JP2006110236A - Stone bath apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stone bath apparatus equipped with a large-sized inner space and a newly-introduced temperature control device. <P>SOLUTION: This stone bath apparatus comprises a stone-walled chamber 40 made of a natural stone material 41 including a cylindrical wall 20 and a dome-like ceiling 30 integrally connected to its top of the wall 20, gas burners 50 placed at the bottom face section 46 of the stone-walled chamber 40 for emitting heated gas G toward the ceiling 30, and one or a plurality of mist spray nozzles 60A or 60C which are installed in a vertical direction in the stone-walled chamber 40. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a rock bath apparatus.

  For example, a rock bath apparatus is known in which a loess layer is laid on the bottom surface of an internal space, and an inner wall is constructed using natural stone material that emits far-infrared rays and loess (see Patent Document 1). This rock bath device is excellent in heat storage and far-infrared emission action, and far-infrared rays promote the vitality of human cells and enhance the natural healing effect of the human body.

  However, in this rock bath apparatus, the inner wall is constructed using a natural stone material excellent in heat storage, but it becomes difficult to keep the temperature of the internal space constant as the size of the rock bath apparatus increases.

Further, in order to keep the temperature of the enlarged internal space constant, it is necessary to newly provide a temperature control device.
Patent No. 3013325 specification

  The present invention has been proposed in view of such a situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide a rock bath apparatus having a larger temperature and a new temperature control device.

  That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a cylindrical wall portion and a dome-shaped ceiling portion integrally connected to the upper portion thereof are configured by a natural stone material as a stone wall chamber, and the ceiling portion is provided on a bottom surface portion of the stone wall chamber. A gas burner that radiates a heating gas toward the surface is disposed, and a plurality of mist spraying nozzles are installed in the stone wall chamber in one or a height direction.

  A second aspect of the present invention relates to the rock bath apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein a piping of a cooling medium for cooling the bottom surface portion is laid on the bottom surface portion of the stone wall chamber.

  The invention of claim 3 is the rock bath according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a piping of a heating medium for heating the bottom surface portion is laid on the bottom surface portion of the heat transfer chamber formed in the lower portion of the bottom surface portion of the stone wall chamber. Related to the device.

  A fourth aspect of the present invention relates to the rock bath apparatus according to the third aspect, wherein the heating medium pipe is circulated with the cooling medium pipe on the bottom surface of the stone wall chamber.

  According to the rock bath apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, the cylindrical wall portion and the dome-shaped ceiling portion integrally connected to the upper portion thereof are configured as a stone wall chamber by a natural stone material, and the bottom portion of the stone wall chamber Is provided with a gas burner that radiates heated gas toward the ceiling, and the stone wall chamber is provided with a plurality of mist spraying nozzles in one or a height direction, thereby increasing the internal space. And a rock bath device equipped with a new temperature control device.

  According to the invention according to claim 2, in claim 1, since the piping of the cooling medium for cooling the bottom surface portion is laid on the bottom surface portion of the stone wall chamber, a person can walk the temperature of the bottom surface portion. It can be reduced to the extent possible.

  According to the invention according to claim 3, in claim 1 or 2, the heating medium piping for heating the bottom surface portion is laid on the bottom surface portion of the heat transfer chamber formed in the lower portion of the bottom surface portion of the stone wall chamber. As a result, the bottom surface can be kept at the optimum temperature for the bedrock bath.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect, the heating medium pipe is circulated with the cooling medium pipe at the bottom surface of the stone wall chamber so that the heating medium and the cooling medium are circulated. Effective temperature control.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a rock bath device according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged sectional view of a dome-shaped ceiling portion, and FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of a steam supply circuit to a stone wall chamber of the rock bath device. Fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the stone wall chamber of the rock bath device, Fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the heat transfer chamber of the rock bath device, and Fig. 6 is a heating for heating the bottom of the heat transfer chamber. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a circulation system of a cooling medium and a heating medium.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and defined as the invention of claim 1, the stone bath apparatus 10 is constituted by a cylindrical wall portion 20 and a dome-shaped ceiling portion 30.

  The cylindrical wall portion 20 is constructed of concrete and is fixed to the ground. Here, the cylindrical wall portion 20 has a diameter of 8.5 m, a height of about 4.7 m, and a thickness of 0.2 m.

  The dome-shaped ceiling portion 30 constitutes a stone wall chamber 40 with a natural stone material 41. Here, the natural stone 41 is a block-shaped andesite. The natural stone material 41 is excellent in heat storage and emits far infrared rays. A plurality of natural stone materials 41 are stacked so as to form a dome shape as illustrated. The plurality of natural stone materials 41 are stacked while sequentially repeating pouring concrete from the outside of the stone wall chamber 40. The concrete side wall 43 is constructed by sequentially pouring concrete. The dome-shaped ceiling 30 is completed by covering the concrete side wall 43 with a heat insulating material 44 and constructing the concrete outer wall 45. The dome-shaped ceiling 30 has a height of 11.1 m.

  FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a part of the dome-shaped ceiling portion 30. The natural stone material 41 is connected to the concrete outer wall 45 by bolts 42 as shown in the figure. The bolt 42 can follow the movement of the natural stone material 41. As this natural stone material 41, one having a length of 400 mm, a width of 700 to 1000 mm, and a thickness of 150 to 350 mm was used.

  The heat insulating material 44 prevents the temperature of the stone wall chamber 40 from rising and the heat from being transmitted to the concrete outer wall 45. Thereby, the temperature of the concrete outer wall 45 can be prevented from exceeding the heat resistance temperature. The heat insulating material 44 of this example was formed of a known rock wool heat insulating material. The outer wall 45 may be affixed with a culture stone 45A as shown.

  As shown in the figure, the stone wall chamber 40 has a gas burner 50 disposed on the bottom surface 46 thereof. The gas burner 50 radiates the heated gas G toward the ceiling portion 30. Here, two gas burners 50 are arranged on the bottom surface portion 46. The output of the gas burner 50 of an Example is 500,000 kcal / h. The bottom surface portion 46 is made of colored concrete. The temperature of the stone wall chamber 40 is raised by the gas burner 50. The bottom part 46 is kept at a high temperature. The bottom surface portion 46 is laid so that a towel (made of cotton or linen) has a thickness of about 10 mm.

  In the stone wall chamber 40, a plurality of mist spray nozzles are arranged in one or the height direction. Here, as shown in the figure, three vapor spray nozzles 60A to 60C are arranged. The vapor spray nozzles 60 </ b> A to 60 </ b> C are respectively arranged so as to be located at an upper part, an intermediate part, and a lower part in the height direction of the stone wall part 40.

  Each steam spray nozzle is connected to a known steam generator 65 by steam supply pipes 61 to 63, as shown in FIG. The steam generator 65 discharges the steam to the steam supply pipes 61 to 63 via the electromagnetic valve V1. The opening and closing of the solenoid valve V1 is controlled by the temperature detected by the temperature sensor S installed in the stone wall chamber 40. Here, the temperature sensor S is installed at a position where the height from the bottom surface portion 46 of the stone wall chamber 40 is about 2 m. The temperature of the stone wall chamber 40 is maintained at 70 ° C. to 100 ° C. by adjusting the amount of steam supplied from each of the steam spray nozzles 60A to 60C by opening / closing control of the electromagnetic valve V1. Reference numerals V2 to V4 are manual valves.

  The mist spraying nozzle is not limited to spraying steam but may be connected to a known mist generating device to spray mist-like water. The mist-like water is sprayed by the nozzle to increase the humidity of the stone wall chamber 40. As a result, the sensible temperature in the stone wall chamber 40 can be increased. Further, the number of the mist spray nozzles is not limited to three arranged in the stone wall chamber 40 as in the above embodiment, but can be appropriately changed and arranged in the stone wall chamber 40.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 and defined as the invention of claim 2, the stone wall chamber 40 is provided with a cooling medium pipe 70 for cooling the bottom surface portion 46. Here, as shown in the drawing, the cooling medium pipe 70 is laid in a meandering manner so that the interval is 100 mm. This piping 70 is laid by a plurality of systems (here, A system and B system). The temperature of the bottom surface portion 46 is lowered to such an extent that a person can walk by circulating the circulating water through the pipes 70A and 70B. Reference numeral 47 is an entrance to the stone wall chamber 40, and 48 is a work entrance.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, a heat transfer chamber 80 is formed below the bottom surface portion 46 of the stone wall chamber 40. As shown in the figure, the heat transfer chamber 80 includes a whole body bath 81 and a shower chamber 82. The heat transfer chamber 80 had a height of about 3.7 m. Reference numeral 84 denotes an entrance to the heat transfer chamber 80, 85 denotes a machine room, 88 denotes an entrance to the machine room, and 90 denotes a boiler room.

  The whole body bath 81 is constituted by a known bedrock bath bed. The whole body bath 81 is sized to allow a person to lie down, and is covered with natural stones that emit far-infrared rays. The whole body bathing part 81 promotes sweating of the whole body by far infrared rays emitted from natural stones. Here, the size of the whole body bathing part 81 is 2.0 m in length and 0.8 m in width.

  As shown in FIG. 6 and defined as the invention of claim 3, the heat transfer chamber 80 is provided with a heating medium pipe 87 for heating the bottom surface portion 86. Here, as shown in the figure, the heating medium piping 87 is laid in the same circle at a predetermined interval. The pipe 87 is connected to the boiler chamber 90, and hot water heated by the boiler 91 is appropriately supplied to the pipe 87. The bottom surface portion 86 is made of natural stone material. The bottom surface portion 86 is heated by hot water circulating through the pipe 87 to emit far infrared rays, and is maintained at a temperature (43 ° C. to 45 ° C.) optimum for a rock bath.

  As shown in the figure, this piping 87 is laid in two systems (C system and D system). The C system pipe 87 </ b> C and the D system pipe 87 </ b> D are laid so as to pass below the whole body bath part 81. The whole body bathing part 81 emits far infrared rays by circulating hot water circulating through the pipe 87.

  As shown in FIG. 7 and defined as the invention of claim 4, the heating medium pipe 87 is circulated with the cooling medium pipe 70 in the bottom face portion 46 of the stone wall chamber 40. Here, the cooling medium pipe 70 is connected to the heating medium pipe 87, and cooling water or hot water circulates through the cooling medium pipe 70 and the heating medium pipe 87.

  Cooling water flows through the pipe 70 and cools the bottom surface 46 of the stone wall chamber 40. This cooling water takes heat from the stone wall chamber 40 and the temperature rises to become hot water and flows through the piping 87 of the heating medium.

  The temperature of the hot water is kept at an appropriate temperature by opening and closing the three-way valve V5 according to the temperature detected by the temperature sensor S1. When the temperature of the hot water is lower than a predetermined value, hot water heated by the boiler 91 is supplied to the pipe 87 through the delivery pipe 95. Reference numeral L1 is a temperature signal transmission line.

  The hot water whose supply has become excessive is supplied to the tank T by opening the relief valve V6. The tank T stores hot water and supplies it to the boiler 91 by the circulation pump P2. Reference numeral 96 is a water supply pipe to the tank T, 97 is a water supply pipe to the boiler 91, and 98 is an overflow pipe.

  The hot water flowing through the heating medium pipe 87 is supplied to the cooling medium pipe 70 by the circulation pump P1. At that time, the temperature of the hot water is detected by the temperature sensor S2. The temperature of the hot water is lowered to an appropriate temperature by opening and closing the three-way valve V7 according to the temperature detected by the temperature sensor S2. When the temperature of the hot water is higher than a predetermined value, the cooling water is supplied to the pipe 70 by opening the three-way valve V7. Thus, effective temperature adjustment can be performed by circulating hot water (heating medium) and cooling water (cooling medium). Reference numeral 71 is a cooling water supply pipe, and L2 is a temperature signal transmission line.

It is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view of the rock bath apparatus which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a partial expanded sectional view of a dome-shaped ceiling part. It is a principal block diagram of the steam supply circuit to the stone wall chamber of the rock bath apparatus. It is a schematic cross-sectional view of the stone wall chamber of the rock bath device. It is a schematic cross-sectional view of the heat transfer chamber of the rock bath device. It is a piping laying figure of the heating medium which heats the bottom part of a heat transfer chamber. It is circulation system explanatory drawing of a cooling medium and a heating medium.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Rock bath apparatus 20 Cylindrical wall part 30 Dome-like ceiling part 40 Stone wall room 41 Natural stone material 46 Bottom part of stone wall room 50 Gas burner 60A, 60B, 60C Steam spray nozzle 70 Cooling medium piping 80 Heat transfer chamber 86 Transmission Bottom of heat chamber 87 Piping for heating medium G Heating gas

Claims (4)

A cylindrical wall portion and a dome-shaped ceiling portion integrally connected to the upper portion thereof are configured as a stone wall chamber by natural stone materials,
A gas burner that radiates heated gas toward the ceiling portion is disposed on the bottom surface of the stone wall chamber,
A rock bath device, wherein the stone wall chamber is provided with a plurality of mist spraying nozzles in one or a height direction.   The rock bath apparatus according to claim 1, wherein piping of a cooling medium for cooling the bottom surface portion is laid on the bottom surface portion of the stone wall chamber.   The rock bath apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein piping for a heating medium for heating the bottom surface portion is laid on a bottom surface portion of a heat transfer chamber formed at a lower portion of the bottom surface portion of the stone wall chamber.   The rock bath apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the heating medium pipe is circulated with a cooling medium pipe at the bottom of the stone wall chamber.

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