JPH0724111Y2 - Low oxygen air generator - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a low-oxygen air generator, and more particularly to a low-oxygen air generator suitable for promoting health and preventing and treating diseases.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it is known in part that low-oxygen air having a low oxygen density per unit volume has a favorable effect on health. For example, Michael P. Ward London Cha
`` High Altitude Medic '' published by pman And Hall Medicine
ine And Physiology ", pp. 71-73, James.
S. Milledge And John B. West reported that malaria disease is extremely low among indigenous people of the Ethiopian Plateau over 3000 m and that low oxygen air has a positive effect on health.

In addition, “Ev” published by Mcgraw-Hill Book Co.
erest-The Testing Place ”on page 182 and Trapani
JL Jordan RT Antibody Formation In Rabbits Ada
ptedTo High Altitude Fed Proc 1962-VOL2
1, No. There is a similar description on page 25 of 1.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, even if it is known that low oxygen air is good for health, all of them require long-term stay, training, patience, and in some cases, physical strength to endure it. Currently, it cannot be easily executed because it is required. Furthermore, it seems that a device for supplying low-oxygen air is also proposed, but its structure is complicated and expensive, and there is a drawback that it requires careful attention in handling, so that a simple and large amount of low-oxygen air can be obtained. Was difficult. The present invention has been made in order to solve such conventional drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a low oxygen air generator capable of obtaining a large amount of low oxygen air with a simple configuration and handling.

[0005]

In order to solve such a problem, the present invention provides a compressed nitrogen storage container storing compressed nitrogen, and an outside air flowed by the flow pressure of nitrogen gas from the compressed nitrogen storage container. It has a mixer that mixes the nitrogen gas with the outside air to generate low oxygen air with a low oxygen mixing ratio, and a low oxygen storage container that stores the low oxygen air from this mixer. Then, in the mixer, it is preferable to form a flow hole for taking in the outside air in the flow path of the nitrogen gas from the compressed nitrogen storage container.

[0006]

In the present invention equipped with such means, when nitrogen gas is made to flow out from the compressed nitrogen storage container, outside air is introduced by the flow pressure of nitrogen gas in the mixer and is mixed with outside air, so that the mixing ratio of oxygen is increased. Low hypoxic air is generated and stored in the low oxygen containment vessel. The outside air is taken in and mixed by the flow pressure of the nitrogen gas simply flowing in the flow path only by forming a flow hole in the mixer.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the outline of an embodiment of the low oxygen air generator according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a compressed nitrogen storage container 1 that stores compressed nitrogen is connected to a distributor 5 via a pressure regulator 3, and each nitrogen flow path branched from this distributor 5 is connected via a switch 7. The mixer 9 is connected. This mixer 9 takes in outside air in the atmosphere,
The nitrogen gas flowing through is mixed with the outside air in the atmosphere to generate low oxygen air having a low oxygen mixing ratio, and is connected to a low oxygen storage container 11 which is a tank for storing low oxygen air.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific embodiment of the low oxygen air generator of FIG. The compressed nitrogen storage container 1 has, for example, a volume 7 in which nitrogen compressed to about 150 ATM is stored in advance.
A cylinder of about 000 liters, for example, an inner diameter of 4 mm
It is connected to the pressure regulator 3 via a connecting pipe 13 of a certain degree. To the compressed nitrogen storage container 1, a pressure measuring device 15 for displaying the liquid nitrogen pressure inside and a pressure reducing device 17 for adjusting the pressure are connected.

The pressure adjuster 3 reduces the outflow rate of the nitrogen gas from the compressed nitrogen storage container 1 by the adjusting knob 3a to, for example, about 0.2 kg / pressure, and the nitrogen gas by a built-in filter (not shown). Therefore, it is connected to the distributor 5 via a connecting pipe 13 having an inner diameter of about 3 mm. The outflow amount of nitrogen gas from the pressure regulator 3 is displayed by the flow meter 19. Distributor 5
Has a plurality of branch pipes 5a for branching the nitrogen gas from the pressure regulator 3 into a plurality of branches, and a branch pipe 23 is connected to each branch pipe 5a via a joint 21. The joint 21 closes the open end side of the branch pipe 5a without connecting the branch pipe 23.

Each branch pipe 23 has an inner diameter of, for example, about 3 mm, and a switch 7 for opening and closing the flow of nitrogen gas is arranged in the middle of the branch pipe 23. The switch 7 is connected to the mixer 9 through the branch pipe 23. Has been done. The flow path length from the pressure regulator 3 to the mixer 25 is about 10 m. As shown in FIG. 3, the mixer 9 is connected to a branch pipe 23 extending from a switch (not shown in FIG. 3) 7 and is thicker and slender than the mixing pipe 25.
The mixing pipe 25 has a communication hole 27 having an inner diameter (t) of, for example, about 1 mm, which communicates with the outside in a portion near the connecting portion with the branch pipe 23.

Most of the mixing pipe 25 is inserted to the bottom of the cylindrical low oxygen storage container 11 having a volume of, for example, about 10 liters, and the connecting portion with the branch pipe 23 and the circulation hole 27 are contained in the low oxygen storage container. 11 and a sealing process is performed between the mouth (upper part) of the low oxygen storage container 11 and the mixing pipe 25. Then, the outside air flows into the mixing pipe 25 due to the flow pressure when the nitrogen gas from the branch pipe 23 flows through the mixing pipe 25, the nitrogen gas and the air are mixed, and low oxygen with low oxygen concentration is stored in the low oxygen storage container 11 It is designed to flow in.

A mask 29 is provided above the low oxygen containment vessel 11.
Are connected. The mask 29 is formed by molding a flexible airtight material, for example, natural rubber or a synthetic resin such as vinyl chloride resin into a shallow bowl shape having a wide mouth and has a check valve. It is good to cover your nose at once so that you can keep it airtight. The system of the other branch pipe 5a of the distributor 5 is also the above-mentioned joint 21, switch 7,
Since it is similar to the mixer 9 and the low oxygen containment vessel 11,
Only one system will be described and the other systems will be omitted.

Next, an example of use of the low oxygen air generator of the present invention described above will be described. The nitrogen gas from the compressed nitrogen storage container 1 whose pressure has been adjusted appropriately by the pressure reducer 17 is supplied to the distributor 5 while being controlled by the pressure adjuster 3 and the flow rate of which is adjusted appropriately by the knob 3a. A branch pipe 23 is attached to the branch pipe 5a of the distributor 5.
When the switch 7 connected through the switch 7 is opened, nitrogen gas is supplied from the switch 7 to the mixing pipe 25 of the mixer 7, and the flow pressure at the time of passing through the narrow mixing pipe 25 causes the flow hole 27 to flow. The outside air flows into the mixing pipe 25 via the above, and the nitrogen gas and the outside air are mixed.

Since the air in the atmosphere is mainly a mixed gas of nitrogen gas and oxygen, the mixed gas flowing from the mixing pipe 25 to the low oxygen storage container 11 is a so-called low oxygen air in which the mixing ratio of oxygen is low. The low-oxygen air that has flowed into the low-oxygen storage container 11 collects from the lower portion and flows out to the mask 29. Therefore,
When the mask 29 covers the mouth and nose and is applied to the breathing mouth of a person for breathing, the low oxygen air from the low oxygen storage container 11 can be sucked. About 10-11% of low oxygen air can be obtained by the above-mentioned composition, size, pressure, etc.

Moreover, the pressure adjustment in the pressure adjuster 3,
By changing the distance from the pressure adjuster 3 to the mixer 25, the supply amount and pressure of nitrogen gas from the switch 7 can be changed, and by appropriately selecting the inner diameter of the flow hole 27, the oxygen mixing ratio can be changed. . Although it depends on the breathing condition, it is preferable to alternately perform breathing of low oxygen air for about several minutes to 10 minutes and breathing of air in the atmosphere for about several minutes to 10 minutes according to a normal breathing rate. Of course, it is important to breathe hypoxic air under the supervision and supervision of a doctor.

By connecting a humidifier and a scent device (both not shown) between the compressed nitrogen storage container 1 and the mask 29, the low oxygen air from the mask 25 is humidified,
It is possible to moisturize the throat during breathing, and there is an advantage that a pleasant atmosphere can be obtained by the incense stick.
However, conversely, a dehumidifier may be provided instead of the humidifier.
When a carbon dioxide absorption layer for absorbing carbon dioxide is arranged in the low oxygen storage container 11, the low oxygen storage container 11
Since the amount of carbon dioxide that accumulates inside can be delayed, it becomes difficult to form a high-concentration carbon dioxide state when a low-oxygen air state is formed due to the progress of breathing. Can be avoided.

According to the low-oxygen air producing device of the present invention thus constructed, it is possible to easily form a low-oxygen air state under normal pressure, and breathing this low oxygen anaerobically produces sugar. It can improve the body's resistance by stimulating glycolysis, which is the metabolism that decomposes to obtain energy. Such a mechanism in the body can be shown by a chemical formula as follows. _{1 / n (C 6 H 10} O 5) n + 3ADP + 3H 3 PO 4 → 2C 3 H 6 O 3 + 3ATP

Therefore, breathing low-oxygen air for a short period of time can be expected to have a medical effect. That is, autonomic imbalance, various allergic skin diseases,
It is effective in preventing and promoting respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, habitual miscarriage, etc. However, in the present invention, the mixer 9 is configured to allow the outside air to flow in by the flow pressure of the nitrogen gas from the compressed nitrogen storage container 1 to mix the nitrogen gas and the outside air to generate low oxygen air having a low oxygen mixing ratio. Therefore, the pressure regulator 3, the distributor 5, and the switch 7 are not essential.
As for the mixer 9 as well, the effect of the present invention can be sufficiently obtained by simply forming the flow holes 27 as described above. Further, the present invention is not limited to the configuration in which the outside air is introduced by the mixer 9 by the direct flow pressure of the nitrogen gas from the compressed nitrogen storage container 1,
It is also possible to provide a pump or the like for forming a fluid pressure in the middle of the nitrogen flow path from the compressed nitrogen storage container 1.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, the compressed nitrogen storage container storing compressed nitrogen and the outside air are mixed by mixing the nitrogen gas with the outside air by the flow pressure of the nitrogen gas from the compressed nitrogen storage container. Since it has a mixer that generates low-oxygen air with a low oxygen mixing ratio and a low-oxygen containment vessel that stores the low-oxygen air from this mixer, a large amount of low-oxygen air can be easily formed. In addition to being possible, the configuration and handling are simple and the price is low. In particular, since the air in the atmosphere and the nitrogen gas can be easily mixed with the flow pressure of the nitrogen gas simply by forming the flow hole in the mixer, the structure is simple.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram showing an outline of a low oxygen air generation apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a specific configuration of an embodiment of the low oxygen air generation device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of the mixer shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Compressed Nitrogen Container 3 Pressure Regulator 3a Knob 5 Distributor 5a Branch Pipe 7 Switch 9 Mixer 11 Hypoxic Container 13 Connection Pipe 15 Pressure Measuring Device 17 Pressure Reducer 19 Flowmeter 21 Joint 23 Branch Pipe 25 Mixing Pipe 27 Circulation hole 29 mask

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A compressed nitrogen storage container that stores compressed nitrogen, and external air is introduced by the flow pressure of nitrogen gas from the compressed nitrogen storage container to mix the nitrogen gas and the external air so that the mixing ratio of oxygen is low. A low oxygen air generation device comprising: a mixer for generating oxygen air; and a low oxygen storage container for storing low oxygen air from the mixer. 2. The low oxygen air generator according to claim 1, wherein the mixer has a flow hole for introducing the outside air in a flow path of nitrogen gas from the compressed nitrogen storage container.