JPS6332645B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a deodorizing device used to eliminate bad odors so that they do not fill the cabin of an automobile.

Relatively small spaces such as car cabins, washrooms, and changing rooms can be filled with bad odors.
It will be more comfortable if a deodorizing device is installed in advance. A variety of such deodorizing devices have been provided in the past, but especially in the case of automobiles, the interior of the vehicle may become abnormally hot, such as when the vehicle is parked in the summer. Even when the car is not parked, the temperature remains moderate unless the air conditioner is activated. At such high temperatures, the deodorant stored inside the deodorizing device will abnormally volatilize, causing not only discomfort but also shortening the lifespan of the deodorant.

Therefore, in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention uses a temperature-sensitive member such as a bimetal to block the deodorant from evaporating to the outside when the ambient temperature reaches a certain value, and also manually The amount of the volatile outflow can be adjusted by operation,
The purpose of this invention is to provide a useful deodorizing device that is suitable for actual situations.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the accompanying drawings.

Figures 1 to 3 show the assembled state of the device of the present invention, and Figures 4 to 15 show the main components of the device of the present invention as single units. The case body 1 has a resin case body 1 formed in the shape of a solid body, and the case body 1 is provided with an opening 2 at one end thereof. This case body 1 is shown in detail in FIGS. 4 to 7. Case body 1
A lid 3 is attached to the opening 2 so as to be detachable, in other words, to be freely drawn out, so that the opening 2 can be closed by the lid 3. This lid body 3 consists of a lid member 4 shown in detail in FIGS. 8 to 12, and a support plate member 5 shown in detail in FIGS. 13 to 15, both of which are It is made of resin, and is made into an integral structure by pushing the two claw pieces 6 formed on the lid member 4 into the grooves 7 formed on the support plate part 5 using the elastic force of the resin. It is assembled.

A mounting base 8 is integrally formed on the bottom surface of the case body 1 for mounting at an appropriate position within the vehicle interior, and a mounting means such as Velcro tape or double-sided tape is provided on the back surface of the mounting base 8. Further, two communication holes 9 and 10 are formed in the bottom surface of the case body 1 at positions separated from each other, that is, at positions on both the left and right sides of the bottom surface of the case body. Also,
Three ribs 11 are integrally formed on the inner surface of the ceiling of the case body 1 to hold down the deodorant pack 20 shown in FIG. Furthermore, an elastic piece 13 is formed at the end of the bottom surface of the case body 1 on the side of the opening 2, and the elastic piece 13 is provided with elasticity by the groove 12.
A protruding stopper 14 is formed on this elastic piece 13.

Further, the upper surfaces of the communication holes 8 and 9 form flat surfaces 15 and 16 on which the support plate member 5 of the lid body 3 slides.

Next, the lid 3 will be described in detail. A rib 17 for supporting the deodorizing material pack 20 is integrally formed on the upper surface of the support plate member 5 described above. Guide walls 18 and 19 having the aforementioned grooves 7 are integrally molded at a necessary interval for accommodating the deodorant pack 20, and these guide walls 18 and 19
It is designed to slide on the inner surface of the The deodorant pack 20 includes a felt 2 impregnated with a neutralized deodorant.
0a is enclosed in a bag 20b made of a semipermeable polyethylene film having air permeability.

Control mechanism parts 21 and 22 shown in FIG. 13 are integrally molded on the outer sides of the guide walls 18 and 19, and control holes 23 and 24 are provided in the control mechanism parts 21 and 22. The holes 23 and 24 overlap with the communication holes 9 and 10 of the case body 1 when the lid 3 is completely attached to the case body 1, as shown in FIG. In addition, the control mechanism section 2
1 and 22 are provided with mounting seats 25 and 26, and one ends of temperature-sensitive members 29 and 30 made of bimetal are mounted in mounting holes 27 and 28 of these mounting seats 25 and 26 with screws 31 and 32, respectively. ing. The other ends of the temperature sensing members 29, 30 are free ends and extend to a position above the control holes 23, 24, and are located above the control holes 23, 24 at room temperature (position X in FIG. 15). ) However, when the temperature inside the vehicle exceeds, for example, 30°C, the free ends of the temperature-sensitive members 29 and 30 begin to curve toward the control holes 23 and 24, and when the temperature inside the vehicle exceeds a set value, for example, 80°C, the temperature sensing members 29 and 30 begin to curve. Warm member 2
The free ends of the control holes 23 and 24 close the tapered upper surfaces of the control holes 23 and 24 (position Y in FIG. 15).

As shown in FIG. 1, the opening 2 of the case body 1
A fitting step 33 having a constant length l is formed on the side, and a fitting recess 34 that fits on the outside of the fitting step 33 is formed on the inner surface of the lid member 4 of the lid 3. has been done. The fitting recess 34 has a length equal to or slightly larger than the length l of the fitting step 33. A square hole 35 is provided at an appropriate position within the fitting recess 34 of the lid member 4, and the lid body 3 is moved a predetermined length from the fully attached position shown in FIGS. 1 to 3.
When the case body ₁ is pulled out (l ₀ <l), the stopper 14 of the case body 1 is fitted into the square hole 35 in a snap-operating manner, and the movement of the lid 3 to be pulled out is temporarily stopped. When the lid body 3 is in this pulled-out position, the control holes 23 and 24 are separated from the communication holes 9 and 10, and the flat surface 3 adjacent to the control holes 23 and 24
6 (FIGS. 14 and 15) close the communication holes 9 and 10 of the case body 1.

Connecting joints 37 and 38 made of resin shown in FIG. 16 are detachably fitted into the communication holes 9 and 10 of the case body 1, and both joints 37 and 38 are fitted with rubber pipes, respectively. 39,
40 to one common resin connection joint 41, and this connection joint 41
has two independent passages 41a and 41b, and the tip thereof has an inclined surface 41 inclined in the opposite direction.
It opens at c and 41d.

The connection joint 41 is connected to an opening 4 provided in a duct 42 of a ventilation system of an automobile air conditioner.
It is designed to be removably attached to 2a,
The inclined surfaces 41c and 41d project into the duct 42.

Fig. 17 shows one line of the ventilation system of an automobile air conditioner, where 43 is an internal/external air switching damper, 44 is a blower, 45 is its drive motor, 46 is an evaporator, 47 is a heater core, and 48 is a temperature control air mitt. The damper 49 is a mixing chamber for cold and hot air, and in this example, a connection joint 41 is attached to the duct wall of the mixing chamber 49. 50 is a blowout mode switching damper, 51 is an upper blower outlet, and 52 is a lower blower outlet.

FIG. 18 shows an example of installation in the vehicle interior, where the case body 1 is attached to the upper surface of the undertray 53, the center console 5, etc. by means of attachment means such as magic tape or double-sided tape provided on the back of the mounting base.
It can be easily installed at a position near the air conditioner, such as on the side of 4.

Next, the operation of the device of the present invention in the above configuration will be explained. The lid body 3 is the first with respect to the case body 1.
When completely installed as shown in Figures 3 to 3, the communication holes 9 and 10 and the control holes 23 and 24 are in a completely overlapping state. Therefore, the present invention apparatus is shown in FIGS. 16 to 1.
As shown in Fig. 8, when the air conditioner is connected to the ventilation system and the blower 44 is operated, a portion of the conditioned air flows through the passage 41a of the connection joint 41 → the pipe 40 → the connection joint 38 → the communication hole 10 → the control hole 24. It flows into the case body 1 along the path, mixes with the volatile components of the deodorant pack 20, and then flows into the duct 42 through the path 41b of the control hole 23 → communication hole 9 → connection joint 37 → pipe 39 → connection joint 41. The air returns to the inside, mixes with the conditioned air again, and flows through the upper and lower air outlets 5.
1, 52, or both into the vehicle interior.

The amount of deodorant volatile components released into the vehicle interior can be adjusted by pulling out the lid 3 from the case body 1 and changing the degree of overlapping (opening area) of the communication holes 9, 10 and the control holes 23, 24. is possible.

In addition, when the interior of the vehicle becomes abnormally hot, such as when parking under the hot summer sun, the temperature sensing member 29,
30 is curved to close the control holes 23 and 24, thereby automatically preventing excessive release of the deodorant volatile components.

Furthermore, when the occupant feels that he/she wants to prevent the release of the volatile components of the deodorant, the lid 3 is pulled out by a predetermined distance, and the lid 3 is moved to a position where the stopper 14 of the case body 1 fits into the square hole 35 of the lid member 5. When the communication holes 9 and 10 are placed on the flat surface 3 adjacent to the control holes 23 and 24,
6, so the case body 1 and the lid body 3
The internal space formed by this is isolated from the outside, and the release of volatile components is prevented.

Note that when replacing the deodorant pack 20 with a new one, the elastic piece 13 having the stopper 14 is
The deodorant pack 20 can be easily replaced by further pulling out the lid 3 while elastically deforming it and completely removing the lid 3 from the case body 1.

Also, if the connection joints 37 and 38 are removed from the communication holes 9 and 10 of the case body 1,
The volatile components of the deodorant are naturally released through the communication holes 9 and 10.
is emitted directly into the vehicle interior. In this way, the device of the present invention can be used both in a forced ventilation mode using the ventilation system of an air conditioner and in a natural ventilation mode.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and can be implemented in various ways. For example, the temperature-sensitive members 29 and 30 may be made of other members such as wax or shape memory alloy in addition to bimetal. It can be designed as appropriate.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the lid body 3 was composed of two parts, the lid member 4 and the support plate member 5, for reasons of resin molding, but by appropriately modifying the specific shapes of these two members 4 and 5, It is also possible to integrally mold both members 4 and 5.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the temperature around the deodorizing device reaches a certain value, the vaporization outflow of the deodorant to the outside can be automatically blocked by the action of the temperature-sensitive member. It is possible to prevent indoor odor due to excessive leakage into the room, and also to prevent shortening of the life of the deodorant. moreover,
Apart from the automatic control mechanism using the temperature-sensitive member mentioned above,
By manually pulling out and operating the lid, the amount of volatile components flowing out can be adjusted, and the level of indoor comfort can be further increased.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing one embodiment of the device of the present invention, taken along the line AA in FIG. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along line B-B in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along line C-C in Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a plan view of the case main body according to the present invention, and Fig. 5 is a side view of the case main body. Figure 6 is a bottom view of the case body, Figure 7 is a front view of the case body, Figure 8 is a front view of the lid member of the lid body in the present invention, and Figure 9 is a bottom view of the lid member. , FIG. 10 is a plan view of the lid member, FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line DD in FIG. 10, FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along line E-E in FIG. 8, and FIG.
The figure is a plan view of the support plate member in the lid body, Figure 14 is a side view of the support plate member, Figure 15 is a sectional view taken along line FF in Figure 13, and Figure 16 is the piping system connected to the case body. FIG. 17 is a configuration diagram showing the connection relationship between the piping system and an air conditioner for an automobile, and FIG. 18 is a front view of an automobile instrument panel section showing the mounting position of the device of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Case body, 2... Opening, 3... Lid body, 4... Lid member, 5... Support plate member, 9, 10
... Communication hole, 23, 24 ... Control hole, 29, 30
...Temperature-sensitive member.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A case body formed in a substantially rectangular box shape and having an opening at one end thereof, and a lid that can be attached to the case body so as to close the opening. The case body is provided with a communication hole that communicates the inside and outside of the case body, and the lid body has a control hole that can open and close the communication hole depending on the relative positional relationship with the case body. and a temperature-sensitive member that can open and close the control hole according to the temperature, and a deodorizer is housed in a space formed by the case body and the lid body. . 2. The deodorizing device according to claim 1, wherein the lid body is provided with a support plate member on which the deodorant is placed. 3. The case body is provided with two communicating holes at positions separated from each other, and the lid body is provided with two control holes and two temperature-sensitive members, respectively, corresponding to the communicating holes. The deodorizing device according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The deodorizing device according to claim 3, wherein the two communication holes of the case body are configured to be connected to an air conditioner ventilation system through removable piping systems. 5. Claim 4, wherein the piping system includes a connecting joint that is detachably attachable to the case body, a connecting joint that is detachably attachable to the ventilation system of the air conditioner, and a pipe that connects these two joints.
Deodorizing device as described in section.