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US3205891A
US3205891A US256398A US25639863A US3205891A US 3205891 A US3205891 A US 3205891A US 256398 A US256398 A US 256398A US 25639863 A US25639863 A US 25639863A US 3205891 A US3205891 A US 3205891A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
    • A61H33/06—Artificial hot-air or cold-air baths; Steam or gas baths or douches, e.g. sauna or Finnish baths
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H2201/00—Characteristics of apparatus not provided for in the preceding codes
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    • A61H2201/0161—Size reducing arrangements when not in use, for stowing or transport
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the invention relates to a collapsible perspiration booth.
  • the invention endeavors to solve the problem by constructing a perspiration booth whose wall consists of vertical slats arranged tightly beside each other and adhesively fastened on a flexible layer facing toward the interior of the booth, which layer carries a very thin metal lining, with vertical spaces being provided in the vertical slats.
  • this perspiration booth is accomplished by having the booth wall consist of tubular members of plastic, whereby there are provided hollow spaces extending in the lengthwise direction of the members, which hollow spaces are completely enclosed by the plastic walls of the members and which have a flat, closed surface facing the interior of the booth.
  • channel-shaped, flexible but solid, plastic end closures can be pushed from below and/ or above upon the wall edges and adhesively fastened onto them.
  • the vertical hollow spaces can be closed off completely.
  • the channel-shaped end closure can be constructed with its upper surface arched upwardly lover a resiliently flexible reinforcing member.
  • An additional advantage of the construction accordinng to the present invention is derived from the fact that the plastic vertical members do not pull out of shape or spring because of moisture and heat, as happens easily in the case of the corresponding wooden members. Also it is no longer necessary to apply a special lacquer.
  • plastic hollow units are inexpensively manufactured since they can be produced by the extrusion process.
  • the drawing shows the inventive idea by means of a preferred embodiment.
  • FIGURE 1 shows the perspiration booth in a vertical section.
  • FIGURE 2 shows a part of the booth wall in a horizontal section taken on the line II-II of FIGURE 1.
  • FIGURE 3 shows a vertical section through the upper part of the wall taken on the line IIIIII of FIGURE 5.
  • FIGURE 4 shows a cross section through a vertical member with bridges of a modified construction.
  • FIGURE 5 shows a top view of one form of the device.
  • the vertical plastic members I of the wall are attached by suitable adhering means, as gluing or welding, w th their respective flat sides 2 on a flexible carrier 3 cons sting of a plastic film or a thin solid tissue. That side of the carrier material turned toward the interior of the booth is in a known manner lined with an extremely thin metal layer 4, which by itself or together with the carrier material may be provided with a pattern imprint serving for the purpose of achieving a diffuse reflection of the heat rays.
  • the flat surfaces 2 of the members 1 are each joined by an arched outside wall 5.
  • Walls 2 and 5 are connected with each other by bridges 12 and 13, so that vertical hollow spaces 14, 15 and 16 are produced in every member of this construction example, of which each has such a small cross section that because of the wall friction no appreciable circulation of air can take place.
  • the walls are closed at the top by a channelshaped, solid, but sufliciently flexible plastic edge cap l0, which is adhesively fastened, as by gluing or welding (FIGURE 3) to the side wall.
  • the top side of the edge cap is provided toward the outside with arch 11 in order to assume a linear and thus very level top surface for tight engagement by the upper cover 17 of the booth, which is supported upon the side wall.
  • the lower edge of the wall can be provided with a channel-shaped closure (not shown).
  • the edge cap simultaneously prevents the tearing of thin carrier material 3 whose mechanical strain is greatest between the ridges in the region of the upper and lower edge of the wall.
  • FIGURE 4 shows another cross section for the vertical members. By arranging four bridges 6, 7, 8 and 9 vertical to the flat side 2 of the profile, five cells are produced. In this example, as well as in the example according to FIGURE 2, the rigidity of the vertical members 1 is considerably increased by the bridges.
  • the channel-shaped plastic member 10 it is possible to embed in the channel-shaped plastic member 10 a resilient element 18 extending over its length, for instance in the shape of a stetfl spflng r of a spring wire.
  • the member q res a sufficient bending rigidity, so that this relatlvely thll'l a ier material 3 is less strained and any 322 if breakmg is nat d:
  • irregulariin t e members 10 are avoided when the PBISPlIa- 4 tion booth is changed from a rolled up state into a circular one.
  • the wall can be rolled into a roll of relatively small diameter.
  • the carrier 3 can bend at the zones between adjacent vertical members 1 in order to make it possible to roll up the wall.
  • the edge caps 10 are sufficiently flexible that they do not interfere with the rolling up or unrolling of the wall.
  • a side wall structure for a collapsible booth comprising:
  • a flexible sheet member having a thin, reflective metal film secured on the inner side thereof for reflecting heat
  • each of said tubular members being of constant cross-sectional configuration throughout its length, each tubular member having spaced inner and outer walls, said inner wall having a surface bonded over substantially its entire area with the outer side of said sheet member and each tubular member having a plurality of bridging walls, at least one of which is an internal wall, extending between said inner and outer Walls and thereby dividing the interior opening of said tubular member into a plurality of vertically extending, hollow cells of relatively small cross section, said inner, outer and bridging walls being relatively thin, and said tubular members being closely adjacent to and separate from each other to facilitate the rolling up of said side wall structure, and said sheet member and said tubular members being adapted to form a wall structure having a substantially cylindrical shape.
  • a collapsible booth including a wall structure according to claim 1, wherein said wall structure is substantially arranged in said cylindrical shape and wherein a flexible panel having a central opening is supported upon the upper end of said wall structure when it is arranged in said shape.
  • wall structure for a collapsible booth wherein at least one edge of said wall structure, which is adjacent one open end of each of said tubular members, is covered by a channel-shaped closure member of resilient material which can flex with the wall structure and which protects the adjacent edge of the sheet member.
  • wall structure for a collapsible booth according to claim 3 (including an elongated, resiliently flexible metal element embedded in said closure member and eX- tending lengthwise therealong.
  • FRANK L. ABBOTT Primary Examiner. JACOB L. NACKENOFF, Examiner.

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US4092750A (en) * 1976-05-14 1978-06-06 Ellis Donald G Inflatable insulating apparatus
USD251613S (en) 1977-06-20 1979-04-17 Pergament Photographic, Inc. Koisk
US4351868A (en) * 1981-04-15 1982-09-28 Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. Molding
DE8815381U1 (de) * 1988-12-10 1989-05-24 Planeta Hausgeräte GmbH & Co Elektrotechnik KG, 8948 Mindelheim Abdeckung für eine Sauna-Kabine
US5143775A (en) * 1988-05-30 1992-09-01 Ab Akerlund & Rausing Shock-absorbing wrapping and a method for manufacturing such wrapping

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GB607213A (en) * 1945-08-17 1948-08-26 Bruno Jablonsky Improvements in and relating to material comprising bonded wood laminae
DE825306C (de) * 1950-06-22 1953-09-28 Martin Achner Zusammenlegbare Schwitzkabine
FR1040141A (fr) * 1951-07-26 1953-10-13 Mesnel Freres Perfectionnements aux joints pour glace coulissante et applications similaires
US2661117A (en) * 1950-02-28 1953-12-01 Int Harvester Co Breaker strip construction
US2746103A (en) * 1952-04-03 1956-05-22 Bright Thomas John Robert Draught excluding strips, beadings, mouldings, and the like
US2833003A (en) * 1954-11-22 1958-05-06 Joseph B Bourne Structural panel
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US2445290A (en) * 1940-12-24 1948-07-13 Holoplast Ltd Hollow cavitied bodies such as rigid hollow panel structures and method of making the same
GB607213A (en) * 1945-08-17 1948-08-26 Bruno Jablonsky Improvements in and relating to material comprising bonded wood laminae
US2661117A (en) * 1950-02-28 1953-12-01 Int Harvester Co Breaker strip construction
DE825306C (de) * 1950-06-22 1953-09-28 Martin Achner Zusammenlegbare Schwitzkabine
US2655155A (en) * 1950-06-22 1953-10-13 Achner Martin Infrared ray, indirectly heating heat bath
FR1040141A (fr) * 1951-07-26 1953-10-13 Mesnel Freres Perfectionnements aux joints pour glace coulissante et applications similaires
US2746103A (en) * 1952-04-03 1956-05-22 Bright Thomas John Robert Draught excluding strips, beadings, mouldings, and the like
US2833003A (en) * 1954-11-22 1958-05-06 Joseph B Bourne Structural panel
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US4092750A (en) * 1976-05-14 1978-06-06 Ellis Donald G Inflatable insulating apparatus
USD251613S (en) 1977-06-20 1979-04-17 Pergament Photographic, Inc. Koisk
US4351868A (en) * 1981-04-15 1982-09-28 Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. Molding
US5143775A (en) * 1988-05-30 1992-09-01 Ab Akerlund & Rausing Shock-absorbing wrapping and a method for manufacturing such wrapping
DE8815381U1 (de) * 1988-12-10 1989-05-24 Planeta Hausgeräte GmbH & Co Elektrotechnik KG, 8948 Mindelheim Abdeckung für eine Sauna-Kabine

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