TW202133783A - Air-guiding structure of separable hand dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

An air-guiding structure of separable hand dryer, the separable hand dryer includes an air outlet faucet and a working machine. The air outlet faucet and the working machine are connected by the air-guiding structure. The air outlet faucet includes at least one electrical wire and a ground wire. The air-guiding structure includes an air pipe and an adapter pipe, and the shape of the air pipe is adjusted so that one end of the air pipe is fitted in positions of the working machine or the air outlet faucet based on an adjustment manner. The adapter pipe includes a trunk, a manifold communicating with the trunk and allowing the electrical wire and the ground wire, which are passed through the adapter pipe, to penetrate, and a seal provided in the manifold to allow the electrical wire and the ground wire to pass through but to restrict the passage of air. One end of the trunk is connected to the air pipe, and the adapter pipe does not rotate relative to the air pipe when the air pipe is adjusted by the adjustment means, so as to prevent the electrical wire from entangling with the ground wire.

Description

Air guiding structure of separate hand dryer

The invention relates to an air guiding structure of a separate dryer, in particular to a separate air guiding structure of a dryer which can avoid entanglement of wires during assembly.

According to the investigation, the patent number WO 2016042315A and its counterpart GB 2530413A have shown the technical content of the connection between one end of the air duct of the dryer and the adapter tube in the drawings. Referring to Figure 1 of this case, this patent discloses a hand dryer 70, which has a hand dryer faucet 71, an adapter tube 72 connected to the hand dryer faucet 71, and an air duct 73 connected to the adapter tube 72 And a host (not shown in the figure) which is connected to the air guide tube 73 and supplies gas to the dryer faucet 71 through the air guide tube 73. When the hand dryer 70 is assembled, the hand dryer faucet 71 and the air duct 73 are respectively connected through the adapter tube 72, so that a plurality of wires 711 electrically connected to the hand dryer faucet 71 can pass through the adapter tube 72 and pass through an opening 721 of the transfer tube 72, so that the wires 711 can be assembled with the host. Further, the conventional adapter tube 72 includes a cap portion 722 and a tube body 723 that forms the opening 721 together with the cap portion 722, and the cap portion 722 and the tube body 723 are assembled in a screw connection, that is, When assembling, insert the wires 711 into the cap 722, and then make the wires 711 pass through the opening 721 and then screw on the tube 723, so that the cap 722 and the tube 723 are common The wires 711 are pressed to restrict the assembly positions of the wires 711. However, the structure disclosed in the previous patent is prone to relative rotation of the adapter tube 72 and the air guide tube 73 when assembling, which causes the wires 711 to be erroneously twisted.

The main purpose of the present invention is to solve the problem that the conventional structure is likely to cause wrong winding between wires.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an air guiding structure for a separate dryer. The separate dryer includes an air outlet faucet and a working mainframe separate from the air outlet faucet. The air outlet faucet and the working main The air guide structure is connected. The air outlet faucet includes at least one electrical wire connected to the working host and a ground wire connected to the working host. The air guiding structure includes an air duct and a set of connecting pipes connected to one end of the air duct, The air duct is based on an adjustment means to make its posture conform to the position of the working host and the air outlet faucet. The adjustment means is to rotate the air duct or bend the air duct. To make the electrical wire passing through the adapter tube and the manifold through which the ground wire passes, and a seal provided on the manifold that allows the electrical wire and the ground wire to pass through but restricts the passage of gas, the One end of the trunk is connected to the air pipe, and the connecting pipe does not rotate relative to the air pipe when the air pipe is adjusted by the adjusting means, so as to avoid the electrical wire and the ground wire from being entangled.

In one embodiment, the connecting pipe is composed of two half shells.

In one embodiment, the two half-shells are assembled in a pivotal manner.

In one embodiment, each of the half shells has an assembling part provided on a side for forming the manifold and a pivotal part provided on a side not used for forming the manifold.

In one embodiment, one end of the trunk part that is not connected to the air duct is assembled with the work host.

In one embodiment, the working host includes a hand-drying gas generating module connected to the air guiding structure and controlled by the signal transmitted by the electrical wire, and a box in which the hand-drying gas generating module is provided At least one electrical connector for providing the electrical wire connection is provided on the box body, and the hand-drying gas generating module is electrically connected to the electrical wire via the electrical connector.

In one embodiment, the box body has a grounding post provided on the surface of the box body and provided with the grounding wire.

In one embodiment, one end of the trunk part that is not connected to the air duct is assembled with the air outlet faucet.

According to the foregoing invention content, compared with the conventional technology, the present invention has the following characteristics: the present invention is assembled with the connecting pipe through one end of the air pipe, and the connecting pipe is not relative to the air pipe when the air pipe is adjusted by the adjusting means. The wind pipe rotates to prevent the electrical wire from being tangled with the ground wire.

The detailed description and technical content of the present invention are described as follows in conjunction with the drawings:

Please refer to FIGS. 2 to 5, the present invention provides an air guiding structure 13 which is applied to a separate dryer 10. The detachable hand dryer 10 includes an air outlet faucet 11 and a working host 12, wherein the air outlet faucet 11 is arranged on a table (not shown in the figure), and the working host 12 is arranged under the table and interacts with the outlet. The wind faucet 11 is separated. In addition, the air outlet faucet 11 and the work host 12 are connected by the air guiding structure 13, and the air outlet faucet 11 includes at least one electrical line 111 connected to the work host 12 and a ground connection to the work host 12 Line 112.

Please refer to FIGS. 2 to 4 again. The air guide structure 13 includes a wind pipe 131 and a connecting pipe 132 connected to the wind pipe 131. The air pipe 131 is based on an adjustment method to make its posture conform to the working host 12 With the position of the air outlet faucet 11, for example, in the present invention, the air tube 131 can be assembled to the separate dryer 10 by rotating the air tube 131 or bending the air tube 131 by any assembly method. The adjustment means referred to in the middle refers to the aforementioned method for assembling the air duct 131. Furthermore, after the air pipe 131 undergoes the adjustment means, one end of the air pipe 131 can be connected to the air outlet faucet 11 or the work host 12. First, the air pipe 131 is assembled with the air outlet faucet 11 to describe. The air pipe 131 is not connected to the air outlet faucet 11 and connected to the connecting pipe 132, so that the connecting pipe 132 is not connected to the air pipe. One end of 131 is connected to the work host 12. In addition, please refer to FIG. 6, if one end of the air pipe 131 is assembled with the work host 12, the other end of the air pipe 131 without the work host 12 is also assembled with the connecting pipe 132, so that the connecting pipe 132 is not assembled. One end of the air pipe 131 connected to the air outlet faucet 11 is assembled. In addition, the air duct 131 depicted in this article is only for illustration, that is to say, the posture of the air duct 131 after being assembled can be bent or shown according to the arrangement position of the air outlet faucet 11 and the working host 12 The straight line pose shown in. In addition, the connection between the air outlet faucet 11, the working host 12 and the air guiding structure 13 shown in the figure is only for illustration, and the connection between the aforementioned components is not limited to this.

Please refer to FIGS. 2 to 5 again. The connecting pipe 132 includes a trunk portion 133 communicating with the air pipe 131, a manifold portion 134 communicating with the trunk portion 133, and a seal 135 provided on the manifold portion 134. Take the embodiment in which one end of the air pipe 131 is connected to the connecting pipe 132 and the other end of the connecting pipe 132 is assembled with the working host 12 as an example. In this embodiment, the air pipe 131 supplies the electrical wire 111 and the ground wire 112 is installed in it, one end of the trunk portion 133 is connected to the air pipe 131 and the electrical wire 111 and the ground wire 112 in the air pipe 131 pass through, and the other end of the trunk portion 133 that is not connected to the air pipe 131 is connected to The main body 12 is assembled, the manifold 134 is disposed on one side of the main body 133 and is not assembled with the main body 12 or the air duct 131, and the manifold 134 is provided for the electrical penetrating through the main body 133. The wire 111 and the ground wire 112 pass out therefrom. In addition, the seal 135 is disposed in the manifold 134, and the seal 135 is used to close the manifold 134 so that the gas of the separate dryer 10 cannot flow out through the manifold 134. In one embodiment, the sealing member 135 may be a rubber material. Further, in order to allow the electrical wire 111 and the ground wire 112 to pass through the manifold 134, the seal 135 restricts gas flow but allows the electrical wire 111 and the ground wire 112 to pass through. In one embodiment, the The sealing member 135 may be formed with at least one wire-passing groove 136, and the wire-passing groove 136 is only for the passage of the electrical wire 111 and the ground wire 112 but restricts the passage of gas. On the other hand, when the working host 12 is controlled to provide hand-drying gas to the connecting pipe 132, the seal 135 restricts the flow direction of the hand-drying gas so that the hand-drying gas can only flow in the direction of the main part 133 The connecting pipe 132 guides the hand-drying gas to flow to the air pipe 131 and allows the hand-drying gas to be provided to the air outlet faucet 11.

Compared with conventional use, the present invention provides the connecting pipe 132 so that the connecting pipe 132 does not rotate relative to the air pipe 131 when the air pipe 131 is adjusted by the adjusting means, so as to avoid the electrical line 111 and the ground line 112 winding. Taking this embodiment further, by providing the connecting tube 132, the electrical wire 111 and the grounding wire 112 are housed in the air duct 131 and the connecting tube 132, thereby making the separate dryer 10 more beautiful. .

Please refer to FIGS. 3 to 5 again. In one embodiment, the connecting tube 132 may be composed of two half-shells 137, and the two half-shells 137 may be assembled in a pivotal manner. Specifically, each of the half shells 137 has a connecting portion 138 for forming one side of the manifold 134 and a pivoting portion 139 not used for forming a side of the manifold 134, wherein one of the half The pivoting portion 139 of the shell 137 can be a set of connecting holes, and the pivoting portion 139 of the other half-shell 137 is a connecting post that matches the set of connecting holes, and the set of connecting holes and the The assembly post assembly makes the two half-shells 137 pivot relatively. Furthermore, in an embodiment, the two pivoting portions 139 can also be assembled through an external plug. Furthermore, the assembling part 138 of each half-shell 137 can be provided with an assembling structure 140. After the two half-shells 137, the electrical line 111 and the grounding wire 112 are assembled, each assembling part The assembling structure 140 on the 138 can be assembled with the assembling structure 140 on the other assembling portion 138, thereby limiting the assembly position of the two half-shells 137. In another embodiment, after the two connecting portions 138 are assembled, the two connecting portions 138 may be in a non-detachable state or a selectively detachable state. Therefore, in the present invention, the two half-shells 137 jointly form the connecting tube 132, so that the connecting tube 132 only needs to open the two half-shells 137 when assembling, so that the electrical wire 111 and the ground wire 112 penetrate the connecting tube 132. In the tube 132, the two half-shells 137 can be assembled by closing the back of the tube 132 to complete the assembly of the connecting tube 132. Compared with conventional use, the wind guide structure 13 of the present invention has a simpler structure and is easier to assemble.

In addition, in one embodiment, please refer to FIGS. 3 to 5 again. In order to make the sealing member 135 stably disposed on the connecting tube 132, the connecting tube 132 has at least one protrusion arranged on one of the connecting portions 138 The rib 141, the sealing member 135 has a ring groove 142 disposed around the surface, and the ring groove 142 cooperates with the protruding rib 141 to limit the position of the sealing member 135. In addition, the connecting pipe 132 has an auxiliary connecting portion 143 connected to the side of the main stem portion 133 facing the air duct 131, and the auxiliary connecting portion 143 penetrates into the air pipe 131 to assist the main stem portion 133 and the wind pipe 131. The tube 131 is assembled. In one embodiment, the pipe diameter of the auxiliary assembling portion 143 is smaller than the pipe diameter of the trunk portion 133. Furthermore, the adapter tube 132 has a first sealing structure 144 arranged on one of the two half-shells 137 and a second sealing structure 145 arranged on the other of the two half-shells 137, the first sealing structure 144 and The second sealing structure 145 cooperates to prevent the hand drying gas from leaking out between the two half shells 137.

On the other hand, please refer to FIGS. 2 to 5 again. The working host 12 includes a hand-drying gas generating module 121 connected to the air guiding structure 13 and a box in which the hand-drying gas generating module 121 is provided.体122. Specifically, the hand-drying gas generating module 121 is electrically connected to the electrical wire 111 and controlled by the electrical wire 111, and the hand-drying gas generating module 121 receives the signal transmitted by the electrical wire 111 and performs The signal content performs corresponding tasks. For example, when the hand-drying gas generating module 121 receives the activation signal of the electrical line 111, the hand-drying gas generating module 121 starts to operate and generates hand-drying gas. In addition, the box 122 is used to shield the hand-drying gas generating module 121 and provide protection for the hand-drying gas generating module 121, and the box 122 is provided with at least one electrical connector 123 for connecting the electrical wire 111, The hand drying gas generating module 121 is electrically connected to the electrical line 111 through the electrical connector 123. In one embodiment, the box 122 further has a grounding post 124 provided on the surface of the box 122 and provided with the ground wire 112. In addition, in order to stably connect the main body 12 and the air guiding structure 13, the main working body 12 has an auxiliary group connection tube 125 arranged in the box 122 and extending in the direction facing the air guiding structure 13. The connecting pipe 125 communicates with the hand-drying gas generating module 121 and receives the hand-drying gas from the hand-drying gas generating module 121, so that the hand-drying gas generating module 121 can output the hand-drying gas to the air guiding structure 13.

In addition to the foregoing, and referring to FIG. 6, the air guiding structure 13 of the present invention can also be connected to the air outlet faucet 11 and the working host 12 in other implementation modes. In this implementation aspect, the structures of the air duct 131, the connecting pipe 132, the air outlet faucet 11, and the work host 12 are the same as the structure disclosed in the previous implementation aspect, and therefore will not be repeated. In this embodiment, although one end of the main portion 133 of the connecting pipe 132 is also connected to the air pipe 131, the other end of the main portion 133 that is not connected to the air pipe 131 is assembled with the air outlet faucet 11. It can be seen from this that the air guide structure 13 of the present invention does not limit the assembly state of the air duct 131 and the connecting tube 132 during implementation, and the working positions of the air duct 131 and the connecting tube 132 can be planned according to actual needs. In this way, the air guiding structure 13 of the present invention has the characteristics of more flexible use.

In summary, it is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention. When the scope of implementation of the present invention cannot be limited by this, that is, all equal changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application of the present invention should still belong to the present invention. The scope of patent coverage.

10: Separate hand dryer 11: Outlet faucet 111: Electrical wire 112: Ground wire 12: Working host 121: Hand dryer gas generation module 122: cabinet 123: Electrical connector 124: Grounding post 125: Auxiliary Group Takeover 13: Air guiding structure 131: Air duct 132: Convergence 133: The main cadre 134: Conflict 135: Seal 136: over the wire slot 137: Half Shell 138: Assembly Department 139: Pivot 140: assembly structure 141: Convex Rib 142: Ring groove 143: Auxiliary Assembly 144: The first sealing structure 145: second sealing structure 70: Hand dryer 71: Dragon Head 711: Wire 72: Adapter tube 721: open 722: cap 723: tube body 73: Air duct

Figure 1. Schematic diagram of conventional structure. Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram (1) of the assembly of the air guide structure and the separate hand dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram (2) of the assembly of the air guide structure and the separate hand dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is an exploded schematic view of an adapter pipe according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an adapter pipe according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the assembly of an air guide structure and a separate hand dryer according to another embodiment of the present invention.

10: Separate hand dryer

11: Outlet faucet

111: Electrical wire

112: Ground wire

12: Working host

122: cabinet

123: Electrical connector

124: Grounding post

125: Auxiliary Group Takeover

13: Air guiding structure

131: Air duct

132: Convergence

133: The main cadre

134: Conflict

135: Seal

Claims (10)

An air guiding structure of a separate hand dryer. The separate hand dryer comprises an air outlet faucet and a working main body separated from the air outlet faucet. The air outlet faucet and the working main body are connected by the air guiding structure. The faucet includes at least one electrical wire connected to the working host and a ground wire connected to the working host. The air guiding structure includes: An air duct, based on an adjustment means to make its posture conform to the position of the work host and the air outlet faucet, the adjustment means is to rotate the air duct or bend the air duct; and An adapter tube that connects to one end of the air pipe. The adapter tube includes a trunk part, a manifold connecting the trunk part and allowing the electrical wire passing through the adapter tube and the grounding wire to pass therethrough, and a A seal provided on the manifold that allows the electrical wire and the ground wire to pass through but restricts the passage of gas. One end of the trunk portion is connected to the air pipe. The tube rotates to prevent the electrical wire from being tangled with the ground wire. According to claim 1, the air guiding structure of a separate hand dryer, wherein the connecting tube is composed of two half shells. According to claim 2, the air guiding structure of a separate hand dryer, wherein the two half-shells are assembled in a pivotal manner. As claimed in claim 3, the air guiding structure of a separate dryer, wherein each of the half-shells has an assembly part arranged on one side for forming the manifold, and an assembly part arranged on the side that is not used to form the manifold. Side pivot part. According to the air guide structure of a separate hand dryer according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the main part is not connected to the air duct and one end is assembled with the work host. The air guiding structure of a separate hand dryer according to claim 5, wherein the working host includes a hand drying air generating module connected to the air guiding structure and controlled by the signal transmitted by the electrical wire, and a providing The hand-drying gas generating module is provided with a box body in which at least one electrical connector for providing the electrical wire connection is provided, and the hand-drying gas generating module is generated through the electrical connector and the electrical wire Electric connection. According to claim 6, the air guiding structure of a separate hand dryer, wherein the box body has a grounding pole provided on the surface of the box body and provided with the grounding wire. According to the air guide structure of a separate hand dryer according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the main part is not connected to the air pipe and one end is assembled with the air outlet faucet. The gas guiding structure of a separate hand dryer according to claim 8, wherein the working host includes a hand drying gas generating module connected to the gas guiding structure and controlled by the signal transmitted by the electrical wire, and a providing The hand-drying gas generating module is provided with a box body in which at least one electrical connector for providing the electrical wire connection is provided, and the hand-drying gas generating module is generated through the electrical connector and the electrical wire Electric connection. According to claim 9, the air guiding structure of a separate hand dryer, wherein the box body has a grounding pole provided on the surface of the box body and provided with the grounding wire.

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