Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Katsushi Morimoto

Kazuo Nishikawa

Nobuki Sakikawa

Hiroaki Okano

Hiroaki Kubo

Hikoya Ishii

Yuji Dohi

Yasuhiro Nunotani

Kunio Tanaka

Gouichi Kagiyama

Akira Okamoto

Emi Nishiuchi

An air blowing deviceincludes: a main body housingto open a suction inletand a jet outletof an air; and an air blowerto be provided in a lower portion in the main body housingand to circulate the air that is sucked from the suction inlettowards the jet outlet. The main body housingis in a column shape from below to above, and the jet outletis formed in a slit shape in a vertically long rectangular shape along a side wall of the main body housingand also is arranged to expel an air in an approximately transverse direction.

Air blowing device and air blowing method

An air blower includes a motor; a fan connected to an output shaft of the motor and rotatively driven by the motor; and a fan nut fixing the fan onto the output shaft of the motor, a diffusive substance is kept in the fan nut provided on the output shaft of the motor, and an ion generating unit is attached to a motor body concentrically with the output shaft. Therefore, the diffusive substance, positive ions and negative ions may be diffused without interrupting blowing and without harmfully affecting the air blowing function. Since the diffusive substance and the ion generating unit are provided inside a fan guard, an infant or the like may be prevented from touching them, and thus, the safety may be secured.

Air blower

The termite detecting device is placed in an expected invading passage for detecting damage or destruction caused by termites. One configuration of the device includes: a detecting wood sample for attracting termites; a detecting terminal being pressed against the detecting wood sample while the detecting wood sample is supplied with water as required; and a magnetic circuit capable of being opened and closed by the movement of the detecting terminal. When the detecting wood sample is eaten and damaged by termites and becomes fragile, the detecting terminal sinks into the detecting wood sample by virtue of a pressing force and the magnetic circuit is made open. As a result, the device detects the existence of termites. Alternatively, another configuration of the termite detecting device detects vibrations caused by termites so as to detect the invasion of termites. In either device, when a valid signal from a magnetic sensor or a vibration sensor is issued, an indicator disposed in a house is activated to warn in response to the sensor signal. Alternatively the valid signal is transmitted by way of telephone line, etc., to a control center. Thus, the device warns the user of the invasion by termites in an early stage so that the user may take a quick action.

Termite detecting device and a method of detecting termites

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Osaka, Japan

Katsushi Morimoto