JPH0928755A - Steam sauna system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the comfortability of sauna bathing in a steam sauna system. SOLUTION: A jetting nozzle (29) having plural jetting ports (30) is provided inside a box unit (21) arranging an air sucking port (22) and a steam jetting port (23) on its front surface part and a reflector (37) having a curved surface toward the steam jetting port (23) is provided on the deep side of the box unit (21) rather than this jetting nozzle (29). Concerning such a steam sauna system, a control part for hot air is provided for controlling any one of the temperature, direction and quantity of hot air to be jetted out of the steam jetting port (23) at least.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a steam sauna device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a steam sauna device which has a simplified device structure and structure and which can improve comfort of sauna bathing in a new steam sauna device which is effective for cost reduction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With increasing interest in healing daily fatigue, refreshing and supplementing vitality, bathing forms at home and the like have become various. As one mode thereof, a steam sauna has been provided so far, and for example, a steam generator is installed in a bathroom, a shower room or the like so that the user can easily enjoy a sauna bath at home.

As such a steam sauna, the inventors of the present invention have proposed a steam sauna apparatus having a simplified apparatus configuration and structure. This steam sauna device can be shown, for example, in the schematic view of FIG. The steam sauna device includes a box body (1), and an air suction port (2) and a steam jet port (3) are vertically formed on a front surface of the box body. The air suction port (2) and the steam spouting port (3) are arranged toward the sauna room so that the room used for the sauna bath such as a bathroom or a shower room communicates with the inside of the box body (1). To be done.

Inside the box body (1), a hot and cold water jet nozzle (4) is provided near the air suction port (2). The jet nozzle (4) has a plurality of hot and cold water jet ports formed at its tip. A reflection plate (5) is provided on the back side of the box (1) with respect to the injection nozzle (4) on the surface facing the air suction port (2) and the steam ejection port (3). The reflector (5) is also curved from the back side of the box (1) to the steam injection port (3). The jet port of the jet nozzle (4) described above is directed to the reflection plate (5).

Further, in the steam sauna apparatus, the injection nozzle (4) is connected to the water heater (7) via a valve (6) such as an electric valve. The water heater (7) is electrically connected to the operation unit (8), and hot water (for example, about 60 to 75 ° C.) having a temperature set in the operation unit (8),
Cold water or the like can be supplied to the jet nozzle (4).

With the valve (6) open, hot water is guided from the water heater (7) to the spray nozzle (4) and sprayed toward the reflector (5). As shown in FIG.
When hot water is jetted from the jet port (9) formed at the tip of the jet nozzle (4), a negative pressure is generated around the jet nozzle (4) along with the jet of hot water. Due to this negative pressure, the air (10) around the injection nozzle (4) is sucked and induced, and the air in the sauna room is changed to the air suction port (2) at the upper front of the box (1) shown in FIG. ) Is sucked into the inside of the box (1). The sucked air is
Further, the hot air is mixed with hot water particles having a particle diameter of several hundreds of μm.

Next, the warm air hits the reflector plate (5), changes the direction of the wind, and jets into the sauna chamber through the steam jet port (3) at the lower front surface of the box (1). When the warm air hits the reflection plate (5), the hot water particles contained therein are dropped inside the box body (1), and the warm air heated by the hot water particles is
It spouts from the steam spout (3) into the sauna room. The warm air warms the room and the bather, and the effect as a steam sauna is obtained.

Further, as illustrated in <a> and <b> of FIG. 8, the warm air circulates in the room such as the bathroom (11) and the shower room, and the whole room is sufficiently warmed. The dropped hot water is drained to the outside of the box (1). In this steam sauna device, a fan and a motor, which have been conventionally required for ejecting and circulating hot air, are not required. Therefore, the device configuration and structure are simplified, which contributes to cost reduction. Moreover, since the hot air type is used, the sauna room such as a bathroom and a shower room can be uniformly heated, and the time required to reach an appropriate temperature can be shortened as compared with the case where hot air is not used.

[0009]

However, even with such an excellent steam sauna device, there is still room for further study in order to realize a more comfortable sauna bath. That is, in the case of the above-mentioned steam sauna device which is positioned in a high-humidity hot-air steam sauna, the room temperature is relatively low, for example, about 42 ° C., unlike other high-temperature steam saunas and dry saunas. In order to obtain a sufficient sweating effect at room temperature, it is necessary to apply warm air directly to the human body. To do this, the bather must turn his body in the direction of warm air, or change the direction of warm air in the direction of his body. There is not enough to enjoy a comfortable sauna bath in a relaxed state.

Further, in the bathing in the sauna, the temperature, direction and volume of warm air that is considered to be comfortable differ depending on the warming condition of the bather's body, age, sex and the like. For example, at the beginning of bathing in a sauna, a bather usually wants to apply high-temperature warm air directly to his body because his body is not yet warm. On the other hand, the sauna room warms to a suitable temperature,
After sweating sufficiently, bathers will want to apply gentle warm air to their bodies.

Further, since there is a difference in sensible temperature depending on sex, age, etc., there are individual requirements for bathing in a sauna, such as being too hot or too hot. Such a bather's request cannot be dealt with by controlling the sauna room temperature by only turning ON / OFF the steam injection, which is found in, for example, a conventional steam generator for a steam sauna. This is because if the hot air control is performed only by turning on / off the steam injection, there is a large gap in the sensible temperature between when the hot air is generated and when there is no wind, and the bather may feel uncomfortable. Therefore, even if the above requirements are met, the bather must deal with the problem by manually adjusting the wind direction of the warm air or by changing the body direction to an appropriate direction with respect to the direction of the warm air. I don't get.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a steam sauna apparatus which can solve the drawbacks of the conventional steam sauna apparatus and improve the comfort of bathing in the sauna. It is an object.

[0013]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a box body in which an air suction port and a steam jet port are arranged on the front surface, and a jet having an injection port provided inside the box body. In a steam sauna device having a nozzle, and a reflector provided on the back side of the box body with respect to this injection nozzle, and having a curved surface facing the steam ejection port,
A steam sauna device characterized in that a hot air control unit for controlling at least one of the air temperature, the air flow direction, and the air volume of the hot air jetted from the steam jet outlet to be optimal for bathing a sauna is provided. provide.

[0014]

1 and 2 are a perspective view and a sectional view, respectively, illustrating the basic construction of a steam sauna apparatus according to the present invention. For example, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the steam sauna device includes a box body (21). An air suction port (22) is formed in the upper part of the front surface of the box body (21), and a steam ejection port (23) is formed in the lower part.

Such a box body (21) has a back plate (2
4) should be placed flush with the bathroom wall (25),
It can be installed in the bathroom. It is also possible to provide a counter (26) on the upper surface and an apron (27) on the front surface near the air suction port (22). The steam jet port (23) may be provided with a louver (28) as a wind direction switching means.

Inside the box body (21),
In the vicinity of the air suction port (22), a hot water injection nozzle (2
9) is stored. The injection nozzle (29) has a plurality of injection ports (30) formed at the tip. This injection nozzle (29) is connected to a water heater (3) via a pipe (31).
It is connected to a hot water supply path (34) extending from 2) to the curran (33). A water stopper (35) is interposed at the connecting portion. A motor-operated valve (36) is provided in the conduit from the hot water supply path (34) to the injection nozzle (29).

The reflector plate (37) has a back plate (2) at its upper end.
4) Fixed on top, the bottom end is a steam spout (26)
It has a curved surface extending from the back plate (24) on the inner side of the box body (21) toward the steam ejection port (26). A drainage sump (38) is also formed at the lower end. Injection port (30) of the injection nozzle (29) described above
Are directed to the reflector (37) side.

Further, inside the box body (21), there is provided a drain pipe (39) for discharging the hot water jetted from the jet nozzle (29) from the box body (21). On the other hand, as shown in the system configuration of the above apparatus in FIG. 3, the steam sauna apparatus includes a control unit (41) for performing operation control,
An operation unit (42) is provided so that a bather can operate ON / OFF at hand. The operation unit (42) can be installed in a sauna room such as a bathroom or a shower room, for example.

For example, in the steam sauna apparatus having the above structure, when the motor-operated valve (36) is opened based on the instruction from the control section (41), hot water is guided from the water heater (32) to the injection nozzle (29). When the water is jetted from the jet port (30) toward the reflector (37), a negative pressure is generated around the jet nozzle (29) along with the hot water jet. The air around the injection nozzle (29) is sucked by this negative pressure, and the air in the bathroom is induced by this air and the air in the bathroom (2
1) Through the air inlet (22) on the front upper part, the box (2
It is sucked into the inside of 1). The sucked air becomes hot air mixed with hot water particles having a particle diameter of several hundreds of μm.

Next, the warm air hits the reflection plate (37), changes the direction of the wind, and is jetted into the bathroom through the steam jet port (23) in the lower front surface of the box (21). When the warm air hits the reflection plate (37), the hot water particles contained therein drip inside the box (21) and are guided to the drainage sump (38) at the lower end of the reflection plate (37) and then drained. It is discharged to the outside of the box body (21) via the pipe (39). On the other hand, the hot air heated by the hot water particles is jetted into the bathroom from the steam jet port (23). This warm air warms the bather, and also circulates in the bathroom to sufficiently warm the entire bathroom, and the effect as a steam sauna is obtained.

Further, in the steam sauna apparatus of the present invention, the control unit (41) shown in FIG. 3 controls the wind temperature, wind direction, or air volume of the warm air blown out from the steam jet port (23) shown in FIG. At least one of them is controlled to be optimal for bathing in a sauna. Less than,
An example is shown and the steam sauna device of the present invention is explained in more detail.

[0022]

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the steam sauna device of the present invention. In the example shown in FIG. 4, a wind direction control motor (43) for automatically changing the direction of the louver (28) provided at the steam jet outlet (23) is provided. Further, a human body detection sensor (44) for detecting the position of the bather in the sauna room is provided as human body position detection means. Both the wind direction control motor (43) and the human body detection sensor (44) are electrically connected to the control unit (41). The control unit (41) contains a microcomputer programmed in advance.

In such a steam sauna device,
When the bather's position detection signal is input to the control unit (41) from the human body detection sensor (44), the control unit (41) compares the preset data with the signal data, and then the bather The position inside the sauna room is instantly determined, and an instruction signal to that effect is output to the wind direction control motor (43) so that the louver (28) is directed toward the bather. Upon receiving this instruction signal, the wind direction control motor (43)
Rotates the louver (28).

In this way, the warm air can be surely jetted from the steam jet port (23) toward the bather. The bather does not have to turn his body in the direction of warm air or manually change the orientation of the louver (28). You can enjoy bathing in the sauna in a relaxed state. The comfort of bathing in the sauna is improved. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing another example of the steam sauna device of the present invention.

In the example shown in FIG. 5, the control unit (41) has a built-in microcomputer in which the patterns of the temperature, direction and volume of warm air are programmed in advance. In addition, the operation unit (42) installed in the sauna room has a room temperature sensor (4
5) is provided. Although not shown in FIG. 5, the steam jet outlet is provided with a louver and a wind direction control motor for automatically rotating the louver, as in the example of FIG. Are electrically connected to the control unit (41).

In this steam sauna apparatus, when there is a room temperature detection signal input from the room temperature sensor (45), the control section (41) compares preset data with the input data, and the body temperature of the bather. Estimate the degree of increase based on preset data. Then, based on the estimation result, the optimum hot air condition is selected and the steam sauna device is operated. The warm air control of the control unit (41) based on room temperature detection can be exemplified as follows, for example.

In comparison between the set temperature and the room temperature, when the room temperature is lower than 10 degrees, the steam sauna device is set to the strong operation mode to increase the temperature and volume of the warm air and to warm it from the feet. Adjust the wind direction. When the difference between the set temperature and the room temperature is within 3 degrees, the medium operation mode is set, and the warm air of medium temperature and medium strength is jetted from the chest of the bather to the face.

When the room temperature is the set temperature, the weak operation mode is set, and the warm air is weakened so that the hot air is directed toward the body of the bather. The pattern of the temperature, direction and volume of the warm air is not particularly limited to this, and can be appropriately set according to the age, sex, physique, etc. of the bather and his / her preference. .

Further, the steam sauna device of the present invention is
It is also possible to eject the warm air by selecting an optimum pattern of the temperature, direction and volume of the warm air according to the passage of the bathing time. That is, in this case, the control unit (4
In 1), a timer for measuring the bathing time is provided, and hot air control is programmed in the microcomputer corresponding to the elapsed time. In hot air control based on the elapsed time of bathing, a preheating time for the sauna room is provided, and the conditions for reaching the set temperature are prepared, and it is ideal for warming the human body when bathing starts from that state. It is possible to execute various warm air conditions under preset conditions.

Specifically, for example, when the elapsed time is 0 to 5 minutes, the steam sauna device is set to the strong operation mode,
Increase the temperature and volume of warm air, and adjust the direction of warm air so that it warms from your feet. During 5 to 10 minutes, the medium operation mode is set, and warm air of medium strength and medium strength is jetted from the chest of the bather to the face.

After 10 minutes, the weak operation mode is set, and the warm air is weakened so as not to hit the body of the bather. The pattern of the temperature, direction and volume of the warm air is not particularly limited to this, and can be appropriately set according to the age, sex, physique, etc. of the bather and his / her preference. .

The above-mentioned three hot air control methods can be used alternatively or in combination. Of course, the present invention is not limited by the above examples. It goes without saying that various aspects are possible in details such as the configuration and structure of the box body, the injection nozzle, and the reflection plate.

[0033]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the restrictions and annoyances in sauna bathing are eliminated, and a comfortable sauna bathing can be enjoyed in a relaxed state. Comfortable sauna bathing is realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a basic configuration of a steam sauna device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the steam sauna device of FIG.

3 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the steam sauna device of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the steam sauna device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing another example of the steam sauna device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view illustrating the overall configuration of a conventional steam sauna device.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state when hot water is jetted from a jet nozzle.

8A and 8B are a plan view and a side view, respectively, illustrating indoor circulation of warm air.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Box 2 Air Suction Port 3 Steam Jet 4 Jet Nozzle 5 Reflector 6 Valve 7 Hot Water Heater 8 Operation Section 9 Jet 10 Air 11 Bathroom 21 Box 22 Air Suction 23 Steam Jet 24 Backboard 25 Bathroom Wall 26 Counter 27 Apron 28 Louver 29 Injection nozzle 30 Injection port 31 Piping 32 Water heater 33 Curran 34 Hot water supply path 35 Water stopcock 36 Electric valve 37 Reflector plate 38 Drainage reservoir 39 Drain pipe 40 Water supply route 41 Control part 42 Operation part 43 Wind direction control Motor 44 Human body detection sensor 45 Room temperature sensor

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Kazumasa Mushima 1048, Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (72) Masanori Koyamoto, 1048, Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. ( 72) Inventor Noriaki Izumi 3-9-14 Shintaka, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture Meiji National Industry Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A box body in which an air suction port and a steam jet port are arranged in a front portion, an injection nozzle having an injection port provided inside the box body, and a steam provided on the back side of the box body with respect to the jet nozzle. In a steam sauna device having a reflecting plate having a curved surface toward the ejection port, at least one of the temperature, direction and volume of warm air ejected from the steam ejection port is controlled to be optimal for sauna bathing. A steam sauna device, which is equipped with a control unit for warm air. 2. A steam direction outlet is provided with a wind direction switching means, and a sauna room is provided with a human body position detecting means, and the control section is configured to detect the direction of warm air based on the human body detecting input from the human body position detecting means. 2. The steam sauna device according to claim 1, wherein the wind direction switching means is operated so that the direction is always toward the bather. 3. A room temperature detecting means is provided in the sauna room,
The control unit ejects a warm air having a pattern corresponding to the room temperature detection input from the room temperature detection unit.
The described steam sauna device. 4. The steam sauna apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit measures the elapsed bathing time and ejects warm air having a pattern corresponding to the elapsed bathing time.