JP2607807Y2 - Bubble generation bathtub equipment - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air bubble generating bathtub apparatus, and more particularly, it can save time and labor for performing piping for generating air bubbles outside a bathroom. It relates piping construction for circulating the cleaning independently and bubble generating bathtub apparatus which can be easily performed in the bathroom and out. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a bubble generating bath apparatus for purifying hot water while forcibly circulating hot water as a jet in a bath tub and further generating bubbles, there is known an apparatus as shown in FIG. . Here, FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of a main part according to a conventional example. That is, the conventional bubble-generating bathtub apparatus includes a bathtub 1
00 and a circulating purification device 110 for collecting and purifying hot water in the bathtub 100 and sending the purified hot water into the bathtub 100 as a jet. [0003] A bathtub 100 is provided with a circulating purification device 110.
Spout 150 for spouting hot water from bath into bathtub 100
And a suction port 154 for collecting the hot water in the bathtub 100 into the circulating purification device 110. In addition, bathtub 10
0 and the circulation purifier 110, a return pipe 130 for communicating hot water sucked from the suction port 154 of the bathtub 100 to the circulation purifier 110;
And an outgoing pipe 120 that communicates with a spout 150 of the water pipe. In this type of bubble generating bath apparatus, a bubble generating means for sucking air and mixing the sucked air with the jet to generate bubbles is provided .
That the air intake pipe 140, the return pipe 130 and the forward pipe 1
It was provided separately in addition to 20. The air suction pipe 140 is
The so-called ejector system in which one end is communicated with the ejection port 150 of the bathtub 100 and the other end is opened, and air is sucked by the flow of the jet flow is adopted. [0005] The anti-spout 150 of the air suction pipe 140
The other end of the side is connected to the circulation purifier 110, and some pressure is applied from the bathtub 100 side so that hot water flows through the air suction pipe 140 and flows back into the circulation purifier 110, so that the hot water does not flow out. To prevent backflow 1
44 were provided. That is, the backflow prevention rising section 1
44 is formed by an inverted U-shaped tube,
By forming the hot water to be higher than the hot water surface of No. 0, the hot water is prevented from being ejected to the circulation purification device 110 side by a slight pressure from the hot water side. However, the above-described bubble generating bath apparatus has the following problems. In other words, the backflow prevention rising portion 144 of the air suction pipe 140 is formed to be higher than the bath surface of the bathtub 100, thereby preventing the discharge of the bathwater to the circulating purification device 110 by a slight pressure from the bathside. . Since the backflow prevention rising portion 144 has a predetermined rising height, if it is provided in a bathroom, the piping is conspicuous and not only looks bad, but also interferes with other piping. In order to solve such a problem, the backflow prevention rising portion 144 is provided outside the bathroom, but the piping work is complicated. Also, in order to prevent the above backflow,
Although it is possible to provide various check valves and the like in the air suction pipe 140, the construction becomes complicated, and there is no point in providing the air suction pipe 140 and the like to generate air bubbles with a simple configuration. Become. The return pipe 130 and the forward pipe 120 are
There is no pipe connecting means that enables independent piping work inside and outside the bathroom with the wall 160 that defines the inside and outside of the bathroom as a boundary. Therefore, the piping operator and the circulation purification device 1
If the number of installation workers such as 10 is different inside and outside the bathroom, the construction procedure is restricted because it is affected by the work progress of one of the workers, which is a factor that reduces the work efficiency. Was. In particular, in such a bathtub device,
Consider the relationship between the hot water supply piping from the hot water supply system and the piping.
Plumbing work inside and outside the bathroom must be considered
Some measures this the performed well easily and efficiency
Is desired. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above problems. That is, according to the invention of claim 1, by installing the air suction pipe in the bathroom, complicated piping work outside the bathroom can be omitted, and
Provided is an air bubble generating bath apparatus that can easily and independently perform a pipe work of a return pipe and an outgoing pipe that communicates between a bathtub and a circulation purification apparatus, and a hot water supply pipe of a hot water supply apparatus provided outside a bathroom. It is in. [0010] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a bubble generating bathtub apparatus according to the invention of claim 1 comprises a bathtub (10) and hot water in the bathtub (10). ), A circulating purification device (20) for recovering and purifying from the suction port (46) provided in the bathtub (10) and sending the purified hot water as a jet from the jet port (36) provided in the bathtub (10) into the bathtub (10). ), A bubble generating means (50, 56) for sucking air and mixing the sucked air with the jet to generate air bubbles, and supplying hot water to the bathtub (10) via a hot water supply pipe (80). What is claimed is: 1. An air bubble generating bath apparatus including a water heater (70), comprising a bath (10) and a circulation purifier (2).
0), a return pipe (40, 44) for communicating hot water sucked from the suction port (46) of the bathtub (10) to the circulation purification device (20), and a bathtub from the circulation purification device (20). (1
0) The outgoing pipe (30, 3) communicating with the spout (36)
4), wherein the bubble generating means (50, 56) is provided in the interior of the bathroom, and the jet port (3) of the bathtub (10) is provided.
6) An air suction pipe (5) having a lower end communicating with the vicinity and an upper end opened to allow air to be sucked.
0) and an operation unit (56) for opening and closing the upper end opening of the air suction pipe (50) inside the bathroom, and the return pipe (40, 44) is provided with a spout ( An indoor return pipe (40) is formed between the partition (36) and the partition wall (90) defining the inside and outside of the bathroom, and an outdoor return pipe (44) extends from the partition wall (90) to the circulation purification device (20). together formed as a coupling means for the outdoor-side return pipe (44) and the indoor-side return pipe (40) and is provided in the partition wall (90) (4
Is connectable formed by 2), the forward pipe (30,
34) is formed as an outdoor outside pipe (34) from the circulation purification device (20) to the partition wall (90), and the partition wall (9).
0) to the spout (36) of the bathtub (10) are formed as an indoor-side going pipe (30), and the outdoor-side going pipe (34) and the indoor-side going pipe (30) are partitioned by a partition wall (30). 9
0) is formed so as to be connectable by the connecting means (32) provided, and the hot water supply device (70) is provided outside the bathroom,
The hot water supply pipe (80) is also connected between the indoor side and the outdoor side by connecting means (82) provided on the partition wall (90).
And the return pipe (40, 44) and the outgoing pipe (30, 3).
4) and the indoor side and the outdoor side of the hot water supply pipe (80).
Connecting means (42, 32, 82) for connecting
It is provided intensively at a position close to the cutting wall (90) . According to the bubble generating bath apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the following functions are provided. That is, hot water in the bathtub (10) is returned from the inlet (46) to the return pipe (40,
The collected hot water is collected and purified by the circulation purification device (20) via the pipe (44), and the purified hot water is returned to the bathtub (10) as a jet from the jet port (36) via the outflow pipe (30, 34). In this way, the hot water is circulated between the bathtub (10) and the circulation purification device (20) by the circulation purification device (20). Air for generating air bubbles is sucked from an opening at an upper end of an air suction pipe (50) serving as a bubble generation means, and a lower end of the air suction pipe (50) communicated with a jet port (36) of the bathtub (10). Is mixed with the jet by a so-called ejector action to generate bubbles. Further, the opening at the upper end of the air suction pipe (50) is opened and closed by the operation of the operation unit (56) by a bather in the bathroom, and the amount of generated bubbles is set arbitrarily. On the other hand, even if hot water flows backward in the air suction pipe (50) and flows out from the other end due to pressure from the hot water side, the hot air flows out because the air suction pipe (50) is installed in the bathroom. The hot water stays in the bathroom, and the circulation purification device (2
0) does not have any effect. The return pipe (40, 44) partitions the outdoor return pipe (44) from the indoor return pipe (40).
Since it is formed so as to be connectable by the connecting means (42) provided in the bathroom, it can be independently and easily constructed inside and outside the bathroom with the partition wall (90) as a boundary. In addition, outgoing pipes (30, 34)
Also, since the outdoor-side outgoing pipe (34) and the indoor-side outgoing pipe (30) are formed so as to be connectable by the connecting means (32) provided on the partition wall (90), the return pipe (40, 44) Similarly, it is easily and independently constructed inside and outside the bathroom with the partition wall (90) as a boundary. Furthermore, the hot water supply pipe (80) is also connected.
The indoor side and the outdoor side are formed so as to be connectable by means (82).
Therefore, it is easily and independently constructed inside and outside the bathroom with the partition wall (90) as a boundary. In particular, these return pipes (4
0,44), outgoing pipes (30,34) and the hot water supply
Connecting means (4) for connecting the indoor side and the outdoor side of the pipe (80);
2, 32, 82) at a position close to the partition wall (90).
Centralized installation allows easy piping and simple operation
Simply and efficiently. An embodiment shown below corresponds to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the configuration according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 1 is a front view according to an embodiment of the present invention, and shows an outline of the entire configuration. The bubble generating bathtub apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured such that the bathtub 10 and hot water in the bathtub 10 are collected and purified from a suction port 46 provided in the bathtub 10, and the purified hot water is supplied to an outlet 36 provided in the bathtub 10. From the bathtub 1
The apparatus is provided with a circulating purification device 20 for sending the air into the inside, and a bubble generating means for sucking air and mixing the sucked air with the jet to generate bubbles. As described above, the bathtub 10 is provided with the jet port 36.
And a suction port 46. The jet port 36 and the suction port 46 can be appropriately provided with a nozzle, a filter, and the like (not shown). Circulation purification device 2
No. 0 is provided with a circulation pump for forcibly circulating hot water, a filtration tank for purifying collected hot water, a filter, and the like. Between the bathtub 10 and the circulating purification device 20,
Hot water inhaled from the suction port 46 of the bathtub 10
A return pipe communicating with the exhaust pipe 36 is provided with a return pipe communicating with the exhaust pipe 36 of the bathtub 10. The return pipe 40 extends from the jet port 36 of the bathtub 10 to a partition wall 90 defining the inside and outside of the bathroom.
The partition from the partition wall 90 to the circulation purification device 20 is formed as an outdoor return pipe 44. The outdoor return pipe 44 and the indoor return pipe 40 are connected to each other by a connecting means 42 provided on the partition wall 90. That is, by using the connecting means 42 provided on the partition wall 90 in advance, the partition wall 90 is formed so that the partition wall 90 can be easily and independently constructed outside and inside the bathroom. In addition, the member used for the conventional piping construction can be used for the return pipe and the connecting means 42. The outgoing pipe is formed as an outdoor outgoing pipe 34 from the circulation purification device 20 to the partition wall 90, and is formed as an indoor outgoing pipe 30 from the partition wall 90 to the jet port 36 of the bathtub 10. I have. And the outdoor going pipe 34
And the indoor-side outgoing pipe 30 are connected to each other by connecting means 32 provided on the partition wall 90. That is, similarly to the case of the above-mentioned return pipe, by using the connecting means 32, it is formed so that it can be independently and easily constructed inside and outside the bathroom with the partition wall 90 as a boundary. Further, the outdoor-side outgoing pipe 34 and the outdoor-side return pipe 44 are provided with a valve for maintenance or the like. In addition, like the return pipe and the connecting means 42, members used for conventional piping work can be used for the going pipe and the connecting means 32. The air bubble generating means includes an air suction pipe 50 having a lower end communicating with the vicinity of the jet port 36 of the bathtub 10 and having an upper end opened to allow air to be sucked in. The upper end of the air suction pipe 50 is provided. And an operation section 56 for opening and closing the opening in the bathroom. That is, the operation unit 56 is formed so that the amount of generated bubbles can be manually and continuously adjusted arbitrarily, and is formed so as not to perform only so-called ON and OFF operations. The operation unit 56 is provided inside the bathroom together with the air suction pipe 50. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, hot water is supplied by a gas-fired hot water supply device 70 through a hot water supply pipe 80. This water heater 70 is located outside the bathroom.
It is provided and can be appropriately operated from the bathroom by the controller 60. And, also in this hot water supply pipe 80, the outdoor side and the indoor side are connected by the connecting means 82.
It is formed so as to be connectable , and outside and inside the bathroom with the partition wall 90 as a boundary.
It is independent and can be installed easily . Next, the operation according to an embodiment of the present invention having such a configuration will be described. Hot water is supplied by hot water supply device 7
By 0, the water is supplied to the bathtub 10 through the hot water supply pipe 80. The hot water in the bathtub 10 is supplied to the indoor return pipe 40 and the outdoor return pipe 4 from the suction port 46 by the circulation purification device 20.
It is collected through 4 and purified. Then, the purified hot water is returned to the bathtub 10 as a jet from the jet port 36 via the outdoor-side going pipe 34 and the indoor-side going pipe 30.
In this way, the hot water is supplied to the bathtub 1 by the circulation purifying device 20.
It will circulate between 0 and the circulation purification device 20. On the other hand, air is sucked through the opening at the upper end of the air suction pipe 50 which is a bubble generating means,
From the lower end of the air suction pipe 50 communicating with the vicinity of the jet outlet 36 of the nozzle, the jet is mixed with the jet by a so-called ejector action, whereby bubbles are generated. The opening at the upper end of the air suction pipe 50 is opened and closed by a bather operating the operation unit 56 in the bathroom, and the amount of generated bubbles is set arbitrarily. When the bather moves vigorously in the bathtub 10 or the like, the hot water flows backward from the jet port 36 through the air suction pipe 50 due to some pressure from the hot water side, and the operating section 5 at the other end.
6, the air suction pipe 50
Is installed in the bathroom, the hot water that has flowed out stays in the bathroom, and has no effect on the circulating purification device 20 and the like. The outdoor-side return pipe 44 and the indoor-side return pipe 4
0 is formed so as to be connectable by the connecting means 42 provided on the partition wall 90, so that the partition wall 90 can be easily and independently constructed outside and inside the bathroom with the boundary wall 90 as a boundary. Further, the outdoor-side outgoing pipe 34 and the indoor-side outgoing pipe 30 are also formed to be connectable by the connecting means 32 provided on the partition wall 90.
In the same manner as described above, it is easily and independently constructed inside and outside the bathroom with the partition wall 90 as a boundary. Furthermore, hot water supply piping 80
Also, with the partition wall 90 as a border, it is easy to stand out inside and outside the bathroom
Will be constructed. Moreover, these return pipes 40, 44
The inside and outside of the pipes 30, 34 and the hot water supply pipe 80 are connected.
The connecting means 42, 32, 82 for connecting are part of the partition wall 90.
Intensively installed, so plumbing around the bathroom
Can be done very easily. Next, the effects of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. Since the air suction pipe 50 is installed in the bathroom, complicated piping work outside the bathroom can be omitted. The operation unit 56
Is provided inside the bathroom, so that the presence or absence or the amount of generated bubbles can be controlled by the bather in the bathroom according to his / her preference. On the other hand, when the bather moves vigorously in the bathtub 10 or the like, hot water flows backward from the jet port 36 through the air suction pipe 50 due to some pressure from the hot water side, and the operating section 5 at the other end.
6, the air suction pipe 50
Is installed in the bathroom, the hot water that has flowed out stays in the bathroom, and can be prevented from flowing back to the circulating purification device 20 or the like and causing a failure or the like. The outdoor return pipe 44 and the indoor return pipe 40, the outdoor access pipe 34 and the indoor access pipe 30 ,
Since the hot water supply pipe 80 is formed so as to be connectable by the connecting means 42 , 32 , and 82 provided in advance on the partition wall 90, the hot water supply pipe 80 can be easily and independently constructed outside and inside the bathroom with the partition wall 90 as a boundary. Can be. That is, even when the piping operator and the installation operator of the circulation purification device 20 and the like are different inside and outside the bathroom, the construction procedure is restricted because the operation progress of one of the operators is not affected. However, work efficiency can be improved. Moreover, these reams
Concentrating the positions of the connecting means 42, 32, 82
Makes it extremely easy and efficient to plumb around the bathroom
There is an advantage that it can be performed well. According to the first aspect of the present invention, by installing the air suction pipe inside the bathroom, complicated piping work outside the bathroom can be omitted, and the bathtub and the circulation purification device can be installed. It is possible to provide a bubble generating bath tub device that can extremely and simply and efficiently perform the piping work of the return pipe and the outgoing pipe that communicates with each other , and the hot water supply pipe of the hot water supply apparatus inside and outside the bathroom.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view according to an embodiment, schematically showing an overall configuration. FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of a main part according to a conventional example. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Bathtub 20 Circulation purification device 30 Indoor going pipe 32 Connecting means 34 Outdoor going pipe 36 Spouting port 40 Indoor returning pipe 42 Connecting means 44 Outdoor returning pipe 46 Suction port 50 Air suction pipe 56 Bubble operation Unit 60 Controller 70 Hot water supply device 80 Hot water supply pipe 82 Connecting means 90 Wall 100 Bathtub 110 Circulation purification device 120 Outgoing pipe 130 Return pipe 140 Air intake pipe 144 Backflow prevention rising part 150 Spout 154 Inlet 160 Wall

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims for registration of utility model] [Claim 1] A bathtub and hot water in the bathtub are recovered from an inlet provided in the bathtub and purified, and the purified hot water is jetted from an outlet provided in the bathtub. A circulating purification device for feeding into the bathtub, a bubble generating means for sucking air and mixing the sucked air with the jet to generate bubbles, and a hot water supply device for supplying hot water to the bathtub via a hot water supply pipe. a bubble generating bath apparatus equipped bets, between the tub and the circulating purification device includes a return pipe for communicating water sucked from the bath of the suction port to the circulation purification device, the bathtub from the circulation purifier An air pipe that communicates with a spout, and the bubble generating means is provided inside the bathroom, and has a lower end communicating with the spout near the spout of the bathtub and an upper end opened to allow air to be sucked in. Air inhalation A pipe, and an operation unit for opening and closing the upper end opening of the air suction pipe inside the bathroom, wherein the return pipe returns indoor from the spout of the bathtub to a partition wall defining the inside and outside of the bathroom. is formed as a tube, while being formed from the partition wall to circulating purification device as outdoor side return pipe, and the outdoor-side return pipe and the indoor-side return pipe is connected can be formed by the coupling means provided on the partition wall, the forward The pipe is formed as an outdoor going pipe from the circulation purification device to the partition wall, and is formed as an indoor going pipe from the partition wall to the spout of the bathtub, and the outdoor going pipe and the indoor going pipe are formed. There is connectable formed by the coupling means provided on the partition wall, the water heater is provided in the bathroom outside, the indoor side and the outdoor side by the connecting means the well hot water supply pipe provided in the partition wall
Are connected to the indoor side and the room of the return pipe, the outgoing pipe and the hot water supply pipe.
Connecting means for connecting the outside and the outside of the partition wall
A bubble generating bath apparatus characterized by being provided in a concentrated manner at a position .