JPH0642864A - Dehydrating apparatus for umbrella - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To vibrate umbrella cloth, to expedite dehydrating and drying of adhering water droplets, and to enhance dehydrating efficiency of an umbrella by alternately switching between an operation for blowing heating air inside the cloth of the umbrella and an operation for feeding it between a bottom of a funnel-like umbrella receiver and an outside of the bottom of the umbrella. CONSTITUTION:Valves 33, 31 are interlocked by operating an actuator 34 to close an atmosphere inlet 32 and a branch duct 29. Then, when a sirrocco fan 27 is driven, an interior of an umbrella 20 becomes negative pressure. When a moistened umbrella 11 is inserted, part of an umbrella cloth 12 is brought into close contact with the surface of a water absorption sheet 24 to be water- absorbed. The atmosphere introduced from the inlet 32 is heated by a heater 28 to become hot air, which is supplied between the outside of the cloth 12 of the umbrella 11 and the sheet 24, and drying is advanced while vibrating the cloth to shake off the water droplets. Accordingly, a dehydrating efficiency of the umbrella can be enhanced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an umbrella dewatering device capable of instantaneously dewatering a rain-coated umbrella and carrying the umbrella indoors without wetting the floor surface with rainwater.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional umbrella dewatering device of this type, there is one having a structure as shown in FIG. That is, reference numeral 1 denotes an umbrella receiver main body whose upper opening opens in a morning glory shape, and a porous plate 3 is attached to an inner peripheral surface of the umbrella receiver main body 1 with a gap 2 for ventilation. . Further, a water absorbing sheet 4 made of a sheet material having excellent water absorbing property such as cotton cloth or chamois is attached to the inner peripheral surface of the porous plate 3 so that the umbrella receiver 13
It is what constitutes.

The lower end opening of the umbrella receiver 1 is connected via a duct 5 to an intake casing 7 containing a sirocco fan 6 therein. Reference numeral 8 is a motor for driving the sirocco fan 6, and 9 and 10 are a drain port and an exhaust port provided in the intake casing 7.

The conventional umbrella dewatering device has the above-mentioned structure, and when dewatering an umbrella wet with rainwater,
First, the motor 8 is driven to rotate the sirocco fan 6 to make the inside of the morning glory-shaped umbrella receiver 13 into a negative pressure state.
When the wet umbrella 11 is inserted into the umbrella receiver 13, the wet umbrella cloth 12 is absorbed by the negative pressure action.
The water of the umbrella cloth 12 is adhered to the water absorbent sheet 4 to be absorbed by the water absorbing sheet 4, and the rainwater attached to the umbrella cloth 12 is directly removed.

[0005]

However, when the wet umbrella is to be dehydrated by such a conventional umbrella dewatering device, the wet umbrella 11 is randomly formed in the umbrella receiver 13 formed in a funnel shape. It is expected to be dehydrated by the water-absorbing sheet 4 when it is inserted into the water-absorbing sheet 4. However, since a fold is generated in the bud umbrella, the weight surface of the pleats impairs the adhesion with the water-absorbing sheet 4, Due to this, the efficiency of removing raindrops attached to the umbrella cloth 12 is low. Further, in the conventional umbrella dewatering device, since there is no hot air drying means, the umbrella cloth of the rain umbrella and the water absorbing sheet 4 of the umbrella receiver 1 cannot be dried quickly, so that the efficiency of drying the rain umbrella and the umbrella receiver 13 is reduced. There was a problem that was low.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, in which air sucked from a funnel-shaped umbrella receiver having a substantially trumpet-shaped upper surface is passed through a heater. The operation of heating and blowing this heated air to the inside of the umbrella cloth of the rain umbrella inserted in the funnel-shaped umbrella receiver 13 and the operation of sending it between the inner bottom of the funnel-shaped umbrella receiver 13 and the outside of the rain umbrella bottom. , By alternately performing switching operation, the umbrella cloth of the rain umbrella inserted in the funnel-shaped umbrella receiver 13 is vibrated by the air to promote the drop of water droplets attached to the umbrella cloth and the drying of the umbrella cloth. An object of the present invention is to provide an umbrella dewatering device capable of increasing the dewatering efficiency of the umbrella.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.

In FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numeral 21 denotes a funnel-shaped umbrella receiver body having an opening on the upper side in the shape of a bosh,
A porous curved plate 23 is provided integrally with the umbrella receiver body 21 on the inner peripheral surface of the umbrella receiver body 21 with a gap 22 for ventilation. Further, a water absorbing sheet 24 made of a sheet material having excellent water absorbing property such as synthetic leather, chamois or cotton cloth is additionally provided on the inner peripheral surface of the porous curved plate 23 so that the umbrella receiver 2
This is what constitutes 0.

Further, an air duct 25 communicating with the gap 22 and a drain duct 26 are provided at the lower end opening of the umbrella receiver 20.
Is provided. A sirocco fan 27 is installed in the middle of the air duct 25, and a heater 28 is arranged on the discharge side of the sirocco fan 27. Next to the heater 28, branch ducts 29 and 30 are connected to the air duct 25.
At the branch points of 9 and 30, air is supplied to each branch duct 2
A switching valve 31 for selectively distributing the fluid to
It is provided. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the one branch duct 29 penetrates the bottom portion of the water absorbent sheet 24 located inside the umbrella receiver main body 21, and the funnel-shaped water absorbent sheet 24.
Hot air can be sent inside. The other branch duct 30 is provided with the rain umbrella 11 inserted and held inside the umbrella receiver 20.
It is configured such that hot air can be blown toward the inner surface of the umbrella cloth.

Reference numeral 32 denotes an outside air intake port provided on the intake side of the sirocco fan in the air duct 25. The outside air intake port 32 can be opened and closed by a valve 33. Reference numeral 34 denotes an actuator, and a rod 35 for interlocking the valves 31 and 33 is connected to the actuator 34.

The structure of this embodiment has been described above. Next, the operation thereof will be described. First, the actuator 34 is operated to interlock the valves 33 and 31, and the outside air intake 32 and the branch duct 29 are closed. Then, when the sirocco fan 27 is driven, the inside of the umbrella receiver 20 becomes a negative pressure, and when the wet umbrella 11 is inserted into the umbrella receiver 20 in this state, a part of the umbrella cloth 12 is partially absorbed by the surface of the water absorbing sheet 24 by the negative pressure. Is closely related to
A part of the moisture adhering to the umbrella cloth 12 is absorbed by the water absorbing sheet 24. The water adsorbed on the water absorbing sheet 24 is discharged from the drainage duct 26 by the negative pressure action of the sirocco fan, and the air becomes hot air by the heater 28.
The umbrella duct 12 of the umbrella 11 is blown toward the inside of the umbrella 11 through the tip opening of the branch duct 29. As a result, the umbrella cloth 12 is dried by hot air, and the fold overlapping portion of the umbrella cloth is easily separated. When the hot air dry state continues for several seconds, the timer operates, the actuator 34 is restored, and the valves 33 and 31 operate to open the outside air intake 32 and close the branch duct 30.

Accordingly, by continuing the operation of the sirocco fan 27, the outside air taken in from the outside air intake 32 is heated by the heater 2.
It is heated by 8 to become hot air, which is supplied between the outer side of the umbrella cloth 12 of the umbrella 11 and the water absorbing sheet 24. As a result, the umbrella cloth is vibrated by the hot air and the water droplets are shaken off, and the hot air drying proceeds.

Such operation is performed by the actuator 34.
By repeating the above-mentioned switching operation several times, the rain umbrella is dried at a speed 5 to 7 times faster than the drying device described in the conventional example. Further, in this dehydrator, since it is possible to dry the dehydrator itself by using hot air, it is useful for rust prevention and mildew prevention of the device, and it is also possible to dry wet hands. .

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, a fan 36 dedicated to taking in outside air is added in the middle of the air duct 25. Therefore, according to this embodiment, when the fan 36 is driven when the amount of air sucked from the inside of the umbrella receiver is insufficient, the amount of hot air advantageous for drying the rain umbrella is obtained.

[0015]

As described above, the present invention provides the umbrella receiver main body 21.
A funnel-shaped umbrella receiver 20 having a water absorbing sheet 24 attached to the inner peripheral surface thereof and an upper opening opening in a substantially morning glory shape, and a fan 2 for sucking and removing water adsorbed on the water absorbing sheet 24.
In the umbrella dewatering device equipped with 7, the fan 27
Branch duct 29 for branching to an air duct 25 formed on the discharge side of the umbrella receiver 20 to supply air to the inner bottom of the umbrella receiver 20 and the umbrella receiver 20 from the upper opening of the umbrella receiver 20.
A branch duct 30 for sending air toward the inside is provided, and a switching valve 31 for switching and sending air to the branch duct 29 or the branch duct 30 is provided at the branch point, and the switching valve 31 and the fan 27 are provided. Since this is an umbrella dewatering device in which a heater 28 for heating air is provided in the air duct 25 between them, according to this, by operating the switching valve 31, the hot air is opened to the upper side of the umbrella receiver 20. Part or the inner bottom of the umbrella receiver can be selectively supplied.
Since the hot air can be blown while the umbrella cloth of the rain umbrella inserted in the umbrella receiver 20 is vibrated (fluttered), the moisture is removed from the umbrella cloth and the inside of the umbrella cloth and the device are dried effectively. Furthermore, in this dehydrator, since it is possible to dry the dehydrator itself by using hot air, it is effective in preventing rust and mildew of the device, and further it is possible to dry wet hands. To be

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a structural explanatory view of an umbrella dewatering device according to a conventional example.

FIG. 2 is a structural explanatory view of an umbrella dehydrator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a main part structure according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 20 ... Umbrella receiver 21 ... Umbrella receiver main body 22 ... Gap 23 ... Porous curved plate 24 ... Water absorbing sheet 25 ... Air duct 26 ... Drainage duct 27 ... Sirocco fan 28 ... Heater 29 ... Branch duct 30 ... Branch duct 31 ... Switching valve 32 ... Outside air intake 33 ... Valve 34 ... Actuator 35 ... Rod 36 ... Fan for outside air intake

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A funnel-shaped umbrella receiver (20) in which a water absorbing sheet (24) is attached to the inner peripheral surface of the umbrella receiver main body (21), and an upper opening of the umbrella receiver (20) opens in a substantially morning glory shape. A fan (2) for sucking and removing the water adsorbed on the water absorbing sheet (24)
In an umbrella dehydrator equipped with 7), an air duct (25) formed on the discharge side of the fan (27).
And a branch duct (29) for feeding air to the inner bottom of the umbrella receiver (20) and an upper opening of the umbrella receiver (20) toward the inside of the umbrella receiver (20). A branch duct (30) to care for is provided, and a switching valve (31) for switching and feeding the branch duct (29) or the branch duct (30) is provided at the branch point, and the switching valve (3) is provided.
Air duct (25) between 1) and the fan (27)
An umbrella dewatering device comprising a heater (28) for heating air therein.