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Definitions

• This system is to provide humidity and temperature conditions under automatic control in a sauna room or in a separate closed moisture-resistant space similar to those of a traditional smoke sauna or moisture room. In fact, this does not compensate for the smoke and the atmosphere of a smoke sauna, but it still provides better prerequisites of a relaxing sauna experience.
• the system is characterised by balancing and enhancing the bathing conditions in a sauna room.
• the system is fully automatic and electronically controlled by micro- circuits and the necessary humidity and temperature sensors. The control and the adjustment of the desired temperature, humidity and any other necessary command are performed as desired by using the control buttons of a control panel.
• the device can also be used for generating a moisture and steam room.
• the room temperature is kept low and the necessary amount of moisture is introduced in the room by means of the system of the invention in order to achieve the adequate conditions with high relative percentage of moisture.
• the purpose of use being a moisture room, one can for instance convert a private sauna or other room into a Spa, i.e. a room for relaxation and for cure of commonly studied conditions, which anybody can search individually on the Internet or through corresponding information channels.
• sauna rooms For private sauna rooms, various additional purposes of use can be created in the home environment. If desired, one can take "normal” sauna baths by throwing hot water on the sauna stove. The sauna can also be used for relaxation the way Vietnamese baths are used in the South. In other words, the same sauna room can be used for a new purpose.
• the system works perfectly well both with electrically heated and wood-burning sauna stoves.
• the temperature can be manually controlled with the amount of wood, providing abundant moisture of the desired quality. Should the user wish to throw water on the sauna stove, this does not interfere with the system at all.
• the system merely restricts the amount of moisture generated by the device, and when the moisture has stabilised after a while, the device starts producing and balancing moisture.
• the purpose of the present system is to provide the desired uniform humidity and temperature under electronic control in the sauna or moisture room.
• the humidity will be as desired, corresponding e.g. to a Turkish bath or a traditional Finnish sauna.
• the device can be retrofitted in almost any existing sauna stove.
• the device and the system involve the potential of new markets for moisture rooms and saunas by providing an option for use of space and converting the sauna into a moisture room with health effects and operating in the new temperature range 46 to 70 °C with a high percentage of moisture in the range of 70 to 100%.
• a person having some degree of fitting skills will not need a professional for the installation.
• the electric installation operates in the low-voltage range and there is only a small number of conductors to be connected. No plumber will be needed for fitting the water pipe, since the system can be connected from a washing machine connection or a tap connection by means of a washing machine hose or the like. It is also possible to connect a pressure-generating separately filled water tank to the device.
• the system in accordance with the invention provides the desired circumstances in nearly all types of saunas, in which the heating element consists of a sauna stove heated by resistors or wood.
• the operating environment is ideal when the temperature is in the intermediate range between that of a Turkish bath and that of a Finnish sauna, i.e. the temperature is approx. 45 to 65 °C and the percentage of moisture is 60 to 100%.
• a genuine feeling is produced by moisture emitted from a nozzle in the form of mist and evaporated mainly under the effect of hot air and mixing with the hot air.
• the entire system is fully automatic and controlled by 24V electronics.
• the device can be installed nearly by anybody, given that the water is taken from a washing machine connection, a tap connection or a separate pressure-generating water tank.
• the electric connection is totally safe since the operating voltage is 24V, with the transformer and the electronics placed outside the sauna room. It is also possible to use some other voltage.
• the retrofitting facility is also an essential feature. A person having some extent of installation skills does not need a professional fitter for the installation.
• the electric installation is carried out in the 24V low-voltage range and there is only a small number of conductors to be connected.
• no plumber is required for installing the water pipe, since the system allows for installation from a washing machine connection or a tap connection by means of a washing machine hose or any corresponding standard connection. It is also possible to connect a pressure- generating separately filled water tank to the device.
• the system can also be integrated in the system of a house or a sauna stove and also with permanent wiring and piping.
• a humidity and temperature sensor 1 is installed on the wall of a room suitable as the moisture room of a sauna or the like, the sensor measuring the characteristics of the room, such as moisture and temperature, and also any other characteristics to be measured.
• the measured data pass through a conductor 2 to a micro-circuit located in a separate housing 3.
• the housing may also be separate and wired in a different manner.
• the housing 3 accommodates a micro-circuit disc, which has components, the necessary program and intelligence, which has been separately programmed and installed.
• the control circuit can be regulated to the desired values with a separate program.
• the necessary values are stored in the memory of the micro-circuit.
• the housing 3 contains the necessary regulators, such as a humidity regulator and a temperature regulator.
• the housing 3 may also contain of information on the room to be measured in various forms, e.g. in digital form.
• the conductor 4 supplies 24V voltage to the housing 3 from a separate transformer.
• the conductor 4 may also supply voltage fed from a separate roof panel. Voltage can also be fed to the housing 3 by means of batteries or accumulators or in some other manner.
• the batteries or accumulators may be located in the housing.
• the conductor 5 may control a contactor 6 or a similar device, by means of which the operation of a sauna stove 14 and/or the temperature of a sauna room is regulated.
• the controlled alternating current passes in the conductor 7 to the sauna stove 14 or to a separate heat source.
• the conductor 8 transmits the control to a solenoid valve 9, which adjusts the amount of water atomized 12 on e.g. the sauna stove or any other heat source.
• the positioning may differ from that of the figure.
• the device provides ideal moisture conditions for e.g. a sauna room or a similar moisture room.
• the purpose of use of the device has been devised for retro-fitting in existing sauna stoves or for advance factory-assembling in sauna stoves or similar heating elements.
• the positioning and installation of the water pipe can be carried out by retro-fitting.
• the water pipe can be fabricated adapted to different objects and with different dimensions for each case.
• the purpose of the protective shield is to provide sufficient air space for the atomizing nozzle and to protect the nozzle when the sauna stove is being installed.
• the protective sheet 25 can be placed e.g. in the stone space of the sauna stove or in a similar device or heat source, in which apertures 29 have been cut, in the desired shape if desired, in order to let air and atomized moisture 12 to pass openly, the protective shield also having possibly differently cut apertures 28. If necessary, the steel shield can be turned 27 manually in the desired position, e.g. in parallel with the spraying, or in order to facilitate the installation of the sauna stove stones or to avoid the resistors.
• the cut sheet 25 can be folded in a rectangular shape 26 and on top of this a steel sheet 32 having apertures 29 cut for the same purpose can be installed e.g. by welding.
• the protective sheet 31 can be fastened 23 to a water pipe 11 , to which a part 22 has been welded or fastened in some other manner, the part having threads allowing the sheet part to be fastened with nuts by hand.
• a nozzle 24 similar to that of oil burners or any similar nozzle may be provided inside the sheet part of the pipe.
• the water pipe can be bent to the desired shape 21 and it can be given the desired measures adapted to different objects and needs depending on the object of installation.
• the end of the pipe can be equipped e.g. by welding with a separately made part 20 having threads or any fitting for connecting a water hose or a solenoid valve to which a water hose has been connected. Pressure is generated by a separate pump in the water hose or the pipe or the mains pressure is utilized.
• the solenoid valve 9 emits water from the water pipe 11 onto the sauna stove 14, with a jet 12 being directed between the sauna stove resistors disposed between the stones of the sauna stove.
• the figure illustrates a top view of the installation, a sauna stove 15, with the nozzle sheet (fig 2/25) and the pipe 11 installed between the stones of the sauna stove. The installation may differ from the one illustrated.
• Figure 4
• a water tank is installed by retro-fitting or factory assemblage in the frame of the sauna stove 14, the tank containing water 42, which can be filled manually 41 or automatically.
• the tank has a filter 43 for filtering impurities, with the water passing through the filter to the pump 44, which is controlled by the system described above, from where the water is pressurized and passes through the solenoid valve 9, which is controlled 8 by said system, in the pipe 11 to the sauna stove, where a jet 12 and water vapour are generated under the control of the system.
• the sauna stove and a separate water tank The sauna stove and a separate water tank.
• a water tank 51 is installed by retro-fitting or factory assembly on the wall next to the sauna stove 14, the water tank containing water 42, which can be filled manually 41 or automatically.
• the tank has a filter 43 for filtering impurities, with the water passing through the filter to the pump 44, which is controlled by the system 45 described above, and from which the water is evacuated by pressurization and passes through the pipe or the hose 50 through the solenoid valve 9, which is controlled 8 by said system, in the pipe 11 to the sauna stove 14, where a jet 12 is generated under the control of the system.
• the water tank may be such that is filled by means of a "bucket" e.g. at a cottage, or filled automatically under control.
• the tank may be previously fixed to the sauna stove, such as in existing sauna stoves.
• the water tank may also be a separate tank mounted on the wall or the floor.
• the voltage can be generated by commonly available low-voltage ceiling panels or in any other manner.
• the system may also be equipped with a separate heating element made from soapstone, steel sheet or any other material, in which the resistors are placed and which is electronically controlled by this device.
• the water jet described above is directed to the centre between the heating elements.
• the device system also allows for creating intermediate conditions and temperatures between those of a separate Turkish bath and those of a Finnish sauna.
• the claims define a sauna room/room for throwing water on the stones and a sauna stove.
• the sauna room can naturally be any other room or moisture room and the sauna stove is not necessarily a sauna stove, but may also be any other similar heating element.
• the water nozzle unit can be installed directly in an old sauna stove previously mounted on the wall and in new buildings it can be installed in the sauna stove in connection with the delivery of the sauna stove.
• the entire system described above can be installed when a sauna, an apartment, a house property, a house or any similar space is being built or renovated.
• a contactor kit can be installed in connection with the sauna stove, so that the ideal temperature can be produced by controlling such a kit.
• a "cottage version" of the product is being developed, allowing the device to be controlled with 24V current ceiling panels.
• a system with mobile control is also being developed, in which all the data and controls can be remote controlled over the Internet or as an application to be loaded.
• the control system can be connected to existing intelligent systems or sauna stoves or apartments and saunas.
• An individual heat source may be made for the system e.g. from soapstone, steel sheet or any other material that can be heated by electric resistors, wood or in a similar manner.
• the system can also be equipped with a separate moisture-resistant space, into which moisture is directed under the control of the system.

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