RU2328263C2 - Thermocontrast sprays-1 - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: medical equipment.

SUBSTANCE: sprays device consists of supported active water-supplying pipe with multiple exhaust openings within the wall, directed to working space, and with inlet filling to connect to water source of specified temperature. Similar active water-supplying pipe with inlet filling to connect to water source of the other temperature and exhaust openings directed to the same working space as adjacent exhaust openings is installed in parallel with active water-supplying pipe at specified distance. To supply water directly to active water-supplying pipes flexible hoses are used, and both pairs of adjacent ends of active water-supplying pipes are furnished with two coaxial pin inserted to coaxial holes within supporting elements. One of pins is connected to electric-powered drive providing rocking motion of active pipes.

EFFECT: extended functional performance of sprays device due to performed combined and simultaneous exposure with multithermal water sprays.

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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 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 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 the exhaust holes are made [3]. A couch is installed under the pipe, on which the patient lies during the water procedure. The entire surface of the patient’s body facing upwards is simultaneously exposed to falling single-temperature water jets. 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 disadvantages of the shower, which is based on a horizontally located pipe with outlet openings, are 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 our invention.

The technical result of the invention is to expand the functionality of the shower and to increase its effectiveness by implementing the combined and simultaneously produced effects on the patient with different temperature water jets.

This technical result is achieved due to the fact that in a shower containing a working water-carrying pipe mounted on supports with outlet openings in its wall directed towards the working area, and with an inlet pipe for connecting to a water source, it is equipped with a second working water-carrying pipe with outlet openings directed towards the same working area as the outlet openings of the first working water-carrying pipe, and an inlet pipe for connecting to a water source installed parallel to the first distance from it, and flexible hoses for supplying cold and hot water, respectively, directly to the working water-carrying pipes, and on both pairs of adjacent ends of the working water-carrying pipes, two coaxial trunnions are inserted that are inserted into coaxial holes in the supports, one of which is connected to an electromechanical drive , providing the ability to make working water-carrying pipes swinging movements.

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.

The hot-contrast shower contains two horizontally arranged parallel working water-carrying pipes 1 and 2 (Figs. 1-3), in the lower walls of which there are outlet openings 3 (Fig. 1), directed downward, towards the working area. On both pipes there are inlet pipes 4 (Fig. 1), on which flexible hoses 5 are mounted for connection to different temperature water sources (not shown). Two pairs of coaxial trunnions 6 are mounted on both pairs of adjacent ends of the working water-carrying pipes 1 and 2, which are inserted into coaxial holes (not shown) in the supports 7. The latter are mounted on opposite ends of the sunbed (couch) 8 (Figs. 1-3). The sunbed can be equipped with a movable headrest (not shown). On one of the supports 7, a shelf 9 is mounted with an electric motor 10 installed on it (Figs. 1-3). The latter, by means of a crank mechanism 11, makes rocking movements of the rocker arm 12, one end of which is mounted on the end face of the pin 6. The rocking movements of the rocker arm 12 are transmitted through the pin 6 to the working water-carrying pipes 1 and 2. As a result, the orientation of the outlet openings 3 relative to the edges of the plank bed 8 is constantly changing. which are the boundaries of the working area. Instead of a crank mechanism in an electromechanical drive, a cam mechanism (not shown) can also be used to initiate the oscillating movements of the working tubes 1 and 2.

When conducting a water-shower procedure, the patient lies on a sunbed 8, for example, in a supine position (figure 1). The electric motor 10 is turned on and the working pipes 1 and 2 begin to make oscillating movements in a vertical plane. After that, the corresponding taps are opened on pipelines with cold and hot water (not shown) and through the outlet openings 3 in the working pipes 1 and 2, downward jets of water begin to pour out onto the patient. In this case, one or more rows of water jets of one temperature flowing from the pipes 1 and 2 constantly follows one or several rows of water jets of another temperature. As a result, the patient’s body is constantly exposed to alternating “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. The frequency of the oscillating movements of the working pipes 1 and 2 is directly proportional to the speed of rotation of the shaft of the electric motor, and therefore, by changing this parameter, the effectiveness of the hydrotherapy procedure can be varied. The latter can be combined with massage of the patient’s body.

Lounger 8 does not have to be closely connected 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 and an electric motor can be mounted on the ceiling suspension or using brackets on the wall. 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 the alternating action of horizontally oriented cold and hot water jets.

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 increases, in particular, due to the implementation of the combined and simultaneously produced effects on the patient with 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, S.96-97.

Claims (3)

1. A shower containing mounted on a support working water-carrying pipe with outlet openings in its wall directed towards the working area, and with an inlet pipe for connecting to a water source, characterized in that it is provided with a second same working water-carrying pipe with outlet openings, directed towards the same working area as the outlet openings of the first working water-carrying pipe, and an inlet pipe for connecting to a water source installed parallel to the first at a distance from it, and flexible hoses for water supply directly to the working water-carrying pipes, respectively, of hot and cold water, and on both pairs of adjacent ends of the working water-carrying pipes, two coaxial trunnions are mounted that are inserted into the coaxial holes in the supports, and one of the trunnions is connected to an electromechanical drive that allows working water-carrying pipes to be completed swinging movements. 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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