JPH078412A - Electric hot air dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically move vertically the dryer so that the whole body can be dried easily. CONSTITUTION:This dryer is provided with an automatic vertically moving mechanism for moving vertically a dryer 41, and this automatic vertically moving mechanism is provided with a rack 43 whose upper end and lower end are fixed to a housing 25, a pinion 44 engaged to the rack 43, a motor 45 whose rotary shaft is interlocked with a turning shaft of the pinion 44, and a control means for controlling driving of the motor 45.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric warm air dryer used for drying hair and body after bathing or swimming.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional technique of this kind of electric warm air dryer, there is known one as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 03-109593. This consists of a dryer that discharges warm air, and a support device that supports this dryer so that it can be manually moved up and down and can be vertically swung, and it also causes the dryer to perform vertical swing motion. It had an electric swing mechanism. This conventional device automatically changes the discharge direction of the warm air by the upper and lower electric swinging mechanisms. Therefore, it is possible to apply the warm air to a wide area of the body without manually changing the discharge direction. It was possible.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, in order to dry the whole body while applying warm air, it is not enough to simply shake the body by electric power. The height has to be changed manually, and the operation is very troublesome.

Further, in order to apply warm air to the whole body range, it is conceivable to provide a heater and a fan so as to correspond to the whole body range, but the power consumption becomes large.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily dry the whole body without increasing power consumption.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Means for solving the above-mentioned technical problems are as follows: A rack whose upper and lower ends are fixed to a housing by an automatic vertical moving mechanism for automatically moving a dryer up and down. And a pinion that meshes with the rack, a motor whose rotary shaft works in conjunction with the rotary shaft of the pinion, and control means for controlling the drive of the motor.

[0007]

According to the above-mentioned means, the discharge height of the warm air is automatically changed by automatically moving the dryer for discharging the warm air up and down, so that the discharge height is manually changed one by one. You can apply warm air to the whole body without using
Power consumption can be reduced.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the middle dryer 4
1 is an electric motor 42 (hereinafter referred to as a front electric motor)
The rack 43, the cross flow fan 48, the heater 47, the pinion 44, the motor 45, and the fan casing 48. The rack 43 has an upper end and a lower end fixed to the housing 25. The output shaft of the motor 42 projects into the fan casing 48, and the crossflow fan 46 is attached to the projected output shaft. A heater 47 is arranged in the front part of the fan casing 48. It has a motor 45 that is interlocked with the rotation shaft of the pinion 44, and is arranged at the rear of the fan casing 48. The middle dryer 41 is supported by a rack 43 and a pinion 44 of a supporting device in a vertically movable state. The front surface of the housing 25 serves as a blower opening for the middle dryer 41, and the rear portion serves as a suction opening.

The upper dryer 31 is composed of a motor (not shown), a fan 32, a heater 33, and a fan casing 34. The fan 32 is attached to the output shaft of the motor, and is arranged in the rear portion of the fan casing 34. A heater 33 is attached to the front part of the fan casing 34. The upper dryer 31 is attached to the housing 25. The front surface of the housing 25 is a blower opening for the upper dryer 31, and the side surface is a suction opening (not shown). In addition, the control unit 28
(In FIG. 3), the housing 25 has a power cord 26 and a power source 27 at the bottom thereof.

The flowcharts shown in FIGS. 4 to 9 will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, when the power is turned on by the switch 10, initialization is first performed and the air flow rate and temperature are set to an intermediate level. At the next step A2, it is determined whether the switch 11 of the upper dryer 31 is turned on or not.
When the switch 11 is turned on, the LEDs 18b, 19b and 20 are turned on as shown in step A3, and the motor 32 starts to operate. The LED display at this time changes depending on the temperature or the air volume.

In step A4, temperature adjustment processing is performed as shown in FIG. When the switch 15 is not operated, the process proceeds to the next step A5. When the switch 15 is pressed, the relays 3 and 4 (or 8 and 9) are closed and the LED 18a is turned on to show the maximum state. If you press switch 15 again,
The relays 3 and 4 (or 8 and 9) are opened and the LED 18a is turned on to show the minimum state. When the switch 15 is pressed again, the relay 3 (or 8) is closed and the LED 18b is turned on to indicate an intermediate state. When the switch 15 is pressed again, the maximum state is restored. If the switch 15 is not pressed, the state of the relay at that time proceeds to the next step A5.

In step A5, as shown in FIG. 6, air volume adjustment processing is performed. When the switch 16 is not operated, the process returns to step A4. When the switch 16 is pushed, the relay 5 (or 10) is closed and the LED 19a is turned on to show the maximum state. When switch 16 is pressed again, relay 7
(Or 12) is closed and the LED 19c is turned on to indicate the minimum state. When switch 16 is pressed again, relay 6 (or 1
1) is closed and the LED 19b is turned on to indicate an intermediate state.
When the switch 16 is pressed again, the maximum state is restored.

If the switch 16 is not pressed, the state of the relay at that time is returned to step A4 and this operation is repeated.

When the switch 11 is not pressed in step A2, it is determined in step A6 whether the switch 12 of the middle dryer 41 is turned on or not. When the switch 12 is not operated, the process returns to step A2. When the switch 12 is turned on, the LEDs 18b, 19b and 21 are lit as shown in step A7,
The motor 46 starts operating. Steps A8 and A9 are the same as the above-described operation.

As shown in FIG. 7, in step A10, processing for rotating the motor 45 in the forward direction is performed. Switch 1
If 3 is not operated, jump to the next step A11. When the switch 13 is turned on, the LED 23 lights up,
The relays 1 and 2 are closed and the motor 45 starts forward rotation. As a result, the middle dryer 41 is moved upward on the rack 43. When the switch 13 is turned off, the movement is stopped on the spot and the process jumps to step A11.

As shown in FIG. 8, the next step A1
In No. 1, by pressing the switch 14, the rotation of the motor 45 is reversed. When the switch 14 is not operated, the process jumps to the next step A12. When the switch 14 is turned on, the LED 24 lights up, the relay 1 closes,
The relay 2 is reversed to rotate the motor 45 in the reverse direction. As a result, the middle dryer 41 is moved upward in step A10, but is moved downward in step A11. When switch 13 is turned off,
Stop moving on the spot and jump to step A12.

As shown in FIG. 9, in step A12, a process of moving the middle dryer 41 up and down is performed. When the switch 17 is not operated, the process returns to step A8. When the switch 17 is turned on, the LED 22 is turned on, the relays 1 and 2 are closed, and the motor 45 starts the forward rotation. As a result, the middle dryer 41 moves upward.

Middle stage dryer 41 moved to the upper end position
Turns on the limit switch 51,
Is reversed and the motor 45 reversely rotates and moves downward.
Further, the middle-stage dryer 41 that has moved to the lower end position turns the limit switch 52 on, so that the relay 2 is reversed again, the motor 45 is rotated forward, and the middle dryer 41 moves upward.

This movement can be stopped by turning off the switch 17. When turned off, the process returns to step A8 and this operation is repeated.

The circuit diagram shown in FIG. 3 will be described. Figure 2
When the dryer switch 10 shown in is turned on, the power is turned on. When the switch 11 of the upper stage dryer 31 is turned on, the upper stage fan 32 is initialized by the control unit 28 and starts operating at an intermediate level to become a hair dryer. At this time, the temperature and air volume operate at an intermediate level. When the switch 11 is pressed again, the upper fan 32 stops.

When the switch 12 of the middle dryer 41 is turned on, the controller 28 initializes the middle dryer 41 to operate the middle fan 46 at an intermediate level. When the switch 12 is pressed again, the middle fan 46 stops. When the up arrow switch 13 is pressed with the switch 12 turned on, the relay 1 closes and the motor 45 operates, and the middle fan 46 moves upward on the rack 43 only while the up arrow switch 13 is pressed. When the up arrow switch 13 is released, the movement is stopped. When the switch 12 is turned on and the down arrow switch 14 is pressed, the relay 1 is closed and the relay 2 is closed on the opposite side to reverse the rotation of the motor 45. Only while the down arrow switch 14 is pressed, the middle dryer 41 moves downward. Moving. When the down arrow switch 14 is released, the movement is stopped. When switch 17 is turned on with switch 12 turned on, middle stage dryer 41
Moves upward. The upper limit of the middle fan 46 that has moved to the upper end position is detected by the limit switch 51. When the middle fan 46 turns on the limit switch 51, the middle fan 46 automatically starts moving downward. The lower limit of the middle fan 46 that has moved to the lower end position is detected by the limit switch 52.
Turns on the limit switch 52 to move upward. At this time, the middle dryer 41 continues to move up and down and continues to operate as a body dryer. The vertical movement is stopped by pressing the switch 17 again. In addition, each temperature switch circuit is provided with excessive rise prevention thermoswitches 53 to 56 to prevent temperature rise.

[0023]

According to the present invention, since the dryer has the automatic vertical movement mechanism for moving the vertical movement, the discharge height of the warm air is automatically changed. Warm air can be applied to a wide area of the body without changing the height manually. As a result, warm air can be applied to a wide range of the body while wiping the whole body with a towel, the body can be easily dried, and power consumption can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an electric warm air dryer according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a layout view of operation switches of the electric warm air dryer according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a control circuit diagram of the electric warm air dryer according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart of the control circuit of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of temperature adjustment of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of the air volume adjustment of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the motor control of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the motor control of FIG.

9 is a flowchart of the motor control of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 41 ... Middle-stage dryer 43 ... Rack (supporting device) 44 ... Pinion 45 ... Motor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electric warm air dryer having a housing, a dryer that discharges warm air, and a support device that is fixed to the housing and supports the dryer so that the dryer can move up and down. And an automatic vertical movement mechanism for moving the automatic vertical movement mechanism to a rack, the upper and lower ends of which are fixed to the housing, a pinion that meshes with the rack, and a motor that has a rotation shaft that interlocks with a rotation shaft of the pinion. And an electric warm air dryer having a control means for controlling the drive of the motor.