JPH0754185B2 - Burning appliances - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a combustion appliance such as an oil fan heater or a gas fan heater that exhausts combustion gas into a room.

(B) Conventional Technology As is known from Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-221320, a conventional combustion instrument of this type is equipped with a good morning timer that starts operation after a set time. By the way, since this good morning timer automatically extinguishes the fire after the combustion section starts burning for about 1 hour, it is safe even if the user does not notice that the combustion is in progress. However, if you set the timer knob to "continuous combustion" before extinguishing or stopping the fire, you can use the conventional good morning timer to extinguish / stop by manual operation or burn / run unless the fuel runs out. "Continuous burning" for good morning timer to continue
If you fall asleep in the position, it was very dangerous because the inside of the room was deficient in oxygen.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the above-described conventional technology, and the automatic driving is started after a fixed time from the start of normal driving regardless of the operation of the good morning timer. Equipped with a timer device for constant time operation to stop the fire and extinguish the combustion part,
The purpose is to further improve safety and usability.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems In the present invention, a timer device that automatically stops the operation after a predetermined time from the start of the operation, and the timer by being manually operated before the operation is stopped by the timer device A reset switch for returning the device to an initial state and a plurality of light emitters for displaying the lapse of operating time on the output of the timer device are provided, and the plurality of light emitters are provided on a reset button for driving the reset switch. The reset button is arranged on the upper front surface of the main body of the burning appliance.

(E) Action After a certain period of time from the start of normal operation, the combustion unit extinguishes the fire by the timer device and the operation of the combustion equipment automatically stops, so there is a danger that the room will be deficient in oxygen and the human body will be in danger. Can be prevented.

Since it is equipped with multiple light emitters that display the elapsed time of operation according to the output of the timer device, the time until the operation is automatically stopped can be clearly understood by the user and reset when the operator wants to continue the operation. It can notify the operation timing of the switch.

Since a plurality of light-emitters that indicate the elapse of the driving time are provided on the reset button that drives the reset switch, the light emitted from the light-emitters can clearly notify the user of the location of the reset button. .

Since the reset button provided with the light emitting device is arranged at an easily visible position on the upper front surface of the combustion appliance main body, it is possible to easily confirm the elapsed operating time even from a position away from the combustion appliance.

(F) Embodiment One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the figure, (1) is a main body case as a combustion appliance main body, and in the main body case (1) is provided a combustion section (3) equipped with a petroleum vaporization burner (2). 2) vaporizes the petroleum supplied from a cartridge tank (not shown) which can be freely moved in and out of one side of the main body case (1) by the vaporization burner (2) and burns it. Then, the combustion gas of the combustion section (3) joins the air sent from the blower for warm air (4) to become warm air, and the warm air blowout port (5) of the front part (1A) of the main body case (1) leads to indoor And is heated to the room by hot air.

The vaporization type burner (2) comprises a vaporization heater (6) for heating the vaporization part, a burner thermistor (7) for detecting the temperature of the vaporization part, and an oil feeder (such as an electromagnetic pump) for sending oil to the vaporization part under pressure ( 8), an air supply blower (9) for supplying combustion air to the vaporization section, and an igniter (10) for igniting vaporized gas
And a flame detector (11) such as a flame rod that detects the presence of combustion flame, and makes the amount of oil supplied from the oil supply device (8) correspond to the amount of air supplied from the air supply blower (9). By changing the amount, the combustion amount can be changed.

Next, referring to FIG. 3, (D) and (D) are power supplies,
(12) is a power switch, which is arranged on the operation section (13) on the upper surface of the main body case (1). (14) is a main controller, which receives signals from a room temperature detector (15) such as a burner thermistor (7), a flame detector (11) and a room thermistor, and a room temperature controller (16) such as a room temperature setting volume. The warm air blower (4), the vaporization heater (6), the oil supply unit (8), the air supply blower (9), and the igniter (10) are controlled. (17) is a timer device that opens the normally closed switch (18) to stop the energization of the main controller (14) about 3 hours after the start of operation by turning on the power switch (12), and (19) is a timer. Equipment (1
With the reset switch of 7), the reset switch (19)
Is a normally closed switch (18) by the timer device (17)
The timer device (17) is returned to the initial state by a manual operation before being opened. (20)
(20) ... is a plurality of light emitters, and the light emitters (20) (20) ...
Is turned on by the output signal of the timer device (17) as shown in FIG. 5 when the power switch (12) is turned on [see FIG. 5 (a)], and when the power switch (12) is turned on. About 1 hour after the start of operation, one of them was turned off and two were turned on (see Fig. 5 (b)), and about 2 hours after the start of operation, two of them were turned off. 1
The individual pieces are turned on (see FIG. 5C), and when three hours have elapsed from the start of operation, all three pieces are blinked (see FIG. 5D).

The light emitters (20), (20), ... Are composed of LED lamps, and are pushbuttons of the reset switch (19) arranged on the upper part of the front surface (1A) of the main body case (1) as shown in FIG. A front end of the (reset button) (19A) is embedded in a state of being exposed to the outside, and is fixed to a substrate (21) attached to the rear of the push button (19A). (22) is a circuit board on which the reset switch (19) is mounted, and a pivot support (23) rotatably supporting the lower end of the push button (19A) is mounted on the circuit board (22). This circuit board (22)
The substrate (21) is electrically connected to the substrate (21) by a lead wire (24).

The configuration of the present invention is as described above, and its operation will be described below.

First, turn on the power switch (12) and start the operation,
When the vaporization heater (6) is energized and the vaporization section of the vaporization burner (2) rises in temperature and reaches the vaporizable temperature of oil, the burner thermistor (7) detects the temperature and the main controller (14) Send a signal to. Then, the main controller (14) drives the oil supply device (8) and the air supply blower (9) to supply oil and combustion air to the vaporization section of the vaporization burner (2) and to supply the combustion air to the vaporization section. The vaporized gas of petroleum and the combustion air are premixed, and the premixed gas is ejected from the flame opening of the vaporization burner (2) and ignited by the spark discharge of the igniter (10) to form a flame and burn. When the flame detector (11) detects the presence of flame and sends its signal to the main controller (14), the main controller (14) drives the warm air blower (4).

The combustion gas of the combustion section (3) joins with the wind of the warm air blower (4) driven after ignition and is discharged into the room over the hot air outlet (5) to heat the room with warm air.

The vaporizing burner (2) is provided with a room temperature detector (15).
The combustion amount varies according to the temperature difference between the room temperature controller (16) and the combustion control is performed so that the indoor temperature approaches the temperature set by the room temperature controller (16).

On the other hand, the timer device (17) has the above-mentioned power switch (12).
At the same time when the power is turned on, the power is turned on to start driving, and at the start of the operation, all three of the light emitters (20) (20) are output to be turned on, and the light emitter (20) as shown in FIG. (20)… Turn on all of them. Then, when a fixed time of about 1 hour has passed from the start of operation, the timer device (17) turns on the light emitter (20).
One of (20) ... is turned off and two are output so as to be turned on, and as shown in FIG. 5 (b), two light emitters (20), (20) ... are turned on and the light emitter (20) is turned on. By turning off one light, it is possible to inform the user that about one hour has passed from the start of operation. Furthermore, when a fixed time of about 2 hours has elapsed from the start of operation, the timer device (17) is set to the light emitting device (20) (20) ...
Output to turn off one and turn on only one, and turn on one of the light emitters (20) (20) ... as shown in FIG.
By turning off the two light emitting devices (20) (20), it is possible to inform the user that about two hours have passed since the start of operation. Furthermore, when a fixed time of about 3 hours has elapsed from the start of operation, the timer device (17) causes the light emitters (20) (20) ...
All of the three light emitting devices (20), (20) ... are blinked as shown in FIG.
By blinking 0) (20) ..., it is possible to inform the user that the operation will be stopped in about 3 hours after the operation is started. Then, about 1 to 3 minutes after the start of the blinking operation of the light emitters (20) (20), the timer device (1
7) The normally-closed switch (18) is opened to stop the energization of the main controller (14). By stopping the energization of the main controller (14), the combustion part (3) is extinguished and hot air is supplied. When the blower (4) also stops and the constant time of about 3 hours has passed from the start of operation, regardless of the power switch (12) being turned on, and although it was omitted, the good morning timer is in the continuous position. The operation is automatically stopped.

Further, the timer device (17) is returned to the initial state when the user presses the push button (19A) of the reset switch (19) within about 3 hours from the start of operation, When the reset switch (19) is manually operated, the above operation is repeated.

Note that the lighting operation of the light emitters (20) (20) ... Is not limited to the embodiment, and the number of lights may be increased by one each time a certain period of time elapses.

(G) Effect of the Invention As is apparent from the above description, the present invention is such that a timer device that automatically stops the operation after a fixed time from the start of the operation, and that the timer device is manually operated before the operation is stopped. A reset switch for returning the timer device to an initial state by means of a reset switch, and a plurality of light emitters for displaying the elapse of the operating time by the output of the timer device.The plurality of light emitters serve as reset buttons for driving the reset switch. In addition to being provided, the reset button is arranged on the upper part of the front surface of the main body of the burning appliance, so that the following effects can be obtained.

After a certain period of time from the start of normal operation, the combustion device extinguishes the fire by the timer device and the operation of the combustion equipment automatically stops, so it is possible to prevent oxygen deficiency in the room and endanger the human body. In addition to improving safety, the time from the start of operation to the time when operation is automatically stopped can be seen by the user at a glance, and the operation timing of the reset switch when instructing to continue the operation can be notified, which improves usability. improves.

Since a plurality of light emitters that display the elapsed operating time are provided on the reset button that drives the reset switch,
The light emitted from the light emitter can clearly inform the user of the location of the reset button, and the operability of the reset switch can be improved.

Since the reset button equipped with a light emitter is located at the upper part of the front surface of the main body of the burning appliance, it is easy to see the elapsed operating time from a position away from the burning appliance,
The visibility of the driving time elapsed display can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a combustion device which is an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an overall configuration diagram of a control system according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a front view of the push button portion of the reset switch, FIGS. 5 (a), (b), (c) and (d) are explanatory views of the state of the light emitting device, and FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional side view of a main portion of the push button portion. (1) …… Main body case (combustion appliance body), (17) …… Timer device, (19) …… Reset switch, (19A)…
… Reset switch push button (reset button), (20) ……
Light emitter.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A timer device for automatically stopping the operation after a predetermined time from the start of operation, and a reset switch for returning the timer device to an initial state by being manually operated before the operation is stopped by the timer device. A plurality of light emitting devices for displaying the lapse of operating time by the output of the timer device, and the plurality of light emitting devices are provided in a reset button for driving the reset switch,
A combustion instrument characterized in that the reset button is arranged on an upper front portion of the main body of the combustion instrument.