JPS6021084Y2 - Air freshener - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an air freshener that creates a comfortable living space by emitting a gentle fragrance into rooms such as drawing rooms, entrances, and toilets.

Conventionally, air fresheners that forcibly emit scent using batteries, motors, fans, etc. have had complicated internal structures to accommodate batteries, motors, fans, and fragrances, making it troublesome to replace fragrances or batteries. .

The present invention was made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned defects, and its purpose is to removably house the fragrance generating source in the inner bottom of the main container, and to house the battery and motor inside the main container. By inserting the storage case in a removable manner, the structure can be simplified and compacted, the fragrance source can be easily replaced, and the aroma device can effectively diffuse a gentle fragrance in all directions. It is about providing.

Hereinafter, one embodiment embodying the present invention will be described based on the drawings. Reference numeral 1 denotes a square box-shaped main container having an open upper end and a lid 2 that can be opened and closed; A stopper 1a for placing and supporting the storage case 3 is integrally formed at each of the four corners, and a plurality of vertically elongated, slip-shaped communication holes 1b are provided in each of the four side walls.

Note that the shape of the main body container 1 is not limited to a square shape.

The storage case 3 consists of a battery housing part 3a that stores a single dry battery 4, and a motor housing part 3b adjacent to the housing part 3a that stores the motor 5. Inside the battery housing part 3a are shown in FIG. As shown, a pair of electrode plates 6 are disposed, and a pair of locking pieces 7 for inserting and fixing the motor 5 are disposed facing each other in the motor accommodating portion 3b.

The motor 5 and the battery accommodating portion 3a are arranged at substantially the same height.

Reference numeral 8 denotes two lead wires that connect the pair of electrodes 9 of the motor 5 and the pair of electrode plates 6, respectively, and are respectively locked to the upper surface of the storage case 3 by locking pieces 10.

Furthermore, a pair of gripping holes 3 are provided on the upper surface of the storage case 3 so that the pair of locking pieces 7 that lock the motor 5 can be gripped with fingers.
c is formed so that the storage case 3 can be easily removed from the main container 1.

Furthermore, a notch 3d is formed on the right side wall of the storage case 3 forming the battery storage section 3a to facilitate removal of the battery 4.

11 is a fragrance storage container placed on the bottom surface of the main container 1;
2 is a porous or fibrous material housed in the same container 11, and in this embodiment, only the lower part is impregnated with fragrance 13 to prevent the fragrance from becoming too strong.

Reference numeral 14 is a lid made of an aluminum wheel or plastic material that covers the upper opening of the fragrance storage container 11, and is cut out to an appropriate size before being stored in the main container 1.

And these fragrance storage containers 11. Aroma source 15 by porous or fibrous material 12, perfume 13 and lid 14
It consists of

This aroma generating source 15 is treated as a single unit, and for example, about 4 to
It will be replaced in 7 weeks.

R is a fragrance generating chamber partitioned and formed by the side wall of the main container 1, the lid 14 of the fragrance storage container 11, and the lower surface of the storage case 3; 16 is a motor 5 stored downward in the storage portion 3b;
This is a sirocco fan that is fitted and secured to the lower end of a motor rotating shaft 17 that extends in the vertical direction and protrudes from the lower wall of the storage case 3 into the aroma generating chamber R, and is substantially parallel to the axial direction of the rotating shaft 17. A plurality of wings 16a are integrally formed as shown in FIG.
Rotates in a nearly horizontal plane.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 5a and 5b, the shaft hole 16b of the sirocco fan 16 into which the rotating shaft 17 is inserted has a tapered shape, and is press-fitted onto the rotating shaft 17.

In this embodiment, the capacity of the motor 5 is set so that the single battery 4 can continuously rotate the sirocco fan 16 for, for example, two to three months.

Next, the function of the aroma device constructed as described above will be explained.

Before using this air freshener, first, a suitable area of the lid 14 is cut out from the bottom of the empty main container 1, depending on the season (temperature), the size of the room to be used, the frequency of opening and closing of the door, etc. Place the aroma source 15.

Next, store the dry cell battery 4 in the storage part 3a of the storage case 3, check that the sirocco fan 16 rotates, and then insert your fingers into the pair of grip holes 3c to grip the storage case 3 and store it. The case 3 is inserted into the main container 1 and placed and supported by the stopper 1a.

In this case, since the storage case 3 is gripped by the fingers, the storage case 3 will not be fitted into the main container 1 at an angle, and the storage case 3 will not fall into the main container 1.

After that, when the lid 2 is placed on the lid 2, the assembly is completed, and the lid 2 can be placed at a suitable place in the room.

Now, when the sirocco fan 16 is rotating, as shown in FIG. The air flow a flows out to the outside of the main container 1 in all directions, but some of it hits the side wall of the main container 1 and enters the aroma generation chamber R.
remains and circulates within the same generation room R.

Then, an amount of air corresponding to the air flowing out from the aroma generating chamber R flows from outside the main container 1 through the lower part of the communication hole 1b and the through hole (as shown) provided at the bottom of the main container 1 into the aroma generating chamber. Flows into R.

Then, the air flow becomes ζ3 air flow a by the sirocco fan 16 and flows out of the main container 1, but in the same way as above,
A portion hits the side wall of the main container 1 and remains in the aroma generation chamber R, and circulates within the aroma generation chamber R.

At this time, since the air flowing near the top surface of the porous or fibrous material 12 containing the lid 14 of the fragrance storage container 11 and the fragrance 13 is far from the sirocco fan 16 and flows slowly, an excessive amount of aromatic gas is caused by the air flowing. This does not occur, and part of the aromatic gas circulates within the aroma generation chamber R along with the air flow.

As a result, an excessive amount of aromatic gas will not be dissipated outside the main container 1 along with the airflow a, and an appropriately strong scent will float inside the room.

Next, to replace the battery 4, first remove the lid 2, insert fingers into the pair of grip holes 3C to grip the storage case 3, and take out the storage case 3 from the main container 1.

Then, the battery 4 can be replaced by grasping the battery 4 with fingers from above the battery accommodating part 3a and from the side of the notch 3d, removing the battery 4 from the battery accommodating part 3a, and inserting a new battery 4 into the same accommodating part 3a. Complete.

In this way, since the storage case 3 is simply placed on the stopper 1a, the operation of removing the storage case 3 and the battery 4 can be carried out very easily by using the integral gripping hole 3C% notch 3d. can.

Furthermore, the fragrance source 15 can be easily replaced after the lid 2 and storage case 3 are removed as described above.

Furthermore, this aroma device has a simple structure because the aroma source 15 and the storage case 3 are placed inside the main container 1, and the storage case 3 is placed above the aroma source 15. Since the motor 5 and the battery accommodating portion 3a are provided at almost the same height as the storage case 3, the whole can be made compact.

In this embodiment, the lower part of the porous or fibrous material 12 is impregnated with a sol-like fragrance, and is then turned into a gel to make it difficult to move. However, in some cases, the fragrance storage container 11 may be closed with a lid. If the porous or fibrous material 12 goes through the sales and distribution process in a sealed state, the fragrance may not remain at the bottom of the porous or fibrous material 12 but may appear slightly above it.

However, since the fragrance in the upper part tends to sublimate or evaporate, the fragrance may become a little strong for a while, but it quickly returns to a stable state in which it emits an appropriate intensity of fragrance.

FIG. 6 shows the amount of air dissipated from the four sides of the main container 1 when the air freshener in the above embodiment is activated, which is measured by introducing smoke into four partitioned chambers.

This value is the positional relationship between the sirocco fan 16 and the battery housing part 3a, the positional relationship between the main container 1 and the sirocco fan 16, the positional relationship between the sirocco fan 16 and the fragrance storage container 11, and the position between the communication hole 1b and the sirocco fan 16. It is determined by the relationship between the area of the main container 1 and the surface area of the communication hole 1b.

Due to these positional relationships, the communication holes 1 on the four sides of the main container 1
The amount of aroma emitted from b can also be designed to an arbitrary ratio.

Please note that air fresheners are rarely placed in the center of the room, so
As in the embodiment of the present invention, it is desirable to have a slight difference in the proportion of the amount of aroma coming out from the communicating holes 1b provided on the four sides.

It should be noted that if there is a slight difference, there is no problem in placing it in the center of the room.

Further, since the communication holes 1b provided on the four sides are subject to the above limitations, it is desirable to take this into consideration and change the positional relationships of the various internal parts.

As detailed above, the aroma device of the present invention is compact and has a simple structure, the fragrance source and battery can be easily replaced, and furthermore, it has the advantage of effectively dispersing a gentle scent in all directions. It has a great effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a partially cutaway front view showing one embodiment of the air freshener of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the central part, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the storage case in which the motor and dry batteries are stored, and Fig. Figure 4 is the third
The left side view of the figure, a of FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the shape of the sirocco fan, b of FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of a, and FIG. . Main body container 1, stopper la, communication hole 1b, lid 2, storage case 3, storage part 3as dry battery 4, motor 5, fragrance storage container 11, porous or fibrous material 12, fragrance 13, lid 14
, aroma generation source 15, sirocco fan 16, aroma generation chamber R
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Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] 1. A bottomed cylindrical main container 1 with an open top and a communication hole 1b in the side wall, an openable and closable lid 2 that covers the open top of the main container 1, and a main body. It includes an aroma generation source 15 placed on the inner bottom of the container 1, and a storage case 3 placed on a stopper 1a formed on the inner surface of the main container 1 and located above the aroma generation source 15. The aroma generation chamber R is partitioned by the aroma generation source 15 and the storage case 3, and the motor 5 is removably attached to the storage case 3 and the rotating shaft 17 extends vertically. A battery accommodating portion 3a is formed adjacent to the motor 5 at a position approximately at the same height as the motor 5, and a rotary shaft 17 of the motor 5 has a sirocco located within the aroma generating chamber R and rotating in an approximately horizontal plane. An air freshener characterized by being provided with a fan 16. 2. The aroma device according to claim 1, wherein the storage case 3 has a pair of grip holes 3c that allow the case 3 to be easily removed from the main container 1. 3. The air freshener according to claim 2, wherein the storage case 3 has a finger insertion notch 3d that allows the battery 4 to be easily removed from the battery housing 3a.