JPH0642865A - Dehydrating apparatus for umbrella - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a dehydrating apparatus for an umbrella in which moisture can be rapidly and effectively removed from umbrella cloth. CONSTITUTION:A porous bent plate 23 is integrally provided with an umbrella receiver body 21 through a gap 22 at an inner periphery of the body 21. A water absorption sheet 24 having excellent water absorption properties is attached to an inner periphery of the plate 23 to constitute an umbrella receiver 20. An air duct 25 and a drain duct are provided at a lower end opening of the receiver 20. A sirrocco fan 27 to be driven by a motor 28 is provided on the way of the duct 25, and an air duct 30 connected to a blower 29 is connected through a bottom of the receiver 20 to supply the air into the receiver 20. When umbrella cloth 11 is inserted into the receiver 20, a switch is closed to drive the blower 29 to blow the air. Since the air is diffused above the receiver 20 through between the inside of the receiver 20 and the cloth 12, the cloth 12 flutters by flowing air power to dehydrate adhering moisture of the cloth 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an umbrella dewatering device for instantly dewatering an umbrella wet with rain so that the umbrella can be carried indoors without damaging the floor or the like with rainwater.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional umbrella dewatering device of this type, there is one having a structure as shown in FIG. That is, reference numeral 1 denotes an umbrella receiver main body whose upper opening opens in a morning glory shape, and a porous plate 3 is attached to an inner peripheral surface of the umbrella receiver main body 1 with a gap 2 for ventilation. . Further, a water absorbing sheet 4 made of a sheet material having excellent water absorbing property such as cotton cloth or chamois is attached to the inner peripheral surface of the porous plate 3 so that the umbrella receiver 13
It is what constitutes.

The lower end opening of the umbrella receiver 1 is connected via a duct 5 to an intake casing 7 containing a sirocco fan 6 therein. Reference numeral 8 is a motor for driving the sirocco fan 6, and 9 and 10 are a drain port and an exhaust port provided in the intake casing 7.

The conventional umbrella dewatering device has the above-mentioned structure, and when dewatering an umbrella wet with rainwater,
First, the motor 8 is driven to rotate the sirocco fan 6 to make the inside of the morning glory-shaped umbrella receiver 13 into a negative pressure state.
When the wet umbrella 11 is inserted into the umbrella receiver 13, the wet umbrella cloth 12 is absorbed by the negative pressure action.
The water of the umbrella cloth 12 is adhered to the water absorbent sheet 4 to be absorbed by the water absorbing sheet 4, and the rainwater attached to the umbrella cloth 12 is directly removed.

[0005]

However, when attempting to dehydrate a wet umbrella by using such a conventional umbrella dewatering device, the wet umbrella 11 is placed in the umbrella receiver 13 formed in a funnel shape. It is expected to be dehydrated by inserting it in a random manner and absorbing water by the water-absorbing sheet 4, but since a fold is generated on the budted umbrella, the weight surface of this fold impairs the close contact with the water-absorbing sheet 4, Due to this, there is a problem that the efficiency of removing raindrops attached to the umbrella cloth 12 is low.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and is inserted into the inner surface of a funnel-shaped umbrella receiver and inside the umbrella receiver. Between the rain umbrella and the umbrella receiver, there are provided an air blower for blowing air from the bottom to the top of the umbrella receiver, and a suction and drainer for sucking and removing the water absorbed in the umbrella receiver. It is an object of the present invention to provide an umbrella dewatering device that can quickly and reliably remove water from an umbrella cloth by repeatedly operating the drainage means at intervals of several seconds.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.

Embodiment 1 In FIG. 2, reference numeral 21 denotes a funnel-shaped umbrella receiver main body having an opening on the upper side in the shape of a bosh, and the inner peripheral surface of the umbrella receiver main body 21 has a gap for ventilation. A porous curved plate 23 is provided integrally with the umbrella receiver main body 21 with a gap 22 therebetween.
Further, on the inner peripheral surface of the porous curved plate 23, a water absorbing sheet 24 made of a sheet material having excellent water absorbing property such as synthetic leather, chamois, and cotton cloth is additionally provided to form the umbrella receiver 20. Is.

At the lower end opening of the umbrella receiver 20, an air duct 25 communicating with the gap 22 and a drain duct 2 are provided.
6 is provided, and in the middle of the air duct 25,
Sirocco fan 27 is installed. 28 is a motor for driving the sirocco fan 27. 29 is a blower, and the blower duct 3 connected to this blower
0 has a structure capable of passing through the bottom portion of the umbrella receiver 20 and blowing air into the umbrella receiver 20.

The structure of the present embodiment has been described above. Next, the operation thereof will be described. First, the wet rain umbrella 11 is inserted into the umbrella receiver 20. By this insertion, the switch (not shown) is closed, and the blower 29 is inserted. Is driven to blow air into the umbrella receiver 20. This air supply is provided inside the umbrella receiver 20 and the rain umbrella 11.
Since it is blown out above the umbrella receiver 20 through the gap between the umbrella cloth 12 and the umbrella cloth 12, the moisture that adheres to the umbrella cloth 12 is fluttered by the airflow of the umbrella cloth 12.
More dropped out.

When the operation of the blower 29 is continued for several seconds, the blower 29 is stopped by the action of a timer (not shown), and at the same time, the sirocco fan 27 is driven and the inside of the umbrella receiver 20 becomes negative pressure. This negative pressure causes the umbrella cloth 12 to absorb the water-absorbent sheet 2.
4 is brought into close contact with the surface of the umbrella cloth 4 and the water remaining on the umbrella cloth 12 is absorbed by the water absorbent sheet 24. The moisture adsorbed on the water absorbing sheet 24 is sucked by the negative pressure action of the sirocco fan 27, the moisture is discharged from the drainage duct 26, and the air is discharged from the open end of the air duct 25.

When this operation is continued for several seconds, the blower 29 is driven again, and the above-mentioned water-blowing operation and water-absorbing operation are repeated 2-3 times, during which the rain umbrella is completely dehydrated.

Embodiment II In FIG. 3, in this embodiment, moisture 31 blown up by the operation of the blower 29 is blown to the upper opening edge of the umbrella receiver 20.
However, a receiving plate 33 is attached to prevent the splashing to the outside of the umbrella receiver 20 and wetting the human body or the outside of the dehydrator, and the water absorbing cloth 32 is attached to the inside of the receiving plate 33. It has been done.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, the water blown up from the inside of the umbrella receiver 20 when the blower 29 is driven is caught by the receiving plate 33 and the water absorbing cloth 32 and scattered to the outside of the umbrella receiver 20. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the problem that the human body or the outside of the dehydrator is contaminated with splashed water.

Embodiment III In FIGS. 4 and 5, this embodiment uses a blower for sending air into the umbrella receiver 20 and a sirocco fan for absorbing the water in the umbrella receiver 20, thereby simplifying the device. It is intended to That is, the lower end opening of the umbrella receiver body 21 of the umbrella receiver 20 having the same structure as that of the above-described embodiment is connected to the intake port of the sirocco fan 28 via the water suction duct 34, and the discharge port of the sirocco fan 28 is connected to the intake port. The umbrella receiver 20 is penetratingly connected to the inner bottom portion of the umbrella receiver 20 via the air supply duct 35. An intake port 37 having a valve 36 is provided on the duct wall of the water suction duct 34, and an exhaust port 39 having a valve 38 is provided on the duct wall of the air supply duct 35. 40 and 41 are springs for urging the valves 36 and 38 in the closing direction, and 42 is a valve 36, 38 for both of the above.
Is a fan-shaped valve that can open and close the intake duct 34 and the air supply duct 35 while switching the switch.

The structure of this embodiment has been described above. Next, the operation thereof will be described. The wet rain umbrella 11 is inserted into the umbrella receiver 20. By this insertion, the switch (not shown) is closed to cause the sirocco fan 28. Is driven. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the fan valve 42 closes the water suction duct 34, and at the same time, the fan valve 42 closes the valve 36.
Is pushed up and the intake port 37 is opened, so that the air sent by the sirocco fan 28 is sent into the umbrella receiver 20. This air is supplied to the inside of the umbrella receiver 20 and the umbrella cloth 12 of the rain umbrella 11.
Since it is blown out above the umbrella receiver 20 through the space between the umbrella cloth 12 and the umbrella cloth 12, the umbrella cloth 12 flutters due to the blowing air force, and this operation causes the moisture adhering to the umbrella cloth 12 to drop from the umbrella cloth 12.

When this operation is continued for several seconds, the fan valve 42 rotates as shown in FIG. 5 by a timer action (not shown), and as a result, the valve 36 is pushed up against the elastic force of the spring 41 and the exhaust port 39 is opened. Opened and air supply duct 3
5 is closed, and the intake port 37 is closed by the valve 36 and the like. Therefore, the umbrella cloth 12 is brought into close contact with the surface of the water absorbent sheet 24 by the negative pressure in the umbrella receiver 20 driven by the sirocco fan 27, whereby the water remaining in the umbrella cloth 12 is absorbed by the water absorbent sheet 24. The water adsorbed on the water absorbing sheet 24 is discharged from the exhaust port 39 through the water absorbing duct 34 by the negative pressure action of the sirocco fan 27 together with the air.

When this operation is continued for several seconds, the fan-shaped valve 42 is restored to the position shown in FIG. 4 again, and the above-mentioned water-blowing operation and water-absorbing operation are repeated 2-3 times, during which the umbrella cloth is completely dehydrated. It is what is done.

Therefore, according to the embodiment III, since the sirocco fan 27 can blow the air into the umbrella receiver and act on the negative pressure in the umbrella receiver, the embodiments I and II are performed. In addition to the effects of the above, the economical efficiency associated with the simplification of the umbrella dehydrator is enhanced.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, between the inner surface of the umbrella receiver 20 formed in a funnel shape and the rain umbrella 11 inserted into the umbrella receiver 20, the umbrella receiver is provided. 20 is provided with an air blower for blowing air from the bottom to the upper opening, and an air drainage means for sucking and removing the water absorbed by the umbrella receiver 20, and the air blower and the water drainage means are repeatedly operated. Since it is an umbrella dewatering device that alternately blows air into the umbrella receiver 20 and sucks and drains water inside the umbrella receiver 20, this allows the wind umbrella to be vibrated by the rain umbrella inserted into the umbrella receiver. The removal of water and the removal of water remaining in the umbrella cloth are repeated, whereby the rain umbrella can be dehydrated quickly and reliably.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a structural explanatory view of an umbrella dewatering device according to a conventional example.

FIG. 2 is a structural explanatory view of an umbrella dehydrator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a structural explanatory view of an umbrella dewatering device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a structural explanatory view of an umbrella dewatering device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram of the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 ... Umbrella receiver main body 22 ... Gap 23 ... Porous curved plate 24 ... Water absorbing sheet 25 ... Air duct 26 ... Drainage duct 27 ... Sirocco fan 28 ... Motor 29 ... Blower 30 ... Blower duct 31 ... Moisture 32 ... Water absorbing cloth 33 ... Receiver Plate 34 ... Water absorption duct 35 ... Air supply duct 36 ... Valve 37 ... Intake port 38 ... Valve 39 ... Exhaust port 40 ... Spring 41 ... Spring 42 ... Fan valve

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tetsuji Ogawa 2-1910 Nisshincho, Omiya City, Saitama Prefecture Kansei Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An umbrella receiver (2) formed in a funnel shape.
0) between the inner surface of the umbrella receiver (20) and the rain umbrella (11) inserted into the umbrella receiver (20), and blows air from the bottom of the umbrella receiver (20) toward the upper opening. When,
The umbrella receiver (20) is provided with a suction / drainage means for sucking and removing the water absorbed, and the blower means and the suction / drainage means are repeatedly operated to blow air into the umbrella receiver (20) and the umbrella receiver. (20) An umbrella dewatering device characterized by alternately absorbing and draining water.