US20030074804A1 - Hair dryer having blades that are located at the mediate position of the hair dryer - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier, and more particularly to a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier, wherein the motor only need to produce a much smaller pressure of air flow, so that the pressure of the air flow exerted on the blades is very small, thereby producing a much smaller shear stress on the blades, and thereby causing smaller noise.
- a conventional hair dryer in accordance with the prior art shown in FIG. 1 comprises a housing 90 having an air inlet 901 and an air outlet 902 , and a plurality of blades 92 , a motor 91 , and a heating device 93 mounted between the air inlet 901 and the air outlet 902 .
- a motor fixing seat 910 is mounted in the housing 90 for securing the motor 91 , and a plurality of air guide vanes 911 are mounted in the motor fixing seat 910 .
- the blades 92 are located adjacent to the air inlet 901 .
- the blades 92 may be rotated by the motor 91 , so that the air flow produced by rotation of the blades 92 may be introduced into the air inlet 901 to pass through the air guide vanes 911 and the blades 92 , and may then be heated by the heating device 93 , and may finally be drained outward through the air outlet 902 .
- FIG. 4 the graph of the distance versus pressure of the air flow of each of the parts of the conventional hair dryer is shown.
- the pressure of the air flow at the air outlet 902 is maintained at V 0
- the pressure drop of the heating device 93 is V a
- the pressure drop of the front edge of the motor fixing seat 910 and air guide vanes 911 is V b
- the pressure drop of the two end faces of the motor fixing seat 910 is V c
- the pressure drop between the motor fixing seat 910 and the blades 92 is V d .
- the motor 91 needs to produce a total pressure so as to drive the blades 92 to rotate, which is equal to V 0 +V a +V b +V c +V d .
- the motor 91 needs to produce a high pressure of air flow, so that the pressure of the air flow exerted on the air guide vanes 911 is very large, and the large pressure of the air flow is directly exerted on the blades 92 , thereby producing a large shear stress on the blades 92 , and thereby causing great noise.
- the motor 91 needs to produce a large pressure so as to drive the blades 92 to rotate, thereby causing consumption of energy.
- the motor 91 needs to produce a large pressure so as to drive the blades 92 to rotate, so that the motor 91 and the blades 92 need to use a larger and stronger material, thereby increasing cost of fabrication.
- the conventional hair dryer usually comprises five to seven blades 92 , so that the blades 92 will shear the air flow five to seven times per unit time, so that the instantaneous air flow shearing amount is very large, thereby increasing the noise during operation.
- the present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the disadvantage of the conventional hair dryer.
- the primary objective of the present invention is to provide a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier, wherein the motor only need to produce a much smaller pressure of air flow, so that the pressure of the air flow exerted on the blades is very small, thereby producing a much smaller shear stress on the blades, and thereby causing smaller noise.
- Another objective of the present invention is to provide a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier, wherein the motor only need to produce a much smaller pressure of air flow, so as to drive the blades to rotate, thereby preventing from causing consumption of energy.
- a further objective of the present invention is to provide a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier, wherein the motor only need to produce a much smaller pressure of air flow, so as to drive the blades to rotate, so that the motor and the blades may employ a material having a smaller size and strength, thereby decreasing cost of fabrication.
- a further objective of the present invention is to provide a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier, wherein the hair dryer has a smaller and miniature size.
- a further objective of the present invention is to provide a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier, wherein the number of the blades may be reduced and the area of each blade may be increased, thereby decreasing the air flow shearing times and increasing the air flow guide rate, so that the hair dryer may have the same air flow rate as the conventional hair dryer, thereby relatively decreasing the air resistance and the noise during operation.
- a hair dryer comprising:
- a housing having an air inlet, an air outlet, and a motor, an impeller having a plurality of blades and a heating device mounted between the air inlet and the air outlet, a motor fixing seat mounted in the housing for securing the motor in the housing, and a plurality of air guide vanes mounted in the motor fixing seat, wherein:
- the motor and the motor fixing seat are fixed in a distal end of an inner wall of the housing and located adjacent to the air inlet, and the impeller is located between the motor and the heating device.
- the impeller includes three blades arranged in an equally divided manner each having a large area.
- FIG. 1 is a plan cross-sectional view of a conventional hair dryer in accordance with the prior art
- FIG. 2 is a plan cross-sectional view of a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an impeller of a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a graph of the distance versus pressure of the air flow of each of the parts of the hair dryer of the present invention and the conventional hair dryer;
- FIG. 5 is a plan cross-sectional view of a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention.
- a hair dryer in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention comprises a housing 10 having an air inlet 11 and an air outlet 12 .
- the hair dryer also comprises a motor 20 , an impeller 30 having a plurality of blades 31 , and a heating device 40 mounted between the air inlet 11 and the air outlet 12 .
- a motor fixing seat 21 is mounted in the housing 10 for securing the motor 20 in the housing 10 , and a plurality of air guide vanes 22 are mounted in the motor fixing seat 21 .
- the impeller 30 is mounted on and rotated by the motor 20 .
- the impeller 30 is preferably located between the motor 20 and the heating device 40 .
- the motor 20 and the motor fixing seat 21 are fixed in a distal end of an inner wall of the housing 10 and located adjacent to the air inlet 11 .
- the impeller 30 may be rotated by the motor 20 , so that the air flow produced by rotation of the impeller 30 may be introduced into the air inlet 11 to pass through the air guide vanes 22 , and may be pressurized by the air guide vanes 22 . Then, the pressurized air flow is heated by the heating device 40 , and may be introduced outward through the air outlet 12 .
- the impeller 30 optimally includes three blades 31 mating with the design of a large area.
- the height of each blade 31 is about 1.2 to 1.5 times of that of the conventional blade, and the arc length of each blade 31 is about 1.2 to 1.8 times of that of the conventional blade, so that the area of each blade 31 is about 1.4 to 2.7 times of that of the conventional blade.
- the stirred air flow rate may be increased by decreasing the number of the blades 31 .
- the optimal number of the blades 31 is three, so that the instantaneous air flow rate sheared by the blades 31 per unit time may be greatly reduced, thereby decreasing the noise during operation.
- FIG. 4 the graph of the distance versus pressure of the air flow of each of the parts of the hair dryer of the present invention is shown.
- the motor 20 needs to produce a total pressure so as to drive the impeller 30 to rotate, which is equal to V 0 +V a +V b′ . Therefore, the total pressure that the motor 20 of the hair dryer of the present invention needs to produce is much smaller than that of the motor 91 of the conventional hair dryer.
- the total pressure that the motor 20 of the hair dryer of the present invention needs to produce is equal to V 0 +V a +V b′
- the total pressure that the motor 91 of the conventional hair dryer needs to produce is equal to V 0 +V a +V b +V c +V d
- V b′ is slightly smaller than V b
- the motor 20 only need to produce a much smaller pressure of air flow, so that the pressure of the air flow exerted on the impeller 30 is very small, thereby producing a much smaller shear stress on the impeller 30 , and thereby causing smaller noise.
- the three blades 31 may reduce the instantaneous air flow rate sheared by the blades 31 per unit time, thereby decreasing the noise during operation.
- the motor 20 only need to produce a much smaller pressure of air flow, so as to drive the impeller 30 to rotate, thereby preventing from causing consumption of energy.
- the motor 20 only need to produce a much smaller pressure of air flow, so as to drive the impeller 30 to rotate, so that the motor 20 and the impeller 30 may employ a material having a smaller size and strength, thereby decreasing cost of fabrication.
- the impeller 30 is located between the motor 20 and the heating device 40 .
- the total length of the hair dryer of the present invention is equal to A+B′+C, and is approximately equal to A+B.
- the total length of the conventional hair dryer is greater than A+B+C.
- the hair dryer of the present invention has a smaller and miniature size.
- an arcuate guide flange 210 is mounted on the motor fixing seat 21 and directed toward the air inlet 11 , so that the shear stress of the air flow of the hair dryer is smaller, thereby increasing the air flow rate introduced into the air inlet 11 of the hair dryer.
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A hair dryer includes a housing having an air inlet, an air outlet, a motor, an impeller having a plurality of blades, and a heating device. A motor fixing seat is mounted in the housing for securing the motor. The motor and the motor fixing seat are fixed in a distal end of an inner wall of the housing and located adjacent to the air inlet, and the impeller is located between the motor and the heating device. Thus, the motor only need to produce a much smaller pressure of air flow, so that the pressure of the air flow exerted on the impeller is very small, thereby producing a much smaller shear stress on the impeller, and thereby causing smaller noise.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier, and more particularly to a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier, wherein the motor only need to produce a much smaller pressure of air flow, so that the pressure of the air flow exerted on the blades is very small, thereby producing a much smaller shear stress on the blades, and thereby causing smaller noise.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- A conventional hair dryer in accordance with the prior art shown in FIG. 1 comprises a
housing 90 having anair inlet 901 and anair outlet 902, and a plurality ofblades 92, amotor 91, and aheating device 93 mounted between theair inlet 901 and theair outlet 902. Amotor fixing seat 910 is mounted in thehousing 90 for securing themotor 91, and a plurality ofair guide vanes 911 are mounted in themotor fixing seat 910. Theblades 92 are located adjacent to theair inlet 901. - In operation, the
blades 92 may be rotated by themotor 91, so that the air flow produced by rotation of theblades 92 may be introduced into theair inlet 901 to pass through theair guide vanes 911 and theblades 92, and may then be heated by theheating device 93, and may finally be drained outward through theair outlet 902. - Referring to FIG. 4, the graph of the distance versus pressure of the air flow of each of the parts of the conventional hair dryer is shown.
- The pressure of the air flow at the
air outlet 902 is maintained at V0, the pressure drop of theheating device 93 is Va, the pressure drop of the front edge of themotor fixing seat 910 andair guide vanes 911 is Vb, the pressure drop of the two end faces of themotor fixing seat 910 is Vc, and the pressure drop between themotor fixing seat 910 and theblades 92 is Vd. Thus, themotor 91 needs to produce a total pressure so as to drive theblades 92 to rotate, which is equal to V0+Va+Vb+Vc+Vd. Therefore, themotor 91 needs to produce a high pressure of air flow, so that the pressure of the air flow exerted on theair guide vanes 911 is very large, and the large pressure of the air flow is directly exerted on theblades 92, thereby producing a large shear stress on theblades 92, and thereby causing great noise. - In addition, the
motor 91 needs to produce a large pressure so as to drive theblades 92 to rotate, thereby causing consumption of energy. - Further, the
motor 91 needs to produce a large pressure so as to drive theblades 92 to rotate, so that themotor 91 and theblades 92 need to use a larger and stronger material, thereby increasing cost of fabrication. - Further, the conventional hair dryer usually comprises five to seven
blades 92, so that theblades 92 will shear the air flow five to seven times per unit time, so that the instantaneous air flow shearing amount is very large, thereby increasing the noise during operation. - The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the disadvantage of the conventional hair dryer.
- The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier, wherein the motor only need to produce a much smaller pressure of air flow, so that the pressure of the air flow exerted on the blades is very small, thereby producing a much smaller shear stress on the blades, and thereby causing smaller noise.
- Another objective of the present invention is to provide a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier, wherein the motor only need to produce a much smaller pressure of air flow, so as to drive the blades to rotate, thereby preventing from causing consumption of energy.
- A further objective of the present invention is to provide a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier, wherein the motor only need to produce a much smaller pressure of air flow, so as to drive the blades to rotate, so that the motor and the blades may employ a material having a smaller size and strength, thereby decreasing cost of fabrication.
- A further objective of the present invention is to provide a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier, wherein the hair dryer has a smaller and miniature size.
- A further objective of the present invention is to provide a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier, wherein the number of the blades may be reduced and the area of each blade may be increased, thereby decreasing the air flow shearing times and increasing the air flow guide rate, so that the hair dryer may have the same air flow rate as the conventional hair dryer, thereby relatively decreasing the air resistance and the noise during operation.
- In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a hair dryer, comprising:
- a housing having an air inlet, an air outlet, and a motor, an impeller having a plurality of blades and a heating device mounted between the air inlet and the air outlet, a motor fixing seat mounted in the housing for securing the motor in the housing, and a plurality of air guide vanes mounted in the motor fixing seat, wherein:
- the motor and the motor fixing seat are fixed in a distal end of an inner wall of the housing and located adjacent to the air inlet, and the impeller is located between the motor and the heating device.
- Optimally, the impeller includes three blades arranged in an equally divided manner each having a large area.
- Further benefits and advantages of the present invention will become apparent after a careful reading of the detailed description with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
- FIG. 1 is a plan cross-sectional view of a conventional hair dryer in accordance with the prior art;
- FIG. 2 is a plan cross-sectional view of a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention;
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an impeller of a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention;
- FIG. 4 is a graph of the distance versus pressure of the air flow of each of the parts of the hair dryer of the present invention and the conventional hair dryer; and
- FIG. 5 is a plan cross-sectional view of a hair dryer having blades that are located at a mediate position of the hair drier in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention.
- Referring to the drawings and initially to FIG. 2, a hair dryer in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention comprises a
housing 10 having anair inlet 11 and anair outlet 12. The hair dryer also comprises amotor 20, animpeller 30 having a plurality ofblades 31, and aheating device 40 mounted between theair inlet 11 and theair outlet 12. - A
motor fixing seat 21 is mounted in thehousing 10 for securing themotor 20 in thehousing 10, and a plurality ofair guide vanes 22 are mounted in themotor fixing seat 21. - The
impeller 30 is mounted on and rotated by themotor 20. Theimpeller 30 is preferably located between themotor 20 and theheating device 40. Themotor 20 and themotor fixing seat 21 are fixed in a distal end of an inner wall of thehousing 10 and located adjacent to theair inlet 11. - In operation, the
impeller 30 may be rotated by themotor 20, so that the air flow produced by rotation of theimpeller 30 may be introduced into theair inlet 11 to pass through theair guide vanes 22, and may be pressurized by theair guide vanes 22. Then, the pressurized air flow is heated by theheating device 40, and may be introduced outward through theair outlet 12. - Referring to FIG. 3, the
impeller 30 optimally includes threeblades 31 mating with the design of a large area. The height of eachblade 31 is about 1.2 to 1.5 times of that of the conventional blade, and the arc length of eachblade 31 is about 1.2 to 1.8 times of that of the conventional blade, so that the area of eachblade 31 is about 1.4 to 2.7 times of that of the conventional blade. Thus, the stirred air flow rate may be increased by decreasing the number of theblades 31. The optimal number of theblades 31 is three, so that the instantaneous air flow rate sheared by theblades 31 per unit time may be greatly reduced, thereby decreasing the noise during operation. - Referring to FIG. 4, the graph of the distance versus pressure of the air flow of each of the parts of the hair dryer of the present invention is shown.
- The pressure of the air flow at the
air outlet 12 is maintained at V0, the pressure drop of theheating device 40 is Va, and the pressure drop between theheating device 40 and theimpeller 30 is Vb′. - Thus, the
motor 20 needs to produce a total pressure so as to drive theimpeller 30 to rotate, which is equal to V0+Va+Vb′. Therefore, the total pressure that themotor 20 of the hair dryer of the present invention needs to produce is much smaller than that of themotor 91 of the conventional hair dryer. - In comparison, the total pressure that the
motor 20 of the hair dryer of the present invention needs to produce is equal to V0+Va+Vb′, and the total pressure that themotor 91 of the conventional hair dryer needs to produce is equal to V0+Va+Vb+Vc+Vd, wherein Vb′ is slightly smaller than Vb. Thus, themotor 20 only need to produce a much smaller pressure of air flow, so that the pressure of the air flow exerted on theimpeller 30 is very small, thereby producing a much smaller shear stress on theimpeller 30, and thereby causing smaller noise. The threeblades 31 may reduce the instantaneous air flow rate sheared by theblades 31 per unit time, thereby decreasing the noise during operation. - In addition, the
motor 20 only need to produce a much smaller pressure of air flow, so as to drive theimpeller 30 to rotate, thereby preventing from causing consumption of energy. - Further, the
motor 20 only need to produce a much smaller pressure of air flow, so as to drive theimpeller 30 to rotate, so that themotor 20 and theimpeller 30 may employ a material having a smaller size and strength, thereby decreasing cost of fabrication. - Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the
impeller 30 is located between themotor 20 and theheating device 40. In such a manner, the total length of the hair dryer of the present invention is equal to A+B′+C, and is approximately equal to A+B. In comparison, the total length of the conventional hair dryer is greater than A+B+C. Thus, the hair dryer of the present invention has a smaller and miniature size. - Referring to FIG. 5, in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention, an
arcuate guide flange 210 is mounted on themotor fixing seat 21 and directed toward theair inlet 11, so that the shear stress of the air flow of the hair dryer is smaller, thereby increasing the air flow rate introduced into theair inlet 11 of the hair dryer. - Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment as mentioned above, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended claim or claims will cover such modifications and variations that fall within the true scope of the invention.
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1. A hair dryer, comprising:
a housing having an air inlet, an air outlet, and a motor, an impeller having a plurality of blades and a heating device mounted between the air inlet and the air outlet, a motor fixing seat mounted in the housing for securing the motor in the housing, and a plurality of air guide vanes mounted in the motor fixing seat, wherein:
the motor and the motor fixing seat are fixed in a distal end of an inner wall of the housing and located adjacent to the air inlet, and the impeller is located between the motor and the heating device.
2. The hair dryer in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising an arcuate guide flange mounted on the motor fixing seat and directed toward the air inlet.
3. The hair dryer in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the impeller includes three blades arranged in an equally divided manner each having a large area.
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