JP6010397B2 - Mist spraying equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mist spraying device, and more specifically, the tip of a mist nozzle that sprays hot water for a mist sauna is inserted into a nozzle opening hole provided in a front panel that covers the equipment casing from below, and enters the bathroom. It is related with the arranged mist spraying device.

  As a mist spraying device as described above, the base of a mist nozzle having a diameter larger than the tip of the mist nozzle is inserted into the nozzle insertion port provided in the nozzle holder, and the base of the mist nozzle is inserted into the nozzle insertion port. In the inserted state, by screwing the fixing screw into the fixing screw hole, and locking the screw head of the fixing screw to the collar portion formed by the step between the tip portion of the mist nozzle and the base portion of the mist nozzle, There is known a mist spraying device configured to be fixed so that a mist nozzle does not come off from a nozzle holder (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2008-11002

  In the mist spraying device of Patent Document 1, the mist nozzle can be fixed to the nozzle holder with a simple configuration. However, since the spray port at the tip of the mist nozzle is inclined with respect to the vertical line, the fixing screw hole Also, the screwing direction when the fixing screw is tilted with respect to the vertical line is also inclined with respect to the vertical line. Therefore, when the fixing screw is screwed into the fixing screw hole with a tool such as a screwdriver, the rotation axis of the tool such as a screwdriver tends to be shifted from the central axis of the fixing screw hole. In order to match the central axis of the fixing screw hole, skill is required, and it is desired to facilitate the work.

  In addition, when the tip of the mist nozzle is arranged facing the bathroom from the nozzle opening provided in the front panel that covers the equipment casing from below, the nozzle opening provided in the front panel is made inconspicuous. In this case, the gap between the nozzle opening hole provided in the front panel and the mist nozzle is configured to be small. In this case, in order to attach the front panel to the equipment casing, the front panel is attached to the equipment casing. When the gap between the nozzle opening hole provided in the front panel and the mist nozzle is small when approaching from below, the front panel structure around the nozzle opening hole provided in the front panel and the mist nozzle contact each other, Due to interference, it may be difficult to attach the front panel to the equipment casing, which may result in poor workability.

The present invention has been made paying attention to such a point, and the object thereof is to easily fix the mist nozzle to the nozzle holder provided in the equipment casing and to provide a nozzle opening hole provided in the front panel. Another object of the present invention is to provide a mist spraying device that can be made into an inconspicuous and beautiful design and that can easily mount the front panel to the equipment casing.

In order to achieve this object, the mist spraying apparatus according to the present invention is configured such that the tip of a mist nozzle that sprays hot water for a mist sauna is inserted into a nozzle opening hole provided in a front panel that covers the equipment casing from below. A mist spraying device arranged facing the inside,
With the mist spraying device attached to the ceiling of the bathroom, a nozzle holder comprising a nozzle insertion port formed in the vertical direction and a screw hole formed in the vertical direction outside the outer periphery of the nozzle insertion port, The mist nozzle is provided with a nozzle base having a diameter larger than the tip of the mist nozzle, and the nozzle base inserted into the nozzle insertion opening is provided with the screw hole. The mist is locked to the nozzle insertion port by a position located directly below the nozzle insertion port of a screw head of a fixing screw screwed into a screw hole positioned on the outer periphery of the nozzle base. A nozzle is fixed to the nozzle holder, and the front panel has a mist nozzle when the front panel is brought close to the equipment casing from below the equipment casing. Induces inserted into the nozzle opening holes of the end, an insertion guide portion as it goes upward from the nozzle openings extending radially outward direction of the nozzle openings, provided around the nozzle opening hole It is characterized by

  According to the present invention, the mist nozzle can be fixed to the nozzle holder provided in the equipment casing by an easy operation. In other words, the nozzle insertion port formed in the nozzle holder provided in the device casing is formed in the vertical direction, and the screw hole formed on the outer periphery of the nozzle insertion port is also formed in the vertical direction. After the nozzle base having a diameter larger than the tip of the mist nozzle is inserted into the nozzle insertion port, a fixing screw is formed on the outer periphery of the nozzle insertion port in order to lock the nozzle base to the nozzle insertion port with a fixing screw. Even when screwed into the screw hole, the tool such as a screwdriver can be screwed properly in a vertical position, and the center axis of the fixing screw and the center axis of the fixing screw hole are aligned with each other. Therefore, it is possible to easily fix the mist nozzle to the nozzle holder provided in the equipment casing without requiring any skill.

  In the case of a mist spraying device in which the tip of the mist nozzle is arranged facing the inside of the bathroom from the nozzle opening provided in the front panel that covers the equipment casing from below, the nozzle insertion opening provided in the nozzle holder and the nozzle insertion opening Since the screw holes around the top of the nozzle casing are formed in the vertical direction from the bottom to the top in the nozzle holder, in the manufacturing process of the mist spraying device, the device casing is turned upside down. After inserting the nozzle base having a diameter larger than the tip of the mist nozzle into the nozzle insertion port, the fixing screw is attached to the outer periphery of the nozzle insertion port to lock the nozzle base to the nozzle insertion port with a fixing screw. Since it is reasonable to screw into the screw hole formed in, the screw is fixed in a vertical position with the tip of a tool such as an electric screwdriver facing downward. Will be working can be performed, properly a desired working mode to perform screwing work.

  Further, a nozzle holder having a nozzle insertion opening and a screw hole formed in a vertical direction outside the outer periphery of the nozzle insertion opening is provided so as to be movable in the horizontal direction in the device casing, and the front panel includes An insertion guide portion that guides insertion of the tip of the mist nozzle into the nozzle opening when the front panel is brought close to the apparatus casing from below the equipment casing is provided around the nozzle opening. Therefore, even when the front panel is mounted on the equipment casing even if the horizontal position of the tip of the mist nozzle and the horizontal position of the nozzle hole are relatively displaced due to manufacturing variations, etc. When the front panel is moved closer to the equipment casing from below the equipment casing, the mist nozzle fixed to the nozzle holder is guided to the insertion guide section, The mist nozzle fixed to the nozzle holder moves in the horizontal direction together with the nozzle holder, and the relative position between the horizontal position of the tip of the mist nozzle and the horizontal position of the nozzle aperture is corrected to an appropriate position. This means that the front panel can be easily attached to the equipment casing.

  In this case, as described above, when the front panel is attached to the equipment casing, the mist nozzle fixed to the nozzle holder is guided to the insertion guide portion when the front panel is brought close to the equipment casing from below the equipment casing. Even if the outer diameter of the mist nozzle and the inner diameter of the nozzle opening hole are close to each other and the gap between the outer periphery of the mist nozzle and the inner peripheral edge of the nozzle opening hole is narrow, the device on the front panel Attaching to the casing can be done easily, and by narrowing the gap between the outer periphery of the mist nozzle and the inner peripheral edge of the nozzle opening hole, the nozzle opening hole provided in the front panel should be a beautiful design that is inconspicuous Can do.

  In short, according to the present invention, the mist nozzle can be fixed to the nozzle holder provided in the equipment casing by an easy operation, and the front panel can be easily attached to the equipment casing, and the nozzle opening hole provided in the front panel It can be set as the mist spraying apparatus made into the beautiful design which is not conspicuous.

  In addition, it is preferable that a cross-sectional shape of the mist nozzle in a bottom view at a portion where the mist nozzle passes through the nozzle opening hole is similar to a bottom view shape of the nozzle opening hole.

  In this case, the gap between the outer periphery of the mist nozzle and the inner peripheral edge of the nozzle opening hole is uniformly formed inside the inner peripheral edge of the nozzle opening hole, and is provided on the front panel. It can be set as the more beautiful design which the opening hole for nozzles is not more conspicuous.

In addition, by configuring as in the present invention, it is possible to suppress an increase in the number of parts because it does not require parts such as fixing brackets other than fixing screws in order to fix the mist nozzle to the nozzle holder. Increase in manufacturing cost is suppressed.

According to the present invention, the mist nozzle can be fixed to the nozzle holder provided in the equipment casing by an easy operation, and the front panel can be easily attached to the equipment casing. Further, the nozzle opening hole provided in the front panel is provided. It can be set as the mist spraying apparatus made into the beautiful design which is not conspicuous.
Further, the nozzle opening hole provided in the front panel can be made a more beautiful design that is less noticeable.
Furthermore, an increase in the number of parts can be suppressed, and a mist spraying device in which an increase in manufacturing cost is suppressed can be obtained.

It is a disassembled perspective view of the bathroom apparatus of Embodiment 1. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a bathroom according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a schematic sectional side view of the bathroom apparatus of Embodiment 1. It is a bottom view of the apparatus main body of Embodiment 1. It is a perspective view of the front panel of Embodiment 1. FIG. It is principal part sectional drawing seen from diagonally upward of the nozzle holder of Embodiment 1, a mist nozzle, and an insertion guide part. It is principal part sectional drawing seen from the front of the nozzle holder of Embodiment 1, a mist nozzle, and the insertion guide part. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a main part when viewed from the front of the nozzle holder according to the first embodiment. It is principal part sectional drawing seen from the front of the nozzle holder of another embodiment, a mist nozzle, and the insertion guide part.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  The bathroom apparatus 1 of Embodiment 1 is a bathroom heating dryer with a mist function attached to the ceiling 9 of the bathroom.

  The bathroom has a ceiling 9, and the ceiling 9 is constituted by a lower surface of a ceiling plate 91 of the bathroom. As shown in FIG. 2, a bathtub 94 is provided in the bathroom. The bathroom is not limited to the one in which the bathtub 94 is installed, and may be a shower room.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bathroom device 1 is arranged so that its lower surface faces the bathroom. The bathroom device 1 is suspended through a hanging metal fitting 93 fixed to the ceiling slab.
The bathroom device 1 includes a device body 2 and a front panel 4.

  The apparatus main body 2 includes a device casing 21 and a functional unit 3. The equipment casing 21 has a box shape opened downward. A flange portion 22 is provided on the opening periphery of the device casing 21. The equipment casing 21 forms an outline of the apparatus main body 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the functional unit 3 includes a heating unit 31, a ventilation unit 32, and a mist generation unit 33. The functional unit 3 is accommodated in the device casing 21.

The heating unit 31 includes a hot air heat exchanger 311, a circulation flow path 312, and a circulation fan 313. The circulation channel 312 has a suction port 314 and a blowout port 315. The inlet 314 and the outlet 315 face the bathroom. The circulation fan 313 allows the air in the circulation channel 312 to flow. The hot air heat exchanger 311 is disposed in the circulation channel 312. The hot air heat exchanger 311 is connected to the heating pipe so that the heat medium circulates between the heat source unit 7 (see FIG. 2). The hot air heat exchanger 311 exchanges heat with the air flowing through the circulation channel 312. Thereby, the heating unit 31 takes in the air in the bathroom from the suction port 314 into the apparatus main body 2, heats the taken-in air with the heat exchanger 311 for hot air, and then sends the hot air from the outlet 315 to the bathroom. Blow in.

  Note that the blowout port 315 is provided in the movable louver 316. The movable louver 316 is rotatably supported by the support body 317. The support body 317 is fixed in the equipment casing 21.

  The ventilation unit 32 includes a ventilation fan 321 and a discharge path 322. The discharge path 322 includes a suction port 323 and a discharge unit 324. The suction port 323 faces the bathroom. The discharge unit 324 communicates with the outside. The ventilation fan 321 allows the air in the discharge path 322 to flow. The ventilation unit 32 takes in the humid air in the bathroom from the suction port 323 into the apparatus main body 2 and then discharges the outside from the discharge unit 324 to the outside.

  The mist generating unit 33 includes a mist heat exchanger 331, a piping unit 332, a mist nozzle 333, and a mist valve 334. The piping part 332 connects the water supply pipe and the mist nozzle 333. The tip of the mist nozzle 333 is disposed facing the inside of the bathroom from a nozzle opening hole 44 (see FIGS. 5, 6, and 7) provided in the front panel 4. The heat exchanger 331 for mist is connected to the heating pipe so that the heat medium circulates between the heat source device 7. The heat exchanger 331 for mist performs heat exchange with water flowing through the piping part 332. The mist valve 334 is connected to the upstream side of the mist nozzle 333 in the piping portion 332. The mist valve 334 is constituted by, for example, a thermal valve. Thereby, the mist generation | occurrence | production part 33 spouts warm water mist in a bathroom.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the apparatus main body 2 is provided with a plurality of attachment portions 23. The attachment portion 23 is provided for attaching the front panel 4 via the fixing tool 5. The attachment portion 23 has a female screw portion 24. The central axis of the female screw portion 24 is parallel to the vertical direction. The female screw portion 24 opens downward. For example, the attachment portion 23 is provided on the side surface of the device casing 21 and the support body 317.

  The front panel 4 is disposed below the equipment casing 21 that constitutes the apparatus main body 2. As shown in FIG. 5, the front panel 4 has a rectangular shape in plan view. The front panel 4 includes a suction opening 41 and a blowing opening 42. The suction opening 41 communicates with the suction port 314 of the heating unit 31 and the suction port 323 of the ventilation unit 32 when the front panel 4 is attached to the apparatus main body 2. The blowout opening 42 communicates with the blowout port 315 of the apparatus main body 2 when the front panel 4 is attached to the apparatus main body 2.

  The front panel 4 has a fixing tool insertion hole 43. The fixing tool insertion hole 43 is provided at a location corresponding to the female screw portion 24 of the attachment portion 23 of the apparatus main body 2. As shown in FIG. 1, the fastener 5 is inserted through the fastener insertion hole 43. In the state where the front panel 4 is disposed below the apparatus body 2, the fixing tool 5 is inserted into the fixing tool insertion hole 43. The fixing tool 5 is screwed into the female screw portion 24 in a state of being inserted into the fixing tool insertion hole 43 of the front panel 4. Thereby, the front panel 4 is attached to the apparatus main body 2 in a state along the ceiling 9. That is, the front panel 4 is disposed below the apparatus body 2 along the ceiling 9 and covers the equipment casing 21 from below.

  In the bathroom device 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the mist nozzle 333 is fixed to a nozzle holder 07 provided in the equipment casing 21. In the nozzle holder 07, a vertical nozzle insertion port 71 is formed from below to above, and a screw hole 72 (not shown) for fastening the mist nozzle 333 is formed on the outer periphery of the nozzle insertion port 71 from below. It is formed in the vertical direction.

  As described above, the screw hole 72 (not shown) for fixing the mist nozzle 333 is formed in the vertical direction from the lower side to the upper side on the outer periphery of the nozzle insertion port 71, so that in the manufacturing process of the bathroom device 1. After inserting the nozzle base 34 having a diameter larger than the tip of the mist nozzle 333 into the nozzle insertion port 71 in the upside down posture of the device casing 21 in which the device casing 21 is turned upside down, the screw of the fixing screw 73 Reasonably, a fixing screw 73 is screwed into a screw hole 72 (not shown) formed on the outer periphery of the nozzle insertion port 71 in order to lock the nozzle base 34 at a predetermined position in the nozzle insertion port 71 by the head 74. When the bathroom device 1 is manufactured by the construction method, the screwing work can be performed in a vertical posture with the tip of a tool such as an electric screwdriver facing downward, and the screwing work properly. It may be a desired working mode to do.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the mist nozzle 333 is formed with a nozzle base 34 having a diameter larger than the tip thereof, and the nozzle base 34 inserted into the nozzle insertion port 71 is connected to the screw hole 72 ( The mist nozzle 333 is fixed to the nozzle holder 07 by being locked at a predetermined position in the nozzle insertion port 71 by a screw head 74 of a fixing screw 73 screwed in (not shown). In order to attach to the nozzle holder 07, parts such as a fixing bracket other than the fixing screw are not used.

  The side surface of the nozzle base 34 is provided with a seal member 36 that seals between the side surface of the nozzle base 34 and the inner peripheral surface of the nozzle insertion port 71, and the side surface of the nozzle base 34 and the inner peripheral surface of the nozzle insertion port 71 are provided. The seal between the two is maintained.

  As shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, the front panel 4 includes a nozzle opening hole at the tip of the mist nozzle 333 when the front panel 4 is brought close to the device casing 21 from below the device casing 21. An insertion guide portion 82 for guiding the insertion into the nozzle 44 is provided so as to protrude upward from the front panel 4 around the nozzle opening hole 44.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the nozzle holder 07 is provided with a nozzle holder flange 77, and the nozzle holder flange 77 is fixed to a nozzle holder fixing plate 76 provided in the device casing 21 by a special screw 78. The special screw 78 has a large-diameter portion 79 longer than the thickness of the nozzle holder flange 77, and the special screw 78 is inserted into a special screw insertion hole 87 for the special screw 78 formed in the nozzle holder flange 77, and the nozzle holder fixing plate. Even when fastened to 76, the end of the large diameter portion 79 contacts the nozzle holder fixing plate 76, so that the nozzle holder flange 77 is not strongly fixed to the nozzle holder fixing plate 76 by the special screw 78. As shown in FIG. 8A and FIG. 8B, the nozzle holder flange 77 is movable in the horizontal direction, and accordingly, the nozzle holder 07 is configured to be movable in the apparatus casing 21 in the horizontal direction. .

  As described above, since the insertion guide portion 82 is provided, when the front panel 4 is made to approach the device casing 21 from below the device casing 21, the tip of the strobe nozzle 333 and the nozzle opening hole 44 are slightly displaced. Even if it is, the tip of the mist nozzle 333 can be moved in the horizontal direction, and the horizontal position of the tip of the mist nozzle 333 is corrected by being guided by the insertion guide portion 82, that is, Since the insertion guide portion 82 guides and guides the insertion of the tip of the mist nozzle 333 into the nozzle opening hole 44, the front panel 4 can be easily attached to the device casing 21.

  Further, the shape of the nozzle opening hole 44 in a bottom view is circular, and the cross-sectional shape of the mist nozzle 333 in the bottom view at a portion where the mist nozzle 333 is inserted through the nozzle opening hole 44 is also circular. The shape of the hole 44 is similar to that of the bottom view, and the nozzle opening hole 44 provided in the panel 4 is made inconspicuous.

Furthermore, the gap between the mist nozzle 333 and the peripheral edge of the nozzle opening hole 44 is configured to be smaller than the plate thickness of the front panel 4 where the mist nozzle 333 is inserted through the nozzle opening hole 44. Even when the periphery of the mist nozzle 333 is observed from an obliquely downward direction inclined by 45 degrees with respect to the vertical direction, the inside of the device casing 21 cannot be visually recognized from the gap between the mist nozzle 333 and the peripheral edge of the nozzle opening hole 44. The outer surface of the mist nozzle 333 and the peripheral edge surface of the nozzle opening hole 44 are only visible from the gap between the nozzle 333 and the peripheral edge of the nozzle opening hole 44.

Hereinafter, other embodiments will be listed.
In the first embodiment, the nozzle base 34 inserted into the nozzle insertion port 71 is locked at a predetermined position in the nozzle insertion port 71 by a screw head 74 of a fixing screw 73 screwed into a screw hole 72 (not shown). The mist nozzle 333 is fixed to the nozzle holder 07, but the fixing screw 73 is screwed into the screw hole 72 by using a part such as a fixing bracket in addition to the fixing screw 73. The lever may be fixed to the nozzle holder 07 so that the mist nozzle 333 is fixed to the slip holder 07 by the fixing bracket.

In the first embodiment, the insertion guide portion 82 that guides the insertion of the mist nozzle 333 into the nozzle opening hole 44 when the front panel 4 is approached to the device casing 21 from below the device casing 21 has the nozzle opening. Although it is provided to project upward from the front panel 4 around the hole 44, the insertion guide portion 82 is not provided to project upward from the front panel 4 around the nozzle opening hole 44. As shown in FIG. 3, the nozzle opening hole 44 may be configured as an inclined surface inclined in the radially outward direction as it goes upward, and this inclined surface may be used as the insertion guide portion 82.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bathroom apparatus 2 Apparatus main body 21 Equipment casing 23 Mounting part 24 Female thread part 333 Mist nozzle 34 Nozzle base part 36 Seal member 4 Front panel 43 Fixing tool insertion hole 44 Nozzle opening hole 5 Fixing tool 07 Nozzle holder 71 Nozzle insertion port 72 Screw hole 73 Fixing screw 74 Screw head 76 Nozzle holder fixing plate 77 Nozzle holder flange 78 Special screw 79 Large diameter part 81 Screw loosening restricting part 82 Insertion guide part 87 Special screw insertion hole

Claims (2)

A mist spraying device in which the tip of a mist nozzle for spraying hot water for a mist sauna is inserted into an opening hole for a nozzle provided in a front panel that covers the equipment casing from below and is disposed facing the bathroom,
With the mist spraying device attached to the ceiling of the bathroom, a nozzle holder comprising a nozzle insertion port formed in the vertical direction and a screw hole formed in the vertical direction outside the outer periphery of the nozzle insertion port, In addition to being provided in the device casing so as to be movable in the horizontal direction, the mist nozzle is formed with a nozzle base having a larger diameter than its tip.
The nozzle base inserted into the nozzle insertion port is screwed into the screw hole and directly below the nozzle insertion port of a screw head of a fixing screw screwed into a screw hole located outside the outer periphery of the nozzle base. Locked to the nozzle insertion port by the location , the mist nozzle is fixed to the nozzle holder,
The front panel guides the insertion of the tip of the mist nozzle into the nozzle opening when the front panel is approached to the equipment casing from below the equipment casing, and is located above the nozzle opening. The mist spraying apparatus is provided with an insertion guide portion that extends in a radially outward direction of the nozzle opening hole toward the nozzle opening hole around the nozzle opening hole.   2. The mist according to claim 1, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the mist nozzle in a bottom view at a portion where the mist nozzle passes through the nozzle opening hole is similar to a bottom view shape of the nozzle opening hole. Spraying equipment.