JP2011000256A - Hormesis bath - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ceramic bath capable of well circulating a mineral, i.e. ceramic particles, exerting a hormesis effect.SOLUTION: The hormesis bath 1 has a bathtub 10 where a person takes a bath and the particles (hormesis particles G) exerting the hormesis effect are deposited. The bathtub 10 has: a bottom plate 20 capable of selecting passing or non-passing of the hormesis particles G; and an accumulation part 40 with a slope, which is arranged below the bottom plate 20 and receives the hormesis particles G passing through the bottom plate 20. Further, the hormesis bath 1 includes: a storing tank 50 for storing the hormesis particles G and arranged above the bathtub 10; a hot-water feeding pipe 57 for feeding hot water into the storing tank 50 to heat the hormesis particles G; a pipe 53 for connecting the accumulation part 40 and the storing tank 50; a vacuum pump 55 for feeding the hormesis particles G from the accumulation part 40 to the storing tank 50 through the pipe 53; and a hose 60 for feeding the hormesis particles G from the storing tank 50 to the bathtub 10.

Description

  The present invention relates to a bath in which mineral and ceramic grains (holmicsis grains) exhibiting a hormesis effect are deposited around a human body. In particular, the present invention relates to a bath that can efficiently circulate hormesis grains.

  In order to obtain a warm bath effect such as a sand bath, a ceramic particle bath that bathes in a tank filled with ceramic particles, and a bath that applies a shiatsu effect by dropping ceramic particles on the shoulder and waist have been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1). These technologies focus only on the far-infrared effect of ceramic grains. On the other hand, no one that focuses on the so-called hormesis effect has been proposed.

  Here, the hormesis effect refers to a physiologically stimulating action that shows an action that is normally harmful to a living organism, but shows a good action if it is in a very small amount. In particular, the radiation hormesis effect means that harmful radiation at high doses may have beneficial effects such as promoting growth and development of organisms, increasing fertility and extending lifespan at low doses (for example, Non-Patent Document 1).

  By the way, in such a mineral particle / ceramic particle bath, it is necessary to circulate the bath particles such as hanging the bath particles so that the whole body of the bather is buried, and then collecting and washing the bath particles. become.

  The ceramic bath of Patent Document 1 is one in which ceramic particles are collected from a tank and circulated by a circulation device, but no specific aspect or circulation path of the circulation device is mentioned.

JP 2001-353201 A

"Radon hormesis radon bath therapy recommended by doctors" Radiation hormesis clinical study group edited by Locus Inc.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ceramic bath in which mineral / ceramic grains exhibiting a hormesis effect can be circulated well.

The hormesis bath of the present invention
A) Bathing baths having the following A1) and A2), where the bather enters, and grains (holmicis grains) having a hormesis effect are deposited;
A1) A bottom plate on which the bather lies or sits down and can select whether the hormesis grains pass or not;
A2) A reservoir portion with a slope that is installed below the bottom plate and accommodates hormesis grains that have passed through the bottom plate;
B) means for supplying hot water into the bath;
C) a storage tank installed above the bathtub, where the hormesis grains are stored;
D) means for heating the hormesis grains in the storage tank;
E) a path connecting the reservoir below the bathtub and the storage tank;
F) feeding means for sending the hormesis grains from the reservoir through the path to the storage tank;
G) a hose that supplies hormesis grains from the storage tank to the bathtub;
It is characterized by providing.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, effects, such as a health condition improvement and stress relaxation, can be given to a bather by the warm bath effect and hormesis effect by the heated hormesis grain. In addition, according to the present invention, hormesis grains are deposited on and around the body of the bather, so that sufficient radiation is applied from the immediate vicinity of the human body rather than when hormesis substances are applied to bathroom walls and floors. Can be applied to the human body.

The hormesis grains can be produced, for example, by kneading uranium ore or the following low-radiation granite powder with clay, forming into granules, and firing at a low temperature. The hormesis grains preferably contain 2 mg / cm ³ or more of low radiation emitting granite powder of 1 becquerel or more per 1 g. More preferably, the content is 0.06 to 0.1 g / cm ³ . Low radiation granite is a granite containing radium ore that emits radon. The radon concentration in the bath is preferably 50 to 200 becquerel / m ³ / hr.

  Further, hormesis grains are sent from the bath tub to the storage tank by a feeding means, optionally heated and washed in the storage tank, and then sent to the bath tub with a hose and deposited on or around the bather. And it is possible to realize efficient hormesis particle circulation in which the water is again collected in the storage tank after bathing.

  In the present invention, the feeding means is a vacuum pump attached to the storage tank, and the reservoir is vacuumed by pulling the storage tank to a vacuum with the pump, and the reservoir part below the bathtub It is preferable to send hormesis grains to the storage tank through the path.

  Alternatively, the feeding means includes a compressor that generates compressed air, and a nozzle that is attached in the middle of the path and that ejects compressed air toward the storage tank, and travels from the reservoir to the storage tank. An air stream can be formed in the path and the hormesis grains can be sent on the air stream.

  In the present invention, the bottom plate is composed of fixed and moving slats arranged one above the other, and the moving slats are moved relative to the fixed slats so that the clearances of both slats are aligned in the vertical direction. Thus, it is preferable that the hormesis grains can pass and the hormesis grains cannot pass through by shifting the gap between the two slats in the vertical direction.

  The hormesis grains can be dropped into the lower reservoir by making the whole or most of the bottom plate on which the bather lies open and close. In other words, there is no need to collect hormesis grains by pushing or sweeping them. In addition, the shape of the gap of a snowboard can select a strip | belt shape, a square hole, a round hole etc.

In this invention, it is preferable that the reservoir part with a slope in which the said hormesis grain is accommodated has an inclination part which inclined below toward the lowest center part.
According to the present invention, hormesis grains falling on the inclined portion are easily collected in the central portion. Therefore, hormesis grains can be efficiently recovered from the bottom plate of the bath tub to the reservoir.

In this invention, it is preferable that the piping which supplies warm water is connected in the storage tank of the said hormesis grain.
By supplying warm water from a pipe to a storage tank in which hormesis grains are stored, hormesis grains can be heated or washed before being put on a bather.

In the present invention, it is preferable that an overflow drain port is provided above the front reservoir.
By supplying water to the reservoir in which the hormesis grains are stored and overflowing, the dust floating on the water surface can be discharged, and the hormesis grains can be kept clean.

In this invention, it is preferable that the said vacuum pump or a compressor is installed in the exterior of the room in which the said bathtub is installed.
Since the vacuum pump and the compressor are noisy, the noise can be reduced by installing the vacuum pump or the compressor in a room separated from the room in which the bathtub is installed or in the outdoors. Furthermore, the electric system for supplying power to the vacuum pump and the compressor can be isolated from the room in which the tank equipped with the water supply facility is installed, and the occurrence of an accident such as an electric shock can be prevented. Alternatively, the equipment cost required for preventing electric shock and reducing noise can be reduced.

  As is clear from the above explanation, according to the present invention, hormesis grains are sent from the bathtub to the storage tank through the path by the feeding means, heated as necessary in the storage tank, and then sent to the bathtub with a hose, It is possible to provide an efficient hormesis granule circulation method in which the bath is recovered again after completion of bathing. By applying this circulation method, it is possible to provide a hormesis bath in which the bather can expect effects such as improvement of the health condition and relaxation of stress due to the warm bath effect and hormesis effect of the heated hormesis granules.

It is a figure which illustrates typically the composition of the whole hormesis bath concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a partial cross section perspective view which shows the structure of the tank of the hormesis bath of FIG. It is a figure explaining the use condition of the hormesis bath of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 (A) is at the time of bathing, FIG.3 (B) shows the state after completion | finish of bathing. It is a figure which illustrates typically the composition of the tank periphery of a hormesis bath concerning a 2nd embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the hormesis bath 1 of the present invention has a bathtub 10 filled with hormesis grains G. As shown in FIG. 2, the bathtub 10 includes left and right side plates 11, 12, a head side end plate 13, a foot side end plate 14, and a bottom plate 20, and is deep enough for a person to lie down. Have The bathtub 10 is made of, for example, wood or FRP.

  The hormesis grains G are spherical materials made of minerals and ceramics that emit low doses of radiation and infrared rays. The diameter of the hormesis grain G is 2 to 4 mm.

  Hot water pipes 30 extending in the length direction of the tank are provided on the inner surfaces of the left and right side plates 11 and 12 of the bathtub 10. The hot water pipe 30 has an outlet 31 through which hot water blows out at a predetermined interval. For example, hot water of about 40 ° C. is supplied from the hot water pipe 30.

The bottom plate 20 has a head-side end portion 21 on which the bather's head is placed, a body portion 22 on which the body portion below the bather's neck lies, and a foot-side end portion 23 of the bather's foot. . The main body portion 22 has a double structure composed of a movable slatboard plate 22a and a fixed slatboard plate 22b that are arranged one above the other. The movable drainboard plate 22a is connected to a handle 25 provided on the head side end plate 13 of the bathtub 10 through a rack, a screw feed mechanism, or the like. By turning the handle 25, the movable slat board 22a moves relative to the fixed slat board 22b.
In this example, the case where the gap portion of the snowboard plate has a strip shape has been described, but the shape of the gap portion may be a shape such as a square hole or a round hole. However, a belt-like gap where a large opening can be obtained by movement of a small dimension is preferable.

  As shown in FIG. 3 (A), when the handle 25 is turned to shift the vertical position of the gap portions of the two slatboard plates 22a and 22b, the gap portion of one of the slatboard plates is blocked by the plate portion of the other slatboard plate. Therefore, the hormesis grains G can be stored on the upper surface of the main body 22. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3 (B), when the handle 25 is turned and the vertical positions of the clearance portions of both the saw blades 22a, 22b are aligned, the hormesis grains G pass through the overlapping clearance portion of the main body portion 22 ( And is accommodated in a reservoir 40 with a slope installed below a floor plate 20 described later.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the reservoir portion 40 with the slope is installed below the floor plate 20 of the bathtub 10. The reservoir 40 includes a central portion 41 provided substantially at the center in the length direction of the main body portion 22, and a slope portion 42 that is inclined downward from both ends of the main body portion 22 toward the central portion 41. The capacity of the reservoir 40 is, for example, 200 to 300 liters. The depth of the central portion 41 from the bottom plate 20 is, for example, 500 mm. After the hormesis grains G are stored on the bottom plate 20, the hormesis grains G fall from the gap to the reservoir 40 when the positions of the clearance portions of the upper and lower slat boards 22 a and 22 b of the main body portion 22 of the bottom plate 20 are aligned. At this time, the hormesis grains falling on the slope portion 42 are sent toward the central portion 41 along the inclination.

  A drain pipe 45 is connected to the lower surface of the central portion 41. An on-off valve 46 is attached in the middle of the drain pipe 45. Further, a hot water supply pipe 47 for hormesis grain cleaning is connected to the reservoir 40. An open / close valve 48 is attached in the middle of the hot water supply pipe 47. An overflow drain pipe 49 is connected to the uppermost part of the reservoir 40 (just below the bottom plate 20). These actions will be described later.

Next, a configuration for circulating the hormesis grains G will be described.
A storage tank 50 in which hormesis grains G are stored is installed above the bathtub 10. The storage tank 50 is supported by a support column 51, for example. The storage tank 50 is made of, for example, stainless steel, and it is preferable that a buffer material such as rubber is attached to the inner surface in order to reduce the falling sound of hormesis grains. The volume of the storage tank 50 is, for example, 200 to 300 liters. The height from the floor surface of the storage tank 50 is, for example, 1500 mm, and the height from the bottom plate 20 of the bathtub 10 is, for example, 1000 mm.

  The storage tank 50 and the central portion 41 of the reservoir portion 40 with the slope of the bathtub 10 are connected by a pipe 53. For example, the pipe 53 extends from the central portion 41 of the reservoir 40 through the end plate 14 through the inside of the bathtub 10 and passes through the end plate 14, and then bends upward to connect to the storage tank 50. To do. The inner diameter of the pipe 53 is preferably about 50 mm.

  A vacuum pump 55 (for example, ORION-DRY-PUMP (trade name, manufactured by ORION)) is connected to the storage tank 50. The vacuum pump 55 is arranged in a room different from the room in which the bathtub 10 is installed. Thereby, the noise of a pump can be reduced. Furthermore, the electric system that supplies power to the pump can be isolated from the room in which the bathtub is installed, which is equipped with water supply equipment, and the occurrence of accidents such as electric shock can be prevented. Furthermore, if the vacuum pump 55 is housed in a soundproof box, a higher soundproofing effect can be obtained. Alternatively, there is no need to newly install facilities necessary for preventing electric shock and reducing noise.

Further, a hot water supply pipe 57 is connected to the storage tank 50. By supplying hot water from the tube 57 to the storage tank 50, the hormesis grains in the storage tank 50 can be heated. The hormesis grains can also be washed. An open / close valve 58 is attached in the middle of the hot water supply pipe 57.
A hose 60 extending on the bottom plate 20 of the bathtub 10 is connected to the lower part of the storage tank 50. The hose 60 is for supplying hormesis grains in the storage tank 50 to the bathtub 10. For example, a bellows type hose (for example, spiral hose (trade name), manufactured by Sanko Co., Ltd.) can be used as the hose 50. A valve 61 (for example, a ball valve (trade name), manufactured by Sanko Co., Ltd.) is interposed between the hose 60 and the storage tank 50. Further, a drain pipe 63 is connected to the lower part of the storage tank 50. An on-off valve 64 is attached in the middle of the drain pipe 63.

Next, an example of how to use the hormesis granule bath 1 will be described with reference mainly to FIG.
Here, an example in which hormesis grains G circulate in the storage tank 50 → the hose 60 → the bathtub 10 → the pipe 53 → the storage tank 50 will be described.
In a state (initial state) in which the hormesis grains G are stored in the storage tank 50, the valve 61 at the base of the hose 60 is closed, and the on-off valve 64 of the drain pipe 63 is closed. First, the on-off valve 58 of the hot water supply pipe 57 is opened to supply hot water to the storage tank 50. The temperature of warm water is 40-70 degreeC, for example. After supplying a predetermined amount of hot water, the on-off valve 58 is closed. By leaving in this state for a predetermined time, the hormesis grains G are heated to about 20 to 40 ° C. Thereafter, the on-off valve 64 of the drain pipe 63 is opened to drain the hot water.
In addition, the heating operation | work of this hormesis grain is performed as needed. Moreover, the hormesis grain washing | cleaning operation | work can also be performed by storing the hormesis grain of the storage tank 50, supplying hot water, and draining.

  On the other hand, in the bathtub 10, the main body portion 22 of the bottom plate 20 is capable of storing hormesis grains G by moving the movable slat plate 22 a with respect to the fixed slat plate 22 b so that the position of the gap is displaced ( FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 (A) state). Then, as shown in FIG. 3A, the bather B lies on the main body 22 with the head placed on the head-side end 21 of the bottom plate 20. The open / close valve 48 of the hot water supply pipe 47 for cleaning and the open / close valve 46 of the drain pipe 45 connected to the reservoir 40 with the slope are closed.

Thereafter, the valve 61 provided at the base of the hose 60 is opened, and the hormesis grains G are guided from the storage tank 50 through the hose 60 to the bathtub 10 and are uniformly applied to the body of the bather B and are deposited on the upper surface of the body and the surroundings. In this case, if a hose having contractibility such as a bellows type is used, it is easy to hang around the body of the bather B. At the same time, hot water is supplied into the tank from the spout 31 of the hot water pipe 30 provided in the bathtub 10. The temperature of the hot water is preferably about 35 to 45 ° C.
In this way, by depositing hormesis grains around the human body, it is possible to apply a large amount of radiation closer and closer than when applying hormesis substances to walls and floors.

  The bather B obtains a warm bath effect by the heated hormesis grains G and the warm water supplied from the warm water pipe 30. Furthermore, a hormesis effect is obtained from hormesis grains. The bather B bathes in this state for a predetermined time (for example, 20 minutes to 1 hour). In addition, although each board part of the upper and lower snowboard boards 22a and 22b is the state which block | closed the clearance part, the clearance gap has opened a little between the upper and lower board parts. In this clearance, hormesis grains having a relatively large diameter cannot pass, but water can pass through. Therefore, the supplied hot water is not stored on the bottom plate 20 but falls to the reservoir 40. The fallen hot water is stored in the reservoir 40 and eventually drained from the overflow drain pipe 49. After a predetermined bathing time has elapsed, bather B leaves bath tub 10. Then, the supply of hot water from the hot water pipe 30 is stopped.

  After bather B exits bathing tub 10, turns handle 25 and moves movable slat board 22a relative to fixed slatted board 22b so that the position of the gap portion of main body 22 of bottom plate 20 overlaps vertically. To do. Thereby, the hormesis grain G falls from the overlapped gap portion to the reservoir portion 40 (state shown in FIG. 3B). In addition, although hormesis grains deposited on the plate portion of the upper movable slatboard plate 22a remain, since they are small amounts, they are swept away or washed away with a shower.

  The hormesis grains that have fallen on the slope portion 42 of the reservoir portion 40 are sent to the central portion 41 along the slope and stored. After all hormesis grains G fall from the bottom plate 20 to the reservoir 40, the on-off valve 48 provided in the hot water supply pipe 47 is opened to supply cleaning water to the reservoir 40. Water is filled in the reservoir 40 and is eventually drained from the overflow drain pipe 49. As a result, dust floating on the water surface is discharged. Thereafter, the on-off valve 48 of the hot water supply pipe 47 is closed to stop the overflow, and then the on-off valve 46 of the drain pipe 45 is opened to drain the reservoir 40. A filter that prevents the hormesis granules G from dropping into the drain pipe 45 is attached upstream of the on-off valve 46.

  Thereafter, the open / close valve 48 of the hot water supply pipe 47 and the open / close valve 46 of the drain pipe 45 are closed. Further, the valve 61 at the base of the hose 60 is closed, the storage tank 50 is sealed, and the vacuum pump 55 is operated. Then, the inside of the tank 55 is evacuated to a negative pressure, and the air and hormesis grains G are drawn from the reservoir 40 through the pipe 53 to the storage tank 50. When the hormesis grains G stored in the central portion 41 are drawn, the hormesis grains G stored in the inclined portion 42 fall to the central portion 41 along the inclination, and all hormesis grains G are in the central portion 41. To be collected. Thus, after the hormesis grains G in the reservoir 40 are collected in the storage tank 50, the pump 55 is stopped. Thereby, it returns to the initial state in which the hormesis grains G are accommodated in the storage tank 50.

  In addition, in this invention, although the bathtub 10 was made into the shape for a person to lie down, it can also be made into the shape which can take a bath in the state which the person sat down.

Next, another example of hormesis grain recovery means will be described with reference to FIG.
In this example, not the vacuum pump 55 but a compressor 70 that generates compressed air and a nozzle 71 that ejects compressed air toward the storage tank 50 in the middle of the pipe 53 are used. As the compressor 70, for example, a wonder gun (trade name, manufactured by Osawa & Company) (suction force: 6 liter / min) can be used. When the compressor 70 is operated, compressed air is jetted from the nozzle 71 to the storage tank 50 through the portion 53a of the pipe 53 on the storage tank 50 side. Thereby, an air flow from the reservoir 40 toward the storage tank 50 is formed in the entire pipe 53. The hormesis grains can be sent from the reservoir 40 to the storage tank 50 in this air flow.

Specific examples and dimensions of each component in the example of FIG. 1 will be described.
Vacuum pump 55: ORION-DRY-PUMP (trade name, manufactured by ORION),
Vacuum pump 55 suction power: 500 liters / minute,
Amount of hormesis grains G: 200 liters (bulk specific gravity: 1.2 to 1.4 g / cm ³ ),
The length of the pipe 53: 3 to 4 m,
Diameter of pipe 53: 4-6 cm,
Height of the storage tank 50 from the central portion 41 of the reservoir 40: 0.4 m.

  Under the above conditions, when the vacuum pump 55 was operated for 20 minutes, all hormesis grains G stored in the reservoir 41 could be recovered in the storage tank 50.

An example of a method for producing hormesis grains will be described. 300 g of clay and 120 g of water were mixed with 100 g of the radium-containing granite powder (diameter: 30 to 60 μm, radon concentration: 100 to 300 becquerel / m ³ / hr) and mixed thoroughly. This clay-like material was formed into a particle size of 2 to 5 mm using a granulator (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., bread type granulator) and allowed to dry naturally. Then, it put into the furnace, baked at the temperature of 1100-1300 degreeC for 14 hours, and stood to cool, and produced hormesis grain.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hormesis bath 10 Bathtub 11, 12 Side plate 14 Foot side end plate 20 Bottom plate 21 Head side end portion 22 Main body portion 22a Moving snowboard plate 22b Fixed snowboard plate 23 Foot side end portion 25 Handle 30 Hot water pipe 31 Spout 40 With slope Reservoir part 41 Central part 42 Slope part 45 Drain pipe 46 Open / close valve 47 Hot water supply pipe 48 Open / close valve 49 Overflow drain pipe 50 Storage tank 51 Strut 53 Pipe 55 Vacuum pump 57 Hot water supply pipe 58 Open / close valve 60 Hose 61 Valve 63 Drain pipe 63 On-off valve 70 Compressor 71 Nozzle

Claims (8)

A) Bathing baths having the following A1) and A2), where the bather enters, and grains (holmicis grains) having a hormesis effect are deposited;
A1) A bottom plate on which the bather lies or sits down and can select whether the hormesis grains pass or not;
A2) A reservoir portion with a slope that is installed below the bottom plate and accommodates hormesis grains that have passed through the bottom plate;
B) means for supplying hot water into the bath;
C) a storage tank installed above the bathtub, where the hormesis grains are stored;
D) means for heating the hormesis grains in the storage tank;
E) a path connecting the reservoir below the bathtub and the storage tank;
F) feeding means for sending the hormesis grains from the reservoir through the path to the storage tank;
G) a hose that supplies hormesis grains from the storage tank to the bathtub;
A hormesis bath characterized by comprising: The feeding means is a vacuum pump attached to the storage tank,
2. The hormesis grains are sent to the storage tank through the path from the reservoir portion under the bathtub by pulling the storage tank to a vacuum by using the pump. The described hormesis bath. The feeding means is
A compressor for generating compressed air, and
A nozzle that is attached in the middle of the path and that jets compressed air toward the storage tank,
The hormesis bath according to claim 1, wherein an air flow from the reservoir to the storage tank is formed in the path, and hormesis grains are sent on the air flow. The bottom plate is composed of fixed and moving slats that are arranged one above the other,
The hormesis grains can be passed by moving the moving slats relative to the fixed slats and aligning the skimmers of both slats in the vertical direction, and the hormesis grains cannot pass by shifting the skimmers of both slats in the vertical direction. The hormesis granule bath according to claim 1, 2, or 3.   The hormesis bath according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the reservoir portion with the slope in which the hormesis grains are accommodated has an inclined portion inclined downward toward a lowermost central portion.   The hormesis bath according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein piping for supplying hot water is connected to the hormesis grain storage tank.   The hormesis granule bath according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein an overflow drainage port is provided above the front reservoir.   The hormesis bath according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the vacuum pump or the compressor is installed outside a room in which the bathtub is installed.

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