JP3192991B2 - Sauna equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sauna apparatus, and more particularly to a home sauna apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A home-use sauna apparatus has a left-right side wall, a front wall, a rear wall, and an upper cover, which form a sauna room that can accommodate only one person, and is provided on the front wall or the rear wall. The sauna room is heated by the electric heater. This type of sauna apparatus is expected to achieve the sauna's original effect by increasing the temperature of the sauna room to a high temperature of, for example, 60 degrees Celsius and promoting perspiration of bathers. It will be big and dangerous. Therefore, there has been proposed a sauna apparatus as a warm bath apparatus in which the temperature in a sauna room is lowered to about 40 degrees Celsius so as not to cause perspiration, and a so-called warming effect promotes blood circulation of a bather.

[0003]

However, when a sauna apparatus capable of general high-temperature bathing is used as the above-mentioned hot-bath equipment, in a normal control system, the setting temperature is set to, for example, 40 degrees Celsius when the hot-bath is used. However, since the amount of heat generated during normal operation is large, the temperature in the sauna room fluctuates greatly with respect to the set temperature, and there is a problem that a comfortable warm bath cannot be achieved. Must do so, which adds to the cost of the sauna equipment.

According to the present invention, there is provided a sauna apparatus which can use a sauna apparatus capable of high-temperature bath as it is as a hot-bath apparatus without employing the special control apparatus as described above, and which can easily use a high-temperature bath and a hot bath easily. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

The invention according to claim 1 is
In a sauna apparatus in which a sauna room 6 is formed by the left and right side wall bodies 2, 2, the front wall body 3, the rear wall body 4, and the upper cover body 5 so that a human can enter, the wall bodies 2, 3, 4 and the cover body 5, a ventilation opening 7 is provided at a position almost facing the head of a person entering the sauna room 6,
It Ri name attached engagement detachable lid 9 by disengaging mechanism 8, the engaging mechanism 8 is formed on the inner vent 7 peripheral surface
The annular locking groove 18 and the slide
A locking claw 20 provided on the rider 19;
A spring 21 for urging the lock in the locking groove
The locking claw 20 is removed from the locking groove 18 against the urging force of the screw 21.
One provided on the slider 19 for operating in the outgoing direction
And an opening and closing mechanism for the upper cover body 5.
It is characterized in that a possible window 30 is provided .

[0006]

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a sauna apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view, FIG. FIG. 4 is a vertical side view. In these figures, reference numeral 1 denotes a gate frame as a main body frame. Side wall members 2 and 2 are respectively connected to the left and right front edges of the gate frame 1, and a front surface is provided between the front ends of both side wall members 2. A wall 3 is continuously provided, and a rear wall 4 is disposed on the back of the gate frame 1. An upper opening surrounded by the side walls 2, 2, the front wall 3 and the gate frame 1 has an upper cover. Covered with body 5,
The portal frame 1, the side walls 2, 2, the front wall 3, the back wall 4, and the upper cover 5 form a sauna room 6 large enough for one person to slowly enter. In addition, on the upper side of the rear wall 4, a ventilation opening 7 is provided which opens at a position almost facing the head of a person entering the sauna room as shown in FIG. In addition, each side wall 2
As shown in FIG. 5, is composed of two divided wall bodies 11 that can be folded in a folding manner at the bending portion 10.

As shown in FIG. 5, each of the divided walls 11 and the back wall 4 of the side wall 2 is provided with a heat insulating plate 12 corresponding to each size, and appropriately attached to the inner surface of the heat insulating plate 12. It comprises a planar heating element 13 and an inner cloth 14 and an outer cloth 15 covering these from both inside and outside. 2 and 3
, The arrangement of each planar heating element 13 is indicated by a broken line. The front wall 3 is formed by covering the inner and outer surfaces of the heat insulating plate 12 with an inner cloth 14 and an outer cloth 15 as shown in FIG.
Also, a gate form 1, a side wall 2, a front wall 3, and a back wall 4
And the bent portion 1 of each side wall 2
No. 0 can be folded by sewing the inner cloth 14 and the outer cloth 15 together. Then, from the state where the sauna room 6 as shown in FIG. 5 is formed, the front wall 3 is divided into the side walls 2 while the both side walls 3 are folded in the middle at the bent portions 10 respectively. The two side walls 2 and 2 and the front wall 3
Can be folded at the front of the portal form 1 and can be stored compactly.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the vent 7 is provided on the upper side of the back wall 4 where the planar heating element 13 is not located. Board 12
Are cut out in a circular shape and the inner peripheral edge thereof is, for example, an outer peripheral frame 1.
6 is formed. For example, a disc-shaped lid 9 that opens and closes the vent 7 is detachably attached to the vent 7.
An inner peripheral frame 17 that can be fitted inside the outer peripheral frame 16 is fixed to the outer periphery of the lid 9.

FIG. 6 shows an engaging / disengaging mechanism 8 for engaging and disengaging the lid 9 with the outer peripheral frame 16 across the outer peripheral frame 16 on the wall 4 side and the inner peripheral frame 17 on the lid 9 side. It is provided as follows.

That is, in FIG. 6, the outer peripheral frame 1 on the side of the wall 4 is shown.
Engagement / disengagement mechanisms 8, 8 are provided at symmetrical positions in the radial direction between 6 and the lid 9 having an inner peripheral frame 17 fitted thereto.

The engagement / disengagement mechanism 8 will be described with reference to FIG. 7, which is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 6. An annular locking groove 18 is formed in the inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral frame 16 on the wall 4 side. A slider 19 is provided at a position symmetrical in the radial direction of the inner peripheral frame 17 on the side of the lid 9, the slider 19 being movable radially in the inner peripheral frame 17.
A locking claw 20 which can be locked in the locking groove 18 on the outer peripheral side 16 is provided at a tip end of the slider 19 and is provided in a direction in which the locking claw 20 is always locked in the locking groove 18. A biasing spring 21 is interposed between the slider 19 and the inner peripheral frame 17. And the slider 19 has the slider 19
Knob 2 for retracting the spring against the urging force of the spring 21
2 is fixed by screws. One form of the engagement / disengagement mechanism 8 is formed by the above structure.

As shown in FIG. 4, a pivot bracket 23 is attached to the lower end of the gate frame 1, and both rear ends of a U-shaped frame member 24 are supported by the pivot bracket 23. The U-shaped frame member 24 is pivotally mounted via a shaft 23a.
And, it can be turned up and down between a horizontal position (shown by a solid line) fitted to the inner periphery of the lower end portion of the front wall body 3 and a vertical position (shown by an imaginary line) folded in the portal frame 1. Further, a folding chair 25 is attached to the U-shaped frame member 24, and the folding chair 25 is provided with both side plates 24a of the U-shaped frame member 24.
Chair leg 25a whose lower end is pivotally supported at the middle part in the front-rear direction
The chair seat frame 25b has a front end pivotally supported by a pivot pin 26 at the upper end of the chair leg 25a, and a rear end pivotally attached to the inner surface of the side plate 1a of the gate form 1 by a pivot 27 at an appropriate height. When the U-shaped frame member 24 is folded, the U-shaped frame member 24 is simultaneously folded as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. .

The upper cover body 5 of the sauna room 6 is flexible, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the peripheral edge of the cover body 5 has both side walls 2 and 2 and a front wall body 3. Are joined to the upper edge of the gate formwork 1 and the upper edge of the gate formwork 1, respectively. Although not shown, the upper cover body 5 is made by attaching an aluminum foil for heat reflection to the inner surface of a flexible thin heat insulating material, covering the inner foil with an inner cloth and an outer cloth, and quilting. is there. 1 and 4, reference numeral 28 denotes an opening formed in the center of the upper cover body 5, which is closed by opening / closing means 29 such as a zipper, so that a bather can enter and leave the opening 28. . Reference numeral 30 denotes a window made of a transparent sheet or the like. Although not shown, a lighting device such as a fluorescent light can be installed at a required upper portion in the sauna room 6.

The planar heating element 13 has a well-known structure that emits far infrared rays. For example, a mixture of carbon powder and a binder such as polyethylene is applied to a substrate of an electrically defective conductor to form a resistive film having a required electric resistance, a conductor is attached over the entire length, and the surface of the electrically defective conductor is heat-resistant and waterproof. It is preferable to apply a film because it emits far-infrared rays. The temperature of the planar heating element 13 is controlled by a well-known temperature controller.

In the sauna apparatus as described above,
When using this as a sauna's original high-temperature bath device,
The locking claw 20 at the tip end of the slider 19 of the inner peripheral frame 17 on the lid 9 is urged by the spring 21 into the locking groove 18 of the outer peripheral frame 16 of the rear wall body 4 and locked by the engaging and disengaging mechanism 8. Then, the lid 9 closes the ventilation opening 7 to make the inside of the sauna room 6 hermetically closed, and the heat generation temperature of the planar heating element 13 is set to a required high temperature by a temperature control device, so that the sauna room 6 is heated to a high temperature. By doing so, it is possible to promote the sweating action of the bather who has entered the sauna room 6.

According to the engagement / disengagement mechanism 8, the locking groove 18 of the outer peripheral frame 16 of the rear wall 4 is formed in an annular shape and is recessed over the entire inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral frame 16. The locking claw 20 can be locked at any position on the inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral frame 16, so that the locking operation is easier, and the locking claw 20 is urged by the spring 21 to lock the locking groove 18.
And the lid 9 is securely fixed to the wall 4, so that even if a user who is taking a bath hits the lid 4, the lid 4 is kept on the wall 4. Of the vent 7 is not accidentally opened.

When the sauna apparatus is used as a low-temperature bath apparatus, that is, a hot-bath apparatus, the slider 19 on the side of the lid 9 closing the ventilation port 7 is gripped by the knob 22 to resist the urging force of the spring 21. Then, the locking claw 20 at the tip of the slider 19 comes out of the locking groove 18 of the outer peripheral frame 16 on the side of the wall 4, so the lid 9 is removed from the ventilation hole 7 and the ventilation hole 7 is removed. It is opened to allow the air inside and outside the sauna room 6 to flow, and the heat generation temperature of the sheet heating element 13 is also lowered, so that the temperature inside the sauna room 6 is set to a low temperature at which the bather does not sweat. Thereby, the bather can obtain a so-called heating effect.

The engaging / disengaging mechanism 8 is provided outside the sauna room 6 in the drawing, but is provided inside the sauna room 6 to operate the slider 19 from inside the sauna room 6.
The cover 9 may be engaged and disengaged.

Since the vent 7 is provided at a position almost facing the head of the bather entering the sauna room 6 as can be seen from FIG. 4, especially around the head of the bather. The temperature of the head becomes low, resulting in a so-called head-and-foot fever condition, whereby the bather can obtain a comfortable feeling of use, can bathe for a long time, and can expect an effect of improving blood circulation.

In this embodiment, the vent 7 is provided only on the back wall 4, but the vent 31 may be provided on the side wall 2 as shown in FIG. It may be provided on the cover body 5. In addition, the ventilation hole, the back wall 4,
It may be provided on both the side wall 2 and the upper cover 5. The window 3 formed in the upper cover body 5
0 may be configured to be openable and closable, and the window 30 may be opened at the same time as opening the above-mentioned vent when using as a warm bath apparatus. In addition, by providing a plurality of vents, it becomes possible to adjust the temperature during the warm bath.

[0022]

According to the sauna apparatus of the first aspect, a position where one of the wall and the cover forming the sauna room almost faces the head of a person entering the sauna room. When used as a sauna's original high-temperature bath device, the ventilator is closed so that the sauna room is closed and the sauna room is heated to a high temperature. The desired effect can be expected by promoting the sweating action.

When used as a low-temperature bath apparatus, that is, a hot bath apparatus, the ventilation holes are opened to allow air to flow in and out of the sauna room, and the temperature in the sauna room is lowered to such a low temperature that the bather does not sweat. I do. Thereby, the bather can obtain a so-called heating effect. In this case, the vent is provided at a position almost facing the head of the bather entering the sauna room, so that the bather is in a state of so-called head cold foot heat, and a comfortable feeling of use is obtained, and Bathing can be performed for a long time, and the effect of further improving blood circulation can be expected.

[0024] According to the sauna device of the first aspect,
The lid that opens and closes the vent can be easily detachably attached to the periphery of the vent by a detachment mechanism, so the lid can be attached and detached with one touch, making it easy to open and close the vent. Become.

Further , according to the first aspect of the present invention, the locking groove on the inner peripheral surface of the ventilation port is formed in an annular shape, and the locking groove is recessed over the entire inner peripheral surface. The locking claw can be locked at any position on the inner peripheral surface of the ventilation hole, which makes the locking work easier, and the locking claw is urged by a spring and locked in the locking groove to lock the lid. Because it is securely fixed to the wall, even if it is subjected to shock or vibration, or if the user who is taking a bath hits the lid, the lid does not accidentally fall out of the vent and can be used safely. can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an embodiment of a sauna device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the same sauna device.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the same sauna device.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged detailed longitudinal sectional view of the same sauna device.

FIG. 5 is a detailed cross-sectional view of a wall portion of the sauna device.

FIG. 6 is a rear view showing a main part of the same sauna apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the above sauna apparatus taken along line AA of FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Side wall 3 Front wall 4 Back wall 5 Upper cover 6 Sauna room 7 Vent 8 Disengagement mechanism 9 Lid

Continuation of front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A61H 33/06-33/10 E05B 55/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sauna apparatus in which a left and right side wall, a front wall, a rear wall, and an upper cover form a sauna room enough for a human to enter. almost an opening to vent provided in a position such as to face the head, to which Ri name by attaching a disengageably lid member by disengaging mechanism, the engaging mechanism of the person has entered the
The annular locking groove formed on the inner peripheral surface of the vent and the lid
A locking claw provided on a slider movable in a radial direction,
A spring for urging the locking claw in a direction for locking the locking claw in the locking groove;
Operate the locking claw in the direction of escape from the locking groove against the urging force of
Knob provided on the slider to
A sauna device , further comprising an openable / closable window provided in the upper cover body .