KR20010072890A - Soapy water regulating device and soap using this device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a soap water adjusting device and a soap used in the device, and a shower head capable of washing the hair without washing the scalp and the hair without damaging the scalp even with a normal soap. to provide. A first flow path and a second flow path are provided between the front end and the proximal end of the shower head, and a soap chamber into which solid or gel soap is charged is disposed in the first flow path. A flow path switching means for arbitrarily selecting either side was provided.

Description

Soapy water control device and soap used in this device {SOAPY WATER REGULATING DEVICE AND SOAP USING THIS DEVICE}

Conventional shampoos use strong chemical detergents and have great cleaning power but are easy to damage the hair or scalp. In addition, the use of such shampoos in large quantities also causes serious environmental problems such as river pollution.

The present invention is to provide a shower head capable of washing the hair does not infer the cleaning power compared to the shampoo even using a normal soap, and does not damage the scalp or hair. The present invention also provides a soapy water adjusting device having a structure such as a shower head, and also provides a soapy water adjusting device that can be attached to a bathroom faucet, a hose connecting a bathroom faucet and a shower head, and the like. In addition, the present invention also provides a soap suitable for use in such soapy water adjusting apparatus or shower head.

The present invention relates to an improvement of a shower head, and in particular, in the case of shampooing with a shower, that is, in the case of washing the hair, it is possible to obtain a cleaning power that does not drop compared to the shampoo even with ordinary soap, Relates to a shower head that does not damage it. The present invention is also not limited to a shower head, but relates to other suitable soapy water adjusting devices adapted to be attached to a faucet, such as a shower room, or in the middle of a hose connecting the faucet and the shower head. Moreover, this invention relates to the soap used by charging to soapy water adjustment apparatuses, such as a shower head.

1 is a partially cutaway side view of a shower head according to an embodiment of the present invention, illustrating a case where water flow passes through a soap chamber,

FIG. 2 is a view similar to the above drawing showing a case where water flow does not pass through the soap chamber in the shower head of the drawing;

In FIG. 3, (I) is an enlarged view of the proximal end of the shower head of FIG. 1, (II) is a III-III cross-sectional view of (I),

In Fig. 4, (I) is an enlarged view of the proximal end of the shower head of Fig. 2, (II) is a IV-IV cross-sectional view of (I),

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line V-V of the shower head of FIG. 1;

6 is a perspective view of the shower head of FIG. 1, FIG.

7 is a sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII of the shower head of FIG. 1;

8 is a view like FIG. 1 showing another embodiment of the present invention;

9 is a view like FIG. 1 showing yet another embodiment of the present invention;

10 is an enlarged side view of an essential part showing still another embodiment of the present invention;

11 is a side cross-sectional view showing yet another embodiment of the present invention.

In the soap water adjusting device, a first flow path and a second flow path are provided in the main body, and a soap chamber in which solid or gel soap is charged is disposed in the first flow path, and either of the first flow path and the second flow path is disposed. The flow path switching means can be arbitrarily selected.

The soap water adjusting device is a shower head, and the first flow path and the second flow path are provided between the front end and the base end of the shower head. The soapy water adjusting device may be configured to be attached to a faucet, such as a shower room, or in the middle of a hose connecting the faucet and the shower head.

When water is passed through the first flow path using the flow channel switching means, the surface of the soap contacting the water is abraded by the strength of the water flow, and the worn soap is dissolved in water to form soapy water, and the outlet of the soap water adjusting device or the shower head Ejected from the tip. The soapy water collides with the user's scalp, hair, skin, and the like to perform cleaning. At this time, the pressure of water flow is applied to the original washing power of soapy water, and the washing power which is inferior to a normal liquid shampoo etc. can be obtained. Moreover, since the washing power of soapy water itself is small compared with liquid shampoos, it does not damage scalp, hair, skin, etc. Moreover, the environment is not destroyed by not using a liquid shampoo or the like.

In the soap water adjusting apparatus, when the soap of the present invention is used, the through water is provided in the axial direction so that the flowing water rubs the inner circumferential surface of the hole so that the soap water is efficiently adjusted.

1 to 11 show an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a shower head.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a hollow shower head, and the end plate 12 on the front end side 11 is provided with a number of small holes (not shown) for water injection, and the base end 13 thereof. The small diameter cylinder part 14 extended to the side is connected to the tap via a flexible hose (all are not shown in figure).

In the rectangular cross section 15 of the cross section rectangular shape of the shower head 10, the partition plate 16 shown horizontally in FIGS. 1 and 2 extends in the axial direction. By this partition plate 16, the hollow inner part of the straight pipe part 15 is divided into the upper and lower chambers 18 and 20 in FIG.

The soap chamber 22 is provided in the front end 11 side of the shower head 10 of the upper chamber 18. As shown in FIG. That is, the soap chamber 22 includes a top plate 26 that forms part of the top plate 24 of the straight pipe portion 15 of the shower head 10, and left and right side walls 28 and 30 of the straight pipe portion 15. And the partition plate 16. In addition, the top plate 26 forms a lid 31 having a 'C' shape along with sidewalls 28 'and 30' forming part of the left and right side walls 28 and 30 of the straight pipe portion 15. have. Lid 31 is free to open and close through hinge 35. By opening the lid 31, the soap described later can be charged or taken out of the soap chamber. Reference numeral 33 denotes a net provided at the end of the shower head tip side of the soap chamber 22 to prevent soap from being pushed out of the soap chamber by water flow.

The lower surface of the top plate 26 and the upper surface of the partition wall 14 are bent in a wave shape, whereby small-diameter paths 27 and 29 for water passage extending in the axial direction are formed.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a rectangular soap inserted in the soap chamber 22, in which three through holes 34 for water passage extending in the axial direction of the shower head 10 are formed. Soaps include, in addition to the general solid soaps, powdered soaps, gels, and the like.

A flow path switching means 40 is rotatably provided between the base end 13 of the shower head 10 and the small-diameter cylindrical portion 14. The flow path switching means 40 has the operation pin 42 and the disk 43 in which the semicircular opening part 44 was formed.

As the flow path switching means 40 rotates, the upper chamber 18 and the lower chamber 20 of the shower head 10 selectively communicate with the small diameter cylindrical portion 14 (FIGS. 1 and 3). That is, when the opening part 44 is located upward, the upper chamber 18 communicates with the small diameter cylinder 14, water flows into the upper chamber 18, guides by the guide member 46, etc., and the soap chamber. (22) is reached.

The guide member 46 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and is provided with three transmission holes 46a, 46b, 46c which penetrate the guide member in the axial direction and are arranged in the transverse direction. Each through hole is largely opened in a rectangular shape at the end of the base end 13 side (right side in FIG. 6) of the shower head (see reference numeral 47 in FIG. 7), and the front end side of the shower head (FIG. At the end of 6, a small circular hole is formed (refer to reference numeral 48 in Fig. 7), and both are formed in a tapered shape. The three small circular holes 48 are located at portions that coincide with the through holes 34 of the soap 32. As a result, the water flowing into the through holes 46a, 46b, 46c of the guide member 46 among the water entering the upper chamber 18 is accelerated to pass through the through hole 34 of the soap 32.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, five permeation | transmission in the part which coincides with the five flow paths 27 in the inner surface of the part 24a which is upper part of the guide member 46 in the top plate 24 of the shower head. The hole 51 is provided (not shown in FIG. 6 for the sake of simplicity). Each penetrating hole 51 is largely opened in a rectangular shape at the end of the shower head proximal end 13 (see reference numeral 53 in FIG. 7), and has a semi-ellipse at the end of the shower head. (See "57" in Fig. 7), both are tapered in shape. As a result, the water flowing into each of the permeation holes 51 of the water entering the upper chamber 18 is accelerated to pass through the flow path 27 to reach the upper surface 50 of the soap 32.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, the same through hole 51 is also provided below the guide member 46 (not shown in FIG. 6 for the sake of simplicity), whereby the upper chamber 18 is provided. The water which flowed into the permeation | transmission hole 51 of the lowered water accelerates, passes through the flow path 29, and touches the lower surface 52 of the soap 32. As shown in FIG.

In this way, high-speed water flow contacts the upper and lower surfaces 50 and 52 of the soap and the inner circumferential surface 39 of the through hole 34, and wears the soap. As a result, the soap is eluted at the part in contact with the water stream, and mixed with water to form soapy water. This soapy water is ejected outward from the many small holes in the tip of the shower head 10.

When the flow path switching means 40 closes the upper chamber 18, water flowing from the proximal end of the shower head 10 enters the lower chamber 20 and passes through it (FIGS. 2 and 4).

In this way, when the hair is washed using the shower (FIGS. 1 and 3), the flow path switching means main body 10 is operated by operating the flow path switching means 40 to pass water through the upper chamber 18. Soap water is injected from the front end of the 12, and hits the user's hair and scalp at high pressure. Therefore, even though the soapy water itself has a relatively small cleaning power compared to the liquid shampoo, the cleaning water can be obtained without compromising the liquid shampoo due to the mechanical pressure caused by the high speed injection of the water stream.

In addition, after washing the hair with soapy water, when rinsing, the flow path switching means 40 is rotated to close the upper chamber 18 to supply water to the lower chamber 20 (FIGS. 2 and 4).

Further, by placing the flow path switching means 40 in the middle of the two positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it is possible to mix and spray soapy water and ordinary water, and in this case, the cleaning power by soapy water is relatively weak. However, since the water pressure increases, almost the same cleaning power as in the above use example can be obtained.

In addition, since the flow path switching means rotates steplessly, the concentration of soapy water can be freely changed by switching the flow of water steplessly.

In the illustrated embodiment, the flow path switching means is rotatable, but may be made to slide up and down or left and right instead of this (not shown).

Although not shown, the upper chamber 18 may be formed in two adjacent chambers extending in the axial direction together, and soap may be disposed on one side as described above, and a solid material for rinse on the other side. . In this case, two flow path switching means are provided. One flow path switching means is for switching between the lower chamber (water only) and the upper chamber (switchable to the shampoo passage and the rinse passage), and the other flow path switching means is between the shampoo passage and the rinse passage. Is to execute the conversion. The latter flow path switching means can be made to reciprocate this in the radial direction.

The soap used in the shower head of the present invention may not only be a commercially available solid soap but also a soluble detergent as a solid. For example, it is a solid substance of bathing agents, such as bath clean. Moreover, you may use the gel detergent.

8 shows a modification of the above embodiment. In this case, the opening part 44 of the disc 43 of the flow path switching means 40 is formed slightly larger than the case of the said embodiment. Therefore, when the opening part 44 is located upward, the bottom edge of the opening part 44 is located below the partition board 16. As shown in FIG. In this state, water mainly flows into the upper chamber 18, but a part of the water flows below the partition plate 16, that is, inside the lower chamber 20. In this way, even when the main part of the water flows through the upper chamber 18, the flow velocity does not drop as a whole.

9 shows another embodiment. The inner cylinder 54 is provided in the inside of the straight pipe part 15, and the soap 32 which has the through-hole 34 of the axial direction in the center is arrange | positioned freely in the inner cylinder 54. As shown in FIG. In addition, there is a ring-shaped space 55 between the inner cylinder 54 and the straight pipe portion 15. By switching the flow path switching means 40, the through hole 34 and the ring-shaped space 55 of the soap 32 can be selected to allow water to flow. When water flows through the through hole 34 of the soap 32, soapy water is ejected from the shower head. Moreover, when water flows through the ring-shaped space 55, normal water blows out from a shower head.

This action is achieved by the following structure. That is, in the rotating plate 56 integrally provided with the switching means 40, a plurality of small holes (not shown) in the vicinity of the peripheral edge thereof are arranged at appropriate intervals in the circumferential direction, and also in the center portion other than the peripheral edge vicinity thereof. A plurality of small holes 57 are arranged on the virtual circle at appropriate intervals. Moreover, the fixing plate 58 is being fixed with respect to the straight pipe part 15, and similar to the above-mentioned rotating plate 56, the several small holes 59 are circumferentially circumferentially fixed to this fixing plate 58 in the circumferential direction. In addition, it arrange | positions at an appropriate space | interval and also the some small hole 60 is arrange | positioned at an appropriate space | interval on a virtual circle also in the center part other than this peripheral edge vicinity.

In the state shown in FIG. 9, the small hole (not shown) near the peripheral edge of the rotating plate 56 and the small hole 59 near the peripheral edge of the fixing plate 58 do not coincide with each other. It does not flow like an arrow. That is, water does not flow into the ring-shaped space 55. However, the small hole 57 near the center of the rotating plate 56 and the small hole 60 near the center of the fixing plate are matched, and water is stored inside the inner cylinder 54 like a solid arrow. It flows into the central through hole 34 of the soap 32. Thus, soapy water is ejected from the shower head.

When the rotary plate 56 is rotated through the switching means 40 in the state of FIG. 9, the small hole (not shown) near the peripheral edge of the rotary plate 56 and the small hole 59 near the peripheral edge of the fixing plate 58 are shown. ) Coincides with each other, and water flows into the ring-shaped space 55 along the dotted arrow. At this time, the small hole 57 near the center of the rotating plate 56 and the small hole 60 near the center of the fixing plate 58 coincide with each other, and water is stored in the interior of the inner cylinder 54. It does not flow into the central through hole 34 of 32. Therefore, normal water is ejected from the shower head.

FIG. 10 shows a partial modification in the embodiment of FIG. 1. In this modified example, the partition plate 16 extends to the left direction in FIG. 1, and the structure of FIG. 9 is arranged in the portion thus extended. At the left end of the partition plate 16 that extends, a non-return valve 64 is provided in a hinged manner. And in the straight pipe part 15, the cylindrical insert 66 is provided in the left side in the figure. The inner diameter of the straight pipe part 15 is narrowed by this. The free end 65 of the non-return valve 64 abuts the top and bottom of the insert 66.

When water flows through the lower chamber 20 as indicated by the arrow by the switching of the flow path switching means 40, the backflow prevention valve 64 is inclined upward as indicated by the solid line in the figure by the water pressure. Since the upper chamber 18 is closed by this, the water passing through the lower chamber 20 can be prevented from flowing back into the upper chamber 18. On the contrary, when water passes through the upper chamber 18, the water flow pressure prevents the non-return valve 64 from moving to the portion indicated by the dotted line in the figure, thereby blocking the lower chamber 20. As shown in FIG. This can prevent water flowing out of the upper chamber 18 from flowing back into the lower chamber 20.

The principle of the present invention can be applied not only to the shower head, but also to a soap water adjusting device mounted directly on the bathroom faucet or on the hose portion connecting the bathroom faucet and the shower head. 11 shows an example of a soapy water adjusting device 70 directly connected to such a bathroom faucet. In FIG. 11, the apparatus 70 is shown lying horizontally, but is actually used as a shoulder.

The apparatus 70 is provided with a thin diameter portion 72 at the lower portion of the cylinder body 71, and the switching means 73 is rotatably provided thereon. The switching means 73 forms a tubular body, and is connected to the bathroom faucet and the like through a means not shown to maintain watertightness. A fixing plate 74 is fixed to the thin diameter portion 72 of the cylinder main body 71, and a plurality of small holes 75 are arranged on the fixing plate 74 at appropriate intervals in the circumferential direction. Similarly, also in the center portion, a plurality of small holes 76 are arranged at appropriate intervals in the circumferential direction. The switching means 73 is provided with a rotating plate 83, and like this fixing plate 74, a plurality of small holes 77 are arranged at appropriate intervals in the circumferential direction in the vicinity of the rim thereof, as in the fixing plate 74. Moreover, also in the center part, the some small hole 78 is arrange | positioned at appropriate intervals in the circumferential direction.

The water flow from the tap passes through the through hole 34 of the soap 32 disposed inside the inner cylinder 80 by rotating the switching means 73, and passes through the outer peripheral portion of the inner cylinder 80. Switch to the case. In the illustrated state, the small holes 75 and 77 on the peripheral edge side and the small holes 76 and 78 on the center side also coincide with each other, and the water passes through the through hole 34 of the soap 32 and the outer peripheral portion of the inner cylinder 80. Passing both sides of When water flows through the inner cylinder 80, soapy water flows out of the upper aperture 82 of the barrel body 71. A hose (not shown) is attached to the upper aperture portion 82, and soapy water or water is jetted out of the shower head (not shown) through the hose. Reference numeral 79 denotes a non-return valve as in the case of FIG.

The soapy water eluted from the shower head is sprayed and the pressure of the shower is added to the soapy water. Thus, the soapy water itself has less washing power than the normal shampoo, and the soapy water itself is smaller than the shampoo. You can wash your hair without damaging it.

In addition, even when the present invention is applied to a soapy water adjusting device other than a shower head, the soapy water eluted from the soapy water adjusting device is ejected and a larger cleaning power can be obtained by adding a pressure of water flow to the soapy water cleaning power. Therefore, when the water jetted from the soap water adjusting device is used to guide the shower head or the like, the scalp and the skin are not damaged.

Claims (4)

A first flow path and a second flow path are provided in the main body, and a soap chamber in which solid or gel soap is charged is disposed in the first flow path, and either one of the first flow path and the second flow path can be arbitrarily selected. Soap water adjusting device characterized in that the flow path switching means is installed. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And the soapy water adjusting device is provided with the first flow passage and the second flow passage between the front end and the proximal end of the shower head. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And the soapy water adjusting device is attached to a faucet, such as a shower room, or a hose connecting the faucet and the shower head. A through-hole provided in the axial direction, and the soap charged in the soap water adjusting apparatus in any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned.