JPS639439A - Sauna apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to improvements in sauna baths, and particularly to providing a small-sized sauna device that can be easily installed or removed from existing bathrooms and the like.

[Prior art]

A sauna bath is a specially built large room equipped with a heater, which supplies high-temperature air to the room. Alternatively, there is one in which a heat transfer device is installed inside a wooden box that accommodates several people.

In the former case, the concrete structure itself constitutes a sauna bath, and although it can be used by a large number of people at once, it is a large-scale structure that can only be used for commercial purposes.

On the other hand, the latter is usually used by a small number of people such as a family, but the box that makes up the small room has a depth of 100 to 2.
00cm, width 150~250cm, height 180~
It is 200cm long and is too large to be installed in a private residence, especially a bathroom, and the households that can install it are limited to owners of very large houses, and it is especially difficult for subcommittees to use it. It is often difficult.

With the arrival of an aging society, health management is being considered,
As part of this, moderate exercise and the use of sauna baths are recommended.

However, at present, the users of sauna baths are limited to a small number of enthusiasts, and for example, they are hardly used by housewives or children.

This is because, as mentioned above, it is necessary to go to a special place, or the house is too small to install a sauna bath box.

As mentioned above, there is a desire for a simple sauna bath or sauna device that can be installed even in a general household that does not have enough area to install a box-shaped sauna bath.

By the way, the washing area in the bathroom installed in ordinary homes and condominiums is relatively large, and it is advantageous to be able to use this washing area, and it is also possible for the whole family to easily use the sauna bath.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

Conventional sauna baths for commercial use cannot be used by anyone, and mobile sauna baths used in general households with a small number of large houses have relatively large boxes and are usually It is too large to be used in a general household with a house size of 100 yen, and it also has the problem of not being able to be installed in the same location as the shower.

Furthermore, once installed, the mobile sauna bath is difficult to move and is relatively expensive.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention solves the drawbacks of the conventional sauna baths, and its purpose is to be able to be easily installed and cleaned up in bathrooms, kitchens, and other small areas. To provide a sauna bath device which is fairly compact and inexpensive.

[Summary of the invention]

To achieve the above object, the present invention includes a reflective plate, a transparent wall provided in front of the reflective plate, a heat generating section including a heating element provided on the reflective plate, and the reflective section and the transparent wall. This sauna device is composed of a ventilation section that blows air between the heating and cooling parts, a floor body that allows ventilation and is placed in front of the lower part of the heat generating section, and a flexible reflective wall that forms a small room.

The heat generating part includes a reflector plate for radiating infrared rays intensively to the users of the sauna, and a heat generating element provided in front of the reflector plate.
It consists of a transparent wall covering the open end of the reflector in front of the heating element, and the reflector and the transparent wall form a kind of duct. A blower for blowing air into the duct is provided above the heat generating section.

The reflective plate is a metal plate with a reflective surface formed into a parabolic cross section or a polygonal shape close to this,
A heating element is provided in the front part.

As the heating element, a ceramic heating element that emits far infrared rays is mainly used. The shape of the heating element used may be a disc, a rod, or a lattice. Preferably, the support structure is such that the heating element can be adjusted in optimal direction and position relative to the reflector.

The floor body is formed into a slatted shape so that the hot air flowing through the duct constituting the heat generating part is supplied from the feet of the user of the sauna apparatus.

A floor body is installed in the front lower part of the heat generating part, and a space surrounded by the front part of the heat generating part, the upper part of the floor body, and the lower part of the ceiling is partitioned by a flexible reflective wall body to form a small sauna room. This flexible reflective wall is not a fixed wall, but is surrounded on all sides by reflective curtains, for example. Reflective accordion curtains can be used as curtains that can be opened and closed.
You can also simply use square reflective curtains attached to the ceiling or bathroom wall.

In short, a reflective curtain can be removably installed around the sauna room to create a sauna room as needed, and by removing it, it can be used as a bathroom or a sauna room. do it like this.

In addition, it is preferable that the reflective curtain has heat insulating properties. For example, a foam layer is formed on the inner surface of a fiber base fabric, and aluminum foil is laminated on the inner surface, or a reflective metal film is formed on the inner surface by vapor deposition. It forms a reflective surface, allowing infrared rays to be reflected and radiated from the user's surroundings, especially from the front and back.

The blower for blowing air into the heat generating part forming a kind of duct is preferably of a small size and capable of blowing a large amount of air. The role of this blower is to blow hot air inside the heat generating part to the feet of sauna users.The transparent partition installed in front of the reflector, that is, the heat-resistant glass plate, is heated to a high temperature and the user touches it. This is to prevent you from getting burned.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1, 2, and 3 are a plan view, a side sectional view, and a usage state diagram showing the concept of the sauna apparatus of the present invention.

1 is a floor surface of a bathroom or the like, 2 is a wall surface, and 3 is a ceiling surface, and the sauna apparatus S of the present invention is installed and used in a corner 2a of the bathroom or the like. Note that 4 is a bathtub.

The sauna device S is composed of a heat generating part H, a floor body F, and a flexible reflective wall C. A user M places a chair on the floor F and sits on it, and the user M places a chair on the floor F and sits on it. Turn it around M to form a small chamber R.

In this embodiment, the heat generating part H is formed by bending a metal plate, for example, an aluminum plate at right angles to form a wall 10, and fixing a reflecting plate 11 in the vertical direction to the center of this wall surface 10. The opening at the front end of 11 is covered with a transparent partition wall 1 made of heat-resistant glass, etc.
Covered by 2. A kind of duct is formed between the reflection plate 11 and the transparent partition wall 12, and a blower 13 is provided above the heat generating part H. Then, the heating element 14 provided in the front part of the reflector 11 radiates far infrared rays toward the user, and the heated air A in the duct is sent to the floor F side, so that the air A is released from under the feet of the user M. Blow air. Note that it is preferable to design so that the descending hot air A passes near the transparent partition wall 12.

To give an example of specific dimensions, the width of the wall 10 is, for example, 35 mm.
0III+, the height is 1300 mm, and the width of the front open end of the cross-sectional wall is approximately 460 mm.

These dimensions are not limited and are designed depending on the application.

This reflecting plate 11 is formed into a parabolic shape or a shape close to this so that far infrared rays can be efficiently radiated to the user. A plurality of disc-shaped heating elements 14 are provided at the center of the reflecting plate 11. For example, four to five heating elements 14 each having a power of 400 watts are used.

The transparent partition wall 12 that closes the front opening of the reflector 11 that constitutes the heat generating part H is provided with a glass plate that does not easily absorb infrared rays, and forms part of the duct, so that the user M cannot In addition to being careful not to touch the heating element 14,
Care is taken to reduce the temperature by allowing ventilation inside. A slatted floor body F is provided below the front of the transparent partition wall 12.

As mentioned above, the sauna device S according to the present invention can be placed in a narrow place such as a bathroom, especially in the corner 2a. A rail 15 is provided on the ceiling surface 3, and the flexible reflective wall C is guided by the rail 15 to form a small room R (sauna room) in the corner of the bathroom.

The heating element 14 is selected from a type that mainly emits far infrared rays. The reason for this is that far-infrared rays can reach deep into the body even at low temperatures, allowing the sweating effect to occur without causing extreme heat.

A ceramic heating element or a ceramic-coated heating element is suitable for this heating element 14, and its shape may be a disc-shaped one or a rod-shaped one as shown in the figure. The support portion 16 of the heating element 14 has a structure that allows the heating element 14 to be directed in an appropriate direction. By doing so, the far infrared rays can be concentrated on any part of the human body of the user M.

The wall board 10 is bent into an L shape so that it can be placed in a corner 2a of a small room such as a bathroom, and depending on the design, this part may be a mere support. It's okay. Further, if the space 17 between the reflection plate 11 and the wall plate 10 is filled with a heat insulating material, the heat from the heating element 14 can be effectively utilized.

The blower 13 is small but has a large air volume, for example, a Shirofuco fan is used.

Next, the operation of the sauna apparatus according to the present invention will be explained.

When a user M uses the sauna device S, he or she stands naked in front of the heat generating section H and attaches a flexible reflective wall C to form a predetermined small room R. In this state, the heating element 14 is energized. Along with the energization of the heating element 14, or separately, the blower 13 is operated to circulate the warm air A generated in the duct constituted by the reflection plate 11 and the transparent partition wall 12 within the small room R.

By aming this state, the user M can
More radiation of infrared rays r can be obtained, and warm air A is blown out from below the floor body F, which heats the body of the user M and provides a refreshing sauna effect.

〔Effect of the invention〕

The sauna device S according to the present invention includes a reflector, a transparent partition provided in an opening in the front of the reflector, a heating element provided in front of the reflector, and air between the reflector and the transparent partition. It consists of a heat generating part consisting of an air blower that supplies heat, a floor body that allows ventilation placed in front of the lower part of the heat generating part, and a flexible wall body forming a small room, so that the following effects can be achieved. can.

Since the sauna room is not a box-like structure, a part of the bathroom or the like can be used to form the sauna room.

In particular, a duct is formed by a reflector with a heating element installed in the front and a transparent partition wall provided at the open end of the reflector, and hot air generated within the duct is blown from below the floor body. Since it is designed to emit air, the user can receive the desired sauna effect by providing warm air along with the infrared rays of the heating element.

When the sauna device is not used, laundry etc. can be hung inside it and used as a simple dryer.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view showing a sauna device installed in an existing bathroom, Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same side, and Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the sauna device in use. It is. FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of the sauna apparatus, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line -V in FIG. S...Sauna device, H...Heating part, C...Flexible reflective wall (inner reflective curtain), M...User, A
... Warm air, 1... Bathroom floor, 2... Bathroom wall, 2a.
... Corner of the bathroom, 3... Ceiling of the bathroom, 4...
Bathtub, 10... Wall, 11... Reflector, 12...
Transparent partition wall, 13...Blower, 14...Heating element, 15
...Rail, 16...Support part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a reflective plate, a transparent wall provided in front of the reflective plate, a heat generating section including a heating element provided on the reflective plate, an air blowing section that blows air between the reflective section and the transparent wall, and the heat generating section A sauna device consisting of a ventilated floor placed in front of the lower part of the sauna, and a flexible reflective wall forming a small room.