container module 4. I support it. The support portion 51 integrally includes a portion constituting a guide surface that contacts the side surface of the container module 4 and a pair of rotating shaft portions 51a serving as a central axis when the support cover 5 is angularly displaced. The pair of rotation shaft portions 51a is coupled to a pair of support plates 13a extending from the base member toward the support cover 5 so as to be rotatable about the pair of rotation shaft portions 51a. The pair of rotating shaft portions 51a and the pair of support plates 13a are provided on both sides of the container module 4 so that the container module 4 is interposed therebetween. The pair of rotating shaft portions 51a are spaced apart on both sides of the container module 4, but form a coaxial rotating shaft.

  The partition wall 13 is provided with a pair of clamping pieces 13b that hold the outer periphery of the container module 4 so as to be sandwiched from the outside. The pair of sandwiching piece portions 13 b is configured by a pair of protruding pieces that protrude from the partition wall 13 toward both sides of the bottle cover 41. As for a pair of clamping piece part 13b, the root part is integral with the partition wall 13, and the front-end | tip is a free end. Therefore, the sandwiching piece 13b has the same form as the cantilever beam supported by the partition wall 13, and thus is easily elastically deformed and is more likely to bend and move in the left-right direction toward the tip.

  The pair of sandwiching piece portions 13b make use of the point that is easily elastically deformed, and the bottle cover 41 is restored by the restoring force in a state where the module side connection portion 44 of the container module 4 and the main body side connection portion 71 of the partition wall 13 are connected. It is held so as to hold the upper part of the attachment part 43. Each of the pair of sandwiching piece portions 13b is provided with a protruding portion that protrudes toward the tip side in a direction approaching each other. The pair of sandwiching pieces 13b are held so as to hold the bottle cover 41 in a state where the distance between the protruding portions protruding so as to face each other is smaller than the diameter dimension of the portion held by the bottle cover 41. . Therefore, the pair of sandwiching piece portions 13b can hold the container module 4 so as to prevent the container module 4 from moving in the direction in which the module side connection portion 44 is detached from the main body side connection portion 71.

  The upper member 81 includes a locking claw 81c that fits in the engaging recess 52 at each of both ends in the left-right direction on the support cover 5 side. The pair of engaging recesses 52 and the pair of locking claws 81 c constitute an engaging part made up of a recess and a convex part for engaging the support cover 5 with the upper member 81. The upper member 81 includes a holding edge 53 that holds the held piece 41 a protruding from the bottle cover 41 between the pair of engaging recesses 52. The holding edge 53 is in a state in which the pair of engaging recesses 52 and the pair of locking claws 81 c are engaged with each other to provide the holding force by contacting the held piece portion 41 a and stabilize the posture of the container module 4. It contributes to making it.

  The state shown in FIG. 4 is a state in which the container module 4 is properly installed in the storage chamber 50. In this state, in this state, as shown in FIG. 5, the module side connection portion 44 is attached to the main body side connection portion 71, and the container module 4 is properly communicated with the tube 20. The state shown in FIG. 6 is a state in which the container module 4 is detached from the main body side connecting portion 71 and the container module 4 can be pulled out from the storage chamber 50. The support cover 5 is configured to be angularly displaced by the user's operation over the rotation shaft 51a as the central axis over the state of FIG. 4 and the state of FIG.

  A structure is demonstrated to the valve apparatus 6 with which the container module 4 is provided. The valve body 60 of the valve device 6 is in contact with the peripheral edge portion 65 provided around the upper end opening of the storage chamber 45. The peripheral portion 65 is a cylindrical body that is installed inside the upper portion of the bottle cover 41. An O-ring 650 that seals the upper portion of the bottle cover 41 and the cylindrical body is provided on the outer periphery of the peripheral edge portion 65. The seal structure by the O-ring 650 prevents the air in the storage chamber 45 from leaking to the outside. The peripheral edge portion 65 constitutes a valve seat with which the valve body 60 contacts when the valve is closed. The valve body 60 has an outer shape larger than the upper end opening of the storage chamber 45 and completely covers the upper end opening from above.

  The valve body 60 is integral with a shaft 61 extending upward, and includes a seal member 62 on the outer periphery of the lower end portion thereof. The seal member 62 is an elastic member that is easily elastically deformed and is provided around the outer peripheral surface of the lower end portion of the valve body 60. For example, an O-ring can be employed. A coil spring 63 having a predetermined spring constant is provided on the outer periphery of the shaft 61. The coil spring 63 is provided coaxially with the shaft 61. The coil spring 63 is in a contracted state from the natural length, the lower end thereof is in contact with the upper surface of the valve body 60, and the upper end thereof is in contact with the frame portion forming the opening 64 at the upper end of the bottle cover 41. It is provided as follows. Therefore, in a state where the valve body 60 is in contact with the peripheral edge portion 65, the coil spring 63 acts to push the valve body 60 downward and push the aforementioned frame portion upward.

  When the pump 2 is operated, the air from the pump 2 is sent into the tube 20, and further, the air reaches the storage chamber 45 through the inside of the tube side connection portion 70, the main body side connection portion 71 and the module side connection portion 44. . As the amount of air supplied into the storage chamber 45 increases, the pressure in the storage chamber 45 increases. When the force that pushes the valve body 60 upward becomes larger than the force that pushes the valve body 60 downward by the coil spring 63, the coil spring 63 contracts in the axial direction and the valve body 60 is displaced upward. Thereby, the seal with the peripheral edge portion 65 by the seal member 62 is released, and the upper portion of the storage chamber 45 is opened. Then, the air in the storage chamber 45 moves upward, and the volatile gas of the aromatic liquid flows out into the vehicle interior outside the housing 1 through the air outlet 81a as the air moves.

  Thus, the pump 2 is an air supply unit that can discharge the volatile gas existing in the storage chamber 45 to the outside of the housing 1, and is also a means that can change the pressure of the storage chamber 45. And the valve apparatus 6 opens the storage chamber 45, when the pressure of the storage chamber 45 acts and the valve body 60 displaces according to the said pressure. The valve device 6 serves as valve means that allows the storage chamber 45 and the outside of the housing 1 to communicate with each other. Therefore, according to the position of the valve body 60, the valve device 6 is a check that switches between a communication state in which the storage chamber 45 and the outlet 81a communicate with each other and a non-communication state in which the storage chamber 45 and the outlet 81a do not communicate. It is a valve.

  When the decorative panel 82 is operated to the position shown in FIG. 2 or the like and the switch 30 is turned on, the fragrance device 100 is turned on, power can be supplied to the pump 2, and the pump 2 can be controlled. Become. The pump 2 is configured to forcibly operate when the switch 30 is turned on, to operate according to a set timer, or to operate when a predetermined operating condition is established by automatic control. can do. When the pump 2 is operated, air is sent into the storage chamber 45, and when the pressure in the storage chamber 45 satisfies a predetermined condition, a gas containing a fragrance is released into the vehicle interior through the outlet 81a.

  When the fragrance is released into the vehicle interior, the control board 3 lights a lighting part such as a light emitting diode. The lit light becomes visible through the indicator 81b, and the occupant can recognize that he is driving. Moreover, you may comprise so that the whole upper member 81 may be lighted. In this case, the visual effect and the released aroma component contribute to relaxing the occupant.

  According to the fragrance device 100, the support cover 5 is pushed to the tube side and the vehicle front side to be angularly displaced, and the support cover 5 and the upper member 81 are engaged with each other. And the container module 4 can be attached to the fragrance device 100.

  Next, the effect which the fragrance apparatus 100 brings is described. The fragrance device 100 exists in the storage chamber 45 by supplying air to the container module 4 installed in the storage chamber 50 provided inside the housing 1, the storage chamber 45 to which volatile gas is sent, and the storage chamber 45. And a pump 2 for discharging the volatile gas to be discharged to the outside of the housing 1. The fragrance device 100 seals and seals air leakage from the support cover 5 that constitutes a part of the housing 1 and holds the container module 4, and the passage where the pump 2 and the storage chamber 45 communicate in the closed state. And a seal portion that releases the state in the open state. The support cover 5 holds the container module 4 and is opened to a position where the container module 4 can be taken out upward or obliquely upward, and closed to a position where volatile gas can be blown out from the outlet 81a. And can be rotated.

  According to the fragrance device 100, when the support cover 5 holding the container module 4 is rotated until it is opened, the container module 4 can be taken out upward or obliquely upward. By moving the support cover 5 so as to be angularly displaced in this manner, the container module 4 can be taken out, and the taking-out operation is not in the horizontal direction. Further, when the container module 4 is attached, it is only necessary to perform an operation opposite to the take-out operation. Therefore, the container module 4 is inserted downward or obliquely downward toward the accommodation chamber 50, and the support cover 5 is closed from the open state. What is necessary is just to carry out rotational displacement to a state. In this way, no complicated operation or large operating range is required for both removal and installation of the container module 4. Moreover, by making the support cover 5 in the closed state, it is possible to form the seal portion when the attachment is completed. Therefore, the fragrance apparatus 100 excellent in detachability can be provided.

  In the closed state, the fragrance device 100 includes an engagement portion that engages the support cover 5 with a part of the housing 1 excluding the support cover 5. According to this configuration, when the support cover 5 is rotationally displaced to the closed state, the closed state can be reliably completed by the engaging portion, so that the seal portion can be reliably formed so as not to cause air leakage. Can be implemented.

  At least a part of the housing 1 is formed by an interior member provided in the vehicle interior. The fragrance device 100 is installed on the back side of the interior member and emits fragrance gas into the vehicle interior. According to this, it is possible to provide the fragrance device 100 having excellent detachability in a narrow space such as a vehicle interior.

  The fragrance device 100 includes a switch 30 that switches between an operation state that controls the pump 2 in an operable state and a stop state that controls the pump 2 in an inoperable state according to the position of the displaceable decorative panel 82. According to this, when the user operates the decorative panel 82, the operation state and the stop state can be switched, and the fragrance device 100 excellent in operability can be provided.

  The fragrance device 100 is installed on the back side of the interior member located on the side of the shift lever 80 protruding into the vehicle interior. According to this, since the fragrance device 100 is installed in the vicinity of the shift lever 80 at a position where the driver can easily operate, the operation for exchanging the fragrance container is easy and the fragrance gas easily reaches the driver. A fragrance device 100 can be provided.

  The air outlet 81a in the fragrance device 100 is provided at a position where the fragrance gas blown out from the air outlet 81a merges with the conditioned air on the downstream side of the air conditioned air blown out from the vehicle interior air outlet 83a of the vehicle air conditioner 83. It is done. According to this, since the fragrance gas can be conveyed by utilizing the conditioned air, it is possible to provide the fragrance device 100 that can easily reach the fragrance gas over a wide range in the passenger compartment or toward the passenger.

(Other embodiments)
The disclosure of this specification is not limited to the illustrated embodiments. The disclosure encompasses the illustrated embodiments and variations by those skilled in the art based thereon. For example, the disclosure is not limited to the combination of components and elements shown in the embodiments, and various modifications can be made. The disclosure can be implemented in various combinations. The disclosure may have additional parts that can be added to the embodiments. The disclosure includes those in which the components and elements of the embodiment are omitted. The disclosure encompasses parts, element replacements, or combinations between one embodiment and another. The technical scope disclosed is not limited to the description of the embodiments. The technical scope disclosed is indicated by the description of the scope of claims, and should be understood to include all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the description of the scope of claims.

  The fragrance device 100 in the above-described embodiment can take out the container module 4 obliquely upward as shown in FIG. 6 in the opened state of the support cover 5, but the take-out direction is not limited to this direction. For example, the take-out direction may be upward. Moreover, although the upper member 81 is a surface along the floor surface, the installation location of the fragrance device 100 is not limited to the back side of the interior member having a surface along the floor surface in the vehicle interior. For example, the fragrance device 100 may be installed on the back side of an interior member having a surface inclined or upright with respect to the floor surface.

  In the above-described embodiment, the container module 4 is configured by combining the container 40 and the bottle cover 41. However, the container 40 and the bottle cover 41 may be configured as one component. According to this, the container 40 and the bottle cover 41 can be manufactured as one part, and the container 40 and the bottle cover 41 are inseparably configured. In this case, for example, when the user wants to purchase various aromatic liquids, the user purchases one unit of the container module 4 containing the desired aromatic liquid. And when using a desired aromatic liquid, it replaces with the container module 4 which incorporates a desired aromatic liquid.

  In the above-described embodiment, the medium containing the fragrance component stored in the container module 4 is a liquid. However, the medium is not limited to the liquid, and may be a solid medium containing the fragrance component, for example.

  In the above-described embodiment, the module side connection portion 44 is fitted inside the main body side connection portion 71 to be connected to each other. However, the structure related to the connection between the main body side connection portion 71 and the module side connection portion 44 is this. It is not limited to such a form. A connection structure in which the main body side connecting portion 71 fits inside the module side connecting portion 44 may be used.

  In the above-described embodiment, the module side connection portion 44 has a shape protruding from the outer peripheral portion of the container module 4. However, the module side connection portion 44 may be provided at a position recessed from the outer peripheral portion of the container module 4. In this case, the main body side connecting portion 71 has a shape protruding from the partition wall 13 toward the container module 4, and the main body side connecting portion 71 is located closer to the center axis of the container module 4 than the outer peripheral portion of the container module 4. The module side connection unit 44 is connected.

  The pump 2 of the above-described embodiment is a device that supplies air to the storage chamber 45 to change the pressure of the storage chamber 45 and promotes the opening of the storage chamber 45 by the valve device 6, but the air supply unit is It is not limited. For example, the air supply unit may be a device that directly pushes out the volatile gas in the storage chamber 45 and releases it to the outside of the housing 1 by the air volume supplied to the storage chamber 45 without using the valve device 6. .

  The fragrance device 100 of the above-described embodiment may be provided integrally with other devices other than the interior member of the vehicle, or may be incorporated in other devices. For example, the fragrance device 100 can be configured integrally with an ion generator and a lighting device. Further, the air flow direction and the moving direction of the valve body 60 of the valve device 6 in the fragrance device 100 are not limited to those described above.

  In the above-described embodiment, the support cover 5 is attached to the upper member 81 by the engagement of the pair of engaging recesses 52 and the pair of locking claws 81c, but is not limited to such a form. The part which comprises an engaging part is not limited to two places, One place or three places or more may be sufficient. Further, a claw portion that constitutes the engaging portion may be provided in the support cover 5 and a concave portion may be provided in the upper member 81.

  In the pump 2 of the above-described embodiment, a blower including a sirocco fan, an axial fan, a turbo fan, or the like can be used as a device for supplying air.

  The discharge cap 46 of the above-described embodiment is a component that is attached to the upper end opening of the container 40, but is not limited to this form. For example, the discharge cap 46 may be a portion that is integral with the container 40 and that is integrally formed in the upper end opening thereof to constitute a discharge passage.

1 ... housing, 2 ... pump (air supply part)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 4 ... Container module (fragrance container), 5 ... Support cover (container support part), 6 ... Valve apparatus 44 ... Module side connection part (seal part), 45 ... Storage chamber, 50 ... Storage chamber 51a ... Rotating shaft part, 52 ... engagement recess (engagement part), 60 ... valve element 71 ... main body side connection part (seal part), 72 ... packing (seal part)
81a ... Air outlet, 81c ... Locking claw (engagement part)
83 ... Air conditioner for vehicles, 83a ... Vehicle interior outlet, 100 ... Aroma device

Claims (7)

A fragrance device (100) for releasing fragrance gas containing a fragrance component to the outside,
A housing (1);
A fragrance container (4) installed in a storage chamber (50) provided inside the housing and storing a medium containing a fragrance component;
A storage chamber (45) to which the volatile gas of the medium is sent;
An air supply unit (2) provided inside the housing, supplying air to the storage chamber, and releasing the volatile gas existing in the storage chamber to the outside of the housing;
An open state in which the fragrance container is opened to a position where the fragrance container can be taken out upward or obliquely upward, and the volatile gas is blown out from a predetermined outlet (81a) while constituting a part of the housing and holding the fragrance container. A container support (5) that is rotatable about a predetermined rotation shaft (51a) over a closed state that is closed to a possible position;
A seal portion (44, 71, 72) for sealing air leakage from a passage communicating with the air supply portion and the storage chamber in the closed state, and releasing the sealed state in the open state;
A fragrance device comprising:   2. The fragrance device according to claim 1, further comprising an engaging portion (52, 81 c) in which a part of the housing excluding the container support portion and the container support portion engage with each other in the closed state. At least a part of the housing is formed by an interior member installed in the vehicle interior;
The fragrance device according to claim 1, wherein the fragrance device is installed on a back side of the interior member and releases the fragrance gas into the vehicle interior.   According to the position of the displaceable decorative panel (82), a switch (30) is provided that switches between an operating state in which the air supply unit is controlled to be operable and a stopped state in which the air supply unit is controlled to be inoperable. The fragrance device according to claim 3.   The fragrance device according to claim 3 or 4 installed in the back side of said interior member located in the side of shift lever (80) which protrudes in a vehicle interior.   The said blower outlet is a position where the said fragrant gas blown out from the said blower outlet joins the said conditioned air in the downstream of the conditioned air blown out from the vehicle interior blower outlet (83a) of a vehicle air conditioner (83) The fragrance device according to any one of claims 3 to 5, which is provided in the device.   There is a valve body (60) that is displaced according to the pressure of the storage chamber, and the storage chamber communicates with the outlet according to the position of the valve body and the storage. The fragrance device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a valve device (6) that switches to a non-communication state in which the chamber and the air outlet do not communicate with each other.

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