JP2007015996A - Bubbling bath agent - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bubbling bath agent brought to have a simple structure as a whole and reduced in production cost, giving amusement, sufficiently improved in sustained releasability and having sufficiently long durable time of expected action and brought to sustainedly release main organic ingredients. <P>SOLUTION: The bubbling bath agent houses a useful dried plant and a blowing agent in a water-permeable porous bag. The bag floats on a warm water surface by acquiring gas barrier properties owing to sustained releasability and sealing almost the whole amount of blown gas released from the blowing agent in taking a bath and is made of a nonwoven fabric or organdy. The blowing gas is carbon dioxide. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a foam bath, and in particular, a porous bag made of nonwoven fabric, organdy, etc. is mixed with a herb or herb together with a foam bath, and put in hot water. When the bag body acquires gas barrier properties and the gas component released from the foaming agent is contained in the bag body, the whole is inflated, and the foam bathing agent can be floated on the hot water surface. is there.

  In recent years, instead of the traditional baths such as yuyu or yuzuyu, etc., especially those that are intended to relieve the mental state by giving aroma and color to the bath, or by generating carbon dioxide in hot water Various bathing agents have been put on the market and are widely used in various households for the purpose of enhancing the heat retaining effect, providing skin care effects with various moisturizers, plant extracts, etc., and providing medicinal effects with volatile pharmaceutical ingredients.

  These bathing agents are roughly classified into powders, granules, or liquids from the viewpoint of shape. Granular bathing agents are mainly those having foaming properties that generate carbon dioxide gas in hot water. In addition, the powdered bathing agent is a type in which it is poured into hot water as it is and dissolved in a porous bag made of non-woven fabric, useful plants such as herbs and herbs, ingredients extracted from hot springs, fragrances and pigments There is a type that encloses and the like, immerses the whole bag body in a bathtub and squeezes it out.

  Furthermore, as a bathing agent that imparts playability during bathing, for example, a water floating carrier such as pumice or polystyrene foam impregnated with a bathing agent raw material, a bathing agent raw material using a binder, leaves and petals, It can be used in a state where a bathing agent made of natural plant materials such as fruits, pericarps, medicinal herbs, herbs, etc. is floated in hot water of a bathtub (Patent Document 1) formed into an arbitrary shape such as an animal. A bath agent set is also proposed (Patent Document 2).

JP-A-9-276558, (Claims) JP 2004-337315 A, (Claims)

  However, conventional baths in the form of powder, liquid, or tableted molded article have a problem that the composition of the liquid component and the waxy component is quantitatively restricted and lacks playability. Moreover, since it melt | dissolved in hot water for a short time, the subject that the effect which a bath agent has disappeared in a comparatively short time occurred.

  In addition, in a bath agent of the type in which medicinal herbs or herbs are encapsulated in a porous bag body and immersed in the bathtub together with the bag body, for example, the active ingredient eluted from the herb can be effectively volatilized. Because it can not be done, because it disappears in a relatively short time besides the problem that it is difficult to effectively drift in the bathroom for a long time with herbal scent, it is limited in its use, form and usage There is a problem that the effect of the bathing agent disappears within a relatively short time.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is to simplify the entire structure and reduce the manufacturing cost, and to have playability and sufficiently improve the sustained release property. It is an object of the present invention to provide a foaming bath agent that has a sufficiently long duration of expected action and that allows the sustained release of main organic components.

  In addition, the present inventors enclose useful plants such as the herbs and herbs, ingredients extracted from hot springs, fragrances, and pigments in a porous bag body having water permeability, and the bathtub together with the bag body When immersed in water, the entire nonwoven fabric is impregnated with water and gas barrier properties can be obtained. The foaming gas released from the foaming agent can be enclosed in the bag body, and the whole can be inflated and floated on the hot water surface. When the amount of foaming gas in the bag body is increased and the inside is in a pressurized state, the foaming gas can pass through the bag body and be released as bubbles in hot water, Along with this, it has been found that a highly volatile organic component (for example, the color and fragrance of herbs) can be gradually released, and the present invention has been completed.

  That is, the gist of the means adopted by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems is that the invention of claim 1 contains a dried useful plant and a foaming agent in a porous bag having water permeability. In the foam bathing agent, the bag body obtains a sustained-release gas barrier property at the time of bathing, and most of the foaming gas released from the foaming agent is enclosed in the bag body on the hot water surface. It is characterized by being floated.

  The invention of claim 2 is characterized in that, in the foamed bathing agent of claim 1, the bag is made of non-woven fabric or organdy.

  The invention of claim 3 is characterized in that, in the foaming bath agent according to claim 1 or 2, the foaming gas is carbon dioxide gas.

  Since each of the foam baths according to the present invention is configured as described above, any of them can simplify the entire structure and reduce the manufacturing cost, and can be a conventional powder, liquid, or tablet-molded form. Unlike the bathing agent, the composition of the liquid component and the wax-like component is not restricted quantitatively and lacks playability.

  In addition, when the bag body gets wet with hot water, gas barrier properties are obtained, and the bag body can be filled with foaming gas to give a buoyancy structure with a specific gravity smaller than that of water, so that the bag body can be floated on the hot water surface. . In addition, a design can be easily changed according to a user's preference, a use environment, a use condition, etc., and various design effects can also be selectively exhibited.

  In addition, since the foaming agent continuously foams, the hot water in the bag can be agitated, active ingredients such as herbs in the bag can be efficiently eluted, and the amount of foaming gas increases. When the internal pressure in the bag increases, for example, the active ingredient and the foamed gas eluted from the herb are overcome from the gas barrier properties of the bag and released to the outside of the bag. That is, the bathroom can be quickly filled with, for example, the herb scent, and the active ingredients of the herb, such as the herb scent and the color of the herb, can be gradually released over a long period of time. Visual effects (playability) and effects of components contained in useful plants, more specifically, hot water can be bubbled, and the duration of fragrance, medicinal effects of volatile drug components, etc. can be sufficiently increased.

  In addition, the foaming agent is obtained by filling the molding material mixed with the raw material into a molding die whose upper surface is open and molding, so there are restrictions on the blending amount of liquid components and waxy components (for example, moisturizing components). If you do not receive it, you can expect an excellent effect.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the foam bathing agent according to the present invention will be described.

  This foaming bath contains a dry useful plant and a foaming agent that generates carbon dioxide gas in a porous bag made of nonwoven fabric and having water permeability.

  In the present invention, the bag body is formed of a nonwoven fabric made of natural fiber or synthetic resin fiber as a raw material, and contains a dry useful plant and a foaming agent that generates carbon dioxide gas, and the peripheral portion is formed by a joining line. Bonded and fixed. The color of the bag is determined by the material of the nonwoven fabric, and usually transparent, translucent or white is adopted.

  The structure of the bag body is not limited. It is porous and has water passage characteristics. When wet, the porous portion is completely blocked by the surface tension of water, and gas barrier characteristics can be obtained. Any material may be used as long as it is a non-woven fabric, for example, a net-shaped material commonly called organdy, a woven fabric, a knitted fabric, a braided fabric, or the like.

  In the present invention, the dried useful plant is intended to impart a scent or color to the bath water to relieve the mental state, to give a skin care effect, or to give a medicinal effect by a volatile chemical ingredient. As the raw material, various components conventionally used as components of bathing agents can be appropriately selected and used. More specifically, acacia, anise seed, ginkgo, echinacea, elderflower, oregano, orange blossom, orange flower, orange peel, carmomile, garlic, catnip, caraway, black pepper, glove, coriander, cornflower, summer Savory, safflower, cinnamon, jasmine, ginger, junipary, gindium, star anise, stevia, spearmint, sage, st jones wort, thyme, tarragon, turmeck, chicory, chili, tea, nettle, basil, hibiscus, parsley, passion flower, Cypress, Hyssop, Heath, Fennel, Feverfu, Peppermint, Penny Royal, Hop, Marigold, Mallow, Mallow Block, Marjoram, Ma Uble-Medou Sweet, Peach, Yarrow, Eucalyptus, Eggplant, Mugwort, Raspberry, Lavender, Licorice, Lindenwood, Lemongrass, Lemon Verbena, Lemon Balm, Laurel, Rose Red, Rose Pink, Rosehip, Rosemary, Wild Strawberry, Lemon, Perpena, and even more, Soryutsu, Peacock, Kanokosou, Keigai, Koubou, Senkyu, Spruce, Toki, Syougoku, Peonies, Ogaku, Ougon, Sanshin, Keihi, Carrot, Bakuryo, Dokugaku, Shobu, Gaiyou, Matsubu, The whole or a part of various plants represented by jujuyak, fennel, chimpi, kamppi and loquat can be exemplified. From the viewpoint of ease of handling, these dried products are preferable, and a plurality of these plants can be used in combination.

  In the present invention, the foaming agent is preferably in the form of a tablet containing sodium hydrogen carbonate as a main component from the viewpoints of economy, safety and usability, but various known foaming agents can also be used. Shall.

  In the present invention, as the foaming agent raw material, various components conventionally used as components of bathing agents can be appropriately selected and used. Specific examples include the following components.

  1) Inorganic salts: Chlorides such as sodium chloride, potassium chloride, ammonium chloride; carbonates such as sodium carbonate, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, heavy magnesium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium sesquicarbonate; sodium sulfate, aluminum sulfate, Sulfates such as iron sulfate, sodium thiosulfate, potassium thiosulfate and sodium hyposulfite; nitrates such as sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate and calcium nitrate; phosphates such as sodium phosphate, sodium polyphosphate and calcium hydrogenphosphate; sulfur, Sulfides such as sodium sulfide, potassium sulfide and iron sulfite; silicon compounds such as anhydrous silicic acid, metasilicic acid, mica powder and neutral clay; hydroxides such as sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide; borax and boric acid , Calcium oxide, potassium bromide, potassium permanganate Artificial callus salt, mineral springs, Kosuna, Yunohana like.

  2) Organic acids: malic acid, citric acid, succinic acid, fumaric acid, tartaric acid, pyrrolidone carboxylic acid and the like.

  3) Oily components: Nuka oil, olive oil, soybean oil, tea oil, liquid paraffin, white petrolatum, stearyl alcohol, myristic acid, lauric acid, palmitic acid, monoglyceride, triglyceride, rice bran extract, rice germ oil, ceramide, squalane, Fatty acid esters such as silicone, methyl myristate and hexyl laurate.

  4) High molecular substances: carboxymethylcellulose, styrene polymer emulsion, dextrin, casein, egg yolk powder, skim milk powder, seaweed, etc.

  5) Enzymes: trypsin, α-chymotrypsin, promelain, papain, protease, proctase, seratiothiopeptidase, lysozyme, physin and the like.

  6) Pigments: titanium oxide, talc, bengara, yellow iron oxide, magnesium silicate, mica, mica, titanium, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, titanium dioxide, anhydrous silicic acid, zinc oxide, coated particles (granule), etc. .

  7) Whitening ingredients: vitamin E phenyl acid ester, vitamin C and its derivatives, ellagic acid, kojic acid, α-hydroxy acid, hyaluronic acid (chicken Tosaka extract) and the like.

  8) Dyes: Blue No. 1, Blue No. 202, Red No. 106, Red No. 2, Yellow No. 5, Yellow No. 4, Yellow No. 202 (1), Green No. 3, Orange No. 205, Yellow No. 202 (1) No., Green No. 204, Green No. 201, Red No. 102, Blue No. 2, Orange No. 205, Red No. 3, etc. Ministry of Health and Welfare Ordinary Dye Dye Tables I and II; Food additives such as chlorophyll, riboflavin, annatto, anthocyanin Natural pigments that are recognized as

  9) Sulfur: sulfur, sodium thiosulfate, calcium thiosulfate, potassium thiosulfate, calcium sulfide, calcium bisulfide, potassium sulfide, sodium sulfide, ammonium sulfide, barium sulfide, zinc sulfide, tin sulfide, antimony sulfide, iron sulfide, Carbon disulfide, phosphorus sulfide, etc.

  10) Sebum secretion promoting components: branched fatty acid cholesteryl ester, ν-oryzanol, yokuinin or yokuinin extract and the like.

  11) Vitamin: Lower fatty acid ester such as vitamin A or its acetate; Lower fatty acid ester such as vitamin B2 or its tetrabutyrate; Lower fatty acid ester such as vitamin B6 or its diacylate; Vitamin C or its mono- or di-acylate Lower fatty acid esters or phosphate salts thereof such as vitamin D (particularly vitamin D2); lower fatty acid esters such as vitamin E or acetate thereof; vitamin F; vitamin H; pantothenic acid; nicotinic acid or its derivatives; Esters; inosit etc.

  12) Seaweed extracts: Anaasasa, Mill, Usba Aonori, Hitonigusa, Susioonori, Casanori, Heraiwada, Hanemo, Nagarami, etc .; Brown seaweed plants such as wakame, trorokonbu, hijiki, arame, hondawala, umitranoo, sugimori, batori; alba amanori, asakusanori, sasabiori, sea cucumber, lava, maca, tria, hanafunori, kurofunori, takadenori, hikadenori Extracts obtained from red algae plants such as Kotojitsunomata, Tsunomata, Ayanishiki, Makri, Egonori, Ogonori, Ibaranori and the like.

  13) Lithium compounds: lithium carbonate, lithium citrate, lithium sulfate, lithium aspartate, lithium glutamate, lithium nitrate, lithium iodide, lithium gluconate, lithium acetate, lithium chloride, lithium adipate and the like.

  14) Cooling substances: menthol derivatives such as L-menthol, camphor and thymol; monocyclic compounds; bicyclic alcohols; tricyclic alcohols; tricyclic amides and the like.

  15) Moisturizing ingredients: Organic acid salts such as sodium lactate, disodium tartrate, sodium pyrrolidone carboxylate, disodium glutamate; many kinds such as isoprene glycol, propylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, glycerin, xylose, xylitol, sorbitol Monohydric alcohols; water-soluble polymers such as polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol, sodium alginate, and polyvinylpyrrolidone; mucopolysaccharides such as chondroitin sulfate and hyaluronic acid; plant collagen obtained from soybeans, corn, carrots, etc .; salmon, puffer fish, tuna Marine collagen obtained from flounder, etc .; derivatives of collagen, similar substances, hydrolysates, processed substances, purified substances, etc .; nucleic acids (DNA, RNA); proteins such as elastin; keratins, Loin and its hydrolyzate, trade name "Lipidure-A (Nippon Oil & Fats Co., Ltd.)", trade name "Lipidure-C (NOF Co., Ltd.)," etc.

  16) Gas generating substances: liquefied gas such as liquefied oxygen, liquefied nitrogen, liquefied carbon dioxide; those generating gas in water such as dry ice; those generating oxygen gas in water such as sodium percarbonate; aminocarboxylic acid , Linear fatty acids such as formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, valeric acid; dicarboxylic acids such as oxalic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, pimelic acid, maleic acid, phthalic acid, isophthalic acid, terephthalic acid Acid; Acidic amino acids such as glutamic acid and aspartic acid; Glucolic acid, lactic acid, hydroxyacrylic acid, α-oxybutyric acid, glyceric acid, tartronic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, salicylic acid, gallic acid, mandelic acid, tropic acid, Oxyacids such as ascorbic acid and gluconic acid; cinnamic acid, benzoic acid, phenylacetic acid, nicotinic acid, kainic acid, sorbi Acids, organic acids such as pyrrolidone carboxylic acid, trimellitic acid, benzenesulfonic acid, toluenesulfonic acid; phosphoric acid, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, sodium sulfite, potassium sulfite, sodium pyrosulfite (metabisulfite) Sodium), potassium pyrosulfite (potassium metabisulfite), acid sodium hexametaphosphate, acid hexametaphosphate, acid pyrophosphate, acid pyrophosphate, acid pyrophosphate, sulfamic acid and other acids, and sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate Sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium sesquicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium carbonate, sesquicarbonate, etc. that generate carbon dioxide in water by reaction with carbonates; sodium sulfate, Potassium sulfate, sodium hydrogen sulfate, potassium hydrogen sulfate, sodium sulfite, potassium sulfite, sulfates composed of these anhydrides, hydrochlorides such as sodium chloride, sodium citrate, magnesium oxide, metaboric acid and the like.

  17) Surfactant: Polyethylene glycol dioleate, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, polyoxyethylene sorbitan trioleate and the like.

  18) Rust preventive agent: sodium, potassium, ammonium salt of polymerized phosphoric acid compounds such as pyrophosphoric acid, triphosphoric acid, trimetaphosphoric acid, tetrametaphosphoric acid; sodium, potassium or lithium salt of silicic acid, sodium orthosilicate, sodium metasilicate Silicates such as sodium disilicate and sodium tetrasilicate; nitrites such as sodium nitrite, ammonium, potassium and lithium salts; inorganic rust prevention such as borates such as sodium borate, potassium and lithium salts Agents: phytic acid, benzotriazole, 2-mercaptothiazole, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, alkenyl succinic acid, 2-alkyl-N-carboxymethyl-N-hydroxyethylimidazolium betaine, higher aliphatic amine, N- Alkyl (C8-20) N-methyl-β-alanine alkali metal salt, fatty acid diethanolamide having 8 to 20 carbon atoms, alkyl sarcosine alkali metal salt having 8 to 20 carbon atoms, organic phosphate, sorbitan fatty acid (carbon number 8 to 20) ester Organic rust preventives such as.

  19) Others: Glucose, sucrose, trehalose, phytocollage, isoflavones, glycyrrhizinate and its derivatives, glycyrrhetinate and its derivatives, p-hydroxybenzoate, isopropylmethylphenol, vegetable or fruit extract (extract), purified water , Ionic water, deep ocean water, etc.

  The various components of the foaming agent described above may be held (contained) in microcapsules formed from known materials such as gelatin and polymer materials, or the surface may be coated to provide stability and effectiveness sustainability. Can also be used.

  When the blending example of the foaming agent according to the present embodiment is shown, sulfur is 0.001 to 5% by weight, preferably 0.001 to 1% by weight; sebum secretion promoting components are 0.1 to 5% by weight, Preferably 0.5-2% by weight; vitamins, seaweed extracts, fragrances (essential oils), medicinal ingredients, lithium compounds, enzymes, cooling substances, moisturizing ingredients in total 0.001 10% by weight, preferably 0.01-2% by weight; 0.05-10% by weight of rust preventive, preferably 0.1-5% by weight, the balance being the above thermoplastic water-soluble polymer, or as required In this example, a copolymer of ethylene oxide and an alkylene oxide having 3 or more carbon atoms is further blended.

  Further, when the foaming agent is a so-called “foaming type” that generates carbon dioxide, a carbonate and an organic or inorganic acid may be appropriately selected from the above gas generating substances and blended. In this case, an organic acid is more preferable as the acid. Further, the mixing ratio of the carbonate and the acid can be appropriately set according to the selected carbonate or acid, the degree of foaming, etc., but the carbonate is 10 to 60 with respect to the total weight of the foaming agent. The proportions of 5% by weight and acid are 5-30% by weight are suitable.

  As described above, according to the foamed bathing agent according to one embodiment of the present invention, the bag is made of a material having water permeability. Hot water can be moved, and for example, herbs and solid foaming agents in the bag can be brought into contact with hot water. That is, foaming from the foaming agent can be started, and active ingredients such as herbs (such as herbal color and herbal fragrance) can be eluted in hot water.

  In addition, when the bag body gets wet with hot water, gas barrier properties are obtained, so the bag body can be filled with foaming gas (a buoyancy structure with a specific gravity smaller than that of water can be added), and the entire body floats on the hot water surface. Can do. In other words, the principle is the same as that when a bath is taken, such as a wet towel or wet towel, and air is sealed in to form a structure like a terrible shaven.

  In addition, since the foaming agent foams continuously, hot water in the bag body can be agitated by the foaming gas, so that active ingredients such as herbs can be efficiently eluted, and the active ingredients can be put into the bag for the time being. You can keep it.

  Next, when the amount of foaming gas increases and the internal pressure in the bag increases, the gas barrier characteristics of the bag are overcome and, for example, both the active ingredient eluted from the herb and the foamed gas are released outside the bag. The interior of the bathroom can be quickly filled with, for example, the herb scent, and the effects of the bathing agent can be maintained for a long time. That is, the visual effect (playability) and the effects of the components contained in the useful plant, specifically, the duration of the foaming and aroma of carbon dioxide, the medicinal effect of the volatile drug component, etc. can be sufficiently lengthened.

  In addition, the foaming agent is obtained by filling the molding material mixed with the raw material into a molding die whose upper surface is open and molding, so there are restrictions on the blending amount of liquid components and waxy components (for example, moisturizing components) I do not receive it.

Claims (3)

In a foam bathing agent containing a dried useful plant and a foaming agent in a porous bag having water permeability,
Foam characterized in that the bag body obtains a sustained-release gas barrier property at the time of bathing, and most of the foaming gas released from the foaming agent is enclosed in the bag body and floats on the surface of hot water. Bath additive.   The foam bathing agent according to claim 1, wherein the bag is made of non-woven fabric or organdy.   The foaming bath agent according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the foaming gas is carbon dioxide gas.