JPH08317871A - Bathing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a bathing device capable of spraying the bathing water to an optional portion of a body for a massage, capable of being comfortably used, and preventing a nozzle from being plugged with foreign matter. CONSTITUTION: A circulation path connecting a suction port, a pump, and a delivery port 3 is provided, the bathing water in a bathtub 10 is sucked from the suction port and discharged from the delivery port 3 for circulation, and the bathing water is cleaned by a filter arranged in the circulation path. A nozzle 7 is formed on a hand-held apparatus main body 6, and the bathing water fed through a hose 8 connected to the apparatus main body 6 is sprayed from the nozzle 7. The hose 8 of a hand-held water pressure stimulating tool 9 is removably connected to the delivery port 3 of a bathing water cleaning unit 5. The hand-held water pressure stimulating tool 9 is held by a hand, the nozzle 7 can be directed to an optional portion of a body, and the stream of the bathing water purified by the bathing water purifying unit 5 can be sprayed to a desired portion of the body for a massage.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathing apparatus which allows bath water to be sprayed onto the body and massaged while taking a bath.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various baths have been provided as baths which can be massaged while being massaged by spraying bath water in a bathtub onto the body. FIG. 6 shows an example thereof, and the nozzle 15
A pair of hydraulic stimulators 16 provided with a flange 1 of the bathtub 10
7, the circulation pump 18 is connected to the bathtub 10 by the suction pipe 19, and the circulation pump 18 is connected to each hydraulic stimulator 16 by the water supply pipes 20, 20.

And in this thing, the circulation pump 18
When the water is activated, the bath water in the bathtub 10 is sucked into the circulation pump 18 by the suction pipe 19 and is supplied to each water pressure stimulator 16 by the water supply pipe 20, and the water is stimulated into the bathtub 10 from the nozzle 15 of each water pressure stimulator 16. Bath water spouts out toward you. Therefore, by bathing the bath water so that the right and left shoulders of the bath water discharged from the nozzles 15 of the respective water pressure stimulators 16 hit the bathtub 10,
You can bathe while stimulating your shoulders with water pressure and massage.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the hydraulic stimulator 1
Since No. 6 is fixed to the flange 17 of the bathtub 10 as described above, there is a problem that it is difficult to apply the bath water to a desired part of the body other than the shoulder, and the usability is poor. Further, since the bath water in the bathtub 10 is directly supplied to the water pressure stimulator 16 by the circulation pump 18 and ejected from the nozzle 15, the bathwater containing foreign matter such as hair in the bathtub 10 is splashed on the body, There is a problem that the nozzle 15 may not be used comfortably, and the nozzle 15 may be clogged with foreign matter.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and its object is to allow bath water to be applied to any part of the body for massaging, and to be used comfortably and with no foreign matter. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bathing device that does not have a risk of clogging the nozzle.

[0006]

The bathing apparatus according to the present invention has a circulation path connecting the suction port 1, the pump 2 and the discharge port 3 and sucks the bath water in the bathtub 10 from the suction port 1. A bath water purifier 5 for purifying the bath water by a filter 4 disposed in the circulation path and a nozzle 7 provided in a device body 6 that can be held by hand are provided. And a hand-held water pressure stimulator 9 for ejecting bath water from a nozzle 7 which is supplied through a hose 8 connected to the instrument body 6. The hose 8 of the hand-held water pressure stimulator 9 is a bath water purifier. 5
It is characterized in that it is detachably connected to the discharge port 3.

In the present invention, it is preferable to use the nozzle 7 formed by providing an oscillation type fluid element. Further, in the present invention, it is preferable that the nozzle 7 is formed so that the ejection direction is variable.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the hand-held water pressure stimulator 9 formed by providing the nozzle 7 on the instrument body 6 that can be held by hand is used, and the hose 8 of the hand-held water pressure stimulator 9 is connected to the bath water purifier 5.
Since it is detachably connected to the discharge port 3, the handheld water pressure stimulator 9 can be held by hand to direct the nozzle 7 to any part of the body, and purified by the bath water purifier 5. You can massage the body by applying a stream of bath water to your favorite part of the body.

Further, in the present invention, since the nozzle 7 is formed by providing the oscillation type fluid element, the bath water can be jetted by the oscillation type fluid element with a strong and weak water flow. . Further, in the present invention, since the nozzle 7 is formed so that the discharge direction is variable, it becomes easy to apply the water stream to a desired part of the body by changing the direction of the nozzle 7.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on embodiments. FIG. 2 shows a bath water purifier 5 that can be retrofitted to an existing bathtub 10 and has a sheathed heater 22 with a small heat quantity (about 600 W) for preventing the temperature drop of the hot water. The body 23 and the suction unit 21 having the suction port 1 and the discharge port 3 are formed. The inside of the body 23 is a pump chamber 24 and a heater chamber 2
5, the pump chamber 24 is provided with the pump 2, the heater chamber 25 is provided with the sheath heater 22, and the filtration chamber 26 is provided with the filter 4.

The suction unit 21 has a filter 3
0 and a check valve 31 are provided, and a suction port 1 is connected to an air intake port 32 via an air pipe 33 to form a jet jet type discharge port 3, and the suction port 1 is provided with an inflow pipe 34. To the pump chamber 24 via the discharge port 3
Are connected to the filtration chambers 26 via the outflow pipes 35, respectively. A strainer 36 is provided on the outflow pipe 35, and an electromagnetic drainage switching valve 37 is provided between the strainer 36 and the filtration chamber 26. The drainage switching valve 37 is for switching the flow path between the drainage port 38 formed in the body 23 and the discharge port 3.

A granular filter medium 40 is filled in the filter 4, and the filter medium 40 can be agitated by a stirrer 41 provided in the filter 4. Stirrer 4
1 is formed by a vertical shaft 42 and a stirring blade 43 provided on the shaft 42, and an upper end of the shaft 42 is connected to an output shaft 46 of an actuator 45 such as a motor attached to a lid 44 of the body 23. It is like this.

FIG. 1 shows the overall construction of an embodiment of the present invention. The discharge port 3 is provided so as to open to the front surface of the suction unit 21, and the suction port 1 is the lower surface of the suction unit 21. It is provided in. This suction unit 21 is soaked in bath water that the bath 1
It is attached to the inner wall surface of No. 0. Also, the body 23 is a mount 48
Is mounted on the flange 17 of the bathtub 1.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the hand-held hydraulic stimulator 9, which is a hand-held portion 50 and a nozzle mounting portion 51.
And a nozzle 7 attached to the nozzle attachment portion 51. The connection pipe 5 is provided in the instrument body 6 so as to extend over substantially the entire length thereof.
2 is provided, and the hose 8 is connected to one end of the connection pipe 52. The nozzle 7 is connected to the other end of the connection pipe 52 by a connection pipe 53. The nozzle 7 formed by providing a nozzle port (not shown) at the tip is arranged on the side surface of the nozzle mounting portion 51 of the instrument body 6, and is attached to the instrument body 6 so as to swing freely in the arrow direction of FIG. is there. The nozzle 7 is connected to the connecting pipe 53 via a rotatable connecting tool 54.

The bath water purifier 5 is used to purify the bath water in the bathtub 10 to enable long-term use of the bath water, and when the pump 2 is driven, it is sucked from the suction port 1. The bath water in the bathtub 10 is sent to the filtration chamber 26 via the heater chamber 25, filtered by the filter 4 to be purified, and then discharged into the bathtub 10 from the discharge port 3. In this way, the bath water in the bathtub 10 is sucked from the suction port 1 and filtered by the filter 4, and then the discharge port 3
By circulating the bath water so as to be discharged from the bath into the bath 10, the bath water in the bath 10 can be always kept in a purified state, and when the sheath heater 22 is energized, The temperature of the bath water can be prevented from lowering, and the bath water temperature can be kept constant to allow bathing for 24 hours. Here, the discharge port 3 discharges the air taken in from the air suction port 32 together with the filtered bath water to form a jet jet flow in the bathtub 10.
It can be discharged inside.

Further, when the filter medium 40 is used for a long period of time, dirt is deposited on the filter medium 40 in the filter 4 and the filtering performance of the filter medium 40 deteriorates. Therefore, it is necessary to wash the filter medium 40. Filter medium 40
In washing the filter 4, the actuator 45 is operated with the pump 2 stopped to rotate the stirrer 41, and the stirring blade 43 stirs the filter medium 40 to remove dirt from the filter medium 4.
This can be done by separating from zero. After the stirring is completed, the drainage switching valve 37 is switched to shut off the communication between the filtration chamber 14 and the discharge port 3 and also to the filtration chamber 14
And the drain port 38 are communicated with each other, and in this state, the pump 2 is operated to suck the bath water in the bathtub 10 from the suction port 1 and send it to the filter 4, and the dirt separated from the filter medium 40 is drained together with the bath water. It is designed to be discharged from the mouth 38. A drain pipe 56 is connected to the drain port 38,
The bath water containing this dirt is drained out of the bath 10. Here, pressure sensors 59 and 60 are arranged in front of and behind the pump 2, and the pressure sensor 59 detects that the filter medium 40 in the filter 4 is clogged with dirt based on the increase in the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 59. The clogging of the filter 30 is detected based on the decrease in the detection pressure of 60.

In the present invention, the bath water purifier 5 used for purifying the bath water in the bathtub 10 can be used to massage the body. That is, when the hose 8 is connected to the discharge port 3 by inserting the socket 11 provided at the tip of the hose 8 of the handheld hydraulic stimulator 9 into the discharge port 3 of the suction unit 21, the bath water discharged from the discharge port 3 is discharged. Is supplied to the nozzle 7 through the hose 8, and the bath water is ejected from the nozzle 7. Therefore, by holding the hand-held portion 50 of the hand-held hydraulic stimulator 9 with the hand and orienting the nozzle 7 toward the body, the water flow of the bath water ejected from the nozzle 7 can be applied to the body, and the water pressure of the water flow It is one that can stimulate the body and perform massage.

Since the hand-held hydraulic stimulator 9 can be held by hand like this, the nozzle 7 can be aimed at any part of the body, and the nozzle 7 can be held on the left shoulder or the right. There is a thing that can direct the water flow ejected from the nozzle 7 to these parts by directing it toward the calves of the shoulders, waist, back, and feet of the person, and the hand-held water pressure stimulator 9 is lifted and ejected from the nozzle 7. By letting the water flow fall from above, it is possible to use the boiling water. Further, since the nozzle 7 is rotatably attached to the instrument body 6, the direction of the nozzle 7 can be freely changed, and by adjusting the direction of the nozzle 7 according to the part of the body to which the water flow is applied, It makes it easy to apply a stream of water to a desired part of the body without having to take a forcible posture. The bath water ejected from the nozzle 7 is filtered and purified by the filter 4 of the bath water purifier 5, so that the body can be comfortably massaged with clean bath water. Moreover, since foreign matter such as hair is not mixed in the bath water, there is no possibility of foreign matter clogging the nozzle 7.

Further, the nozzle 7 of the handheld hydraulic stimulator 9 is formed by incorporating an oscillation type fluid element such as a feedback oscillation type pure fluid element, and a strong water stream and a weak water stream are alternately ejected in a pulse shape. I am doing it. In this way, by jetting a water stream having a strong and weak pulse-like amplitude, the body can be massaged by effective stimulation.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the present invention. A bypass pipe 57 is connected between a portion between the pump chamber 24 and the filtration chamber 26 and the outflow pipe 35, and a bypass pipe 57. An opening / closing valve 58 formed of an electromagnetic valve or the like is provided in the. FIG. 5 shows an operation panel 55 provided on the outer surface of the body 23 in this embodiment.
Is a driving key, 62 is a weak driving key, 63 is a power lamp,
Reference numeral 64 is a temperature display section for digitally displaying the temperature, 65 is a current temperature display lamp which is turned on when the current water temperature of the bath water is displayed on the temperature display section 64, and 66 is a set temperature of the bath water temperature (that is, a bath temperature). (Temperature) is displayed on the temperature display unit 64, a set temperature display lamp is lit, 67 is a display switching key for switching the display of the temperature display unit 64, 68
Is a temperature setting down key for operating the set temperature when setting the temperature, 69 is a temperature setting up key for operating the setting temperature when setting the temperature, and 70 is the sheath heater 2
2 is a heater operation key that is operated when operating while energizing 2, 71 is a heater operation display lamp that lights up when the sheath heater 22 is operating, and 72 is a warming operation key that is operated when the temperature of the bath water is kept at 36 ° C. Reference numeral 73 is a heat-retention operation display lamp that is turned on during the heat-retention operation, 74 is a jet operation key that is operated when ejecting a jet jet from the discharge port 3, and 75 is a turbo-jet operation that is operated when ejecting a turbo jet jet from the discharge port 3. A key, 76 is a cleaning key operated when cleaning the filter 4, and 77 is an electrolytic sterilization key.

In this case, when the jet operation key 74 is operated, as described above, the air suction port 32
Bath water is discharged from the discharge port 3 as a jet jet together with the air taken in from. Further, when the turbo jet operation key 75 is operated, the opening / closing valve 58 is opened, and the bath water sucked by the pump 2 is sent to the outflow pipe 35 through the filtration chamber 26 and directly to the outflow pipe 35 through the bypass pipe 57. To be The filter chamber 26 is provided with the filter 4 filled with the filter medium 40. Since the flow channel resistance is large, the bath water cannot be sent to the outflow pipe 35 at a large flow rate. Since there is no flow path resistance and no load is applied to the pump 2, the bath water is sent to the outflow pipe 35 at a large flow rate, and the turbo jet jet with the increased water flow is discharged from the discharge port 3. You can Therefore, by connecting the hose 8 of the handheld hydraulic stimulator 9 to the discharge port 3 and discharging the turbojet jet from the discharge port 3 in this way, a strong water flow is discharged from the nozzle 7 of the handheld hydraulic stimulator 9. It can be ejected and can be massaged with strong stimulation.

[0022]

As described above, the present invention has the circulation path connecting the suction port, the pump and the discharge port, and circulates the bath water in the bathtub by sucking it from the suction port and discharging it from the discharge port. A bath water purifier that purifies bath water with a filter placed in the above circulation path, and a bath that is formed by providing a nozzle in the equipment body that can be held by hand and is supplied through a hose connected to the equipment body It was equipped with a handheld water pressure stimulator that ejects water from the nozzle, and the hose of the handheld water pressure stimulator was detachably connected to the discharge port of the bath water purifier, so that the handheld water pressure stimulator was manually You can hold it and direct the nozzle to any part of the body, and you can massage it by applying bath water spouted from the nozzle to any part of the body. The bath water is purified by the filter of the bath water purifier, so that you can comfortably massage with clean bath water, and there is no risk of foreign matter contained in the bath water clogging the nozzle. is there.

Further, since the nozzle is formed by providing the oscillation type fluid element, it is possible to jet the bath water with a strong and weak water flow by the oscillation type fluid element and massage the body with effective stimulation. Is something that can be done. Further, since the nozzle is formed so that the discharge direction is variable, by adjusting the direction of the nozzle according to the part of the body to which the water flow is applied, it is possible to apply the water flow to a desired part of the body without having to take an unreasonable posture. It will be easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of the above bath water purifier.

FIG. 3 shows the above-mentioned hand-held hydraulic stimulator,
(A) is a partially broken front view and (b) is a partially broken bottom view.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the operation panel of the above-mentioned embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Suction Port 2 Pump 3 Discharge Port 4 Filter 5 Bath Water Purifier 6 Instrument Main Body 7 Nozzle 8 Hose 9 Handheld Water Pressure Stimulator 10 Bath

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A filtration system which has a circulation path connecting a suction port, a pump and a discharge port, circulates the bath water in the bathtub by sucking it from the suction port and discharging it from the discharge port and arranging it in the circulation path. A bath water purifier that purifies bath water with a vessel, and a hand-held type that is formed by providing a nozzle in the instrument body that can be held by hand and ejects bath water supplied through a hose connected to the instrument body from the nozzle A bathing device comprising a water pressure stimulator, and a hose of the handheld water pressure stimulator is detachably connected to a discharge port of a bath water purifier. 2. The bath apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the nozzle is formed by providing an oscillation type fluid element. 3. The bathing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the nozzle is formed so that its discharge direction is variable.