KR101044405B1 - Auto purification type foot bath apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An automatic purification type foot bathing apparatus is provided to prevent water from being deteriorated during foot bathing for a long time and to reuse water. CONSTITUTION: An automatic purification type foot bathing apparatus comprises: a feed port(10) supplying water; a foot bathing tub(20) which is connected to the feed port and is filled with water; a purification unit which is connected to the foot bathing tub and in which a filtration part filtering foreign materials contained in water is installed; a cleaning unit(40) which is connected to the purification unit and cleans the purification unit; and a controller(65) controlling the feed port, purification unit, and cleaning unit.

Description

Automatic Purification Foot Bath Equipment {AUTO PURIFICATION TYPE FOOT BATH APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to an automatic purifying footbath apparatus, and more particularly, to an automatic purifying footbath apparatus capable of continuously purifying water automatically when footbathing and reusing water once used.

In modern life, most people live in the form of sitting on a chair, driving all day, or living all day long. Some people are tired of excessive fatigue and excessive stress due to lack of exercise.

The effects of hot spring bath, half body bath, foot bath, etc., using two Han Chinese heat, are well known. Among them, foot baths are easy to use without taking off clothes and have less side effects.

Foot baths vary from person to person at a temperature between 38 and 40 degrees Celsius so that about half of the thighs (bottoms of the legs) are submerged.However, it is recommended to do only about 30 minutes or a little sweat on the body. One minute after the end of the cold water in cold water to shrink the expanded capillary vessels to prevent the loss of body temperature is the most preferred foot bath method.

Thermal ceramics and foot baths help to cool the lower body and help blood circulation, which helps to alleviate chronic fatigue and nervousness in modern people, and various foot baths have been proposed to add various foot baths and scents.

However, the existing foot baths are mostly single-use foot baths that have the inconvenience of having to fill and empty water by hand and the inconvenience of having to remove the device after use and re-installing it.

In addition, there are effects obtained by adding salt, aroma and other flavors to the water used as foot baths, but most of them throw away 7-10 L of water.

This is because a large amount of keratin and floats are generated in the water after the foot bath, which starts to deteriorate after several hours while the water is standing, causing various bacteria and odors.

Because of this, the problem of not having a good foot bath effect, but the problem of having to throw away the used water, the use of a personal foot bath at home or in a new skin care salon these days, but even if it is necessary, it is commercially popular. The reality is that you can't.

In addition, although water and general groundwater are used as foot baths used as foot baths, they are expensive because they have to be discarded once they are used, even though they know that quality water such as hot spring water and sea water produce better effects. This is not true.

As described above, the conventional foot bath apparatus is expensive to use expensive water because it is necessary to discard the water used once, there is a problem that the water is deteriorated when the foot bath for a long time.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, even if the water is automatically purified continuously and foot bath for a long time, the water does not deteriorate, it is possible to reuse the used water is economical burden even when using expensive water The object is to provide a small automatic purifying foot bath apparatus.

In order to achieve the above object, the automatic purification type footbath apparatus of the present invention includes a supply unit for supplying water; Foot bath connected to the supply portion and the water filled therein; A purifying unit connected to the foot bath and equipped with a filtration unit for filtering foreign substances present in the water; A washing unit connected to the purifying unit and washing the purifying unit; Consists of a control unit for controlling the supply unit, the purifying unit and the washing unit, the control unit is characterized in that the water is repeatedly circulated to the foot bath and the purifying unit to accumulate foreign matter to the purifying unit to purify the water.

The supply unit includes a reservoir in which water is stored; A drop unit which supplies oxygen to the water by dropping the water stored in the reservoir; A cooler for cooling the water dropped by the drop unit; It consists of a water supply motor for transferring the water stored in the reservoir to the foot bath, the water cooled by the cooler is returned to the reservoir and moved back to the dropping section is repeated.

The foot bath may include: a cold water container connected to the supply part and filled with cooled water supplied from the supply part; The hot water tank is connected to the cold water tank and filled with water supplied from the cold water tank, and the hot water tank is connected to the purification unit, and the purification unit heats the water supplied to the purification unit through the hot water tank. A heater; A temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the water heated by the heater; A circulation motor for supplying the water heated by the heater to the hot water tank is mounted, and the control unit is such that the temperature of the water measured by the temperature sensor becomes a predetermined constant temperature in a state of blocking the cold water tank and the hot water tank. The water is repeatedly circulated through the circulation motor while controlling the heater.

The foot bath, and the case is formed with a recess groove in the lower portion; It is mounted to the upper portion of the discharge groove, and consists of a support plate formed with a plurality of through holes penetrating up and down, the discharge groove is connected to the purification unit.

The supply unit includes a reservoir in which water is stored; A water supply motor for transferring water stored in the reservoir to the foot bath; A purifying filter for filtering the water recovered from the purifying unit, wherein the water filtered by the purifying filter is recovered to the reservoir, and the control unit blocks the water supply from the purifying unit to the hot water tank, After communicating the cold water tank and the hot water tank, the water supplied to the purification unit through the hot water tank using the circulation motor is filtered by the filtering unit and then transferred to the purification filter.

The purifying unit includes a rotating fan located above the filtration unit; It further comprises a drain pipe disposed in the upper portion of the filtration unit, the washing unit supplies the washing water to the upper portion of the filtration unit, the control unit, after the water of the purification unit is recovered to the reservoir, by the washing unit The washing water is supplied to the filtration unit, and the rotary fan is rotated to float foreign substances and then discharged to the outside through the drain pipe.

According to the automatic purification type foot bath apparatus of the present invention as described above has the following effects.

The water is not altered even when the foot bath is prolonged by automatically purifying the water automatically, and the used water can be reused, so that the economic burden is low even when using expensive water.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a foot bath device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is an enlarged plan view of a portion A of FIG. 1;
Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view of the foot bath and purifying unit according to an embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the foot bath in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention,
5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.
FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view illustrating an enlarged purification unit illustrated in FIG. 3;

1 is an overall configuration diagram of the foot bath apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is an enlarged plan view of the portion A of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view of the foot bath and purifying unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the foot tub according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on line BB of Figure 2, Figure 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view enlarged purifier shown in FIG.

As shown in Figures 1 to 6, the automatic purification type foot bath apparatus of the present invention, the supply unit 10, the foot bath 20, the purifying unit 30, the washing unit 40 and the like.

The supply unit 10 supplies water for footbathing, and includes a reservoir 11, a dropping unit 12, a cooler 13, a water supply motor 14, and the like.

The reservoir 11 is a place where water for bathing is stored.

The drop portion 12 serves to supply oxygen to the water by dropping the water stored in the reservoir (11).

The drop portion 12 is to raise the water in the reservoir (11) by using a pump up and drop to allow oxygen to be naturally supplied to the water.

It is sufficient for the dropping portion 12 to use a device such as artificial waterfall water of a known structure.

In addition, the drop portion 12 is exposed to the outside, while supplying oxygen to the water at the same time to maintain the ambient humidity, air purification and proper room temperature, and visual effects such as artificial waterfall water and a sense of mental stability You can get it.

The cooler 13 cools the water dropped by the drop part 12 to a constant low temperature state, and the water cooled by the cooler 13 is returned to the reservoir 11.

In addition, the water returned to the reservoir 11 may be moved back to the dropping part 12 to circulate the above process, thereby preventing the water quality from being deteriorated while maintaining the water at a low temperature.

The water supply motor 14 serves to transfer the water stored in the reservoir 11 to the foot bath (20).

The supply unit 10 as described above may be made to further include a purification filter (15).

The purification filter 15 serves to filter the water recovered from the purification unit 30.

The purification filter 15 and the purification unit 30 are connected through a seventh connection pipe 57.

As described later, the water filtered by the purification filter 15 is recovered to the reservoir 11.

By repeating the use of the water as described above and filtering the water recovered by the purifying filter 15 to the reservoir 11, it can be used in a clean state at all times while using a constant amount almost without consuming water. .

The footbath 20 is connected to the supply unit 10 is filled with the water therein.

As shown in FIG. 4, the foot tub 20 includes a case 21 having a recess 21a formed concave in a lower portion thereof, and a plurality of foot baths mounted on an upper portion of the discharge groove 21a and penetrating upward and downward. It consists of a support plate 22 in which a through hole 22a is formed.

At this time, the discharge groove 21a is formed to be inclined downward, is formed long in the longitudinal direction of the foot bath (20), it is connected to the purifying unit (30).

On the upper surface of the support plate 22, acupressure port 22b such as natural stone is mounted.

In addition, the foot tub 20 is, as shown in Figure 5, the ultraviolet sterilizer 23 is to be sterilized disinfection, foot foot 24 is mounted to take out the foot into the water during foot bath Resting on the footrest 24 can be made easier.

The footrest 24 may be rotatably coupled to the foot bath 20 to reduce the area occupied by rotating when not in use.

The foot tub 20 having such a structure is divided into a cold water tank 25 and a hot water tank 26, as shown in Figs.

The cold water tank 25 is connected to the supply unit 10 is filled with cooled water supplied from the supply unit 10.

The hot water tank 26 is connected to the cold water tank 25 is filled with water supplied from the cold water tank 25, the hot water tank 26 is connected to the purification unit 30.

In this embodiment, the hot water tank 26 is shown divided into two.

The cold water container 25 is connected to the water supply motor 14 of the supply unit 10 through the first connecting pipe 51 in the upper portion of the support plate 22, the cold water container 25 and the hot water tank ( 26 is connected to the upper portion of the support plate 22 by a second connecting pipe 52, and the hot water tank 26 is the purification unit 30 and the third connecting pipe at the upper portion of the support plate 22. (53) is connected.

At this time, the first connecting pipe 51 and the second connecting pipe 52 is located higher than the height of the third connecting pipe (53).

The discharge grooves 21a formed at the lower portions of the cold water tank 25 and the hot water tank 26 are connected to each other through a fourth connecting pipe 54 and formed at the bottom of the hot water tank 26. The discharge groove 21a is connected to the purification unit 30 and the fifth connecting pipe 55.

The third connecting pipe 53, the fourth connecting pipe 54 and the fifth connecting pipe 55 is equipped with an opening and closing valve for opening and closing each.

The purifying unit 30 is connected to the foot bath 20, and as shown in FIG. 6, the filtering unit 31, the rotating fan 32, the drain pipe 33, the heater 34, and the temperature sensor 35. ), The circulation motor 36 and the like.

The filtering unit 31 serves to filter foreign substances present in the water supplied to the purification unit 30 through the third connecting pipe 53.

The filtration unit 31 is made of sand and the like, and the bottom side of the filtration unit 31 is disposed in the fine network 38 that can not penetrate the sand and foreign matter but the water.

The rotary fan 32 is located above the filtration unit 31 and is rotated in a rotational motor.

The drain pipe 33 is disposed above the filtration unit 31, and serves to discharge the water in the upper portion of the filtration unit 31 to the outside as described below.

The heater 34 heats the water supplied to the purification unit 30 through the hot water tank 26.

The temperature sensor 35 measures the temperature of the water heated by the heater 34.

The circulation motor 36 serves to resupply the water heated by the heater 34 to the hot water tank 26 through the sixth connecting pipe 56.

The purification unit 30 may be equipped with a plurality of water level sensors.

In the present embodiment, the water level sensor, between the first water level sensor (37a) and the first water level sensor (37a) and the drain pipe 33 mounted at the same height as the height of the third connecting pipe (53) And a second water level sensor 37b mounted at the position of the second water level sensor 37b and a third water level sensor 37c mounted at the same height as the bottom of the purification unit 30.

The water level sensors may measure the height of water filled in the hot water tank 26 and / or the purifying unit 30.

The washing unit 40 is connected to the purifying unit 30 and serves to wash the purifying unit 30.

The washing unit 40 supplies the washing water from the upper portion of the filtration unit 31.

In addition, the present embodiment is provided with a separate washing tub 45, so that the user can wash the feet as needed, the washing tub 45 is connected to the drain pipe 33, the purification unit 30 Wastewater in the) was introduced into the washing tub 45 through the drain pipe 33 and then discharged to the outside.

The control unit 65 controls the supply unit 10, the purification unit 30, and the washing unit 40.

Hereinafter, an operation process of the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described.

In this embodiment, as shown in Figure 1, the foot bath 20, the purifying unit 30 and the washing unit 40 as a set, each set was mounted in a plurality of room.

Accordingly, the first connecting pipe 51 and the seventh connecting pipe 57 are provided as many as the number of arc rooms, and each of the first connecting pipes 51 is supplied to the water supply motor 14 through a supply distributor 61. ), And each of the seventh connection pipes 57 is connected to the purification filter 15 through a return distributor 62.

The supply distributor 61 serves to supply the water supplied through the water supply motor 14 only to the required room, and the water distribution distributor 62 supplies the water discharged through the seventh connection pipe 57. It serves to transfer to the purification filter (15).

In Fig. 1, six rooms are shown.

The water stored in the reservoir 11 is kept at a low temperature through the dropping part 12 and the cooler 13, and oxygen is continuously supplied to prevent water quality from being deteriorated.

When the water is to be supplied to the first room, the control unit 65 opens the first connecting pipe 51 connected to the first room through the supply distributor 61, and operates the water supply motor 14. The water stored in the reservoir 11 is supplied to the foot bath 20 of the first room.

In this case, the opening and closing valve mounted on the fourth connecting pipe 54 may prevent the cold water container 25 and the hot water container 26 from communicating with the fourth connecting pipe 54. And the seventh connection pipe 57 and the drain pipe 33 are also blocked, and the water supplied by the water supply motor 14 is transferred to the cold water container 25 through the first connection pipe 51. Supplied.

When the water supplied to the cold water tank 25 is filled up to the height of the second connecting pipe 52, the water is supplied to the hot water tank 26 through the second connecting pipe 52.

The water supplied to the hot water tank 26 is supplied to the purification unit 30 through the third connecting pipe 53 and the fourth connecting pipe 54, and the water level of the hot water tank 26 is purified. It is the same as the water level of the part 30.

When the water filled in the purification unit 30 reaches the position of the first water level sensor 37a, the control unit 65 operates the supply distributor 61 to cut off the water supply to the room 1, The water supply motor 14 is stopped.

As described above, when the foot bath 20 is filled with water, the control unit 65 operates the heater 34 and the circulation motor 36.

As the heater 34 is operated, the water filled in the purification unit 30 is heated, and as the circulation motor 36 is operated, the water heated in the purification unit 30 is connected to the sixth connection pipe. Water supplied to the hot water tank 26 through the 56 and filled in the hot water tank 26 is purified again through the third connection pipe 53 and the fifth connection pipe 55. ) Will flow into.

That is, the controller 65 allows the water to repeatedly circulate through the hot water tank 26 and the purification unit 30 through the circulation motor 36.

In this case, the fourth connection pipe 54 connecting the cold water tank 25 and the hot water tank 26 is placed in a blocked state, and the temperature sensor 35 mounted on the purification unit 30 is The temperature of the water is measured, and the controller 65 controls the heater 34 such that the water is a predetermined temperature through the temperature sensor 35.

And, as the user soaks the foot in the hot water tank 26, foreign substances such as keratin falling from the user's foot is collected into the discharge groove (21a) through the through hole (22a) formed in the support plate 22. do.

In this state, when the water in the hot water tank 26 flows into the purification unit 30 through the third connection pipe 53 and the fifth connection pipe 55, the foreign matter present in the water is filtered. It is filtered by (31), and only the clean water is supplied back to the hot water tank (26) through the sixth connecting pipe (56) by the circulation motor (36).

At this time, the water introduced into the upper portion of the filtering portion 31 is blocked by foreign substances such as keratin and the like while passing through the filtering portion 31, only water passes through the filtering portion 31 and the fine net 38 to the It is heated by the heater 34.

By repeatedly circulating the water to the hot water tank 26 and the purification section 30 as described above, the water in the hot water tank 26 and the purification section 30 can be uniformly heated as a whole, and present in the water. The foreign substances such as keratin to be continuously filtered in the purifying unit 30 may be such that the water supplied to the hot water tank 26 is always supplied in a clean state.

In the present invention, the foot tub 20 and the purifying unit 30 is formed separately, so that the number and position of the foot bath 20 can be easily set according to the needs of the user, one purifying unit 30 It is economical because it can be heated and purified a plurality of foot bath (20).

On the other hand, the boiler 60 heats the whole and supplies hot water to the said washing tub 45 of each room.

The washing tub 45 allows the user to wash with cold water supplied separately from the hot water supplied through the boiler 60.

When the foot bath is completed through the above process, the purification unit 30 is washed and the used foot water is returned through the following process.

First, the control unit 65 cuts off the sixth connecting pipe 56 for supplying water from the purification unit 30 to the hot water tank 26, and the cold water tank 25 and the hot water tank 26. The fourth connecting pipe (54) for connecting the opening and the seventh connecting pipe (57) for connecting the purifying unit (30) and the purifying filter (15).

In addition, as the water distributor 62 is opened and the circulation motor 36 is operated, water and foreign matter in the cold water tank 25 are transferred to the hot water tank 26 through the fourth connection pipe 54. Flows into the purification section 30 through the fifth connection pipe 55.

The water and foreign substances introduced into the purification unit 30 are left in the purification unit 30 by only the foreign matter by the filtration unit 31, and the fresh water in the clean state is connected to the seventh connection pipe 57. Through the purification filter 15 is returned to the reservoir (11).

Therefore, the water returned to the reservoir 11 is filtered by the purification unit 30 and the purification filter 15 several times, so that the water is returned to a clean state.

In addition, the water is reduced only by a small amount due to evaporation, etc., and almost all of the supplied amount is reclaimed, and thus, it is economical to use expensive water containing hot spring water or medicines.

When the water flowing into the purification section 30 is returned to the reservoir 11 through the seventh connecting pipe 57, the water level of the purification section 30 is the same as the bottom of the purification section 30. When detected by the third water level sensor 37c mounted at the height, the controller 65 stops the circulation motor 36 and the third connector 53, the fifth connector 55, The six connecting pipes 56 and the seventh connecting pipe 57 are blocked.

After that, the controller 65 supplies the washing water to the purification unit 30 through the washing unit 40, and stops the supply of the washing water when the washing water is detected by the second water level sensor 37b. .

When the washing water is filled up to the height of the second water level sensor 37b, the control unit 65 rotates the rotary fan 32 to raise the foreign matter accumulated in the filtration unit 31, and the drain pipe ( 33) Open to drain out the wash water (waste water) containing foreign substances.

At this time, the height of the rotary fan 32 is to be at a position lower than the height of the second water level sensor 37b.

In addition, since the sand constituting the filtration unit 31 has a specific gravity greater than that of foreign matter, when the rotary fan 32 stops, the sand quickly sinks, and the foreign matter floats on the drain pipe 33 in a state where the foreign matter floats in the washing water. Will be discharged to the outside.

By supplying such washing water and discharging waste water many times, it is possible to clean the filtration unit 31 of the purification unit 30.

In this embodiment, the drain pipe 33 is connected to the rinse barrel 45, the waste water discharged through the drain pipe 33 is discharged to the outside through the rinse barrel 45.

According to the present invention as described above, the water used in the foot bath can be recirculated and purified during the foot bath, and when the foot bath is over, it can be safely returned and reused, which is clean and economical.

The footbath apparatus of the present invention installs a plurality of footbaths 20 in a multi-use room, such as a practice room, such as a number of rooms, making a space for all ages, men and women of all ages to relieve friendship and harmony It can be created.

The automatic purifying footbath apparatus of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may be variously modified and implemented within the range in which the technical idea of the present invention is permitted.

10 supply part, 11 reservoir, 12 drop part, 13 cooler, 14 feed water motor, 15 purifying filter,
20: foot bath, 21: case, 21a: discharge groove, 22: support plate, 22a: through hole, 22b: acupressure port, 23: ultraviolet sterilizer, 24: footrest, 25: cold water tank, 26: hot water tank,
30: purifying part, 31: filtering part, 32: rotating fan, 33: drain pipe, 34: heater, 35: temperature sensor, 36: circulation motor, 37a: first level sensor 37b: second level sensor, 37c: third Water level sensor, 38: fine network,
40: washing unit, 45: scouring pad,
51: first connector, 52: second connector, 53: third connector, 54: fourth connector, 55: fifth connector, 56: sixth connector, 57: seventh connector,
60: boiler, 61: feed distributor, 62: return distributor, 65: controller,

Claims (6)

A supply unit for supplying water;
Foot bath connected to the supply portion and the water filled therein;
A purifying unit connected to the foot bath and equipped with a filtration unit for filtering foreign substances present in the water;
A washing unit connected to the purifying unit and washing the purifying unit;
Consists of a control unit for controlling the supply unit, purification unit and washing unit,
The control unit is characterized in that the water is repeatedly circulated to the foot bath and the purifying unit, the foreign matter accumulated in the purifying unit to purify the water. The method of claim 1,
The supply unit,
A reservoir in which water is stored;
A drop unit which supplies oxygen to the water by dropping the water stored in the reservoir;
A cooler for cooling the water dropped by the drop unit;
It consists of a water supply motor for transferring the water stored in the reservoir to the foot bath,
The water cooled by the cooler is returned to the reservoir and moved back to the dropping section is characterized in that the automatic purification type footbath apparatus. The method of claim 1,
The foot bath is
A cold water passage connected to the supply part and filled with cooled water supplied from the supply part;
Is connected to the cold water tank is made of a hot water tank filled with water supplied from the cold water tank,
The hot water tank is connected to the purification unit,
In the purification unit,
A heater for heating the water supplied to the purification unit through the hot water tank;
A temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the water heated by the heater;
Is equipped with a circulation motor for supplying the water heated by the heater to the hot water tank,
The controller circulates the hot water tank and the purification unit through the circulation motor while controlling the heater so that the temperature of the water measured by the temperature sensor becomes a predetermined temperature while the cold water tank and the hot water tank are blocked. Automatic purifying type footbath, characterized in that to. The method of claim 3,
The foot bath is
A case in which a discharge groove is formed in a recess;
Is mounted on the top of the discharge groove, made of a support plate formed with a plurality of through holes penetrating up and down,
The discharge groove is an automatic purification type foot bath, characterized in that connected to the purification unit. The method according to claim 3 or 4,
The supply unit,
A reservoir in which water is stored;
A water supply motor for transferring water stored in the reservoir to the foot bath;
Consists of a purification filter for filtering the water recovered from the purification unit,
The water filtered by the purification filter is recovered to the reservoir,
The control unit blocks water from being supplied to the hot water tank from the purifying unit, and communicates the cold water tank with the hot water tank, and supplies the water supplied to the purification unit through the hot water tank using the circulation motor by the filtering unit. Automatic purification type foot bath characterized in that the transfer to the purification filter after filtration. 6. The method of claim 5,
The purification unit,
A rotating fan positioned above the filtration unit; It further comprises a drain pipe disposed in the upper portion of the filtration unit,
The washing unit supplies washing water to the upper portion of the filtration unit,
The control unit, after the water of the purification unit is recovered to the reservoir, supplying the washing water to the filtration unit by the washing unit, to rotate the rotary fan to float the foreign matter and to discharge to the outside through the drain pipe. An automatic purifying bath footbath characterized in that.

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