JPS5935235Y2 - towel steamer - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to a towel steamer used in barber shops and the like.

Conventionally used towel steamers generate hot water and steam using an appropriate heating means in a water boiling tank, and introduce the generated steam directly into the towel chamber to sterilize towels and use the hot water for shaving, etc. was.

Therefore, in this method, the towels are disinfected only after the water in the water tank has been sufficiently heated and the water has boiled.

Therefore, sufficient steam is required, which requires time to rise, and it is necessary to always maintain the water in the water boiling point at a temperature above the boiling point.

In other words, it takes time to disinfect towels at the beginning of work, and even in normal times, a large amount of heat sources such as electricity, gas, oil, etc., must be consumed to generate steam. .

In view of the soft soil situation, the purpose of this invention is to provide a towel steamer that shortens the rise time to generate steam and reduces the amount of heat required to maintain steam generation during normal times.

To generate steam, it is necessary to boil water, but such high-temperature water is not necessarily needed for things like shaving.

In addition, we focused on the fact that disinfection of towels takes several minutes after the steam is generated to become effective, and this idea uses a powerful heat source to quickly reduce the amount of water required for disinfection. The mechanism is such that hot water used for shaving is heated by a heat source with an appropriate amount of heat.

Embodiments of this invention will be described below based on the drawings.

Two steam generating tanks 3 are provided on the left and right sides of a water boiling tank 2 which is connected to a suitable water source 6 (a kettle in this embodiment) through a water supply pipe 7, and the steam generating tank 3 and the bottom of the water boiling tank 2 are connected to each other. The upper part of the steam generation tank 3 and the bottom part of the towel chamber 1 are connected by a steam introduction pipe 5, respectively.

The water stored in the kettle 6 is fed to the water boiling tank 2 through the water supply pipe 7 by the action of the water control valve 12, and is further sent to the steam generation tank 3 through the water pipe 4.

A heating device is provided inside each of the hot water boiling tank 2 button and the steam generating tank 3.

In this embodiment, electric heaters 8 a * 8 b' are provided in the water boiling tank 2 and the steam generating tank 3 as heating devices, respectively.
However, it is also possible to use other heat sources, and a gas or oil-fired burner may be installed at the bottom of the water boiling tank 2 and the steam generating tank 3, respectively.

The volume of the steam generating tank 3 provided on the left and right sides of the hot water tank 2 is formed to be smaller than the volume of the water boiling tank 2 so that the water can be boiled in a short time by a built-in heat source or a heat source attached to the bottom. There is.

The present invention is constructed as described above, and when the kettle 6 is filled with water and the electric heaters 8a and 8b are energized, the water boiling tank 2
At the same time, the temperature of the water in the steam generation tank 3 starts to rise, but the volume of the steam generation tank 3 is such that the water in the steam generation tank 3 Because it is small enough to boil in a short time,
Water rapidly generates steam that brings it to boiling point.

On the other hand, since the volume of the water boiling tank 2 is larger than the volume of the steam generating tank 2 relative to the unit heat of the electric heater 8a, the water temperature rises slowly.

The steam thus generated in the steam generating tank 3 is introduced into the towel chamber 1 through the steam introduction pipe 5, and the towels 12 stored in the towel chamber 1 are sterilized by steam.

On the other hand, the water raised to an appropriate temperature in the water boiling tank 2 is supplied from the karan 10 as hot water for shaving and washing.

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing the steam generation tank 3, (1) the time required to generate steam can be extremely shortened.

(2) Even if a large amount of hot water is used in the water heating tank 2 and the water temperature drops, steam can be generated again within a short time.

(3) Since the amount of water required for steam generation is small compared to the water volume of water heating tank 2, the heat source required for steam generation tank 3 does not need to be very large to maintain the generation of W steam. do not.

0) The heat source required for the water boiling tank 2 also boils water in the same way as before! Since there is no need to heat it, it can be made small.

It has remarkable effects such as:

Furthermore, when the electric heaters 8a, ab are built in as heat sources as in the above embodiment, the cross-sectional shape of the steam generation tank 3 is made oval as shown in FIG.
Heat exchange is performed efficiently, the convection effect during heating is good, and it is also effective in preventing water from pooling when draining.
Extremely effective.

Of course, the volume and weight of the steam generating tanks 3 provided on the left and right sides of the button water boiling tank 2 and the number thereof can be changed depending on the volume of the towel chamber 1 and the amount of heat of the heat source.

In addition, 9 is the drain port, and the water in the conventional water boiler is drained from 10.
However, by installing a drain port 9, the water in the water boiling tank 2 and the steam generating tank 3 can be completely discharged. This makes it possible to keep the entire device sanitary.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view. 1...Towel room, 2...Kettle, 3.
...Steam generation tank, 4...Water pipe, 5...
...Steam introduction pipe, T...Water supply pipe, 8a, 8
b... Heater 9... Drain port. 10...Clang, A...Towel steamer.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. The towel steamer AKi has a towel chamber 1 and a water boiling tank 2, and introduces steam generated in the water boiling tank 2 into the towel chamber 1, and a steam generating tank 3 is installed between the water boiling tank 2 and the towel chamber 1. A towel steamer characterized by the provision of a towel steamer. 2. The towel steamer according to claim 1, wherein the steam generating tank 3 has an elliptical longitudinal cross-sectional shape.