JP2009078140A - Cleaning fluid supply arrangement for body care - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently perform the care of each of the parts of the body such as a shampoo or a massage in a shorter time. <P>SOLUTION: In a cleaning fluid supply arrangement which performs the care of the body using a cleaning fluid in which raw water is mixed with air bubbles, water piping 12 which goes to the pouring part of the cleaning fluid, which washes the body, from the feed part of the raw water, a fine air bubble generator installed in the water piping in order that the raw water is mixed with fine air bubbles to dissolve, a cleaning fluid creation part 29 installed in the water piping in order to inject the raw water, in which generated fine air bubbles are mixed and dissolved, into the raw water from a nozzle at an accelerated rate and to form the cleaning fluid, in which microbubbles of a diameter of about 1-50 μm are mixed and dissolved, a spigot for cleaning fluid pouring prepared in the pouring part of the water piping and a drip pan for body washing for the poured cleaning fluid, are provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a washing water supply device for performing body washing and other care using pre-purified water in which bubbles are mixed with raw water.

  Mainly from a cosmetic point of view, for example, head cleaning, especially scalp massage and hair, or appropriate cleaning of various parts of the body is attracting attention, and esthetic salons for that purpose are also in the spotlight. The methods that have been used so far do not cause harmful irritation to the scalp, hair, or primarily the skin of the body, but use a hair washing agent, hair nourishing agent, nutritional cream, emulsion, etc. that maintain a healthy nutritional state. It is thought that it sells various treatments such as massage. There are many high-quality shampoos, rinse agents, hair nourishing agents, fragrances, and other active ingredients as described above, drugs, cosmetics, etc., which are expensive and cost cannot be reduced. In addition, since the hair washing takes several tens of minutes, the amount of water used is large and wasteful, and the service cannot be received without sufficient time.

  On the other hand, the invention of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-116613 discloses an automatic hair washer having a seat and a water tank in which the head of a hair shamer is arranged at the time of washing, and containing an injection means for injecting hot water into the water tank. However, the problem is that it is necessary to save the trouble of preparing a separate chair, improve the appearance, and improve the feeling of use, and is not necessarily effective in solving the above-mentioned problems related to head care. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-255298 relates to the invention of a chair for a foot bath, but includes a movable hair-washing bowl device. However, it is possible to perform hair washing and head massage as well as foot massage and washing in a foot bath chair, and it is only configured with a water supply / drainage device for a foot bath device and a hair washing bowl device. .

JP 2003-116613 A JP 2006-255298 A

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above points, and its object is to provide a washing water supply device for body care that can perform care of various parts of the body such as hair washing or massage more efficiently than in the past. It is to be. Another object of the present invention is to provide a washing water supply device for body care that can reduce the cost of care for various parts of the body such as hair washing or massage. Another object of the present invention is to provide a body care cleaning water supply device capable of performing care for various parts of the body such as hair washing or massage with a smaller amount of water than before.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention provides a cleaning water supply device that performs body care using cleaning water in which bubbles are mixed with raw water.
A water pipe from the raw water supply section to the wash water dispensing section for washing the body,
In order to mix and dissolve the fine bubbles in the raw water, the fine bubble generator installed in the water pipe and the generated fine bubbles are mixed and dissolved, and the raw water is accelerated and injected from the nozzle into the raw water. A washing water generating unit installed in a water pipe to produce a washing water in which micro bubbles of ˜50 μm are mixed and dissolved,
Means for providing a faucet for pouring washing water provided in the pouring portion of the water pipe and a body washing water receptacle that can receive the poured washing water is provided.

  The present invention has a configuration of a cleaning water supply device for performing care such as purification, hair washing or massage for each part of the body. In the case of massage, the purpose is to activate the blood flow by stimulating water flow, so there is no need to use wash water, but use wash water mixed with bubbles that can be used effectively for hair washing. Thus, there is an advantage that the effect of destroying bubbles can be exerted on the skin and the massage can be made more effective.

  The apparatus of the present invention includes the water pipe, a fine bubble generator connected to the pipe, and a washing water generator as its constituent elements. As raw water, clean water supplied from the water supply will be circulated, and wash water will be passed. The washing water pouring part is a part provided with a cock, a shower head, etc., and the function of water flow and water stop is, for example, manual operation with respect to an operation switch provided in the apparatus, operation by a foot switch, etc. It is desirable to have a mechanism that can be remotely operated by a so-called remote controller at a position away from the apparatus.

  The water pipe of the washing water supply apparatus can be connected to a water supply or the like, but a water heater can be connected to the water pipe as the raw water supply unit. This makes it possible to supply the required amount of water over a wide temperature range from room temperature to the required high temperature.

  A fine bubble generator and a washing water generator are installed in the water pipe. The fine bubble generating device is a device that generates vortex and shear by stirring raw water, and is prepared for mixing and dissolving fine bubbles that become so-called microbubbles. The washing water generating unit first injects raw water mixed with fine bubbles into raw water without fine bubbles mixed, and obtains mixed washing water with dissolved microbubbles by pressure release and swirling method. Specifically, for example, fine bubbles are mixed from a nozzle such as an ejector having a Venturi tube structure, and dissolved water is injected into the raw water to cause stirring and mixing, thereby producing microbubbles. It is thought that the mixed washing water is generated. Both the fine bubble generating device and the washing water generating unit are directly connected to the water pipe and do not need to be stored in a tank or the like, so the device is also downsized.

  As for the bactericidal effect of microbubbles or the inactivating effect on viruses, the action of free radicals such as OH generated when ozone decomposes and changes to oxygen is assumed. Free radicals are atomic groups with unpaired electrons, are extremely unstable, and are known to have destructive effects on surrounding molecules, cells, and genes. When microbubbles are made with ozone, which is hardly soluble, and dissolved in water, it is said that powerful sterilization or inactivation without residual such as viruses and bacteria in water can be performed. The present invention supplies washing water containing microbubbles to the washing water pouring part, and is used for care such as washing and massage for each part of the body and hair washing or massage for the head.

  For example, microbubbles are explained as a supersaturation phenomenon of gas dissolution, and various sizes are defined depending on the field. However, the microbubbles agree that they do not include a diameter of 1 mm or more, and are less than 1 μm in diameter. Are called nanobubbles and can be defined as having a diameter between them. In the present invention, among the microbubbles defined as described above, microbubbles having a diameter in the range of 1 to 50 μm are used. Since the range of 1 to 50 μm in diameter is when microbubbles are generated, bubbles that are nano-level when they disappear are also included.

  The apparatus of the present invention includes a faucet for washing water pouring provided in the pouring part of the water pipe and a wash basin for washing the head for receiving the flushed washing water. The wash basin has a function as a container for receiving and storing washing water scattered during care such as shampooing or massaging the head, and therefore it is natural that a drainage facility needs to be attached. In the apparatus of the present invention, active ingredients such as shampoos, rinse agents, hair nourishing agents, and fragrances and drugs can be administered into the wash water.

  And in the present invention, it comprises a water suction port arranged in the wash basin for washing the head, and a circulation pipe connecting the water suction port and a water pipe upstream from the fine bubble generating device, and washing upstream from the connection part. Provide an open / close valve for each of the water pipe and the circulation pipe, and enable the circulating operation to return the wash water received by the head wash basin by opening and closing the above-mentioned open / close valve to the wash water pipe via the circulation pipe. Is desirable. When the water piping on / off valve is opened and the circulation piping on / off valve is closed, the washing water flows only from the raw water supply to the washing water supply for cleaning the head, but the water piping on / off valve is closed. When the open / close valve of the circulation pipe is opened, the wash water circulates and cares for the head, such as shampooing or massage. Therefore, the concentration of shampoo and microbubbles gradually increases to increase the effect and at the same time the raw water being circulated Since the amount used is zero, the economy is improved.

Since the present invention is configured and operates as described above, it is possible to wash and massage each part of the body more efficiently and in a shorter time than conventional using a mixture of microbubbles and dissolved washing water. Can improve the efficiency of care, so it is possible to reduce the cost and labor required for hair washing or massage care, and also for hair washing or massage with less water than before. There is an effect that it is possible to provide a head care cleaning water supply device capable of performing the above. Furthermore, since fine bubbles with a diameter of 1 to 50 μm are distributed at a high density of about 3,500 bubbles per cm ³ in a fine bubble having a diameter of 1 to 50 μm, the contents of the bubbles are air (oxygen). The oil around the scalp and hair root is washed, and at the same time, oxygen is supplied to promote the activation of the scalp and hair root. Furthermore, since the specific surface area is large and the contact area is wide from the calculation (theoretical) of 1 / r of fine bubbles, the effect and efficacy of active ingredients such as shampoos, rinses, hair nourishing agents, and fragrances can be maximized. In addition, bubbles with a diameter of 20 μm or less can be distributed at a high density of about 3,500 per cm ³ , and the contents of the bubbles are air (oxygen), so the oils around the skin, scalp and hair roots of each part of the body By supplying oxygen at the same time as washing, the effect of promoting the activation of the skin and hair root, which has been performed in the scalp massage until now by the surgeon, is brought about. Moreover, since a bathtub can be used as a body-washing water receiver, it is possible to supply fine bubbles into the bathtub for bathing even in a domestic bath.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 shows an example of a body care cleaning water supply device 10 according to the present invention, in which 11 is a water heater as a raw water supply unit, and 12 is a water pipe. It reaches the water extraction section.
The water pipe 12 is provided with a first on-off valve 13 and a flow rate adjusting valve 14 in this order. The first on-off valve 13 is composed of an electromagnetic valve, and a second on-off valve 37, which will be described later, is operated by an operation in an operation unit (not shown). It is configured to open and close in conjunction with the operation. In addition to the electric type described above, a fixed type (constant flow valve) can be used as the flow rate adjusting valve 14. When water obtained from equipment that is considered to have little pressure fluctuation as in the existing waterworks can be used as purified water, a fixed (pre-set type) flow control valve can provide sufficient practicality.

  A fine bubble generator 15 and a washing water generator 29 are installed in the same order by the water pipe 12 downstream of the flow rate adjustment valve 14 of the water pipe 12. A power supply unit 16 is attached to the microbubble generator 15. The fine bubbles mixed in the cleaning water become micro bubbles by being ejected by the pressure release and swirling method from the built-in nozzle 17 by the mechanism described later in the cleaning water generating unit 29 described later. .

  The fine bubble generator 15 has the configuration shown in FIG. That is, this device 15 mixes purified water supplied from the inlet 15a, a vortex pump 39 for sucking air, a motor 40 for driving the vortex pump 39, and air discharged from the vortex pump 39 with raw water. A shearing / stirring unit 41 that stirs and dissolves air in the raw water; a gas-liquid mixing / separating unit 42 that separates undissolved gas contained in the air-mixed solution; and discharges the air-dissolved solution discharged from the unit 42; Means are provided for generating fine bubbles by reducing the pressure. Reference numeral 15b denotes an outlet, which injects raw water, which is thought to be mixed and dissolved in a supersaturated state, from the nozzle 17 into the raw water (no fine bubbles are present at the beginning of operation). Reference numeral 15c denotes an air suction unit, 15d denotes a main switch, and 15e denotes a power cord. The illustrated fine bubble generator 15 repeats pressurization and decompression of an air solution (raw water) in which air is dissolved in the gas-liquid mixing / separating means 42 a plurality of times, and a solution (wash water) in which fine bubbles are dissolved in the raw water. The raw water in which the fine bubbles are mixed and dissolved collides with the inner wall surface of the nozzle cartridge 17a, which will be described later, and is further made into fine bubbles from the swirling flow and the turbulent flow.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, the nozzle 17 includes a cylindrical nozzle case 17a having both ends opened, and a nozzle cartridge 17b incorporated on the outlet side. The nozzle cartridge 17b includes: An orifice 17c composed of several small holes for reducing the flow path diameter from the upstream side and a net-like filter 17d are attached in this order. The nozzle cartridge 17b is attached on the most downstream side, and jets raw water in which fine bubbles are mixed and dissolved from an arbitrary number of nozzle holes 17e opened on the peripheral surface thereof. Reference numeral 17g denotes a fixing mount, 17h and 17i denote spacers, 17j denotes an adapter, and 17k denotes an O-ring. The supply pipe 12 is connected to an upstream inlet of the adapter 17j. An external thread is formed as an attachment mounting means 17l on the outer peripheral surface of the adapter 17j on the downstream side. For example, an attachment 17m for scalp massage (FIG. 7A) or an attachment 17n for jetting in a bathtub as a body wash water receiver ( FIG. 7B) is detachably attached to the respective female screw portions 17r and 17s. An attachment 17m for scalp massage is used to attach a massage brush 17o to the tip of a cylindrical body and inject raw water in which fine bubbles are mixed and dissolved into the raw water from an injection port 17p opened in the massage brush 17o. . Moreover, the attachment 17n for jetting in a bathtub is used in order to inject | pour the raw | natural water in which the fine bubble is mixed and melt | dissolved from the injection port 17q which opened the front-end | tip of a cylinder into the bathtub at a relatively wide angle. The above-described washing water generating unit 29 has a nozzle cartridge 17b having an orifice 17c having a plurality of holes, and is used to release the pressure of fine bubble mixed water that is considered to be mixed and dissolved in a supersaturated state. According to the swirling method, when the fine bubble mixed water passes, the water is accelerated and a vortex is generated to swirl and generate micro bubbles.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the fine bubble generating device 15 is accommodated in the housing 20 together with the power supply unit 16, and the water bubble 12 connected to the water heater 11 is connected to the fine bubble generating device 15. From, it flows through the 1st on-off valve 13 in which the inflow port 21 of the raw water which introduce | transduces raw water into is incorporated. Moreover, it has the inflow port 22 of the circulating water which introduces the circulating water which flows through the 2nd on-off valve incorporated from the circulation piping 36 mentioned later, 23 shows the outflow port of fine bubble mixed water. In each connection pipe having the raw water inflow port 21 and the circulating water inflow port 22, a changeover switch 51 is provided for switching the first on-off valve 13 and the second on-off valve 37 in order to switch the ports 21, 22. It is provided on the front (see FIGS. 10 and 11). Switching can be performed with a remote control. Reference numeral 26 denotes a flow rate adjusting valve control unit, and 27 denotes a power supply unit.

  The apparatus 10 of the present invention has a dispensing part 44 as a washing water dispensing means in the washing water generating part 29. A wash basin 30 for body washing that can receive and store the generated wash water is disposed below the wash water generator 29. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the washing water pouring unit 44 has an operation panel 46 installed at a position where the operator can easily operate on the front surface of the body care washing water supply device main body 45 according to the present invention. is doing. In addition, the remote control operation unit can be operated at hand. Further, it has a cock, a shower head, etc., and a mechanism that can be controlled by a body part other than the hand by the foot switch 31 shown in FIG. Also good. In each figure, 32 is a button for selecting on / off of the fine bubble generator, 33 is a button for selecting raw water / circulated water, and 34 is a signal line.

  Further, in the illustrated example, the water suction port 35 disposed in the wash basin 30 for washing the head, which is a body wash water receiver, and the water upstream of the water suction port 35, the fine bubble generating device 15 and the flow rate control valve 14. A circulation pipe 36 connected to the pipe 12 is provided, and the second on-off valve 37 is provided in the circulation pipe 36 upstream of the connection portion with the washing water pipe 12. That is, the second on-off valve 37 is linked to the first on-off valve 13 to return the wash water received by the head washing wash basin 30 to the wash water pipe 12 through the circulation pipe 36 by opening and closing thereof. have. Reference numeral 38 denotes a drain pipe.

  FIG. 2 shows an operation state in which the first on-off valve 13 is closed, the second on-off valve 37 is opened, and the water inlet 35 is closed. The apparatus 10 is activated and microbubbles are generated. Works. Since the first on-off valve 13 is closed, the raw water is not sucked in a predetermined amount or more, and the wash water circulates as a flow that reaches the extraction section and is extracted therefrom. At the same time, the generator and pump provided inside the fine bubble generating device 15 are started, and the raw water is mixed with the fine bubbles as the fine bubble mixed water in the fine bubble generating device 15 and is dissolved into the dissolved air solution (cleaning liquid). By flowing to the water generating unit 29 and passing through the nozzle 17 constituting the washing water generating means, microbubbles having a diameter of about 1 to 50 μm are generated. Since this flow is a circulation flow in which the same wash water repeats circulation, the concentration of microbubbles gradually increases, and the massage action on the scalp and the wash action on the hair gradually improve, so the effect on scalp massage and hair wash is also remarkable. Rise.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the cleaning water reaches the extraction unit for cleaning the head from the raw water supply unit as it is, and in the example of FIG. 2, the circulation flow returns from the cleaning water when it reaches the extraction unit. did. However, in the example of FIG. 1 as well, it is possible to start the microbubble generator 15 to perform scalp massage and hair washing. The shampoo for washing the hair is manually added by the person performing the shampooing when washing the hair on the washstand. As a care method, 1) head rinsing according to the exercise mode shown in FIG. 1, 2) head micro-bubble and shampoo cleaning according to the driving mode shown in FIG. 2, and 3) shown in FIG. It is recommended that rinsing with microbubbles in the head according to the driving mode, and 4) head rinsing according to the driving mode shown in FIG. Although there is no particular data, according to manual measurement using a stopwatch, it has been confirmed that what conventionally took about 40 minutes to remove dirt around the pores by washing the hair can be reduced to less than 30 minutes.

  The body care cleaning water supply apparatus 10 according to the present invention, which is provided with a body cleaning water receiver, can be applied not only to the head but also to cleaning and massage of each part of the body, as already described with reference to FIG. The tip portion of the nozzle cartridge shown in FIG. 9 is clarified by suggesting that it can be replaced with, for example, a well-known shower head having various shapes and structures. Therefore, as Example 2 of the present embodiment, an example in which the body washing water receiver is the bathtub 47 will be described. In FIG. 11, reference numeral 48 denotes a pipe in this example, which is connected to the body care cleaning water supply device main body 50. The device main body 50 has a takeout port 49a for sucking raw water from the bathtub, and the cleaning water into the bathtub. Is connected to a supply port 49b. When such a body wash water receiver is the bathtub 47 and priming water is required because the pump used does not have pumping capacity, the water supply water supply pressure of the water pipe is used for a short period of time at startup. Can be used together. In the figure, 51 is a switch, 52 is a bathtub control control box, and 53 is a temperature-controlled branch faucet. Note that the switch 51 injects the microbubble-containing raw water from the nozzle 17 of the microbubble generator 15 into the raw water and the cleaning water containing the microbubbles at a high concentration by the circulating water pipe 48 supplied to the bathtub 47. Is provided for selecting the washing water containing the microbubbles generated by.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to modify the existing bathtub equipment and implement the present invention. The hot water stored in the bathtub 47 is mixed and dissolved with microbubbles having a diameter of about 1 to 50 μm. Can be filled with wash water. Since it is such a structure, what is called body care by the microbubble of not only each part of the body but the whole body is implement | achieved by using the washing water which mixed and melt | dissolved the said microbubble for bathing.

Explanatory drawing which shows typically an example of the washing water supply apparatus for body care which concerns on this invention. The perspective view which shows the example which uses an apparatus same as the above for raw water-washing water circulation type. Plane | planar explanatory drawing which shows the example of what put the apparatus same as the above into the housing | casing, and was used as the 1st generation apparatus. Side explanatory drawing. The perspective view which shows an example of the fine bubble generator used for an apparatus same as the above. Sectional drawing which decomposes | disassembles and shows an example of a nozzle. It is explanatory drawing of a nozzle same as the above, A is sectional drawing which shows an example of the attachment used, B is sectional drawing which shows the other example of the attachment used with a nozzle same as the above. Sectional drawing which shows an example of a nozzle. The perspective view which decomposes | disassembles and shows an example of a nozzle. The perspective view which similarly shows the example which applied this invention to the washbasin for hair washing. Similarly, the perspective view which shows the example which used the water receiver for body washing as a bathtub.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Body care washing water supply apparatus 11 Water heater 12 Water piping 13 1st on-off valve 14 Flow control valve 15 Fine bubble generator 16 Power supply part 17 Nozzle 18 Pressure valve 19, 34 Signal line 20 Case 21, 22 Inflow port 23 Outflow Ports 24 and 25 Switching valve 26 Flow rate adjusting valve control unit 27 Power source unit for flow rate adjusting valve control unit 28 Opening and closing tap 29 Washing water generating unit 30 Washing stand for body washing 31 Foot switch 32 Button for on / off selection of microbubble generator 33 Raw water / Circulating water selection button 35 Water inlet 36 Circulating piping 37 Second on-off valve

Claims (6)

In a cleaning water supply device that performs body care using cleaning water in which bubbles are mixed with raw water,
A water pipe from the raw water supply section to the wash water dispensing section for washing the body,
In order to mix and dissolve the fine bubbles in the raw water, the fine bubble generator installed in the water pipe and the generated fine bubbles are mixed and dissolved, and the raw water is accelerated and injected from the nozzle into the raw water. A washing water generating unit installed in a water pipe to produce a washing water in which micro bubbles of ˜50 μm are mixed and dissolved,
It is characterized by comprising a faucet for washing water pouring provided in the pouring part of the water pipe and a body wash water receptacle for receiving the washed water dispensed.
Cleaning water supply device for body care. The washing water supply device for body care according to claim 1, wherein a water heater is provided as a raw water supply unit and connected to a water pipe. A water suction port disposed on the wash basin for body washing, and a circulation pipe connecting the water suction port and a water pipe upstream of the fine bubble generating device, and each of the water pipe and the circulation pipe upstream of the connection part. The body care washing according to claim 1, wherein an opening / closing valve is provided in the body, and the circulation operation is performed such that the washing water received by the wash basin for washing the head by opening / closing the opening / closing valve is returned to the water pipe through the circulation pipe. Water supply device. The nozzle has a cylindrical adapter with both ends open and a nozzle cartridge built into the outlet, and the nozzle cartridge has an orifice and a net-like structure consisting of several small holes whose diameter is reduced from the upstream side. The washing water supply device for body care according to claim 1, wherein the filters are sequentially attached. 2. The body according to claim 1, wherein the body washing water receiver is a wash basin for washing the head, and a scalp massage brush for head care is provided on a faucet for washing water pouring provided in a dispensing portion of a water pipe. Cleaning water supply device for care. If the water receiver for body washing is a bathtub and priming water is required because the pump used does not have pumping capacity, a mechanism that takes in the water for a short time at the start-up using the water supply pressure of the water pipe is also used The washing water supply device for body care according to claim 1.

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