JPH06284985A - Shower unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a shower unit by which a bathing feeling at a same level as bathing in a bath tub can be simply and cheaply obtained sitting comfortably in a space saving way. CONSTITUTION:A shower room main body, which has a sitting part 2 and a curved wall 7 surrounding it, is set up, and plural nozzles of 8a, 9a, 10a, 11a, 8b, 9b, 10b, and 11b are set on the curved wall 7 of the shower room main body. Hot water is jetted out from the plural nozzles to a human body sitting on the sitting part to engulf the human body surface excluding the face with shower spray. The human body is uniformly warmed up by shower spray jetted from the circumference. By using the curved back wall, a uniform distance can be taken between the wall and each part of a human body, and it effects on reduction of the radiation heat and elimination of hot water rebounding to obtain more effective heating activity.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shower device which can be easily and inexpensively and safely realized and has the same level of heating effect as bathtub bathing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Shower bathing has become popular as a simple bathing means because of its features such as ease of bath preparation, water saving effect, energy saving, and space saving.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional shower bathing has a gap with the customs rooted in the traditional Japanese bath culture, such as the difficulty of warming up and the inability to feel relaxed.

Further, there is a problem that it is more difficult to obtain a heating effect in the shower bath than in the bath tub, and there is a problem in the bath tub that the human body is burdened by the hydrostatic pressure.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has a seat portion and a shower room main body having a curved wall surface so as to surround the seat portion, and this shower room. It is provided with a plurality of ejection nozzle portions arranged on a curved wall surface of the main body.

Further, the jet nozzle is provided at a position corresponding to at least the shoulder, back, waist and thigh of the human body so that the body surface of the human body sitting on the seat is covered with mist-like hot water. It is a thing.

[0007]

According to the present invention, with the above-mentioned structure, mist-like warm water which is sensationally comfortable can be jetted from a plurality of jet nozzles, and a warming effect equivalent to that of a bathtub can be obtained even though it is a shower bath.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
Will be explained.

In the figure, a shower room main body 1 made of synthetic resin is integrally formed with a seat portion 2 which serves as a chair in the lower center part thereof, and the seat portion 2 does not feel cold when seated. As described above, a heater for collecting heat (not shown) is embedded. Further, a floor heating panel is provided on the floor surface 3 so as not to feel cold when the floor 3 is mounted.

On the other hand, the ceiling surface 4 of the shower room main body 1 has a ventilation port 5 and a lighting 6 for preventing an oxygen deficiency state and an excessive rise in humidity.
Is provided. Further, the rear wall surface 7 of the shower room main body 1 is configured to have a semicircular curved surface so as to surround the seat portion 2, and the rear wall surface 7 faces the back portion of the human body sitting on the seat portion 2. Nozzles 8a and 8b provided at positions for ejecting hot water, nozzles 9a and 9b provided at positions for ejecting warm water toward the shoulders, nozzles 10a provided at positions for ejecting hot water toward the chest, 10b, nozzles 11a, 11 provided at positions where hot water is ejected toward the thigh
b, the nozzles 12 provided so as to eject hot water toward the waist are respectively installed. In addition, nozzles 13a and 13b provided so as to eject hot water toward the lower leg are installed in the lower portion of the seat 2. In addition, the operation portion 1 is provided on the upper side portion of the seat portion 2 for controlling the hand shower 14, jetting of hot water from the nozzles 8a to 13b, stopping, hot water temperature and the like.
5, an accessory storage shelf 16 capable of storing detergent and the like is provided. In addition, the nozzles 8a to 13b are connected to a hot water supply pipe 17 arranged along the rear wall surface 7, and further via a hot and cold water mixing plug 18 and a hot water supply pressure pump 19 that mix hot water and water to make hot water with little temperature fluctuation. It communicates with the water heater 20 and the water pipe 21.

When the hot water supply device 20 and the hot water supply pressurizing pump 19 are operated in the above structure, the hot water of 38 to 42 ° C. which has passed through the hot and cold water mixing plug 18 is moved along the wall surface 7 of the semicircular shower room main body 1. The nozzles 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10 for the human body sitting on the seat 2 through the hot water supply pipe 17
Atomized hot water having a particle size of 200 to 600 microns is jetted from a, 10b, 11a, 11b, 12, 13a, 13b. Then, the mist-like hot water jetted from these jet nozzles jets to the body surface excluding the face of the human body sitting on the chair, and wraps the body surface. At this time, by making the rear wall surface 7 of the seat portion 2 into a semicircular shape, the distance between the nozzle and each part of the human body and the rear wall surface 7 is the same, so that the body surface of the human body is uniformly heated. In addition to being able to supply the heat, it is possible to reduce the loss of radiant heat and to eliminate the waste of bouncing back from the back wall surface of the hot water, and it is also easy to obtain the heating effect. Further, the semicircular rear wall surface 7 is safe because there is no angle even if the bather's body suddenly changes during bathing and leans against the rear wall surface 7.
Further, when disposing the ejection nozzle so as to wrap the body surface of the human body, by arranging the nozzle perpendicularly to the tangent line of the semicircular rear wall surface 7, it is possible to easily wrap the body upper surface of the body.

In order to cover the whole body surface of the human body, only the nozzles 9a and 9b, which are shoulders, of the plurality of nozzles are used to spread the water in a horizontal straight line, and the other nozzles are spread radially. A nozzle with a shape that ejects hot water is used.

An electronic hot and cold water mixing tap 18 is provided in order to obtain hot water having a substantially constant hot water temperature. In addition to this, in order to minimize heat loss when the hot water moves in the pipe, By using a synthetic resin pipe for the hot water supply pipe 17, it is possible to pipe along the semicircular rear wall surface 7,
Moreover, due to the smooth cross section of the pipe, there is little heat loss.

In addition, in the case of one embodiment of the present invention, the bather bathes by wrapping the body of the bather in a mist shower atmosphere which corresponds to an intermediate state between the bathtub bathing and the normal showering. We are creating an environment where the same level of heat utilization can be obtained.

Therefore, since the user can take a shower bath while sitting on the seat 2, a comfortable bathing feeling can be obtained. In addition, the mist shower bath does not impose a burden on the human body due to hydrostatic pressure, and the same level of thermal effect as the bath bath can be obtained. In addition, you can get the feeling of a steam sauna without creating a mist-like shower atmosphere near your face.

Although the present embodiment has been described as having the semicircular rear wall surface 7, the rear wall surface 7 may have an elliptical shape, or the entire wall of the shower room may have a cylindrical shape.

[0017]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention has the following effects.

(1) The mist-like shower ejected from the surroundings of the human body uniformly warms the whole body.

(2) The burden of hydrostatic pressure is reduced as compared with bathing in a bathtub, and it can be used with peace of mind even for people with weak constitution.

(3) By using the curved wall, mist-like hot water can be jetted to each part of the human body in the sitting posture, and a uniform heating effect can be given to the human body.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a cross section of a part of the shower device.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the shower device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Shower room main body 2 Seat part 7 Rear wall surface 8a-13b Nozzle 20 Water heater

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A shower chamber body having a seat portion and a curved wall surface surrounding the seat portion, a plurality of ejection nozzle portions arranged on the curved wall surface of the shower chamber body, and A shower device comprising: a water heater connected to the jet nozzle. 2. A plurality of ejection nozzles are provided at positions corresponding to at least shoulders, backs, waists, and thighs of a human body so as to wrap the body surface of a human body sitting on a seat with mist-like hot water. The shower device according to claim 1, wherein