JP2012158935A - Entrance washing system of public bath - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an entrance washing system of a public bath, which is used for body washing, which is disposed in an entrance of a bathroom in the public bath, and which can exert sufficient disinfection effects and washing effects.SOLUTION: In an entrance washing system of a public bath, a disinfection area 1A and a washing area 1B are sequentially provided as passages directed toward a bathroom. In the disinfection area 1A, a shower 10 for laterally emitting a jet of antiseptic solution at a temperature of 25-40°C is provided on a wall in a range of a height of 60-120 cm, and a foot washing pan 11 with a depth of 5-30 cm, in which the antiseptic solution jetted from the shower 10 is to be stored, is provided on a floor. In the washing area 1B, a warm water cistern 16 for storing warm water at a temperature of 30-42°C as fresh warm water for pouring over a person outside a bathtub is provided.

Description

  The present invention relates to an entrance cleaning facility for public baths, and more particularly, to a body cleaning facility disposed at the entrance of a bathroom of a public bath.

  In public baths such as communal baths, the bath water is circulated and recycled from the viewpoint of preventing infectious diseases caused by pathogenic Escherichia coli, Legionella spp. Disinfect water and circulation equipment. Bacteria such as the above are brought into the bathtub by the bather, but excessive addition of bactericides is not preferred due to the effect on the human body, and from this point of view, reducing the carry of bacteria into the bathtub is important. As for the washing of the body before bathing, as with the swimming pool, washing with a shower can be considered, but in fact, it is a situation that is expected of the bather's morals.

  By the way, as a technique for body washing in a swimming pool, there are a bowl-shaped passage with a footbath on the floor, a horizontal nozzle for showers attached to the left and right side walls of the passage, and an upper part of the passage. A shower device is disclosed that includes a portal frame that is disposed and to which a downward nozzle for shower is attached (see Patent Document 1). Also, a foot wash pan having side walls on the left and right sides, a water supply pipe provided along the side wall above the foot wash pan and attached with a spray nozzle, and above the foot wash pan across the left and right side walls A shower unit comprising an arched water pipe provided with a spray nozzle is disclosed (see Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-331465 JP 2002-45302 A

  By the way, in public baths, the temperature of hot water is suitable for the propagation of bacteria, and the number of users for the amount of water in the bathtub is larger than that of swimming pools. is necessary. In particular, when washing the body before bathing, it is necessary to sufficiently disinfect and wash the lower body such as the crotch and toes. However, the body cleaning technique applied to the swimming pool only exposes tap water to the whole body and does not provide a sufficient cleaning effect. In the case of a bathhouse, there is also a demand that you do not want to wet your hair if you do not wash your hair.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is a washing facility for body washing disposed at the entrance of a bathroom of a public bath, which has a sufficient disinfecting effect and washing effect. The object is to provide a public bath entrance cleaning facility that can be used.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a disinfecting area and a cleaning area in order, and when passing through the disinfecting area, the lower body of the bather is disinfected with a disinfecting liquid shower and the disinfecting liquid is stored in the floor. The feet of the bather were sterilized with a foot wash pan, and at the washing area, the disinfecting solution adhered to the body was washed away with hot water so that the upper body could be washed. In addition, by setting the temperature of the disinfectant solution and the temperature of the hot water used for the hot water to a specific temperature, the disinfection / cleaning effect is enhanced and the bather is not uncomfortable.

  That is, the gist of the present invention is a washing facility for body washing disposed at the entrance of a bathroom of a public bath, and a disinfection area and a washing area are sequentially provided as a passage toward the bathroom, and the disinfection area is provided. Is a foot wash having a depth of 5 to 30 cm for storing a disinfectant sprayed from the shower provided on the wall with a shower spraying a disinfectant liquid of 25 to 40 ° C. in the lateral direction. A pan is provided on the floor, and a hot water tank for storing hot water at 30 to 42 ° C. as hot water is provided in the washing area.

  According to the present invention, in the disinfection area, the lower body of the bather is disinfected by a shower spraying a disinfectant solution at a specific temperature, and the foot of the bather is disinfected by a footbread pan that stores the disinfectant solution. With the hot water, the disinfectant attached to the body can be washed away and the upper body can be washed, so that the introduction of bacteria into the bathroom can be reduced. As a result, excessive addition of the bactericide into the bathtub can be suppressed.

It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the principal part of the inlet cleaning equipment which concerns on this invention. It is a top view which shows arrangement | positioning and the usage method of the apparatus in the entrance washing equipment of FIG. It is a top view which shows arrangement | positioning and the usage method of the apparatus in the other aspect of the inlet cleaning equipment which concerns on this invention. It is a top view which shows an example of the exit washing | cleaning equipment installed in a public bath. It is a top view of a public bathhouse which shows the example of installation of the entrance washing equipment concerning the present invention.

  An embodiment of a public bath entrance cleaning facility (hereinafter abbreviated as “cleaning facility”) according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As indicated by reference numeral 1 in FIG. 5, the cleaning facility of the present invention is a facility for body cleaning that is disposed at the entrance of a bathroom 3 in a public bath. FIG. 5 exemplifies a large-scale public bath, and the public bath shown in FIG. 5 is mainly composed of a dressing room 2 and a bathroom 3. The bathroom 3 is provided with a washing place 4 and a bathtub 5. The bathroom 3 is provided with a sauna room 7 and a bathtub 8 for bathing. Furthermore, the bathtub 6 which comprises an outdoor bath is installed in the outdoor part constructed | assembled as the garden of the bathroom 3. FIG. And the rock of the population for raising a landscape is arrange | positioned around the bathtub 6. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the cleaning equipment 1 of the present invention is installed as a passage from the dressing room 2 to the bathroom, and as shown in FIG. 2, a disinfection area 1A and a cleaning area 1B are sequentially provided. Has been. The disinfecting area 1A is provided for disinfecting the bather's body, particularly the lower body and the toes, and the cleaning area 1B is provided for washing away the disinfecting liquid adhering to the body and washing the upper body.

  As shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, the shower 10 which injects 25-40 degreeC disinfectant laterally is provided in the wall in the range of 60-120 cm in height in 1 A of disinfection areas. As the disinfectant, a sodium hypochlorite aqueous solution (chlorine concentration: 100 to 600 ppm) is usually used. The shower 10 is configured by attaching a spray nozzle to a pipe extended in the horizontal direction, and the pipes of the shower 10 are respectively arranged horizontally along the left and right wall sides of the sterilization area 1A. Three to ten spray nozzles constituting the shower 10 are attached to one pipe. Usually, the distance between the left and right showers 10 (pipe interval) is about 60 to 70 cm, and the length of one shower 10 (the horizontal length of the pipe to which the spray nozzle is attached) is about 1 to 1.5 m. It is.

  The shower 10 has a rising pipe (vertical pipe on the left side in FIG. 1) and an underfloor pipe (FIGS. 1 and 2) by the operation of the pump 13 and the operation of a solenoid valve (not shown) attached to the downstream portion of the pump. The disinfecting liquid in the disinfecting liquid tank 12 is supplied to each of the above horizontal pipes through a horizontal pipe (shown in phantom lines) and a rising pipe (vertical pipe on the right side in FIG. 1) and sprayed from the spray nozzle. It is made like that. The disinfecting liquid tank 12 for storing the disinfecting liquid has a stock liquid tank (not shown) for storing a high concentration disinfecting liquid stock solution, a water supply pipe for supplying dilution water, a stirrer such as a screw, and the concentration of the disinfecting liquid. A concentration meter (not shown) for detection is provided, and in the disinfecting liquid tank 12, the storage amount and concentration of the disinfecting liquid are kept constant by the supply control of the disinfecting liquid stock solution and water by a control device described later. It is made like that. The disinfecting liquid tank 12 may be configured to supply a disinfecting liquid adjusted to a certain concentration in advance according to the remaining amount. The solenoid valve for operating the shower 10 is controlled based on a signal from an inlet sensor 1s described later.

  The installation height of the shower 10 (the height of the spray nozzle) is normally set in the range of 60 to 120 cm, preferably in the range of 90 to 100 cm. By setting the height of the shower 10 within the above range, the crotch and buttocks of the body can be directly disinfected and cleaned, and the introduction of bacteria and dirt into the bathroom 3 can be reliably reduced. The temperature of the disinfecting liquid sprayed from the shower 10 is usually set to 25 to 40 ° C., preferably 30 to 35 ° C., in order not to give unpleasant feeling to the bather passing through the disinfecting area 1A. The disinfecting liquid tank 12 is provided with a heater and a thermometer (not shown), and the temperature of the disinfecting liquid is constant in the disinfecting liquid tank 12 by controlling energization of the heater based on the detected temperature. For example, it is made to hold | maintain at 30-35 degreeC.

  In the disinfecting area 1A, a foot wash pan 11 having a depth of 5 to 30 cm for storing disinfecting liquid sprayed from the shower is provided on the floor. The foot wash pan 11 is provided with a structure that is dropped onto the floor in order to temporarily store the disinfecting liquid sprayed from the shower 10 and disinfect the feet of the bather passing through the disinfecting area 1A. . The temperature of the disinfecting liquid stored in the foot wash pan 11 is set to 20 to 35 ° C. by adjusting the temperature of the disinfecting liquid sprayed from the shower 10. The depth of the footbread 11 is usually set to 5 to 30 cm, preferably 10 to 20 cm. By setting the depth of the foot-washing pan 11 within the above range, it is possible to effectively disinfect and clean the toes without making walking difficult. The disinfecting solution for the footbread pan 11 is discharged out of the system through a drainage pit 11p on the floor of the cleaning area 1B, which will be described later, and is replaced.

  Moreover, the shelf 14 is provided in the position of 120-150 cm in height in one wall of the disinfection area 1A. That is, the shelf 14 is arranged at a position higher than the shower 10 described above. Such a shelf 14 is for temporarily placing a bather so that the baggage brought into the bathroom 3 does not get wet when the bather passes through the disinfection area 1A. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 1, a shelf 15 may be provided below the shelf 14, and a disinfectant container for the bather to disinfect the hands and upper body separately may be placed thereon.

  As shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, the hot water tank 16 which stores the hot water of 30-42 degreeC as a hot water is provided in the washing | cleaning area 1B. As the hot water in the hot water tank 16, for example, pure water (RO water) obtained through a reverse osmosis membrane or so-called soft water having a hardness of 80 or less is used in order to enhance the cleaning effect. In particular, the above pure water is preferable from the viewpoint of the cleaning effect. Such pure water (RO water) can be produced by the following pure water production apparatus.

  That is, the pure water production apparatus includes a raw water tank for storing raw water such as well water, a chlorine addition device for sterilization containing granular salt, a sand filter, a non-twisted membrane filter, and a carbon filter containing granular carbon Are mainly composed of a pretreatment device, a reverse osmosis membrane module made of a hollow fiber membrane, a spiral membrane or a tubular membrane, and a filtration water tank for storing water obtained by permeating the reverse osmosis membrane module. ing. Then, by supplying the water in the raw water tank to the chlorine adding device and the pretreatment device with a pump, after sterilizing and removing foreign substances and odors, further supplying the reverse osmosis membrane module with a pump, Pure water from which other impurities and bacteria have been completely removed is manufactured and stored in a filtered water tank. The basic structure of the pure water production apparatus as described above is well known and disclosed in JP2007-326029, JP2008-161818, JP201008261, and the like.

  The hot water tank 16 is provided along one wall side of the cleaning area 1B. The hot water tank 16 is an elongated box-shaped water tank having a width of about 25 to 40 cm, a length of about 80 to 150 cm, and an upper end height of about 80 to 100 cm, and the amount of stored water is about 80 to 300 liters. The temperature of the hot water in the hot water tank 16 is usually set to 30 to 42 ° C., preferably 35 to 40 ° C., in order not to give uncomfortable feeling to the bather. The hot water tank 16 is manufactured by the pure water manufacturing apparatus and heated to a constant temperature by the heater so that hot water is supplied through a hot water supply port (not shown) in the hot water tank and a hot water supply port 16c on the wall side. It is configured.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 2, the shower 19 which injects the hot water of 30-42 degreeC as a hot water may be provided in the washing | cleaning area 1B on the wall. The shower 19 injects a part of hot water supplied to the hot water tank 16, that is, hot water manufactured by a pure water manufacturing apparatus and heated to a constant temperature by a heater. Furthermore, as shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, the shelf 17 is provided in the position of 120-150 cm in height at the wall of the washing | cleaning area 1B. Such a shelf 17 is for temporarily placing the baggage brought into the bathroom 3 so as not to get wet when the bather passes the washing area 1B. The floor of the washing area 1B has a drain pit 11p for discharging the disinfecting liquid overflowing from the foot washing pan 11, the water used as the hot water, and the water overflowing from the hot water tank 16 to the outside of the hot water tank 16. It has been.

  The cleaning equipment 1 of the present invention is configured to be operated by a separately provided control device (not shown) and an inlet sensor 1s. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a sensor 1s such as a light sensor including a light source and a light receiving unit is attached to the entrance of the disinfection area 1A, and the shower 10 is a bather who enters the disinfection area 1A. Is detected by the sensor 1s and is operated by the function of the control device.

  Specifically, in the cleaning facility 1, when the bather enters the sterilization area 1A, the shower 10 operates, and when passing through the sterilization area 1A, the lower body of the bather can be sterilized by the shower 10. In addition, the feet of the bather can be sterilized by the foot wash pan 11 on the floor where the disinfectant is stored. Furthermore, the bather can use the hot water in the hot water tank 16 in the washing area 1B, wash away the disinfectant and dirt attached to the body with the hot water, and wash the upper body. The shower 19 can also be used as a hot water. Moreover, in the present invention, since the temperature of the disinfectant solution and the temperature of the hot water used for the hot water are set to specific temperatures, the disinfection / cleaning effect can be enhanced and the bather can be uncomfortable. Absent.

  As described above, when the cleaning equipment 1 of the present invention is used, the body of the bather entering the bathroom 3 is disinfected and cleaned in the flow of action, so that it is ensured that bacteria are brought into the bathroom 3. Can be reduced. As a result, dirt on the hot water in the bathtubs 5 and 6 can be reduced, and excessive addition of the bactericide into the bathtub can be suppressed. Moreover, since the introduction of bacteria into the bathroom 3 is reduced, the occurrence of infectious diseases can also be suppressed.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the washing | cleaning equipment of this invention can also arrange | position several groups, for example, 2 units | sets in parallel according to the scale of a bathhouse. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, an outlet washing facility 9 for body washing may be arranged at the outlet of the bathroom 3 in the bathhouse. As shown in FIG. 4, the outlet cleaning facility 9 is a cleaning facility configured as a cleaning area, and is provided with a hot water tank 91 that stores hot water as hot water. Moreover, the shower 93 which injects the hot water as a hot water is provided in the wall. Reference numerals 92 and 94 indicate shelves on which baggage is placed when a person leaving the room takes a bath. And as warm water used for a hot water, the pure water (RO water) obtained through the reverse osmosis membrane like the hot water in the above-mentioned washing | cleaning equipment 1 is preferable. When the above-described outlet cleaning facility 9 is provided in a public bath, it is possible to reduce the take-out of bacteria to the home.

1: Entrance cleaning equipment 1A: Disinfection area 1B: Cleaning area 1s: Sensor 10: Shower 11: Foot wash pan 11p: Drain pit 12: Disinfectant tank 13: Pump 14: Shelf 15: Shelf 16: Hot water tank 16c: Hot water outlet 17: Shelf 18: 桶 19: Shower 2: Dressing room 3: Bathroom

Claims (4)

  This is a washing facility for body washing that is arranged at the entrance of a bathroom of a public bath. A disinfection area and a washing area are sequentially provided as a passage to the bathroom, and the disinfection area has a disinfection temperature of 25 to 40 ° C. A shower that sprays the liquid in the horizontal direction is provided on the wall in a range of 60 to 120 cm in height, and a foot wash pan with a depth of 5 to 30 cm that stores the disinfecting liquid sprayed from the shower is provided on the floor, and is washed An entrance washing facility for a public bath, wherein the area is provided with a hot water tank for storing hot water of 30 to 42 ° C. as hot water.   The entrance cleaning equipment according to claim 1, wherein a shower for spraying hot water of 30 to 42 ° C as hot water is provided on the wall in the cleaning area.   The entrance cleaning equipment according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a luggage rack is provided at a height of 120 to 150 cm on each wall of the disinfection area and the cleaning area.   The inlet cleaning equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the hot water as the hot water is pure water obtained through a reverse osmosis membrane.

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