JPH07275150A - Shower equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the simple and inexpensive shower equipment presenting the comfortable bathing feeling like in a bathtub bathing by sitting in relax in a small space. CONSTITUTION:The shower main room equipped with a seat place and a wall surface 7 surrounding it is provided. Variable angle jet nozzles 8a-11b are provided on the wall 7 of the shower room. The hot water is ejected towards the body sitting on the seat from the nozzles and the shower covers all around the body except the face. Thus, the entire body can be effectively warmed up with the shower and the steam sauna to be ejected from the surrounding of the body. The device can correspond to every bodily shape by using the angle-variable ejection nozzle and can give the same effect.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shower device which can be easily and inexpensively and safely realized and has the same level of heating effect as bathtub bathing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Shower bathing has become popular as a simple bathing means because of its features such as ease of bath preparation, water saving effect, energy saving, and space saving.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional shower bathing has a gap with the customs rooted in the traditional Japanese bath culture, such as the difficulty of warming up and the inability to feel relaxed.

Further, there is a problem that it is more difficult to obtain a heating effect in the shower bath than in the bath tub, and there is a problem in the bath tub that the human body is burdened by the hydrostatic pressure.

In addition, a conventional bathroom having a steam sauna function is too large and inefficient. In addition, there are few shower facilities in the space of the sauna room alone, and there is an inconvenience that the body must be washed after the sauna by moving to a bathroom or the like.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a shower room body having a seat portion and surrounding the seat portion, and a shower room body disposed on a wall surface of the shower room body. It is provided with a plurality of jet nozzle parts, a water heater connected to the jet nozzle parts, a steam jet port provided in the shower chamber body, and a steamer connected to the jet port.

Further, the ejection angles of a plurality of ejection nozzles arranged on the wall surface of the shower room main body can be varied.

[0008] In addition, at least at positions corresponding to the shoulders, back, waist, and thighs of the human body so that the body surface of the human body sitting on the seat with a plurality of variable angle jet nozzles is wrapped in mist-like hot water. It is provided.

[0009]

According to the present invention, with the above-mentioned structure, the mist-like warm water is ejected from a plurality of angle-variable ejection nozzles, and the steam sauna can be used.
Although it is a shower bath, you can get the same level of heating effect as a bath bath.

Further, by atomizing the jet of the shower, the amount of hot water used is on average 11 to 12 liters per minute in a normal shower, but the present shower device allows a comfortable bathing with an average amount of hot water used per minute of 8 liters. This contributes to water saving, energy saving, and protection of the global environment.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
Will be explained.

In the figure, a shower room main body 1 made of synthetic resin is integrally formed with a seat portion 2 which serves as a chair at the lower center portion thereof, and the seat portion 2 does not feel cold when seated. As described above, a heater for collecting heat (not shown) is embedded. Further, a floor heating panel is provided on the floor surface 3 so as not to feel cold when the floor 3 is mounted.

On the other hand, the ceiling surface 4 of the shower room main body 1 has a ventilation port 5 and a lighting 6 for preventing an oxygen deficiency state and an excessive rise in humidity.
Is provided. Further, the rear wall surface 7 of the shower chamber body 1 so as to surround the seat portion 2 is provided at a position where the hot water is jetted toward the back portion of the human body sitting on the seat portion 2, and a ball joint is sandwiched between the pipes and the nozzle angle is set. The jet nozzles 8a and 8b and the jet nozzles 9a and 9b that can be changed, and the jet nozzles 10a and 10b that are provided at the positions for jetting hot water toward the chest and have a ball joint between the pipes so that the nozzle angle can be changed, Ejection nozzles 11a and 11b are provided at positions where hot water is ejected toward the thighs, and a ball joint is sandwiched between the pipes so that the nozzle angles can be changed.

The hand shower 12, the operation part 13, a detergent, etc. for controlling the jetting, stopping, hot water temperature, etc. of hot water from the angle variable jet nozzles 8a to 11b can be stored in the upper part of the side of the seat 2. An accessory storage shelf 14 is provided. In addition, the nozzles 8a to 11b are connected to a hot water supply pipe 15 arranged along the rear wall surface 7, and further via a hot and cold water mixing plug 16 and a hot water supply pressure pump 17 for mixing hot water and water to make hot water with little temperature fluctuation. It communicates with the water heater 18 and the water pipe 19.

A steam sauna 20 is installed on the lower surface of the side wall of the shower room main body and spouts from a steam sauna spout 21 of the shower room.

When the water heater 18 and the hot water pressurizing pump 17 are operated in the above structure, the hot water of 38 to 42 ° C. which has passed through the hot and cold water mixing tap 16 is piped along the wall surface 7 of the shower room main body 1. The variable angle ejection nozzles 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b for the human body sitting on the seat portion 2 through 15
Particle size of 200 to 6 from 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
A 00 micron mist of hot water gushes on the body surface of the human body sitting on the chair except the face, and wraps the body.

By making all the nozzles variable, it becomes possible to cope with individual differences in the body type of an adult. That is, regardless of the body shape of the person sitting on the seat portion 2, the human body can be uniformly wrapped and a comfortable bath can be implemented.

Further, when one of the eight nozzles is changed, the other seven nozzles also have an interlocking angle changing function of changing the same ratio.

In order to cover the entire body surface of the human body, the nozzles 9a and 9b, which hit the shoulder among the plurality of nozzles, are provided.
Only the hot water sprayed on the face does not scatter as much as possible, and a nozzle with a mountain-shaped flow distribution in which the center is strong and gradually weakens toward both ends is used. As the other nozzle, a nozzle having a uniform flow distribution in a circular shape is used. As described above, by using the nozzles having different ejection shapes depending on the part of the human body, the human body can be effectively and uniformly wrapped without scattering to unnecessary parts such as the face.

Further, when the spray amounts of the nozzles overlap with the sprays of the adjacent nozzles, they repel each other, and the spray amount becomes considerably smaller than the total amount of sprays from the individual nozzles. In consideration of this, the nozzle installation position and the spray amount are set.

In addition, by operating the steam sauna 20 installed on the lower back surface of the side wall of the shower room main body and ejecting it from the steam outlet 21 in the shower room, there is an effect of promoting blood circulation and metabolism of the body.

Since the shower enclosing the whole body and the use of steam can be performed in the same room, it is possible to enjoy the bath easily and comfortably.

An electronic hot and cold water mixing plug 16 is provided in order to obtain hot water having a substantially constant hot water temperature. In addition to this, in order to minimize heat loss when the hot water moves in the pipe, For hot water supply piping 15, consideration is given to the use of copper piping having no unevenness in the pipe cross section.

In addition, in the case of one embodiment of the present invention, an environment in which the same warming effect as in the case of bathing in a bathtub is obtained is created by wrapping the whole body in a mist-like shower and a steam sauna.

Therefore, since the user can take a shower bath while sitting on the seat 2, a comfortable bathing feeling can be obtained. In addition, the mist shower bath does not burden the human body due to hydrostatic pressure,
The same level of thermal effect as bathing in a bathtub can be obtained.

It should be noted that the rear wall surface 7 of this embodiment may be an elliptical shape in addition to the semicircular shape as in the embodiment, or the entire wall surface of the shower room may be cylindrical.

[0027]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention has the following effects.

(1) The mist-like shower ejected from the surroundings of the human body uniformly warms the whole body.

(2) The burden of hydrostatic pressure is reduced as compared with bathing in a bathtub, and it can be used with peace of mind even for people with weak constitution.

(3) By installing a steamer and using it in combination with a mist-like shower, the same level of heating effect as bathtub bathing can be obtained.

(4) By using the variable angle nozzle, a person of any body type can take a shower at an appropriate ejection angle.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional configuration diagram showing the usage status of the device.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the device.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional plan view of a ball joint for varying the ejection nozzle angle of the device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Shower room main body 2 Seat 7 Rear wall 8a-11b Nozzle 18 Water heater 20 Steam sauna 21 Steam jet

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A shower chamber main body having a seat portion and surrounding the seat portion, a plurality of ejection nozzle portions arranged on a wall surface of the shower chamber body, and a water heater connected to the ejection nozzle portion. A shower device comprising: a steam ejection port provided in the shower chamber main body; and a steamer connected to the ejection port. 2. The shower device according to claim 1, wherein the ejection angle of the ejection nozzle portion can be varied. 3. A plurality of variable angle jet nozzles correspond to at least a shoulder, a back, a waist and a thigh of a human body so as to wrap the body surface of a human body sitting on a seat with mist-like hot water. The shower device according to claim 1, wherein the shower device is provided at a position.