JPH0556136U - Steam generators for medical and cosmetic use - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] A steam generator for medical and cosmetic purposes. [Structure] A steam generator, a steam discharge port, an active substance carrier disposed between them, and a receiver disposed thereunder.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial application]

 The present invention relates to a medical and cosmetic steam generator having a steam generator and a steam outlet, and an active substance carrier arranged between them.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Steam generators of this kind are known in various manners and with various detailed configurations. Examples of the conventional state of the art include West German Patent Application Publication (DE-OS) Nos. 2658423 and 2144861 and Swiss Patent (CS-PS) No. 6 59186. In practice, other devices are also known. In these devices, water is evaporated in a steam generator and directed through a steam outlet, such as a discharge nozzle, to a patient, such as the patient's face, where it exerts the desired cosmetic or medical action. In large quantities, active substance additions, for example herbal additions, are planned. For this purpose, in the steam passage between the steam generator and the steam outlet, an active substance carrier, for example an egg-shaped tea strainer analogue or a flat dish, on which the herbs are placed in bulk or packed Equipped with. The steam flows between the herbs, from which it dissolves the active substances, such as essential oils or the like. In this case, of course, a part of the steam condenses and drops with the working substance into the water to be evaporated present in the steam generator. This causes strong bubbling in boiling water, which limits the entrainment of water droplets by the ascending and exiting steam, or produces steam at low temperatures, which greatly affects the area of the steam outlet or exit nozzle. Tend to condense on the skin of the patient to be treated, causing droplets that are discomforting and can cause burns.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 The present invention has shown that in such a steam generator, while maintaining the benefit of the active substance, it is further dissolved in the liquid phase, with the known disadvantages, in particular the risk of splashing hot water droplets on the skin of the patient. The challenge is to develop something that can be recovered for further use of the active substance.

[0004]

[Means for solving the problem]

 According to the invention, the above problems in a steam generator of the kind mentioned above are solved by placing a receiver under the active substance carrier.

According to an aspect of the invention of the steam generator, the water that absorbs and condenses the active substance in the active substance carrier flows back into the receiver below this active substance carrier. At least a portion of the steam flows through the enclosure of the receiver. Due to the high temperature of the steam chamber in which the vapor is present, the liquid part of the water-active substance mixture which drips back is dripping water as in the case of boiling water in the evaporator itself immersed in the active substance and in the state of the art. It can be vaporized again without danger of splashing. The water-agent mixture in the receiver becomes highly concentrated, and the agent may turn into a solid, for example in the form of a bottom layer of agent occurring in the receiver. It is rarely necessary to remove it for cleaning or renewal purposes by evaporation in the receiver. This shows a high service life. In particular, it is advantageous that the receiver is constructed as a flat dish. Another configuration is that the receiver is held on a radial support at the upper edge of the steam generator, in particular the receiver being centrally located within the steam generator.

Furthermore, since the receiver is removable, another advantageous configuration is advantageous in that the receiver has a spout.

After removal of the receiver, the active substance present therein is dissolved in water and allowed to flow out of the outlet for further use, for example in the area of the cosmetic mask to be applied or for cleaning. To moisten the cloth, a cleaning cloth soaked with a liquid containing the active substance can be used.

Other advantages and features of the invention are apparent from the claims that follow from the following description, which individually describes embodiments of the invention in connection with the drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is a view showing a first embodiment of a steam generator according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view showing another aspect of the steam generator of the present invention.

The steam generator 1 according to the present invention comprises a steam generator 2. This steam generator 2 is preferably an electrically heated container in which a heating coil is integrated in the bottom or which projects in the form of an immersion heater into the container 2 to be filled with water 3. is there. A steam chamber 4 is formed above the water, and a steam pipe 6 leads to a steam nozzle 8 from this. For the cosmetic or medical treatment of the patient's face by steam spraying, the water present in the steam generator 2 is evaporated and is placed toward the patient's face via the steam chamber 4 and the steam pipe 6. When flowing out from the steam nozzle 8 that is present, the steam hits the patient's face.

An active substance carrier 11 is arranged in the steam chamber 4. The active substance carrier may be a sieve composed of a lower part and an upper part connected to each other. This sieve may resemble an egg-shaped tea strainer in which the active substance, such as herbs, can be contained. This sieve may be held at the cover of the steam chamber 2, for example at a screw shutter which is screwed into it which is also removable. The active substance carrier 11 may be, for example, a flat sieve on which the medicinal herbs, which are likewise loose or packed in a vapor-permeable bag, are placed. It may be retained on the peripheral wall of the steam chamber by radial supports (not shown). The water vapor evaporated from the steam generator 2 penetrates into the active substance carrier 11 where it dissolves the active substance, for example an ethereal active substance, through which it passes through the vapor pipe 6 and the outlet nozzle 8 and is delivered to the patient to be treated. Reach As the vapor passes through the active substance carrier 11, a part of the vapor condenses and likewise absorbs the active substance elements and drip down. For the collection of this condensed water loaded with the active substance, it is shown below the active substance carrier 11 between the steam chamber 4 and the evaporated water present in the steam generator 2. In the present embodiment, a receiver 12 which is a flat dish is arranged. Therefore, the loaded active substance drops into the receiver 12 and is thereby collected. The receiver 12 is constantly circulated by hot steam, so that the evaporated water dropped therein evaporates or vaporizes, and the concentration of the active substance in the receiver 12 is set in advance by the complete evaporation of water. Increase to the extent that no layer of solids eluted from The receiver 12 may be held by a support that extends radially or star-shaped against the wall of the steam generator 20. The receiver 12 may be a flat dish with a protruding edge, which rests on a ring which is firmly connected with a support for holding the receiver 12. This receiver 12 can also be taken out. It may optionally be equipped with a spout. After withdrawal, the collected and completely or partially dried agent is redissolved and used for other treatment purposes, such as for other treatment purposes, such as those partially desired by such agent. Can be used for

In the embodiment of FIG. 2, an intermediate cover 13 is provided between the water 3 and the steam chamber 4, in which the steam outlet 14 is provided above the water surface of the water 3 and the other. Is provided with a condensed water-return pipe 16 which reaches below the surface of the water 3 under the steam pipe 6. The water condensed in the steam pipe 6 and the nozzle 8 in the steam chamber 4 and dripping returns to the steam generator 2 through the return pipe.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing an embodiment of a steam generator of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing another embodiment of the steam generator of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Steam Generator 2 Steam Generator 3 Water 4 Steam Chamber 6 Steam Discharge Pipe 8 Steam Discharge Nozzle 11 Active Substance Carrier 12 Receiver

Claims (6)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A medical and cosmetic steam generator having a steam generator, a steam outlet and an active substance carrier arranged between them, a receiver (11) below the active substance carrier (11). 12) is installed,
Steam generators for medical and cosmetic purposes. 2. Device according to claim 1, wherein the receiver (12) is configured as a flat dish. 3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the receiver (12) is held on a radial support at the upper edge of the steam generator (2). 4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the receiver (12) is centrally located in the steam generator (2). 5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the receiver (12) has a spout. 6. A device according to claim 1, wherein the receiver (12) is removable.