JP2001224620A - Thermotherapeutic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable laying of a futon mat or a blanket flat on a heating panel unit with both sides thereof kept from falling down onto a floor or a tatami mat even when it is spread on the heating panel unit placed on the floor or the tatami mat. SOLUTION: The thermotherapeutic apparatus comprises a heating panel unit 2 in which a plurality of square panels 1a-1d equipped with respective planar heating elements are arranged mutually foldably uccessively in a row and an auxiliary panel 4 in which four panel members 3 with the same thickness thereof as that of the heating panels 1a-1d are interconnected mutually foldable to be formed in a square larger than the heating panel unit 2. An opening part 5 is formed at a required part of the auxiliary panel 4 in a size the same as that of the spread shape of the heating panel unit 2 so that the heating panel unit 2 spread is detachably fitted into the opening part 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a thermal treatment apparatus for thermally treating an affected part of a body such as a foot, a waist, or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The applicant of the present application has previously disclosed a limb thermal treatment apparatus comprising a heating panel unit in which four rectangular heating walls each having a planar heating element are connected in a row so as to be foldable. (For example, JP-A-11-290367). In this thermotherapy apparatus, the heating panels of the above unit are bent together to form a rectangular cylindrical heating chamber, and the heating walls at both ends are connected by an appropriate connecting means, thereby assembling into a rectangular cylindrical thermotherapy apparatus. However, when using this thermal treatment apparatus, the affected part of the hand or foot can be intensively heated simply by putting the hand or foot in the heating chamber, and the thermal treatment can be performed efficiently. Further, in this thermotherapy device, the heating panel unit may be laid flat on a floor or a tatami mat, and the body may be laid directly on the heating panel unit of the developed body, or a futon or Heat treatment can be performed by heating a diseased part of the foot or the lumbar region while lying down with a blanket or the like lying down.

[0003]

When a futon, a blanket, or the like is laid on the heating panel unit developed in a flat shape as described above and a thermal treatment is performed thereon, the heating panel unit usually has a width of 40 mm. ~ 50 cm, each heating panel is 2-3 cm thick, so spread it out on the floor or tatami, and lay a futon or blanket on it, Both sides of the blanket fall from the both ends of the panel unit onto the floor or tatami and are broken, which is extremely uncomfortable in use.

In view of the above circumstances, according to the present invention, even if a futon or a blanket is laid on a heating panel unit placed on a floor or a tatami mat, both sides of the futon or blanket fall from the both ends of the panel unit onto the floor or tatami mat. Instead, a futon, a blanket or the like can be laid in a plane along the heating panel unit.

[0005]

The invention according to claim 1 is
A heating panel unit 2 in which a plurality of square heating panels 1a to 1d each having a planar heating element 7a to 7d are connected in a line so as to be foldable, and a heating panel unit 2 having the same thickness as the heating panels 1a to 1d. An auxiliary panel 4 is formed by connecting a plurality of panel members 3 so as to be foldable with each other and formed in a square shape larger than the heating panel unit 2. An opening 5 having the same size as the shape is formed, and the developed heating panel unit 2 is fitted into the opening 5 so as to be freely detachable.

The invention according to a second aspect is characterized in that each of the planar heating elements 7
a heating panel unit 2 in which a plurality of rectangular heating panels 1a to 1d provided with the heating panels 1a to 1d are arranged in a line so as to be foldable from each other, and a plurality of panel members having the same thickness as the heating panels 1a to 1d. And an auxiliary panel 4 formed so as to be foldable with each other and formed in a square shape larger than the heating panel unit 2. A required portion of the auxiliary panel 4 has an opening larger than the developed shape of the heating panel unit 2. A heating panel unit 2 having an unfolded shape and a dummy panel 21 having the same thickness as the heating panels 1a to 1d are fitted into the opening 20 so that the positions thereof can be freely changed and detached. It is characterized by being.

According to a third aspect, in the thermal treatment apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the heating panels 1a to 1d of the heating panel unit 2 are disposed on the heat insulating plate 6 and the upper surface side of the heat insulating plate 6. It is characterized by comprising planar heating elements 7a to 7d, a reinforcing plate 8 disposed on the upper surface side of the heating elements, and cloth materials 9 and 10 covering these from both upper and lower sides.

According to a fourth aspect, in the thermal treatment apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, the panel member 3 of the auxiliary panel 4 is provided.
Is characterized by comprising a base material 3a made of plywood or the like and a cloth material 3b stuck on the upper surface side of the base material 3a.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the thermal treatment apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the dummy panel 21 is attached to a base material 21a made of plywood or the like and an upper surface of the base material 21a. And a cloth material 21b.

[0010]

FIG. 1 shows a thermal treatment apparatus according to the present invention. The thermotherapy apparatus has a heating panel unit 2 in which four rectangular heating panels 1a to 1d are connected in a line so as to be foldable, and has the same thickness as the heating panels 1a to 1d of the heating panel unit 2. And an auxiliary panel 4 formed by connecting the two panel members 3 to each other so as to be foldable and having a larger shape than the heating panel unit 2.
Opening 5 of the same size as the developed shape of
The heating panel unit 2 is adapted to be fitted into the opening 5 so as to be able to be freely fitted and detached in a deployed state. The opening 5
Is formed slightly larger than the developed shape of the heating panel unit 2 so that the heating panel unit 2 can be inserted and removed.

FIG. 2A is a front view of the heating panel unit 2, FIG. 2B is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the heating panels 1a to 1d forming the heating panel unit 2. As can be seen from FIG. 3, each of the heating panels 1a to 1
d denotes a heat insulating plate 6, sheet heating elements 7a to 7d attached to the upper surface side of the heat insulating plate 6, and sheet heating elements 7a to 7d.
and d. A reinforcing plate 8 attached to the upper surface of the housing d, and bag-shaped cloth materials 9 and 10 that cover the reinforcing plate 8, the heat insulating plate 6 and the planar heating elements 7a to 7d from both upper and lower sides. . The heat insulating plate 6 is formed of rigid urethane foam, the reinforcing plate 8 is formed of a polycarbonate plate or the like, and the cloth materials 9 and 10 are formed of polyester fiber fabric. The connecting portion 11 of each heating panel 1 is
It is formed to be foldable by sewing both cloth materials 9 and 10 together. In FIG. 2, 12 is an operation panel, and 13 is a power cord.

As shown in FIG. 1, the auxiliary panel 4 has two panel members 3 each of which has an opening 5a cut out in advance.
In a state where they are symmetrically butted against each other (see FIG. 5).
The two panel members 3, 3 can be folded as shown in FIG. 6 (B) by hinged on the heating panel unit. The heating panel unit is formed by opposing openings 5a, 5a of both panel members 3, 3. An opening 5 for fitting is formed. One of the panel members 3 is provided with a power cord insertion groove 15. The auxiliary panel 4 is formed, for example, in a size of three tatami mats (three tatami mats), and the heating panel unit 2 is formed in a shape slightly smaller than one tatami mat.

As shown in FIG. 9, the panel member 3 of the auxiliary panel 4 includes a base material 3a made of veneer plywood or a plastic plate, and a cloth material 3b adhered to the upper surface of the base material 3a. It is constituted by. This panel member 3
It may be formed only of the base material 3a such as a veneer plywood or a plastic plate, but when the cloth material 3b is stuck on the upper surface side, it is warm and has a good feel, and is particularly suitable in winter.

FIG. 5 shows the opening 5 of the developed auxiliary panel 4.
6 shows a state in which the developed heating panel unit 2 is fitted, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view of each part of FIG. As can be seen from these drawings, since the auxiliary panel 4 is formed to have the same thickness as each of the heating panels 1a to 1d of the heating panel unit 2, the auxiliary panel 4 is placed on the heating panel unit 2 more than the heating panel unit 2. Even if a wide futon F is laid, both sides of the futon F do not fall on the floor or a tatami mat from both ends of the heating panel unit 2, and the futon F is laid flat along the upper surface of the heating panel unit 2. be able to.
Therefore, the heat treatment on the futon F by the heating panel unit 2 can be performed comfortably and comfortably.

Here, the futon F has been exemplified, but a blanket may be laid or a kotatsu may be placed from the upper surface of the heating panel unit 2 to the upper surface of the auxiliary panel 4. When the thermotherapy device is not used, the heating panel unit 2 is detached from the opening 5 of the auxiliary panel 4 and folded in a zigzag shape, and the auxiliary panel 4 is folded as shown by a virtual line in FIG. By folding the heating panel unit into two, the heating panel unit 2 and the auxiliary panel 4 can each be made compact, and storage and storage become easy.

The auxiliary panel 4 of the heating panel unit 2 shown in FIGS. 1, 5 and 6 can be folded into two by joining two panel members 3 with hinges 14 (see FIG. 5). However, the present invention is not limited to the folding in two, and may be configured to be folded into three like the auxiliary panel 4 shown in FIG. 7, or may be folded into four or more.

In the use of the thermal treatment apparatus, for example, two futons are laid on the auxiliary panel 4 and one of the futons performs the thermal treatment by the heating panel unit 2, but the other futon just sleeps, and the thermal treatment is performed. In the thermal treatment apparatus shown in FIG. 1, the opening 5 is formed at the center of the auxiliary panel 4 when the heating panel unit 2 is fitted into the opening 5. However, since the heating panel unit 2 is hung over two futons, a thermal effect is exerted on both futons, which is contrary to the above-mentioned idea. Therefore, for such a case, FIG. 8 shows a thermotherapy apparatus in which the fitting position of the heating panel unit 2 can be freely changed.

That is, the thermal treatment apparatus shown in FIG. 8 has four rectangular heating panels 1a to 1 like the above-mentioned thermal treatment apparatus.
d, and a heating panel unit 2 in which the heating panels 1a to 1d
And an auxiliary panel 4 formed by connecting two panel members 3 having the same thickness so as to be foldable with each other. In this thermotherapy apparatus, the auxiliary panel 4 has a larger shape than the developed shape of the heating panel unit 2. An opening 20 which is large, for example, about three times as large as the opening 20 is formed, and the heating panel unit 2 and four dummy panels 21 having the same thickness as the heating panel 1 can be freely repositioned in the opening 20. It is adapted to be fitted so as to be detachable.

The opening 20 is formed over most of the auxiliary panel 4 and its length is almost the same as the length of the heating panel unit 2, but its width is equal to the width of the heating panel unit 2. It is formed about three times. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the heating panel unit 2 is fitted into the opening 30 at the end thereof,
When the dummy panel 21 is fitted into the remaining portion of the auxiliary panel 4, the futon F can be laid only on the heating panel unit 2 on one side of the auxiliary panel 4, and the other futon F is separated from the heating panel unit 2. Can be laid on the opposite side.

Of course, the dummy panel 21 may be fitted at the center of the opening 20 or may be fitted at the end opposite to the illustrated example, and the fitting position is free. The dummy panel 21 is a panel member 3 that forms the auxiliary panel 4.
As shown in FIG. 10, a base material 21a made of veneer plywood, a plastic plate, or the like, and a base material 21a
And the cloth material 21b stuck on the upper surface side of the first member. In this embodiment, four dummy panels 21 are formed separately, but one dummy panel may be used. However, by dividing into a plurality of parts, the fitting position becomes free.

FIG. 4 shows an electric circuit diagram of the heating panel unit 2. The temperature of the four planar heating elements 7 a to 7 d of the unit 2 is controlled by the temperature controller 27 on the operation panel 12. This temperature control device 27 is provided with a triac 28 connected to the planar heating elements 7a to 7d, a thermosensitive thyristor 29 connected to its trigger circuit, and a variable resistor 30 for arbitrarily setting the operation temperature. is there. The heat-sensitive thyristor 29 is attached to an appropriate position of the sheet heating elements 7a to 7d, so that when the sheet heating elements 7a to 7d reach a predetermined temperature, the triac 2 is operated by the operation of the heat-sensitive thyristor 29.
8 is turned off. Further, a half-wave rectifying element 31 is connected in parallel with the triac 28 so that a current that is reduced by half flows even after the triac 28 is cut off, whereby the temperature is gradually decreased.

A sub-temperature control member 32 is connected in series with the half-wave rectifying element 31, so that the current is cut off even when the temperature is increased by half the current in summer or the like. Therefore, a bimetal or the like that is opened at a higher temperature than the heat-sensitive thyristor is used as the sub-temperature control member 32. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 33 denotes a safety temperature fuse, reference numeral 34 denotes an operation dial of the variable resistor 30, and reference numerals 35a to 35d denote on / off switches provided corresponding to the planar heating elements 7a to 7d. 35a-35
With d, only the required one of the planar heating elements 7a to 7d can be heated. Reference numeral 36 denotes a power supply plug of the heating panel unit 2, which is also illustrated in FIG.

In this embodiment, the heating panel unit 2 is constituted by four heating panels 1a to 1d. However, the number is not limited to four, and may be two or four or more. However, if constituted by four heating panels 1a to 1d, they can be bent together to form a rectangular cylindrical heating chamber, and the affected area of the hand or foot can be heated intensively in the rectangular cylindrical heating chamber. It is possible to efficiently perform the thermal treatment.

[0024]

According to the thermal treatment apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, even if a futon or a blanket wider than the heating panel unit is laid on the heating panel unit, both sides of the futon or the blanket can be used. Can be laid on the floor or tatami mats from both ends of the heating panel unit, and a futon, a blanket or the like can be laid flat along the upper surface of the heating panel unit.
Therefore, it is possible to comfortably and comfortably perform the thermal treatment on the futon or the like by the heating panel unit. Also, when not using this thermotherapy device, the heating panel unit is detached from the opening of the auxiliary panel and folded,
Further, by folding the auxiliary panel, the storage and storage of the device become simple and easy.

According to the thermal treatment apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, the fitting position of the heating panel unit can be freely changed, so that the heating is performed at a position according to the user's preference. Panel units can be used.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the heating panel includes the heat insulating plate, the planar heating element disposed on the upper surface side of the heat insulating plate, and the heating panel disposed on the upper surface side of the heating element. Since the reinforcing plate and the cloth material covering the reinforcing plate from above and below are provided, each heating panel can have sufficient strength, and heat can be effectively radiated from the planar heating element.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the panel member of the auxiliary panel is composed of a base material such as plywood and a cloth material adhered to the upper surface of the base material. Warm and pleasant to the touch, suitable for winter.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the dummy panel is composed of the base material such as plywood and the cloth material adhered to the upper surface side of the base material, the dummy panel has a warmth. It has a good feel and is suitable in winter.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the thermal treatment apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a front view of a heating panel unit,
(B) is a plan view thereof.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a heating panel.

FIG. 4 is an electric circuit diagram of the heating panel unit.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the thermal treatment apparatus shown in FIG.

6A is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 5, FIG. 6B is a sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. 5, and FIG. 6C is a sectional view taken along line ZZ of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of an auxiliary panel that can be folded into three.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the thermal treatment apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged sectional view of an auxiliary panel.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged sectional view of an auxiliary panel and a dummy panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a to 1d Heating panel 2 Heating panel unit 3 Panel member 4 Auxiliary panel 5, 20 Opening 6 Insulating plate 7a to 7d Planar heating element 14 Hinge

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A heating panel unit in which a plurality of rectangular heating panels each having a planar heating element are connected in a line so as to be foldable, and a plurality of panel members having the same thickness as the heating panel. And an auxiliary panel formed so as to be foldable with each other and formed into a square shape larger than the heating panel unit. An opening of the same size as the developed shape of the heating panel unit is formed in a required part of the auxiliary panel. A thermal treatment apparatus wherein the heating panel unit is adapted to be fitted into the opening so as to be freely detachable in an expanded state. 2. A heating panel unit in which a plurality of rectangular heating panels each having a planar heating element are connected in a line so as to be foldable, and a plurality of panel members having the same thickness as the heating panel. And an auxiliary panel formed so as to be foldable with respect to each other and formed into a square shape larger than the heating panel unit, and a required portion of the auxiliary panel is formed with an opening larger than the developed shape of the heating panel unit. A thermal treatment apparatus wherein a developed heating panel unit and a dummy panel having the same thickness as the heating panel are respectively removably fitted and removably fitted into the opening. 3. A heating panel of the heating panel unit includes: a heat insulating plate; a planar heating element disposed on the upper surface side of the heat insulating plate; a reinforcing plate disposed on the upper surface side of the heating element; The thermotherapy device according to claim 1 or 2, comprising a cloth material covering the upper and lower surfaces from the both sides. 4. The thermal treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the panel member of the auxiliary panel comprises a base made of plywood or the like, and a cloth adhered to the upper surface of the base. . 5. The thermal treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the dummy panel comprises a base material made of plywood or the like and a cloth material adhered to an upper surface of the base material.