RU2317807C2 - Thermal contrasting douche - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: equipment for hydrotherapeutic procedures.

SUBSTANCE: douche has one working water-carrier pipe mounted on supports and equipped with discharge openings provided in its wall and directed toward working zone, and branch pipe for connection to water source having predetermined temperature. In parallel with said one working water-carrier pipe is positioned other water-carrier pipe with discharge openings and branch pipe for connection to source of water having temperature other than temperature of water discharged from said one pipe. Discharge openings of both water-carrier pipes are oriented toward one and the same working zone. On portion between water sources of various water temperatures and inlet branch pipes is positioned regulator for alternate interruption of cold and hot water flows delivered into working water-carrier pipes.

EFFECT: increased efficiency upon organism by providing the possibility of altering parameters of hydrotherapeutic procedure.

3 cl, 4 dwg

Description

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

Water-thermal procedures, including thermal contrast shower, 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.

A shower is known, consisting of a body in the form of two tubular rings horizontally and coaxially located at different levels, between which vertical working pipes are arranged and connected to them in a circle. The space inside this structure is the working area of the 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, through which water is supplied to the shower at a certain pressure and with a given temperature [1].

The disadvantages of this 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 symptoms of irritable weakness, as well as with severe asthenia, do not tolerate such a shower" [1]. This shower unit provides simultaneous exposure to the patient with only one-temperature water jets.

A 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 thermal contrast shower. Numerous holes are made in the walls of the vertical pipes, radially oriented in the direction of the working area. By means of a hydrotherapy (shower) department, cold water is supplied to a thermocontrast shower through one inlet pipe under a certain pressure, and hot water is supplied through another [2].

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

Known shower, consisting of a horizontally mounted working water-carrying pipe, in the lower wall of which are made numerous and directed downward small outlet [3]. A couch is installed under the pipe, on which the patient lies during the water procedure. The entire upward surface of the patient’s body is simultaneously exposed to a multitude of falling single-temperature jets of water. At the same time, a shower procedure can be combined with underwater massage.

A similar technical solution was proposed by N.G. Goldberg [4]. A feature of the installation he proposed is that it provides for the possibility of water entering the working water-carrying pipe simultaneously from both its ends.

The lack of a shower, which is based on a horizontally located pipe with numerous outlet openings, is seen in its relatively low efficiency, because during the appropriate water treatment, the patient’s body is exposed to only single-temperature water jets.

A shower with a horizontally located working water-carrying pipe [3] is considered as a prototype for the present invention.

The technical result of the invention is to expand the functionality of the shower and to increase its effectiveness by implementing a combined, alternately produced impact on the patient with jets of "cold" and "hot" water.

The specified technical result is achieved due to the fact that in a shower containing a working water-carrying pipe mounted on supports with numerous outlet openings in its wall directed towards the working area, and a pipe for connecting to a water source with a given temperature, parallel to the working water-carrying pipe is installed the second is the same working water-carrying pipe with outlet openings and a pipe for connecting to a source with a different water temperature, the outlet openings of both working water-carrying pipes They are oriented in the direction of the same working zone, and in the area between the sources of different temperature water and the inlet pipes, a regulator is installed to interrupt the flows of "cold" and "hot" water entering the working water-carrying pipes one by one.

The invention is illustrated by drawings, where figure 1 shows a General view of a thermal contrast shower, front view; figure 2 is the same, a top view; figure 3 is the same, left view; figure 4 is a cross-section along aa in figure 1, shows the directivity of the water jets during the water procedure.

Thermal contrast shower contains two horizontally arranged parallel working water-carrying pipes 1 and 2 (Figs. 1-4), in the lower walls of which there are numerous outlet openings 3 (Fig. 1), directed downward, towards the working area. On both pipes there are inlet pipes 4 (1, 2) for connecting to two different temperature water sources (not shown). The ends of the working pipes 1 and 2 are mounted on two supports 5, made in the form of racks, which are mounted on opposite ends of the sunbed (couch) 6 (Figs. 1-4). The sunbed can be equipped with a movable headrest (not shown). In the area between the sources of different temperature water and the inlet pipes 4, a regulator (not shown) is installed to alternately interrupt the flows of different temperature water, under a certain pressure, coming into the working water-carrying pipes 1 and 2.

When conducting a water-shower procedure, the patient lies on a lounger 6, for example, in a supine position (Fig. 1). They turn on the regulator of flows of different temperature water, open the corresponding taps on pipelines with hot and cold water (not shown), and through the outlet openings 3 in the working pipes 1 and 2, descending jets of either "cold" or "hot" water begin to flow alternately onto the patient. As a result, the patient’s body is constantly exposed to alternating sets of “cold” and “hot” water jets. Thus, a thermo-contrast hydromassage is carried out, which reflexively exerts an effect on many functional systems of the body. By changing such parameters as the frequency of interruption of water flows of different temperatures, its temperature and pressure in the working pipes, the effectiveness of the hydrotherapy procedure can be varied. The latter can be combined with massage of the patient’s body.

Lounger 6 does not have to be closely associated with other structural elements of the soul. As it can be used a separate couch, which during the water procedure is installed under the working pipes 1 and 2. Supports for working pipes can be mounted on the ceiling suspension or with brackets on the wall. With the appropriate thickness and resistance of the working pipes to bending, one support will suffice. A possible embodiment of the shower, in which the working pipes 1 and 2 are installed not horizontally, but vertically (not shown). In this case, the patient will take the appropriate water procedure while standing and his body will be exposed to alternating effects of horizontally oriented water jets of different temperatures.

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

The invention extends the functionality of the soul. Its effectiveness is increased, in particular, due to the implementation of the combined, alternately produced exposure of the patient to different-temperature water jets. There is an opportunity to qualitatively and in a wider range to vary the main parameters of the water procedure, which allows to optimize the wellness and treatment program, taking into account the characteristics of the functional state of each individual patient.

Information sources

1. Olefirenko V.T. Water treatment. M .: Medicine, 1986, p. 81.

2. SU 1785681 A1, 01/07/1993. IPC A61H 33/00; A47K 3/22.

3. Olefirenko V.T. Water treatment. M.: Medicine, 1986, p. 83.

4. Goldberg N.G. Reclining shower of a new design. Balneology and physiotherapy. 1936, No. 5, pp. 96-97.

Claims (3)

1. A shower containing a mounted working water-carrying pipe with numerous outlet openings in its wall directed towards the working area, and a nozzle for connecting to a water source with a given temperature, characterized in that a second working working pipe is installed in parallel with the working water-carrying pipe a water-carrying pipe with outlet openings and a pipe for connecting to a source with a different water temperature, the outlet openings of both working water-carrying pipes are oriented in the direction of the same At the end of the zone, and in the area between the sources of different temperature water and the inlet pipes, a regulator is installed to interrupt the flows of “cold” and “hot” water entering the working water-carrying pipes one by one. 2. Shower according to claim 1, characterized in that the working water-carrying pipes are arranged horizontally. 3. Shower according to claim 1, characterized in that the working water-carrying pipes are arranged vertically.

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