JPH0736769B2 - Steam generator - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

【Technical field】

The present invention relates to a steam generator, and more particularly to a steam generator for equipment such as a steam type hair iron.

[Background technology]

As a steam generator for equipment such as a steam type hair iron, there is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 51-88 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.
Like the one described in Japanese Patent No. 350, the heating member 3 and the liquid supply member 4 for guiding the liquid to the surface of the heating member 3 are provided, the liquid supply member 4 is provided in the water supply tank 40, and one end is provided in the water supply tank 40. It is general that it is formed with a water absorbing body 44 such as a felt placed so that the water absorbing body 44 is brought into contact with the heating member 3. In this type of steam generating device, the heating capacity of the heating member 3 is large, and the amount of steam that can be generated is increased by increasing the contact area between the water absorber 44 and the heating member 3. , As shown in the figure,
In the case where the water absorbing body 44 is fixed by the mesh thin plate 49, since the mesh thin plate 49 is interposed between the heating member 3 and the water absorbing body 44, the direct contact area between the heating member 3 and the water absorbing body 44. Has decreased, and therefore the amount of steam generated has decreased.

[Object of the Invention]

The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and its object is to ensure that a large amount of steam is obtained without the member for fixing the water absorber suppressing the amount of steam generated. It is to provide a steam generator that can.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

Therefore, the present invention comprises a heating member and a liquid supply member that guides a liquid to the surface of the heating member, a water supply tank, and a water absorbing body which is held by a supporting member and whose one end is located in the water supply tank. The liquid supply member is formed, and the water absorbing body is a steam generating device which is used as a contact material with the heating member, and the water absorbing body has a loop shape in which one end is folded back. One end side is located in the water supply tank, and the other end side of the water absorbent body is located in the inner surface of the V-shaped notch formed in the support member, respectively.
A wire material such as a staple is locked to the water absorbing body through a small hole formed in the supporting member from the outer surface of the supporting member, and the heating member is in contact with the inner surface on the other end side of the water absorbing body. Then, as a member for fixing the water absorber,
It uses a wire rod that minimizes the contact area with the heating member. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described below in detail based on an embodiment of the illustrated steam type hair curling device. First, the hair curling device will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the hair curling device is provided with a blower device for sending hot air or cold air and a changeover switch S, and also serves as a grip from which a power cord 90 is pulled out. A and a hair-rolling portion B in the form of a roll brush, and the hair-wrapping portion B is formed as a detachable attachment to the main body A. The main body A can be used alone as a hair dryer, and is provided with a blower (not shown) including a motor and a fan driven by the motor and a heater block (not shown) inside the cylindrical housing 50. At the front end of the housing 50, a small-diameter cylindrical portion 51 having a connection jack 54 is provided,
A ventilation port with a net attached to the tip surface of this small-diameter cylindrical portion 51.
52 is open. The air blower discharges the air taken in through the air inlet 53 formed at the rear end of the main body A from the air outlet 52. When the heater block is energized, hot air is discharged from the air outlet 52. The hair winding portion B is arranged in a base 1 connected to the small-diameter cylindrical portion 51 of the main body A, a cylindrical support 2 whose one end is supported by the base 1, and a tip opening of the support 2. Fixed plate 1
6, a bristle 6 having a base end supported on the outer peripheral surface of the support 2, and a steam generating means is attached thereto. The base 1 has a shape in which a large-diameter cylindrical portion 10a and a small-diameter cylindrical portion 10b are connected by a rib 10c with an axial gap therebetween, and the large-diameter cylindrical portion 10a receives a plug. 13 are formed. The support 2 has a cylindrical shape and a cylindrical portion 10b having a small rear end.
The support 2 is formed of a good heat conductor and has a steam hole 25 for ejecting steam between the rows of the bristles 6, which is ring-shaped at its tip. The fixing plate 16 of is fixed with screws. The steam generating means includes a heating member 3 arranged in the cylindrical support 2 and a liquid (water) on the surface of the heating member 3.
The heating member 3 is composed of a holder 30 made of a good heat conductor and a wedge-shaped heater 33 housed in the holder 30. The holder 30 here has a wedge-shaped front end portion and a cylindrical rear-end portion, and the heater 33 is accommodated in the wedge portion of the holder 30 while being held by the holder 31. The heater 33 uses a positive temperature coefficient thermistor as a heat generating member, and has electrode plates 34, 34 and an insulating plate 3 on both sides thereof.
5, 35 are arranged, and the heater 33 is pushed into the holder 30 by the compression spring 39 arranged between the heater 33 and the fixing plate 38 fixed in the cylindrical portion of the holder 30. The heating member 3 configured as described above is housed in the support body 2 as described above, and is connected to the lead wire 7 led out from the heater 33.
A plug 72 supported by the plug receiver 13 is connected to 1,71. The liquid supply member 4 is a water supply tank equipped with a valve 43 for adjusting the internal pressure.
40, a cylindrical support member 42 that is detachably attached to the opening of the water supply tank 40, and a water absorber 44 disposed on the support member 42. The water absorber 44 is folded in two. While passing the center part through the support member 42,
Both ends are respectively located on the inner surface of a V-shaped notch 80 formed on the front end surface of 42. As is clear from FIG. 1, a small hole 46 is opened in the support member 42, and A plurality of staple needle-shaped wire rods 48 are formed from the outer surface side of the support member 42 into small holes.
By engaging the water absorber 44 through 46,
Is being fixed. Now, if the support member 42 is inserted into the tip end opening of the support member 2 through the opening in the center of the fixing plate 16, the water absorbing member 44 located on the inner surface of the V-shaped notch 80 of the support member 42 is replaced by the heater 33. The liquid in the water supply tank 40 is guided to the surface of the heating member 3 by coming into contact with the outer surface of the wedge-shaped holder 30 in. In the figure, 28 is a water absorbing body for absorbing condensed water, and 45 is a liquid supply member 4.
This is a seal for steam sealing between the support member 42 and the inner surface of the support 2. The hair wrapping part B configured as described above is connected to the main body A by covering the large-diameter cylindrical part 10a of the base 1 on the small-diameter cylindrical part 51 of the main body A. The air is discharged from the air outlet 14 opened between the cylindrical portion 10a and the small-diameter cylindrical portion 10b. Further, by connecting the plug 72 to the connection jack 54, the heater 33 is electrically connected to the main body A side. When the heater 33 of the heating member 3 is energized with the liquid supply member 4 filled with water attached, the water absorber 44 is in contact with the inclined side surface of the holder 30 of the heating member 3 as described above. Therefore, the water retained by the water absorbing body 44 is heated by the heating member 3 to become steam, and is jetted from the steam hole 25. At this time, part of the wire 48 that fixes the water absorber 44 is the water absorber.
Although it will be interposed between 44 and the heating member 3, the area where the direct contact between the water absorbing body 44 and the heating member 3 is blocked by the wire 48 is the total contact between the water absorbing body 44 and the heating member 3. The heat of the heating member 3 is surely transmitted to the water held by the water absorbing body 44 and evaporates because the heat is small compared to the area and the heat capacity of the wire rod 44 itself is small. Further, since the portion of the water absorbent body 44 located inside the water supply tank 40 has a loop shape, the fibrous material forming the water absorbent body 44 will not be frayed and the water absorption performance thereof will not deteriorate.

【The invention's effect】

As described above, in the present invention, the other end of the loop-shaped water absorbent body having one end folded back is located at the inner surface of the V-shaped notch formed in the support member, and the inner surface of the other end of the water absorbent body is located. Since it is a contact member with the heating member, the other end of the loop-shaped water absorbent body having one end folded back is folded in two, and the other end side of the two folded water absorbent body is supported by the support member. V
With the heating member fixed along the inner surface of the V-shaped cutout, the heating member can be brought into contact with the inner surface of the other end of the water absorbing body that is folded in two substantially over the entire surface. Therefore, a large amount of steam can be generated without increasing the heat generation capacity of the heating member. Moreover, when fixing the water absorbent body to the support member with a wire material such as a staple, the wire material, which is the fixing member, is locked to the water absorbent body through a small hole formed in the support member from the outer surface of the member. Hardly interferes with the direct contact between the water absorbing body and the heating member, and therefore the amount of steam generated is not suppressed, and a large amount of steam can be reliably obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same as above, FIG. 3 is a perspective view, FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view, FIG. 5 is a lateral sectional view, and FIG. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional example, Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the same as above, and 3 is a heating member, 4 is a liquid supply member, and 40
Is a water tank, 42 is a support member, 44 is a water absorber, 46 is a small hole,
48 is a wire rod and 80 is a notch.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A liquid comprising a heating member and a liquid supply member for guiding a liquid to the surface of the heating member, and a water tank and a water absorbing body held at a support member and having one end located in the water tank. A steam generator in which a supply member is formed and the water absorber is a contact member with a heating member, and the water absorber has a loop shape with one end folded back, and one end of this loop-shaped water absorber The side is located in the water tank, the other end of the water absorber is located inside the V-shaped notch formed in the support member, and a wire such as a staple is attached to the outer surface of the support member. The steam generator is characterized in that the heating member is engaged with the water absorbing body through a small hole drilled from the supporting member and the heating member is in contact with the inner surface on the other end side of the water absorbing body.