JPH0664760U - Fragrance spray equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To diffuse fragrances without difficulty using an ultrasonic vibration device, to easily select various kinds of fragrances, and to detect the remaining amount. The fragrance spraying device of the present invention comprises bottles 8, 19, 20, and 21 for containing fragrance, one end of which is inside the bottle, and the other end of which is a capillary tube 10 protruding from the mouth of the bottle. The vibrating device 11 and the like are provided, and the protruding portion 10a that protrudes to the outside of the capillary tube is brought into contact with the vibrator 11a of the ultrasonic vibrating device and diffused. Also, the ultrasonic vibration device is placed on the motor-driven turntable 12, and a plurality of bottles are arranged around the turntable to selectively spray the fragrance. Further, the photo sensor 17 detects the remaining amount of the fragrance.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a device for automatically selecting and spraying a fragrance (perfume) from a plurality of types in a vehicle or a room.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 There is a device for spraying a fragrance in a vehicle or in a room to create an atmosphere depending on the purpose or in some cases, to eliminate a bad odor. Fig. 5 shows an example of this. Case 1 has bottles 2 and 3 containing different fragrances. Normally, the aroma is diffused by natural diffusion and the bottle 4 is pressed by pressing a button 4 provided on the top of case 1. The fragrance of No. 3 and the fragrance of bottle 2 by pressing the button 5 are forcibly diffused by the rotation of the fan 7 accompanying the rotation of the motor 6.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 The problems of the above-mentioned conventional technology are accompanied by the drawbacks that (1) two kinds of bottles are always open and undesired scents are mixed, and (2) the remaining amount of the fragrance in the bottle is unknown. . The present invention intends to solve these problems, and allows a larger variety of fragrances to be individually selected and the remaining amount of fragrance to be detected.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In the present invention, there is provided a capillary tube comprising a bottle for containing a fragrance, a capillary tube having one end in the bottle and the other end protruding from the mouth of the bottle, and an ultrasonic vibrating device. Of the ultrasonic vibration device is brought into contact with the oscillator of the ultrasonic vibration device, and the ultrasonic vibration device is placed on a turntable driven by a motor to rotate around the turntable. The tips of the capillaries protruding from the mouths of the bottles placed in the position are located on the arc-shaped locus of the vibrator of the ultrasonic vibration device caused by the rotation of the turntable. By selectively spraying the fragrance in the bottle, the photo sensor is installed close to the vibrator of the ultrasonic vibration device to detect the remaining amount of the fragrance in the bottle. Te, are resolved.

[0005]

[Action]

 The fragrance that is ejected from the tip of the capillary that is in contact with the oscillator of the ultrasonic vibration device by protruding from the mouth of the bottle containing the fragrance becomes a spray to diffuse the fragrance and control the rotation of the turntable. This makes it easier to select from multiple fragrances, and the photosensor installed close to the transducer of the ultrasonic vibration device detects the remaining amount of fragrance in the bottle and, if necessary, the fragrance. Warn about replenishing fragrance.

[0006]

【Example】

 1, 2 and 3 show an embodiment of the present invention, which shows the entire structure in which a turntable 12 is provided in a housing 22, and fragrances having different scents are housed around the turntable 12. Bottles 8, 19, 20, and 21 are placed with their mouths facing the center of turntable 12. To explain the structure of the bottle with reference to FIG. 2, the bottle 8 is made of a transparent material such as glass, has a shape close to a triangle, and a stopper with a small hole is fitted in the tip, and a capillary tube 10 is inserted into the small hole. The one end 10b is immersed in the fragrance 9 in the bottle, and the projecting end 10a is projected to the outside of the bottle. In this embodiment, four bottles such as eight, eighteen nine, twenty, and twenty-one are fixed by a detachable supporting device (not shown).

An ultrasonic vibrating device 11 is placed near the circumference of the turntable 12, and as the turntable 12 rotates, the four ultrasonic vibrators 11 are placed on a locus drawn by a vibrator 11 a of the ultrasonic vibrating device 11. The protruding ends 10a of the capillaries 10 protruding from the mouth of the bottle are arranged at an angular interval of 90 °. The turntable 12 is rotated by a motor 13, and the motor 13 is controlled by a control circuit 14 to start and stop the rotation. The control circuit 14 is a vibrator driver (not shown) for the ultrasonic vibration device 11. ) Drive is also controlled. Reference numeral 15 denotes a motor for blowing air, which is different from the motor 13 and rotates a fan 16, and the motor 15 is also controlled by the control circuit 14 in terms of rotation speed, start and stop. Reference numeral 23 is a power source and a battery for the entire apparatus.

If the power of the entire apparatus is on, first, the type of fragrance is selected by a push button or the like (not shown), the motor 13 is rotated by the control circuit 14, and the turntable 12 is rotated. Assuming that the designated fragrance bottle is 8, the control is performed at the position shown in FIG. 1, that is, when the protruding end 10a of the capillary tube 10 of the bottle 8 is located above the transducer 11a of the ultrasonic vibration device 11. The circuit 14 stops the rotation of the motor 13 and stops the turntable 12. Subsequently, the control circuit 14 drives the vibrator driver to vibrate the vibrator 11a, and atomizes the fragrance 9 derived from the protruding end 10a of the capillary tube in contact therewith. Next, the control circuit 14 rotates the motor 15 and causes the fan 16 to blow and diffuse the mist-like fragrance.

To change the fragrance selection, a different type of fragrance may be selected by using a push button (not shown) or the like. The control circuit 14 selects the bottle of the specified fragrance by rotating and stopping the turntable.

The control circuit 14 can control the state in which the fragrance is diffused in the vehicle interior or the vehicle interior. By changing the ejection amount of the fragrance, that is, the ejection time, by changing the driving time of the ultrasonic vibration device, and by changing the blowing condition, by changing the rotation speed of the fan 16, that is, the rotation speed of the motor 15, By combining the two, it is possible to preset a mild or natural sensation for the state in which the fragrance diffuses into the interior or interior of the vehicle, and easily obtain the state according to the situation.

FIG. 3 shows an apparatus for detecting the remaining amount of the fragrance in the bottle, which is incorporated in the apparatus shown in FIG. A photo sensor 17 including a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion is provided immediately above the vibrator 11a of the ultrasonic vibration device 11 with which the protruding end 10a of the capillary protruding from the mouth of the bottle (for example, the bottle of 8) contacts. There is. The fragrance 9 derived from the projecting end 10a of the capillary tube which the vibrator 11a vibrates and contacts in response to a command from the control circuit 14 in accordance with the above-described operation of the device is atomized, so that the photo sensor 17 Emits a detection signal when the optical path is cut off, and displays the remaining amount by a display means (not shown) (not shown) such as a lamp. If the optical path of the photo sensor 17 is not cut off, the remaining amount is displayed and the fragrance is replenished. . The above-described detection step is performed before the control circuit 14 issues a start command to the motor 15, that is, before the fan 16 rotates to start blowing air.

FIG. 4 is a further development of the above invention. In the embodiment, an alarm clock that changes from day to day by adding one to seven types of fragrances, for example, seven types of melody, and changes each day of the week. Is a device that operates as. The bottle group 24 consisting of 7 bottles containing 7 kinds of fragrance software, respectively, has a fragrance derivation unit at its tip which can be sequentially selected for the injection actuator 27 corresponding to the vibrator 11a. The control driver 24 controls the actuator motor 26 and the like to control the movement and the vibration of the vibrator of the ultrasonic vibration device. The control driver 25 is equipped with a clock (timer), a fragrance selection means, an audio device with seven kinds of melody, a display drive unit, etc., a display 29 and a speaker 28 are connected, and a power source 30 supplies power to the entire system. Supplied.

By setting the timer of the control driver 25 and the fragrance selection means, by selecting a combination of 7 kinds of scents and 7 kinds of melody for each day of the week, the time set by the timer will be set. , The scent and melody set for each day of the week. If the fragrance is one type and the melody is seven types, the actuator motor 26 is not required, which is a simple type.

In the above embodiment, the ultrasonic vibrator is moved. However, when the ultrasonic vibrator is moved, the connection process is difficult, so the ultrasonic vibrator is fixed and a fragrance is generated. The bottle may be placed on a turntable and rotated.

[0015]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, since the fragrance is diffused by the capillary tube and the ultrasonic vibration device, there is no excess fragrance diffusion and the scent does not mix. Also, by mounting an ultrasonic vibration device on the turntable, it is possible to easily select from a wide variety of fragrances. Furthermore, the photo sensor can also detect the remaining amount of fragrance, so the remaining amount can be seen at a glance. Will be understood by. In other words, as a device that selects and automatically sprays a plurality of fragrances (perfumes) in the vehicle or in the room, it has great practical effects.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a bottle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram of the photosensor according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 8 bottle 9 fragrance 10 capillary tube 11 ultrasonic vibration device 11a ultrasonic vibrator 12 turntable 13 motor 14 control circuit 15 motor 16 fan 17 photo sensor 19 bottle 20 bottle 21 bottle

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A bottle containing a fragrance, a capillary tube having one end in the bottle and the other end protruding from the mouth of the bottle, and an ultrasonic vibration device,
A fragrance spraying device in which an end of the capillary tube that protrudes outside is brought into contact with a vibrator of the ultrasonic vibration device. 2. The ultrasonic vibration device is mounted on a turntable which is driven by a motor controlled by a control circuit to rotate around a circumference of the turntable, and includes a plurality of bottles arranged around the turntable. The capillaries protruding from the mouths are respectively arranged so as to be positioned on the arc-shaped locus of the vibrator of the ultrasonic vibration device generated by the rotation of the turntable, and the turn associated with the fragrance selection by the control circuit is performed. 2. The fragrance spraying device according to claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of bottles is selected by rotating the table and the tip of the capillary can be positioned on the vibrator. 3. The fragrance spraying device according to claim 1, wherein a photosensor is provided close to the vibrator of the ultrasonic vibration device to detect the remaining amount of the fragrance in the bottle.