JP2002028024A - Wall-hung hair drier - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent electric shocks due to water and moisture by cutting off both poles of an A.C. power source to be impressed on a heater and a motor in a drier body when it is not used. SOLUTION: This wall-hung hair drier is provided with both a holder to which an actuating switch 8 connected to one pole of the A.C. power source and the drier body 16 with a grip switch 27 connected to the heater 22, the motor 25, and the other pole of the A.C. power source. When housing the drier body in the holder, bring both the heater and the motor in a turned-off state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wall-mounted hair dryer which is used by being attached to a bathroom wall of a hotel or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. Sho 60-119304, this type of wall-mounted hair dryer is provided with a recess on the front side of a holder attached to a wall, and the hair dryer is stored in the recess and used. Sometimes she holds a hairdryer and removes it from the recesses to blow warm air onto her hair.

[0003] The wall-mounted hairdryer attached to the hotel as described above is usually used by customers, and it is unknown what kind of customer uses the hairdryer. For example, even after use, if the hot air is continuously discharged without storing the dryer body in the recess of the holder,
Even when the dryer main body is housed in the concave portion, the power switch may not be turned off and the hot air may be continuously discharged.

[0004] In any of the above cases, there is a risk of fire when hot air hits the curtain of a towel or bathtub or the wall of a new building material for a long time.

In order to prevent the above-mentioned danger, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-18962 discloses that a handle of a dryer body is provided, and when the handle is grasped, a built-in switch is closed to supply power to a heater and a motor, and to the handle. When the grip is stopped, open the external operation switch to open and cut off the power supply to the heater and motor, and if the customer leaves the dryer body in the recess without leaving it, or if the dryer body is stored in the recess, The grip stops, the switch opens and the heater,
The energization of the motor is stopped to ensure safety.

[0006]

However, since the bathroom of a hotel is always in a high humidity state, when the insulation of the electric parts in the dryer main unit is reduced or when the dew is formed on the contact part, the bathroom unit is erroneously attached to the dryer main unit. There was a risk of electric shock from the hand holding the steering wheel when water was applied.

According to the present invention, when the drier body is not used, the heater inside the drier body and the AC power supply applied to the motor are shut off to prevent electric shock due to water or moisture by adhering to the heater or motor side. .

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a holder provided with a storage recess on the front side and a support portion containing an operation switch connected to one pole of an AC power supply, and at least a heater, a motor and an AC power supply. A dryer body having a grip switch that closes the other pole side by gripping a handle, energizes the heater and the motor, and disconnects electricity when the grip is released, and a grip switch for storing the dryer body in a storage recess. And the operation switch is opened by the dryer body.

The support portion is provided at an upper portion of the operation switch and is normally raised to close the operation switch, and is provided with a vertically movable actuator which opens the operation switch by pressing down. Is a horizontally long shape that is long in the direction in which the dryer body is stored in the storage recess.

An elevating mechanism is provided between the actuator and the operation switch, the elevating mechanism supporting a crossing portion of the two arms, and the operation switch is opened and closed by a part of the elevating mechanism. It is.

[0011] Further, a mounting portion is provided on both sides of the support portion of the holder at a predetermined interval, and the dryer main body is fixed at a predetermined interval between the support portion and one of the mounting portions, or the support portion. The drier body is stored at a predetermined interval between the drier body and the other placement section, so that the placement state of the dryer main body to the right or left can be selected.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an electric circuit diagram of the wall-mounted hair dryer of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state in which the dryer main body is housed in a holder, FIG.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the support portion in the horizontal direction (the storing direction of the dryer main body). FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the support portion.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the storage position of the dryer body in the holder.

(1) A pair of horizontally long mounting portions (3), which have a rectangular front shape and are spaced apart from the storage recess (2) on the front and left and right,
A holder made of synthetic resin obtained by integrally molding (3), and a column-shaped support portion (4) fixed by screws (not shown) is provided at an intermediate portion between the mounting portions (3) and (3). ing. or,
Supporters (5) and (5) are provided on the mounting portions (3) and (3), respectively.

The support part (4) and the left and right mounting parts (3),
At intervals between (3) and (3), predetermined intervals (6) and (6) are formed such that a handle of the dryer body described later enters.

The mounting portions (3), (3) and the support portion (4)
Are arranged in a horizontal line, and the body of the dryer body is housed in the storage recess (2) above the mounting portion and the support portion, and the handle of the dryer body is housed in the storage recess (2) below. Is done.

An operation switch (8) having a protruding pin (7) on the upper part, an elevating mechanism (9) provided on the upper part of the operation switch, and an upper part of the elevating mechanism The provided vertically movable actuator (10) is provided.

The operation switch (8) is connected to an AC power supply (1).
The protruding pin (7) connected to one pole side (A) of 1).
The lifting mechanism (9) has a contact (not shown) that is closed by rising and opened by falling.
2) and (12) are crossed, and the crossed portion is
3), and a pressure equalizing plate (14) is placed above it.

The equalizing plate (14) is provided with a spring (1).
5) and (15), and at the same time, the respective arms (12) and (12) are also expanded and separated from the projecting pin (7).

The actuator (10) has an arc-shaped upper surface and is provided above the pressure equalizing plate (14), and is usually raised by the springs (15) and (15). It has a horizontally long shape that protrudes from the upper end of (4) and is long in the direction in which the dryer body is stored in the storage recess (2) (the direction toward the front and the back in FIG. 2).

(16) is a pistol-type dryer main body provided in the storage recess (2) so as to be freely stored therein, and a body portion having a discharge port (17) on the front side and an intake port (18) on the rear side. 19), a handle (20) rotatably connected to the lower part of the body, and a power cord (21) derived from the lower end of the handle.

In the body (19), a heater (22) is provided.
And a motor (25) driven by a DC power supply stepped down by a resistor (23) and a diode (24), and a switch (26) for switching between hot air and cold air in the handle (20). And a grip switch (27) which is closed when the handle is gripped and opened when the grip is released.

The grip switch (27) is connected to the other pole (B) of the AC power supply (11).

Therefore, when the dryer main body (16) is stored in the storage recess (2), the AC power supply (11) is not used.
Is turned off by the operation switch (8), the other pole is turned off by the grip switch (27), and the heater (22) and the motor (25) sides are turned off. I have.

Next, the operation will be described. As described above, when the dryer body (16) is not used, as shown in FIG. 2, the upper part of the handle (20) is inserted into the predetermined gap (11) on the right side, and the discharge port (17) is directed to the left and the intake port ( 18) is located on the right side with the operation switch (8) and the grip switch (27) open, so that no voltage is applied between the poles of the heater (22) and the motor (25).

Therefore, no electric shock is caused even if hot or cold shower water is applied to the dryer main body (16) stored in the storage recess (2), even if the handle (20) or the trunk (19) is touched.

That is, when the dryer body (16) is housed, the lower surface of the body (19) is connected to the springs (15), (1).
Push down the actuator (10) against 5) and equalize the pressure plate (14)
Is also pushed down to compress the elevating mechanism (9).
3) presses the protruding pin (7) to open the switch.
Of course, since the grip switch (27) does not grip the handle (20), the grip switch (27) is opened and enters a double-cut state.

When the dryer body (16) is used for drying and styling the hair, when the handle (20) is gripped, the grip switch (27) is automatically closed and the other pole side and the heater (22) and One end of the motor (25) is connected.

When the dryer body (16) is completely removed from the storage recess (2), the springs (15), (15)
The lifting mechanism (9), the pressure equalizing plate (14), and the operating element (10) are raised by the restoring force, and the operation switch (8) is closed by releasing the pushing down of the protruding pin (7) to close one of the poles. (A) is connected to the other end of the heater (22) and the motor (25), and hot air or cold air is discharged from the discharge port (17) according to the selected position of the changeover switch (26).

When the dryer body (16) is not used, it is stored in the storage recess (2). However, the manner of handling the customer and the degree of storage are different, and the lower part of the body (19) is the support portion. It is not possible to specify which position of (4) is to be placed.

For this reason, it is necessary to provide a sufficient clearance so that fingers can enter between the handle (20) and the side wall of the holder (1) when storing and removing the dryer body (16). As a result, by increasing the depth dimension of the support part (4) and lengthening the horizontal dimension of the actuator (10) in the depth direction, the dryer body (16) can be mounted on the holder (1) as shown by the broken line in FIG. When the dryer body (16) is placed on the actuator (10) close to the side wall of the holder (1), the dryer body (16) is housed at a position shifted to the front side of the holder (1) as shown by the dashed line in FIG. Also the actuator (1
Press down 0).

As described above, when the dryer body (16) is placed on any position of the horizontally long actuator (10), the lifting mechanism (9) receives a biased force and pushes down the projecting pin (7).

Although not shown, when the dryer main body (16) is stored at a predetermined interval (6) between the support portion (4) and one of the mounting portions (3), the discharge port (17) is provided. ) Is to the right and the intake port (18) is to the left in a right-side storage state. Even in such a storage state, the grip switch (2)
7) and the operation switch (8) operate in the same manner as described above.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the dryer main body is housed in the holder, the operation switch and the grip switch are opened, and the heater and the motor are turned off. There is no danger of touching the holder or the dryer body and getting an electric shock.

In particular, as means for cutting off the power supply to the heater and the motor, one pole of the AC power supply is cut off by the operation switch on the holder and the other pole is switched by the grip switch of the dryer body. The safety is improved as compared with the case where a switch for double cutting is provided in the inside or the holder.

That is, it is not preferable to set both switches in a double-cut state by using a single switch, since the different poles are located close to each other, and the insulation causes a short circuit or short circuit due to a decrease in insulation caused by moisture.

Also, an up / down movable actuator is provided which is closed at the time of ascending and opened by pushing down the dryer body.
This actuator has a horizontally long shape that is long in the direction in which the dryer body is stored in the storage recess, so even users who are unsure how to handle the dryer body can store the dryer body in the recess. It can be stored in a place and some part of the actuator can be pushed down.

A lifting mechanism having two arms crossed is provided between the actuator and the operation switch, and the operation switch is opened and closed by a part of this mechanism. The lifting mechanism can surely open the operation switch and cut off the power even when the device is placed on the biased position of the actuator.

Further, mounting portions are provided at predetermined intervals on both sides of the support portion, and the dryer main body is accommodated at a predetermined interval on the right or left side of the support portion, and the dryer main body is placed on the right or left side of the dryer. It is possible to store the dryer body rightward or leftward according to the mounting position of the holder, and of course, regardless of the direction in which the dryer body is stored, the operation switch can be set. It can be opened, there is no regularity of storage of the dryer body,
In addition, safety can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an electric circuit diagram of a wall-mounted hair dryer of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state in which the dryer body is housed in a holder.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a support unit.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the support unit in the horizontal direction (the direction in which the dryer body is stored).

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the supporting portion.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a storage position of a dryer main body in a holder.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Holder 2 Storage recess 3 Placement part 4 Support part 6 Predetermined space 8 Operation switch 9 Elevating mechanism 10 Actuator 11 AC power supply 12 Arm 16 Dryer main body 19 Body 20 Handle 22 Heater 25 Motor

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Masami Fukumoto 3-201 Minamiyoshikata, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture F-term in Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A holder provided on the front side with a storage recess and a support portion containing an operation switch connected to one pole side of an AC power supply, and a handle gripping at least the other pole side of the heater, the motor and the AC power supply. And a dryer body having a grip switch that closes the heater and energizes the motor and cuts off electricity when the grip is released, and opens the grip switch when the dryer body is stored in the storage recess. A wall-mounted hair dryer characterized by opening an operation switch. 2. The operating device according to claim 1, wherein the support portion is provided at an upper portion of the operation switch, and is provided with a vertically movable actuator which normally rises to close the operation switch and opens the operation switch by pressing down. 2. The wall-mounted hair dryer according to claim 1, wherein the hair dryer has a horizontally long shape long in a direction in which the dryer body is stored in the storage recess. 3. Between the actuator and the operation switch,
3. The wall-mounted hair dryer according to claim 2, wherein an elevating mechanism that pivotally supports an intersection of the two arms is provided, and an operation switch is opened and closed by a part of the elevating mechanism. 4. A mounting portion is provided at both sides of the support portion of the holder at a predetermined interval, and the dryer main body is disposed at a predetermined interval between the support portion and one of the mounting portions, or a support portion. 2. The wall-mounted hair dryer according to claim 1, wherein the hair dryer is housed at a predetermined interval between the hair dryer and the other mounting portion, so that a right or left mounting state of the dryer main body can be selected.