EP0880960B1 - Steam and hot air generating apparatus for use in shower cubicles or the like - Google Patents

Steam and hot air generating apparatus for use in shower cubicles or the like Download PDF

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EP0880960B1
EP0880960B1 EP98201676A EP98201676A EP0880960B1 EP 0880960 B1 EP0880960 B1 EP 0880960B1 EP 98201676 A EP98201676 A EP 98201676A EP 98201676 A EP98201676 A EP 98201676A EP 0880960 B1 EP0880960 B1 EP 0880960B1
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Carmelo Ianni
Livio Furlan
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Jacuzzi Europe SpA
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
    • A61H33/06—Artificial hot-air or cold-air baths; Steam or gas baths or douches, e.g. sauna or Finnish baths
    • A61H33/063—Heaters specifically designed therefor

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for the simultaneous generation of steam and hot air that can be used especially in a shower cubicle for a Vietnamese bath.
  • the present invention relates to an apparatus that is applicable especially, although not exclusively, to a shower cubicle for a sauna or Vietnamese bath, and by means of which there are generated and conveyed into the interior of the cubicle the steam for effecting a Turkish bath and hot air for suitably air-conditioning the entire internal volume of the cubicle, rendering the internal temperature uniform.
  • One of the principal aims of the present invention is therefore to provide an apparatus of the type mentioned above by means of which it is possible to use the cubicle without the above disadvantages which are reduced to a minimum.
  • a further aim of the present invention is to provide an apparatus as indicated above which, in accordance with the above advantages, is provided with means that enable the internal environment of the cubicle or the like to be heated rapidly and uniformly.
  • the present invention therefore relates to an apparatus for the generation and admission of steam into a shower cubicle or the like, of the type comprising a water tank connected or connectable to the inside of the cubicle when heating means associated with the tank have heated the water to vaporisation temperature, characterised in that the portion of the tank with which the heating means are associated is accommodated inside a chamber or shell sealed with respect to said portion of the tank and communicates on the one hand with air-intake means and, on the other hand, with a nozzle for the delivery of hot air.
  • FIG. 1 shows a shower cubicle represented diagrammatically and generally indicated 10 which is provided in known manner, on its upper wall, with a shower delivery head 12 and, on one of its side walls, with shower delivery nozzles 14 which can be operated simultaneously or in alternation with the delivery head 12.
  • the apparatus according to the invention which is not illustrated in detail in Figure 1 and which is represented diagrammatically by a rectangle marked with the reference 16, is associated with the shower cubicle 10, among other things known per se , and, as shown in the Figure, is connected to the inside of the cubicle 10 by means of a pair of ducts 18, 20 of which the function will be explained and described in detail hereinafter.
  • the apparatus comprises, on a fixed frame that is to be arranged on a wall in a manner not shown, a water tank generally indicated by the reference 22, which may be .in any desired form given that this feature in no way limits the invention.
  • the tank 22 is connected, by means of a tube 24, a drain 28 which is provided with a discharge valve 30, and a cylindrical body 23, to a steam-conveying head 26 or delivery nozzle,
  • the steam-conveying head 26 is, in the illustrated embodiment, substantially cylindrical and its longitudinal axis is substantially vertical.
  • the head is connected to the cylindrical body 23 which is surrounded over its entire height by a cylindrical wall 32 which delimits an annular shell or chamber 34 surrounding the body 23.
  • water-heating means which, in the embodiment in question, are constituted by an electrical resistive element 36 which is wound substantially in the form of a cylindrical helix on the cylinder 23 and which is connected in known manner (not shown) to a source electrical power (also not shown) which is activated each time the cubicle 10 is to be used.
  • the annular chamber 34 is connected to means, generally indicated 38, for sucking in air and conveying it to its interior.
  • those means comprise a rotor 40 which is connected at the outside to the atmosphere by means of an opening 42 through which it sucks in air.
  • the rotor 40 is actuated by an electrical motor 44 as can be seen in detail, also as regards the previous particulars, by studying Figure 5.
  • the rotor 40 is connected by means of a pipe 46 to the inside of the annular chamber 34 into which air is therefore conveyed.
  • An air-purifying filter which is very useful in this particular application, is optionally provided on the opening 42 of the rotor 40 or on the air-inlet duct 46.
  • the tank 22 is supplied by a duct for conveying water, marked by the reference 48, which is connected in any desired conventional manner (not shown) to a solenoid valve (not shown) for supplying water.
  • the tank 22 is also provided with a float water-level regulator 50 of a type known per se which controls the opening and closing of the solenoid valve for supplying water.
  • the tank 22 is provided with an overflow tube 52 which constitutes a safety device ensuring that water is conveyed away in the case of breakdown of or damage to the control system, that is to say, especially the float device 50 or the above-mentioned solenoid valve of the duct 48.
  • the apparatus forming the subject-matter of the invention also comprises a safety thermostat 54 which is connected in any desired known manner to the resistive element 36 and which has the function of intervening if breakdown or defective operation causes the temperature of the resistive element to rise excessively with consequent risk to the components of the apparatus which, preferably, are produced from plastics material.
  • the steam outlet from the head 26 has a cap 56 having the function of preventing any splashes of boiling water or at any rate a rush of steam incorporating water from being discharged suddenly from the head 26 and striking the user.
  • the steam outlet 19A is connected by means of the duct 18 to the inside of the shower cubicle 10 and the outlet 20A for the air coming from the chamber 34 is also connected to the inside of the cubicle 10 by means of the duct 20 so that the hot air is caused to pass into the interior of the cubicle 10.
  • Figure 3 shows the extreme compactness of the apparatus, especially owing to the position of the rotor 40 which is arranged at a recessed portion of the tank 22 and the overall space requirement of the apparatus is consequently reduced thereby.
  • the apparatus can be rapidly and readily cleaned of any calcareous residues owing to the fact that it is possible to dismount the drain 28 and the discharge valve 30 because they are connected by a bayonet coupling to an attachment element 53 secured to the body 23 and also owing to the fact that the tube 24 is produced from flexible material, for example rubber, which is readily removable to leave free access to the inside of the duct in order to clean it.

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EP98201676A 1997-05-26 1998-05-20 Steam and hot air generating apparatus for use in shower cubicles or the like Expired - Lifetime EP0880960B1 (en)

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IT97TV000068A IT1293361B1 (it) 1997-05-26 1997-05-26 Apparecchiatura per la produzione ed immissione in un ambiente chiuso, quale un box doccia o simili, di vapore ed aria calda.
ITTV970068 1997-05-26

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