KR20120028482A

KR20120028482A - Umbrella dryer

Info

Publication number: KR20120028482A
Application number: KR1020100090334A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 조리나
Original assignee: 조리나
Priority date: 2010-09-15
Filing date: 2010-09-15
Publication date: 2012-03-23
Also published as: KR101249900B1

Abstract

PURPOSE: A drying machine for an umbrella is provided to easily and rapidly inhale and eliminate rainwater from an umbrella inserted into a main body. CONSTITUTION: A drying machine(1) for an umbrella comprises a main body(100) and a suction unit(200). An unfolded umbrella(2) is inserted into the main body through an insertion groove(110). The suction unit is installed in the main body and supplies suction force to the main body to inhale rainwater remaining on the umbrella to the inner side of the main body. An air passage(102) of the main body is formed between the insertion groove and the umbrella. External air flows into the main body through the air passage.

Description

Umbrella Dryer

The present invention relates to an umbrella dryer capable of simultaneously removing and drying rain water remaining in an umbrella.

In general, the umbrella has been used as a necessity for going out in the rain or snow, and is still the most used as a tool to prevent the clothes from being wet by rain or snow.

On the other hand, when using the rain in the rain and enter the room, there is a disadvantage that the rain water on the umbrella falls on the ground and may cause inconvenience to the user to carry the umbrella.

Thus, people had to brush their umbrellas directly to remove rainwater before entering the room, or temporarily stored their umbrellas in a common storage box.

Or, they had to carry their umbrellas in and out of the building or room with an umbrella in a separate plastic bag.

As described above, in general, there is a problem causing a significant inconvenience for those who carry the umbrella can not completely remove the moisture on the umbrella.

In particular, in public facilities such as department stores and theaters where many people gather, the indoor environment is polluted by umbrellas held by people in rainy weather.

In addition, since this can often damage other people, the need for an umbrella dryer for easily drying the rain wet umbrella within a short time.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an umbrella dryer that can remove moisture remaining in an umbrella and at the same time achieve drying.

In order to achieve the above object, the umbrella dryer according to the present invention includes a main body provided with an insertion groove so that the umbrella can be inserted in an unfolded state; And a suction part provided in the main body and providing a suction force so that rain water remaining in the umbrella is sucked into the main body.

The main body may be provided with an air passage (Air Passage) for introducing the outside air between the insertion groove and the umbrella.

The insertion groove may be provided with a plurality of gap maintaining projections for maintaining the gap with the umbrella.

The spacing protrusions may be arranged symmetrically.

The insertion groove may have a curvature rounded outward.

The insertion groove may further include a guide groove into which an umbrella tap is inserted in the center, and the guide groove may be any one of a sensor or a switch.

The insertion groove may further include an inlet through which rainwater flows in a position spaced outwardly of the guide groove.

The suction portion is in communication with the inlet, the drain pipe for draining rain water; It is connected to the drain pipe, characterized in that made of a combination of the prime mover or prime mover and fan to provide power.

The suction unit may be further connected to the prime mover, and may further include a water separator for separating the drained water and air.

The insertion groove may further include a heater installed in the inner circumferential direction and allowing the umbrella to be dried.

The heater may further include a discharge fan for discharging hot air toward the umbrella.

The main body may further include a guide vane provided on the circumferential direction of the insertion groove.

The guide vane may have a curvature rounded toward the center at the innermost outermost portion of the insertion groove.

The guide vanes may divide the inner circumferential surface regions of the insertion grooves independently of each other.

The guide vane may be formed to protrude outward.

The guide vane may be reduced in height protruding toward the center of the insertion groove.

The main body may further include a shutter for selectively covering the front of the main body when not in use.

The main body may further include a drip tray in which water flowing from an umbrella is accommodated under the front surface.

The structure by the other Example of the umbrella dryer which concerns on this invention is demonstrated.

The main body may be provided with an insertion groove so that the umbrella can be inserted in an unfolded state.

In addition, a guide vane provided in the insertion groove and protruding to maintain a predetermined distance with an umbrella may be provided to guide the outside air to the insertion groove.

In addition, the main body may be configured to include a suction unit for providing a suction force so that the rain water remaining in the umbrella cloth is sucked into the inside of the main body.

As described above, the umbrella dryer according to the present invention has the effect of converting the outside air into the whirlwind flow and simultaneously removing the rain water remaining in the umbrella, and at the same time drying.

The umbrella dryer according to the present invention has an effect of removing rainwater on all parts of the umbrella by inhaling rainwater in the state where all parts of the umbrella are inserted.

Umbrella dryer according to the present invention is buried in the outer wall of the building in which a plurality of people flow, or can be installed separately has the effect of improving the user's ease of use.

1 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing an umbrella dryer according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a plan view showing a guide vane provided in the umbrella dryer according to the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA shown in FIG.
4 to 5 is a view showing an installation state of the umbrella dryer according to the present invention.
6 to 7 is an operational state diagram of the umbrella dryer according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the umbrella dryer according to the present invention.

With reference to the accompanying Figure 1 will be described the main configuration of the umbrella dryer.

The umbrella dryer 1 may be provided with a main body 100 provided with an insertion groove 110.

The insertion groove 110 may have a curvature rounded toward the front outer side of the main body 100. This is because the umbrella is inserted into the insertion groove 110 in the unfolded state of the umbrella (2).

In addition, the insertion groove 110 may further include a heater 300 for drying after the rain water of the umbrella 2 is sucked. A detailed description thereof will be given later.

That is, the present invention does not suck the rain water remaining in the umbrella in the folded state of the umbrella (2), it is made to remove the rain water by inserting into the insertion groove (110) in the umbrella (2) fully extended state.

The main body 100 may further include a suction unit 200 that provides a suction force so that rain water remaining in the umbrella 2 is sucked into the main body 100.

Detailed description of the suction unit 200 will be described later.

An air passage provided in the umbrella dryer according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

In the main body 100, the umbrella 2 is inserted into the insertion groove 110, and an air passage 102 for introducing external air may be formed.

The air passage 102 is a passage through which air is introduced through an interval formed between the inside of the insertion groove 110 and the outside of the umbrella 2 in a state where the umbrella 2 is moved to the insertion groove 110. Say.

The air passage 102 may be used as a passage for sucking rain water remaining in the umbrella 2 by using the suction force generated by the suction unit 200.

The spacing holding protrusion provided in the umbrella dryer according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

The insertion groove 110 may be provided with a plurality of interval maintaining projections 112 for maintaining a gap with the umbrella (2).

The gap maintaining protrusion 112 may protrude toward the outside of the front surface of the insertion groove 110 by a predetermined length to form the air passage 102 described above.

The interval maintaining protrusion 112 may not be disposed at random inside the insertion groove 110, but may be disposed symmetrically.

Because, when the umbrella of the unfolded state is inserted into the insertion groove 110, when the outer side of the umbrella 2 and the space maintaining projection 112 is in contact, in order to prevent the umbrella is inserted inclined in any direction. to be.

The gap maintaining protrusion 112 may be made of plastic or rubber, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

Insertion groove 110 may further include a guide groove 111 is inserted into the umbrella center (2a) in the inner center.

The guide groove 111 preferably has a size that can be inserted into the umbrella tap (2a) having a variety of shapes and structures, and is not particularly limited to the size and shape of the opening.

The guide groove 111 may be provided with a switch (not shown) that is pressed by the umbrella tap (2a) inside. When the switch is pressed, the prime mover 220 may be operated by transmitting an on signal to the prime mover 220 of the suction unit 200 to be described later.

In addition, when the umbrella head 2a does not press the switch, the off signal may be transmitted to the prime mover 220, so that rainwater may not be sucked.

Without using a switch in the guide groove 111, by installing a sensor can detect whether the umbrella tap (2a) is inserted.

The sensor may use an optical sensor or other sensors.

The insertion groove 110 may further include an inlet 114 through which rainwater flows in a position spaced outwardly of the guide groove 111.

The inlet 114 may be disposed in a radial form so that rain water remaining in the umbrella 2 can be stably introduced, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

In addition, the inlet 114 may be formed in a slot shape having a predetermined length.

The suction part according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1.

The suction part 200 may be provided with a drain pipe 210 communicating with the inlet 114. The drain pipe 210 may be installed upright inside the main body 100.

The drain pipe 210 may be connected to the prime mover 220 to provide suction power.

The prime mover 220 may be installed as a single prime mover or a combination of prime mover and fan.

The suction unit 200 may further include a radiator 230 connected to the prime mover 220. The water separator 230 may be installed with a water separator having a function of separating the ordinary air and water.

The water separator 230 may classify and separate the separated air and water into air and water through separate pipes. For example, water may be drained to the outside of the main body 100, and air may also be discharged to the side of the main body 100.

A heater according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

The heater 300 may be disposed along the circumferential direction of the inner edge of the insertion groove 110.

The reason for this arrangement is that the rainwater is sucked by the driving of the prime mover 220 and is continuously disposed at the position where the outside air flows in through the air passage 102, thereby effectively heating the outside air to wet the umbrella 2 ) To dry the surface more effectively.

The heater 300 may further include a separate discharge fan 310 for efficient drying of the surface of the umbrella (2).

The discharge fan 310 may be spaced apart from the heater 300 or may be integrally formed with the heater 300.

The discharge fan 310 may discharge the heat of the heater generated at a high temperature to the surface of the umbrella 2 under the condition that the prime mover 220 is not operated, thereby making the umbrella 2 dry.

Since the discharge fan 310 is relatively smaller in size than the prime mover 220, consumes low power, and significantly reduces operating noise, it is preferable that the discharge fan 310 be operated alone for drying the umbrella 2 alone. It is not necessarily limited.

A shutter provided in the umbrella dryer according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

The main body 100 may further include a shutter 10 for selectively covering the front surface of the main body 100 when not in use.

The shutter 10 is pulled down the front side of the main body 100 on a rainless day. Through this, it is possible to prevent foreign substances from flowing into the insertion groove 110.

In addition, for the purpose of appearance, it is preferable to position the shutter 10 in a lowered state when not in use.

Then, on a rainy day, the lowered shutter 10 may be used in a state in which it is raised above the front surface of the main body 100.

The main body 100 may further include a drip tray 20 in which water flowing from the umbrella 2 is accommodated in the lower portion of the front surface. The drip tray 20 may be provided to accommodate rainwater falling downward when the umbrella 2 is momentarily inserted into the insertion groove 110 in a wet state by rainwater.

In addition, it may be provided to receive the water partially drained from the inside of the insertion groove (110).

The guide vane provided in the umbrella dryer according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

The guide vane 120 may be disposed inside the insertion groove 110 in a state in which the above-described gap maintaining protrusion 112 is not installed.

The guide vane 120 has a curvature rounded toward the center at the innermost outermost portion of the insertion groove 110, and a plurality of guide vanes 120 may be spaced apart from each other.

This is because, when the outside air is introduced into the insertion groove 110, the water remaining on the surface of the umbrella (2) to move more quickly in the inlet 114 direction.

That is, the guide vane 120 converts the flow of external air into the vortex flow from the circumferential direction of the insertion groove 110 toward the inner center, so that the rainwater is sucked and moved only by the suction force of the prime mover 220. Rather, it is intended to move quickly to the inlet 114 by a vortex flow.

The guide vanes 120 may divide the inner circumferential surface region of the insertion groove 110 independently of each other.

The reason for splitting the inner circumferential surface area of the insertion groove 110 as described above is to move the rainwater to the area where the rainwater is independently partitioned with respect to the inner circumferential surface of the insertion groove 110 having a relatively large area.

In this case, the rainwater moving through each divided independent region may be moved to the neighboring region or may be moved without mixing.

The guide vane 120 may protrude outward, and in the present embodiment, may protrude forward.

This is because it is preferable that the guide vanes 120 protrude to have a predetermined height for a kind of partition wall in order to divide the region of the insertion groove 110 independently.

Referring to FIG. 3, the guide vane 120 may have a height that protrudes toward the center of the insertion groove 110. This is because the insertion groove 110 should have a hemispherical shape so as to correspond to the curvature of the umbrella 2.

An installation state of the umbrella dryer according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 5.

4 is a view illustrating a state of being embedded in an outer wall or a wall of a building, and the umbrella dryer 1 may be installed in a state of being embedded in an outer wall or a wall of a building.

When installed in this way, while being in harmony with the building or the surrounding structure, it can have a uniform appearance.

5 is a view illustrating a separately installed state without being embedded in an outer wall or a wall of a building, and may be easily moved to another place, and may be easily repaired even when a failure occurs.

The operation state of the umbrella dryer according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 6. In the present embodiment, an umbrella having a curvature similar to the curvature of the inner circumferential surface of the insertion groove 110 will be described as an example for convenience of description and understanding.

In order to dry the umbrella less in the rain, the user does not fold the umbrella located in the dotted line state, and moves toward the inside of the insertion groove 110 for removing rain water and drying.

As the umbrella tap 2a enters the inside of the guide groove 111, the insertion state of the umbrella 2 is sensed by the sensor.

In addition, an air passage 102 is naturally formed between the umbrella 2 and the insertion groove 110 to stably introduce external air.

As shown in the drawing, the air passage 102 is spaced by the projection 112, and the umbrella 2 no longer proceeds to the inside of the insertion groove 110, the insertion groove 110 and the umbrella (2) Spaced regularly between.

The prime mover 220 is introduced between the umbrella 2 and the space keeping protrusion 112 as shown in a thick solid line while the rotor provided therein is rotated at a high speed by an operation signal transmitted from the sensor.

The air passage 102 serves as a passage for introducing external air at a high speed between the inner circumferential surface of the insertion groove 110 and the umbrella 2.

For this reason, the outside air moves the rain water remaining in the umbrella to the inlet port 114, the rain water is moved to the water separator 230 through the drain pipe 210 and the prime mover 220 via the inlet port 114.

In the water separator 230, the separated air may be discharged to the outside of the main body 100, and rainwater may be discharged to the outside of the main body 100 through a separate pipe.

The prime mover 220 may be operated for a specific time, and in this embodiment, may be operated to remove rain water remaining in the umbrella 2 for t seconds.

After the prime mover 220 has been completely operated, the heater 300 may be operated for t seconds to dry the surface of the umbrella 2.

In addition, while the discharge fan 310 is operated at the same time for rapid drying, hot air may be discharged to the outside of the umbrella (2).

The heater 300 is installed on the circumferential surface of the insertion groove 110, the rain water or water remaining in the umbrella 2 can be dried quickly.

As such, after both the suction and the drying of the rain water remaining in the umbrella 2 are completed, the operation of the heater 300 and the discharge fan 310 is automatically stopped, and the user folds the umbrella 2 indoors or desired. Just go to the place.

An embodiment of a guide vane of an umbrella dryer according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 7.

For the convenience of explanation, the umbrella is not shown, and the description will be given based on the direction of rainwater movement.

In the raining condition, when the user inserts the umbrella into the insertion groove 110, the prime mover 220 is operated while the umbrella tap 2a is inserted into the guide groove 111.

The suction force generated while the prime mover 220 is operated is generated through the inlet 114, and the outer air is the maximum in the circumferential direction of the insertion groove 110 by the guide vanes 120 divided by the thick arrows, respectively. A vortex flow is created from the outside toward the inlet 114.

Since the whirlwind flow of the outside air is directed toward the inlet port 114, all the rainwater located in the insertion groove 110 is reliably moved toward the inlet port 114.

The insertion groove 110 is divided into a plurality of inner circumferential surface in the circumferential direction by the guide vane 120, the rain water is moved individually through each divided area.

In addition, the guide vane 120 has a wider inlet at the outermost portion of the insertion groove 110, and a narrower width toward the inlet 114, thereby further improving the movement speed of air due to the whirlwind flow. You can.

Therefore, as the outside air is all converted into the whirlwind flow toward the inlet 114 in the circumferential direction of the insertion groove 110, the rainwater is introduced through the inlet 114 at a high speed.

After all of the rainwater is sucked in, the heater 300 or the heater 300 and the discharge fan 310 are operated.

When the discharge fan 310 and the heater 300 are operated at the same time, the hot air heated along the circumferential direction of the insertion groove 110, as described above, whirlwind flows to dry the surface of the umbrella.

While the flow of air for sucking the rainwater of the umbrella, and the flow of the heating air for drying, whirlwind is generated, both the intake and drying of the rainwater are made quickly, and the moisture is removed and dried quickly.

After the user finishes drying the umbrella, the user can fold the umbrella and move to a desired place.

As mentioned above, although an embodiment of the present invention has been described, those of ordinary skill in the art may add, change, delete or add components within the scope not departing from the spirit of the present invention described in the claims. The present invention may be modified and changed in various ways, etc., which will also be included within the scope of the present invention.

2: umbrella
100: main body
102: air passage
110: insertion groove
112: spacing projection
200: suction part
210: drain pipe
220: prime mover
230: Radix Separator
300: heater
310: discharge fan

Claims

A main body provided with an insertion groove so that the umbrella can be inserted in an unfolded state; And
And a suction part provided in the main body and configured to provide a suction force so that rain water remaining in the umbrella is sucked into the main body.

The method according to claim 1,
The main body
Umbrella dryer, characterized in that the air passage (Air Passage) for introducing the outside air between the insertion groove and the umbrella.

The method according to claim 1,
The insertion groove
An umbrella dryer, characterized in that a plurality of gap maintaining projections are arranged to maintain a gap with an umbrella.

The method of claim 3,
The gap holding projection is an umbrella dryer, characterized in that arranged symmetrically.

The method according to claim 1,
The insertion groove is an umbrella dryer characterized in that it has a curvature rounded toward the outside.

The method according to claim 1,
The insertion groove
Umbrella dryer in the center further comprises a guide groove, wherein the guide groove is an umbrella dryer, characterized in that any one of the sensor or switch is installed.

The method of claim 6,
The insertion groove
Umbrella dryer, characterized in that it further comprises an inlet through which rainwater flows in a position spaced out of the guide groove.

The method according to claim 1 or 7,
The suction unit
A drain pipe in communication with the inlet port and for draining the rainwater;
An umbrella dryer connected to the drain pipe and configured to provide a prime mover or a prime mover and a fan to provide power.

The method of claim 8,
The suction unit
An umbrella dryer, connected to the prime mover, further comprising a radiator for separating the drained water and air.

The method according to claim 1,
The insertion groove
An umbrella dryer installed in the inner circumferential direction, the apparatus further comprising a heater for drying the umbrella.

The method of claim 10,
The heater
An umbrella dryer, further comprising: a discharge fan configured to discharge high temperature air toward the umbrella.

The method according to claim 1,
The main body
Umbrella dryer, characterized in that it further comprises a guide vane provided on the circumferential direction of the insertion groove.

The method of claim 12,
The guide vane is
Umbrella dryer characterized in that it has a curvature rounded toward the center at the innermost outermost of the insertion groove.

The method of claim 12,
The guide vane is
Umbrella dryer, characterized in that to separate the inner peripheral surface area of the insertion groove independently.

The method of claim 12,
The guide vane is an umbrella dryer, characterized in that formed to protrude outward.

The method of claim 15,
The guide vane is
Umbrella dryer, characterized in that the protruding height is reduced toward the center of the insertion groove.

The method according to claim 1,
The main body
The umbrella dryer further comprises a shutter for selectively covering the front of the main body when not in use.

The method according to claim 1,
The body
Umbrella dryer, characterized in that further comprising a drip tray to accommodate the water flowing from the umbrella in the lower front.

A main body provided with an insertion groove so that the umbrella can be inserted in an unfolded state;
A guide vane provided in the insertion groove and protruded to maintain a predetermined distance from the umbrella to guide the outside air into the insertion groove; And
The umbrella dryer provided in the main body, and comprises a suction unit for providing a suction force so that the rain water remaining in the umbrella cloth is sucked into the inside of the main body.