JPH08103408A - Shoes drier - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To dry shoes up to the depth of the tip of a toe with high efficiency by providing a hollow shoe placing board communicated with a blast pipe which blasts hot wind heated by an electric heating element to the inside of the shoes and providing a blowoff port which rectifies the hot wind so as to send in the tip of the toe and/or heel of the shoes on the shoe placing board. CONSTITUTION: A blower 20 rotated by a motor 21 is incorporated in a casing 10, and a pair of blast pipes 30 to which an air flow generated by the blower 20 is supplied and which incorporates the electric heating element 40 are connected by communicating with the casing 10. Each blast pipe 30 is erected nearly perpendicularly, and the shoes C can be dried by blasting the hot wind obtained in the blast pipe 30 on the shoes C covered on the blast pipe 30. At this time, the hollow shoe placing board 50 communicating with the blast pipe 30 is mounted on the tip of the blast pipe 30 in a horizontal circumferential direction in such a way that it can be freely rocked. The shoe placing board 50 is formed so as to possess a plane 51 which supports the shoes C on the upper face, and also, the blowoff ports 52, 52b which rectify the hot wind so as to send to the tip of the toe and/or heel of the shoes are provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shoe dryer which is provided with a blower, an electric heating element and a blower tube and in which the shoe is supported upside down and dried.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional shoe dryers of this type include, for example, a structure in which the blower pipe is directly covered with the shoe. Further, in this type of shoe dryer, there is one in which a blower and a heating element are centrally arranged. As for temperature control, there is a thermostat that limits the temperature rise.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional technique, warm air does not flow around the toes of the shoes, it takes a long time to dry only near the toes of the shoes, and the shoes are not stable. Since it is supported in an inclined state, water may accumulate,
Warm air is not evenly distributed, the part that takes a long time to dry remains, or as a result of inserting the air blower toward the toes,
There was a problem that the blower pipe could push the shoe wide and deform it.

Further, it is difficult to individually control the warm air distributed to a plurality of air outlets, and the number of shoes to be dried is small,
There was a problem in that even when there was an unloaded air blower, warm air was distributed to all the drying stands, resulting in a waste of heat. In addition, since there are a wide variety of target shoe materials and there are differences in heat resistance, it is desirable that the warm air temperature be variable, but if the warm air temperature is variable, the device becomes complicated,
There was a problem that the connecting / disconnecting contact of the thermostat was worn and the life was short.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the problems of the prior art as described above. With a simple structure, the shoe is stably supported, and warm air is evenly distributed to the depths of the toes, so that a necessary air outlet can be provided. An object of the present invention is to provide a shoe dryer that can be controlled individually and that can dry shoes efficiently.

[0006]

The gist of the present invention for solving the above problems resides in the following items.

1 Blower (20) in the casing (10)
And a blower tube (30) and an electric heating element (40), the blower tube (30) is erected substantially vertically, and the warm air heated by the electric heating element (40) is covered from the blower tube. A shoe dryer that blows into a shoe (C) and dries, and includes a hollow shoe mount (50) communicating with the tip of a blower pipe, and the shoe mount (50) carries the shoe (C) on its upper surface. An outlet (5) formed to have a flat surface (51) and rectifying so as to send hot air to the toe part of the shoe or the toe part and the heel part.
2) A shoe dryer (A) comprising:

(2) Displace the shoe mount (50) between a position where the central axis connecting the direction of the toes and the heel is parallel or obtuse to the axis of the blower pipe (30) and a position at which it is substantially perpendicular. The shoe dryer (A) according to Item 1, wherein the shoe dryer (A) is rotatably attached to the blower pipe.

3 The shoe mount (50) is urged so that the central axis connecting the toe direction and the heel direction is always parallel or obtuse with the axis of the blower tube (30), and the shoe (C) is Item 3. The shoe dryer (A) according to Item 2, wherein the shoe dryer (A) is rotatably attached to the blower pipe so as to be substantially right angle when carried.

The four-mount shoe stand (50) is characterized in that a plurality of protrusions (53) are provided on the plane so that the plane (51) for carrying the shoe on the upper surface does not adhere to the bottom surface of the shoe. The shoe dryer (A) according to 1, 2, or 3.

5. A plurality of blower pipes (30, 30 ...) Are erected substantially vertically and communicated with a hollow base (11) which also serves as a duct, and electric power is provided inside each blower pipe (30, 30 ...). Item 1, 2, 3, characterized in that a heating element (40) is provided.
Or a shoe dryer (B) according to item 4.

6 A switch (6) for switching each of the electric heating elements (40, 40) arranged in the adjacent blower pipes (30, 30) between parallel, series and disconnection with respect to the power source.
0) is provided, The shoe dryer (B) according to item 5.

7. The electric heating elements (40, 40 ...) Inside the blower pipes (30, 30 ...) Are biased to the downstream side of the blast air flow,
Item 7. The shoe dryer (B) according to item 6, wherein a fibrous activated carbon (70) is arranged on a portion of the outer periphery of the air blow pipe that is upstream of the air flow.

[0014]

Function: A blower (2 mounted on the casing (10)
When 0) is activated, the air that has been pressure-fed is heated by the electric heating element (40) while passing through the blower pipe (30), and is blown out as warm air. The warm air is blown into the inside of the shoe (C) covered with the blower pipe (30), and the shoe (C) is dried while circulating inside the shoe.

A hollow shoe stand (50) communicates with the tip of the blower pipe (30), and the upper part of the shoe stand has a flat surface (51) corresponding to the bottom of the shoe (C). The shoe (C) is stably supported in an upright vertical posture on the mounting shoe stand, and since it is in the vertical posture, the residual water inside drops due to gravity, so the water drainage is good.

In addition, warm air blows from the outlet (52) of the loaded shoe stand toward the toe portion, and the warm air reaches the back of the toe. Warm air can be circulated to dry evenly.

The toes (50) can be covered with the toes of the shoes so that they can be put up without being blocked even in the deeply constricted part of boots. When the shoe (C) is put on, it returns to the horizontal position due to the weight of the shoe and stably holds it, and the warm air blowing port faces in a predetermined direction for immediate drying.

At this time, since there are a plurality of protrusions (53) on the plane of the shoe mount (50) for supporting the shoe and the bottom surface of the shoe does not adhere to the shoe mount, the drying of this portion is not hindered.

By providing a plurality of air ducts (30) communicating with the base (11) of the shoe dryer (B), a large number of shoes corresponding to the number of air ducts can be dried at the same time.

When the blower fan (20) attached to the base (11) is activated, air is sent into the base to increase the pressure. Since the cross section of the base is large enough, the pressure loss inside the base can be ignored. The blower pipes (30) communicating with the base have the same shape and size, and there is a sufficient amount of blown air with respect to the total cross-sectional area of the blower pipes.
Air is supplied to 0).

Since the electric heating elements (40) are provided inside the plurality of air ducts (30) and can be controlled individually, the heat generated is required even if the number of shoes to be dried is less than the number of air ducts. Only the body is energized so that the power is not wasted. In addition, even if the type of shoes to be dried is different, it is possible to select a warm air temperature suitable for each type.

2 blowers (3 for drying one shoe (C)
0) can be controlled in common, and the two adjacent air ducts (3
The electric heating element (40) of 0) is controlled by the switch (60). The switch (60) has two electric heating elements (4
0) can be switched between parallel, series and disconnected with respect to the power supply.

When the switch (60) is selected to be in parallel, a power supply voltage is applied to each electric heating element (40) to obtain the maximum amount of heat, so that the electric heating elements (40) can be dried in a short time.

When the series is selected, a voltage of one half of the power source is applied to each electric heating element (40), the current becomes one half, and the output becomes one quarter. Even the obtained shoes (C), which may be deteriorated at high temperature, such as materials and adhesive parts, can be safely dried.

If the disconnection is selected, the electric heating element (40) is not energized, and when the number of shoes to be dried is small, it is possible to avoid wasting the electric power of the blower pipe (30), or to shade it. It can be applied to shoes (C).

Electric heating element (40) inside the blower pipe (30)
Is biased to the downstream side of the blast airflow, that is, above the blast pipe, so that the lower part of the blast pipe is cooled by the blast flow while not being exposed to the radiant heat of the heating element. Fibrous activated carbon here (70)
The hot air, which has completed the role of drying, has retained residual heat and contacts the fibrous activated carbon (70). When drying the inside of shoes, warm air not only evaporates the moisture inside but also carries volatile malodorous gas at the same time.
It is possible to prevent the malodorous gas from diffusing by adsorbing and removing the malodorous gas by contacting with 0).

The hot air discharged at this time is residual heat and is higher than the ambient temperature, and the fibrous activated carbon (70) is cooled and has a temperature lower than the discharged hot air, so that the adsorption effect is promoted and the fibrous carbon is already adsorbed. Odorous gas does not re-evaporate.

[0028]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Various embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, in the various embodiments, the same reference numerals are given to the same types of parts, and duplicate description will be omitted.

1 to 3 show a first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the shoe dryer A comprises a casing 10, a blower fan 20 and a blower pipe 30, a heating element 40 is provided inside the blower pipe 30, and the shoe stand 5 is mounted on the upper portion thereof.
0 is in communication.

The blower fan 20 is driven by a motor 21.

The heating element 40 is formed by winding a heating wire 42 around a mica plate 41. The heating element 40 is attached inside the blower tube 30 so that the axial center line of the blower tube 30 substantially coincides with that of the blower tube 30. A sufficient space is secured between the outer diameter of the heating element 40 and the inner diameter of the blower pipe 30, and heat exchange is facilitated. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the shoe mount 50 is rotatably attached to the upper end portion of the blower pipe 30,
It is normally urged by a spring to spring up in the direction of the toes, and when the shoe is placed on the mounting table 50 and is in the horizontal position, the opening at the base end of the mounting table 50 is the opening at the tip of the blower tube 30. Is formed to match.

The shoe mount 50 is a substantially T-shaped hollow tube, and the tip of one side constitutes the main hot air outlet 52, and the shoe C
Face the tip of the toe. The other end has a narrower diameter to limit the amount of hot air blown out, and constitutes a secondary blowout port 52b, which faces the heel of the shoe C. Shoe stand 5
The branch with the main outlet of 0 is long, and the branch with the other outlet is short. A plurality of protrusions 53 are provided on the upper surface 51 of the shoe mount 50.

Next, the operation will be described.

The shoe C is placed with its toes in the direction of the main outlet 52 of the mounting table 50 and the heel in the direction of the secondary outlet 52b of the mounting table 50. The main shoe branch 50 has a long branch with a main outlet and a short branch with another outlet, so that the direction in which the shoe C is placed can be intuitively determined.

When the shoe C is placed on the table 50, the shoe C
No matter where the center of gravity of the shoe is within the upper surface 51 of the mounting table 50 on the toe side of the rotation axis of the mounting table 50, the shoe C is stably supported in the inverted vertical posture. Since the shoe C is in the vertical posture, the entire inner surface of the shoe C is inclined toward the opening of the shoe, and residual water does not drip and stay.

A plurality of protrusions 5 are provided on the upper surface 51 of the shoe mount 50.
3 and the bottom surface of the shoe C does not come into close contact. The shoe C is carried only by the small contact surface of the protrusion 53, and the inner surface of the shoe C is entirely aerated.

The blower fan 20 of the shoe dryer A is a motor 21.
When driven by, the air pushed out by the blower fan 20 flows into the blower tube 30 through the duct, is heated by the heating element 40 while passing through the blower tube 30, and is blown from the tip outlet 52 of the shoe stand 50. Blow out. Since the heel outlet 52b is narrowed down, most of the warm air is blown out vigorously from the main outlet 52 of the toe, so that the warm air can reach deep inside the toe. The heel outlet 52b prevents warm air from staying at the bent heel. The warm air blown from both outlets is circulated inside the shoe C and discharged from the opening of the shoe C. The discharged warm air is higher than the outside air and therefore tries to rise on the outer circumference of the shoe C. However, since the opening surface of the shoe C is horizontally open, the warm air is discharged from substantially the entire circumference of the opening. , There is no part that warm air does not touch. Since the inside of the shoe C is uniformly aerated with warm air, uniform and efficient drying is possible. Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

4 to 6 show a second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the shoe dryer B comprises a blower fan 20 arranged on a base 11 and a plurality of blower pipes 30 communicating with the base 11, which are installed inside the blower pipe 30. The heating element 40 is disposed at the end, and the loading shoe stand 50 communicates with the tip.

The base 11 is hollow and also serves as a blower duct, and its tip is closed by a partition wall 13. The blower fan 20 provided at the base end of the base 11 is driven by a motor 21.

The blower pipe 30 is attached to the upper surface of the base 11 via a mounting member 31 and has a length corresponding to the penetration depth of the generally popular boots.

As shown in FIG. 7, the heating element 40 is the blower tube 3
It is arranged in the inside of 0 so that the air blow pipe 30 and the center line of the axial direction may correspond substantially.

The heating element 40 is formed by winding a heating wire 42 around a mica plate 41, and a thermostat 43 and a temperature fuse 44 are connected in series to the heating wire 42.

Both ends of the mica plate 41 are supported by being inscribed in the blower pipe 30, and the portion around which the heating wire 42 is wound is the blower pipe 3.
It is made sufficiently smaller than the inner diameter of 0, and a ventilation passage is secured around the heating wire 42 to facilitate heat exchange and electrically insulated from the ventilation pipe 30.

The heating wire 42 is biased above the heating element 40.

The thermostat 43 is mounted above the heating wire 42 and at a position downstream of the blast flow.
The thermal fuse 44 is attached below the heating wire 42.

The switch 60 controls the heating element 40 at once since one pair of shoes is dried by the two adjacent air ducts. The switch 60 is capable of connecting the heating elements of the two blower pipes in parallel, in series, and in the cut-off three positions.

In FIG. 6, the movable contact pieces a and b of the switch 60 are interlocked with each other, and the position H is electrically connected to the contacts d and f, respectively.
, A position L that conducts to the contacts c and e, and a position N that does not conduct to any of the contacts can be selected.

The contact c and the contact e are short-circuited.

When the switch 60 is in the position H, all the heating elements are connected to the power source in parallel.

When the switch 60 is in the position L, the left heating element and the right heating element are electrically connected in series.

When the switch 60 is in the position N, the circuit of any heating element is cut off.

The shoe mount 50 is hollow and formed into a substantially L-shape. The lower end communicates with the blower pipe 30, the other end serves as a hot air outlet, and the upper surface is formed into a horizontal plane 51. There is.

The fibrous activated carbon 70 is a permeable holding means 71.
Is provided around the outer periphery of the base end portion of the blower pipe 30.

Next, the operation will be described.

The target shoe C is the blower tube 30 in an inverted position.
Place it on the shoe mount 50, which is overlaid. Shoe C has toe stand 50
Place it so that it faces the direction of the warm air outlet of. When the shoe C is placed on the platform 50, the shoe C is stably supported in an inverted vertical position wherever the center of gravity of the shoe C is in the upper plane of the platform 50. Since the shoe C is in the vertical posture, the entire inner surface of the shoe C is inclined toward the opening of the shoe, and residual water does not drip and stay. Therefore, the water will be drained well even immediately after washing with water or after immersion.

The blower fan 20 of the shoe dryer B is the motor 21.
Driven by the blower fan 20, the air extruded by the blower fan 20 flows into the blower tube 30 through the base 11 and is heated by the heating element 40 while passing through the blower tube 30 and is blown out at the tip of the shoe stand 50. Blow out from. The warm air has an appropriate initial velocity, so it can reach deep inside the toes. The warm air circulates inside the shoe C and is discharged from the opening of the shoe. The discharged warm air is higher in temperature than the outside air, and therefore tries to rise on the outer circumference of the shoe C. However, since the shoe C is supported vertically upright, the opening surface is almost horizontal. Therefore, the warm air is evenly discharged from almost the entire circumference of the opening, and there is no part that the warm air does not touch. Since the inside of the shoe C is uniformly aerated with warm air, the drying is even and efficient.

When the switch 60 is in the position H, the maximum amount of heat is obtained and high speed drying is possible.

When the switch 60 is in the position L, the heat generating element has a heat generation amount of 1/4 and a slight warm air is obtained. Since the ambient temperature can be warmed up to room temperature even in a severe cold, even shoes that cannot withstand high temperatures can be dried safely while preventing freezing.

When the switch 60 is in the position N, the heating element is not energized, so that it is possible to obtain a blast of the ambient temperature, which is suitable for drying shoes that cannot be heated. When the number of shoes to be dried is small, the switch 60 of the no-load drying device is set to the position N to save the power.

Although the movable shoe mount is shown in the first embodiment and the non-movable shoe sole is shown in the second embodiment, any of the shoe mounts may be combined with any of the embodiments.

In this embodiment, an example in which the structure of the heating element 40 is combined with a mica plate is shown, but other heat resistant insulating material may be used, or a plate-shaped or tubular heating element may be used.

[0064]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the shoe dryer of the present invention, warm air is sufficiently distributed to the toes of a shoe without applying stress such that the shoe is deformed, and not only short shoes but also long boots and a boot hole. Even shoes with narrow ankles can be carried upright vertically with intuitive operation. Therefore, not only in a wet state but also in a state where water remains after washing with water, the residual water spontaneously drops and dehydrates, so that drainage is good and the amount of heat of evaporation can be saved. Further, since all the inner surfaces are evenly exposed to warm air, there is no part that is difficult to dry, and the whole can be efficiently dried in a short time.

In a shoe dryer capable of drying a large number of shoes at the same time, the air is evenly blown to a large number of drying stands, and only the necessary drying stands can be individually heated or heated with only a simple changeover switch. Since there is no waste of heat, you can select high temperature or low temperature according to the material of the shoe, and you can dry safely.

Further, the bad odor emitted from the shoes is not adsorbed, and the surrounding atmosphere is not damaged.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a shoe dryer according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the operation of the shoe dryer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the operation of the shoe dryer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a shoe dryer according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a main part of a shoe dryer according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing a main part of a shoe dryer according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A ... Shoe dryer B ... Shoe dryer C ... Shoes 10 ... Casing 11 ... Base 13 ... Partition wall 20 ... Blower fan 21 ... Motor 30 ... Blower tube 31 ... Mounting member 40 ... Heating element 41 ... Mica plate 42 ... Heating wire 43 ... Thermostat 44 ... Thermal fuse 50 ... Shoe stand 51 ... Shoe stand upper surface 52, 52b ... Warm air outlet 53 ... Protrusion 60 ... Switch 70 ... Fibrous activated carbon 71 ... Holding means a, b ... Movable contact piece d , F, c, e ... Contact

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A casing is provided with a blower, a blower pipe, and an electric heating element, the blower tube is erected substantially vertically, and warm air heated by the electric heating element is covered from the blower tube. In a shoe dryer that blows into a shoe and dries it, a hollow shoe stand that communicates with the tip of the blower pipe is provided, and the shoe stand is formed to have a flat surface for carrying the shoe on the upper surface,
A shoe dryer, comprising a blow-out port for rectifying so as to send hot air to the toe portion of the shoe or the toe portion and the heel portion. 2. The air blower so that the shoe base is displaced between a position where a central axis connecting the toe direction and the heel direction is parallel or obtuse to the axis of the blower tube and a position where the center axis is substantially right angle. 2. The pipe is rotatably attached to the pipe.
A shoe dryer as described. 3. The shoe stand according to claim 1, wherein the center axis connecting the toe direction and the heel direction is normally urged so as to be parallel or obtuse with the axis of the blower pipe, and when the shoe is supported, the The shoe dryer according to claim 2, wherein the blower tube is rotatably attached so as to be at a right angle. 4. The shoe stand according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of protrusions are provided on the upper surface of the shoe so that the upper surface of the shoe carrier does not come into close contact with the bottom surface of the shoe. The described shoe dryer. 5. The casing is hollow and formed on a base that also serves as a duct, and a plurality of air-blowing pipes are erected substantially vertically so as to communicate with the base and each of the air-blowing pipes has an electric heating element. The shoe dryer according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein the shoe dryer is provided. 6. A switch is provided for switching each of the electric heating elements of the blower tubes arranged adjacent to each other between a parallel state, a series state and a disconnection state with respect to a power source.
A shoe dryer as described. 7. The electric heating element inside the blower tube is biased to the downstream side of the blown air stream, and the fibrous activated carbon is arranged at a portion of the outer circumference of the blower tube which is upstream of the blown air stream. The described shoe dryer.