JPH05285065A - Drying method and apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce fuel consumption with higher drying efficiency by blowing a drying air to a subject while varying the strength of blowing continually to dry moisture on the subject in a short time. CONSTITUTION:An opening/closing mechanism 12 is provided with a cylindrical rotor 13 which rotates about an axis center P to open or close a blowing passage 11 intermittently or roughly and a motor 14 to drive to rotate the motor about the axis center P. Only entering a drying chamber 3 activates a sensor 10 to sense any human body 2 and a blower 4 and the motor 14 are switched ON automatically. Drying air sent from a blower 4 is interrupted intermittently with the rotor 13 rotating in the blowing passage 11 to allow the varying of the strength of the drying air being blown from the blowing passage 11 intermittently. In response to the changes in the strength, water drops on the surface of a clothing are shaken off downward receiving impact thereby enabling drying more efficiently. The drying air supplied via a drying air supply piping 5 from the blower 4 is blown out to a drying space B through a blowing hole 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drying method and an apparatus for drying water adhering to an object to be dried such as a human body or livestock. The present invention relates to a drying method and a device for spraying and drying.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a drying method and apparatus of this kind, there has been one in which hot air having a substantially constant intensity is continuously blown to an object to be dried.

[0003]

According to the above-described conventional drying method and apparatus, the moisture adhering to the material to be dried is vaporized by the heat of the hot air and dried. Therefore, if a high-heat amount of hot air is blown onto the object to be dried, it can be dried quickly. Since there is a risk of causing the deterioration of
It will be sprayed and dried over time.

That is, according to the conventional drying method and apparatus,
It has a drawback that it takes time to dry and the drying efficiency is low.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a drying method and apparatus having high drying efficiency in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks.

[0006]

The characteristic means of the drying method in the present invention for achieving this object is to intermittently change the blowing strength of the drying air and blow it onto the object to be dried.

The drying device of the present invention is characterized by intermittently opening or closing or substantially opening or closing the blowout passage of the dry air from the blower to intermittently change the blowing strength of the dry wind. It is located where an opening / closing mechanism is provided.

The opening / closing mechanism includes a rotating body which rotates about an axis and intermittently opens or closes or substantially opens and closes the blowout flow path, and a rotary drive device which rotationally drives the rotating body around the axis. It may be formed by providing.

[0009]

According to the characteristic means of the drying method of the present invention,
The dry air is blown to the object to be dried by intermittently changing the spraying strength, so that it is possible to give an impact to the object to be dried, and most of the water droplets that adhere to the surface are shorted by the impact. You can throw it away in time.
Therefore, for example, if warm air is used as the drying air, the vaporizing and drying effect of the warm air acts together with the effect of sieving off by the impact force, and extremely efficient drying can be realized.

Further, according to the characteristic configuration of the drying device of the present invention, the blowing flow path of the dry air from the blower is intermittently opened or closed or substantially opened and closed to intermittently blow the drying air. Since the opening / closing mechanism for changing the temperature is provided, the blowing strength of the dry air can be intermittently changed with a simple structure, and the drying method of the present invention can be realized.

The opening / closing mechanism includes a rotating body that rotates about an axis and intermittently opens or closes or substantially opens and closes the blowout flow path, and a rotary drive device that rotationally drives the rotating body around the axis. If it is formed and provided, a drying device having a simple structure can be provided, and maintenance can be facilitated.

[0012]

As described above, according to the drying method and apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to dry the moisture adhering to the object to be dried in a short time, the drying efficiency is dramatically improved, and the fuel consumption is reduced. Is possible.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the drying apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is a drying apparatus for drying a body 2 covered with clothes which has been wet in a rainy day on a golf course, as an example of a body to be dried. The apparatus 1 is a drying chamber 3 for accommodating and drying the human body 2, a blower 4 as an example of a blower for supplying drying air to the drying chamber 3, and a drying air supply pipe 5 for communicating them. And are provided.

In the drying method of the present embodiment, the drying air from the blower 4 is intermittently sprayed onto the human body 2 in the drying chamber 3 while changing the spraying strength, for example, a wet sweater.・ Slacks, head, face, etc. are dried.

The details of the drying apparatus 1 of this embodiment will be described below.

As shown in the drawing, the drying chamber 3 is formed in a box shape having a doorway 6 on the side, and a drying space B for a person to stand and dry is provided therein, and a blower is provided. Four
A blowout hole 7 for blowing the dry air supplied from the dry air supply pipe 5 to the dry space B is provided.

Further, a shelf 8 is provided on the upper part of the drying space B for drying the human body 2 by placing a hat, gloves and the like taken off, and a lower part of the drying chamber 3 is formed with a perforated plate 9a as a floor plate. A floating floor 9 is provided. The floating floor 9 has a dry space B.
It is formed in the lower part in order to remove the high-humidity heavy air inside to the outside to improve the drying efficiency, and to remove the water drops and the like that have fallen on the floor due to drying.

On the other hand, the entrance / exit portion 6 is provided with a sensor 10 for automatically driving the drying device 1 when a person enters the drying space B.

The description of the blowout hole 7 is as follows.
A first blowout hole 7a for blowing dry air toward the face and the head of the human body 2 and a plurality of second blowout holes 7b for blowing dry air especially to the body and the lower half of the body are provided.

In addition, the blowout passage 11 of each blowout hole 7 is provided with an opening / closing mechanism 12 for intermittently opening or closing or substantially opening or closing the blowout passage 11 to intermittently change the blowing strength of the dry air. As an example, as shown in FIG. 2, a cylindrical rotating body 13 that rotates around the axis P to intermittently open or close or substantially opens or closes the blowout flow path 11, and the rotating body 13 around the axis P. And a motor 14, which is an example of a rotary drive device for rotationally driving the motor.

The rotary body 13 has a flow path 11 for blowing dry air.
A plurality of through-holes h are provided in the longitudinal direction so that the axis P is oriented in a direction substantially orthogonal to the air blowing direction, and the dry air is passed along the radial direction. The direction of the through hole h changes with the rotation of the rotary body 13 around the axis P, and when the dry air is in a state substantially orthogonal to the air blowing direction, the through hole h is closed and the dry air passes therethrough. Prevent. Also, a plurality of through holes h
Among these, since the penetrating directions of adjacent ones are formed differently around the axis P, the blow-out passage 11 is not completely blocked, and the load on the blower 4 can be reduced. ..

The rotational driving force of the motor 14 is
By changing the rotation speed of the motor 14 transmitted to the rotating body 13 via the chain 15, the impact pitch of the dry air blown out from the blowout hole 7 can be adjusted.

According to the drying apparatus 1 of this embodiment, the drying chamber 3
Simply by going into the room, the sensor 10 senses it, and the blower 4 and the motor 14 are automatically switched on.
Then, the dry air sent from the blower 4 is blown out by the blowout flow path 1
1 is intermittently cut by the rotating body 13 rotating in 1.
It is possible to intermittently change the strength of the dry air blown out from the blowout flow path 11. By this intermittent strength change,
The water droplets that have adhered to the surface of the clothes are impacted and are shaken off downward, which enables more efficient drying.

[Other Embodiment] Another embodiment will be described below.

<1> The drying apparatus 1 of the present invention is not limited to the human body 2 to be dried, and can be widely applied to pets such as dogs and cats and livestock.

<2> Blower 4 described in the previous embodiment
May be separate from or integral with the drying device 1, and may be formed so as to supply dry air to a plurality of drying devices 1 by one blower. The blower 4 itself may be provided with a separate heating mechanism in addition to the heating mechanism.

<3> The drying chamber 3 is not limited to a box shape, but may be, for example, a cylindrical shape in which the material to be dried 2 moves in the longitudinal direction. Then, according to the approach distance from the entrance of the drying chamber 3, the degree of change in the strength of the drying air, the temperature, etc. are changed,
It becomes possible to receive effective drying while passing through the drying chamber 3.

<4> The opening / closing mechanism 12 is not limited to the combination of the rotating body 13 and the rotation driving device 14 described in the previous embodiment, and is a valve found in, for example, a ball valve or a gate valve. And the driving device for driving the structure. In addition, a plurality of outlets 7
In, for example, if each open / close mechanism 12 is configured so that the open / closed state of the outlet flow passage 11 moves sequentially from top to bottom,
The moisture adhering to the surface of the material to be dried 2 can be shaken off more efficiently from the top to the bottom.

<5> The blow-out hole 7 is not limited to one provided in the drying chamber 3, but, for example, if the blow-out hole 7 is provided in an opposing posture with the article to be dried 2 interposed therebetween, it may cause a shadow of the article to be dried 2. It becomes possible to reduce the portion to be dried and to dry quickly.
Further, in that case, if the opening / closing mechanism 12 is formed so as to reverse the opened / closed state of the opposing outlets 7, it is possible to prevent the dry air from the opposing outlets 7 from buffering each other. The drying efficiency can be improved.

It should be noted that reference numerals are added to the claims for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the accompanying drawings by the entry.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a drying apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an opening / closing mechanism of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an opening / closing mechanism of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 to-be-dried body 4 blower 11 blowout flow path 12 opening / closing mechanism 13 rotating body 14 rotation drive device P axis

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A drying method for blowing drying air onto a material to be dried (2) to dry the material to be dried (2) by intermittently changing the blowing strength of the drying air. Method. 2. A drying device which blows dry air onto a material to be dried (2) to dry it, wherein a flow path (11) for blowing the dry air from a blower (4) comprises:
A drying device provided with an opening / closing mechanism (12) that intermittently opens or closes or substantially opens or closes the blowout flow path (11) to intermittently change the blowing strength of the dry air. 3. The opening / closing mechanism (12) is a rotating body (13) which rotates about an axis (P) to intermittently open or close or substantially open or close the outlet flow passage (11), and a rotating body (13) thereof. 13)
And a rotary drive device (1) for rotating the shaft around the axis (P).
4) The drying device according to claim 2, wherein the drying device is provided.