JPH0624605U - Automatic hair washer - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Correction) [Purpose] To reduce the amount of hot water and water for rinsing etc. that can be used for a single time to be able to wash hair with high cleanliness in an automatic hair washing machine in a short time. . In an automatic hair washing machine equipped with a shower head 3 and a nozzle head 4 for ejecting washing water, shampoo, rinse or the like by a controller according to a washing process, the number and arrangement of shower heads capable of pouring the washing water on the entire hair. In the washing process, washing water is also jetted at the same time as the shampoo is jetted, and the shampoo can be used for washing by utilizing the stirring action when the washing water hits the hair. Also, at the time of rinsing, the washing water from the shower head is used to wash away the hair.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an automatic hair washing machine for washing hair by automatically discharging shampoo or washing water.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, an automatic hair washing machine has been used, in which shampoo and washing water are applied to the hair at different timings to wash the hair automatically. The basis of this automatic hair washing machine is to equip a ball that is large enough to receive its head when a person is lying on his back, and to automatically feed washing water or shampoo liquid to this ball. is there.

For example, in Japanese Patent Publication No. 56-20003, a ball is equipped with a nozzle for discharging hot water or shampoo liquid, a drain valve has an electromagnetic valve for opening and closing, and hot water is stored in the ball to wash hair. A hair washer made in this way is described. In this hair washing machine, an air nozzle is installed at the bottom of the ball to promote hair washing, and the air from the air nozzle is used to stir the hot water containing the shampoo liquid.

In such a hair washing machine, when a person's head is dropped into a ball and the hair is dipped in hot water containing shampoo liquid accumulated in the ball, air from an air nozzle causes foaming. It is possible to wash more effectively with the accelerated shampoo solution.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, since hot water containing shampoo solution and water are stored in the bowl to wash the hair, there is a limit to removing dirt quickly as compared with the case of washing with water. Also, the accumulated hot water gradually becomes dirty, and at the same time, the surface activity of the shampoo and the degree of oil drop decrease, so that washing for a long time will rather affect the degree of cleansing.

[0006] Furthermore, since the degree of cleaning is inferior to that of sink washing, the number of times of rinsing and the amount of hot water or water required for this are also increased. As a result, the amount of water and hot water consumed per person will increase, and the time required for washing hair will also increase.

The problem to be solved in the present invention is to be able to wash hair with a high degree of cleansing in a short time, and to save the amount of hot water and water for rinsing etc. consumed by one use.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention provides a ball having a size capable of accommodating a person's head, a shower head for injecting wash water such as hot water or water toward the inside of the ball, and a shampoo for the inside of the ball as well. An automatic hair washing machine equipped with a nozzle head for spraying a surface-active liquid such as water, etc., and a controller for controlling the supply of the hot water or water and the surface-active liquid, wherein the shower head is directed toward the entire head. In addition to the arrangement and number of water that can be sprayed, the system is characterized in that the cleaning water and the surfactant liquid are simultaneously sprayed from the shower head and the nozzle head in the cleaning process.

[0009]

[Action]

 The shower head spouts hot water or water for washing toward the inside of the bowl, and at the same time, the nozzle head spouts a surface-active liquid such as shampoo, so you can wash your hair while showering shampoo with shampoo. Is done. For this reason, even when shampooing, wash water such as hot water or water is sprayed, so that the wash water acts on the hair to make it wavy or move variously, and the sprayed shampoo liquid. And promotes mixing with hair and enhances the cleaning effect.

Further, even in the case of rinsing, if only the washing water is spouted from the shower head, it is possible to wash down the whole hair, and the rinsing can be completed in a shorter time than the rinsing in the stored water. it can.

[0011]

【Example】

 FIG. 1 is a front view of a hair washer equipped with an aeration shower device of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) are a plan view and a right side view of an upper part thereof.

In the figure, a ball 1 having a shape that receives a head of the person when the person is in a supine posture is integrated with an upper end of a floor-standing housing 2. The ball 1 is large enough to receive a human head, and a cover 1a for receiving the human head is provided on the upper surface of the ball 1 so as to be openable and closable. Then, an opening 1b is opened in the cover 1a, a pad 1c made of a material such as rubber is attached to the opening edge, and the front hair is dropped into the pad 1c so that the hair portion is inside the ball 1. To face.

Inside the housing 2, a hot and cold water mixing plug for mixing hot water and water to the ball 1 and various valve units, etc. are arranged, and a piping structure capable of supplying shampoo, conditioner, etc. by another system is incorporated. It is assumed that the drainage route from the ball 1 is connected to the building piping. The operation of supplying water, supplying hot water, stopping the supply of shampoo, rinse, and the like through these piping systems is performed by the operation panel 1d provided on the rim portion of the ball 1.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the ball 1 excluding the cover 1a, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are vertical cross-sectional views taken along the lines AA and BB of FIG. 3, respectively.

The bottom of the ball 1 on the back side is deepened to open a drain port 1 e at the lower end thereof, and this is connected to a drain pipe (not shown) in the housing 2. A hand shower 1f is provided on the upper surface of the ball 1 and near the operation panel 1d. The hand shower 1f has a hose (not shown) connected to the base end thereof housed in the housing 2, and can be pulled out and used as needed.

A plurality of shower heads 3 and a nose head 4 for shampoo and rinse are installed on the inner wall of the ball 1, and a shower head 5 for the frontal head is provided on the upper end of the rear part. The shower heads 3 and 5 are each connected to a flow path to a hot and cold water mixing tap in the housing 2, and hot water and water are independently supplied by appropriately controlling the opening and closing of a solenoid valve incorporated in a piping system. Further, the nozzle head 4 is connected to a shampoo or rinse tank through a separate flow path, and a shampoo or rinse can be selected and supplied by a solenoid valve.

The shower head 3 sprays hot water or water in the same manner as a normal shower, and may also be one that mixes air into the sprayed water to foam the sprayed water. An example of the structure of

The shower head 3 of the air mixing type has a main body 3a that penetrates the wall of the ball 1 and is fixed by a nut 3b, and has a sprinkler plate 3c having a large number of holes 3d at its discharge end. . A water supply joint 3e is connected to the base end of the main body 3a, and a supply pipe (not shown) from the hot and cold water mixing tap is connected to this. The joint 3e is T-shaped and forms a water supply passage in a direction orthogonal to the axis of the main body 3a, and is integrally formed with the air supply pipe 3f coaxially with the main body 3a.

The air supply pipe 3f has its base end connected to the compressor 2a incorporated in the housing 2, and has its tip positioned coaxially with the main body 3a and extended to the vicinity of the sprinkler plate 3c. is there. The inner diameter of the air supply pipe 3f is about 1 to 2 mm, and the inner diameter of the body 3a around it is about 8 to 16 mm. The air supply pressure from the compressor 2a to the air supply pipe 3f is about 1.5 to ² kg / cm2, and the water supply or hot water supply pressure to the joint 3e is set to a value lower than this.

On the other hand, the shower head 5 for the forehead is arranged sideways as shown in FIG. 4, and has a large number of water spray holes formed in the width direction thereof. Further, the nozzle head 4 for shampoo and rinse has a structure capable of spraying by mixing these shampoo and rinse with water or hot water.

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view showing details of the nozzle head 4.

The nozzle head 4 has a structure in which a water sprinkling plate 11 is connected to the tip of a main body 10 that penetrates the wall of the ball 1 and is fixed, and a T-shaped joint 12 is connected to the base end. The water sprinkling plate 11 has a single water sprinkling hole 11a formed substantially coaxially with the main body 10 in the center thereof, and the flow passage area is gradually narrowed from the inner side in order to accelerate the flow toward the water sprinkling hole 11a. The taper surface 11b is formed. In addition, the joint 12 is a system separate from a flow path that projects laterally a mixed water inflow passage 12a connected to the hot and cold water mixing tap side housed in the housing 2 and communicates from the mixed water inflow passage 12a to the inside of the main body 10. A supply pipe 12b for the shampoo and the rinse liquid is provided.

The supply pipe 12b is coupled to the main body 10 by using a proximal end portion of the supply pipe 12b as a bushing, and is installed coaxially with the main body 10 from the proximal end portion. Then, a chamber block 13 for mixing the mixed water and shampoo or rinse and discharging the mixed water from the water spray holes 11a is incorporated between the front end portion of the supply pipe 12b and the water spray plate 11.

The chamber block 13 has a tip end side coupled to the water sprinkling plate 11 by screwing, and the base end portion is incorporated into the main body 10 as being connected to the tip end of the supply pipe 12b. Further, inside the chamber block 13, a throat 13a extending coaxially with the supply pipe 12b and having its opening end located near the water spray hole 11a is provided. The inner diameter of the throat 13a is smaller than that of the water spray hole 11a, and the opening end of the throat 13a and the water spray hole 11a are coaxially located as shown in the figure.

Further, an introduction hole 13b for introducing the mixed water in the main body 10 to swirl the internal flow is formed in the peripheral wall of the chamber block 13. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 7, in which a total of four introduction holes 13b have a posture of an opening axis line that is tangential to the inner peripheral surface of the chamber block 13.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a piping system of the shower heads 3, 5 and the nozzle head 4.

Inside the housing 2, there are provided hot and cold water mixing taps 6 that also serve as shower heads 3 and 5, and tanks 7 and 8 for shampoo and rinse are provided. The flow path from the hot and cold water mixing tap 6 to each nozzle head 4 and the shower heads 3 and 5 is a separate system, and each is equipped with electromagnetic opening / closing valves 6a and 6b. Water and water can be supplied to the nozzle head 4, the shower heads 3 and 5, and the hand shower 1f.

In the paths from the shampoo and rinse tanks 7 and 8, electromagnetic opening / closing valves 7 a and 8 a for supplying either the shampoo or the rinse to each nozzle head 4 are incorporated. A pump 9 for sucking shampoo and rinse from the tanks 7 and 8 and sending the shampoo and rinse to the nozzle head 4 is provided, and the operation of the pump 9 makes it possible to supply the shampoo or rinse to the nozzle head 4.

On the other hand, out of a total of eight shower heads 3 excluding the shower head 5 for the forehead, the three shower heads located on the back side of the ball 1 are of the aeration type shown in FIG. The remaining five are heads for ordinary shower sprinkling, and the structure thereof is, for example, the shower head 3 in FIG. 6 from which the joint 3e and the air supply pipe 3f are removed, and the main body 3a The pipe may be directly connected to the base end.

A supply path for compressed air from the compressor 2a is connected to the air supply pipe 23 of the shower head 3 of the air mixing type. The compressor 2a is set to be activated or deactivated by the operation of the operation panel 1d.

Here, it is necessary to set the timings of supplying hot water and water from the hot and cold water mixing tap 6, supplying shampoo and rinse from the tanks 7 and 8 and supplying compressed air from the compressor 2a, respectively. is there. For this purpose, a controller may be provided to control the operation of each of the electromagnetic on-off valves 6a, 6b, 7a, 8a and the compressor 2a in response to a signal from a switch operation of the operation panel 1d. Then, for automatic cleaning, when the automatic switch of the operation panel 1d is turned on, the initial cleaning water is discharged from the shower heads 3 and 5, the shampoo is discharged from the nozzle head 4 and the shower heads 3 and 5 are discharged. It is assumed that the controller controls the cleaning process to proceed in the order of spouting water, spouting of rinse from the nozzle head 4 and spouting of all shower heads 3 and 5 for rinsing.

In the above configuration, in the initial cleaning, hot water is discharged from the shower heads 3 and 5 to wet the hair, and then shampoo liquid is discharged from the nozzle head 4 for shampooing.

In such a hair wash, the wash water and shampoo are constantly discharged toward the hair, so that the dirt can be removed faster than in the case where hot water containing shampoo is stored in the ball 1 for washing. Further, since the shampoo is continuously supplied in the case of running down, it is possible to wash the hair in a short time without weakening the washing power.

Further, by deciding the arrangement position and the number of shower heads 3 and 5 so that the washing water is spread over the entire hair of a person's head, the hair is sprayed from these to wash the hair. It becomes wavy and sways in various ways. For this reason, not only can the shampoo be sprayed and applied to the hair, but the hair can be washed in a state similar to kneading by borrowing the force of the washing water from the shower heads 3, 5.

Next, when the shampooing process is completed, the rinse liquid is discharged from the tank 8 from the nozzle head 4, and after the rinse liquid is discharged, hot water or water is discharged from each of the shower heads 3 and 5, which is different from the case of shampooing. Rinsing is performed in the same manner.

As described above, the entire process from the initial washing to the final rinsing is performed while continuously supplying hot water from the shower heads 3 and 5 and shampoo and rinse from the nozzle head 4. To do. Therefore, as compared with the case where hair is washed with hot water or shampoo solution stored in the ball 1, dirt is quickly discharged without staying and a high degree of washing can be performed. In addition, since the rinsing is also a flush type, the time required is shorter than in the case of pool washing, and the amount of water and hot water required can be saved.

Here, in the shower head 3 shown in FIG. 6, the hot water from the joint 3e and the air from the air supply pipe 3f join together in the flow path in front of the water spray plate 3c. If the supply pressure of the air from the air supply pipe 3f is set higher than the supply pressure of the hot water, the supplied air is immediately mixed in the hot water and bubbled. For this reason, the hot water of foam containing air bubbles is discharged from the holes 3d of the water spray plate 3c, and the hair can be washed with a soft feeling.

On the other hand, in the nozzle head 4, the four introduction holes 13 b formed in the peripheral wall of the chamber block 13 have an opening axis in the tangential direction to the inner peripheral wall of the chamber block 13, so The mixed water flows along the inner peripheral wall of the chamber block 13 as shown in FIG. Therefore, the internal flow of the chamber block 13 turns clockwise as indicated by the arrow in the figure.

In such a swirling flow, the mixed water comes to the water spray plate 11 side, and joins the shampoo from the throat 13b before the water spray hole 11a. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the flow path to the water spray hole 11a is secondly narrowed by the tapered surface 11b of the water spray plate 11, and is accelerated to the maximum speed in the water spray hole 11a portion. As a result, the internal pressure at the tip of the throat 13a decreases, and the shampoo from the throat 13a joins as it is sucked by the flow of the mixed water. Therefore, the mixed water becomes a swirling flow in the chamber block 13 toward the water spray hole 11a, so that when mixed with the shampoo from the throat 13a, the mixed water violently merges to form a mist-like jet in which the shampoo and the mixed water are mixed. And is discharged from the water spray holes 11a.

In this way, the mixed liquid of shampoo and mixed water from the water spray holes 11 a of the nozzle head 4 is discharged in the form of mist. For this reason, it is possible to discharge with a strong momentum and a wide spraying range, and if a plurality of nozzle heads 4 are provided at appropriate positions of the ball 1, it is possible to spray the head evenly. Therefore, even if the washing water is supplied from the shower heads 3 and 5 at the same time, strong washing with the shampoo is maintained.

[0041]

[Effect of device]

 According to the present invention, washing water such as hot water or water is sprayed onto the hair from the shower head, and at the same time, treatment of hair washing or rinsing by spraying a surfactant such as shampoo from the nozzle head can be performed. For this reason, the hair can be washed as a wash-off type, the washing effect is significantly improved, and the washing time is shortened.

In addition, since it is a flush type during rinsing, it requires less amount than rinsing with hot water or water stored many times, and the economical effect due to the reduction in the amount of hot water supplied is great.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of an automatic hair washer of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an automatic hair washing machine shown in FIG.
Is a plan view thereof, and (b) of the same figure is a right side view of the upper portion.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a ball shown without a cover, showing a layout of shower heads, nozzle heads, and the like.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

5 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view of an aeration type shower head.

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a nozzle head for shampoo and rinse.

8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a system for supplying mixed water, shampoo, and rinse to the shower head and the nozzle head.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Ball 10 Main Body 2 Housing 11 Sprinkling Plate 3 Shower Head 11a Sprinkling Hole 4 Nozzle Head 12 Joint 5 Shower Head 12a Mixed Water Inflow Channel 6 Hot Water Mixing Plug 12b Supply Pipe 7, 8 Tank 13 Chamber Block 9 Pump

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A ball having a size capable of accommodating a person's head, a shower head for injecting washing water such as hot water or water toward the inside of the ball, and a shampoo similarly directed toward the inside of the ball. An automatic hair washing machine comprising a nozzle head for ejecting a surface-active liquid such as water and a controller for controlling the supply of the hot water or water and the surface-active liquid, wherein the shower head is directed toward the entire head to wash water. The automatic hair washing machine is characterized in that the system and the number of spraying are set so that the washing water and the surface-active liquid are simultaneously jetted from the shower head and the nozzle head in the washing process. 2. The shower head is provided with a water spray plate having a hole at a discharge end of a main body, and an air supply path is provided as a system separate from a supply flow path for water or hot water and mixed water in the main body.
The air supply path is connected to an air pressure supply source.
Automatic hair washing machine as described. 3. The nozzle head has a main body internally communicating with a water supply / hot water supply source and having a water spray plate at a discharge end, and communicates with a surfactant liquid supply source arranged coaxially inside the main body. The chamber block has a double pipe structure, an introduction hole having an opening axis is formed in the peripheral wall of the chamber block in a direction substantially tangential to the inner wall of the chamber block, and the chamber block is coaxial with the chamber block. The automatic hair washing machine according to claim 1, wherein a water spray hole having a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of said is opened.