JPH03140103A - Drying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use the device for various purposes such as a hair drier, a hand drier and heating of the room, etc., by providing a hair drying port and a hand drying port on a housing, and opening and closing them by a shutter. CONSTITUTION:In the case of a state that a switching knob 53 is in a position of the right side, a shutter 6 opens a hand drying port 9 by a slide lever 48. Therefore, in an air duct 22, an air course of a fan 15 is formed, air is fed to a heater 4 and compressed and discharged from the hand drying port 9, and a current flows to only the heater 4. Only when a sensor 27 senses a hand, a blowout operation of hot air can be executed, and the device becomes useable as a hand drier. In the case of a state that the switching knob 53 is in a position of the center, a hair drying port 8 is opened, a current flows to only a heater 3, and the device becomes useable as a hair direr. In the case of a state that the switching knob 53 is in a position of the left side, air is discharged from the hair drying port 8 and the hand drying port 9, a current of 1/2 each is allowed to flow to the heaters 3, 4, and the device becomes useable for heating, etc.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a drying device that is used by being attached to a wall surface of a washroom or kitchen.

[Conventional technology]

A drying device (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-37647), which is an example of a conventional dryer that is mounted on a wall, is equipped with a heater (not shown) and a blower fan (not shown), as shown in FIG. ) and has a discharge port 100 and a suction port 101;
It consists of a stand 103 which rotatably connects the suction port 101 of 02 and is attached to a wall. When using this drying device as a hair dryer, the drying device is attached to a wall at a position above the user's head, and the center of the suction port 100 is used as a fulcrum so that the warm air sent from the discharge port 100 hits the user's head. Rotate the discharge port 100 to use it.

Additionally, a drying device such as a conventional hand dryer that is used by being attached to a wall (for example,
No. 92) is a blower device 104 having a heater (not shown) and a blower fan (not shown) as shown in FIG.
and a housing 105 for fixing the blower device 104 and a control circuit (not shown), and is fixed to a wall surface so that the outlet 106 is located at the position of the user's hand.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, these drying devices have the same function of discharging hot air, but are used for different purposes, so each drying device must be installed depending on the purpose, which has the disadvantage of requiring multiple drying devices. Ta.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a dryer 21 that can be used in a wide range of applications such as hair dryers, hand dryers and room heating.

[Means to solve the problem]

The drying 'tNW of the present invention has a housing formed with an inlet, a hair outlet, and a hand outlet, and sucks in air from the inlet and discharges air from the hair outlet and the hand outlet. A blower may be provided in the housing, a heater may be provided inside each of the hair outlet and the hand outlet, and a shutter may be configured to open and close the hair outlet and the hand outlet. It has been established.

[Function] According to the configuration of the present invention, when the shutter of the hair outlet is opened and the blower is activated, wind is sucked in from the suction port and blown out from the hair outlet, and when power is supplied to the heater of the hair outlet. It produces warm air and can be used as a hair dryer.

Similarly, by opening the shutter of the hand outlet and operating the blower and heater, it can be used as a hand dryer. Furthermore, by opening the shutters of the hair outlet and the hand outlet, the device can be used for purposes such as room heating.

As a result, one unit can be used for a wide range of purposes.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be explained based on Figs. 1 to 5. That is, this drying device includes a housing l,
It has a blower device 2, heaters 3 and 4, and lids 5 and 6.

The housing l forms a suction lower, a hair outlet 8, and a hand outlet 9. The hair outlet 8 and the hand outlet 9 are arranged on both ends of the housing 1 on a substantially diagonal line. This housing 1 is composed of a housing main body IO that fixes a blower device 2, and a housing cover 11 that covers these, and includes a housing fixing boss 1.
3 and are interconnected by screws (not shown).

A mounting plate I2 for fixing to the wall surface is screwed to the housing main body IO, and when this mounting plate 12 and an additional hook (not shown) attached to the wall 21 fit together, it can be fixed to the wall. Installed.

The housing cover 11 has a lattice-shaped suction lower formed on the front surface, a lattice-shaped hand outlet 9 on the lower surface, and a hair outlet 8 on the upper surface. A detection window 26 is provided near the hand outlet 9.

The hair outlet 8 has a nozzle 2 for stabilizing hot air.
9 is provided, and this nozzle 29 has a wind direction frame 30 that is pivotally supported on the nozzle 29 so that the hot air angle can be changed back and forth;
Inside the wind direction frame 30, there is provided a louver 31 which is pivotally supported by the wind direction frame 30 at an intermediate position on the side so that the hot air angle can be changed from side to side. Further, the wind direction frame 30 is provided with a wind direction knob 32 for moving the wind direction frame 30 back and forth. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 2, a display panel 33 for displaying the operating state, a display circuit 34 for driving the display panel 33, and a timer 35 for checking the hand operating time are provided on the top side. .

The blower device 2 is provided in the housing 1 so as to be capable of sucking in air from a suction lower and discharging lice from a hair outlet 8 and a hand outlet 9. This blower device 2 is composed of a motor 14 and a fan 15. The fan 15 of the embodiment has a function of sucking air in the axial direction and blowing it out in the radial direction by rotation, and the fan 15 is located between the hair outlet 8 and the hand outlet 9. The fan 15 is screwed onto the output shaft 19 of the motor 14, and the air volume and air pressure are controlled by the rotational speed of the fan 15. On the other hand, on the back side of the mounting plate 12 of the housing body 10, a positioning rib 16 for positioning the motor 4 is provided integrally with the housing body 10. The motor 14 is fixed by providing a vibration-proofing rubber F on the rotating shaft 19 side to which the fan 15 is attached, and a vibration-proofing rubber 18 being attached to the opposite side. The fixing plate 20 is screwed to a motor fixing rib 21 integral with the housing body 10 at three locations.

A wind tunnel 22 is screwed to the motor fixing plate 20.

This wind tunnel 22 surrounds the fan I5, and as shown in FIG. 2, has a hole 23 on the suction side of the fan 15, and extends to a communication portion 24 extending to the hair outlet 8 of the housing 1 and the hand outlet 9 It has a communication part 25.

The heaters 3.4 are arranged inside the hair outlet 8 and the hand outlet 9, respectively.

That is, a heater enclosure frame 26 for housing the heater 3 is screwed onto the communication portion 24 of the wind tunnel 22, and its opening 3G is close to and opposite to the inside of the hair outlet 8, thereby allowing the heater 3 to It is arranged inside the discharge port 8.

The heater 3 has a coil shape and is wound around the outer periphery of a pair of parallel substrates 39. Reference numeral 40 denotes a retaining rib for fixing the substrate 39 to the heater surrounding frame 26.

Here, the hair outlet 8 is formed wide in order to discharge a wide wide wind, and the heater surrounding frame 26 is also formed wide correspondingly. It is wound in a coil shape so that the axis line is in the direction. Furthermore, in order to emit uniform hot air from the hair outlet 8, the coil of the heater 3 is tightly wound around the communication part 24, and loosely wound in the area away from the communication part 24.

The communication portion 25 is provided with a heater storage portion 37, and an opening 38 at the tip thereof approaches and faces the inside of the hand outlet 9 of the housing cover 10. The heater 4 is housed in the heater housing 37, and thereby the heater 4 is disposed inside the hand outlet 9. This heater 4 is also coil-shaped, and a pair of bases 4Ii41 are combined in a cross pattern and wound around its outer periphery. Further, on the side of the heater 4 near the fan 15, a voltage dividing resistor 42 for dropping the voltage and supplying it as power to the motor 14 is wound around the outer periphery of the board.
Even when the shutter 6 of the hand discharge port 9 is closed, the wind generated by the fan 15 is made to hit the hand.

The glossers 5 and 6 open and close the hair outlet 8 and the hand outlet 9. That is, these shutters 5.6 have shutter plates 46, 47 and slide levers 48, and the shutter plates 46.47 are formed on the extensions 45 of the front plate 43 and rear plate 44 that constitute the wind tunnel 22. It is slidably supported in the slide groove 49, and the communicating portions 24 and 25 can be opened and closed by sliding. By opening and closing the communicating portions 24.25, the hair outlet 8 and the hand outlet 9 are opened and closed. The slide lever 48 is arranged between the motor 14 and the wind tunnel 22, and has a slit 5 at both ends so as to operate the shaft plates 46, 47 simultaneously.
0 with the engaging projections 51 of the shaft plates 46 and 47,
The support shaft 52 at the intermediate portion is held by the rear plate 44 of the wind tunnel 22. An operating knob 53 for operating the slider bar 48 is provided on the shaft plate 46. Furthermore, a switch 54 is provided to confirm the position of the shirt cover plate 46°47.
56 are arranged at three locations along the front edge of the shirt cover plate 46 and are attached to the front plate 43 of the wind tunnel 22, respectively.

Further, a sensor 27 that detects hand motion through the detection window 26 on the back side of the detection window 26 of the housing cover 11 and a control circuit 28 connected to the sensor 27 are fixed to the post 57 of the housing body 10.

This control circuit 28 controls fan speed, heater 3
．． 4 and other circuits, enabling the following operations.

That is, by operating the switching knob 53 left and right in FIG. 4, the heaters 3 and 4 are controlled and the wind is switched. When the switching knob 53 is at position A on the right in FIG. 9 is opened, the wind tunnel 22 is formed with an air path of a general fan 15, and the air is blown to the heater 4, compressed, and discharged from the hand outlet 9. On the other hand, in the heater 3, the position of the shutter plate 46 is detected by the switch 54, so that the heater 3 is not energized and current flows only to the heater 4. Furthermore, in this state, the sensor circuit including the sensor 27 becomes the main circuit,
The hot air blowing operation becomes possible only when the sensor 27 detects a hand.

In this way, it can be used as a hand dryer.

When the switching knob 53 is at the center position B in FIG. 4, the hand outlet 9 is closed by the shutter 6, and the hair outlet 8, which had been closed by the shutter 5, is opened.
90% of normal wind is blown out at low pressure. Further, the position of the shutter plate 46 is detected by the switch 55, the energization of the heater 4 is stopped, and current flows only to the heater 3. The hair outlet 8 has a large opening area in order to emit wide air, and in this case, in order to emit uniform hot air, the coil wires of the heater 3 are arranged densely near the air duct, and in distant areas. Roughly arranged. This allows it to be used as a hair dryer.

When the switching knob 53 is at position C on the left side in FIG.
Seven times as much wind is discharged from the hair outlet 8 and the hand outlet 9. Also, the position of the shirt shirt plate 46 is sensed by the switch 56 and two currents are applied to both heaters 3.4.

In this way, it can be used as a heater, etc.

FIG. 5 shows this drying device in use, with the hair outlet 8 on the upper side and the hand outlet 9 on the lower side, and the wall 2.
A drying device is attached to a human body 60 at chest level. Arrows indicate wind.

According to this embodiment, one drying device is installed at a predetermined height on the wall 21 and can be used as a hair dryer by opening the hair outlet 8, and can be used as a hand dryer by opening the hand outlet 9. You can also open both for heating, etc.

In addition, the hair outlet 8 has a large diameter and low pressure and large air volume.
In addition, the hand outlet 9 has a small diameter and has a high pressure to small air volume, so it is possible to effectively use a hair dryer and a hand dryer without reducing drying efficiency. When blowing out from the outlet 9 at the same time, the output of the motor 14 is 1.3 times and the amount of air blown is 1.7 times that of the motor 14, which is efficient.

C) Effect of the invention) According to the drying device of the present invention, the housing is provided with a hair outlet and a hand outlet, which are opened and closed by a shutter, so that it can be used for a wide range of applications such as hair dryers, hand dryers, and room heating. It has the effect of being able to

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view with the housing cover removed, Fig. 3 is a plan view, Fig. 4 is a front view, and Fig. 5 is a state in use. 6 is a perspective view of a conventional example, and FIG. 7 is a side view of another conventional example. ■...Housing, 2...Blower, 3.4...
Heater, 5, 6...Shutter, 7...Suction port, 8
...Hair outlet, 9...Hand outlet 2nd figure 3.4 L-ta 5, 6...l ta 6 D 2 2nd part ■ figure 5 figure 6 +02

Claims (1)

[Claims] A suction port, a hair discharge port, and a hand discharge port are formed in the housing, and an air blower is provided in the housing such that wind can be sucked in from the suction port and air can be discharged from the hair discharge port and the hand discharge port. A drying device, wherein a heater is disposed inside each of the hair outlet and the hand outlet, and a shutter is provided to freely open and close the hair outlet and the hand outlet.