JPH0747033B2 - Cool bedding - Google Patents
Cool beddingInfo
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- JPH0747033B2 JPH0747033B2 JP19594387A JP19594387A JPH0747033B2 JP H0747033 B2 JPH0747033 B2 JP H0747033B2 JP 19594387 A JP19594387 A JP 19594387A JP 19594387 A JP19594387 A JP 19594387A JP H0747033 B2 JPH0747033 B2 JP H0747033B2
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Description
【発明の詳細な説明】 産業上の利用分野 本発明は、寝床環境を冷却する採涼寝具に関する。Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a cooling bedding for cooling a bed environment.
従来の技術 従来この種の採涼寝具は、例えば、ペルチェ効果を利用
した電子冷却枕で、第６図に示すように電子冷却素子９
と均熱板10と蓄冷剤11とクッション12からから構成され
ていた。上記構成において、電子冷却素子９で発生した
冷却力により蓄冷剤11・クッション12そして頭部が冷さ
れるといった作用を有していた。蓄冷剤11を用いている
のは、あらかじめ冷蔵庫等で蓄冷して冷却効果の持続さ
せるためである。2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of cooling bedding is, for example, an electronic cooling pillow utilizing the Peltier effect, and as shown in FIG.
It consisted of a soaking plate 10, a regenerator 11 and a cushion 12. In the above configuration, the cooling power generated in the electronic cooling element 9 has the effect of cooling the regenerator 11, the cushion 12, and the head. The cool storage agent 11 is used in order to keep the cooling effect by storing cool in advance in a refrigerator or the like.
発明が解決しようとする問題点 熱帯夜等の高温環境で就寝する場合、電子冷却枕を使用
すれば頭部以外の部位は高温であっても頭部の冷却によ
り視床下部に存在する温受容器が冷却されるため、見か
け上は温熱的に快適な状態となり発汗も生起せず快適に
睡眠することができる。頭部以外の部位は高温であるの
で、そこに存在する温受容器の活動が活発になり、そこ
からの求心性信号が脳の体温調節中枢に作用して発汗が
生起するはずであるが、頭部以外の部位に存在する温受
容器の活動よりも視床下部に存在する温受容器の活動の
方が発汗に対して大きな影響をもっているために発汗が
生起しないのである。Problems to be Solved by the Invention When sleeping in a high-temperature environment such as a tropical night, if an electronic cooling pillow is used, even if the parts other than the head are hot, the temperature receptors on the hypothalamus exist due to the cooling of the head. Since it is cooled, it is apparently warm and comfortable, and it is possible to sleep comfortably without sweating. Since parts of the body other than the head are hot, the activity of the thermoreceptors present there becomes active, and the afferent signal from there should act on the thermoregulatory center of the brain, causing sweating, Sweating does not occur because the activity of the warm receptors in the hypothalamus has a greater effect on sweating than the activity of the warm receptors in areas other than the head.
しかしながら、このような方式では以下のような問題点
を有していた。すなわち、起床前は上述のように快適な
睡眠が得られるが、起床時に頭部が枕から離れると頭部
への冷却がなくなって視床下部の温度が上り、さらに頭
部以外の部位も依然として高温であるため、両部位の温
受容器からの信号が脳の体温調節中枢に作用して、急激
に暑熱感や体のほてりを感じ、発刊が生起して目覚め後
が非常に不快になってしまうといった問題点を有してい
た。However, such a method has the following problems. That is, before waking up, comfortable sleep is obtained as described above, but when the head separates from the pillow when waking up, the cooling of the head disappears and the temperature of the hypothalamus rises, and the parts other than the head are still hot. Therefore, the signals from the thermoreceptors at both sites act on the thermoregulatory center of the brain, causing a sudden feeling of heat and hot flushes of the body, which causes publication and makes it very uncomfortable after waking. There was a problem such as.
本発明は上記のような従来の問題点を解決し、睡眠時の
みならず起床時にも快適な状態を提供することを目的と
する。It is an object of the present invention to solve the above conventional problems and provide a comfortable state not only when sleeping but also when getting up.
問題点を解決するための手段 この目的を達成するため、本発明の採涼寝具は、人体の
頭部を冷却する第１の冷却手段と、人体の頭部以外の部
位を冷却する第２の冷却手段と、前記第１の冷却手段の
温度を検知する第１の温度検知手段と、前記第２の冷却
手段の温度を検知する第２の温度検知手段と、クロック
と、時刻を入力する入力手段と、前記クロックからの信
号と前記入力手段からの信号により前記第１の冷却手段
と前記第２の冷却手段それぞれの設定温度を演算する演
算手段と、前記第１の温度検知手段と前記第２の温度検
知手段と前記演算手段からの信号により前記第１の冷却
手段と前記第２の冷却手段それぞれの冷却能力を制御す
る制御手段からなるものである。Means for Solving the Problems To achieve this object, the cooling bedding of the present invention includes a first cooling means for cooling the head of a human body and a second cooling means for cooling a portion other than the head of the human body. Cooling means, first temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the first cooling means, second temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the second cooling means, clock, and input for inputting time Means, computing means for computing respective set temperatures of the first cooling means and the second cooling means based on a signal from the clock and a signal from the input means, the first temperature detecting means and the first cooling means. The second temperature detecting means and the control means for controlling the cooling capacity of each of the first cooling means and the second cooling means by a signal from the calculating means.
作用 上記構成において本発明の採涼寝具は、入力手段に時刻
を入力すると、その時刻に基づいて第１の冷却手段と第
２の冷却手段それぞれの設定温度を演算し、それぞれの
設定温度に基づいて頭部と頭部以外の部位を冷却すると
いう作用を有する。Operation In the above-described structure, when the timepiece is input to the input means, the cooling bedding of the present invention calculates the set temperatures of the first cooling means and the second cooling means based on the time, and based on the respective set temperatures. It has the effect of cooling the head and parts other than the head.
実施例 以下、本発明の実施例を添付図面に基づいて説明する。
第１図は本発明の実施例の斜視図、第２図は同実施例の
ブロック図である。１は人体の頭部を冷却する第１の冷
却手段で従来の電子冷却枕と同様に電子冷却素子1aを使
用している。２は人体の頭部以外の部位を冷却する第２
の冷却手段で、送風部2aと送風部2aから送風された空気
を冷却する冷却部2bおよび躯幹部から足部にかけて存在
する吹出部2cから構成される。３は電子冷却素子1aの温
度を検知する第１の温度検知手段、４は吹出部2cから吹
出される吹出空気の温度を検知する第２の温度検知手
段、５はクロック、６は時刻を入力する入力手段で、こ
こでは使用者が望みの起床時刻を入力できるようになっ
ている。７はクロック５からの信号と入力手段６からの
信号により第１の冷却手段１と第２の冷却手段２それぞ
れの設定温度を演算する演算手段、８は第１の温度検知
手段からの信号と第２の温度検知手段からの信号と演算
手段７からの信号により第１の冷却手段１と第２の冷却
手段２それぞれの冷却能力を制御する制御手段である。Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the same embodiment. Reference numeral 1 is a first cooling means for cooling the head of the human body, which uses the electronic cooling element 1a as in the conventional electronic cooling pillow. 2 is a second part that cools parts of the human body other than the head
The cooling means comprises a blower unit 2a, a cooling unit 2b for cooling the air blown from the blower unit 2a, and a blower unit 2c existing from the trunk to the legs. 3 is a first temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the electronic cooling element 1a, 4 is a second temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the blown air blown out from the blowing portion 2c, 5 is a clock, 6 is a time input Here, the user can input the desired wake-up time. Reference numeral 7 is a calculating means for calculating the set temperature of each of the first cooling means 1 and the second cooling means 2 based on the signal from the clock 5 and the signal from the input means 6, and 8 is a signal from the first temperature detecting means. It is a control means for controlling the cooling capacity of each of the first cooling means 1 and the second cooling means 2 by the signal from the second temperature detecting means and the signal from the computing means 7.
上記構成において、就寝の際、入力手段６より使用者が
望みの起床時刻を入力すると、演算手段７ではクロック
５から送信される時刻に基づいて第３図（ａ）に示すよ
うに、第１の冷却手段１と第２の冷却手段２それぞれの
設定温度T1およびT2が演算される。制御手段６では、第
１の温度検知手段からの信号と第２の温度検知手段から
の信号と演算手段７からの信号により、第１の冷却手段
１と第２の冷却手段２それぞれの温度がそれぞれT1およ
びT2になるよう第１の冷却手段１と第２の冷却手段２そ
れぞれの冷却能力が制御されるという作用を有する。In the above configuration, when the user inputs the desired wake-up time from the input means 6 at bedtime, the calculation means 7 determines the first time based on the time transmitted from the clock 5 as shown in FIG. The respective set temperatures T1 and T2 of the cooling means 1 and the second cooling means 2 are calculated. In the control means 6, the respective temperatures of the first cooling means 1 and the second cooling means 2 are controlled by the signal from the first temperature detecting means, the signal from the second temperature detecting means and the signal from the calculating means 7. It has an effect that the cooling capacities of the first cooling means 1 and the second cooling means 2 are controlled so as to be T1 and T2, respectively.
上記作用により、頭部およびそれ以外の部位の温度は第
３図（ｂ）に示すように推移する。すなわち、時刻ｔま
では第１の冷却手段により頭部が冷却され、快適な睡眠
が保たれる。次に、時刻ｔ以降は第２の冷却手段２の設
定温度が下降して頭部以外の部位の温度Toは低下する。
したがって、頭部以外の部位の温受容器の活動は抑制さ
れ、脳の体温調整中枢に作用する頭部および頭部以外の
部位の温受容器からの信号は全体として減少するので、
従来のように起床時に暑熱感や体のほてりを感じること
もなく、また発刊も生起することがないので快適な目覚
めが得られるといった効果がある。Due to the above action, the temperatures of the head and other parts change as shown in FIG. 3 (b). That is, the head is cooled by the first cooling means until time t, and comfortable sleep is maintained. Then, after time t is the temperature T o of the part other than the head lowered set temperature of the second cooling means 2 is lowered.
Therefore, the activity of the thermoreceptors in regions other than the head is suppressed, and the signals from the thermoreceptors in the head and regions other than the head acting on the thermoregulatory center of the brain are reduced as a whole,
There is no effect of feeling hot heat or hot flashes upon waking up like before, and publication does not occur, so that there is an effect that a comfortable awakening can be obtained.
上記実施例では、第１の冷却手段は電子冷却素子であっ
たが、本発明の第２の実施例として、第４図に示すよう
に、第１の冷却手段１を第２の冷却手段２のような気流
を吹き出す構成としてもよく、上記と同様な効果があ
る。In the above embodiment, the first cooling means was the electronic cooling element, but as the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, the first cooling means 1 is replaced by the second cooling means 2. It is also possible to have a configuration in which an air flow such as the above is blown, and the same effect as above is obtained.
また、本発明の第３の実施例として、体温の日周リズム
を考慮して、演算手段７で頭部の設定温度T1を第５図
（ａ）のように演算してもよく、この場合、頭部温度Th
は第５図（ｂ）のように推移するため、起床後の心身活
動がよりスムーズに行えるようになる。Further, as a third embodiment of the present invention, the setting temperature T1 of the head may be calculated by the calculating means 7 as shown in FIG. 5 (a) in consideration of the diurnal rhythm of body temperature. , Head temperature Th
5 changes as shown in FIG. 5 (b), so that mental and physical activities after waking up can be performed more smoothly.
発明の効果 以上のように本発明の採涼寝具によれば、次の効果が得
られる。EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION As described above, according to the cooling bedding of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
すなわち、起床時のある一定時間前から、頭部への冷却
を減少し、それに対して、頭部以外の部位への冷却を増
加させるので、従来のように起床時の発汗がなく快適な
目覚めが得られる。That is, from a certain time before waking up, the cooling to the head is decreased, while the cooling to the parts other than the head is increased. Is obtained.
第１図は本発明の第１の実施例における採涼寝具の一部
切欠斜視図、第２図は同実施例のブロック図、第３図は
同実施例の動作図、第４図は同第２の実施例における採
涼寝具の斜視図、第５図は同第３の実施例における動作
図、第６図は従来の採涼寝具の要部拡大断面図である。 １……第１の冷却手段、２……第２の冷却手段、３……
第１の温度検知手段、４……第２の温度検知手段、５…
…クロック、６……入力手段、７……演算手段、８……
制御手段、９……電子冷却素子、10……均熱板、11……
蓄冷剤、12……クッション。1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a cooling bedding according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the same embodiment, FIG. 3 is an operation diagram of the same embodiment, and FIG. 4 is the same. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the cooling bedding according to the second embodiment, FIG. 5 is an operation diagram of the third embodiment, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of the conventional cooling bedding. 1 ... First cooling means, 2 ... Second cooling means, 3 ...
First temperature detecting means, 4 ... Second temperature detecting means, 5 ...
… Clock, 6 …… input means, 7 …… computing means, 8 ……
Control means, 9 ... Electronic cooling element, 10 ... Soaking plate, 11 ...
Cooling agent, 12 …… Cushion.
Claims (1)
人体の頭部以外の部位を冷却する第２の冷却手段と、前
記第１の冷却手段の温度を検知する第１の温度検知手段
と、前記第２の冷却手段の温度を検知する第２の温度検
知手段と、クロックと、時刻を入力する入力手段と、前
記クロックからの信号と前記入力手段からの信号により
前記第１の冷却手段と前記第２の冷却手段それぞれの設
定温度を演算する演算手段と、前記第１の温度検知手段
と前記第２の温度検知手段と前記演算手段からの信号に
より前記第１の冷却手段と前記第２の冷却手段それぞれ
の冷却能力を制御する制御手段からなる採涼寝具。1. A first cooling means for cooling the head of a human body,
Second cooling means for cooling a part of the human body other than the head, first temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the first cooling means, and second temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the second cooling means. A temperature detecting means, a clock, an input means for inputting time, and a calculation for calculating each set temperature of the first cooling means and the second cooling means by a signal from the clock and a signal from the input means. And a control means for controlling the cooling capacity of each of the first cooling means and the second cooling means by a signal from the first temperature detecting means, the second temperature detecting means, and the calculating means. Cooling bedding.
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