JP2930998B2 - Bath jet device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial applications]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an in-bath jet device that allows a user to enter a bath while jetting hot water to generate a jet in a bath water.

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Sho 61-115539 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Sho 59-15155 have disclosed a technique in which bath water in a bathtub is sprayed on the body while taking a bath to obtain a massage effect or the like.
There is one provided in the 1959 publication. 61-1
The thing of 15539 publication is installed outside the bathtub, it is formed so that the bathwater can be pumped up and sprayed on the shoulders of the body, etc., and that of JP-A-59-151959. Is formed so as to be immersed in the bath water and jetted into the bath water to blow the jet to the body.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, the one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-115539 can only spray bath water on shoulders and the like.
The method disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 51959 can only spray a jet of a bath water on a body, and cannot select a spraying state of a bath water at the time of bathing. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and a function of spraying a jet of bath water on a body and a function of spraying bath water on a shoulder can be used separately. It is an object of the present invention to provide an in-bath jet device that can be downsized by sharing one pump for both functions.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In the in-bath jet device according to the present invention, a jet port 2 for jetting hot water into a bath is provided at a lower portion of an apparatus main body 1 installed in a bathtub, and a tapping water for shoulder massage is discharged to an upper portion of the apparatus main body 1. The apparatus main body 1 is provided with a discharge port 3, and the apparatus main body 1 is provided with a jet port 2 and the pump 4 for pumping hot water into the apparatus main body 1 and a hot water inlet 20 for sucking hot water into the apparatus main body 1. The apparatus main body 1 is provided with a switching means 5 for switching the pressure feeding path to one of the jet port 2 and the striking discharge port 3.

[Action]

In the present invention, since the apparatus main body 1 is provided with the jet port 2 for jetting hot water into the bath and the jetting port 3 for jetting hot water for shoulder massage, the jet port 2 is provided. It is possible to create a jet in the bath water with hot water discharged from the body and spray it against the body, and to blow the hot water discharged from the blow discharge port 3 onto the shoulder, thereby obtaining both functions. it can. Further, a pump 4 for feeding hot water to the jet port 2 and the discharge port 3 is provided in the apparatus main body 1, and a switching means 5 for switching the hot water supply path to one of the jet port 2 and the discharge port 3 is provided as the switching means 5. , The pumping of hot water by the pump 4 can be switched by the switching means 5 to select one of the two functions, and one pump 4 can be shared for both functions.

【Example】

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples. The apparatus main body 1 is formed by forming a frame by an upper housing 10 and a lower housing 11, and as shown in FIG. 3, a battery block 12 and a control circuit block 13 are mounted in the upper housing 10, and housing
The pump 4 is installed in 11. As shown in FIG. 4, the pump 4 is formed as a centrifugal pump having an impeller 15 rotatably driven by a motor 14 and accommodating the impeller 15 in a pump case 16 having a spiral shape. Reference numeral 16 denotes an upper case 16a integrated with the motor 14 and a lower case 16b attached to the upper case 16a from below. Lower case 1
A hot water inlet 20 is provided in the opening 6b. The pump case 16 has a jet port 2 formed by a nozzle 17.
Is provided. The nozzle 17 is attached to the pump case 16 by clamping the base spherical portion 18 at a first outlet portion 24 of the pump case 16 in a spherical holding portion 19 formed between the upper case 16a and the lower case 16b. The rotation of the ball portion 18 with respect to the spherical surface holding portion 19 causes the nozzle 17 to rotate.
The direction of can be adjusted. An air pipe 22 is inserted into the pump case 16 at a position in front of the nozzle 17, and the upper portion of the air pipe 22 extends to a non-water-impregnated portion of the apparatus main body 1 and is provided with an air tube 23 for supplying air and a lower case 16b. It is connected through a through hole 21 provided.
A lower end of a tube 26 is connected to a second outlet 25 formed in the pump case 16 adjacent to the first outlet 24, and a lower end of the tube 26 is punched as shown in FIG. The nozzle 27 provided with the set discharge port 3 is connected. This nozzle
Numeral 27 is mounted in the upper housing 10 so that the ejection outlet 3 is exposed as shown in FIG. In the embodiment of FIG. 4, the switching means 5 is formed by including the switching valve 28. The switching valve 28 is formed in a plate shape with a shaft pin 29 protruding above and below one side end, and is provided between the first outlet portion 24 and the second outlet portion 25 (and the first outlet portion 25). (Between the outlet portion 24 and the air pipe 22) is mounted in the pump case 16. That is, the upper shaft pin (not shown) of the switching valve 28 is rotatably inserted into a bearing hole (not shown) provided in the upper case 16a, and the lower shaft pin 29 is inserted into the bearing hole 30 formed in the lower case 16b. The switching valve is inserted into the pump case 16
28 is rotatably mounted. An operation handle 31 is attached to the tip of a shaft pin 29 that is inserted into the bearing hole 30 and protrudes below the lower case 16b. The operation handle 31 is operated to rotate the switching valve 28, so that the fourth As shown in FIG.
4 and the state in which the first outlet 24 is opened and the state in which the first outlet 24 is closed and the second outlet 25 is opened by the switching valve 28 as shown in FIG. 4B. I can do it. In the in-bath jet device formed as described above, the upper housing 10 of the device main body 1 is placed on the upper edge of the bathtub 9 and the lower housing 11 is placed along the wall surface of the bathtub 9 as shown in FIG. The upper housing 10 is disposed so as to protrude above the bath water.
Is immersed in the bath water and arranged. When the hot water is jetted from the jet port 2 to generate a jet in the bath, the second outlet 25 is closed and the first outlet 24 is opened by the switching valve 28 as shown in FIG. 4 (a). When the state is switched and the motor 14 of the pump 4 is operated to rotate the impeller 15, the bath water is drawn into the pump case 16 from the hot water inlet 20 as indicated by the arrow a in FIG. With b
As shown by the arrow, it is pressure-fed from the first outlet 24 to the nozzle 17,
Hot water is spouted from the jet port 2 of the nozzle 17 into the bath as shown by the arrow c. At this time, air is sucked from the air pipe 22 by the Venturi effect, and the air is ejected together with the hot water.
By jetting the jet from the jet port 2 into the bath as described above, a jet can be generated as shown in FIG. 1, and the jet can be applied to the body immersed in the bath to perform massage. Next, when hot water is discharged from the pouring discharge port 3, it is necessary to close the first outlet portion 24 and open the second outlet portion 25 with the switching valve 28 as shown in FIG. 4 (b). As the impeller 15 rotates, the pump case 16 moves from the hot water inlet 20 as shown by the arrow a in FIG.
The hot water sucked into the second outlet 25
2 to the nozzle 27 as shown by the arrow c and also to the nozzle 27 as shown by the arrow d, so that hot water can be discharged from the discharge port 3 of the nozzle 27, and the hot water can be discharged as shown in FIG. By applying hot water discharged from the discharge port 3 to the shoulder, massage of the shoulder and neck can be performed.
The pouring discharge port 3 is provided at two places on the left and right of the nozzle 27, and the pouring water can be applied to both shoulders at the same time. As described above, the massage of the body by the strong jet of the bath water and the massage of the shoulder and neck by the soaking hot water can be switched to perform the whole body massage. FIG. 5 shows another embodiment, in which the switching means 5 is provided in the pump 4. That is, the upper impeller is provided at the base of the output shaft 32 projecting downward from the motor 14.
The lower impeller 15b is attached to the tip of 15a, and the upper impeller 15a and the lower impeller 15b are each a one-way clutch.
It is attached to the output shaft 32 via 33a, 33b. The one-way clutch 33a can transmit the rotation to the upper impeller 15a to rotate the upper impeller 15a only when the output shaft 32 is rotationally driven in the direction of the arrow A as shown in FIG. When the output shaft 32 is rotationally driven in the direction, it is formed so as not to transmit the rotation to the upper impeller 15a,
Also, the one-way clutch 33b can rotate the lower impeller 15b by transmitting the rotation to the lower impeller 15b only when the output shaft 32 is rotationally driven in the direction of the arrow B as shown in FIG. 5 (b). When the output shaft 32 is driven to rotate in the reverse direction, the rotation is not transmitted to the lower impeller 15b. In the embodiment of FIG. 5, the upper and lower impellers 15a, 15b
And the one-way clutches 33a and 33b constitute the switching means 5. Also, between the upper and lower impellers 15a and 15b, a middle case 16c is attached between the upper case 16a and the lower case 6b while being inserted into the output shaft 32, and the inside of the pump case 16 is moved upward by the middle case 16c. The case chamber 34 and the lower case chamber 35 are separated. Inside the lower case room 35 is the lower case 16
The inside of the upper case chamber 34 is communicated with the outside by the hot water inlet 36 provided at the upper part of the peripheral portion of the middle case 16c, although the hot water inlet 20 provided in the b communicates with the outside. The first outlet part 24 is formed in the upper case chamber 34, and the second outlet part 25 is formed in the lower case chamber 35, respectively. The first outlet part 24 is formed in the first outlet part 24 as in the embodiment of FIG. Nozzle 17 with jet 2
And a nozzle 27 provided with a discharge port 3 for striking the second outlet 25 is connected via a tube 26. Thus, in the embodiment of FIG. 5, the motor 14 is rotated so that the output shaft 32 is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow A in FIG.
Drive the lower impeller 1 from the one-way clutch 33b.
Although rotation is not transmitted to 5b, since rotation is transmitted to the upper impeller 15a by the one-way clutch 33a, only the upper impeller 15a is rotationally driven in the direction of the arrow C. When the upper impeller 15a is rotationally driven in this manner, the bath water flows from the hot water inlet 36 into the pump case 16 as indicated by an arrow a in FIG.
Is sucked into the upper case chamber 34, and is pressure-fed from the first outlet 24 to the nozzle 17 as shown by the arrow b, and hot water is jetted out of the jet port 2 of the nozzle 17 into the bath water as shown by the arrow c. Next, when the rotation direction of the motor 14 is switched to reversely drive the output shaft 32 in the direction indicated by the arrow B in FIG. 5B, the rotation is not transmitted from the one-way clutch 33a to the upper impeller 15a.
Since rotation is transmitted to the lower impeller 15b by the one-way clutch 33b, only the lower impeller 15b is rotationally driven in the direction of the double arrow. When the lower impeller 15b is rotationally driven in this manner, the bath water flows into the hot water inlet 20 as indicated by an arrow a in FIG. 5 (b).
Is drawn into the lower case chamber 35 of the pump case 16, and this hot water is pressure-fed from the second outlet 25 as shown by the arrow b to the tube 26 as shown by the arrow c and the nozzle is drawn by the nozzle as shown by the arrow d.
The hot water can be discharged from the discharge outlet 3 of the nozzle 27. In this way, it is possible to switch between the discharge from the jet port 2 and the discharge from the striking discharge port by an electric means of switching the rotation direction of the motor 14 between normal and reverse. Operation can be easily performed.

【The invention's effect】

As described above, in the present invention, a jet port for jetting hot water into the bath water is provided at a lower portion of the device main body, and a hitting discharge port for discharging hot water for shoulder massage is provided at an upper portion of the device main body. As a result, it is possible to generate a jet in the bath with the hot water discharged from the jet outlet and spray it on the body, and to hit the hitting hot water discharged from the hitting discharge port on the shoulder, Both functions allow you to take a bath while performing a full body massage. Also, since a pump for supplying hot water to the jet port and the discharge port is provided in the apparatus main body, and a switching means for switching the pressure supply path of the hot water to the jet port and the discharge port is provided in the apparatus main body, The pumping of hot water by the pump can be switched by the switching means to select and use one of the two functions, and the apparatus is large in size as in the case where one pump is shared for both functions and pumps are provided for each function. Therefore, the device can be formed in a small size without being made into a device. In addition, a jet port, a discharge port, and a pump are provided in the device main body installed in the bathtub, and a hot water inlet for sucking bath water is further provided in the device main body. The hot water flow path for spouting from the jet outlet and striking discharge port can be set only inside the device main body, and by installing the device main body in the existing bathtub, the function of spraying the jet of bath water on the body A bath jet device having a function of spraying bath water on a shoulder can be easily installed without performing any piping work or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of a part of the above-described use state, FIG. (B) is an exploded perspective view showing the structure of the pump part of the above embodiment, and FIG.
(B) is an exploded perspective view showing a structure of a pump part according to another embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an apparatus main body, 2 is a jet outlet, 3 is a striking discharge outlet, 4 is a pump, 5 is a switching means, and 20 is a hot water inlet.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A jet outlet for jetting hot water into a bath water is provided at a lower portion of a device main body installed in a bathtub, and a hitting outlet for discharging hot water for shoulder massage is provided at an upper portion of the device main body. A pump for pumping hot water to the jet port and the discharge port is provided in the apparatus main body, and a hot water inlet for sucking bath water is provided in the apparatus main body, and the hot water supply path is set to either the jet port or the discharge port. An in-bath jet device characterized in that a switching means for switching is provided in a device main body.