JPH0519026Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] This invention relates to a hot air unit suitable for use by being disposed on a top plate of a bathroom vanity or the like.

[Conventional technology and its issues]

In recent years, various types of bathroom vanities have been proposed that allow hair to be washed at a vanity, and in conjunction with this, various vanities have been proposed in which a hair dryer for drying hair after washing is disposed in the vanity.

On the other hand, washstands are often used to wash small items such as handkerchiefs, underwear, socks, etc.

Therefore, there is a demand for a bathroom vanity that is equipped with a dryer as described above and has the function of easily drying washed small items.

However, simply equipping a bathroom vanity with the dryer and dryer described above would significantly increase the number of parts and complicate the assembly process.
In addition to a significant increase in product cost, simply providing a dryer and a dryer is not functionally easy to use, and moreover, the decorativeness is also poor.

This device was devised in view of the current situation, and its purpose is to have a dryer and the ability to easily dry small items that have been washed. In order to prevent fires and deformation of surrounding parts due to operation, the hot air outlet is configured so that it cannot generate hot air unless it is set in a predetermined position.Moreover, the number of parts is small, and the ease of assembly is improved. The aim is to provide an excellent and inexpensive hot air unit.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the hot air unit according to this invention blows warm air from the hot air outlet of the hair dryer body, which is attached to the unit body and can be rotated at any angle, to the outside of the unit body or to the above-mentioned hair. A hot air unit configured to blow air to a drying chamber disposed adjacent to a hair dryer body, wherein the hot air outlet of the hair dryer body communicates with the drying chamber, or The device is characterized in that it is configured to operate only when it is set in the hair drying position of the unit body.

[Effect]

Therefore, in the hot air unit according to this invention, by setting the hot air outlet of the dryer at the front side of the washstand, you can wash your hair with both hands immediately after washing, without having to hold the dryer in one hand. By setting the hot air outlet of the dryer toward the drying room, you can easily dry the washed small items without having to install a separate drying heater. By configuring it so that hot air cannot be generated unless the outlet is set in the hair drying position, there is no risk of fire or deformation of surrounding components due to malfunction, greatly improving safety. be able to.

〔Example〕

This invention will be described in detail below based on an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which a hot air unit 1 according to this embodiment is arranged on one side of the top plate of a washstand 2. A mirror 2a is provided with a lighting 2b on the upper edge of the mirror 2a, and a plurality of storage portions 2c are provided on the left side of the mirror 2a.
A washstand 2e having a sink 2d is disposed above the lower front half of the washstand 2, and a plurality of storage sections 2f are formed below and to the left of the washstand 2e. .

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the hot air unit 1 includes a hair dryer main body 10, a drying chamber 20, and a storage section 30, which are formed into sections within the unit main body 1a. It also includes an operating section 40 and a water receiving section 50.

The unit main body 1a is formed vertically,
The hair dryer main body 10 is arranged at the uppermost stage, the drying chamber 20 is arranged below it, the water receiving part 50 is arranged below it, and the storage part 3 is arranged at the lowermost stage.
0 is placed.

Note that the operating section 40 is positioned at the lower front part of the drying chamber 20.

The unit main body 1a is attached to a predetermined position such as the side or top of the washstand 2 with screws or the like.

The hair dryer main body 10 has a dryer 11 composed of a heater, a fan, etc., and a lid 12 which is rotatably attached to the unit main body 1a. Therefore, the dryer 11 is rotatably held relative to the unit main body 1a, and is integrally formed with the lid 12.
Incidentally, an appropriately shaped air suction hole 12a is bored in the front wall surface of the lid 12, and is configured to draw outside air into the interior of the dryer 11 and convert it into warm air.

That is, the lid 12 and the dryer 11 are held rotatably in the vertical direction by a shaft 11a connected to the unit main body 1a, and as shown by the imaginary line in the figure, the lid 12 is connected to the wash basin. By rotating the vanity table 2 in the front direction, the hot air outlet 11b of the dryer 11 is configured to face the front direction of the vanity table 2.

It should be noted that the dryer 11 does not operate properly when the lid 12 is rotated halfway.
1 is configured so that it does not operate, thereby preventing fire and deformation of surrounding members due to hot air from this dryer 11.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the dryer 11 is disposed on the unit main body 1a side when the hot air outlet 11b of the dryer 11 is facing directly downward (the state of the core line _S1 in the figure). The contact brush 14 that comes into contact with the provided arc-shaped switch plate 13 allows the dryer 11 to reach a predetermined angle (the rotation angle from the storage position of the core wire S ₁ to the usage position of the core wire S ₂ in FIG. 4). The hot air outlet is configured so as not to come into contact with the switch plate 13, and within the angular range from core line _S2 to core line _S3 in Fig. 4, depending on the user's height etc. 1
The contact brush 14 is configured to be in constant contact with the switch plate 13 so that the position of the contact brush 1b can be arbitrarily selected.

Therefore, the dryer 11 according to this embodiment is constructed so that it does not operate unless the dryer 11 is completely set in the use position.

As another means for selecting the rotation angle of the dryer 11, a so-called detent mechanism may be provided between the unit main body 1a and the lid 12.

The drying chamber 20 is configured with a door body 21 that is cantilevered by a hinge or the like at a predetermined position of the unit main body 1a, and a mesh-like horizontal partition body 22 is removably inserted into the inside of the door body 21. The inside of the drying chamber 20 is divided into two upper and lower drying sections 23 and 24.

Small items (for example, handkerchiefs, underwear, socks, etc.) that are washed using the sink 2d of the washstand 2e provided in the washstand 2 are stored in the two divided drying sections 23 and 24. and is dried by hot air blown by the dryer 11.

The inner bottom 25 of the drying chamber 20 is formed in a mesh shape similar to the upper horizontal partition 22, or has through holes etc. opened at appropriate places in the flat bottom.
It is configured so that water droplets from the washed small items flow down to the water receiving part 50 below.

Further, an opening 26 is formed at the upper end of the drying chamber 20, through which the hot air outlet 11b of the hair dryer main body 10 and the drying chamber 20 communicate with each other. It is configured so that warm air from the dryer 11 is introduced into the drying chamber 20.

The warm air filling the drying chamber 20 is exhausted to the outside through the air vent hole 21a of the door body 21.

The storage section 30 is configured with a door body 31 supported in a cantilevered manner by a hinge or the like on the unit main body 1a, and when the door body 31 is opened, an inner space 32 is opened.
is opened.

A toothbrush stand 33 and the like are disposed within this inner space 32, and not only a toothbrush but also a toothpaste tube, a toothpaste, etc. are stored therein.

The operation unit 40 includes a main switch 41 that turns on and off the operation of the dryer 11, and a timer 42 that sets the operation time of the dryer 11.
, an adjustment section 43 that adjusts the temperature of the hot air from the dryer 11 , and a lamp 44 that displays the operating status of the dryer 11 .

As described above, the operation of this operation unit 40 is configured to be linked to the rotational position of the dryer 11, so that the dryer 11 can be moved to the set rotational position or
That is, the main switch ₄₁ or the timer 42 in the operation section 40 is not activated when the main switch 41 or the timer 42 in the operating section 40 is set to either the storage position shown as _S1 in FIG _{. 3} or the use position shown as S2 to S3 in FIG. The structure is such that the dryer 11 does not operate even if .

In the water receiving section 50, a water receiving tray 52 is slidably disposed in a space 51 formed between the lower end of the drying chamber 20 and the upper end of the storage section 30.

The water stored in this water tray 52 can be discharged to the outside by pulling out this water tray 52.

Therefore, in the warm air unit 1 according to the above embodiment, since the dryer 11 is rotatably held, drying the hair after washing and drying small items after washing can be performed by rotating the dryer 11. This can be easily done by operation, and in addition to the dryer 11,
There is no need to separately equip a heater for the dryer.

In addition, the dryer 11 is configured to operate only in each set use and storage position when drying hair or drying small items, so there is no risk of overheating caused by the dryer 11 carelessly. This can be prevented from occurring.

In the above embodiment, the hot air unit is arranged vertically, but the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, it may be arranged horizontally in the portion designated as illumination portion 2b in FIG. In this case, the dryer 11 is rotated horizontally.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the hot air unit according to the invention is arranged on one side of the washstand 2 (the right side in the figure). It can also be used alone (in the middle left side) or by itself.

[Effect of idea]

Since the warm air unit according to this invention is configured as described above, it is possible to dry the washed hair immediately after washing using both hands, and also allows the warm air outlet of the dryer to dry the hair immediately after washing, depending on the purpose of use. By setting it toward the drying room, you can easily dry the washed small items without having to install a separate drying heater, and you can also set it in a position where the hot air outlet communicates with the drying room or in a position where the hair is dried. By configuring the system so that hot air cannot be generated unless the system is set to Since there is no need to separately equip a heater for the dryer, the number of parts is greatly reduced, and therefore the assembly work is easy, and since the configuration is simple, it can be provided at a low price, and has many excellent effects. play.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall front view showing a washstand equipped with a hot air unit according to this invention, FIG. 2 is an overall front view showing the configuration of a hot air unit according to an embodiment of this invention, and FIG. The figure is a sectional view taken along the line shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the rotational position of the dryer and the contact state of the switch. Explanation of symbols: 1...Hot air unit, 2...Bathroom vanity, 10...Hair dryer body, 11...
...Dryer, 11b...Hot air outlet, 20...
Drying chamber, 26...opening, 50...water receiving part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The hair dryer body is attached to the unit body and can be rotated at any angle, and the hot air is blown from the hot air outlet of the hair dryer body to the outside of the unit body or to a drying chamber disposed adjacent to the hair dryer body. The hair dryer body is configured to operate only when the hot air outlet communicates with a drying chamber or is set at a hair drying position of the unit body. This hot air unit is characterized by: