JPH02104361A - Hydraulic massage bathtub - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To increase a blood flow rate in a muscle at a deep part of a body, and to make effective treatment possible, by connecting a pressure water generator with a hydraulic massage hole opening at an inside of a bath tub, and making such a pressure warm water ejecting freely into the buth tub at a constant interval on and off to shake muscles of a treating part and to makes effective massage possible. CONSTITUTION: Hydraulic massage holes 6 are equipped at the bottom of a bath tub 2 corresponding to eight important parts of both sides of shoulders, waists, femoral regions and legs respectively of a treatment receiver lying in the bath tub 2. Water under prescribed pressure is ejected from the hydraulic message holes 6 connected with a pressurized water generator 7. Temperature control of a heater 8 enables pressurized warm water to be supplied from the hydraulic massage holes 6 within the range of 38-42 deg.C. And a pressure pump 11 can pressurize ejection pressure up to 2kg/cm<2> . For example, when a button for a whole-body circulating massage is pushed, the pressure pump 11 and a pulse generator 14 and driven to generate a pulsed jet flow. And four pairs of solenoid valves 15 are worked successively, the pressurized water is ejected to be mushroom from each hydraulic message hole 6, which circulates on shoulders, waists, femoral regions and legs successively for a hydraulic massage.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hydromassage device for physical therapy and health care that produces a pine surge effect by intermittently applying pressurized hot water to the human body.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Currently, moist and warm pine surgery is an important means of physical therapy and health care in developed countries around the world. Bubble whirlpool baths and ultrasonic baths, which are currently commonly used in Europe, America and Japan, have been developed based on the above principle.

Problems that the invention aims to solve Until now, it has been generally believed that hot water therapy can increase blood flow in local areas of the body, but capillary spectroscopy has shown that hot water does indeed increase blood flow in the skin. Although seen, it has not yet been proven whether muscle blood flow increases, and
The results of the xenon isotope trace experiment showed that hot water bathing did not significantly increase blood flow in the osteoradius muscle. However, muscle interlocking can significantly increase muscle blood flow. Therefore, unless a certain amount of force is applied, the deep muscles cannot be affected and good treatment and health effects cannot be obtained.Currently, commonly used whirlpool baths, bubble baths, ultrasonic baths, etc. It does not cause passive movement of the muscles and has almost no pine surge effect.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems.
Hydraulic massage holes are opened at the locations of the main treatment areas corresponding to the waist and legs, and a pressure water generator is connected to the hydraulic massage holes to provide a pressure of 38 to 42°C that allows for sieving and massaging the muscles in the treatment areas. To provide a hydraulic massage bathtub characterized in that hot water is freely jetted into the bathtub intermittently at regular intervals.

According to the present invention, the shoulders and waist of the patient on the inner surface of the bathtub,
Pressurized hot water at a predetermined pressure and temperature can be ejected like a mushroom from the hydraulic massage holes opened at the main treatment parts corresponding to the waist and legs. Therefore, the surface of the body is heated by the action of moisture and heat, and the muscles are sieved with fluid like a pine surge, which increases the blood flow in the deep muscles of the body and can be effectively treated.

Example The present invention will be explained below based on examples.

FIG. 1 and subsequent figures show an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the bathtub device 1 includes a bathtub 2 which is recessed in an elongated shape so that the person to be treated can lie down with their backs straightened and their legs stretched out. A protective cover 4 is removably disposed on the lock portion 5 on the side surface. The bottom of the bathtub 2 is provided with hydraulic massage holes 6 corresponding to eight important parts on both sides of the shoulders, waist, thighs, and legs of the person lying in the bathtub 2, as shown in the figure. The hydraulic massage hole 6 is opened and connected to a pressure water generation bag W7 so that a predetermined pressure water can be spouted. The pressure water generator 7 is located on the 1st F! !
J. As shown in FIG. 3, a waterproof pressure pump 11 is connected via a suction pipe 10 to a water supply device 9 which can be heated to a predetermined temperature by a heating device 8 at one end of the bathtub 2, and its discharge pipe 12 A pressure accumulator 13 and a pulsation generator 14 are connected to the pipe, and the end of the discharge pipe 12 is branched into eight pipes corresponding to the hydraulic massage holes 6, each of which is connected to the hydraulic massage holes 6 via a solenoid valve 15. Pressurized hot water can be selectively ejected. The pressure hot water can be supplied from the hydraulic massage hole 6 in the range of 38 to 42 degrees Celsius by adjusting the temperature of the heating device 8, and the jetting pressure is set to 2 kg/c by the pressure pump 11.
si, and a pulsation generator 14 is used to intermittently jet pressurized hot water from the hydraulic massage holes 6 at intervals of 120 to 180 times/minute.

The pulsation generator 14 is connected to the waterproof motor 1 as shown in FIG.
6 is connected to a pulse valve 18 via a conduction reducer 17, and the valve body 19 of the pulse valve 18 is connected by rotation of the waterproof motor 16.
The discharge pipe 12 is rotated twice for one rotation of the valve body 19.
The pressure water can be spouted into the bathtub 2 intermittently through recirculation.

The hydraulic massage holes 6 each have a diameter of 14 to 18n+ and a nozzle 2 with a conicity of 6 to 10 degrees, as shown in FIG.
0 is water-tightly fastened to the bathtub 2 with a naphto 22 via a seal 21, and pressurized water is intermittently applied to the body of the patient like a mushroom through the pulsation generator 14. It is sprayed and tapped on acupuncture points with the hands of a person to effectively obtain the pine surge effect that shakes the muscles.

As shown in FIG.
3 and an auxiliary excitation coil 24, the main excitation coil 23 drives the spool 25 to open and close the flow path, and the auxiliary excitation coil 24 locks the spool 25 to self-lock, making it an energy-saving type. There is.

Further, a shower hot water valve 26 is connected to the water supply device 9 at the end of the bathtub 2, as shown in FIG. 3, so that water can be poured into the shower and the bathtub 2. 27 is a pressure regulating valve, 28 is an overflow port, 29 is an overflow pipe, 3o is a discharge/return port, and 31 is a return pipe, one end of which is connected to the suction side of the pressure pump 11, and the other end is connected to the discharge valve 32. It is connected to a sewage pipe 33 through the pipe. 34
is a pressure gauge.

Further, an operating section 35 is disposed on one side of the bathtub 2, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, so that the person to be treated can operate the operating section 35 by themselves. The operation unit 35 has 11 switch buttons 3
As shown in Fig. 7, when the button 36 is pressed, the magnet 37 makes the relay 38 conductive, and when the button 36 is not pressed, the relay 38 is automatically restored and kept in a non-conductive state. I have to.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, this operating section 35 is provided with a whole body circulation pine surge button 39, a whole body pine surge button 40, a partial pine surge button 41, and a stop button 42, respectively, and when the above buttons are selected, By pressing the button, three types of pine surge modes can be performed: whole body circulation pine surge, whole body pine surge, and partial pine surge.

For example, when the systemic circulation pine surge button 39 is pressed, the pressure pump/pulsation generation control unit 43 is electrically connected to drive the pressure bomb 11 and the pulsation generator 14 as shown in FIG.
Generates a pulsed jet stream. At the same time, the circulation pine surge control unit 44 is activated and the main electromagnetic control device 45 is activated. Then, the main excitation coil 23 of the left and right electromagnetic valves 15 for the shoulder is energized to open the electromagnetic valve 15, and mushroom-shaped pressure water is squirted from the hydraulic massage hole 6 of the shoulder to massage the shoulder for 1 minute. Pinesurge.

The pine surge time can be adjusted accordingly. Then, the sub-electromagnetic control device 46 is activated, and the sub-excitation coil 24 of the 1-magnetic valve 15 is activated.
is energized to close the electromagnetic valve 15, and at the same time, the main excitation coil 23 of the electromagnetic valve 15 on the waist is energized to open the electromagnetic valve 15. In this way, the four pairs of electromagnetic valves 15 are operated in sequence, and the pressure water is squirted out from each hydraulic massage hole 6, and the water is circulated sequentially to the shoulders, waist, thighs, and legs to perform hydraulic massage. It is something to do.

Furthermore, when the whole body pine surge button 40 is pressed, the pressure bomb 11 and the pulsation generator 14 are driven via the pressure pump/pulsation generation control unit 43 as shown in FIG. Activate the control device 45 to open the four pairs of solenoid valves I5 at the same time, and
A jet stream is pulsatingly ejected from all the hydraulic massage holes 6 on the thighs and legs to massage eight parts of the body for a certain period of time.

Further, when the partial pine surge button 41 is pressed, the pressure bomb 1m pulsation generator 14 is driven via the pressure bomb/pulsation generation control unit 43 as shown in FIG. 8, and the selected pine surge position 1! The electromagnetic valve 15 at a predetermined position is opened by the magnetic control device 48, and a desired portion is massaged.

The pine surge can be performed at any number of locations or at multiple locations.

To end these pine surges, by pressing the stop button 42, the stop control unit 49 is actuated to cut off the power to the pressure pump/pulsation generation control unit 43, and the sub-electromagnetic control device 46 is actuated to close the solenoid valve 15. Close the bathtub 2
This is to end the injection to.

Note that the timer of the pine surge time control unit 5o can be set to a desired time, and the pine surge can be automatically stopped after a certain period of time.

A pressure adjustment knob 52 is installed on the side of the operation unit 35 so that the pine surge pressure can be adjusted while looking at the pressure indicator 53. A temperature indicator 54 is also installed to adjust the heating device 8. The temperature of the water can be adjusted to the appropriate temperature for the treatment.

Reference numeral 55 denotes a drainage knob which can adjust the amount of hot water in the bath [2] and can freely treat the drainage water.

56 is a handrail, and 57 is a water temperature gauge.

The present invention described above can be used not only in sanatoriums, hospitals, hotels, and sports centers, but also for home use.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the treated area can be massaged using the action of humidity and heat, and warm water can be spouted like a mushroom from the hydraulic massage hole, allowing the massage to be performed by tapping the area with the hands. The treatment area can be massaged as if trembling the muscles. Therefore, it not only increases the temperature on the surface of the body, but also increases the flow of blood to deep muscles, which can relieve spasms, relieve pain, and eliminate local muscle fatigue. Furthermore, in addition to getting rid of excess fat from your body and becoming healthy and beautiful, it also improves your sleep, muscle sprains, stiffness, joint sprains, chronic lower back pain, foot habit, sciatica, rheumatism, shoulder-dorsal fasciitis, and autonomic nerves. It is possible to treat disorders such as functional disorders without feeling fatigued.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 and 2 are a front view and a plan view of an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is an explanation of the hot water injection circuit of the same as above, and Figure 4 is a partially omitted side sectional view of the pulsation generator of the same as above. , Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the hydraulic massage hole portion of the same as above, Fig. 6 is a side sectional view of the solenoid valve of the same as above, and Fig. 71! I is a side sectional view of the operating section same as above, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of operation fi control same as above. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Bathtub device, 2... Bathtub, 6... Hydraulic massage hole, 11... Pressure bomb, 14... Pulsation generator, 15
···solenoid valve. Applicant Representative of the National Physical Education Mooka Committee Physical Education Science Research Institute
Patent Attorney Kuni Morimoto Children's Pictures Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Hydraulic massage holes are opened on the inner surface of the bathtub at the main treatment points corresponding to the shoulders, waist, thighs, and legs of the person to be treated, and a pressure water generator is connected to the hydraulic massage holes. 38 to 38 degrees of pressure that can be used to massage the muscles in the treatment area.
A hydraulic massage bathtub characterized in that hot water of 42° C. is jetted into the bathtub intermittently at regular intervals. (2) A hydromassage bathtub according to claim 1, wherein pressurized hot water is automatically and sequentially jetted to a plurality of treatment areas such as the shoulders, waist, thighs, and legs in a freely hydromassaging manner. .