JPH08326110A - Bathtub facility utilizing tree extract - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To realize the effective and efficient use of a raw material tree and bring about an excellent operation on the body and soul of a person by conducting the coupling of the distillation facility of the raw material tree and the circulation filtering facility of a bathtub. CONSTITUTION: This facility possesses a sap extraction facility 20 in which tree distillation oil 12 and tree distillation water 13 are separated and refined by means of a separater from tree extract 11 obtained by distiling the small pieces 10 of a raw material tree by means of a distiller 21, and these are accumulated respectively in a distillation oil tank 35 and a distillation water tank 36; and a hot water circulation filtering facility 40 in which the hot water W1 in a bathtub 41 is delivered to a filter 50 and the hot water W2 thus filtered is again returned to the bathtub 41. By delivering under pressure the tree distillation water 13 accumulated in the distillation water tank 36 of the sap extraction facility 20 into the filtered hot water of the return side of the hot water circulation filtering facility 40, hot water W3 mixed with the tree distillation water 13 is obtained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to bath equipment using a tree extract, and in particular, tree distilled water in a tree extract obtained by distilling fine particles of a raw material tree is continuously supplied to hot and cold water in the bath. Bath equipment that is mixed into the bath.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is known that aromatic substances emitted from trees in a forest have a component that relaxes the mind and body of a person, as is conventionally known as "forest bathing".
This component is a volatile substance whose main component is terpenes called "phytoncide", and there is an excellent balance among conifers, especially natural cypress. This volatile tree component can be extracted from the raw material tree by a known distillation means, and is commercially available as an essence oil of the tree, a natural essential oil, or the like.

[0003] On the other hand, as in Japan, the bathtub is made of Japanese cypress, which has been called "hinoki bath" since ancient times, so that the aromatic substance contained in the Japanese cypress is used for bathing to relax the mind and body. Is being done. Further, in recent years, bath salts mainly composed of or added to the above-mentioned essence oil of trees and natural essential oils have been developed and used.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention enables effective and efficient use of a raw material tree by combining a distillation facility for the raw material tree and a circulating filtration facility in a bath.
It is intended to provide a bathtub facility that has an excellent effect on the mind and body of a person.

[0005]

That is, the present invention provides:
A tree liquid extraction facility that separates and refines a tree distilled oil component and tree distilled water from a tree extract obtained by distilling small pieces of raw material tree using a distillation device, and accumulates these in a distilled oil component tank and a distilled moisture tank, respectively. And, having a hot and cold water circulation filter equipment for sending hot and cold water in the bathtub to the filtering device to return the hot and cold water to the bathtub again, the tree distilled water accumulated in the distilled water tank of the tree liquid extraction equipment The present invention relates to a bath facility using a tree extract, which is characterized in that hot water containing tree distilled water is obtained by pumping it into the filtered hot water on the return side.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of bath equipment using the tree extract of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the present invention includes a tree liquid extraction facility 20 and a hot water circulation filtration facility 40. The tree liquid extraction equipment 20 is for distilling the tree extract from the raw wood debris and separating and refining the tree distilled oil and the tree distilled water from the tree extract. The distillation apparatus 21, the separator 30 and the storage tank are used. And 34.

In the present embodiment, the distillation apparatus 21 includes a steamer 22, a steam boiler 24 and a cooler 26 as shown in the figure.
A so-called steam distillation apparatus consisting of and is used. The steamer 22 is filled with chips 10 such as wood chips or sawdust, and the steam S generated in the steam boiler 24 is fed into the steamer 24 through a steam pipe 23. Strip 1 in the steamer 22
0 is steamed by coming into contact with the steam S, and a volatile resin component is extracted into the steam. In this example, steam of about 140 degrees Celsius is sent from the steam boiler 24. Although not shown in the figure, if the steamer 22 is provided with a suitable stirring device to stir the strip 10 while stirring, the steam S in the steamer 22 effectively contacts the strip 10 of the raw material tree. However, the volatile components can be rapidly extracted. The distillation apparatus 21 is not limited to the illustrated steam distillation apparatus. The vapor containing the resin component is cooled in the cooler 26 via the pipe 25 to become the tree extract 11.

Further, the raw material wood strips 10 are made of chips or sawdust generated during lumbering, and are preferably pulverized as finely as possible in order to increase the surface area and improve the extraction efficiency. Here, when describing the raw material tree, as described above, for example, a tree containing "phytoncide" whose main component is a terpene, hinoki and hiba,
Conifers such as cedar are typical. In addition, various fragrances and the like can be used according to the purpose. In the following description, an example using cypress as a raw material tree will be described.

The tree extract 11 obtained by the distillation apparatus 21 is sent to a separator 30 through a pipe 27, where it is separated and refined into a tree distilled oil 12 and a tree distilled water 13. The separator 30 utilizes the difference in specific gravity. The tree distilled oil 12 is accumulated in the upper part and the tree distilled water 13 is accumulated in the lower part. If necessary, the distilled oil component 12 and the distilled water component 13 may be further purified by distillation or the like to remove impurities.

The tree distilled oil 12 is generally called essence oil or natural essential oil, and when the raw tree is cypress, the tree distilled oil 12 is called cypress oil. The tree distilled water 13 is called cypress water.

The separated and refined tree distilled oil 12 and tree distilled water 13 are accumulated in a storage tank 34. The storage tank 34 is composed of a distilled oil content tank 35 and a distilled water content tank 36. The tree distilled oil content 12 is sent to the distilled oil content tank 35 via a pipe 31, and the tree distilled water content 13 is sent to a pipe 3.
2 is transferred to and accumulated in the distilled water tank 36.

Next, the hot and cold water circulation filtration equipment 40 will be described. The hot and cold water circulation filtration equipment 40 sends the hot and cold water W (W1) in the bathtub 41 from the forward pipe 42 to the filtration device 50 and the filtered hot and cold water W2. It is circulated from 43 to the bathtub 41 again and reused. The filtering device 50 is composed of known water purification equipment, and is filled with an appropriate filtering material. The hot water W1 is passed through the upper portion of the filtering device 50 by the pump 45, and fine dust is removed to purify the hot water W1.

The filtered hot water W2 is returned to the bathtub 41 through the return pipe 43. A pressure feeding pipe 46 for discharging the tree distilled water 13 from the distilled water tank 36 is branched and connected to the return pipe 43. An appropriate pump 55 is provided in the pressure feeding pipe 46, and the tree distilled water 13 is pressure fed in an appropriate amount according to the flow rate of the hot water W2 in the return pipe 43.

As a result, hot and cold water W3 is obtained in which an appropriate amount of tree distilled water is mixed in the filtered hot and cold water. The hot water W3 is appropriately boiled and returned to the bath 41, or is boiled again in the bath 41 to be used as bath water. Since the hot water W3 is mixed with tree-distilled water rich in phytoncide, the bath water using this water can provide an excellent effect of relaxing the mind and body more than the conventional cypress bath.

In the present invention, the tree extract 1
Tree distilled oil 1 separated and refined from 1 by separator 30
2 is not sent to the hot and cold water circulation filtration facility 40 described below, but is accumulated in this distilled oil tank 35, further refined as necessary, and transferred to a cartridge case or the like to be used as an essence oil or a natural essential oil product. To be done.

[0017]

As shown and described above, according to the present invention, the tree distilled oil and the tree distilled water are separated and purified by the separator from the tree extract obtained by distilling the small pieces of the raw tree by the distillation apparatus. Then, the obtained distilled water of trees is pumped into the filtered hot water on the return side of the hot water circulation filtration equipment to obtain hot water containing the distilled water of trees. Therefore, not only can waste wood such as sawdust and chips generated during sawing be effectively used,
It is possible to efficiently mix distilled water of trees, which has an excellent effect on the mind and body of a person, as hot water for a bath, and to provide an excellent bath facility.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of the equipment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Raw Material Tree Pieces 11 Tree Extract Liquid 12 Tree Distillate Oil 13 Tree Distillation Moisture 20 Tree Liquid Extraction Equipment 21 Distiller 22 Steamer 24 Steam Boiler 26 Cooler 30 Separator 35 Distillate Oil Tank 36 Distilled Moisture Tank 40 Hot Water Circulation Filtration Equipment 41 bath 50 filtration device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A tree extract and a tree distilled oil obtained by distilling raw material wood fragments with a distillation apparatus are used to separate and purify tree distilled oil and tree distilled water by a separator, and these are accumulated in a distilled oil tank and a distilled water tank, respectively. There is a tree liquid extraction facility to do, and a hot and cold water circulating water filtration device that sends hot and cold water in the bathtub to the filtration device to return the hot and cold water to the bathtub again, and the tree distilled water accumulated in the distilled water tank of the tree liquid extraction facility is A bath facility using a tree extract, characterized in that hot water containing tree distilled water is obtained by pumping it into the filtered hot water on the return side of the hot water circulation filtration facility. 2. The bath facility according to claim 1, wherein the raw material wood chips are cypress chips or sawdust, the tree distilled oil is hinoki oil, and the tree distilled water is hinoki water.