JPH04309352A - Whirlpool bath - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute the combined operation of a jet function and an air blow function by a special pattern having strength and weakness by a single switch operation. CONSTITUTION:In the whirlpool bath constituted so that it has a jet function and an air blow function, and also, the kinds of these functions and the operation strength, etc., are designated by a wireless remote control 17 (operating part), it is constituted so that an entrusting switch S6 (special switch) is provided on the wireless remote control 17, and in accordance with an operation of this entrusting switch S6, a special combined operation (sports, relax, dream) by which each of the jet function and the air blow function is operated by a special pattern is executed. According to this configuration, the combined operation by which a massage effect on a bathing person becomes large can be executed by a simple operation by only executing a single switch operation.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention has a jet function for spouting hot water mixed with air bubbles into the bathtub, and an air blow function for blowing out air bubbles into the bathtub, and the type and strength of the function can be specified. The present invention relates to a whirlpool bath having an operating section.

0002

[Prior Art] In the conventional whirlpool bath of this type,
When specifying the operation of the jet function or air blow function,
This is done by operating individual switches provided on the remote controller. In addition, when operating the jet function and the air blow function at the same time, it is only necessary to operate the corresponding switches. Further, when operating the jet function and air blow function, the strength of the jetting strength can be arbitrarily designated by operating the strength designation switch.

[0003] In other words, the bather selects whether to operate the jet function and the air blow function individually or at the same time depending on his/her mood when taking a bath, and also appropriately selects the intensity thereof. All these selections are made by operating different switches.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Conventional whirlpool baths have been pointed out to be cumbersome to operate, such as the need to operate switches for each function selection, intensity selection, etc.

[0005] Incidentally, if the jet function and air blow function are operated at the same time and the intensity is adjusted for each of the jet function and air blow function, it is thought that the massage effect will be extremely high, but it is necessary to operate a switch every time the intensity is changed. In practice, such a specification is not possible, since the frequency of switch operations would be too high.

[0006] The present invention was devised in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to enable a combined operation of jet function and air blow function in a unique pattern of strength and weakness by a single switch operation. shall be.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve such problems, the present invention has a jet function that spouts hot water mixed with air bubbles into the bathtub, and an air blow function that blows air bubbles into the bathtub. A Whirlpool bath having an operation section for specifying the type and strength of the function, etc., has the following configuration.

In the whirlpool bath of the present invention, the operation section is provided with a special switch for specifying a combined operation of the jet function and the air blow function, and the combined operation specifies a unique combination of the jet function and the air blow function. It is characterized by being operated in a pattern.

[0009]

[Operation] That is, when the special switch is operated, a combined operation in which each of the jet function and air blow function is operated in a unique pattern can be executed. In this way, operation that provides a great massage effect to the bather is possible with a simple operation of just one switch operation.

0010

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. An embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 1 to 6. The whirlpool bath in this embodiment has a number of functions such as a jet function, an air blow function, and a fall function.

In the figure, 1 is a bathtub, 2 is a suction port provided on one side wall of the bathtub 1, 3 and 4 are dorsal side jet nozzles and leg side jet nozzles provided on two opposing side walls of the bathtub 1, and 5
is a plurality of air blow nozzles provided on the bottom wall of the bathtub 1,
Reference numerals 6 and 7 are shoulder fall nozzles and Niagara fall nozzles provided above two opposing side walls of the bathtub 1.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a circulation pump installed in the circulation piping connecting the suction port 2 and various nozzles 3 to 7, and 9 to 12 denote water volume adjustment units installed on the various nozzles 3 to 7 side in each circulation piping. solenoid valves 13 and 14 for each jet nozzle 3,
4 is connected to an air pipe for sucking outside air; 15 is an air volume adjustment solenoid valve provided at the connected suction ends of the air pipes 13 and 14 to control the amount of intake air; 16 is a suction end of the air blow pipe; This is an air pump that is installed in the air pump and is phase controlled.

17 is a wireless remote controller for making calls (hereinafter simply referred to as wireless remote controller);
Reference numeral 18 indicates a receiving remote controller (hereinafter referred to as an installed remote control) fixed to the bathroom wall, and 19 indicates a sequence controller. An infrared signal sent from the wireless remote controller 17 (corresponding to the operation unit described in the claims) is received by the installed remote controller 18 and transmitted from the installed remote controller 18 to the sequence controller 19. Adjustment solenoid valves 9 to 12, air amount adjustment solenoid valve 15, air pump 1
6.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the wireless remote control 17 includes an upper case 20 and a lower case 21 made of synthetic resin, which form a substantially disc-shaped container, and an upper case 20.
It has a dim transparent circular panel 22 provided on the upper surface of the upper case 20, and a circuit board 23 provided inside the circular panel 22 in the upper case 20. Upper case 20 and lower case 2
1 are joined via a rubber packing PK. circuit board 2
3 includes a plurality of operation switches S1 to S11 and a liquid crystal display (LCD) 2 that displays the operated object.
4 and various electronic components (not shown) are mounted. The liquid crystal display 24 is arranged below the central portion of the surface of the circular panel 22, and the operation switches S1 to S11 are arranged around the liquid crystal display 24 and protrude toward the surface of the circular panel 22. A battery storage section 26 for storing two batteries 25 is provided in the center of the lower case 21, and a battery lid 27 is removably fitted into the battery storage section 26. In addition, in this wireless remote control 17, by pressing the operation switches S1 to S11, the infrared rays are emitted from the infrared rays emitting diode 28 to the outside.

The operation switch S1 turns the power on and off, the shoulder fall switch S2 turns the shoulder fall function on and off, the Niagara Falls switch S3 turns the Niagara Fall function on and off, and the dorsal jet strength switch S7 The foot-side jet strength switch S8 switches the jet ejection strength (3 stages of weak, medium, and strong), the air blow strength switch S9 switches the air blow strength (3 stages of weak, medium, and strong), and the foam presence/absence switch S10 The dorsal and leg changeover switch S11 is used to switch the presence or absence of bubbles during jet operation between dorsal side only, foot side only, and dorsal and foot simultaneously. In addition, the jet switch S4 is used to select between operation stop, arbitrary jet operation (simple), and jet dorsal combination operation (swing, rhythm, fluctuation), and air blow switch S5 is used to select between operation stop and arbitrary air blow operation (simple). ) and air blow strength combination operation (cycle, fluctuation).
(corresponding to the special switch described in the claims) is for selecting a special operation (sport, relax, dream) that is a combination of operation stop, jet operation, and air blow operation.

Next, the operation of the Whirlpool bus will be briefly explained.

When the power is turned on by the operation switch S1, the sequence controller 19 becomes active.
The usage mode data stored in the internal memory at the time of the previous power off is read out, and operation is executed in that usage mode.

Accordingly, when the various operation switches S1 to S11 of the wireless remote controller 17 are operated, the sequence controller 19 controls each component based on signals transmitted from the wireless remote controller 17 and given through the installed remote controller 18. That is, in the jet operation, the opening degrees of the circulation pump 8 and the solenoid valves 9 and 10 for adjusting the water amount and the solenoid valve 13 for adjusting the air amount are controlled, and in the air blow operation, the phase of the air pump 16 is controlled, and the shoulder fall and the solenoid valve 13 are controlled. In the Niagara Falls operation, the circulation pump 8 and the water volume adjustment solenoid valves 11 and 12 are controlled.

[A] Jet operation (Simple, Swing, Rhythm, Fluctuation) ■ In the simple mode, there are three options: "Dorsal side alone", "Foot side alone", "Dorsal side at the same time", "Weak", "Medium", " A combination of "strong", "with bubbles", and "without bubbles" can be arbitrarily selected according to the bather's preference. At this time, it is necessary to operate the dorsal foot changeover switch S11, the dorsal side jet strength switch S7, the foot side jet strength switch S8, and the foam presence/absence switch S10.

[0020] In the swing mode, a jet with bubbles is ejected from both the dorsal side and the foot side, and a pattern of operation is performed in which "weak" and "strong" are regularly repeated alternately on the dorsal side and the foot side. It will be done.

[0021] In the rhythm mode, both the dorsal side and the foot side are set to have a "weak" jet ejection, and a pattern is created in which "with bubbles" and "no bubbles" are regularly repeated alternately on the dorsal side and the foot side. driving will be carried out.

[0022] In the fluctuation mode, a pattern of operation is performed in which "weak", "medium", and "stop" are irregularly repeated on the dorsal side and the foot side, respectively.

[B] Air Blow Operation (Simple, Cycle, Fluctuation) ■ In the simple mode, the bather can arbitrarily select one of "weak,""medium," and "strong" operations according to his or her preference. At this time, it is necessary to operate the air blow strength switch S9.

[0024] In the cycle mode, a pattern of operation is carried out in which "strong"->"medium"->"weak"->"strong", etc. are regularly repeated.

■ In fluctuation mode, "weak", "medium"
, "stops" are repeated irregularly.

[C] Auto Driving (Sports, Relax, Dream) ■ In the sports mode, the driving pattern is an appropriate combination of the above-mentioned swing mode of jet driving and repetitions of "strong" and "stop" of air blow driving. (See Figure 4).

■ In the relax mode, the above-mentioned rhythm mode of jet operation and "medium" and "
A pattern of operation is performed in which the repetition of "low" is appropriately combined (see FIG. 5).

[0028] In the dream mode, the jet operation is repeated between "low" and "stop", and the air blow operation is "low" and "stop".
The operation is performed in an appropriate combination of repetitions of "weak" and "stop" (see FIG. 6).

Each mode in this automatic operation can be executed by appropriately combining the simple mode of jet operation and the simple mode of air blow operation.
If it can be executed by operating only the automatic switch S6 as in this embodiment, the number of operations may be small. Furthermore, it is also possible to combine shoulder fall operation and Niagara fall operation with respect to the above [A] to [C].

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments; for example, although not shown in the drawings, in the above-mentioned whirlpool bath, a filtration device is provided on the inlet side and the outlet side of the circulation pump 8, and the The present invention also includes devices capable of performing filtration or filtration-only operation. In addition, in the above embodiment, there are three types of automatic driving: sport, relaxing, and dream, but the number is not particularly limited, and the selection designation is not done by a rotary switch as in the above embodiment. , individually associated switches may be used.

[0031]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, by operating a special switch, it is possible to easily execute a special combined operation in which each jet function and air blow function is operated in a unique pattern. .

As described above, according to the present invention, operation that provides a great massage effect on the bather is possible with a simple operation of just one switch operation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of a whirlpool bath according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a wireless remote control according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a timing chart showing an operation pattern in a sports mode of automatic driving.

FIG. 5 is a timing chart showing an operation pattern in a relaxing mode of automatic driving.

FIG. 6 is a timing chart showing an operation pattern in a dream mode of automatic driving.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 bathtub
2 Suction port 3, 4 Jet nozzle
5 Air blow nozzle 8 Circulation pump
17 Wireless remote control (control unit) S4 Jet switch S
5 Air blow switch

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A whirlpool having a jet function for spouting hot water mixed with air bubbles into the bathtub, and an air blow function for blowing out air bubbles into the bathtub, and having an operation section for specifying the type and strength of the function. In the bus, in the operation section,
A whirlpool bath characterized in that a special switch is provided to designate a combined operation of a jet function and an air blow function, and the combined operation operates each of the jet function and the air blow function in a unique pattern.