JPH0530445B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a steam hair setter, and particularly to a steam generating heater housed in the hair setter when arranging and curling hair bundles in the hair setter. This makes it difficult for the high heat of the device to be transmitted to the hands and fingers, so that the user does not feel uncomfortable heat, and the water tank can be easily attached and operated.

[Conventional technology]

It is generally known that this type of steam hair setter is easier to use by placing your fingers on the tip of the hair setting part when wrapping or combing the hair bundle around the hair setting part.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in the conventional device, the high heat of the steam generating heater device housed in the hair setting section is transmitted to the tip, and this heat is transmitted to the fingers as an unpleasant heat, forcing one-handed use and making it difficult to use.

Moreover, the water tank that can be attached to and removed from the tip of the hair setting section has a threaded structure, such as a so-called bayonet connection or screw connection, to prevent water leakage, but the water tank is housed inside the pipe-shaped hair setting section. As a result, they could not be screwed together securely and tended to cause unexpected water leaks.

Moreover, even if the screw is properly screwed, due to the difference in thermal expansion between the relatively low-temperature water tank side and the high-temperature hair setting section, there is a phenomenon of retightening, which increases the screwing force more than necessary during use. Since only a small portion of the water tank was exposed, it was difficult to remove and remove the water tank to replenish water.

[Means for solving the problems] The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and
A steam generation heater device 8, a water tank 14, a moisture absorbent body 15 that supplies water in the water tank 14 to the steam generation heater device 8, and a steam generated between the moisture absorption body 15 and the steam generation heater device 8 is spouted. The water tank 14 is equipped with a hair setting section 11 that
1 is a steam hair setting device detachably disposed at the tip of the hair setting section 11, and a mounting base 1 is provided at the tip of the hair setting section 11 with both ends open and communicating with each other.
7, one opening side thereof is attached so as to be externally mounted, and a mounting means 16 is provided between the inner wall of the other opening side and the outer wall of the tip end of the water tank 14.
4 is mounted on the mounting base 17, the water tank 14 is formed to protrude so that the radial outer shape of the water tank 14 becomes larger than the radial outer diameter of the mounting base 17.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the respective figures.

First, FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a steam hair setter according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line A, and is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a configuration in which the small holes of the perforated moisture absorbent body and the hair setting part do not match in the structure shown in FIG. 2.

In the figure, 1 is the dryer main body, 1a
is a grip part, 2 is a fan, 3 is a motor that drives fan 2, 4 is a heater for generating hot air, 5 is a suction port, 6
is a power cord, 7 is an outlet, 8 is a steam generating heater device related to the steam generating heater 9, 10 is a perforated moisture absorber, 11 is a hair setting part related to the attachment, 12 and 13 are small holes 1, 2
It is. In addition, 14 is a water tank, 15 is a moisture absorber,
16 is a screw, 17 is a mounting base, 18 is a packing,
19 is a switch.

That is, the dryer main body 1 has a normal fan 2, a motor 3, a hot air generation heater 4, etc. inside, a dual-purpose grip part 1a, a suction port 5 at the front end (right side), and a suction port 5 at the rear end. A blower outlet 7 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the steam generation heater device 8 is cylindrical and has a built-in steam generation heater 9 made of a positive temperature coefficient thermistor. A perforated moisture absorbent body 10 having a plurality of small holes 12 (1) is formed in the space along its longitudinal direction so as to cover the steam generation heater device 8, and further, an outer side of the perforated moisture absorbent body 10 is formed so as to cover the steam generation heater device 8. is provided with a hair setting part 11 having small holes 13(2), and steam is emitted from these small holes 12(1) and 13(2) to the hair setting part 1.
It is designed to eject outward from 1.

A mounting base 17 is attached to the tip of the hair setting section 11, and the mounting base 17 is opened at both ends and communicates with each other, and one of the open sides is formed to be larger than the outer shape of the hair setting section 11, and is attached to the tip so as to be externally mounted.
On the other hand, a mounting means 16 such as a screw is provided between the inner wall on the opening side and the outer wall of the tip end on the mouth tube side of the water tank 14.

When the water tank 14 is screwed and attached to the mounting base 17, the radial outer diameter of the water tank 14 is the same as that of the mounting base 17.
The outer wall of the water tank is formed to protrude so as to be larger than the radial outer shape of the water tank.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a seal 18 for preventing water leakage, which is located further toward the tip than the position where the screwing means is formed.

The moisture absorbent body 15 is a separate body from the perforated moisture absorbent body 10, but they are connected in contact with each other, and when water is poured into the water tank 14, the moisture absorbent body Due to the capillary phenomenon of 15, the moisture is transmitted to the perforated moisture absorbent body 10 in the steam generation heater device 8 and is fed. The structure is such that it comes into contact with the user.

Therefore, in order to attach the water tank 14 to the tip of the hair setting section 11, the tip of the water tank 14 on the mouth tube side is inserted into the mounting base 17 and then screwed together. Because it is sufficiently larger than the screw diameter, even users with weak strength, such as women and girls, can reliably screw the screw together with a large amount of torque. The tank 14 will not come off unexpectedly, and even if a retightening phenomenon occurs due to thermal expansion of the hair setting part 11, it can be easily unscrewed.

In particular, when the temperature of the hair setting part 11 rises during use, it tends to thermally expand in the direction of diameter expansion.Using this expansion force, the exterior force of the mounting base 17 is further increased, and the unscrewing force of the water tank 14 is increased. Also mounting base 1
7 will slip or fall off, and the water tank mounting side of the mounting base 17 will also be affected to expand in the diameter direction due to the thermal expansion, but this water tank mounting side will be affected by the cooling effect of the water tank. The amount of expansion is suppressed, and there is no play in the mounting portion of the water tank 14 and no water leakage occurs.

Furthermore, even if you place your hand on the hair setting part 11 during use, the water tank 14 has a larger external shape than the mounting base 17, so you can hold the relatively low-temperature water tank 14 without touching the high-temperature mounting base 17. It can be used without experiencing heat discomfort.

Note that the perforated moisture absorbent body 10 is fixedly formed, and the hair setting portion 11 is configured to be able to rotate and slide on the outer periphery of the perforated moisture absorbent body 10 and to be detachable. It is a familiar thing.

Next, the manner of use of the steam hair setter according to the embodiment having the above-mentioned configuration will be explained.

Here, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are circuit connection diagrams of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 7 shows a circuit that energizes the steam generation heater 9 immediately after plugging in the outlet, and FIG. is a circuit that is turned off unless switch 19 is turned on, and Figures 9 and 10 are circuits that are turned off unless switch 19 is turned on.
9 is a front view of the switch 19 corresponding to FIG. 8. FIG.

Here, the explanation will be made regarding FIGS. 8 and 10.

In other words, when curling your hair with this steam hair setter, first,
Insert the power cord 6 into the outlet and turn on the switch 19.
When operated, the steam generating heater 9 is energized and steam is ejected from the small hole 13(2) of the hair setting section 11 in about 1.5 minutes.

After that, steam continues to be generated. For example, the capacity of the heater for steam generation is 30~
At 40W, steam generation amount is 0.4~0.6cc/min
It is.

Thereby, the hair is provided with just the right amount of moisture in the hair setting section 11 from the time the hair is started to the end until it is finished.

After the winding is finished, the switch 19 is operated to energize the hot air generating heater 4 and the motor 3, so that hot air is blown out from the air outlet 7 and dries while blowing off steam to remove curls. It is something to do.

Thereafter, the energization of the heater 4 for generating hot air is stopped, and only the motor 3 is energized, and the steam is blown off with cold air to rewind while solidifying.

As described above, the device is put to use. In the above embodiment, as mentioned above, the water tank 14 is provided on the side of the removable hair setting section 11, so that water can be replenished. Even if water spills, it will not get on the electrical parts such as the switch 19 and the hot air generating heater 4, which are in the grip part, thereby reducing their electrical insulation performance.

That is, when replenishing water, by removing the water tank 14 from the mounting base 17, water can be poured into and replenished into the water tank 14, and the water tank 14 becomes a single unit. It is also light in weight, and in this case, the divided structure in which the perforated moisture absorbent body 10 and the moisture absorbent body 15 are separated improves the above-mentioned removal operability.

Furthermore, since the water tank is not stored or shaped in a limited narrow place such as the grip part, the tank capacity can be increased to about 15 to 40 c.c., and even if steam is generated continuously, the time for one use is approximately It lasts for 15 to 90 minutes, which is enough for training, and
The larger the tank capacity, the worse the operability becomes, but if the tank has a capacity of about 15 to 40 c.c. at the tip of the attachment, it will not cause any problems in practice and will not damage the appearance. It is.

In addition to the above, in this embodiment, a plurality of small holes 12 (1) are provided in the perforated moisture absorbent body 10.
Since the steam is ejected from the small hole 12(1), the steam is ejected almost evenly from the hair setting portion of the hair setting portion 11.

According to experiments, the capacity of the heater for steam generation is
At 30 to 40W, the amount of steam generated when the small hole 12 (1) is provided is 0.4 to 0.6 cc/min, and when the small hole 12 (1) is not provided, the amount of steam generated is 0.3 to 0.5 cc/min.
min, it can be seen that the effect of the small holes 12(1) of the perforated moisture absorbent body 10 is clear.

Further, as the material of the perforated moisture absorbent body 10, a nonwoven sheet-like material mainly made of aromatic polyamide is used.

Since the hair setting part 11 can rotate and slide relative to the perforated moisture absorbent body 10, as shown in FIG. Small hole 13 in part 11
When (2) is matched, the amount of steam generated increases and it is possible to sufficiently apply steam to the hair.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, if the device shown in FIG. 1 is rotated and slid and both of the small holes are shifted to make them mismatched, the amount of steam generated will be smaller than in FIG. 1, but By adjusting the case where they match as shown in FIG. 1 and the case where they do not match as shown in FIG. 3, it is possible to adjust the amount of steam to a preferable amount depending on the usage.

Furthermore, the perforated hygroscopic body 10 and the hygroscopic body 1
Since it is divided into two parts, 1 and 5, after use, the water tank 1
As mentioned above, when replenishing water in Step 4, the operability is good, but since the performance is almost the same as that of the one incorporating capillary action, the amount of steam generated does not decrease.

In addition, the moisture absorbent body 15 is in contact with the end surface of the steam generation heater device 8, and the perforated moisture absorbent body 10 is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the steam generation heater device, so that the steam generation efficiency is very high. .

Next, FIGS. 4 to 6 are perspective views showing other shapes of the perforated moisture absorbent body.

That is, the perforated moisture absorbent body 10 shown in FIG. A perforated moisture absorbent material 1 is made by wrapping a thin non-woven sheet-like material several times.
It is set to 0A.

In this way, the distance between the outer diameter of the steam generating heater device 8 and the inner diameter of the hair setting portion 11 can be arbitrarily adjusted depending on the degree of overlapping.

Therefore, the hair setting section 11 can be easily attached to and detached from the dryer main body 1. Further, since the thin sheets are wound in layers, misalignment between the axes of the steam generating heater device 8 and the hair setting section 11 is reduced.

Next, the shape shown in FIG. 5 is a perforated moisture absorbent body 10B made from a single sheet-like material into a spiral shape, and is formed by applying a welded portion 20.

〔effect〕

As described above, the present invention provides a steam generation heater device 8, a water tank 14, and a moisture absorbent body 1 that supplies water from the water tank 14 to the steam generation heater device 8.
5. A hair setting section 11 is provided for spouting out steam generated between the moisture absorbing body 15 and the steam generating heater device 8, and the water tank 14 is connected to the hair setting section 1.
1, the steam hair setting device is removably disposed at the tip of the hair setting section 11.
A mounting base 17 is opened at both ends and communicated with each other, and one open side thereof is mounted so as to be externally mounted, and a mounting means 16 is provided between the inner wall on the other open side and the outer wall of the tip end of the water tank 14. Since the water tank 14 is formed to protrude so that the radial outer diameter of the water tank 14 is larger than the radial outer diameter of the mounting base 17 when attached to the mounting base 17, it is possible to put your hand on the hair setting part 11 for a long time without feeling uncomfortable heat. You can use your time freely,
Furthermore, the operation of attaching and detaching the water tank 14 can be easily performed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a steam hair setter according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a moisture absorption in the device shown in FIG. 4 to 6 are perspective views showing other shapes of the moisture absorbent body, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are the above-mentioned FIG. 1. FIGS. 9 and 10 are front views of the switch in accordance with the embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. FIGS. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Dryer main body, 8... Heater device for steam generation, 9... Heater for steam generation, 10
... Moisture absorber, 11 ... Hair setting section, 14 ... Water tank, 15 ... Moisture absorber, 16 ... Attachment means, 1
7...Mounting stand.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Steam generation heater device 8, water tank 1
4. The hair setting section 11 includes a moisture absorbent body 15 that feeds the water in the water tank 14 to the steam generation heater device 8, and a hair setting section 11 that spouts out the steam generated between the moisture absorption body 15 and the steam generation heater device 8. The water tank 14 is a steam hair setter that is detachably disposed at the tip of the hair setting section 11. At the tip of the hair setting section 11, a mounting base 17 is connected to the tip of the hair setting section 11, with both ends open and communicating with each other. The water tank 14 is attached to the inner wall on the other side of the opening side.
A mounting means 16 is provided between the water tank 14 and the outer wall of the distal end thereof, and the water tank 14 is formed to protrude so that the radial outer diameter of the water tank 14 is larger than the radial outer diameter of the mounting base 17 when the water tank 14 is mounted on the mounting base 17. Features a steam hair set device.