JPH0898714A - Automatic hair washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an automatic hair washing machine capable of removing cut hair from the head before washing hair, removing moisture after washing hair and processing hair consistently until its drying without needing another's hand. CONSTITUTION: Air pressurized by an air compressor is jetted to the head top and hair part from an air outlet 61 provided in a water tank 51 and an air outlet 62 provided in the upper hood 3 of the water tank 51. Before washing hair and/or after washing hair, air is jetted for a predetermined time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a commercial hair washer used in barber shops, beauty salons and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an automatic hair washing machine for business use,
It is known that the head of a person to be washed is put in a water tank and hot water is jetted from a plurality of nozzles to wash the hair. In such a commercial-use automatic hair washing machine, the water content of wet hair after washing hair is manually wiped off with a towel.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned work of wiping off with a towel is troublesome, and especially when the hair of the person to be washed is long. Therefore, there has been a demand for an automatic hair washing machine that can consistently dry hair. Prior to washing the hair, short cut hair (called "cut hair") is wiped off by hand, but it is desirable to be able to perform this work automatically.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic hair washing machine which can perform post-treatments and pre-treatments for hair washing consistently with the hair washing operation without bothering human labor.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic hair washing machine according to claim 1 comprises a water tank for accommodating a head of a person to be washed and a hair washing means for injecting warm water into the water tank. The automatic hair washing machine provided is characterized by including air injection means for injecting air into the water tank.

An automatic hair washing machine according to a second aspect is the automatic hair washing machine according to the first aspect, in which an openable and closable hood is attached to the upper part of the water tank, and the air injection means faces the water tank from the hood. It is characterized by including an injection port. An automatic hair washing machine according to a third aspect of the present invention is the automatic hair washing machine according to the first or second aspect, wherein the air injection means includes an injection port provided on the inner wall of the water tank.

An automatic hair washing machine according to a fourth aspect is the automatic hair washing machine according to any one of the first to third aspects, in which air is sprayed before the start of the hair washing operation by the hair washing means and / or after the end of the hair washing operation. It is characterized by including control means for operating the means.

[0008]

According to the structure of the invention according to claim 1, air is jetted by the air jetting means to the head of the person to be washed in the water tank. The cut hair remaining on the head is brushed off by the airflow in the aquarium. In addition, the water used for washing hair can be blown off from the head and the hair by the jetted air, and the head and the hair can be dried. Like the hair washing operation, the above-described work is performed by accommodating the head in the water tank, and thus can be performed consistently with the hair washing work.

According to the configuration of the invention according to claim 2,
In addition to the operation described in claim 1, the following operation is achieved. That is, since the air ejection port is provided in the hood at the upper part of the water tank so as to face the water tank, the air is ejected to the head of the person to be washed. Therefore, the sheared hair and water adhering to the head are blown away and effectively removed. According to the configuration of the invention according to claim 3 described above, in addition to the action described in claim 1 or 2, the following action is exhibited. That is, since the air ejection port is provided on the inner wall of the water tank, the air is ejected to the head and the entire hair of the person to be washed. Therefore, the head and hair can be effectively dried.

According to the configuration of the invention of claim 4,
In addition to the effect according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the following effect is exhibited. That is, when the cut hair gets wet, it sticks to the scalp and becomes difficult to remove. However, by operating the air jetting means before starting the hair washing operation by the hair washing means, the cut hair adhering to the head of the person to be washed can be blown off and easily removed before getting wet by the hair washing.
Further, by activating the air injection means after the end of the hair washing operation, the water adhering to the head at the time of washing the hair can be blown off and the head can be dried.

[0011]

Embodiments will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings showing embodiments. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external configuration of an automatic hair washer according to an embodiment of the present invention. The external shape of the automatic hair washer is formed by a cabinet 1, and an entrance 2 for inserting the head of the person to be washed in a back state is formed at the center of the upper surface of the cabinet 1. Inside the entrance 2, a water tank 51 for housing the head and hair is arranged.

A hood 3 which can be opened and closed is attached around the entrance 2 so that the entrance 2 can be opened wide or closed small. The hood 3 is provided with a face seal 5 that is elastically in contact with the face while exposing the face during use. For example, on the right front side of the upper surface of the cabinet 1,
An operation panel 7 in which various operation buttons 73 and a display 72 are arranged is arranged. A shampoo storage box 11 and a treatment storage box 12 are provided on the left rear side of the upper surface of the cabinet 1, and these storage boxes 11,
The shampoo liquid and / or treatment liquid in 12 is
As will be described later, it is automatically mixed with warm water. further,
The upper surface of the cabinet 1 is provided with a hand shower 8 and knobs 9 and 10 for operating the hand shower 8.

The water tank 51 has a depth such that the hair that hangs down from the head when the head is inserted can naturally hang down, for example, about 50 cm. Aquarium 51
A pipe that allows passage of hot water is formed inside the nozzle, and the nozzle link 55 for the crown is formed in a substantially semi-circular shape along the head.
(See FIG. 4) is swingably provided. The nozzle link 55 has a plurality of nozzles 57 (see FIG. 4).
Are arranged toward the head. During use, the head and the root of the hair can be washed with hot water sprayed from the nozzle 57.

The water tank 51 is also provided with a neckline nozzle link 58 (see FIG. 4) swingably. The neckline nozzle link 58 is a tube that allows passage of hot water,
A plurality of nozzles 59 (see FIG. 4) are arranged on the surface thereof. The hot water sprayed from the nozzle 59 can wash the root and neck of the hair. A plurality of nozzles 60 (see FIG. 4) are arranged on the front and rear inner walls of the water tank 51 at a relatively lower position. The nozzle 60 is a fixed nozzle, and is mainly for cleaning the tip of long hair.

The head nozzle link 55 and the neckline nozzle link 58 are driven by the rotation of a link motor 71 (see FIG. 5) and swing within a predetermined angle range. Aquarium 51
A plurality of air outlets 61 are arranged on the inner walls of the rear surface and the side surface at the lower position of. Air outlet 61
Is for blowing pressurized air supplied by the air compressor 200 (see FIG. 4) to the head and the hair as described later.

An air outlet 62 is provided on the inner rear surface of the hood 3. Air outlet 6
2 is for blowing the pressurized air mainly to the crown. Next, the flow of air ejected from the air outlets 61 and 62 will be described. 2 and 3 show the arrangement of the air outlets 61 and 62 and the air flow from them. FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the automatic hair washing machine, and FIG. 3 is a top view of the automatic hair washing machine. First, in FIG. 2, the head H of the person to be washed is inserted in the back state at the top of the water tank 51 when washing the hair. Then, the hood 3 and the face seal 5 come into contact with the face of the person to be washed, whereby the inside of the water tank 51 is in a sealed state. In that state, air is jetted. Air outlet 6 provided in the hood 3
The air injected from 2 is blown obliquely from above to the top of the head, hits the top of the head, and then branches into right and left (air flow A). Further, the air jetted from the air outlet 61 provided inside the water tank 51 blows the hair part from the front, back, left and right (air flow B).

FIG. 4 is a piping diagram showing a water channel and an air channel of this automatic hair washing machine. Referring to FIG. 4, water supplied from an external water supply pipe (not shown) is supplied to the mixing valve 84 via the stop valve 81C, the strainer 82C and the check valve 83C. Further, the hot water supplied from an external hot water supply pipe (not shown) is supplied by the stop valve 8
1H, a strainer 82H, and a check valve 83H are applied to the mixing valve 84. Then, the mixing valve 84 mixes water and hot water to obtain hot water having an appropriate temperature. The hot water is supplied to the tank 87 when the hot water storage valve 85 is opened. Further, the hot water of the mixing valve 84 is jetted from the hand shower 8 when the shower valve 88 is opened.

The tank 87 is, for example, a tank having a capacity of 40 liters in this embodiment. A water level sensor 89 is provided in the tank 87 and can detect the amount of water in the tank 87. An overflow pipe 92 is provided above the tank 87. When hot water having a storage limit or more is supplied to the tank 87, the hot water excessively supplied by the overflow pipe 92 is drained.

A pump 94 is connected to the tank 87 via an outflow pipe 93. When the pump 94 is driven,
The hot water stored in the tank 87 is sucked into the pump 94 through the outflow pipe 93. On the output side of the pump 94, the nozzle link 5 for the crown is connected via the valve 951 for the link.
5, the neckline nozzle link 58 is connected via the link lowering valve 952, and the nozzle 60 is connected via the long valve 96. A drain pipe 98 is connected via a drain valve 97.

Therefore, when the drain valve 97 is closed and the link upper valve 951, the link lower valve 952 and the long valve 96 (hereinafter collectively referred to as "injection valve") are opened, the pump The hot water sucked into the nozzle 94 is supplied to the crown nozzle link 55 and the neckline nozzle link 58 via the respective injection valves, and the plurality of nozzles 57, 59 and 60 arranged in each nozzle link ( In the following, they are collectively referred to as "injection nozzles"). On the other hand, when the drain valve 97 is open, the warm water sucked by the pump 94 is drained through the drain pipe 98.

The hot water sprayed from each spray nozzle is received in the water tank 51, and is drained to the drain pipe 98 through the drain trap 99 connected to the bottom of the water tank 51. As is well known, the drain trap 99 is for preventing the generation of a foul odor in the water tank 51 and for preventing the hair dropped in the water tank 51 from flowing out to the drain pipe 98.

A branch pipe 100 is formed in the outflow pipe 93, and the shampoo storage box 1 is provided in the branch pipe 100 via a shampoo valve 101 and a shampoo pressure pump 102.
1 is connected. Further, the outflow pipe 93 has a branch pipe 103.
The treatment container box 12 is connected to the branch pipe 103 via a treatment valve 104 and a treatment pressure pump 105. Therefore, the shampoo liquid stored in the shampoo storage box 11 will be stored in the branch pipe 1 when the shampoo pressure pump 102 is activated.
Sent to 00. When the shampoo valve 101 is opened during the operation of the pump 94, the branch pipe 100 flows to the outflow pipe 93.
The shampoo liquid is mixed into the warm water that flows into the inside and is taken out from the tank 87. Similarly, the treatment liquid stored in the treatment storage box 12 is pressure-fed to the branch pipe 100 by the treatment pressure-feeding pump 105. When the treatment valve 104 is opened while the pump 94 is operating, the treatment liquid stored in the treatment storage box 12 is mixed in the warm water flowing through the outflow pipe 93.

Therefore, by operating the shampoo valve 101 or the treatment valve 104 and adjusting the operation of the shampoo pressure pump 102 or the treatment pressure pump 105, a desired amount of shampoo liquid is injected into the hot water sprayed from each spray nozzle. Or treatment liquid can be mixed. Further, the air taken in from the outside of the machine from an air intake (not shown) is supplied to the air compressor 200 via an air filter (not shown) and the like. The air compressed by the air compressor 200 is
By the air pipe 201, it is guided to the air outlets 61 and 62 arranged around the water tank 51, and jetted into the water tank 51. (Functioning as air injection means.) The injection pressure of air at this time is set to a substantially constant value which is high enough not to be uncomfortable when it is injected to the head, but the value is not limited. Also, its value may change.

In FIG. 4, the pump 94 is driven by an inverter 106, and the pump 9
The work rate of No. 4 can be adjusted to a desired size by the inverter 106. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electric control circuit of this automatic hair washing machine. The control circuit is provided with a microcomputer 110 as a control center. The microcomputer 110 stores a ROM (not shown) in which preset execution procedures and conditions are stored as a program and a data table, variables used in the program, and outputs of various sensors. It has a built-in RAM (not shown) that is read out and a timer (not shown) that outputs a pulse signal at regular time intervals. Then, the microcomputer 110
Executes the control based on the above program.

The microcomputer 110 is supplied with signals from various switches and sensors, and the microcomputer 110 outputs control signals to various elements and devices based on the signals. Specifically, a signal is given to the microcomputer 110 from the operation button 73 provided on the operation panel 7. In addition, the water level sensor 8
The detection outputs of the closed state detection switch 112 of the hood 3, the rotational position detection sensor 113 of the link motor 71, and the like are given to the microcomputer 110.

Further, in the microcomputer 110,
The display 72 provided on the operation panel 7 and the hot water storage valve 8 shown in FIG. 4 based on the above-mentioned input signals and programs.
5, link upper valve 951, link lower valve 95
2, long valve 96, shampoo valve 101, shampoo pressure pump 102, treatment valve 10
4, treatment pressure pump 105, air compressor 20
0, drain valve 97 and motor 71 for nozzle link
To control each of these devices.

Further, the microcomputer 110 is
The inverter 106 is controlled to drive the pump 94 at a predetermined power. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the control contents of the microcomputer 110 in this automatic hair washing machine. The contents of the operation in this automatic hair washing machine will be described with reference to FIG. In the following description, opening the valve is referred to as “on”, and closing the valve is referred to as “off”. In addition, when devices such as pumps and motors are in the operating state, it is "ON", and when they are in the stopped state, it is "OFF"
Say.

First, after the head of the person to be washed is accommodated in the water tank 51, when a signal for starting the hair washing process by the operation button 73 arrives (step S1), the air blowing process is performed. In this step, the air compressor 200 is operated, and the pressurized air is jetted to the head through the air outlets 61 and 62. Then, the cut hair is blown off from the scalp. At this time, the pump 94 and each injection valve are still off, and the hot water is not being injected to the head (step S2). Then, during the predetermined time T1, air continues to be ejected to the head as described above. (Step S3). Here, it is preferable that the predetermined time period T1 is a time period during which the hair can be reliably removed from the scalp by blowing air.

Next, a hair washing step is performed. The hair washing process includes an initial draining process, a pre-washing process, a main washing process, a rinsing process, a treatment process, and a re-rinsing process in order. First, in the initial drainage process, the water initially stored in the tank 87 and each pipe (this water is cold water which is different from the hot water in the tank 87) is used to remove the water from the head of the person to be washed. Do not allow it to drain and drain. Then, in each process from the pre-washing process to the re-rinsing process, the link motor 7
1 is driven, the nozzle link 55 for the crown and the nozzle link 58 for the neckline swing, the injection valves and pumps 94 are turned on, and hot water is injected from each injection nozzle for a predetermined time. Further, in the main washing step, the shampoo valve 101 is turned on at the same time when the hot water is jetted from each jet nozzle, and the shampoo liquid stored in the shampoo storage box 11 is mixed in the hot water. Also, in the treatment process,
At the same time as the injection of hot water from each injection nozzle, the treatment valve 104 is turned on, and the treatment liquid stored in the treatment storage box 12 is mixed into the hot water.

In this way, in each step, the hair is washed with warm water containing the shampoo liquid or the treatment liquid, or hot water not containing them (step S4). Then, the hair washing process is completed until the predetermined process is completed (step S5). (Step S4 ~
5 functions as a hair-washing means. ) Next, a draining process is performed. With the end of the hair washing process,
The pump 94 and each injection valve are off. Here, the air compressor 200 is operated, and the pressurized air is jetted to the head through the air outlets 61 and 62.
Then, the water adhering to the head and hair is blown off (step S6). Then, air continues to be jetted to the head for a predetermined time T2 (step S7). Here, it is more preferable that the predetermined time T2 is set to a time that can reliably remove the water adhering to the head and hair by jetting air.

Finally, the air compressor 200 is turned off, and the series of operations ends (step S8). According to this embodiment, in the air blowing step of steps S2 to S3, by blowing the air pressurized by the air compressor 200 from the air outlets 61 and 62, the cut hair attached to the head of the person to be washed. Can be easily blown off and removed before it gets wet by washing hair. Further, in the water draining process of steps S6 to S7, by similarly injecting air, the water attached to the head by washing the hair can be blown off and removed, and the head can be dried. Therefore, it is possible to provide an automatic hair washer capable of consistently performing the drying of the head.

Further, the cutting hair and the water adhering to the head can be effectively removed by the simple control of injecting air to the head of the person to be washed for a predetermined time. Further, since the air outlets 61 and 62 are provided near the top of the head and near the hair, the air can be jetted to the head and the entire hair of the person to be washed, and the head can be effectively dried.

Further, since the air is jetted from the air outlets 61 and 62 in the closed water tank 51, even if the removed sheared hair and water are scattered by the jet of air, the hair wash It does not apply to the face and does not cause discomfort. In addition, the air to be injected is the built-in air compressor 2
00 to supply pressure. Therefore, a pressurized supply source of air is not required outside, and it can be easily used.

Further, only one of the air blowing step of steps S2 to 3 and the draining step of steps S6 to 7 may be selected and performed. For example, step S1
In the above, the desired step may be selected by the operation button 73, or may be preset.
As described above, by selecting a desired process, unnecessary processes can be omitted, the required time can be shortened, and the device can be used according to the usage situation.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, the air outlets 61 and 62 are fixed to the water tank 51 and the hood 3, but they may be movable outlets such as nozzle links for hot water. With this configuration, the fixed type is more effective because it can inject air even into a portion where the air does not reach. Also, the air outlet 6
Both 1 and 62 may be of a movable type or a fixed type, and the arrangement positions thereof may be variously considered.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the air outlets 61 and 62 are directly connected to the air compressor 200.
In the middle of the pipe connecting these, the microcomputer 110
A valve that can be controlled by
The injection of air at 1 and 62 may be selectively performed. By doing so, for example, in the air blowing step, air can be supplied only to the air outlet 62 that injects to the top of the head, which is effective for cutting hair, and the injection can be strengthened to further enhance the effect. .

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the air compressor 20
Although 0 was built in the automatic hair washer, it may be installed separately. In addition, various design changes can be made without changing the gist of the present invention.

[0038]

According to the invention of claim 1, the following effects can be obtained. That is, the cutting of hair remaining on the head and the drying of the wet head and hair at the time of washing hair can be consistently performed by the air ejecting means, along with the hair washing operation. According to the invention of claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, it is possible to effectively remove the sheared hair and water attached to the head.

According to the invention of claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1 or 2,
Can be effectively dried. According to the invention according to claim 4, in addition to the effects of the invention according to claims 1 to 3, the cut hair attached to the head can be easily removed before getting wet by washing hair. Further, the wet head can be dried at the time of washing the hair after finishing the hair washing operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external configuration of an automatic hair washer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a partial cross section of the automatic hair washer of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the automatic hair washer of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a piping diagram showing a water channel and an air channel of an automatic hair washer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electric control circuit of the automatic hair washer according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an outline of control contents of a hair washing operation in the automatic hair washing machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 ... Hood 51 ... Water tank 61, 62 ... Air blowout port (injection port) 110 ... Microcomputer (control means) 200 ... Air compressor 201 ... Air piping 61, 62, 200, 201 ... Air injection means Steps S2-3 ... Air blow process Steps S4 to 5 ... Hair washing process (washing means) Steps S6 to 7 ... Draining process

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Masaru Noro 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Mitsuru Naganawa 2-chome, Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka No. 5 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An automatic hair washing machine comprising a water tank for accommodating a head of a person to be washed and a hair washing means for injecting hot water into the water tank, wherein an air injecting means for injecting air is provided in the water tank. An automatic hair washing machine. 2. The automatic hair washer according to claim 1, wherein an openable and closable hood is attached to an upper part of the water tank, and the air injection means includes an injection port facing the water tank from the hood. Automatic hair washing machine. 3. The automatic hair washer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the air injection means includes an injection port provided on an inner wall of the water tank. 4. The automatic hair washing machine according to claim 1, further comprising control means for activating the air injection means before starting the hair washing operation by the hair washing means and / or after finishing the hair washing operation. An automatic hair washer characterized by