JPH07163484A - Supply unit of paper towel or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a supply unit of a paper towel or the like which can be used not only for drying hands with the paper towel but also for make-up by assembling a supply unit of paper towels or the like having automatic liquid supplying means, a dust box, an air supply and exhaust port, and a mirror to a casing. CONSTITUTION:When the hands approach a sensor disposed near a pulling-out port 52 of a paper towel or the like of a supply unit 50, a valve is opened, a liquid is flowed from a liquid supplying section, a predetermined amount of the liquid is supplied so that the surface of an elastic porous roll is soaked. The paper towel or the like is properly made wet and is cut by a cutting section or the like so as to be used. A throw away inlet 56 of the used paper towel or the like is formed on the bottom surface of a concave notched portion 55 and a mirror 57 is installed in the upper part of the pulling-out port 52 and a switch operation panel 53. The supply unit 50 can be used instead of going to a washroom to wash hands or face or to quickly make up the face or adjust hair. An air supply and exhaust port 54 of a deodorizing unit and an air cleaning unit is disposed between the supply unit of the paper towels or the like and the inlet of a dust box enclosing section, thereby preventing an environment deterioration due to generated malodor or the like.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be installed in a place where a large number of people gather, such as a theater, a department store, a gymnasium, a restaurant, a public facility, a station, a hospital, etc., and is particularly used for various cleaning purposes for business. More specifically, the paper towel supply unit is installed directly on a floor such as a washroom or a general floor to adjust the surrounding environment and selectively supply wet or dry towel paper for a fixed length automatically. The present invention relates to a paper towel supply unit suitable for face and hair styling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a wet tissue device which is generally commercially available, a roll-shaped paper or non-woven fabric with perforations, which has been previously moistened, is contained in a cylindrical container with a lid. The paper or non-woven fabric is pulled out from the inside of the container, and there are those that cut along the perforations due to the resistance at that time, or in a wet state,
In some cases, paper or non-woven fabric cut into a length to be used in advance is stacked in a box-shaped storage container in a folded state, and the paper or non-woven fabric is taken out one by one each time it is used. However, in such a commercially available wet tissue device, the paper or non-woven fabric contained in the container is easily dried, and is not suitable for long-term storage. Further, in the structure in which the wet paper rolled up in a roll in the container is sequentially taken out from the small outlet formed in the center of the container lid to prevent drying, the outlet is extremely narrow. Therefore, it was difficult to take out the wet paper.

In view of these points, a paper towel supply device in which a paper or a non-woven fabric is wetted each time it is used is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 4-176416. According to the paper towel supply device disclosed in the publication, the liquid supplied from the water supply nozzle is supplied via the auxiliary roller to the surface of the wetting roller which rotates in contact with the auxiliary roller. Is uniformly wetted, and the paper fed from the roll paper is brought into contact with the surface of the wetting roller to wet the paper.

[0004]

By the way, in the place where the paper towels are placed as described above, not only are the hands simply wiped or used for a specific purpose, but the face and hair can be easily adjusted on the spot. If possible, it is convenient for men as well as women. Further, generally, most of the places for installing this kind of paper towels are near a washroom or a toilet bowl. Therefore, even if the user simply wipes his hands or tries to fix his hair, there is an inconvenience that he has to go to the washroom. The paper towel supply device is also a dedicated device installed near the toilet or in the washroom, and the inconvenience described above cannot be solved.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and its purpose is not only to wipe the hands,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper towel supply unit that makes it possible to easily prepare hair or makeup at the place where the paper towel is used.

[0006]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The above object of the present invention is to provide a paper towel feeder having an outlet for paper towels and a means for automatically applying liquid to the towel, and a paper towel feeder provided below the feeder. Dust box storage part that has a dust input port for inputting used papers, deodorizer and air purifier with air supply / exhaust ports provided at appropriate positions via ducts, etc. A paper towel supply unit is characterized in that the mirror to be attached and the mirror are assembled in a casing having a height approximately equal to the height.

In the present invention, a mechanism as disclosed in the above publication can be adopted as a paper towel supply device, but a mechanism by which the supplied paper towels can be selected from dry state and wet state. Is desirable.

According to a preferred embodiment, the paper towel supply device has a paper towel take-out port on the front surface thereof, and a casing having a towel exchange section, and is replaceably mounted in the casing. A liquid tank having continuous automatic liquid supply means, a liquid applying means connected to a liquid outlet of the liquid tank via a valve, and extending in the width direction in the casing, and a liquid applying section of the liquid applying means. At least one porous elastic roll arranged to face each other, a towel feed roll that is driven and rotated by a driving means and can be brought into contact with and separated from the elastic roll, and the paper towel between the elastic roll and the feed roll. A towel supply unit for supplying and a interlocking unit for interlocking the operation of the driving unit and the opening / closing operation of the valve are provided.

Further, more preferably, the paper towel supply section is provided with the paper towels in a roll shape or an alternating folding shape, and a separate pressing roll disposed in parallel with the porous elastic roll. In this case, both rolls are selectively brought into contact with and separated from the feed roll, and the pressing roll is arranged so as not to face the liquid applying portion. Further, according to a preferable example of the liquid storage portion of the liquid tank, the liquid container is composed of a bellows type liquid container, and the liquid container is constantly urged in a compression direction with a certain elastic force, and the liquid applying means is in the width direction of the casing. Is a liquid passage tube that has a liquid application portion that extends in the lengthwise direction and opens in the lengthwise direction. The liquid supply up to the liquid applying means is not limited to the tank type, but a system in which it is directly connected to the water supply can be adopted.

An electric motor or a mainspring motor is used as the driving means, and an automatic switch is turned on by a switch operation or when a hand is brought close to a predetermined position, and these motors are activated to move the feed roll. It has a transmission mechanism that rotates at a constant rotation speed. In the present invention, the driving means includes a driving means by manual picking. In addition, a sterilizing means such as an ultraviolet lamp or an ozone generator may be installed in a part of the paper towel supply section, and at the same time, a chemical solution may be used as the liquid.

[0011]

The function of the paper towel supply unit of the present invention is as follows.
It is not installed near the washbasin or toilet bowl, but is installed directly on the floor, for example, along a wall away from the washbasin or in a place where many people come and go.

Therefore, when it is desired to wipe the hands or face, or to easily make up makeup or hair, the paper towel supply unit of the present invention installed at hand is used without going to the washroom. This also helps to avoid toilet congestion.

In particular, since the dust box storage section for throwing in used paper towels is provided below the paper towel supply device, the periphery of the unit is always kept in order, for example, in the deodorizer and the air cleaner. When the air supply / exhaust port is provided between the paper towel supply device and the input port of the dust box storage section,
Deterioration of the surrounding environment due to odors generated from the inlet can also be prevented.

The operation of the paper towel supply device will be described. For example, when a hand is brought close to a sensor installed near the paper towel outlet of the paper towel supply unit of the present invention, the drive means of the feed roll is automatically operated. When the valve is opened, the liquid flows out from the liquid applying unit of the liquid applying unit, and the surface of the porous elastic roll adjacent to the liquid applying unit is applied and impregnated with a predetermined amount of liquid. At this time, the number of rotations of the feed roll is preset.

When the feed roll rotates a predetermined number of revolutions, the elastic roll is simultaneously rotated while feeding out the paper towel, the liquid impregnated inside the elastic roll is transferred to the paper towel, and the paper towel is appropriately wetted.

When a wet paper towel having a preset length is fed from the towel outlet of the casing by the elastic roll and the feed roll, the drive of the feed roll is stopped. Here, the wet paper towels are cut by a cutting part or the like attached to the towel take-out port and used. First, when the "dry" switch is operated, the elastic roll is switched to the pressure roll separated from the liquid applying portion, and the towels take-out port is obtained by sandwiching the paper towel between the feed roll and the pressure roll. Send to.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A typical embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external view showing an example of a paper towel supply unit according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an internal structure example of a paper towel supply device which is a main part of the present invention.

A paper towel supply unit 50 of the present invention according to the illustrated example comprises a casing 51 having a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped shape as shown in FIG. 1, and a paper towel supply device which will be described later is provided inside a substantially central portion thereof. Is installed, and a drawer port 52 communicating with an outlet for paper towels of the feeder is provided on the front surface of the central portion of the feeder, and various drives installed in the feeder unit 50 on the side of the drawer port 52. A switch operation panel 53 in which operation switches 53a for operating the parts are arranged is attached. A saw blade-shaped cutting blade is formed in the drawer port 52 for cutting paper towels, and a mirror 5 is provided above the drawer port 52 and the switch operation panel 53.
7 is attached, and a lighting fixture 58 is attached to the upper edge of the mirror 57.

A spare paper towel storage portion (not shown) is provided above the inside of the casing 51, and a deodorizer and an air purifier (not shown) are also installed. The paper towel storage unit is, for example, a storage rack, and the deodorizer and the air purifier do not have to have a specific configuration, and a generally commercially available device may be assembled inside the casing 51. The deodorizer and the air purifier are connected to an air supply / exhaust port 54 formed at an appropriate location of the casing 51 via a duct (not shown).

A part of the casing 51, which is below the paper towel supply device, is formed in a recess 55 having a depth of a desired size, and a used paper towel inlet 56 is formed on the bottom of the recess 55. And a rotary lid 56 that rotates around a horizontal axis at the inlet 56.
a is attached. Further, according to the illustrated example, the air supply / exhaust port 54 of the deodorizer and the air purifier has the recessed portion 55.
It is provided on the side of. Further, below the input port 56 for the used paper towels is a storage section for a dust box (not shown), and the casing front surface of the storage section has an opening / closing structure.

Further, the above-mentioned outlet 5 for paper towels
A mirror 57 is attached to the upper casing portion of the switch operation panel 53 and the switch operation panel 53. The mirror attachment portion is openable and closable, and when the paper towels 9 are replaced, the mirror attachment portion is opened and the spare paper towels 9 are attached. Then, the paper towels 9 are set at a predetermined position of the paper towel supply device.

Next, a typical example of a paper towel supply device, which is the most main component of the present invention, is shown in FIG.
In the following description, the housing 1 and the liquid tank 3 that is replaceably mounted in the housing 1 and has the continuous automatic liquid supply means 2 and the liquid discharge port of the liquid tank 3 are connected to the housing 1. Applying means 4 extending in the inner width direction of the liquid, and a applying part 5 of the applying means 4.
At least one porous elastic roll 6 arranged facing each other, a towel feed roll 8 which is driven and rotated by a driving means activated by a push button 7, and can be brought into contact with and separated from the elastic roll 6, and a paper towel 9 is provided between the elastic roll 6 and the feed roll 8 and a towel supply unit 10.

The housing 1 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a towel take-out port 11a through which the paper towels 9 are sent out from the housing 1 is formed on the front surface, and the upper surface thereof is an opening / closing lid when the liquid tank 3 is replaced. 11b
Further, an opening / closing bottom 11c for replacing the paper towels 9 is formed on the bottom surface thereof. Further, according to the illustrated example, the hanger hooks 12 are attached to the left and right at the upper edge portion on the back side of the housing 1.

The liquid tank 3 is in the form of a bottle as a whole, and the container portion inside thereof is composed of a rubber bellows type container 3a, and between the bottom of the bellows type container 3a and the bottom of the liquid tank 3. A liquid pressure spring 3b is interposed between the bellows type container 3a and the bellows type container 3a, and the bottom portion of the bellows type container 3a is pressed toward the liquid discharge port with a predetermined pressing force to keep the internal liquid pressure of the bellows type container 3a constant. The liquid tank 3 thus configured is horizontally supported by the liquid tank holder 13 provided on the inner surface of the side wall of the housing 1 and the cap body 14 described later.

The liquid applying means 4 is the cap body 1.
4 and a liquid passage pipe 16 connected to the cap body 14 via a pinch valve 15. The liquid passage pipe 16 is bent in a substantially J shape, and a part of a curved portion thereof is fixed to one side surface of the housing 1, and a long portion thereof extends in the left-right width direction of the housing 1. The closed end of the tip is fixed to the other side surface of the housing 1. In addition, the same liquid pipe 1
In the long portion of 6, a large number of liquid discharge ports 1 are provided along the longitudinal direction.
6a is provided and constitutes the liquid applying section 5 of the present invention. Further, according to the present embodiment, the liquid volume adjusting valve 16b is attached in the middle of the curved portion of the liquid passage pipe 16,
The operation knob 16c of the valve 16b is projected to the outer surface of the housing 1.

The operating end of the pinch valve 15 projects outward from the upper surface of the housing 1, and one end of the push button 7 is attached to the projecting end. The push button 7 is always urged upward, and a cam start link 17 is vertically provided at the other end. A long hole 17a is formed at the lower end of the cam / start link 17, and a pin 18 projecting from the side surface of the housing 1 is fitted into the long hole 17a so that the cam / start link 17 is the same pin. It is designed so that it can be moved up and down by a predetermined distance by being guided by 18. Also, the above-mentioned cam start link 17
The center of the base portion 19b of the L-shaped lever 19 having an engaging claw 19a at one end is pivotally attached to the intermediate portion of the base portion 19b.
A tip end of the cam start link 17 and an upper portion of the cam start link 17 are connected by a tension spring 20, and the engaging claw 19a of the L-shaped lever 19 is urged clockwise in the drawing. Further, on the right side of the cam / start link 17 in the drawing, the lower surface of the base portion 19b of the L-shaped lever 19 is set so as to ride on the upper surface of the pin 21 projecting into the housing 1.

A rotary cam 22 is installed at a portion of the housing 1 facing the engaging claw 19a in the biasing direction of the L-shaped lever 19. According to the present embodiment, a concave portion with which the engaging claw 19a engages is formed at one location on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating cam 22, and the engaging claw 19a is formed for each rotation of the rotating cam 22. Engage with the recessed portion to prevent the rotary cam 22 from rotating any further. A gear (not shown) is attached to the rotary shaft portion of the rotary cam 22, and a plurality of reduction gear trains (not shown) including the gear are housed inside the gear box 23.

The drive gear of the reduction gear train housed in the gear box 23 is also fixed to a drive shaft (not shown), and in this embodiment, the barrel portion 24a of the housing 1 is attached to the drive shaft. The mainspring motor 24 is attached so as to be exposed on the outer side surface. Therefore, by turning the barrel portion 24a, the mainspring inside is wound up to store power. A timing belt wheel (not shown) is fixed to the shaft end of the drive shaft, and a timing belt wheel 26 is provided between the timing belt wheel and the timing belt wheel 25 fixed to the shaft portion 8a of the feed roll 8. Are connected with.

Thus, although the feed roll 8 is driven by the mainspring motor 24 in the illustrated example, an electric stepping motor can be used as the driving means, and in this case, the above-mentioned method is used. Cam start link 17, L-shaped lever 19, rotating cam 2
It does not require a starting mechanism such as 2 and has a simple structure in which the opening / closing operation of the pinch valve 15 and the starting of the stepping motor are electrically synchronized by an electric switch. Further, in the present invention, it is possible to directly drive the feed roll by providing a dial directly on the feed roll and opening and closing the pinch valve 15 in conjunction with the rotation of the dial.

The feed roll 8 is made of foamed resin such as polyurethane, and is rotatably supported by the opening / closing bottom 11c of the housing 1 through a supporting member. Therefore, the feed roll 8 together with the opening / closing bottom 11c. It rotates up and down around the drive shaft.

With this configuration, the push button 7
When is pushed downward, the pinch valve 15 opens and the liquid having a predetermined pressure flows through the liquid passage pipe 16,
The liquid is discharged from the liquid discharge port 16a. At the same time, the cam start link 17 descends, and the L-shaped lever 19 rotates about the pin 21 counterclockwise in FIG. 1 against the elastic force of the tension spring 20, and the concave portion of the rotary cam 22. Engaging claw 19a of the L-shaped lever 19 engaged with the
Is removed from the recessed portion to allow the rotation cam 22 to freely rotate. The rotation of the rotary cam 22 is continued even when the push button 16 is released.

By the rotation of the rotary cam 22, the accumulated force of the mainspring motor 24 is released, and the rotary cam 22 is kept until then.
The reduction gear trains, the rotation of which has been stopped by the engaging claws 19a, rotate all at once, and drive the feed roll 8.
However, when the rotating cam 22 makes one rotation, the engaging claw 19a
Engages with the recess of the rotary cam 22 again,
Further rotation is stopped, and the drive of the feed roll 8 is also stopped. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the rotating cam 22
Is rotated once, the feed roll 8 is rotated through the reduction gear train at a desired rotational speed.

On the other hand, the elastic roll 6 is a liquid-containing porous elastic roll made of felt or sponge, and is disposed between the liquid discharge port 16a of the liquid passage pipe 16 and the feed roll 8. Set up. According to the present embodiment, the elastic roll 6 is rotatably supported on the left and right side walls of the housing 1, and its roll surface is fixed at a position which is always close to the liquid discharge port 16a. The feed roll 8 can be brought into and out of contact with the elastic roll 6 over the entire length of the roll surface as described above.

Although not shown, according to another embodiment,
In the present invention, a pressing roll having the same structure as the elastic roll 6 is supported separately from the elastic roll 6 in parallel with the same support member, and the support member is rotatable so that both rolls are selectively The feed roll 8 can be brought into contact with and separated from the feed roll 8, and the roll approaching the feed roll 8 is switched between the elastic roll 6 and the pressing roll by a known switching mechanism.
Of course, the elastic roll 6 is arranged so as to approach the feed roll 8 and at the same time, approach the liquid discharge port 16a of the liquid passage pipe 16, and one pressing roll simply comes into contact with and separates from the feed roll 8. It is designed so that it is always located away from the liquid discharge port 16a.
Only when the elastic roll 6 approaches the liquid ejection port 16a, the pinch valve 15 is switched in association with the operation of the switching mechanism, and the liquid ejection port 16a is switched.
The liquid is discharged from the.

Below the elastic roll 6 and the feed roll 8, a towel supply winding roll 10a forming a part of the towel supply unit 10 is rotatably supported. The towel supply roll 10a is a roll of long paper towels 9 wound around a paper tube 9a.
The towel supply roll 10a can be removed together with the paper tube 9a from a supporting portion (not shown). When replacing the towel supply winding roll 10a, the opening / closing bottom 11c of the housing 1 is opened to remove the used paper tube 9a, and the towel supply winding roll 10a is replaced with a new towel supply winding roll 10a. After pulling out the end portion, the opening / closing bottom 11c is closed. At this time, the feed roll 8 rotates integrally with the rotation of the opening / closing bottom 11c, pushes up the end portion of the paper towel 9 from the lower surface, and automatically moves the end portion between the elastic roll 6 and the feed roll 8. Pinch.

Although the towel supply section 10 is provided with the towel supply roll 10a in the above embodiment, the towel supply section 10 is not limited to the towel supply roll 10a. Instead, for example, one long paper towel 9 can be exchangeably mounted inside the housing 1 in a stacked state in which the paper towels 9 are alternately folded in a zigzag shape.

According to the paper towel feeder of the illustrated example configured as described above, the power spring is wound in advance by the rotation of the barrel portion 24a to accumulate the power. Here, if you push the push button 7 downward,
The pinch valve 15 opens and the liquid tank 3 passes through the liquid passage pipe 16
A liquid having a predetermined pressure flows out into the elastic roll 6 from the liquid discharge port 16a of the liquid passage pipe 16 and discharges and impregnates a fixed amount of the liquid. At this time, at the same time, the cam start link 1
7, the L-shaped lever 19 rotates about the pin 21 counterclockwise in FIG. 1 against the elastic force of the tension spring 20, and the L-shaped lever 19 engages with the concave portion of the rotary cam 22. The engaging claw 19a of the V-shaped lever 19 is removed from the recess, and the rotary cam 22 starts rotating. The rotation of the rotary cam 22 is continued even if the push button 7 is released.

By the rotation of the rotary cam 22, the accumulated force of the mainspring motor 24 is released, and the rotary cam 22 is kept until then.
The reduction gear trains, the rotation of which has been stopped by the engaging claws 19a, rotate all at once, and drive the feed roll 8.
The feed roll 8 is rotated by the set number of rotations via the reduction gear train until the rotation cam 22 makes one rotation and the engagement claw 19a engages with the recessed portion again. The amount of paper towels 9 delivered is determined by the number of rotations of the feed roll 8 at this time. When the feed roll 8 rotates in this way, the elastic roll 6 is fed while the paper towels 9 are being fed out.
Also, the liquid impregnated inside the elastic roll 6 is transferred to the paper towels 9 and appropriately wets the paper towels 9. Towel outlet 11a of the housing 1
Thus, when the wet paper towels 9 having a preset length are delivered by the elastic roll 6 and the feed roll 8, the drive of the feed roll 8 is stopped.

In another embodiment (not shown) in which the elastic roll 6 is provided with a pressing roll, the paper towels 9 are changed when the roll approaching the feed roll 8 is switched from the elastic roll 6 to the pressing roll. The liquid is not applied, and the paper towels 9 having a predetermined length are sent out from the towels outlet 11a in a dry state. Therefore, in the case of this example, the paper towels 9 in the wet state and the paper towels 9 in the dry state can be arbitrarily selected and used.

As the liquid applied to the paper towels, clean water, a chemical solution, a cleaning solution or the like can be used alone, or the paper towels can be preliminarily coated with a chemical and the clean water can be applied to the paper towels. It can also be given.

FIG. 3 to FIG. 5 show other typical examples of the paper towel supply device applied to the present invention. This device is largely different from the above-mentioned supplying device shown in FIG. 2 in that the continuous automatic liquid supplying means 30 for supplying the liquid applying means and the driving portion 31 of the feed roll 32 are installed outside the housing 1 and paper towels are provided. This is the point where the supply part of is mounted on the upper surface of the housing 1 and is rotatably supported. The housing 1 and the continuous automatic liquid supply means 30
The drive unit 31 of the feed roll 32 is installed on the upper surface of the substrate 38, and the substrate 38 is fixedly installed inside the casing 51.

The continuous automatic liquid supply means 30 includes a liquid tank 33, a support member 34 for supporting the tank 33, a support base 35 on which the support member 34 is installed, and the support member 34.
And a liquid passage pipe 36 having one end connected to the liquid supply port 34a. Liquid nozzle 36a connected to the other end of the liquid passage pipe 36
Has substantially the same configuration as the liquid discharge port 16a in the above-described embodiment. On the other hand, the liquid tank 33 has a valve 33a on the upper surface, and when the liquid tank 33 is turned upside down and the valve 33 is fitted into the liquid supply port 34a of the support member 34, the valve 33a opens to automatically. The liquid is designed to flow into the liquid passage pipe 36 from the liquid supply port 34a of the support member 34. An electromagnetic valve (not shown) is interposed in the liquid passage pipe 36, and when a hand approaches a sensor (not shown), the electromagnetic valve is opened and the liquid nozzle 3 described above is opened.
The liquid is discharged from 6a.

The drive unit 31 comprises an electric motor 31a and a gear train 31b, and the output shaft of the electric motor 31a and the feed roll unit 32 are connected via the gear train 31b. According to the present embodiment, the feed roll portion 32 is formed from the belt 32c which is fitted around the groove portions of the front and rear rolls 32a and 32b in which several groove portions are formed in parallel with the circumferential direction of the peripheral surface. Therefore, the liquid nozzle 36a is arranged above the front drive roll 32a. A stepping motor is used as the electric motor 31a. Similarly to the electromagnetic valve, the stepping motor 31a is also driven automatically when a hand approaches a sensor (not shown), and the motor driving is stopped after a predetermined number of rotations is reached. At the same time, the electromagnetic valve is also closed to stop the liquid supply to the liquid nozzle 36a.

Elastic rolls 37a and 37b made of foamed resin or the like are arranged in pressure contact with the upper surfaces of the front and rear rolls 32a and 32b, and the paper towels 9 supplied from the paper towel supply unit 10 are elastic rolls 37a. , 37b and the belt 32c to be delivered to the outlet 11a. Note that the other configurations are not substantially different from those of the above-mentioned embodiment. It is possible to install a sterilizing means such as an ultraviolet lamp or an ozone generator in a part of the supply unit of the above paper towels, and at the same time, a chemical solution containing a disinfectant or the like may be used as a liquid, and instead of the chemical solution. It is also possible to impregnate the paper towels 9 with a drug in advance.

FIG. 6 shows an embodiment in which a mechanism for automatically cutting to a predetermined length each time the paper towels 9 are used is added to the apparatus of the embodiment shown in FIGS. The most different point in the embodiment of the figure from the above embodiment is
The feed roll section 32 is divided into three stages 32-1 to 32-3 in the feeding direction of the paper towels 9 and a rotary cutter 39 is provided in the middle between the two upstream feed roll sections 32-2 and 32-3. There is an intervening point. In the figure, reference numeral 40 is a drip pan disposed below the liquid nozzle 36a, and a drain pipe 40a is connected to a part of the bottom surface of the pan 40.

First near the outlet of the paper towels 9
The upper and lower rolls of the feed roll section 32-1 in the second stage are elastic rolls, and the upper and lower roll sections of the second and third feed roll sections 32-2 and 32-3 are both front and rear (right and left in the figure). A plurality of groove portions are formed in parallel with the circumferential direction of the pair of roll peripheral surfaces, and the belt 32c is fitted and hung over the groove portions. Then, these feed roll parts 32
-1 to 32-3 are independently driven at a predetermined timing in conjunction with the operation of the rotary cutter 39. The rotary cutter 39 is rotationally driven by an electric motor 41 through a suitable transmission mechanism such as a gear or a belt and is reciprocally driven in the transverse direction of the paper towels 9.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, when the paper towels 9 are used, the feed roll parts 32-1 to
32-3 and the operation procedure of the rotary cutter 39, when the paper towels 9 are to be used now, when the switch of the switch operation panel 53 installed in the unit 50 (see FIG. 1) is pressed, the rotary cutter 39 is first moved. While rotating, the paper towels 9 are moved in the transverse direction and cut into a predetermined length. At the same time, a valve (not shown) is opened and the liquid is automatically ejected from the liquid nozzle 36a to wet the paper towels 9. Then, the first-stage feed roll section 32-1 is driven to automatically send out the paper towels 9 from the outlet. At this time, the second and third stage feed roll sections 32-2 and 32-3 are simultaneously driven inside the apparatus, and the paper towels 9 are sent to the position below the liquid nozzle 36a and stopped.

[0048]

As is apparent from the above description, the paper towel supply unit of the present invention can be installed not only in the conventional washroom or handwash but also in any place apart from the washbasin or the toilet bowl. Therefore, it is possible to easily clean hair and makeup when using paper towels without having to go to the washroom, and if it is installed in a place where a large number of people gather, it is possible to reduce congestion in the washroom. Further, the paper towel supply unit of the present invention is provided with a paper towel supply device including at least a liquid application means, and further, the liquid application section applies the liquid to the paper towels via the elastic roll. Therefore, the paper towels of the required length can be supplied in a uniformly wet state without requiring a special operation, and the paper towels and the applied liquid can be easily replaced. Further, when the elastic roll and the liquid applying section are always at a separated position and a pressure roll that can be brought into contact with and separated from the feed roll is provided, the feed of the elastic roll and the pressure roll is performed. By making it possible to switch between contact and separation with respect to the roll, it is possible to select either supply of the paper towels in a wet state or a dry state.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a configuration example of a paper towel supply unit of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional perspective view showing an internal configuration of a wet paper towel supply device which is a typical example installed in the unit.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an internal configuration of a wet paper towel supply device according to another representative embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing an internal configuration of a wet paper towel supply device according to still another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Casing 2 Continuous automatic liquid supply means 3 Liquid tank 3a Bellows type container 4 Liquid application means 5 Liquid application part 6 Porous elastic roll 7 Push button 8 Feed roll 9 Paper towels 10 Towels supply part 11a Towels outlet 11b Open / close lid 11c Open / close bottom 11d Cutter 12 Hanger hook 13 Liquid tank holder 14 Cap body 15 Pinch valve 16 Liquid passage pipe 16a Liquid discharge port 16b Liquid amount adjusting valve 16c Operation knob 17 Cam / start link 17a Long hole 18 pin 19 L-shaped lever 19a Engaging claw 19b Base 20 Tension spring 21 Pin 22 Rotating cam 23 Gear box 24 Mainspring motor 24a barrel box 25 Timing belt wheel 26 Timing belt 30 Continuous automatic liquid supply means 31 Drive section 31a Step Ping motor 31b Gear train 32 Feed roll part 32a Drive roll 32b Rear roll 32c Belt 32-1 to 32-3 (first to third) feed roll part 33 Liquid tank 34 Support member 34a Liquid supply port 35 Support base 36 Liquid passage Pipe 36a Liquid nozzle 37a, 37b Elastic roll 38 Substrate 39 Rotary cutter 40 Drip pan 40a Drain pipe 50 Supply unit 51 Casing 52 Paper towel outlet 53 Switch operation panel 53a Operation switch 54 Supply / exhaust 55 Recessed portion 56 Input 57 mirror 58 lighting equipment

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A supply device for paper towels having an outlet for paper towels and an automatic liquid applying means for the towels, and a dust input port for disposing used papers arranged below the supply device. And a deodorizer and an air purifier installed above the paper towel supply device and having a supply / exhaust port at an appropriate position via a duct or the like, and attached to the upper front surface of the supply device. A supply unit for paper towels, characterized in that the mirror and the casing are assembled in a casing having a height approximately equal to the height.