JP4063222B2 - Umbrella dewatering machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an umbrella dewatering machine that removes water droplets and snow adhering to an umbrella by a high-speed air flow.

  Various umbrella dewatering machines have been developed that apply high-speed airflow to umbrellas wet with rainwater, snow, or the like to remove water in a short time. Many of them are designed to remove water by applying high kinetic energy of high-speed airflow to the umbrella. In addition, there exists what is disclosed by patent document 1 as this kind of prior art.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-132655

  In the conventional umbrella dewatering machine, the jet outlet that blows out the air flow blown from the blower around the umbrella storage part that is inserted and stored from the stone thrusting side with the wet umbrella depressed, surrounds the entire circumference toward the umbrella As shown in FIG. Water droplets attached to the umbrella placed in the storage portion can be removed by the air flow from the tip of the umbrella toward the trunk and the air flow from the trunk toward the butt. In addition, even if umbrella umbrellas overlap, they are also blown to the inside of the umbrella, and the saddle surface is vibrated by blowing air or expanded under tension, so that effective drainage ability can be demonstrated. . However, even if it is said with an umbrella, there are various things such as an umbrella cloth with poor water repellency, a thing with lowered water repellency, an umbrella cloth that is soft or hard. In the case of an umbrella having poor water repellency, the adhesive force of water droplets to the umbrella cloth is strong, and therefore air blowing that overcomes the adhesive force is required to remove the water droplets. However, even if the air that overcomes the adhesive force is sent to the entire circumference of the umbrella surface and part of it is sent to the inside of the umbrella, the air blowing force for removing water droplets is larger, making it easier to overlap the umbrella cloth by air blowing, If they overlap, it is difficult to remove the water droplets even if the air is blown to that portion. When the material of the umbrella cloth is different, the cycle of flaking by air blow and the amount of displacement are different, and cannot be dealt with uniformly. And since the umbrella swells due to the air blow to the inside of the umbrella, not only is it necessary to pull out the umbrella during the blow, but it becomes difficult to pull out because the dew gets caught, the umbrella cloth and the main bone come off Troubles such as end.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described conventional problems, and the object of the present invention is to efficiently remove umbrellas exhibiting various aspects without increasing the blowing power more than necessary. To get an umbrella dewatering machine that works.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a water removal treatment space in which a hollow umbrella can be inserted and removed and rotated with its butt on the bottom and a dew on the top, and an umbrella placed in the water removal treatment space. A dewatering treatment airflow generating means for ejecting a high-speed air flow from the tip side to the stone thrust side on the outer surface of the umbrella, and an outer surface of the umbrella in which the high-speed airflow generated by this dewatering treatment airflow generation means is placed in the dewatering treatment space A means provided with an airflow guide that is guided obliquely from the tip side toward the stone butt side is adopted.

  By adopting the above-mentioned means, the air flow guide that guides obliquely from the tip side toward the stone thrust side along the outer surface of the umbrella placed in the water removal treatment space suppresses the attenuation of the high-speed air flow that is ejected. Therefore, it is possible to effectively function a high-speed air flow by water removal, and an umbrella water remover that functions efficiently for water removal of umbrellas exhibiting various aspects.

  The umbrella dewatering machine according to the present invention includes a water removal treatment space in which a hollow umbrella can be inserted, removed, and rotated with its stone butt down and the tip of the umbrella up. This water removal treatment space is provided with a water removal treatment airflow generation means having a nozzle for ejecting a high-speed air flow from the tip side toward the stone bump side on the outer surface of the umbrella. In the dewatering treatment space, a high-speed air flow ejected from the nozzle of the dewatering treatment airflow generation means is guided obliquely from the tip side to the stone thrust side along the outer surface of the umbrella placed in the dewatering treatment space. An airflow guide is provided. A plurality of nozzles are provided at intervals, each of which is provided with an airflow guide. The airflow guide is curved to the umbrella side to flow the airflow along the outer surface of the umbrella placed in the water removal treatment space, and is bent to the umbrella side to flow the airflow along the outer surface of the umbrella placed in the water removal treatment space And two types of wings that are provided on both sides of the curved portion with wings that widen the interosseous membrane portion of the umbrella by airflow, and these two types of airflow guides are alternately arranged.

  This umbrella dewatering machine puts a wet umbrella in the water removal treatment space, puts the stone tip down, puts the tip up, operates the water removal treatment air flow generation means, and generates a high-speed air flow from the nozzle. By ejecting, the wet umbrella can be removed in a short time. In this dewatering treatment space, a high-speed air flow is ejected from the nozzle toward the stab side from the tip side to the outer surface of the umbrella placed. This high-speed airflow is reduced in attenuation and extended by an airflow guide that is guided obliquely from the tip side toward the stone thrust side along the outer surface of the umbrella placed in the water removal treatment space, and the reach distance is increased. The attached water droplets can be separated from the umbrella cloth over the entire length of the umbrella. The airflow guide is curved to the umbrella side so that the airflow flows along the outer surface of the umbrella placed in the water removal treatment space, and this part that becomes negative pressure due to the high-speed airflow flowing between the airflow guide and the umbrella Pull the cloth toward the airflow guide side to prevent the umbrella cloth from overlapping. There is another type of airflow guide that has wings on both sides of the curved part that spread the mesenteric part of the umbrella by airflow. By these two types of airflow guides, the umbrella cloth between the heel part of the umbrella and the main bone part is provided. Exposure to high-speed airflow. By rotating the umbrella placed in the water removal treatment space alternately in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions, the heel part and the main bone part are along two kinds of airflow guides, so that the entire umbrella can be drained in a short time. it can.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an umbrella dewatering device according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a positional relationship between nozzles, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a relationship between the nozzles and an airflow guide. 4 is a perspective view showing the airflow guide alone, FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the function of the airflow guide, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view and a side view showing the configuration of the nozzle. This embodiment relates to a stop processing type umbrella dewatering device that is installed in a lobby or a front door of an office, a store, or the like, and dehumidifies a wet umbrella on the spot without moving. As shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 1, the umbrella dewatering machine includes a dewatering treatment space 3 in which the umbrella 1 in a depressed state can be inserted and removed in a substantially vertical direction with a stone bump 2 down, and the dewatering process. An outer shell is constituted by a main body box 5 including an air supply chamber 4 provided adjacent to the processing space 3.

  The water removal treatment space 3 is defined by a funnel-shaped bottom surface 6 and a top surface and a peripheral side surface having a circular inlet / outlet 7, and is defined as a space in which the umbrella 1 can be stored vertically. Is provided with a pipe-like stone pier 8 for inserting the stone butt 2 of the umbrella 1. The stone insert 8 is a part that receives the stone stick 2 of the umbrella 1 and also a part that exhausts and drains the water removal treatment space 3. The top surface inlet / outlet port 7 is connected to the water removal treatment space 3 by a shoulder portion 9 and a neck portion 10, and is formed as an opening portion through which the retracted umbrella 1 can be inserted and removed. In this dewatering treatment space 3, the umbrella 1 can be inserted from the inlet / outlet 7 with the stone butt 2 down and the tip 11 facing up, and the funnel-shaped bottom surface 6 puts the umbrella 1 into the stone ridge 8. It can be smoothly inserted by guiding the stone bump 2. The umbrella 1 placed in the water removal treatment space 3 can be freely rotated in the forward and reverse directions with the handle supported by the hand and the stone bump 2 as an axis.

  In the air supply chamber 4, a blower 12 as a dewatering treatment air flow generating means is assembled in a state of being sandwiched by a packing and a vibration isolating member with the suction port on the bottom and the blower port on the top. The suction port of the blower 12 faces the suction air passage 13 that is open at the side of the main body box 5. A sound absorbing material is stuck on the inner surface of the suction air passage 13. Four air supply pipes 14 are attached to the air supply chamber 4 facing the blower 12 outlet. Each of the air supply pipes 14 is disposed at four front and rear left and right positions of the shoulder portion 9 of the water removal treatment space 3, and is connected to nozzles 15 attached to the front and rear left and right four positions of the shoulder portion 9. Each nozzle 15 has a spout at the shoulder portion 9 at a position where the umbrella portion 16 of the umbrella 1 placed in the water removal treatment space 3 is on the outer side from the state in which the umbrella 16 is pulled out to the outside. It is attached towards the case 8.

  Close to the back of each nozzle 15, a bowl-shaped airflow guide 17 curved toward the umbrella 1 in the water removal treatment space 3 is approximately 20 degrees between the shoulder 9 and the periphery of the stone piercing 8. It is installed with an angle of. As shown in FIG. 4, the airflow guide 17 is gradually reduced in width toward the stone insertion 8 side to prevent diffusion of the airflow ejected from the nozzle 15 and not to attenuate the flow velocity to the stone insertion 8 side. The shape is taken.

  When the umbrella 1 wet with rain water or snow is squeezed into this umbrella dewatering machine and is inserted into the water removal treatment space 3 from the stone bump 2 side, the insertion of the umbrella 1 is detected by the sensor 18 and the blower 12 is operated. If the stone thrusting 2 of the umbrella 1 is received in the stone thrusting 8, water drops and snow attached to the umbrella cloth can be removed. That is, a high-speed air flow is ejected from the nozzle 15 toward the outer surface of the umbrella 1 placed in the water removal treatment space 3 from the tip 11 side toward the stone bump 2 side. The high-speed airflow ejected from the nozzle 15 is guided by the airflow guide 17 to suppress diffusion and attenuation, and is blown obliquely along the outer surface of the umbrella 1 from the tip 11 side toward the stone thrust 2 side. Water removal of the wet umbrella 1 is completed in a short time by rotating the umbrella 1 90 to 180 degrees clockwise and counterclockwise 23 times or moving it up and down. By turning the umbrella 1, the heel part 16, which is the interosseous part of the umbrella 1, becomes negative pressure due to the high-speed airflow flowing along the airflow guide 17, so that it is stretched outward as shown in FIG. Water is quickly removed after the umbrella cloths do not overlap. The water droplets removed from the umbrella 1 flow down to the stone insertion 8 along the funnel-shaped bottom surface 6 and are drained out of the water removal treatment space 3 as a drain. Exhaust of the water removal treatment space 3 is also performed from the stone insertion 8. As described above, this umbrella water remover increases the air blowing force more than necessary by the action of the airflow guide 17 regardless of whether the water repellency of the umbrella cloth is lowered or the quality of the umbrella cloth is different. Therefore, the water in the umbrella 1 can be efficiently removed. As the nozzle 15, it is possible to adopt a nozzle having a circular jet outlet as shown in FIG. 6A, an elliptical nozzle as shown in B, or a slit nozzle as shown in C.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
The umbrella water remover of the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 to 11 is a device in which the form of the airflow guide is devised, and basically the structure shown in Embodiment 1 except for the configuration related to the airflow guide. The same. Therefore, the same parts as those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the first embodiment, and description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the main part of the umbrella dewatering apparatus of the present embodiment, FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the main part of another umbrella dewatering apparatus of the present embodiment, and FIG. 9 is the arrangement of the airflow guide. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the airflow guide alone, and FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing the function of the airflow guide. In the umbrella water remover of this embodiment, the access port 7 of the water removal treatment space 3 is formed in an elliptical shape. The airflow guide 17 is curved to the umbrella 1 side so that the airflow flows along the outer surface of the umbrella 1 placed in the water removal treatment space 3, and the wing that expands the flange 16 of the interosseous membranous portion of the umbrella 1 by the airflow. 19 is provided on both sides of the bending portion, and the two types of airflow guides 17 are alternately arranged. As shown in FIG. 10, the wing 19 is configured as a wing extending obliquely outward to the left and right of the curved portion.

  As shown in FIG. 9, an airflow guide 17 having only a curved portion is disposed along the long side of the elliptical inlet / outlet 7, and an airflow guide 17 having wings 19 is disposed along the short side. . As shown in FIG. 11, the airflow guide 17 with the wing 19 functions to widen the heel part 16 of the interosseous portion of the umbrella 1 so that no water droplets remain on the heel part 16. By arranging the airflow guide 17 having the wings 19 on the short side of the ellipse, the wings 19 are closer to the umbrella cloth near the main bone, and water can be efficiently removed. By alternately arranging the two kinds of airflow guides 17, smooth water removal can be performed from the main bone portion of the umbrella 1 rotated in the water removal treatment space 3 to the heel portion 16. As shown in FIG. 8, nozzles 15 corresponding to the number of skeletons of a general umbrella 1 are provided, and two types of airflow guides 17 are alternately arranged, whereby the umbrella 1 in the water removal treatment space 3 is arranged. Rotation operation can be reduced, and operability and usability can be improved. In addition, although the operability is lowered, the number of nozzles 15 can be reduced, the jet flow per nozzle 15 can be strengthened, and the water removal performance can be improved. Other functions are the same as those of the first embodiment.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
The umbrella dewatering device according to the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 is a device in which the arrangement of the nozzles is devised, and the configuration other than that is basically shown in the first embodiment or the second embodiment. Is the same. Therefore, the same parts as those in the first embodiment and the second embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  12 and 13 are cross-sectional views of the umbrella water remover of this embodiment. In this umbrella water remover, a nozzle 20 is added in the middle of the water removal treatment space 3 toward the stone bump 2 side. The nozzle 20 may be provided in the airflow guide 17 as shown in FIG. 12, or may be provided between the airflow guides 17 as shown in FIG. The air flow is switched between the nozzle 15 on the tip 11 side and the intermediate nozzle 20 by the air path switching means 21, and a high-speed air flow is ejected from the nozzle 15 on the tip 11 side at the initial stage of water removal treatment. Thereafter, a high-speed air flow is ejected from the intermediate nozzle 20. In the standing umbrella 1, the water removal on the side of the stone bump 2 is delayed, but the water removal over the entire length of the umbrella can be smoothly performed by applying a high-speed air flow to the stone bump 2 side in the latter half of the water removal treatment. By adopting this configuration, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience that moisture remaining on the dew tip 11 side of the umbrella 1 subjected to water removal flows down naturally and accumulates on the stone bump 2 side and drops from the stone bump 2. . Other functions are the same as those of the first and second embodiments.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
The umbrella dewatering device of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 14 is a device in which a dewatering treatment space is set to a negative pressure, and is basically the same as that shown in each of the embodiments described above except for the configuration related thereto. Is the same. Therefore, the same parts as those in the first to third embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of the umbrella water remover of this embodiment. This umbrella dewatering machine is provided with a suction blower 22 that sucks air from the stone piercing 8 in the water removal treatment space 3 and exhausts it outside the machine. The suction force of the suction blower 22 is not enough to move the main bone of the umbrella 1 in the water removal treatment space 3, but may be enough to expand the flange 16 outward. The suction blower 22 operates in conjunction with the blower 12 and makes the water removal treatment space 3 have a negative pressure during the water removal treatment. Thereby, as for the umbrella 1, water removal is performed in the state where the collar part 16 swelled, and effective water removal becomes possible. Since an air flow is not sent into the umbrella 1, it does not hinder the extraction of the umbrella 1. The other functions are the same as those in each embodiment.

It is sectional drawing of an umbrella water remover. (Embodiment 1) It is the perspective view which showed the positional relationship of a nozzle. (Embodiment 1) It is the perspective view which showed the relationship between a nozzle and an airflow guide. (Embodiment 1) It is the perspective view which showed the airflow guide independently. (Embodiment 1) It is explanatory drawing which showed the function of the airflow guide. (Embodiment 1) It is the perspective view and side view which showed the structure of the nozzle. (Embodiment 1) It is a perspective view of the principal part of an umbrella water remover. (Embodiment 2) It is a perspective view of the principal part of the other umbrella water remover. (Embodiment 2) It is the top view which showed arrangement | positioning of an airflow guide. (Embodiment 2) It is the perspective view which showed the airflow guide independently. (Embodiment 2) It is explanatory drawing which showed the function of the airflow guide. (Embodiment 2) It is sectional drawing of an umbrella water remover. (Embodiment 3) It is sectional drawing of another umbrella water remover. (Embodiment 3) It is sectional drawing of an umbrella water remover. (Embodiment 4)

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Umbrella, 2 Stone thrust, 3 Water removal processing space, 7 Outlet / inlet, 11 Dew point, 12 Blower, 15 Nozzle, 17 Airflow guide, 19 Wing, 20 Nozzle, 22 Suction blower

Claims (8)

  A drainage treatment space that can be inserted and removed and rotated with the stone tip down and the tip up, and the outer surface of the umbrella placed in this water removal treatment space from the tip side to the stone tip side A dewatering treatment airflow generating means for ejecting a high-speed airflow toward the surface, and a high-speed airflow generated by the dewatering treatment airflow generation means along the outer surface of the umbrella placed in the dewatering treatment space from the tip side to the stone thrust side Umbrella dewatering machine equipped with an airflow guide that obliquely guides toward the.   The umbrella dewatering machine according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of locations are arranged from the tip side toward the stone thrust side along the outer surface of the umbrella in which the high-speed airflow generated by the water removal treatment airflow generating means is placed in the water removal treatment space. An umbrella dewatering machine equipped with an airflow guide for each of the high-speed airflows, which is ejected from the airflow and is obliquely guided.   3. The umbrella dewatering device according to claim 1, wherein the umbrella water removal device is curved toward the umbrella side so that the airflow guide flows along the outer surface of the umbrella placed in the water removal treatment space. Machine.   4. The umbrella dewatering machine according to claim 3, wherein the airflow guide is provided with wings on both sides of the airflow guide for expanding the interosseous membrane portion of the umbrella by the airflow.   The umbrella dewatering machine according to claim 2, wherein the airflow guide is bent toward the umbrella side so that the airflow flows along the outer surface of the umbrella placed in the water removal treatment space, and the interosseous membrane portion of the umbrella Umbrella dewatering machine composed of two types with wings on both sides to expand the airflow.   The umbrella water remover according to claim 5, wherein the water removal treatment space outlet / exit is configured in an elliptical shape, and the outer surface of the umbrella placed in the water removal treatment space along the long side of the elliptical shape inlet / outlet An umbrella dewatering machine is provided with an airflow guide curved to the umbrella side so as to flow along the airflow, and provided with an airflow guide with wings extending along the short side by the airflow.   The umbrella water remover according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a high-speed air flow is generated by a water removal treatment air flow generation unit from a middle portion of the umbrella placed in the water removal treatment space toward a stone thrust side. Umbrella water remover designed to erupt.   The umbrella water remover according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a suction blower that makes the water removal treatment space have a negative pressure.

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