JPH0334190Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention can be installed in entrances, washrooms, or gathering places, or used for demonstrations of new cosmetic spray products. This invention relates to a device that automatically sprays fragrances, deodorants, etc.

[Conventional technology]

This type of automatic spraying device includes, for example, those shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, which were previously proposed by the applicant.
There is something like the one shown in the figure.
issue). There, a recess 3 is formed on the front surface of the main body case 1, in which a pump-type or aerosol-type spray container 2 is accommodated so as to be freely put in and taken out in the front-back direction. A pusher 6 for automatically pressing the spray head 4 of the spray container 2 is installed in the upper part of the recess 3. Moreover, on the bottom surface 8 in the recess 3,
A dish-shaped slide holder 51 having a recess 50 into which the bottom of the spray container 2 fits is mounted so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction. Thus, the spray container 2 is placed in the recess 3.
To accommodate the slide holder 51 in the recess 3
The spray container 2 is pulled out forward from the bottom surface 8 of the holder 51, and the bottom of the spray container 2 is fitted into the recess 50 of the holder 51, so that the container 2 is placed in a standing position and accommodated in the recess 3 together with the slide holder 51. When spraying, when the spray head 4 is automatically pressed by the pusher 6, the liquid aromatic agent or deodorant contained in the spray container 2 is sprayed.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

However, it has been noticed that the above-mentioned automatic spraying device has the following difficulties in positioning the spray container 2 and in pressing operation. That is, when putting the spray container 2 in and out of the recess 3, the spray container 2
Since the spray container 2 is placed in a standing position on the slide holder 51 and taken in and out,
If there are variations in the bottom dimensions of the spray container 2.
A gap is created between the bottom of the slide holder 51 and the recess 50 of the slide holder 51, causing rattling. For this reason, when the spray container 2 is placed on the slide holder 51 during loading and unloading, etc., it is unstable and tends to fall down.
Not only is there a lack of safety in putting it in and taking it out, but the center position of the spray head 4 of the spray container 2 and the pusher 6 may be misaligned, leading to poor pressing operation by the pusher 6.
By the pressing operation, the spray container 2 is moved to the slide holder 51.
There were problems such as falling over.

This invention was made to solve this problem, and even if the bottom dimensions of the spray container vary, the spray head can be held and fixed in a predetermined position that matches the position directly below the pusher as accurately as possible. The purpose is to ensure the reliability of the pressing operation of the spray head.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following measures. That is, the present invention is based on the first
As shown in the figure, a recess 3 is formed on the front surface of the main body case 1 to accommodate a spray container 2 that sprays the liquid aromatic agent, etc. inside by the pressure of the spray head 4, in an upright position so as to be freely inserted and withdrawn in the front and rear directions. The automatic spraying device is assumed to have a pusher 6 installed above the recess 3 of the main body case 1, and a drive means for pushing the spray head 4 with the pusher 6.

Here, the spray container 2 may be a pump type or an aerosol type, and in short, it is a container that can spray the liquid aromatic agent, deodorant, etc. sealed inside by pressing the spray head 4. Good to have.
Further, the cross-sectional shape of the spray container 2 may be elliptical, circular, etc. in addition to polygonal.

As a form of pressing the spray head 4 with the pusher 6, the pusher 6 may be actuated to push the spray head 4 itself. is constructed separately from the main body case 1, and the spray container 2 is placed on this bottom portion 3c, and the entire spray container 2 is pushed up from this bottom together with the bottom portion 3c to press the spray head 4 into contact with the pusher 6. It can also take the form of

The driving means for pressing the spray head 4 with the pusher 6 includes a motor 21 and a motion conversion mechanism 22 that converts the rotational movement of the motor 21 into the linear movement of the pusher 6 or the upward movement of the spray container 2 necessary for pressing the spray head 4. In addition to operating the pusher 6 with a solenoid, the spray container 2
It may be something that pushes up. Note that the motion conversion mechanism 22 includes a slider.
Possible mechanisms include a crank mechanism, a cam mechanism, and a rack pinion.

Further, the operation of the motor 21 or the solenoid is controlled by receiving signals from sensors that detect external changes, such as optical sensors such as infrared rays, microphones that pick up specific sounds, temperature sensors, etc. It is optional to have them control the motor 21 or solenoid on and off using only a power switch.

The present invention is based on the assumption that such an automatic spraying device is used, and the spray container 2 in the recess 3 of the main body case 1 is
On the inner back side of the bottom surface 8 on which the spray container 2 is placed, there is a front-back position regulating part 12 in which the lower part 11 on the back side of the spray container 2 is brought into contact and regulated, and a lower part 13 on one side of the spray container 2 is brought into contact and regulated. A slide presser plate 15 is attached to the front side of the spray container 2 on the front and rear bottom surfaces 8 so as to be freely inserted and removed in the front and rear directions, and a front end surface of the slide presser plate 15 is provided. side, the container 2 is brought into contact with the lower part of the front side of the spray container 2 so that the longitudinal and lateral direction position regulating section 1
A pressing portion 18 that presses in a certain direction of 2 and 14 is formed.

[Effect]

In such a case, when the spray head 4 is automatically pressed with the pusher 6, the liquid aromatic agent, deodorant, etc. contained in the spray container 2 is sprayed.

Then, when putting the spray container 2 into the recess 3,
The spray container 2 is put into the recess 3 from the front of the main body case 1 and placed on the bottom surface 8 thereof in a standing position, and then the slide presser plate 15 is placed on the bottom surface 8 at the lower front side of the front side of the spray container 2. Insert the pressing part 18
Push the spray container 2 deep inside. Then, the lower part 11 on the back side of the spray container 2 becomes the position regulating part 1 in the front-rear direction.
2, the lower part 13 on the side surface is the left-right position regulating part 1
4, the spray head 4 is aligned with the position directly below the pusher 6, and the spray container 2 is held in the aligned state by the pressing action of the slide presser plate 15. That will happen.

[Effect of idea]

According to this invention, the longitudinal and lateral position regulating parts 12 and 14 are provided on the inner back side of the bottom surface 8 in the recess 3 of the main body case 1, and the spray container 2 is placed on the bottom surface 8.
18 of the slide presser plate 15.
By pressing the lower part on the front side of the container 2, the lower part 11 on the back side of the spray container 2 comes into contact with the front-back position regulating part 12, and the lower part 13 on one side comes into contact with the left-right position regulating part 14, respectively. I did it like that. Therefore, even if there are variations in the bottom dimensions of the spray container 2, all of them are always pushed in a certain direction by the front-back and left-right position regulating parts 12, 14, so that the spray head 4 can be aligned with the lower position of the pusher 6. The alignment accuracy can be significantly improved compared to the conventional system in which the spray container 2 wobbled in no direction within the recess 50 of the slide holder 51, and the spray head 4 can always be pressed reliably without any pressing mistakes. obtain.

Further, on the bottom surface 8 of the recess 3, the bottom of the spray container 2 is located at the front-back and left-right direction position regulating portions 12, 14.
According to the present invention, which is mounted in such a manner that the spray container 2 is clamped between the press part 18 of the slide press plate 15, even if there are variations in the bottom dimensions of the spray container 2, all of the spray containers 2 can be securely placed on the bottom surface 8 without wobbling. This has the advantage that the spray head 4 can be positioned and held at any time, and the pressing operation of the spray head 4 can always be performed safely and reliably.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

A front-open recess 3 is formed on the front surface of the main body case 1, which is formed in the shape of a vertically elongated rectangular tube, to accommodate the spray container 2 so as to be freely inserted and removed in the front and rear directions.

The spray container 2 is of a pump type, and when the spray head 4 attached to the upper part of the container 2 is pressed downward, the pump is activated and the liquid inside is sprayed out in the form of mist from the spout 5 of the spray head 4. It is. Then, the upper ceiling wall 3a in the recess 3 of the main body case 1
A pusher 6 that presses the spray head 4 of the spray container 2 is supported at a predetermined position via a bush 7 so as to be able to slide vertically straightly. This pusher 6 is formed in the shape of a pin with a round head, and the round head is adapted to move toward and away from the upper surface of the spray head 4.

On the inner back side of the bottom surface 8 on which the spray container 2 is placed in the recess 3 of the main body case 1, there are five surfaces 9a, 9b, approximately in the rear half of the bottom portion 9 of the spray container 2 having an octagonal cross section.
Receiving surfaces 10a, 10 that 9c, 9d, 9e come into contact with
b, 10c, 10d, and 10e are recessed in a five-sided shape. Of these, the receiving surface 10c that the surface 9C corresponding to at least the lower part 11 on the back side of the spray container 2 comes into contact with is the front-rear position regulating part 12, and the surface 9b corresponding to the lower part 13 on at least one side of the spray container 2 The receiving surface 10b that is in contact with the horizontal direction position regulating portion 14 is defined as the receiving surface 10b. That is, the longitudinal position regulating portion 12 is set at a position a predetermined distance from the center of the pusher 6, which is equal to the distance between the lower back surface 9c of the spray container 2 and the spray head 4. Further, the left-right position regulating portion 14 is set at a predetermined distance from the center of the pusher 6, which is equal to the distance between the lower part 9b on one side of the spray container 2 and the spray head 4. The left-right position regulating portion 14 is the receiving surface 10
b, other receiving surfaces 10a, 10b, or 1
It may be either 0e.

On the other hand, on the bottom surface 8, the receiving surfaces 10a, 10
Spray container 2 in front of b, 10c, 10d, 10e
The slide holding plate 15, which is attached so as to be freely inserted and removed in the front and rear direction with the
Approximately front half portions 9a, 9h, 9 of the outer periphery of the bottom portion 9 of
Pressing surfaces 16a, 16b, 16 that are in contact with g, 9f
c, 16d, and 16e are recessed into a five-sided shape.
Among them, for example, a pressing surface 16d is set in the pressing part 18, which presses the lower part of the front side of the spray container 2 in advance and presses the container 2 in a certain direction of the longitudinal and lateral position regulating parts 12, 14. There is.

Now, as described above, on the bottom surface 8 of the recess 3, the receiving surface 10c is used as the front-back position regulating part 12,
In addition, when the receiving surface 10b is used as the left-right position regulating part 14, and the pressing surface 16d of the slide press plate 15 is used as the press part 18, the spray container 2 is placed on the bottom surface 8, and the slide press plate 15 is placed on the bottom surface 8. When the pressing part 18 is brought into contact with the lower part of the front side of the spray container 2 and pressed, the lower part 11 on the back side of the spray container 2 becomes the front-back position regulation 12, and the lower part 13 on one side side becomes the left-right direction. It comes into contact with the position regulating part 14. The spray head 4 of the spray container 2 is then located below the pusher 6.

Further, a container holding plate 20 is fixed to a midway in the height direction within the recess 3 of the main body case 1, and a notch is provided at the front end of the container holding plate 20 to accommodate the neck of the spray container 2 below the spray head 4. 19 is provided to more reliably prevent the container 2 from falling over.

After the spray container 2 is accommodated in the predetermined position in the recess 3 in this manner, the spray head 4 is pushed by the pusher 6, so that the liquid in the spray container 2 is jetted out from the spout 5.

Next, specific driving means for the pusher 6 will be explained. The driving means includes a motor 21 and a motion conversion mechanism 22 that converts the rotational motion of the motor 21 into vertical linear motion of the spray head 4.

A geared motor is used as the motor 21, and a battery 23 is built in below the recess 3 in the main body case 1.
is the power source. Six AA batteries 23 are housed in series in a battery chamber 24 provided at the bottom of the case below the motor 21 in the main body case 1.

The motion conversion mechanism 22 is configured as follows. As shown in FIG. 5, a rotary shaft 25 is supported by a bearing 26 in line with the motor 21,
Gear 28 on top of 7 and gear 29 on one end of rotating shaft 25
The rotation of the motor 21 is transmitted to the rotating shaft 25 by meshing with the motor 21. Further, a crank pin 31 is provided at an eccentric position protruding from the gear 29 at one end of the rotating shaft 25 and the disc 30 at the other end. A gate-shaped connecting rod 32 is installed in the main body case 1 so as to be vertically movable via a guide 33 so as to straddle the top wall 3a of the recess 3 and the left and right inner walls 3b, 3b. The connecting rod 32 has left and right legs 32a, 32a guided by a guide 33, and a head 32b that is located above the top wall 3a and connects the upper ends of the left and right legs 32, 32a. , left and right legs 32
Long holes 34 in the front-rear direction are provided at the lower ends of each of a and 32a.
is formed. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the connecting rod 32 is connected to the left and right legs 32a, 32.
The elongated holes 34, 34 of a are inserted into the crank pins 31, 3.
1, and the upper end of the pusher 6 is integrally connected to the head 32b.
In this manner, the crank pin 31 slides within the elongated hole 34 due to the rotation of the rotating shaft 25, and the continuous rod 32 moves up and down via the guide 33. As the continuous rod 32 moves up and down, the pusher 6 similarly moves up and down to press the spray head 4.

Next, automatic control means for the motor 21 will be explained. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 7, this automatic control means includes a sensor, that is, a microphone 39, which detects a certain registered voice above the recess 3 on the front side of the main body case 1, and A motor drive circuit 41 that receives the output signal from the microphone 39 and a control circuit 43 that controls the motor drive circuit 41 are mounted on a board 42 behind the recess 3 in the case 1.
It is placed on top.

Now, the voice registration method will be explained. first,
As shown in FIG. 6, among the first, second, and third registration setting switches 37a, 37b, and 37c arranged in the upper part of the back side of the main body case 1, when the first registration setting switch 37a is pressed, the main body case A display section (LED) 38 provided next to the microphone 39 of No. 1 blinks to notify that voice may be registered. Here, for example, a certain man utters a specific pronunciation into the microphone 39 of the main body case 1. When this is registered, the display section 38 changes from blinking to lit to signal the completion of the voice registration. Next, when the second registration setting switch 37b is pressed, the display section 38 blinks in the same manner as described above. Here, the voice of a person different from the man mentioned above,
For example, a certain woman utters the same pronunciation as described above into the microphone 39, and when this is registered, the display unit 38 changes from blinking to lighting to notify that the registration is complete. Finally, the third registration setting switch 37c
Press to register any other voice. In this way, three types of voices are registered. Note that these voice production times are set to, for example, about 1.2 seconds.

Next, the operation based on the voice input will be explained based on FIG. 7.

Now, when a certain voice is input into the microphone 39, the determination unit 40 of the control circuit 43 determines which of the registered voices above it approximates. At this time, the first and second registration setting switches 37a, 3
Comparing it with the registered voice input in 7b, if it is not close to either of the two, all
It is determined that the voice is similar to the registered voice input to the registration setting switch 37c. If it is determined that the registered voice is similar to the registered voice input to the first registration setting switch 37a or the second registration setting switch 37b, the motor 21 is driven by the drive circuit 41, but the third registration setting switch If it is determined that the registered voice is similar to the registered voice input to 37c, it is ignored and the motor 21 is not driven. In other words, by providing the third registration setting switch 37c, a so-called escape route can be created. This third registration setting switch 37c
If this is not provided, the system will have no choice but to determine that the sound is similar to the registered sound input to either the first or second registration setting switch 37a or 37b, and will operate on any sound. This will cause inconvenience. There is a significance in providing the third registration setting switch 37c in order to eliminate such a problem.

If a plurality of registration setting switches 37a, 37b, and 37c are provided in this way, a plurality of voice samples can be obtained, and individual differences such as differences in accent can be compensated for. As the number of audio samples increases, the number of driving opportunities increases, but if there are too many, malfunctions are likely to occur.In this embodiment, such driving opportunities and malfunctions are taken into consideration, and as a compromise measure, the above-mentioned method is adopted. Two types of voices (male and female voices) can be input.

A counter switch 35 is connected to the control circuit 43, and this switch 35 is installed near the upper part of the head 32b of the connecting rod 32 and operates as the connecting rod 32 moves up and down. The motor 21 is configured to stop at a predetermined count.

Note that a recess 45 is provided on the back side of the main body case 1, and a sensitivity volume 46 is provided in the recess 45. Furthermore, a drive switch 47 and a memory retention switch 48 are provided side by side at the lower part of the back side of the main body case 1.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 to 7 show an embodiment of the present device, in which Figure 1 is an external perspective view showing the state before housing the spray container, Figure 2 is a vertical front view, and Figure 3 is a vertical cross-section. A side view, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional plan view taken along line A-A in FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional plan view taken along line B-B in FIG. 2, FIG. 6 is a rear view, and FIG. 7 shows a control circuit. It is a block diagram. FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 are a vertical side view and a vertical front view showing a conventional automatic spraying device. 1... Main body case, 2... Spray container, 3... Recess, 4... Spray head, 6... Pusher, 8...
Bottom surface of the recess, 9... Bottom of the spray container, 11... Lower part on the back side of the spray container, 12... Front-back position regulating part, 13... Lower part on one side of the spray container, 14
. . . Left-right position regulating section, 15 . . . Slide presser plate, 18 . . . Pressing section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A spray container 2 that sprays the liquid aromatic agent, etc. inside the main body case 1 by pressing the spray head 4 onto the front surface of the main body case 1.
A recess 3 is formed in which the spray head 4 is accommodated in an upright position so as to be freely put in and taken out in the front and rear directions, and a pusher 6 is installed at an upper position within the recess 3 of the main body case 1, and a drive means for pressing the spray head 4 with the pusher 6. In the automatic spraying device comprising: the main body case 1;
On the inner back side of the bottom surface 8 on which the spray container 2 is placed in the recess 3, there is a front-rear direction position regulating part 12 in which the lower part 11 on the back side of the spray container 2 is regulated to come into contact with it;
A lateral position regulating part 14 is provided on one side of the spray container 1 to which the lower part 13 is brought into contact, and a slide holding plate 15 is attached to the front side of the spray container 2 on the bottom surface 8 so as to be freely inserted and removed in the front and rear directions. At the same time, a pressing part is provided on the front end surface side of the slide presser plate 15 for contacting the lower part of the front side of the spray container 2 and pressing the container 2 in a certain direction of the longitudinal and lateral position regulating parts 12 and 14. An automatic spraying device characterized in that 18 is formed.