KR20160057022A - shower unit with air massage - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a shower unit installed with a shower head to wash a human body or a part of the human body. More specifically, the present invention relates to a shower unit with an air massage function, which can be used and kept in a narrow space since the shower unit is formed in a fixed volume of a housing, and especially, can provide the massage function by wind pressure on a part of the human body like a head and a back since high pressure wind is sprayed from a shower head together with water.

Description

A shower unit with air massager (shower unit with air massage)

The present invention relates to a shower unit equipped with a shower head for washing a body or a body part.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shower unit equipped with a shower head for washing a body or a body part. More particularly, the present invention relates to a shower unit, To a shower unit capable of using an air massager capable of massaging by a wind pressure on a part of the body such as a head and the like.

Generally, a shower is installed in a bathroom and is used to wash a part of the body such as a shower or a part of a body such as a head or a face. The use range is a shower hanger fixed to a wall of a public facility or a home bathroom It is also used in places such as kitchen sinks that are used by putting or washing dishes, or hairdressers and barber shops that are used only to wind the customer's head.

The showerhead described above is a device for discharging water supplied from a water pipe through a fine jetting port, and a shower head having a plurality of jetting ports formed therein and a knob is integrally formed, and a hose connected to an end of the water pipe .

Such a shower can be divided into a left type and a lipped type, so that the shape thereof can be changed. Cold water or hot water supplied through a hose passes through a flow path inside the head body of the shower, and is sprayed to the outside through a plurality of jetting openings to allow the user to shower.

Recently, in using the above-described shower, not only a shower function for simply wiping the body cleaner but also a body massage function using the water pressure of water sprayed from the shower.

When a part of the body is massaged through the shower, the injection pressure of the water sprayed by the user is a very important part. The injection pressure of the shower sprayed to the user is determined by the supply pressure of the fluid, The spraying pressure is lowered and the shower efficiency is lowered. On the other hand, in an environment where the supply pressure of the fluid is high, the injection pressure is increased to improve the shower efficiency, but the amount of the fluid to be used is relatively increased and the cost is increased.

Next, Korean Utility Model No. 20-0163483 discloses a shower having a built-in hair massage function, which is designed to solve the problem of a conventional shower generated when a part of a body is massaged using a shower using water jet pressure only.

As shown in FIG. 1, the shower with the built-in hair massage function includes a body having a cylinder-shaped upper portion and a male screw portion formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a switch and a hose connecting portion mounted on a lower side thereof; A massaging unit integrally coupled to the lower portion of the body and having a plurality of tentacle-shaped protrusions protruded on an upper surface thereof and having a spray hole for spraying water between the protrusions; A vibration motor mounted inside the upper portion of the body; A charger mounted inside the upper portion of the body so as to be connected to the vibration motor and having a power terminal protruded to the outside; And a female threaded portion formed on a lower inner circumferential surface of the body so as to be engaged with a male threaded portion of the body, the hollow portion being hollow and receiving a power terminal of the charger.

The conventional shower with the built-in hair massage function has a problem that the cost of the product is increased by forming a separate massage part for allowing the tentacle-shaped protrusions to vibrate by the electric power supply. When the shower is left in a humid bath in which water is frequently used, There is a problem that an electric shock or a vibration motor and a charger can be corroded by moisture.

Korean Registered Utility Model No. 20-0163483

Therefore, the shower unit capable of air massaging according to the present invention solves the problem of the conventional shower having a massage function that is costly and difficult to manage by attaching a separate massage device to the shower head, and furthermore, Provides an air massaging shower unit that provides an improved shower and massages the body part by high-pressure wind to obtain a physical therapy effect of pain relief.

A shower unit capable of air massaging according to the present invention comprises: a pump for discharging water supplied from outside to a high pressure through an outlet; An air compressor for discharging high-pressure air through an outlet; A shower head connected to the discharge port of the pump and the discharge mechanism of the air compressor by a hose to discharge high pressure water and air to the outside; A solenoid valve mounted between the outlet port and the outlet hose to regulate the amount of high pressure air discharged from the high pressure water and / or air compressor discharged from the pump; A foot switch for controlling ON / OFF of the solenoid valve by a pressing operation; A housing in which the pump, the air compressor, and the solenoid valve are installed and the fan is mounted on one side; And a power supply unit provided in the housing and connected to the external power source to convert the supplied voltage into a voltage necessary for driving the pump, the air compressor, the electromagnetic valve, the foot switch, and the fan, And a shower unit capable of air massage.

Therefore, the shower unit capable of air massaging according to the present invention has an excellent effect of massaging the body part without washing the body part, thereby improving the blood circulation of the body, and restoring fatigue and hair loss It has a remarkable effect that can be prevented.

Further, the shower unit is made compact in size, and has a remarkable effect in that it is easy to carry and store.

1 is a schematic view showing a shower having a conventional scalp massage function.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the whole of the shower unit according to the present invention
3 and 5 are a front view, a schematic view and a sectional view showing a shower head of a shower unit according to the present invention
Fig. 6 is an explanatory view showing the state of use of the shower unit according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shower unit equipped with a shower head for washing a body or a body part. More particularly, the present invention relates to a shower unit, The present invention relates to a shower unit capable of air massage with excellent massaging effect for relieving pain and promoting health by injecting high pressure water and wind simultaneously to a part of a body such as a head and the like.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of an air massaging shower unit according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a shower unit according to the present invention, FIGS. 3 to 5 show a shower head of a shower unit according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 shows a preferred embodiment of a shower unit according to the present invention It is the state of use.

2 to 5, the shower unit capable of air massaging according to the present invention comprises: a pump 10 for discharging water supplied from the outside through a discharge port at a high pressure; An air compressor 20 for discharging high-pressure air through an outlet mechanism; A shower head 50 connected to the outlet 10a of the pump 10 and the outlet 20a of the air compressor 20 by a hose 40 to inject high pressure water and air to the outside; Pressure water discharged from the pump 10 and / or high-pressure air discharged from the air compressor 20 mounted between the outlet 10a, the outlet 20a and the hose 40, A valve 30; A foot switch (60) for controlling the solenoid valve (30) by ON / OFF control; And a fan 70 connected to the external power source and supplied with the voltage from the pump 10, the air compressor 20, the electromagnetic valve 30, the foot switch 60, And a power supply control unit 80 connected to a power supply switch 80a for converting a voltage required for driving and supplying a voltage to each device and for disconnecting / connecting the external power supply.

The pump 10 is connected to a water supply pipe (not shown) or a faucet to which hot and cold water is supplied by a lake or a transfer pipe. The pump 10 is driven by a proper voltage supply transformed by the power supply control unit 80, psi < / RTI >

The air compressor 20 is a device for compressing and injecting air by an appropriate voltage supplied by the power source control unit 80, and discharges the condensed high-pressure air to the outside.

(10a) of the pump (10) for discharging the hot and cold water of the pump (10) and the air compressor (20) to the outside and the tip of the discharge mechanism (20a) of the air compressor The solenoid valve 30 is also called a solenoid valve. The solenoid valve 30 automatically opens and closes the valve using the electromagnetic force of the electromagnetic coil. When the pump 10 is driven, The discharge amount and the air injection pressure and discharge amount of the air compressor 20 are controlled.

A hose (40) connected to the shower head (50) is fastened to the other end of the solenoid valve (30).

The hose 40 is made of a flexible material, and is preferably made of a resin or stainless steel or a bellows.

The shower head 50 is connected to the hose 40 by the pump 10 and the air compressor 20 so as to receive the cold, hot water and high-pressure air, The inlet port 51a connected to the hose 40 and the outlet port 10a of the pump 10 is connected to the outlet port 20a of the air compressor 20 and the air inlet port 52a are formed.

The lower end of the shower head 50 is fastened with a joint cover 90 for blocking the inflow of water or foreign matter into the inlet 51a and the air inlet 52a.

The shower head 50 is connected to the air inlet 52a through an induction pipe 52b and a plurality of air holes 52c are formed in the center of the front surface of the shower head 50 so that high- And a plurality of drain holes 51c are formed on the outer circumference of the air injection nozzle 52 so as to be connected to the inlet 51a and the drainage pipe 51b so that the high- A water injection nozzle 51 is formed.

That is, when the electromagnetic valve 30 is opened and opened, hot and cold water sprayed from the pump 10 passes through the hose 40 and flows into the inlet 51a of the showerhead 50 and the water pipe And the air compressor 20 blows the high pressure air through the air inlet 51a of the shower head 50 through the hose 40 to the outside through the drain hole 51c of the water injection nozzle 51, 52a and the induction pipe 52b to the outside through the exhaust hole 52c of the air injection nozzle 52. [

The foot switch 60 is a device for controlling the electromagnetic valve 30. When the hand is not enough when the user's hair is wrapped around the head as in a beauty salon, the foot switch 60 is pushed with the foot to drive the electromagnetic valve 30 The amount of water and air injected from the pump 10 and the air compressor 20 is adjusted by controlling the amount of opening and closing of the electromagnetic valve 30 according to the force to which the foot switch 60 is pressed.

FIG. 6 shows a preferred embodiment of a shower unit capable of air massaging according to the present invention. The shower unit of the present invention is manufactured in a predetermined size so as to be easy to carry and store, You can wash or massage parts of the same body.

In order to wind the customer's head in the beauty salon, when the user uses the shower unit after the user's head is placed on the shampoo chair 1 and the head is tilted to the washstand 2, the shower unit is first connected to the external power source, And turns on the power switch 80a.

As the power supply switch (ON) is turned on, the power supply control unit 80 operates to convert the voltages required for the respective devices and supply them to the respective connected devices.

Then, the user of the shower unit brings the shower head 50 close to the head of the guest and slowly pulls the foot switch 60 to spray water and wind onto the user's head.

That is, the solenoid valve 30 is opened and closed by the compression of the foot switch 60, and the cold and hot water and wind from the pump 10 and the air compressor 20, (50). ≪ / RTI >

At this time, the hot water is radiated through the water spray nozzle 51 of the shower head 50 and the high pressure air passes through the air spray nozzle 52 of the shower head 50 to the shower head 50, , The head scalp is washed and rubbed from the high pressure water and wind, so that the guest can receive the massage of the head scalp simultaneously with the washing of the head, so that the feeling of fatigue is relieved, and due to the high pressure wind, The effect of preventing hair loss can be obtained.

Therefore, the shower unit capable of air massaging according to the present invention solves the problem of the conventional shower having a massage function that is costly and difficult to manage by attaching a separate massage device to the shower head, and furthermore, Provides an air massaging shower unit that provides an improved shower and massages the body part by high-pressure wind to obtain a physical therapy effect of pain relief.

10: Pump 20: Air compressor
30: Solenoid valve 40: Hose
50: Shower head 60: Foot switch
70: Fan 80: Power control unit
90: joint cover 100: housing

Claims (3)

A pump 10 for discharging water supplied from the outside through the outlet 10a at a high pressure;
An air compressor (20) for discharging high-pressure air through an outlet (20a);
A shower head 50 connected to the outlet 10a of the pump 10 and the outlet 20a of the air compressor 20 through a hose 40 to inject high pressure water and wind to the outside;
Pressure water discharged from the pump 10 and / or high-pressure air discharged from the air compressor 20 mounted between the outlet 10a, the outlet 20a and the hose 40, A valve 30;
A foot switch (60) for controlling the solenoid valve (30) by ON / OFF control;
A housing 100 in which the pump 10, the air compressor 20, and the electromagnetic valve 30 are provided and the fan 70 is mounted on one side; And
The power supplied from the external power source is supplied to the pump 10, the air compressor 20, the electromagnetic valve 30, the foot switch 60, and the fan 70, which are provided in the housing 100, And a power control unit (80) connected to a power switch (80a) for converting the voltage into a required voltage, supplying voltage to each device, and disconnecting / connecting the external power source.
The method according to claim 1,
The shower head 50 includes a water inlet 51a connected to a hose 40 and a water outlet 10a of the pump 10 at a lower end thereof and an outlet 51a connected to an outlet 20a of the air compressor 20 and a hose 40 An air inlet 52a is formed,
An air injection nozzle 52 having a plurality of exhaust holes 52c formed therein is formed at the center of the front thereof to connect the air inlet 52a and the induction pipe 52b so that high pressure air can be injected to the outside, The water injection nozzle 51 is connected to the outer circumference of the air injection nozzle 52 through the water inlet 51a and the water discharge pipe 51b and has a plurality of water discharge holes 51c for discharging the high- Wherein the shower head is formed as an air massager.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein a shower cover (90) is fastened to the lower end of the shower head (50) to block the entry of water or foreign matter into the inlet and the air inlet.

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