RU2405527C2 - L f poriadkov's engirdling shower - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention belongs to equipment for sanative-curative hydrotherapeutic procedures. Engirdling shower includes power installation and rotative device consisting of coaxially joined, vertically oriented elements in forms of axle and hub; one of these structural elements is rigidly fixed and equipped with inlet nipple, another one has thrust-bearing, mounted in position allowing axial rotation; it bears vertical working pipes with radially directed to the centre of working area delivery orifices. Working pipes are connected to inlet nipple through longitudinal channel in the axis and through circular groove by both sides of which sealings are mounted. In first constructive version of shower, power installation is formed as Segner wheel with water nozzles mounted on lower ends of working pipes and positioned inside underpan. In second constructive version of shower, power installation is also formed as inside underpan positioned Segner wheel, consisting of hub mounted below working pipes two radially directed pipes with water nozzles on their free ends. In third constructive version of shower, power installation is also positioned inside the underpan, but formed as water or air turbine, consisting of fixed on lower ends of the working pipes hoop with blades on its external surface, and of one or more water or air nozzles, fixed inside the underpan and directed to blades.

EFFECT: broadening of technical means for sanative-curative hydrotherapeutic procedures.

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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.

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, through which water is supplied to the shower at a certain pressure and at 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 massive and intense effect of water jets on the entire surface of the patient’s body immediately determines the “rigidity” of the effect and therefore this procedure is unacceptable for many patients. This limits the possibility of individualizing the water procedure, taking into account the characteristics of the functional state of each individual patient. 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 is associated with a large flow of water and at the same time creates an increased load on the sewage system.

Known circular shower containing a housing in the form of a sleeve in which a shaft is coaxially and vertically mounted with vertical working pipes mounted on it and scattered around the perimeter of the working area with outlet openings oriented towards the center of the working area [patent for invention RU 2308932, p. 2, 10.27.2007]. On the sleeve there is an inlet pipe, which through the circular groove and axial channel made on the shaft communicates with the working pipes. Above and below the groove, seals are installed on the shaft. The shaft rests on a thrust bearing and is connected from above to a power device, in particular to an electric motor. One of the shower options involves the implementation of working pipes curved in the shape of a helical cylindrical spiral. The body of the shower and the electric motor with brackets 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 vertically mounted working pipes. After that, the operator through the control panel sends water to the circular shower with a given temperature and under a certain pressure. At the same time, an electric motor is turned on, by means of which the working tubes begin to rotate around the patient. In this case, horizontal jets of water flowing from the outlet openings, moving around the circumference, exert a girdle mechanical and temperature effect on the patient's body. In this regard, the above-described circular douche can also be characterized as a girdle shower.

The disadvantage of this girdle shower is the need for fixing it with brackets on the main wall of the room, due to structural features. A certain danger to the patient may be the fact that the corresponding water procedure is carried out using a shower, in which an electric motor is used as a power plant. In the event of a malfunction in the electric motor or in the electrical wiring, a patient may be injured by electric shock.

The technical result of the invention is to expand the range of technical means for health-improving water procedures.

The specified technical result is achieved due to the fact that the girdle shower contains a power device and a rotational mechanism, consisting of coaxially conjugated and vertically oriented elements in the form of an axis and a sleeve, one of these structural elements being rigidly fixed and equipped with an inlet pipe and the other with a thrust bearing , mounted with the possibility of axial rotation, and on it are mounted vertical working pipes with outlet openings radially directed towards the center of the working area, while working pipes s communicate with the inlet pipe through the existing channel longitudinal axis in the circumferential groove and, on both sides of which there are seals. The working pipes are mounted on the sleeve, the lower end of the axis is fixed in the center at the bottom of the pallet, and a platform for the patient is removably mounted on its upper end. In the first embodiment, the shower power device is made in the form of a Segner wheel, the water nozzles of which are installed at the lower ends of the working pipes and are located inside the pallet. In the second embodiment, the shower power device is also made in the form of a Segner wheel located inside the pallet, the structural difference of which is that one or two of its water nozzles are mounted, respectively, at the ends of one or two separate radially oriented pipes. These pipes are mounted on the sleeve below the working pipes and through a separate groove and channel in the axis communicate with a separate inlet pipe mounted on it. In the third embodiment, the shower power device is also located inside the pan, but is made in the form of a water or air turbine, consisting of a hoop with blades fixed on the lower ends of the working tubes and its blades on its outer surface, and one or more water or air nozzles mounted inside the pan and oriented towards the shoulder blades. In girdle showers made in accordance with each of these options, the working tubes may be bent in the shape of a helical cylindrical spiral. In addition, a crane can be installed at the lower end of the working tube.

The invention is illustrated by drawings, where:

figure 1 shows a General view of the enclosing shower with a local incision, front view;

figure 2 - girdle shower, top view;

figure 3 - rotational mechanism of the soul, in the context;

figure 4 is a section along aa in figure 2;

figure 5 is an embodiment of a rotational mechanism, in section;

figure 6 - power device in the form of a water turbine;

Fig.7 is an embodiment of the girdle shower, general view;

Fig.8 is a section along aa in Fig.7;

figure 9 is a General view of the girdle shower, front view.

The enclosing shower contains a rotational mechanism and a power device. The rotational mechanism consists of coaxially conjugated and vertically oriented axes 1 (Figs. 1, 3) and bushings 2 (Figs. 1, 3, 7, 9). The lower end of the axis 1 is fixed in the center at the bottom of the pallet 3 (Figs. 1, 2, 4, 6-8), and a patient platform 4 is removably mounted on its upper end. The sleeve 2 is worn on the axis 1 with the possibility of free axial rotation and rests on a thrust bearing 5, which can be used as a plain bearing or a rolling bearing. On the sleeve 2, vertically oriented working pipes 6 are fastened with outlet openings radially directed towards the center of the working area 7. The upper end openings of the working pipes are muffled. In the lower part, on one of the working pipes, a tap 8 is installed, with which you can restrict the flow of water into the corresponding pipe. The working pipes 6 through a circular groove 9 (Fig. 3) and a longitudinal channel 10 in the axis 1 communicate with the inlet pipe 11 mounted on the axis 1. This pipe is designed to connect the encircling shower to a shower chair (not shown), by which it is connected to a soul of water under a certain pressure and with a given temperature. Above and below the circular groove 9, seals 12 are mounted on the axis.

The power device leading the working tubes 6 in a circular motion around the platform 4 is made in the form of a Segner wheel, water nozzles 13 (Figs. 2, 4) of which are mounted on the lower ends of the working tubes 6 and are located inside the pallet 3.

Another embodiment of a power device, also operating on the principle of a Segner wheel, involves installing on the sleeve 2 one or two radially oriented pipes 14 (FIG. 5) with water nozzles (not shown) at their free ends. These pipes through an additional groove 15 and a separate longitudinal channel 16 in the axis 1 communicate with the inlet pipe 17 mounted on it, intended for connection to a water source. Below the groove 15, an additional oil seal 18 is installed on axis 1.

In the third embodiment, the power device is made in the form of a water or air turbine (Fig.6), which is located inside the pallet 3 and consists of a hoop 19, on the outer surface of which the blades 20 are fixed, and from one or more water or air nozzles 21. The hoop is strengthened at the lower ends of the working pipes 6, and the nozzles are mounted on the wall of the pallet 3 opposite the blades 20 and connected to a source of water or compressed air through the pipe 22.

In all three of the above power devices, in addition to water, compressed air can also be used as a working fluid.

Figures 7 and 8 show an embodiment of a girdle shower in which the working tubes 23 are made curved in the shape of a helical cylindrical spiral. With this embodiment of the working tubes, the forming rows of water jets will be located at a predetermined angle to the vertical axis of the patient’s trunk. To give the whole construction of the girdle shower more rigidity, the upper ends of the working pipes can be connected using a horizontally located ring or half ring (not shown in the drawings). The shower unit can be placed in a separate shower.

When conducting a shower procedure, the patient stands in the center of the platform 4 (Fig.9), which corresponds to the center of the working area. 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 the enclosing shower. In this case, the power device starts to work and the working tubes 6 (or 23) are driven in a circular motion around the patient. The 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 body. 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 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 subjected to the simultaneous mechanical and thermal effects of a large number of water jets throughout their length.

When using a girdle shower with working tubes 23 curved in the form of a helical cylindrical spiral (Figs. 7, 8), the 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.

Instead of water, air and steam can also be used as a working medium in the enclosing soul, including in various combinations with water.

Compared with the prototype device, the present invention provides greater safety for carrying out water procedures. Thanks to the use of a one-component power device of an extremely simple design, a high degree of reliability of the shower unit as a whole is achieved. The problem connected with expanding the range of technical equipment for health-improving water procedures is being solved.

Claims (9)

1. A girdle shower containing a power device and a rotational mechanism, consisting of coaxially conjugated and vertically oriented elements in the form of an axis and a sleeve, one of these structural elements being rigidly fixed and provided with an inlet pipe, and the other is equipped with a thrust bearing, mounted for axial rotation , and vertical working pipes are fixed on it with outlet openings radially directed towards the center of the working area, while working pipes communicate with the inlet pipe through the axes a longitudinal channel and a circular groove, on either side of which seals are installed, characterized in that the lower end of the axis is fixed in the center at the bottom of the pallet, and the patient platform is removably mounted on its upper end, the working pipes are mounted on the sleeve, and the power device is made in the form of a Segner wheel, the water nozzles of which are mounted on the lower ends of the working tubes and are located inside the pallet. 2. The girdle shower according to claim 1, characterized in that the working pipes are curved in the shape of a helical cylindrical spiral. 3. The girdle shower according to claim 1, characterized in that a tap is installed at the lower end of the working pipe. 4. A girdle shower containing a power device and a rotational mechanism, consisting of coaxially conjugated and vertically oriented elements in the form of an axis and a sleeve, one of these structural elements being rigidly fixed and provided with an inlet pipe, and the other equipped with a thrust bearing, mounted for axial rotation , and vertical working pipes are fixed on it with outlet openings radially directed towards the center of the working area, while working pipes communicate with the inlet pipe through the axes a longitudinal channel and a circular groove, on either side of which seals are installed, characterized in that the working pipes are mounted on the sleeve, the lower end of the axis is mounted in the center at the bottom of the pallet, and a patient platform is removably mounted on its upper end, on the axis below the above-mentioned groove one more circular groove is made, through a separate longitudinal channel in the axis communicating with a separate inlet pipe mounted on it, as well as with two radially oriented pipes mounted on the sleeve below the working pipes, and at the ends Radially oriented pipes mounted water nozzles with the formation of a power device in the form of a Segner wheel located inside the pallet. 5. The girdle shower according to claim 4, characterized in that the working pipes are curved in the shape of a helical cylindrical spiral. 6. The girdle shower according to claim 4, characterized in that a tap is installed at the lower end of the working pipe. 7. A girdle shower containing a power device and a rotational mechanism, consisting of coaxially conjugated and vertically oriented elements in the form of an axis and a sleeve, one of these structural elements being rigidly fixed and provided with an inlet pipe, and the other equipped with a thrust bearing, mounted for axial rotation and vertical working pipes are fixed on it with outlet openings radially directed towards the center of the working area, while the working pipes communicate with the inlet pipe through the axes a longitudinal channel and a circular groove, on either side of which seals are installed, characterized in that the lower end of the axis is fixed in the center at the bottom of the pallet, and a patient platform is removably mounted on its upper end, working tubes are mounted on the sleeve, and the power device is located inside the pallet and is made in the form of a water or air turbine, consisting of a hoop with blades fixed on the lower ends of the working tubes with blades on its outer surface, and of one or more water or air nozzles installed inside the pallet, with oriented towards the shoulder blades. 8. The girdle shower according to claim 7, characterized in that the working pipes are curved in the shape of a helical cylindrical spiral. 9. The girdle shower according to claim 7, characterized in that a tap is installed at the lower end of the working pipe.

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