JPH1085766A - Water quality improving material and method for improving water quality - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable stable installation in boiling water, to eliminate troubles of mixing small chips into water, and to enable use in a home by forming by forming pores in a circular or angular substrate having a specified number of feet at a proper pitch on the periphery. SOLUTION: A water quality improving material A is composed of a square, nearly flat substrate 10 having pores 10a and feet 10e which are bent at a right angle in plane view and suspended from the four corner parts of the substrate 10. The substrate contains tourmaline fine powder and ceramic fine powder. At least three feet 10e are installed at a proper pitch. The pores 10a are tapered from a water inlet side to a water outlet side. The number of the materials A to be used is not regulated in particular; however, one material A is used for about 2-4 liter of water, and water is made to boil for about 2-3min. The water can be used for tee, coffee, cooking, etc., and also for flower arrangement and as a soil improving agent.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a water quality improving material for converting water into delicious and easy-to-drink water and a method for modifying water.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various water purifiers, filter agents and the like for adding or activating a mineral component to tap water or the like have been proposed. For example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-75706 discloses that a pulverized material of a rare element-containing mineral and a pulverized material of clayey rock are mixed, formed into a cylindrical shape, fired, and a magnet is formed so that a through hole can be secured in the hollow space of the cylindrical shape. Were arranged in parallel in the outer cylinder cover formed by mixing and crushing a crushed material of a rare element-containing mineral and a crushed material of clayey rock, and housed in a multi-layered arrangement. Filtration devices have been proposed. According to the filtering device, the rare element contained is ion-dissolved by the water passing through the filtering body, and is combined with the water to improve the water quality to become purified water containing minerals, and the water passing through the filtering body passes through the magnetic field. It is described that the active water quality can be improved by doing so. In addition, a filter medium using activated carbon or the like is widely used, and is effective for removing dirt, lime, etc. in tap water.

[0003]

However, the filtering device according to the above-mentioned conventional example still has the following problems to be solved. That is, in the filtration device described in the above-mentioned publication, the configuration of the filter body itself is complicated, and even if it can be used for industrial use, it cannot be easily used at home. In the filtration device described in the above publication, a mixture of a crushed material of a rare element-containing mineral and a crushed material of clayey rock is heated to a high temperature (for example, 120 ° C.).
(0 ° C.), the vitreous material in the clayey rock melts and has little reactivity with water at room temperature. Here, if a material that easily dissolves in water even at room temperature is mixed into the fired product, there is a problem that it is dissolved in water in a short period of time. (100 ° C.), it may be dissolved, and the degree of water reforming is extremely unstable. Then, the present inventor considered that a conventional cylindrical filter was put into boiling water having a substantially constant temperature and dissolved, but if the conventional cylindrical filter was put into boiling water as it was, boiling water would be added. The filter body rides on the flow of water, and the filter bodies collide with each other or collide with the inner wall of the container, resulting in a problem that fine particles are mixed in water. Also, as in the case of the above-mentioned activated carbon, it was considered that the filter body was stored in a water-permeable bag in the form of granules. In addition, when the filter is put in a bag with a large mesh that allows sufficient water to pass through to improve water permeability, there is a problem that small pieces of the filter body that are missing mix with water. In addition, when bacteria are contained in water, it is difficult to completely remove or sterilize the bacteria with the filtration device described in the above publication. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, a water quality improving material that can be stably installed in boiling water, small pieces of which are not mixed in water, and that can be used at low cost and at home. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for reforming water.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor device comprising:
The described water quality improving material is a water quality improving material that changes the water quality by being put into boiling water, and has a plurality of small holes formed in a circular or square substrate having three or more legs at an appropriate pitch around the substrate. The water quality improving material according to claim 2 is the water quality improving material according to claim 1, wherein each of the small holes has a tapered shape whose diameter is gradually reduced from bottom to top. The water quality improving material according to claim 3 is the water quality improving material according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bottom surface of the substrate has a dome shape. The water quality improving material according to claim 4 is the water quality improving material according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the water quality improving material contains 3 to 10% by weight of a fine powder of tourmaline, and the remainder boils. It is obtained by sintering a mixture of fine powder of ceramic which is insoluble in water, silica sand, and clay for earthenware. The water quality improving material according to claim 5 is the water quality improving material according to claim 4, wherein the ceramic is:
It is a compound containing sodium, calcium or magnesium, and is a water-insoluble and weak alkaline ceramic.
The water reforming method according to claim 6 attempts to reform a water quality improving material in which a plurality of small holes are provided in a circular or square substrate having three or more legs at an appropriate pitch in a container. The water is reformed by adding water and heating the container. 8. A method of reforming water according to claim 7, wherein a plurality of small holes are provided in a circular or square substrate having three or more legs at appropriate pitches in heated water to be reformed. The water is reformed by adding a modifier. Claim 8
The water reforming method according to claim 6 is the water reforming method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein a plurality of the water quality improving materials are stacked.

The above-mentioned tourmaline (tourmaline: WX)
₃ Y ₆ (BO) ₃ ) ₃ Si ₆ O ₁₈ (OH, F) ₄ wherein W is Ca, K, Na, X is Al, Fe ²⁺ , Fe ³⁺ , Li, Mg, Mn ²⁺ and Y are Al, Cr ³⁺ , Fe ³⁺ and V ³⁺ . ) Is Lithia tourmaline (Na (Li, Al) ₃ Al ₆ (BO ₃ ) ₃ S
i ₆ O ₁₈ (OH, F) ₄ ), magnesite tourmaline (NaMg ₃ A)
l ₆ (BO ₃ ) ₃ Si ₆ O ₁₈ (OH, F) ₄ ), tourmaline (NaFe ²⁺ ₃ Al ₆ (BO ₃ ) ₃ Si ₆ O ₁₈ (O
H, F) ₄ ) Tourmaline (CaMg ₃ Y ₆ (BO) ₃ ) ₃
Si ₆ O ₁₈ (OH, F) ₄ , wherein Y is the same as described above, ferrite (NaMg ₃ Fe ^{3 +} ₆ (BO
₃ ) ₃ Si ₆ O ₁₈ (OH, F) ₄ ), burger stone, ash-lithiatite (Ca (Li, Al) ₃ Al ₆ (BO ₃ ) ₃
Si ₆ O ₁₈ (OH, F) ₄ ). The effectiveness of tourmaline for activating water is described in detail in Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-75706, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-515664, and other publications. Further, as the above weak alkaline ceramic, for example, depending on the content thereof, CaCO ₃ , CaO, CaSO ₄ , N 2
a ₂ CO ₃ , NaOH, Na ₂ SO ₄ , MgCO ₃ , M
g (OH) ₂ , MgSO ₄ , K ₂ O, water-insoluble and stable at 100 ° C. boiling water are used.
Even if a compound such as a fluoride is put in boiling water, it may be any as long as the pH of the put water exhibits weak alkalinity of 8 or less. In addition, the content of the fine powder of tourmaline is 3-1.
It is desirably 0% by weight, preferably 5 to 10% by weight. This is because when the fine powder of tourmaline is less than 5% by weight, the reforming effect due to the weak current generated by the water quality improving material tends to be small, and the reforming time of the water to be reformed tends to be long. If the amount is less than 3% by weight, the tendency becomes remarkable, and if it exceeds 10% by weight, the water quality improving material becomes expensive. Further, the water quality improving material of the present invention may be a water quality improving material mainly composed of fine powder of tourmaline and fine powder of ceramic.

Therefore, the water quality improving material according to claims 1 to 5,
In the water reforming method according to claims 6 to 8, a water quality improving material provided with a plurality of small holes in a circular or square substrate having three or more legs at an appropriate pitch around the periphery is put into boiling water. Therefore, in addition to removing lime and the like contained in the water and sterilizing various germs, as in the past, when a cylindrical filter was put into boiling water, the filter It moves on and the filter bodies collide with each other, or collides with the inner wall of the container and is chipped, and the fine small pieces are mixed in water, or the filter body is stored in granular form in a water-permeable bag. In this case, if the filter is placed in a bag with a fine mesh that does not allow the small pieces of the filter to pass through, poor water permeability will be obtained. There is no problem that small pieces of the body mix with water, Garden can also be easily and conveniently used in easily can be changed quality. In particular, in the water quality improving material according to claim 2, each of the small holes has a tapered shape whose diameter gradually decreases from below (that is, the water inlet side) to above (that is, the water outlet side). Convective water can be easily introduced into the small holes. That is, by increasing the diameter of the water inlet side from the water outlet side, the resistance of the water can be reduced and the water can be easily passed through the small hole. In the water quality improving material according to the third aspect, since the bottom surface of the substrate has a dome shape, the convective water generally tends to spread upward, so that, for example, the bottom surface of the substrate is flat or central. Is downwardly shaped (or its end is warped upward), the resistance is large, and it is difficult for the water spreading upward to pass through the small holes, and the water reforming effect may be reduced. However, since the central portion is formed in a dome shape that is raised upward, the resistance is reduced, and the water that spreads upward can be surely easily passed through the small hole.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the water quality improving material, the water quality improving material includes a fine powder of tourmaline in an amount of 3 to 10% by weight, and the remainder comprises firing a mixture of fine powder of ceramic, silica sand, and clay for pottery. As in the past, a crushed material of a rare element-containing mineral and a crushed material of clayey rock are mixed, formed into a tube and fired, and a magnet is used so that a through hole can be secured in the space of the tube. It can be easily manufactured without requiring a complicated operation for disposing. In addition, the water can be activated by the weak current flowing through the fine powder of tourmaline in the water quality improving material, and the water to be reformed is weakly alkalized by the fine powder of the ceramic being eluted by a very small amount with boiling water. be able to. Furthermore, by boiling water,
Minerals contained in silica sand and clay for pottery (or pottery clay) can also be eluted in trace amounts to weakly alkalinize the water to be reformed. In the water quality improving material according to claim 5, the ceramic is a compound containing sodium, calcium, or magnesium, and is a water-insoluble, weakly alkaline ceramic at room temperature. Since the mixture of the pulverized clayey rocks is fired at a high temperature, the vitreous material in the clayey rocks melts and has little reactivity with water at room temperature. When a material that is easily soluble in water is mixed, the material is dissolved in water within a short period of time, and there has been a problem that the degree of water reforming is extremely unstable. However, the water quality improving material is put into boiling water ( Including water quality modifier in water at room temperature and boiling), a small amount of weak alkali gradually elutes into the water to make it weakly alkaline, and the entire water quality modifier is not dissolved. So It is possible to perform the reforming moderately. Further, in the water reforming method according to the seventh aspect, since a plurality of water quality improving materials are stacked, the boiling water moves upward from the substantially central bottom in the vessel and then travels near the vessel wall. The water can be efficiently reformed using the water flow moving upward.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings to provide an understanding of the present invention. First, the configuration of the water quality improving material A according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in the figure, the water quality improving material A according to the present embodiment
Contains fine powder of tourmaline and fine powder of ceramic, and is provided with a plurality of small holes 1 opened at appropriate intervals in the vertical and horizontal directions.
The substrate 10 has a substantially flat substrate 10 having a square shape and a rounded periphery when viewed from above, and a leg 10e vertically provided at a lower portion of the four corners of the substrate 10 and having a rectangular shape when viewed in plan. And
The small hole 10a has a tapered shape whose diameter decreases from the water inlet side (that is, the lower side in FIG. 1) to the water outlet side (that is, the upper side in FIG. 1). Next, a method for producing the water quality improving material A according to the present embodiment will be described. First, fine powder of 150-350 mesh tourmaline 3 ~
10% by weight, 3 to 10% by weight of 150 to 350 mesh weak alkaline ceramic fine powder, 40 to 60% by weight of 20 to 50 mesh silica sand, 30 to 50% by weight of 20 to 50 mesh porcelain clay, water and the like. Add the binder and mix. Next, after this mixture is put into a mold and shaped, it is naturally dried at room temperature. Then, the naturally dried product is unbaked at about 800 to 900 ° C. to complete the water quality improving material A according to the present embodiment. Next, a method of reforming water using the water quality improving material A according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, an appropriate amount of tap water W, which is an example of water to be reformed, is placed in the kettle 12, which is an example of a container, and then the water quality improving material A according to the present embodiment is placed. At this time, the number of the water quality improving materials A to be used is not particularly limited, but for example, one for 2 to 4 liters of water,
Two for 10 to 10 liters and three for 10 to 15 liters of water. Next, the kettle 12 is put on fire, boiled for 2-3 minutes, and then removed from the heat. And the water which performed the above-mentioned processing, tea, coffee, hot water,
In addition to being used for cooking, etc., after cooling, drinking water, ice making,
It can be used for water splitting, cooking, ikebana, etc. It can also be used effectively as a soil conditioner.

As described above, according to the water quality improving material A according to the present embodiment, by containing the fine powder of tourmaline, water can be activated by a weak current flowing through the fine powder of tourmaline. When the tap water W is boiled by containing the fine powder of the weak alkaline ceramic, the weak alkali component (sodium, calcium, magnesium, etc.) in the fine powder of the weak alkaline ceramic can be obtained.
Can be eluted in a small amount into tap water W to make it slightly alkaline. In addition, a small amount of weak alkali contained in silica sand and porcelain clay can be eluted to make the tap water W weakly alkaline. Further, by boiling the tap water W, the tap water W
While removing the calcium etc. contained in it,
Various bacteria contained in the tap water W can be sterilized. It was also confirmed that drinking the modified water gave a mellow taste. Also, by providing a plurality of small holes 10a in the substrate 10 having a plurality of legs 10e, when the water quality improving material A is put into the kettle 12 containing the tap water W and boiled, the convection generated in the kettle 12 is reduced. Utilizing the tap water W, the inner bottom surface of the kettle 12 and the bottom surface 10 of the substrate 10
through h, and the space S ₁ formed by the leg 10e, after entering into the space S ₂ formed by the bottom surface 10h of the inner bottom surface and the substrate 10 of the kettle 12, passing upwardly through the small holes 10a Thereby, when the tap water W passes through the small hole 10a, it can be activated by the weak current of the fine powder of tourmaline. Further, by reducing the diameter of the small hole 10a from the water inlet side to the water outlet side, the convective tap water W can easily enter the small hole 10a. As a result, efficient reforming can be achieved. It can be carried out. Also, about 800-9
By sintering at 00 ° C, even if water quality improving material A
Even if various bacteria are contained therein, it can be sterilized. Furthermore, when water is reformed using the water quality improving material A, the water quality improving material A is layered in the kettle 12, and therefore, depending on the size of the water quality improving material A, as a container having such a projected area, Even if a small kettle 12 is used, the water can be efficiently reformed using the tap water W convected in the kettle 12.

[0010]

Next, the results of a confirmation test of a water reforming method using the water quality improving material according to the present embodiment will be described. (Example 1, Comparative Example 1) First, 500 g of 325 mesh fine powder of tourmaline, 500 g of fine powder of 200 mesh weak alkaline ceramic, and 42 mesh silica sand (6
No.) A binder such as water is added to 5 kg and 4 kg of clay for pottery and mixed. Next, the mixture is placed in a mold, molded, air-dried at room temperature, and unbaked at about 900 ° C. to complete the water quality improving material of this embodiment. The main dimensions of the water quality improving material according to the present embodiment (see FIG. 1 (b))
Is the height (h) of the water quality improving material = 12 mm, the length (a) of one side of the square substrate 10 in plan view (a) = 76 mm, the thickness (b) of the substrate 10 = 8 mm, and the water in the small holes 10a. Inlet diameter (φ ₁ ) = 9 mm, diameter of small hole 10a on water outlet side (φ
₂ ) = 6 mm. Next, after putting 25 liters of tap water to be reformed into a container (not shown), five water quality improving materials are put in, and the mixture is boiled for 2 to 3 minutes and then left for 24 hours. Next, the water quality of the water subjected to the above-described treatment was inspected (Example 1). Table 1 shows the results. Further, as a comparative example, a water quality test of tap water not subjected to the above-described treatment was performed (Comparative Example 1). Table 1 shows the results. In addition, the inspection method and the water quality standard value shall be based on the method and the standard value specified in Ordinance No. 69 of the Ministry of Health and Welfare on December 21, 1992.

[0011]

[Table 1]

As is clear from Table 1, the tap water (Comparative Example 1) which was not subjected to the above-mentioned treatment was treated with “nitrate nitrogen,
And nitrite nitrogen (0.7 mg / liter) "
“Nitrate nitrogen and nitrite nitrogen (0.6 mg / liter)” in the water (Example 1) subjected to the above treatment is reduced, and is lower than the pH value of tap water of Comparative Example 1. However, it was confirmed that the pH value of the water of Example 1 was high.
In addition, when the water (Example 1) subjected to the above treatment was used for tea, tea, and coffee by a plurality of people, the tap water was not treated (Comparative Example 1). It was also found to be more delicious. Furthermore, the promotion of the activation of decomposition of residual chlorine was remarkable, and the water treated as described above was compared with the “residual chlorine (0.50 mg / liter)” of tap water (Comparative Example 1) not treated. (Example 1)
Of "residual chlorine (less than 0.1 mg / liter)".

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above.
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and all changes in conditions that do not depart from the gist are within the scope of the present invention. For example, in the present embodiment, the water quality improving material A having the substrate 10 having a square shape in a plan view has been described.
Water quality improving material B having a circular substrate 10c in plan view
(See FIG. 3), a water quality improving material having a triangular substrate, or a water quality improving material having a substrate of various shapes such as a polygonal shape or a star shape may be used. Further, a water quality improving material C (see FIG. 4) may be provided in which concave portions 10b for fitting legs 10e of another water quality improving material A are provided at upper four corners of a rectangular substrate 10d in plan view. In this case, when the tap water W to be reformed is boiled, it is possible to prevent the stacked water quality improving materials A (see FIG. 2) from being collapsed due to violent convection of the tap water W, and to perform the reform. Tap water W can be reliably processed through the small holes 10a. Alternatively, a water quality improving material D (see FIG. 5) having a dome-shaped substrate 10f having a quadrangular shape in plan view and having a central portion raised upwardly may be used. In this case, since the convective tap water W tends to spread upward, the tap water W spreading upward can be reliably caught and passed through the small hole 10a,
Tap water W can be reliably activated. of course,
It may be a water quality improving material E (see FIG. 6) having a square shape in plan view and a dome-shaped substrate 10g only at its bottom surface 10i. In this case, since the upper surface is flat, it is easy to stack the water quality improving materials E when they are stacked, and the water quality improving materials E stacked by the convection of the tap water W hardly fall down. Also,
In the present embodiment, the water quality improving material is used in the kettle 12, but various types such as a pot with a water heater, a pot, an iron kettle, and the like can be used. In the present embodiment,
Although four legs 10e are provided, three or five or more legs may be provided.

[0014]

As is apparent from the above description, in the water quality improving material according to the first to fifth aspects and the water reforming method according to the sixth to eighth aspects, three or more legs are provided around the periphery at an appropriate pitch. Since a water or water quality improving material provided with a plurality of small holes in a circular or square substrate having boiling water is put into boiling water, it is possible to remove lime contained in the water, sterilize various germs, and easily and easily at home. Can be used and can easily change the water quality. Further, the water quality improving material can be easily produced. In particular, in the water quality improving material according to claim 2,
Each of the small holes has a tapered shape whose diameter is gradually reduced from bottom to top, so that the resistance of water can be reduced and the small holes can be easily passed through the small holes. In the water quality improving material according to the third aspect, since the bottom surface of the substrate has a dome shape, it is possible to reliably catch convective water that tends to spread upward and to pass through the small hole. . In the water quality improving material according to claim 4, the water quality improving material is 3 to
By sintering a mixture comprising fine powder of tourmaline of 10% by weight and the remainder consisting of fine powder of ceramic, silica sand and clay for pottery, the weak current flowing through the fine powder of tourmaline is a molecule of water (cluster). Can be dispersed and water can be weakly alkalinized, and the water to be reformed can be boiled to elute fine powder of the ceramic and weakly alkalinize it. In the water quality improving material according to the fifth aspect, the fine ceramic powder is a compound containing sodium, calcium or magnesium and is a water-insoluble weak alkaline ceramic at room temperature, so that the water to be reformed is boiled. Although it is a small amount, the weak alkali component in the fine powder of the ceramic is eluted, and the water to be modified can be weakly alkalized. In particular, in the water reforming method according to claim 8, since a plurality of water quality improving materials are stacked, even if a container having a small projected area is used, water can be efficiently reformed. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 (a) is a perspective view of a water quality improving material according to one embodiment of the present invention. (B) It is arrow FF sectional drawing of FIG. 1 (a).

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a method for reforming water using the water quality improving material.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a modification of the water quality improving material.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another modification of the water quality improving material.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of another modification of the water quality improving material.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of another modified example of the water quality improving material.

[Explanation of symbols]

A water quality improvement material B Water improvement agent C water improvement agent D water quality improvement material E Water improvement material S ₁ space S ₂ space W of tap water (water) 10 substrate 10a small holes 10b recesses 10c board 10d substrate 10e leg 10f substrate 10g substrate 10h Bottom 10i Bottom 12 Yakan (container)

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A water quality improving material for changing water quality in boiling water, wherein a plurality of small holes are provided in a circular or square substrate having three or more legs at an appropriate pitch around the water quality improving material. Improved material. 2. The water quality improving material according to claim 1, wherein each of the small holes has a tapered shape whose diameter is gradually reduced from bottom to top. 3. The water quality improving material according to claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the substrate has a dome shape. 4. The water quality improving material comprises a mixture of fine powder of tourmaline containing 3 to 10% by weight of fine powder of tourmaline, the balance of which is not soluble in boiling water, silica sand, and clay for pottery. The water quality improving material according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. The water quality improving material according to claim 4, wherein the ceramic is a compound containing sodium, calcium or magnesium, and is a water-insoluble and weak alkaline ceramic. 6. A water quality improving material in which a plurality of small holes are provided in a circular or square substrate having three or more legs at an appropriate pitch around a perimeter and water to be modified are put in a container, and the container is placed in the container. A water reforming method, wherein the water is reformed by heating. 7. Into the heated water to be reformed,
A water reforming method, comprising: introducing a water quality improving material having a plurality of small holes into a circular or square substrate having three or more legs at an appropriate pitch around the water to reform the water. 8. The water reforming method according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of the water quality improving materials are stacked.