JP2005289712A - Brick and mist sauna room utilizing it - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a brick utilizing the effect of a meteoric stone, being produced at a low cost and being easily workable when transporting and/or bricking and to provide a mist sauna room where the effect of the brick containing the meteoric stone can be sufficiently utilized. <P>SOLUTION: The brick contains the pulverized meteoric stone having a particle diameter of 2 mm or less favorably. At least one of the surfaces of the fired brick is polished. The brick is mounted at least at a part of the surfaces of a floor, a wall or a ceiling in the mist sauna room which is favorably provided with a floor heating means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a brick and a mist sauna room using the brick, and more particularly, to a brick characterized by containing a fallen stone and a mist sauna room using the brick.

Tenpoishi is located in the northeast of the Kyushu Mountains, and borders the structural line with the Chichibu Paleosei Formation, which was born from the Paleozoic Permian period of about 300 million years ago to the Middle Jurassic period of about 150 million years ago. The ore deposit is formed in the Shimanto Belt, which was born from the Mesozoic Cretaceous about 130 million years ago to the Cenozoic Neogene about 15 million years ago.
The Shimanto Belt is considered to be a formation formed by adding land source deposits when seamounts and plateaus approached the Japanese archipelago after riding on a plate and collided with the Japanese archipelago after about 100 million years.
Then, from the late Mesozoic to the 15th century, from about 60 million years ago to the Cenozoic period, the igneous granite magma erupted due to the large-scale igneous activity of Mt. It is considered that the hornfels were born by the metamorphism of sandstone, which is a submarine sedimentary rock that forms the Shimanto Belt.

Metamorphic minerals such as cordierite <(Fe, Mg) ₂ Al ₄ Si ₅ O ₁₈ > present in the natural rocks are caused by volatile volcanic gases of about 400 ° C to 500 ° C released from granite magma. It shows that it has undergone thermal transformation over about 10,000 years.
In addition to the basic elements such as SiO ₂ , MgO, Al ₂ O ₃ , Fe ₂ O ₃ , K ₂ O, etc., the elements of the falling stones, such as vanadium, radon, rubidium, titanium, zirconium, etc. It is characterized by containing a variety of rare earth elements such as lanthanum, lutetium and erbium, which are not found in ordinary rocks.

The fall stone contains ⁴⁰ K, which is a potassium-based radioisotope, and radiates energy at the radiation formosis level, which is considered good for the living body, and its value is about 8.1 × 10 ⁻¹ q / g. It shows a high value compared to the generally known medicinal stones. Moreover, the fall stone emits far-infrared energy of 4 to 14 μm, which is said to be a growth wavelength of the human body or the like.
Furthermore, it contains many of the trace elements essential in the living body, such as manganese, copper, which are closely related to the activity of vanadium, which is related to the improvement of diabetes, and SOD (superoxide dimutase) which is an active oxygen scavenging enzyme. , Zinc, and also cobalt related to growth factors of living organisms, titanium that is said to be coexisting with other elements in living organisms and related to the maintenance of living organisms, selenium related to immune promoting effect and anti-inflammatory effect, etc. .
In addition to this, it is said that there is a function to release subtle energy related to mid- and far-infrared rays and to increase negative ions in the air.

As for the effect of natural stones, when natural stones contact with water, the water cluster (bunch) is cut, and the water purification action accompanying the removal of water pollutants and the specific gravity of water are increased. It has an accompanying effect on cells. In particular, the moisture retention function of cells and tissues is improved due to the adhesion of water to cells, dry skin such as atopic dermatitis is improved, and weakened cells are activated, resulting in sequelae of cerebrovascular disorders, cirrhosis, diabetes, liver Improvements such as functional decline, activation of cells by influx of calcium ions into normal cells, and suppression of cancer by outflow of calcium ions from abnormal cells are expected.
In addition, since the two or triple bonds of lipids are cleaved, the suppression of lipid peroxide formation is expected to improve blood circulation, prevent atopic dermatitis from worsening, and further, by polymerizing cleavage of antioxidants, It is expected that it will allow free activity of the contained low-molecular-weight active substances and help absorb natural plant and seed components into the living body.

Focusing on the point that this stone has a favorable effect on the human body when it comes into contact with water, a stone plate cut from a stone of 20 to 25 mm in thickness is used as a bathtub in the bathroom, It is used as a floor or wall. It is also used on the floors and walls of the mist sauna.
However, since the work burden of processing the fall stone is large and the specific gravity is as high as 3.2, the transportation cost is high and the handling at the time of the work becomes heavy labor. Furthermore, since natural natural stone is processed into a plate shape, the shape becomes various, and the work burden of pasting it close to the surface becomes large.
For this reason, in order to use for a floor, a wall, etc. in a bathroom, although it is expensive and there is a demand, it is also a cause that utilization is inhibited.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and in particular, to provide a brick that can be manufactured at low cost while taking advantage of the effect of a natural stone, and that can be easily transported and installed. It is the purpose. Furthermore, it is providing the mist sauna room which can fully utilize the effect of the brick containing this falling stone.

  As means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is a brick characterized by containing pulverized falling stones.

  The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the brick according to claim 1, the particle diameter of the ground stone is 2 mm or less.

  The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that in the brick according to claim 1 or 2, at least one surface of the brick is polished after firing.

  The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the brick according to any one of claims 1 to 3 contains a foamable resin or combustible powder, and pores are formed by firing.

  The invention according to claim 5 is a mist sauna room characterized in that the brick according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is arranged on at least a part of the surface of a floor, a wall, or a ceiling.

  The invention according to claim 6 is the mist sauna room according to claim 5, further comprising a floor heating means.

  The invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that, in the mist sauna room according to claim 5 or 6, the mist generating means uses water or steam in contact with the falling stone.

  According to the invention of claim 1, by forming bricks containing ground celestial stone, a large amount of a compact having a fixed shape is produced at low cost while maintaining the effectiveness of the celestial stone. It becomes possible to do. Moreover, because it is a brick, it can be installed by the same construction method as the conventional brick block construction work, so that workability is improved and transportation and installation work can be made at low cost. .

According to the invention of claim 2, since the particle size of the ground stone is 2 mm or less, even when the brick of the present invention is used for the floor and wall surface of a bathroom, the human body etc. It is possible to form an extremely safe floor / wall surface without fear of damaging the skin.
In addition, the smaller the particle size of the falling stone, the more the surface area per volume of the falling stone increases, the contact area with moisture and air increases, and the radiation area such as far infrared rays also increases. It is possible to demonstrate the effectiveness of falling stones more effectively.

  According to the invention according to claim 3, when the brick of the present invention is used for a floor, a wall surface, etc. of a bathroom, etc., the brick surface having a good contact feeling is provided by smoothly polishing the brick surface that the human body contacts. Is possible.

  According to the invention of claim 4, by forming pores in the brick, it is possible not only to increase the contact area between the falling stone and water or air, but also to increase the radiation area of far infrared rays. The effect of falling stones can be demonstrated more effectively.

  According to the invention according to claim 5, the brick containing the falling stone is arranged on at least a part of the surface of the floor, the wall or the ceiling to constitute the mist sauna room, so that the user enters the mist sauna room naked. By doing so, it becomes possible to effectively exert the effect of the falling stone on the human body. In particular, by interposing mist, the water affected by the falling stones directly touches the human body, and the effectiveness of the falling stones can be further enhanced.

  According to the invention of claim 6, since the mist sauna room is provided with the floor heating means, the user can stay in the mist sauna room for a long time in a naked state, and the brick by the heat of the floor heating. The components of the fall stone inside are warmed, and it becomes possible to further activate the fall stone effects such as the far-infrared effect.

  According to the invention of claim 7, since the mist generating means of the mist sauna room uses water or steam in contact with the falling stone, not only the effect of the falling stone in the brick but also the mist itself By giving the action of stones, it becomes possible to synergistically influence the effects of natural stones on the human body.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail using examples.
The brick according to the present invention is obtained by mixing pulverized falling stones with ordinary brick materials such as clay, molding, and firing.
Examples of the raw materials for bricks that include Tendokushi include clay, refractory clay (Kameme clay, Kibushi clay, shale clay, etc.), kaolin, wax, ceramic stone, sericite, acid clay, bentonite, etc. Any kind of clay or a mixture thereof, or those obtained by chemically treating them are used.

It is possible to mix water into the clay and knead and mold it, but it is also possible to add lightweight aggregate, binding aid, quick setting agent, binder, etc. to the clay depending on the application. is there.
One or two types of lightweight aggregates are sintered alumina, electrofused alumina, bauxite, van clay shale, mullite, chamotte, rholite, kyanite, lightweight chamotte, lightweight heat-resistant brick scrap, barlite, vermiculite, etc. Used above.
Examples of the binding aid include alumina cement.
Examples of the quick setting agent include slaked lime, Portland cement, sodium aluminate, gypsum, blast furnace cement and the like.
Examples of the binder include gum arabic, tracant gum, textrin, British gum, carboxymethylcellulose, methylcellulose, sodium alginate and the like.

In addition, by forming pores in the brick, it is possible to increase the area in contact with moisture and air in the fallen stone dispersed inside the brick.
In order to form pores, foam resin or combustible powder is mixed as a raw material for bricks, and after kneading and molding, the foamable resin is foamed and dissipated by baking, or the combustible powder is dissipated. To do. As the foamable resin, a plastic or rubber mixed with a foaming agent can be used, and as the combustible powder, cellulose powder or the like can be used.

  It is desirable to contain as much stone as possible in the raw material of the brick as long as the brittleness of the brick does not increase and impair the practicality. Since the cost is comparatively high, it is necessary to consider a cost factor. If the content of the fallen stone in the brick state is about 10% by weight or more, the effect of the fallen stone works effectively, and if it is about 40% by weight or more, it is cut out from the ordinary fallen stone. Compared with a plate-like body, it can be expected to have a comparable effect.

The particle size of the falling stone is preferably 2 mm or less. In the case of 2 mm or more, the surface of the brick is made uneven by the falling stone, and the risk of damaging the human skin and the like increases. However, it is also possible to use a falling stone having a particle size of 2 mm or more by polishing the brick surface in contact with the human body.
The crushing of the fallen stones can use a ball mill or the like in the same way as crushing ceramic stones and feldspars when forming clay. When forming into fine particles of 100 μm or less, it can be formed by pulverizing with water, filtering the liquid in which fine particles of suspended stones are dispersed through a sieve of 100 mesh or more, and then dehydrating under pressure. . It is also possible to prepare various types of sieves, separate the fallen stones for each particle size, and use a mixture of fallen stones having different particle sizes.

  As a method of manufacturing a brick containing a Tenshiki, first, ground Tendonishi and clay, as needed, lightweight aggregate, binding aid, quick setting agent, binder, or foaming resin or Combustible powder is mixed and kneaded to be uniform with a kneader. At the time of kneading, by adding about 20% by weight of water with respect to the total weight, the hardness is easy to mold. However, if the amount of water increases, cracks are likely to occur during drying after molding, so it is necessary to adjust the amount of water to an appropriate amount.

The kneaded raw material is formed into a block mold by extrusion molding or compression molding, dried, and fired at about 1000 ° C. to 1300 ° C.
In addition, when the firing temperature is low, the hardness of the brick tends to decrease, but on the other hand, the amount of water retained in the brick increases, so in order to increase the amount of water retained in the brick, it is intentionally fired at a temperature of about 1000 ° C. It is also possible.

As raw materials, 40% by weight of clay from Kagawa Prefecture, 40% by weight of white clay from Gifu Prefecture, 10% by weight of chamotte (average particle size 2.5mm under), 5% by weight of fallen stone (powder), 5% by weight of falling stone (average particle size 2mm under) is prepared, and 17% by weight of water is mixed with 100% by weight of these raw materials. And pulverizing (Takahama Kogyo Co., Ltd., roll crusher SH2R-1200W)), and using an extrusion molding machine (Takahama Kogyo Co., Ltd., HEM-150 vacuum kneading machine), a rectangular parallelepiped block (length: 226 mm x width) 108 mm × height 67 mm).
Dry at room temperature for 3 days, then dry with hot air for 2 days in a drying room with a maximum temperature of 70 ° C., fire for 52.5 hours at a maximum temperature of 1200 ° C., and then cool to room temperature to obtain the brick block of Example 1. It was.

(Characteristic test)
In order to evaluate the characteristics of the brick according to the present invention, tests were conducted by the following method.
The brick block and the falling stone of Example 1 were cut into a rectangular parallelepiped having a length of 55 mm × width of 30 mm × height of 25 mm to form a sample.
The sample was examined for the following water purifying action and water adhesion / permeation action to cells, and as a comparative example, those not using these samples were also tested.

(Tests related to water purification)
Each sample was put in a 1 liter transparent container whose upper surface could be sealed, and 200 milliliters of water was poured, and left at room temperature for 14 days. And the contamination state of water and a container wall surface was observed, and each state was evaluated with the following evaluation criteria.
<Evaluation criteria>
○: Soil is hardly seen in water and containers.
Δ: Water is slightly cloudy.
×: The water is slightly turbid and the wall surface is dirty.

(Test related to adhesion and penetration of water into cells)
Each sample was put in a 1 liter transparent container whose upper surface could be sealed, and 200 milliliters of water was poured, and left at room temperature for 14 days. Then, several drops of water were dropped on the back of the hand with a spoid, and the penetration of the skin picture was evaluated according to the following evaluation criteria.
<Evaluation criteria>
○: Water spreads on the skin surface and penetrated into the skin first.
Δ: The shape of the water droplet gradually collapsed and penetrated into the skin second fastest.
X: The shape of the water droplet was maintained for a long time and penetrated into the skin the latest.

  Each test result is shown in Table 1 for 7 days and 14 days after the start of the test, regarding the water purifying action and the water adhesion and penetration action to the cells.

According to the test results in Table 1, the brick according to the present invention exhibits the effect of the fall stone compared to the water that does nothing, although the effect of the fall stone itself does not reach the above test items. It is understood that
Moreover, the brick according to the present invention can be manufactured at a lower cost compared to the falling stone itself, and can be installed by the same construction method as the conventional brick block construction work. Therefore, it has other excellent effects such as improved workability and low cost for transportation and installation work.

  The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above-described one. For example, not only the stones distributed uniformly in one brick block, but also brick blocks having different density of stones are laminated in a multilayer shape. It is also possible to fire after compression and molding. Thereby, it is also possible to arrange the surface of the falling stone with a high density on the side that comes into contact with the human body so that the effect of the falling stone can function more effectively.

Moreover, it is not limited to a rectangular parallelepiped block-shaped brick, but can be formed in various shapes such as a columnar shape and a polygonal column shape, and the floor and wall surface of a bathroom or the like can be made excellent in design.
Further, by forming a “U” shape having an opening downward, it is possible to provide a brick block with high added value, such as securing a storage space for a hot water pipe for floor heating.

The brick according to the present invention includes tiles and the like, and, for example, ordinary stone raw materials may contain a natural stone and may be molded and fired. It is also possible to apply a fine powder of a natural stone to the surface of a normal tile and fire it.
In addition, the thickness of the brick according to the present invention is generally easy to break when it is thinned, and it is inconvenient to handle when it is thick, and it is expensive, so considering the brick strength that depends on the raw material of the brick, etc. It is desirable to set appropriately within the range of several mm to 10 cm.

Next, the mist sauna room using the brick according to the present invention will be described.
Since the mist sauna enters the room naked, it is possible to effectively exert the effect of the falling stone on the human body. In particular, the presence of mist makes it possible for the water affected by the celestial stone to directly touch the human body, making it possible to further enhance the effectiveness of the celestial stone. This is one of the situations.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a mist sauna room.
As shown in FIG. 2, a brick 10 containing a falling stone is disposed on the entire surface of the floor 1, and a protective mortar 11, an electric floor heating 13, a waterproof layer 14, and a concrete 15 are formed in this order. ing. In the protective mortar, wire mesh rebars are arranged to strengthen the floor strength.
The thickness of the brick is 20 mm, and the thickness is sufficient to withstand the weight and impact applied when a person moves. The brick surface is required to be smooth enough not to damage the foot even when a person touches it with bare feet.
Moreover, the chair 3 is arrange | positioned along the wall surface in the room.

In the floor heating, an electric type using a heating wire is simple in consideration of construction and maintenance, but a hot water pipe can also be used. By the floor heating, the brick surface is heated to about 52 ° C. to promote the emission of far infrared rays from the brick surface.
For indoor heating, in addition to floor heating, a hot air duct 4 for directly heating indoor air is disposed. The temperature of the warm air is about 75 ° C, and the room temperature is set to about 42 ° C to 46 ° C by combining floor heating and warm air, so it can be used comfortably for a long time by children and the elderly. Set to.

The wall surface is surrounded by a structure with concrete blocks and the like, and bricks containing fallen stones are arranged on the indoor surface like the floor. Moreover, it is also possible to use a stone plate made of natural stone instead of the brick as required.
Moreover, although the surface of the ceiling can be covered with bricks containing a natural stone, wooden boards and various plywoods can be used so as not to give a feeling of pressure to the person using the sauna room.
As described above, in order to enhance the effect of the fall stone, it is preferable to cover the indoor surface with brick containing the fall stone as much as possible. In consideration of this, the layout and area of bricks are set.

  Mist generating means 2 for generating mist as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is installed in the corner of the room. The number and location of the mist generating means are not particularly limited, but it is preferable that the mist generating means is disposed at a position where the room can be widely used and there is no danger of burns to the user. FIG. 3 is a perspective external view of the mist generating means, and FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view showing a mist generating mechanism.

In the mist generation method, the water 23 in the tank 21 is heated by the electric heater 22 to evaporate the water 23. The evaporated and mist water passes through the space filled with roughly crushed stones, and diffuses into the mist sauna room while contacting the surface of the stones.
The water in the tank is configured to be appropriately supplied with water from a separately provided water supply tank (not shown) so as to always maintain a constant water level. Moreover, it is also possible to generate steam using ultrasonic waves instead of the electric heater 22.
Furthermore, as the water 23, it is also possible to use water that has been in contact with the falling stone in advance, and as much as possible, the brick containing the falling stone and the falling stone as much as possible until the moisture contacts the human body, It is preferable to contact.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a brick that can be manufactured at a low cost while taking advantage of the effect of the falling stone, and that can be easily transported and installed.
Moreover, since the brick according to the present invention is easier to manufacture than the fall stone itself and can be processed and formed into various shapes, it is not limited to bathroom floors, wall surfaces, etc., and should be used for various purposes. Is possible. In particular, the mist sauna room using the brick according to the present invention can provide an environment in which the effect of the falling stone can be exhibited more effectively.

It is a top view of a mist sauna room. It is a floor sectional view of a mist sauna room. It is a perspective external view of a mist generating means. It is a schematic sectional drawing of a mist generating means.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Floor 2 Mist generating means 3 Chair 4 Hot air duct 10 Brick containing a fall stone 13 Electric floor heating 20 Fall stone 22 Electric heater 23 Water

Claims (7)

  Brick characterized by containing ground stone.   The brick according to claim 1, wherein the particle size of the ground stone is 2 mm or less.   The brick according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one surface of the brick is polished after firing.   The brick according to any one of claims 1 to 3, comprising a foamable resin or a combustible powder, and having pores formed by firing.   A mist sauna room, wherein the brick according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is disposed on at least a part of a floor, a wall, or a ceiling.   The mist sauna room according to claim 5, further comprising floor heating means. 7. The mist sauna room according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the mist generating means uses water or steam in contact with the falling stone.

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