JPH0327235B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a detergent dissolving device for laundry detergent and the like used in general households, and particularly to a structure suitable for a dissolving device for powdered soap.

Conventional Structure and Problems Conventionally, laundry detergents include synthetic detergents and soap powders, and until now, synthetic detergents have generally been more commonly used. The reason for this is that synthetic detergents are easier to dissolve and have higher detergent power. However, in recent years, eutrophication of rivers has become a problem, and detergents containing phosphorus have been cited as one of the causes, and in some areas, the use of detergents containing phosphorus is prohibited, and the use of powdered soap is encouraged.
However, when using powdered soap, it is difficult to dissolve it in a washing machine or the like unless warm water (approximately 30°C) is used, and the detergent may not be as effective as it should be. In particular, when using water below 10°C, powdered soap is very difficult to dissolve, and even after washing, soap particles may still remain, causing soap particles to stick to clothes when worn. , they do not lather well and give the impression that they have not been thoroughly washed, and this is the reason why the use of powdered soap is sluggish.

Purpose of the Invention The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, quickly dissolves soap powder in cold water, and exhibits excellent cleaning power. The purpose of the present invention is to simplify the shaft support structure of the cage, the mounting structure of the cage to the main body, etc., and to ensure that water is led into the cage.

Structure of the Invention In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following features:
A basket for storing detergent, the peripheral wall of which is made of a porous material, and which is arranged so that the center axis of rotation is located in a substantially horizontal direction within the main body, and as the basket is rotated, a shower-like water is generated to dissolve the detergent in the basket. The car includes a porous body forming a cylindrical peripheral wall, a car frame and a bottom plate arranged at openings at both ends of the porous body, and the bottom plate is connected to the water supply means to supply water into the car. The nozzle rotatably penetrates the nozzle, the bottom plate is held between the nozzle and a nozzle bearing fitted into the nozzle, and the end of the nozzle or the nozzle bearing is detachably attached to the main body. Yes, the nozzle supports the cage,
The present invention has a simplified structure by attaching the basket to the main body and supplying water into the basket, and exhibits excellent detergent dissolving performance.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a water supply port, which is detachably attached to a lid 4 provided at the top of a main body 2 of the detergent dissolving device so as to cover a basket 3 inside the main body 2. 5
is a tightening screw for fixing the lid 4 to the main body 2. The main body 2 has a cylindrical shape with a front opening,
A water chamber 6 is formed on the outside of the main body 2 in cooperation with the lid 4, and furthermore, this water chamber 6 allows water flowing from the water supply through the hose 7 and the water supply port 1 to
The water flows into a water chamber 8 at the top of the main body 2 and a nozzle port 9 at the rear. At this nozzle port 9, a cylindrical cage 3 whose peripheral wall is made of a porous material such as a net, a lath plate, or a punched metal is connected to the nozzle 10.
It can be attached and detached via. The car 3 has a body made of a porous body sandwiched between a bottom plate 11 and a car frame 12 at both ends, and a hollow nozzle 10 in the center of the bottom plate 11.
is penetrated. Furthermore, the bottom plate 11 is sandwiched between the flange 13 provided on the nozzle 10 and the nozzle bearing 14, and in this state, the bottom plate 11 can freely rotate with the nozzle 10 as the rotation axis and the center axis of rotation in a substantially horizontal direction. It's becoming like that. Further, a cap 15 is fitted into the car frame 12 of the car 3,
The detergent put into the basket 3 is prevented from spilling outside the basket 3.

The nozzle 10 has small holes 16 and 17 in the vicinity of the bottom plate 11 and at the tip of the part protruding into the cage 3, respectively.The small hole 17 opens toward the outer circumference of the cap 15. It opens toward the bottom surface of the bottom plate 11. Further, the part of the nozzle 10 that protrudes outward from the cage 3 is a projection 1 whose tip is elastically deformed.
8, and this protrusion 18 is removably fitted into a bearing portion 19 provided at the center of the main body 2 and communicating with the water chamber 6.

The water chamber 8 has a large number of small holes 20 formed in the upper wall facing the car 3, and the shower-like water flowing out from the small holes 20 hits the outer peripheral surface of the car 3.
It produces the work that turns the . Furthermore, the shower-like water passes through a fine mesh on the peripheral wall of the basket 3 and hits the detergent in the basket 3, dissolving it and removing clogging of the porous body with the shower-like water flow, It also serves as a preventive measure.

Further, the water flowing out from the small holes 16 and 17 of the nozzle 10 hits the bottom and top surfaces of the basket 3, which are difficult to hit by the shower-like water coming out from the small holes 20, and serves to dissolve the detergent in those areas.

Detergent particles that dissolve in water and become smaller than the pore diameter of the porous body of the basket 3 flow out together with water through the holes in the peripheral wall of the basket 3, and then flow out from the opening 21 at the bottom of the main body 2. FIG. 3 shows this state when viewed from the front. In this figure, there is a small hole from which water comes out in the form of a shower at the upper left side of the main body 2, and the car 3 is rotated by a counterclockwise force. The detergent in basket 3 rotates to the left together with basket 3, but as the force of water increases, basket 3 also rotates faster. As a result, the detergent adheres to the inner wall of the basket 3 due to centrifugal force, but is dropped from the inner wall of the basket 3 by the force of water flowing out from the small hole 20 in the upper part of the main body 2. By repeating this,
The detergent will dissolve.

In addition, a cover 22 is fitted to prevent the detergent from flowing out from the front opening of the main body 2 when it flows out from the opening 21 while being dissolved in the form of foam. It's smaller. Reference numeral 23 denotes a handle of the cap 15, which is held by hand when attaching or detaching the basket 3 from the main body.

According to the above structure, the cylindrical basket 3 having a porous peripheral wall is used as a detergent cup, and the basket 3 itself is subjected to shower-like water to generate a force for rotating the basket 3 and a force for dissolving the detergent. Therefore, the detergent can be finely dissolved with a rational configuration. In addition, the detergent remaining in the corners of the basket 3 is dissolved with the shower-like water coming out of the nozzle 10 inside the basket, so powdered soap that does not easily dissolve in water can be dissolved without wasting it and reliably. .

In addition, the size of the pores in the porous body of cage 3 is
A wire diameter of about 1.18 to 0.22 and about 50 mesh is desirable in order to prevent the added detergent from spilling, and to easily flow out of the holes when dissolved in water, and considering the size of the particles that dissolve in the washing machine. 24 is detergent that flows out with water.

Next, a specific structure for attaching the detergent dissolving device described above to a washing machine will be described as an example. As shown in FIG. 2, a hook 27 integrally provided at one end of the main body 2 is hooked onto the flange 26a of a washing tub 26 built into the washing machine main body 25, and a substantially conical hook 27 attached to the lower part of the main body 2 shaped suction cup 2
8 is adsorbed to the inner wall of the washing tub 26. Here, if the width h of the main body 2 up to the hook 27 is made larger, it is possible to hook the washing machine to accommodate the flange widths of various types of washing machines. Moreover, since it is fixed with a suction cup 28, it is extremely easy to attach and detach.

Next, the specific structure of the basket 3 for storing detergent will be explained. In particular, as shown in FIG. 4, a ring-shaped car frame 12 is arranged at one end of a cylindrical porous body 29, a bottom plate 11 is arranged at the other end, and grooves are provided in the car frame 12 and the bottom plate 11, respectively. 30 and 31 are fitted into the cage 3 and fixed by adhesive or the like. Note that the car 3 may be formed by integrally molding the car frame 12 and the bottom plate 11 together with the porous body.

The nozzle 1 is inserted into the hole 32 provided in the center of the bottom plate 11.
0 to its flange 13, and the nozzle 10
Fit it into the shaft 33 on the circumference. Next, the bottom plate 11 is sandwiched between the nozzle 10 and the nozzle bearing 14 from the other end of the bottom plate 11, and the hole 37 of the nozzle bearing 14 is inserted into the nozzle 1.
Press fit into the shaft portion 34 of 0. At this time, the length 35 of the shaft 33 of the nozzle 10 is made slightly longer than the length 36 of the hole 32 in the bottom plate 11, and the diameter of the hole 32 in the bottom plate 11 is made slightly larger than the diameter of the shaft 33. 11 is structured to rotate. Nozzle bearing 1
4 is fitted and fixed to the shaft 34 of the nozzle 10.

The nozzle 10 is a hollow cylinder with one end open, and the end facing the inside of the car 3 is closed, and small holes 16 and 17 are provided as described above. The opening at the other end is provided with a protrusion 18 on the outer periphery and is fitted into the main body 1. According to the above configuration, the nozzle 10 that discharges water into the car 3 in a shower form also serves as the rotation axis of the car 3.
can provide a pivot structure and a water supply structure.

In addition, in this embodiment, a configuration is shown in which the car is attached to the main body by removably attaching the end of the nozzle to the main body, but the end of the nozzle bearing that holds the bottom plate of the car between the nozzle and Even if the extension end portion is extended and the extended end portion is engaged with the main body, the same effect as that of this embodiment can be achieved.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above embodiments, according to the present invention, the rotatable basket is used as a detergent cup, and
The water supplied from the water supply means provides the power to rotate the basket and dissolve the detergent.In addition to the ability to quickly dissolve the detergent due to its simplified structure, the pivot of the basket is This can be done reliably and smoothly by the nozzle and the nozzle bearing, which also serve as the nozzle, and the cage is easy to handle because the cage can be attached and detached by the attachment and detachment structure between the nozzle end or the nozzle bearing and the main body.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a detergent dissolving device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional side view thereof, FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional front view thereof, and FIG. 4 is an exploded sectional view of the basket. 2... Main body, 3... Car, 10... Nozzle, 11... Bottom plate, 12... Car frame, 14... Nozzle bearing, 29... Porous body.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A basket for storing detergent, the peripheral wall of which is made of a porous material, and arranged so that the central axis of rotation is located in the substantially horizontal direction within the main body, and as the basket is rotated, a shower-like water is generated to dissolve the detergent in the basket. The car includes a porous body forming a cylindrical peripheral wall, a car frame and a bottom plate arranged at openings at both ends of the porous body, and the bottom plate is connected to the water supply means to supply water into the car. A detergent dissolving device that rotatably penetrates a nozzle, the bottom plate is sandwiched between the nozzle and a nozzle bearing fitted into the nozzle, and the end of the nozzle or the nozzle bearing is detachably attached to the main body. Device.