KR100999991B1 - Half-bath sauna device using steam-fumigation - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A steam fumigation half bath sauna is provided, which can appropriately control amount of the steam by accurately controlling amount of the water provided to a steamer. CONSTITUTION: A steam fumigation half bath sauna comprises: a half-body bathtub(10) in which upper one side is opened and a gateway is equipped in one side; a cover panel(20) which is installed in order to open and close a space opened on the top of the half-body bathtub and in which an open hole accepting user's body is embodied; a sauna bath(30) in which the floor material is placed so that a user can sit while spreading lower half body; a steam room(40) in which a steam tube is installed on the supporting plate; a steamer(50) supplying steam to the steam tube; a main water tank(70) supplying water; and an auxiliary water tank(80) controlling amount of the water provided to the steamer.

Description

Half-bath sauna device using steam-fumigation}

The present invention relates to a half-bath sauna machine that warms the lower body of the human body with steam to activate blood circulation and metabolism, and more specifically, the sauna room is provided so that the user can sit comfortably with the lower body (leg) stretched out. The medicine steam is evenly injected into the sauna room through the steam pipe from the steam machine, and the cover panel and the entrance door of the sauna room are integrally implemented, and the lower body of the human body is fumigation with the medicine steam to circulate blood, metabolism, women's diseases, stress and coldness. ㆍ It relates to a steam fumigation half-bath sauna machine that prevents and treats adult diseases and skin diseases.

In general, half-bath (半身 浴) is a bath method to promote the health of the human body by chilling the head and warming the lower body (leg), balance the body temperature and activate the blood circulation of the body to promote metabolism, It is effective in removing the waste from the surface of the skin and pores, relaxation of muscles, as well as symptoms such as stiff shoulders, back pain, menstrual pain, and colds.

In most cases, when the body temperature is measured through a thermometer, the lower body temperature is lower than that of the upper body. In Chinese medicine, this condition is referred to as the cause of various diseases called coldness caused by poor circulation of the lower body. The half body bath, which was conceived, is a health law that balances the whole body by raising the body temperature of the lower body with warm water to relieve blood circulation disorders and coldness. There is a record that the Korean half body bath was used for oriental medicine in modern Korean medicine.

The method of half body bathing is to prepare warm water of 37 ~ 39 ℃ higher than body temperature in the bathtub, put hot water on the feet and lower body to correct the temperature difference between the upper body and the lower body, and then enter the bathtub and water only to the bottom of the chest. Soak it in the water and let it immerse yourself in water for about 10-20 minutes while the water cools down and add a little hot water.It is important not to put your shoulders or arms in the water. Add enough hot water and soak for 7 to 8 minutes to make it more effective.

It is recommended that half-baths be used regularly two or three times a week. Adding tangerine peel, pine needles, and green tea to the prepared bath water reduces the hot feeling, adds fun to the fragrance, and prevents chilling after bathing. have.

On the other hand, the effect of half-bath is to cool the upper body, the lower body is heated to relieve the cold caused by blood circulation disorders, to make the human body fever foot condition (頭 寒 足 熱) to expand the contracted blood vessels to activate the blood circulation while lowering blood pressure Sweat releases wastes and accumulated toxins in the body, such as dysmenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, gynecological diseases, cold prevention, mental strain, stress, diabetes, dog pain, joint pain, fatigue recovery, cold soreness, adult disease, skin disease, prostate It is known to be effective in the prevention and treatment of the back.

However, the half body bath, which is performed by the conventional method, is in fact difficult to perform regularly or more than two or three times a week by modern people who are tired of heavy work and daily work due to the inconvenience of having to prepare bath water higher than body temperature and taking a long time.

In particular, considering that it takes about 100 to 120 liters of hot water used for half body bath, the economic loss is considerable because it consumes too much water.

Therefore, in recent years, a half-body bath device for fumigation of the lower body of the human body using steam has been provided in various forms, and as a representative example, the Korean Registered Utility Model No. 20-0357727 (half-body bath device) has been proposed.

The half body bath proposed above is configured to inject steam and heat generated from a heating box into a sauna room through a plurality of hoses, but when the steam and heat are injected into a sauna room through a plurality of hoses, the structure becomes very complicated. As a matter of fact, steam and heat are not evenly injected into the sauna room, and the effect of half body bath was deteriorated.

The present invention has been made to improve the problems according to the conventional half body bath device proposed, the sauna is provided so that the user can sit comfortably with the lower body (leg), by presenting a steamer and steam tube of excellent steam generation structure It is a main object of the present invention to provide a steam fumigation half-bath sauna machine that allows the medicine steam to be evenly injected into the sauna room, and accurately adjusts the amount of steam generated by the steamer by accurately adjusting the amount of water supplied to the steamer.

The present invention is to realize the desired object as described above,

A half body bathtub having an upper one side open and having an entrance at one side thereof; A cover panel installed to open and close an open space at an upper part of the half-bath, a door panel configured to open and close an entrance and exit at one side thereof, and an opening hole configured to accommodate a user's body; A sauna room implemented at an upper portion of an inner space in the half body bath and having a floor mounted thereon so that the user stretches and lowers the lower body; A steam chamber implemented at the lower half of the sauna chamber in the half-bath and having a steam pipe installed on a support plate; A steamer installed at one bottom in the inner space of the half-bath and supplying steam to the steam pipe; A water-fumigation half-bath sauna machine comprising a main water tank for supplying water to the steamer as a water pump, and an auxiliary water tank configured between the main water tank and the steamer to control the amount of water supplied to the steamer.

Steam fumigation half-bath sauna machine according to the present invention presented as described above,

The sauna room is provided so that the user can sit comfortably with the lower body (leg) and present the steamer and the steam tube with excellent steam generation structure so that the medicine steam can be evenly injected into the sauna room and the amount of water supplied to the steamer By precisely adjusting, the effect of properly adjusting the amount of steam generated in the steamer can be obtained.

1 is a perspective view showing a steam fumigation half-bath sauna machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective view (cover panel open state) showing a steam fumigation half-bath sauna machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view showing a steam fumigation half-bath sauna machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a cross-sectional view showing a steam machine, a main water tank and an auxiliary water tank of a steam fumigation half-bath sauna machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a cross-sectional view showing the main water tank and the auxiliary water tank of the steam fumigation half-bath sauna machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 is a cross-sectional perspective view showing a steam machine of the steam fumigation half-bath sauna machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 7 (a) to (b) is a partial cross-sectional view showing a steam tube of the steam fumigation half-bath sauna machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a half-bath sauna machine for activating the blood circulation and metabolism by fumigation of the lower body of the human body with steam warmly, the upper half of the half body bath 10 is provided with an opening 11 on one side; It is installed to open and close the open space in the upper half of the half bath (10), the door 22 for opening and closing the door 11 is implemented on one side while the opening hole 21 for receiving the user's body is implemented A cover panel 20; A sauna room 30 implemented at the upper part of the inner space in the half body bath 10 and having a floor 31 placed thereon so that the user stretches and lowers the lower body; A steam room (40) implemented at the lower half of the sauna room (30) in the half body bath (10) and provided with a steam pipe (41) on the support plate (42); A steamer 50 installed at one bottom in the inner space of the half-bath tub 10 and supplying steam to the steam pipe 41; Main water tank 70 for supplying water to the steamer 50 as a water pump 90, and is configured between the main water tank 70 and the steamer 50 to control the amount of water supplied to the steamer 50 It relates to a steam fumigation half-bath sauna configured to include; auxiliary tank (80).

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7 illustrating embodiments of the present invention.

First, the half body bath 10 according to the present invention is provided with a sauna room 30 and a steam room 40 at the upper and lower portions of the inner space, respectively, as shown in FIGS. The entrance 11 is provided at one side so as to communicate with the open space while the upper one side is open for access, and a caster for movement can be attached to the bottom part for easy transportation and movement of the half body bathtub 10. have. In addition, the half body bath 10 is implemented to have a sufficient length and width so that the user can sit comfortably with the lower body (leg) in the sauna room 30 provided in the interior space, and is manufactured using wood that is harmless to the human body Preferably, a ventilation window is installed at one side for ventilation of the internal space, and a controller 14 for controlling the operation of the steamer 50 is located at the top.

In addition, the present invention is installed to open and close the open space in the upper half of the half bath (10), an opening door 22 for opening and closing the door 11 is implemented on one side while opening holes for receiving the user's body ( Cover panel 20 is implemented 21 is implemented, the cover panel 20 as a function to open and close the open space while the user opens and closes when the user enters and exits the sauna room 30, half body bath Opening of the jaw 10 is rotatably installed by a hinge (hinge) is made to open and close operation.

In the cover panel 20 has an opening hole 21 for receiving the user's body at the end adjacent to the upper surface of the half-bath tub 10, while opening and closing the door 11 of the half-bath tub 10 on one side. The door 22 is integrally implemented, and when the door 22 is rotated and opened as the door 22 is integrally formed on the cover panel 20, the upper space and the side in the half-bath tub 10 are opened. Since the entrance 11 is opened at the same time, the user is easy to enter and exit the sauna room 30 through the entrance 11 and the upper space.

The opening hole 21 for receiving the user's torso in the cover panel 20 is implemented as a wider space than the user's torso, and between the user's torso and the opening 21 in the state where the user sits in the sauna room 30. The cover 61 (not shown) is preferably installed in the opening hole 21 with a cloth or a synthetic resin film to seal the space as much as possible, and the cover panel 20 is an open upper portion of the half body bath 10. Since the space and the entrance 11 is sealed as much as possible, steam is blocked from being discharged from the sauna room 30 to the outside.

In addition, the sauna room 30 provided in the interior space of the half-bath tub 10 is a space in which the user stretches the lower body and relaxes and fumigations the medicinal steam and enjoys the half-bath. Preferably, the upper and lower spaces are provided so that the user can sit comfortably with the lower body, while the flooring material 31 is separably placed.

The flooring material 31 of the sauna room 30 is preferably manufactured using solid wood, which is harmless to the human body, and is manufactured to be spaced at regular intervals to give a fine gap, in the interior space of the sauna room 30. It is placed on a support (32, supprot) fixed horizontally on both inner circumferential surfaces so as to be separable.

In addition, the steam chamber 40 provided in the interior space of the half-bath tub 10 is a space in which steam supplied from the steamer 50 is discharged through the steam pipe 41, and the sauna chamber in the interior space of the half-bath tub 10. Implemented in the lower portion of the 30, the steam pipe 41, which is supplied with steam from the steamer 50 is attached to the support plate 42 is installed.

In the steam chamber 40 has a vertical space so that the steam discharged through the steam pipe 41 is evenly distributed in the lower portion of the sauna room 30 is injected into the interior space of the sauna room 30, the steam pipe 41 Exhaust holes for discharging steam in the upper both directions are punctured at regular intervals while the portion located on the user's foot is inclined as high as 1 to 3 °, as shown in Figure 3 The portion of the side connected to the steamer 50 and the portion where the user's foot is located is preferably installed to have a straight shape without bending as much as possible. Steam tube 41 of the form as described above because the portion where the user's foot side is configured to be higher than the portion where the body is located can increase the body temperature of the foot more to promote the effect of half body bath, steamer 50 Since the steam generated in passes through the steam pipe 41 and passes through the minimum bending, it is also possible to obtain the effect of preventing the steam moving to the user's foot portion condensation in the middle. In addition, by configuring a plurality of steam pipes 41 having the above shape as shown in Figure 7 (b), it is possible to induce the effect that the steam can be evenly supplied to the entire space inside the sauna room (30). Therefore, the sauna device according to the present invention, if the medicine steam supplied from the steamer 50 is discharged into the interior space of the steam chamber 40 through the steam pipe 41, evenly in the lower portion of the sauna room 30 as shown in FIG. While being dispersed and evenly injected into the sauna room 30 through the minute gap formed in the flooring 31, the user can relax the lower body in the sauna room 30 and sit comfortably by fumigation medicine steam to enjoy the half body bath.

In addition, the steamer 50 according to the present invention, which is installed at one bottom in the inner space of the half-bath tub 10 and supplies steam to the steam pipe 41, is a water supply chamber receiving water supplied from the auxiliary tank 80 ( 51); Implemented on one side of the water supply chamber 51, the water level sensor 55 for detecting the water level of the received water, and the recovery pipe 56 is connected to the steam pipe 41 for introducing the condensed water generated in the steam pipe 41 It is composed, the water of the water supply chamber (51) water barrier (57a) A recovery chamber 52 supplied through the upper inlet hole 58a; Implemented on one side of the recovery chamber 52, a heater 59 for heating the received water is configured to generate steam, the water of the recovery chamber 52 through the inlet hole (58b) below the water barrier (57b) A heating chamber 53 supplied; A steam chamber 54 formed above the heating chamber 53 and configured to include a steam pipe 41 through which steam is exhausted and a cover 61 for opening and closing an inner space; And a medicine container support plate 60 seated in the steam chamber 54 and positioned on the upper surface of the medicine container 65 in which the medicine is accommodated.

Specifically, the water supply chamber 51 is configured to primarily receive the water supplied from the auxiliary water tank 80 as shown in FIG. 4, and has a water separator 57a separating the water supply chamber 51 and the recovery chamber 52. Through the inlet hole (58a) formed in the upper portion serves to inlet the water into the recovery chamber (52). At this time, the water supply chamber 51 is to distinguish the unheated water supplied from the auxiliary tank 80 from the recovery chamber 52 and the heating chamber 53, it is possible to increase the efficiency of water heating by the steamer 50 By forming an inflow hole 58a in the upper portion of the water barrier 57a and introducing water from the water supply chamber 51 into the recovery chamber 52, water having a higher temperature than the water supply chamber 51 accommodated in the recovery chamber 52 is provided. It is possible to obtain an effect of preventing the temperature of water introduced into the water supply chamber 51 and contained in the recovery chamber 52 from being lowered.

In addition, the recovery chamber 52 to receive the water from the water supply chamber 51 is implemented on one side of the water supply chamber 51, and is connected to the water level sensor 55 and the steam pipe 41 for detecting the level of the received water A recovery pipe 56 for introducing the condensed water generated in the steam pipe 41 is configured. At this time, the water level sensor 55 detects the water level of the water contained in the recovery chamber 52 and signals the level of the detected water to transmit a signal to the solenoid valve or water pump configured in the water supply pipe connected to the main water tank 70. In this way, the water is supplied to the water supply chamber 51 and the water supplied to the water supply chamber 51 can be supplied to the recovery chamber 52. In addition, the recovery pipe 56 is connected to the steam pipe 41, the condensed water generated by condensing the steam in the steam pipe 41 is introduced to the recovery chamber 52 to reuse, as shown in Figure 3 or 6 It is preferable that the recovery pipe 56 connected with the steam pipe 41 having a predetermined angle bent to form a straight line with the steam pipe 41. The constitution water of the recovery pipe 56 and the steam pipe 41 of the above-described configuration has a form in which the recovery pipe 56 is vertically connected to the steam pipe 41 in a straight configuration. The condensed water may be smoothly introduced into the recovery chamber 52 because the problem of not flowing into the 56 may be caused to flow into the steam chamber 54. In connection with the above, one end of the recovery pipe 56 configured in the recovery chamber 52 is formed at a position lower than the water surface formed by the water contained in the recovery chamber 52, as shown in FIG. The steam supplied to the steam pipe 41 in the direct flow into the recovery chamber 52 can solve the concern that the efficiency of the steam may be reduced.

In addition, the heating chamber 53 is implemented on one side of the recovery chamber 52 as shown in FIG. 4 or 6 to receive water from the recovery chamber 52 through an inlet hole 58b formed under the water barrier 57b, and received therein. The water is heated by the heater 59 to generate steam. At this time, the inflow hole (58b) formed in the lower portion of the water barrier (57b) for separating the recovery chamber 52 and the heating chamber 53 is the steam generated in the heating chamber 53 flows into the recovery chamber 52 In addition, the water contained in the recovery chamber 52 can be effectively introduced into the heating chamber 53.

In addition, the steam chamber 54 is formed on the heating chamber 53, the steam tube (41) in which the steam is exhausted, and the cover 61 for opening and closing the inner space is formed in the heating chamber 53 The medicine container backing plate which is implemented on the upper part of the heating chamber 53 through which steam is discharged, and which places the medicine container 65 in which the medicines (mugwort, herb, tangerine, Chinese medicine, phytoncide-containing substance, etc.) are accommodated is placed on the upper surface. The 60 is configured to be seated therein. At this time, the steam chamber 54, it is preferable that a predetermined support jaw 62 is configured as shown in Figure 4 to seat the medicine barrel support plate 60 therein. In addition, the medicine barrel support plate 60 has a medicine container 65, which is implemented as a mesh so as to embed the medicine and steam can penetrate into the inner space so as to seat on the upper surface (protrusion bar 63), Figure 4 and As described above, it is preferable that a plurality of protruding rods 63 having a predetermined height be configured in the form of a porous plate 64 formed on the upper surface. The medicine barrel support plate 60 of the above configuration is implemented as a net because the protrusion bar 63 forms a space having a predetermined height between the upper surface of the porous plate 64 and the lower surface of the medicine container 65. To achieve the effect of effectively penetrating the steam into the interior space of the medicine container 65 to be.

In connection with the above, the present invention is configured between the main water tank 70 and the main water tank 70 and the steamer 50 for supplying water to the steamer 50 of the configuration as a water pump (90) By presenting the auxiliary water tank 80 for controlling the amount of water supplied to the 50, the effect of accurately adjusting the amount of water supplied from the main water tank 70 to the water supply chamber 51 of the steamer 50 You can get it.

That is, the main water tank 70 is generated by the heating of the heater 59 operated by the controller 14 to provide water to the water supply chamber 51 as much water as the steam is supplied to the sauna room 30. The water supply from the main water tank (70) to the water supply chamber (51) is made by using only the water pump (90), so that the water supply signal is stopped by the water level sensor (55). Even if the water is delivered to the water pump 90, the constant water pressure applied during the operation of the water pump 90 and the constant water pressure applied to the inside of the water supply pipe may cause a problem that water in the water pump 90 and the water supply pipe flows into the water supply chamber 51. Although the present invention, as shown in Fig. 4 or 5, the auxiliary water tank 80 is configured between the main water tank 70 and the water supply chamber 51 to solve the above concerns.

Specifically, in the present invention, water is supplied from the main water tank 70 to the auxiliary water tank 80 through the auxiliary water tank water supply pipe 71, and the water supply chamber 51 from the auxiliary water tank 80 through the water supply chamber water supply pipe 81. As a configuration to supply water to the), as shown in Figure 4, the auxiliary tank 80 is configured at a position higher than the steamer 50 and the main water tank 70, the auxiliary tank for supplying water to the auxiliary tank (80) One end of the water supply pipe 71 has one end of the water supply chamber water supply pipe 81 for supplying water to the steamer 50, one end of the water supply chamber water supply pipe 81 is one end of the auxiliary water tank water supply pipe 71 Configured at a higher position. That is, the auxiliary tank 80 as described above is the water pump 90 and the auxiliary that can be discharged by the water pressure in the water pump 90 and the auxiliary tank water supply pipe 71 in a state in which the operation of the water pump 90 is stopped. Water stored in the auxiliary tank 80 without supplying the water in the tank water supply pipe 71 to the water supply chamber 51 (the height of one end of the auxiliary water supply tank 71 and one end of the water supply chamber feed pipe 81) It has an effect of suppressing as a pressure of a certain amount of water accommodated by the car, and when the water pump 90 is operated, it is supplied to the auxiliary tank 80 through the auxiliary tank water supply pipe 71 and to the auxiliary tank 80. The main water tank is configured to allow the water contained in excess of one end of the inherent water supply chamber 81 to be naturally flowed into the water supply chamber 81 and supplied to the water supply chamber 51. Can be supplied from 70 to the water supply chamber 51 To, which is the effect that enables appropriately adjusting the amount of steam generated in Steamer (50) to accurately control the amount of water to be supplied to the Steamer 50. At this time, it is preferable to configure a ventilation hole 82 of a predetermined size in order to adjust the pressure applied in the auxiliary tank 80 in the upper predetermined position of the auxiliary tank 80.

The above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but is not limited to the above embodiment, the person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains through the above embodiments without departing from the gist of the present invention Can be implemented in a variety of changes.

10: half bath tub 11: the entrance
14 controller 20 cover panel
21: opening hole 22: access door
30: sauna room 31: flooring
32: support 40: steam chamber
41: steam pipe 50: steamer
51: water supply chamber 52: recovery chamber
53: heating chamber 54: steam chamber
55: water level sensor 56: recovery pipe
57a, 57b: water barrier 58a, 58b: inlet hole
59: heater 60: medicine barrel support plate
61: cover 62: base jaw
63: protrusion bar 64: porous plate
65: medicine container 70: main water tank
71: auxiliary tank water supply pipe 80: auxiliary tank
81: water supply chamber water supply pipe 82: aeration hole
90: water pump

Claims (6)

A half body bath 10 having an upper one side open and having an entrance 11 at one side thereof;
It is installed to open and close the open space in the upper half of the half bath (10), the door 22 for opening and closing the door 11 is implemented on one side while the opening hole 21 for receiving the user's body is implemented A cover panel 20;
A sauna room 30 implemented at the upper part of the inner space in the half body bath 10 and having a floor 31 placed thereon so that the user stretches and lowers the lower body;
A steam room (40) implemented at the lower half of the sauna room (30) in the half body bath (10) and provided with a steam pipe (41) on the support plate (42);
A steamer 50 installed at one bottom in the inner space of the half-bath tub 10 and supplying steam to the steam pipe 41;
Main water tank 70 for supplying water to the steamer 50 as a water pump 90, and is configured between the main water tank 70 and the steamer 50 to control the amount of water supplied to the steamer 50 Auxiliary tank (80) to steam fumigation half-bath sauna characterized in that it comprises a.
The method of claim 1,
The steamer 50,
A water supply chamber 51 receiving water supplied from the auxiliary water tank 80;
Implemented on one side of the water supply chamber 51, the water level sensor 55 for detecting the water level of the received water, and the recovery pipe 56 is connected to the steam pipe 41 for introducing the condensed water generated in the steam pipe 41 Is configured, the recovery chamber 52 for receiving the water of the water supply chamber 51 through the inlet hole (58a) of the upper portion of the water barrier (57a);
Implemented on one side of the recovery chamber 52, a heater 59 for heating the received water is configured to generate steam, the water of the recovery chamber 52 through the inlet hole (58b) below the water barrier (57b) A heating chamber 53 supplied;
A steam chamber 54 formed above the heating chamber 53 and configured to include a steam pipe 41 through which steam is exhausted and a cover 61 for opening and closing an inner space;
The steam fumigation half-bath sauna machine comprising a; and the medicine chamber support plate (60) which is placed inside the steam chamber (54), the medicine barrel (65) in which the medicine is accommodated on the upper surface.
The method of claim 2,
The steam pipe (41) has a predetermined angle bent, steam fumigation half-bath sauna machine, characterized in that the recovery pipe 56 is connected to the steam pipe 41 is configured to form a straight line with the steam pipe (41).
The method of claim 2,
The medicine barrel support plate 60 is a steam fumigation half-bath sauna machine, characterized in that formed in the form of a porous plate 64 is formed on the upper surface a plurality of protruding rods 63 having a predetermined height.
The method of claim 1,
The auxiliary tank 80,
It is comprised in the position higher than the steamer 50 and the main water tank 70;
One end of the auxiliary water tank water supply pipe 71 for supplying water to the auxiliary water tank 80 and one end of the water supply chamber water supply pipe 81 for supplying water to the steamer 50, the water supply chamber of the water supply tube 81 One end is a steam fumigation half-bath sauna machine, characterized in that configured in a position higher than one end of the auxiliary tank water supply pipe (71).
The method of claim 1,
The steam pipe 41,
Exhaust holes for discharging steam in the upper both directions are drilled at regular intervals, and the portion located on the user's foot is inclined highly;
Steam fumigation half-bath sauna machine, characterized in that the portion is connected to the steamer 50 and the portion where the user's foot is located to have a straight line shape.

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