JPH0430809A - Locker - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent giving uncomfortable feeling when a door is opened and to improve odor environment in an office by a method wherein a wind sending means associated with locker door opening and closing operation starts operating with a door opening operation and stops operating with a door closing operation, and a fragrance means consists of a flavor container having an opening for masking smell remaining a locker. CONSTITUTION:When a door 3 of a locker body 1 is opened, a door switch 8 associated with the door 3 is turned ON, and at this time, as other timer switch 9 and hand-operating stop switch 10 are closed, a fan 7 is supplied with power to rotate. As a result, when air blown out from the fan 7 passes by a place where a flavor container 4 is set, odor of flavor vaporizing from the flavor container 4 is taken into the blown air. Thus odor mixed air is blown outside from the locker body 1. By this, other odors attached to clothes and remaining in a locker are masked, whereby a user smells the odor of the flavor from the flavor container 4 when he opens the door 3. When the door 3 is closed, the fan 7 stops operation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to lockers provided in offices, sports facilities, etc.

[Conventional technology]

Lockers are permanently installed in offices and sports facilities to store changing clothes and personal belongings, but conventionally, such lockers are generally formed in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with an opening/closing door on the front. Although a louver may be installed at the top or bottom of the door, the inside of the locker is usually sealed when the door is closed.

By the way, in recent years, with the spread of office buildings, especially intelligent buildings, many office automation equipment such as computers have been introduced in the workplaces of such buildings in order to cope with informationization and internationalization. Workers are required to process a flood of information accurately and quickly, and so-called technostress caused by extreme stress is becoming a social problem.

On the other hand, fragrances, which are the source of fragrance, are originally natural essential oils (esosential oils) extracted from plants and animals, and in ancient traditional medicine, these essential oils were widely used as therapeutic agents with efficacy and effects. In recent years, it has been recognized that terpene compounds such as pinene contained in the forest spirit can refresh your mood by bathing in the forest spirit called phytoncindo, for example in ``forest bathing.'' Therefore, one way to relieve stress such as technostress is to incorporate aromatic substances into the body, and psychological and physiological utilization of active control of scents called aromachology has been proposed. .

In addition, as living environment needs improve, playfulness is required, and the use of scent to enhance corporate image and the use of scent to match programs at shows and convenzitan centers has begun to attract attention. There is.

Therefore, we have previously proposed an aroma generator shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-127828 as a means of distributing scents in offices, etc., but this can be combined with air conditioning equipment installed in office buildings, etc. The company uses an air blower to forcefully emit fragrances to spread the scent throughout the office.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-127828 only releases a scent into the living space in the office.On the other hand, lockers installed in the office or locker room do not have their doors closed at all times, as mentioned above. Since the locker is closed and airtight, it is difficult to spread the fragrance to the inside of the locker.

On the other hand, lockers are used to store and store clothes worn by people, but in offices and other places, clothes are not frequently taken in and out, and the doors are only opened and closed when entering and leaving work in the morning and evening. Because the door is usually closed most of the time, odors tend to get trapped inside, which can make you feel uncomfortable when you open the door.

The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the disadvantages of the conventional example, to mask the odor that accumulates inside the locker, to prevent people from feeling uncomfortable when opening the door, and to improve the odor environment in the office. The goal is to provide lockers that can be used.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a wind blowing means and an aroma device disposed in an air flow path formed by the wind blowing means, and further includes a wind blowing means. The system starts when the locker door opens and closes, and stops when it closes, and the aroma device is a fragrance container having an opening.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, by placing the fragrance device in the air flow path formed by the air sending means, when the air sending means is activated, the fragrance generated from the fragrance device mixes into the air inside the locker, and the aroma inside the locker is mixed. Mask other odors.

Furthermore, according to claim (2), when the locker door is opened, the wind blowing means is operated in conjunction with this, and when it is closed, it is stopped.
When you open the door and put in and take out your clothes, you can feel the aroma and feel comfortable using the locker.

Furthermore, according to claim (3), the fragrance device disposed in the locker is a fragrance container with an opening and is not a costly piece of mechanical equipment, so it can be easily installed and requires only a small amount of installation space.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the locker of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the aroma device which is the main part of the same. An opening for entering and exiting clothing, etc., 3 indicates a door that closes the opening,
A fan 7 serving as a wind blowing means and a fragrance container 4 serving as an aroma device are disposed at appropriate locations within the main body 1, for example at the top.

As shown in FIG. 2, the perfume container 4 is, for example, a lid 4a made of aluminum foil or the like that covers the top opening 4C of the container main body 4b so as to be an airtight container when not in use, and a liquid perfume 5 is stored inside. A plurality of parallel broken lines 6 are suitably formed on the lid 4a, and by turning the lid 4a over the container body 4b up to the broken lines 6, the top opening 4C is opened.

In addition, the liquid fragrance 5 has different psychological and physiological effects on the human body depending on the type of fragrance, so for example, citrus (
Citrus scent), floral (flower scent), Utsuday
Prepare different types such as (wood scent).

Then, the fragrance container 4 is located in the air flow path on the leeward side of the fan 7 and close to the opening 2, and the always-open door switch 8, which is linked to the opening and closing of the door 3 and turns on when the door is opened and turns off when the door is opened, is connected to the locker. Provided in the main body 1.

Further, when the door 3 is left open for a long time, a timer switch 9 and a manual stop switch 10 are provided as switches for stopping the operation of the fan 7 midway. The timer switch 9 and manual stop switch 10 are normally closed switches that are reset in conjunction with the closing of the door 3.

FIG. 3 shows a circuit diagram for controlling the fan 7, in which the fan 7, door switch 8, timer switch 9, and manual stop switch 10 are connected in series to a power source 11.

Next, usage and operation will be explained.

Depending on the size of the space in the locker and the desired concentration, the lid 4a of the fragrance container 4 is opened to the position of the broken line 6 at an appropriate point, or the lid 4a is turned over to open the top opening 4c at the top of the container main body 4b, and the fragrance container 4 is opened. It is placed in the locker body 1 so as to be located on the leeward side of the fan 7 and close to the opening 2 of the locker body 1.

When the door 3 is closed, the door switch 8 is in an off state, and the fan 7 is not energized and the fan 7 is stopped.

Now, in order to take clothes etc. into and out of the locker body 1,
When door 8 is opened, door switch 8 is turned on in conjunction with this,
At this time, other timer switch 9, manual stop switch 1
Since fan 0 is closed, the fan 7 is energized and rotates.

As a result, when the air blown out from the fan 7 passes through the fragrance container 4, the fragrance of the fragrance evaporated from the fragrance container 4 is taken into the blown air, and the air becomes scented. It is blown out from inside the locker body l.

As a result, other odors adhering to clothes and the like trapped inside the locker are masked, and when the user opens the door 3, the scent of the perfume from the perfume container 4 is released.

The air containing the fragrance is continuously blown out while the door 3 is open, and when the door 3 is closed after putting in and taking out clothes, etc., the door switch 4 is turned off. , the fan 7 stops, and the blowing of scented air stops.

By the way, if the door 3 is open for a long time and you want to stop the fan 7 in the middle, you can either press the manual stop switch 10 to stop the power to the fan 7 immediately, or press the timer switch 9 and turn it off after, for example, 5 minutes. The power to the fan 7 is cut off.

When the door 3 is closed, the l, timer switch 9, and manual stop switch 10 are automatically reset and brought into a closed state.

Note that the reset means for the timer switch 9 and the manual stop switch 10 can be mechanically linked to the closing of the door 3 as described above, or may be reset electrically by providing a separate reset switch.

In addition, although the above embodiment has been described with reference to one locker, the present invention is not limited to this, and as another embodiment, as shown in FIG. For those with a series of openings and main bodies 1, a duct 12 is provided at the top to form a ventilation passage.
A fan 7 and a perfume container 4 may be arranged within this duct 12.

In this case, it is desirable to form an air intake port 12a at the 2nd end of the duct, and the fan 7 is configured to operate when any one of the doors 3 of the locker body 1, which is a large number, is opened.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, when the locker door of the present invention is opened, scented air is blown out from inside the locker, so other odors trapped inside are masked, and the user does not feel uncomfortable due to the odor. Since you can feel the fragrance without remembering it, you can improve the gradient environment.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of the locker of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the main part of the perfume container, FIG. 3 is a fan control circuit diagram, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the second embodiment. 1... Locker body 2... Opening 3... Door
4...Fragrance container 4a...Lid 4c...Top opening 6...Dotted line 8...Door switch 10...Manual stop switch 11...Power source 12a...Air intake port 4b...・Container body 5...Liquid fragrance 7...Fan 9...Timer switch I2...Duct

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A locker comprising a wind blowing means and an aroma device disposed in an air flow path formed by the wind blowing means. (2) The locker according to claim 1, wherein the wind blowing means is started in conjunction with the opening and closing operations of the locker door, and is started when the locker door is opened and stopped when it is closed. (3) The locker according to claim 1, wherein the aroma device is a perfume container having an opening.