JPH11225902A - Wet tissue server - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To always provide a user with a warm hot wet tissue easily. PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper tank and a water tank in a main body case provided with a lid, connect the water tank and the paper tank via a water supply pipe, and heat water from the water tank by a heater. The tissue paper in the paper tank was humidified and heated by drip on the paper tank, and the lid was provided with an outlet for taking out the humidified and heated tissue paper. As a result, it is possible to easily provide a user with a warm hot wet tissue.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wet tissue server having a heating function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A so-called wet tissue in which tissue paper is kept in a humidified state is useful as a paper towel for wiping stains on hands and objects.

[0003] The wet tissue generally employs a server structure in which wet tissue papers are stored in a container having a structure having a high humidity retention function and are sequentially pulled out one by one from small openings. .

[0004]

However, the wet tissue server used conventionally has no heating function, and is cold in winter or the like. Therefore, the usability is not always good and the sanitary surface is sanitary. There is no problem.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a wet tissue server capable of providing a humidified and heated sanitary wet tissue. .

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided with the following means for solving the problems.

That is, according to the present invention, a paper tank and a water tank are provided in a main body case having a lid, and the water tank and the paper tank are communicated with each other via a water supply pipe. By heating the water with a heater and dripping the paper on the paper tank, the tissue paper in the paper tank is humidified and heated, while the lid is provided with an outlet for taking out the humidified and heated tissue paper. It is configured.

As described above, in the present invention, first, a paper tank and a water tank are provided in a main body case having a lid, and these water tanks and the paper tank are communicated via a water supply pipe. By heating the water from the water tank with a heater in a short time with good heat efficiency and drip it onto the paper tank, the tissue paper in the paper tank is efficiently humidified and heated to form a hygienic wet tissue.

The lid of the main body case is provided with a take-out opening for taking out the humidified and heated tissue paper as described above, so that the humidified and heated tissue paper becomes a hygienic and warm wet tissue. Can be arbitrarily taken out from the outlet of the lid.

In this case, if a heater for heating the paper tank is further provided at the bottom of the paper tank, the heat retention can be improved.

Further, in this case, if the heat retention heater is configured to also serve as, for example, the heater of the water supply pipe, the improvement of the heat retention performance can be realized at lower cost.

[0012]

As a result, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily provide the user with a humidified, heated and sterilized sanitary hot wet tissue.

In particular, in the case of the present invention, the tissue paper is heated by humidification by heating the water by the drip method, so that the heating efficiency of the water is high and the hot wet tissue can be formed in a short time. .

[0014]

1 to 10 show the configuration of a wet tissue server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a body case of the wet tissue server. The main case 1 of the wet tissue server includes an outer case 1a made of, for example, a metal or a synthetic resin plate and a bottom body 1b below the outer case 1a.
It is configured in a box shape from.

A heater support plate 2 and a heater fixing bracket 3 which are formed to project upward at a predetermined height are provided on an upper portion of the bottom body 1b on the inner side thereof. A substantially C-shaped heater ring 6 is provided via a heater cover 5 and a heat insulating member 4, and is fixed by a heater fixing bracket 3.

The heater ring 6 has a heat transfer member portion which is formed to be thick in the vertical direction, and a sheath heater 6b is buried in the upper portion thereof, while a water supply passage 6a is formed in the lower portion thereof. The lower side functions as water heating means for heating the water flowing in the water supply passage 6a, and the upper side functions as a heat retaining heater for heating a paper tank 9 described later.

Further, an inner container engaging edge 8a is integrally formed inside the upper side opening 8 of the outer case 1a, and the inner container engaging edge 8a is formed inside the outer case 1a. A state in which the opening edge 9a of the paper tank 9 in which the seal 9a is fitted and the bottom 9b of which is placed on the upper portion of the heater ring 6 can be taken out as shown in FIGS. Is locked.

The paper tank 9 has a punching plate 1 on its bottom 9b via supporting side plates 7, 7 having a height of about 1/2 of the depth of the paper tank 9.
1, a water receiving portion (water receiving space) 9A is formed below the punching plate 11, and a paper storing portion (paper storing space) 9B is formed above the punching plate 11. ing. In the punching plate 11, a large number of through holes 11a, 11a,... For dropping excess hot water after drip are formed.

In the water receiving portion 9A below the punching plate 11, warm water W for humidifying tissue paper drip from above as described later.
While the permeation of tissue paper and the squeezed water described below are stored together,
Paper storage section 9 above punching plate 11
In B, tissue papers 12, 12... Suitable for forming a large number of wet tissues are stacked and stored in an alternately folded state so that they can be sequentially pulled out upward as needed. ing.

On the other hand, a water tank 30 is provided on one side in the longitudinal direction of the paper tank 9 in the outer case 1a. The water tank 30 is provided with a water supply port 32 screwed so that the water cap 31 can be attached and detached on the upper wall 30a side, while a water discharge port 33 is provided on the bottom wall 30b. ing. The water outlet 33 is connected to one end (upstream end) of a water supply passage 6a on the lower side of the heater ring 6 via a first water supply pipe 34 extending horizontally in the direction of the heater ring 6. Have been. On the other hand, the other end (downstream end) of the water supply passage 6a of the heater ring 6 turns in a C-shape, extends a predetermined length in the horizontal direction, and rises on the side of the water tank 30, The downstream end 35b is connected and connected to the upstream end 35a of the second water supply pipe 35 which is connected and connected to one end of a connection pipe 60 serving as one side support shaft portion of the lid 13 described later. Further, the downstream end 35b of the second supply pipe 35 is connected to the connection portion 3 with the connection pipe 60 via the connection pipe 60.
A third water supply pipe 36, which is provided with a distal opening 36b extending from 6a above the paper storage portion 9B of the paper tank 9 and bent and opened, is connected and connected.

The connecting pipe 60 has a lid 1 attached thereto.
The side wall 68 of the outer cover 13a is fitted so as to be relatively rotatable so as to perform a support shaft function.

Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, for example, the paper storage portion 9B of the paper tank 9 is now described.
Are stored in a stacked state, and the water tank 30 is filled with water W. The AC power cord section 40 and the heater power supply terminal 4
When the sheathed heater 6b of the heater ring 6 is energized via the heater 1, the heat generated by the sheathed heater 6b causes the water from the water tank 30 to enter the water supply passage 6a in the heater ring 6 via the first water supply pipe 34. The supplied water W is heated and boiled, and becomes hot water of a predetermined temperature to form the second water.
Through the third water supply pipes 35 and 36, the paper is drip from the opening 36 b on the downstream end side to the upper part of the paper storage part 9 </ b> B of the paper tank 9. .. In the paper storage portion 9B of the paper tank 9 are humidified and heated to contain a predetermined amount of moisture and to be kept in a wet state kept at a predetermined temperature. . Then, the tissue 1 in the wet state
Excess water passing through 2, 12,... Is discharged through a large number of through holes 11a, 11a.
Is dropped and stored in the lower water receiving portion 9A via the.

On the other hand, reference numeral 13 denotes a lid fitted to one side of the opening 8 of the outer case 1a so as to be freely openable and closable by the hinge shaft 43 and the connecting pipe 60. The lid 13 has an outer cover (lid body) 13 a having a predetermined inner surface depth and having a cap structure, and the outer cover 1.
Inner cover 1 fitted and integrated into lower opening 14 of 3a
The inner cover 13b has a peripheral step formed with a step 15 for fitting to the opening 8 on the outer case 1a side.

The outer cover 13a and the inner cover 13b are respectively formed with upper and lower openings 51, 52 each having a predetermined diameter located at the center thereof.
An elevating sleeve 47 having a convex rib (bent portion) 37 having a U-shaped cross section formed at a portion corresponding to the upper outer cover 13a is fitted to the upper part 2 so as to be able to move up and down.

The elevating sleeve 47 is provided with the convex rib 3.
Coil springs 46, 46 interposed between the inner side of the ceiling surface of No. 7 and the upper surface of the inner cover 13b via a guide shaft.
It is supported so that it can go up and down by
In the normal state where no pressing force is applied from above, the coil springs 46, 46 constantly urge the ascending direction. The elevating sleeve 47 has a wet tissue draw-out passage 29 formed inside thereof, and a paper corresponding to the length and width of the wet tissues 12, 12,... In the paper storage portion 9B at the lower end thereof. A holding plate 48 is provided integrally. This paper presser plate 48
The hook-shaped peripheral portion 48a provided with a seal packing 10b prevents the steam in the paper tank 9 from leaking to the outside when the elevating sleeve 47 is in the up position at normal times.
8 comes into contact with the lower surface of the inner cover 13b to seal the inside of the paper tank 9 as shown in FIG. In addition, the rising position of the lifting sleeve 47 is regulated thereby.

An opening at the upper end of the elevating sleeve 47 is formed at a wet tissue outlet 37a, and an opening / closing cap is mounted on the upper end thereof so that one end can be opened and closed by resin hinges 61 on both right and left sides. 38 are provided. The opening / closing cap 38 has a spherical fitting protrusion 39a on the lower surface of the open end thereof, and can be arbitrarily attached to and detached from a hemispherical fitting recess 39b provided at a corresponding position on the lifting sleeve 47 side. By being fitted in this way, it is locked in the closed state. Reference numeral 67 denotes a steam discharge port formed in the opening / closing cap 38.

When the opening / closing cap 38 is closed and the pressing cap 38 is pressed downward from above, the elevating sleeve 47 descends, for example, from a raised state shown in FIG. 7 to a lowered state shown in FIG. The entire surface of the wet tissues 12, 12,...
8 and the wet tissues 12, 12...
To squeeze out the excess water content and perform a squeezing action to dehydrate to an appropriate wet state. The opening 16 for drawing out the dewatered tissue papers 12, 12,...
Are formed, and the wet tissue 12, 12... After completion of the dehydration by the squeezing action can be pulled out arbitrarily by opening the opening / closing cap 38.

Further, display parts (not shown) for heat insulation, heating, running out of water and the like are provided on a display panel part at a lower center part on the front side of the outer case 1a as required. Opening and closing levers 22 for arbitrarily engaging and fixing the lid 13 to the outer case 1a are provided.
Reference numeral 50 denotes a power switch provided on the upper part of the outer case 1a on the water tank 30, and reference numeral 72 denotes its ON / OFF state.
It is a pilot lamp for display.

Next, FIG. 10 shows an electric circuit diagram of the wet tissue server configured as described above. In the figure, reference numeral 50 denotes the power switch described above, 72 denotes a pilot lamp for lighting and displaying the ON / OFF state of the power switch 50, 71 denotes a current limiting resistor for the pilot lamp 72, and F denotes a thermal fuse for shutting off the power. , TS is a thermostat for the sheathed heater 6b of the heater ring 6;
b is a sheath heater of the heater ring 6.

The thermal fuse F and the thermostat TS are respectively installed on the heater ring 6 as shown in FIG. 5, for example.

Therefore, in the configuration of the wet tissue server as described above, first, the water W supplied from the water tank 30 via the first water supply pipe 34 is supplied to the water supply passage 6a by the sheath heater 6b of the heater ring 6. The heating and boiling at the portions with heat transfer efficiency allows the paper tank 9 to pass through the second and third water supply pipes 35 and 36.
Tissue 12,1 in paper storage unit 9B
2 ... Drip it up. Then, the moisture of the tissue paper 12, 12,.
Further, by the squeezing action of the lifting and lowering sleeve 47 and the paper presser plate 48, the water is dropped and removed into the lower water receiving portion 9A to adjust the water content to an appropriate amount. Board 48
After being pulled out from the draw-out port 16, it is arbitrarily taken out from the upper end side take-out port 37 a through the draw-out passage 29 inside the elevating sleeve 47.

In the case of this configuration, the heater ring 6 is provided with a sheath heater 6b on an upper side thereof, and the sheath heater 6b is also used as a heater for keeping the paper tank 9 warm. Since the heat transfer member is provided so as to abut on the bottom-side water receiving portion 9A of the paper tank 9 and heat appropriately as described above, it stays in the water receiving portion 9A of the paper tank 9. After the water (water level WL) is appropriately heated and the dripping from above is completed, it is also heated and humidified from below, so that a more uniform and favorable temperature and wet state can be maintained. In addition, the cost of the heater parts is reduced as compared with a case where a dedicated heat retaining heater is separately provided.

Therefore, in this configuration, the drip method makes it possible to easily provide the user with a hygienic hot-wet tissue that has been humidified, heated, and sterilized in a short time with good heating efficiency at low cost.

In the case of the above configuration, the lid opening / closing lever 22
When the lock is released and the lid 13 is opened, the entire paper tank 9 can be taken out freely, and the punching plate 11 can also be separated. Therefore, the supply of the tissue papers 12, 12,... To the paper storage portion 9B of the paper tank 9 and the cleaning of the inside of the paper tank 9 are also easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a lid and an opening / closing cap of a wet tissue server according to an embodiment of the present invention are closed.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the server in a state where only an opening / closing cap is opened from the state of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the server in a state where the entire lid is opened from the state of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the server.

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the server with the bottom removed.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the server taken along line AA in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the same server taken along line BB in FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part showing an engagement relationship between a paper tank and an outer case of the server and a contact relationship between a tissue paper holding plate and a cover in a lid.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 7 at the time of tissue paper dewatering action by the tissue paper pressing plate on the lifting sleeve side of the server.

FIG. 10 is an electric circuit diagram of the server.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a main body case, 1a is an outer case, 1b is a bottom body, 2 is a heater support plate, 3 is a heater fixing bracket, 6 is a heater ring, 6a is a water supply passage, 6b is a sheathed heater,
9 is a paper tank, 9A is a water receiving section, 9B is a paper storage section, 11 is a punching plate, 12 is a tissue paper, 13 is a lid, 30 is a water tank, 34 is a first water supply pipe, and 35 is a second water supply pipe. Water supply pipe, 36 is the third
Reference numeral 47 denotes an elevating sleeve.

Claims (3)

[Claims] A paper tank and a water tank are provided in a main body case provided with a lid, and the water tank and the paper tank are communicated with each other via a water supply pipe, and water from the water tank is heated by a heater. By heating and drip onto the paper tank, while humidifying and heating the tissue paper in the paper tank, the lid,
A wet tissue server having an outlet for taking out the humidified and heated tissue paper. 2. The wet tissue server according to claim 1, wherein a heater for heating the paper tank is provided at the bottom of the paper tank. 3. The wet tissue server according to claim 2, wherein the heat retention heater is configured to also serve as a heater of the water supply pipe.