Fine water discharge device of human body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11617841-B2
Application number	US-202016818785-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2020
Priority date	Jul 30, 2019
Publication date	Apr 4, 2023
Grant date	Apr 4, 2023

Abstract

A fine water discharge device of a human body which discharges fine water to the human body includes: fine water generating units being brought into a moisture absorption state and a moisture release state in which moisture is absorbed in, and is released from, a conductive polymer film due to a decrease and an increase in temperature, respectively and disposed in parallel; a blowing unit blowing air so that air flows through the fine water generating units; an electrifying portion individually electrifying the fine water generating units so that a temperature of each fine water generating unit is changed depending on electrification; and a control portion controlling the electrifying portion and the blowing unit so that the fine water generating units are individually switched between the moisture absorption state and the moisture release state to discharge the fine water by blowing air.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fine water discharge device of a human body which discharges fine water to the human body, the device comprising:
a plurality of fine water generating units each including a conductive polymer film, the plurality of fine water generating units are brought into a moisture absorption state in which moisture in the external air is directly absorbed in the conductive polymer film due to a decrease in temperature and a moisture release state in which the absorbed moisture is released from the conductive polymer film as fine water due to an increase in temperature, the plurality of fine water generating units are disposed in parallel;
a plurality of blowing units that each include a fan, the plurality of blowing units are respectively disposed to correspond to each of the fine water generating unit, the plurality of blowing units are configured to blow air so that air blown from the respective fans flows through a corresponding one of the fine water generating units; wherein the plurality of blowing units each produce a flow path separate from an adjacent flow path produced by the plurality of blowing units;
an electrifying portion which independently electrifies the plurality of fine water generating units so that a temperature of each fine water generating unit is changed depending on presence or absence of electrification; and
a control portion includes circuitry which controls the electrifying portion and the fan of each blowing unit of the plurality of blowing units in a predetermined moisture release mode so that the plurality of fine water generating units are independently switched between the moisture absorption state and the moisture release state in a predetermined order so that the discharge device continuously discharges the fine water by blowing air through at least a first one of the plurality of fine water generating units while at least a second one of the plurality of fine water generating units is in the moisture absorption state.

2. The fine water discharge device of a human body according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a receiving unit which receives a selection of one of a plurality of moisture release modes, wherein
the control portion controls the electrifying portion and the fans in the moisture release mode selected from the plurality of moisture release modes including the predetermined moisture release mode and a moisture release mode in which the plurality of fine water generating units are simultaneously brought into the moisture release state and discharge the fine water by blowing air.

3. The fine water discharge device of a human body according to claim 1 , wherein
the control portion controls the electrifying portion and the fans to simultaneously blow air in a state where electrification to the plurality of fine water generating units is stopped, before an operation in the moisture release mode ends.

4. The fine water discharge device of a human body according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an arm which is turnably attached to a device main body and has a tip to which a head is attached, wherein
the plurality of fine water generating units are disposed in parallel in the head so that each of the fine water generating units discharges the fine water from the head.

5. The fine water discharge device of a human body according to claim 4 , wherein
the plurality of fine water generating units are symmetrically disposed in pair with respect to a center of the head, and
the control portion controls the electrifying portion and the fans so that each pair of the fine water generating units is switched between the moisture absorption state and the moisture release state at the same timing to discharge the fine water by blowing air.

6. The fine water discharge device of a human body according to claim 1 , wherein
the conductive polymer film is formed of a conductive polymer compound.

7. The fine water discharge device of a human body according to claim 1 , wherein
the control portion performs a bidirectional rotation control for rotating the plurality of blowing units in a forward direction and a reverse direction.

8. The fine water discharge device of a human body according to claim 7 , wherein
in the bidirectional rotation control, the plurality of blowing units are rotated in the reverse direction in a case where electrification to the electrifying portion is stopped and the plurality of blowing units are rotated in the forward direction in a case where the electrifying portion is electrified.

9. The fine water discharge device of a human body according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry controls the electrifying portion and the fan of each blowing unit of the plurality of blowing units so that the discharge device continuously discharges the fine water by blowing air forward through at least one fine water generating unit of the plurality of fine water generating units while simultaneously blowing air in a reverse direction in at least one adjacent fine water generating units of the plurality of the fine water generating units, such that the at least one fine water generating unit releases moisture while the at least one adjacent fine water generating unit absorbs moisture during the predetermined moisture release mode.

10. A fine water discharge method to a human body which discharges fine water to the human body, the method comprising:
providing a plurality of fine water generating units each including a conductive polymer film, the plurality of fine water generating units are brought into a moisture absorption state in which moisture in the external air is directly absorbed in the conductive polymer film due to a decrease in temperature and a moisture release state in which the absorbed moisture is released from the conductive polymer film as fine water due to an increase in temperature, the plurality of fine water generating units are disposed in parallel;
blowing air by a plurality of fans, a fan of the plurality of fans is disposed to respectively correspond to each of the plurality of fine water generating units so that air blown from each fan flows through a corresponding one of the fine water generating units; wherein the plurality of blowing units each produce a flow path separate from an adjacent flow path produced by the plurality of blowing units;
independently electrifying the plurality of fine water generating units so that a temperature of each fine water generating unit is changed depending on presence or absence of electrification; and
controlling the blowing and the independently electrifying in a predetermined moisture release mode so that the fine water generating units are independently switched between the moisture absorption state and the moisture release state in a predetermined order so that the discharge method continuously discharges the fine water by blowing air through at least a first one of the plurality of fine water generating units while at least a second one of the plurality of fine water generating units is in the moisture absorption state.

11. The fine water discharge method to a human body according to claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving a selection of one of a plurality of the moisture release modes,
wherein the controlling controls the electrifying and the blowing in the moisture release mode selected from the plurality of moisture release modes including the predetermined moisture release mode and a moisture release mode in which the plurality of fine water generating units are simultaneously brought into the moisture release state and discharge the fine water by blowing air.

12. The fine water discharge method to a human body according to claim 10 , wherein the c

Assignees

• Aisin Corp

Inventors

• Adachi Yoko
• Inoue Shinsuke
• Hirano Akiyoshi
• Miyabe Masayuki

Classifications

• A61H33/14

  Devices for gas baths with ozone, hydrogen, or the like (production of ozone or hydrogen C01B, C25B1/02) · CPC title

• A61H2033/068

  Steam baths · CPC title

• A61H2205/022

  Face · CPC title

• A61M11/042 Primary

  electrical · CPC title

• A61H2201/0214

  cooled · CPC title