KR200360479Y1 - Apparatus for sauna directed to lower half of body using steam - Google Patents

Abstract

A seated half-bath device is disclosed. The seat-type half-bath apparatus of the present invention includes a main body having a suction passage for sucking air, a heating means for heating the sucked air, and a discharge passage for discharging the heated air; A blower installed in the main body to blow the air to flow; A sheet formed on an upper surface of the main body for seating of a user; A housing connected to the main body and having an edge formed to open the upper portion of the housing while wrapping the sheet; A cover which opens and closes the upper portion of the housing with an edge corresponding to the housing; And a backrest installed at the rear of the main body to support the back of the user, wherein the cover closes the housing while the user is seated on the seat, and a half-bath space is formed to accommodate the lower body of the user. The air of the half bath space is sucked into the suction passage and heated by the heating means, and then discharged into the half bath space through the discharge passage.

Description

Apparatus for sauna directed to lower half of body using steam}

The present invention relates to a half-bath apparatus, and more particularly, to a seat-type half-bath device to enjoy a half-bath with hot air while seated in a chair.

As interest in health increases day by day, so-called 'half body baths' are being replaced by conventional saunas. Half body bath is a way to cool the upper body of the body while warming the lower body to help blood circulation and improve the physical condition. In a typical half body bath, the lower body of the navel or lower part of the body is to be immersed in warm water of about 38 ℃ ~ 40 ℃ slightly above body temperature.

In order to enjoy this half body bath, it was mostly to use the existing public bath or sauna. In order to personally half-bath in the home, a method using a domestic bathtub is used, but in this case, there is a risk of hassle and burns to receive hot water directly, and since it is not a private bath, it is difficult to properly obtain the effect such as hot water easily cooling.

In view of this, various types of baths or devices have been proposed to enjoy half body baths exclusively, but they have not been in the spotlight for the following reasons.

First, there are many products that mimic the existing bath form, so that the device is not only large, but also practically stored at home, making it impossible to use conveniently.

Secondly, since it still uses hot hot water, it is not cumbersome to boil water or take a half body bath separately.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has a purpose to provide a seat-type half-bath device with a compact structure in a chair form.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a seat-type half-bath apparatus that does not need to boil water or receive hot water by using hot air or steam instead of hot water.

The present invention will be described in detail by the following drawings, but these drawings represent a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the technical concept of the present invention is not limited to the drawings and should not be interpreted.

1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a seat-type half-bath device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the internal configuration of the main body half seat bath device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view showing a state of use of the seat-type half-bath apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of reference numerals in the drawings>

10. Body 11. Seat 12. Housing

13. Sealing member 14. Cushion member 15. Inlet

16. outlet 17. backrest 20. cover

21. Cushion member 22. Spray nozzle 23. Conduit

24. Thermometer 30. Operation panel 32. Inlet

33 .. Drain 34. Water level detection window 41. Suction passage

42,43 .. Outlet passage 44,45. Blower 50. Heating means

51. Courage 52. Vibrator 53. Drain

In order to achieve the above object, the seat-type half-bath apparatus according to the present invention includes a main body having a suction passage for sucking air, a heating means for heating the sucked air, and a discharge passage for discharging the heated air; A blower installed in the main body to blow the air to flow; A sheet formed on an upper surface of the main body for seating of a user; A housing connected to the main body and having an edge formed to open the upper portion of the housing while wrapping the sheet; A cover which opens and closes the upper portion of the housing with an edge corresponding to the housing; And a backrest installed at the rear of the main body to support the back of the user, wherein the cover closes the housing while the user is seated on the seat, and a half-bath space is formed to accommodate the lower body of the user. The air of the half bath space is sucked into the suction passage and heated by the heating means, and then discharged into the half bath space through the discharge passage.

Preferably, the seat-type half-bath apparatus of the present invention further includes an injection nozzle installed in the cover and spraying the heated air toward the lower abdomen of the user.

More preferably, the seat-type half-bath apparatus of the present invention may further include a humidifying means for supplying steam to the half-bath space.

Here, the humidification means, is installed between the suction passage and the discharge passage, the container for storing water; And an ultrasonic vibrator for generating the water vapor by vibrating the stored water.

According to the present invention, the device of the present invention, as the user is seated, sealing the space between the cover and the housing, the backrest cushion member in contact with the back of the user; A side cushion member filling and sealing a side space of a user's waist; And an abdominal cushion member sealing the front abdominal space of the user.

Preferably, the heating wire is built into the sheet of the apparatus.

In addition, the side of the main body may be provided with an operation panel unit having a temperature control switch for controlling the temperature inside the half body bath space.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, the terms or words used in this specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to their usual or dictionary meanings, and the inventors will properly describe the concept of terms in order to best explain their own design. Based on the principle that it can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

1 and 2 is a perspective view showing a seat-type half-bath device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 1 is an open state, Figure 2 shows an example of half-bath with a cover closed state.

Referring to the drawings, the seat-type half-bath apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the user seated to enjoy the half body bath and includes a cover 20 for selectively opening and closing the body (10).

The upper surface of the main body 10 is provided with a seat 11 so that the user can sit, the seat 11 is extended to the front surface like a seat of a general chair. As will be described later, a half body bath is formed between the top and front surfaces of the sheet 11 and the space formed by the cover 20.

The main body 10 may be provided with a housing 12 having an upper portion open while wrapping the sheet to correspond to a seating form of a user to be combined with the cover 20 to form a half body bath space. Although the housing 12 is shown separately from the body 10 in this embodiment, the housing may alternatively be formed integrally with it as part of the body.

A sealing member 13 made of, for example, a flexible synthetic resin or rubber is provided at the edge of the housing 12 of the main body 10 so as to seal the inside thereof when the cover 20 is closed.

In addition, the cushion member 14 may be provided near the rear of the housing 12, that is, when the user is seated and the part where the waist is located, for sealing. Preferably, the cushion member 14 includes a back cushion member 14a that is in contact with the back of the user, and a side cushion member 14b that fills and seals the side space of the user's waist. In addition, the sealing in the front abdomen of the user is made by the abdominal cushion member 21 provided in the cover 20, as will be described later.

The cushion members are not limited by the present embodiment, and may be modified and applied in various forms to seal a space near the waist and the abdomen while the user is seated. For example, the cushion members may be configured in the form of a tube capable of air filling to seal the space by inflation by blowing air after the user is seated.

The front surface of the main body 10 is provided with an inlet port 15 for sucking air and an outlet port 16 for discharging heated air or steam. The air sucked into the main body 10 through the inlet 15 is heated to an appropriate temperature required for the half body bath and is discharged into the half body space through the outlet 16.

One side of the main body 10 is provided with an operation panel unit 30, the operation panel unit 30 is for adjusting the operation of the seat-type half bath device according to the present invention, for example, a power switch, a temperature control switch, A humidity control switch, a dry / wet selection switch, an air discharge control switch, a backrest control switch, a hot wire operation switch, a cover open / close switch, a time control switch, and the like may be provided. Preferably, the operation panel unit 30 is provided with a status display window 31 composed of an LCD panel or the like to visually grasp the operation and operation state of the device according to the present invention.

In addition, the side of the main body 10 is provided with an inlet 32 to which water can be added for the wet half body bath, and a drain 33 for discharging the remaining or excess water. Preferably, the water level detection window 34 is formed on the side of the main body 10, it is possible to grasp and adjust the amount of water to be injected.

The open upper part of the main body 10 is opened and closed by a cover 20, and the cover 20 is hinged to be rotatable on one side of the housing 12 as shown. The cover 20 may be configured to be opened and closed automatically by the operation of the cover opening and closing switch. Such a configuration is well known and conventional, and thus its detailed description and illustration will be omitted. Alternatively, the cover 20 may be opened and closed manually.

Although the cover 20 is described in this embodiment as being opened and closed by rotation, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, various modifications may be made, such as a method in which the cover is opened or closed while the cover is slid or the cover is rotated at both sides. It should be understood that there is.

The cover 20 is preferably formed in a cylindrical shape and has an edge corresponding to the edge of the body housing 12, so that the cover 20 is engaged with the edge of the body housing 12 to form a half-bath space therein. More preferably, the cover 20 extends while being bent to accommodate the lower body including the lower abdomen and legs in a seated state.

Preferably, the cover 20 is made of a transparent polycarbonate or the like is provided so as to visually check the inside from the outside, in this case, the user can more appropriately control the conditions of the half-bath by observing his physical state from the outside Can be.

The inner side of the cover 20 is formed with a spray nozzle 22 is sprayed with hot air or steam. The injection nozzle 22 is configured to face the lower abdomen of the user, preferably the lower part of the navel while the half body bath in the seated state of the user, and is connected to the heating means described later through the conduit 23 to provide hot air or steam. To be supplied. Preferably, the injection nozzle 22 is rotatably installed to allow the user to manually adjust the injection direction appropriately.

In addition, a thermometer 24 is installed to measure the internal temperature of the half-bath space. The thermometer 24 is not limited in position by the drawing of the present invention, and may be installed anywhere as long as it is a suitable position for measuring the temperature of the inner space of the half body bath.

The back of the main body 10 is provided with a backrest 17 for supporting the user's back seated, preferably the backrest 17 is configured to adjust the inclination angle manually or automatically.

As another alternative, the bottom of the main body 10 can be attached to the wheel to conveniently move the device to enjoy the half body bath anywhere.

A diagram of the internal configuration of the main body 10 is shown in FIG. Referring to the drawings, the main body 10 has a suction passage 41 through which the air sucked through the suction port 15 passes, and a discharge passage through which the sucked air is heated and discharged to an appropriate temperature. .

The discharge passage, the first discharge passage 42 is connected to the discharge port 16 and the heated air is discharged, and is connected to the conduit (23 of Figure 1) to supply the heated air to the injection nozzle 22 It includes a second discharge passage 43 to. Although not shown in the drawings, in addition to the first and second discharge passage may further include a discharge passage connected to another outlet.

At least one portion between the suction passage 41 and the discharge passage 42 and 43 is provided with a heating means 50 for heating the sucked air to an appropriate temperature. Preferably, the heating means may be a heater coil for heating the air by the electrical resistance, in addition to a variety of known heating means such as thermoelectric element, Peltier element can be applied.

At least one blower 44, 45 is provided on the passage to blow air to suck air through the suction passage 41 and discharge it to the discharge passage 42, 43.

Preferably, the seated half body according to the present invention can be selectively used in wet and dry air using only warmed air as well as water vapor. Seating half body bath according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention for the wet half body bath further comprises a humidifying means.

Preferably, the humidifying means is installed between at least one of the suction passage 41 and the discharge passage 42, 43 serves to increase the humidity by generating water vapor. To this end, the humidifying means includes a vessel 51 for storing water and an ultrasonic vibrator 52 for vibrating water in the vessel 51 to generate water molecules in a vapor state.

The container 51 is connected to the inlet 32 to store the water flowing through it. Reference numeral 53 in the drawing is connected to the drain 33 as a drain for discharging the overflowing water from the container 51.

In the present embodiment, the humidifying means is to generate water vapor using the ultrasonic vibrator 52, but is not limited to this, and various existing humidifying means such as steam generation by a direct or indirect heating method can be employed. have.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the humidification means is installed between the suction passage 41 and the discharge passage 42, 43 to humidify, but as another alternative the humidification means is installed separately from the suction and discharge passage It is also possible to humidify independently.

According to another embodiment of the present invention not shown, it is also possible to enjoy the half body bath by putting the herbal material into the container 51 through the input window (not shown) and heating the water to increase the humidity.

As another alternative, the main body 10 may be further provided with various functional means such as anion generating means or activated carbon known in the art.

Preferably, the heating wire 60 is embedded in the sheet 11 to warm the lower body of the user seated on the upper surface. In addition, more preferably, by installing a heating wire (not shown) inside the cushion member 14, it is possible to warm the waist near the navel.

Then, the operation of the seat-type half-bath device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention having the configuration as described above.

In the state where the cover 20 of FIG. 1 is opened, the user is seated on the seat 11 of the upper surface of the main body 10.

Subsequently, the cover 20 is closed manually or automatically as shown in FIG. 3. At this time, the edges of the cover 20 and the housing 12 are sealed by the sealing member 13 while being in contact with each other to form a half-bath space therein. In addition, the space at the waist of the user is sealed by the cushion members 14 and 21. Preferably, when the cushion members 14 and 21 are operated by an air charging method, the space may be sealed by operating a separate operation switch to fill the air.

Subsequently, the user turns on the power switch of the operation panel unit 30, adjusts the angle of the backrest, or sets a wet or dry half-bath.

When the seat-type half-bath apparatus of the present invention is operated, air inside the half-bath space is introduced through the suction port 15 and the suction passage 41 while the blowers 44 and 45 are operated. Subsequently, the introduced air is heated to a proper temperature by the heating means 50.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the heating means 50 may be operated periodically, for example, by heating the air to the maximum temperature of about 45 ℃ to maintain for about 15 minutes and then cooled again Can be done repeatedly.

Then, the air warmed by the heating means 50 is discharged to the discharge port 16 through the first discharge passage 42. At the same time, since the heated air is injected to the injection hole 22 along the conduit 23 through the second discharge passage 43, it can be directly injected to the lower abdomen of the user.

If the user selects the wet half body bath, the ultrasonic vibrator 52 of the humidifying means vibrates the water molecules to generate water vapor, and the generated water vapor is discharged along with the air warmed by the heating means 50. Discharged along 43).

Therefore, the user can enjoy a dry or wet half body bath by appropriately adjusting temperature, humidity, and the like.

Seat half body bath device of the present invention has the following characteristic effects.

First, since the seat-type half-bath device of the present invention is configured in the form of a chair, the user can enjoy the half-bath in a living room or outdoor space, without being restricted by a place such as a bath or a sauna.

Second, the seat-type half-bath apparatus of the present invention can be heated or wet by heating the air instead of boiling or warming the water, so that a cumbersome process such as boiling water or taking a bath to prepare the half-bath can be eliminated. Therefore, the risk of burns can be reduced. In addition, since the air is used as a medium, it is possible to quickly raise and lower the temperature of the interior space of the half body bath, so that the periodic half body bath can be enjoyed quickly and continuously.

Third, the seat-type half-bath apparatus of the present invention is to close only the lower body in the state where the user is seated, and to expose the upper body to the contrary, it can maximize the effect of the half body bath. In particular, the seat-type half-bath apparatus of the present invention is provided with a nozzle for directly injecting heated air under the navel of the lower abdomen can achieve an intensive half-bath effect.

Claims (7)

A main body having a suction passage for sucking air, a heating means for heating the sucked air, and a discharge passage for discharging the heated air; A blower installed in the main body to blow the air to flow; A sheet formed on an upper surface of the main body for seating of a user; A housing connected to the main body and having an edge formed to open the upper portion of the housing while wrapping the sheet; A cover which opens and closes the upper portion of the housing with an edge corresponding to the housing; And And a backrest installed at the rear of the main body to support the back of the user. When the cover closes the housing while the user is seated on the seat, a half body bath space is formed to accommodate the lower body of the user, and air in the half body bath space is sucked into the suction passage and heated by the heating means. Seating half body bath device characterized in that discharged to the half body bath space through the discharge passage. The method of claim 1, Seated half-bath device characterized in that it further comprises a spray nozzle which is installed on the cover and injects the heated air toward the lower abdomen of the user. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Seating half body bath device further comprises a humidifying means for supplying water vapor to the half body bath space. The method of claim 3, The humidification means, It is installed between the suction passage and the discharge passage, A container for storing water; And And an ultrasonic vibrator for generating water vapor by vibrating the stored water. The method of claim 4, wherein Sealing the space between the cover and the housing when the user is seated, A back cushion member in contact with the back of the user; A side cushion member filling and sealing a side space of a user's waist; And Seating half-bath device further comprises; an abdominal cushion member for sealing the front abdominal space of the user. The method of claim 5, Seat-type half-bath device characterized in that the heating wire is built in the seat. The method of claim 6, Seat side half bath apparatus characterized in that the side of the main body is provided with an operation panel unit is provided with a temperature control switch for adjusting the temperature inside the half body bath space.