JP4582072B2 - Shaver system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a shaver system including a shaver and a cleaning device that removes hair and skin tissue adhering to the blade tip of the shaver by cleaning.

Such a shaver system is disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, for example. In these conventional techniques, a cleaning apparatus has been proposed in which the cutting edge of the shaver is cleaned by continuously supplying the cleaning liquid filtered by the filter and then dried. By using such a cleaning device, it has become possible to store a shaver that has been stored near the water in a washroom or other place away from the water, such as a living room or bedroom. Convenience has been improved.
Japanese Patent No. 36600002 JP 2004-243112 A

  In the above-described prior art, the degree of freedom of installation location has been improved, but there are still restrictions imposed such as installation near an outlet or using an extension cable. When an extension cable is used, there is a risk that the cable may get caught in the cable, and the appearance of the room will deteriorate. One method for ensuring the flexibility of installation location without using a cable is to use a fuel cell in the cleaning device.

  Further, the shaver disclosed in Patent Document 1 is charged by being mounted at a predetermined mounting position of the cleaning device, but if the mounting is not frequently performed on the cleaning device, the shaver battery becomes empty. There is. In such a case, if the shaver is a charging method, charging takes a certain amount of time, so the shaver cannot be used immediately.

  One method of using a shaver immediately is to use a fuel cell for the shaver. In this case, when the fuel is replenished, the shaver can be used immediately by the electric power generated in the fuel cell. However, even in this case, it is troublesome and troublesome to supply the shaver with fuel each time the fuel cell of the shaver becomes empty.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a shaver system that can supply alcohol fuel to a fuel cell built in the shaver with a simple operation that does not require time and effort.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a shaver having a shaver-side fuel cell using alcohol fuel as an energy source and a fuel tank in which alcohol fuel is stored, and a fuel tank of the shaver by mounting the shaver. A fuel supply device for supplying alcohol fuel to the fuel supply device, wherein the fuel supply device supplies alcohol stored in the fuel supply device to the fuel tank of the shaver as alcohol fuel. It was characterized by having. Thereby, alcohol fuel can be replenished to the fuel tank of the shaver by a simple operation of mounting the shaver on the fuel supply device.

  Further, the alcohol fuel can be replenished in a shorter time than charging the battery. Therefore, in the shaver system according to the first aspect of the invention, the shaver can be used with the electric power generated by the fuel cell immediately after the alcohol fuel is replenished.

Further, in the first aspect of the invention, the fuel supply device includes a device-side fuel cell that uses alcohol fuel as an energy source, and a second fuel that supplies alcohol fuel stored in the fuel supply device to the device-side fuel cell. And supply means. As a result, the power required for the fuel supply device can be supplied by the device-side fuel cell, and there is no restriction of installing the fuel supply device near the outlet or using an extension cable. As a result, the degree of freedom of the place where the fuel supply device is installed can be expanded.

In the invention of claim 2, a single pump may function as a second fuel supply means for supplying fuel to the apparatus side fuel cell of the first fuel supply means and the fuel supply device for supplying alcohol fuel to the fuel tank of the shaver It was characterized by that. Thereby, the number of parts can be reduced and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

In the invention of claim 3, the shaver is provided with a remaining amount measuring means for measuring the remaining amount of alcohol fuel in the fuel tank, and when the alcohol fuel in the fuel tank is below a predetermined remaining amount, The first fuel supply means is driven. Accordingly, the remaining amount of the alcohol fuel in the shaver can be determined by the fuel supply device itself, and when necessary, an appropriate amount of alcohol fuel is automatically supplied to the fuel tank of the shaver. As a result, it does not take time to refuel the shaver.

In the invention of claim 4, the fuel supply device is a cleaning device that mounts the shaver at a predetermined mounting position and cleans the blade edge of the shaver with alcohol, wherein the alcohol stored in the cleaning device is alcohol fuel and It is characterized by being used as a cleaning liquid. Accordingly, it is possible to supply the cleaning liquid of the cleaning device as alcohol fuel to the fuel tank of the shaver by a simple operation of mounting the shaver at a predetermined mounting position of the cleaning device.

  Further, since the alcohol stored in the cleaning apparatus is used as the alcohol fuel and the cleaning liquid, it is not necessary to separately provide a tank for storing the alcohol fuel and a tank for storing the cleaning liquid in the cleaning apparatus. Therefore, the number of parts can be reduced and the cleaning device can be downsized.

  In the present invention, alcohol fuel can be supplied to the fuel cell built in the shaver by a simple operation of mounting the shaver on the fuel supply device.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a shaver system 1 according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2A is a plan sectional view of a shaver 2 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating the present embodiment. It is front sectional drawing of the shaver 2 which concerns on. The shaver system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a shaver 2 and a cleaning device 3, and when the shaver 2 is mounted on a cleaning dish 25 that is a predetermined mounting position of the cleaning device 3, the cutting edge 6 of the shaver 2. Is washed and dried, and the secondary battery 7 built in the shaver 2 is charged. In the shaver system 1 according to the present embodiment, considering that ethyl alcohol is less toxic than methyl alcohol and easily available, ethanol 20 is used as a cleaning liquid and alcohol fuel.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the shaver 2 according to the present embodiment generates power by reacting an inner blade and an outer blade (not shown), a motor 5 that is a driving means for the inner blade, alcohol fuel, and oxygen in the air. Shaver-side fuel cell 8, secondary battery 7 storing a certain amount of power, fuel cartridge 13 (fuel tank) storing alcohol fuel, and remaining amount measurement for measuring the remaining amount of alcohol fuel in the fuel cartridge 13 Means 18 and a circuit unit 15 for controlling the operation of the shaver 2 are provided.

  When the switch (not shown) of the shaver 2 is operated, the circuit unit 15 formed on the substrate supplies the electric power generated in the shaver-side fuel cell 8 and the electric power accumulated in the secondary battery 7 to the motor 5. The hair removal process is performed between the inner blade and the outer blade by applying and linearly reciprocating the inner blade. The power generated by the shaver-side fuel cell 8 is mainly used for energizing the motor 5, and the power stored in the secondary battery 7 at the start of the motor 5 is used supplementarily.

  Further, in the shaver 2 according to the present embodiment, the fuel cartridge 13 in which the ethanol 20 is accumulated is detachable from the shaver 2. When the fuel cartridge 13 is attached to the shaver 2, the pump 16, which is a fuel supply means to the shaver side fuel cell 8, is driven, and the ethanol 20 sucked up from the fuel cartridge 13 passes through the pipe line 17 to the shaver side fuel. The battery 8 is supplied. In the shaver 2 according to this embodiment, the remaining amount of ethanol in the fuel cartridge 13 is constantly measured by the remaining amount measuring means 15.

  The shaver-side fuel cell 8 is configured such that an electrolyte membrane 12 is sandwiched between a cathode 10 and an anode 11. The ethanol 20 sucked up by the pump 16 is used as an energy source, and the ethanol 20 reacts with oxygen in the air. To generate electricity. In power generation, air (oxygen) is taken in and water is discharged on the cathode 10 side. The water is once absorbed by an absorbing means (not shown) such as a cloth and then diffused into the air. On the anode 11 side, ethanol is taken in and carbon dioxide is discharged. As shown in FIG. 2A, the generated power is input to the circuit unit 15 formed on the substrate, boosted, and stored in the secondary battery 7.

  In the shaver system 1 according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a cleaning liquid cartridge 27 storing ethanol 20 used as a cleaning liquid is attached to the bottom of the cleaning device 3. The cleaning device 3 includes a cleaning pump 30 that supplies the ethanol 20 in the cleaning liquid cartridge 27 to the cleaning dish 25, a device-side fuel cell 36 that generates electricity by reacting the ethanol 20 and oxygen in the air, and the cleaning liquid cartridge 27. A shaver pump 31 (first fuel supply means) for supplying the ethanol to the shaver-side fuel cell 8 of the shaver 2, and a battery pump 32 (second fuel supply) for supplying the ethanol 20 in the cleaning liquid cartridge 27 to the apparatus-side fuel cell 36. Fuel supply means) and a circuit block 35 for controlling the operation of the cleaning device 3.

  The cleaning apparatus 3 according to the present embodiment sucks up the ethanol 20 stored in the cleaning liquid cartridge 27 by driving the cleaning pump 30 and supplies the ethanol 20 onto the cleaning dish 25 via the conduit 41. For this reason, the cleaning device 3 is configured to be able to immerse and clean the blade edge 6 of the shaver 2 in ethanol 20 when the shaver 2 is mounted at a predetermined mounting position. The shaver 2 can be cleaned by appropriately vibrating the blade edge of the shaver 2. When the cleaning is completed, the electromagnetic valve 43 is opened, and the ethanol 20 in the cleaning dish 25 is dropped into the cleaning liquid cartridge 30 via the conduit 42. Then, at the bottom of the cleaning liquid cartridge 27, the sawdust is deposited. After completion of the cleaning, the blower 50 is driven and the blade edge 6 of the shaver 2 is dried.

  The device-side fuel cell 36 is configured by sandwiching an electrolytic membrane 40 between a cathode 37 and an anode 38, similarly to the shaver-side fuel cell 8 of the shaver 2. The apparatus-side fuel cell 36 uses ethanol 20 stored in the cleaning liquid cartridge 27 and used as a cleaning liquid as an energy source. In the cleaning device 3 according to the present embodiment, by driving the battery pump 32, the ethanol 20 is sucked up from the cleaning liquid cartridge 27 through the pipe 47 and the filter 48 for removing swarf, and the ethanol 20 and oxygen in the air Power is generated by reacting.

  Air (oxygen) is taken in on the cathode 37 side by power generation, and water is discharged. The water is once absorbed by an absorbing means (not shown) such as a cloth and then diffused into the air. On the anode 38 side, ethanol 20 is taken in and carbon dioxide is discharged. The generated electric power is supplied to the washing pump 30, the shaver pump 31, the battery pump 32, the electromagnetic valve 43, the blower 50, the circuit block 35 that drives and controls them, the secondary battery 7 of the shaver 2, and the like. .

  In the shaver system 1 according to the present embodiment, when the shaver 2 is mounted at a predetermined mounting position of the cleaning device 3 and a cleaning instruction signal is input from the input unit of the cleaning device 3 to the circuit block 35 of the cleaning device, The circuit block 35 inquires the remaining amount measuring means 18 of the shaver 2 about the remaining amount of ethanol 20 in the fuel cartridge 13. The circuit block 35 drives the shaver pump 31 of the cleaning device 3 when the remaining amount of the ethanol 20 in the fuel cartridge 13 is equal to or less than the predetermined remaining amount. As a result, the ethanol 20 stored in the cleaning liquid cartridge 27 is sucked up by the shaver pump 31 through the pipe line 45 and the filter 46 for removing swarf, and the ethanol 20 is supplied to the fuel cartridge 13 of the shaver 2.

  As described above, in the shaver system 1 according to the present embodiment, when the shaver 2 is attached to the cleaning device 3, the necessity for the ethanol 20 to be supplied to the shaver 2 is determined by the cleaning device 3 itself, and the supply is required. In this case, ethanol 20 is automatically supplied to the fuel cartridge 13 of the shaver 2. Therefore, in the shaver system 1 according to the present embodiment, it does not take extra time to refuel the shaver 2.

  In the cleaning device 3 according to the above embodiment, the shaver pump 31 and the battery pump 32 are installed separately and independently, but the single pump 55 functions as the shaver pump 31 and the battery pump 32. It may be. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, a bifurcated pipe 56 is used as a pipe for feeding ethanol 20 from a pump 55. 36 can be connected.

  In the above embodiment, the power used by the cleaning device 3 is generated by the device-side fuel cell 36, but the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. For example, the power used in the cleaning device 3 may be supplied by an AC adapter. Further, a capacitor may be used instead of the secondary battery in the above embodiment.

It is a lineblock diagram showing the shaver system concerning this embodiment. (A) is a plane sectional view of the shaver concerning this embodiment, and (b) is a front sectional view of the shaver concerning this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the modification of the shaver system which concerns on this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Shaver system 2 Shaver 3 Cleaning apparatus 6 Cutting edge 8 Shaver side fuel cell 13 Fuel cartridge 18 Remaining amount measuring means 20 Ethanol 27 Cleaning liquid cartridge 31 Shaver pump (first fuel supply means)
32 Battery pump (second fuel supply means)
36 Device side fuel cell 55 Pump

Claims (4)

A shaver comprising a shaver-side fuel cell that uses alcohol fuel as an energy source and a fuel tank in which alcohol fuel is stored, and a fuel supply device that attaches the shaver and supplies alcohol fuel to the fuel tank of the shaver. The fuel supply device includes: a first fuel supply unit that supplies alcohol stored in the fuel supply device to the fuel tank of the shaver as alcohol fuel ; a device-side fuel cell that uses alcohol fuel as an energy source; And a second fuel supply means for supplying alcohol fuel stored in the fuel supply device to the device-side fuel cell . The single pump functions as a first fuel supply means for supplying alcohol fuel to the fuel tank of the shaver and a second fuel supply means for supplying fuel to the apparatus-side fuel cell of the fuel supply apparatus. The shaver system according to 1. The shaver includes a remaining amount measuring means for measuring the remaining amount of alcohol fuel in the fuel tank, and the first fuel supply means of the fuel supply device is driven when the alcohol fuel in the fuel tank is below a predetermined remaining amount. The shaver system according to claim 1, wherein the shaver system is provided. The fuel supply device is a cleaning device that mounts the shaver at a predetermined mounting position and cleans the blade edge of the shaver with alcohol, wherein the alcohol stored in the cleaning device is used as alcohol fuel and cleaning liquid. The shaver system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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