KR100762306B1 - Bath and Method for manufacturing thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a half body bath and a method of manufacturing the same, which are capable of increasing the efficacy of the half body bath by continuously washing the water used in the half body bath and adding a bactericidal action and an antibacterial action.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a half body bath including an outer box forming an outer shape and an inner box coupled to the outer box to form an inner bathroom and having a seat and a backrest, further comprising a filtration unit for removing foreign substances from the water contained in the inner box. To provide.

Half bath, inner box, circulation pump, ceramic grain, polypropylene, injection

Description

Half-bath and manufacturing method thereof

1 is a perspective view showing a half body bath according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a plan view of the half body bath according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic side cross-sectional view showing the configuration of a half-bath tub according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a schematic circuit diagram illustrating the operation of the half body bath according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: half body bath 11: the enclosure

12: container 13: seat

15 panel 16: cover

18: outlet 19: inlet

20: supply port 30: discharge pipe

31: circulation pump 32: housing

33: ceramic grain 34: inlet tube

40: supply pipe 41: heater

42: temperature sensor 43, 44, 53: on-off valve

50: branch pipe 51: radical generator

52: diffuser 60: vibrator

61: drive circuit 70: controller

71: switch unit 72: display unit

The present invention relates to a bath. More specifically, the present invention relates to a half body bath and a manufacturing method thereof.

In general, most homes are equipped with bathrooms, and baths are provided for bathing in accordance with the change of residential environment. Users can soak in the bath water to relieve fatigue and mental and physical fatigue. .

Recently, the demand for half body baths is increasing day by day as half body baths are in the spotlight as one of the health promotion methods different from the baths.

The half body bath (半身 방법) is a bath method that can cool the head and warm the feet to promote the health of the body, and the lower part of the body's chest is slightly higher than the body temperature of about 38 ℃ ~ 40 ℃ (40 ℃ ~ 42 ℃: When the body is tired) Put in hot water, and the upper body is a health-promoting bath method that allows the sweat to bleed slowly from the center of the body by avoiding hot water.

This half body bath is a sauna facility that is different from a sauna or a bath in a public bath or a public bath where the body is forced to exhaust sweat by heating the whole body with hot radiant heat and steam directly in a fixed and closed place. The bath facilities and the like have a structure capable of performing a whole body bath and the like, and are not suitable for heating only the lower part of the breasts required for performing the above half body bath.

In particular, the development of a half-bath, such as a bath tub that can enjoy the half-body bath was accompanied by a considerable difficulty in obtaining a half-body bath effect by preventing the upper body from touching hot water for a long time.

Therefore, many techniques for half body baths suitable for performing half body baths have been developed in the related art, but the above-described conventional techniques have a structure in which only the lower body is immersed in the bathtub by simply having a seat in a bath, and thus the primary use of half body baths. Was confined to

In other words, the conventional half-bath is simply developed with a focus on the structure or design of the bath for half-bath, so that there is no special function other than the function of the container to simply receive and store water, and thus, the body and body in the half-bath is simply added. It is difficult to develop a half-bath that has a therapeutic function that can cure physical illnesses such as relieving fatigue or various stresses of modern people.

On the other hand, in the case of a large tub including the half-bath tub is conventionally produced by molding acrylic, in this process, as the composite fiber such as glass fiber is used as the interior material, the manufacturing process is complicated and has a very bad effect on the environment. there is a problem.

That is, the conventional bath tub is molded in a vacuum after heating the acrylic disc to produce a tub-shaped molding foam, and the glass fiber or composite fiber as a reinforcing material is coated on the back of the tub molding foam to the required thickness, and in a predetermined curing condition It was produced by curing.

However, in the conventional manufacturing method, glass fiber is inevitably used for strength reinforcement, and thus, the glass fiber is exposed to the outside when used for a long time, which is very harmful to the human body, and causes environmental pollution when the bathtub is disposed of.

The present invention has been devised in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to continuously wash the water used for the half body bath, and to further increase the efficacy of the half body bath by adding a bactericidal action and an antibacterial action, and To provide a manufacturing method.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a half body bath and a method of manufacturing the same, which together with the half body bath can be obtained by the treatment effect by far infrared rays.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a half body bath and a method of manufacturing the same, which are capable of washing and removing contaminants accumulated in the body in the half body bath.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a half body bathtub and a method for manufacturing the same that are environmentally friendly and not harmful to the human body.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a structure including a filtration unit for circulating water in the half body bath and removing foreign matters from the circulated water.

The filtration unit includes a housing installed on a distribution passage connected to the half body bath, a housing through which water is circulated, ceramic grains filled in the housing, and a circulation pump for circulating water through the distribution passage.

Accordingly, in the process of circulating the water in the half-bath, the foreign matter contained in the water is filtered through the ceramic grains.

Here, the ceramic grains are preferably made of grains of a material from which far infrared rays are emitted.

In addition, the present invention may further include a washing unit to remove foreign substances by washing the body of the user in half-bath.

In addition, the present invention further includes a radical generator to supply oxygen radicals in the half body bath to sterilize various bacteria in the body of water or the user.

In addition, the present invention may further include a heating unit to keep the temperature of the water in the half body bath in an appropriate state.

On the other hand, the present invention is prepared by injection molding the high strength heat resistant polypropylene (PP; polypropylene).

In this way, as the injection molding of polypropylene to produce a half-bath is easy to manufacture and does not require a separate reinforcing material harmful to humans and the environment.

In addition, the half body bath may be formed by mixing a predetermined amount of amethyst powder and nanosilver in high-strength heat-resistant polypropylene.

Preferably, the half body bath is prepared by mixing 70-15 wt% of high-strength heat-resistant polypropylene with 5-15 wt% of amethyst powder and 5-15 wt% of nano silver to release anions and far infrared rays from amethyst and nano silver. Sterilization can be obtained.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing a half body bath according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a plan view of a half body bath according to an embodiment of the present invention, illustrating the appearance of the half body bath according to this embodiment well.

That is, the half-bath tub 10 includes an outer box 11 forming an outer shape including a bottom surface and a side surface, and an inner bathroom coupled to the outer box 11 to form an inner bathroom, and the upper part is opened into an inner container 12 forming a container shape. The interior of the inner box 12 has a structure in which the seat 13 and the back 14 are integrally formed so that the user can be seated.

In addition, a panel 15 for controlling the half body bath 10 is installed on one side of the upper end of the inner box 12, and a cover 16 covering the upper portion of the inner box 12 is installed above the user's knee. The water in) is designed to prevent cooling easily.

In addition, the drive wheel 17 is installed at the lower end of the enclosure 11 of the half-bath tub 10 to move the half-bath tub 10 to the required place.

In addition, a discharge port 18 and an inlet port 19 for circulating water in the tub 10 are formed on the bottom surface of the inner box 12 constituting the half-bath tub 10, and a supply port 20 through which heated water is supplied. And a drain port 21 for discharging the water in the bath 10 after the half-bath.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 60, which is located at the foot of the user, is a vibrator for applying ultrasonic waves to the water in the bath 10, and 52 is an diffuser through which oxygen radicals are ejected, which will be described later.

Meanwhile, the enclosure 11 and the enclosure 12 constituting the half body bath 10 are manufactured by injection molding.

That is, the enclosure 11 and the enclosure 12 are manufactured by injection molding a high-strength heat-resistant polypropylene, in particular, the enclosure 12 is a place where water is contained, giving sterilization and antibacterial power to the water for half-bath and far infrared rays Nanosilver and amethyst powder are mixed and molded in the high-strength heat-resistant polypropylene to be released.

Preferably, the inner box 12 is prepared by injection molding a mixture of 70 to 90% by weight of the high-strength heat-resistant polypropylene, 5 to 15% by weight of nanosilver, and 5 to 15% by weight of amethyst powder.

Accordingly, the anion and the far infrared rays are released from the amethyst powder contained in the inner box 12, so that the user seated in the inner box 12 can receive the anion and the far infrared ray through the water, thus further increasing the effect of the half body bath. Will be.

If the polypropylene is less than 70% by weight, the strength of the inner box 12 is weakened so as not to perform the function of the bath, and if more than 90% by weight, the amount of nanosilver and amethyst powder mixed in the polypropylene is small Sterilization and antimicrobial activity will not be obtained.

On the other hand, with reference to Figures 3 and 4 will be described the configuration of the half-bath tub (10).

3 is a schematic side cross-sectional view showing the configuration of a half-bath tub 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a schematic circuit for explaining the operation of the half-bath tub 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention It is a block diagram.

According to the drawings, the half body bath 10 is installed in the inner space between the inner box 12 and the outer box 11 to circulate the water inside the half body bath 10 and to remove foreign substances from the circulated water Filtration unit, a radical generating unit for supplying oxygen radicals into the half body bath 10 to sterilize water or bacteria of the user's body, a washing unit for washing the body of the user in the half body bath to remove foreign substances, half body bath And a heating unit for continuously maintaining the temperature of the water in the proper state in 10, and a control unit for controlling and operating the respective components.

The filtration unit is connected to an outlet 18 formed at the bottom of the inner box 12, the discharge pipe 30 extending between the inner box 12 and the outer box 11, and a circulation pump installed on the discharge pipe (30) 31), the discharge pipe 30 is connected to the housing 32 into which water is introduced, the ceramic granules 33 filled in the housing 32, the communication unit is installed in the upper portion of the housing 32 and the inner box 12 It is connected to the inlet port 19 formed in the inlet pipe 34 for supplying the water passed through the ceramic grains 33 to the inner box 12.

Here, the ceramic granules 33 may have a structure relatively larger than the inner diameter of the discharge pipe 30 or the inlet pipe 34 so as not to flow through the pipes 30 and 34.

In addition, the ceramic grains 33 may be made of a material that can emit far infrared rays by itself, for example, jade or germanium.

Accordingly, when the circulation pump 31 is operated, water in the inner container 12 flows into the housing 32 through the discharge pipe 30 and passes through the ceramic granules 33 filled in the housing 32. Received far infrared rays emitted from the), this water is introduced back into the inner box 12 through the inlet pipe 34 is able to radiate far infrared rays to the user's body.

In addition, the foreign matter mixed in the water in the half-bath process is removed while passing through the ceramic grains 33, only the purified water is returned to the inside of the inner box (12).

According to the present embodiment, the heating unit is configured to heat the water while forcibly circulating the water by using the circulation pump 31, that is, connecting the circulation pump 31 and the housing 32. A supply pipe 40 branched from a portion of the discharge pipe 30 and extending to the bottom of the inner box 12 and connected to the supply port 20 formed at the bottom of the inner box 12, and installed on the supply pipe 40. It includes a heater 41 for heating the water flowing through the supply pipe (40).

Accordingly, the water in the inner box 12 is circulated to the inner box 12 along the discharge pipe 30 and the supply pipe 40 by the circulation pump 31, and is heated by the heater 41 in the process to the inner box 12. By being re-supplied, it is possible to keep the temperature of water at all times even over time.

Here, the heater 41 is operated according to the signal of the controller when the temperature of the water contained in the inner box 12 falls below a predetermined value. For this purpose, the temperature of the water is detected on one side of the inner box 12 to control the signal. Temperature sensor 42 for applying to the further is installed.

In addition, one side of the supply pipe 40 and the discharge pipe 30 is further provided with opening and closing valves 43 and 44 for selectively opening and closing the supply pipe 40 and the discharge pipe 30 to control the flow of water, It is distributed to the inside of the housing 32 to clean or flow to the heater 41 to be heated.

On the other hand, the radical generator is a branch pipe 50 branched from one side of the discharge pipe 30, the radical generator 51 for generating oxygen radicals connected to the branch pipe 50, one side of the inner box 12 It is installed in the oxygen generator generated from the radical generator 51 includes a diffuser 52 for the acid in the water in the inner box (12).

The diffuser 52 is preferably installed in the seat 13 of the inner box 12 to allow oxygen radicals to be diffused toward the groin of the user.

In addition, an opening and closing valve 53 for selectively opening and closing the branch pipe 50 is further installed at one side of the branch pipe 50 to supply water to the radical generator 51 as necessary.

Here, the radical generator 51 is for converting air into oxygen radicals and discharges by applying a high voltage to the air supplied from the air pump and the air supplied from the air pump or irradiating ultraviolet rays to generate ozone. It is composed of a molecular conversion unit for generating oxygen radicals by reacting the generator and the generated ozone with a radical conversion catalyst, the generated oxygen radicals are supplied to the diffuser (52) connected to the radical generator (51), 52 is ejected to the water in the inner box (12).

That is, the radical generator 51 includes a main catalyst component such as TiO ₂ , MnO ₂ , CuO ₂ , and a subcatalyst component such as Pt and Pd, and is a catalyst composition comprising Al ₂ O ₃ , SiO _2, or the like as a carrier. In this case, since ozone reacts with these radical conversion catalysts to generate oxygen radicals, many techniques have already been disclosed for such a radical generator 51, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

Oxygen radicals generated through the radical generator 51 is strong after fluorine having the strongest oxidation power, and effectively sterilizes bacteria, yeasts, molds, viruses, etc. that live in the water and the user's body with strong and rapid oxidation, and deodorizes. It also has the effect of eliminating odors.

On the other hand, the washing unit is to be able to clean the user's body by transferring the ultrasonic wave to the water, is installed on one side of the inner box 12, the vibrator 60 for applying ultrasonic waves to the water, and the vibrator 60 It is electrically connected to the drive circuit unit 61 for converting and applying power to the ultrasonic band.

Accordingly, the ultrasonic wave is imparted to the water stored in the bathtub 10 to stimulate the user's skin with the effects of the generation of fine bubbles by the ultrasonic vibration energy, the explosion process, the acceleration energy, the elastic straight current, etc. You can get it.

Here, the ultrasonic wave is a kind of acoustic vibration, and a sound having a frequency of about 20 kHz or more that exceeds the human audible range. Ultrasound can be understood as a kind of energy produced by mechanical vibrations.

The vibrator 60 may be selected from piezoelectric elements, electrostrictive elements, and magnetostrictive elements, in which mechanical vibration of a predetermined band may be generated by the piezoelectric effect through voltage application. Is installed on the foot of the user, but is not limited to this may be installed in a variety of positions, such as the side or front of the inner box (12).

In addition, the shape of the vibrator 60 is preferably in the form of a disc, the protective case 62 may be further installed to protect the vibrator 60 to the outside.

In addition, the driving circuit unit 61 is connected to the control unit and operated according to a signal of the control unit so as to convert the frequency band of the external power source to be close to the resonance frequency of the vibrator 60.

On the other hand, the control unit is a controller 70 for controlling the operation of the respective components, a switch unit (see 71 of FIG. 4) connected to the controller 70 for sending an operation signal to the controller 70, the controller ( And a display unit (see 72 of FIG. 4) for visually displaying the operation state of each driving unit according to the signal of the switch unit 71.

The switch unit 71 and the display unit 72 are preferably provided on one panel 15 and installed on an upper end of the inner box 12.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

When the user is placed in the seat 13 in the inner box 12 by putting water in the half-bath tub 10, only the lower body of the user is contained in the water in the bathtub 10, the upper body is to enjoy the half-bath in the exposed state, It is possible to further increase the effect of the half body bath through the various additional devices installed in the half body bath 10 in the half body bath.

That is, the user controls the temperature of the water in the inner box 12 together with the half body bath by manipulating the panel 15 installed on the upper side of the inner box 12 of the bathtub 10, and cleans the water and emits far infrared rays to the body or Can be cleaned.

For example, it is preferable that the temperature of the water for the half body bath is kept constant throughout the half body bath. Accordingly, when the user sets the temperature of the water through the switch unit 71 of the panel 15, the controller 70 is placed inside the tub 10. By operating the installed circulation pump 31 and the heater 41 to continuously heat and circulate the water to prevent the water from cooling over time.

When the circulation pump 31 is operated, the water in the inner box 12 flows to the discharge pipe 30 through the discharge port 18 and flows into the supply pipe 40 branched from the discharge pipe 30 to pass through the heater 41. do. At this time, the opening and closing valve 43 installed in the supply pipe 40 is opened according to the control signal of the controller 70.

As such, the water circulated through the supply pipe 40 passes through the heater 41 installed on the supply pipe 40, and the heated water is sent back to the container 12 through the supply port 20 installed in the container 12. You lose.

Therefore, the temperature of the water in the cabinet 12 is to be raised. Here, the temperature of the water is detected by the temperature sensor 42 installed on one side of the inner box 12 and the signal of the detected temperature sensor 42 is applied to the controller 70 so that the controller 70 is connected to the temperature sensor 42. The process is repeated when the actual temperature of the water is lower than the target temperature by comparing the actual temperature of the detected water with the target temperature of the water set through the switch unit 71.

On the other hand, when the on-off valve 44 installed in the discharge pipe 30 is opened in response to the signal from the controller 70, the water is introduced into the housing 32 through the discharge pipe 30 in accordance with the operation of the circulation pump 31. .

The water introduced into the housing 32 is discharged through the inlet pipe 34 installed in the housing 32 through the ceramic granules 33 filled in the housing 32, which is included in the water in this process. Foreign material will be filtered out. In addition, the ceramic granules 33 are made of a material such as jade which emits far infrared rays by itself, and emits far infrared rays to water introduced into the housing 32.

Accordingly, the water introduced into the inlet pipe 34 through the housing 32 is circulated back to the inner box 12 through the inlet port 19 installed in the inner box 12, and various foreign substances contained in the water in the circulation process. Filtered to clean the water and far-infrared rays radiated from the ceramic grains 33 can be delivered to the user through the water to enhance the effect of the half body bath.

Here, the inner box 12 also emits far infrared rays by itself, the inner box 12 is made of a material containing nano silver and amethyst powder in high-strength PP is released anion and far infrared rays from the amethyst and the water of the water through the nano silver Sterilization will be obtained.

In addition, in accordance with the user's operation of the panel 15, oxygen radicals are generated and added to water to sterilize water or the user's body.

That is, the controller 70 operates the circulation pump 31 and the radical generator 51 according to the panel 15 operation signal, and the water in the container 12 is discharged through the outlet 18 by the circulation pump 31. It flows into the discharge pipe 30 and is supplied to the radical generator 51 through the branch pipe 50 branched from the discharge pipe (30).

The radical generator 51 generates ozone from outside air through the operation of an air pump, an ozone generator, and a molecular converter installed therein, and reacts the ozone with a radical conversion catalyst to generate oxygen radicals.

The oxygen radicals thus generated are ejected into the inner container 12 through the diffuser 52 installed in the inner container 12 together with the water circulated through the branch pipe 50.

Here, the diffuser 52 is disposed on the seat 13 side, and the oxygen radicals ejected through the diffuser 52 go up to the groin of the user seated on the seat 13 and the water and the groin in a strong and rapid oxidation action. It effectively sterilizes bacteria, yeasts, molds, viruses, etc., and removes odors.

At this time, the opening and closing valve 53 installed in the branch pipe 50 is operated in accordance with the signal of the controller 70.

On the other hand, by operating the washing unit by operating the panel 15 separately from the sterilization described above, it is possible to wash the user's body in the half body bath.

When the washing unit is operated, the controller 70 applies power to the driving circuit unit 61, and the driving circuit unit 61 converts the power into an ultrasonic band and applies the vibrator 60 installed in the inner box 12.

Accordingly, the vibrator 60 generates a mechanical vibration by the piezoelectric effect, and the vibration energy is transferred to water to stimulate the user's skin with the effects of the generation and explosion of fine bubbles, acceleration energy, elastic straight current, etc. And massage the skin. In particular, the vibrator 60 is located on the user's foot to wash the user's foot and apply foot massage to increase the efficacy of the half body bath.

It can be seen that the present invention provides the half body bath 10 having a significantly superior function as described above. While exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, various modifications and other embodiments may be made by those skilled in the art. Such modifications and other embodiments are all considered and included in the appended claims, without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention.

As described above, according to the half-bath in accordance with the present invention, it is possible to parallel the treatment effect by far-infrared rays, along with relieving fatigue and stress of the mind and body through the half-bath.

In addition, the present invention can be sterilized while washing the water used in the half body bath continuously to increase the effect of the half body bath.

In addition, an additional effect of washing and removing contaminants accumulated in the body during half body bath is obtained.                     

In addition, a variety of functions are further added to get a variety of effects in addition to half body bath.

In addition, the manufacturing of the half-bath is made by injection molding polypropylene, the production is simple, there is no need to reinforcement such as glass fiber is harmless to the human body has the advantage of obtaining an environmentally friendly half-bath.

Claims (10)

In the half-bath tub comprising an enclosure forming an outer shape, the inner box is combined with the enclosure to form an interior bathroom, the seat and the backrest is formed, A discharge pipe communicating with a bottom of the inner box and extending into the bathtub, a circulation pump installed on the discharge pipe, a housing through which the discharge pipe is connected, water flows in, a ceramic grain filled in the housing, and a communication in an upper portion of the housing An inlet pipe installed in communication with the inner container to supply water through the ceramic granules to the inner container, a supply pipe branched from a portion of the discharge pipe connecting the circulation pump and the housing and connected to the inner box, and installed on the supply pipe Heater for heating the water flowing through Half body bath further comprising. delete The half body bath according to claim 1, wherein the ceramic grains are made of far-infrared emitting materials such as jade or germanium. The half body bath according to claim 1, wherein the inner box is a mixture of high strength PP 70-90% by weight, nanosilver 5-15% by weight, and amethyst powder 5-15% by weight. According to claim 1, wherein the branch pipe branched from one side of the discharge pipe, a radical generator connected to the branch pipe for generating oxygen radicals, the oxygen radicals provided on one side of the inner box generated from the radical generator into the water in the inner box Half body bath further comprising a diffuser to produce. The half body bath according to claim 5, wherein the diffuser is installed in a seat of the inner box so that oxygen radicals can be diffused into the groin of the user. The half-body bath according to claim 1, further comprising a vibrator installed at one side of the inner box for applying ultrasonic waves to water, and a driving circuit unit electrically connected to the vibrator for converting and applying power to an ultrasonic band. delete delete delete

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