JPH10201523A - Steam hair setter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely limit the quantity of dew formation by restricting water feeding quantity from a water feeding tank with simple constitution in a posture easily generates dew and drops it. SOLUTION: This steam hair setter is provided with a water feeding tank 6, a heater for generating steam, an absorbing body 9 supplying water in the tank 6 to generate steam and a steam ejecting hole ejecting steam. A surrounding wall 50 surrounding the body 9 is provided inside of the tank. A communicating port 51 for communicating inside of the tank 6 and that of the wall 50 is formed at a part of the wall 50.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a steam hair setter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a steam generating mechanism comprising a heater for generating steam and a water absorbing body for supplying water in a water supply tank to the heater to generate steam is built in a vessel provided with a bristle. In addition, there is known a steam hair setter in which steam is blown out from a steam blowout hole provided on a surface of a body where a bristle is projected. In this steam hair setter, the generated steam comes into contact with parts other than the heater of the body and cools down, resulting in dew condensation. The problem is that it falls on the hair or other parts of the person. Moreover, there is a problem that the dew condensation water generated inside the steam generation mechanism having a built-in heater for generating steam has a relatively high temperature due to being close to the heater, and feels hot when dropped to the user.

Therefore, as another conventional example, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 3-106037 discloses a steam hair setter in which a second check valve for stopping water supply is provided in a water supply tank depending on the posture of a main body. I have.

[0004]

However, in a structure in which a second check valve is provided in a water supply tank as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 3-106037, the second check valve is constituted by a ball valve or a valve plate. Due to the configuration, there is a risk of malfunctioning, and the second check valve may be a component that is separate from the water supply tank, resulting in assembly failure.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional example, and has a simple structure to limit the amount of water supplied from a water supply tank in a posture of a main body where dew condensation water is easily generated or dropped. It is an object of the present invention to provide a steam hair setter which can surely limit the amount of dew condensation water, prevent dripping of the dew condensation water, and can be used safely.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a water supply tank 6, a heater 10 for generating steam, and supplies water in the water supply tank 6 to the heater 10 to generate steam. In a steam hair setter provided with a water absorbing body 9 for making water and a steam blowing hole 12 for blowing out steam, a surrounding wall 50 surrounding the water absorbing body 9 is provided inside the water supply tank 6 and a part of the surrounding wall 50 is provided with a water supply tank 6.
It is characterized by forming a communication port 51 for communicating the inside and the inside of the enclosure wall 50, and by configuring in this way, when the main body is in a position where dew condensation water is easily generated or dripped, By providing the communication port 51 in advance at the location of the enclosing wall 50 such that the water level W in the water supply tank 6 is located below the communication port 51, the water supply in the posture of the main body as described above. The amount of water supplied from the tank 6 can be limited. In this case, only the water accumulated in the surrounding wall 50 is supplied to the water absorbing body 9. The supply of water is stopped so that no steam is generated, and in particular, the generation of heated condensed water inside the steam generating mechanism can be limited. Therefore, when the steam hair setter is used normally, it is possible to prevent the condensation water from dropping.

[0007] The communication port 51 is provided with a steam outlet 1.
It is preferable that the communication port 51 be formed at a portion on the upper surface side of the enclosing wall 50 with the communication port 51 facing downward.
The amount of water that accumulates lower than the
Even when a large amount of water is contained in the main body, when the main body is in a posture in which dew condensation water is easily generated or dripped, water supply from the communication port 51 to the inside of the enclosure wall 50 can be restricted.

In the water supply tank 6, an air reservoir 52 for keeping the level W of water in the water supply tank 6 always lower than the level of the communication port 51 with the steam ejection hole 12 facing downward. In this case, the inside of the water supply tank 6 is not filled with the air reservoir 52, so that it is possible to easily prevent the water from being excessively filled, and the amount of water in the water supply tank 6 is always open upward. Since it can be made to be lower than the mouth 51, only the water in the surrounding wall 50 will be supplied to the water absorbing body 9, and a reliable water supply restriction can be performed.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The steam hair setter of this embodiment is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7 through FIG.
A main body 1 comprising a head section 4 having a built-in steam generating mechanism including a felt-like water absorbing body 9; a handle 3 having a built-in circuit and being held during use; and a steam generating mechanism. A water supply tank 6 serving as a means for supplying water to the main body 1, and a base 7 supported at an end of the main body 1 on the opposite side to the water supply tank 6 and capable of opening and closing with respect to the main body 1.
And a brush 8 detachably mounted on the back side of the base 7 as viewed from the main body 1 side. And the water tank 6
Is supplied to the heater 10 through the water absorber 9 and is heated by the heater 10 to vaporize, and the steam generated in this portion is weakened by the discharge between the discharge electrodes 11 installed in the steam generating mechanism 2. After acidification, the particles are made finer and released from the steam ejection holes 12 of the main body 1. Here, FIGS. 2 to 5 show a case where the hair is fixed between the head portion 4 and the base 7 of the main body 1 to reshape the hair. FIGS. 6 and 7 show the brush 8 attached to the main body 1. In this case, the habit is corrected by brushing.

As shown in FIG. 4, steam ejection holes 12 for ejecting steam are formed on the side of the head portion 4 which comes into contact with the hair, and holding plates 16 are provided on both outer sides of the steam ejection holes 12, respectively. In addition, a plurality of bristles 17 are respectively installed on both outer sides of the holding plate 16. On the other hand, the holding plate 16 and the bristle 17 of the main body 1 are also provided on the base 7.
A similar pressing plate 16 and a similar bristle 17 are located at positions facing each other.
And are installed respectively. Also, the holding plate 16 on the main body 1 side.
Is heated by steam, the end of the holding plate 16 is in contact with the heater 10, and is directly heated by the heater 10, so that the holding plate 16 can be used as a hot plate.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the water supply tank 6 for supplying water to the water absorbing body 9 has an insertion opening for inserting the water absorbing body 9 into a bottom cover 6a attached to the main body 1 side. An enclosure wall 50 for covering the distal end of the water absorbing body 9 is provided inside the water supply tank 6. The surrounding wall 50 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape with one end opened and the other end closed.
The surrounding wall 50 is attached to the bottom lid 6 a of the water supply tank 6 such that one end of the surrounding wall 50 on the opening side faces the water absorbing body 9. A communication port 51 for communicating between the inside of the water supply tank 6 and the inside of the enclosure wall 50 is formed in a part of the enclosure wall 50. In the present embodiment, a small hole-shaped communication port 51 is provided in
When the water supply tank 6 is in the horizontal position, the communication port 51 is in the horizontal direction, and the steam injection hole 1 is provided.
2 (FIG. 4) has a positional relationship such that it faces downward. The front wall 6b of the water supply tank 6 is formed in a flat plate shape, and the rear wall 6c is formed in a substantially arc shape.
A large amount of water can be stored below, and the surrounding wall 50 is arranged closer to the rear wall 6c than the center of the bottom lid 6a of the water supply tank 6. As a result, when the water supply tank 6 is in the horizontal position, the amount of water accumulated below the communication port 51 of the surrounding wall 50 increases,
The structure is such that water supply from the water supply tank 6 to the inside of the enclosure wall 50 can be restricted while securing a certain amount of water in the water supply tank 6. Reference numeral 53 in the drawing denotes an internal pressure adjusting valve of the water supply tank 6.

Thus, the surrounding wall 50 is provided inside the water supply tank 6.
The surrounding wall 50 covers the distal end side of the water absorbing body 9, and a communication port 51 is provided at a position at the center of the other end of the surrounding wall 50 so that the inside of the water supply tank 6 communicates with the inside of the surrounding wall 50. As a result, in the position of the main body 1 where dew condensation water is likely to be generated or dropped, the water supply tank 6 is in the horizontal position as shown in FIG. Become. At this time, the water tank 6
When there is not much water inside, the water level W in the water supply tank 6 becomes lower than the communication port 51, so that the water supply from the water supply tank 6 to the surrounding wall 50 is stopped, and the water absorber 9 is stopped. The amount of water supply to the water will be limited.
Therefore, only the water accumulated in the surrounding wall 50 is the water absorbing body 9.
When the water in the surrounding wall 50 runs out, the supply of water to the water absorbing body 9 is stopped, and no steam is generated. In particular, the generation of heated dew water inside the steam generating mechanism is limited. be able to. Therefore, when the steam hair setter is normally used, there is no danger of condensation water dripping, and the steam hair setter can be used with confidence. Moreover,
During normal use, the main body 1 takes various postures, so that the water in the water supply tank 6 is intermittently or continuously supplied from the communication port 51 into the surrounding wall 50, so that the water supply to the water absorbing body 9 is stopped. The water absorbing body 9 is covered with the surrounding wall 50, so that the water in the water supply tank 6 is not excessively supplied to the water absorbing body 9 and the dew condensation water is not generated. This is even more advantageous for preventing the occurrence of blemishes. In addition, as a means for limiting the amount of water supply, a communication port 51
The simple structure that does not use a check valve as in the past eliminates the risk of malfunction due to assembly, etc., enables reliable water supply restriction, and ensures safe operation without dripping condensed water. It can be used with care.

In the above embodiment, the water supply to the water absorber 9 is restricted in the horizontal position of the water supply tank 6.
The invention is not limited to this, and the water supply may be restricted when the water supply tank 6 is in the vertical orientation. An example is shown in FIG. In this case, the communication port 51 provided in the surrounding wall 50 is formed on one side surface of the surrounding wall 50 facing the rear wall 6 c of the water supply tank 6. Other configurations are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. Thus, when the water supply tank 6 is in the vertical position and the water supply tank 6 does not contain much water, the water level W in the water supply tank 6 becomes lower than the communication port 51, Water supply from the inside of the water supply tank 6 to the inside of the surrounding wall 50 is restricted, and only the water accumulated in the surrounding wall 50 is supplied to the water absorbing body 9,
When the water in the surrounding wall 50 runs out, there is no more water supply to the water absorbing body 9, so that no steam is generated and the generation of dew condensation water can be limited. Therefore, similarly to the embodiment of FIG. 1, it is possible to prevent the condensation water from dropping during the normal use of the steam hair setter.

FIG. 9 shows still another embodiment. Since the condensed water generated inside the steam generating mechanism is easy to drop when the steam ejection hole 12 is downward, the communication port 51 of the surrounding wall 50 may be provided at a position as shown in the embodiment of FIG. Preferred, but then water tank 6
It is conceivable that the water supply is hindered when the is set to the vertical position. Therefore, in FIG. 9, similarly to FIG. 1, a communication port 51 is provided at one position at the center of the other end of the water supply tank 6, and a lower end of one side surface of the enclosure wall 50 facing the rear wall 6 c of the water supply tank 6. It is desirable to add a communication port 51 to another location. In this case, at the time of normal use except that the steam ejection hole 12 faces downward, the additional communication port 5 is not used.
Since water is supplied into the surrounding wall 50 from 1, it is possible to prevent the surrounding wall 50 from obstructing the supply of water to the steam generating mechanism. In this embodiment, the surrounding wall 50 is used.
Although the case where the communication ports 51 are provided at the two locations described above has been described, a plurality of communication ports 51 may be provided at three or more locations on the surrounding wall 50.

FIGS. 10 to 12 show still another embodiment. FIG. 10 shows a configuration in which a communication port 51 is formed in a portion on the upper surface side of the surrounding wall 50 with the steam ejection hole 12 facing downward. The communication port 51 has a large opening over substantially the front surface of one side of the surrounding wall 50 facing the rear wall 6 c of the water supply tank 6, and the open end 50 a of the surrounding wall 50 is located behind the water supply tank 6. It is arranged close to the wall 6c. Therefore, since the amount of water that accumulates below the communication port 51 of the enclosure wall 50 increases, even when a large amount of water is contained in the water supply tank 6, the water supply tank 6 is turned sideways so that Water supply into the surrounding wall 50 is restricted, and the occurrence of dew condensation can be prevented.

In addition to the structure shown in FIG. 10, as shown in FIG. 11, the position of the surrounding wall 50 and the water absorbing member 9 inserted into the surrounding wall 50 is set so as to be closer to the rear wall 6c of the water supply tank 6. In this case, the opening end 50a of the surrounding wall 50 can be disposed closer to the rear wall 6c of the water supply tank 6, and therefore, the water collected below the communication port 51 of the surrounding wall 50 can be disposed. As the amount increases further, the water tank 6
When a large amount of water is contained inside, the water supply to the water absorber 9 can be more reliably restricted.

Further, in addition to the structure shown in FIG. 10, as shown in FIG.
The air reservoir 52 may be formed so that the level W of the water in the water supply tank 6 is always positioned below the level of the communication port 51 while the water is directed downward. In this embodiment, a hollow projecting portion 55 communicating with the inside of the water supply tank 6 is protruded from a part of the bottom cover 6a of the water supply tank 6 at a position that is downward when the steam ejection hole 12 is in the downward posture. It is. The projecting portion 55 is provided separately from the water inlet 54, and water is normally introduced from the water inlet 54 with the bottom lid 6 a of the water supply tank 6 facing upward. It becomes the air reservoir 52 and the inside of the water supply tank 6 does not become full. Therefore, if the steam outlet 12 is oriented downward after the water is filled, the protrusion 5
5 moves above the water supply tank 6, and the amount of water in the water supply tank 6 is always below the communication port 51. Therefore, the water supply to the surrounding wall 50 is reliably restricted, and the air pool is kept. Since the water can be reliably prevented from being excessively poured into the water supply tank 6 by the portion 52, the generation of dew water can be reliably prevented, and the usability is further improved.

[0018]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the water supply tank, the heater for generating steam, and the water absorption for supplying water in the water supply tank to the heater to generate steam. In a steam hair setter having a body and a steam ejection hole for ejecting steam, an enclosure wall surrounding a water supply body is provided inside a water supply tank, and a part of the enclosure wall communicates the inside of the water supply tank with the interior of the enclosure wall. Since the communication port is formed, the water level in the water supply tank is positioned below the communication port on the surrounding wall in the posture of the main body where dew condensation water is likely to be generated or dropped, Water supply can be limited,
In this case, only the water accumulated in the enclosure wall is supplied to the water absorber, so when the water in the enclosure wall runs out, the supply of water to the water absorber is stopped, and no steam is generated, especially in the steam generation mechanism. The generation of heated condensed water can be limited. Therefore, when the steam hair setter is used normally, it is possible to prevent the condensation water from dripping. In addition, by covering the water absorbing body with the surrounding wall, the water in the water supply tank is not excessively supplied into the surrounding wall, which is more advantageous for preventing the generation of dew condensation water. The simple structure of providing a communication port on the wall eliminates the risk of operation failure due to conventional assembly, etc., enables reliable water supply restriction, and can be used safely without dripping condensed water. You can do it.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the communication port according to the first aspect is formed at a portion on the upper surface side of the surrounding wall with the steam ejection hole facing downward.
In addition to the effects described above, the amount of water that accumulates below the communication port of the enclosure wall increases, so even when there is a lot of water in the water supply tank, dew condensation water is likely to be generated or dripped When the main body is in the posture, water supply from the communication port to the inside of the enclosure is restricted, and the generation of dew condensation water can be prevented.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the water supply tank of the first aspect, the water level in the water supply tank is always lower than the level of the communication port with the steam ejection hole directed downward. Since the air reservoir for forming the air reservoir is formed, in addition to the effect of claim 1, the water reservoir is not filled with the air reservoir, and condensed water is easily generated or dripped. In this position, the water supply from the communication port to the inside of the enclosure is restricted, preventing the generation of dew condensation water, and also preventing the water from being excessively filled into the water supply tank, further improving the usability. Get better.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same steam hair setter.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where the main body and the base are closed.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of the same steam hair setter.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a state where the main body and the base are opened.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state where a brush is mounted on the base.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of the steam hair setter of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of still another embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of still another embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view of still another embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view of still another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Water supply tank 9 Water absorber 10 Heater 12 Steam outlet 50 Enclosure wall 51 Communication port 52 Air reservoir

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hideki Tanaka 1048 Kadoma Kadoma, Osaka Pref. Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A steam hair setter comprising a water supply tank, a heater for generating steam, a water absorber for supplying water in the water supply tank to the heater to generate steam, and a steam ejection hole for ejecting steam. A steam hair setter, wherein an enclosure wall surrounding a water supply body is provided inside a water supply tank, and a communication port for communicating the inside of the water supply tank with the interior of the enclosure wall is formed in a part of the enclosure wall. 2. The steam hair setter according to claim 1, wherein the communication port is formed in a portion on the upper surface side of the surrounding wall with the steam ejection hole directed downward. 3. An air reservoir formed inside the water supply tank so that the level of water in the water supply tank is always lower than the level of the communication port with the steam ejection hole directed downward. The steam hair setter according to claim 1, wherein