JPH07184825A - Footwear dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To dry and sterilize footwear in a short time, by providing an ozone generator to feed compressed air mixed with ozone and a footwear holder to reversely hold shoes, provided with an air election aperture at the front end and an air pass in the inside. CONSTITUTION:When drying shoes of which inside is washed, the drained shoes are reversely put over a footwear holder 4 Next, a timer 16 is set and the device is started to operate. Then at first, a compressor 11 is actuated and the pressure of compressor is detected by a pressure sensor 14. Only when the actuation of the compressor is confirmed, the electric source switch 13 is turned on. In this way, an ozone generator 12 is actuated to generate ozone and the ozone is mixed with the compressed air from the compressor 11. The mixture of ozone and air is transferred to respective footwear holders 4 through air supply pipes 10, 3 and ejected into shoes from nozzle heads provided in the respective footwear holders 4. In this way, the inside of shoes is dried and also sterilized.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a footwear drying apparatus for cleaning footwear that has been wet with water or washed with water and two-time footwear in a clean, fast and dry manner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art If you keep wearing the same shoes for a long time,
The foot gets stuffy in the shoes, causing a bad odor or suffering from dermatitis such as athlete's foot. And such a dirty shoe not only makes the person wearing it uncomfortable,
It also emits a foul odor in the surroundings, and if it is left unattended, it may cause dermatitis to be transmitted to a person who accidentally wears it. Especially for a long time
These dirty shoes have been a problem in terms of people who are engaged in work that uses water that requires them to wear boots, and also in terms of hygiene control in food-related manufacturing plants. Therefore, conventionally, to wash and dry the shoes, natural drying in the sun or a drying box 20 as shown in FIG. 8 has been used. In this method, a mesh-shaped shelf 21 is provided in a box, and wet shoes 30 are arranged and used on this. The air in the drying box 20 is warmed by a heater (not shown).

[0003]

As described above, in the method of drying the shoes 30 by heating, if the heating temperature is high, the drying time is naturally shortened, but heat is applied so that the leather shoes become hard. There was a problem that the material was damaged by. Of course, if the temperature is too low, it will take a long time to dry. In addition, since heating to dry the water cannot sterilize the inside of the shoe, bacteria and fungi that have already occurred survive and may cause a subsequent bad odor or become a source of transmission of skin diseases. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to dry the inside of the footwear and simultaneously sterilize the footwear in a short time without damaging the footwear.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A footwear drying apparatus of the present invention comprises an ozone supply apparatus for supplying compressed air mixed with ozone, an foothold which holds the footwear upside down, and an air ejection port at the tip and an air passage therein. It is characterized by comprising the footwear holding member provided and an air supply pipe for sending compressed air to the footwear holding member.

[0004]

The footwear, which has been moistened with sweat or washed with water, is turned upside down and put on the footwear holder of the footwear dryer. When the switch is turned on, compressed air mixed with ozone blows out from the air ejection port at the tip of the footwear holding member to dry and sterilize the inside of the footwear.

[0005]

EXAMPLE A first example shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 comprises an ozone supply device 1 and a stand 2. The ozone supply device 1 detects the pressure of the compressor 11 which produces compressed air, the ozone generator 12, the pressure of the compressor 11, and outputs the signal, and the ozone generator 12 is turned on and off by the signal of this pressure sensor. It comprises a switch 13 and a power supply 15 equipped with a timer 16. Further, footwear holding members 4 are attached to the stand 2 on both sides of the three-stage air supply pipes 3. As shown in FIG. 3, the footwear holding member 4 is a pipe-shaped member having an air passage 7 and an outer diameter of 13 mm, and a nozzle head 5 having a jet port 6 having a diameter of 1 mm is attached to the tip thereof by a screw. . Then, the ozone supply device 1 and the air supply pipe 3 of the stand 2
A valve 9 is installed in the air supply pipe 10 connecting the two.

A method of drying the shoe 30 whose inside is washed with water will be described. The shoe 30 has the footwear holding member 4 after draining water.
Cover upside down. Next, the timer 16 is set and the device is started. First, the compressor 11 operates,
The pressure sensor 14 detects the pressure of the compressor 11 and outputs a signal for turning on the power switch 13 only when the operation of the compressor 11 is confirmed. By this signal, the ozone generator 12 operates to generate ozone.
If such a switch 13 is used, the compressor 1
It is possible to prevent the ozone generator 12 from operating and releasing high-concentration ozone even though 1 does not operate. Ozone is mixed with the compressed air from the compressor 11 and is usually diluted to 0.01 to 0.06 ppm, and the ozone is supplied to the air supply pipe 3 of the stand 2 by the air supply pipe 10.
Sent to. Air sent from the air supply pipe 3 to the footwear indicating member 4 is discharged from the ejection port 6 of the nozzle head 5 to the shoe 30
Is gushed inside. The blown air completes the drying of the inside of the boots washed with water in about 30 minutes, during which sterilization is also performed. The drying device is the set time of the timer 16,
Stop, but if you keep the footwear upside down, dust and airborne bacteria in the air will not enter easily, and it is easier to keep the shoes clean than putting them in a shoe box or the like. .

If it is desired to dry a lot of footwear at one time, the number of footwear holding members 4 of the stand 2 can be increased, or a plurality of stands 2 can be connected by an air supply pipe 10. Further, when the number of footwear is small, a cap 8 having no hole is attached to the tip of the footwear holding member 4 which is not used, instead of the nozzle head 5, as shown in FIG. The valve 9 can be tightened so that no air is supplied to it. The second embodiment shown in FIG. 5 is provided with the footwear holding member 4 only on one side of the stand 2 and can be installed close to a wall or the like, but in other respects it is the same as the first embodiment. The third embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 is one in which the air supply pipe 3 is erected vertically and the footwear holding member 4 is provided radially around the footwear holding member 4. In addition, in the first to third embodiments,
It is preferable to change the length, angle, etc. of the footwear holding member 4 according to the type of footwear to be dried, and design the stand 2 according to the installation location. This invention compresses air and uses it at a humidity lower than that of the atmosphere, so the drying time can be shortened and the sterilizing action of ozone can sterilize shoes without damaging them at room temperature. Different workplaces,
It is suitable for environmental hygiene control at food manufacturing sites and sports clubs.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the inside of the footwear can be dried and at the same time the inside of the footwear can be sterilized without damaging the footwear.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall view of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a partial side view of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a footwear holding member.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a footwear holding member.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the third embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Ozone Supply Device 3, 10 Air Supply Pipe 4 Footwear Holding Member 6 Jet Port 7 Air Passage

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An ozone supply device for supplying compressed air mixed with ozone, a footwear holding member for holding footwear upside down and having an air ejection port at an end and an air passage therein, and footwear holding compressed air. A footwear drying device consisting of an air supply pipe for sending to the member.