JP2009131505A - Bath auxiliary material and bath auxiliary device using it - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bath auxiliary material improving warm bath therapy and a bath auxiliary device using the material. <P>SOLUTION: A bath auxiliary material is characterized in that silica is treated by smelting reduction and the reduction material is cooled to be a molded product. Additionally, impurities are removed from the reduction material and the molded product is polished and contained a water-permeable container. The container is a rigid container 10 capable of keeping a predetermined shape, and comprises a tube body 12, a lid part 14 covering the opening surface of the tube body, and a through-hole 16 mounted on the lid part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a bathing auxiliary material used by being put in a bathtub, and a bathing auxiliary device using the bathing auxiliary material.

  Natural ores such as tourmaline ore, radium ore, germanium ore, and barleystone (registered trademark) contain various components and are said to emit radiation of a certain wavelength. Therefore, products using these properties of natural ores have been marketed or disclosed so far, for example, jewelry such as necklaces composed of natural ores (or containing natural ore powder) Bathing auxiliary materials (for example, refer to Patent Document 1) used by submerging natural ore in a bathtub. The radiation emitted from the natural ore is used to relieve stiff shoulders and improve the warm bath effect, and the components eluted from the natural ore are absorbed from the skin and attached to the skin, thereby reducing diseases such as skin diseases and neuralgia. It is said to be useful.

By the way, natural ores include silica other than the above-mentioned types, and the present inventor is that the processed product obtained from this silica is like a natural ore that has been used for jewelry and bathing aids such as the necklace described above. It discovered that there exists an effect | action which improves a warm bath effect, and resulted in this invention.
JP 2006-175020 A

  The inventor of the present invention has provided as a subject of the invention the provision of a bathing auxiliary material that improves the warm bath effect and a bathing auxiliary device using the bathing auxiliary material.

  The bathing auxiliary material of the present invention that has solved the above problems is characterized in that a reduced product obtained by melting and reducing silica stone is cooled to form a molded product.

  It is a preferred embodiment that the bathing auxiliary material of the present invention is obtained by removing impurities from the reduced product.

  The bathing auxiliary material of the present invention is a preferred embodiment in which the molded product is polished.

  The bathing aid of the present invention is characterized in that the bathing aid is contained in a water-containing container.

  With the above configuration, when a plurality of bathing aids having a predetermined shape and size are submerged in the bathtub, the bathing aids can be handled easily by accommodating these bathing aids in one container. become.

  Here, the container is a hard container capable of maintaining a predetermined shape, and the container includes a cylinder, a lid that covers the opening surface of the cylinder, and a through hole provided in the lid. Is a preferred embodiment.

  By the said structure, it can prevent that external force is added to a bathing auxiliary material during bathing.

  The bathing aid material and bathing aid of the present invention were able to improve the warm bath effect.

<Bath auxiliary material>
The bathing auxiliary material of the present invention is characterized in that a reduced product obtained by melting and reducing silica is cooled to obtain a molded product. Hereinafter, the bathing auxiliary material of the present invention will be described.

(Silica stone)
The silica used in the present invention is not particularly limited, but preferably has a high silicon dioxide content, in other words, a low content of impurities such as iron oxide and alumina contained in the silica. Specifically, the content of silicon dioxide is preferably 80% by mass or more, more preferably 90% by mass or more, and further preferably 95% by mass or more. Thereby, it becomes easy to obtain the bathing auxiliary material of the present invention having a silicon content of 90% by mass or more (more preferably 95% by mass or more). Such high-quality silica is produced from Germany, Norway, China, Mongolia, Brazil, etc. In addition, it is preferable that it is a product made in Germany from the point which can obtain a silica stone with a high content rate of silicon dioxide.

(Reduced product)
In the present invention, the silica is melt-reduced so that silicon dioxide contained in the silica is converted into silicon and used as a bathing aid. The method for obtaining the reduced product from the silica is not particularly limited. For example, the carbon source is added in an amount of 50 to 70 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the silica and charged into an electric furnace. The method performed by melting at 0 degreeC is mentioned. Examples of the carbon source include coke and raw wood chips.

(Molded product)
In the present invention, from the viewpoint of handleability, the molten reduced product is cooled, and a molded product formed into a predetermined size is used as a bathing aid. The method of cooling and molding the reduced product is not particularly limited, and examples include a method in which the molten reduced product is poured into a predetermined container such as a ladle, naturally cooled and solidified, and then pulverized to a desired size.

  The particle size of the molded product is preferably 1 cm or more, more preferably 2 cm or more, further preferably 3 cm or more, preferably 10 cm or less, more preferably 8 cm or less, and further preferably 6 cm or less.

(Removal of impurities)
Silica stone contains impurities such as iron oxide, alumina and calcium carbonate in addition to silicon dioxide, and not only the silicon is liberated by the above melting reduction operation, but also reduction products of impurities (for example, iron and aluminum) are also generated. To do. In the present invention, it is preferable to remove a reduced product of these impurities to obtain a bathing auxiliary material. The method of removing the reduced product of impurities is not particularly limited, but a method of removing the supernatant from the molten reduced product is simple and preferable. This is because the reduced product of impurities collects in the supernatant of the molten reduced product because the specific gravity is lighter than the free silicon.

(Polishing)
As the bath auxiliary material of the present invention, the above-mentioned molded product may be used as it is. However, since the molded product is brittle, if it is used as it is as a bath auxiliary material, the molded product may collapse and the hot water may become cloudy. For this reason, it is preferable to polish the surface of the molded product. Thereby, even if the molded product is submerged in the bathtub, the molded product (piece) is less likely to collapse from the surface of the molded product, and the hot water can be prevented from becoming cloudy. Examples of the method for polishing the molded product include centrifugal barrel polishing, rotary barrel polishing, fluid barrel polishing, vibration barrel polishing, and the like. From the viewpoint of the manufacturing cost of the present invention, centrifugal barrel polishing and rotary barrel polishing are particularly preferable. preferable.

(Other auxiliary materials)
The bathing auxiliary material of the present invention may be used together with other auxiliary materials. Examples of other auxiliary materials include tourmaline ore, radium ore, germanium ore, barleystone (registered trademark), monazite ore, or natural ore such as heat metamorphic rock. Thereby, the effect which another auxiliary material has can be provided to the bathing auxiliary material of this invention.

<Bathing aid>
The bathing auxiliary material of the present invention may be used by being submerged in the bath as it is. However, when a plurality of bathing auxiliary materials (including other auxiliary materials as required) are put into the bathtub, the bathing auxiliary material is used. From the viewpoint of handling of the material, it is preferable to use a bathing auxiliary device in which the bathing auxiliary material is housed in a water-containing container. Hereinafter, the bathing aid of the present invention will be described.

(Container)
As a container, a bathing auxiliary material can be accommodated, and after the bathing auxiliary material is accommodated, the bathing auxiliary material is prevented from easily overflowing outside the container, while water (hot water) is contained in the container. As long as it can pass easily, it may be comprised from any aspect. Such a container may be, for example, a mesh bag formed by knitting resin fibers or metal fibers, but may be a container having a hardness sufficient to maintain a predetermined shape. preferable. Thereby, it can prevent that an external force is added to the bathing auxiliary material and the bathing auxiliary material is damaged. As a hard container that can be used in the present invention, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, a hard cylinder 12, a hard lid 14 that covers the opening surface of the cylinder 12, and a lid 14 The container 10 provided with the provided 1 or several through-hole 16 is mentioned. Note that the through hole may be provided in any of the two lid portions covering the opening surfaces at both ends of the cylindrical body, or may be provided in only one lid portion. Further, the mesh bag and the hard container may be used in combination. In detail, the bathing auxiliary device of the present invention may be configured by once storing the bathing auxiliary material of the present invention in a mesh-shaped bag, and further storing the bag in a hard container.

<Amount of bathing aid>
The amount of the bathing auxiliary material of the present invention to be used by being put in a bathtub may be within a range in which the warm bath effect is improved, and is preferably 0.5 kg or more and preferably 1 kg or more for a domestic bathtub (volume 250 to 400 L). More preferably, 2.5 kg or less is preferable, and 2 kg or less is more preferable.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail by way of examples, but the present invention is not limited to these, and can be implemented with appropriate modifications within a range that can meet the gist of the preceding and following descriptions. They are all included in the technical scope of the present invention.

(Bathing aid)
100 parts by mass of silica and 60 parts by mass of a carbon source mainly composed of oil coke were put into an electric melting furnace and melted and reduced at about 2600 ° C. The obtained reduced product was transferred to a pan, the supernatant was removed to remove impurities contained in the silica, and the mixture was naturally cooled to form a solid, which was pulverized to a desired size to obtain a molded product. The obtained molded product (5 kg to 10 kg) and abrasive (silica powder) 500 g were put into a barrel grinder (8FH-15 manufactured by Chipton Co., Ltd.) and polished for 55 hours at a rotation speed of 60 revolutions / minute. About 5 cm of the bathing auxiliary material of the present invention was obtained.

(Sensory test)
<Experimental example 1>
In a stainless steel container having a through-hole shown in FIG. 1, 1.5 kg of the bathing auxiliary material of the present invention was put into a bathing auxiliary device. This bathing aid was submerged in a domestic bath, hot water set at a predetermined temperature was pooled, and a sensory test was conducted when bathing in this hot water. The results are shown in Table 1.

  The sensory test consists of a total of 8 subjects (4 men and 4 women). The age structure of men is 38, 48, 47, 62, and the age structure of women is 28 years. 46 years old, 55 years old, 68 years old.

<Comparative Experimental Example 1>
In place of the bathing auxiliary material of the present invention, a sensory test when bathing was conducted in the same manner as in Experimental Example 1 except that a total of 1.5 kg of germanium ore, tourmaline ore, monazite ore, and heat metamorphic rock was added. The results are shown in Table 2.

   From the results of Tables 1 and 2, it is understood that if the bathing auxiliary material (bathing auxiliary device) of the present invention is used, it is possible to bathe even at a hot water temperature that has been hot and difficult to bathe itself. It was.

  For this reason, it is preferable to use the bathing aid (bathing aid) of the present invention for a patient suffering from a disease (for example, cancer) that is considered to be effective for treatment by soaking in hot water. It is expected to be possible.

  In addition, it is thought that the said effect originates in the radiation of the terahertz band which is a transmitted light being radiated | emitted from the bathing auxiliary material (bathing auxiliary device) of this invention.

(Thermal effect test)
<Comparative Experiment Example 2>
An adult male (46 years old) was used as a test subject and acclimated to the test room environment (room temperature 21 ° C., humidity 43%) for 20 minutes. Tracer TH3100MR type).

  Next, 500 ml of tap water was maintained for 15 minutes with the palm part immersed in hot water boiled to 38 ° C. Then, the palm part was pulled up from hot water, and the skin surface temperature of the palm part immediately after that was measured by thermography.

<Experimental example 2>
Subsequently, the subject was acclimated to the test room again for 20 minutes, and the skin surface temperature of the palm before the test was first measured by thermography.

  Next, 1 kg of the bathing auxiliary material of the present invention was immersed in 500 ml of tap water and maintained for 15 minutes while the palm part was immersed in hot water boiled to 38 ° C. Then, the palm part was pulled up from hot water, and the skin surface temperature of the palm part immediately after that was measured by thermography.

  Table 3 shows the skin surface temperature (maximum temperature, minimum temperature, and average temperature) of the palm obtained from the temperature distribution image obtained from thermography.

  From the results of Table 3, when only tap water is used, the temperature rise of the palm part remains at 1.4 ° C, whereas the temperature rise when the bathing auxiliary material of the present invention is used is 1.6 ° C. Therefore, it was found that the bathing auxiliary material of the present invention has a thermal effect.

(Blood flow effect test)
<Comparative Experimental Example 3>
An adult male (46 years old) was a test subject, and after resting for 10 minutes, 500 ml of tap water was maintained for 15 minutes with the palm part immersed in hot water boiled at 40 ° C. Next, the palm part is pulled out of the hot water, and immediately after that, every 2 minutes (total 20 minutes), using a laser Doppler blood flow meter (manufactured by NEC Sanei Co., Ltd., special blood flow meter), blood flow velocity and blood flow rate. Was measured.

<Experimental example 3>
After a 10-minute break, 1 kg of the bathing auxiliary material of the present invention is immersed in 500 ml of tap water and maintained for 15 minutes while the palm is immersed in hot water boiled to 40 ° C. And blood flow was measured.

  The results are shown in Table 4.

  From the results of Table 4, when the bathing auxiliary material of the present invention is used, the blood flow velocity is 15.6% and the blood flow rate is 20 compared with the case where only tap water is used. It was found to increase by 4%.

  In the present invention, a molded product obtained from silica stone is limited to the use of bathing auxiliary materials and bathing auxiliary devices, but may be used as a snow melting material, for example.

It is explanatory drawing which illustrates the container which comprises the bathing auxiliary of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10: Container, 12: Tube, 14: Lid, 16: Through hole

Claims (5)

  A bathing auxiliary material characterized by cooling a reduced product obtained by melting and reducing silica stone into a molded product.   The bathing auxiliary material according to claim 1, wherein impurities are removed from the reduced product.   The bathing auxiliary material according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the molded product is polished.   A bathing assisting device, wherein the bathing assisting material according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is housed in a water-containing housing. The said container is a hard container which can maintain a predetermined shape, The said container is provided with the cylinder, the cover part which covers the opening surface of the said cylinder, and the through-hole provided in the said cover part. Bathing aid as described in 1.

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