JPH04292167A - Sauna suit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To offer the sauna suit excellent in a sauna effect such as recovery of fatigue, etc., by integrating an oxygen enrichment mechanism for which an oxygen enrichment membrane is used, into a hot air generating device. CONSTITUTION:A suit main body 1 and a hot air generating device 3 are connected with a pipe 2. In the hot air generating device 3, a heating mechanism 32, a heating adjusting mechanism 32a, a ventilation mechanism 33, and an oxygen enrichment mechanism 4 provided with an oxygen enrichment membrane, 41 are provided. Air which is led in from a filter 31 of an air intake 3a becomes air whose oxygen concentration is high by the oxygen enrichment mechanism 4, is heated by the heating mechanism 32, passes through the pipe 2 by the ventilation mechanism 33 and is fed into the suit main body 1, and a sauna effect is given to a wearer of the suit.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides so-called sauna effects such as sweating and increased blood circulation similar to those experienced in a sauna bath for the wearer of the suit by sending warm air into the interior of the highly airtight suit body. About the sauna suit that gives you.

0002

[Prior Art] In recent years, with the increasing interest in health, sauna baths have been attracting attention, and sauna suits have been proposed as a way to obtain the same effects as sauna baths with simple means. .

[0003] This sauna suit blows hot air into the suit body made of a material with excellent airtightness from a warm air generator installed separately, which stimulates the wearer to sweat all over the body and also reduces blood flow. It plays a role in promoting recovery from fatigue by stimulating circulation. Furthermore, this sauna suit is known to be more effective in relieving fatigue and other effects than simply warming the body by activating the user's skin respiration and promoting the uptake of oxygen into the body.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in conventional sauna suits, the hot air supplied by the hot air generator only heats the air around the hot air generator using an electric heating mechanism. Ta. Therefore, the conventional sauna suit has the disadvantage that sufficient oxygen is not supplied to the sauna suit wearer's body due to exposure to hot air.

[0005] In particular, a typical sauna bath has a certain amount of space and a large amount of oxygen in the room, so there is no shortage of oxygen even if the user breathes through the skin, but a sauna suit The space between the suit and the body is small, and the amount of oxygen secured in that area cannot be said to be large. As a result, when skin respiration becomes active, there is a shortage of oxygen within the suit, and even if skin respiration becomes active, oxygen cannot be absorbed effectively.

The present invention was proposed to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and its purpose is to supply sufficient oxygen required by the user's body into the suit. The purpose is to provide a sauna suit that can respond to active skin respiration and has excellent effects on recovering from fatigue and relaxing the mind and body.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above objects, the sauna suit of the present invention includes a suit body and a hot air generator that supplies hot air to the suit body, It is characterized in that the wind generator is equipped with an oxygen enrichment mechanism that includes an oxygen enrichment membrane.

[0008]

[Operation] In the sauna suit of the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration, air whose oxygen concentration has been increased by the oxygen enrichment mechanism using the oxygen enrichment membrane is supplied to the sauna suit by the hot air generator. . As a result, sufficient oxygen is supplied to the narrow space between the suit body and the body, allowing the user to absorb more oxygen into the body through active skin breathing.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the sauna suit of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, one end of a pipe 2 for supplying hot air is connected to a part of a suit body 1 which is made to be wearable by a person so that it can be attached and detached. The other end of this pipe 2 is connected to a hot air generator 3 that generates hot air to be sent into the suit body 1.

As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 2, the hot air generator 3 includes a filter 31 for purifying the air and a heating mechanism 32 for heating the air. This heating mechanism 32 is provided with a heating adjustment mechanism 32a so that the air can be heated to a predetermined temperature and maintained at that temperature. The hot air generator 3 also includes a blower mechanism 33 for sending air to the sauna suit, and driving means (not shown) such as a motor for driving the blower mechanism 33.

[0012] The hot air generator 3 is provided with an oxygen enrichment device 4 on the air intake port 3a side in order to improve the concentration of oxygen in the air. This oxygen enrichment device 4 consists of an intake section 42 provided on the air intake port 3a side of the oxygen enrichment membrane 41, and an exhaust section 43 connected to the air blowing mechanism 33 and having a negative pressure. The oxygen enrichment membrane 4 is made of a thin film-like material that has many minute pores and has the property that oxygen permeates more easily than other air components among the air components passing through these pores. It is formed.

Next, the operation of this embodiment having the above-mentioned configuration will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when the blower mechanism 33 of the hot air generator 3 is operated, the air around the hot air generator 3 is sucked into the generator 1 through the air intake port 3a by the action of the fan of the blower mechanism 33. Ru. At this time, the environment around the air intake port 3a for supplying air to the suit body 1 is as follows:
It is always in a state that cannot be called clean. Therefore, the filter 31 provided in the air intake port 3a removes dust and the like from the air and purifies the air supplied to the suit body 1.

The air that has passed through the filter 31 is sent to the intake section 42 of the oxygen enrichment mechanism, and the suction force of the ventilation mechanism 33 connected to the exhaust section 43 side causes the oxygen enrichment membrane 4
Pass through 1. In this case, since the air passes through the thin oxygen-enriching membrane 41 that selectively increases only the oxygen passage rate, its oxygen content increases.

The air that has passed through the oxygen enrichment membrane 41 in this manner is heated to a predetermined temperature by the heating mechanism 32 controlled by the temperature adjustment mechanism 32a, and then is passed through the pipe 2 by a blowing mechanism 33 such as a fan. The water is sent to the suit body 1 through the body, causing the suit wearer's body to heat up and sweat, thereby exerting a so-called sauna effect such as recovering from fatigue and increasing blood circulation.

As described above, in this embodiment, since the warm air supplied to the suit body 1 has an increased oxygen concentration using the oxygen enrichment device, the skin respiration of the wearer of the sauna suit becomes active. However, sufficient oxygen can be given accordingly. As a result, more oxygen is taken into the body, which improves the sauna suit's effects of promoting recovery from fatigue and relaxing the mind and body.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and the oxygen enrichment membrane may be disposed on the hot air outlet side. Furthermore, it is also possible to provide a plurality of suit bodies in one warm air generator.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, a sauna suit with excellent sauna effects such as fatigue recovery can be achieved by simply incorporating an oxygen enrichment mechanism using an oxygen enrichment membrane into a hot air generator. can be provided.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, by using the oxygen enrichment membrane, an oxygen enrichment mechanism can be constructed without requiring major modifications to the hot air generator. Maintenance and management of the generator becomes easier.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1: Arrangement surface showing an embodiment of the sauna suit of the present invention.

[Figure 2] Block diagram of the hot air generator used in the sauna suit in Figure 1

[Fig. 3] Flowchart explaining the operation of the sauna suit shown in Fig. 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

1...Sauna suit 2...Pipe 3...Hot air generator 31...filter 32...Heating mechanism 32a...Heating adjustment mechanism 3a...Air intake 4...Oxygen enrichment device 41...Oxygen enrichment membrane 42...Intake part 43...Exhaust part

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A suit body comprising a suit body and a warm air generator supplying hot air to the suit body, the hot air generator being provided with an oxygen enrichment mechanism provided with an oxygen enrichment membrane. Features a sauna suit.