EP1183001B1 - Method for providing a full body atomised bath - Google Patents

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EP1183001B1
EP1183001B1 EP99967952A EP99967952A EP1183001B1 EP 1183001 B1 EP1183001 B1 EP 1183001B1 EP 99967952 A EP99967952 A EP 99967952A EP 99967952 A EP99967952 A EP 99967952A EP 1183001 B1 EP1183001 B1 EP 1183001B1
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61HPHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
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    • A61HPHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
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  • the temperature in a sauna bath is even higher.
  • In the bathroom there is usually a dry heat of about 85 ° to 95 ° Celsius. Due to the high temperature stimulation of the blood circulation, and thus the metabolism is achieved.
  • the liquid For atomizing the liquid is forced through small openings of a nozzle, so that it is atomized.
  • a method and an apparatus for producing fog is shown.
  • a liquid is excited by means of a quartz oscillator in a Zerstäubergefäß to vibrate, so that a cloud of liquid droplets is generated.
  • a sauna room is known, which is supplied via a nebulizer, a fine water mist. about a thermostat is ensured that the water mist is only introduced into the sauna room when a typical sauna temperature is exceeded.
  • the invention has set itself the goal of creating many benefits to provide a different method of administering a mist skin bath.
  • the whole body ie exposed the entire skin of the person bathing the mist particles. It is also possible, as with a “partial bath” at the sauna, a treatment of the whole Body with the exception of individual body parts (such as the head, trunk, legs, etc.).
  • the liquid is compressed so much that its volume is reduced. This is i.a. reached only at very high pressures.
  • the compressed liquid is then transferred to the normal atmosphere of e.g. 1 bar dismissed.
  • the liquid is torn into minute particles due to its high internal pressure, i. it explodes in all directions in fine mist.
  • the liquid to be atomized water (claim 2).
  • an oil may also be used, in particular an organic oil (claim 4), for example peanut oil.
  • this is stimulated to increased emission of photons because of the applied high pressure, and the subsequent rupture into small mist particles.
  • the biophoton emission is increased in this.
  • biophotons are understood as the light quanta of the (weak) radiation emitted by the cells of the person.
  • the emission intensity can e.g. can be determined by measuring the emitted light from a blood sample of the person by a photomultiplier.
  • the whole-body mist bath is administered for 10 to 30 minutes (claim 5).
  • the biophoton emission of the person's blood is then increased by more than 20% immediately after the whole-body bath compared to the original state, and then falls linearly back to the original emission level. As a result, a lasting therapeutic effect is achieved in the bathing person.
  • additional salts have been added to the water (claim 3), in particular salts of the dead sea.
  • the water is saturated with salt, or is near the saturation point.
  • the salts are then also contained in the mist particles, and can thus act on the skin of the person in the bathroom. This can be used to treat skin diseases without requiring a spa stay close to a sea with a high salt content (Baltic Sea, Dead Sea, etc.). Even on healthy skin, the salty mist particles have a nourishing effect.
  • the water may preferably also be enriched with vitamins.
  • vitamins are also preferably contained in the oil which can be used instead of the water as liquid to be atomized.
  • drugs in the liquid to be atomized can be solved.
  • the bathroom is airtight sealable to the outside. This prevents the generated mist particles from quickly escaping outwardly from the bathing space. In atomising the liquid according to the invention, they are positively charged. Therefore, the mist particles repel each other so that they - without sealing - quickly diffuse out of the bath room.
  • a UV lamp is provided in the bathroom. This exposes the skin to ultraviolet radiation during bathing. As a result, the above-described advantageous effects of the mist particles on the skin are further enhanced.
  • a shower is preferably provided in the bathroom. This allows a cleansing of the body after bathing. Here, e.g. washed off on the skin residual salt.
  • a ventilator is provided in the bath room, in particular in a tube of the bath room into which the liquid is ejected.
  • the mist particles can be distributed in the bathroom, or it can, for example the supply of the atomized liquid to the bath room are supported.
  • the liquid is preferably subjected to a pressure of at least 100 bar, in particular more than 150 bar.
  • the pressure is between 200 and 800 bar. This ensures that when explosive ejection of the liquid from the nozzle into the normal atmosphere this breaks into small mist particles. These have a size of about 0.5 to 10 ⁇ m 3 , preferably about 1 ⁇ m 3 . Thus, a mm 3 of liquid is torn into one billion particles. In contrast, the liquid would exit at a too low pressure as a closed jet from the nozzle.
  • each ejected through the nozzle between 0.01 and 0.5 ml of liquid, in particular about 0.05 ml. More preferably, the liquid is ejected into a tube, and fed via the pipe to the bath room (claim 7).
  • Gem. Fig. 1 a mist bath 2, a bottom plate 3, and a ceiling plate 4, which are each substantially circular in cross-section.
  • the upper ends of two front support tubes 5a, b and two rear support tubes 5c, d are respectively fixed to a side wall of the bottom plate 3, and the lower ends of the support tubes 5a, b, c, d are respectively fixed to a side wall of the ceiling plate 4.
  • Between each one of the front support tubes 5a, b and the corresponding underlying rear support tube 5c, d extends between the bottom plate 3 and the ceiling plate 4, a right and a left side window 6a, b made of acrylic glass. Accordingly, between the two rear support tubes 5c, d between the bottom plate 3 and the ceiling plate 4 extends a rear plate 6c.
  • a left and a right front disc 6d, e are provided between the front support tubes 5a, b, and the ceiling plate 4, a left and a right front disc 6d, e are provided. These are each displaceable transversely to the front support tubes 5a, b, and border directly at each other in the unshifted position shown in Fig. 1 via corresponding sealing lips (not shown).
  • a formed between the ceiling plate 4, the bottom plate 3, and the discs 6 a, b, c, d, e bathing room 1 is then airtight to the outside.
  • a pipe 32 In the bath room 1 extends between the bottom plate 3 and the ceiling plate 4, a pipe 32. This is a shower 9.
  • a waterproof seat 7 is disposed on an upper side of the bottom plate 3.
  • a UV lamp 8 is provided on an underside of the ceiling plate 4.
  • the ceiling panel 4 is detachable into a front ceiling panel portion 4a and a rear ceiling panel portion 4b, and the floor panel 3 is detachable into a front floor panel portion 3a and a rear floor panel portion 3b.
  • the fog bath 2 is a total of a front and a rear part dismantled.
  • the rear part has the rear Dekkenplattenteil 4b, the rear floor panel part 3b, the rear support pipes 5c, 5d, the rear window 6c, the pipe 32, and the seat 7.
  • technically complex devices housed, namely two nebulizers 20, two mufflers 34 a, 34 b, and a fan 35 (FIG. see below).
  • the technically complex devices are thus preassembled in the back of the mist bath 2; a separate assembly of these devices at the site of the mist bath 2 is not necessary. Instead, there only the rear part of the mist bath 2 must be connected to the front part.
  • each nebulizer 20 has a hollow-cylindrical compression space 21 with an opening 28.
  • the compression chamber 21 is connected via a line 26 to a high-pressure pump 25, from which the liquid to be atomized is conveyed.
  • This contains water with a high content of salts dissolved therein, in particular dead sea water, or an organic oil.
  • a cone-shaped piston 27 is arranged in the compression space 21.
  • the piston 27 is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the compression space 21 and is biased by a spring 29 at its rear end in the direction of the opening 28 of the compression space 21.
  • the tip of the piston 27 closes the opening 28 of the compression space 21st
  • the spring 29 extends in the compression space 21 in the longitudinal direction between the rear end of the piston 27, and a front end of a support plate 30.
  • the support plate 30 is disposed at a front end of a set screw 31, and can by turning the screw 31 in the compression space 21 in whose longitudinal direction to be moved.
  • the spring force is adjustable, with which the spring 29 presses the tip of the piston 27 against the opening 28 of the compression space 21.
  • the compressed liquid gem. Fig. 3 released into the interior of the tube 32. Since this is a normal atmosphere of about 1 bar, the liquid is thereby explosively torn into the smallest mist particles. The mist then flows to an upper end of the tube 32, and from there via a grid 33 into the bathing space 1. For this purpose, by the fan 35, which is disposed below the grid 33 at the upper end of the tube 32, an upward suction generated. To the same extent, in which the mist flows via the grid 33 from the tube 32 into the bathing space 1, air can flow in through the supply air openings 36 provided at the lower end of the tube 32 below the compression spaces 21 of the nebulizers 20.
  • each muffler 34a, b consists of several transverse to the tube axis extending, spaced apart, each partially overlapping Schalldämpfplatten 37a, b. According to Fig. 4 leaves each Schalldämpfplatte 37a in the cross section of the tube 32 an opening 38a freely, through which the mist particles in the tube 32 can move from the bottom upwards.
  • Each sound attenuating plate 37a completely covers an opening 38b (shown in dashed lines in FIG. 4) viewed from above, which has been left open by an underlying silencer plate 37b.
  • the gem. Fig. 1 via the grid 33 from the pipe 32 flowing mist spreads in the bathroom 1, and acts on the skin of the person staying in the mist bath 2.
  • the effect of the mist on the skin is supported by the ultraviolet radiation emitted by the UV emitter 8.
  • the person can shower off before leaving the bath room 1 with the shower 9, and so remove oil or salt residues on the skin.

Abstract

A method for administering a full-body mist bath, as well as a full-body mist-bath unit, having a bathing cubicle for accommodating at least one person and atomized liquid. A liquid atomizer is provided with a high-pressure chamber in which the liquid is compressed by the action of a high pressure to prepare the atomized liquid. A nozzle is provided for explosive ejection of the compressed liquid subjected to high pressure, so that it bursts apart into small particles. In the process, the particles become positively charged and their photon emission is increased.

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Bei einem gewöhnlichen Dampfbad wird kontinuierlich Wasserdampf in einen Baderaum geleitet. Dadurch wird die Luft im Baderaum mit Wasserdampf gesättigt. Ein Teil des Wasserdampfes kondensiert zu fein verteiltem, tröpfchenförmigem Wasser. Wegen der Hitze des eingeleiteten Wasserdampfes herrscht im Baderaum eine relativ hohe Temperatur von ungefähr 40° Celsius bis 60° Celsius.In a conventional steam bath, steam is continuously passed into a bath room. As a result, the air in the bathroom is saturated with water vapor. Part of the water vapor condenses into finely divided, droplet-shaped water. Because of the heat of the steam introduced in the bath room prevails a relatively high temperature of about 40 ° Celsius to 60 ° Celsius.

Hält sich eine Person im Baderaum auf, wird deren Durchblutung und Transpiration gesteigert. Dies führt zu starken Wasserverlusten ("Entschlackung"), und infolge der fehlenden Verdunstung zu einem stoffwechsel- und kreislaufbeeinflussenden Wärmestau. Dieser muß durch anschließende Abkühlung unter einer temperierten Dusche oder in einem Kaltwasserbecken abgebaut werden.If a person stays in the bathroom, their circulation and perspiration are increased. This leads to strong water losses ("purification"), and due to the lack of evaporation to a metabolic and circulation-influencing heat accumulation. This must be reduced by subsequent cooling under a tempered shower or in a cold water basin.

Im Vergleich zum Dampfbad ist die Temperatur bei einem Saunabad noch höher. In deren Baderaum herrscht üblicherweise eine trockene Hitze von ungefähr 85° bis 95° Celsius. Durch die hohe Temperatur wird eine Anregung der Durchblutung, und damit auch des Stoffwechsels erreicht.Compared to the steam bath, the temperature in a sauna bath is even higher. In the bathroom there is usually a dry heat of about 85 ° to 95 ° Celsius. Due to the high temperature stimulation of the blood circulation, and thus the metabolism is achieved.

Diese Wirkungen können verstärkt werden, indem erhitzte Steine im Heißluftraum mit Wasser übergossen werden (Aufguß), und dadurch Wasserdampf erzeugt wird. Häufig sind im Aufgußwas ser, und damit auch im erzeugten Wasserdampf, zusätzlich Heilkräuter, ätherische Öle, usw. enthalten. Ähnliches gilt auch für den o.g. in den Baderaum des Dampfbads geleiteten Wasserdampf.These effects can be intensified by pouring water (infusion) over heated stones in the hot-air room, which generates water vapor. Often in Aufgußwas in addition to medicinal herbs, essential oils and so on. The same applies to the above-mentioned in the bath room of the steam bath conducted steam.

Die gewöhnlichen Sauna- und Dampfbäder haben aber u.a. den Nachteil, daß wegen der hohen Temperatur im Baderaum der Kreislauf der badenden Person stark belastet wird.The usual sauna and steam baths but have u.a. the disadvantage that because of the high temperature in the bath room the cycle of the bathing person is heavily burdened.

In der Druckschrift Patents Abstracts of Japan C-853, July 25, 1991, Vol. 15/No. 293 ist ein Nebelbad offenbart, in welches eine vernebelte Flüssigkeit eingeleitet wird.In the Patent Abstracts of Japan C-853, July 25, 1991, Vol. 15 / No. 293 discloses a mist bath into which an atomized liquid is introduced.

Zum Vernebeln wird die Flüssigkeit durch kleine Öffnungen einer Düse gedrückt, so daß diese zerstäubt wird.For atomizing the liquid is forced through small openings of a nozzle, so that it is atomized.

Die Entgegenhaltung Patents Abstracts of Japan, 091 54 913 A, 17.06.1997 offenbart ein Dampfbad, in welches heißer Wasserdampf eingeleitet werden soll. Hierzu wird heißes Wasser von einer Pumpe durch kleine Öffnungen einer Sprühdüse gedrückt. Hierdurch wird das heiße Wasser zerstäubt. Die Sprühdüsen können, wenn kein heißes Wasser zugeführt werden soll, von einem Deckel verschlossen werden.The Patent Abstracts of Japan, 091 54 913 A, 17.06.1997 discloses a steam bath into which hot steam is to be introduced. For this purpose, hot water is forced by a pump through small openings of a spray nozzle. As a result, the hot water is atomized. If no hot water is to be supplied, the spray nozzles can be closed by a lid.

In der Druckschrift Patents Abstracts of Japan, C-1125, October 28, 1993, Vol. 17/No. 591 ist eine Dampfsauna beschrieben, bei der eine vernebelte Flüssigkeit in einen Saunaraum eingeleitet wird. Dabei wird über eine Pumpe Flüssigkeit zu einer Sprühdüse geleitet, und dort durch kleine Öffnungen gedrückt, so daß die Flüssigkeit zerstäubt.In the patent Abstracts of Japan, C-1125, October 28, 1993, Vol. 17 / No. 591 describes a steam sauna in which a nebulized liquid is introduced into a sauna room. In this case, liquid is passed to a spray nozzle via a pump, and there pressed through small openings, so that the liquid atomized.

Bei der Entgegenhaltung DE 42 28 229 C1 ist ein Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung zur Erzeugung von Nebel gezeigt. Hierzu wird eine Flüssigkeit mit Hilfe eines Schwingquarzes in einem Zerstäubergefäß zu Schwingungen angeregt, so daß eine Wolke aus Flüssigkeitströpfchen erzeugt wird.In the citation DE 42 28 229 C1 a method and an apparatus for producing fog is shown. For this purpose, a liquid is excited by means of a quartz oscillator in a Zerstäubergefäß to vibrate, so that a cloud of liquid droplets is generated.

Aus der US-A-3854662 ist ein Saunaraum bekannt, dem über einen Zerstäuber ein feiner Wassernebel zugeführt wird. Über einen Thermostat ist dabei sichergestellt, daß der Wassernebel erst dann eingeleitet wird in den Saunaraum, wenn eine für eine Sauna typische Temperatur überschritten wird.From US-A-3854662 a sauna room is known, which is supplied via a nebulizer, a fine water mist. about a thermostat is ensured that the water mist is only introduced into the sauna room when a typical sauna temperature is exceeded.

Schließlich ist noch aus der EP-A-0 377 174 ein mit hoher Kompression arbeitender ganz allgemeiner Flüssigkeitsvernebler für Inhalationszwecke bekannt.Finally, from EP-A-0 377 174 a high compression general purpose liquid nebulizer for inhalation purposes is known.

Die Erfindung hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, unter Schaffung zahlreicher Vorteile ein
andersartiges Verfahren zum Verabreichen eines Nebelhautbades zur Verfügung zu stellen.
The invention has set itself the goal of creating many benefits
to provide a different method of administering a mist skin bath.

Dieses Ziel wird durch ein erfindungsgemäßes Verfahren mit den Merkmalen des Anspruches 1 erreicht.This object is achieved by a method according to the invention having the features of claim 1.

Erfindungsgemäß wird die Haut der badenden Person also nicht wie bei den gewöhnlichen Dampf- und Saunabädern heißer Luft mit heißem Wasserdampf ausgesetzt. Stattdessen wirkt auf sie eine vernebelte Flüssigkeit. Im Baderaum kann deshalb im Vergleich zu Sauna- und Dampfbädern eine deutlich geringere Temperatur von insbesondere weniger als 35° Celsius, und besonders bevorzugt von 22° - 28° Celsius herrschen. Damit wird der Kreislauf der badenden Person im Vergleich zu Sauna- oder Dampfbädern weniger stark belastet.According to the skin of the bathing person is therefore not exposed to hot steam as in the ordinary steam and sauna hot air. Instead, an atomized liquid acts on them. In the bathroom, therefore, in comparison with sauna and steam baths, a significantly lower temperature of, in particular, less than 35 ° Celsius, and more preferably of 22 ° -28 ° Celsius prevail. Thus, the cycle of the bathing person is less stressed compared to sauna or steam baths.

Vorteilhaft wird dabei entsprechend einem "Vollbad" bei der Sauna der ganze Körper, d.h. die gesamte Haut der badenden Person den Nebelteilchen ausgesetzt. Möglich ist auch, wie bei einem "Teilbad" bei der Sauna eine Behandlung des ganzen Körpers mit Ausnahme einzelner Körperteile (etwa des Kopfes, des Rumpfes mitsamt der Beine, usw.).Advantageously, according to a "full bath" in the sauna, the whole body, ie exposed the entire skin of the person bathing the mist particles. It is also possible, as with a "partial bath" at the sauna, a treatment of the whole Body with the exception of individual body parts (such as the head, trunk, legs, etc.).

Gemäß dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren wird die Flüssigkeit so stark komprimiert, daß ihr Volumen verringert wird. Dies wird bei Flüssigkeiten i.a. nur bei sehr hohen Drücken erreicht. Die komprimierte Flüssigkeit wird dann in die normale Atmosphäre von z.B. 1 bar entlassen. Dabei wird die Flüssigkeit infolge ihres hohen inneren Drucks in kleinste Teilchen zerrissen, d.h. sie explodiert nach allen Richtungen hin in feinen Nebel.According to the method of the invention, the liquid is compressed so much that its volume is reduced. This is i.a. reached only at very high pressures. The compressed liquid is then transferred to the normal atmosphere of e.g. 1 bar dismissed. The liquid is torn into minute particles due to its high internal pressure, i. it explodes in all directions in fine mist.

Vorzugsweise ist die zu vernebelnde Flüssigkeit Wasser (Anspruch 2). Vorteilhaft kann als zu vernebelnde Flüssigkeit auch ein Öl verwendet werden, insbesondere ein organisches Öl (Anspruch 4), beispielsweise Erdnußöl. Beim erfindungsgemäßen Zerstäuben des Öls wird dieses wegen des angewandten hohen Drucks, und des anschließenden Zerreißens zu kleinen Nebelteilchen, zu einer erhöhten Emission von Photonen angeregt. Durch die Wirkung der derart angeregten Nebelteilchen beispielsweise auf die Haut der Person im Baderaum wird bei dieser die Biophotonenemission erhöht. Dabei werden unter "Biophotonen" die Lichtquanten der (schwachen) Strahlung verstanden, die von den Zellen der Person emittiert wird. Die Emissionsstärke kann z.B. ermittelt werden, indem das von einer Blutprobe der Person ausgestrahlte Licht durch einen Photomultiplier gemessen wird.Preferably, the liquid to be atomized water (claim 2). Advantageously, as an oil to be atomized, an oil may also be used, in particular an organic oil (claim 4), for example peanut oil. In atomising the oil according to the invention, this is stimulated to increased emission of photons because of the applied high pressure, and the subsequent rupture into small mist particles. By the action of such excited mist particles, for example, on the skin of the person in the bathroom, the biophoton emission is increased in this. In this case, "biophotons" are understood as the light quanta of the (weak) radiation emitted by the cells of the person. The emission intensity can e.g. can be determined by measuring the emitted light from a blood sample of the person by a photomultiplier.

Besonders bevorzugt wird das Ganzkörper-Nebelbad 10 - 30 Minuten lang verabreicht (Anspruch 5). Die Biophotonenemission des Blutes der Person ist dann unmittelbar nach dem Ganzkörperbad gegenüber dem Ursprungszustand um mehr als 20% erhöht, und fällt daraufhin wieder linear bis zur ursprünglichen Emissionsstärke ab. Dadurch wird bei der badenden Person eine nachhaltige therapeutische Wirkung erzielt.More preferably, the whole-body mist bath is administered for 10 to 30 minutes (claim 5). The biophoton emission of the person's blood is then increased by more than 20% immediately after the whole-body bath compared to the original state, and then falls linearly back to the original emission level. As a result, a lasting therapeutic effect is achieved in the bathing person.

Besonders bevorzugt sind dem Wasser zusätzliche Salze beigemengt worden (Anspruch 3), insbesondere Salze des toten Meeres. Vorzugsweise ist das Wasser mit Salz gesättigt, oder ist nahe am Sättigungspunkt. Nach dem Zerstäuben des Wassers sind die Salze dann auch in den Nebelteilchen enthalten, und können so auf die Haut der Person im Baderaum wirken. Damit können Hautkrankheiten behandelt werden, ohne daß ein Kuraufenthalt nahe eines Meeres mit hohem Salzgehalt (Ostsee, totes Meer, etc.), erforderlich ist. Auch auf gesunde Haut haben die salzigen Nebelteilchen eine pflegende Wirkung.Particularly preferably, additional salts have been added to the water (claim 3), in particular salts of the dead sea. Preferably, the water is saturated with salt, or is near the saturation point. After spraying the water, the salts are then also contained in the mist particles, and can thus act on the skin of the person in the bathroom. This can be used to treat skin diseases without requiring a spa stay close to a sea with a high salt content (Baltic Sea, Dead Sea, etc.). Even on healthy skin, the salty mist particles have a nourishing effect.

Statt des Salzes oder zusätzlich zu diesem kann das Wasser vorzugsweise auch mit Vitaminen angereichert sein. Entsprechend sind auch im anstelle des Wassers als zu vernebelnde Flüssigkeit verwendbaren Öl besonders bevorzugt Vitamine enthalten. Vorteilhaft können auch Medikamente in der zu vernebelnden Flüssigkeit gelöst sein.Instead of or in addition to the salt, the water may preferably also be enriched with vitamins. Correspondingly, vitamins are also preferably contained in the oil which can be used instead of the water as liquid to be atomized. Advantageously, drugs in the liquid to be atomized can be solved.

Vorzugsweise ist der Baderaum nach außen hin luftdicht abdichtbar. Dadurch wird verhindert, daß die erzeugten Nebelteilchen schnell aus dem Baderaum heraus nach außen hin entweichen. Beim erfindungsgemäßen Zerstäuben der Flüssigkeit werden diese nämlich positiv aufgeladen. Deshalb stoßen sich die Nebelteilchen gegenseitig ab, sodaß sie - ohne Abdichtung - schnell aus dem Baderaum heraus diffundieren.Preferably, the bathroom is airtight sealable to the outside. This prevents the generated mist particles from quickly escaping outwardly from the bathing space. In atomising the liquid according to the invention, they are positively charged. Therefore, the mist particles repel each other so that they - without sealing - quickly diffuse out of the bath room.

Vorteilhaft ist im Baderaum ein UV-Strahler vorgesehen. Mit diesem wird während des Badens die Haut der Person einer ultravioletten Strahlung ausgesetzt. Dies hat zur Folge, daß die oben beschriebenen vorteilhaften Wirkungen der Nebelteilchen auf die Haut weiter verstärkt werden.Advantageously, a UV lamp is provided in the bathroom. This exposes the skin to ultraviolet radiation during bathing. As a result, the above-described advantageous effects of the mist particles on the skin are further enhanced.

Des weiteren ist im Baderaum vorzugsweise eine Dusche vorgesehen. Damit ist eine Säuberung des Körpers nach dem Baden möglich. Hierbei können z.B. auf der Haut verbliebene Salzreste abgewaschen werden.Furthermore, a shower is preferably provided in the bathroom. This allows a cleansing of the body after bathing. Here, e.g. washed off on the skin residual salt.

Besonders bevorzugt ist im Baderaum, insbesondere in einem Rohr des Baderaums, in welches die Flüssigkeit ausgestoßen wird, ein Ventilator vorgesehen. Mit diesem können z.B. die Nebelteilchen im Baderaum verteilt werden, oder es kann z.B. die Zufuhr der vernebelten Flüssigkeit an den Baderaum unterstützt werden.Particularly preferably, a ventilator is provided in the bath room, in particular in a tube of the bath room into which the liquid is ejected. With this example, the mist particles can be distributed in the bathroom, or it can, for example the supply of the atomized liquid to the bath room are supported.

In der Hochdruckkammer wird die Flüssigkeit vorzugsweise mit einem Druck von mindestens 100 bar, insbesondere mehr als 150 bar beaufschlagt. Insbesondere beträgt der Druck zwischen 200 und 800 bar. Dadurch ist sichergestellt, daß beim explosionsartigen Ausstossen der Flüssigkeit aus der Düse in die normale Atmosphäre diese in kleine Nebelteilchen zerreißt. Diese haben eine Größe von etwa 0,5 bis 10 µm3, vorzugsweise ungefähr 1 µm3. Somit wird ein mm3 Flüssigkeit in eine Milliarde Teilchen zerrissen. Demgegenüber würde die Flüssigkeit bei einem zu geringen Druck als geschlossener Strahl aus der Düse austreten.In the high-pressure chamber, the liquid is preferably subjected to a pressure of at least 100 bar, in particular more than 150 bar. In particular, the pressure is between 200 and 800 bar. This ensures that when explosive ejection of the liquid from the nozzle into the normal atmosphere this breaks into small mist particles. These have a size of about 0.5 to 10 μm 3 , preferably about 1 μm 3 . Thus, a mm 3 of liquid is torn into one billion particles. In contrast, the liquid would exit at a too low pressure as a closed jet from the nozzle.

Vorteilhaft werden durch die Düse jeweils zwischen 0,01 und 0,5 ml Flüssigkeit ausgestoßen, insbesondere ungefähr 0,05 ml. Besonders bevorzugt wird die Flüssigkeit in ein Rohr ausgestoßen, und über das Rohr an den Baderaum zugeführt (Anspruch 7) .Advantageously, each ejected through the nozzle between 0.01 and 0.5 ml of liquid, in particular about 0.05 ml. More preferably, the liquid is ejected into a tube, and fed via the pipe to the bath room (claim 7).

Die Erfindung wird nun anhand eines Ausführungsbeispiels und der beigefügten Zeichnung näher erläutert. In der Zeichnung zeigen:

Fig. 1
eine perspektivische Darstellung einer Nebelbadvorrichtung gemäß der vorliegenden Erfindung von rechts vorne;
Fig. 2
eine schematische Querschnittansicht des Verneblers der Nebelbadvorrichtung;
Fig. 3
eine schematische Querschnittansicht des Rohrs und der Sitzbank der Nebelbadvorrichtung; und
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eine schematische Schnittansicht des Rohrs der Nebelbadvorrichtung von oben.
The invention will now be described with reference to an embodiment and the accompanying drawings. In the drawing show:
Fig. 1
a perspective view of a Nebelbadvorrichtung according to the present invention from the right front;
Fig. 2
a schematic cross-sectional view of the nebulizer of the Nebelbadvorrichtung;
Fig. 3
a schematic cross-sectional view of the tube and the seat of the Nebelbadvorrichtung; and
Fig. 4
a schematic sectional view of the tube of the Nebelbadvorrichtung from above.

Gem. Fig. 1 weist ein Nebelbad 2 eine Bodenplatte 3, und eine Deckenplatte 4 auf, die im Querschnitt jeweils im wesentlichen kreisförmig sind. Die oberen Enden von zwei vorderen Stützrohren 5a, b und zwei hinteren Stützrohren 5c, d sind jeweils mit einer Seitenwand der Bodenplatte 3, und die unteren Enden der Stützrohre 5a, b, c, d jeweils mit einer Seitenwand der Deckenplatte 4 befestigt. Zwischen jeweils einem der vorderen Stützrohre 5a, b und dem entsprechenden dahinterliegenden hinteren Stützrohr 5c, d erstreckt sich zwischen der Bodenplatte 3 und der Deckenplatte 4 eine rechte bzw. eine linke Seitenscheibe 6a, b aus Acrylglas. Entsprechend erstreckt sich zwischen den zwei hinteren Stützrohren 5c, d zwischen der Bodenplatte 3 und der Deckenplatte 4 eine Hinterscheibe 6c. Diese besteht ebenfalls aus Acrylglas. Zwischen den vorderen Stützrohren 5a, b, der Bodenplatte 3, und der Deckenplatte 4 sind eine linke und eine rechte Vorderscheibe 6d, e vorgesehen. Diese sind jeweils transversal zu den vorderen Stützrohren 5a, b verschiebbar, und grenzen bei der in Fig. 1 gezeigten, unverschobenen Stellung über entsprechende Dichtlippen (nicht dargestellt) direkt aneinander. Ein zwischen der Deckenplatte 4, der Bodenplatte 3, und den Scheiben 6a, b, c, d, e gebildeter Baderaum 1 ist dann nach außen hin luftdicht.Gem. Fig. 1, a mist bath 2, a bottom plate 3, and a ceiling plate 4, which are each substantially circular in cross-section. The upper ends of two front support tubes 5a, b and two rear support tubes 5c, d are respectively fixed to a side wall of the bottom plate 3, and the lower ends of the support tubes 5a, b, c, d are respectively fixed to a side wall of the ceiling plate 4. Between each one of the front support tubes 5a, b and the corresponding underlying rear support tube 5c, d extends between the bottom plate 3 and the ceiling plate 4, a right and a left side window 6a, b made of acrylic glass. Accordingly, between the two rear support tubes 5c, d between the bottom plate 3 and the ceiling plate 4 extends a rear plate 6c. This is also made of acrylic glass. Between the front support tubes 5a, b, the bottom plate 3, and the ceiling plate 4, a left and a right front disc 6d, e are provided. These are each displaceable transversely to the front support tubes 5a, b, and border directly at each other in the unshifted position shown in Fig. 1 via corresponding sealing lips (not shown). A formed between the ceiling plate 4, the bottom plate 3, and the discs 6 a, b, c, d, e bathing room 1 is then airtight to the outside.

Im Baderaum 1 erstreckt sich zwischen der Bodenplatte 3 und der Deckenplatte 4 ein Rohr 32. An diesem befindet sich eine Dusche 9. Zudem ist an einer Oberseite der Bodenplatte 3 eine wasserdichte Sitzbank 7 angeordnet. An einer Unterseite der Deckenplatte 4 ist ein UV-Strahler 8 vorgesehen. Die Deckenplatte 4 ist in ein vorderes Deckenplattenteil 4a und ein hinteres Deckenplattenteil 4b, und die Bodenplatte 3 in ein vorderes Bodenplattenteil 3a und ein hinteres Bodenplattenteil 3b zerlegbar. Damit ist das Nebelbad 2 insgesamt in ein vorderes und ein hinteres Teil zerlegbar. Dabei weist das vordere Teil das vordere Deckenplattenteil 4a mit dem UV-Strahler 8, das vordere Bodenplattenteil 3a, die Vorderscheiben 6d, e, die vorderen Stützrohre 5a, b, und die Seitenscheiben 6a, b auf. Das hintere Teil weist das hintere Dekkenplattenteil 4b, das hintere Bodenplattenteil 3b, die hinteren Stützrohre 5c, 5d, die Hinterscheibe 6c, das Rohr 32, und die Sitzbank 7 auf. Dabei sind, wie in Fig. 3 dargestellt, im Rohr 32 und in der Sitzbank 7 die zum Erzeugen und zum Verteilen von Nebel wesentlichen, technisch aufwendigen Geräte untergebracht, und zwar zwei Vernebler 20, zwei Schalldämpfer 34a, 34b, und ein Ventilator 35 (siehe unten). Die technisch aufwendigen Geräte sind also im hinteren Teil des Nebelbads 2 vormontiert; ein separater Zusammenbau dieser Geräte am Einsatzort des Nebelbads 2 ist nicht notwendig. Stattdessen muß dort lediglich das hintere Teil des Nebelbads 2 mit dessen vorderem Teil verbunden werden.In the bath room 1 extends between the bottom plate 3 and the ceiling plate 4, a pipe 32. This is a shower 9. In addition, a waterproof seat 7 is disposed on an upper side of the bottom plate 3. On an underside of the ceiling plate 4, a UV lamp 8 is provided. The ceiling panel 4 is detachable into a front ceiling panel portion 4a and a rear ceiling panel portion 4b, and the floor panel 3 is detachable into a front floor panel portion 3a and a rear floor panel portion 3b. Thus, the fog bath 2 is a total of a front and a rear part dismantled. In this case, the front part of the front ceiling panel part 4a with the UV lamp 8, the front bottom plate part 3a, the front discs 6d, e, the front support tubes 5a, b, and the side windows 6a, b on. The rear part has the rear Dekkenplattenteil 4b, the rear floor panel part 3b, the rear support pipes 5c, 5d, the rear window 6c, the pipe 32, and the seat 7. In this case, as shown in Fig. 3, in the tube 32 and in the seat 7 for generating and distributing fog essential, technically complex devices housed, namely two nebulizers 20, two mufflers 34 a, 34 b, and a fan 35 (FIG. see below). The technically complex devices are thus preassembled in the back of the mist bath 2; a separate assembly of these devices at the site of the mist bath 2 is not necessary. Instead, there only the rear part of the mist bath 2 must be connected to the front part.

Wird die rechte Vorderscheibe 6e gem. Fig. 1 in Richtung eines Pfeils B transversal zum rechten vorderen Stützrohr 5b nach rechts hinten, und die linke Vorderscheibe 6d in Richtung eines Pfeils A transversal zum linken vorderen Stützrohr 5b nach links hinten hinter die rechte bzw. die linke Seitenscheibe 6b, 6a verschoben, kann eine Person in den Baderaum 1 eintreten, und auf der Sitzbank 7 Platz nehmen. Daraufhin wird der Baderaum 1 durch Zurückverschieben der Vorderscheiben 6d, e in die in Fig. 1 gezeigte Stellung wieder abgedichtet.If the right front disk 6e acc. 1 in the direction of an arrow B transversely to the right front support tube 5b to the right rear, and the left front disc 6d in the direction of an arrow A transversely to the left front support tube 5b to the left behind behind the right and the left side disc 6b, 6a, a person can enter the bathroom 1, and sit on the bench 7 place. Thereafter, the bathing room 1 is re-sealed by shifting the front discs 6d, e back into the position shown in FIG.

Gem. Fig. 2 weist jeder Vernebler 20 einen hohlzylinderförmigen Kompressionsraum 21 mit einer Öffnung 28 auf. Der Kompressionsraum 21 ist über eine Leitung 26 mit einer Hochdruckpumpe 25 verbunden, aus der die zu vernebelnde Flüssigkeit gefördert wird. Diese enthält Wasser mit hohem Anteil darin gelöster Salze, insbesondere Wasser des toten Meeres, oder ein organisches Öl.According to FIG. 2, each nebulizer 20 has a hollow-cylindrical compression space 21 with an opening 28. The compression chamber 21 is connected via a line 26 to a high-pressure pump 25, from which the liquid to be atomized is conveyed. This contains water with a high content of salts dissolved therein, in particular dead sea water, or an organic oil.

Im Kompressionsraum 21 ist ein konusförmiger Kolben 27 angeordnet. Der Kolben 27 ist in Längsrichtung des Kompressionsraums 21 verschiebbar und wird von einer Feder 29 an seinem hinteren Ende in Richtung der Öffnung 28 des Kompressionsraums 21 vorgespannt. Somit verschließt bei der in Fig. 2 gezeigten Stellung die Spitze des Kolbens 27 die Öffnung 28 des Kompressionsraums 21.In the compression space 21, a cone-shaped piston 27 is arranged. The piston 27 is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the compression space 21 and is biased by a spring 29 at its rear end in the direction of the opening 28 of the compression space 21. Thus, in the position shown in Fig. 2, the tip of the piston 27 closes the opening 28 of the compression space 21st

Die Feder 29 erstreckt sich im Kompressionsraum 21 in Längsrichtung zwischen dem hinteren Ende des Kolbens 27, und einem vorderen Ende einer Stützplatte 30. Die Stützplatte 30 ist an einem vorderen Ende einer Stellschraube 31 angeordnet, und kann durch Drehen der Stellschraube 31 im Kompressionsraum 21 in dessen Längsrichtung verschoben werden. Dadurch ist die Federkraft einstellbar, mit der die Feder 29 die Spitze des Kolbens 27 gegen die Öffnung 28 des Kompressionsraums 21 drückt.The spring 29 extends in the compression space 21 in the longitudinal direction between the rear end of the piston 27, and a front end of a support plate 30. The support plate 30 is disposed at a front end of a set screw 31, and can by turning the screw 31 in the compression space 21 in whose longitudinal direction to be moved. As a result, the spring force is adjustable, with which the spring 29 presses the tip of the piston 27 against the opening 28 of the compression space 21.

Bei fortdauerndem Fördern von zu vernebelnder Flüssigkeit von der Hochdruckpumpe 25 in den Kompressionsraum 21 wird diese im Kompressionsraum 21 immer weiter komprimiert. Der darin vorhandene Druck steigt dann auf ungefähr 200 bis 800 bar an. Dabei wird eine wachsende Kraft auf den Kolben 27 in Längsrichtung des Kompressionsraums 21 ausgeübt, die diesen schließlich gegen die von der Feder 29 ausgeübte Federkraft von der Öffnung 28 des Kompressionsraums 21 wegdrückt.With continuous conveying of liquid to be atomized from the high-pressure pump 25 into the compression space 21, this is compressed further and further in the compression space 21. The existing pressure then rises to about 200 to 800 bar. In this case, an increasing force is exerted on the piston 27 in the longitudinal direction of the compression space 21, which ultimately pushes them away from the opening 28 of the compression space 21 against the spring force exerted by the spring 29.

Dadurch wird die komprimierte Flüssigkeit gem. Fig. 3 in das Innere des Rohrs 32 freigegeben. Da in diesem eine normale Atmosphäre von ungefähr 1 bar herrscht, wird die Flüssigkeit dabei explosionsartig in kleinste Nebelteilchen zerrissen. Der Nebel strömt dann zu einem oberen Ende des Rohrs 32, und von dort über ein Gitter 33 in den Baderaum 1. Hierzu wird durch den Ventilator 35, der unterhalb des Gitters 33 am oberen Ende des Rohrs 32 angeordnet ist, ein nach oben gerichteter Sog erzeugt. Im gleichen Maß, in dem der Nebel über das Gitter 33 aus dem Rohr 32 in den Baderaum 1 strömt, kann Luft über am unteren Ende des Rohrs 32 unterhalb der Kompressionsräume 21 der Vernebler 20 vorgesehene Zuluftöffnungen 36 nachströmen.As a result, the compressed liquid gem. Fig. 3 released into the interior of the tube 32. Since this is a normal atmosphere of about 1 bar, the liquid is thereby explosively torn into the smallest mist particles. The mist then flows to an upper end of the tube 32, and from there via a grid 33 into the bathing space 1. For this purpose, by the fan 35, which is disposed below the grid 33 at the upper end of the tube 32, an upward suction generated. To the same extent, in which the mist flows via the grid 33 from the tube 32 into the bathing space 1, air can flow in through the supply air openings 36 provided at the lower end of the tube 32 below the compression spaces 21 of the nebulizers 20.

Im Rohr 32 ist zwischen den Kompressionsräume 21 der Vernebler 20 und dem Gitter 33 der obere Schalldämpfer 34a, sowie unterhalb der Kompressionsräume 21 der Vernebler 20 der untere Schalldämpfer 34b angeordnet zur Dämpfung des beim explosionsartigen Zerreißens der Flüssigkeit in kleine Nebelteilchen entstehenden Schallwellen. Jeder Schalldämpfer 34a, b besteht aus mehreren sich quer zur Rohrachse erstreckenden, voneinander beabstandeten, sich jeweils partiell überlappenden Schalldämpfplatten 37a, b. Gem. Fig. 4 läßt jede Schalldämpfplatte 37a im Querschnitt des Rohrs 32 eine Öffnung 38a frei, durch die hindurch sich die Nebelteilchen im Rohr 32 von unten nach oben hin bewegen können. Jede Schalldämpfplatte 37a überdeckt - von oben her betrachtet - jeweils vollständig eine Öffnung 38b (in Fig. 4 gestrichelt dargestellt), die von einer darunterliegenden bzw. darüberliegenden Schalldämpferplatte 37b freigelassen wurde.In the tube 32 between the compression chambers 21 of the nebulizer 20 and the grid 33 of the upper muffler 34 a, and below the compression chambers 21 of the nebulizer 20 of the lower muffler 34 b arranged for damping the explosive tearing of the liquid into small mist particles resulting sound waves. Each muffler 34a, b consists of several transverse to the tube axis extending, spaced apart, each partially overlapping Schalldämpfplatten 37a, b. According to Fig. 4 leaves each Schalldämpfplatte 37a in the cross section of the tube 32 an opening 38a freely, through which the mist particles in the tube 32 can move from the bottom upwards. Each sound attenuating plate 37a completely covers an opening 38b (shown in dashed lines in FIG. 4) viewed from above, which has been left open by an underlying silencer plate 37b.

Der gem. Fig. 1 über das Gitter 33 aus dem Rohr 32 strömende Nebel breitet sich im Baderaum 1 aus, und wirkt auf die Haut der sich im Nebelbad 2 aufhaltenden Person. Die Wirkung des Nebels auf die Haut wird dabei durch die vom UV-Strahler 8 emittierte ultraviolette Strahlung unterstützt. Nach dem Verabreichen des Bades kann sich die Person vor dem Verlassen des Baderaums 1 mit der Dusche 9 abduschen, und so Öl- oder Salzreste auf der Haut entfernen.The gem. Fig. 1 via the grid 33 from the pipe 32 flowing mist spreads in the bathroom 1, and acts on the skin of the person staying in the mist bath 2. The effect of the mist on the skin is supported by the ultraviolet radiation emitted by the UV emitter 8. After administering the bath, the person can shower off before leaving the bath room 1 with the shower 9, and so remove oil or salt residues on the skin.

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  1. Method of administering a mist bath for the skin to at least one person in a bathroom (1), having the steps of:
    - compressing a liquid by applying a high pressure of at least 100 bars to the liquid,
    - ejecting the liquid in an explosion-like manner so that it is ripped apart into small particles as a result of its high internal pressure,
    - feeding the liquid which has been ripped apart into small particles to the bathroom (1), which is at a temperature of less than 35°C.
  2. Method according to claim 1, wherein the liquid is water.
  3. Method according to either of claims 1 and 2, wherein additional salts are admixed with the water.
  4. Method according to claim 1, wherein the liquid is an organic oil.
  5. Method according to one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the mist bath for the skin is administered for 10 - 30 minutes.
  6. Method according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein 0.01 to 0.5 ml of liquid is ejected at a time.
  7. Method according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the liquid is ejected into a tube (32) and is fed to the bathroom (1) via the tube (32).
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