RU2308932C2 - Circular douche - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: technique for sanitary and hydrotherapeutic thermal procedures.

SUBSTANCE: circular douche has casing connected with operating pipes spaced apart from one another along perimeter of working zone. Each of said pipes is equipped with outlet openings arranged at different levels and radially extending toward center of working zone. Casing is connected with branch pipe for connecting outlet openings to water source. Douche is provided with vertical shaft positioned in upper end of casing, power device for rotating working pipes along perimeter of working zone, brackets for attachment of casing and power device to wall, supporting disk, glands, stop bearing, and nut. Vertical shaft has axial channel provided in its lower part and communicating with two working pipes, and circular bore communicating with axial channel and branch pipe fastened at the level of circular bore. Glands are arranged above and below circular bore on vertical shaft. Upper end of shaft is connected to power device and is fixed at upper end of casing by means of stop bearing and supporting disk secured by means of nut.

EFFECT: wider operational capabilities and reduced consumption of water by such circular douche.

2 cl, 4 dwg

Description

The invention relates to equipment for health-improving water procedures.

Hydrotherapy has long been and is widely used in medical and health practice. Hydrotherapeutic procedures are based on mechanical and temperature effects varying in different parameters and their combinations. The healing and restorative effect of external water procedures is due to an increase in the body's resistance to adverse environmental factors and is achieved by training and hardening.

A circular shower is known, including a frame in the form of vertical struts on which a flexible hose is mounted, curved in the shape of a helical cylindrical spiral. The hose is equipped with nozzles installed in its walls, the openings of which are radially oriented in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the shower. One end of the hose is plugged, and the other end is adapted for connection to a water source [RU 2257882 C1, 08/10/2005]. A circular shower of a similar technical nature is protected by patent US 4749130, 06/07/1988.

The disadvantage of these shower units is that their construction uses a rather long (from 10 to 20 m) hose. Despite the fact that water enters it from only one end, and flows through numerous openings dispersed along the entire hose, a large pressure drop and the power of the water jets between the upper and lower parts of the shower unit are inevitable. As a result, significant differences will be observed in the effectiveness of the therapeutic effect on different parts of the patient's body.

Circular showers are known, consisting of uprights on which are mounted coaxially and horizontally arranged working pipes in the form of open rings, in the walls of which numerous holes are made, facing the working area, to the longitudinal axis of the shower unit [SU 1806719 A1, 04/07/1993 and RU 2057477 C1, 04/10/1996].

The disadvantage of these circular showers is the large total length of the tubular arteries and, accordingly, the rather large flow rate of water during the reception of the corresponding water procedure. The circular shower exerts an equally intense massive effect with water jets at the same time and throughout the procedure immediately on the entire surface of the patient's body. This limits the possibility of individualizing the water procedure, taking into account the characteristics of the functional state of each individual patient.

Known circular shower, consisting of a housing in the form of two horizontally and coaxially located at different levels of the tubular rings, between which are installed and connected to them are located in a circle of vertical working pipes. The space inside this structure is the working area of the circular shower. The tubular rings are open in one place and one of them has an inlet pipe. Numerous holes are made in the walls of the vertical pipes, radially oriented in the direction of the working area. Through the inlet pipe, the shower unit is connected to the hydrotherapy (shower) department, by means of which water is supplied to the shower at a certain pressure and with a given temperature [Olefirenko V.T. Water treatment. - M .: Medicine, 1986, p.81].

The disadvantages of this circular soul are seen in the following. The simultaneous and intense impact of water jets immediately on the entire surface of the body determines the "rigidity" of the effect and therefore this procedure is unacceptable for many patients. In particular, "persons with a sharp predominance of excitatory processes over inhibitory ones, with phenomena of irritable weakness, as well as with severe asthenia, do not tolerate such a shower" [Olefirenko V.T. Water treatment. - M .: Medicine, 1986, p.81]. In addition, the corresponding water procedure requires a large amount of water and, in this regard, causes an increased load on the sewage system.

The technical result of the invention is to expand the functionality of the circular shower and more economical use of water.

The specified technical result is achieved due to the fact that in a circular shower containing a housing, to which work tubes dispersed along the perimeter of the working area are connected and a pipe is connected to connect the latter to the water source, and numerous radially directed to the center are made in the walls of the work pipes at different levels of the working area, the outlet openings, according to the invention, a vertical shaft is installed in the housing, in the lower part of which there is an axial channel communicating with the working pipes connected to the shaft and with a circular groove on the shaft, which, in turn, communicates with the nozzle, with oil seals installed above and below the groove on the shaft, and the upper end of the shaft adapted for connection with the power device and, in addition, a support disk is mounted on it with which the shaft through the thrust bearing it rests on the upper end of the housing. According to one embodiment of the circular shower, the working pipes are made curved in the shape of a helical cylindrical spiral. A crane is installed at the top of the working pipe.

The housing and power device using brackets or other fasteners can be mounted on the wall, on the ceiling of the room or on a specially made frame.

The invention is illustrated by drawings, where figure 1 shows a General view of a circular shower, front view; figure 2 - the body of the circular shower in the context, front view; figure 3 is an embodiment of the working pipes, front view; figure 4 is the same, top view, a section along aa in figure 3.

The circular shower contains a housing 1 (Fig. 1, 2), in which a vertical shaft 2 is installed. In the lower part of the shaft there is an axial channel 3 (Fig. 2), which communicates with two workers working vertically oriented and located at the opposite borders of the working area by pipes 4. On the shaft 2, a circular groove 5 is made, which acts as a channel, through which the axial channel 3 communicates with a pipe 6 mounted on the housing at the level of the groove. The nozzle 6 is designed to connect a circular shower to the shower department, by means of which water is supplied to the shower at a certain pressure and at a given temperature. In the walls of the working pipes 4, at various levels, there are numerous outlet openings radially directed towards the center of the working area 7. A crane 8 is installed on the upper part of one of the working pipes 8. Glands 9 are installed above and below the groove 5 on the shaft, for example, in the form of rings -elastic material. A thread is made at the upper end of the shaft 2, below which a limited portion of the shaft has a square shape for mounting the support disk 10 with a central hole also of a square shape. On the shaft, the support disk is fixed by a nut 11. Using the support disk 10, the shaft is supported on the upper end of the housing 1 through the thrust bearing 12 (thrust bearing). At the upper end of the shaft 2 there is an axial square hole for connecting to the shaft 13 of the reversing electric motor 14 or other power device . You can use other known embodiments of the coupling between the power device and the shaft 2.

Figures 3 and 4 show an embodiment of a circular shower in which the working tubes 15 are made curved in the shape of a helical cylindrical spiral. Due to this form of working tubes, the forming rows of water jets will be located at a given angle to the vertical axis of the patient’s trunk.

To impart greater rigidity to the entire circular shower structure from the bottom, the working pipes can be attached to a horizontally arranged ring (not shown).

The housing 1 and the motor 14 with the help of brackets 16 and 17 are mounted on the wall of the room in which water procedures are carried out.

When carrying out a shower procedure, the patient stands in the center of the working area located between the vertically mounted working tubes 4 (figure 1). After that, the operator through the control panel (shower department) directs water with a given temperature and under a certain pressure to the installation of a circular shower. At the same time, the electric motor turns on and the working pipes begin to rotate around the perimeter of the working area and around the patient. In this case, horizontal jets of water flowing from the outlet openings 7, moving around the circumference, will sequentially mechanically and thermally affect different parts of the patient's skin. By blocking the flow of water into one of the working pipes with a crane 8, it is possible to reduce the intensity of the water-temperature effect without changing the speed of their rotation.

The vertical orientation of the water jets arranged in a row coincides with the direction of the main nerves, blood and lymph vessels in the body of a vertically standing person, and therefore they will be exposed to a large number of water jets simultaneously over their entire length. As a result, at certain temperature parameters of the water procedure, nerves, blood and lymph vessels can undergo excessive hypothermia or overheating with undesirable consequences. This can be avoided if the working pipes are not installed vertically, but at an angle to a vertical line, as shown in Fig. 3. In practice, this idea is realized by bending the working tubes 14 in the form of a helical cylindrical spiral (Figs. 3, 4). Thanks to this form of working tubes, water jets flowing from them will be formed in rows located at a given angle to the vertical axis of the patient’s trunk. Moreover, all vertically oriented nerve trunks, blood and lymph vessels, as well as biologically active points located along a vertical line (meridian) on the patient’s body, will not be hydraulically and thermally affected simultaneously, but sequentially, from top to bottom or from the bottom up, depending on the direction of rotation of the working tubes around the patient. By changing the speed of rotation of the working tubes, it is possible to change such parameters as the duration, rhythm and intensity of the water-temperature effect on biologically active zones on the patient’s body.

In the proposed circular shower, air and steam can also be used instead of water as a physical medium by which a direct temperature-massage effect is realized, including in various combinations with water.

The invention extends the functionality of a circular shower. It seems possible to avoid simultaneous intense exposure to the entire surface of the body, which, as mentioned above, is unacceptable for many patients. It is possible to adjust the main parameters of the water-thermal procedure in a wider range, which allows you to adapt it to the individual characteristics of the functional state of each individual patient. Water consumption is significantly reduced, and the load on the sewer system is also reduced.

Claims (3)

1. A circular shower containing a housing connected with working pipes distributed around the perimeter of the working area, having outlet openings radially directed towards the center of the working area, and with a pipe for connecting the latter to a water source, characterized in that it is provided with a vertical shaft, installed in the upper end of the housing, a power device for rotating the working pipes around the perimeter of the working area, brackets for fixing the body and power device on the wall, a support disk, seals, thrust bearing a nut and a nut, while the vertical shaft is made with an axial channel in the lower part that communicates with two working pipes, and a circular groove communicating with the axial channel and a pipe mounted at the level of the groove, the seals are installed above and below the groove on the vertical shaft, and the upper the shaft end is connected to the power device and mounted on the upper end of the housing by means of a thrust bearing and a support disk fixed by a nut. 2. The circular shower according to claim 1, characterized in that the working pipes are curved in the shape of a helical cylindrical spiral. 3. The circular shower according to claim 1, characterized in that a tap is installed at the upper end of the working pipe.

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