EP1219281B1 - Shower cubicle - Google Patents

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EP1219281B1
EP1219281B1 EP01890342A EP01890342A EP1219281B1 EP 1219281 B1 EP1219281 B1 EP 1219281B1 EP 01890342 A EP01890342 A EP 01890342A EP 01890342 A EP01890342 A EP 01890342A EP 1219281 B1 EP1219281 B1 EP 1219281B1
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61HPHYSICAL 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
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    • A61H33/06Artificial hot-air or cold-air baths; Steam or gas baths or douches, e.g. sauna or Finnish baths
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    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47KSANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
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  • the invention relates to a shower cubicle with cabin walls, which on the side facing the cabin space have a layer with a water-repellent surface and with a spray unit connected to a liquid container for generating a liquid mist within the cabin space
  • the liquids are mist-like atomized, so that it is possible to act on the respiratory passages by inhaling the respiratory air enriched with the fine liquid droplets.
  • This treatment takes place in wet cabins, which are not heated and require moisture protection for the patient being treated.
  • a shower cubicle with a liquid nebulizer is known, for example, from DE 199 033 77 C. This shower cubicle contains all the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • the compressed Liquid due to its high internal Pressure is torn into small particles.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object in the wet room area of a dwelling or a family house to allow the establishment of a cabin that allows an advantageous treatment of a user by inhaling liquid in a pleasant environment for the naked body ambient temperature, and at a relatively low breathing temperature ,
  • the invention solves the problem set by the fact that provided on the cabin side facing away from the layer with the water-repellent surface heat insulation and between the insulation and the layer, an electric heater that in the ceiling region of the cabin space at least on the one hand to a liquid container and on the other hand connected to a compressed air compressor nebulization nozzle is provided as atomizing and that the atomizing nozzle of the atomizing device is inserted into a false ceiling, wherein the compressed air compressor above and the liquid container below the false ceiling on one of the cabin walls can be fastened.
  • the atomizing device for the liquid mist is arranged in the Dekken Switzerland, favorable construction conditions arise because an intermediate ceiling can be used, the atomizing device with the exception of the spray nozzle above and the liquid container are fixed below the false ceiling on one of the cabin walls. While the liquid container is to be easily accessible for refilling the atomizing liquid from the cabin, the atomizing device is removed from the viewing area through the false ceiling.
  • the false ceiling it is also possible to house the necessary electrical installations for the supply of the heating cables for the cabin walls and the lighting, which can be kept in the false ceiling. Since a tiling of the cabin walls only needs to extend to the false ceiling, the false ceiling can advantageously rest on the upper edge of the lining formed by the tiles of the cabin walls, so that an otherwise required support or suspension is unnecessary.
  • At least one cabin wall can form a heatable seat which gives the body a feeling of warmth that can not be achieved by way of the room air alone.
  • a seat can be easily formed from the cabin wall, when the layer is poured with the water-repellent surface made of plastic.
  • the seat is preferably also made tiled.
  • the electric heater on the cabin walls distributed heating element, for example, in grooves of thermal insulation
  • the electric heater consists of a heating mat
  • the heating mat needs to be laminated only on the thermal insulation or on the layer with the water-repellent surface. If a tile lining is provided as a water-repellent layer, then the heating mat will be glued to the thermal insulation applied to the cabin wall.
  • the heating mat can advantageously be laminated onto the plastic wall before the plastic wall with the glued-on heating mat is backfoamed with plastic to form the thermal insulation.
  • the shower cubicle according to the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 3 has four preferably constructed in a lightweight construction cabin walls 1, which carry a false ceiling 2.
  • a door 3 is inserted.
  • cabin walls 1 carries a required for the shower cubicle, connected to hot and cold water pipes fittings 4, while along the opposite cabin wall 1, a seat 5 is built.
  • the cabin walls 1 have up to the height of the false ceiling 2 on a water-repellent layer 6, which also continues on the seat 5 and consists of tiles 7, as shown in FIG. 2 can be removed in particular.
  • these tiles 7 are not glued directly to the cabin walls 1. Rather, a thermal insulation 8 is provided between the tiles 7 and the cabin walls 1, which carries on the tile 7 side facing an electric heater 9.
  • This electrical heating device 9 can be advantageously laminated in the form of heating mats 10 on the insulation 8, and then stick the tiles 7 on the heating mats 10. In the area of the seat 5, the tiles 7 are connected in the same way via heating mats on a thermal insulation with the seat 5 forming support frame.
  • the compressed air compressor 12 is disposed above the false ceiling 2 outside of the actual cabin space, on a support frame 15 attached to a cabin wall 1.
  • lamps 16 installed, which are supplied by a transformer 17 ago with low voltage.
  • luminous flux is preferably used.
  • the tiles 7 are heated by the heater 9 and give off some of the heat to the cabin space.
  • the shower cubicle can thus be used as a pure heat cabin in which heat can be transferred directly to a user via the tiles 7 of the bench 5 and the adjoining cabin wall 1 forming a backrest.
  • a nebulization of the liquid in the liquid container 13 a moisture treatment of the skin and the respiratory tract are made, and at a relatively low liquid temperature, because in contrast to conventional steam cabins, the cabin is not heated by a correspondingly heated steam.
  • the cabin walls 1 according to FIGS. 4 and 5 have a layer 6 in the form of a cast plastic wall on the side facing the cabin space.
  • the cabin walls 1 are constructed in layers and consist of the layer 6 with a water-repellent surface from a thermal insulation 8, which is provided on the side facing away from the cabin space of the layer 6, and arranged between the layer 6 and the thermal insulation 8 electric heater 9.
  • This heater 18 is again advantageously designed as a heating mat 10, according to the embodiment of the cast plastic wall of the layer 6 is laminated before this plastic wall is backfilled with foamed plastic as thermal insulation 8.
  • Such a cabin construction is well suited for the construction of prefabricated components.
  • the shower cubicle according to FIGS. 4 and 5 can be given the same equipment as the shower cubicle according to FIGS. 1 to 3, wherein, of course, other structural configurations can also be chosen in both variants.

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The water-repellent layer (6) on the inside of the cubicle has thermal insulation on the outwards-facing side, and an electric heater device is provided between the water-repellent and thermal insulation layers. A nebuliser (11) connected to a liquid reservoir (13) is used to generate a mist inside the cubicle.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Duschkabine mit Kabinenwänden, die auf der dem Kabinenraum zugekehrten Seite eine Schicht mit einer wasserabweisenden Oberfläche aufweisen und mit einer an einen Flüssigkeitsbehälter angeschlossenen Zerstäubungseinrichtung zum Erzeugen eines Flüssigkeitsnebels innerhalb des KabinenraumesThe invention relates to a shower cubicle with cabin walls, which on the side facing the cabin space have a layer with a water-repellent surface and with a spray unit connected to a liquid container for generating a liquid mist within the cabin space

Da das Raumangebot im Naßraumbereich einer Wohnung oder eines Einfamilienhauses beschränkt ist, ergeben sich häufig Schwierigkeiten, den für ein Dampfbad benötigten Raum zur Verfügung zu stellen, insbesondere bei einem nachträglichen Dampfbadeinbau. Solche Dampfbäder erfordern nämlich eine Dampfkabine für wenigstens einen Benützer, die mit einer ausreichenden Wärmeisolierung versehen sein soll, um Wärmeverluste zu vermeiden. Die Erwärmung der Dampfkabine erfolgt üblicherweise über den Dampf, der in einem Dampfgenerator erzeugt und in die Dampfkabine eingeblasen wird. Dies bedeutet, daß der eingeblasene Dampf eine höhere Temperatur als die gewünschte Kabinentemperatur aufweisen muß, was zu einer hinsichtlich der bevorzugten Behandlungstemperatur überhöhten Dampftemperatur führt.Since the space is limited in the wet room area of an apartment or a family house, often arise difficulties to provide the space required for a steam room available, especially in a subsequent Dampfbadeinbau. Namely, such steam baths require a steam cabin for at least one user to be provided with sufficient heat insulation to prevent heat loss. The heating of the steam cabin usually takes place via the steam, which is generated in a steam generator and blown into the steam cabin. This means that the injected steam must have a higher temperature than the desired cabin temperature, which leads to a steam temperature which is excessive in relation to the preferred treatment temperature.

Zur Behandlung der Atemwege mit Flüssigkeiten, beispielsweise Salzlösungen, werden die Flüssigkeiten nebelartig zerstäubt, so daß durch ein Inhalieren der mit den feinen Flüssigkeitströpfchen angereicherten Atemluft auf die Atmungswege eingewirkt werden kann. Diese Behandlung erfolgt in Feuchtkabinen, die nicht beheizt werden und für den zu behandelnden Patienten einen Feuchtigkeitsschutz erfordern. Eine Duschkabine mit einem Flüssigkeitsvernebler ist beispielsweise aus der DE 199 033 77 C bekannt. Diese Duschkabine enthält alle Merkmale des Oberbegriffs des Anspruchs 1. Um die Flüssigkeit bei verhältnismäßig geringen Temperatur verdampfen zu können, ist es dabei vorgesehen, die Flüssigkeit unter hohem Druck von wenigsten 100 Bar im inneren eines den Kabinenraum begrenzenden Rohres explosionsartig zu verdampfen, wobei die komprimierte Flüssigkeitaufgrund aufgrund ihres hohen inneren Drucks in kleine Teilchen zerrissen wird. Der erzeugte Nebel strömt im Rohr über Schalldämpfer zum oberen Ende des Rohres und von dort über ein Gitter in den Kabinenraum. Weiters ist es bekannt (WO 950 8 742 A1) plattenförmige Infrarotheizstrahler als Heizkörper für Duschkabinen zu verwenden. Ein derartiger Heizstrahler wird wie ein herkömmlicher Heizkörper an einer Wand und mit Abstand zu dieser Wand befestigt.For the treatment of the respiratory tract with liquids, for example saline solutions, the liquids are mist-like atomized, so that it is possible to act on the respiratory passages by inhaling the respiratory air enriched with the fine liquid droplets. This treatment takes place in wet cabins, which are not heated and require moisture protection for the patient being treated. A shower cubicle with a liquid nebulizer is known, for example, from DE 199 033 77 C. This shower cubicle contains all the features of the preamble of claim 1. In order to evaporate the liquid at a relatively low temperature, it is intended to explode the liquid under high pressure of at least 100 bar inside a tube bounding the cabin space explosive, the compressed Liquid due to its high internal Pressure is torn into small particles. The generated mist flows in the pipe via silencer to the upper end of the pipe and from there via a grille into the cabin space. Furthermore, it is known (WO 950 8 742 A1) to use plate-shaped infrared heaters as a radiator for shower cubicles. Such a radiant heater is attached like a conventional radiator to a wall and at a distance from this wall.

Der Erfindung liegt somit die Aufgabe zugrunde, im Naßraumbereich einer Wohnung oder eines Einfamilienhauses die Errichtung einer Kabine zu ermöglichen, die eine vorteilhafte Behandlung eines Benützers durch ein Inhalieren von Flüssigkeit in einer für den nackten Körper angenehmen Umgebungstemperatur erlaubt, und zwar bei einer vergleichsweise niedrigen Atmungstemperatur.The invention is therefore based on the object in the wet room area of a dwelling or a family house to allow the establishment of a cabin that allows an advantageous treatment of a user by inhaling liquid in a pleasant environment for the naked body ambient temperature, and at a relatively low breathing temperature ,

Ausgehend von einer Duschkabine der eingangs geschilderten Art löst die Erfindung die gestellte Aufgabe dadurch, daß auf der dem Kabinenraum abgekehrten Seite der Schicht mit der wasserabweisenden Oberfläche eine Wärmedämmung und zwischen der Wärmedämmung und der Schicht eine elektrische Heizeinrichtung vorgesehen sind, daß im Deckenbereich des Kabinenraumes wenigstens eine einerseits an einen Flüssigkeitsbehälter und anderseits an einen Druckluftkompressor angeschlossene Vernebelungsdüse als Zerstäubungseinrichtung vorgesehen ist und daß die Vernebelungsdüse der Zerstäubungseinrichtung in eine Zwischendecke eingesetzt ist, wobei der Druckluftkompressor oberhalb und der Flüssigkeitsbehälter unterhalb der Zwischendecke an einer der Kabinenwände befestigbar sind.Starting from a shower cubicle of the type described, the invention solves the problem set by the fact that provided on the cabin side facing away from the layer with the water-repellent surface heat insulation and between the insulation and the layer, an electric heater that in the ceiling region of the cabin space at least on the one hand to a liquid container and on the other hand connected to a compressed air compressor nebulization nozzle is provided as atomizing and that the atomizing nozzle of the atomizing device is inserted into a false ceiling, wherein the compressed air compressor above and the liquid container below the false ceiling on one of the cabin walls can be fastened.

Durch die vorgeschlagene Anpassung einer Duschkabine an die Anforderungen für eine Dampfkabine wird zunächst die Voraussetzung für eine gute Ausnützung des Raumangebotes geschaffen, weil die gegebenenfalls in ihrer Grundfläche geringfügig vergrößerte Duschkabine für verschiedene Zwecke genutzt werden kann, und zwar mit Vorteilen für alle Benutzungszwecke. Die Erwärmung der Duschkabine über die Schicht mit der wasserabweisenden Oberfläche erlaubt eine wirtschaftliche Beheizung der Kabine, ohne eine übermäßige Kreislaufbelastung durch ein unnötiges Anheben der Lufttemperatur in Kauf nehmen zu müssen. Es stellt sich ein angenehmes Raumklima ein, das auch vorteilhaft zum Inhalieren von Flüssigkeitsnebeln ausgenützt werden kann, die mit Hilfe einer entsprechenden Zerstäubungseinrichtung erzeugt werden können.The proposed adaptation of a shower cubicle to the requirements for a steam room, the prerequisite for a good utilization of the space is initially created because the optionally slightly enlarged in their base shower cubicle can be used for different purposes, with benefits for all purposes. The heating of the shower cubicle over the layer with the water-repellent surface allows an economical heating of the cabin, without having to accept an excessive circulation load due to an unnecessary increase in the air temperature. It turns out to be a pleasant Room climate, which can also be used to advantage for inhaling liquid mist, which can be generated by means of a corresponding atomizing device.

Dadurch, daß die Zerstäubungseinrichtung für den Flüssigkeitsnebel im Dekkenbereich angeordnet ist, ergeben sich günstige Konstruktionsbedingungen, weil eine Zwischendecke eingesetzt werden kann, wobei die Zerstäubungseinrichtung mit Ausnahme der Sprühdüse oberhalb und der Flüssigkeitsbehälter unterhalb der Zwischendecke an einer der Kabinenwände befestigt werden. Während der Flüssigkeitsbehälter zum Nachfüllen der Zerstäubungsflüssigkeit von der Kabine leicht zugänglich sein soll, wird die Zerstäubungseinrichtung dem Blickbereich durch die Zwischendecke entzogen.Characterized in that the atomizing device for the liquid mist is arranged in the Dekkenbereich, favorable construction conditions arise because an intermediate ceiling can be used, the atomizing device with the exception of the spray nozzle above and the liquid container are fixed below the false ceiling on one of the cabin walls. While the liquid container is to be easily accessible for refilling the atomizing liquid from the cabin, the atomizing device is removed from the viewing area through the false ceiling.

Oberhalb der Zwischendecke können außerdem die erforderlichen elektrischen Installationen für die Versorgung der Heizleitungen für die Kabinenwände und die Beleuchtung untergebracht werden, die in der Zwischendecke gehalten werden kann. Da sich eine Verfliesung der Kabinenwände nur bis zur Zwischendecke zu erstrecken braucht, kann die Zwischendecke mit Vorteil auf dem oberen Rand der durch die Fliesen gebildeten Verkleidung der Kabinenwände aufliegen, so daß sich eine sonst erforderliche Abstützung oder Aufhängung erübrigt.Above the false ceiling, it is also possible to house the necessary electrical installations for the supply of the heating cables for the cabin walls and the lighting, which can be kept in the false ceiling. Since a tiling of the cabin walls only needs to extend to the false ceiling, the false ceiling can advantageously rest on the upper edge of the lining formed by the tiles of the cabin walls, so that an otherwise required support or suspension is unnecessary.

Um dem Körper nicht nur über die Kabinenluft Wärme zuführen zu können, kann wenigstens eine Kabinenwand eine beheizbare Sitzbank bilden, die dem Körper ein über die Raumluft alleine nicht erreichbares Wärmegefühl vermittelt. Eine solche Sitzbank läßt sich in einfacher Weise aus der Kabinenwand formen, wenn die Schicht mit der wasserabweisenden Oberfläche aus Kunststoff gegossen wird. Bei einer Fliesenverkleidung der Duschkabine wird die Sitzbank vorzugsweise ebenfalls gefliest ausgeführt werden.In order to be able to supply heat to the body not only via the cabin air, at least one cabin wall can form a heatable seat which gives the body a feeling of warmth that can not be achieved by way of the room air alone. Such a seat can be easily formed from the cabin wall, when the layer is poured with the water-repellent surface made of plastic. In a tile covering the shower cubicle, the seat is preferably also made tiled.

Obwohl es durchaus möglich wäre, für die elektrische Heizeinrichtung über die Kabinenwände verteilte Heizleiter zu verlegen, beispielsweise in Nuten der Wärmedämmung, ergeben sich besonders einfache Konstruktionsverhältnisse, wenn die elektrische Heizeinrichtung aus einer Heizmatte besteht, weil in diesem Fall die Heizmatte lediglich auf die Wärmedämmung oder auf die Schicht mit der wasserabweisenden Oberfläche aufkaschiert zu werden braucht. Wird als wasserabweisende Schicht eine Fliesenauskleidung vorgesehen, so wird die Heizmatte auf die auf die Kabinenwand aufgebrachte Wärmedämmung aufgeklebt werden. Bei einer Kunststoffwand mit einer wasserabweisenden Oberfläche kann hingegen vorteilhaft die Heizmatte auf die Kunststoffwand aufkaschiert werden, bevor die Kunststoffwand mit der aufgeklebten Heizmatte zur Bildung der Wärmedämmung mit Kunststoff hinterschäumt wird.Although it would be quite possible to lay for the electric heater on the cabin walls distributed heating element, for example, in grooves of thermal insulation, particularly simple construction conditions arise when the electric heater consists of a heating mat, because in this case, the heating mat needs to be laminated only on the thermal insulation or on the layer with the water-repellent surface. If a tile lining is provided as a water-repellent layer, then the heating mat will be glued to the thermal insulation applied to the cabin wall. In the case of a plastic wall with a water-repellent surface, by contrast, the heating mat can advantageously be laminated onto the plastic wall before the plastic wall with the glued-on heating mat is backfoamed with plastic to form the thermal insulation.

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eine erfindungsgemäße Duschkabine in einem schematischen Vertikalschnitt,
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einen Schnitt durch eine Kabinenwand in einem größeren Maßstab,
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einen Schnitt durch die Zwischendecke im Bereich der Vernebelungsdüse ebenfalls in einem größeren Maßstab,
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eine der Fig. 1 entsprechende Darstellung einer Ausführungsvariante einer erfindungsgemäßen Duschkabine und
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einen Schnitt durch eine Kabinenwand der Duschkabine nach der Fig. 1 in einem größeren Maßstab.
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a shower cubicle according to the invention in a schematic vertical section,
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a section through a cabin wall on a larger scale,
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a section through the false ceiling in the area of the atomizing nozzle also on a larger scale,
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a corresponding representation of an embodiment of a shower cubicle according to the invention and FIG
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a section through a cabin wall of the shower cubicle according to FIG. 1 on a larger scale.

Die Duschkabine gemäß dem Ausführungsbeispiel nach den Fig. 1 bis 3 weist vier vorzugsweise in einer Leichtbauweise errichtete Kabinenwände 1 auf, die eine Zwischendecke 2 tragen. In einer dieser Kabinenwände 1 ist eine Tür 3 eingesetzt. Von den an die Türwand anschließenden Kabinenwänden 1 trägt eine die für die Duschkabine erforderlichen, an Warm- und Kaltwasserleitungen angeschlossenen Armaturen 4, während entlang der gegenüberliegenden Kabinenwand 1 eine Sitzbank 5 errichtet ist. Die Kabinenwände 1 weisen bis in die Höhe der Zwischendecke 2 eine wasserabweisende Schicht 6 auf, die sich auch über die Sitzbank 5 fortsetzt und aus Fliesen 7 besteht, wie dies insbesondere der Fig. 2 entnommen werden kann. Diese Fliesen 7 sind jedoch nicht unmittelbar auf den Kabinenwänden 1 aufgeklebt. Zwischen den Fliesen 7 und den Kabinenwänden 1 ist vielmehr eine Wärmedämmung 8 vorgesehen, die auf der den Fliesen 7 zugekehrten Seite eine elektrische Heizeinrichtung 9 trägt. Diese elektrische Heizeinrichtung 9 kann vorteilhaft in Form von Heizmatten 10 auf die Wärmedämmung 8 aufkaschiert werden, um dann die Fliesen 7 auf die Heizmatten 10 aufzukleben. Im Bereich der Sitzbank 5 sind die Fliesen 7 in gleicher Weise über Heizmatten auf einer Wärmedämmung mit dem die Sitzbank 5 bildenden Traggestell verbunden.The shower cubicle according to the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 3 has four preferably constructed in a lightweight construction cabin walls 1, which carry a false ceiling 2. In one of these cabin walls 1, a door 3 is inserted. Of the adjoining the door wall cabin walls 1 carries a required for the shower cubicle, connected to hot and cold water pipes fittings 4, while along the opposite cabin wall 1, a seat 5 is built. The cabin walls 1 have up to the height of the false ceiling 2 on a water-repellent layer 6, which also continues on the seat 5 and consists of tiles 7, as shown in FIG. 2 can be removed in particular. However, these tiles 7 are not glued directly to the cabin walls 1. Rather, a thermal insulation 8 is provided between the tiles 7 and the cabin walls 1, which carries on the tile 7 side facing an electric heater 9. This electrical heating device 9 can be advantageously laminated in the form of heating mats 10 on the insulation 8, and then stick the tiles 7 on the heating mats 10. In the area of the seat 5, the tiles 7 are connected in the same way via heating mats on a thermal insulation with the seat 5 forming support frame.

Entsprechend der Fig. 3 ruht die Zwischendecke 2 auf dem oberen Rand der Schicht 6 auf, so daß sich gesonderte Befestigungsmittel für die Zwischenwand 2 erübrigen. Im Bereich einer Kabinenwand 1, vorzugsweise im Eckbereich zwischen zwei Kabinenwänden 1, ist in der Zwischendecke 2 eine Zerstäubungseinrichtung 11 in Form einer Vernebelungsdüse eingesetzt, die einerseits an einen Druckluftkompressor 12 und anderseits an einen Flüssigkeitsbehälter 13 angeschlossen ist, so daß mit Hilfe der vom Kompressor 12 erzeugten Druckluft die über eine Injektorwirkung aus dem Flüssigkeitsbehälter 13 angesaugte Flüssigkeit, beispielsweise eine Solelösung, fein zerstäubt als Flüssigkeitsnebel in den Kabinenraum eingeblasen werden kann. Während der nachfüllbare Flüssigkeitsbehälter 13 auf einer Konsole 14 unterhalb der Zwischendecke 2 vorgesehen ist, ist der Druckluftkompressor 12 oberhalb der Zwischendecke 2 außerhalb des eigentlichen Kabinenraumes angeordnet, und zwar auf einem an einer Kabinenwand 1 befestigten Traggestell 15. Zur Beleuchtung des Kabinenraumes sind in der Zwischendecke 2 Leuchtmittel 16 eingebaut, die von einem Transformator 17 her mit Niederspannung versorgt werden. Zur Energieversorgung der Heizmatten 10 wird vorzugsweise Lichtstrom eingesetzt.According to FIG. 3, the false ceiling 2 rests on the upper edge of the layer 6, so that separate fastening means for the intermediate wall 2 unnecessary. In the area of a cabin wall 1, preferably in the corner between two cabin walls 1, a sputtering device 11 is used in the false ceiling 2 in the form of a nebulizer, which is connected on the one hand to a compressed air compressor 12 and on the other hand to a liquid container 13, so that with the help of the compressor 12 produced compressed air sucked via an injector from the liquid container 13 liquid, for example, a brine solution, finely atomized can be injected as a liquid mist in the cabin space. While the refillable liquid container 13 is provided on a console 14 below the false ceiling 2, the compressed air compressor 12 is disposed above the false ceiling 2 outside of the actual cabin space, on a support frame 15 attached to a cabin wall 1. For illuminating the cabin space are in the false ceiling 2 lamps 16 installed, which are supplied by a transformer 17 ago with low voltage. For power supply of the heating mats 10, luminous flux is preferably used.

Beim Einschalten der Heizmatten 10 werden die Fliesen 7 über die Heizeinrichtung 9 erwärmt und geben einen Teil der Wärme an den Kabinenraum ab. Die Duschkabine kann somit als reine Wärmekabine genützt werden, in der über die Fliesen 7 der Sitzbank 5 und der anschließenden, eine Rückenlehne bildenden Kabinenwand 1 Wärme unmittelbar auf einen Benützer übertragen werden kann. Zusätzlich kann durch eine Vernebelung der Flüssigkeit im Flüssigkeitsbehälter 13 eine Feuchtigkeitsbehandlung der Haut und der Atemwege vorgenommen werden, und zwar bei einer vergleichsweise niedrigen Flüssigkeitstemperatur, weil ja im Gegensatz zu üblichen Dampfkabinen die Kabine nicht über einen entsprechend aufgewärmten Dampf aufgewärmt wird.When switching on the heating mats 10, the tiles 7 are heated by the heater 9 and give off some of the heat to the cabin space. The shower cubicle can thus be used as a pure heat cabin in which heat can be transferred directly to a user via the tiles 7 of the bench 5 and the adjoining cabin wall 1 forming a backrest. In addition, by a nebulization of the liquid in the liquid container 13, a moisture treatment of the skin and the respiratory tract are made, and at a relatively low liquid temperature, because in contrast to conventional steam cabins, the cabin is not heated by a correspondingly heated steam.

Zum Unterschied zum Ausführungsbeispiel nach den Fig. 1 bis 3 weisen die Kabinenwände 1 gemäß den Fig. 4 und 5 auf der dem Kabinenraum zugekehrten Seite eine Schicht 6 in Form einer gegossenen Kunststoffwand auf. Wie insbesondere der Fig. 5 entnommen werden kann, sind die Kabinenwände 1 schichtweise aufgebaut und bestehen neben der Schicht 6 mit einer wasserabweisenden Oberfläche aus einer Wärmedämmung 8, die auf der dem Kabinenraum abgekehrten Seite der Schicht 6 vorgesehen ist, und aus einer zwischen der Schicht 6 und der Wärmedämmung 8 angeordneten elektrischen Heizeinrichtung 9. Diese Heizeinrichtung 18 ist wiederum vorteilhaft als Heizmatte 10 ausgebildet, die gemäß dem Ausführungsbeispiel auf die gegossene Kunststoffwand der Schicht 6 aufkaschiert wird, bevor diese Kunststoffwand mit geschäumtem Kunststoff als Wärmedämmung 8 hinterfüllt wird. Eine solche Kabinenkonstruktion eignet sich gut zum Aufbau aus vorgefertigten Bauteilen.In contrast to the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 1 to 3, the cabin walls 1 according to FIGS. 4 and 5 have a layer 6 in the form of a cast plastic wall on the side facing the cabin space. As can be seen in particular from Fig. 5, the cabin walls 1 are constructed in layers and consist of the layer 6 with a water-repellent surface from a thermal insulation 8, which is provided on the side facing away from the cabin space of the layer 6, and arranged between the layer 6 and the thermal insulation 8 electric heater 9. This heater 18 is again advantageously designed as a heating mat 10, according to the embodiment of the cast plastic wall of the layer 6 is laminated before this plastic wall is backfilled with foamed plastic as thermal insulation 8. Such a cabin construction is well suited for the construction of prefabricated components.

Abgesehen von den Konstruktionsunterschieden im Aufbau der Kabinenwände 1 kann die Duschkabine nach den Fig. 4 und 5 eine gleiche Ausstattung wie die Duschkabine nach den Fig. 1 bis 3 erhalten, wobei selbstverständlich in beiden Ausführungsvarianten auch andere konstruktive Ausgestaltungen gewählt werden können. So ist es beispielsweise möglich, den Druckluftkompressor 12 unterhalb der Sitzbank 5 vorzusehen oder zum Zerstäuben der Flüssigkeit aus dem Behälter 13 einen Ultraschallgenerator einzusetzen.Apart from the differences in construction in the construction of the cabin walls 1, the shower cubicle according to FIGS. 4 and 5 can be given the same equipment as the shower cubicle according to FIGS. 1 to 3, wherein, of course, other structural configurations can also be chosen in both variants. Thus, it is for example possible to provide the air compressor 12 below the seat 5 or to use for atomizing the liquid from the container 13 an ultrasonic generator.

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  1. Shower cubicle with cubicle walls (1) which comprise a coating (6) with a water-repellent surface on the side facing the cubicle space and with an atomising device (11) connected to a liquid container (13) for producing a liquid mist within the cubicle space, characterised in that on the side of the coating (6) with the water-repellent surface facing away from the cubicle space heat insulation (8) is provided and between the heat insulation (8) and the coating (6) an electrical heating device (9) is provided, in that in the ceiling area of the cubicle space at least one mist nozzle which is connected on the one hand to the liquid container (13) and on the other hand to a compressed air compressor (12) is provided as an atomising device (11) and in that the mist nozzle of the atomising device (11) is inserted into an intermediate ceiling (2), wherein the compressed air compressor (12) is adapted to be fixed above and the liquid container (13) below the intermediate ceiling on one of the cubicle walls (1).
  2. Shower cubicle according to claim 1, characterised in that at least one cubicle wall forms a heatable bench (5).
  3. Shower cubicle according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the electrical heating device (9) comprises a heating mat (10).
  4. Shower cubicle according to one of the claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the intermediate ceiling (2) lies on the upper edge of the panelling (6) of the cubicle walls (1)
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