KR20130091472A - Heater for lower body - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A heater for the lower body is provided to easily foment the lower body including feet and knees and to reduce heat loss. CONSTITUTION: A heater for the lower body comprises a body (10), a heater stand (20), a heater (30), a fomenting material (40), and a control unit. The body accommodates the lower body including feet, knees, and legs. The heater stand is installed in the body and mounts the heater. The heater is mounted in the heater stand and heats the fomenting material by being provided with power. The fomenting material is located in the body and foments feet by being heated by the heater. The control unit controls the heater.

Description

{HEATER FOR LOWER BODY}

The present invention relates to a heating device for a lower body having a new structure which can easily heat a lower body including a foot and a knee while minimizing heat loss.

In Oriental medicine, all the nerves of the body are connected with the feet, and by warming the feet, the metabolism of the whole body is promoted. Thus, many footbaths having various forms and functions for warming the feet are being developed.

Most of them are wet type foot baths which should be immersed in hot water heated to a certain temperature. However, this limits the use of water to a specific place in the course of use and restricts physical activities, And it is also inconvenient to clean the water that has been spilled around and discard used water after use.

In the conventional wet type foot bath, since the heating device for heating the water to be used requires a complex structure and continuous heating, the electric consumption becomes large and the volume becomes large, which facilitates handling such as transportation.

As a conventional footbath for solving such a problem, there is a utility model registration No. 410307 (a loess soap foot bath).

In the utility model registration No. 410307 (yellow loofah bathtub), legs can be inserted through the opening portion of the body, legs put in the leg receiving portion by a fastening belt mutually fastened in a Velcro type, Thereby preventing it from flowing in the opening portion.

However, in the foot bath, since the leg-receiving portion for putting the foot is opened to the upper portion, the heated air from the inside is drawn out through the upper portion to generate heat loss. Therefore, in order to maintain the proper temperature, additional power consumption There was a serious problem that could not be demanded.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a heating device for a lower body having a novel structure which can easily heat a lower body including feet and knees while minimizing heat loss.

According to an aspect of the present invention,

A body having a receiving portion for receiving a lower body including a foot or a knee inserted and removed through the opening,

Heaters installed on the body and installed with heaters:

Heater which is installed in the heater mounting stand and heats the heat-resistant material by receiving power,

The body material is heated and heated by a heater to keep the foot warm.

And a controller for controlling the operation of the heater.

Further, in the present invention, an elastic material shielding member surrounding the lower body including a foot or a knee which is inserted and removed through the cut-out portion is detachably installed in the opening of the body so that the heat released from the inside can be minimized .

In addition, in the present invention, the body is further provided with a reinforcing material removing mechanism for massaging the sole, and at the same time, the body material attached to the feet can be shaken.

Further, in the present invention, a heat insulating material is further provided between the body and the heater.

Further, in the present invention, the fomentation material placed inside the body is discharged to the outside through a discharge cover installed to be rotatable.

Further, in the present invention, the shielding member is further provided with a reinforcing portion for preventing a flow of a lower body including a foot or a knee inserted inward through a cut-out portion.

Further, in the present invention,

A bracket installed on the inner surface of the body;

And a rotary type pressure bar which is rotatably installed on the bracket and has a plurality of projections on its peripheral surface.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the foot is put on the inside of the sand by fomenting the foot in the sandy beach during the summer through the structure of the body, the heater, the heater, So that the metabolism and blood circulation of the whole body can be vigorously performed.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the padding material contained in the body can be easily discharged through the discharge cover of the body, there is an advantage that it can be discharged very conveniently to a weak elderly person or children.

In addition, according to the present invention, the poultice material attached to the sole can be easily removed through the poultice material removing device installed in the body, and the main meridians of the sole can be stimulated through the protrusion formed on the outer surface, .

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a heater for a lower body according to the present invention; FIG.
2 is an exploded perspective view of a main portion of a warmer for a lower body according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the connection of a heating unit for a lower body according to the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a heater mounting table taken separately from the lower body heater according to the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the undergarment heater according to the present invention. FIG.
Fig. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the essential part of Fig. 5; Fig.
FIG. 7 is an assembled sectional view of FIG. 5; FIG.

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

In the following description of the present invention, detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

1 to 3, a heating unit for a lower body according to the present invention includes a body 10, a heater mounting base 20, a heater 30, a face material 40, and a control unit 70, 30 to warm the two feet through the warming material 40 heated.

The shielding member 50, the squeezing member 60, and the heat insulating member 80 are further reinforced.

The body 10 is a known housing assembled through a plurality of plates (upper plate, lower plate, front, rear, left and right plates), and a lower body including a foot or a knee on the upper side is inwardly And a receiving portion 12 is formed in the lower portion of the body 11 so that a lower body including a foot or a knee inserted through the opening 11 can be positioned.

Particularly, a thick plate, that is, a discharge cover 13 among the plates constituting the body 10 is installed to be rotatable via a pin. According to this embodiment, since the elderly or children are weak in strength, the body 10 containing the fomenting material 40 can not be taken out to the outside. At this time, in the state where the discharge cover 13 is rotated, It is very convenient to discharge the fomenting material 40 to the outside easily.

Referring to FIG. 4, the heater mounting table 20 is mounted on the body 10 and can be installed with the heater 30. In the present embodiment, the heater mounting table 20 includes fixing grooves 21a, A longitudinal member (21) which is made of an elastic material; And a plurality of transverse members 22 provided at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the top surface of the longitudinal members 21. [

In the fixing groove 21a, a heater 30 to be described later is inserted and fixed.

The heater 30 is a known surface heating element that generates heat by receiving power. In this embodiment, the heater 30 is fixed to the fixing groove 21a between the longitudinal members 21 and serves to heat the surface of the material 40.

In the case of this embodiment, a planar heating element is shown as an example of the heater 30, but this is merely an example and there is a known means that can perform the same function as the planar heating element if necessary Any number of variations are possible.

The fomenting material 40 is a well-known sand. In this embodiment, the fomentation material 40 is sandwiched in the body 10 and heated by the heater 30 to fill the foot.

According to this embodiment, when the foot is put into the inside of the warming material 40 warmed by the heater 30, the feet are warmed by the heat of the warming material 40, so that the nervous system connected to the foot is stimulated, Metabolism and circulation of blood will become active.

In this embodiment, sand is used as an example of the fomenting material 40. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, various known fomentation materials such as loam balls, have.

In the present embodiment, only the poultice function of padding the feet through the poultice material 40 in the body 10 is described. However, if necessary, the poultice material 40 in the body 10 is removed The heat from the heater 30 can be directly transferred to the feet and knees to be used for warming or thermotherapy.

The controller 70 is a known controller and functions to control the intensity of the heater 30 by turning the heater 30 on and off in the case of the present embodiment.

The control unit 70 may be provided on the body 10 as shown in FIG. 5, if necessary.

And, as shown in Figure 3, the heater 40 is installed in the interior of the body 10 via the heater mounting unit 20 separately, the operation of the heater 40 is installed in this way also the control unit ( 70) can be controlled.

A shielding member 50 detachably installed in the opening 11 of the body 10 is further reinforced and in this embodiment the shielding member 50 is fixed to the body 10 via a Velcro tape. And is detachably provided in the opening 11.

The shielding member 50 is made of an elastic material and has a cut-out portion 51 cut in the longitudinal direction integrally at the center. In this embodiment, the cut-out portion 51 includes a knee from the foot or foot The lower body is removed.

Meanwhile, when the lower body including the foot or the knee is inserted into the incision part 51, the incision part 51 is severely widened due to the thickness of the ankle or the thigh and the heat is discharged through the gap, .

Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, the shielding member 50 is further provided with a reinforcing portion 52 which is capable of forcibly fixing the opening of the cut-out portion 51.

Here, the fixing portion 52 is a known Velcro tape.

According to the present embodiment, the incised portion 51 opened due to the thickness of the ankle or the thigh is fixed via the fixing portion 52, so that the shielding member 50 of the elastic material covers the peripheries of the ankles or the thighs, There is an advantage that the heat of the heat exchanger can be minimized.

In addition, the inside of the side plate of the body 10 is further reinforced with a packing material removing device 60.

The fomenting material removal mechanism (60) includes a bracket (61) provided on the inner surface of the body (10); And a rotary type pressure bar 62 provided on the bracket 61 so as to be rotatable with a plurality of projections 62a on the circumferential surface thereof. The massage device 60 massages the soles of the feet and whips out the poultice material 40 attached to the feet Function.

According to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, when the rotary pressure bar 62 installed perpendicularly to the bracket 61 is pivoted at 90 degrees through the pin, it is arranged horizontally. When the foot is rubbed on the foot 62, the poultice material 40 attached to the foot is easily fallen off by the projection 62a and is not buried when the foot is pulled out. At the same time, it can stimulate the meridians of the sole of the sole, which can greatly contribute to blood circulation.

A heat insulating material 80 is further provided between the body 10 and the heater 30 so that the heat insulating material 80 is externally dissipated to minimize the occurrence of heat loss therein.

It is preferable that the heat insulating material 80 is made of a material resistant to heat such as known glass fibers and not burnt.

Referring to the operation of the present invention made of the above configuration as follows.

First of all, when the fomenting material 40 is put into the body 10 and the controller 70 is operated to supply power to the heater 30, the heater 30 is operated to generate heat Whereby the padding material 40 is heated.

The foot is inserted through the cutout 51 of the shielding member 50 and then the cutout 51 opened due to the thickness of the ankle or the thigh is inserted into the fixing portion 52 ).

Then, the foot may be padded for a predetermined period of time in a state in which the foot is completely covered by the padding material 40.

When the foot is faded through the fomework material 40, the feminine material 40 is attached to the foot by heat. To remove the foment material 40, a foment material removal mechanism 60 installed inside the body 10, .

More specifically, when the rotary type acupressure rod 62 provided on the bracket 61 is rotated around the pin and horizontally extended, when the sole is pushed against the rotary type acupressure rod 62, the poultice material 40 are naturally fallen by the protrusions 62a, and at the same time, the meridian of the sole is stimulated by the protrusions 62a, which is an advantage of greatly contributing to blood circulation.

Further, since the foot is dried by the upper heater 30 when the foot is pushed against the rotary pressure bar 62, there is an advantage that the inconvenience that the foot sticks to the floor of the room when the foot is drawn out from the body 10 can be solved .

After using the rotary pressure bar 62, the rotary pressure bar 62 that has been horizontally expanded is rotated in the reverse order of the above-mentioned method and is vertically erected.

After the fixed portion 52 of the shielding member 50 is released and the foot is taken out to the outside of the body 10 so as to take out the foot placed inside the body 10, The cover member 13 is pulled out to the outside while the shielding member 50 is separated from the upper part of the body 10 and then the inside of the fomenting material 40 is taken out to the outside, The process may be closed in the reverse order of the above method.

4 to 7 are views showing another embodiment of the heating unit for a lower body according to the present invention. The overall structure of the heating unit is substantially the same as that of the above-mentioned heating unit, except that the body 10 ) Are formed so as to be long, so that the detailed description and the operation will be replaced by the above-mentioned heater.

According to the present embodiment, since the lower body including the knee is contained in the body 10 and is fomed through the heater 30, it is very useful because it can alleviate the pain caused by the weakened knee joint in the old age.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

10: body 11: opening 12:
13: exhaust cover 20: heater mounting base 21: longitudinal member
22: transverse member 30: heater 40:
50: shielding member 51: incision part 52:
60: Fomenting material removing device 61: Bracket 62: Rotary gripper bar
70: control unit 80:

Claims (7)

The body 10 in which the receiving portion 12 is formed so as to allow the foot to be inserted through the opening 11 or the lower body including the foot and the knee to be placed therein:
Heater mounting base 20 is installed in the body 10 and the heater 30 is installed:
Heater 30 is installed on the heater mounting stand 20 and is heated to receive the power to heat the steaming material 40:
Poultry material (40) which is internally installed in the body (10) and heated by the heater (30) to steam the feet:
Warmer for lower body, characterized in that it comprises a control unit 70 for controlling the operation of the heater (30).
The method of claim 1,
In the opening 11 of the body 10, a foot member inserted inwardly through the cutout 51 or an elastic shielding member 50 surrounding the lower body including the foot and the knee is detachably installed. A lower body warmer, characterized in that the heat is minimized to be released to the outside.
The method of claim 1,
The inside of the body 10 is further provided with a refrigerating material removal mechanism 60, through which the bottom of the body characterized in that it is possible to shake off the culprit material 40 attached to the foot at the same time to massage the sole. Warmer.
The method of claim 1,
Wherein a heat insulating material (80) is further provided between the body (10) and the heater (30).
5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Warmer 40 is placed inside the body 10 is discharged to the outside through the discharge cover 13 is installed rotatably.
The method of claim 2,
The shield member 50 is a lower body warmer, characterized in that the fixing portion 52 is further provided to prevent the flow of the lower body including the foot or knee inserted inwardly through the incision (51).
The method of claim 3,
The poultice material removing mechanism 60,
A bracket 61 installed on an inner surface of the body 10;
The lower body warmer, comprising a plurality of projections (62a) on the circumferential surface, consisting of a rotary pressure rod (62) rotatably installed on the bracket (61).

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