JP5929309B2 - Bathtub with mist function - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a bathtub with a mist function.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various mist generating devices for making a bathroom into a mist sauna by spraying mist in the bathroom are known. Such a mist generator is embedded in the ceiling or wall of the bathroom, and in order to make the entire bathroom into a mist sauna, it is necessary to spray a relatively large amount of mist and consume hot water to generate mist. There is a problem that the amount is large and the utility cost increases.

  On the other hand, a bathtub with a mist function has been developed in recent years, which can perform a comfortable mist bathing in a relaxed posture with a relatively small amount of hot water by spraying the mist only in the bathtub. ~ 5.

JP 2003-153976 A JP 2003-275122 A JP 2004-290314 A JP 2005-334223 A JP 2008-018062 A

  All of these conventional bathtubs with a mist function are configured to spray mist in one direction from one end side (foot side) in the longitudinal direction of the bathtub toward the bather. For this reason, the reach from the mist spray nozzle to the bather's upper body is relatively long, and a sufficient warm bath effect cannot be obtained without a bath lid. The space is closed to increase the warm bath effect.

  Moreover, in the thing of patent document 1, in order to improve the warm bathing effect when the bath lid of the bather's upper body side is removed, the technique which flows hot water and blows out warm air with respect to an upper body is also disclosed.

  Moreover, in the thing of patent document 3, the technique of spraying mist toward the bather's upper body from the longitudinal direction intermediate part of the bathtub in the state which removed the bath lid is also disclosed.

  However, in the state where the neck is covered with the bath lid, the bather feels a blockage and cannot perform a comfortable mist bathing in a relaxed state, and there is a problem that the bathing effect is reduced due to mental factors.

  On the other hand, it is possible to give the bather a feeling of opening by covering only the bather's foot with a bath lid at the time of mist bathing, but the technique described in Patent Document 1 provides a sufficient bathing effect to the upper body. However, the technique described in Patent Document 3 cannot warm the lower body, which impairs the comfort of bathers.

  Therefore, the present invention can perform a mist bathing without giving a feeling of blockage to the bather in the bathtub in a relaxed posture, can efficiently spray the mist over the whole body of the bather, and has a simple device structure. It aims at providing the bathtub with a mist function which can aim at cost reduction.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical means.

  That is, the bathtub with a mist function of the present invention includes first and second mist panels that inject mist into the bathtub, and each mist so that each mist panel injects mist into different regions in the longitudinal direction of the bathtub. The panel is attached to the side wall of the bathtub or the bath lid (Claim 1).

  According to the bathtub with a mist function of the present invention, each mist is provided by installing two mist panels on a side wall or a bath lid of the bathtub and setting the mist injection areas of the respective mist panels to different parts in the longitudinal direction of the bathtub. The mist can be sprayed over a wide area in the longitudinal direction of the bathtub while shortening the spray distance from the panel to the mist spray area as much as possible, so even if the bathtub is completely open without installing a bath lid, A sufficient warm bathing effect can be given, and mist bathing can be performed in a relaxed and free posture in the bathtub. In addition, when installing a bath lid | cover, it is preferable to install a bath lid | cover only on the upper part of the bather's leg | leg which sat down with the leg extended in the bathtub in the longitudinal direction.

  In the present invention, a plurality of first and second mist panels may be provided, and mist is injected into a region in the bathtub that is further different from the region from which the first and second mist panels are injected. It is also possible to provide a third mist panel.

Furthermore, the mist function tub of the present invention, both the first and second mist panels are installed in a longitudinally intermediate position of the tub, the first mist panel, along the longitudinal direction of the bathtub towards the upper body of the seated bather injected mist second mist panels that have been placed so as to inject a mist toward the feet of the bathers (claim 1). According to this, it is possible to simplify the mounting structure and the mounting work by consolidating the installation locations of the first and second mist panels at the intermediate position in the longitudinal direction, and efficiently to the upper and lower body of the bather. The mist can be sprayed uniformly, and the warm bath effect can be further improved.

The first and second mist panels are attached to a common mist main body, and the first and second mist panels are attached to the upper end of the bathtub side wall or the edge of the bath lid with an attachment device. The mist panel may be attached to the side wall of the bathtub or the bath lid (claim 2 ). According to this, it is possible to further simplify the structure and simplify the mounting work.

Further, the outer shape of the mist main body is formed in a conical shape, and the attachment device includes a first support portion that contacts and supports the mist main body surface on the conical bottom surface side, and a mist main body on the conical conical surface side. And a second support portion that abuts and supports the surface from below, and the cone-shaped mist main body is detachably mounted on the mounting device from above (Claim 3 ). According to this, the structure of the mounting device can be simplified and the cost can be reduced, and the mist main body can be mounted without using screws or the like, thereby further simplifying the mounting operation. it can. In addition, it is also easy to remove the cone-shaped mist main body from the mounting device and place the mist main body on the side wall upper surface of the bathtub (flange upper surface) or bathroom counter with the conical bottom face down. It is possible and can be used in various ways according to the bather's preference.

Further, the first mist panel and / or the second mist panel are attached to the mist body so as to be rotatable and / or swingable so that the first and second mist panels can inject mist into the same region. (Claim 4 ). According to this, each mist panel can be rotated or swung so that a large amount of mist is sprayed only on the upper body or only on the lower body, and various usages can be performed according to the preference of the bather.

  As described above, according to the bathtub with a mist function according to claim 1 of the present invention, two mist panels are installed on the side wall of the bathtub or the bath lid, and the mist injection area of each mist panel is set in the longitudinal direction of the bathtub. Since the mist can be sprayed over a wide area in the longitudinal direction of the bathtub while making the injection distance from each mist panel to the mist injection area as short as possible, it is completely possible without installing a bath lid on the bathtub. Even if it is open to the bath, a sufficient bathing effect can be given to the bather, and mist bathing can be performed in a relaxed and free posture in the bathtub.

Further, according to the mist feature bathtub according to claim 1 of the present invention, by aggregating the first and the location of the second mist panel longitudinally intermediate position, to simplify the mounting structure and mounting work In addition, the mist can be efficiently and uniformly sprayed on the upper and lower body of the bather, and the effect of the warm bath can be further improved.

Moreover, according to the bathtub with a mist function according to claim 2 of the present invention, it is possible to further simplify the structure and simplify the mounting operation.

Moreover, according to the bathtub with a mist function according to claim 3 of the present invention, the structure of the mounting device can be simplified and the cost can be reduced, and the mist main body can be mounted without using screws or the like. This can further simplify the mounting operation. In addition, it is also possible to remove the cone-shaped mist body from the mounting device and place the mist body on the top surface of the bathtub side wall (flange top surface) with the cone-shaped bottom face down. It can be used in various ways according to your preference.

Moreover, according to the bathtub with a mist function according to claim 4 of the present invention, each mist panel can be rotated or swung so that a large amount of mist is sprayed only on the upper body or only on the lower body. It can be used in various ways.

It is a whole perspective view of a bathtub with a mist function concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is an expansion perspective view of the mist generating apparatus and attachment apparatus which are attached to the bathtub. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the mist generator. It is action explanatory drawing of the bathtub. It is a perspective view of the holding member of the attachment apparatus of the mist generator. It is a perspective view which shows the other Example of a holding member. It is a principal part enlarged side view of the bathtub with a mist function which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the whole longitudinal cross-sectional view of the bathtub with a mist function which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a bathtub 1 with a mist function according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The bathtub 1 includes a mist generator 2 that generates mist in the bathtub 1, and the mist generator 2 from a bather. And an attachment device 3 attached to the side wall 1a on the left side (one side in the short direction). The bathtub 1 has a rectangular shape in plan view, and the inner surface on one side in the longitudinal direction (the upper left side in FIG. 1) is an inclined surface so that the bather can rub his back in a relaxed posture. At the bottom of the bathtub on the other side, there is provided a stepped portion 1b that is one step higher so that the bather's foot can be lifted to a slightly higher position.

  As shown in detail in FIGS. 2 and 3, the mist generating device 2 includes a mist main body 5 having a truncated cone shape and two mist panels 6 and 7 attached to the mist main body 5. The mist main body 5 has a hot water introduction port 9 to which a hose 8 for supplying hot water from a hot water heater or the like is detachably attached and protrudes radially outward from the conical surface in the vicinity of the conical bottom. A hot water supply passage 10 for supplying hot water introduced from the introduction port 9 to the mist panels 6 and 7 is provided inside. In addition, the hose 8 can also share a shower hose, and can change a shower nozzle to the mist generating apparatus 2, and it is also possible to attach the hose for mist in a bathroom separately from a shower hose.

  The two mist panels 6 and 7 are attached to face each other in the diameter direction of the mist main body 5. The attachment structure of the mist panels 6 and 7 will be described in detail. In the mist main body 5, connection pipes 11 are provided corresponding to the mist panels 6 and 7. Each connecting pipe 11 is bent in a substantially square shape from the base end portion to the tip end portion, and the base end portion of the connecting pipe 11 communicates with the hot water supply path 10 and the shaft center of the mist main body 5. It is attached inside the mist body 5 so as to be rotatable around a first rotation axis A which is parallel and eccentric from the axis toward the mist panels 6 and 7. The distal end portion of each connection tube 11 protrudes outward from an elliptical opening 12 that is formed in the outer peripheral surface on the top side of the mist main body 5 and that is long in the circumferential direction. A connecting pipe portion 14, which will be described later, of the mist panels 6 and 7 is attached to the distal end portion of the connecting pipe 11 so as to be rotatable around a second rotation axis B perpendicular to the conical surface. Thus, each of the mist panels 6 and 7 is attached to the mist main body 5 in a range of the opening width of the opening 12 around the first rotation axis A so as to be swingable, and the second rotation axis. It is attached to the mist main body 5 so that it can rotate 360 ° around B. A spherical guide member 13 is provided on the inner side of the opening 12 of the mist main body 5 so as to abut on the inner peripheral edge of the opening 12 from the inner side. Shaking between the tube 11 and the opening 12 is prevented.

  Each of the mist panels 6 and 7 has a disk shape, and a large number of mist injection nozzles 15 are formed on one side surface thereof, and the connecting pipe portion 14 projects radially outward from a predetermined portion in the circumferential direction. It is installed. A supply path for introducing hot water from the connecting pipe portion 14 to a large number of mist injection nozzles 15 is formed inside the panel, and the hot water supplied to each nozzle 15 is atomized inside the nozzles and injected from the nozzles 15. It is configured to be. In the state shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 4, the mounting angle of each mist panel 6, 7 is such that the mist injection nozzle 15 of each mist panel 6, 7 injects mist in the opposite direction. FIG. 3 shows a state where the mounting angle is adjusted so that the mist panels 6 and 7 inject mist in the same direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the mist generating device 2 is attached by an attachment device 3 so as to be hooked on the upper end of the side wall 1 a at a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction of the bathtub 1. Is directed in the short direction of the bathtub 1. In addition, two mist panels 6 and 7 are arranged above and below the mist main body 5, and the upper mist panel 6 (first mist panel) is arranged in the bathtub 1 along the longitudinal direction as shown in FIG. The mist is sprayed toward the upper body of the bather sitting with the legs extended, and the lower mist panel 7 (second mist panel) is installed to spray the mist toward the bather's feet. Yes. A region X shown in FIG. 1 is a region corresponding to the bather's upper body, and a region Y is a region corresponding to the toes. In this embodiment, it is not always necessary to install a bath lid, and it is possible to perform mist bathing with the bathtub 1 fully open as shown in FIG. 1, but as shown in FIG. A bath lid C covering half of the bathtub 1 corresponding to the side can also be installed. According to this, since the upper body of the bather is open, the feeling of opening during bathing is high, and the upper body is in a free posture. Although it is possible to bathe in a relaxed posture because it is possible to bathe, the upper part of the lower body is covered with a bath lid C and the mist is sprayed into the space in the bathtub below the bath lid C, thereby lowering the lower body Can be maintained in a warm temperature atmosphere, and further improvement in the warm bath effect can be expected.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the attachment device 3 includes a substantially L-shaped hook member 16 formed of hard rubber, urethane resin, or the like, and a wire holding member that places and holds the mist main body 5 of the mist generating device 2. 17. As shown in FIG. 5, the detailed structure of the holding member 17 is formed by bending a wire covered with a resin or the like so as not to damage the bathtub 1 into a predetermined shape, and the mist of the mist main body 5 on the bottom side of the conical shape. First support portions 18a and 18b for abutting and supporting the surface of the main body 5, and a second support for abutting and supporting the surface of the mist main body 5 of the mist main body 5 from the lower side and the horizontal side on the conical conical surface side. The part 19 and the latching | locking part 20 hooked on the upper surface of the side wall 1a of the bathtub 1 are provided, and it is formed in loop shape.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, as the first support portion, an upper support portion 18 a that comes in contact with the conical bottom surface of the mist main body 5 slightly above the upper and lower central portions of the mist main body 5, and a lower end of the mist main body 5. The lower support portion 18b is formed in contact with the conical bottom surface of the mist main body 5 in the vicinity of the portion, and is placed by supporting the conical bottom surface of the mist main body 5 at two locations above and below. Improves stability when supported.

  The second support portion 19 includes upper and lower conical surface support portions 19a and 19b that extend horizontally from the outer ends of the upper and lower first support portions 18a and 18b along the conical surface of the mist main body 5, respectively. The upper and lower conical surface support portions 19a and 19b are formed in a substantially U-shape from the erection portion 19c laid between the tip portions, and the erection portion 19c has an outer peripheral shape of the mist main body 5 at the axial position. Is curved along. The distance between the pair of second support portions 19 is regulated by the first support portions 18 a and 18 b and the locking portion 20 so as to fit the size of the mist main body 5. Therefore, the mist generating device 2 can be installed on the bathtub side wall 1a easily and quickly by fitting and mounting the mist body 5 on the first support portions 18a, 18b and the second support portion 19 from above, and is unnecessary. Sometimes it can be removed simply by lifting the mist generator 2.

  The hooking member 16 is formed with a plurality of groove portions 21 for detachably hooking and holding the locking portion 20 on the L-shaped inner surface side, and any one of the groove portions 21 is selected and the locking portion 20 is selected. , The width of the hook member 16 and the holding member 17 can be adjusted according to the width of the bathtub side wall 1a.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the holding member 17 supports the second support portion 19 over the lower half circumference of the mist body 5 without providing the lower holding portion 18 b and the lower conical surface support portion 19 b. You may form in. Further, the attachment device 3 may be configured only by the holding member 17, and in this case, a hook-shaped hook portion corresponding to the hook member 16 extends downward from the outer end portion of the side wall of the locking portion 20. Is preferred.

  According to the bathtub with a mist function according to the present embodiment, the mist function can be added by attaching the mist generating device 2 to a conventional general bathtub, and the facility cost is significantly reduced while the facility cost is greatly reduced. Can provide a high bathtub. In addition, the mist generating device 2 and its attachment device 3 can be easily and quickly removed from the bathtub 1 when not required, and the maintenance performance at the time of failure is high and the maintenance cost is extremely low. In addition, from two mist panels 6 and 7 installed at an intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the bathtub, the mists are respectively opposite in the longitudinal direction toward the region X corresponding to the upper half of the bather and the region Y corresponding to the lower half. The mist bath can be wrapped with uniform mist in the bathtub without covering the entire bathtub 1 with a bath lid, and the mist bath is highly satisfactory with a smaller amount of hot water. Can provide. Further, when the bather wants to spray a large amount of mist only on the upper body or only on the lower body, by rotating one of the two mist panels 6 and 7 around the second rotation axis B by 180 °. Mist can be sprayed from the two mist panels 6 and 7 in the same direction, and a highly flexible mist bath can be provided. Furthermore, when it is desired to adjust the height of the mist injection direction, the mist panels 6 and 7 are swung around the first rotation axis A, so that an appropriate injection direction can be selected according to the physique such as the sitting height of the bather. The mist can be adjusted intensively on the bather's face, or the mist can be intensively injected on the abdomen. Further, the mist generating device 2 is detached from the mounting device 3, and the mist main body 5 is placed on the upper surface of the bathtub side wall 1a with the conical bottom face down, or the mist main body 5 is used with an appropriate hook. It is also possible to enjoy the mist bathing in a posture in which the bather stands by hooking on the wall surface of the bathroom, and the mist generating device 2 of this embodiment greatly expands the possibility of mist bathing. .

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the design can be changed as appropriate. For example, as in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the mist generating device 2 is provided at the central portion of the side edge on the bather side of the bath lid C installed in the bathtub 1 so as to cover the upper part of the lower half of the bather. The clip-shaped holding member 17 can be used, and in this case, the axis of the mist main body 5 is disposed along the longitudinal direction of the bathtub 1. Also, the plurality of mist panels may not be integrated, and a plurality of mist generating devices having one mist panel may be installed in a bathtub, or a plurality of mist spraying mists in different areas and directions. It is also possible to install the panel embedded in the bathtub. Moreover, the mist main body 5 of the mist generator 2 may have a pyramid shape, and more preferably a hexagonal pyramid or an octagonal pyramid. Further, each mist panel may be fixedly attached to the mist main body, or may be attached to the mist main body so that only one of rotation or swinging can be performed.

  Further, FIG. 4 shows a posture in which the feet 10 are bathed on the step portion 10, but the step portion 10 is used as a stool portion as in the third embodiment shown in FIG. It is also possible to take a mist bath in a more relaxed posture by sitting on the floor and sitting with the legs extended toward the opposite side of the stool 10. In this case, the mist panel 7 on the lower side can inject the mist slightly downward by swinging with respect to the mist main body 5. With such a posture, the bather is less likely to get tired even when taking a mist bath for a long time, and it is possible to comfortably enjoy the mist bath for a sufficient time.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bathtub 1a Side wall 2 Mist generator 3 Mounting apparatus 5 Mist main body 6 1st mist panel 7 2nd mist panel 18a 1st support part 18b 1st support part 19 2nd support part C Bath lid

Claims (4)

First and second mist panels for injecting mist into the bathtub are provided, and each mist panel is attached to the side wall of the bathtub or the bath lid so that each mist panel injects the mist to different areas in the bathtub longitudinal direction In the bathtub with mist function,
Both the 1st and 2nd mist panels are installed in the longitudinal direction intermediate position of the bathtub, and the 1st mist panel injects mist toward the upper half of the bather who sat along the longitudinal direction in the bathtub. And the 2nd mist panel is installed so that mist may be sprayed toward a bather's foot, The bathtub with a mist function characterized by the above-mentioned . The bathtub with a mist function according to claim 1, wherein the first and second mist panels are attached to a common mist main body, and the mist main body is attached to an upper end of the bathtub side wall or an edge of the bath lid. The bathtub with a mist function characterized by attaching the 1st and 2nd mist panel to the side wall of a bathtub, or a bath lid by attaching by. The bathtub with a mist function according to claim 2 , wherein the outer shape of the mist main body is formed in a conical shape, and the attachment device includes a first support portion that abuts and supports the surface of the mist main body on the conical bottom surface side. And a second support part that abuts and supports the surface of the mist main body from below on the conical conical surface side, and the conical mist main body is detachably mounted on the attachment device from above. Characteristic bathtub with mist function. The bathtub with a mist function according to claim 2 or 3 , wherein the first mist panel and / or the second mist panel is a mist main body so that the first and second mist panels can inject mist into the same region. It is attached so that it can rotate and / or swing with respect to the bathtub with mist function.