RU2308933C2 - Circular alternating douche - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: technique for sanitary and hydrotherapeutic and thermal procedures.

SUBSTANCE: circular alternating douche has casing and pipes extending along perimeter of working zone and connected with casing. Each of said pipes is connected to cold or hot water source through branch pipes fixed on casing, and has outlet openings arranged at different levels and extending radially toward center of working zone. Douche is equipped with vertical shaft positioned in upper end of casing, power device for rotating said 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 is provided with two axially oriented channels communicating with one of connected pipes, and circular bores, each communicating with one of said axially oriented channels and one of said branch pipes fixed at the level of bore. Glands are positioned above and below bore on vertical shaft. Upper end of shaft is connected to power device and positioned at upper end of casing by means of stop bearing and supporting disk fixed by nut. Douche of such construction allows wider range of basic parameters of sanitary and therapeutic thermal procedures to be adjusted to thereby adapt said procedure to individual peculiarities of functional state of each patient.

EFFECT: wider operational capabilities and increased efficiency.

2 cl, 4 dwg

Description

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

Water-thermal procedures, including circular thermo-contrast showers, have a restorative, hardening effect, in particular, by training the body's thermoregulatory mechanisms. Their action is determined by thermal, mechanical and chemical factors that cause irritation of nerve endings (receptors) in the skin and underlying tissues, which reflexively causes responses of all organs and systems of the body. They are shown, in particular, with functional disorders of the nervous system.

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 effect 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]. This shower unit provides simultaneous exposure to the patient with only one-temperature water jets.

A circular thermo-contrast shower is known, consisting of a body in the form of two horizontally and coaxially located at different levels of tubular rings open in one place, between which vertical working pipes are arranged and connected to them in a circle. These pipes are connected alternately to the sources of cold and hot water through the branch pipes mounted on the housing. The space inside this design is the working area of the circular thermal contrast shower. Numerous holes are made in the walls of the vertical pipes, radially oriented in the direction of the working area. Through a hydrotherapy (shower) department, cold water is supplied to a circular thermo-contrast shower through one inlet pipe under a certain pressure, and hot water through another [SU 1785681 A1, 01/07/1993].

During the corresponding water thermal contrast procedure, the patient is in the center of the working area and gradually turns. In this case, adjacent parts of the body are alternately exposed to vertically oriented rows of jets of cold and hot water.

The disadvantages of this circular thermocontrast shower are seen in the fact that the simultaneous and intense action of water jets on the entire surface of the body immediately determines the “rigidity” of the effect and, therefore, this procedure may be unacceptable for many patients. In addition, the circular shower consumes a large amount of water and creates an increased load on the sewage system.

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

The specified technical result is achieved due to the fact that in a circular thermo-contrast shower containing a housing and associated working pipes located around the perimeter of the working area, each of which is connected to a source of cold or hot water through the branch pipes mounted on the housing, and in the walls of the working pipes to at various levels, numerous holes are made radially directed towards the center of the working area, according to the invention, a vertical shaft with two channels oriented along the axis is installed in the housing, each of which It communicates with any one of the working pipes connected to the shaft and with any one of two circular grooves on the shaft, and each groove, in turn, communicates with any one of the nozzles, while between the grooves, as well as above and below them, seals are installed on the shaft, the upper end of the shaft is adapted for connection with the power device and, in addition, a support disk is mounted on it, with which the shaft rests on the upper end of the housing through the thrust bearing. In one embodiment of the circular thermal contrast shower, the working pipes are made curved in the shape of a helical cylindrical spiral. 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 thermocontrast shower, front view; figure 2 - the body of the circular thermocontrast 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 hot-contrast shower contains a housing 1 (FIGS. 1, 2), in which a vertical shaft 2 is installed. In the lower part of the shaft there are two channels 3 and 4 oriented along the axis (FIG. 2). Channel 3 communicates with a vertically oriented working pipe 5 connected to the shaft, and channel 4 with a similar working pipe 6. Both working pipes are located at opposite boundaries of the working area. On the shaft 2 made two circular grooves 7 and 8, which perform the function of channels. Channel 3 through a groove 7 communicates with a pipe 9 mounted on the housing, and channel 4 through a groove 8 communicates with a pipe 10. A pipe 9 is used to connect a circular shower to a source of cold water, and a pipe 10 to a source of hot water. In the walls of the working pipes 5 and 6, at various levels, numerous outlet openings 11 are made radially directed towards the center of the working area. Between the grooves, as well as above and below them, oil seals 12 are installed, for example, in the form of rings of 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 13 with a central hole also of a square shape. The support disk is fixed on the shaft by the nut 14. Using the support disk 13, the shaft is supported by the thrust bearing 15 (thrust bearing) on the upper end of the housing 1. At the upper end of the shaft 2 there is an axial square hole for connecting to the shaft 16 of the reversing electric motor 17 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 thermo-contrast shower, in which the working pipes 18 and 19 are made curved in the shape of a helical cylindrical spiral. Due to this form of working tubes, cold and hot water jets arising from them will be formed in rows located at a given angle to the vertical axis of the patient’s trunk.

To give the entire design of the circular thermal contrast shower more rigidity from below, the working pipes can be attached to a horizontally located ring (not shown in the drawings).

The housing 1 and the motor 17 with the help of brackets 20 and 21 are mounted on the wall of the room in which water procedures are carried out.

When conducting a thermal contrast shower procedure, the patient stands in the center of the working area located between the vertically mounted working tubes 5 and 6 (Fig. 1). After that, the operator through the control panel (shower department) sends separately cold and hot water with the set temperature parameters and under a certain pressure to the installation of the circular shower. At the same time, the electric motor turns on and the working pipes begin to rotate along the perimeter of the working area around the patient. In this case, horizontal jets of cold and hot water flowing from the outlet openings 11, moving around the circumference, will act in alternating order on adjacent sections of the patient's skin. By changing the speed of rotation of the working tubes around the patient, the intensity of the mechanical and thermal contrast effects can be changed.

The vertical orientation of the water jets located 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 either cold or hot water jets at the same time. 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 pipes 18 and 19 in the form of a helical cylindrical spiral (Figs. 3, 4). Due to this form of working tubes, the forming rows of cold and hot water jets will affect the patient at a given angle to the vertical axis of his body. 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 thermocontrast shower as a physical medium with which a direct temperature and massage effect is realized, air and steam can also be used instead of water, including in various combinations with water.

The invention extends the functionality of a circular thermal contrast shower. It seems possible to avoid the simultaneous intense water-temperature effects on the entire surface of the body, which, as mentioned above, is unacceptable for many patients. It is possible to regulate, in a wider range, the main parameters of the healing and therapeutic thermocontrast water procedure, which makes it possible to optimize the healing and therapeutic program, taking into account the peculiarities of the functional state of each individual patient. Water consumption is significantly reduced, and the load on the sewer system is also reduced.

Claims (2)

1. A circular thermo-contrast shower containing a housing and associated working pipes located around the perimeter of the working area, each of which is connected to a source of cold or hot water through nozzles fixed to the housing and has outlet openings at different levels radially directed towards the center of the working area, characterized the fact that it is equipped 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 housing and power trinities on the wall, supporting disk, oil seals, thrust bearing and nut, while the vertical shaft is made with two channels oriented along the axis, communicating with any one of the connected working pipes, and circular grooves, each of which is communicated by one of the axial channels and one of the nozzles mounted at the groove level, the seals are installed above and below the groove on the vertical shaft, and the upper end of the shaft is connected to the power device and installed on the upper end of the housing by means of a thrust bearing and bearings nut locked with 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.

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