JPH10137153A - Bubble generator for bath - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable jetting out of a bubble for washing into a bathtub by a method wherein a pump unit is provided within the apparatus to generate com pressed air and a container body provided with a bubble stone inside is integral ly mounted on the body of the apparatus to generate the bubble for washing semi-automatically. SOLUTION: Firstly, a soap agent in the form of a liquid or a powder and a proper amount of warm water (or water) are fed into a bottomed container 41 and then, an electric motor of a pump unit arranged in the body of the apparatus 30 is started to generate compressed air. With the driving of the motor, a working rod of the air pump reciprocates to generate compressed air, which is led to a bubble stone so that a finer grain bubble from the bubble stone 46 is released into the bottom container 41 in succession. The soap agent and water are stirred up by the grain bubble to be mixed and the bottomed container 41 is gradually filled with the bubble so that the bubble is pushed out by an internal pressure to be blown out from a blowoff port 52 of a nozzle 51. But filling the bathtub with the washing bubble realizes a so-called bubble bath simply.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a simple bath foam generator for generating a cleaning bubble semi-automatically when bathing and blowing it out into a bathtub.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It has long been practiced that a bather puts a liquid or powdery soap agent into a bathtub and then stirs it by hand to form a suitable foam.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional operation of introducing a soap agent to make a foam bath is performed only by hand, but if this operation is performed using a simple appliance, It is considered to be a kind of toy, especially for young children, and the bathing activity itself will be fun and very interesting. This bath foam generator has been developed based on such a novel idea.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to propose a bath bubble generator having a small and simple structure for generating a cleaning bubble semi-automatically and blowing it into a bathtub.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a pump unit for generating compressed air by driving an air pump by an electric motor is provided in a machine base, and a foam stone is provided therein. A container body is integrally mounted on the machine base, an air inlet of the foamed stone communicates with a discharge port of the air pump, and a cap body provided with a nozzle is formed in an opening formed in an upper part of the container body. It is provided so that it can be freely attached to and detached from the container body, and a bubble generated by blowing compressed air generated by the pump unit into the soap and hot water or water charged into the container body is blown out from the nozzle. I do.

[0006]

When the electric motor is started after the liquid or powdered soap and hot water (or water) are charged into the container, compressed air is generated by the air pump. The compressed air is guided to the foam stone, and is released into the container one after another as fine granular bubbles from the foam stone. Then, the soap agent and the warm water are stirred and mixed by the particulate foam, so that the container gradually fills with the foam, and the foam is pushed out by the internal pressure and is blown out from the nozzle.
By putting the cleaning foam in the bathtub, a so-called foam bath can be easily completed.

[0007] According to this bath foam generator, a cleaning foam for taking a foam bath can be easily generated, and it is easy to handle because of its small and simple structure. Furthermore, it has a secondary effect, such as being accepted as a kind of toy especially for young children, and making bathing fun and interesting.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a plan view, FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a machine base provided with a pump unit, FIG. 4 is a front view of the pump unit, and FIG. FIG.

1 and 2, a bath foam generator A has a pump unit 10, a container 40 and a cap 50 as main components. The pump unit 10 for generating compressed air is attached to a frame 11 fixed on a machine base 30 to be described later. As shown in FIG. 5, a suction port 13 and a discharge port 14 protrude from one side surface of the vertical piece 12 of the frame 11,
A known small air pump 20 is mounted on the opposite side of the pump 20 while maintaining airtightness.
Is slidably supported by a protruding piece 16 of a bracket 15 extending laterally from the vertical piece 12. The horizontal shaft 17 fixed to the bracket 15 has an eccentric cam 19 on the front.
The eccentric cam 19 is loosely fitted in the long groove 23 formed in the operating rod 21 (FIG. 4). Then, the drive gear 26 of the electric motor 25 attached to the bracket 15 is engaged with the gear 18.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a dish-shaped machine base 30 having a slightly raised peripheral wall 31 has a bottom wall 32 in which a battery (not shown) serving as a power source of the electric motor 25 is housed. The body 33 and the air port 34 are formed integrally. The air port 34
And the suction port 13 of the air pump 20 are connected by a vinyl tube 35. Reference numeral 36 denotes a waterproof packing made of a rubber material, which is fitted and fixed on the upper surface of the peripheral wall 31. 37 is a cover attached to the box 33.

A container body 40 in which a vertical bottomed container 41 having an opening 42 formed in the upper portion is disposed at the center,
8 is fitted on the peripheral wall 31 of the machine base 30 in a watertight manner and is integrally attached to the machine base 30. The bottomed container 41
An air inlet 45 communicating with the outside is provided in a concave portion 44 in which a part of the bottom surface 43 is depressed, and a columnar foam stone 46 having an infinite number of through holes is fixed in a watertight manner. The air inlet 45 and the outlet 14 of the air pump 20 are connected by a vinyl tube 47.

The cap body 50 has a base 53 of a nozzle 51 with a blow-out port 52 oriented sideways, and an engagement hole 5 of a cap 55.
6, the nozzle 51 is provided rotatably. On the inner surface of the cap 55, a plurality of resilient locking pieces 57 to be engaged with the inner end surface of the opening 42 of the container body 40 are protruded. Thus, the cap body 50 is detachably provided on the container body 40.

Next, the operation of the bath bubble generator A having the above-described configuration will be described. First, a liquid or powdery soap and an appropriate amount of warm water (or water) are charged into the bottomed container 41, and then the electric motor 25 is started. The drive rod 21 of the air pump 20 is reciprocated by the driving of the electric motor 25 to generate compressed air. The compressed air is guided to the foamed stone 46, and the foamed stone 46 is turned into fine granular bubbles to form the bottomed container 4.
It is released one after another. Then, the soap agent and the warm water are stirred and mixed by the particulate foam, so that the bottomed container 41 gradually fills with the foam, and the foam is pushed out by the internal pressure and is discharged from the outlet 52 of the nozzle 51. It is blown out toward. By putting the cleaning foam in the bathtub, a so-called foam bath can be easily completed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional side view.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a machine base provided with a pump unit.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a pump unit.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a part of the pump unit in a cutaway manner.

[Explanation of symbols]

A → Bubble generator 10 → Pump unit 13 → Suction port 14 → Discharge port
20 → air pump 25 → electric motor 30 → machine base 40 → container body 42 →
Opening 45 → Air intake 46 → Foam 50 → Cap
51 → Nozzle

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pump unit for generating compressed air by driving an air pump by an electric motor is provided in a machine base.
A container body provided with a foam stone therein is integrally mounted on the machine base, and an air inlet of the foam stone and a discharge port of the air pump communicate with each other. A bubble formed by blowing compressed air generated by the pump unit into the soap and hot water or water supplied to the container body is provided at the opening formed at the top of the container so that it can be freely attached and detached. A foam generator for baths, characterized in that: