JPH04332511A - Lather generating device for washing body - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To inject the mousse-like lather to the body by connecting a soap liquid supply tank, a water supply passage, a compressor, and a lather injection nozzle to a lather generating tank through an opening/closing valve by each supply passage, and forming an air inflow passage for communicating with a mixing chamber on the tip side of the lather injection nozzle. CONSTITUTION:A amp liquid supply tank 12 and a lather generating tank 13 are connected by a soap liquid supply passage 16, and a water supply passage 19 is connected to the lather generating tank 13. The lower part of the lather generating tank 13 and the upper part are connected to a compressor 14 through an air supply passage 18, and a lather injection nozzle 15 through a lather supply passage 17, respectively. In each supply passage 16-19, valves 20-23 are provided, respectively, and in the tip side of the lather injection nozzle 15, an air inflow passage for communicating with a mixing chamber is formed. In the lather generating tank 13, air is supplied into a state that a soap liquid and water or hot water are mixed and lather is generated, ascends and is injected from the lather injection nozzle 15 without being scattered in a state of mousse-like lather.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Field of Industrial Application] This invention relates to a soap foam generating device for washing the body of a bather to remove dirt and grime from the body surface of a bather by spraying soap foam, and particularly to a soap foam generating device for spraying soap foam to remove dirt and grime from the body surface of a bather. This invention relates to a soap foam generating device for body washing which is attached to the body surface of a bather and covers the surface of the bather with soap bubbles to make the bather feel comfortable.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, shower devices have been known that spray water or hot water (shower) to wash away dirt from the body surface of a bather. A shower device is made up of a hose part through which water or hot water passes and a nozzle part from which water or hot water is sprayed.The nozzle part has a large number of small holes, and the water or hot water is sprayed from these small holes. It has become.

When using a conventional shower device to wash away dirt from the body surface of a bather, the nozzle portion of the shower device is held above the shower room, and a large number of small injection ports of the nozzle portion are held. Water or hot water was sprayed from the hole, and the body was washed by moving below the jet of water or hot water. Alternatively, the user would grasp the nozzle part of the shower device with one hand, move the nozzle part freely, and spray water or hot water from the many small holes in the nozzle part to wash every corner of the body.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, in conventional shower devices, water or hot water is sprayed from the nozzle part, and it is difficult to completely remove dirt and grime attached to the bather's body surface by using only water or hot water. That is difficult. For this reason, usually
People apply soap directly to their bodies or apply soap to a towel and rub their bodies with the soap-covered towel to remove dirt and grime with the power of the soap.

[0005] When removing dirt and grime from the body with soap, it is easier to remove dirt and grime when the soap is foamy, and bather a feels very comfortable when the surface of the body is covered with foamy soap. Become. However, although it is easy to spray water or hot water containing dissolved soap from the nozzle, if you spray mousse-like soap foam from the nozzle, it will scatter.
It was not possible to spray the mousse-like soap foam from a nozzle onto the surface of Bather A's body without causing it to scatter.

[0006] In view of the above problems, this invention was devised to solve the problems, and its purpose is to scatter soap bubbles in the form of a mousse. To provide a soap foam generating device for body washing which can be attached to the surface of a bather's body without any problem and can cover the surface of the body with mousse-like soap foam to make the bather feel comfortable.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention connects a soap solution supply tank and a soap bubble generation tank through a soap solution supply passage, and connects one end of the water supply passage to the soap bubble generation tank. Connect one end of the air supply passage to the bottom of the soap suds generation tank, connect the other end of the air supply passage to the compressor, connect one end of the soap suds supply passage to the top of the soap suds generation tank, and connect one end of the air supply passage to the bottom of the soap suds generation tank. The other end of the foam supply passage is connected to a soap foam injection nozzle, each supply passage is provided with an on-off valve, and an air inflow passage leading to the mixing chamber is formed at the tip of the soap foam injection nozzle. be.

[0008]

[Operation] The present invention having the above structure operates as follows. That is, a soap solution and water or hot water are supplied into the soap bubble generation tank through each supply passage, and a compressor is driven to send air into the soap bubble generation tank through the air supply passage. In the soap bubble generation tank, air is supplied into a mixture of soap solution and water or hot water, and soap bubbles are generated by the air. The soap bubbles generated are
Air supplied from the compressor moves up the soap foam generation tank, passes through the soap foam supply passage, and is injected in the form of mousse-like soap foam from the soap foam injection nozzle. The sprayed mousse-like soap bubbles do not scatter, but fly in the form of mousse-like soap bubbles and adhere to the bather's body surface, acting to cause the mousse-like soap bubbles to adhere to the bather's body surface. .

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be explained in more detail below based on embodiments shown in the drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the soap foam injection nozzle, and FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the shower room.

In FIG. 1, a soap foam generating device 11 for body washing is a device that generates mousse-like soap foam, and includes a soap liquid supply tank 12, a soap foam generating tank 13, and a compressor 1.
4. Soap foam injection nozzle 15, and soap solution supply passage 16, soap foam supply passage 17, air supply passage 18, water supply passage 19, and on/off valves 20, 21 that connect these.
, 22, 23, etc.

The soap solution supply tank 12 has a stirring shaft 12 inside.
a extends in the vertical direction, and the upper end of the stirring shaft 12a is interlocked and connected to the rotating shaft of a stirring motor 12b installed at the upper part of the soap liquid supply tank 12 via a coupling 12c. Further, inside the soap liquid supply tank 12, a stirring blade 12d attached to a stirring shaft 12a is installed. The stirring blade 12d is driven by the stirring motor 12b to stir the soap solution in the soap solution supply tank 12 to keep the concentration uniform. Soap solution supply tank 1
A soap solution inlet 12e into which the soap solution in the soap solution container M is introduced is formed in the upper side of the container 2.

One end of a soap solution supply passage 16 is connected to the lower part of the soap solution supply tank 12. Soap solution supply passage 1
The other end of 6 is connected to the soap foam generation tank 13, and the soap solution supply tank 12 is connected to the soap foam generation tank 13 through the soap solution supply passage 16, and the soap solution supply tank 1
The soap solution in 2 is supplied to the soap foam generation tank 13 through a soap solution supply passage 16. An on-off valve 20 for opening and closing the soap solution supply passage 16 is provided in the middle of the soap solution supply passage 16.

The soap foam generating tank 13 is a device that generates mousse-like soap foam using air from a soap solution and water or hot water, and one end of an air supply passage 18 is connected to the bottom bottom of the lower part of the soap foam generating tank 13. has been done. The other end of the air supply passage 18 is connected to the compressor 14, and the air sent from the compressor 14 is transferred to the soap foam generation tank 1.
It is supplied within 3 days. An opening/closing valve 21 for opening and closing the air supply passage 18 that connects the soap bubble generation tank 13 to the compressor 14 is provided in the middle of the air supply passage 18 .

[0014] The other end of the above-mentioned soap solution supply passage 16 is connected to the upper side of the soap bubble generation tank 13. Also,
One end of a water supply passage 19 is connected to the upper side of the soap bubble generation tank 13. This water supply passage 19 is a passage for supplying water or hot water into the soap bubble generation tank 13. An on-off valve 22 for opening and closing the water supply passage 19 is provided in the middle of the water supply passage 19.

One end of a soap foam supply passage 17 is connected to the upper part of the soap foam generation tank 13. Soap foam supply passage 1
The other end of 7 is connected to the soap foam injection nozzle 15 and is a passage for supplying mousse-like soap foam generated in the soap foam generation tank 13 to the soap foam injection nozzle 15. An opening/closing valve 23 that opens and closes the passage 17 is provided in the middle of the soap suds supply passage 17 that connects the soap suds injection nozzle 15 and the soap suds generating tank 13.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the soap foam injection nozzle 15, and shows that the soap foam injected from the injection port 15a is in the form of a mousse-like mass of soap foam, and does not scatter on the way. The mixing chamber 15 of the soap foam injection nozzle 15 maintains the state of the soap foam mass and can fly in the air.
An air inflow path 15b leading to the air inflow path 15b is bored. The soap foam injection nozzle 15 that sprays this mousse-like soap foam is
For example, it is provided in a shower room 31 as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3, the shower room 31 has a cylindrical shape, and a seat 33 on which a bather a sits is provided at the back of the interior opposite to the door 32. A seat hole 33a is formed in the center of the seat portion 33. This seat hole 33a is formed at a position where the buttocks of a bather a sit on the seat portion 33.

Side poles 34 are installed on the left and right sides of the front side of the seat section 33, respectively. Further, a main pole 35 is installed behind the seat portion 33 and extends to the ceiling. The left and right side poles 34 and the seat portion 33 are each arranged at an angle of approximately 120 degrees with the center of the shower room 31 as the center. Side pole 34 and main pole 3
Inside the soap foam spray nozzle 5, the piping, drive mechanism, etc. of the soap foam injection nozzle 15 described above are compactly housed.

Each of the left and right side poles 34 has a shape of a flat elliptical cylinder, and is installed so that the long axis direction of the ellipse of the flat elliptic cylinder is oriented in the circumferential direction of the shower room 31. Three soap foam injection nozzles 15 are provided in the height direction on the minor axis direction side of the oblate elliptical columnar ellipse.

Among these, the upper soap foam injection nozzle 15 sprays the soap foam toward the chest and armpits of the upper body of the bather a sitting on the seat 33, and the middle soap foam injection nozzle 15 sprays the soap foam toward the abdomen and side of the bather a. The soap foam spray nozzle 15 at the bottom is designed to spray toward the knees of bather a.

Similarly, the main pole 35 at the rear of the seat section 33 is also provided with soap foam injection nozzles 15 at the top and bottom, and the nozzles thereof are directed toward the seat section 33 at the front. The upper soap foam jetting nozzle 15 sprays spray toward the back of the bather a sitting on the seat 33, and the lower soap foam jetting nozzle 15 sprays spray onto the upper buttocks of the bather a sitting on the seat 33. It is designed to spray towards the side.

Further, a plurality of soap foam injection nozzles 15 are provided below the seat section 33, one of which has an upward injection port directly below the seat hole 33a of the seat section 33, and sprays around the anus of the buttocks. It is designed to be sprayed towards. The other one is provided at a position on the lower front side of the seat section 33 where it can spray water toward the calves.

[0023] Each of the above-mentioned soap foam injection nozzles 15 is provided so as to be able to spray towards the seat portion 33, and furthermore,
It is rotatable in the horizontal direction, for example, within an angle range of 60 degrees.

Next, the operation based on the configuration of the above embodiment will be explained below. When you enter the shower room 31, close the opening/closing door 32, and operate the mechanism of the body washing soap foam generating device 11, soap solution and water or hot water are supplied to the respective supply passages 16, 18, 19 into the soap foam generating tank 13. The compressor 14 is driven to send air into the soap bubble generation tank 13 through the air supply passage 18.

In the soap bubble generation tank 13, air is supplied into a mixture of soap solution and water or hot water, and soap bubbles are generated by the air. The generated soap foam rises in the soap foam generation tank 17 by air supplied from the compressor 14, passes through the soap foam supply passage 17, and is injected from the soap foam injection nozzle 15 in the form of a mousse-like soap foam. The sprayed mousse-like soap foam does not scatter, but flies in the form of mousse-like soap foam and adheres to the bather's body surface, causing the mousse-like soap foam to adhere to the bather's body surface.

As described above, since the injection port 15a of each soap foam injection nozzle 15 is provided toward the seat 33 in the shower room 31, the water or water ejected from the injection port of each soap foam injection nozzle 15 is The hot water hits almost the entire body of the bather a sitting on the seat 33, washing away dirt adhering to the surface of the body. In this case, bather a can take a shower all over his or her body without having to move his or her body. This makes it possible for people with physical disabilities to take a full-body shower without the help of a caregiver.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the shower room 31 is described as having a cylindrical shape, but is not limited to this, and various shapes such as an ellipse, a polygon, or a rectangle are also applicable. Moreover, although the case where one seat section 33 is provided in the shower room 31 has been described, there may be no seat section 33 at all, or a plurality of seat sections 33 may be provided. Furthermore, depending on the size of the shower room 31, one side pole 34 or three or more side poles may be installed. Furthermore, the soap foam injection nozzle 15 provided other than the side pole 34 may be fixed and not horizontally rotated.

[0028]

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above description, according to the soap foam generating device for body washing according to the present invention, the soap solution supply tank and the soap foam generation tank are connected by the soap solution supply passage, and the soap foam generation device Connect one end of the water supply passage to the tank, connect one end of the air supply passage to the bottom of the soap bubble generation tank,
Connect the other end of the air supply passage to the compressor, connect one end of the soap suds supply passage to the top of the soap suds generating tank,
The other end of the soap foam supply passage is connected to the soap foam injection nozzle, each supply passage is provided with an on-off valve, and an air inflow passage leading to the mixing chamber is formed at the tip of the soap foam injection nozzle. The mousse-like soap foam injected from the foam injection nozzle can fly through the air and adhere to the surface of the bather's body while maintaining its lumpy state without scattering on the way. This product has an extremely novel and beneficial effect in that it can cover the surface of the body with a mousse-like soap bubble and make you feel comfortable.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus showing an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a soap foam injection nozzle showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of a shower room showing an embodiment of the invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

11: Soap bubble generator for body washing 12: Soap liquid supply tank 12a: Stirring shaft 12b: For stirring 12c: Cam floor 12e: Soap solution inlet 13: Soap foam generation tank 14: Compressor 15: Soap foam spray nozzle 15a: Injection port 15b: Air inflow path 15c: Mixing chamber 16: Soap solution supply passage 17: Soap foam supply passage 18: Air supply passage 19: Water supply passage 20, 21, 22, 23: Open/close valve 31: Shower room 32: Opening/closing door 33: Seat part 33a: Seat hole 34: Side pole 35: Main pole a: Bather

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A soap solution supply tank and a soap foam generation tank are connected by a soap solution supply passage, one end of a water supply passage is connected to the soap suds generation tank, and one end of an air supply passage is connected to a lower part of the soap suds generation tank. Connect the other end of the air supply passage to the compressor, connect one end of the soap suds supply passage to the top of the suds generation tank, connect the other end of the suds supply passage to the suds injection nozzle, and connect each supply 1. A soap foam generating device for body washing, characterized in that an opening/closing valve is provided in each passage, and an air inflow path leading to a mixing chamber is formed at the tip side of a soap foam injection nozzle.