JPH0321236Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a carbonated spring supply device, and more specifically, to a carbonated spring supply device for forming carbonated spring, which is a hot spring in which fine carbon dioxide is melted in hot water in a bathtub. It is.

[Prior Art] Carbonated springs have been known as hot springs that have a thermal effect. This is due to the physical effect of carbon dioxide gas bubbles stimulating the skin and the chemical effect of carbon dioxide absorption through the skin, resulting in high blood pressure,
It was suitable for treating heart diseases, etc.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, many of these carbonated springs are concentrated in mountainous areas, and it has been almost impossible to bathe in carbonated springs that have such therapeutic effects in urban areas.

Therefore, as a means of easily providing carbonated spring water, it may be possible to eject carbon dioxide gas into the hot water. However, when carbon dioxide gas is dissolved in hot water by such means, the carbon dioxide gas in the hot water becomes large in diameter, and the therapeutic effect of the fine carbon dioxide gas found in natural carbonated springs cannot be expected. .

Furthermore, there is also a method of mixing a carbonic acid or bicarbonate compound and an organic acid in advance in a high-pressure reaction tank and supplying the mixture to a bath, as described in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Application No. 61-57927. In addition to the difficulty in maintaining the high-pressure reaction tank, the efficiency was poor because air was mixed in the high-pressure reaction tank.

Therefore, the present invention is to artificially create hot springs similar to natural carbonated springs, and to make it easy to bathe in the therapeutically effective carbonated springs even in the city.In particular, the entire device is easy to maintain and inspect. It was devised for the purpose of providing a carbonated spring supply device that is highly efficient at mixing carbonic acid.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention includes a first chemical solution tank containing a first chemical solution made of a carbonic acid or bicarbonate compound, and a second chemical solution made of an organic acid. A first pipe for supplying the first chemical solution is connected to the first chemical tank via a first pump, and a first pipe for supplying the first chemical solution is connected to the second chemical tank via a second pump. A second pipe for supplying a second chemical solution is installed, and the first pipe and the second pipe are connected.
The connecting portion is characterized in that the first chemical solution and the second chemical solution are mixed, and the mixed chemical solution is connected to a hot water pipe that supplies hot water to be supplied to the bathtub.

[Function] When the first chemical solution made of a carbonic acid or bicarbonate compound and the second chemical solution made of an organic acid are mixed, a so-called neutralization reaction occurs. At this time, carbon dioxide gas is generated at the same time, but this carbon dioxide gas is dissolved in the water mixture of both liquids, and as a result, carbonated water is obtained.

Furthermore, in the present invention, since the neutralization reaction is carried out within the pipe, there is no mixing of air, and carbon dioxide gas can be efficiently generated, resulting in a large amount of carbon dioxide gas dissolved in water.

[Embodiment] First, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the schematic diagram shown in FIG.

This embodiment can be roughly divided into radon supply device 1
0 and a carbon dioxide gas supply device 30.

The radon supply device 10 includes a compressor 11
, a radon generator 12 into which air is sent by the compressor 11, and a radon generator 12.
and a storage tank 13 for storing radon-containing air from the air.

Further, the storage tank 13 is configured to send radon-containing air to the mixing tank 20 and the fragrance tank 14.

Furthermore, the fragrance tank 14 is in communication with a forest bath 15.

The radon generator 12 stores radium ore, thorium ore, etc. directly, or appropriately processes radium, thorium, etc., for example, coats the circumferential surface of lead particles, and blows air into the radon generator 12. Therefore, it is extracted as radon-containing air. Note that in this specification, radon includes not only radon emitted from radium but also thoron emitted from thorium.

The storage tank 13 stores the radon-containing air from the radon generator 12, and sends it out to the mixing tank 20 and the fragrance tank 14 as needed.

Furthermore, radon is always generated in a constant amount from radium and the like. Therefore, with this device, the compressor is operated for a certain period of time at a fixed time every day.
Air is sent from the radon generating device 12 to the radon generating device 12, and the radon-containing air from the radon generating device 12 is stored in a storage tank 13. Then, the radon concentration in the radon-containing air in this storage device becomes approximately constant, making it easy to adjust the radon concentration in the mixing tank 20 or the fragrance tank 14.

The mixing tank 20 blows out radon-containing air into the carbon dioxide gas-containing water from the carbon dioxide supply device 30 to melt radon.

The fragrance tank 14 is equipped with a ceramic containing a fragrance, and by passing air containing radon through the fragrance tank 14, the air is given a forest scent, for example. .

Forest bathing 15 is a method in which a forest scent is used as a fragrance in the fragrance tank 14, and the synergistic effect of the forest scent and radon is used to stabilize the mind and restore health.

The carbon dioxide gas supply device 30 supplies a first chemical solution 32 in a first chemical solution tank 31 and a second chemical solution 34 in a second chemical solution tank 33.
are mixed in a pipe to cause a neutralization reaction to melt the fine carbon dioxide gas, and hot water from the hot water tank 35 is added to this mixed liquid to supply the hot water containing the carbon dioxide gas to the bathtub 21. It is something to do.

The first chemical solution 32 consists of an aqueous solution of a carbonic acid or bicarbonate compound dissolved in water. Further, a first pipe 37 is connected to the first chemical tank 31 via a first pump 36 in order to take out the first chemical liquid 32.

Here, specifically, as the first chemical solution 32,
Aqueous solutions of carbonic or bicarbonate compounds such as sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium sesquicarbonate and the like are used.

The second chemical solution 34 is made of an aqueous solution in which an organic acid is dissolved in water. Further, in the second chemical tank 33,
A second pump 38 is used to remove the second chemical solution 34.
A second pipe 39 is connected via the
This second pipe 39 is connected to the first pipe 37. Therefore, this first pipe 37 and the second pipe
A neutralization reaction occurs at the connecting portion with the pipe 39, and carbon dioxide gas is generated.

More specifically, as the second chemical solution 34, an aqueous solution of an organic acid, such as citric acid, acetic acid, malic acid, or succinic acid, is used.

The hot water tank 35 stores water and hot water that have been mixed in advance and brought to an appropriate temperature, and the hot water is pumped through a hot water pipe 41 via a hot water pump 40.
It is connected to the first pipe 37 and the second pipe 39 to provide hot water containing carbon dioxide gas.

The hot water containing carbon dioxide in this way is supplied to the mixing tank 20, and the radon-containing air spouted into the mixing tank 20 treats the hot water as containing carbon dioxide and radon to the supply pump 20.
2 is supplied to the bathtub 21 via a supply pipe 23.

Next, the operation of the carbonated spring supply device according to the present invention will be explained.

First, in each of the first chemical tank 31 and the second chemical tank 33,
A first chemical solution 32 and a second chemical solution 34 are stored therein.

Thereafter, the first chemical liquid 32 and the second chemical liquid 34 are pumped out by respective pumps 36 and 38 in such amounts that the two chemical liquids undergo a substantially neutralizing reaction.

Then, these two liquids 32 and 34 are transferred to the first pipe 37.
A neutralization reaction occurs at the connection portion between the first pipe 39 and the second pipe 39, and carbon dioxide gas is generated.

The thus formed hot water containing dissolved carbon dioxide gas is supplied to the inside of the bathtub 21 or to the bathtub via the supply pipe 23.

Furthermore, in actual use, by adding general salts such as sodium chloride, sodium sulfate, aluminum sulfate, etc., the dissolved components can be made to resemble natural carbonated springs.

According to the results of actual experiments, first chemical solution: Sodium bicarbonate (manufactured by Toyo Soda Kogyo) 5% by weight chemical solution 18/h Second chemical solution: Citric acid (manufactured by Showa Kako) 5% by weight chemical solution 9/h each When hot water is mixed by the first pump 36 and the second pump 38 at a rate of 1000/h and the temperature supplied to the bathtub 21 is approximately 35°C, carbon dioxide gas dissolved in the hot water is mixed. The diameter is
We were able to obtain a carbonated spring that was approximately the same size as a natural carbonated spring and had a temperature suitable for bathing.

Further, according to specific measurement results, the carbon dioxide concentration in the bathtub 21 was 500 mg/. At the same time, the concentration of radon was also 0.5 matsuhe.

Furthermore, if a bicarbonate compound, especially a compound with sodium, is used as the first chemical solution 32, salts will be generated along with carbon dioxide gas due to the neutralization reaction, so it will not be necessary to add any additives. Dissolved components become more similar to natural springs.

Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the radon supply device 10 is the same as that shown in FIG. 1, but the carbon dioxide gas supply device 30 is slightly modified.

Specifically, the radon-containing air in the storage tank 13 is transferred to the first chemical tank 31 and the first chemical tank 31 without installing the mixing tank 20 for blowing the radon-containing air into the carbon dioxide-containing water and melting the radon. The first chemical solution 32 and the second chemical solution 3 are blown into the second chemical solution tank 33.
Radon is contained in each of the chemical solution tanks 4 and is directly supplied to the bathtub 21 after a hot water pipe 41 is connected to the first pipe 37 and the second pipe 39 provided in each chemical tank.

When formed in this way, the mixing tank 20 becomes unnecessary.

Further, in the illustrated example, a hot water tank 35 is not provided, and hot water and water are mixed at an appropriate temperature by a temperature sensor 42 and then supplied.

Even if formed in this way, the same operation and effect as the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 can be achieved.

[Effects of the invention] As explained above, in this invention, the diameter of the carbon dioxide gas dissolved in the hot water is almost the same as that of natural carbonated springs, and it exhibits the same therapeutic effect as natural carbonated springs. It is easy to maintain and inspect, and has high carbon dioxide mixing efficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, with FIG. 1 being a schematic diagram and FIG. 2 being a schematic diagram showing another embodiment. 10... Radon supply device, 12... Radon generator, 13... Storage tank, 20... Mixing tank, 21... Bathtub, 30... Carbon dioxide gas supply device,
31...first chemical solution tank, 32...first chemical solution, 33...
...Second chemical tank, 34...Second chemical solution, 36...First
Pump, 37...first pipe, 38...second pump, 39...second pipe, 41...hot water pipe.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A first chemical solution tank containing a first chemical solution made of carbonic acid or a bicarbonate compound and a second chemical solution tank containing a second chemical solution made of an organic acid are formed, and the first chemical solution tank is connected to the first chemical solution tank via a first pump. A first pipe for supplying the first chemical solution is installed in the tank, a second pipe for supplying the second chemical solution is installed in the second chemical tank via a second pump, and the first pipe and the second pipe are connected to the second chemical tank via a second pump. The carbonated spring supply is characterized in that the first chemical solution and the second chemical solution are connected to each other at this connecting part, and the mixed chemical solution is connected to a hot water pipe that supplies hot water and is supplied to a bathtub. Device.