KR20100122401A - Warm bath and ablution device for hands and feet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A warm bath device and warm bath apparatus for hands and feet using the same are provided, which can indirectly heat warm bath water. CONSTITUTION: A warm bath device comprises: a warm bath space(110) of a recess shape in which the upper part is opened in order to contain warm bath water; a main body(100) in which a warm bath water space is prepared by surrounding the whole or a part of the internal space; a hot water pipe(210) which is arranged in order to be inserted into the warm bath water space and makes the warm water heated by a boiler flow thereinside; and a holder(300) in which user's hands or feet can be hung in the internal space.

Description

Bath and ablution device for hands and feet

The present invention relates to a bath-type hot tub and a foot-bath apparatus using the same, and more particularly, a bath-type hot tub configured to indirectly heat the bath bath with a bath bath and to pressure the user's body during the hot bath. The present invention relates to a used aquarium apparatus.

In general, when a person is active, waste is accumulated by the metabolism in the body to feel fatigue, when the hand and feet are the farthest from the heart because the blood circulation disorder caused by fatigue is the most severe.

In particular, modern people accumulate toxins in the body due to medicines taken to treat diseases, and these factors reduce the body's natural healing power and immunity. Therefore, to relieve the toxins accumulated in the body by performing a hand and foot bath to release the fatigue of the hands and feet, at the same time to discharge the waste accumulated in the body to improve the natural healing power.

In order to maximize the effect as described above, add the additives (water-soluble organic germanium powder or herbal medicine, etc.) into a container filled with water to dissolve and dip the hands and feet to see the effects of the additives. In order to allow several people to obtain simultaneously, the recent trend is to improve the structure in various forms to enable commercialization.

On the other hand, in the prior art, the utility model registration No. 180422 (name: foot and foot bath using mineral) is shown in Figure 1 as follows.

First, the upper and lower chambers 21 and 11 configured to fill the warm bath solution of mineral stock using the biotite are configured with a difference in height, and each of the upper and lower chambers 21 and 11 may be supplied with a warm bath solution. One supply hole (12, 22) and the discharge hole (13, 23) which is a drainage path are formed, respectively. The inlet of the supply holes (12, 22) is provided with a heater (4) for heating the warm bath liquid, and the upper and lower chambers (21, 11) inside the vibrator (14, 24) and the temperature sensor (15, 25) ) And water level sensors 16 and 26 are respectively installed.

In front of the upper and lower chambers 21 and 11, a control panel 31 is provided with a heater 4, a vibrator 14, 24, a temperature sensor 15, 25, and a water level sensor 16, 26. It is installed while connecting.

Referring to the operation of the conventional technology configured as described above are as follows.

First, the control panel 31 is adjusted to supply a hot bath solution in which mineral stock solution is mixed through the supply holes 12 and 22, and then flows into the upper and lower chambers 21 and 11. Soak in the chamber 21, the foot is soaked in the lower chamber (11). At this time, the user's hands and feet are flowed by the vibration transmitted from the vibrator (14, 24).

Therefore, the user can obtain the effect of reducing fatigue due to the mineral component and vibration absorbed by the skin in proportion to the time of soaking in water.

However, the conventional water bath has a problem that the warm bath liquid is directly heated by the heater 4, the current of the heater 4 is transferred to the warm bath liquid, the user may be electrocuted. Of course, there is also a method of waterproofing the heater 4 in order to prevent such an electric shock accident, but even if the heater 4 is waterproofed, there is a disadvantage that it can not completely prevent the phenomenon that the minute current is transferred to the warm bath solution. . In addition, when a herbal medicine or a chemical component is added to the warm bath liquid, there is a problem that the warm bath liquid directly comes into contact with the high temperature heater 4, resulting in deterioration of components of the warm bath liquid and corrosion of the heater 4.

In addition, the vibrator (14, 24) mounted in the conventional water-based hot tub configured as described above is only the effect of transmitting the vibration wave to the user's hands and feet, but does not directly hit the user's body massage There is a drawback that the effect of is inadequate.

In addition, when the user puts hands or feet in the upper and lower chambers 21 and 11, the palms and soles are inclined at an angle with the bottom surfaces of the upper and lower chambers 21 and 11, and the conventional limbs are constructed as described above. The device has a disadvantage in that it is inconvenient to use because there is no separate cradle for allowing the user's hand or foot to be inclined. In this case, a method of inclining the bottom surfaces of the upper and lower chambers 21 and 11 may also be considered, but the angle between the palms and the soles of the sole and the bottom of the upper and lower chambers 21 and 11 may be formed. Since there is a great variety depending on the characteristics, there is a problem that can not satisfy the convenience of all users.

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above problems, there is no fear of component deterioration or electric shock when heating the hot bath solution, it can effectively acupressure the user's hands and feet, various angles of hands and feet It is an object of the present invention to provide a bath-type hot tub and a foot-bath apparatus using the same, which are configured to maximize the user's convenience by being able to be changed.

The warm bath according to the present invention for achieving the above object,

A main body provided with a concave hot bath space having an upper side open so that the hot bath liquid can be contained, and a hot water filling space filled with a hot water to surround the whole or part of the hot bath space;

A hot water pipe configured to flow inside the hot water heated by a boiler and arranged to be drawn into the hot water filling space;

It is configured to include.

In the warm bath space is provided with a cradle on which the user's hand or foot can be mounted.

The cradle includes a horizontal portion fixedly coupled to a bottom surface of the warm bath space, and an inclined portion connected to one end of the horizontal portion and inclined in a direction crossing the horizontal portion.

The cradle is configured to have an elastic structure so that the angle between the horizontal portion and the inclined portion is changed when the user applies a force to the inclined portion.

An inner space having an opening formed on an upper side thereof is provided, and a housing mounted on the inclined portion such that the opening protrudes upwardly from the upper surface of the inclined portion, and provided in the inner space of the housing so as to be movable upward and downward through the opening. Acupressure portion having a pressure inlet portion protruding out of the housing;

A gas pipe for injecting a high pressure gas supplied from a gas supply unit toward the acupressure port to raise the acupressure port;

It further includes.

On the inner wall of the inner space of the housing, a latching jaw in which the bearing is seated is formed when the bearing is lowered.

The gas supply unit is applied to the oxygen generator.

The gas supply unit is configured to intermittently supply high pressure gas.

The foot bath apparatus according to the present invention,

Two warm baths configured as described above;

A frame configured to fix the two warm baths vertically;

A control unit controlling an operation of a boiler for supplying hot water to each warm bath and a gas supply unit for supplying a gas of high pressure;

It is configured to include.

Each hot bath is configured to receive hot water through each hot water pipe through one boiler and to supply high pressure gas through each gas pipe through one gas supply unit.

By using the bath-type hot water bath according to the present invention and a foot-and-water bath using the same, there is no fear of component deterioration or electric shock of the hot bath when heating the bath, and can effectively acupressure the user's hands and feet, mounting of the hands and feet There is an advantage that the user's convenience can be maximized by allowing the angle to be changed in various ways.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a foot and foot bath according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a cutaway view showing an internal configuration of a main body included in the foot and foot bath according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the foot and foot bath according to the present invention. 5 and 6 are cross-sectional views showing the operation of the acupressure unit included in the aquarium thermal bath apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the foot and foot bath apparatus according to the present invention has a bath (B) for warming hands and a bath (B) for warming the feet, arranged up and down by a frame (F). It is fixed. Each of the warm baths B includes a main body 100 in which the warm bath liquid is contained, and a hot water pipe 210 for heating the warm bath liquid contained in the main body 100 in a bath.

The main body 100 has a concave hot bath space 110 of which an upper side is opened so that the hot bath liquid can be contained therein, and is formed to surround the whole or part of the hot bath space 110 so that the bath water is filled. The hot water filling space 120 is provided. In addition, the hot water pipe 210 is configured to flow inside the hot water heated by the boiler 200 is arranged to pass through the inside of the hot water filling space 120. Therefore, the hot water flowing in the hot water pipe 210 heats the hot water in the hot water filling space 120, and the heated hot water is heated in the hot water space 110 through the inner wall of the hot water space 110. The warm bath is heated.

As described above, the aquarium thermal bath apparatus according to the present invention does not directly heat the warm bath liquid contained in the main body 100 by using an electric heater or the like, but heats it in a hot water bath using the heat of the hot water heated by the boiler 200. There is an advantage that the short-circuit phenomenon to the liquid does not occur, and therefore the phenomenon that the user is electrocuted does not occur.

In addition, in the case of the conventional water-based thermal bath B shown in FIG. 1, the temperature of the entire thermal bath is increased by rapidly heating a portion of the thermal bath near the heater 4 to a high temperature. The device is characterized in that it is configured to slowly heat the warm bath liquid as a whole.

As such, when the warm bath is gradually heated as a whole, there is an advantage in that even if the herbal bath or the medicine component is contained in the warm bath solution, the phenomenon of deterioration due to the application of high temperature heat is applied. In addition, since the warm bath liquid contacting the heater 4 is rapidly heated in the conventional water-based thermal bath B, a phenomenon in which the heater 4 is broken or the performance is deteriorated due to the pressing of the herbal medicine or the chemical component to the heater 4 Although frequently generated, the foot bath apparatus according to the present invention has the advantage that the phenomenon that the herbal medicine or drug components are pressed to the inner surface of the warm bath space 110 does not occur because the warm bath liquid is gradually heated.

In addition, the foot bath apparatus according to the present invention, there is another feature that the cradle 300 is provided so that the user's hands or feet can be comfortably mounted.

The holder 300 is connected to one end of the horizontal portion 310 and the horizontal portion 310 is fixedly coupled to the bottom surface of the warm bath space 110 inclined in a direction crossing the horizontal portion 310 It is configured to include an inclined portion 320 arranged. By mounting the hand or foot on the upper surface of the inclined slope 320 in this way, the user can comfortably warm the hands or feet without the wrist or ankle being severely bent.

In addition, when the angle between the inclined portion 320 and the horizontal portion 310 is set large (that is, when the inclination of the inclined portion 320 is sharp) according to personal body characteristics, the hand or the foot can be comfortably mounted. There is a user, the user who can comfortably mount the hand or foot when the inclination portion 320 is set to a small angle with the horizontal portion 310 (that is, when the inclination of the inclination portion 320 is gentle) There is. Therefore, the cradle 300 included in the present invention is preferably configured in such a way that the angle between the horizontal portion 310 and the inclined portion 320 can be changed so as to satisfy all users.

In this case, the holder 300 is made of a material that can be plastically deformed so as to maintain the changed state between the horizontal portion 310 and the inclined portion 320 when the user pulls up or down the inclined portion 320. Can be. In addition, the cradle 300 is horizontal when the user applies a force to the inclined portion 320 so that the user can perform a wrist movement or ankle movement in a state where the user or the foot mounted on the upper surface of the inclined portion 320. When the angle formed by the part 310 and the inclined part 320 is changed, it is preferable that the structure is configured to have elasticity so as to be restored to its original state when the force applied to the inclined part 320 is released. For example, when the holder 300 is made of a metal plate, both the above-mentioned plastic deformation and elastic restoration may be possible.

In addition, the foot bath apparatus according to the present invention, one or more acupressure portion 400 may be provided on the cradle 300 to acupressure the hand or foot mounted on the cradle 300.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the acupressure unit 400 is provided with an inner space in which an opening 430 is formed at an upper side thereof, such that the opening 430 protrudes above the top surface of the inclined portion 320. The housing 410 is mounted on the inclined portion 320 and is provided in the inner space of the housing 410 so as to be movable up and down, but when raised, a portion of the housing 410 is moved out of the housing 410 through the opening 430. It is configured to include acupressure sphere 420 protruding.

At this time, the gas pipe 510 for injecting the high-pressure gas supplied from the gas supply unit 500 toward the pressure port 420 so that the pressure port 420 is raised is coupled to the lower side of the housing 410. Therefore, when the high-pressure gas is not injected from the gas pipe 510, the pressure port 420 is lowered by its own weight as shown in FIG. 5 and completely introduced into the housing 410, and the gas pipe 510 When a high pressure gas is injected from the pressure port 420 is pushed up to the opening 430 side (upper side in Figure 5) as shown in Figure 6, the housing 410 through a portion of the opening 430 It protrudes outward. As described above, the acupressure port 420, which partially protrudes out of the housing 410, hits the user's hand or foot seated on the inclined portion 320, so that the user can obtain the pressure effect of the hand or foot. . At this time, the gas supply unit 500 is preferably configured to intermittently supply a high-pressure gas so that the rising and falling of the pressure port 420 can be repeated periodically.

In this case, when the opening 430 is formed to be larger than the diameter of the acupressure hole 420, since the acupressure hole 420 may be completely exited to the outside of the housing 410, the opening 430 may be the acupressure hole 420. It should be formed smaller than the diameter of.

On the other hand, when the pressure port 420 is lowered and the pressure port 420 is not located on the longitudinal center line of the housing 410 is biased toward any one side, the high pressure of the high pressure injected through the gas pipe 510 When raised by the gas may hit the side wall of the housing 410 noise may occur or may not be raised correctly toward the opening 430 may occur.

Therefore, a locking step 440 is provided on the inner wall of the inner space of the housing 410 to guide the seating position of the bearing 420 on the longitudinal center line of the housing 410 when the bearing 420 is lowered. Preferably formed. The locking jaw 440 may be formed in a ring shape in which a through hole is formed so that a lower portion of the acupressure hole 420 may be drawn in as shown in the present embodiment, and a plurality of protruding portions may protrude from an inner wall of the housing 410. It may be formed in a projection shape.

In addition, the gas supply unit 500 may be applied to an air compressor for supplying high pressure compressed air, or may be applied to an oxygen generator for supplying high pressure oxygen. When the gas supply unit 500 is applied to the oxygen generator, the oxygen is in contact with the user's hand or foot mounted on the cradle 300 may obtain the effect of sterilizing the user's hand or foot, the user's hand or foot Oxygen that was contacted is discharged over the surface of the warm bath liquid and delivered to the user's respiratory tract.

The hot tub (B) included in the foot-bath apparatus according to the present invention, as shown in this embodiment, may be configured so that the two are arranged up and down to warm the hands and feet of the user, respectively, one hot bath (B) may be manufactured and used as a finished product.

That is, in order to reduce the volume of the product, only one warm bath (B) is made of a single configuration, and may be utilized to warm hands or warm feet according to a user's selection.

2 and 3, when the two warm baths B are arranged up and down, one boiler 200 as shown in the present embodiment, the upper warm bath (B) and the lower warm bath ( B) to supply hot water to all and one gas supply unit 500 may be configured to supply all of the high pressure gas to both the upper warm bath (B) and the lower warm bath (B), the boiler for the upper warm bath (B) The 200 and the gas supply unit 500 may be separately provided, and the boiler 200 and the gas supply unit 500 for the lower side temperature bath B may be separately provided. At this time, when the boiler 200 and the gas supply unit 500 is commonly used for the upper temperature bath (B) and the lower temperature bath (B), the control unit for controlling the operation of the boiler 200 and the gas supply unit 500 ( 600 is also required only one, when the boiler 200 and the gas supply unit 500 is separately mounted to the upper warm bath (B) and the lower warm bath (B), respectively, the control unit 600 is also the upper warm bath (B) ) And the lower warm bath (B) should be mounted separately.

When the boiler 200 and the gas supply unit 500 are commonly used for the upper side warmer (B) and the lower side warmer (B), there is an advantage of reducing the manufacturing cost of the aquarium device, and the upper side warmer ( B) the boiler 200 and the gas supply unit 500 and the lower temperature bath (B) when the boiler 200 and the gas supply unit 500 is mounted separately, respectively, the upper warm bath (B) and the lower warm bath (B) There is an advantage that can be used separately from each of the frame (F).

Figure 7 is a state diagram used in the aquarium thermal bath apparatus according to the present invention.

In the case of using the aquarium apparatus for warm water according to the present invention, first, the user's hand is seated on the inclined portion 320 of the holder 300 as shown in FIG. ) To heat the warm bath solution in a bath, and the gas supply unit 500 to operate the acupressure unit 400 to press the palm of the user.

In this case, the user may not simply stay still after placing the palm on the upper surface of the inclined part 320, but may perform a finger node or a wrist movement by repeating pressing the inclined part 320 downward. In this way, when the hand joints and finger joints or wrist joint movements are combined together, the finger joints and wrist joints are not only softened, but the blood circulation of the hand proceeds more rapidly, so that the warm bathing effect can be seen more.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated in detail using the preferable embodiment, the scope of the present invention is not limited to a specific embodiment, Comprising: It should be interpreted by the attached Claim. In addition, those skilled in the art should understand that many modifications and variations are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.

1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a conventional foot bath.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the aquarium foot bath according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a cutaway view showing the internal configuration of the main body included in the aquarium foot bath according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the aquarium foot bath according to the present invention.

5 and 6 are cross-sectional views showing the operation of the acupressure unit included in the aquarium foot bath apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 7 is a state diagram used in the aquarium thermal bath apparatus according to the present invention.

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

100: main body 110: warm bath space

120: filling water bath 200: boiler

210: hot water pipe 300: holder

310: horizontal portion 320: inclined portion

400: acupressure part 500: gas supply part

510 gas pipe 600 control unit

Claims (9)

The main body 100 is provided with a concave hot bath space 110 having a concave shape, the upper side of which is opened so that the warm bath solution can be contained, and a bath water filling space 120 filled with a bath water filled to surround all or a part of the inner space. ; Hot water pipe 210 is configured to flow inside the hot water heated by the boiler 200 is arranged to be drawn into the hot water filling space 120; Warm bath (B) characterized in that comprises a. The method of claim 1, In the interior space is provided with a cradle 300 that can be mounted to the user's hand or foot, The cradle 300 is inclined to be inclined in a direction crossing the horizontal portion 310 and the horizontal portion 310 is fixedly coupled to the bottom surface of the internal space, the horizontal portion 310 is connected to one end of the horizontal portion 310 Warm bath (B) characterized in that it comprises a portion (320). The method of claim 2, The cradle 300 is configured to have a structure having elasticity so that an angle between the horizontal portion 310 and the inclined portion 320 can be changed when a user applies a force to the inclined portion 320. Warm bath (B). The method of claim 2, An inner space in which an opening 430 is formed is provided at an upper side thereof, and a housing 410 mounted to the inclined portion 320 to protrude upward from the upper surface of the inclined portion 320 and the vertical movement of the opening 430. An acupressure part 400 provided in an inner space of the housing 410 but having a pressure port 420 protruding outwardly from the housing 410 through the opening 430 when raised; A gas pipe 510 for injecting a high pressure gas supplied from a gas supply part 500 toward the acupressure port 420 so that the acupressure port 420 is raised; Warm bath (B) characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 4, wherein On the inner wall of the inner space of the housing 410, the bath jaw (440) is characterized in that the locking jaw (440) is formed when the acupressure port (420) is seated when the acupressure port (420) is lowered. The method of claim 4, wherein The gas supply unit 500 is a warm bath (B), characterized in that the oxygen generator. The method of claim 4, wherein The gas supply unit 500 is a hot bath (B), characterized in that configured to supply intermittent high-pressure gas. Two warm baths (B) which are comprised by the structure in any one of Claims 4-7; A frame (F) for arranging and fixing the two warm baths B vertically; A controller 600 for controlling the operation of the boiler 200 for supplying hot water to each warm bath B and the gas supply unit 500 for supplying a high pressure gas; An aquarium warm bath device, characterized in that comprising a. The method of claim 8, Each warm bath (B) is supplied with hot water to each hot water pipe (210) through one boiler 200, to receive a high-pressure gas to each gas pipe (510) through one gas supply unit (500). An aquarium foot bath, characterized in that configured.

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