WO2013011990A1 - Volatilizer - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] To provide a volatile-agent cartridge that can make an evaporated volatile agent visible as smoke and that can make the smoke rise up thinly like an incense stick. [Solution] This volatilizer for volatilizing a volatile agent by heating same comprises: a volatile-agent retaining body including a core material impregnated with the volatile agent; and a device body having a supporting part that supports the volatile-agent retaining body, and a heating part through which a current is passed and that heats the volatile agent. The heating part has a heat-generating body through which a current is passed and that generates heat. The supporting part supports the volatile-agent retaining body such that the core material comes into contact with the heat-generating body.

Description

Volatilizer

The present invention relates to a volatilizer that heats and volatilizes a volatilizing agent.

Conventionally, an electric volatilizer is known in which a volatilizing agent is heated and volatilized by a heating unit that generates heat when energized. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a heating evaporator having a liquid medicine, an absorption core that absorbs the medicine, a liquid container that contains the medicine and holds the absorption core, and a heating element that heats the absorption core. Has been. In this heating evaporator, when the absorption core is heated by the energized heating element, the medicine evaporates from the heated portion of the absorption core.

Patent Document 2 discloses a perfume oil, a glass fiber that absorbs the perfume oil, a fume tube in which the glass fiber is disposed, a container that contains the perfume oil and supports the fume tube, and an upper end of the glass fiber. A perfume evaporator having a heated coil portion is disclosed. In this perfume oil evaporator, when the upper end of the glass fiber is heated by the energized coil part, the perfume oil evaporates from the upper end of the heated glass fiber and is visually recognized as smoke.

JP-A-08-000148 Japanese Patent No. 3666855

In the above evaporator, it is preferable to efficiently generate smoke generated by evaporation of the volatilizing agent in order to enhance the visual effect.

In this regard, Patent Document 1 does not describe whether or not the chemical that is heated and evaporated to evaporate from the evaporation port is visually recognized as smoke, and Patent Document 2 is heated. Although it is clearly stated that the evaporated perfume oil is visually recognized as smoke, in the perfume oil evaporator described in this document 2, it is difficult to efficiently generate smoke.

As described above, in the above conventional technique, the evaporated volatile agent is not visually recognized as smoke, or even if it is visually recognized, the smoke cannot be generated efficiently.

This invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned subject, and it aims at providing the volatilizer which can generate the smoke efficiently while visualizing the evaporated volatilizer as smoke. To do.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors have conceived of efficiently transferring heat to a core material impregnated with a volatilizing agent. In other words, it is difficult to efficiently transmit the generated heat to the core material simply by heating the core material, but heat can be efficiently transmitted to the core material by directly contacting the core material with the heat source. The idea was that the contacted portion could be heated to generate smoke efficiently.

The present invention has been made from such a viewpoint, and is a volatilizer that volatilizes by heating the volatilizing agent, the volatilizing agent holder including the core material impregnated with the volatilizing agent, and the volatilizing agent holding A heating unit that is energized to heat the volatile agent, and the heating unit includes a heating element that generates heat when energized. A volatilizer is provided, wherein the volatilizer holding body is supported so that the core material contacts the heating element.

According to the volatilizer of the present invention, the core material in the volatile agent holding body supported by the support portion and the heating element that is energized to generate heat come into contact with each other, so that heat generated from the heating element is efficiently transmitted to the core material. It is possible to generate smoke efficiently from the contact portion that is mainly at a high temperature. Moreover, since the part which generates the smoke in the core material can be limited mainly to the contact part which becomes high temperature, the diameter of the smoke at the time of evaporation of the volatilizer can be reduced, and the smoke is, for example, incense Can be raised thinly.

Moreover, in this invention, the said volatile agent holding body has a core material holding | maintenance part which hold | maintains the said core material so that the part may be exposed, and the said support part is the said core material among the said core materials. It is preferable that the volatilizer holder is held such that a portion exposed to the outside of the holder comes into contact with the heating element.

In this way, it is possible to ensure the contact portion of the core material with the heating element and to reliably hold the portion other than the exposed portion of the core material.

Moreover, in this invention, the said support part may support the said volatile agent holding body so that the end surface of the part exposed to the outer side of the said core material holding part among the said core materials may contact the said heat generating body. preferable.

In this way, it is possible to limit the portion that conducts heat to the end face of the core material.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the support portion supports the volatile agent holding body so that a side surface of a portion of the core material exposed to the outside of the core material holding portion is in contact with the heating element.

In this way, the portion that conducts heat can be limited to the side surface of the core material.

Furthermore, in this invention, the said core material contains a fiber, the said core material holding | maintenance part hold | maintains the said core material so that the part of the said fiber may be exposed among the said core materials, and the said support part is the said heat_generation | fever. It is preferable to support the volatilizer holder so that at least a part of the body comes into contact with the fibers while entering a gap between the fibers.

In this way, since the contact area between the heating element and the core increases, the amount of the volatilizing agent that evaporates, that is, the amount of generated smoke increases, and the smoke can be clearly seen.

In this case, it is preferable that the support portion supports the volatilizer holding body so that the core material contacts the heating element from below.

In this way, since the smoke rise is not hindered by the core material, the generated smoke can be raised smoothly.

Further, in this case, the heating element has a shape extending in a specific direction, and the container is configured such that an intermediate portion of the heating element can be bent and displaced in the vertical direction in a posture in which the heating element extends in the horizontal direction. A heating element holding portion for holding both ends of the heating element in the longitudinal direction, and the support portion is arranged in the middle of the heating element so that the core member bends and displaces an intermediate portion of the heating element upward. It is preferable to support the volatilizer holder so as to contact the part.

In this way, since the heating element and the core member are in contact with each other so as to have a predetermined contact pressure, a stable contact state can be ensured. Further, since the heating element can be deflected and displaced, it is possible to absorb a dimensional error in the amount of protrusion of the core material from the core material holding portion.

In the present invention, the heating unit includes a positioning unit for determining a relative position of the core material holding unit and the core material held by the core material holding unit with respect to the heating element, and the core material holding unit includes the positioning unit. A contact portion that fixes the relative position of the core member to the heating element by contacting the heating element from below, and the container is attached upward to the volatilizer holding body supported by the support portion. It is preferable to have a biasing member that holds the contact of the contact portion with the positioning portion by applying a force.

In this way, the upward biasing force of the biasing member is pressed so that the contact portion of the volatilizer holding body has a predetermined contact pressure with respect to the positioning portion. And the relative position of the core material hold | maintained at this can be decided.

In this case, it is preferable that the dimension between the heating element and the positioning part is not more than the dimension between the upper end of the core member and the contact part.

In this way, in a state where the positioning portion and the contact portion are in contact with each other, a contact state between the heating element and the core material, that is, a state in which a part of the heating element enters and enters the gap between the fibers is ensured. can do.

Moreover, this invention is equipped with the volatilizing agent holding body containing the volatilizing agent volatilized by being heated, the support body which supports the said volatilizing agent holding body, and the heat generating body which heats the said volatilizing agent. A volatilizer holder used in a volatilizer, comprising a core material impregnated with the volatilizer, and a core material holder that holds the core material, wherein the core material holder is made of the core material. A core material holding portion that holds the core material so that a part of the core material is exposed, and a portion of the core material that is exposed from the core material holding portion is supported by the support portion in a posture in contact with the heating element. A volatilizer holding body characterized by having a support part.

According to the volatilizer holding body of the present invention, in a state where the supported portion of the core material holding body is supported by the support portion, a part of the core material exposed from the core material holding portion comes into contact with the heating element, The contact portion of the core material with the heating element becomes high temperature, and the portion that generates smoke can be limited mainly to the contact portion that has reached the high temperature. Therefore, the diameter of the smoke at the time of evaporation of the volatilizing agent can be reduced, and the smoke can be raised as thin as an incense stick, for example.

In the present invention, the core material holder includes the core material holding part and a main body part extending from the core material holding part, and is opposite to the side of the main body part on which the core material holding part is provided. It is preferable that the side end portion constitutes the supported portion.

In this way, the volatilizing agent holder has a main body extending from the core material holder, so that the attaching operation to the container is easy.

In the present invention, the core material is preferably made of a fiber bundle of glass fibers.

Glass fiber has low thermal conductivity, and even when it comes into contact with the heating element, it is difficult to take away the heat generated in the heating element. Therefore, according to the present invention, the core material can be efficiently heated to evaporate the volatile agent.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a volatilizer capable of making the evaporated volatile agent visible as smoke and efficiently generating the smoke.

It is a perspective view of the volatilizer of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the state which the heating part holding body of the volatilizer shown in FIG. 1 is located in a separation position. It is an expanded sectional view of the upper part of a volatilizer cartridge, and a heating part. It is the cross-sectional perspective view which expanded the upper part of the core material holding body, and the clamping member. It is a sectional view of the volatilizer shown in FIG. It is a perspective view of the expanded sectional view shown in FIG. It is a perspective view in the state where a cap was attached to a volatilizer cartridge. It is a perspective view of the volatilizer of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the volatilizer of 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is an exploded view of the volatilizer shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
As shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, the volatilizer 1 in this embodiment has the volatilizer cartridge 10 as a volatilizer holder, and the container 50, and volatilizes the volatilizer of the volatilizer cartridge 10. FIG. To generate smoke. FIG. 1 shows a use state of the volatilizer 1 in this embodiment. In this state, a pilot lamp 94 which will be described later is lit, and smoke (not shown) rises from above the volatilizer cartridge 10. FIG. 2 shows the volatilizer 1 in a state when the volatilizer cartridge 10 is replaced. The volatilizer cartridge 10 can be easily replaced by moving the heating unit holder 70 described later upward. In the present embodiment, the longitudinal direction of the volatilizer cartridge 10 is the vertical direction, the longitudinal direction of the heating unit holder 70 is the left-right direction, and the short direction of the heating unit holder 70 (the vertical direction and the left-right direction are orthogonal to each other). Direction) is the front-rear direction.

As shown in FIG. 3, the volatile agent cartridge 10 includes a core material 20 impregnated with a volatile agent (not shown), a core material holder 30 that holds the core material 20, and a clamp attached to the core material holder 30. Member 41.

The core material 20 is made of a fiber bundle of glass fibers and is impregnated with a volatilizing agent. Specifically, the volatilizing agent is held in a fine air layer formed between the fibers of the fiber bundle of the core material 20. Examples of the volatilizer include fragrances, deodorants, insecticides, acaricides, bactericides, and repellents. In this embodiment, fragrances are used. This volatilizing agent evaporates and volatilizes by being heated by the heating unit 80 described later, and is visually recognized as smoke rising from the core material 20. At the same time, the aromatic component contained in the volatilizing agent is volatilized.

As shown in FIG. 4, the core material holding body 30 includes a core material holding portion 31 that holds the core material 20 (not shown in the figure), and a main body portion 32 that extends below the core material holding portion 31. Have.

The core material holding portion 31 includes a core material placement portion 33 for placing the lower end of the core material 20, and a wall portion 34 extending upward from the core material placement portion 33 so as to be disposed around the core material 20. And a protrusion 37 provided so as to protrude inwardly on the upper portion of the wall portion 34, the fiber direction of the core member 20 is directed in the vertical direction, and the upper end portion of the core member 20 is exposed. The core material 20 is held in the state of being made to be.

The wall 34 rises upward from the peripheral edge of the core material mounting portion 33, and surrounds the entire periphery of the lower portion of the core material 20, and the periphery of the core material 20 from the cylindrical portion 35. A plurality of flexure pieces 36 extending upward are provided so as to be intermittently surrounded in the circumferential direction. A plurality of protrusions 37 are provided so as to protrude inward from the respective upper portions of these bending pieces 36 toward the core member 20. Moreover, the upper end of each bending piece 36 is an abutting portion 38 that abuts a positioning portion 85 described later.

The cylindrical portion 35 holds the core material 20 so that the fiber bundle is not scattered by surrounding the lower portion of the core material 20. Each bending piece 36 presses each projection 37 against the core member 20 by its own flexibility or by being sandwiched between clamping members 41 described later. The protrusion 37 has a contact point between the wall 34 and the core member 20 as a point contact, and a gap 40 connected to the space outside the wall 34 between the inner peripheral surface of the wall 34 and the outer peripheral surface of the core member 20. Is formed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the main body portion 32 has a columnar shape that is long in the vertical direction, and is provided so as to extend downward from the core material holding portion 31 so as to include the center line of the core material 20. A supported portion 39 supported by the support portion 61 is provided. The main body 32 has a shape resembling an incense stick, with the volatile agent cartridge 10 extending in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the holding member 41 has a cylindrical shape, and is inserted from below the main body portion 32 and attached to the core material holding portion 31 so as to surround the core material holding portion 31 from the outside. The bending piece 36 is clamped so as to be pressed against the core 20 side. The clamping member 41 is designed so that the inner diameter of the upper end thereof is smaller than the outer diameter of the circle defined by each of the bending pieces 36 in the mounting state where the bottom portion is located at the boundary between the core material holding portion 31 and the main body portion 32. Has been. Therefore, when the clamping member 41 is attached to the core material holding portion 31, the upper end of the clamping member 41 presses the projection 37 against the core material 20 via the bending piece 36, and the core material holding portion 31 is in contact with the core material 20. Is stably held.

The main body 32 and the clamping member 41 have a shape in which a lower space 67 described later is formed around the volatile agent cartridge 10 supported by the support 61.

As shown in FIG. 7, the cap 42 is attached to the holding member 41 so as to cover the core member 20 from above, and suppresses volatilization of the volatilizing agent. In addition, when using the volatilizer cartridge 10, since this cap 42 is removed, the cap 42 is not illustrated in the volatilizer cartridge 10 shown in FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 5, the container body 50 includes a container body 60, a heating unit holder 70 that is movably attached to the container body 60, and a heating unit 80 that is held by the heating unit holder 70. A substrate 92 disposed in the body main body 60, a switch 93 mounted on the substrate 92, a pilot lamp 94 also mounted on the substrate 92, and a power supply unit 95 for energizing the heating element 81, have.

The container body 60 includes a container lower part 63 having a support part 61, a first connection part 65 and a second connection part 66.

The support part 61 has a cylindrical part surrounding a hole 62 penetrating in the vertical direction. The hole 62 opens upward, and has a diameter that allows the supported portion 39 of the main body portion 32 of the volatile agent cartridge 10 to be inserted from above. The support part 61 supports the volatilizer cartridge 10 while holding the inserted supported part 39.

The container lower part 63 is located at the lower part of the container body 60, has a support part 61 at the upper part thereof, and accommodates the substrate 92 and the like in a space provided therein. In addition, the container lower part 63 has a back cover 64 that closes an opening formed at the bottom of the container lower part 63. The back cover 64 is opened and closed when the battery of the power supply unit 95 is attached or detached.

The first connecting part 65 connects the left end of the lower part 63 and the left end of the heating part holding body 70 to support the heating part holding body 70 above the lower part 63. It has a shape that spreads outward (left side) as it goes upward from the connecting portion, and curves so as to narrow again inward (right side) at the connecting portion with the heating unit holder 70. Since the 2nd connection part 66 is a shape symmetrical with the 1st connection part 65, it abbreviate | omits description. That is, the first connecting part 65 and the second connecting part 66 connect the container lower part 63 and the heating part holding body 70 so as to support the heating part holding body 70 above the container lower part 63, and the core material. 20, that is, a lower space 67 that is a substantially cylindrical open space opened in the front-rear direction (opened on the side) is formed around the sandwiching member 41 and the main body 32. Is. In this way, the lower space 67 can be easily formed simply by specifying the shapes of the first connecting portion 65 and the second connecting portion 66. The lower space 67 is connected to the upper space 91 via a surrounding space 90 around the core member 20 described later.

The heating unit holder 70 holds the heating unit 80 described later, and the left end thereof is connected to the upper end of the first connecting unit 65 by an axis extending in the front-rear direction. With this axis as the center, the right end of the heating unit holding body 70 has a locking position (the position shown in FIG. 1) locked with the upper end of the second connecting portion 66 and an open position (the position shown in FIG. 2) where it is not locked. It is possible to move between. A through hole penetrating in the vertical direction is provided vertically above the support 61 in the heating unit holder 70, and the volatilizer cartridge 10 is formed on the inner peripheral surface 71 surrounding the through hole so as to form the through hole. A heating unit holding unit 72 that holds a heating unit 80 that heats the volatilizing agent is provided.

The heating unit 80 includes a heating element 81 as a heating element in which a conductive wire is wound in a coil shape, a base member 82 that holds the heating element 81, and a hold member 86 that is placed on the base member 82. The base member 82 and the hold member 86 constitute a heating element holding part as a heating element holding part that holds the heating element 81.

The heating element 81 is formed by winding a part of a conducting wire (not shown) connected to the substrate 92 in a coil shape, and generates heat when energized to heat the volatile agent. In this embodiment, nichrome wire is used as the conducting wire.

The base member 82 engages and holds the linear portions at both ends of the heating element 81 in the notches 83 provided at both ends in the left-right direction. Further, the base member 82 has a base member inner peripheral surface 84a surrounding the center member so as to form a base member opening 84 penetrating in the vertical direction, and the heating element 81 faces the base member opening 84. Is mounted on the base member 82. The base member 82 is provided with a positioning portion 85 so as to protrude from the base member inner peripheral surface 84a into the base member opening 84.

The positioning portion 85 is provided on a surface of the base member 82 that is one step lower than the surface on which the notch 83 is formed. And the position of the left-right direction and the relative position of the core material 20 and the heat generating body 81 are determined. The positioning portion 85 is also a portion that presses the contact portion 38 downward when the heating portion holding body 70 is positioned at the locking position.

Here, the vertical dimension between the lower surface of the heating element 81 and the positioning portion 85 is less than or equal to the vertical dimension between the upper end of the core member 20 and the contact portion 38 in the volatile agent cartridge 10. Designed. The design is such that when the heating part holder 70 is in the locking position with the volatilizer cartridge 10 supported by the support part 61, the heating element 81 held by the heating part holder 70 is cored. This is because the upper end of the material 20 is brought into contact.

Furthermore, since the core member 20 is formed of a fiber bundle and is held so that the fiber direction thereof is directed in the vertical direction, in the state where the heating unit holder 70 is in the locking position, a part of the heating element 81 is At the upper end of 20, the fiber comes into contact with the gap between the fibers.

As described above, when the heating unit holder 70 is in the locking position, the heating element 81 and the core member 20 are in contact with each other, and when the heating unit holder 70 is in the open position, The heating element 81 and the core member 20 are spaced apart from each other.

The hold member 86 is placed above the base member 82 and sandwiches the heating element 81 together with the base member 82. Similarly to the base member 82, the hold member 86 also has a hold member inner circumferential surface 87 a that surrounds the center of the hold member 86 so as to form a hold member opening 87 penetrating in the vertical direction. In addition, at both ends in the left and right direction of the hold member 86, the heating element 81 is arranged so that when the heating element 81 is pushed upward from below by the core member 20, the intermediate portion of the heating element 81 is easily displaced. Concave portions 88 that allow upward displacement of both end portions are provided. In addition, the shape of the holding member 86 having the recess 88 and the shape of the through hole of the heating unit holder 70 are similar to each other. The hold member 86 is provided with a plurality of inward ribs 89 for preventing a finger or the like from entering the hold member opening 87. Above the hold member 86, an upper space 91 is secured in which the volatilizing agent that has evaporated to become smoke rises.

As shown in FIG. 6, the base member 82 and the hold member 86, which are heating element holding portions (heating body holding portions), have a base member inner peripheral surface 84a that opens the base member opening 84 and the hold member opening 87 only in the vertical direction. The inner peripheral surface 87a has a hollow shape, and the inner peripheral surfaces 84a and 87a define a surrounding space 90 inside thereof. The heating element holding part (heating element holding part) holds a heating element 81 as a heating element above the core member 20 in the peripheral space 90 inside the inner peripheral surfaces 84a and 87a. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, when the surrounding space 90 is viewed from above, the heating element 81 prevents at least a part of the upper end surface of the core member 20 so as not to hinder the smooth rise of the evaporated volatile agent. Is shaped to be exposed upward. The lower space 67 is connected to the upper space 91 via the surrounding space 90 that is open only in the vertical direction. The heating element 81 is held between the base member 82 and the holding member 86, that is, in the surrounding space 90, and the high temperature portion is not exposed to the lower space 67 and the upper space 91, so There is no risk of burns when touching the heating element 81.

The board 92 is housed in the lower part 63 of the vessel, and has a switch 93 that is pressed at the lower end of the main body 32, a pilot lamp 94, and a conductor (not shown) connected to the coiled heating element 81. .

The switch 93 is pressed to start energization of the heating element 81. The switch 93 is pressed at the lower end of the main body 32 when the heating unit holder 70 is positioned at the locking position and the contact unit 38 is pressed by the positioning unit 85. Since the switch 93 has an urging force that urges the lower end of the main body portion 32 upward, the contact portion 38 is moved to the positioning portion 85 in a state where the heating portion holder 70 is located at the locking position. Can be brought into contact with each other so as to have a predetermined contact pressure. In addition, since the switch 93 has an overstroke, it is possible to absorb variations in the amount of pressing due to a molding error in the vertical direction of the core material holder 30. The switch 93 is not limited to being pressed at the lower end of the main body portion 32, and may be configured to be operated by an operation portion provided so as to protrude from the side surface of the main body 60.

The pilot lamp 94 is turned on while the heating element 81 is energized, and is mounted on the substrate 92 so as to be exposed from a hole provided in front of the lower body 63. In the present embodiment, since the substrate 92 is provided with a program that is turned off in 10 minutes after the energization of the heating element 81 is started, the pilot lamp 94 is turned off after 10 minutes.

The power supply unit 95 applies a voltage for causing a current to flow through the heating element 81 when the switch 93 is turned on, and has a battery as a supply source of the voltage. The lower surface of the power supply unit 95 has an exposed shape for battery replacement, and the exposed surface is covered with a back cover 64 of the lower part 63 of the body.

Next, how to attach the volatilizer cartridge 10 to the container 50 and how to use the volatilizer 1 will be described.

First, the right end of the heating unit holding body 70 is lifted upward to place the heating unit holding body 70 in an open position (a position where the heating element 81 and the core member 20 are separated). Then, the supported portion 39 of the main body portion 32 of the volatile agent cartridge 10 is inserted into the hole 62 of the support portion 61. At this time, the main body 32 has a shape that is long in the vertical direction, and the lower portion of the main body 32 is raised on the support 61, so that it is possible to embody the action of actually raising an incense stick. At this time, since the lower end of the main body portion 32 is only in contact with the switch 93 and the switch 93 is not depressed, energization of the heating element 81 has not yet started.

Next, the heating unit holder 70 is returned to the locking position (contact position between the heating element 81 and the core member 20). By doing so, the positioning portion 85 of the base member 82 comes into contact with the contact portion 38 of the core material holding portion 31 to position the core material holding body 30 in the front-rear and left-right directions, and to the upper side of the switch 93. The abutting portion 38 is pushed downward against the urging force. As a result, the switch 93 is turned on, energization of the heating element 81 is started, and the pilot lamp 94 is lit. In this state, the core member 20 is in contact with the heating element 81 from below, and a part of the heating element 81 is in contact with the fibers while being positioned between the fibers of the core member 20. The energized heating element 81 generates heat and transfers heat to the fibers above the core member 20 in contact with the heating element 81. As a result, the upper part of the core material 20 becomes high temperature, and the volatilizing agent evaporates mainly from the high temperature contact portion to generate smoke. At the same time, the aroma component contained in the volatilizing agent is also volatilized.

The generated smoke rises from the surrounding space 90 where the core member 20 is located toward the upper space 91 above it. Then, when 10 minutes have elapsed from the start of energization, the energization to the heating element 81 is stopped, and the evaporation of the volatile agent is completed.

As described above, according to the volatilizer 1 of the present embodiment, the heat generated from the heating element 81 can be efficiently transmitted to the core material 20 by bringing the core material 20 and the heating element 81 into contact with each other. In addition, smoke can be efficiently generated from the contact portion that becomes hot. Moreover, since the part which generate | occur | produces the smoke in the core material 20 can be mainly limited to the contact part which becomes high temperature, the diameter of the smoke at the time of evaporation of a volatilizer can be made small, and the whole upper end of the core material 20 As compared with the case of heating, for example, fine smoke like incense can be raised. Furthermore, since the core member 20 is made of a fiber bundle and a part of the heating element 81 is in contact with the fiber while entering the gap between the fibers at the upper end of the core member 20, the contact area between the heating element 81 and the fiber is sufficiently large. The amount of evaporation of the volatilizer can be increased, and smoke can be clearly seen. Further, since the core member 20 is in contact with the heating element 81 from directly below, the generated smoke can be smoothly raised without being obstructed by the fibers themselves.

Here, when the heating element 81 is energized and the heating element 81 generates heat, the air existing in the surrounding space 90 around the heating element 81 and the core member 20 is heated and rises toward the upper space 91. Since the surrounding space 90 is a space that is surrounded by the base member 82 and the holding member 86 and is opened only in the vertical direction, air is supplied to the surrounding space 90 from the lower space 67 below the surrounding space 90. . That is, air is supplied from the lower space 67 to the surrounding space 90 around the heating element 81 and the core member 20, and the air is heated by the heating element 81 and travels toward the upper space 91. As described above, when the heating element 81 is energized, an upward air flow from the lower space 67 to the upper space 91 through the surrounding space 90 is generated. Therefore, the evaporated volatile agent does not diffuse in the vicinity of the heating element 81, and can be visually recognized as smoke that rises as thin and straight as an incense stick, for example, at least directly above the core material 20.

More specifically, the surrounding space 90 surrounded by the base member 82 and the holding member 86 has a smaller cross-sectional area in the horizontal direction than the lower space 67 and the upper space 91, so that the rising air current in the surrounding space 90 is Is larger than the flow velocity of the updraft in the lower space 67 and the flow velocity of the updraft in the upper space 91, so that the evaporated volatilizing agent is not diffused in the vicinity of the heating element 81 and at least in the portion directly above the core material 20. The smoke in the thin state at the time of generation can be led to the upper space 91.

Moreover, since the core material holding part 31 has the cylindrical part 35, even if the volatilizing agent contained in the core material 20 oozes out from the core material 20, the volatilizer cartridge 10 from the core material holding part 31. The volatilizing agent can be retained so as not to leak. Further, since a gap 40 is secured around the core material 20 in the core material holding portion 31, air flows through the gap 40 to the lower side of the core material 20, that is, toward the cylindrical portion 35, thereby causing the core material to be filled. The rise of the volatilizer in 20 can be promoted. And since the core material holding body 30 has the main-body part 32 extended in an up-down direction, it can make it easy to perform the exchange operation | work at the time of the attachment or detachment to the container 50 of the volatile agent cartridge 10. FIG. In addition, the volatile agent cartridge 10 has a core material 20 containing a volatile agent that is visually recognized as smoke when evaporated at its upper end side, and has a supported portion 39 at its lower end side, and this volatile agent. When the cartridge 10 is attached to the container body 50, the supported portion 39 below the main body portion 32 extending in the vertical direction is supported by the support portion 61, so that the operation of actually raising the incense stick is realized. Can do. The volatilizing agent cartridge 10 supported by the support portion 61 has a shape in which the surrounding space 90 is formed between the volatilizing agent cartridge 50 and the upper portion of the volatilizing agent cartridge 10. Ascending airflow toward the space 91 can be generated.

The heating element 81 in the heating unit 80 is coil-shaped and is held by the base member 82 such that the longitudinal direction thereof is the left-right direction. Yes. Furthermore, since the heating part 80 can fix the position of the core material holding part 30 in the volatile agent cartridge 10 with respect to the heating part 80 by the positioning part 85, the shape of the surrounding space 90 can be made constant.

Moreover, in this embodiment, since the heat generating body 81 and the upper end of the core material 20 are in contact, the upper end of the core material 20 is heated and the volatilizing agent is evaporated from the upper end of the core material 20. However, as described above, since the gap 40 is secured between the inner peripheral surface of the wall portion 34 and the outer peripheral surface of the core member 20, air enters the lower portion of the core member 20 through the gap 40, The movement of the volatile agent to the upper end of the core material 20 in the core material 20 is promoted, and the volatile agent can be efficiently supplied to the upper end of the core material 20. Further, the relative position between the core member 20 and the heating element 81 is determined by the contact between the positioning portion 85 and the contact portion 38, but the intermediate portion of the heating element 81 can be bent and displaced upward. It is possible to absorb a dimensional error in the amount of protrusion of the core material 20 from the core material holding portion 31 when the material 20 contacts the heat generator 81 from below the heat generator 81. In addition, since the heat generating body 81 is positioned so as to be in contact with the core member 20, the surrounding space 90 can be secured widely, and the ascending air current can be made smooth.

Moreover, according to the volatilizer 1 of the present embodiment, a plurality of volatilizer cartridges 10 having volatilizers of different fragrance components are prepared, and they are replaced to change according to the user's preference, use place, environment, and the like. A volatilizing agent having an aromatic component can be volatilized. Furthermore, the usage time of the volatile agent cartridge 10 can be appropriately adjusted by adjusting the length of the core material 20 and the amount of the volatile agent impregnated. In addition, since there is no container for storing a liquid volatilizer as in the prior art, there is no risk of liquid leakage due to overturning of the volatilizer 1 or the like.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 8 shows the configuration of the volatilizer 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment, only the parts different from the first embodiment will be described, and the description of the same configurations, operations, and effects as those in the first embodiment will be omitted.

The difference of the volatilizer 1 of the second embodiment from the volatilizer 1 of the first embodiment is the shape of the lower space 67 due to the omission of the second connecting portion 66 of the main body 60.

Also in the present embodiment, since an air flow path that leads from the lower space 67 to the upper space 91 through the surrounding space 90 around the core member 20 is secured, the same operations and effects as in the first embodiment can be achieved. Can do.

(Third embodiment)
9 and 10 show the configuration of the volatilizer 1 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In the third embodiment, only the parts different from the first embodiment will be described, and the description of the same configuration, operation, and effect as in the first embodiment will be omitted.

The volatilizer 1 of the third embodiment is different from the volatilizer 1 of the first embodiment in the configuration of the vessel 50. That is, the 1st connection part 65 and the 2nd connection part 66 of the volatilizer 1 in 1st Embodiment are abbreviate | omitted, and the heating part holding body 70 itself becomes a structure which can be attached or detached with respect to the container lower part 63. FIG.

The heating unit holder 70 includes a heating unit holding unit 72 that holds the heating unit 80 in a vertically upper portion of the support unit 61, and a cylindrical unit 73 that gradually increases in diameter from the upper end to the lower end. . A plurality of openings 74 are provided on the side surface of the cylindrical portion 73 so that the inside and outside of the heating portion holding body 70 are communicated. The lower end portion of the heating part holder 70 has substantially the same shape as the upper end part of the container lower part 63, and the heating part holder 70 is supported by the support part 61 of the container lower part 63. Is connected to the lower part 63 of the vessel so as to cover. In the state where the heating unit holder 70 is connected to the lower part 63 of the volatilizer, the side of the sandwiching member 41 and the main body 32 of the volatile agent cartridge 10 is communicated with the outside of the heating unit holder 70. Is opened, and a space connected to the upper space 91 through the surrounding space 90 around the core member 20, that is, a lower space 67 is formed.

Therefore, also in the present embodiment, since an air flow passage that leads from the lower space 67 to the upper space 91 through the surrounding space 90 around the core member 20 is secured, the same operations and effects as the first embodiment are achieved. Can play.

In addition, it should be thought that embodiment disclosed this time is an illustration and restrictive at no points. The scope of the present invention is shown not by the above description of the embodiments but by the scope of claims for patent, and further includes all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the scope of claims for patent.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the core material 20 is made of a fiber bundle of glass fibers has been shown, but the fibers used for the core material 20 are not limited to glass fibers. Further, the core material 20 is not limited to one made of fiber such as glass fiber, but may be a porous medium or the like. Furthermore, the core material 20 containing fibers may be made of a cotton-like material whose fiber direction is not specified, or a member other than the fiber and a fiber bundle provided at the upper end of the member.

In the above embodiment, the core material 20, the core material holding portion 31, and the main body portion 32 are each shown in a columnar shape, but these may be a prismatic shape instead of a cylindrical shape. Furthermore, the core material may be spherical or elliptical.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the core material holding portion 31 has been described as an example including the core material placement portion 33, the wall portion 34 having the cylindrical portion 35 and the bending piece 36, and the protrusion 37. May be omitted, and a plurality of bending pieces 36 may be erected directly from the core material placement portion 33. Alternatively, the bending piece 36 and the protrusion 37 may be omitted, and the core material placement portion 33 and the cylindrical portion 35 may be included. Alternatively, as the core material holding portion 31, a core material placement portion 33, a cylindrical body standing upright from the core material placement portion 33 so as to surround the entire circumference of the core material 20, and an inner surface of the cylinder body It may have a protrusion that protrudes intermittently in the circumferential direction so as to contact the core member 20. Further, in these cases, the position where the protrusion is provided may be a position where the gap 40 can be secured between the inner peripheral surface of the wall 34 or the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body and the outer peripheral surface of the core member 20. The upper part of the bending piece 36 and the upper part of the cylinder are not limited.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, the external shape of the main-body part 32 of the volatile agent cartridge 10 is made into the column shape long to an up-down direction, and the support part 61 is a hole which can insert the to-be-supported part 39 of the main-body part 32 which has a cylindrical external shape. Although the example which has 62 was shown, even if a support part has the column-shaped external shape extended upwards from the container lower part 63, and a to-be-supported part is a recessed part engaged with the column-shaped support part, Good. Alternatively, the supported portion 39 is not provided at the lower portion of the main body portion 32, and the main body portion 32 may be omitted and the supported portion may be provided on the outer periphery of the holding member 41. Furthermore, the core material holding body 30 may be omitted, and the core material 20 itself may be directly supported by the support portion 61 as a volatilizing agent cartridge.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, although shown about the example with which the cap 42 was mounted | worn with the volatile agent cartridge 10 of an unused state, if the volatilization of a volatile agent can be suppressed, the circumference | surroundings of the core material 20 will be sealed. The film etc. which coat | cover may be sufficient.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the example which provided the support part 61 in the container lower part 63 was shown, as a place which provides the support part 61, not only the container lower part 63 but a connection part or a heating part holding body. Moreover, the support part 61 does not necessarily need to support so that the volatile agent cartridge 10 may face an up-down direction.

In the above embodiment, the heating element 81 in which a conducting wire is wound in a coil shape is used as the heating element. However, the heating element may be a semiconductor or a ceramic heater.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the example which makes the heat generating body 81 contact the core material 20 from upper direction, ie, the upper end surface of the core material 20, was shown from the side of the core material 20, ie, the side surface of the core material 20. The heating element 81 may be brought into contact.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the holding member 41 is inserted from below the main body portion 32 to hold each bending piece 36 is shown. However, the shape is not limited to such a shape as long as the bending piece 36 can be held. Alternatively, a band or the like wound around the wall 34 may be used.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the heating element 81 is held in the surrounding space 90 that is the inner region of the heating body holding portion has been described, but either the upper space 91 or the lower space 67 from the surrounding space 90 is shown. A configuration in which the heating element 81 is held so as to be somewhat exposed to the space may be employed.

In the above embodiment, the example in which the rib 89 is provided on the hold member 86 has been described. However, the hold member may be omitted, and the rib may be provided directly on the inner peripheral surface of the heating unit holder 70.

Moreover, in 1st Embodiment and 2nd Embodiment, although the heating part 80 showed about the example hold | maintained at the heating part holding body 70, the heating part holding body 70 was abbreviate | omitted and it was used as a heating body at the upper end of a connection part. The heating element 81 may be held.

In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the support portion 61 is shown as an example in which the hole 62 is fixed to the upper portion of the lower body 63 so that the hole 62 faces in the vertical direction. For example, the support portion extends in the left-right direction. It may have an axis, and the hole 62 may be supported by the lower part 63 of the vessel so that the hole 62 can be rotated forward by a predetermined angle from vertically upward. In this case, the support part 39 is tilted forward, the supported part 39 of the volatile agent cartridge 10 is inserted into the hole 62, and the volatile agent cartridge 10 is attached to the container 50 by returning the hole 62 to be vertically upward. Is completed. In this case, the heating unit holder 70 and the heating unit 80 are provided with a slit through which the upper part of the volatile agent cartridge 10 can be passed, or the heating unit holder 70 is provided as described above. The heating element 81 needs to be held so as to be in contact with the core member 20, for example, by omitting and holding the heating element 81 at the upper end of the connecting portion. In this case, the heating element 81 comes into contact with the side surface of the core member 20.

Moreover, in 1st Embodiment and 2nd Embodiment, although the heating part holding body 70 was shown about the example supported rotatably with respect to the container main body 60 by the axis | shaft extended in the front-back direction, the direction of the axis is front-back. The heating unit holding body 70 may be supported so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction with respect to the main body 60 in the up-down direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction. Or both are connected so that either one of the upper end of the 1st connection part 65 and the left end of the heating part holding body 70 may enter in the other end part, and the heating part holding body 70 is the container main body 60. May be slidably supported. Furthermore, in these 1st Embodiment and 2nd Embodiment, the thin part extended in the front-back direction is provided in a part of connection part, and the heating part 80 moves to an up-down direction by bending this thin part. It may be.

1 Volatilizer 10 Volatilizer cartridge (volatile agent holder)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 Core material 30 Core material holding body 31 Core material holding part 32 Main body part 33 Core material mounting part 34 Wall part 35 Cylindrical part 36 Deflection piece 37 Protrusion 38 Contact part 39 Supported part 40 Gap 41 Clamping member 42 Cap 50 Body 60 Body body 61 Support part 62 Hole 62a Support part inner peripheral surface 63 Container lower part 64 Back cover 65 First connection part 66 Second connection part 67 Lower space 70 Heating part holding body 71 Inner peripheral surface 72 Heating part holding part 73 Cylindrical part 74 Opening 80 Heating part 81 Heating element (heating element)
82 Base member (heating element holder, heating element holder)
83 Notch 84 Base member opening 84a Base member inner peripheral surface 85 Positioning portion 86 Hold member (heating element holding portion, heating body holding portion)
87 Hold member opening 87a Hold member inner peripheral surface 88 Recessed portion 89 Rib 90 Surrounding space 91 Upper space 92 Substrate 93 Switch 94 Pilot lamp 95 Power supply unit

Claims (12)

It is a volatilizer that volatilizes by heating the volatilizer,
A volatilizing agent holding body including a core material impregnated with the volatilizing agent;
A support body that supports the volatilizer holding body, and a container having a heating unit that is energized to heat the volatilizer,
The heating unit includes a heating element that generates heat when energized,
The said support part supports the said volatile agent holding body so that the said core material may contact the said heat generating body, The volatilizer characterized by the above-mentioned. The volatilizer holding body has a core material holding part that holds the core material so that a part thereof is exposed,
The said support part is holding | maintaining the said volatile agent holding body so that the part exposed to the outer side of the said core material holding | maintenance part may contact the said heat generating body among the said core materials. Volatilizer. The said support part supports the said volatile agent holding body so that the end surface of the part exposed to the outer side of the said core material holding part among the said core materials may contact the said heat generating body. Volatilizer. The said support part supports the said volatile agent holding body so that the side surface of the part exposed to the outer side of the said core material holding part among the said core materials may contact the said heat generating body. Volatilizer. The core material includes fibers,
The core material holding part holds the core material so as to expose the fiber portion of the core material,
The said support part supports the said volatilizing agent holding body so that at least one part of the said heat generating body may contact the said fiber, entering into the clearance gap between the said fibers. Volatilizer as described. The volatilizer according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the support part supports the volatilizer holding body so that the core material contacts the heating element from below. The heating element has a shape extending in a specific direction,
The container has a heating element holding portion that holds both ends of the heating element in the longitudinal direction so that an intermediate portion of the heating element can be bent in the vertical direction in a posture in which the heating element extends in the horizontal direction. And
The said support part supports the said volatile agent holding body so that the said core material may contact the intermediate part of the said heat generating body so that the intermediate part of the said heat generating body may bend upward and displace. Volatilizer as described in. The heating unit has a positioning unit for determining the relative position of the core material holding unit and the core material held by the core material holding unit with respect to the heating element,
The core material holding portion has a contact portion that fixes the relative position of the core material to the heating element by contacting the positioning portion from below.
The container includes a biasing member that holds the contact of the contact portion with the positioning portion by applying an upward biasing force to the volatilizer holding body supported by the support portion. The volatilizer according to any one of claims 5 to 7.
The volatilizer according to claim 8, wherein a dimension between the heating element and the positioning part is equal to or less than a dimension between an upper end of the core member and the contact part. It is a volatilizing agent holding body used for the volatilizer according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The core material and a core material holding body that holds the core material,
The core material holding body includes the core material holding portion and a supported portion supported by the support portion in a posture in which a portion of the core material exposed from the core material holding portion is in contact with the heating element. A volatilizing agent holder, characterized in that The core material holding body includes the core material holding portion and a main body portion extending from the core material holding portion, and an end of the main body portion opposite to the side where the core material holding portion is provided is The volatilizer holder according to claim 10, which constitutes a supported part. The volatilizer holder according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the core material comprises a fiber bundle of glass fibers.

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