JPH09122220A - Aroma emitting method and aroma emitting heat discoloring toy - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To emit an aroma with a simple means without employing a complex aroma emitting means using a positive characteristic resistor heating element by spraying air to the protruded section of a porous body with a blowing means to emit the aroma. SOLUTION: A container 21 is a storage container of an aromatic, it is formed with a plastic material hardly emitting the aromatic, the aromatic is stored directly or in the impregnated state in a porous body 22 having a communicating hole, and a cap is fitted to an opening section to hold airtightness at the time of nonuse. This aroma emitting heat discoloring toy is constituted of an aromatic storage means 2 fitted with the porous body 22 guiding the aromatic via the capillary tube force in the protruded state at the opening section of the container 21 and a blowing means 3. When air is sprayed to the protruded section of the porous body 22 by the blowing means 3, an aroma is concentrically emitted to the outside air from a discharge port 41. The blowing means 3 and the aromatic storage means 2 removed with the cap are normally stored in a case 4 for actual use.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an aroma emitting method and an aroma emitting thermochromic toy.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there have been disclosed many proposals for combining a positive-characteristic resistance heating element and a fragrance-holding element to diffuse aroma by the heat generated by the heating element (Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-457).
No. 14).

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a method for emitting an aroma by a convenient means instead of a complicated aroma emitting means such as the one using the positive temperature coefficient resistance heating element as described above, and further has a thermochromic property. In combination with a toy element, it is intended to further enhance the toy property by emitting a fragrance associated with the color change.

[0004]

The present invention will be described with reference to the drawings (see FIGS. 1 to 6). According to the present invention, the fragrance 23 is contained in the container 21, and the fragrance 2 is contained in the opening of the container 21.
The porous body 22 for pulling out 3 by a capillary force is composed of the perfume storage means 2 attached in a protruding state and the air blowing means 3, and the air is blown by the air blowing means 3 to the protruding portion of the porous body 22 to emit the aroma. Aroma emission method 1. Furthermore, the fragrance storage means 2 and the air blowing means 3 are stored in the case 4, and the scent emission method 1 in which the scent is concentrated and discharged from the discharge hole 41 provided in the case 4 is a requirement. Further, the perfume 23 is housed in the container 21, and the perfume storage means 2 in which the porous body 22 for projecting the perfume 23 by the capillary force is attached to the opening of the container 21 in the projecting state, and the projecting state. At least a blower means 3 for blowing air onto the porous body 22 and a thermochromic toy element 51 that changes color by heat or cold heat means,
An aroma-dissipating thermochromic toy 5 which is configured to change its appearance due to a color change of the toy element 51 and to emit an aroma associated with the color change. Furthermore, the air blowing means 3 blows air heated or cooled by the heat or cold heating means to change the color of the toy element and emit the aroma associated with the color change. Heat-dissipative toy 5. Further, the case is a case in which at least the blower means 3 and the fragrance accommodating means 2 are accommodated, and the case is provided with an ejection hole 41 for ejecting the fragrance emitted to the outside. The requirement is a scent-dissipating thermochromic toy 5 configured to disperse scents to the outside through the discharge holes 41 in accordance with the discoloration of the sex toy element 51.

In the above description, the container 21 is a container for the fragrance 23, and is made of a plastic material or the like which is hard to volatilize the fragrance. The fragrance 23 is directly or impregnated into the porous body 22 having the communicating holes, and the opening is formed. A cap 24 is attached to the to keep the airtightness when not in use. The porous body 22
In the system for impregnating with, the surface of the porous body 22 may be directly exposed to receive the air flow, but the airtightness retention property when not in use, the efficiency of fragrance emission, the convenience of lightness, etc. In terms of surface, a structure in which the perfume 23 is impregnated in the porous body 22 made of a sponge or a fiber bundle and is led out from the capillary porous body 221 made of a fiber processed body is effective (see FIG. 3). Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the container 21 containing the fragrance 23
You may make it accommodate the porous body 22 which has a capillary function inside, and may make the said fragrance | flavor 23 diverge from a front-end | tip part.

The air blowing means 3 and the perfume storing means 2 with the cap 24 removed are normally stored in the case 4 for practical use. At this time, the scent is concentrated from the discharge hole 41 and is diffused to the outside air. The blower means 3 blows air by the rotation of a fan 31 connected to a motor 32 driven by a battery 33, or mechanically operates a bellows 34 manually or through an operator (not shown) to compress the air. Examples thereof include those that eject air to blow air (see FIGS. 1 and 2).

The thermochromic toy element 51 is a simulated cooked food that changes color by applying heat or cold heat.
Artificial flowers, dolls and their accessories, costumes for dolls, animals imitating animals, etc., as well as other toys, are all effective.
The thermochromic toy element 51 is configured to change its color by an attached heat or cold heat means, and it can be housed in the transparent case 4 and set with the aroma emitting means 1 as well as outside the case 4. It may be arranged so that the color can be changed.

The thermochromic toy element 51 is a thermochromic material containing a conventionally known thermochromic dye, for example, an electron-donating color-changing organic compound, an electron-accepting compound, and a color reaction between the two. Of organic compound media that cause reversibly
Thermochromic material containing component or thermochromic material showing thermochromic property in the form of fine particles of resin solid solution of the component (for example, JP-B-51-35414 and JP-B-51-44706).
Japanese Patent Publication, Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-29398, etc.). The color changes before and after a predetermined temperature (color change point), and only one specific state can exist in a normal temperature range between the two states before and after the change. That is, in the other state, it is maintained while the heat or cold heat required to develop that state is applied, but when the heat or cold heat is no longer applied, the state returns to the state exhibited in the room temperature range (so-called Of the type which exhibits a small hysteresis width with respect to temperature-color density due to temperature change), or Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-17154 previously proposed by the present applicant, and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-
No. 135144, etc., a thermochromic material containing a color-memory thermochromic dye that exhibits large hysteresis characteristics and changes color (that is, the shape of the curve plotting the change in coloring density due to temperature change is Type that changes the color by following a significantly different path when the temperature is increased from the lower temperature side than the color change temperature range and when the temperature is decreased from the higher temperature side than the color change temperature range: Low temperature side color change point and high temperature side color change point In the normal temperature range between the above, it is effective that the appearance of being changed at a temperature below the low-temperature side discoloration point or above the high-temperature side discoloration point can be stored and retained, and the surface layer is colored by the coloring material containing the thermochromic material. The above-mentioned thermochromic material may be blended with plastic, clay or the like to impart thermochromic properties.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described with reference to embodiments. Example 1 (see FIG. 5) In the transparent case 4, a cold heat generating mechanism for changing the color of the thermochromic toy element 51 by cold heat, an aroma emitting means 2 and a blowing means 3 are provided.
And the color change of the toy element 51 are visualized, and related aroma is emitted, and the aroma emitting thermochromic toy 5 is emitted.
A specific example of the simulated cooking thermochromic toy 5 will be described below.

The cold heat generating mechanism is provided with a cold heat source chamber 52 accommodating a large number of ice pieces 53 in the transparent plastic case 4 and a cold air circulation passage 56 communicating with the cold heat source chamber 52 so that air can circulate. Mini motor 3 operated by 33
A fan 31 that rotates by 2 is provided, and the air that has entered through the intake port 54 of the cold heat source chamber 52 is circulated between the ice pieces 53 that are in a stacked state by the air circulation, and is discharged through the cold heat discharge port 55. At this time, it is configured to generate cold air, and to change the color of the thermochromic simulated cooked food 51 arranged in the cold air circulation passage 56.

In front of the fan 31, the cap 24 of the perfume storage means 2 illustrated in FIG. 3 is removed when in use,
The protruding portion of the porous body 22 is arranged on the lower side, and the porous body 22 is attached so as to concentrate and diffuse the aroma from the discharge hole 41, thereby forming the aroma-dissipating thermochromic toy 5.

The simulated cooked food 51 is obtained by blow molding of a synthetic resin and has an appearance shape imitating a food or a dish. Specifically, it has a shape imitating a croissant (small crescent-shaped bread). Other examples of food or dishes include hamburger, fried shrimp, donuts,
Examples thereof include toasts, cookies, cakes and dishes containing dishes such as gratin, which can be provided by coloring with a coloring material containing a thermochromic material.

The thermochromic material has a temperature below room temperature (for example, 5
Reversible thermochromic material having a discoloration point (coloring point) in the range of 20 to 20 ° C., preferably 10 to 20 ° C., or having a large hysteresis characteristic due to temperature change and exhibiting a colored state and a colorless state or colored [1] and colored [1]. 2] It exhibits a bimodal property that not only changes the color of the surface due to temperature change but also freely selects one of the two aspects before and after the change and maintains that aspect at room temperature. The color-memory thermochromic material possessed by it can be effectively used.

The simulated cooked food 51 may have a structure in which a thermochromic layer is applied on the surface or a synthetic resin mixed with a thermochromic material, or the like, and may be appropriately colored in a desired color or pattern. It becomes. In this embodiment, a thermochromic layer is provided on the surface of the croissant shaped object, the thermochromic layer is in a white state before cooling, and the air cooled by the cold heat generating means contacts and is cooled. Then, the color gradually changes from white to a fox (in detail, white → light yellow →
(Fox color → dark fox color). The white color represents bread dough, and the fox color (light brown color) represents the burnt color of baked bread.

Further, the aroma emitting means 2 contains a flavoring agent having a scent of bread.

As a cold heat generating mechanism, instead of the ice pieces 53, a metal lump, a cool storage agent block (a construction in which a liquid cool storage agent is sealed inside with a thin outer shell, also called a freezing agent block), etc. are effective. And a sphere, cone, pyramid, cube,
It may have any shape such as a rectangular parallelepiped or an annular body. still,
The metal ingot and the regenerator block are applied by being cooled in advance in a refrigerator or the like.

Therefore, the air blown by the blowing means 3 is cooled by the cold heat generating mechanism, and the simulated cooked food 5
The thermochromic layer No. 1 is discolored so that the bread can be seen as if it has been baked, and the burnt odor of the bread emitted from the aroma emitting means 2 is emitted from the discharge hole 41.

Example 2 (see FIG. 6) This is an example in which the aroma emission means 2 is incorporated in the simulated cook thermochromic toy according to Example 1, in which the thermochromic artificial flower cold heat is used as the thermochromic toy element 51. Discharges the scent of flowers along with discoloration 4
1 is a scent-dissipating thermochromic toy 5 which is concentrated and diffused to the outside.

The artificial flower is provided with a fragrance accommodating means 2, which is constructed so that it can be taken in and out by an opening of a transparent lid 42 which is openably and closably attached to a case 4, and is arranged in a cool air circulation passage 56 in the case 4. As a result, the state of cold heat discoloration can be seen from the outside, and the scent of flowers can be emitted from the discharge holes 41. In the first and second embodiments, the discoloration by cold air and the blowing means of cold air are both used, but a system in which the discoloration by warm air and the blowing means of hot air are also used may be used.

[0020]

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION The aroma emission method of the present invention is a relatively simple means in which air is blown to a specific portion of an aroma generating source by a blowing means without applying a means for generating heat from a heating element. Further, in addition to the appearance change due to the color change of the thermochromic toy by combining the aroma emitting method and the thermochromic toy element, the aroma is emitted in association with the color change, and the commercial property of the thermochromic toy is doubled. An aroma-dissipating thermochromic toy can be provided. Further, in the aroma emitting method, since the aroma material accommodating means and the air blowing means are accommodated in the case, it is convenient to carry, and moreover, the aroma can be concentrated and discharged from the discharge hole of the case, so that the aroma can be efficiently discharged. It is possible to provide a possible scent emission method.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of an aroma emission method.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of another embodiment of the aroma emission method.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional explanatory view of an aroma storage means.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional explanatory view of another example of the fragrance accommodating means.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional explanatory view of an example of an aroma-dissipating thermochromic toy.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional explanatory view of another example of the fragrance-dissipating thermochromic toy.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Aroma emission method 2 Perfume storage means 21 Container 22 Porous body 221 Capillary porous body 23 Perfume 24 Cap 3 Blower means 31 Fan 32 Motor 33 Power supply 34 Bellows 35 Switch 4 Case 41 Discharge hole 42 Lid 5 Aroma diffusion thermochromic toy 51 Heat Color-changing toy element 52 Cold heat source chamber 53 Ice piece 54 Intake port 55 Cold heat exhaust port 56 Cold air circulation passage

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A perfume is contained in a container, and a perfume-accommodating means in which a porous body for ejecting the perfume by a capillary force is attached to the opening of the container in a protruding state, and a blower means are provided. An aroma emitting method, which comprises causing air to be blown onto a protruding portion of a body by a blowing means to emit aroma. 2. The fragrance spreading method according to claim 1, wherein the fragrance containing means and the air blowing means are housed in a case, and the fragrance is concentrated and discharged from a discharge hole provided in the case. 3. A perfume is contained in a container, and a perfume-accommodating means in which a porous body for ejecting the perfume by a capillary force is attached to the opening of the container in a protruding state, and air is provided in the protruding porous body. And a thermochromic toy element that is discolored by heat or cold heat means, the appearance of which changes with the color change of the toy element and the aroma emitted by the color change is emitted. Heat dissipative toy. 4. The air blowing means is configured to change the color of the toy element and emit the aroma associated with the color change by blowing air heated or cooled by the heat or cold heating means. Item 3. An aroma-dissipating thermochromic toy according to item 3. 5. A case containing at least the blower means and the fragrance containing means, wherein the case is provided with a discharge hole for discharging the fragrance emitted to the outside, and the thermochromic property of the adjacent arrangement. 4. The aroma-dissipating thermochromic toy according to claim 3, wherein the aroma is concentratedly diffused to the outside through the discharge holes as the toy element discolors.