JP2009279136A - Temperature and humidity adjustment system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a temperature and humidity adjustment system maintaining the inside of the room of a sauna or the like at a low temperature and comfortable humidity and circulating fresh air inside the room at all times. <P>SOLUTION: The temperature and humidity adjustment system includes: a heating means 10 for heating a space 3 provided between a room body 1 and a building body 2 surrounding it; a temperature and humidity sensor 7 provided on a required part inside the room body 1 for measuring the temperature and humidity inside the room body 1; a heating and humidifying device 8 for generating air for keeping the temperature and humidity inside the room body 1 fixed; an air supply blower 6a for introducing the air generated by the heating and humidifying device 8 into the room body 1; an exhaust blower 6b for discharging the air inside the room body 1 to the outside; and a temperature and humidity adjuster 100 for comparing a set temperature and set humidity inside the room body 1 with the temperature and the humidity measured by the temperature and humidity sensor 7 and controlling the heating means 10 and the heating and humidifying device 8 so as to obtain the set temperature and humidity. The inside of the room body 1 is maintained at the temperature of 38°C-45°C and the humidity of 30%-50%. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a temperature and humidity adjustment system used in a sauna room or the like.

  In general, when the body hurts, such as promotion of health or back pain, stiff shoulders, knee pain, etc., a hot spring or sauna is used to warm the body and treat it. These hot springs and saunas have a therapeutic effect by warming the body with hot water and steam to increase blood circulation throughout the body, promoting sweating action, and discharging waste products outside the body. However, since these are heated from the surface of the body, it takes time to warm up to the inside, and there is a problem that the heart is burdened when bathing in a hot and humid environment.

  Therefore, in recent years, a rock bath facility has attracted attention as a low temperature bath facility that places less physical burden on the user than a high temperature sauna. The bathing facility by the bedrock bath is to lay a towel, etc. on the bedrock heated to 40 to 42 degrees and lie down in the bathing suit to obtain a thermal effect. This bedrock bath has the effect of increasing the metabolism of blood by warming the body from the core by far-infrared rays just by lying down on the bedrock. As a technique related to such a bedrock hot bath facility, for example, a technique described in Patent Document 1 is known.

JP 2004-130047 A

  However, such bedrock facilities are highly humid and very poorly ventilated, and there are many people who feel bad and fall down in bedrock rooms, etc. Furthermore, because of the high humidity, bacteria are easy to propagate and are unsanitary. There was a problem that there was.

  Therefore, in view of the above points, the present invention can maintain a comfortable humidity at a low temperature in a room such as a sauna, and can always circulate fresh air in a room such as a sauna. It aims to provide a coordination system.

  If means for achieving the above object is shown with reference numerals in the drawings, according to the temperature and humidity control system of the first aspect of the present invention, a space is provided between the room body 1 and the building frame 2 surrounding the room body 1. 3 is a temperature / humidity adjustment system used in a sauna room or the like provided with a heat generating means 10 for heating the space 3 and a required location in the room main body 1. A temperature / humidity sensor 7 that measures humidity, a heating / humidifying device 8 that generates air that keeps the temperature and humidity in the room body 1 constant, and air generated by the heating / humidifying device 8 is used as the room body 1. A supply air blower 6a to be introduced into the interior, an exhaust blower 6b for discharging the air in the room body 1 to the outside, temperature setting and humidity setting in the room body 1 are performed in advance, and the set temperature and set humidity Temperature and humidity A temperature / humidity adjusting device 100 that controls the heating means 10 and the heating / humidifying device 8 so that the temperature and the humidity measured by the sensor 7 are compared and the set temperature and the set humidity are obtained. The inside of the main body 1 is maintained at a temperature of 38 ° C. to 45 ° C. and a humidity of 30% to 50%.

  According to the temperature / humidity adjustment system of the second aspect of the invention, in the temperature / humidity adjustment system of the first aspect, the warming / humidifying device 8 introduces outside air, and It is assumed to generate air that keeps humidity constant.

  The effect of the invention by the above solution will be described with reference numerals in the embodiments described later. According to the invention of claim 1, the temperature and humidity in the room body 1 are kept constant by the heating and humidifying device 8. In order to generate air, the air is introduced into the room body 1 by the air supply fan 6a, and the old air drifting in the room body 1 is discharged to the outside by the exhaust fan 6b. The air having the optimum temperature and humidity can be circulated in the room body 1. In addition, a temperature / humidity sensor 7 for measuring the temperature and humidity in the room body 1 is provided at a required location in the room body 1, and the temperature setting and humidity setting in the room body 1 are performed in advance. A temperature / humidity adjustment device that compares the temperature and the set humidity with the temperature and humidity measured by the temperature / humidity sensor 7 and controls the heat generating means 10 and the heating / humidifying device 8 so as to obtain the set temperature and the set humidity. 100. Therefore, even if a person with high blood pressure takes a bath, the heart is not burdened and it is possible to bathe with peace of mind. Human cells are activated normally, and furthermore, cells that have been damaged by bacterial infection or fatigue substances can be removed. A temperature that can produce an anti-stress protein called Heat Shock Protein, which is said to repair, activate natural killer (NK) cells that attack cancer cells and pathogens, and enhance immunity The temperature can be maintained at 38 ° C. to 45 ° C., and further, the bath can be kept at a comfortable humidity of 30% to 50% so that it can stay in a sauna room for a long time without sweating.

  According to the invention of claim 2, outside air is once introduced into the heating and humidifying device 8 to generate air that keeps the temperature and humidity constant. Therefore, since the outside air is not simply put directly into the room body 1, the temperature and humidity in the room body 1 does not change abruptly, and the temperature and humidity in the room body 1 are kept substantially uniform. Since it is not necessary to rapidly heat or humidify the temperature and humidity inside, it is possible to prevent useless energy loss.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view when one embodiment of the present invention is used in a sauna room. In the figure, the sauna room is composed of a room body 1, a building housing 2 surrounding the room body 1, and a space 3 provided between the room body 1 and the building housing 2.

  The room body 1 includes an interior ceiling wall base 4a, an interior side wall base 4b, and an interior floor wall base 4c made of a transparent or translucent resin. Each of them is melt-molded with a refined salt or a natural salt with an adhesive or the like. Object 5 is fixed. Further, an air supply fan 6a is provided at a corner portion constituted by the interior side wall base 4b and the interior floor wall base 4c, and an exhaust air fan 6b is provided on a diagonal line. In the room body 1, temperature / humidity sensors 7 embedded in the interior ceiling wall base 4a, the interior side wall base 4b, and the interior floor wall base 4c are provided at required locations.

  The building frame 2 has a ceiling wall 2a, side walls 2b, and a floor wall 2c made of reinforced concrete.

  In the space 3, a heat insulating material 9 such as polystyrene foam or urethane foam is provided along the floor wall 2c, and a similar heat insulating material 9 is also provided in about half of the side wall 2b. A heat generating means 10 is provided so as to cover the heat insulating material 9. Although not shown, of course, a door for entering the sauna room is provided. And the door is the one in which the melted molded product 5 of purified salt or natural salt is fixed to a base made of a transparent or translucent resin, as in the sauna room, so as not to impair the appearance in the sauna room. It is configured.

  The heat generating means 10 is composed of a planar electric heating element or the like, and heats the space 3 through the interior side wall base 4b and the interior floor wall base 4c so that the interior of the room body 1 becomes 38 ° C to 45 ° C. Yes. The heating means 10 is controlled by the temperature / humidity adjusting device 100. Moreover, as a heat_generation | fever means, the pipe which circulates and supplies heating water from a boiler may be used, and an electric heating coil may be used.

  The melted product 5 of the refined salt or natural salt is obtained by heating and melting the powdered refined salt or natural salt at a temperature not lower than the melting point and not higher than the boiling point, and pouring the heated and melted purified salt or natural salt into a dish-shaped mold. , Cooled and solidified and molded. The inside of the sauna room is formed by pasting them together like tiles. The melt-molded product 5 of purified salt or natural salt may have any shape, but is preferably a regular hexagon. This is because, when laminated like a tile, a honeycomb structure is formed, so that it is difficult for lateral shift and vertical shift to occur.

  The air supply blower 6a is provided with a slit-shaped opening and is continuously provided in the longitudinal direction along the edges of the interior side wall base 4b and the interior floor wall base 4c. The air supply blower 6a provided in this way introduces the air led out from the heating / humidifying device 8 by a pipe or the like into the room body 1 from the slit-shaped opening. And the exhaust air blower 6b provided on the diagonal of the air supply fan 6a is provided continuously in the longitudinal direction along the edges of the interior side wall base 4b and the interior ceiling wall base 4a in the same manner as the air supply fan 6a. . The exhaust blower 6b thus provided discharges the air in the room body 1 to the outside by a fan or the like provided inside. Therefore, fresh air that is always fresh and adjusted to an optimum temperature and humidity circulates in the sauna room.

  The temperature / humidity sensor 7 measures the current temperature and humidity in the room body 1 and outputs data of the measured temperature and humidity to the temperature / humidity adjustment apparatus 100. In addition, as a method of outputting the data to the temperature / humidity adjusting apparatus 100, the data may be output wirelessly or may be output using a cable or the like.

  The warming / humidifying device 8 introduces outside air and performs heating, temperature reduction, humidification, or moisture absorption in order to make the outside air have the temperature and humidity commanded from the temperature / humidity adjusting device 100. When the introduced outside air reaches the optimum temperature and humidity, the air adjusted to the optimum temperature and humidity is led out to the air supply blower 6a using a pipe or the like.

  Next, the temperature / humidity adjusting apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the temperature / humidity adjusting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the temperature / humidity adjusting device 100 includes an input device 100a, a storage unit 100b, a sensor receiving unit 100c, a temperature / humidity adjusting unit 100d, a temperature adjusting unit 100e, and a display device 100f.

  The input device 100a sets the temperature in the room body 1 to 38 ° C. to 45 ° C., and sets the humidity in the room body 1 to 30% to 50%. Then, the set value is stored in the storage unit 100b. In addition, since the temperature setting and humidity setting in the room main body 1 are displayed on the display device 100f, an input error of the input person can be prevented.

  The sensor receiving unit 100c receives current temperature and humidity data in the room body 1 from the temperature and humidity sensor 7 in the room body 1, and outputs the data to the temperature and humidity adjustment unit 100d and the temperature adjustment unit 100e. Since the data is also output to the display device 100f, the current temperature and humidity in the room body are displayed.

  The temperature / humidity adjustment unit 100d compares the current temperature and humidity data in the room main body 1 with the temperature setting and humidity setting data in the room main body 1 stored in the storage unit 100b, and compares the current room main body 1 It is confirmed whether or not the temperature and humidity data in the room matches the temperature setting and humidity setting data in the room main body 1 stored in the storage unit 100b. If they match, command data for maintaining the current temperature and humidity is created in the heating and humidifying device 8, and if they do not match, the inside of the room body 1 is stored in the heating and humidifying device 8 in the storage unit 100b. Command data for heating, reducing, humidifying, or absorbing moisture is created so as to achieve the set temperature and humidity. The created command data is output to the heating / humidifying device 8.

  The temperature adjustment unit 100e compares the current temperature data in the room body 1 with the temperature setting data in the room body 1 stored in the storage unit 100b, and the current temperature data in the room body 1 is It is confirmed whether or not it matches the temperature setting data in the room body 1 stored in the storage unit 100b. If they match, command data that keeps the current temperature in the heat generating means 10 is created. If they do not match, the room body 1 in the heat generating means 10 has the temperature stored in the storage unit 100b. In addition, command data for heating or reducing the temperature is created. The created command data is output to the heating means 10.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention described above, air that keeps the temperature and humidity in the room body 1 constant is generated by the heating and humidifying device 8, and the air is supplied to the air supply blower 6a via a pipe or the like. Is introduced into the room body 1. The air supply blower 6a is provided with a slit-shaped opening and is continuously provided in the longitudinal direction along the edges of the interior side wall base 4b and the interior floor wall base 4c. Air that keeps the temperature and humidity in the room body 1 constant is introduced into the room body 1. And since the old air drifting in the room body 1 is discharged to the outside by the exhaust fan 6b provided on the diagonal line of the air supply fan 6a, it is always fresh and has the optimum temperature and humidity. It can be circulated in the room body 1.

  In addition to that, a temperature / humidity sensor 7 is provided which is embedded in the interior ceiling wall base 4a, the interior side wall base 4b, and the interior floor wall base 4c in the room body 1 and measures the temperature and humidity in the room body 1, The temperature setting and humidity setting in the room body 1 are performed in advance, and the setting temperature and setting humidity are compared with the temperature and humidity measured by the temperature and humidity sensor 7 so that the setting temperature and the setting humidity are obtained. A temperature / humidity adjusting device 100 is provided which controls the heat generating means 10 and the heating / humidifying device 8. Therefore, even if a person with high blood pressure takes a bath, the heart is not burdened and it is possible to bathe with peace of mind. Human cells are activated normally, and furthermore, cells that have been damaged by bacterial infection or fatigue substances can be removed. A temperature that can produce an anti-stress protein called Heat Shock Protein, which is said to repair, activate natural killer (NK) cells that attack cancer cells and pathogens, and enhance immunity The temperature can be maintained at 38 ° C. to 45 ° C., and further, the bath can be kept at a comfortable humidity of 30% to 50% so that it can stay in a sauna room for a long time without sweating.

  Moreover, the outside air is once introduced into the heating and humidifying device 8 to generate air that keeps the temperature and humidity constant. Therefore, since the outside air is not simply put directly into the room body 1, the temperature and humidity in the room body 1 does not change abruptly, and the temperature and humidity in the room body 1 are kept substantially uniform. Since it is not necessary to rapidly heat or humidify the temperature and humidity inside, it is possible to prevent useless energy loss.

  In this embodiment, the air supply fan 6a is provided with a slit-shaped opening, and is continuously provided in the longitudinal direction along the edges of the interior side wall base 4b and the interior floor wall base 4c. It is provided on the diagonal line of the air supply fan 6a. However, both the air supply blower 6a and the exhaust blower 6b may be provided at other positions. However, in order to circulate the air in the room in a fresh state, the air supply blower 6a is provided on a diagonal line of the exhaust blower 6b, or the air supply blower 6a and the exhaust blower 6b are provided on the outer periphery of the room body 1 with each other. The positions provided on the outer periphery are preferably provided at positions facing each other through the room body 1.

  Further, in this embodiment, the temperature / humidity sensor 7 is embedded in the interior ceiling wall base 4a, the interior side wall base 4b, and the interior floor wall base 4c, but at a position where the temperature and humidity in the room body 1 can be measured. Any position may be used.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, although it used in the sauna room where the inside of the room main body 1 was covered with the molten molding 5 of refined salt or natural salt, you may use it in another sauna room. However, it is preferable to use the system of the present invention in a sauna room in which the interior of the room body 1 is covered with a molten molded product 5 of purified salt or natural salt. This is because the longer the far-infrared wavelength (the farthest far-infrared wavelength penetrates the human body is known to be 1 cm), the human body can be warmed deeper from the core. However, salt and ceramic are known as materials that can transmit far infrared rays. However, it is known that ceramics have a defect that bacteria are easy to propagate, whereas salts have a high bactericidal effect and hardly generate bacteria. Therefore, the use of the present invention in a sauna room in which the interior of the room body 1 is covered with a melted molded product 5 of purified salt or natural salt warms the body deeply from the core without being unsanitary for bathers. This is because it is possible to provide a comfortable sauna room that can activate the metabolism and obtain a high fatigue recovery effect.

  Moreover, as another embodiment of this invention, it can also be used for a sauna room as shown in FIG. The sauna room shown in FIG. 3 is provided with a light-emitting element mounting member 11 in the space 3, and the light-emitting element mounting member 11 displays a large number of light-emitting elements in order to display an image on the molten molded product 5 of purified salt or natural salt. The elements 12 are arranged in pixels so as to represent a digital image. And the audio equipment 13 is provided in the corner part of the space 3, and the control device 101 controls the light emission of the light emitting element 12 and the music flowing from the audio equipment 13. The video here is a concept including a still image and a moving image. Further, in order to express as an image, the light emitting element 12 is composed of light emitting elements of three colors of red, blue, and green to constitute one light emitting element 12.

 When the present invention is applied to the sauna room shown in FIG. 3, in addition to the bathing effect described above, music and video effects are added, so that the bather can spend more comfortably. It can be further stabilized. In addition, the sauna room using the present invention can also be used as a color therapy or music therapy used as a treatment for mental illness, developmental disorder, or autism due to music or video effects. In addition, it is preferable that the melt-molded product 5 of refined salt or natural salt is milky white translucent. The light of the light emitting element 12 irradiated from the back surface of the melt-molded product 5 is transmitted, and the light has a blurred color as drawn in a watercolor painting. Therefore, a more fantastic image space can be formed in the sauna room, the bather's autonomic nerve can be further stabilized, and the bather's mind and body can be more relaxed.

  Moreover, as another embodiment, it is possible to use it in a bedrock bath facility or the like without using a sauna room.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view at the time of using one Embodiment of this invention for a sauna room. It is a block diagram of the temperature / humidity adjustment apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view at the time of using this invention for another sauna room.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Room main body 2 Building frame 3 Space 6a Supply air blower 6b Exhaust blower 7 Temperature / humidity sensor 8 Heating / humidifying device 10 Heating means 100 Temperature / humidity adjusting device

Claims (2)

A temperature / humidity adjustment system used in a sauna room or the like in which a space is provided between a room body and a building frame surrounding the room body,
Heating means for heating the space;
A temperature / humidity sensor for measuring the temperature and humidity in the room body, provided at a required location in the room body,
A heating and humidifying device for generating air to keep the temperature and humidity in the room body constant;
An air supply blower for introducing air generated by the heating and humidifying device into the room body;
An exhaust blower for discharging the air in the room body to the outside;
The temperature setting and humidity setting in the room body is performed in advance, the set temperature and setting humidity are compared with the temperature and humidity measured by the temperature and humidity sensor, and the heat generating means is set to the set temperature and setting humidity. And a temperature and humidity adjusting device for controlling the heating and humidifying device,
A temperature and humidity adjustment system characterized in that the interior of the room body is maintained at a temperature of 38 ° C to 45 ° C and a humidity of 30% to 50%. The temperature and humidity adjustment system according to claim 1, wherein the heating and humidifying device introduces outside air and generates air that keeps the temperature and humidity in the room body constant by the outside air.

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