JPH0570404U - Automatic hair washer - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide an automatic hair washing machine that can wash hair in a comfortable state for the person to be washed. [Structure] A pair of recesses 70 are formed in a face seal 5. Then, after the head of the person to be washed is inserted into the opening 53 of the water tank 51 in the back state, when the hood 3 covers the face part of the person to be washed, the recess 70 causes the ear of the person to be washed to be in the water tank. 51 Receive it so that it is exposed to the outside. [Effect] When washing hair, the washing water sprayed from the nozzles 57, 59, 60 may enter the ear of the person to be washed, and the water flow sound in the water tank 51, the driving sound of the driving device, etc. may be heard as noise. Can be prevented.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a commercial hair washer used in barber shops, beauty salons and the like.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 52-11248 discloses an example of a conventional automatic hair washing machine. In the automatic hair washing machine disclosed in this publication, as shown in FIG. 5, a water tank S having an opening through which the head of the person to be washed can be inserted in the back state when washing hair, and a water tank S arranged in a swing link L A plurality of nozzles N for spraying washing water for washing hair and a face seal (not shown) are mounted therein, and a hood F for covering the periphery of the face part of the person to be washed is provided.

In the above-mentioned hair washing machine, when washing hair, washing water is jetted from a plurality of nozzles N, and at the same time, the swing link L is swung along the crown. Therefore, there is an advantage that the hair can be evenly washed and the scalp has a massage effect.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the hair washing machine shown in FIG. 5, the hair of the person to be washed must be washed in such a manner that the ears of the person to be washed are contained in the water tank S. Therefore, the washing water sprayed from the nozzle N enters the ear of the person to be washed. In addition, since the sound of water flow in the water tank S, the driving sound of the driving device, etc. are heard as noise, the person to be washed feels very uncomfortable.

In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic hair washer capable of washing the hair in a comfortable state for the person to be washed.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 Means for Solving the Problems According to the present invention, a water tank having an opening at the top so that the head of a person to be washed can be inserted in a back state when washing hair, and a washing water for spraying washing water is disposed in the water tank. Spraying means, a hood that is provided so as to close the peripheral edge of the opening of the water tank, and covers the face area of the person to be washed, and a hood that is attached to the hood and splashes water droplets from the water tank onto the face of the person to be washed. A face seal made of a flexible elastic material for preventing such a situation is provided, and the face seal has a pair of recesses for receiving the ear so that the ear of the person to be washed is exposed to the outside of the water tank. It has been formed.

[0007]

[Action]

 In the above means for solving problems, when the head of the person to be washed is inserted into the opening of the water tank in a back state and the hood is covered around the face of the person to be washed, the ear of the person to be washed is formed into a face seal. The pair of recesses that are formed allow it to be received so as to be exposed to the outside of the aquarium. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the washing water jetted from the jetting means from entering the ear of the person to be washed, and the sound of water flow in the water tank, the driving sound of the driving device, etc. being heard as noise.

[0008]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, an automatic hair washer according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of an automatic hair washer according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the appearance of the automatic hair washer of this embodiment is formed by a cabinet 1, and an entrance 2 for inserting a head is formed at the center of the upper surface of the cabinet 1. Inside the entrance 2, a water tank, which will be described later, for accommodating the head and hair is arranged.

A substantially C-shaped hood 3 is attached to the entrance 2 to cover the periphery of the face of the person to be washed. The hood 3 can be opened and closed between an opened state in which the inlet 2 is wide open and an illustrated closed state in which the inlet 2 is narrowed. The hood 3 is formed with a cutout portion 4 for exposing the face at the time of use, and the peripheral edge of the cutout portion 4 is elastically contacted with the face and water droplets splashing from the water tank of the person to be washed. A face seal 5 is arranged so as to prevent it from touching the face. The amount by which the face seal 5 projects from the peripheral edge of the cutout portion 4 can be adjusted by three adjusting knobs 6.

An operation panel 7 is arranged on the upper surface of the cabinet 1, for example, on the right front side. Various operation buttons and indicators are arranged on the operation panel 7. A hand shower 8 is provided on the upper surface of the cabinet 1. The hand shower 8 is used by a beautician or the like who operates this automatic hair washing machine when finishing hair washing, and can be pulled out from the upper surface of the cabinet 1. On the upper right side of the upper surface of the cabinet 1, for example, knobs 9 and 10 for outflow / stop of cold water and hot water for the hand shower 8 and flow rate adjustment are provided.

Further, a shampoo storage box 11 and a rinse storage box 12 are provided on the upper left side of the upper surface of the cabinet 1, and the shampoo liquid and / or rinse liquid in the storage boxes 11 and 12 are As will be described later, it is automatically mixed into the wash water. FIG. 2 is an illustrative view of a vertical cross section of the automatic hair washer, and is a view for explaining the configuration of the water tank and the wash water injection means.

Referring to FIG. 2, an opening 53 is formed in the upper part of the water tank 51 so that the head H 1 of the person to be washed can be inserted in the back state when washing the hair. In this aquarium 51, when the head H is inserted, the hair HA that hangs down from the head H is long, and even if it is a so-called long hair, the tip of the hair HA does not accumulate at the bottom of the aquarium 51 and hangs down naturally. It is deep enough to allow For example, the depth of the water tank 51 is about 50 cm.

A nozzle link 55 for the crown is provided above the water tank 51. The crown nozzle link 55 is swingable about the fulcrum 56 within the angle range of the arrow A1. The crown nozzle link 55 is formed in a substantially semi-circular shape along the head H, and its end is rotatably attached to the side wall of the water tank 51. A plurality of nozzles 57 are arranged on the nozzle link 55 in the head H direction. Then, at the time of use, the washing water sprayed from the nozzle 57 can wash the roots of the head portion H and the hair HA, and the scalp can be massaged by spraying the washing water.

The water tank 51 is provided with a neckline nozzle link 58 which is rotatable within an angle range of A2. A plurality of nozzles 59 are fixed to the neckline nozzle link 58 so that the washing water sprayed from the nozzles 59 can wash the root portion and the neckline portion of the hair HA within the angle range of A2. ing. Further, a plurality of nozzles 60 are arranged on the front, rear, left and right inner walls of the water tank 51 at a relatively lower position. The nozzle 60 is a fixed nozzle, and is mainly for cleaning the tip portion (hereinafter referred to as "long hair portion") when the long hair HA is long.

With the above configuration, the nozzle link 55 for head of head oscillates along the head H, and the washing water sprayed from the plurality of nozzles 57 arranged in the nozzle link 55 collects the head water. While cleaning the hair HA around H, add a massage effect to the scalp. Also, when the neckline nozzle link 58 rotates, the washing water sprayed from the nozzle 59 cleans the neckline portion that cannot be reached by the nozzle 57 provided in the crown nozzle link 55 and adds a massage effect to the neckline portion. ..

On the other hand, the cleaning water sprayed from the plurality of nozzles 60 arranged on the wall in the lower position of the water tank 51 intensively cleans the long hair portion which does not need the massage effect. In this way, the area that needs to be washed when washing hair is divided into a plurality of blocks, and a dedicated nozzle 57, 59 or 60 is provided for each block, and washing water is supplied from each nozzle 57, 59 or 60. By spraying and washing, good hair can be obtained without uneven washing.

In FIG. 2, the hood 3 is provided above the water tank 51. The hood 3 is openable and closable around the fulcrum 13 in the arrow A3 direction. Before the start of use, the hood 3 is opened and closed, and the head H is inserted into the opening 53 of the water tank 51 in the back state, and then the hood 3 is closed. As described above, the face seal 5 made of a flexible elastic material is attached to the periphery of the cutout portion 4 of the hood 3. When the hood 3 is closed, the face seal 5 contacts the face of the person to be washed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent water droplets flying from the water tank 51 from splashing on the face of the person to be washed.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the face seal. The face seal 5 is provided in a substantially C-shape as shown in FIG. 3, and when the face seal 5 is brought into contact with the person to be washed, the face seal 5 wraps around below the ear of the person to be washed to open the ear. A pair of recesses 70 for receiving the ears are formed so as to be exposed to the outside of the water tank. FIG. 4 is a water channel diagram of the automatic hair washer. Referring to FIG. 4, the water supplied from the external water supply pipe is supplied to the mixing valve 84 via the stop valve 81C, the strainer 82C and the check valve 83C. Hot water supplied from the external hot water supply pipe is supplied to the mixing valve 84 via the stop valve 81H, the strainer 82H and the check valve 83H. Then, in the mixing valve 84, water and hot water are mixed to make hot water of an appropriate temperature. This hot water is supplied to the tank 87 through the strainer 86 and the hot water storage valve 85 when the hot water storage valve 85 is opened. Further, the hot water of the mixing valve 84 is jetted from the hand shower 8 when the shower valve 88 is opened.

The tank 87 is, for example, a tank having a capacity of 40 liters in this embodiment. The tank 87 is provided with two water amount sensors, a lower limit water amount sensor 89 and an upper limit water amount sensor 90, which makes it possible to detect whether the water amount in the tank 87 is almost exhausted or full. There is. Further, a temperature detecting thermistor 91 is provided, for example, at a lower position of the tank 87 so that the temperature of the water (warm water) stored in the tank 87 can be detected.

An overflow pipe 92 is provided above the tank 87. When hot water exceeding the storage limit is supplied to the tank 87, the hot water excessively supplied by the overflow pipe 92 is drained. .. A pump 94 is connected to the tank 87 via an outflow pipe 93. When the pump 94 is driven, the hot water stored in the tank 87 is sucked into the pump 94 through the outflow pipe 93. On the output side of the pump 94, a nozzle link 55 for the crown and a nozzle link 58 for the neckline are connected via a shorting valve 95, and a nozzle 60 for cleaning the long hair is connected via a valve 96 for the long hair. ing. A drain pipe 98 is connected via a drain valve 97.

Therefore, when the long valve 96 and the drain valve 97 are closed and the short valve 95 is opened, the hot water sucked into the pump 94 is passed through the short valve 95 and the nozzle for the crown is used. It is given to the link 55 and the neckline nozzle link 58, and is vigorously ejected from the plurality of nozzles 57 and 59 arranged in each nozzle link.

On the other hand, when the short valve 95 and the drain valve 97 are closed and the long valve 96 is opened, the warm water sucked into the pump 94 is vigorously ejected from the long hair washing nozzle 60. It When the drain valve 97 is closed and the short valve 95 and the long valve 96 are open, the nozzle 57 of the nozzle link 55 for the crown, the nozzle 59 of the nozzle link 58 for the neckline, and the long hair part. Hot water is jetted from three types of nozzles, namely, the cleaning nozzle 60.

On the other hand, when the drain valve 97 is open, the warm water sucked by the pump 94 is drained through the drain pipe 98. The washing water sprayed from the three types of nozzles 57, 59, 60 is received in the water tank 51, and is drained to the drain pipe 98 via the drain trap 99 connected to the bottom of the water tank 51. As is well known, the drain trap 99 is for preventing the generation of a foul odor in the water tank 51 and for preventing the hair dropped in the water tank 51 from flowing out to the drain pipe 98.

A branch pipe 100 is formed on the outflow pipe 93, and the shampoo storage box 11 is connected to the branch pipe 100 via a shampoo valve 101 and an amount adjusting valve 102. Further, a branch pipe 103 is formed in the outflow pipe 93, and the rinse storage box 12 is connected to the branch pipe 103 via a lens valve 104 and an amount adjusting valve 105. Therefore, when the shampoo valve 101 is opened while the pump 94 is operating, the inside of the branch pipe 100 has a negative pressure, and the shampoo liquid stored in the shampoo storage box 11 flows from the branch pipe 100 into the outflow pipe 93. The shampoo liquid is mixed with the hot water taken out from the tank 87. Similarly, when the rinse valve 104 is opened during the operation of the pump 94, the pressure inside the branch pipe 103 becomes negative, and the rinse liquid stored in the rinse storage box 12 is mixed into the warm water flowing through the outflow pipe 93.

Therefore, by operating the shampoo valve 101 or the rinse valve 104 and adjusting the amount adjusting valve 102 or 105, a desired amount can be obtained in the wash water sprayed from the three types of nozzles 57, 59, 60. The shampoo solution or rinse solution of can be mixed. In FIG. 4, the pump 94 is designed to be driven by the inverter 106, and the power of the pump 94 can be adjusted to a desired size by the inverter 96.

In the above configuration, before use, the hood 3 is opened and closed, and as shown in FIG. 2, the head H of the person to be washed is inserted into the opening 53 of the water tank 51 in the back state, and then the hood 3 is opened. Close. At this time, the amount of protrusion of the face seal 5 is adjusted by the adjustment knob 6 to bring the face seal 5 into contact with the face of the person to be washed. When the face seal 5 is brought into contact, the ear of the person to be washed is received by the recess 70 (see FIG. 3) and is exposed to the outside of the water tank 51.

When the hair-washing operation starts, the nozzle link 55 for the crown and the nozzle link 58 for the neckline swing and rotate, and the washing water is sprayed from the nozzles 57, 59, 60 toward the head of the person to be washed. To be done. At this time, the ear portion of the person to be washed is received by the pair of recesses 70 formed in the face seal 5 so as to be exposed to the outside of the water tank 51, and thus the washing water sprayed from the nozzles 57, 59, 60. Can be prevented from entering the ear of the person being washed, and the sound of water flow in the water tank 51, the driving sound of the driving device, etc. heard as noise. Therefore, it becomes possible to wash the hair in a comfortable state for the person to be washed.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and many modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the present invention. For example, the present invention may be applied to an automatic hair washing machine in which the water tank is not deep, in which a fixed nozzle for cleaning the long hair portion of the lower portion of the water tank is omitted.

[0029]

[Effect of the device]

 As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the ear part of the person to be washed is received by the pair of recesses formed in the face seal so as to be exposed to the outside of the water tank, and thus is ejected from the ejection means. It is possible to prevent the wash water from entering the ears of the person to be washed and hearing the water flow noise in the aquarium and the drive sound of the drive device as noise. Therefore, there is an excellent effect that it becomes possible for the person to be washed to wash the hair in a comfortable state.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an automatic hair washer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an illustrative view of a vertical section of an automatic hair washer.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a face seal.

FIG. 4 is a water channel diagram of the automatic hair washer.

FIG. 5 is an illustrative view of a vertical cross section of an automatic hair washer according to a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Hood 5 Face seal 51 Water tank 53 Opening 55, 58 Nozzle link 57, 59, 60 Nozzle 70 Recess

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Hideaki Matsunaga, 2-18, Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Takenori Yuki 2--18, Keihanhondori, Moriguchi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masaru Noro 2-18 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A water tank having an opening at the top so that the head of a person to be washed can be inserted in a back state when washing hair, and a spraying unit disposed in the water tank for spraying wash water for washing hair. , A hood that is provided so as to close the opening peripheral part of the water tank and covers the face area of the person to be washed, and a hood that is attached to the hood and that prevents water droplets splashing from the water tank from splashing on the face of the person to be washed. And a face seal made of elastic material, wherein the face seal is formed with a pair of recesses for receiving the ears of the person to be washed so as to expose the ears to the outside of the water tank. And an automatic hair washing machine.