JP6298670B2 - Hands and feet warm bath equipment - Google Patents

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  The present invention relates to a limb warming bath apparatus in which a blood circulation promoting action and a sweating action are effectively obtained by immersing a limb in warm water while a user is sitting on a chair.

  In general, warming the limbs with a warm bath is very effective in stimulating sweating and discharging waste products in the body, improving blood circulation and activating physical functions, in addition to a sauna. Since the burden on the cardiopulmonary function such as a bath is small, it is natural that healthy people can use it with peace of mind for the elderly and the sick.

  Conventionally, as a device for such a warm bath, a hand tub is provided at the upper part of the gantry and a foot tub is provided at the lower part so that the user can immerse their hands and feet in warm water in a comfortable posture while sitting on a chair. There is known a hand and foot warm bath apparatus equipped with a circulating hot water path that sends hot water heated in the hand tub to the hand tub by a pump, overflows from the hand tub, introduces it into the foot tub, and returns to the heater from the foot tub. (Patent Documents 1 to 3).

JP 2001-61941 A (FIG. 12) Utility Model Registration No. 3124515 Utility Model Registration No. 3130666

  However, in the conventional limb heat bath apparatus, a hand tub and a foot tub are attached to the gantry and an overflow pipe is provided to connect the two tubs. In addition to the possibility of injury by placing the limbs on the frame of the pedestal, the overflow pipe is placed between the sides of the bathtubs or between the rears so as not to prevent users from putting their knees into the lower space of the bathtub. However, it is difficult to pass a cleaning brush through the pipe during regular cleaning, which makes it difficult to perform cleaning work. There is a problem that dirt easily remains on the tube.

  In view of the above circumstances, the present invention is structurally simple as a limb warming bath device, can reduce the labor and material cost of production, and there is no concern that the user will be injured by the frame of the gantry. An object of the present invention is to provide a tube that can very easily clean the overflow pipe connecting the foot tubs, reliably remove the dirt in the pipe, and maintain high hygiene.

  If means for achieving the above object is shown with reference numerals in the drawings, the hand-foot warming apparatus according to the invention of claim 1 includes a hand tub 1 and a foot tub 2 that are spaced apart from each other, and a heater 3. The hot water H heated in step 1 is sent to the hand tub 1, overflows from the hand tub 1, flows down to the foot tub 2, returns from the foot tub 2 to the heater 3 through the filter 4, and this circulation And a pump P that circulates hot water through the hot water passage 5, the hand tub 1 is supported by pipe struts 6 standing on the left and right sides of the rear part of the foot tub 2, and the inside of both pipe struts 6 is from the hand tub The overflow pipe 52 to the bathtub is configured, and the pipe struts 6 and 6 are curved at the upper side forward, and a straight part 61 extending from the curved part 60 to the front end 6a forms a substantially half pipe shape. 61, the right and left side wall portions 1c and 1c of the hand tub 1 are fixed to each other. Both inner straight line portion 61 is obtained by forming an overflow opening 52a is opened in the hand bath 1.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the limb warm bath apparatus according to claim 1, wherein both the pipe struts 6, 6 have a notch 62 on the lower side and reach the lower end 6 b along the vertical direction. The notches 62 are fixed to the left and right corner edges 2f, 2f on the rear side of the bathtub 2, and the notches 62 are opened into the foot bath 2 to form the inlet 52b.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the limb warm bath apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the heater 3 comprises a one-sided terminal type sheathed heater inserted into the cylindrical heating tank 30, and one end side of the heating tank 30. It attaches to the cover body 31 which is detachably fitted to the cover body 31 and is configured to be removable from the heating tank 30 integrally with the cover body 31.

  Next, effects of the present invention will be described with reference numerals in the drawings. First, in the limb warming bath device according to the first aspect of the present invention, the pipe struts 6 standing on the left and right sides of the rear portion of the foot tub 2 and supporting the hand tub 1 constitute the overflow conduit 52. There is no need for a frame for mounting the bathtub, and the labor and material costs for the production are reduced, and the pipe support 6 that plays the role of the frame can be composed of a simple round pipe and is located on the rear side, so the user is not prepared It is safe to use without worrying about injuries. Moreover, the pipe column 6 is bent forward at the upper side, and is fixed to the side wall 1c of the hand bathtub 1 at a substantially half pipe-like straight part 61 extending from the curved part 60 to the front end 6a. Since the inside opens into the hand tub 1 to form the overflow port 52a, the cleaning brush can be inserted through the overflow port 52a from the overflow port 52a to the lower end of the pipe without difficulty during periodic cleaning. Cleaning work can be performed easily and efficiently, and dirt in the tube can be removed reliably. Furthermore, since the left and right pipe columns 6 and 6 support the hand tub 1 from both left and right sides by the straight portions 61 and 61 extending forward, the hand tub 1 has sufficient support strength even in a cantilever state from the rear. Is obtained.

  According to the invention of claim 2, since the lower sides of the pipe struts 6 and 6 are respectively fixed to the structurally high strength rear left and right corners 2f and 2f of the foot tub 2, The standing strength of each pipe support 6 can be secured sufficiently, and even if the user leans over the upper body on the hand tub 1, each pipe support 6 does not shake, and there is no fear of giving anxiety to the user.

  According to the invention of claim 3, the heater 3 is a one-sided terminal type sheathed heater inserted into the cylindrical heating tank 30, and the heater 3 can be extracted from the heating tank 30 integrally with the lid 31. There is an advantage that the heater 3 and the heating tank 30 in which dirt is most likely to adhere and accumulate can be easily cleaned in the extracted state.

It is a side view of a limb warm bath device concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view of the same hand foot warming apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the left side part of the hand tub and foot tub of the same hand foot warming apparatus. The principal part of the hand bathtub of the same hand foot warming apparatus is shown, (a) is a cross-sectional plan view, and (b) is a longitudinal front view. The principal part of the foot tub of the same foot warm bath apparatus is shown, (a) is a cross-sectional plan view, and (b) is a longitudinal front view. It is a top view which shows the hot water preparation mechanism part in the same hand foot warm bath apparatus in the extraction state of a heater. It is a top view which shows the same hot water preparation mechanism part in the open state of a filter cylinder. It is a vertical side view which shows the warm bath state by the same hand foot warm bath apparatus.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a limb warm bath device according to the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. In the illustrated embodiment, a three-person limb warm bath device that allows three users to perform limb warm bath simultaneously is illustrated.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, this hand-foot warming apparatus is composed of a hand tub 1 and a foot tub 2 that are spaced apart from each other, a heater 3 that prepares hot water, and a filter 4 that filters and removes dirt and foreign matter in the hot water. , A hot water circulating hot water path 5, pipe struts 6, 6 that are provided on the left and right sides of the rear portion of the foot tub 2 to support the hand tub 1, and a pump P that forcibly circulates the hot water in the circulating hot water path 5. And three chairs 7 are placed in front of the hand tub 1 and the foot tub 2 so that the user can take a limb warm bathing posture in a seated position.

  The hand tub 1 and the foot tub 2 are entirely made of stainless steel, and are slightly forward inclined front wall portions 1a, 2a, vertical rear wall portions 1b, 2b, vertical left and right side wall portions 1c, 2c, horizontal A long box shape is formed on the left and right sides of the bottom wall portions 1d and 2d. Both bathtubs 1 and 2 have the same left and right lengths, but hand tub 1 has smaller front and rear dimensions and vertical dimensions than foot tub 2, and the front edge of hand tub 1 is smaller than the front edge of foot tub 2. Is also located slightly forward. And the upper surface side of the hand tub 1 is gently sloping low in the front, and a slightly wider lid is provided on the front edge of the narrow upper wall portion 1e continuous with the rear wall portion 1b via the hinge 11. Three sets of three persons are pivotally attached to each other with the plate 12A and two narrow cover plates 12B and 12B on both sides as one set. Moreover, the upper surface side of the foot tub 2 is gently sloping forward in the same manner as the hand tub 1, and is connected to the front edge of the narrow upper wall portion 2 e continuous to the rear wall portion 2 b via a hinge 21. For human use, three wide lid plates 22 are pivotally attached so as to be freely opened and closed. When the lid plates 12A, 12B, 22 of the hand tub 1 and the foot tub 2 are opened with respect to the small-diameter pipes 13, 23 welded and fixed along the upper edges of the front ends of the bathtubs 1, 2 in the closed state. The front edge is warped so as to be a cue.

  The circulating hot water path 5 includes a hot water supply pipe 51 that introduces hot water heated by the heater 3 into the lower center of the left and right direction of the hand tub 1, and both pipe struts 6 that allow hot water overflowing from the hand tub 1 to flow down to the foot tub 2. , 6 overflow pipes 52, 52, a drain pipe 53 for extracting used hot water from the center of the bottom of the foot tub 2, and a purification pipe for sending used hot water to the filter 4 through the pump P from the drain pipe 53 The pipe 54 and the regeneration pipe 55 for returning the purified hot water from the filter 4 to the heater 3 are configured. A temperature sensor S is installed in the hot water supply pipe 51, and a manual on-off valve V is interposed in front of the pump P in the discharge pipe 53. Stainless steel pipe material is used for the pipe lines 51 to 55 of the circulating hot water path 5, and the pipe materials of the pipe lines 51 and 53 to 55 except for the overflow pipe lines 52 and 52 are connected to the connection partner side. The flanged end portions are detachably connected to the pipe portion via the clamp band 8A. Moreover, the heater 3, the filter 4, and the pump P are collectively installed on the rectangular base frame 9 as a hot water supply mechanism.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the pipe struts 6 and 6 are curved forward at the upper side, and the straight portion 61 in the front-rear direction extending from the curved portion 60 to the closed front end 6a has a substantially half pipe shape. The part 61 is welded and fixed to the left and right side wall parts 1c and 1c of the hand tub 1. 4 (a) and 4 (b), the side wall portion 1c of the hand tub 1 is cut out from the inside of the straight portion 61 of the pipe strut 6 to which the hand tub 1 is fixed. An overflow port 52a that opens inside is formed.

  On the other hand, the vertical lower side of the pipe struts 6 and 6 has a notch 62 extending in the vertical direction with a substantially 1/4 circumferential width from the closed lower end 6b to a predetermined length. Are fixedly welded to the left and right corner edges 2f, 2f on the rear side of the footbath 2. As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the left and right corner edges 2f on the rear side of the foot tub 2 are cut away from the inside of the notch 62 of the pipe strut 6 to which the foot tub 2 is fixed. Is opened in the foot tub 2 to form the inflow port 52b.

  Further, a reinforcing bar 63 made of a thin pipe material is installed between the middle parts of the left and right pipe columns 6 and 6, and when the lid plate 22 of the foot tub 2 is opened, as shown in FIG. The lid plate 22 is set so as to rest on the reinforcing bar 63. In addition, as shown in FIG.2 and FIG.8, as shown in FIG.2 and FIG.8, when the lid plates 12A and 12B of the hand tub 1 are opened, the front end side protrudes rearward so as to overlap the upper wall portion 1e.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the heater 3 is a single-sided terminal-type sheathed heater in which a heater main body 3a inserted in a horizontal cylindrical heating tank 30 made of stainless steel has a single tubular shape. The heating tank 30 is attached to one end side of the heating tank 30 via a clamp band 8B so as to be detachable, and is configured to be removable from the heating tank 30 integrally with the lid 31 as shown. Yes. Further, the heating tank 30 is detachably fixed to the attachment portion 91 (see FIG. 1) of the rectangular base frame 9 via the clamp band 8C in the vicinity of both ends thereof. The heater 3 is electrically controlled by a control device (not shown) so as to feed back from the measured value of the hot water temperature by the temperature sensor S so as to supply hot water at a set temperature to the hand tub 1. It is configured.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the filter 4 is made of a stainless steel-made vertical cylindrical casing 40 in which a filter medium 41 formed in a cylindrical shape is loaded concentrically. Then, the used hot water introduced from the purification conduit 54 flows into the annular space 42 between the casing 40 and the filter material 41, and then passes through the filter material 41, so that hair, body hair, fiber waste, etc. The purified hot water from which foreign substances are removed enters the central hole 43 and is supplied from the central hole 43 through the regeneration pipe 55 into the heating tank 30 of the heater 3. The casing 40 includes a lid 40a (see FIG. 1) that can be attached and detached via the clamp band 8D so that the internal filter medium 41 can be replaced.

  In such a limb warm bath apparatus, hot water H heated to a set temperature by the heater 3 is supplied into the hand tub 1 through the hot water supply pipe 51 by the operation of the pump P, and exceeds a certain level in the hand tub 1. The hot water H flows out from the left and right overflow outlets 52a to the overflow pipe 52 in the pipe column 6, and the hot water H flowing down the overflow pipe 52 is introduced into the foot tub 2 from the left and right inlets 52b. Therefore, as a preparatory step, the on-off valve V of the discharge pipe 53 is closed until the hot water H in the foot tub 2 reaches a predetermined level. When the predetermined amount of hot water H is accumulated in the foot tub 2, the open / close valve V is opened, and the hot water H is circulated through the circulating hot water passage 5 at a predetermined flow rate so that the hand tub 1 is always purified. The hot water H having a constant temperature is supplied, and the hot water H in the foot tub 2 is also kept at a constant temperature.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the user of the hot bath immerses both hands and both feet in the hot water H of the hand tub 1 and the foot tub 2 while sitting on the chair 7, but on the hand tub 1 side, the center wide lid plate 12A. Without opening the head, put the head on the pillow-like cushion C placed on it, open the narrow lid plates 12B, 12B on the left and right sides and insert both hands into the hand tub 1 A posture can be secured. In addition, if the thing which can heat the seat part 7a with an electric heat is used as the chair 7, since a waist | hip | lumbar part can be warmed with both hands and both legs, the higher thermal effect is acquired. In order to further enhance the warm bath effect, a bath agent such as organic germanium may be added to the warm water H.

  In the hand-foot warming bath device having the above-described configuration, the pipe support 6 that is erected on the left and right sides of the rear portion of the foot tub 2 and supports the hand tub 1 also serves as the overflow pipe 52. Therefore, the labor and material cost of production are reduced accordingly. Moreover, since the pipe support | pillar 6 which plays the role of a mount can be comprised with a mere round pipe, since it is located in the rear part side of both bathtubs 1 and 2, there is no worry that a user will carelessly hurt and injure. Therefore, this limb warm bath device is excellent in safety in use.

  Moreover, the pipe column 6 is bent forward at the upper side, and is fixed to the side wall 1c of the hand bathtub 1 at a substantially half pipe-like straight part 61 extending from the curved part 60 to the front end 6a. Since the inside opens into the hand tub 1 to form the overflow port 52a, the cleaning brush can be inserted through the overflow port 52a from the overflow port 52a to the lower end of the pipe without difficulty during periodic cleaning. There are advantages that the cleaning operation can be performed easily and efficiently, and dirt in the pipe can be surely removed.

  Furthermore, since the left and right pipe columns 6 and 6 support the hand tub 1 from both left and right sides by the straight portions 61 and 61 extending forward, the hand tub 1 has sufficient support strength even in a cantilever state from the rear. Is obtained. Further, the lower sides of the pipe struts 6 and 6 are fixed to structurally high-strength portions as the rear left and right corners 2f and 2f of the footbath 2, that is, the boundary between the rear wall 2b and the side wall 2c. Therefore, the standing strength of each pipe support 6 in the foot tub 2 can be sufficiently secured. Therefore, even if the user leans his / her upper body on the hand tub 1, the pipe struts 6 do not shake, and the tubs 1 and 2 and the pipe struts 6 and 6 form a sturdy structure. There is no concern to give.

  In the limb heat bath apparatus of the present invention, various heating methods and forms can be adopted as the heater 3, but a one-side terminal type sheathed heater in which the terminal side 3b is fixed to the lid body 31 of the heating tank 30 as in the embodiment. If used, since it can be extracted from the heating tank 30 integrally with the lid 31, there is an advantage that the inside of the heater 3 and the heating tank 30 where dirt is most likely to adhere and accumulate can be easily cleaned. In addition, as such a one-sided terminal type | mold sheathed heater, not only the single tubular thing which the heater main-body part 3a illustrated but the U-shaped thing and the thing which several straight pipes arranged in parallel can be used.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited to the three persons exemplified in the embodiment, and is used for one person or two persons. The present invention can be similarly applied to a large-sized limb heat bath apparatus including a facing type. In addition, in this invention, arrangement | positioning of the hand tub 1 and the foot tub 2, the division | segmentation structure and attachment structure of the cover plate in both bathtubs 1 and 2, the internal structure and form of the filter 4, the piping structure of the circulating hot water path 5, this circulation Various design changes other than the embodiment can be made with respect to the detailed configuration such as the position of the heater 3 and the filter 4 and the pump P in the hot water passage 5.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hand bathtub 1c Side wall part 2 Foot bath 2f Corner edge part 3 Heater 3a Terminal side 30 Heating tank 31 Cover body 4 Filter 5 Circulating hot water line 52 Overflow pipe 52a Overflow port 52b Inlet 6 Pipe support 6a Front end 6b Lower end 60 Curve Part 61 Straight part 62 Notch H Hot water P Pump

Claims (3)

The hand tub and foot tub that are spaced apart from each other and the hot water heated by the heater are sent to the hand tub, overflow from the hand tub, flow down to the foot tub, and return to the heater from the foot tub through the filter. A circulating hot water path and a pump for circulating hot water interposed in the circulating hot water path,
The hand tub is supported by pipe struts erected on the left and right sides of the rear part of the foot tub, and the inside of both pipe struts constitutes an overflow pipeline from the hand tub to the foot tub,
Both pipe struts are curved forward on the upper side, and a straight part extending from the curved part to the front end forms a half-pipe shape, and the straight parts are respectively fixed to the left and right side wall parts of the hand tub. A limb warm bath device with the inside opened into the hand tub to form an overflow outlet.   Each of the pipe struts has a notch that extends to the lower end along the vertical direction on the lower side, and is fixed to the rear left and right corners of the footbath at the notch. The limb warm bath device according to claim 1, wherein the bath is opened inside to form an inlet.   The heater comprises a one-sided terminal type sheathed heater inserted into a cylindrical heating tank, and is attached to a lid plate that is detachably fitted to one end side of the heating tank, and the heating tank is integrated with the lid plate. The limb warm bath device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the limb warm bath device is configured to be extractable from the limb.

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