JPH0768783B2 - Capsule shower room - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention is provided with an electric facility such as lighting and a shower facility inside a capsule-shaped room body, and the hot water discharged from the shower facility can be operated by a user. Regarding the capsule-shaped shower room that started.

(B) Conventional technology In the conventional capsule-type shower room described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-220664 prior to the present invention, equipment such as lighting is operated for a preset usable time by inserting coins or the like. However, the user operates the start switch so that the shower can be used for a predetermined time within the range of the available room time.

However, in this type of conventional capsule-type shower room, when the user's shower start operation is delayed, the room usable time ends in the middle of the predetermined shower time and not only the hot water but also the lighting etc. are stopped and it becomes difficult to wear clothes. Defects such as
Further, if the room usable time is set to be long in order to eliminate the inconvenience, the room usable time per person becomes long, so the waiting time for the next user becomes long, and as a result, the number of users as a whole decreases. As a result, there are drawbacks such as reduced rotational efficiency in business.

(C) Problem to be Solved by the Invention The present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks and provides a capsule shower room which is easy to use and has high rotational efficiency in business.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides an electric facility such as a lighting provided inside a capsule-shaped room main body, which is energized only when the room is available by inserting a coin or the like, and a range of the room available time. In, a shower facility for starting hot water by a user's operation, and a control device for controlling the electric facility and the shower facility, the control device, after a predetermined time from the insertion of coins and the like Alternatively, a hot water time regulation timer that starts counting by a shower start operation by the user before reaching the predetermined time, and a room use end timer that ends the room usable time after a predetermined time from the end of counting of the hot water time regulation timer. Is provided.

(E) Action According to the present invention, since the predetermined room use time is secured after the shower is stopped, the user can feel comfortable wearing during this predetermined time. In addition, if the shower start operation by the user is abnormally delayed after inserting coins, etc., the hot water discharge time regulation timer automatically starts and ends after a predetermined time, so the room available time is abnormally extended. It will not be done and the rotation efficiency in business will be improved.

(F) Example Next, an example of the present invention will be described.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, (1) is a capsule-shaped room main body, which is constructed by combining panels and the like, and the room floor panel has support legs (2). The support leg (2) is adjusted in length at the time of installation at the site to adjust the horizontal balance and the like of the capsule room main body (1). (3) is a door that closes the entrance / exit of the capsule-shaped room body (1), and has a handle (4). (5) is a design panel arranged around the door (3), and is attached to the capsule-shaped room body (1). (6) is the capsule-shaped room body (1)
A folding door that divides the inside of the room into a changing room (7) and a shower room (8) protects undressing and changing clothes from splashing water during showering. (9) is a dressing rack provided in the changing room (7), (10) is an equipment storage part, and a control board (12) of a control device (11) described later.
Store (described later) etc. (13) is a mirror and (14) is a drainage port.

(15) is a lighting device for the changing room (7), (16) is a lighting device for the shower room (8), and (17) is a ventilation fan for exhausting air from the shower room (8). The lighting fixtures (15) and the like constitute electric equipment (18) that is energized only during a room available time, as described later.

(19) is a shower head that sprays shower water with a nozzle,
(20) is a hose, and (21) is a mixing faucet for controlling the temperature of the shower water. The high temperature water supplied from a hot water supply facility (not shown) through an external pipe is mixed with tap water, and the hose (2
Delivery to 0). (22) is a shower start switch which is arbitrarily operated by the user, and opens and closes a shower valve (22a) (described later) on the downstream side of the mixed water faucet (21) based on the instruction signal. (23) is a display section for the remaining hot spring time and the like. The shower head (19), the hose (20), the mixed faucet (21), etc. cooperate with each other to provide a shower facility (24).
Are configured.

(25) is an indoor door lock that is operated by the user from the room to lock the door (3), and (26) is an indoor door lock (2
Door lock switch interlocking with 5), (27) is an electric lock that is automatically locked based on the door lock on signal of the door lock switch (26), (28) is interlocking with the locking of the electric lock (27) The in-use lamp is lit up, and (29) is a usable lamp lit up when unlocked. The interior door lock (25), the door lock switch (26), the electric lock (27) and the like cooperate to form a double lock type door lock device (30).

(31) is an outdoor coin sorter into which 100-yen coins, etc. can be inserted. Based on the coin detection signal, the electric lock (27) is released and the electric equipment (18) is energized to enable use of the room. To do. (32) is an indoor coin sorter disposed in the changing room (7) into which additional coins are inserted.

Thus, as shown in FIG. 3, the control device (11) includes a control board (12) as a main part of the control device (11) by a microcomputer or the like.
A hot water discharge time regulation timer (33), a room use end timer (34), etc. are formed, and based on various signals input to and output from the control board (12), the electric equipment (18) and the shower equipment (24). ) And the door lock device (30) and the like. Specifically, in the control device (11), as shown in FIG. 4, a hot water discharge time regulation timer (33)
After a predetermined time such as 10 minutes from the insertion of coins, or the above 10
It is configured to start counting by the user operating the shower start switch (22) until the predetermined time such as minutes is reached, and the room use end timer (34) is the predetermined time from the end of counting of the hot water discharge time regulation timer (33). (12
It is configured to end the available room time later.

In the capsule type shower room, the user first checks the lighting of the usable lamp (29) and inserts a coin into the outdoor coin sorter (31). Then, the electric lock (27) is released, the electric equipment (18) is energized to turn on the lighting fixture (15), and thus the shower room is ready for use. In this usable state, the user enters the room and locks the indoor door lock (25). Then, the door lock switch (26) is turned on, the electric lock (27) and the ventilation fan (17) are operated based on the door lock on signal, the lighting fixture (16) of the shower room (8) is turned on, and the shower facility (2) is turned on.
4) is ready for hot water. Lamps that can be used simultaneously (29)
The in-use lamp (28) will come on instead of.
In this state, the user operates the shower start switch (22) arbitrarily. Then, the hot water discharge time regulation timer (33) starts counting and the hot water is discharged from the shower facility (24) for a predetermined time (5 minutes).
While adjusting the shower temperature in 1), you can take a shower until the remaining time display on the display unit (23) becomes zero. In addition, when the operation time of the shower start switch (22) by the user is delayed and the predetermined time (10 minutes) has elapsed after the coin is inserted, the hot water discharge time regulation timer (33) automatically starts counting after 5 minutes. The count ends. When the hot water time regulation timer (33) finishes counting, at the same time, the room use end timer (34) starts counting, and after the timer time (12 minutes), an alarm is issued and electric equipment (1
The luminaires (15) and (16) in 8) are turned off and the room usable time ends. The room use end timer (34) secures a predetermined wearing time, so that the user can finish showering and wearing with confidence. In addition, when the user unlocks the indoor door lock (25) and leaves the room before the end of the room use end timer (34), a door lock-off signal is generated based on the unlocking operation and the electrical equipment is released. (18) is turned off as a whole, the in-use lamp (28) is turned off and the usable lamp (29) is turned on, so that the capsule shower room returns to the initial state before use.

Regarding the hot water discharge time regulation timer (33), there is also implemented a timer in which the shower hot water is appropriately interrupted by interrupting the count by the shower stop switch. Also in this embodiment, the sum total of the hot water discharge times is a predetermined time of 5 minutes, and the point that the room use end timer (34) is interlocked after counting the predetermined time is the same as in the previous embodiments.

In addition, coins other than 100 yen for the inserted coin, further predetermined coins other than coins, or those by inserting a predetermined magnetic card etc. are also implemented, and the tapping time regulation timer etc. also against the predetermined usage fee Other than 5 minutes, the timer time may be appropriately changed and set to 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes or the like.

(G) Effect of the Invention Since the present invention is configured as described above and the predetermined room use time is secured after the shower is stopped, the user can wear without worrying about the danger of turning off the light while the room is in use. In addition, if the shower start operation of the user is abnormally delayed after inserting coins, etc., the tapping time regulation timer will automatically start counting after a predetermined time and end counting, so the room can be used The time is not abnormally extended, and therefore, it is possible to provide the capsule shower room which is convenient for the user and has good rotation efficiency in business.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a front view, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a control system, and FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view. is there. (1) ... Capsule type room body, (11) ... Control device,
(18)… Electric equipment, (24)… Shower equipment, (33)… Hot water time regulation timer, (34)… Room use end timer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electric facility such as a lighting provided inside a capsule-shaped room main body that is energized for the duration of room use by inserting a coin and the like, and tapping is started by a user's operation within the range of room availability. And a control means for controlling the electric equipment and the shower equipment, wherein the control device is a predetermined time after inserting a coin or the like, or before reaching the predetermined time. It is characterized in that a hot water discharge time regulation timer that starts counting when the user starts the shower and a room use completion timer that finishes the room usable time after a predetermined time from the end of counting of the hot water discharge time regulation timer are provided. Capsule type shower room.