JPH11192280A - Mist sauna device for bath room - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a mist sauna bath without the necessity to install a heating system separately and also without the wasteful consumption of water. SOLUTION: This mist sauna device for a bath room is equipped with a fine spray nozzle 10 installed on the wall surface or the like of a bath room BR, a water supply channel W which supplies water or hot water from a feed apparatus 20 to the fine spray nozzle 10, a hot blast path A which supplies a hot blast to the fine spray nozzle 10, and a control device 80 which controls the supply of water and hot water and at the same time, controls the temperature of the hot blast and the flash pressure of the hot blast. In the water supply channel W, a solenoid 30 which flows and shuts off the water and the hot water to be supplied from the feed apparatus 20 and a pressure reducing valve 40 which makes the water pressure constant and flashes it to the fine spray nozzle 10, are interposed. In the hot blast path A, a compressor 50 which compresses air and supplies the compressed air, a pressure regulating valve 60 which regulates the air pressure to a specified pressure level and a heater 70 which heats the air regulated to a specified pressure level, are interposed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathroom mist sauna device for spraying steam or mist into a bathroom, and more particularly to mixing supply water supplied from water supply means with hot air supplied from hot air supply means. The present invention relates to a bathroom mist sauna device that blows out into a bathroom space as hot water mist.

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional bathroom mist sauna apparatus which blows out hot water as a mist or a shower into a bathroom, the original pressure in a hot water supply path from a water supply source to a discharge part via a water heater is determined by the primary supply of the water supply source. Since the water pressure was used as it was, there was a problem that the jet pressure of the mist or the shower at the jet part could not be properly maintained. Therefore, a pressurizing means such as a pump is provided in a hot water supply path from a water source to a spouting section via a water heater and a flow control valve for maintaining a constant supply pressure of hot water pressurized and supplied by the pressurizing means. The provision of supply pressure maintenance means consisting of
No. 598 proposes this. This Tokuho 6-
In the device proposed in Japanese Patent No. 9598, the pressure of the mist or shower from the ejection section can be increased by the pressurizing means including a pump. On the other hand, the supply pressure maintaining means avoids excessive ejection of the mist or shower due to the increased ejection pressure. Therefore, when this device is installed in the bathroom,
Unpleasant noise and bodily sensation (feeling of pressure) felt by the user when excessive mist or shower gushes are eliminated.

By the way, generally,
The mist bath is said to be good for recovery from fatigue, beauty and health because it encourages sweating. In this type of mist sauna device, sweating is further promoted when used in a warm environment, so especially in cold environments such as winter, warm the bathroom to a warm environment before use. There is a need to.
However, in the mist sauna device proposed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-9598, water is heated by a water heater to produce hot water, and the hot water is supplied to a jetting portion to form a mist or shower. ing. For this reason, there is a problem that the bathroom cannot be heated unless a heating device is separately provided. On the other hand, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 5-317379 proposes that a hot water mist is sprayed in a bathroom to provide a warm environment before using a mist sauna device. However, spraying the hot water mist in the bathroom before using the mist sauna apparatus causes a problem of wasting water resources. In view of the above, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to realize a mist sauna without separately providing a heating device and without wasting water.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a bathroom which mixes supply water supplied from a water supply means and hot air supplied from a hot air supply means, and jets out into a bathroom space as a hot water mist. In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the bathroom mist sauna device according to the present invention is characterized in that water supplied from a water supply unit and hot air supplied from a hot air supply unit are mixed to form fine hot water. It is characterized by comprising a fine spray nozzle that jets out into the bathroom space as a mist, and a control device that controls the operation of the water supply means and the hot air supply means based on a command from a controller arranged in the bathroom. When the water supplied from the water supply means and the hot air supplied from the hot air supply means are supplied to the fine spray nozzle, the fine spray nozzle mixes the water and the hot air to form a fine hot water mist, and the fine spray nozzle forms Spouted into the space. For this reason, the environment in the bathroom space is in a mist state, and mist bathing is possible. Then, by operating the controller by the user of the mist device, the temperature and the ejection pressure of the hot water mist can be freely adjusted, so that a comfortable mist bath can be realized. Further, based on a command from the controller, the control device sets the water supply means to a non-driving state and sets the hot air supply means to a driving state so as to supply only hot air into the bathroom. It is possible to do
Even if the bathroom is in a cold environment, such as in winter, or if you want to dry the bathroom after use, the user of the mist device can operate the controller to easily set the bathroom to a warm environment. Become. The water supply means includes an electromagnetic valve for flowing and shutting off water from the water supply source, and a pressure reducing valve for discharging the water at a constant pressure through the electromagnetic valve, and the hot air supply means compresses the air. And a pressure adjusting valve for adjusting the pressure of the air compressed by the compressor to a predetermined pressure, and a heating device for heating the air adjusted to a predetermined pressure by the pressure adjusting valve. Then, the water supply to the fine spray nozzle is started by opening the solenoid valve based on a command from the control device. At the same time, hot air is supplied to the fine spray nozzle by driving the compressor and the heating device. As a result, the water and the hot air are mixed by the fine spray nozzle to form a fine hot water mist, which is ejected from the fine spray nozzle into the bathroom space. Then, by operating the controller by the user of the mist device, the temperature setting of the heating device is raised and lowered, so that the temperature of the hot water mist can be freely adjusted, and the opening of the pressure adjusting valve is adjusted. By controlling, it is possible to freely adjust the ejection pressure of the fine hot water mist ejected from the fine spray nozzle. Therefore, the user of the mist device can take a comfortable mist bath. Furthermore, if the water supply source is a hot water supply device, warm water that has been warmed in advance will be supplied to the fine spray nozzle, so that it is possible to eject a sufficiently heated hot water mist even in winter when the water temperature is low. Become.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the bathroom mist sauna device of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. The bathroom mist sauna device of the present invention is provided with a fine spray nozzle 10 attached to a wall surface or the like of the bathroom BR to spray hot water mist into the bathroom BR, and the fine spray nozzle 10 is provided with water, hot water, etc. from a water heater 20. Water supply channel W for supply and fine spray nozzle 10
A hot air path A for supplying hot air to the chiller, and a control device 80 for controlling the supply of water, hot water, etc., and also controlling the temperature of the hot air and the outflow pressure of the hot air. A water supply channel W is provided with a solenoid valve 30 for distributing and blocking water supplied from the water heater 20 and hot water.
And a pressure reducing valve 40 that makes the pressure of the water flowing through the electromagnetic valve 30 constant and flows out toward the fine spray nozzle 10 is interposed. In the hot air path A, a compressor 50 for compressing and supplying air is provided.
A pressure adjusting valve 60 for adjusting the pressure of the air compressed by the pressure adjusting device to a predetermined pressure, and a heater 70 for heating the air adjusted to a predetermined pressure by the pressure adjusting valve 60 are interposed. As the fine spray nozzle 10, for example, a two-fluid fine spray nozzle SU89 (manufactured by SSCO-JAPAN) is used. This two-fluid fine spray nozzle is composed of a nozzle body, a liquid cap, and a gas cap, and has a water supply passage. The water and hot water flowing from W are jetted from the orifice of the liquid cap as a liquid column, and immediately thereafter, are pulverized by the hot air flowing from the hot air path A jetted from the orifice of the gas cap and become hot water mist. It is designed to be sprayed. This fine spray nozzle 10 is provided at a suitable position such as a wall surface of the bathroom BR with a plurality of fine spray nozzles 11, 1.
2, 13, 14 are attached. Water heater 2
Numeral 0 is provided with a heat exchanger for heating water, a burner, and a control unit, and heats tap water (not shown) to supply water to a kitchen, a washroom, other faucets, and the like, and through a solenoid valve 30 and a pressure reducing valve 40. Water or hot water is supplied to the fine spray nozzle 10. The solenoid valve 30 is a normally closed solenoid valve that opens based on an ON operation command from the control device 80 and closes based on an OFF operation command from the control device 80. As the pressure reducing valve 40, for example, RD-31 type L (manufactured by Ben Co., Ltd.) is used. The pressure reducing valve 40 includes a diaphragm pressed by an adjusting spring fixed to an adjusting screw, and a stem connected to the diaphragm. And a sheet disk which is temporarily fixed and has a temporary side inlet and a secondary side outlet. Then, the opening of the sheet disk is adjusted so that the upward force of the diaphragm due to the pressure of the secondary outlet and the downward force of the adjustment spring are balanced, and the pressure of the secondary outlet is made constant. is there. The compressor 50 has a rotation speed of 1420 to 1730 rpm and a discharge air amount of 2
At 5 l / min, the maximum pressure is 0.49 MPa. Based on the ON operation command from the control device 80, the air is compressed and discharged into the hot air path A, and the OFF operation command from the control device 80 is used. It is made to stop based on. The pressure regulating valve 60 is provided with an electropneumatic proportional valve having an electric throttle valve function. The pressure regulating valve 60 is turned on based on an ON operation command from the control device 80, and is controlled based on a current command from the control device 80. The size is controlled, and the outflow pressure of the compressed air discharged from the compressor 50 and flowed in is controlled. When the current flowing to the electropneumatic proportional valve increases based on the current command from the control device 80, the valve opening increases, the outflow pressure of the compressed air decreases, and the current flowing to the electropneumatic proportional valve decreases. The valve opening is reduced and the outflow pressure of the compressed air is increased. The heater 70 is an electric heater of a resistance heating type, and is disposed in the pipe of the hot air passage A. The heater 70 is turned on based on an on-operation command from the control device 80 and receives a current command from the control device 80. The magnitude of the current is controlled based on this, and the temperature in the pipe of the hot air path A is controlled. The heater 70 has a temperature of 4
The temperature is set to be about 00 ° C. to 600 ° C. Thereby, the temperature of the hot water mist sprayed from the fine spray nozzle 10 becomes about 40 ° C. to 50 ° C. The control device 80
A CPU, a power supply for supplying power to the CPU, and a power switch are provided. Based on various commands from a controller 90 provided in the bathroom BR, the solenoid valve 30, the presser 50, the pressure adjustment valve 60, and the heating This is for controlling the heater 70. The controller 90 includes a start switch for starting the spray operation of the hot water mist, a strong switch for increasing the spray intensity of the hot water mist, a weak switch for weakening the spray intensity of the hot water mist, and a high temperature for increasing the temperature of the hot water mist. A switch, a low temperature switch for lowering the temperature of the hot water mist, a heating switch for heating the interior of the bathroom BR, and the like are provided. Next, the operation of the bathroom mist sauna device configured as described above will be described. The operation will be described assuming that the power switch provided in the control device 80 is in the ON state. First, by turning on the start switch of the controller 90, the control device 80 sends an ON operation command to the solenoid valve 30, the compressor 50, the pressure regulating valve 60, and the heater 70. Then, the solenoid valve 3
0 is opened, the compressor 50 and the pressure regulating valve 60 are driven, and the heater 70 is turned on. Thereby, the warm water mist is sprayed from the fine spray nozzle 10. Next, the control device 80 sends a strong command to the pressure regulating valve 60 by turning on the strong switch of the controller 90. Then, the current flowing through the pressure regulating valve 60 decreases, and the opening of the electric valve decreases. Accordingly, the outflow pressure of the compressed air discharged from the compressor 50 and flowing into the pressure regulating valve 60 increases, and the pressure of the hot water mist sprayed from the fine spray nozzle 10 increases. Next, the controller 80 sends a weak command to the pressure regulating valve 60 by turning on the weak switch of the controller 90. Then, the current flowing through the pressure regulating valve 60 increases, and the opening of the electric valve increases. As a result, the outflow pressure of the compressed air discharged from the compressor 50 and flowing into the pressure regulating valve 60 decreases, and the pressure of the hot water mist sprayed from the fine spray nozzle 10 decreases.
Next, the controller 80 sends a high temperature command to the heater 70 by turning on the high temperature switch of the controller 90. Then, the current flowing through the heater 70 increases, and the amount of heat generated by the heater 70 increases.
Thereby, the temperature of the hot water mist sprayed from the fine spray nozzle 10 rises. Next, the controller 80 sends a low-temperature command to the heater 70 by turning on the low-temperature switch of the controller 90. Then, the current flowing through the heater 70 decreases, and the heater 70
Reduce the amount of heat generated. Thereby, the temperature of the hot water mist sprayed from the fine spray nozzle 10 decreases. Next, by turning on the heating switch of the controller 90, the control device 80 sends an OFF operation command to the solenoid valve 30 and sends an ON operation command to the compressor 50, the pressure regulating valve 60 and the heater 70. Then
In order to close the solenoid valve 30, the supply of water and hot water to the fine spray nozzle through the water supply path W is stopped. On the other hand, the compressor 50 and the pressure adjusting valve 60 are driven, and the heater 70 is turned on. Thereby, the warm air is sprayed from the fine spray nozzle 10, so that the interior of the bathroom BR is warmed, and when the interior of the bathroom BR is tight, it is dried. As described above, in the present embodiment, the water or hot water supplied from the water supply channel W and the hot air supplied from the hot air channel A are sprayed by the fine spray nozzle 1.
When it is supplied to 0, water or hot water and hot air are mixed by the fine spray nozzle 10 to form a fine hot water mist and sprayed from the fine spray nozzle 10 into the space of the bathroom BR. For this reason, the environment in the space of the bathroom BR is in a mist state, and a mist bath is possible. When the user of the mist device operates the controller 90, the temperature and the spray pressure of the hot water mist can be freely adjusted, so that a comfortable mist bath can be realized.
Further, based on a command from the controller 90, the control device 80 can turn off the solenoid valve 30 and turn on the compressor 50, the pressure regulating valve 60, and the heater 70 to be in a driving state. Since only the hot air can be supplied into the bathroom BR, the hot air becomes a warm environment in the bathroom BR due to the hot air. When drying is desired, the user of the mist device operates the controller 90, so that the interior of the bathroom BR can be easily set to a warm environment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a bathroom mist sauna device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10, 11, 12, 13, 14 ... fine spray nozzle, 20 ...
Water heater, 30 ... solenoid valve, 40 ... pressure reducing valve, 50 ... compressor, 60 ... pressure regulating valve, 70 ... heater, 80 ... controller, 90 ... controller, BR ... bathroom, W ... water supply path, A ... hot air path

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A bathroom mist sauna device for mixing supply water supplied from a water supply means and hot air supplied from a hot air supply means and jetting the mixture into a bathroom space as a hot water mist. A fine spray nozzle which mixes the water to be supplied with the hot air supplied from the hot air supply means and jets the fine water mist into a bathroom space; and the water supply based on a command from a controller disposed in the bathroom. And a control device for controlling the operation of the hot air supply means. 2. The method according to claim 2, wherein the control device sets the water supply unit to a non-drive state and sets the hot air supply unit to a drive state to supply only hot air to the bathroom based on a command from the controller. The mist sauna device for a bathroom according to claim 1, characterized in that: 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the water supply means includes means for circulating water from a water supply source.
An electromagnetic valve that shuts off, a pressure reducing valve that makes the pressure of water flowing through the electromagnetic valve constant and flows out, the hot air supply unit compresses and supplies air, and air compressed by the compressor 3. A pressure adjusting valve for adjusting the pressure of the air to a predetermined pressure, and a heating device for heating the air adjusted to a predetermined pressure by the pressure adjusting valve. Mist sauna equipment for bathrooms. 4. The mist sauna device for a bathroom according to claim 3, wherein the water supply source is a hot water supply device.