FR2540729A1 - BEDSPREAD WITH A THERAPEUTIC DEVICE - Google Patents

Abstract

THE INVENTION RELATES TO A BEDSPREAD 6 INCLUDING AN ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC DEVICE WHICH INCLUDES AN ION GENERATOR 7 AND AN ION-EMITTING ELECTRODE PLATE 1 ARRANGED ON THE BEDSPREAD AND CONNECTED TO THE ION GENERATOR EXERCISES AN ACKNOWLEDGED THERAPEUTIC EFFECT.

Description

1. The present invention relates to sleeping elements such as

  bedspread and blankets comprising an electrotherapeutic device which comprises an ion generator and an ion emitting electrode plate connected to the latter, and capable of exerting a therapeutic effect by action on the human body of an emitted electrical voltage by

  the ion emitting electrode plate.

  It is well known that by acting on the body

  human negative electrical voltage from an embarrassed

  ion rator, we exert on the human body an ionic effect

  likely to treat various ailments: headache, insomnia, consti-

chronic pation and the like.

  Consequently, elements of

  bedding with an electrotherapeutic device Tou-

  However, these conventional layer elements are mattresses 2 having an ion-emitting electrode plate 1 disposed on

  them as shown in Figure 1 As a result, these ma-

  telas still leaves something to be desired as to the therapeutic effect

  that in Figure 1, the reference 3 represents a tatami (straw mat used in Japan), a floor or a bed located under the mattress 2; in 4 is indicated a pillow, in 5

  a human body and in 6 a bedspread.

  In other words, there is a plan under the mattress.

  expensive 3 or similar having substantially the same electrical potential

  as the earth and therefore, when a potential

  negative electric is communicated to the emitting electrode plate

  ion trice 1 shown in Figure 1, an electric voltage

  negative mark applies to the human body 5 resting on the mattress 2, to exert an ionic effect However, in this case, most of the equipotential lines acting on the

  human body 5 are distributed during sleep below -

  of the human body 5, as shown in broken lines in Figure 1, due to the effect of humidity and the like that the human body 5 gives off, so that the electrical voltage

  negative does not act satisfactorily on the human body

hand 5.

  The object of the present invention is to improve the ef-

  therapeutic effect by having an emitting electrode plate

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  this ion on a blanket so as to improve the distribution

  increase in negative electrical voltages applied to the human body compared to a conventional mattress on which is

  arranged an ion emitting electrode plate.

  In other words, the characteristic aspect of the present invention resides in a cover (6) comprising an electrotherapeutic device which comprises an ion generator (7 or 10) and an ion emitting electrode plate (1) arranged on the cover (6) and connected to the generator

ions (7 or 10).

  We will now describe an embodiment

  particular of the invention with reference to the drawings anne-

xed, on which:

  Figure 1 is a cross section of a mat-

  the conventional comprising the electrotherapeutic device described above, indicating the state of the mattress in service;

  Figure 2 is a cross section of a cou-

  vre-lit comprising an electrotherapeutic device according to the present invention, indicating the state of the cover in service;

  Figure 3 is a plan view of the bedspread

  presented in FIG. 2, comprising an ion generator a-

  powered by an alternating current power source (this ion generator being said hereinafter alternating current ion generator);

  Figure 4 is a plan view of the bedspread

  presented in FIG. 2, comprising an ion generator a-

  powered by a DC power source (this

  ion generator being said hereinafter ion generator

  continuous rant); Figure 5A shows a typical negative voltage waveform applied to a transmitting electrode plate

  of ions served by an ion generator either at current

  ternative, either direct current; and Figure 5 B shows another waveform

  type of negative voltage applied to an electrode plate

  ion generator served by an ion generator either at

  alternating current or direct current.

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  3. The present invention will be described with reference to

  in FIGS. 2 to 5 B In FIGS. 2 to 4, the elements i-

  to those in Figure 1 have the same references

as in Figure 1.

  According to the present invention, an electrode plate

  ion emitter 1 is arranged on the underside of a cover

  bed 6 and is connected, for example, to an alternating current ion generator 7 by means of a cord 8 as shown in FIG. 3 In FIG. 3, the reference numeral 9 designates an outlet which connect the cord

  8 to a power source, for example alternating current

  native of 110 V. The bedspread 6 can be of any of the

  ordinary types: bedspread filled with cotton batting,

  verture, terry cloth, quilted blanket and the like La fi-

  gure 3 illustrates the use of an ion generator

  rant alternatif 7 powered by an ac power source However, according to the present invention, the ion generator can be powered by a power source not only ac, but any other source such as battery accumulators, dry cell battery and the like FIG. 4 is a plan view of a bedspread 6 provided on its underside with an ion emitting electrode plate 1 connected to a DC ion generator 10 supplied by a current power source

  continuous In Figure 4, the negative electrode of a general

  DC ion generator 10 is connected to a plate-é-

  ion-emitting electrode 1 by a conducting wire 11, and the

  positive electrode of the DC ion generator 10 is connected to one end of another conductive wire 12, the other end of which ends in the underside of the bedspread 6 in

  a point opposite the ion-emitting electrode plate 1.

  Figures 5 A and 5 B show typical waveforms of the voltage applied to the ion-emitting electrode plate according to the present invention. According to the invention, negative voltages having the waveforms can be applied.

  indicated in Figures 5 A and 5 B on the electrode plate emits-

  ion trice 1 by means of an ion generator either current

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  alternating 7 or direct current 10.

  According to the present invention, an electro- plate

  of ion emitter 1 is arranged on a bedspread 6 located above a human body 5 and, therefore, the equipotential lines of negative voltage are distributed as shown in broken lines in Figure 2 and the negative voltage is distributed in a region higher than the

  negative tension region of a conventional mattress 2 on the-

  which is arranged an ion emitting electrode plate 1;

  the bedspread comprising an electrode plate emitting

  ions placed on it according to the present invention therefore exerts, on the human body 5, a more pronounced ionic effect than

  the classic mattress on which an electric plate is placed

  ion emitting trode In addition, a bedspread suffers less

  than a mattress the effect of the humidity given off by the human body

  hand during sleep and therefore the bedspread

  comprising an electrotherapeutic device according to the pre-

  this invention is the subject of a general voltage loss

  ion rator less pronounced than for the device mattress

classic electrotherapeutic.

  Therefore, the present invention presents a

  great interest in that it improves the therapeutic effect

  canique of an electrotherapeutic device of the kind consi-

déré.

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Claims (1)

CLAIM Coverlet (6), characterized in that it comprises an electrotherapeutic device comprising an ion generator (7 or 10) and an ion emitting electrode plate (1) disposed on the coverlet (6) and connected to the ion generator (7 or 10). 7831 FR