JPH0444704A - Multifunctional blower device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform easy drying of hair, heating of a whole body during a winter season, and cooling during a summer season through a single device by disposing an upper block having a blowing means which blows air toward an oblique front and a heating means which produces hot air out of the blown air, a central block which has a heat radiation part, and a lower block which has a hot air blowing part, in that order. CONSTITUTION:A multifunctional blower device is embedded in a wall surface, and a blowing port 24 of a blowing unit 2 is protruded from a device 1. By blowing air by means of a blower 22 as a heater contained in a heater containing part 23 is energized, the blowing unit 2 can be utilized as a hair drier, and by blowing air from the blowing unit 2 without operating the heater, the blowing unit 2 is served as an electric fan. By operating a far infrared ray radiation part 3, far infrared ray radiation for heating and drying a body after bath can be obtained. Further, the blowing port 24 is positioned facing an air duct 11, and by operating the blowing unit 2 and the heater in this state, the discharged hot air through a hot air discharge port 14 in the lower part of the device body 1 enables air conditioning for heating.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a multifunctional air blower that is installed mainly in washrooms and changing rooms and can be used as a hair dryer, heating device, electric fan, and the like.

[Conventional technology]

Activities performed in washrooms and changing rooms include washing the face in the morning, brushing teeth, undressing and dressing before and after bathing, and drying hair after washing. The electrical appliances required for these activities include hair dryers for drying hair, heating equipment for heating in winter, and electric fans for cooling in summer.
These are brought into the washroom or dressing room and used depending on the important family.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In this case, equipment must be brought in and taken out depending on the season and purpose, and it is necessary to wash and wash at home.
It is often difficult to find a place to store a hair dryer in the dressing room.Furthermore, if you bring a heating device in during the winter, there are restrictions on the size of the heating device that can be used. Even if you are only able to heat your body, your whole body will not be warm and you will often end up feeling cold. The present invention was created in view of these points, and its purpose is to provide a multifunctional air blower that can easily dry hair, heat the whole body in the winter, cool the body in the summer, etc. It is on offer.

[Means to solve the problem]

Therefore, the multifunctional air blower according to the present invention includes an upper block that includes an air blower that blows air diagonally forward and downward, a heating means that converts the air into warm air, and a heat radiation section for body drying and heating. The present invention is characterized in that a central block with a central block and a lower block with a warm air blower are arranged in order in the vertical direction. [Function] According to the present invention, the upper block of the three blocks arranged vertically can dry the hair and cool the hair in the summer.
The middle block allows you to warm your body, and the lower block provides hot air heating. [Embodiment] The present invention will be described in detail below based on the illustrated embodiment. This multifunctional air blower has a blower unit 2 attached to the front upper part of a vertically elongated body 1, and is operated from the upper part of the center part. The panel 15 is formed with a far-infrared ray emitting section 3 extending from the center to the lower part, and a hot air discharge [ ] 14 arranged at the lower part. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the blower unit 2 here has a sirocco-type blower 22 placed inside a casing 20 that is fitted into an opening formed in the upper part of the container body 1. A blower port 24 equipped with a looper 25 for changing the wind direction is connected to the discharge portion of the blower 22 via a heater housing tube 23 . The air outlet 24 opens at the lower end surface of the casing 20. In the upper part of the blower unit 2, a rotating device V5 is provided for swinging the blower unit 2 up and down. In other words, the casing 20 of the 5 blower units 2 is
The fixed shaft 50 is attached via the bearing mounting plate 26 and the bearing 27 to the fixed shaft 50 which is attached to the pair of support plates 18 and 18 protruding from the container body 1 via the fixed sleeve 19. The casing 2 is rotatable relative to the fixed gear 51 fixed to the fixed shaft 50.
A gear 52 that is rotationally driven by a motor 53 that is fixed to zero and is rotatable in forward and reverse directions is engaged with the gear 52. When the gear 52 is rotated by the motor 53, the gear 52 meshes with the fixed gear 51 and moves around the fixed gear 51, as shown in FIG.
Rotate around 0. In the figure, reference numeral 55 denotes a rotation angle detection plate fixed to the fixed shaft 50, and as shown in FIG. Three states can be detected by detecting the slits 55a and 55b using the photoelectric sensors TH, TH,. One is the stored state in which the air outlet 24 of the air blower unit 2 is directed into the container body 1. At this time, both photoelectric sensors TH,, T)+2 are detecting the slits 55a and 55h, and the other two are One is when one photoelectric sensor TH is turned on and off at the edge of the slit 55a, and the other photoelectric sensor TH2 is turned on and off at the edge of the slit 55b. The latter two set a reciprocating swing range of approximately 70°. Here, a geared motor with a built-in clutch is used as the motor 53 to set the swinging speed to an appropriate speed and also to allow the direction of the blower unit 2 to be changed manually. As shown in FIGS. 10(aHb) and (e), a rotation angle detection plate 55 is installed on the blower unit 2 side.
Of course, a pair of charging sensors T) (TH2 may be provided on the side of the body 1. In the figure, MS is the blower unit 2.
This switch is turned on when the container is completely stored in the container 1. As shown in FIG. It is formed of a reflector 30 placed behind the heaters H2 and H3, and a grid 13 placed on the front side.A warm air outlet 14 is formed at the lower front of the body 1. In addition, the operation panel] 5 and the far-infrared radiation emitting section 3
A blower duct which is disposed on both sides of the back of the reflector plate 3 and whose lower end is in communication with the warm air outlet 1. When the air outlet 24 of the air blower unit 2 is accommodated in the container body 1, it is arranged to face the air outlet 24. The warm air supplied from the blower unit 1 can be discharged from the blower outlet 14. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, this multifunctional air blower is embedded in the wall surface, and as shown in FIG. 4(b),
By making the air outlet 24 of the air blowing unit 2 protrude from the container body 1 and blowing air with the air blower 22 while energizing the heater H1 housed in the heater housing 23, the air blowing unit 2 can be used as a hair dryer. is completed, heater H1
If the air blower unit 2 blows air without operating the air blower unit 2, the air blower unit 2 becomes an electric fan. Furthermore, by activating the far-infrared radiation section 3, it is possible to obtain far-infrared heat radiation for heating and drying the body after bathing.Furthermore, the ventilation unit 2 is housed in the body 1 and the ventilation opening 24 is opened. If the blower unit 2 and the heater H1 are operated in this state while facing the blower duct 11, the hot air outlet 14 at the bottom of the body 1
Heating can be obtained by discharging hot air from the Next, the operation panel 15 arranged on the container body 1 is operated, and the blower unit 2 and each heater H are operated in response to instructions from the operation panel 15.
The control circuit 16 that controls the operations of I, H2, and Hs will be explained. Note that the control circuit 16, as shown in FIG.
It is installed between a pair of left and right ventilation ducts 11.11. The operation panel 15 has a switch S as shown in FIG.
W1 to SW are used to switch between four operating modes: hair dryer body cooler, body warmer, and room warmer.When set to hair dryer mode, the air temperature can be set to 5 levels and the air volume to 3.
It is possible to switch in stages. In addition, in the body cooler mode in which air is blown from the air blower unit 2 protruding from the body 1, the air volume can be switched to three levels, and '1/f J switching. It is now possible to obtain a state in which the air volume changes with "1/f fluctuation", and when the mode is set to body warmer, the amount of heat emitted by the far-infrared radiation section 3 can be switched between two stages, and further When set to room warmer mode, the room temperature can be automatically adjusted to a set temperature, the air volume can be changed to three levels, and a timer can be operated. To explain this point based on FIG. 12, the control circuit 16 includes an AC circuit section 16a and a microcomputer control circuit 16b.
When the power switch SW2゜ is turned on, the switching element TRs is turned on by the phototriac PC1゜ and enters the standby state.
At this point, if you operate the hair dryer switch SW1, the state of the switch MS will be monitored, and if the air blower unit 2 is stored, the rotation device 5 will move the air outlet 24.
Rotate the blower unit 2 at about 30 degrees so that it protrudes outside the container 1.
After that, turn on the motor 21 and turn on the heater H.
By turning on the switching element TR1 through phase control for energizing, operation is started with the maximum air volume and the maximum air temperature. The phase angle of the switching element TR is determined by the capacitor C.
It is determined by T and the time constants of resistors R1 to R6. For example, when resistor R1 is connected, it is 2200 W, when resistor R2 is connected, it is 1960 W, when resistor R1 is connected, it is 1480 W, and when resistor R4 is connected.
It is controlled so that it becomes 1240W when the resistance is R1, and 100OW when the resistance R1 is set. These are an air temperature switch SW that switches cyclically,
The phototriacs PC1 to PC6 switch to adjust the air temperature. The motor 21, which is turned on and off by the control signal MC, is controlled by the air volume switch 5.
The rotation speed (
air volume) is controlled. In addition, the switching element T R2~
"Strong" when TR4 is on, switching element TR3,
When TR4 is on, it is "medium", and when only switching element TR is on, it is "weak". When the body cooler switch SW2 is operated, the state of the switch MS is monitored to confirm whether the air blower unit 2's air blower 24 is facing outside the body, and then the motor 21 is turned on to blow air. is started, and the C air volume is adjusted in accordance with the operation of the air volume switch SW as in the above case. Also, rl/fJ switch SW L? When operated, [' 1. /
f In order to obtain the wind of J fluctuation, the wind I is “medium” and 1
The three states of "weak I" and "1 weakest" are automatically switched at predetermined time intervals. Figure 13 shows this switching pattern.
"Weakest" is a state in which all switching elements TR2 to TR4 are turned off. When the body warmer switch SW is operated, the far infrared heater i (2, H3) is turned on through the relays RY1 and RY2, and when a low temperature is selected with the temperature switch SW, t, the far infrared heater is turned on. Only the heater H2 is turned on.In any case, the heater H2 is long in the upper direction and uses the heaters Hs and H to emit far infrared rays. When the room warmer switch SW is operated, the switch MS monitors to confirm that the blower unit 2 is in the stowed state. After that, hot air is discharged (warm air is discharged from J14,
At this time, the room temperature obtained by the room temperature thermistor T is set by the temperature setting switches SW, SW,. 14 depending on the room temperature at that time so that the temperature is set by
t and l shown in the figure: The power consumption of the sea urchin heater Hi is determined and hot air is discharged. The timer switch SW is a set switch S VJ to keep the operating time within the set time.
. is for setting the operation start time, and the time setting switch SW, , is for setting the time. When these switches are operated, the hours and minutes are set using the "hour" switch SW and the "1 minute" switch -f'SW. The swinging operation of the blower unit 2 is performed using the swinging switch SW+.
This is done by operating s. R, Y4 in FIG. is a relay for turning on and off the motor 53 of the rotating device 5;
RYs is a relay for reversing the rotation direction of the motor 53 in response to the rotation angle detection 4, 1'. In addition, the air blower unit 2 is designed to be returned to the stored state when the hair dryer and body cooler modes are not selected, and the power switch SW 20
Even when you turn it off, it will return to the stored state. Note that the set temperature, room temperature, iji, timer mode, set mode, and time are displayed on the display section 80 on the liquid crystal panel in /L-Muraohmer mode, but in other modes The operating state at the time is displayed by light emitting display elements 1 to L16. In addition, for safety, if the same condition continues for more than 3 o'clock in the room warmer mode, or for more than 15 minutes in other modes, it will automatically turn off. FIGS. 15 to 17 show that a metal fitting holder 17 provided on the back side of the vessel body 1 and a hook metal fitting 9 fixed to the wall surface are used.
9 in Figure 1 of L7 shows the case where it is mounted on a wall.
0 is a decorative frame attached to the side of the vessel. FIGS. 18 and 19 show the other side of the far-infrared radiation part. Here, far-infrared heaters H2 and H3 are made up of a cylindrical quartz tube 32 whose outer peripheral surface is coated with far-infrared radiation paint, and a heater coil 31 arranged inside this quartz tube 32.
A narrow far-infrared radiating plate 33 is installed between the discharge grid 13 and the discharge grid 13 to increase the far-infrared radiation area.
4 is the end Ibin. As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, an opening 35 is formed in the reflecting plate 30, and warm air is sent toward the opening 35 through the air ducts 11 located on both sides behind the reflecting plate 30. By forming the first part 36, warm air may also be emitted from the far-infrared radiation part 3, thereby increasing the drying and heating effect on the body. In this case, as shown in FIG. 22, If a damper 6 that can shut off the supply of hot air to the hot air outlet 14 is placed at the lower end of the air duct 11, the damper 6 can stop the hot air from being discharged from the hot air outlet 14, thereby reducing far-infrared radiation. 1. In the figure, 61 is a lever directly connected to the rotation shaft of the damper 6. By rotating the damper 6 by 90 degrees by this lever 61, the above-mentioned closing and hot air can be discharged reliably from the section 3. The hot air supply state to the discharge port 14 is switched. As shown in FIG. 23, if a towel rack 70 is installed across the front of the hot air outlet 14, towels can be dried with the warm air discharged from the hot air outlet 14. FIG. 24 shows a towel rack 70 when the hot air outlet 14 is provided on the lower end surface of the container 1 which is mounted on a wall.
The installation position is shown. As shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, if it is installed on the side of the dressing room 91 on the wall that partitions the dressing room 91 and the bathroom 92, the A second hot air outlet 64 is provided on the lower back side, and the damper 60
If the hot air discharge can be switched between the hot air outlet 14 on the front side and the hot air outlet 64 on the back side, hot air can be discharged to the bathroom 92 side through the hot air outlet 64. , the bathroom 92 can be heated and dried easily, making bathing in winter more comfortable and reducing mold generation.In the figure, 93 is the bathtub, 94 is the door,
65 is a connecting duct. As shown in FIG. 29, when the bathtub 93 is located on the bathroom 92 side of the wall that partitions the dressing room 91 and the bathroom 92, as shown in FIG. All you have to do is place the . FIG. 31 shows an example in which the storage cabinet 95 is installed in front of a storage cabinet 95 installed next to a washstand 94. The storage cabinet 95 has storage shelves on the side. In this case, if the storage cabinet 95 is attached to the storage cabinet 95 with a hinge 96 as shown in FIG. 32, ventilation and heating can be provided to the user standing in front of the vanity 94, as shown in FIG. 33. becomes possible. Further, as shown in FIGS. 34 to 36, a second hot air outlet 64 that opens toward the inside of the storage cabinet 95 is provided, and the damper 6 directs the discharge of hot air between the hot air outlet 14 and the hot air outlet 14. If the discharge port 64 can be switched, the inside of the storage cabinet 65 can be dried.
7 is a ventilation hole. Fig. 37 shows a stand-alone type with a stand 75 provided at the lower end, and Fig. 38 shows a stand-alone type with a stand 75 equipped with casters 76 for ease of movement. Furthermore, FIGS. 39 and 40 show that when fixing to the wall,
Posts 7 fixed to the wall instead of directly fixed to the wall
It is designed to be able to freely slide up and down along line 7. The vertical position can be adjusted according to the height of the user or the purpose of use 78 in Figure 1
79 is a stopper knob for fixing the vertical position. At this time, as shown in FIGS. 41 and 42, the container body 1 may be divided into upper and lower parts so that both parts can be moved up and down individually.

【Effect of the invention】

As described above, in the present invention, of the three blocks arranged vertically, the upper block is used to dry the hair and cool down in the summer, the central block is used to warm the body, and the lower block is used to blow hot air. It can provide heating, drying hair, heating the whole body in winter,
It can easily perform various activities such as cooling down in the summer, and is suitable for installation in small dressing rooms and washrooms.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view of one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a cutaway front view, Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the same, and Figs. 4 (a) and (b) are side views of the same when embedded in the wall surface. Figure 5 is a horizontal cross-sectional view of the same as above, Figures 6 and 7 are cross-sectional views and vertical cross-sectional views of the same as above, Figure 8 is a side view of the rotation angle detection plate of same as above, and Figure 9 is (a) and (b) are cutaway side views showing rotation of the same fan unit as above, No. 10 Il! I (a) (b)
(e) is an explanatory diagram showing the other side of rotation angle detection, FIG. 11 is a front view of the operation panel same as above, FIG. 12 is a circuit diagram same as above,
Figure 13 is an explanatory diagram of r 1 / f J fluctuation, Figure 14
The figures are diagrams explaining the operation of room temperature control, Figures 15 and 1.
Figure 6 is a side view and horizontal sectional view when it is hung on a wall, Figure 17 is a vertical sectional view of the wall hanging part of the same as above, Figure 18 is a horizontal sectional view of the other side of the far infrared radiation part, and Figure 19 is the same as above. FIG. 20 is a horizontal sectional view of the other side of the far-infrared radiation part,
Figure 21 is a partial front view of the same as above, Figure 22 (aHb) is a partial vertical sectional view and partial front view of the same as above, and Figures 23 (a) and (b).
Figures 24(a) and 24(b) are side and front views of other installation examples.
are side and front views of different installation examples, Figure 25(a) (
h> is a front view as seen from the dressing room side and a front view as seen from the bathroom side showing the installation state of another embodiment, FIG. 26 is a horizontal sectional view of the same as above, and FIGS. 27(a) and (b) are as above. 28 is a vertical sectional view of the same as above, FIG. 29 is a horizontal sectional view showing another installation state, FIG. 30 (aHb) is a sectional view and front view of the same bathtub, Figure 31 is a perspective view of the storage cabinet when it is placed on the front side, Figures 32 and 33 are a perspective view and horizontal sectional view of the other side of the same as above, Figure 34 is a perspective view of the other side, and Figure 35. 36 is a horizontal cross-sectional view and a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the same as above, FIGS. 37 and 38 are respectively perspective views when the type is stationary, and FIGS. 39 and 40 are front views when the type is movable up and down. and a side view, and FIGS. 41 and 42 are a front view and an RFS view of the other side, where 1 is the vessel body, 2 is a blower unit, 3 is a far-infrared radiation part, and 14 is a hot air outlet. shows. Agent Patent Attorney Ishi 1) Chief 7 Figure 5 Figure 8 Figure 10 (b) (C) Figure 16 Figure 17 Figure 19 Figure 20 Figure 21 Figure 6 Figure 22 (b) Figure 23 (b) Figure 33 Figure 34 Figure 35 Figure 36 Figure 37

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) An upper block equipped with an air blower that blows air diagonally forward and downward and a heating means that converts the air into warm air, and a central block that is equipped with a heat radiation section for body drying and heating;
A multifunctional blower device characterized in that a lower block including a warm air blower is arranged in order in the vertical direction.