JPH0725070U - Toilet room dehumidifier - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] While installing a dehumidifier in the toilet room,
The dehumidifier is inexpensive and compact. A heat-absorbing part is connected to the heat-absorbing side of a Peltier element 32 on a blower passage of a blower fan to remove moisture in blown air, and the blower fan is used as a warm air dryer in a local cleaning device. 22 or a ventilation fan in a deodorizing device or an air conditioner.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 This invention relates to a dehumidifying device for a toilet room.

[0002]

[Background of device]

 In general, the toilet room is often a closed and narrow space, and a large amount of water, which is a source of humidity, is used in the room. For example, when flushing a toilet bowl, a large amount of flush water is washed away, and water always stays in the toilet bowl.

Further, when the toilet bowl is equipped with a human body local cleaning device, hot water for cleaning may be jetted toward the human body local area, and the jetted hot water may be scattered around in some cases.

For this reason, humidity is likely to be generated in the toilet room, and when the humidity is high, discomfort is felt when the toilet room is used, and when the humidity is high, dew condensation water is easily generated, which causes local cleaning. This causes a malfunction that causes malfunction of electric parts or electric leakage in other devices.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention arranges a heat absorption part connected to the heat absorption side of a Peltier element in a toilet room on a ventilation passage by a ventilation fan to remove moisture in the ventilation air, and as the ventilation fan, warm air drying in a local cleaning device. A dehumidifying device characterized in that it is also used as a blower fan in the device, the deodorizing device, or the air conditioner is provided.

[0006]

[Action and effect of the device]

 According to the present invention, the humidity in the toilet room can be kept low, so that the toilet room can be used comfortably, and at the same time, it can contribute to the prevention of malfunction of electric parts and electric leakage due to dew condensation water.

The present invention is characterized by using a Peltier element as a heat absorption source in a dehumidifying device. This Peltier element has, for example, an N-type semiconductor, an intermediate electrode, and a P-type semiconductor arranged between the positive and negative electrodes. When electricity is passed through the positive and negative electrodes, heat is generated at both the positive and negative electrodes, but at the intermediate electrode. If heat is absorbed, or if the energization direction is reversed, heat will be absorbed at both the positive and negative electrodes and heat will be generated at the intermediate electrode.

According to the present invention, the heat absorbing portion connected to the heat absorbing side of the Peltier element is located on the ventilation passage by the ventilation fan to remove moisture in the air and reduce the humidity.

This Peltier element is small, and therefore, according to the present invention, the dehumidifying device can be made small and lightweight suitable for being installed in a toilet room which is a narrow space.

In addition, according to the present invention, the dehumidifying device can be used at low cost because it also serves as a blowing fan for a warm air drying device, a deodorizing device, or an air conditioner device for a local cleaning device provided in a toilet room as a blowing fan. Can be configured to.

[0011]

【Example】

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 2, 10 is a Western-style toilet bowl, 12 is a toilet bowl body, 14 is a toilet seat, 16 is a rotor, and 18 is a local cleaning device for ejecting cleaning water from a nozzle 20 toward a human body local area. The local cleaning device 18 is provided with a warm air drying device 22 that blows warm air toward a human body local part and dries it.

As shown in FIG. 1, the warm air drying device 22 has a blower fan 24 inside a casing 23. Based on the rotation of the blower fan 24, air is blown from a suction port 26. After being sucked in, it is passed through the heater 28 to be heated there, and further blown out from the outlet 33 toward the human body part.

In this example, a Peltier element 32 is provided at the suction port 26 of the warm air drying device 22, and a heat absorption fin 34 extending from the heat absorption side is located inside the suction port 26. ing.

The Peltier element 32 is configured by disposing an N-type semiconductor 42, an intermediate electrode 44, and a P-type semiconductor 46 between positive and negative electrodes 38 and 40 as schematically shown in FIG. When a direct current is applied to the positive and negative electrodes 38 and 40, heat is generated and the intermediate electrode 44 absorbs heat.

The heat absorbing fins 34 extend from the intermediate electrode 44, and serve to remove moisture from the blown air by cooling the moisture in the air blown by the blower fan 24 in the heat absorbing fins 34 to cause dew condensation. Reference numeral 36 is a heat generating fin (radiating fin) extending from the heat generating side of the Peltier element 32.

The Peltier element 32 and the heater 28 are electrically connected to the control unit 30 (FIG. 1). The control unit 30 controls energization or interruption of the Peltier element 32 and the heater 28.

As is clear from the above description, in this example, the warm air drying device 22 in the local cleaning device also serves as a dehumidifying device. That is, when the blower fan 24 is rotated with the Peltier element 32 turned off and the heater 28 turned on, warm air is blown out from the air outlet 30 to dry the human body part.

On the other hand, when the Peltier element 32 is turned on with the heater 28 turned off and the blower fan 24 is rotated, dehumidified air is blown out from the air outlet 33. Of course, it is also possible to rotate the blower fan 24 with both the heater 28 and the Peltier element 32 turned on so that the dehumidified warm air is blown out from the outlet 33.

In this example, when the toilet 10 is not used, the inside of the toilet room can be dehumidified by operating the Peltier element 32 and the blower fan 24, that is, by operating the dehumidifying device.

Of course, the dehumidifying device can be operated even when the toilet bowl 10 and the hot air blowing device 22 are used, and in this case, it is possible to blow dry warm air without moisture to the human body part. In addition, it is possible to improve the drying efficiency of the human body part and to give a refreshing feeling at that time.

Further, in this example, since the dehumidifying device is configured by directly using the warm air drying device provided in the local cleaning device, the number of necessary parts is small, and the dehumidifying device is inexpensive and compact. The advantage that can be obtained is also obtained.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, this is merely an example. For example, in the present invention, it is possible to use a deodorizing device blower fan or an air conditioner blower fan as the blower fan, and various modifications are made based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. It can be configured in different forms.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a dehumidifying device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of a toilet bowl incorporating the dehumidifying device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing the operation of the Peltier device in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Western-style toilet 18 Local cleaning device 22 Hot air dryer (dehumidifier) 24 Blower fan 32 Peltier element 34 Endothermic fin

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Kenichi Ito, 5-1-1, Koiemotocho, Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture Inax Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A heat absorbing section connected to the heat absorbing side of a Peltier element is disposed on a ventilation passage of a blower fan to remove moisture in the blown air, and as the blower fan, a warm air dryer in a local cleaning device or A dehumidifying device for a toilet room, which is also used as a blower fan in a deodorizing device or an air conditioner.