Material for improving living environment, and building material, laying material and spraying agent using the same

Abstract

With attention focused on hinokitiol and the usefulness of a porous particulate matter as a carrier, the present invention provides a residential environment improving material 1 including artificial ceramic particles 11 as a major component and a hinokitiol-containing liquid 12 retained in pores 11 a of the artificial ceramic particles 11, and uses the residential environment improving material 1 in various building materials and the like, in order to provide a useful residential environment improving material combining hinokitiol and the porous particulate matter as well as to provide excellent building materials and like materials using the residential environment improving material.

1 . A residential environment improving material characterized by comprising a porous particulate matter as a major component, and a hinokitiol-containing liquid retained in pores of the porous particulate matter.  
     
     
         2 . The residential environment improving material according to  claim 1 , wherein the porous particulate matter is one selected from diatomaceous earth, artificial ceramic particles, zeolite, hydroxyapatite, and composite particles comprising one of those substances and an organic polymeric substance.  
     
     
         3 . The residential environment improving material according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the hinokitiol-containing liquid is hiba oil.  
     
     
         4 . A building material using a residential environment improving material as recited in any one of  claims 1  to  3 , which is a building foundation comprising a concrete composition as a chief material and the residential environment improving material incorporated therein.  
     
     
         5 . A building material using a residential environment improving material as recited in any one of  claims 1  to  3 , which is a moisture-proof sheet comprising a water-impermeable sheet body as a chief material and the residential environment improving material incorporated therein.  
     
     
         6 . A building material using a residential environment improving material as recited in any one of  claims 1  to  3 , which is a building wall formed from a material comprising the residential environment improving material as a chief material.  
     
     
         7 . A building material using a residential environment improving material as recited in any one of  claims 1  to  3 , which is a plate-shaped wall panel to be affixed to a building wall, the wall panel comprising plaster, loam, diatomaceous earth, cement, or an analog as a chief material and the residential environment improving material incorporated therein.  
     
     
         8 . The building material according to  claim 6  or  7 , wherein the chief material is mixed with a color earth.  
     
     
         9 . A building material using a residential environment improving material as recited in any one of  claims 1  to  3 , which is a foamable building material for use as applied onto a wall, floor, ceiling or an analog in a building, the foamable building material comprising a foamable building material body and the residential environment improving material retained by or incorporated in the foamable building material body.  
     
     
         10 . The building material according to  claim 9 , wherein the building material body comprises an inorganic-fiber building material consisting of rock wool, glass wool, or an analog.  
     
     
         11 . The building material according to  claim 9 , wherein the building material body comprises a wood-fiber building material consisting of a cellulosic fiber or an analog.  
     
     
         12 . The building material according to  claim 9 , wherein the building material body comprises a resin building material of urethane, styrene, ethylene, phenol, isocyanurate, or an analog.  
     
     
         13 . A building material using a residential environment improving material as recited in any one of  claims 1  to  3 , which is a tatami mat comprising at least a tatami body and a tatami cover covering a surface of the tatami body as chief materials and the residential environment improving material incorporated in the tatami body.  
     
     
         14 . The building material according to  claim 13 , wherein the tatami body comprises a core material and a board material superposed on a surface of the core material, at least one of the core material and the board material incorporating the residential environment improving material therein.  
     
     
         15 . A building material using a residential environment improving material as recited in any one of  claims 1  to  3 , which is a tatami mat comprising at least a tatami body and a tatami cover covering a surface of the tatami body as chief materials and the residential environment improving material adhering to or incorporated in the tatami cover.  
     
     
         16 . The building material according to any one of  claims 4  to  15 , wherein the chief material is further incorporated with wood power containing hinokitiol.  
     
     
         17 . The building material according to any one of  claims 4  to  16 , wherein the residential environment improving material is incorporated in a proportion of about 3% relative to the weight of the building material or that of the chief material.  
     
     
         18 . A laying material which uses a residential environment improving material as recited in any one of  claims 1  to  3  and is to be laid in an underfloor space of a building or its periphery, the laying material comprising a container which is permeable to air outwardly and inwardly thereof and the residential environment improving material contained therein.  
     
     
         19 . The laying material according to  claim 18 , wherein the container further contains wood powder containing hinokitiol.  
     
     
         20 . A spraying preparation using a residential environment improving material as recited in any one of  claims 1  to  3 , which comprises a composition containing the residential environment improving material and is capable of being sprayed to or mixed with a foundation part of a building, soil around the foundation part, and a floor, wall and an analog in the building.  
     
     
         21 . The spraying preparation according to  claim 20 , further comprising wood powder containing hinokitiol.  
     
     
         22 . The spraying preparation according to  claim 20  or  21 , wherein the composition contains the residential environment improving material in a proportion of about 1% to about 20%.