JP3167613B2 - Steam amount adjustment structure of steam sauna device - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a steam amount adjusting structure for a steam sauna apparatus. More particularly, the present invention relates to a steam amount adjusting structure of a steam sauna apparatus that enables a more comfortable sauna bathing by changing a steam amount toward a bather depending on a part.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a steam sauna device has been installed in a sauna room such as a bathroom or a shower room so that a person can easily enjoy a sauna bath at home. As one of such steam sauna devices,
One having a simplified configuration and structure has been proposed by the inventors of the present invention.

[0003] This steam sauna apparatus is, for example, shown in FIG.
3 can be shown. In the example shown in FIG. 13, the steam sauna device (1) is installed below the bathroom counter (2). The steam sauna device (1) is provided with a suction port (3) and a blow port (4) on the front surface so that high-humidity hot air can be blown into the bathroom, and a water heater (5) is used as a hot water supply source. Connected. Further, a controller (6) is connected to the steam sauna device (1), and a signal is input through an operation panel (7) arranged near a bather's hand.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram schematically showing a configuration of a steam sauna apparatus. An inlet (3) and an outlet (4) are vertically arranged on the front surface of the main body (8).
Inside the main body (8), an injection nozzle (9) having a plurality of injection ports at the tip is provided near the suction port (3). A water heater (5) is connected to the injection nozzle (9) via a valve (10) such as an electric valve.

[0005] The main body (8) also includes an injection nozzle (9).
A reflection plate (11) is provided on the back side, and the reflection plate (11) is disposed on a surface facing the inlet (3) and the outlet (4). This reflector (1)
1) can be integrated with the inner wall on the back side of the main body (8). For example, in the steam sauna apparatus (1) having the above configuration, hot water (for example, at a temperature of about 60 to 75 ° C.) is supplied from the water heater (5) to the injection nozzle (9) when the valve (10) is open. Then, the hot water spouts toward the reflection plate (11). With the hot water injection at this time, a negative pressure is generated around the injection nozzle (9), and air around the injection nozzle (9) is sucked. As a result, air in the bathroom is taken into the interior of the main body (8) through the suction port (3), and becomes hot air mixed with hot water particles having a particle diameter of several hundred μm. The hot air then hits the reflector (11) and changes the wind direction. Thus, high-humidity hot air is blown out from the outlet (4) into the sauna room.

FIGS. 15, 16 and 17 are plan views showing a more specific structure of the steam sauna apparatus.
It is a front view and a side view. In the steam sauna apparatus shown in FIGS. 15 to 17, a nozzle block (12) provided as an injection nozzle (9) uses a lock nut (13) to supply hot water jetted from a plurality of injection ports at the tip. (8) It is fixed at a predetermined angle so as to hit the lower corner. The nozzle block (12) is provided with a motor-operated valve (14) provided as a valve (10) and a Benly pipe (1).
5) is connected. The motor-operated valve (14) is connected to the main body (8)
Is fixed to a fixing bracket (16) fixed to the side wall of the. The electric valve (14) has a water stopcock (17) with a strainer, a constant flow valve (18) and a flat packing (19).
Threaded connection. A nipple elbow (20) is screwed into the stopcock (17) with strainer,
The connection with the water heater (5) is made via a Benley tube.

In this steam sauna apparatus, the inner wall of the main body (8) also serves as a reflector (11). A drain gutter (21) for discharging hot water used to generate high-humidity hot air is provided at the bottom. A louver block (22) is provided at a position corresponding to the air outlet (3) on the front surface of the main body (8) so that the direction of the hot air can be adjusted.

[0008]

However, for example, in the steam sauna apparatus shown in FIGS. 13 to 17, since a constant amount of steam hits a bather in a fixed direction, for example, a long bathing time is required. In the case of, bathers often felt uncomfortable. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and in order to perform a sauna bath with a steam sauna device more comfortably, a steam sauna device capable of changing a steam amount toward a bather depending on a part. It aims to provide a structure for adjusting the amount of steam.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a main body having a suction port and an air outlet arranged on a front surface thereof, and a plurality of injection ports installed in the main body and extending in the width direction of the main body. The steam amount adjustment structure of the steam sauna device including the injection nozzle connected to the water heater, and the reflection plate provided on the back side of the main body with respect to the injection nozzle. A steam device for a steam sauna device, characterized in that a shutter device capable of shielding the arranged ejection port is provided near the ejection nozzle, and the shutter device shields the ejection port at the center of the ejection nozzle to adjust the amount of steam. A quantity adjusting structure is provided (claim 1).

[0010] The present invention also provides a main body having a suction port and a blow-out port arranged on the front face, and a plurality of injection ports installed in the main body in parallel in the width direction of the main body and connected to a water heater. , And a steam amount adjusting structure of a steam sauna apparatus provided with a reflector provided on the back side of the main body with respect to the injection nozzle, wherein the injection nozzle has a water discharge head forming an outer part and a swivel built therein. And the gap between the water discharge head and the swirler at the center of the injection nozzle is made smaller than the gap at the side of the injection nozzle to reduce the amount of steam at the center of the injection nozzle from the amount of steam at the side. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a steam amount adjusting structure for a steam sauna apparatus.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The steam amount adjusting structure of the steam sauna apparatus according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0012]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing one embodiment of a steam amount adjusting structure of a steam sauna apparatus according to the present invention. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the shutter device (23) is provided near the nozzle block (12) in the steam sauna device shown in FIGS.

The shutter device (23) has a cylindrical main body (24) provided with openings facing each other.
A cylindrical inner cylinder (25) and an outer cylinder (26) which are arranged coaxially with 4) and also have openings. The main body (24), the inner cylinder (25) and the outer cylinder (26) are arranged near the nozzle block (12) so as to wrap around the nozzle block (12). The openings of the tube (25) and the outer tube (26) are arranged so as to coincide with the hot water blowing side of the nozzle block (12).

The inner cylinder (25) and the outer cylinder (26)
Both are rotatable with respect to the main body (24), and the outer cylinder (26) rotates along the inner peripheral surface of the main body (24), while the inner cylinder (25) is connected to the outer cylinder (26). ) To rotate along the inner peripheral surface. That is, these inner cylinders (25)
The outer cylinder (26) functions as a shutter of the nozzle block (12). As shown in the enlarged front view of FIG. 2, the inner cylinder (25) and the outer cylinder (26) are provided only at the center of the nozzle block (12), and the rotation thereof causes the nozzle block (12) to rotate. And a plurality of the injection ports (27) located here can be shielded. The plurality of injection ports (27) are arranged in parallel in the width direction of the main body (8).

Further, the shutter device (12) has a
As shown in (1), a lever (28) is also provided. The lever (28) is movable up and down, and the link mechanism (2
9) and are connected to the inner cylinder (25) and the outer cylinder (26), respectively. The link mechanism (29) projects in the direction of the lever (27) from the opening of the main body (24) arranged on the side opposite to the hot water outlet side, and is arranged symmetrically with respect to the center line of the lever (28). I have. This link mechanism (2
With the intervention of 9), the inner cylinder (25) and the outer cylinder (26)
Rotates in conjunction with the vertical movement of the lever (28).

The lever (28) and the link mechanism (29) are equivalent to the inner cylinder (25) and the outer cylinder (2).
6) can be changed to a mechanism for rotating the inner cylinder (25) and the outer cylinder (26) automatically by switch input by adopting an appropriate driving means including a motor and the like. It is also possible to have it done. For example, the shutter device (23) having the above configuration operates as follows.

FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C are side views each showing an operation state of the shutter device shown in FIG. Usually, as shown in FIG.
And the openings of the inner cylinder (25) and the outer cylinder (26) are made to coincide with each other. In this state, the nozzle block (1
Since all the injection ports (27) of (2) are open, the hot water is jetted directly from the injection ports (27) in the direction of the inner wall also serving as the reflector on the back side of the main body (8) shown in FIG. Therefore, the amount of air taken into the main body (8) is maximum, and the amount of steam discharged from the outlet (4) is maximum.

The lever (28) is moved from the state shown in FIG.
FIG. 3C shows a state in which the inner cylinder (25) and the outer cylinder (26) are pivoted to completely cover the central portion of the nozzle block (12). This FIG. 3 <c>
In the state shown in (1), the injection port (27) located at the center of the nozzle block (12) has the inner cylinder (25) and the outer cylinder (2)
6). For this reason, among the hot water spouting from the jet port (27), for the hot water at the center of the nozzle block (12), the spouting toward the inner wall on the back side of the main body (8) is performed by the inner cylinder (25) and the outer cylinder ( 26), and no air is trapped in the center of the nozzle block (12). As a result, the amount of steam is reduced at the center while maintaining the state of FIG. 3A at the side of the main body (8).

The state shown in FIG. 3 <b> corresponds to FIG. 3 <a><
In the intermediate state of c>, the degree of opening and closing between the inner cylinder (25) and the outer cylinder (26) functioning as a shutter is set to medium. In the state of FIG. 3 <b>, the amount of steam at the center of the main body (8) is not as large as that in the state of FIG. 3 <c>, but somewhat more than in the state of FIG. 3 <a>. Reduce.
Thus, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, the amount of air (air volume) taken into the center of the main body (8) depends on the opening / closing degree between the inner cylinder (25) and the outer cylinder (26) of the shutter device (23). Will be changed by

When, for example, the bathing in the sauna for a long time causes sufficient sweating and the warm air is bothered, the lever (28) is depressed, and the injection port (27) at the center of the nozzle block (12) is turned on. Shutter device (2
Since it is shielded by 3), the amount of steam blown in front of the bather can be reduced. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, in the high-humidity hot air blown out from the steam sauna device (1), components directed toward the front of the bather are reduced, and components directed toward the body and the back occupy most. The warm air is concentrated in the back direction from the bather's body side, and the bathing in the sauna can be performed more comfortably in a relaxed state without feeling the discomfort caused by the direct contact of the warm air.

FIGS. 6A, 6B and 6C are a rear view, a partially cutaway plan view, and a front view, respectively, showing an example of a nozzle block. FIG. 7 is a side view thereof. For example, in the examples shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the nozzle block (12) includes a water discharge head (30) forming an outer shell, and a swirler (31) called a spinner is built in the nozzle block (12). .

FIGS. 8A, 8B and 8C are a rear view, a partially cutaway plan view, and a front view, respectively, showing the water discharge head. As shown in FIGS. 8A, 8B, and 8C, the water discharge head (30) has a plurality of injection ports (2
7) are formed in parallel in the width direction. Further, a space (32) for accommodating the swirler (31) is formed inside, and warm water from a water heater is introduced into the space (32). In addition, at the front end of the water discharge head (30) near the ejection port (27), the ejection chamber (3) is provided for each ejection port (27).
3) is also provided.

FIGS. 9A, 9B and 9C are a rear view, a partially cutaway plan view and a front view, respectively, showing the swirler. On the front part of the swirler (31), a plurality of projections (34) are provided.
They are provided in parallel in the width direction. The projection (34) has a groove (35) cut at its outer periphery at the tip. Such a swirler (31) is connected to the water discharge head (3) shown in FIG.
The nozzle block (12) is formed by mounting it in the internal space (32) of (0). At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, the ejection chamber (3) at the front end of the water discharge head (30)
The projection (34) of the swirler (31) is inserted into 3).
The hot water sent from the water heater flows into each of the injection chambers (33) through the internal space (32) of the water discharge head (30). The injection port (27) passes through a gap between the inner surface of the injection chamber (33) and the groove (35) at the tip of the projection (34).
Heads out and gushes from here.

The water discharge head (30) and the swirler (3)
1) are connected by a sealing structure shown in the sectional view of FIG. FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line XX of the example shown in FIG. That is, the water discharge head (30) and the swirler (31)
, A spring (37) and a washer (38) are arranged at the rear end, and a screw (39) is screwed into a nut (40) and tightened.
The water discharge head (30) and the swirler (31) are connected.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing another example of the steam amount adjusting structure of the steam sauna apparatus of the present invention.
For example, in the nozzle block (12) having the above configuration, in the steam amount adjustment structure shown in FIG.
The groove (3) at the tip of the projection (34) provided on the swirler (31)
The depth of 5) is changed between the central part and the side part of the nozzle block (12) so that the adjustment of the steam amount is realized.

That is, in the swirler (31) shown in FIG. 9, the depth of the groove (35) at the tip of the projection (34) located at the center (A) of the nozzle block (12) is determined by It is shallower than the depth of the groove (35) in (B). For this reason, the gap between the tip of the projection (34) in the ejection chamber (33) of the water discharge head (30) is shallow at the center (A) of the nozzle block (12) and is small at the side (B). Deepening. The flow rate of the hot water passing through the gap is different between the central portion (A) and the side portion (B) of the nozzle block (12), with the central portion (A) side decreasing and the side portion (B) side increasing. As a result, the amount of hot water discharged from the injection port (27) is small at the central portion (A) side of the nozzle block (12) and large at the side portion (B) side, and the distribution as shown in FIG. Become. Therefore, the amount of air suction at the center (A) side is smaller than that at the side (B) side, and the amount of steam discharged from the outlet (4) of the main body (8) is smaller at the center (A). , On the side (B). Exactly like the steam amount distribution shown in FIG. 5, in the high-humidity hot air blown out from the steam sauna device (1), components directed toward the front of the bather are reduced, and components directed toward the body and the back occupy most. The warm air is concentrated in the back direction from the bather's body side, and the bathing in the sauna can be performed more comfortably in a relaxed state without feeling the discomfort caused by the direct contact of the warm air.
Does not hinder long-time bathing.

The diameter of the groove (35) at the tip of the projection (34) of the swirler (31) can be exemplified as follows. For example, at the center (A) of the nozzle block (12), the peak diameter is φ11 mm, the valley diameter is 8.6 mm (groove depth is 1.2 m).
m), the side (B) of the nozzle block (12) can have a peak diameter of φ11 mm and a valley diameter of 8 mm (groove depth of 1.5 mm).

Of course, the present invention is not limited to the above example. Various aspects are possible for the details of the configuration and structure of the shutter device and the nozzle block, including the configuration and structure of the steam sauna device.

[0029]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the amount of steam can be reduced on the front side of the bather and sufficient on the body side and back side. The amount of steam headed for the bather is changed depending on the part, and the bathing in the sauna can be performed without feeling annoying. Sauna bathing is more comfortable.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing one embodiment of a steam amount adjusting structure of a steam sauna device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing the nozzle block shown in FIG. 1 and its periphery.

3A, 3B, and 3C are side views each showing an operation state of the shutter device shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a correlation diagram showing the relationship between the amount of air (air volume) taken into the steam sauna apparatus main body and the degree of opening and closing of the shutter device.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram conceptually showing a distribution of a steam amount.

FIG. 6 is a rear view, a partially cutaway plan view, and a front view showing an example of a nozzle block, respectively.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the example of FIG. 6;

FIGS. 8A, 8B, and 8C are a rear view, a partially cutaway plan view, and a front view, respectively, showing a water discharge head.

FIGS. 9A, 9B, and 9C are a rear view, a partially cutaway plan view, and a front view, respectively, illustrating the swivel element.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along the line XX of the example shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing another example of the steam amount adjusting structure of the steam sauna apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram conceptually showing a distribution of a hot water discharge amount in a nozzle block.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing an example of a steam sauna device.

FIG. 14 is a schematic view showing an outline of a steam sauna device.

FIG. 15 is a plan view showing a more specific device configuration of the steam sauna device.

16 is a front view of the example of FIG.

17 is a side view of the example of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Steam sauna apparatus 2 Bathroom counter part 3 Suction port 4 Outlet 5 Hot water supply 6 Controller 7 Operation panel 8 Main body 9 Injection nozzle 10 Valve 11 Reflection plate 12 Nozzle block 13 Lock bolt 14 Motorized valve 15 Benley tube 16 Fixture 17 Strainer Water stopcock 18 constant flow valve 19 flat packing 20 nipple elbow 21 drainage gutter 22 louver block 23 shutter device 24 main body 25 inner cylinder 26 outer cylinder 27 injection port 28 lever 29 link mechanism 30 water discharge head 31 swirler 32 internal space 33 Injection chamber 34 Projection 35 Groove 36 Packing 37 Spring washer 38 Washer 39 Screw 40 Nut

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Hideo Fujimoto 1048 Odakadoma, Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Inside Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (56) References JP-A-9-154912 (JP, A) JP-A-9-154913 (JP, A) JP-A-3-106370 (JP, A) JP-A-4-221563 (JP, A) JP-A-3-64637 (JP, A) JP-A-51-82150 (JP, A)

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A main body having a suction port and an air outlet disposed on a front surface thereof, and a plurality of injection ports provided in the main body, arranged in parallel in a width direction of the main body, connected to a water heater, and an injection nozzle connected to the water heater. A steam amount adjusting structure of a steam sauna device including a reflector provided on the back side of the main body with respect to the nozzle, wherein a shutter device capable of blocking an orifice disposed in the center of the injecting nozzle is provided in the vicinity of the injecting nozzle. A steam amount adjusting structure of a steam sauna device, wherein the shutter device shields an injection port at a central portion of the injection nozzle and adjusts a steam amount. 2. A main body having a suction port and a discharge port arranged on a front surface thereof, and a plurality of injection ports installed in the main body and arranged in parallel in a width direction of the main body, and an injection nozzle connected to a water heater, and the injection nozzle. A steam amount adjusting structure of a steam sauna device including a reflector provided on a back side of the main body with respect to a nozzle, wherein the injection nozzle includes a water discharge head forming an outer shell and a swirler incorporated therein. The gap between the water discharge head and the swirler at the center of the injection nozzle is made smaller than the gap at the side of the injection nozzle, so that the amount of steam at the center of the injection nozzle is smaller than the amount of steam at the side. Steam amount adjustment structure of steam sauna device.