Hot bath facility

Abstract

The present invention provides a hot bath facility where partitioned men's and women's changing rooms 12 and 13 are communicated with an enclosed bathroom 1 through dedicated windbreak rooms 2,2; on the opposite side, the enclosed bathroom 1 is communicated with a cool-down area 14; floor-heating pipes 4 and 41 are laid in the enclosed bathroom 1; portions extending from the floor-heating pipes 4 are laid in the windbreak rooms 2, making turns in regular cycles; the floor-heating pipes are completely covered by a protective concrete layer 43; a natural-stone-containing concrete layer 5 is formed on the protective concrete layer to generate nurturing wave energy; and hot water is supplied to the floor-heating pipes 4 and 41.

1 . A hot bath facility wherein: partitioned men's and women's changing rooms are communicated with a common enclosed bathroom through dedicated windbreak rooms; on the side opposite to the dedicated windbreak rooms, the enclosed bathroom is communicated with a cool-down area through a cool-down gate windbreak room common to men and women or separate cool-down gate windbreak rooms; floor-heating pipes are laid in one or few blocks on concrete slab-on-grade of the enclosed bathroom, meandering at predetermined intervals and making turns in regular cycles; portions extending from the floor-heating pipes or separate floor-heating pipes are similarly laid on concrete slab-on-grade of the windbreak rooms adjacent to the enclosed bathroom; the floor-heating pipes are completely covered by a protective concrete layer; a natural stone layer for generating nurturing wave energy or a concrete layer containing natural stone is formed as a layer or part of the layer above the protective concrete layer; and hot water which can be regulated to a predetermined temperature is supplied to the floor-heating pipes.  
   
   
       2 . A hot bath facility wherein: partitioned men's and women's changing rooms are communicated with a common enclosed bathroom through dedicated windbreak rooms; on the side opposite to the dedicated windbreak rooms, the enclosed bathroom is communicated with a cool-down area through a cool-down gate windbreak room common to men and women or separate cool-down gate windbreak rooms; floor-heating pipes are laid in one or few blocks on concrete slab-on-grade of the enclosed bathroom, meandering at predetermined intervals and making turns in regular cycles; portions extending from the floor-heating pipes or separate floor-heating pipes are similarly laid on concrete slab-on-grade of the windbreak rooms adjacent to the enclosed bathroom; the floor-heating pipes are completely covered by a protective concrete layer; a natural stone layer for generating nurturing wave energy or a concrete layer containing natural stone is formed almost flush in at least appropriate sections on a top face of the protective concrete layer in the enclosed bathroom; and hot water which can be regulated to a predetermined temperature is supplied to the floor-heating pipes.  
   
   
       3 . A hot bath facility wherein: partitioned men's and women's changing rooms are communicated with a common enclosed bathroom through dedicated windbreak rooms; on the side opposite to the dedicated windbreak rooms, the enclosed bathroom is communicated with a cool-down area through a cool-down gate windbreak room common to men and women or separate cool-down gate windbreak rooms; floor-heating pipes are laid in one or few blocks on concrete slab-on-grade of the enclosed bathroom, meandering at predetermined intervals and making turns in regular cycles; portions extending from the floor-heating pipes or separate floor-heating pipes are similarly laid on concrete slab-on-grade of the windbreak rooms adjacent to the enclosed bathroom; the floor-heating pipes are completely covered by a protective concrete layer; natural stone for generating nurturing wave energy, i.e., a raw stone slab of a size suitable for a recumbent human body is buried almost flush in at least appropriate sections on a top face of the protective concrete layer in the enclosed bathroom; and hot water which can be regulated to a predetermined temperature is supplied to the floor-heating pipes.  
   
   
       4 . A hot bath facility wherein: partitioned men's and women's changing rooms are communicated with a common enclosed bathroom through dedicated windbreak rooms; on the side opposite to the dedicated windbreak rooms, the enclosed bathroom is communicated with a cool-down area through a cool-down gate windbreak room common to men and women or separate cool-down gate windbreak rooms; floor-heating pipes are laid in one or few blocks on concrete slab-on-grade of the enclosed bathroom, meandering at predetermined intervals and making turns in regular cycles; portions extending from the floor-heating pipes or separate floor-heating pipes are similarly laid on concrete slab-on-grade of the windbreak rooms adjacent to the enclosed bathroom; the floor-heating pipes are completely covered by a protective concrete layer; natural stone for generating nurturing wave energy, i.e., a raw stone slab of a size suitable for a recumbent human body is buried almost flush in at least appropriate sections on a top face of the protective concrete layer in the enclosed bathroom; hot water which can be regulated to a predetermined temperature is supplied to the floor-heating pipes; and a slatted corridor connecting the windbreak rooms with each other is placed at appropriate locations on top of the protective concrete layer in the enclosed bathroom except the appropriate sections where the natural stone layer for generating nurturing wave energy or the concrete layer containing natural stone is formed.  
   
   
       5 . The hot bath facility according to  claim 1 , wherein: of the floor-heating pipes in the various rooms, at least the pipes in the enclosed bathroom are installed in multiple tiers.  
   
   
       6 . The hot bath facility according to  claim 1 , wherein: of the floor-heating pipes, the pipes in the enclosed bathroom are installed in multiple tiers; and the multi-tiered pipes in the enclosed bathroom are extended as they are into the windbreak rooms adjacent to the enclosed bathroom, meandering at larger intervals than in the enclosed bathroom.  
   
   
       7 . The hot bath facility according to  claim 1 , wherein: of the floor-heating pipes, the pipes in the enclosed bathroom are installed in multiple tiers; and only an upper or lower tier of the multi-tiered pipes in the enclosed bathroom is extended into the windbreak rooms adjacent to the enclosed bathroom.  
   
   
       8 . The hot bath facility according to  claim 1 , wherein: each windbreak room has an open/close mechanism installed at a doorway to the men's changing room, the women's changing room, or the cool-down area and at a doorway to the enclosed bathroom; the open/close mechanism at least at the doorway to the enclosed bathroom has an airtight seal as well as a lock/unlock mechanism which can be temporarily locked closed and can be opened and closed in a simple manner.  
   
   
       9 . The hot bath facility according to  claim 2 , wherein: of the floor-heating pipes in the various rooms, at least the pipes in the enclosed bathroom are installed in multiple tiers.  
   
   
       10 . The hot bath facility according to  claim 3 , wherein: of the floor-heating pipes in the various rooms, at least the pipes in the enclosed bathroom are installed in multiple tiers.  
   
   
       11 . The hot bath facility according to  claim 4 , wherein: of the floor-heating pipes in the various rooms, at least the pipes in the enclosed bathroom are installed in multiple tiers.  
   
   
       12 . The hot bath facility according to  claim 2 , wherein: of the floor-heating pipes, the pipes in the enclosed bathroom are installed in multiple tiers; and the multi-tiered pipes in the enclosed bathroom are extended as they are into the windbreak rooms adjacent to the enclosed bathroom, meandering at larger intervals than in the enclosed bathroom.  
   
   
       13 . The hot bath facility according to  claim 3 , wherein: of the floor-heating pipes, the pipes in the enclosed bathroom are installed in multiple tiers; and the multi-tiered pipes in the enclosed bathroom are extended as they are into the windbreak rooms adjacent to the enclosed bathroom, meandering at larger intervals than in the enclosed bathroom.  
   
   
       14 . The hot bath facility according to  claim 4 , wherein: of the floor-heating pipes, the pipes in the enclosed bathroom are installed in multiple tiers; and the multi-tiered pipes in the enclosed bathroom are extended as they are into the windbreak rooms adjacent to the enclosed bathroom, meandering at larger intervals than in the enclosed bathroom.  
   
   
       15 . The hot bath facility according to  claim 2 , wherein: of the floor-heating pipes, the pipes in the enclosed bathroom are installed in multiple tiers; and only an upper or lower tier of the multi-tiered pipes in the enclosed bathroom is extended into the windbreak rooms adjacent to the enclosed bathroom.  
   
   
       16 . The hot bath facility according to  claim 3 , wherein: of the floor-heating pipes, the pipes in the enclosed bathroom are installed in multiple tiers; and only an upper or lower tier of the multi-tiered pipes in the enclosed bathroom is extended into the windbreak rooms adjacent to the enclosed bathroom.  
   
   
       17 . The hot bath facility according to  claim 4 , wherein: of the floor-heating pipes, the pipes in the enclosed bathroom are installed in multiple tiers; and only an upper or lower tier of the multi-tiered pipes in the enclosed bathroom is extended into the windbreak rooms adjacent to the enclosed bathroom.  
   
   
       18 . The hot bath facility according  claim 2 , wherein: each windbreak room has an open/close mechanism installed at a doorway to the men's changing room, the women's changing room, or the cool-down area and at a doorway to the enclosed bathroom; the open/close mechanism at least at the doorway to the enclosed bathroom has an airtight seal as well as a lock/unlock mechanism which can be temporarily locked closed and can be opened and closed in a simple manner.  
   
   
       19 . The hot bath facility according  claim 3 , wherein: each windbreak room has an open/close mechanism installed at a doorway to the men's changing room, the women's changing room, or the cool-down area and at a doorway to the enclosed bathroom; the open/close mechanism at least at the doorway to the enclosed bathroom has an airtight seal as well as a lock/unlock mechanism which can be temporarily locked closed and can be opened and closed in a simple manner.  
   
   
       20 . The hot bath facility according  claim 4 , wherein: each windbreak room has an open/close mechanism installed at a doorway to the men's changing room, the women's changing room, or the cool-down area and at a doorway to the enclosed bathroom; the open/close mechanism at least at the doorway to the enclosed bathroom has an airtight seal as well as a lock/unlock mechanism which can be temporarily locked closed and can be opened and closed in a simple manner.