JPH0332481Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a flower pressing device used for making pressed flowers.

[Background of the idea]

To make pressed flowers, the usual method is to sandwich the flowers between pieces of paper or the like and press them with a book or the like. This method requires a long time, more than a week, to make pressed flowers. Therefore, as a means for accelerating the drying of pressed flowers, there has been provided a flower press that allows pressed flowers to be made in a dry state in a container containing a desiccant such as silica gel. However, even with such a flower press, it takes a long time, from three days to one week, to make pressed flowers.

[Conventional technology]

Therefore, flower presses have been proposed that further accelerate the drying of pressed flowers by incorporating heating means therein. Such a pressed flower vase, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, has a container 1 with a porous lid 2 lined with a moisture-permeable plate 3, and a planar heating element 6 sandwiched between upper and lower heat-resistant plates 4 and 5 at the bottom of the container 1. A pair of cushion layers 7 and 8 are housed thereon, and a flower 10 sandwiched between paper 9 is placed between the cushion layers 7 and 8, and electricity is supplied from the cord 11 of the planar heating element 6. The flowers 10 are heated through the heat-resistant plates 4 and 5 through the heat-resistant plates 4 and 5, and the flowers 10 are heated through the cushion layers 7 and 8 by pushing the moisture-permeable plate 3 of the porous lid 2 onto the upper part of the container 1. It is used to create pressed flowers by pressing.
Due to such heating, the moisture in the flowers 10 evaporates and escapes to the outside world through the cushion layer 8, the moisture permeable plate 3, and the porous lid 2. Further, there have been provided devices using heating wires instead of the planar heating element 6, and devices in which the lid is lined with a silica gel sheet without providing any pores as a moisture removal means.

With a flower press having such a heating means, pressed flowers can be made in a short time of approximately 24 hours.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

However, in the case of the above-mentioned conventional flower press having a heating means, since the heating means requires electricity, it is inconvenient to carry around when traveling, and of course cannot be used in places without electricity.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides cushion layers 8A and 9 in containers 1A and 1B as a means to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems.
A, 5B, 6B and the cushion layers 8A, 9A,
Chemical heating layers 10A and 8B adjacent to 5B and 6B
The present invention provides a flower pressing vase that houses a pressing means for pressing the cushion layers 8A, 9A, 5B, and 6B, and a moisture removing means for removing moisture from the pressed flower pan.

[Effect]

In the container, the flowers are pressed by a pressing means through the cushion layer, and the flowers are heated by the chemical heating layer. The chemical heating layer generates heat through chemical changes and does not require electricity. The moisture evaporated from the flowers by such heating is removed by the moisture removal means.

[Effect of idea]

Therefore, since the flower press of the present invention does not require electricity, it is convenient to carry around and allows pressed flowers to be made quickly at any location.

〔Example〕

The present invention will be described with reference to an embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. In the flower pressing vase shown in the figure, a container 1A has a perforated lid 2A lined with a moisture permeable plate 3A such as an insulation board. At the bottom of the
A is laid, and a perforated plate 61A is stretched over the upper part of the heat insulating plate 4A with a slight gap 5A, and the perforated plate 6
A perforated plate 62A is removably stretched over the upper part of the perforated plate 1A via a spacer 7A, and a pair of cushion layers 8A and 9A such as a pair of polyurethane foam sheets are placed on the perforated plate 62A. .

The porous lid 2A of the container 1A has hinges 21A, 21A.
A lock fitting 22A is pivotally attached to the front edge of the container 1A, and a lock flange 11A is provided protruding from the front surface of the container 1A. A ventilation hole 12A communicating with the gap 5A is provided. Reference numeral 10 denotes a chemical heating layer which is replaceably housed between perforated plates 61A and 62A. The chemical heat generating layer 10A is made of, for example, a mixture of iron powder, water, salts, and further contains vermiculite,
It is a bag containing a mixture of zeolite, wood flour, vermiculite, activated carbon, etc., and when these are intimately mixed by hand, a chemical reaction generates heat, with an average of 50 to 55 degrees Celsius, and a maximum of about 70 degrees Celsius. temperature.

In the above-mentioned flower pressing vase, the flowers placed between the paper sheets are sandwiched between the cushion layers 8A and 9A, the lid is closed with the porous lid 2A, and the lock fitting 22A is engaged with the lock flange 11A of the container 1A. is fixed, and in this state, the moisture-permeable plate 3A of the porous lid 2A pushes into the upper part of the container 1A and presses the flower pot through the cushion layer 9A, and the chemical heating layer 10A that generates heat heats the flower pot. . The chemical heating layer 1
0A includes the vent hole 12A of the container 1A and the gap 5.
A. Air necessary for the reaction is supplied through the perforated plate 61A. The moisture evaporated from the heated flowers is transferred to the cushion layer 9A and the moisture permeable plate 3.
The particles are removed from the container 1 by escaping to the outside world through the holes in the porous lid 2A through the holes A. In this way, pressed flowers are created in about 24 hours.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the invention. In the figure, a porous lid 2 is attached to the upper and lower openings of the container 1B.
A fitting groove 21B into which the upper edge of the container 1B is fitted is formed at the peripheral edge of the porous lid 2B.
The porous lid 3B is lined with a moisture permeable plate 4B. A pair of cushion layers 5 are provided on the moisture permeable plate 4B.
B, 6B are placed, a perforated plate 7B is stretched over the cushion layer 6B, and a chemical heating layer 9B is housed in the gap 8B between the perforated plate 7B and the porous lid 2B.

In this embodiment, the flower press shown in FIG. 4 is turned upside down, the porous lid 3B is removed, and the flowers sandwiched between the paper sheets are sandwiched between the cushion layers 5B and 6B, and then the porous lid 3B is attached to the transparent The wet plate 4B presses the flowers through the cushion layer 5B. If the chemical heating layer 9B is turned upside down as shown in FIG.
If you open B, you can immediately replace it. In order to determine whether or not the life has come to an end, it is convenient to provide a hole 22B in the center of the porous lid 2B and attach a color thermometer 23B whose color changes depending on the temperature to the bottom of the hole 22B.

In addition to the above embodiments, instead of using a moisture-permeable plate or a porous lid to release moisture to the outside world, a moisture-absorbing method such as attaching a moisture-absorbing sheet such as a silica gel sheet to a non-porous lid was used as the moisture removal means. You can. Moreover, a weight or the like may be used as the pressing means.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 3 show one embodiment of the present invention, with Figure 1 being a sectional view, Figure 2 being a perspective view, and Figure 3 being a perspective view.
The figure is an exploded perspective view, FIG. 4 is a sectional view of another embodiment,
FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a conventional example. In the figure, 1A, 1B...container, 2A, 2B, 3B
...Porous lid, 3A, 4B...Moisture permeable plate, 8A, 9
A, 5B, 6B...Cushion layer, 10A, 8B
...Chemical heating layer, b...flowers.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A flower press characterized in that a container houses a cushion layer, a chemical heating layer adjacent to the cushion layer, a pressing means for pressing the cushion layer, and a moisture removing means for removing moisture from the pressed flowers. .