JP4528200B2 - Nasal irrigator - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a nasal irrigator using a faucet.

  As a nasal washer used for prevention and countermeasures against colds, hay fever, allergic rhinitis, empyema, chronic rhinitis, etc., spray-types that have a size that can be installed in bathrooms, bathrooms, etc. are commercially available. .

  This nasal irrigator is a type that can be used by simply diluting a dedicated cleaning liquid (for example, saline) with a predetermined amount of warm water, but it is difficult to reproduce the concentration and temperature of the cleaning liquid optimal for use.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned matters, and an object of the present invention is to provide a nasal washer that can reproduce the concentration and temperature of the cleaning liquid optimum for use.

In order to achieve the above object, a nasal washer according to the present invention comprises a flow path switching unit connectable to a faucet, a cleaning unit that discharges cleaning liquid, and a connection hose that connects both units. The unit is formed with a channel that leads to the outside and a channel that leads to the connection hose, and a water discharge channel in the faucet is either a channel leading to the outside or a channel leading to the connection hose. The cleaning unit is provided with a switching means for switching to communicate with each other, and the cleaning unit is configured to mix the water and the cleaning liquid passing through the connection hose to the inside and discharge the cleaning liquid of a predetermined concentration from the nozzle at the tip. Is provided ,
This cleaning liquid dispenser
A cleaning liquid storage portion having a nozzle-shaped tip portion at the downstream end, and a cleaning liquid discharge portion having the nozzle at the tip,
Furthermore, this cleaning liquid discharge part
Covering the front end portion side of the cleaning liquid storage portion, and after the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid storage portion is sucked by the water that has passed through the connection hose, the water and the water through the throttle located immediately downstream of the nozzle-shaped front end portion It is configured to discharge a cleaning liquid having a predetermined concentration obtained by mixing the cleaning liquid from the nozzle,
On the upstream side of the cleaning liquid discharge part, there is an inlet for water through a connection hose,
An operation member is provided for moving the nozzle-shaped tip portion of the cleaning liquid container in a direction in which the nozzle-shaped tip portion is brought close to the diaphragm and in a direction in which the nozzle-shaped tip portion is separated from the diaphragm. A flow rate adjusting means for adjusting the flow rate is provided (Claim 1).
In the present invention, the cleaning solution means a saline solution or a nose cleaning chemical solution.

In the present invention, as the switching means, there are provided a movable disk that is rotated around the central axis by the operating member, and a fixed disk that can be slidably contacted with the movable disk. The movable disk has a first hole formed so as to be able to communicate with the flow path leading to the outside side and a first hole formed so as to be communicated with the flow path leading to the connection hose side. while having a second hole, the upstream end of the wash solution accommodating section, to flow out of the washing liquid in the cartridge to the cleaning liquid containing portion by opening a hole in a portion insertion when the cleaning liquid is inserted cartridge that is sealed Pins are provided, and
The operating member and the flow rate adjusting means are provided in the cleaning liquid discharge unit,
The cleaning liquid discharge part has an annular taper part formed in a part where the nozzle-like tip part of the cleaning liquid storage part is located immediately upstream of the throttle, and the taper part and the cleaning liquid storage part An annular ejection opening for ejecting water is formed between the nozzle-shaped tip portions , and the cleaning liquid discharge section has the mixing chamber on the downstream side of the throttle, and the mixing chamber has the throttle It is preferable to have a stirring plate for stirring the water that has passed through and the cleaning liquid (claim 2).

Further, in the present invention, the cleaning liquid ejecting unit, rather is preferably has a handle provided on the outer periphery of the upstream side together with the cleaning liquid discharge portion (claim 3), wherein the nozzle tip of the cleaning liquid discharge portion, the spiral It is preferable that the discharge state can be switched to either a state or a spraying state (Claim 4) .

  The present invention includes a flow path switching unit that can be connected to a water faucet, a cleaning unit that discharges cleaning liquid, and a connection hose that connects both units. The flow path switching unit is connected to a flow path that leads to the outside. A flow path that leads to the hose side is formed, and a switching means is provided for switching so that the water discharge flow path in the faucet communicates with either the flow path leading to the external side or the flow path leading to the connection hose side, The cleaning unit is equipped with a cleaning liquid dispenser configured to mix water and cleaning liquid that passes through the connecting hose and the cleaning liquid, and discharge the cleaning liquid at a predetermined concentration from the nozzle at the tip. The reproducibility of the concentration and temperature can be improved.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited thereby.
1 to 9 show a first embodiment of the present invention. 1 to 9, reference numeral 1 denotes a nasal washer, which is a cylindrical case that is detachably connected to a water discharge port (calant) 3 of an existing single-lever hot-water mixing faucet 2 provided, for example, in a bathroom A. A flow path switching unit 30a having S, a cleaning unit 30b for discharging, for example, a saline solution as a nasal cleaning liquid having a predetermined concentration, and a connecting hose 4 for connecting both units 30a and 30b are provided. The flow path switching unit 30a is formed with a flow path B (see FIG. 4) that leads to the outside side (for example, the wash ball 29 side) and a flow path C that leads to the connection hose side, and the water discharge flow in the faucet 2 Switching means is provided for switching so that the path D communicates with either the flow path B leading to the external side or the flow path C leading to the connection hose side. Further, the cleaning unit 30b includes water from the water outlet 3 through the connection hose 4 to the inside, and a cleaning liquid sealed in the cartridge 5 (high-concentration saline before being diluted with water from the hot water mixing faucet 2). And a cleaning liquid discharger 8 configured to discharge the cleaning liquid of the predetermined concentration diluted with water from the hot and cold water mixing faucet 2 from the tapered nozzle 7 at the tip. In addition, the said water in this invention also includes the hot water mixed water discharged from the water outlet 3 of the hot water mixed tap 2. Reference numeral 31 denotes a water heater that supplies hot water to a hot water pipe 31 a connected to the hot and cold water mixing faucet 2. 31 b is a water pipe connected to the hot and cold water mixing faucet 2.

As the switching means, there are provided a movable disk 10 that is rotated around the central axis by an operating member 9 with a knob 9a, and a fixed disk 11 that can slide on the movable disk upper surface 10a. This fixed disk 11 has a single hole 12 penetrating vertically so as to communicate with the water discharge flow path D, and the movable disk 10 penetrates vertically so as to communicate with the flow path B communicating to the outside. It has the formed 1st hole 13, and the 2nd hole 14 formed by penetrating between the upper surface 10a and the one side surface 10b so that it could connect to the flow path C which leads to the connection hose side. .
The cleaning liquid discharger 8 includes a cleaning liquid storage section 16 having a nozzle-shaped front end portion 15 at the downstream end, a front end portion 15 side of the cleaning liquid storage section 16, and a cleaning liquid storage section by water passing through the connection hose 4. And a cleaning liquid discharge section 17 for discharging a cleaning liquid having a predetermined concentration obtained by mixing the water and the cleaning liquid from the nozzle 7 provided at the tip after the cleaning liquid in the nozzle 16 is sucked. On the upstream side of the cleaning liquid discharge portion 17, an inlet 18 for water passing through the connection hose 4 is provided, and the nozzle 7 is provided at the downstream end. Further, when the cartridge 5 containing the cleaning liquid is inserted into the upstream end of the cleaning liquid storage section 16, a hole H is formed in the insertion portion 19 of the cartridge 5 so that the cleaning liquid in the cartridge 5 is put into the cleaning liquid storage section 16. A pin 20 is provided for draining.
Further, the cleaning liquid discharge section 17 has a throttle 21 immediately downstream of the nozzle-shaped tip section 15, and the cleaning liquid discharge section 17 has the tip section 15 of the cleaning liquid storage section 16 positioned immediately upstream of the throttle 21. An annular tapered portion 17a is formed in the portion, and an annular ejection opening 21a through which water is ejected is formed between the tapered portion 17a and the tip portion 15. An arrow P in FIG. 7 indicates the flow of the cleaning liquid sucked by the water ejected from the ejection opening 21 a and mixed with water through the orifice 21.
In addition, the cleaning liquid discharger 17 stirs the water and the cleaning liquid that have passed through the throttle 21 into the mixing chamber 22 (water and chemical liquid mixing chamber) 22 on the downstream side of the throttle 21 to uniformly mix the cleaning liquid with the water. A plate 23 is provided. In addition, a rotation operation member 24 for moving the cleaning liquid container 16 in the axial direction (direction indicated by a double arrow E) is provided, and the flow rate of water flowing through the connection hose 4 is adjusted before the inlet 18. A flow rate adjusting means 25 is provided for this purpose.

  A handle 26 is provided integrally with the cleaning liquid discharge section 17 on the outer periphery on the upstream side of the cleaning liquid discharge section 17. A flexible cover 27 made of silicon that covers the outer peripheral surface of the nozzle 7 has a shape corresponding to the shape of the outer peripheral surface of the nozzle 7 on the inner peripheral surface. The cover 27 is provided with a pot 28 for easy removal. A cover 29 covers the cartridge 5. Reference numeral 33 denotes a hook provided on the wall of the bathroom A, and the cleaning liquid discharger 8 is held through the cover 29. Further, the nozzle 7 at the tip of the cleaning liquid discharger 8 is in a discharge state of either a spiral straight discharged in a spiral shape to increase the cleaning effect as shown in FIG. 8 or spraying as shown in FIG. It is configured to be switchable. The flow path switching unit 30a may be always connected to the water discharge port 3, or may be connected to the water discharge port 3 only when the nasal washer 1 is used.

  Thus, at the time of use, the flow path switching unit 30a is connected to the spout 3 and the cleaning liquid discharger 8 is taken out from the hook 33, the faucet 2 is spouted, and hot water is mixed from the spout 3 at an appropriate temperature. Water is discharged. On the other hand, the operation member 9 of the flow path switching unit 30a is operated to the connection hose side to introduce the hot / cold water mixture into the cleaning liquid discharger 8 side. In FIG. 7, i is a flow path of the hot / cold mixed water introduced to the cleaning liquid discharger 8 side. In the cleaning liquid discharger 8, the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid container 16 is sucked by the hot water mixed water ejected from the ejection opening 21 a before the throttle 21 and the hot water mixed water and the cleaning liquid are mixed through the throttle 21. The In FIG. 7, j is a flow path of the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid storage unit 16. At this time, the hot water mixed water and the cleaning liquid that have passed through the restrictor 21 are introduced at high speed into a stirring plate 23 provided immediately downstream of the restrictor 21, and the hot water mixed water and the cleaning liquid are uniformly mixed by stirring. Therefore, a cleaning liquid having a predetermined concentration can be discharged from the nozzle 7 at the tip. In this case, the concentration of the cleaning liquid discharged from the nozzle 7 can be managed by adjusting the flow rate by the flow rate adjusting means 25 and the amount of movement of the cleaning liquid container 16 in the E direction by the rotation operation member 24. Moreover, since the hot / cold water faucet 2 is used, the temperature of the hot / cold water mixture can be set to 38 to 40 ° C. with good skin feeling without irritation to the nasal mucosa.

  On the other hand, when the operation member 9 is operated to the outside, the hot / cold water can be discharged to the wash bowl 34 side.

10 and 11 show a reference example . 10 and 11, the same reference numerals as those shown in FIGS. 1 to 9 are the same or equivalent.

10 and 11, the cleaning liquid discharger 8 includes a cleaning liquid introducing portion 41 having a cleaning liquid introducing hole (nozzle hole) 40 penetrating in an elongated manner, and the cleaning liquid introducing portion 41 being connected to the connecting hose 4. After the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid introduction part 41 introduced from the cartridge 5 is sucked by the hot water mixed water from the faucet 2 that has passed through, the cleaning water having a predetermined concentration is obtained by uniformly mixing the hot water mixed water and the cleaning liquid. And a cleaning liquid discharge section 42 for discharging from a nozzle 7 provided in the nozzle. In FIG. 11, i is a flow path of the hot / cold mixed water introduced into the cleaning liquid discharge section 42. Further, the upstream end 44 of the cleaning liquid introducing portion 41 has a pin for opening a hole H in the insertion portion 43 and allowing the cleaning liquid in the cartridge 5 to flow into the cleaning liquid introducing hole 40 when the cartridge 5 enclosing the cleaning liquid is inserted. It is formed into a shape. Reference numeral 45 denotes an air suction hole provided in the cleaning liquid introducing portion 41.

It is a perspective view which shows the use condition in 1st Example of this invention. It is a principal part disassembled perspective view in the said Example. It is structure explanatory drawing which shows the said Example. It is composition explanatory drawing which shows the flow-path switching unit in the said Example. It is a top view which shows the fixed disk used in the said Example. It is a top view which shows the movable disk used in the said Example. It is composition explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the said Example. It is a perspective view which shows the cleaning liquid discharge state of the said Example. It is a perspective view which shows another washing | cleaning liquid discharge state of the said Example. Is an exploded view showing a reference example. It is principal part structure explanatory drawing which shows the said reference example .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Nasal irrigator 2 Hot and cold water mixing faucet 4 Connection hose 7 Nozzle 8 Cleaning fluid discharge
15 nozzle tip
16 cleaning liquid container
17 Cleaning liquid discharge part
18 water entrance
21 stops
22 mixing chambers
24 operation members
25 Flow rate adjusting means 30a Channel switching unit 30b Cleaning unit B Channel leading to the external side C Channel leading to the connecting hose side D Water discharge channel

Claims (4)

A flow path switching unit that can be connected to a water faucet, a cleaning unit that discharges cleaning liquid, and a connection hose that connects both units are provided. The flow path switching unit communicates with the flow path that leads to the outside and the connection hose side. The flow path is formed, and switching means is provided for switching so that the water discharge flow path in the faucet communicates with either the flow path leading to the external side or the flow path leading to the connection hose side. A cleaning liquid dispenser configured to mix water and cleaning liquid passing through the connection hose and the cleaning liquid and discharge a predetermined concentration of cleaning liquid from the nozzle at the tip is provided .
This cleaning liquid dispenser
A cleaning liquid storage portion having a nozzle-shaped tip portion at the downstream end, and a cleaning liquid discharge portion having the nozzle at the tip,
Furthermore, this cleaning liquid discharge part
Covering the front end portion side of the cleaning liquid storage portion, and after the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid storage portion is sucked by the water that has passed through the connection hose, the water and the water through the throttle located immediately downstream of the nozzle-shaped front end portion It is configured to discharge a cleaning liquid having a predetermined concentration obtained by mixing the cleaning liquid from the nozzle,
On the upstream side of the cleaning liquid discharge part, there is an inlet for water through a connection hose,
An operation member is provided for moving the nozzle-shaped tip portion of the cleaning liquid container in a direction in which the nozzle-shaped tip portion is brought close to the diaphragm and in a direction in which the nozzle-shaped tip portion is separated from the diaphragm. A nasal irrigator characterized in that a flow rate adjusting means for adjusting the flow rate is provided . As the switching means, there are provided a movable disk that is rotated around the central axis by an operating member, and a fixed disk that can be slidably contacted with the movable disk. Are a first hole formed so as to be able to communicate with the flow path leading to the outside side, and a second hole formed so as to be able to communicate with the flow path leading to the connection hose side; while having, at the upstream end of the wash solution housing portion, a pin for causing the washing liquid in the cartridge by opening the hole in the part insertion when the cartridge cleaning liquid are sealed plugged flow out to the cleaning liquid containing portion Provided, and
The operating member and the flow rate adjusting means are provided in the cleaning liquid discharge unit,
The cleaning liquid discharge section has an annular taper portion formed in a portion where the nozzle-shaped tip portion of the cleaning liquid storage section is located immediately upstream of the throttle, and the taper section and the cleaning liquid storage section An annular ejection opening for ejecting water is formed between the nozzle-shaped tip portions , and the cleaning liquid discharge section has the mixing chamber on the downstream side of the throttle, and the mixing chamber has the throttle The nasal washer according to claim 1, further comprising a stirring plate for stirring the water and the cleaning liquid that have passed through . The nasal washer according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the cleaning liquid discharge section has a handle provided integrally with the cleaning liquid discharge section on the outer periphery on the upstream side . The nasal washer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the nozzle at the tip of the cleaning liquid discharge section is configured to be switched to a spiral discharge state or a spray discharge state.

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