Automatic hair washing machine

Abstract

An automatic hair washing machine including a sink in which a head portion of a user is laid, the sink having an enclosed space that is formed when the head portion is laid in the sink, a nozzle link unit for jetting liquid containing at least one of washing water and cleaning agent liquid, and a mist spraying unit for spraying mist into the enclosed space.

1 . An automatic hair washing machine comprising:
 a sink in which a head portion of a user is laid, the sink having an enclosed space that is formed when the head portion is laid in the sink;   a nozzle link unit for jetting liquid containing at least one of washing water and cleaning agent liquid; and   a mist spraying unit for spraying mist into the enclosed space.   
     
     
         2 . The automatic hair washing machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the mist spraying unit has a mist generator for generating mist, a mist feeding pipe for introducing the mist generated in the mist generator into the sink, a mist discharge port that is provided in the sink to spray out the mist fed through the mist feeding pipe into the sink, and a water discharging trap provided to the mist feeding pipe. 
     
     
         3 . The automatic hair washing machine according to  claim 2 , wherein the mist discharge port is configured so that a spray direction of the mist is changeable. 
     
     
         4 . The automatic hair washing machine according to  claim 2 , wherein drain water occurring in connection with the generation of the mist in the mist generator is trapped in the water discharging trap. 
     
     
         5 . The automatic hair washing machine according to  claim 1 , further comprising a jetting unit for jetting the liquid from the nozzle link unit to the head portion laid in the enclosed space, and a controller for controlling the mist spraying unit and the jetting unit, wherein the controller controls the jetting unit and the mist spraying unit so that the jetting of the liquid by the jetting unit and the spray of the mist by the mist spraying unit are executed interlockingly with each other. 
     
     
         6 . The automatic hair washing machine according to  claim 5 , further comprising a cleaning operation course indicating unit for indicating one of cleaning operation courses each comprising a plurality of steps that contain at least a washing step based on jetting of liquid executed by the jetting unit and a mist step based on spray of mist executed by the mist spraying unit, and are arranged in a predetermined step order, wherein when any one of the cleaning operation courses is indicated through the indicating unit, the controller controls the jetting unit and the mist jetting unit so that the jetting of the liquid by the jetting unit and the spray of the mist by the mist spraying unit are executed at a predetermined timing corresponding to the order of each step of the cleaning operation course. 
     
     
         7 . The automatic hair washing machine according to  claim 6 , wherein the jetting unit has a mixing unit for mixing washing water with any one of shampoo liquid and rinsing liquid to generate the liquid to be jetted from the nozzle link unit, and the cleaning operation courses contain a first cleaning course whose step order is set so that the mist step is executed before a shampoo step for jetting the liquid containing the shampoo liquid, a second cleaning course whose step order is set so that the mist step is executed after a conditioning step for jetting the liquid containing the conditioner liquid, and a third cleaning course whose step order is set so that the conditioning step and the mist step are executed in parallel to each other. 
     
     
         8 . The automatic hair washing machine according to  claim 5 , wherein the mist spraying unit has a mist generator for generating mist, and the controller is connected to a mist generator controller for controlling the mist generator so that communications can be performed between the controller and the mist generator controller, and controls the jetting unit and the mist spraying unit in cooperation with the mist generator controller so that the liquid jetting of the jetting unit and the mist spray of the mist spraying unit are executed interlockingly with each other. 
     
     
         9 . The automatic hair washing machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the nozzle link unit is configured to jet the liquid while moving along the head portion laid in the sink, and when the nozzle link unit is located at a position where the nozzle link unit jets the liquid to a high position of the head portion laid in the sink, the controller controls the nozzle link unit to concentrically jet the liquid. 
     
     
         10 . The automatic hair washing machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller controls movement of the nozzle link unit and jetting of the liquid from the nozzle link unit so that the liquid is jetted to a place corresponding to a position of the liquid trickling along the head portion in conformity with the trickling of the liquid attached to the head portion. 
     
     
         11 . The automatic hair washing machine according to  claim 9 , wherein after the liquid is jetted to the high place of the head portion laid in the sink, the controller controls the movement of the nozzle link unit and the jetting of the liquid from the nozzle link unit so that the liquid is jetted to a place corresponding to a position of the liquid trickling along the head portion while controlling the nozzle link unit so that the liquid is jetted within a predetermined range in a reciprocating style in conformity with the trickling of the liquid attached to the head portion. 
     
     
         12 . The automatic hair washing machine according to  claim 9 , wherein after the liquid is jetted to the high place of the head portion laid in the sink, the controller controls the jetting pressure of the liquid jetted from the nozzle link unit in conformity with the trickling of the liquid attached to the head portion along the head portion. 
     
     
         13 . The automatic hair washing machine according to  claim 9 , wherein the nozzle link unit is reciprocable between a head top position corresponding to a head top portion of the head portion laid in the sink and a rear head position corresponding to a rear head portion, and the controller concentrically jets the liquid when the nozzle link unit is located at the head top position. 
     
     
         14 . The automatic hair washing machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the nozzle link unit comprises a plurality of nozzle links that jet liquid to different sites of the head portion respectively, and are connected to a single motor through a power transmission mechanism so that the plurality of nozzle links are movable in synchronization with one another. 
     
     
         15 . The automatic hair washing machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the nozzle link unit comprises an upper nozzle link that is reciprocable between a head top position corresponding to a head top portion of the head portion laid in the sink and a rear head position corresponding to a rear head portion of the head portion, and a lower nozzle link that is reciprocable between a hair position corresponding to a hair hanging from the head portion laid in the sink and a neck position corresponding to a neck, wherein the lower nozzle link is moved in a direction from the hair position to the neck position in synchronization with movement of the upper nozzle link in a direction from the head top position to the rear head position, and the lower nozzle link is moved in a direction from the neck position to the hair position in synchronization with movement of the upper nozzle link in a direction from the rear head position to the head top position. 
     
     
         16 . The automatic hair washing machine according to  claim 14 , the power transmission mechanism has a gear rotating according to driving of the motor, wherein the plurality of nozzle links are moved synchronously with each other through the gear that is rotated by driving the motor. 
     
     
         17 . The automatic hair washing machine according to  claim 14 , wherein the power transmission mechanism is provided to one side surface of the sink.