KR102311776B1 - An indoor dry sauna - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an indoor dry sauna, comprising: a sauna booth which has a base panel, a front panel provided with a door, a side panel coupled to both sides of the front panel, and a rear panel coupled to a rear end of the side panel, so as to form an inner space by coupling with the base panel, which is provided with a chair on the front side of the rear panel for a user to sit, and which has a booth shape as a whole by a top panel having a ventilation hole in the upper side; a heat source generating part which is provided at the lower end of the chair; and a convection guide part which is provided on the inner front side of the rear panel so that high-temperature heat by the heating of the heat source generating part is induced upward by a plurality of blades and supplied to the inside of the sauna booth to be convected, wherein the high-temperature air, which is heated by the heat source generating part inside the sauna booth, is naturally convected by the convection guide part. Accordingly, the present invention has an effect of inducing a natural convection phenomenon even without any forced convection driving means such as a blower fan, as in the existing literature, so as to maintain a uniform high temperature inside the sauna booth, thereby reducing operating costs, and also has an effect of inducing a natural convection phenomenon by the convection guide part in the state without any forced convection driving means such as a blower fan, etc., thereby causing no noise generated from means such as a blower fan for inducing a convection phenomenon in the prior literature, and the like, and thus can be used even indoors in residential buildings such as apartments, etc., without any noise.

Description

An indoor dry sauna

The present invention relates to an indoor dry sauna, and more particularly, to a dry sauna installed indoors, such as a home, providing a dry sauna for personal use, but having a structure capable of convection of hot air generated therein.

Sauna is one of the bathing methods using steam or heat instead of water. The temperature of the sauna room is about 70~110℃. If you sit inside, you sweat a lot, which promotes metabolism, blood circulation, and skin respiration. .

Generally, well-known sauna types are divided into wet saunas that generate steam, dry saunas that emit heat by employing an electric heater method, buried saunas, and assembled saunas.

In the case of the wet method, the humidity is very high at a low temperature of 40 to 60 °C to remove sweat. . The wet type is again divided into shower booth type and buried type. The shower booth type is equipped with a steamer in the commercialized booth and has the advantage that it can be easily installed in the necessary place, and the buried type has a glass partition in the space where a sauna is needed. It can be said to be a method of installing and using a steam controller, steam generating box, and steam outlet on the ceiling or wall.

On the other hand, the dry type (乾式) is derived from the Finnish sauna, and it can be said that it is a hot bath in a dry air at a high temperature of 80 to 105 °C with little moisture in a wooden building or room.

A dry sauna with a high temperature stimulates the human body's sympathetic nerves to strengthen the activity of the heart and circulatory system, thereby raising blood pressure and improving blood circulation.

However, as it is difficult to install such high-temperature sauna facilities for home saunas, saunas using ceramic heaters that emit far-infrared rays, etc. are the mainstream. The sauna using far-infrared rays heats the body with low-temperature radiant heat, so the feeling of heat is soft and people with high blood pressure, heart disease, and the elderly can safely use it. Since a sauna using far infrared rays can be manufactured in a small size by means of radiating far infrared rays such as a planar heating element, a sauna device for personal use is being popularized as a well-being product in recent years.

In particular, there is an increasing tendency to configure sauna booths to facilitate movement and assembly, and although non-metallic wallboards are sometimes used for this box-type sauna structure, it can be said that wood-type wallboards are typically used by assembling them.

In the case of the wet sauna, there is a problem in that the wooden wall plates constituting the sauna body are easily corroded and damaged by moisture or condensed water, whereas the dry sauna stays in an enclosed space inside the sauna body by the radiant heat of the electric heater. It has a structure that simply heats the air.

The dry sauna structure has a problem in that the heated air stays in the upper part of the sauna body due to the density difference, while the air having a low temperature has to stay in the lower part, so that the sauna effect is deteriorated.

Considering this point, as one of the known technologies, a 'sauna booth' according to Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0581764 is disclosed.

In the case of the above-mentioned prior literature, by providing a structure in which hot air generated from a heat source inside the sauna booth can forcibly ventilate using a configuration such as a blower fan, a sauna booth capable of easily adjusting the temperature inside the sauna body is provided. are providing

However, in the case of the above-mentioned prior literature, a structure in which high-temperature heat inside a sauna booth such as a blower fan can be forcibly convected is suggested. There is a problem that it is difficult to create an environment.

Domestic Patent Registration No. 10-0581764 (Notice on May 22, 2006) Domestic Patent Registration No. 10-1018349 (Announced on March 04, 2011) Domestic Patent Registration No. 10-1089490 (Announced on December 02, 2011)

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and the internal air heated by a heating means in a dry sauna booth used indoors, such as a general house, is heated inside the sauna booth without a forced convection means such as a blower fan. The purpose is to prevent noise that may be generated by sauna operation by enabling natural convection phenomenon.

The present invention for achieving the above object,

A base panel, a front panel provided with a door, a side panel coupled to both sides of the front panel and a rear panel coupled to a rear end of the side panel form an inner space by coupling with the base panel, and the front side of the rear panel a sauna booth having a chair so that a user can sit on it, and having a booth shape as a whole by a top panel having a ventilation hole in the upper side;

an insulator provided on the inner front surface of the rear panel;

a heat source generator provided at the lower end of the chair;

a convection guide portion provided on the inner front surface of the rear panel to allow convection of high-temperature heat caused by heating of the heat source generator;

It provides an indoor dry sauna comprising a.

In the present invention, the blade is inclined in either an upward or downward direction, and the blade of the convection guide part provided on the upper side of the chair forms an upward inclination angle, and is provided on the lower side of the chair. The blades of the downward convection guide provide an indoor dry sauna including forming an inclination angle in the downward direction.

In addition, the present invention is a downward convection guide part for allowing high-temperature air heated from the heat source generating part toward the lower end of the chair to be discharged from the lower part of the chair and guided downward by a plurality of blades and supplied to the inside of the sauna booth to enable convection. ; It provides an indoor dry sauna further comprising a.

In addition, the blade of the present invention is configured to have different thicknesses at both ends by being tapered in one direction, or forming a plurality of hot air guides having a wedge shape in which the blade is tapered in any one direction from one side to the other in the upward or downward direction. , It provides an indoor dry sauna comprising an arc guider having an arc shape at one end.

According to the present invention, the forced convection driving means, such as a blower fan, as in the existing literature, is configured such that the high-temperature air, which is heated by the convection guide part, is naturally convected by the convection guide part according to the heat generated by the heat source generating part inside the sauna booth. Even without it, it is possible to maintain a uniformly high temperature inside the sauna booth by inducing a natural convection phenomenon, thus reducing operating costs can be expected.

In addition, according to the present invention, a natural convection phenomenon is induced by the convection guide part in a state where forced convection driving means such as a blower fan is not configured, and the generation of As noise is not generated at all, it can be expected that it can be used without generating noise even indoors in residential buildings such as apartments.

1 is a view showing a sauna booth according to the present invention
FIG. 2 is a view showing the inside of the sauna booth of FIG. 1 by partially cutting it; FIG.
3 is a view showing only a convection guide part for inducing hot air to the inside of the sauna booth spaced apart from the inside of the rear panel at regular intervals in the sauna booth of the present invention;
4 is a view showing only the downward convection guide part installed in the front downward side of the chair connected to the front of the rear panel in the sauna booth of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is a general schematic cross-sectional view of Fig. 1;
6 to 8 are overall schematic cross-sectional views in a state to which various embodiments of the blade and the lower blade applied to the present invention are applied.

Specific structural or functional descriptions of the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention disclosed in this specification are only exemplified for the purpose of explaining the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention, and the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention are Since various changes can be made and can have various forms, it includes all changes, equivalents, or substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention, and the terms or words used in the specification and claims are conventional or dictionary It is not limited to the meaning, and, of course, on the basis of the fact that the inventor can appropriately define the concept of a term to describe his invention in the best way, the meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention should be interpreted as Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification of the present invention and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical spirit of the present invention. It should be understood that various possible equivalents and variations are possible or existent.

In addition, unless otherwise defined in the specification of the present invention, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. have Terms such as those defined in a commonly used dictionary should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present specification. does not

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention has a rectangular shape as a whole by the base panel 180, the front panel 110, the side panel 120, the rear panel 130, and the top panel 150 as shown in the above-mentioned bar and the accompanying drawings, and the interior The sauna booth 100 forming an accommodation space of the, an insulator 131 provided on the inner front side of the rear panel 130, and a chair 140 provided inside the sauna booth 100 on which the user can sit; It consists of a heat source generating unit 160 provided on the side, and a convection guide unit 170 for convection of the high-temperature air heated by the heat source generating unit 160 inside the sauna booth 100 .

The insulating material 131 can be selectively applied.

The sauna booth 100 has a rectangular shape as described above and forms an internal space according to a conventional configuration. ) and the lower end of the rear panel 130 are combined, and the front panel 110 , the side panel 120 , and the rear panel 130 are in contact with each other by a catch 190 for coupling each panel to each other. It is configured to be fastened and detachable.

The front panel 110 is provided with a control module 111 for setting and controlling the temperature and time of the sauna booth 100, and a switch 112 for turning on/off the lighting means provided therein. and a door 113 through which the user can enter and exit is provided.

Although not shown in the interior of the sauna booth 100, it is preferable to include a switch for the user to turn on/off the internal lighting means, and a control panel capable of setting and controlling the internal temperature.

The door 113 is preferably configured to be transparent so that the inside of the sauna booth 100 can be checked from the outside or from the outside.

Even in the case of the side panel 120 of the sauna booth 100, it is preferable to make a part transparent so that external and internal visual confirmation in the lateral direction is possible.

On the other hand, a ventilation hole 151 for easily discharging or introducing carbon dioxide generated according to the user's breathing together with the high-temperature heat inside the sauna booth 100 to the outside is configured on one side of the upper panel 150 .

The ventilation hole 151 is configured to be able to be opened and closed by the slide panel 152 .

A heat insulating material 131 is selectively provided on the inner front surface of the rear panel 130 of the sauna booth 100 so that the heat generated from the heat source generator 160 does not easily flow through the rear panel 130 to the outside. It is preferable to do

Typically, the heat source generating unit 160 provided in the sauna booth 100 is installed close to the lower end of the chair 140 and the lower end of the rear panel 130 , and the heat generated from the heat source generating unit 160 is The energy that can be leaked to the outside through the rear panel 130 side may be relatively greater than the amount of heat for heating the air inside the sauna booth 100 , so the heat insulating material 131 on the front side of the rear panel 130 of the sauna booth 100 . ) is optionally provided.

As described above, the heat source generator 160 is located at the lower end of the chair 140 to be installed close to the rear panel 130 side.

The heat source generator 160 can be used by adopting a known heat source, and various embodiments such as a ceramic heater capable of radiating far-infrared rays are possible.

On the other hand, the present invention adopts a configuration for smooth convection of high-temperature heat by heating of the heat source generating unit 160 provided on the inner front side of the rear panel 130 to generate a smooth convection inside the sauna booth 100 . do.

To this end, as shown in FIG. 5 , the convection guide unit 170 is configured at a position spaced apart from the rear panel 130 , and the air heated by the heat source generating unit 160 passes through the convection guide unit 170 , It is guided so that convection is possible in the upward direction.

A space generated by the convection guide unit 170 at a position spaced apart from the rear panel 130 is referred to as a rear hot air induction path 132 in the present invention.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 8 , the convection guide unit 170 is configured from the rear of the upper surface of the chair 140 to the upper side with respect to the chair 140 , but the blade 171 of the convection guide unit 170 is upward. to point in the direction

With this configuration, when the user sits on the chair 140, the high-temperature hot air supplied from the user's back through the heat source generator 160 can be convected upwardly without directly touching the user's back skin.

On the other hand, to the lower end of the chair 140, the air heated from the heat source generator 160 is discharged from the lower end of the chair 140 to be guided in the downward direction and constitute a downward convection guide part 172 so that convection is possible.

The downward blade 173 of the downward convection guide part 172 is directed downward.

Therefore, when the user sits on the chair 140 by the convection guide portion 170 configured on the lower surface of the chair 140, the high-temperature heat supplied through the heat source generator 160 does not directly touch the user's calf. It was discharged in the downward direction and then allowed to convect.

With this configuration, while the air inside the sauna booth 100 is heated by the heating heat generated by the heat source generator 160, some high-temperature hot air is guided to the rear hot wind induction road 132 and is moved in the direct upward direction, Some of the high-temperature hot air is moved from the lower region of the chair 140 to the front side.

As described above, the high-temperature hot air that is guided and moved to the rear hot air induction road 132 is supplied into the sauna booth 100 through the blade 171 facing upward of the convection guide unit 170 while being supplied to the chair ( 140) is supplied while avoiding direct contact with the user's body part, that is, the back part.

In addition, as described above, the high-temperature hot air heated by the heat source generating unit 160 is guided by the lower blade 173 of the lower convection guide unit 172 configured on the lower end side of the chair 140, and the sauna booth 100 ) is supplied inside, avoiding direct contact with body parts such as the user's calf.

As such, the hot air of high temperature avoids direct contact with the user's body by the convection guide unit 170 and the downward convection guide unit 172 and can be supplied and convectioned into the sauna booth 100 .

On the other hand, a more efficient convection phenomenon can be realized by deforming the shape of the blade 171 of the convection guide unit 170 .

For example, as shown in FIG. 7 , the shape of the blade 171 may be configured to taper upward from one side to the other, and the thickness of both ends of the blade 171 may be different.

With such a shape, when the hot air passes through the convection guide unit 170 , the hot air is directed upward and is guided along the upwardly tapered surface, and is supplied to the inside of the sauna booth 100 , whereby an efficient convection phenomenon can be achieved.

In addition, unlike the above, as shown in FIG. 6 , a plurality of hot air guides 171a having a ratchet gear-type claw shape that taper upward from one side to the other side of the blade 171 may be formed.

According to this structure, while the hot air passes through the blades 171, the hot air guides 171a control the flow rate and at the same time guide the hot air to be guided upward.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 8 , the blade 171 can be configured, and an arc guider 171b that allows one end side of the blade 171 to have an arc shape can be formed.

The above-described modified example of the blade 171 is not applied only to the blade 171 of the convection guide unit 170 , and is equally applied to the lower blade 173 of the downward convection guide unit 171 .

In the case of the arc guider 171b, when the hot air flows into the inside of the sauna booth 100 through the blade 171, the hot air causes a vortex phenomenon to occur by the arc guider 171b. It can be introduced into the sauna booth 100 without directly touching the body part.

According to the present invention, the air heated according to the operation of the heat source generating unit 160 of the sauna booth 100 is heated to a high temperature with the heat insulating material 131 of the rear panel 130 of the sauna booth 100 and It rises upward through the rear hot air induction road 132, which is the space between the convection guide parts 170, and also the high-temperature hot air is discharged to the downward convection guide part 172 side provided on the lower front side of the chair 140. do.

If the heat insulating material 131 is not provided in the embodiment, the space between the rear panel 130 and the convection guide unit 170 becomes the rear hot air induction path 132 .

The high-temperature hot air rising upward through the rear hot air induction path 132 avoids direct contact with the user's skin by the blade 171 having various embodiments of the convection guide unit 170 as shown in the drawing, and avoids direct contact with the user's skin and sauna. The booth 100 has a flow flowing into the inner space, and also avoids direct contact with the user's skin by the downward blade 173 having various embodiments of the downward convection guide part 172 and the sauna booth 100. It has a flow that flows into the interior space.

As described above, the high-temperature hot air generated by the heating action of the heat source generator 160 by the lower blade 173 configured on the lower front side of each blade 171 and the chair 140 of the convection guide unit 170 is heated in the sauna. When guided into the booth 100, direct contact with the user is avoided and the inflow is induced and convection is made, thereby preventing burn accidents caused by hot air in advance.

On the other hand, the ventilation hole 151 is opened and closed using the slide panel 152 on the side of the ventilation hole 151 provided in the upper panel 150 of the sauna booth 100 so that the internal ventilation of the sauna booth 100 can be properly performed. do.

As described above, although the present invention has been described with reference to the limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and from the above description by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. Of course, various modifications and variations may be possible.

Therefore, the technical spirit in the present invention should be understood by the claims described below, but it will be obvious that all equivalents or equivalent modifications thereof fall within the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention.

100; sauna booth 110; front panel
111; control module 112; switch
113; door 120; side panel
130; rear panel 131; insulator
132; Rear hot air taxiway 140; chair
150; top panel 151; ventilation opening
152; slide panel 160; heat source generator
170; Convection guide unit 171; blade
171a; hot air guide 171b; circle guide
172; Downward convection guide unit 173; lower blade
180; base panel 190; clasp

Claims (6)

A base panel, a front panel provided with a door, a side panel coupled to both sides of the front panel and a rear panel coupled to a rear end of the side panel form an inner space by coupling with the base panel, and the front side of the rear panel a sauna booth having a chair so that a user can sit on it, and having a booth shape as a whole by a top panel having a ventilation hole in the upper side;
a heat source generator provided at the lower end of the chair;
a convection guide part provided on the inner front side of the rear panel so that high-temperature heat by the heating of the heat source generating part is supplied to the inside of the sauna booth by a plurality of blades and convectable;
a downward convection guide unit for discharging high-temperature air heated from the heat source generating unit toward the lower end of the chair from the lower end of the chair and being supplied to the inside of the sauna booth by a plurality of blades to enable convection;
including,
and wherein the plurality of blades of the convection guide part and the plurality of blades of the downward convection guide part are each tapered in one direction to have different thicknesses at both ends.
delete The method of claim 1,
The plurality of blades of the convection guide part and the plurality of blades of the lower convection guide part are each inclined in one direction, and the blades of the convection guide part provided on the upper side of the chair form an upward inclination angle, A dry sauna for indoor use, wherein the blade of the downward convection guide provided on the lower side forms a downward inclination angle.
delete The method of claim 1,
The plurality of blades of the convection guide part and the plurality of blades of the downward convection guide part are for indoor use, including forming a plurality of hot air guides each having a wedge shape in the form of tapering in any one direction from one side to the other in the upward or downward direction dry sauna.
The method of claim 1,
The plurality of blades of the convection guide part and the plurality of blades of the downward convection guide part are each formed with an arc guider having an arc shape at one end.

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