JPH0767428B2 - Hair wash vanity with hair dryer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention discharges hot air for drying obtained by heat exchange with hot water supplied from a gas instantaneous water heater or the like to hair after washing. The present invention relates to a hair wash vanity with a hair dryer. The hair-wash vanity is equipped with a wash-basin having a size capable of washing hair and a hot-water shower for washing hair.

(Prior Art and Problem to be Solved Therefor) Conventionally, there is a hair wash vanity in which a commercially available hand-held electric hair dryer can be hooked in place in order to dry the hair after washing. The user has dried wet hair with this hair dryer.

However, the conventional hair wash vanity which can only be used with a commercially available hand-held electric hair dryer cannot be dried quickly due to the following reasons, and especially for users with long hair, it takes a long time to dry. I was trying. Recently, highly absorbent towels have been developed for the purpose of shortening the drying time, but they are not sufficient for shortening the drying time.

(A) The maximum amount of hand-held electric hair dryers is 1,200 W due to the distribution capacity of ordinary houses, and a large amount of warm air cannot be generated.

(B) Due to the structural limitation, it is impossible to incorporate a large fan rotor and to make the hot air outlet a large diameter, so that the hand-held electric hair dryer can obtain a large amount of warm air. I can't.

(C) For the reasons described in (a) and (b) above, the hand-held electric hair dryer has a limit of a warm air volume of about 1 m ³ / min. However, when the amount of warm air is about 1 m ³ / min, the area that can be simultaneously sprayed on the hair is very small, so it takes a long time to dry long hair with a wide drying area.

(D) Further, in the hand-held electric hair dryer, the warm air temperature can be set to a high temperature of about 120 ° C. in order to increase the drying ability in a low air volume state. However, 120 ° C
It is not preferable to blow the high temperature hot air reaching the hair to the hair for the purpose of drying, because it gives thermal damage to the hair.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a hair wash vanity with a hair dryer capable of discharging a large amount of warm air so that hair can be dried for a short time without causing thermal damage. For the purpose of provision.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The means adopted by the hair-washing vanity with a hair dryer according to the present invention (hereinafter, referred to as “the vanity of the present invention”) for solving the above-mentioned problems is that of the main body of the hair-washing vanity. A nozzle with a hot air outlet directed toward the user's hair space located outside is placed in the proper position on the body of the washbasin vanity, and from the combination of a heat exchanger and air blower that heats air using warm water as a heating medium. The warm air generator is stored in the proper place on the body of the wash basin, and the hot air supply side of the warm air generator and the nozzle are connected by the air passage, and the hot water supply pipe connected to the heat exchanger is opened and closed by solenoid operation. That is, the valve is provided, and an electric circuit for interlocking the start / stop operation of the electric motor of the blower and the opening / closing operation of the solenoid is provided.

An electric heater for heating air may be arranged on the downstream side of the air passage of the heat exchanger so as to obtain high-temperature hot air capable of heat setting hair.

(Operation) The hot air generator generates hot air when hot water is supplied to the heat exchanger and the blower is activated, and supplies the hot air to the nozzle through the air passage. The nozzle ejects warm air from the warm air outlet toward the user's hair space. The discharged hot air dries the washed hair. Since the warm air generator is stored in the appropriate place on the hair wash vanity, it is possible to equip the blower and heat exchanger with large ones, and discharge a large amount of warm air from the hot air outlet of the nozzle. You can Furthermore, since the heat source of the heat exchanger is hot water, the warm air generator never generates warm air of 100 ° C. or higher unless it is supplemented with an electric heater. Discharged from the hot air outlet of the nozzle
A large amount of warm air of less than 100 ° C. is simultaneously blown to a wide area of the hair to quickly dry the hair after washing without giving thermal damaging to the hair.

The hot water supply pipe connected to the heat exchanger is provided with a solenoid operated opening / closing valve, and an electric circuit is provided for interlocking the start / stop operation of the electric motor of the blower with the opening / closing operation of the solenoid. When not in use, it is possible to reliably stop the supply of hot water to the heat exchanger and eliminate waste of hot water.

When an electric heater for air heating is arranged on the downstream side of the air passage of the heat exchanger, warm air heated by a heat exchanger using hot water as a heat source is heated to 100 ° C. or more with a small capacity electric heater. It is possible to raise the temperature to a high temperature, and heat setting such as curling of hair can be performed.

(Example) The following is a description of the dressing table of the present invention with reference to the drawings illustrating an example thereof.

(First Embodiment) FIGS. 1 to 3 show a dressing table 1 of the present invention according to a first embodiment.

The dressing table 1 according to the present invention includes a body part 2 for washing hair and a body part 2 for washing hair and warm air stored in the body part 2 for washing head as shown in FIG. The generator 3 and the nozzle 4 arranged on the body 2 of the hair wash vanity
And a blower path 5 that connects the warm air generator 3 and the nozzle 4 to each other.

The warm air generator 3 is housed inside the upper housing box 2b so as not to touch the eye, and heats air by using hot water as a heat medium such as an erofin type or plate fin type heat exchanger 7.
And a blower 8 such as a turbo fan or a sirocco fan. The warm air generator 3 is arranged on the tray 9 for receiving water leakage. The blower 8 is an air passage of the heat exchanger 7.
It is located on the upstream or downstream side of 7a, and the air flow rate is 2 to ⁵ m ³ / m
Something about in is selected. Hot water pipe 10 for heat exchanger 7
As shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 3, a hot water supply pipe 12 for receiving hot water from a hot water supply device 11 such as a gas instantaneous water heater, an oil water heater or an electric water heater, and a check valve 15, provided on the hot water supply pipe 12, A solenoid operated open / close valve 16 and a manual flow rate control valve 17 for temperature control;
Drain pipe 14 connected to drain pipe 13 of body 2
Consists of. The solenoid 16a of the open / close valve 16 is the solenoid 1
It is controlled by an electric circuit 18 that interlocks the opening / closing operation of 6a and the start / stop operation of the electric motor 8a of the blower 8. The drain pipe 14 of the heat exchanger 7 is connected to the drain pipe 13 of the hair wash vanity main body 2 when the piping system of the water heater 11 is a non-circulation type, and in the case of a circulation type (not shown) Is connected to the return path of this piping system. 19 in the figure is the main body 2 of the hair wash vanity
Is a hot and cold water mixing faucet provided in the above, and 20 in the figure is a shower head for washing hair.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the nozzle 4 is a storage box with a door provided on the side of the front mirror 21 of the main body 2 of the hair wash vanity.
It is stored inside 22. The nozzle 4 and the warm air generator 3 are communicated with each other by a duct 23 that forms an air passage 5 extending from the warm air generator 3 to the inside of the storage box 22. Nozzle 4
A proximal end tube 4b swingably connected to the terminal end portion 23a of the duct 23 via a rotary joint 24, an extension tube 4c slidably and rotatably fitted in the proximal end tube 4b, and an extension tube 4c. It consists of a large-sized (for example, 10 cmφ) hot air outlet 4a provided at the end. Extension pipe
It is also possible to form a part of 4c by a flexible bellows part 4c-1 or the like so that the degree of freedom for adjusting the discharge angle of the warm air discharge port 4a is increased. When the nozzle 4 is used for drying hair, the nozzle 4 is pulled out from the position housed in the storage box 22 to the vicinity of the outside of the hair wash vanity main body 2, and hot air is discharged toward the user's hair space H. The angle of the hot air outlet 4a is adjusted. The nozzle 4 is changed to the stop position of the warm air discharge port 4a and the warm air discharge angle according to the posture of the user, the length of the hair, etc. by appropriately selecting the swing angle, the swing radius and the swing angle. can do. The nozzle 4 is not limited to the above structure, and although not shown in the figure, it is a flexible bellows tube having one end connected to the terminal end 23a of the duct 23 and the other end provided with a hot air outlet. It may be configured as a hand-held type, or may be fixedly arranged at a proper position of the hair wash vanity main body 2 and the warm air discharge port capable of swinging freely may be directed to the user's hair space H.

As shown in FIG. 1, the hair-wash vanity main body 2 has an operation panel 25 arranged at an appropriate position such as the right side 2a on the front side. On the operation panel 25, ON / OFF of the electric circuit 18 (see FIG. 3)
A switch 26 and a temperature setting knob 27 for remotely operating the flow rate control valve 17 are provided.

Next, the operation mode of the dressing table 1 of the present invention will be described according to its usage procedure. The user uses the shower 20 for washing hair of the main body 2 of the wash basin (see FIGS. 1 and 2) to wash the hair. After wiping the washed hair with a towel, the user pulls out the nozzle 4 stored in the storage box 22 and adjusts the discharge angle of the warm air discharge port 4a. Next, the user turns on the ON / OFF switch 26 of the operation panel 25 to activate the blower 5 and open the open / close valve 16. The warm air generator 3 causes the heat exchanger 7 to pass through the hot water supply pipe 12 (see FIG. 3) along with the opening operation of the open / close valve 16 to generate high-temperature hot water (for example, 90 to
70 ° C.) is supplied, and the air blown by the blower 8 is heated to a set temperature (for example, 70 to 50 ° C.) to generate warm air. The generated hot air is supplied to the nozzle 4 through the air passage 5,
It is ejected from the warm air ejection port 4a toward the user's hair space H. The hot water discharged to the hot air supplied to the heat exchanger 7 is 10
Since the temperature does not exceed 0 ° C, a warm air temperature of less than 100 ° C is obtained, and thermal damaging is not given to the hair during rate reduction drying. Furthermore, since the hot air generator 3 receives a large amount of hot water supplied from the water heater 11 by the heat exchanger 7 and exchanges heat, a large amount of hot air can be generated. A large amount of warm air at the same time rapidly dries the hair over a wide area. When the drying is completed, the user turns off the ON / OFF switch 26 of the operation panel 25.
After the state, the nozzle 4 is stored in the storage box 22.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a main part of a dressing table 31 of the present invention according to a second embodiment. The place where the dressing table 31 of the present invention is different from the dressing table 1 of the present invention is that the warm air supply amount of the warm air generating tool 3 can be adjusted, and the warm air of 100 ° C. or more can be set so that the hair can be heat set. The point is that it can be supplied to the nozzle 4.

The electric circuit 38 is configured to change the number of revolutions of the electric motor 8a of the blower 8 to adjust the hot air supply amount. The flow rate control valve 17 supplies the heat exchanger 7 with the amount of hot water corresponding to the amount of blown air so as to maintain the warm air temperature at the set temperature.
Feedback control is performed by the automatic controller 39.

The hot air generator 3 has an electric heater 42, such as a PTC heater, disposed downstream of the heat exchanger 7 so that high temperature hot air can be supplied to the nozzle 4. The warm air generator 3 is
The hot air heated by the heat exchanger 7 using hot water as a heat source is further heated by a small-capacity electric heater (for example, 500 to 1,000 W) to obtain a high temperature (for example, a high temperature suitable for curling hair).
Hot air of 100 to 120 ℃) is discharged from the warm air outlet 4a.

(Third Embodiment) FIG. 5 is a partially sectional front view of a dressing table 51 of the present invention according to a fourth embodiment. The present dressing table 51 is greatly different from the dressing table 1 of the first embodiment in that the warm air generator 3 is stored in the lower storage box 2c, and the hot water supply pipe 12 and the drain pipe 14 are stored in the storage box 2c.
This is the point where piping was done inside. The air passage 45 is covered with a decorative plate or the like so as to be united with the main body 2 of the hair wash vanity.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, the dressing table of the present invention has the following effects.

Since the hot air generator is stored in the proper place on the body of the hair-wash vanity, it is possible to install a large blower and heat exchanger, and to discharge a large amount of warm air from the hot air outlet of the nozzle. You can Furthermore, since the heat medium of the heat exchanger of the warm air generator is warm water, it never generates warm air of 100 ° C. or higher without auxiliary heating by an electric heater. As a result, the dressing table of the present invention makes it possible to discharge a large amount of warm air at a temperature of less than 100 ° C. over a wide range of the hair at the same time from the hot air outlet of the nozzle, and after washing the hair without giving thermal damaging to the hair. The hair can be dried quickly.

The hot water supply pipe connected to the heat exchanger is equipped with a solenoid operated on-off valve, and an electric circuit is provided to link the start / stop operation of the electric motor of the blower and the opening / closing operation of the solenoid. When not in use, the supply of hot water to the heat exchanger is reliably stopped. As a result, the dressing table of the present invention can eliminate waste of hot water.

When an electric heater for heating air is arranged downstream of the air passage of the heat exchanger, the warm air heated by the heat exchanger using hot water as the heat source is heated by a small-capacity electric heater to a higher temperature. It becomes warm air. As a result, the present dressing table can easily set heat such as curling of hair.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIGS. 1 to 3 show a first embodiment of a dressing table according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a partially sectional front view, and FIG. 2 is a right side sectioned along the line II-II in FIG. Sectional view, FIG. 3 is a schematic view of an essential part, FIG. 4 is a schematic view of an essential part of a second embodiment of the dressing table of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a partial cross section showing a third embodiment of the dressing table of the present invention. FIG. 2 ... Hair wash vanity body 3 ... Warm air generator 4 ... Nozzle 5 (45) ... Blower, 7 ... Heat exchanger 8 ... Blower, 16 ... Open / close valve 42 ... Electric heater, H ... User hair space

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Jun Ito 3-6, Koiemotocho, Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture Inax Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yasuhito Koshiyama 3-chome, Koiemotocho, Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture Stock Company In Inax (56) References Actually open 64-49182 (JP, U) Actually open 57-192241 (JP, U)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A nozzle having a hot air outlet directed toward the user's hair space located outside the body of a hair wash vanity is arranged at an appropriate position of the body of a hair wash vanity, and hot water is used as a heat medium to supply air. A warm air generator consisting of a combination of a heat exchanger for heating and a blower is stored in the proper position of the body of the hair wash vanity,
The hot air supply side of the warm air generator and the nozzle are connected by a ventilation path, and a solenoid operated on-off valve is installed in the hot water supply pipe connected to the heat exchanger, and the start / stop operation of the electric motor of the blower and the solenoid A hair wash vanity with a hair dryer, which is provided with an electric circuit that links opening and closing operations. 2. A hair wash vanity with a hair dryer according to claim 1, wherein an electric heater for heating air is arranged on the downstream side of the air passage of the heat exchanger.