RU173397U1 - Humidifier with breathing simulator - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to electrical engineering to create an artificial microclimate and air conditioning, namely to humidifiers and can be used to prevent various diseases, increase the body's resistance to adverse environmental factors, as well as expand the physical, intellectual and adaptive capabilities of the body.

The humidifier operates on the principle of forced evaporation and contains a water tank 2 located in the housing 1, an ultrasonic transducer 3, which creates a vibration in the water of the tank and generates a stream of steam in the internal vaporization chamber 4, communicating with the atomizer 5 installed at the outlet of the housing 1, a fan 6, installed in the lower part of the casing, a pallet 7. In the front of the casing 1 there is a control unit 8 containing a printed circuit board 9 with a programmable microcontroller 10, radio elements 11, information the on-screen display 12. The electrical connection is provided by wires 15 from the power supply 16. On the front side of the housing there is a control panel 13 with a window for the information display 12 and with controls in the form of buttons 14. In the pallet and at the bottom of the housing 1 there are LEDs 17 of three colors.

After setting the breathing simulator mode by means of the corresponding control element 14 on the control panel 13, an indication of the set breathing mode is displayed on the information display 12 in the corresponding familiarities. The control unit 8 with a programmable microcontroller 10 is configured to automatically start the breathing simulator mode 30 s after the last pressing of the control element 14 when entering the breathing simulator mode. The programmable microcontroller 10 stores in memory the settings that were previously set by the user, and when turned on, displays them on the information display 12. After starting the breathing simulator mode, the information display 12 shows which phase of breathing the user goes through, and also shows the countdown to the end of each phases of respiration. Each phase of breathing is accompanied by a change in the color of the backlight implemented through the LEDs 17, or its shutdown. One breathing exercise includes the alternate passage of four phases of breathing: inhalation, breath holding on inhalation, exhalation, breath holding on exhalation, which are displayed on the information display 12.

The technical result is the expansion of the functionality of the humidifier by imparting the function of a breathing simulator for training health-improving type of breathing. 7 C.p. f-ls, 2 ill.

Description

The utility model relates to electrical engineering for creating an artificial microclimate and air conditioning, namely to humidifiers for such premises as residential areas, offices, country houses, cabins of construction organizations and can be used to prevent various diseases, increase the body's resistance to adverse factors environment, as well as expanding the physical, intellectual and adaptive capabilities of the body.

A device is known for breathing atmospheric air of a person in a room, which comprises a mask connected through a breathing hole to the human respiratory system, a channel for supplying atmospheric air to the room, and a channel for releasing used air from the room communicated with the mask. The device is equipped with at least one fan with a speed controller installed in the channel for supplying atmospheric air and / or the channel for exhausting used air. The mask is made with a cavity connected to the hole for breathing. The atmospheric air supply channel and the used air exhaust channel are communicated with the mask by means of a cavity (patent RU No. 2433356, 2011).

The known device can be used simultaneously for air conditioning and as a breathing simulator. However, the use of the known device is limited by the fact that when using it, it is necessary to wear a mask, and there are also no controls for breathing exercises. This does not allow combining sports or business with breathing exercises. Also, there is no possibility of introducing components of breath useful into the stream of inhaled air. All of the above characterizes the limited functionality of the known device.

Known humidifier containing an air duct, fan, pallets filled with water, adjacent to the duct and communicated with it through the slots, the pallets are located one above the other and are made with holes in the sides having a local lowering and forming with the bottom of the higher pallet the entry slots and air outlet, while the sides of one hole form a duct, and the sides of another hole form a channel for draining water, the duct is closed from below by a lid having an opening with sides, and the walls of the pallets are made of stupas nchatymi and form a body of the humidifier, the air outlet slits are provided to spray protection flaps, a fan located above the air duct, the humidifier is provided with a water tank (patent RU № 60683, 2007).

Known humidifier also has limited functionality, because lack of breathing simulator function.

A hyperbaric chamber is known, which, provided a mixture with a low oxygen content is supplied, can be used as a hypoxicator, including a housing with nozzles, valves, a timer, an amplifier, a humidifier, a flow sensor, and a pressure sensor, all of which are made of mechanical and single source energy is the pressure of the gas that is supplied from the mixer (US patent N 4296743, 1981).

The known device simultaneously implements the functions of humidification and a breathing simulator with a timer, but has the disadvantages associated with the use of balloon sources of the gas mixture: high mass and dimensions, autonomy, high operating costs. The known device does not allow you to combine sports or household affairs with breathing exercises and is not intended for a wide range of people who need a healing type of breathing.

Closest to the proposed one is an air humidifier that contains a water tank inside the body, an ultrasonic transducer that vibrates in the water of the tank and generates a vapor stream in the inner chamber communicating with the hole in the body, and also a diffusion nozzle mounted on the said hole and containing a hole steam outlet, said nozzle contains an inner part of an elongated shape made of a porous material that can be impregnated with a volatile aromatic substance, the possibility of passing the steam flow along its walls, which then flows into said outlet (patent RU 2395755, 2007).

The known device ensures the reliability and efficiency of the humidifier, and also expands its functionality by providing the possibility of using the air fragrance function, improving respiratory comfort. However, the known design does not provide its effective application for the training of health-improving type of breathing.

A technical problem is the limited functionality of an air humidifier.

The technical result is the expansion of the functionality of the humidifier by imparting the function of a breathing simulator for training health-improving type of breathing.

The problem is solved in that the inventive air humidifier with a breathing simulator, comprising a housing, inside which there is a water tank, an ultrasonic transducer that creates vibration in the water of the tank and generates a steam stream in the inner chamber in communication with the atomizer installed at the outlet of the body, a fan installed in the lower part of the housing, a control panel, further comprising a control unit with a printed circuit board with radio elements and a microcontroller, an information display d, which are electrically connected to each other and to the power supply, a light source installed in the housing, control elements that are electrically connected to the printed circuit board are placed on the control panel, the microcontroller is configured to interact with the controls, the information display and the light source, which executes commands for the generation of light through predetermined time periods in accordance with a predetermined breathing mode, and the information display is configured to display the preset breathing modes i.

The microcontroller located in the control unit is programmed for a second-by-second countdown, which is displayed on the information display. In addition, the microcontroller issues control commands to the light source, which is used as LEDs, thereby identifying the given commands of the breathing modes. The LEDs are colored to identify the given phases of respiration. Implementation of synchronization switching of colored LEDs in accordance with the phases of respiration is carried out using a program code recorded in the microcontroller.

The information display has four seven-segment familiarity, which displays 4 phases of breathing - inhalation, delay in inhalation, exhalation, delay in exhalation. In addition, the information display is familiar for displaying the countdown for each phase of breathing. The information display shows the time in seconds spent on each phase of breathing, acting as a timer screen.

The electrical connection is represented by a power circuit implemented by conductive wires, electrical contacts, conductive paths on a printed circuit board and other known elements of electrical circuits.

Comparison of the claimed device with the known allows us to conclude that the claimed utility model meets the criterion of "novelty."

The inventive device can be manufactured using known structural elements assembled by known methods. This allows us to conclude that the criterion is “industrial applicability”.

The inventive device is illustrated by the following figures.

In FIG. 1 schematically shows the inventive device.

In FIG. 2 schematically shows a control panel.

The air humidifier is a device based on the principle of forced evaporation (Figure 1) and contains a water tank 2 located in the housing 1, an ultrasonic transducer 3, which creates a vibration in the water of the tank and generates a vapor stream in the inner vaporization chamber 4, communicating with the atomizer 5 installed at the outlet of the housing 1, the fan 6, installed in the lower part of the housing, the pallet 7. In the front of the housing 1 there is a control unit 8 containing a printed circuit board 9 with a programmable microcontrol rum 10, radioelements 11, information display 12. The electrical connection is provided by wires 15 from the power supply 16. On the front side of the housing there is a control panel 13 with a window for the information display 12 and with controls in the form of buttons 14. In the pan and on the bottom of the housing 1 17 LEDs of three colors are located.

The inventive device in humidifier mode operates as follows. Water from the water tank 2 enters the drip tray 7, where the ultrasonic transducer 3 breaks the water into tiny particles by means of high-frequency vibrations of the ultrasonic membrane, forming steam. The fan 6 pumps air from the room into the inner chamber 4, where the process of vaporization takes place. Air enriched with water vapor is blown back into the room humidified through a spray gun 5.

After setting the breathing simulator mode by means of the corresponding control element 14 on the control panel 13, an indication of the set breathing mode is displayed on the information display 12 in the corresponding familiarities. The humidifier operates automatically, evaporating moisture-enriched air. The information display 12 displays automatic settings, or settings made by the user by pressing the controls 14, for example, setting the inspiration duration or the ratio of inspiration duration to the duration of other phases of respiration.

The control unit 8 with a programmable microcontroller 10 is configured to automatically start the breathing simulator mode 30 s after the last pressing of the control element 14 when entering the breathing simulator mode. The programmable microcontroller 10 stores in memory the settings that were previously set by the user, and upon subsequent activation displays them on the information display 12.

After starting the breathing simulator mode, the information display 12 shows which phase of breathing the user is going through, and the countdown of seconds to the end of each phase of breathing is also displayed. Each phase of breathing is accompanied by a change in the color of the backlight implemented through the LEDs 17, or its shutdown. One breathing exercise involves the alternate passage of four phases of breathing: inhalation, breath holding in inhalation, exhalation, breath holding in exhalation.

Each breathing exercise is performed a fixed number of times until all exercises of this type are over. After the end of one type of breathing exercise, the next breathing exercise of a different type begins (if it was set in the settings of the breathing simulator).

As an example, we give an example of setting the breathing simulator (Figure 2) of the inventive humidifier.

The breathing exercise is identified in window 19 of the information display 12, and the phases of breathing are described by the respiratory proportion displayed in window 21. The breathing exercise is repeated 20 times — the number of repetitions of the breathing exercise is displayed on the left side of the information display 12 in windows 18. The information display 12 shows duration of the breathing phase in seconds - the default is the length of the inspiration. The respiratory proportion is the ratio of the lengths of the inhale, exhale and breath holdings on the exhale and inhale, which are displayed in the windows 22,23,24 and 25, respectively.

The respiratory proportion of 1: 0: 1: 0 and the duration of the breathing phase of 6 seconds mean that the duration of the various phases of breathing is:

Inhale - 6 s.

Delay in inspiration - 0 s.

Exhale - 6 s.

The delay on exhalation is 0 s.

Each of the phases of respiration is accompanied by the burning of an LED of the color assigned to it:

Inhale - color A.

Inhalation Delay - Color B.

Exhale - color B.

Exhalation delay - color G / color off.

After starting the breathing simulator with the humidifier operating, the first breathing exercise is displayed on the information display 12 in window 19. The number of repetitions of the breathing exercise is displayed by the backlight in the windows 18 on the information display 12. The number of illuminated windows 18 decreases by one division as the breathing exercise is repeated. In the window 20 on the information display 12, the inspiration duration is displayed and the duration of each phase of respiration is counted in seconds: inhalation, then delay in inhalation, then exhalation, then delay in exhalation. The breathing phase, for which the duration in seconds is counting, blinks in the corresponding window 22,23, 24 or 25. The indicated breathing phases are additionally explained by graphic images made on the corresponding windows 22,23, 24 and 25.

In the upper right corner of the information display 12 in window 19, the serial number of the breathing exercise that is performed by the breathing simulator is constantly displayed. At the beginning of each new breathing exercise, the serial number of the breathing exercise is increased by one, and the number of repetitions of the breathing exercise is reset. The respiratory proportion for each breathing exercise is variable.

The inventive device provides the ability to use an air humidifier to develop a healthy type of breathing, eliminates annoying factors associated with the use of breathing simulators of known designs, reduces the complexity of mastering respiratory procedures of various types, allowing at home and without contact with the device to increase the volume of lungs by regular training, normalize breathing rhythm, especially against the background of stress or arrhythmia, enrich the blood with oxygen and, as a result, accelerate the exchange substances in the body, increasing its recreational ability and improving the functioning of internal organs. The user has the opportunity to select or draw up an individual program for performing breathing exercises, to monitor the duration of each phase of breathing in seconds on the information display. The inventive device allows you to visualize the change in breathing phases due to lighting effects, providing a light timer mode, where each color of light corresponds to a certain phase, which eliminates the need for the user to follow the digital countdown on the information display, and makes breathing training convenient even for people with low vision.

Claims (8)

1. An air humidifier with a breathing simulator, comprising a housing inside which a water tank is located, an ultrasonic transducer that vibrates in the water of the tank and generates a vapor stream in the inner chamber in communication with the atomizer installed at the outlet of the housing, a fan installed in the lower part the housing, a control panel, characterized in that it further comprises a control unit with a printed circuit board with radio elements and a microcontroller, an information display that are electrically connected with each other and with the power supply, the light source installed in the housing, the control panel contains controls that are electrically connected to the printed circuit board, the microcontroller is configured to interact with the controls, the information display and the light source, the latter executes commands for generating light after predetermined periods of time in accordance with a given breathing mode, and the information display is configured to display the specified breathing modes. 2. A humidifier with a breathing simulator according to claim 1, characterized in that the light source is made in the form of LEDs. 3. A humidifier with a breathing simulator according to claim 2, characterized in that the LEDs are colored. 4. An air humidifier with a breathing simulator according to claim 2, characterized in that the LEDs are mounted in a tray. 5. An air humidifier with a breathing simulator according to claim 1, characterized in that the information display is configured to display the time of each breathing exercise. 6. An air humidifier with a breathing simulator according to claim 1, characterized in that the information display is configured to display the respiratory phases of each breathing exercise by means of a digital display in the corresponding familiarity. 7. A humidifier with a breathing simulator according to claim 6, characterized in that graphic images are placed above the digital indication of the phases of respiration. 8. An air humidifier with a breathing simulator according to claim 6, characterized in that the information display is configured to display the number of repetitions of each breathing exercise.

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