KR20030025641A - Oxygen-steam generator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An oxygen-steam generating apparatus is provided to maintain the more fresh atmosphere and to have the cosmetic effects and the health-giving effects by mixing the steam produced from a steam generating part and the oxygen from produced from an oxygen generating part and using it in a beauty shop, a skin massage, a sitz bath, a humidification and a fomentation. CONSTITUTION: The oxygen-steam generating apparatus(2) is characterized by consisting of a steam generating part(4) to generate a steam and an oxygen generating part(6) to generate an oxygen, and mixing the steam produced from the steam generating part(4) and the oxygen from produced from the oxygen generating part(6) together to produce an oxygen-enriched steam. The oxygen generating part(6) comprises an air pump to compress an air, a cooling system to cool the compressed air and a gas separating membrane to generate an oxygen from the cooled air.

Description

Oxygen-steam generator

The present invention relates to a steam generator for use in a beauty salon, skin massage, bathing, humidification, and poultice, and more particularly, to generate oxygen using an oxygen generator that generates oxygen, and to convert the oxygen into a steam generator. It relates to the production of oxygen-filled steam by mixing with the steam produced in the.

In general, high-pressure steam is used in industrial sites, and the high-pressure steam is mainly used for printing processes of textiles, cooking, or various washing operations. However, steam used in beauty salons, skin massages, baths, humidifications and poultices does not require high pressure and only utilizes the heat of a predetermined temperature of steam. Therefore, the heating plate is provided inside the vessel equipped with a water tank filled with water to provide heat source by supplying power, and the steam generated by the heat transfer plate is discharged through the exhaust path to use steam.

However, the conventional steam generator is configured to simply generate steam. Thus, the present inventors feel the need for a steam generator with more functionality than to manufacture a simple steam, and as a result of repeated research, the oxygen generator is applied to the steam generator to create a comfortable interior space, which is used during beauty. In the case of steam was to increase the beauty effect by supplying oxygen to the skin.

The present invention is to improve the above-described problems, there is a technical problem of producing oxygen-filled steam by combining the oxygen generating unit for supplying oxygen to the steam generator.

1 is a perspective view of an oxygen-steam generator according to the present invention,

2 is a cross-sectional view of the oxygen-steam generator according to the present invention,

3 is a perspective view of a steam pack case according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

2: oxygen-steam generator 4: steam generator

6 oxygen generation unit 8 display unit

10: power connection member 12: the first oxygen exhaust groove

14: heating wire 16: oxygen induction groove

18: oxygen induction pipe 20: oxygen collection unit

22: nozzle 24: second oxygen exhaust groove

26 oxygen-steam exhaust 28 vessel

30: transformer 32: air pump

34 cooling system 34a heat exchanger

34b: cooling fan 36: gas separation membrane

36a: compressed air inlet groove 36b: oxygen exhaust member

36c: exhaust gas exhaust member 38: air vent

40: air inlet groove 42: filter

50: steam pack case 52: lower cover

54: upper cover 56: insertion groove

58: Insertion protrusion 60 ', 60' ': hole

The present invention is composed of a steam generating unit for generating steam and an oxygen generating unit for generating oxygen, characterized in that the steam generated in the steam generating unit and the oxygen generated from the oxygen generating unit is mixed with each other to produce oxygen-filled steam. .

Steam generating unit according to the present invention as a steam generating device is generally used as long as the device for generating steam used in beauty salons, skin massages, bathing, humidification and poultry may be used.

In addition, the oxygen generating unit of the present invention may be provided with an oxygen cylinder to generate oxygen, or use an apparatus and method for generating oxygen, such as a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) method and / or gas separation membrane of the compression-desorption process, oxygen Anything that can be used may be used. However, it is desirable to generate oxygen using gas separation membrane in terms of minimum space, operation cost, and device design.

The gas separation membrane used in the oxygen generating unit in the present invention may be any gas separation membrane as long as it can generate oxygen to the extent that the oxygen can be injected from the oxygen injection nozzle at a rate of 0.1 to 1 L / min. Gas separation membranes or methods for their preparation that meet these requirements are well known in the art.

In a particular preferred embodiment, the gas separation membranes that can be used in the oxygen generator of the present invention are silicone, polyimide, polyamide, cellulose acetate, polysulfone, polyvinyl alcohol, polyphenyloxide, polybutyl acrylate and mixtures of two or more thereof A gas produced by dissolving a polymer selected from the group consisting of in a solvent, casting the formed mixture or spinning through a nozzle to form a film, solidifying the formed film, washing and drying the solidified film, and optionally heat treating or coating the dried film. It includes a separator.

The novel gas separation membrane according to the invention can be in any form. That is, the separation membrane of the present invention can be prepared as a single membrane (homogeneous membrane), a composite membrane or an asymmetric membrane. These membranes can be in the form of flat plates, hollow tubes, hollow fibers, spiral wounds, and the like, and it is well known to produce membranes in this form. In addition, an organic metal compound selected from the group consisting of carbonates, nitrates, acetates, halides and acetylacetonates of nickel, cobalt, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, titanium, iron, copper and chromium is added to the primary or secondary polymer melt. It can be used to improve the performance of the membrane.

The polymer used to prepare the novel gas separation membrane according to the present invention may be used 10 to 40% by weight, preferably 15 to 25% by weight with respect to the solvent, the organometallic compound is 0.1 to 10% by weight with respect to the solvent, Preferably 0.5 to 5% by weight can be used.

Solvents used to prepare the novel gas separation membrane according to the present invention include tetrahydrofuran, alcohols (eg, 1,2-butanol, 1,2-pentanol, 1,3-pentanol) or derivatives thereof, alkyl acetates. (Eg, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate) or derivatives thereof, trichloroethane, acetate, and the like.

When preparing a novel gas separation membrane according to the present invention, a surfactant may be further used as an additive to improve the separation performance of the membrane. Surfactants include, for example, copolymers of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene, polyoxyethylene alkyl phenyl ethers, polyoxyethylene alkyl ethers, and the like. Its use amount is about 0.1 to 10% by weight.

As described above, the present invention mixes the oxygen generated in the steam generating unit for generating steam and the oxygen generating unit for generating oxygen to produce oxygen-filled steam.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the following description is only for explaining this invention concretely, and does not limit the scope of the present invention by the following description.

1 is a perspective view of an oxygen-steam generator according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the oxygen-steam generator according to the present invention, Figure 3 is described together as a perspective view of a steam pack case according to the present invention.

As shown, the oxygen-steam generator 2 of the present invention can be largely divided into a steam generator 4 and an oxygen generator 6.

The steam generator 4 is provided with a container 28 through which water can be stored, and a heating wire 14 for generating heat by supply of power is formed at the bottom of the container 28. The nozzle 22 to which oxygen is injected to one side of the upper end of the 28 is positioned. On the other hand, a cavity is formed inside the cylindrical column that forms the outer shape of the steam generator 4 so that the oxygen rises along the cavity, and the oxygen induction pipe portion 18 A plurality of oxygen guide grooves 16 are formed to penetrate oxygen through the bottom surface, and the oxygen is discharged through the nozzle 22 by suppressing the rise of oxygen to one side of the upper end of the oxygen guide tube 18. It is composed of a first oxygen exhaust groove 12 which provides a discharge path of the oxygen rising through the second oxygen exhaust groove 24 and the second oxygen exhaust groove 24.

The oxygen generator 6 according to the present invention includes a display device 8 capable of applying power to one side of its outer circumferential surface, and a power supply member 10 to which power is supplied.

On the other hand, the inner side of the oxygen generator 6 is a transformer 30 for properly transforming the power supplied from the power supply member 20, the power is supplied from the transformer 30 to compress the air The air pump 32, the cooling system 34 for cooling the compressed air whose temperature is raised by the heat of compression and the mechanical heat generated when operating the air pump 32, and the compression discharged from the cooling system 34. It is composed of a gas separation membrane 36 in which air is introduced to generate oxygen. Here, the cooling system 34 is an air-cooled heat exchanger (34a) made of aluminum or copper and a cooling fan installed adjacent to the heat exchanger (34a) to cool the compressed air transported through the heat exchanger (34a). 34b is provided. The compressed air passing through the cooling system 34 passes through the filter 42 and is mixed into the gas separation membrane 36 after the moisture, dust, and various contaminants present in the compressed air are removed.

One side of the gas separation membrane 36 is a compressed air inflow member 36a into which compressed air is introduced, an oxygen discharge member 36c through which separated oxygen is discharged, and an exhaust gas discharge member 36c through which air other than the separated oxygen is discharged. Is provided. In addition, an oxygen collecting unit 20 is formed at one side where the oxygen generator 6 and the steam generator 4 contact each other so that oxygen discharged from the oxygen discharge member 36b of the gas separation membrane 36 may be collected. have.

In addition, the air inlet groove 40 is formed to allow the air to flow into the air vent 38 and the air pump 32 so that the air is communicated to one side of the outer wall of the oxygen generator (6).

On the other hand, as shown in Figures 2 to 3, one side inside the container 28 of the oxygen-steam generator 2 is provided with a steam pack case 50 that can accommodate mugwort, green tea leaves and other herbal materials, etc. The high temperature steam generated at the bottom of the container 28 is used to extract the components of the material and deliver them to the outside air.

The steam pack case 50 is separated into an upper cover 54 and a lower cover 56 for access of mugwort, green tea leaves, and other herbal materials produced in a pack form. Inside the upper and lower lids 54 and 56 there is a space in which the pack can be seated, and on one side of each upper and lower lid 54 and 56 a hole 60 to provide a path for steam. ', 60' ') is formed. In addition, an insertion protrusion 58 is provided on one side of the lower cover 56 so that the upper cover 54 is coupled to the lower cover 56 and is inserted into the insertion protrusion 58 so as to be seated therein. 56 is formed on one side of the upper cover (54).

Steam pack case 50 having such a configuration is configured to be seated on the projection formed in the center direction of the container 28 on the inner peripheral surface of the container (28). Therefore, the steam pack case 50 can be attached and detached according to the use.

Referring to the operation principle of the oxygen-steam generator of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, water is supplied to the vessel 28 of the steam generator 4 at a predetermined height, the power is connected to the power connection member 10, and the power is supplied by operating the display unit 8.

The heating wire 14 located on the bottom surface of the container 28 is heated by the applied power, and at the same time, the air pump 32 operates to compress the air flowing from the air inlet groove 40. Here, the display unit 8 may be provided with a separate switch to separately apply the operations of the steam generator 4 and the oxygen generator 6. On the other hand, the water stored in the vessel 28 is heated by the heating wire 14 and steam is generated, the generated steam is discharged to the outside air through the oxygen-steam exhaust port. At this time, when the steam pack case 50 is installed in the container 28, steam generated by the heating wire 14 extracts the components of the material seated in the steam pack case 50 and is discharged together with steam.

Compressed air compressed by the air pump 32 passes through the inside of the heat exchanger 34a provided on one side of the cooling system 34, and a cooling fan 34b installed adjacent to the heat exchanger 34a is provided. By blowing air into the heat exchanger 34a, the high temperature compressed air introduced from the air pump 32 is cooled. At this time, the wind generated by the operation of the cooling fan 34b passes through the heat exchanger 34a and cools the compressed air and then again cools the air pump 32. It is preferable to position 32).

The low temperature compressed air passing through the above-described cooling system 34 is introduced into the compressed air inlet groove 36a provided at one side of the gas separation membrane 36 through the filter 42, and the introduced compressed air is introduced into the gas separation membrane 36. Gas separation into oxygen and exhaust gas. The separated exhaust gas is discharged through a pipe connected to the outside of the oxygen generator 6 through the exhaust gas discharge member 36c provided at one side of the gas separation membrane 36, and the separated oxygen discharges the oxygen discharge member 36b. Pass through and enters the oxygen collection unit (20). The oxygen collecting part 20 is sealed to prevent gas from leaking, and a plurality of oxygen inducing grooves 16 formed through the bottom surface of the oxygen induction pipe part 18 provided at one side of the steam generator 4 are provided. Conveyed through.

As such, the oxygen transferred to the oxygen induction pipe part 18 is moved to the nozzle 22 and the first oxygen exhaust groove 12 formed at one side of the container 28, and the first oxygen exhaust groove 12 and the nozzle The second oxygen exhaust groove 24 is installed perpendicularly to the oxygen movement path between the 22 to prevent the oxygen from moving to the first oxygen exhaust groove 12 to adjust the amount of oxygen injected to the nozzle 22. Done. At this time, the amount of oxygen injected into the nozzle 22 varies in accordance with the diameter of the second oxygen exhaust groove 24, the movement of oxygen is suppressed as the diameter of the second oxygen exhaust groove 24 is reduced to the nozzle ( The amount of oxygen injected into 22 increases, and conversely, as the diameter of the second oxygen exhaust groove 24 increases, the amount of oxygen injected into the nozzle 22 decreases.

On the other hand, the oxygen injected into the nozzle 22 is mixed with the rising steam generated at the bottom of the container 28 and discharged to the oxygen-steam exhaust port 26, the oxygen passed through the second oxygen exhaust groove 24 It passes through the first exhaust groove 12 and is mixed again with steam discharged to the oxygen-steam exhaust port 26.

The present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the following Examples. However, these examples should not be understood as limiting the present invention.

<Example 1>

In a 500 ml reactor, 25 g of polysulfone (PS, Udel P-3500, AMOCO Co., Ltd.) was dissolved in 78.7 ml of tetrahydrofuran (THF, Aldrich) as a solvent. ₅ g of [P (C ₆ H ₅ ) ₃ ] ₃ , Aldrich) was added. The mixture was cast using an automatic membrane making machine (IMOTO 301) under the conditions of driving stroke 150 mm, application speed 30 mm / sec, 55 bar (125.7 μm). The film was evaporated and dried slowly in a dryer and then dried in a vacuum oven (80 ° C.) for at least 24 hours to remove residual solvent. The dried membrane was coated with a 5 wt% silicone solution using the above automatic membrane manufacturing apparatus (3 bar (6.86 μm)), and then dried under the same conditions as the above drying process. The film thus obtained had a thickness of about 88 μm.

Permeability and selectivity of the prepared membrane was measured using a gas permeability measuring device (Millipoa film holder 90mm, YY3009000). The oxygen / nitrogen selectivity of the gas separation membrane prepared according to the present invention was found to be 3.8 (GPU, x10 ⁻⁴ cm ³ / cm ² .sec.cmHg).

In the oxygen generator, the separation membrane was used as the gas separation membrane, and the discharge oxygen concentration change was measured in the same manner as in Example 1. The results are reported in Table 1 below.

Uptime (min) Discharged oxygen concentration (%) 0.5 38.1 One 38.4 2 38.4 3 38.5 4 38.5 5 38.5 6 38.5 7 38.6 8 38.7 9 38.7 10 38.7 15 38.7 20 38.8

As described above, those skilled in the art will understand that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features. Therefore, the exemplary embodiments described above are to be understood as illustrative in all respects and not as restrictive. The scope of the present invention should be construed that all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the appended claims and their equivalents, rather than the detailed description, are included in the scope of the present invention.

The present invention as described above is provided with an oxygen generating unit for generating oxygen and a steam generating unit for generating steam, and mixing the oxygen generated from the oxygen generating unit and the steam generated from the steam generating unit with each other, beauty salon, skin massage, bathing bath By using it, humidification and poultice, you can maintain a more comfortable interior and enhance the beauty effect, as well as improve the health with sufficient oxygen intake.

In detail, human skin is exposed to polluted air at all times, causing damage, accumulating various wastes, preventing the supply of necessary oxygen, and often causing skin diseases due to insufficient oxygen supply due to a decrease in capacity. do. The skin color is determined according to the oxygen content of blood vessels distributed in the skin, especially blood vessels in the dermis and blood flowing therein, by using steam generation using the apparatus of the present invention, and when the oxygen is insufficient, the skin becomes black and oxygen is If you get enough, you will have a light pink skin color.

Steam using the present invention increases the temperature of the skin epidermis, induces the expansion of the pores to remove sebum, nope and aging keratinocytes in the pores to maintain clean skin and supply oxygen to the enlarged pores oxygen breathing of the skin Keeps your skin healthy by smoothing.

Claims (5)

It is composed of a steam generating unit 4 for generating steam and an oxygen generating unit 6 for generating oxygen, and the steam generated in the steam generating unit 4 and the oxygen generated from the oxygen generating unit 6 are mixed with oxygen. Oxygen-steam generator, characterized in that to produce a full steam. The method of claim 1, The oxygen generator 6 includes an air pump 32 for compressing air, a cooling system 34 for cooling the compressed air, and a gas separation membrane 36 for generating oxygen from the cooled air. Oxygen steam generator. The method of claim 2, The cooling system 34 is composed of a heat exchanger 34a and a cooling fan 34b, and the air introduced from the air pump 32 is cooled by the cooling fan 34b while being transferred along the heat exchanger 34a. Oxygen steam generator. The method of claim 2, Oxygen-steam generator, characterized in that the gas separation membrane 36 comprises a hollow fiber membrane-type gas separation membrane 36 or a spiral wound gas separation membrane 36 for generating oxygen. The method of claim 4, wherein The gas separation membrane 36 dissolves a polymer selected from the group consisting of silicone, polyimide, polyamide, cellulose acetate, polysulfone, polyvinyl alcohol, polyphenyloxide, polybutyl acrylate and a mixture of two or more thereof in a solvent, A mixture formed by adding an organometallic compound selected from the group consisting of carbonates, nitrates, acetates, halides and acetylacetonates of nickel, cobalt, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, titanium, iron, copper and chromium to the resulting melt; And casting or spinning through a nozzle to form a membrane, solidify the formed membrane, wash and dry the solidified membrane, and optionally a gas separation membrane (36) prepared by heat treating or coating the dried membrane.