JP2018094328A - Health-enhancing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily convert a bathtub or the like daily used as a bathing apparatus into a health-enhancing apparatus, namely, easily install a health-enhancing apparatus in an established bathtub in a general household by providing the health-enhancing apparatus with portability.SOLUTION: A microbubble generator jets massive liquid including microbubbles to a jetting object T immersed in a water tank 1, in water, and jets shower-like liquid including the microbubbles from an arbitrary position in the air, where the microbubble generator 2 is connected to a pump P. The pump sucks hot water or the like in the water tank 1 via a water suction pipe 3 and circulatively supplies pressurized water via a discharge pipe 4 to the MB generators 2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a health promotion device that applies microbubbles ejected from a microbubble generator and a liquid containing the microbubbles to health enhancement of an ejected object.

Conventionally, a health promotion device such as a foot bath device using a fine bubble generator is known.
For example, the “foot bath device” of Patent Document 1 includes a foot bath container 11 and a plurality of micro-bubble generators 12 arranged in a casing 24 a of a micro-bubble generator 24 immersed in hot water stored in the foot bath container 11. , 13, a pump P for circulating the hot water in the foot bath container 11 to the fine bubble generators 12, 13 through the water supply pipe 18, and a gas flow path 14 a for supplying air to the fine bubble generators 12, 13. , 14b, 15 are provided.
The effect of this “foot bathing device” is described as “... a blood circulation promoting action, a sedative action, and an autonomic nerve adjusting action” (paragraph “0016”).

The “bathtub adapter and hot water heater using the same” disclosed in Patent Document 2 includes a hot water storage tank unit 2, a heat pump unit 60, a warm bath ejector 80, a bath adapter 90, and the like, and fine bubbles are generated from the warm bath ejector 80. The bathtub water in which the fine bubbles are mixed is supplied into the bathtub 50 through the bathtub adapter 90 (paragraph 0021 in the specification of the same document 2).
Also in the literature 2, “the fine bubbles can be attached to the whole body of the bather regardless of the bathing posture and the bathing position in the bathtub 50, and the blood flow volume of the whole body by the fine vibration when the fine bubbles burst. Can be increased to obtain a high warm bath effect ”(paragraph 0029 of the specification of Patent Document 2).

However, the “foot bathing device” of Patent Document 1 cannot be used together with a daily bathing device, and the bathtub with the “tub adapter and water heater using the same” of Patent Document 2 is used as a bathing device. It is necessary to incorporate the “tub adapter and hot water heater using the same” into the bathtub.
In other words, these foot bath devices and the like cannot be easily installed in existing bathtubs in ordinary households as water tanks, and these health promotion devices are installation type and lack portability. However, it cannot be easily installed in an existing bathtub.

  Further, the fine bubble generators 12 and 13 of Patent Document 1 and the warm bath ejector 80 of Patent Document 2 cannot be used as a shower, and uses other than the warm bath are not suggested.

  Further, the descriptions of “blood circulation enhancing action” and “warm bath effect” described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 are only qualitative descriptions (see, for example, paragraph 0052 and Table 1 of Patent Document 1) and are not necessarily objective. There is no description of supporting evidence of quantitative experimental data.

Japanese Patent No. 4807968 JP2014-18461

  Therefore, the present invention makes it possible to easily convert a bathtub or the like that is routinely used as a bathing device into a health promotion device, that is, a health promotion device can be easily added to an existing bathtub in a general household as a water tank. Add portability to the health promotion device,

  Making it possible to use the microbubble generator as a shower, expanding it to uses other than warm baths, and expanding the use of health promotion devices to pets of pet animals,

  It is another object of the present invention to provide objective and quantitative experimental data, to clarify that a microbubble generator is useful for health promotion, and to provide a health promotion device.

In order to achieve this object, the health promotion device according to the present invention comprises:
A container main body having a cylindrical space having a gas introduction hole on one end side and an opening formed on the other end side, and opened in a tangential direction in a part of the inner wall circumferential surface of the cylindrical space; and Using a microbubble generator comprising a pressurized liquid inlet connected to a pipe for supplying pressurized liquid, the microbubbles ejected by the microbubble generator and the subject to be sprayed with the liquid containing the microbubbles In the health promotion device to improve the health of
On the front face of the cap, the other end side is provided with another container that is closed at the center part and opened only in the peripheral part thereof, and the liquid to be ejected is jetted with a massive liquid containing microbubbles in water, A health promotion device comprising at least one microbubble generating device that ejects a shower-like liquid containing microbubbles from an arbitrary position in the air (the invention of claim 1 is hereinafter referred to as a microbubble cleaning device) Called)

A container main body having a cylindrical space having a gas introduction hole on one end side and an opening formed on the other end side, and opened in a tangential direction in a part of the inner wall circumferential surface of the cylindrical space; and Using a microbubble generator comprising a pressurized liquid inlet connected to a pipe for supplying pressurized liquid, the microbubbles ejected by the microbubble generator and the subject to be sprayed with the liquid containing the microbubbles In the health promotion device to improve the health of
A plurality of microbubble generators in which the pressurized liquid introduction port is connected to a branch pipe branched from the pipe is directed to an injection target accommodated in a water tank, and each opening faces the injection target. The health promotion device is characterized by being arranged as described above (claim 2).

  The microbubble generator has a negative potential around minus 40 millivolts in a liquid, generates a large amount of microbubbles having a diameter of about 10 to 40 μm, and contracts most of the microbubbles immediately after the generation. The health promotion device is characterized by generating the above (invention of claim 3).

  A health promoting device is characterized in that a cap for ejecting microbubbles ejected from the opening in a shower-like manner is detachably attached to the other end of the microbubble generator. Invention).

  The health promoting device is characterized in that the opening is arranged so that the microbubble and the liquid containing the microbubble can be jetted close to the target to be jetted (the invention of claim 5).

  The health promotion apparatus is characterized in that the injection target is a pet of a pet animal (invention of claim 6).

  The health promotion device is characterized in that the subject to be jetted is a half-body bather or a whole body bather (the invention of claim 7 hereinafter referred to as a delivery microbubble nursing bath device).

  The health promotion device is characterized in that the injection target is the knee of the subject (the invention of claim 8, hereinafter referred to as a delivery knee bath device).

  The health promotion device is provided with a movable gantry (invention of claim 8).

  A health promotion device is characterized in that a heater is attached to the health promotion device (invention of claim 9).

  The health promotion device is provided with a timer for controlling the operation thereof (the invention of claim 9).

  The health promotion device is a health promotion device capable of controlling the ejection pressure, flow rate or liquid temperature of a liquid containing microbubbles (Invention of Claim 10).

  The health promotion device according to the present invention is not a physical integration of the microbubble generator and the water tank, and the health promotion device can be easily installed when the bath tub of the bathing device is used as the water tank. Portability can be added to the enhancement device.

By providing a microbubble generator for ejecting a block-like liquid containing microbubbles in water and jetting a shower-like liquid containing microbubbles from any position in the air to the target to be jetted contained in a water tank A liquid containing microbubbles can be jetted close to the target to be jetted.
In addition, since the microbubble generator can be used as a shower, it can be applied to uses other than warm baths, for example, a cleaning device that removes dirt adhered to an injection target, and extends the use of health promotion devices to pets of pet animals. Can do.

Since the plurality of microbubble generators are arranged to face the injection target and the openings face the injection target, the microbubble generation devices can be integrated and arranged on the injection target. Microbubbles can be filled in the water tank at a high density with respect to the injection target, and more intensive microbubble proximity injection is possible.
Therefore, the effect of a warm bath, etc. can be exhibited, including the promotion of blood flow of the injection target, which is useful for health promotion, and the effect of cleaning dirt adhering to the injection target can be achieved.

  Furthermore, as in the examples described later, by providing objective and quantitative experimental data and the like, it is clarified that the microbubble generator is useful for health promotion, and a health promotion device is provided thereon. be able to.

A perspective view showing the configuration of the microbubble cleaning device, (1) and (2) Explanatory drawing explaining the use state of the apparatus, A cross-sectional view of a microbubble generator, Sectional drawing of the microbubble generator of another example, (1)-(3) The perspective view of another container which comprises a microbubble generator, action explanatory drawing, and a front view, A plan view of a delivery microbubble nursing bath device, Side view, Sectional drawing which shows the assembly | attachment state of the microbubble generator of the apparatus, A plan view of another example of a delivery microbubble nursing bath device, Side view, Plan view of the knee bath device for delivery, Side view, Front view of the knee bath device The front view, Drawing substitute photograph of the microbubble generator used in the examples, Action diagram of microbubbles, Drawing substitute photo showing the action of microbubbles, Action diagram of microbubbles, Action diagram of microbubbles, Drawing substitute photo showing the action of microbubbles, A graph explaining the action of microbubbles, Drawing substitute photograph of the delivery micro bubble nursing bath device used in the examples, Drawing substitute photo of a delivery microbubble nursing bath device of another example used in the embodiment, Drawing substitute photo of a delivery microbubble nursing bath device of another example used in the embodiment, Drawing substitute photograph of the delivery micro bubble nursing bath device used in the examples, Drawing substitute photo of a delivery microbubble nursing bath device of another example used in the embodiment, Drawing substitute photo of a delivery microbubble nursing bath device of another example used in the embodiment, Use explanatory drawing of the delivery micro bubble care bath device used in the example, A graph showing the results of an experiment with a delivery microbubble nursing bath device, A graph showing the results of an experiment with a delivery microbubble nursing bath device, A graph showing the results of an experiment with a delivery microbubble nursing bath device, A graph showing the results of an experiment with a delivery microbubble nursing bath device, A graph showing the results of an experiment with a delivery microbubble nursing bath device, A graph showing the results of an experiment with a delivery microbubble nursing bath device, Drawing substitute photo of a delivery-destination knee bath device used in the examples, Photo substitute for the drawing, Photo substitute for the drawing, Drawing substitute photograph of another example of delivery bathing device used in Examples Photo substitute for the drawing, Drawing substitute photo showing the main part, Drawing substitute photo showing the main part, Drawing substitute photo showing the state of the experiment with the delivery knee bath device according to the example, Drawing substitute photograph showing the state of the experiment with another example of a delivery knee bath device according to the embodiment, A graph showing the results of an experiment with a delivery knee bath device, A graph showing the results of an experiment with a delivery knee bath device, It is a graph which shows the experimental result by a delivery knee bath apparatus.

A microbubble cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
In this figure and each figure mentioned later, the same structure attaches | subjects the same code | symbol and abbreviate | omits the overlapping description.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the microbubble cleaning device injects a massive liquid containing microbubbles in water against an injection target T (not shown in the figure) immersed in the water tank 1. The microbubble generator 2 for injecting a shower-like liquid containing microbubbles from an arbitrary position in the air is connected to a pump P.
The pump P absorbs hot water or the like in the water tank 1 through the water suction pipe 3 and circulates and supplies pressurized water to the MB device 2 through the discharge pipe 4. The configuration of the circulation supply is substantially the same in the following embodiments and examples.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the microbubble generator 2 is formed in a wall body on one end side, and has a hole gas introduction hole 20 connected to a gas introduction pipe 200 and an opening portion 21 on the other end side. A container body 23 having a cylindrical space 22, a pressurized liquid inlet 24 that is opened in a tangential direction on a part of the inner wall circumferential surface of the cylindrical space 22, and is connected to the discharge pipe 4. Consists of.

  As shown in FIG. 3, another wall 26 having a size surrounding the opening 21 and having a large number of through holes 27 on the other end side and capable of storing a liquid may be attached. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, another container 28 provided with an opening 25 may be attached to the other end side.

By providing these separate containers 26 and 28, a high-concentration gas-dissolved solution (microbubbles) can be generated in the separate containers 26 and 28, so that microbubbles can be easily produced and supplied as needed.
Further, by providing the separate container 26 or the separate container 28, the microbubbles can be ejected in a shower shape.
In addition, the sound emitted from the through hole 27 or the opening 25 when the separate container 26 is attached is attenuated as compared to the sound emitted from the opening 21 where the separate container 26 is not provided.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 (1) and (2), in the cap front surface 290 of the separate container 29, the central portion 291 may be closed and only the peripheral portion 292 may be opened.
With such a configuration, a circulating flow is formed in the cap 293, the amount of gas sucked from the gas introduction pipe 200 is increased, and the pressure in the cap 293 is increased to eject a shower-like liquid at a higher speed. it can.
As shown in FIG. 5 (3), in the size of the hole to be opened, by reducing the diameter of the outer hole 295 and increasing the diameter of the inner hole 296, two types of jetting liquid are allowed to flow out. You may do it.
For example, the outer hole 295 has a diameter of about 1 mm, and the inner hole 296 has a diameter of about 1.5 mm.
In the blowout from the outer hole 295, the function of cleaning the skin and the hair is increased by further increasing the ejection speed of the liquid from the hole 295, and when the liquid contains shampoo liquid, The increase in jetting speed increases the cleaning function by increasing more finer bubbles.
In blowing out from the inner hole 296, the warm bath effective function can be further increased by including more microbubbles in the liquid to be ejected.

  The separate container 26, the separate container 28, or the separate container 29 may be formed into a cap shape, and a screw may be attached to the container body 23 on the other end side so as to be detachably attached.

  In this document, the “opening” includes the opening “25”, the through hole “27”, and the hole “203” in addition to the opening “21”. And

  The microbubble generator 2 used in this microbubble cleaning apparatus may be at least one machine or a plurality of machines.

  By immersing the tips of the water intake pipe 3 and the discharge pipe 4 of the pump P in the bathtub 10 where the person to be injected bathes, the pump P is activated, and as shown in FIGS. The bubble generating device 2 ejects a block-like liquid containing microbubbles in water and jets a shower-like liquid containing microbubbles from an arbitrary position in the air.

  In addition to bathers, pets of pets may be housed in the water tank 1 such as a sink as the ejected body.

When a shampoo, body soap or the like is introduced into the water tank 1 and the pump P is activated, a large amount of microbubble bubbles (denoted as microbubble foam) can be generated.
The input amount of shampoo or the like may be about 10 ml with respect to about 10,000 ml of water.

Although illustration is omitted, a heater for warming hot water or the like may be provided in a sink or the like for storing a pet.
Further, a timer for controlling the operation of the microbubble cleaning device may be attached.
Furthermore, a switch that can control the ejection pressure, flow rate, or liquid temperature of the liquid containing the microbubbles of the apparatus may be provided.

The effects of the microbubble cleaning device are as follows.
(1) A microbubble generator that ejects a block-like liquid containing microbubbles in water and jets a shower-like liquid containing microbubbles from an arbitrary position in the air to a target to be jetted. A liquid containing microbubbles can be jetted close to the jetting target.
(2) Due to the excellent detergency of the microbubble foam, even a low-concentration solution in which the amount of shampoo and the like used is greatly reduced can exhibit sufficient detergency.
(3) Since the microbubble foam has a low concentration (low concentration of about 1/100) in each stage as compared with the concentration of a conventional shampoo or the like, the burden on the skin of the ejected object and the pet is reduced.
(4) Washing with microbubble foam removes dirt from the pet's hair so that moisture can easily penetrate into the hair and give elasticity to the hair.
(5) Washing with microbubble foam can also provide a warm bath effect.
That is, in the lower part of the water tank 1, washing and warm bathing are made possible by infiltrating the pet's feet and abdomen with a liquid containing microbubble foam.
Moreover, in the upper part from the liquid infiltrating portion, a warm bath of microbubble foam is made possible.

Delivery Micro Bubble Care Bath Device As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the delivery micro bubble care bath device includes four microbubble generators 2a to 2d in a box 5 having a substantially outer shape. Each opening 21 is arranged on the front surface 50 of the box 5 so as to face the injection target accommodated in the water tank 1.

Each side surface 51, the flat surface 52 and the bottom surface 53 rising from the front surface 50 of the box 5 are formed in a round shape toward the back surface 54.
Therefore, when the front surface 50 of the box 5 is disposed in the water tank 1 so as to face the injection target, each side surface 51, the flat surface 52, the bottom surface 53, and the back surface 54 should fit the corners of the water tank 1. It becomes.

An inlet 55 for drawing the tip of the discharge pipe 4 is formed in the side surface 51, and the discharge pipe 4 drawn into the box 5 from the inlet 55 is connected to a header 56.
A branch pipe 41 (see FIG. 25) using a flexible pipe 43 is attached to the header 56 and is connected to the pressurized liquid inlet 24 of each MB device 2.

  In the delivery microbubble nursing bath apparatus configured as described above, the back side is held by the wall surface of the bathtub 10, and the liquid containing the microbubbles is jetted close to the waist or back of the subject (see FIG. 28).

The effects of the delivery microbubble nursing bath device are as follows.
(1) Since the openings 21 of the plurality of microbubble generators 2 are arranged so as to face the injection target accommodated in the water tank 1, the microbubble generators are integrated with respect to the injection target. The microbubbles can be filled in the water tank at a high density with respect to the injection target, and more intensive microbubble proximity injection is possible.
Therefore, the effect of a warm bath, etc. can be exhibited, including the promotion of blood flow of the injection target, which is useful for health promotion, and the effect of cleaning dirt adhering to the injection target can be achieved.
(2) Based on the examples described later, objective and quantitative experimental data were prepared, and it was revealed that this delivery microbubble nursing bath device is useful for health promotion.
(3) It is used as a bathing device on a daily basis, and can be easily converted into a safety promotion device by simply setting the delivery microbubble nursing bath device in the bathtub.

FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 show another example of the on-site microbubble nursing bath device, in which eight microbubble generators 2a to 2h are accommodated in a box 5 having a substantially wedge-shaped outer shape. Each of the openings 21 is arranged on the front surface 50 of the box 5 so as to face the injection target accommodated in the water tank 1.
The bottom surface 53 of the box 5 is formed in a round shape and fits in the corner of the water tank 1 or the like.
According to the delivery microbubble nursing bath device, the liquid containing microbubbles is jetted close to the subject's waist and back.
Other configurations and effects are the same as those in the above embodiment.

As shown in FIGS. 11 to 14, the knee bath device before delivery is a substantially inverted U-shape formed so as to straddle one knee of the subject to be ejected accommodated in the water tank 1. A plurality of MB devices 2a to 2f are arranged on a pair of arms 6 so as to face one knee, and are attached so that the opening 21 faces one knee.

The pair of arms 6 are connected to each other by a long hole plate 60 that can be adjusted so that each upper portion thereof fits one knee of the person to be ejected as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14. Further, the upper and lower ends of the leg portions of the pair of arms 6 are connected by an adjustable long hole plate 61.
The free ends of the pair of arms 6 are fixed to a foot portion 62, and a pad is attached to the foot portion 62.

Among the MB devices 2, the MB devices 2 a and 2 b and the MB devices 2 c and 2 d have the pressurized liquid inlets 24 connected to the branch pipes 41 of the headers spanned between the pair of arms 6 ( (See FIGS. 37 and 38).
The MB devices 2e and 2f are fixed to a plate material connected to the long hole plates 60 and 60.
Therefore, each opening part 21 is arrange | positioned so that the kneecap of one knee can be enclosed.

According to the one knee bath microbubble device having the above configuration, the following operational effects are obtained.
(1) Since the MB devices 2a and 2b, the MB devices 2c and 2d, and the MB devices 2e and 2f are arranged so that each opening 21 surrounds the kneecap etc. of the knee, Moreover, the microbubbles can be bathed intensively.
Other configurations and effects are the same as those in the above embodiment.

A knee bath device for both knees is provided with a plurality of MB devices 2 a to a pair of substantially inverted U-shaped arms 6 formed so as to straddle both knees of a subject to be ejected accommodated in a water tank 1. 2h is arranged above the knees, and the opening 21 is attached so as to face both knees (see FIGS. 38 to 39).
Therefore, since each opening 21 is arranged so that the knees face from above along the longitudinal direction of the knees with the kneecaps of both knees as the center, the microbubbles are densely and intensively applied to the knees. Can be bathed.
Other configurations and effects are the same as those in the above embodiment.

<Example 1 (Example of a delivery microbubble nursing bath device)>
Here, the basics of the physicochemical characteristics of the microbubble generator and microbubble used in Example 1 and the following examples will be clarified.
(1) Microbubble generator FIG. 15 shows the microbubble generator. The feature of this device is that it is possible to control the injection direction of microbubbles while realizing significant blood flow promotion. That is, the ejection of microbubbles can be correctly ejected in the front direction.
At that time, since the size of the pores at the outlet of the device (opening 21) is an important factor, a test for determining the size and number of the pores was also conducted. In this case, if the pores are too small, microbubbles are not generated, and if the pores are too large, it becomes difficult to control the high-concentration solubility, and further, the injection direction cannot be controlled.
Therefore, the diameter of the pores at the outlet of the apparatus was examined as 1 mm, 1.5 mm, 2 mm, and 2.5 mm, and 2 mm was determined as the optimum diameter. Moreover, since it turned out that the blood flow promotion amount changes according to the change of the opening and closing rate in the pore diameter, it was defined as follows and applied according to each feature.
Here, the aperture ratio of 100% refers to a state where there are 40 pores at the outlet of the apparatus.
Level 1: Opening rate is 100 to 70%, mild blood flow promotion, and blood flow promotion compared with a normal bath is 1.5 to 2.0 times as a guide.
Level 2: Opening ratio 60 to 40%, significant blood flow promotion, blood flow promotion compared with normal bath is 2.0 to 4.0 times as a guide.
Level 3: Opening ratio is around 40 to 20%, significant blood flow promotion, and blood flow promotion compared with a normal bath is 4.0 to 5.0 times or more.

(2) Physicochemical characteristics of microbubbles Microbubble technology is characterized by the utilization of both liquid and gas at a high level, and mass generation of microbubbles in liquid A new law based on a large number of binding points was created in a much wider boundary region than before.
And this expansion of the boundary region has a new meaning of “being more like a gas while being in a liquid while being in a liquid” and “being more like a liquid even if it is a gas” by microbubbles. Created an opportunity to find “tick”.
FIG. 16 shows a conceptual sketch regarding the expansion of the boundary area and the appearance of a large number of binding points there. As a matter of course, the microbubbles and the liquid containing them (referred to as “microbubble water”) have been widely used in the past as “millibubbles (referred to as bubbles having a diameter of millimeter size). "Had essentially the following unique physicochemical properties (see Hirofumi Taisei: All of microbubbles, see Nihon Jitsugyo Shuppansha, 2006).
(B) Shrinkage of microbubbles (b) Negative potential charging and increase of microbubbles (c) Light emission of microbubbles (ii) Weak alkalinization of microbubble water

FIG. 17 shows the state of microbubbles generated in large quantities in seawater. Most of the microbubbles start to contract immediately after the occurrence, and then disappear and dissolve in the liquid in a short time. In this contraction process, the microbubbles increase the negative potential and repeat light emission. These are a series of phenomena, and (b) is a trigger, and (b) and (c) are incidentally formed.
Further, along with the contraction motion, “high temperature and high pressure” is realized in the microbubble, and the important chemical reaction (2) occurs. Since these characteristics and processes will affect the physiological activity of the human body as described later, these characteristics will be discussed in more detail.
(B) Microbubble contraction The reason why microbubble contraction is regarded as one of the most important physical phenomena is that as it starts, the energy in the microbubble gradually increases, resulting in chemical reactions. The purpose is to create an “opportunity” for a series of processes to cause.
Therefore, it is important to pay attention to the fact that the basic properties of microbubbles differ greatly because no chemical reaction takes place in microbubbles that do not shrink or in microbubbles with a small shrinkage rate.
On the other hand, the mode value in the frequency distribution of microbubbles is 20 to 40 μm, and microbubbles having bubble diameters in this range occupy about 60% of the total, and they all move toward contraction immediately after the occurrence. Yes (Hirofumi Taisei: All about microbubbles, see Nihon Jitsugyo Publishing, 2006).
Moreover, the continuous image which visualized the micro bubble which generate | occur | produced in tap water about 800 times and tracked it temporally is shown in FIG. From this, it is clear that the microbubbles shrink and disappear in a relatively short time.
The cause of the start of microbubble contraction is that when generating microbubbles in the ultra-high speed swivel microbubble generator, a negative pressure of about -0.06 MPa is generated in the gas cavity formed near the central axis. Is formed and microbubbles are generated by being cut and pulverized at an ultra-high-speed turning speed of about 500 revolutions per second (Hirofumi Taisei: All of microbubbles, refer to Nihon Jitsugyo Shuppansha, 2006).
Therefore, it is natural to think that the microbubble immediately after the occurrence is negative pressure due to this influence. Further, after the occurrence, since it is affected by the positive pressure by the surrounding liquid, the contraction is automatically started by the pressure difference between the inside and the outside. Then, while repeating this contraction and expansion caused by the reaction, it was observed that, along with the contraction, the high-temperature and high-pressure inside the microbubble progressed, and it became easier to dissolve, and further, the dissolution and contraction were promoted. ing. A conceptual model of this process is shown in FIG.

(B) Negative electric potential characteristics and light emission phenomenon of microbubbles The negative electric potential characteristic of microbubbles is higher as the diameter is smaller, and is to form a peak of about −40 mV in the range of about 10 to 30 μm in diameter. This increase suggests that the energy in the microbubbles gradually increases with the progress of contraction, and as a result, it seems that the thermal excitation is mainly linked to the luminescence phenomenon.
One of the technically important things is that the negative potential characteristics of microbubbles enhance the cleaning power, and the functionality of the high cleaning power is achieved by the microbubbles adhering to and peeling off organic contaminants that have a positive potential. Is to produce. Also, the light emission of c) is highly permeable due to the action of removing fine organic substances by “burning momentarily” by the action of high temperature and pressure, and the appearance of this instantaneous temperature gradient. Attention is paid to functionality such as the effect of born.
FIG. 20 shows an example of an image at the moment when a microbubble emits light (in this literature, the literature, Hirofumi Taisei: What is an optical microbubble, Micro-Nanobubble Technology Symposium Proceedings, 48-53, 2007) , Has been considered in some detail).

(2) Weak alkalinization of microbubble water As shown in FIG. 21, when tap water is put into a water tank and air microbubbles are continuously generated while circulating the water, the solution is weakly alkaline. It is known to show a tendency to turn. However, the cause of this alkalinization has remained unknown for a long time, so to speak, it was one of the “mysteries of microbubbles”.
The reason why the mystery was difficult was that even though it was instantaneous, it was impossible to easily recall the phenomenon that the inside of the microbubbles was heated to high pressure and pressure, a chemical reaction occurred, and the synthetic material was born. It was not there. However, the principal investigators identified an alkalinized substance produced in the microbubble water and filed a patent application in 2011 (Hirofumi Taisei et al .: Japanese Patent, JP 2011-68555, 2011).
The identity of the alkalinized material was a trace amount of ammonia. When the ammonia is very small, it has an effect as a plant nutrition, and the optimum concentration is said to be 0.3 ppm. The ammonia in the solution produced in FIG. 21 was almost the same as the ammonia concentration. In the process of ammonia production, it seems to be closely related to the biological activity of the above-mentioned microbubbles, especially the promotion of blood flow.
The bioactive action of microbubbles is also related to the production of nitric oxide in solution, and vasodilation and blood flow promoting action by this substance are noted.

  22 to 24 show a developed microbubble care bath device (also referred to as a pre-delivery bath device or a pre-delivery microbubble bath device). In this apparatus, the degree of integration of the microbubble generators is important. In the case of FIG. 24, 8 machines, 6 machines in FIG. 23, and 4 machines in FIG. In addition, in the arrangement of these microbubble generators (the tip can be seen in the small circular part in the photo), the microbubbles are concentrated and injected near the lower and upper hips of the person and near the scapula. It was decided to realize blood flow promotion. Furthermore, in the device design centering on this integration, its size, compactness, design, safety during operation, and fixing method, so that it can be easily carried in and installed in the bath of existing care recipients. In each case, we made necessary measures.

  22 to 24, the suction side and the protruding side hose are provided on the left side of the apparatus photograph, and the strainer is provided at the tip of the suction side hose.

In addition, FIG. 25 shows the arrangement of the microbubble generator on the back side of the small delivery microbubble bathing apparatus (for four machines) and the appearance of piping.
26 and 27 show the arrangement of the microbubble generators on the front surface and the back surface of the large delivery microbubble bathing device (for 8 machines). From this, it is clear how the microbubble generator is integrated and how the piping is arranged.
Further, FIG. 28 shows a sketch of microbubble injection to the back by this device. As described above, in a small and compact nursing care bath device for delivery, in which 4 to 8 microbubble generators are integrated. A microbubble generator was developed. Since it is possible to significantly promote blood flow in the vicinity of the skin surface during bathing using these devices, it is important to conduct detailed verification tests in the application.
In addition, it seems that the above-mentioned apparatus needs to be appropriately selected according to the care recipient's bathing situation, life rehabilitation situation, the care recipient's desire, and the like.
Based on the above, Table 1 shows the number of deployed microbubble generators, the achievement level, the blood flow promotion target, and the characteristics of the on-site microbubble bathing apparatus for each apparatus.

In FIG. 29-FIG. 34, the typical result of the blood-flow test done using the large delivery microbubble bathing apparatus is shown. The subjects in the former are men in their 50s, followed by women in their 50s and women in their 40s. The water temperature at the time of the test was about 40 ° C. Each corresponds to level 2 described above.
From these results, when the blood flow rate of the red dotted circle 1 shown in each figure is used as a reference, the blood flow promotion amount by each microbubble is 4.4 times, 5.5 times, and 3. 8 times, both of which exceeded the initial target value. In addition, the blood flow after stopping microbubbles is 2.4 times, 1.6 times, and 2.7 times, respectively, compared to before the start of microbubble generation, showing high residual effects. It is clear that the blood flow promoting effect by is continuously occurring.
In addition, the tendency of blood flow promotion by these microbubbles is three-way, and finely, each has a slightly different characteristic.
First, in the case of a man in his 50s in FIG. 29, an increase in blood flow due to the generation of microbubbles occurs in a short period of time, and thereafter a constant value is maintained as indicated by the dotted circle 2. On the other hand, in the case of a woman in her 50s in FIG. 30, the blood flow rate does not increase rapidly, and the blood flow rate gradually increases with time.
On the other hand, the woman in her 40s shown in FIG. 31 shows a sharp increase in rise, similar to the tendency of male blood flow promotion in FIG. Shows large fluctuations. This somewhat large variation seems to be related to the subject's degree of breathing.
As described above, these changes in blood flow are slightly different depending on the subject, and further investigation is necessary for elucidating the cause.
32 to 33 show representative results of a blood flow test performed using a medium-sized delivery microbubble bath apparatus. The subject in the former is a woman in their 50s, and the next is a man in their 20s. The water temperature at the time of the test was about 40 ° C. Each corresponds to level 2 described above.
From these results, when the blood flow volume of the red dotted circle 1 shown in each figure is used as a reference, the blood flow promotion volume by each microbubble shows 4.7 times and 3.0 times in order. Both have achieved the initial target value. In addition, the blood flow after stopping microbubbles is 3.7 times and 1.8 times higher than before the start of microbubble generation, respectively, indicating a high residual effect. It is clear that this is happening continuously.
In addition, the change in blood flow in the case of a woman in her 50s shown in FIG. 32 increases in a short period of time after the start of microbubbles. A constant value is shown in the range. Furthermore, after microbubbles stop, it is rare that the effect of promoting blood flow is maintained at a fairly high level, which can be said to be a particularly noteworthy phenomenon.
On the other hand, in the latter 20-year-old male, blood flow promotion by microbubbles varies greatly in the range of about 2 to 4.5 times compared to the time of infiltration without microbubbles. Features are recognized.
As described above, in the medium-sized delivery microbubble bathing device, the result of significant blood flow promotion by microbubbles was clarified.
FIG. 34 shows representative results of a blood flow test performed using a small delivery microbubble bathing apparatus. The test subject is a man in his 50s. The water temperature during the test was about 40 ° C. This test also corresponds to level 2 described above. From this, also in this apparatus, the significant blood flow promotion by the microbubble occurred, and the amount of the promotion was about 2.5 to 5.3 times (average value about 4 times). This value has sufficiently achieved the initial target value.
Further, even after the microbubbles are stopped, the blood flow rate is maintained about 2.6 times, and it is clear that the effect of the microbubbles is maintained.

Based on the above results, the following considerations were made.
(1) Using a box-shaped bathtub that is common in ordinary households, three types of on-site microbubble bathing devices were tested. As a result, it was confirmed that this delivery device can be carried smoothly and can be easily installed in a bathtub. It was also found that it is effective to install these devices in the corners of the bathtub and inject microbubbles toward the back. Furthermore, the safety at that time was also confirmed.
(2) Three types of devices, small, medium, and large, have been developed. All of these devices achieved significant blood flow acceleration with the microbubbles, exceeding the initial target. In addition, the scale of these devices needs to be selected according to the destination bathtub and the degree of life rehabilitation required.
(3) The effect of significant blood flow promotion by microbubbles on the whole body is naturally different in the order of large size, medium size, and small size, and the larger the amount of microbubbles generated, the more pronounced (large size , Medium, small). This also showed the same tendency in the intensity of “feeling good” felt by the subject. The same was true for the mental effects of lighter feet and clean heads. As a result, the larger the scale, that is, the greater the amount of microbubbles generated, the more likely the bather wants the effect and the more positive the effect that the bather wants to take a bath. Observed.
As described above, the effectiveness of the small-sized, medium-sized, and large-scale delivery microbubble bathing devices was confirmed. In the future, it is important to deepen the above three investigations.

<Example 2 (Example of delivery knee bath device)>
FIG. 35 shows the entire system of the “delivery knee bath device-A”. The left is the main body of the microbubble knee bath device, and the right is the box in which the pump is arranged. These are divided into two parts and transported to the site, enabling the connection of the two at the site.
In addition, since an operation carriage (movable mount 7) is installed in the right pump box, when a device is placed on the pump box and fixed on the right pump box, only one woman can carry it.
Next, FIGS. 36 to 37 show an example of a front view and a plan view of the delivery knee bath device-A. In this way, the microbubble generators are jetted close to each other with two microbubble generators from above and two each from the left and right sides. Thereby, intensive proximity injection of microbubbles to one knee from three directions is possible.

Next, FIG. 38 shows an entire system of the “delivery knee bath device-B”. Similarly to the “A device”, this is composed of two parts, a microbubble generating part and a pump part, and can be moved separately from each other during transportation. As is clear from FIG. 39, four microbubble generators are arranged on the left and right sides, and a total of eight microbubble generators are intensively arranged around the knee in the foot length direction. Further, two devices, a gas header and a liquid header (see FIGS. 40 and 41), are connected to these devices.
This device was placed on the knees of both legs, and from there, it became possible to inject a large amount of microbubbles in a concentrated manner.
FIG. 42 shows a state in which a microbubble experiment is performed using “delivery knee bath device-A”. In this photograph, the microbubbles are too small to be clearly copied, but in actual visual observation, it was observed that a large number of microbubbles were generated near both knees.
FIG. 43 shows a state in which a microbubble experiment is performed using “delivery knee bath device-B”. Here again, it was confirmed that a large amount of microbubbles were generated in the vicinity of the device as in the case of the device A.
As described above, the pre-delivery knee bathing device only needs to be a microbubble generator main body, and it is only necessary to infiltrate it into the bathtub, and in that sense, a simple delivery knee bathing device can be developed.

Based on the above, Table 2 shows the number of deployed microbubble generators, the achievement level, the blood flow promotion target, and the characteristics of the knee bath device for each device.

FIG. 44 shows a typical result of a blood flow test performed using “Knee bath device before delivery-A” (for one leg). The test subject was a woman in her 20s. The liquid used was tap water, and the water temperature was about 40 ° C. When microbubbles are generated, the blood flow gradually increases and shows a constant value after 8 minutes (dotted line circle 2). When this is compared with the level at the time of infiltration of the dotted line circle 1, the value shows about 2.4 times. In addition, even after the generation of microbubbles is stopped, it remains about 1.7 times that before the start of generation of microbubbles, indicating the residual effect of microbubbles.
FIG. 45 shows a typical measurement example of blood flow promotion in a man in his 60s using the same device. Various conditions at the time of measurement are the same as in the previous figure. As a result, the malfunction of the waveform accompanying the movement of the foot during infiltration subsides after 3 minutes, and then the blood flow rapidly increases with the generation of microbubbles, and then settles to a substantially constant value from around 10 minutes. It is clear that the trend is increasing again. Assuming that the level of the average blood flow after the generation of microbubbles is the dotted circle 2 and calculating the ratio with the dotted circle 1 before the start, it shows 3.7 times. In addition, even after the microbubbles are stopped, the ratio is 2.7 times, indicating that the action effect of high microbubbles is sustained.

FIG. 46 shows a representative result of a blood flow test performed using “Knee bath device before delivery—B” (for both feet). The test subject is a man in his 30s. The water at the time of the test was tap water, and its temperature was about 40 ° C. This test corresponds to level 2 described above.
From this, it is clear that, along with the generation of microbubbles, rapid blood flow promotion by microbubbles occurs near the skin surface of the lower patella (measurement site). If this is compared with the dotted circle 1 shown in the figure, the value is about 3.7 times. In addition, it is noted that the blood flow volume after the stop of the microbubble is about 3.0 times that of the blood flow before the start of the generation of the microbubble, and a large residual effect of the microbubble appears.
As described above, it is clear that the blood flow promotion amount of microbubbles in both knee bath devices has achieved the initial target of 1.5 to 3.0 times, and the residual effect is also high. It is shown.
In this experiment, the following important results were clarified along with the results of blood flow promotion by the microbubbles.
(I) This pre-delivery knee bath device not only causes blood flow promotion on the skin surface of the knee, but it may also be said to be a foot improvement device through the knee bath that affected the entire foot, It can be said that the promotion of blood flow near the knee has improved the “blood circulation” of the entire foot.
(B) During this knee bath, the microbubbles supply made it possible to recognize “feeling good” and promoted bathing for a longer time. As a result, a virtuous cycle was formed in which this long bathing produced the effect of larger microbubbles.
(C) What appeared and was recognized as a very prominent phenomenon after this knee bath was that the feet did not get cold and the so-called “warm state” persisted for a long time. Many patients suffer from cold lower limbs, and it can be said that this is a very effective cold improvement device for them.
From the above, the importance of this pre-delivery knee bathing device that intensively ejected microbubbles to and around the knee was revealed.

(1) Using the microbubble technology, two kinds of delivery knee bath devices were developed, and blood flow promotion experiments were conducted. As a result, in all of these cases, the blood flow was greatly promoted by microbubbles, exceeding the initial target value and exceeding it. In the future, it will be important to investigate the mechanism of action and perform quantitative evaluation with more subjects.
(2) The delivery knee bath device is characterized in that high-density miniaturization is realized by integrating microbubble generators. It is very important that this high density accumulation results in an intensive blood flow promotion at the knee of the foot, which has led to improvements throughout the foot.
(3) As a result, the improvement of the coldness of the feet has progressed, and the “warm state” has been maintained for a long time. This highlights the importance of microbubble accumulation and intensive proximity injection.
(4) Both feet and one foot are devices that have important operational effects, and it is important to apply and select the device according to the characteristics.

1 Aquarium 10 Bathtub

2 2A to 2D 2a to 2h MB device 20 Gas introduction hole 21 Opening portion 22 Cylindrical space 23 Container body 24 Pressurized liquid introduction port 25 Opening 26 28 29 Separate container 27 Through hole 290 Cap front surface 291 Central portion 292 Peripheral portion 293 Cap Inner hole 295 Outer hole 296 Inner hole

3 Water absorption pipe 30 Suction port

4 Discharge pipe 40 Pipe 41 Branch pipe 42 Branch port 43 Flexible pipe

5 Box 50 Front 51 Side 52 Flat 53 Bottom 54 Back 55 Entrance 56 Header

6 Arm 60 61 Long hole plate 62 Foot

7 Movable base P Pump T Target

Claims (12)

A container main body having a cylindrical space having a gas introduction hole on one end side and an opening formed on the other end side, and opened in a tangential direction in a part of the inner wall circumferential surface of the cylindrical space; and Using a microbubble generator comprising a pressurized liquid inlet connected to a pipe for supplying pressurized liquid, the microbubbles ejected by the microbubble generator and the subject to be sprayed with the liquid containing the microbubbles In the health promotion device to improve the health of
On the front face of the cap, the other end side is provided with another container that is closed at the center part and opened only in the peripheral part thereof, and the liquid to be ejected is jetted with a massive liquid containing microbubbles in water, A health promotion device comprising at least one microbubble generator that ejects a shower-like liquid containing microbubbles from an arbitrary position in the air. A container main body having a cylindrical space having a gas introduction hole on one end side and an opening formed on the other end side, and opened in a tangential direction in a part of the inner wall circumferential surface of the cylindrical space; and Using a microbubble generator comprising a pressurized liquid inlet connected to a pipe for supplying pressurized liquid, the microbubbles ejected by the microbubble generator and the subject to be sprayed with the liquid containing the microbubbles In the health promotion device to improve the health of
A plurality of microbubble generators in which the pressurized liquid introduction port is connected to a branch pipe branched from the pipe is directed to an injection target accommodated in a water tank, and each opening faces the injection target. It was set as the health promotion apparatus characterized by being arranged in this way.   The microbubble generator has a negative potential around minus 40 millivolts in a liquid, generates a large amount of microbubbles having a diameter of about 10 to 40 μm, and contracts most of the microbubbles immediately after the generation. The health promotion device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein   3. The health promoting device according to claim 1, wherein a cap for ejecting the microbubbles ejected from the opening in a shower shape is detachably attached to the other end of the microbubble generator. .   The health promoting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the opening is arranged so that a microbubble and a liquid containing the microbubble can be ejected toward the ejection target.   3. The health promotion apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the injection target is a pet of a pet animal.   The health promotion apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the injection target is an injectee of a half body bath or a whole body bath.   The health promotion apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the injection target is a knee of an injection target.   The health promotion device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the health promotion device is provided with a movable frame.   The health promotion device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the health promotion device is provided with a heater.   3. The health promotion device according to claim 1, wherein a timer for controlling the operation of the health promotion device is attached.   The health promotion device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the health promotion device can control an ejection pressure, a flow rate, or a liquid temperature of a liquid containing microbubbles.