KR0172673B1 - Sauna bath wit aromatic apparatus and humidifier - Google Patents

Abstract

Challenge: Simple supply of automatic steam supply to a conventional dry sauna room to heat the human body more quickly, or to heat the human body at the same time even at a lower temperature than the conventional one, and to give direction to the sauna room. It is healthy, and provides a pleasant device.

Solution: A heat exchanger (3) is installed on top of a conventional heater (2) for a sauna room, and the water in the heat exchanger (3) is heated and evaporated by the heat generated from the heater (2), and the steam The herbal medicine 3-4 is steamed to generate a direction, and the steam in this direction is discharged into the sauna chamber 1 through the steam discharge port 3-5. The water in the heat exchanger 3 is supplied to the heat exchanger 3 on a regular basis via the water supply pipe 5 via the electric water supply control valve 4 for opening and closing automatically by a timer.

Effect: When a dry sauna room is humidified, the humidified air comes into contact with the human body, causing the temperature to drop, reaching the dew point, and the vapors in the air returning to the water. Therefore, since it heats up more quickly than when it is not humidified, and it heats up within the same time even if the temperature of a sauna room is reduced, it is possible to provide a healthy and comfortable sauna bath apparatus. In addition, by steaming the herbs with the generated steam, by generating the direction of sedation, etc., it is possible to provide a sauna bath device that can give a bather a more comfortable feeling as a simple and safe device.

Description

Aroma generator and humidifier for sauna room and sauna bath device

The present invention relates to a comfortable and healthy sauna bath device configured to supply a slight humidity and aroma of herbs and the like that are beneficial to the human body in an extremely dry high temperature dry sauna room.

Background Art Conventionally, saunas widely used in northern Europe and the like have been sprayed with heated sauna stones to generate steam, thereby preventing the sauna room from being extremely dried.

In recent years, in the high temperature dry sauna, the electric stove is most often used as a heating device in the sauna room. However, since electrical insulation measures such as the power supply connection part are not sufficiently performed, the sauna is prevented from a short circuit point of view. Since the relative humidity of the room cannot be increased, high temperature and extremely dry sauna baths are the most common.

However, rather than an extremely dry sauna bath, adding a little humidity can give a softer bathing feeling. Also, when a humidity is added, the human body can heat up more quickly. Therefore, a steam generator that generates a little steam outside the sauna room is installed. In addition, a sauna bath device that introduces the steam into the sauna room through a pipe to humidify gradually became known.

On the other hand, in a wet sauna bath apparatus of about 50 ° C., commonly referred to as a "low temperature sauna," a sauna that produces scents by steaming herbs and the like by steam in a steam generator installed in the steam bath, and supplies this to the bathroom together with steam. Although bath apparatuses are widely practiced in Korea and the like, and are known in Japan, sauna bath apparatuses for supplying scented steam to a dry sauna room above 70 ° C have not been known so far.

Thus, since the relative humidity of the high temperature dry sauna room is considerably low at 5 to 10 ° C., even if the relative humidity is slightly increased for the purpose of facilitating heating to the human body, the insulation failure of the electric appliance due to water vapor in the air It is easy to think that it does not happen.

However, when operating at a high temperature, even in a sauna room having a low relative humidity, when the heating is stopped and the room temperature decreases, the relative humidity rises and a problem occurs.

Solving this problem is the first subject of the present invention.

That is, for example, the heating of the sauna room with a relative humidity of 10% is stopped at 80 ° C, and when the temperature of the sauna room drops to about 30 ° C, the dew point is reached.

At this time, since the temperature of the electric appliance also decreases, when the relative humidity of the sauna room reaches the dew point, moisture may adhere to a portion of the electrical insulation which is incompletely insulated, such as a power supply connecting portion of the electric appliance.

In this way, if a sauna heater such as an electric stove with moisture is activated and the sauna chamber is to be heated again, a short circuit occurs due to poor insulation due to moisture in a part where the electrical insulation is incomplete, and thus starting is impossible.

Once the heating device for the sauna can be started to raise the temperature of the sauna room, the relative humidity is lowered and the moisture adhered to it is evaporated, so that the insulation failure is eliminated. Since it is not raised, the sauna room becomes inoperable, and eventually, the humidification of the dry sauna room becomes difficult. Solving this problem is the first subject of the present invention.

Next, in order to humidify the sauna room, a steam generator such as a steam boiler and a steam pipe are separately required for supplying steam, and thus there is a problem that the equipment becomes too large and the cost is high. Solving this problem is the second subject of the present invention.

In addition, one of the main purposes of the sauna bath is to relieve the stress of the bather, in order to increase the effect, supplying the sauna room with a fragrance containing an active ingredient with mental stability action, more comfortable and comfortable health It is possible to provide a sauna bath, which is useful for the treatment of a device.

Accordingly, it is a third subject of the present invention to develop and provide a device that generates fragrance in a low cost and simple manner and safely supplies the fragrance to a high temperature dry sauna room.

Figure 1 is a front view showing a part of the embodiment of the sauna generator and aroma generating and humidifying device and sauna bath apparatus having the same according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view showing a part of the above embodiment cut away.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the herbal steamer in the embodiment.

4 is a time chart showing the operation of the solenoid valve for water supply control in the above embodiment.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

1: sauna room

2: heating device for sauna room (far infrared radiation heater)

2-1: Far-Infrared Radiant 2-2: Seas Heater

2-2 ': Flange 2-3: Shield for power connection box

2-4: Power Supply Line 2-5: Maintenance Cover

3: heat exchanger 3-1: bottom plate

3-2: water in the tank 3-3: pull-out herbal steamer

3-3 ': Handle 3-4: Herbal Medicine

3-5: steam discharge pipe 4: solenoid valve for water supply control

T1: Timer T2: Timer

5: water pipe 6: sauna room wall

In each of the above problems, a water heating heat exchanger (3) having heat, light, and / or heated air generated by the sauna device heating apparatus (2) as a heat source is provided, and the water heating heat exchanger includes a water supply port ( 3-6), a steam outlet (3-5) and a herbal steamer (3-3) for storing and removing the fragrance-producing herbs or drugs (3-4), heat exchange for water heating Steam generated in the cabin is introduced into the herb steamer (3-3) to humidify or heat the herb or medicine to generate aroma, and the steam containing the aroma through the steam outlet (3-5) to the sauna room (1). It is achieved by the fragrance and humidification device for a sauna room, characterized in that configured to discharge into.

In addition, the numbers in parentheses indicate the reference numbers in the drawings of these components in the illustrated embodiment.

A water supply pipe 5 connected to the water supply port 3-6 of the water heat exchanger 3 provides an electric valve 4 for water supply control at an outside portion of the sauna room, and can set an opening / closing time of the electric valve arbitrarily. It is recommended to install a timer relay.

On the other hand, in the present specification, the electric valve refers to a valve that is widely opened and closed by electrical means, and includes a so-called solenoid valve and a motor valve.

Further, each of the above-described problems is performed in a thermally partitioned dry sauna room 1 in which the room temperature is maintained at about 70 ° C. or higher, and water-resistant electrical insulation treatment is performed on the electrical parts in contact with the outside air. The electric part which is difficult to process is provided with the heater 2 for the sauna room accommodated in the shielding box 2-3 which blocks the flow of air in the sauna room, and the light, the heating wire and the heat generated from the heater 2 for the sauna room. And / or a sauna bath device characterized in that a fragrance generating and humidifying device for a sauna room is attached to a position where a heated air is reached at all times.

In this case, the sauna device heating apparatus 2 is a far infrared radiation heater that emits and emits far infrared rays by using fuel or electric power as a heat source, and aroma generation for the sauna room occurs in place of the abnormal reflection plate on the upper reflecting plate. And a heat-heat exchanger 3 for water heating of the humidifier, and is configured to generate steam by using the far-infrared ray and the hot air radiated from the far-infrared radiation tube 2-1 as heat sources.

The above-described configuration of the present invention will be described individually based on the relationship with the above-described problems of the present invention. As for the first problem that solves the problem that the heating device causes electrical insulation failure when the sauna room is humidified, the sauna Electrical parts in contact with the outside air of the practical heating device are electrically insulated, and parts that are difficult to insulate, such as power connections, are sealed to prevent air from entering the sauna room, and wet air in the sauna room is in contact. This is solved by taking a structure that does not.

In order to humidify the sauna room with steam, a steam boiler or a steam pipe is required, and accordingly, there is a problem that an excessively bulky equipment is required. The second problem to solve this problem is that the heat source of the humidification steam generator generates steam by using light or high temperature air such as far-infrared rays generated from the heating device for the sauna room, so that a general steam generator or steam piping Since it becomes unnecessary, simply connecting a water pipe to the apparatus of the present invention from the outside of the sauna room solves it by using a new means capable of supplying the steam for the surprise to the sauna room.

Originally, the temperature of the part near the ceiling of a high temperature dry sauna room is raised to almost 100 degreeC or more. In particular, the upper part near the heating apparatus for a sauna room becomes hotter.

When a heat exchanger is installed in this high temperature portion and water is supplied, the heat energy of the hot air in the sauna room, and in the case of the heating device for a sauna room that emits far infrared rays, Since both the heat energy and the internal water become water vapor, a particularly complicated device is unnecessary, and only a heat exchanger may be provided. The heat exchanger is a device which is only a metal container and can generate steam.

On the other hand, when there is too much steam to supply, even if the temperature is the same, a bather may feel hot and may burn, and it is necessary to adjust the quantity of water to supply appropriately. For this reason, an electric pipe is installed outside the sauna room of the water supply pipe sent to the heat exchanger, and an automatic control circuit with a built-in timer relay that can arbitrarily set the open time and the closed time of the electric valve is installed. By setting and changing the setting time appropriately, the opening and closing time of the electric valve can be adjusted, and the amount of steam generation can be easily adjusted arbitrarily.

A third object of the present invention for developing a device for generating the direction in an inexpensive and simple manner is a basket shape for storing dried herbs in the heat exchanger that generates steam using the heat of the sauna room. It is achieved by installing a herbal steamer, by heating and humidifying the herbal to generate aroma while passing through the herbal steamer in the heat exchanger to generate aroma, and to release the fragrant steam to the sauna room.

In this way, it is possible to develop an aroma generator and a humidifier for the sauna chamber that adds fragrance to the dry hot sauna chamber and at the same time appropriately humidifies it.

When the neglect of the present invention is installed in a high temperature sauna room, a slight humidity and a fragrance contributing to the health are added to the extremely dry air and released into the sauna room, so that the bather can relax physically and mentally. A bathing device can be provided.

In terms of equipment, no steam boiler or steam piping is required, and the energy for driving the apparatus is sufficient by only a small amount of electric power for opening and closing the electric valve, and the energy for evaporating the water is used to remove hot air or far infrared rays generated from the heating device for the sauna room. This makes it possible to obtain a device that is very simple, has excellent safety, and is inexpensive.

Generally, the quantity of steam which humidifies a dry sauna room for business uses is about 0.5-3 L / h, and the energy which produces this amount of steam is enough only with a part of energy of a heater for a sauna room heating.

If a large amount of humidity is applied to a high temperature sauna room, bathing becomes impossible.

For example, consider the case of bathing in a sauna room with a humidity of 50% at a temperature of 80 ° C. The air near the bather's skin is cooled by the human body, and the relative humidity rises when the air temperature drops. When the temperature is below about 64 ℃, the steam reaches the dew point and condenses the steam. The body is heated by both the condensation point and the hot water of 64 ℃.

Normally, when bathing in hot water of 64 ℃, the human body burns, but when steam condenses, the volume decreases to about 1 / 1,000, so it is not as hot as when bathing in 64 ℃ hot water, but the effect of large amount of heat of evaporation I can't keep bathing.

In this way, even if the humidity of the dry sauna room is high, it is desirable that the temperature of the bath is bathable from 36 ° C., which is the human body temperature, that is, the humidity reaches a dew point at about 45 ° C.

Since air having a temperature of 80 ° C. and a relative humidity of 20% reaches a dew point at about 45 ° C., the maximum humidification limit of the dry sauna room is estimated to be about 20% relative humidity (absolute humidity 64.9 g / kg).

The actual amount of humidified steam varies depending on various conditions such as the room size, natural ventilation, the original humidity of the bathroom, the number of bathers, etc. In consideration of these conditions, in a dry sauna for general business of about 5 to 30 m2, 0.5 to 3 l / h is good enough.

If this amount of steam is enough, 1/30 of the energy generated from the heating device for the sauna room can supply the necessary energy for steam generation, and the steam or light energy generated from the heating device for the sauna room is sufficient. There is no need to install a separate heat source for steam generation.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, this invention is demonstrated concretely, referring drawings.

1 is a front view showing a part of an embodiment of the aroma generator and humidification device for a sauna room and a sauna bath apparatus having the same according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a side view showing a part of the embodiment cut, 3 is a plan view showing the herbal steamer in the embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a time chart showing the operation of the solenoid valve for water supply control in the embodiment.

Since the air whose temperature is 80 degreeC and 20% of a relative humidity reaches a dew point at about 45 degreeC, the maximum humidification limit of a dry sauna room is estimated to be about 20 degreeC (64.0 g / kg of relative humidity).

The actual amount of humidified steam depends on various conditions such as the room size, natural ventilation, the original humidity of the bathroom, and the number of bathers. Considering these conditions, 0.5 to 3 l / h in a dry sauna for general use of 5 to 30 m2 is considered. It is good enough.

If the amount of steam is about this amount, about 1/30 of the energy generated from the installed heater for the sauna can supply the necessary energy for steam generation, and since the steam generated from the heater for the sauna room is enough for the light energy, There is no need to install a heat source for generation separately.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, this invention is demonstrated concretely, referring drawings.

1 is a front view showing a part of an embodiment of a sauna generating direction and humidification device and a sauna bath apparatus having the same according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a side view showing a part of the embodiment cut, Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the herbal steamer in the above embodiment, and Fig. 4 is a time chart showing the operation of the solenoid valve for water supply control in the embodiment.

In addition, in each figure, the part shown with the diagonal line shows a cross section.

With reference to each drawing, an embodiment of the aroma generating and humidifying apparatus for a sauna room and a sauna bath apparatus provided with this apparatus is described.

1 and 2 show a sauna bath apparatus in which aroma generating and humidifying device for a sauna room according to the present invention is attached to a humidifying device for a sauna room using electric power as a heat source.

The sauna apparatus heating apparatus 2 used in the present embodiment is a far-infrared radiation heater for saunas using electric power as a heat source, and a well-known apparatus already disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-134040 can be suitably used. Can be.

A box-shaped metal heat exchanger 3 is attached to the upper portion of the far-infrared radiation heater 2 installed in the sauna room 1 in the form of a lid or a top plate of the far-infrared radiation heater, and inside the heat exchanger 3. The bottom part is comprised in the shape of a water tank, and the bottom plate 3-1 of this water tank is a far infrared ray radiated | emitted from the far-infrared radiation tube 2-1, and the high temperature heated by the said far-infrared radiation tube 2-1. It is heated by both air, and the fire 3-2 in a water tank boils and produces | generates steam actively.

The generated steam enters the withdrawal type herbal steamer 3-3 above the heat exchanger 3. This pull-out herb steamer (3-3) is configured to be inserted and removed from the heat exchanger (3), the sea plate of the steamer (3-3) is made of a porous plate, as shown in FIG. The steam passing through the porous plate flows into the herbal steamer 3-3, contacts with the stored herbal medicine 3-4, and rises while heating and humidifying it. At this time, the fragrance generated from the herbal medicine 3-4 by heating is contained, and is discharged into the sauna room 1 through the vapor discharge tube 3-5.

In this way, the bather in the sauna room provided with the apparatus of the present invention can be comfortably heated by moderately humidified high-temperature air and far-infrared rays, and can enjoy a healthy and comfortable sauna bath while sucking a pleasant fragrance.

In the present invention, the sauna room is humidified, but the relative humidity does not necessarily increase more than necessary.

When the door is opened and closed by a ventilator and a bather, the air in the bathhouse where the sauna bath is installed flows into the sauna room. The air in the bathroom before heating is generally about 25 to 30 ° C and the humidity is about 80%. There are many. When the air having a relative humidity of 80% is heated to this temperature of 25 ° C and rises to 80 ° C, the relative humidity becomes very dry air at 5.4%, which lowers the relative humidity of the sauna room.

The relative humidity of the sauna room to which the present invention is directed is 10 to 20% when the temperature is 80 ° C, and, among them, about 15% is most preferred.

On the other hand, since the air which flows in is only about 5.4% when temperature is 80 degreeC or more, it is preferable to humidify only this difference.

In this way, when the water 3-2 in a water tank evaporates continuously, after predetermined time passes, the water in a water tank will disappear and evaporation will stop.

When a predetermined time has elapsed and the time reaches a in the time chart of FIG. 4, the timer T1 excites the relay.

That is, the timer T1 is a timer relay that determines the closing time of the solenoid valve 4 for water supply control provided outside the sauna room, and is a timer relay that has been widely used in the related art, which is configured to easily change the set time. Can be used.

When the timer T1 is excited, the closing time of the water supply control solenoid valve 4 ends, the water supply control solenoid valve 4 opens to start water supply, and the water is supplied to the sauna chamber wall 6 by the water supply pipe 5. It passes through the sauna chamber 1 and is supplied into the heat exchanger 3.

The timer T1 is excited to open the water supply control solenoid valve 4, and power is supplied to the timer T2.

The timer T2, like the timer relay T1, is a timer relay that can arbitrarily change the set time, and is a timer relay for determining the opening time of the solenoid valve 4 for water supply control. When the point b is reached, the timer T2 is excited, the water supply control solenoid valve 4 opened up to that time is closed, and the water supply to the heat exchanger 3 is stopped.

The water supply control valve 4 is closed and power is applied to the timer T1.

As the timer T1 is a timer relay for determining the closing time of the water supply control solenoid valve 4 as described above, the water supply control solenoid valve 4 remains closed until the timer T1 is excited. , The water 3-2 in the heat exchanger 3 is continuously reduced.

When the set time of the timer T1 has elapsed, that is, when it reaches point c in FIG. 4, the water supply control solenoid valve 4 is opened again to start water supply and power is supplied to the timer T2. When the set time elapses and reaches point d, the water supply control solenoid valve 4 is closed and water supply is stopped.

In the same manner below, the above operation is repeated for each set time of the timer T1 and the timer T2, so that the sauna room is maintained at an appropriate humidity.

In addition, in the above description, the water supply control solenoid valve 4 is configured to be opened and closed using two timers T1 and T2, but the same control is performed using the closing time and the opening time of one timer. Of course it is possible.

In this way, when the automatic operation is performed for a long time, the medicinal effects of the herbs 3 to 4 stored in the pull-out type herbal steamer 3-3 are thinned, and the scent gradually begins to decrease.

Therefore, grab the handle (3-3 ') of the pull-out herb steamer (3-3), take out the steamer (3-3) to the outside, and replace the new herb instead of the used herb (3-4) After adding or adding herbs or medicines, the herbal steamer (3-3) is inserted into the heat exchanger (3) again.

As described above, the sauna device heating apparatus 2 used in the illustrated embodiment is a known far-infrared radiation heater disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-134040, and this far-infrared radiation heater 2 is far-infrared radiation. The siege heater 2-2 is housed inside the inner tube 2-1, and the siege heater 2-2 is heated by electric power to generate light mainly composed of near-infrared rays. It radiates to the inner surface of 2-1) and heats it to about 300 degreeC, It is a heating apparatus comprised so that a human body etc. may be heated by radiating far infrared rays into the sauna room from the outer surface of the said far-infrared radiation tube 2-1.

The lower part of the siege heater 2-2 is supported by the flange 2-2 ', and the lower end is inserted into the power supply connection shield box 2-3 and connected to the power supply line 2-4.

The sheath heater 2-2 is insulated almost completely in a sealed state except the power connection terminal portion at the lower end thereof, and the power connection shielding box 2-3 in which the power connection terminal portion at the insulated end is housed is flanged. It is sealed by (2-2 ') and the lid | cover for holding | maintenance 2-5, and it prevents invasion of damp air in a sauna room.

In this way, since the air in the sauna chamber does not penetrate into the non-insulated portion, the heating of the sauna chamber is stopped and the temperature of the sauna chamber is lowered, even when the relative humidity reaches the dew point. Moisture adheres to the incomplete portion of the insulation, which does not cause insulation failure, thereby solving the first problem of the present invention.

The amount of steam to be humidified during the unit time is determined by various conditions such as the size of the room, the amount of ventilation, the number of bathers, the humidity of the air in the ventilation bath bath, and it changes every hour, and thus cannot be determined in advance as an optimal condition. Therefore, it is necessary to configure the amount of steam generation, that is, the amount of water supplied to the heat exchanger 3 in this embodiment so that it can be artificially easily adjusted.

Moreover, since there is no known inexpensive device which detects the humidity of the air in a high temperature sauna room safely and automatically, it is necessary to adjust artificially.

The water supply amount was calculated assuming various conditions, or estimated based on conventional experience, and as described above, the water supply amount was a small amount of about 0.5 to 3 l / h.

It is very difficult to automatically flow a very small amount of water of 0.14cc every second, 0.5L per hour, and to control the amount, the hole is too small by the orifice alone, clogging it with garbage.

Therefore, in this embodiment, by providing the water supply control solenoid valve 4, the timers T1, and T2, and changing the setting time, a small amount of water can be freely adjusted easily.

For example, in the case of flowing 0.5 L of water every hour, when the timers T1 and T2 are set to close the water supply control solenoid valve 4 for 10 minutes and open for 5 minutes, about 60 L / h, This is very easy because it results in the flow of water at a flow rate of 16.7 cc / sec.

The amount of water can be increased and decreased easily and freely by changing the set time of the timers T1 and T2.

For example, if 10 minutes of T1 is changed to 5 minutes and 5 seconds of T2 is changed to 20 seconds, it becomes 3.75 L / h, so that it can be increased to 7.5 times the 0.5 L / h.

If the time of T1 is extended and the time of T2 is shortened, the weight loss can be freely performed.

In addition to the far-infrared radiation heater which uses the electric power of this embodiment as a heat source, as a heating device for a sauna room which can install the apparatus of this invention most suitably, the infrared radiation heater which heats a sauna room by generating far infrared rays using gas as a fuel (patent publication) Also known may be a sauna heater using a known gas fuel, such as fire extinguishing 59-21913) or an infrared radiation sauna apparatus using heat of combustion as a heat source (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-70973).

The sauna heaters using these gas fuels are all provided with a member for controlling the radiation device outside the sauna room. Therefore, all electric appliances are installed outside the sauna room, and the air in the sauna room does not come into contact with the electric appliance. It is advantageous in that there is no fear of causing insulation failure by the air in the sauna room.

Conventionally, the commonly used finland type electric sauna stove generally has a structure in which air in a sauna room flows to a power connection portion of a siege heater, but it is not suitable for the present invention if used as it is.

However, if the power supply connection part is sealed and the structure of the air in the sauna room is not invaded, it can be used.

Rather than an extremely dry sauna bath, adding a little humidity can give a soft bathing feel. By adding humidity, the human body can be heated more quickly.

In other words, even if the temperature of a sauna room is lowered than before, and it is possible to enjoy bathing more comfortably, a human body can be heated enough.

In the case of air that has a dew point at a slightly higher temperature than the human body temperature, when the temperature drops in contact with the human body, it reaches the dew point, and water vapor in the air condenses, and the human body is further heated by the latent heat generated. Even when the relative humidity is higher, the human body heats up more quickly. With this in mind, some people have started to know that steam generators that generate some steam are installed outside the sauna room, and steam is introduced into the sauna room through piping to humidify.

For example, the air reaching the dew point at 40 ° C. has a relative humidity of 15.5% at the temperature of 80 ° C., and if the air is at this level, the human body is heated by both the convection of the air and the heat of condensation of the vapor. It is heated comfortably.

On the other hand, if you inhale extremely dry high temperature air, the mucous membrane of your throat or nose dries and becomes tingling. If the air reaches the dew point at the body temperature of your body, condensed water replenishes moisture to your throat or nose, A similar effect can be obtained when inhaling the steam of a wet sauna.

In addition, when used in combination with a far-infrared radiation heater as in the present embodiment, a far-infrared radiation effect and a humidification effect make it possible to heat the human body for a short time more easily at a lower temperature than a conventional Finnish sauna.

In many cases, the air entering the sauna room has a temperature of 25 ° C. and a relative humidity of about 80%. When the air is heated to 80 ° C., the relative humidity becomes 5.4%. The relative humidity of the dry sauna room is about 80 ° C. The temperature is often 5-6% at.

When the relative humidity is higher, the heating can be more rapid. If the humidity is high enough to reach the dew point at 60 ° C or higher, the human body is heated similarly to bathing in a 60 ° C boiling water. There is a case. Therefore, it is most preferable to humidify the inflow air at which the relative humidity becomes about 5 to 6% when the temperature is raised to about 80 ° C to about 15.5% as described above.

In order to increase the air temperature of 80 ℃ and relative humidity of 5 ~ 6% to 15.5%, about 25 ~ 39g of steam per 1m3 of air is needed.If the sauna room is about 10㎡ in width, 600 ~ without ventilation 700g of steam need to be replenished.

Calculating under various conditions, such as the amount of ventilation due to the opening and closing of the door by the bather, and estimating the required amount of humidification, the required amount of humidification in the sauna room of about 10㎡ is about 0.5 ~ 1.0ℓ / h. The amount of heat to generate is 300 ~ 600kcal / h, this calorie is about 1/20 of the heat required to maintain the temperature by heating the sauna room of about 10㎡ to about 80 ℃.

Therefore, since the heat source required for humidification is sufficient only as a part of the heat source of the heater for heating the sauna room, according to the present invention, a device for generating steam by using a separate power or fuel is unnecessary, which is safe, inexpensive and simple. The effect is that you can humidify the dry sauna room.

The amount of steam to be humidified is determined by the amount of ventilation in the sauna room, that is, the amount of air flowing into the sauna room, the humidity of the inlet air, the moisture brought by the bather, and the amount of inlet air depends on the frequency of opening and closing the door (almost determined by the number of bathers). In addition, since the humidity of the outside air also changes constantly, the desired amount of humidification always changes.

Originally, it is desirable to automatically detect the relative humidity of the sauna room and automatically adjust the amount of water to be humidified by the detected amount.A sensor that measures the relative humidity of high-temperature air of 70 ° C or higher with a simple device is currently available. Since it is not known, it is difficult to automatically adjust the amount of humidification.

Therefore, it is necessary to artificially determine and regulate the amount of humidification according to the number of bathers, the climate, and the like.

By the way, it is very difficult to control the amount of water because the amount of water to be humidified is about 0.5 ~ 3ℓ / h.

For example, in the case of flowing 0.5 l / h of water at a speed of 1 m / sec, the channel has an area of 0.00139 cm 2 and a diameter of 0.421 mm, which makes it easy to be clogged by garbage or the like. It is very difficult to fine tune this.

In response to this problem, in the present invention, as described in claim 2, a small amount of water is provided by providing a solenoid valve 4 for water supply control, timers T1 and T2, and changing the set time of T1 and T2. The amount can be adjusted easily and freely.

Meanwhile, the present invention not only generates steam as described above and humidifies the steam, but also generates steam by steaming herbs that generate fragrance in the generated steam, and releases the fragrant steam into a sauna room to bathers. The effect of providing a more comfortable feeling can also be achieved.

Herbs suitably used in the present invention are dried herbal medicines, namely, Angelica, Cervix, Clove, etc., all of which have the effect of soothing, analgesic, or blood-repelling, etc., except for saffron Dry herbs, such as lavender and the like, are used to generate aroma by steaming it with humidifying steam, so as to give the bather a mental calmness and a feeling of comfort, thereby increasing the effect of the sauna bath.

The so-called (herbal sauna), which steams dried herbs with steam and sends them to a wet sauna with steam, has been widely installed in Korea and has long been known for its effects, and recently in Japan, it has become known to some people.

However, as in the embodiment of the present invention, a sauna bath apparatus for generating steam by using the sauna apparatus heating device as a heat source to slightly increase the relative humidity of the sauna chamber and adding a direction using the steam is not known at all. There is no bar.

As described above, summarizing the effects of the aroma generating and humidifying apparatus for the sauna room according to the present invention, by providing a slight humidity, even if the temperature of the air in the sauna room is slightly lowered, the human body is more rapidly than in the conventional sauna. It can be warmed, moisturizes the throat and nose and adds the effect of sucking the aromatic ingredients of herbs, so it is possible to provide a sauna device that can be helpful to the health by providing a comfortable feeling mentally and physically. will be.

In addition, the aroma generator and humidifier for a sauna room, and the sauna bath apparatus provided with this apparatus are not necessarily limited to the above-mentioned implementation. For example, (1) a paint that absorbs and emits far infrared rays, that is, a material almost close to a black body, is applied to the surface of the bottom plate 3-1 of the heat exchanger 3, thereby It can also improve heat exchange capacity.

(2) In the above embodiment, a heat exchanger (3) is provided in place of the upper reflector of the electric far infrared radiation heater, and a separate heat exchanger (3) spaced apart from the far infrared radiation heater near the upper portion of the existing far infrared radiation heater. It is also possible to humidify the sauna room by generating steam by generating light and hot air generated from the far infrared radiation heater as a heat source.

(3) In the above embodiment, a far-infrared radiation heater that generates far-infrared rays by using electric power was used. In particular, gas well-known by the Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-21913, Utility Model Publication No. Hei 1-30754, etc. The heat exchanger 3 of this invention can also be provided in the sauna room provided with the far-infrared radiation heater used as a heat source.

In this case, the gas far-infrared radiant heater is provided with a radiator portion in a sauna room, and all members using electric power such as an electromagnetic valve or a blower for driving and controlling the gas burner inside the radiator are installed outside the sauna room. The temperature of the lowering, the contact of the air in the condensed sauna room does not cause a problem of insulation failure.

(4) The most widely used and common electric sauna stove using a siege heater is that the apparatus of the present invention is applied to the stove as it is because the power connection portion of the siege heater is in contact with air in the sauna room. Although it is not possible to attach, the apparatus of the present invention can be provided by constructing the air in the sauna room so as not to contact the non-insulated part by sealing the power supply connecting part.

For example, a heat exchanger 3 is provided at a portion of the upper part of the electric stove, which normally raises a sauna stone, spaced apart from the stove, and generates steam and aroma by using air heated at a high temperature by the sauna stone as a heat source. I can do it.

(5) Herbs to be stored in the pull-out herb steamer (3-3) are not necessarily limited to the herb, and generate hinokithiol by using a sawdust of cypress, or like peels of citrus or citron rather than grass. As long as the fragrance which produces a fragrance when steamed, any kind can be used, and in some cases, the same fragrance | solidification agent which solidified these components through concentration can be used.

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A water heating heat exchanger (3) is provided that uses light, heat source, and / or heated air generated from the heater (2) for the sauna room as a heat source. The water heating heat exchanger includes a water supply port (3-6), The steam discharge port 3-5 and the herbal steamer 3-3 for storing and discharging the herbal medicine or the medicine 3-4 that generate the aroma are provided, and the steam generated in the water heating heat exchanger is installed. It is introduced into the herb steamer (3-3) to humidify and heat the herb or medicine to generate aroma, and to release the fragrant steam into the sauna chamber (1) through the steam outlet (3-5). Aroma generating and humidifying device for the sauna room. The water supply control electric valve 4 is installed in the outer part of the sauna room of the water supply pipe 5 connected to the water supply port 3-6 of the water heating heat exchanger 3, and the opening / closing time of this electric valve Sauna room aroma generating and humidifying device, characterized in that made by installing a timer relay that can be set arbitrarily. In the thermally partitioned dry sauna room (1) where the room temperature is maintained at about 70 DEG C or higher, electrical parts in contact with external air are subjected to water-resistant electrical insulation. A sauna room heater (2) housed in a shut-off box (2-3) for blocking the flow of air is installed, and the light, heat source and / or heated air generated from the sauna room heater (2) are in contact with each other. A sauna bath device comprising the aroma generating and humidifying device for a sauna room according to claim 1 or 2. The sauna device heating apparatus (2) according to claim 3, wherein the heater (2) for the sauna room is a far-infrared radiation heater for generating and radiating far infrared rays using fuel or electric power as a heat source, and in place of the upper reflection plate, the sauna device for the sauna room is attached to the upper reflection plate. Water heater (3) attached to the direction heating and humidification device attached to the sauna device characterized in that configured to generate steam by using the far infrared and hot air radiated from the far infrared radiation tube (2-1) as a heat source .