US2010325789A1PendingUtilityA1

Instant bathing equipment and operating method thereof

Assignee: OUYOUNG SCOTTPriority: Jun 30, 2009Filed: Sep 24, 2009Published: Dec 30, 2010
Est. expiryJun 30, 2029(~2.9 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Scott Ouyoung
A47K 3/14A47K 3/006
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Abstract

An instant bathing equipment comprises a bathtub having a bathing room; a controlling means to generate an entrance formed on a bathing room to make a user enter the bathtub and close the bathtub; an isolating means to separate a store space in the bathing room so as to store water and to make the user enter a washing chamber from the entrance, the store space and the washing chamber communicating with each other so that water in the store space flows to the washing chamber, such that the bathing room is filled with water in a short time.

Claims

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1 . An instant bathing equipment comprising
 a bathtub having a bathing room;   a controlling means to generate an entrance formed on a bathing room to make a user enter and close the bathtub;   an isolating means to separate a store space in the bathing room so as to store water and to make the user enter a washing chamber from the entrance, the store space and the washing chamber communicating with each other so that water in the store space flows to the washing chamber, such that the bathing room is filled with water in a short time.   
     
     
         2 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the controlling means includes an opening communicating with the bathing room and a first door disposed in the opening, the first door is operated to move between a first and a second positions; when the first door is located at the first position, the opening is sealed to close the entrance, and when the first door is located at the second position, the opening is opened to generate the entrance. 
     
     
         3 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the isolating means includes a second door mounted in the bathing room, the second door is operated to move between a third and a fourth positions; when the second door is located at the third position, the bathing room is separated to form a store space and a washing chamber; and when the second door is located at the fourth position, the store space and the washing chamber are released to communicate with each other. 
     
     
         4 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the first door is designed in a foldable type, and a bottom end of the first door is fixed to a bottom side of the opening, and a top end thereof is expended upward to the first position or retracted downward to the second position. 
     
     
         5 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the controlling means further includes an electrical driving device to expend the first door upward to the first position or to retract the first door to the second position. 
     
     
         6 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the electrical driving device is a driving motor secured on one side of the top end of the first door; the opening includes an engaging element to engage with the driving motor so that the driving motor is driven to move vertically along the engaging element, and the first door is actuated to expend and retract vertically. 
     
     
         7 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the controlling means further includes a control device to start or stop the driving motor. 
     
     
         8 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the control device is electrically connected with a touch switch of the electrical deriving device. 
     
     
         9 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the control device is a remote switch. 
     
     
         10 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the control device is a sound-controlling switch. 
     
     
         11 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the first door is designed in a foldable type, and one side of the first door is fixed to the opening, and another side thereof is laterally expended to the first position or retracted to the second position. 
     
     
         12 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein one side of the first door is rotated axially to the first and the second positions. 
     
     
         13 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the bathtub further includes a side wall and a bottom wall connected with the side wall to define the bathing room, the first door moves along an inner side of the side wall and the opening horizontally toward the first and the second positions. 
     
     
         14 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the bathtub further includes the side wall and the bottom wall connected with the side wall to define the bathing room, the first door moves along an outer side of the side wall and the opening horizontally toward the first and the second positions. 
     
     
         15 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the bathtub further includes the side wall and the bottom wall connected with the side wall to define the bathing room, the first door moves along two ends of the outer side of the side wall and two sides of the opening toward the first and the second positions. 
     
     
         16 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the bathtub further includes the side wall and the bottom wall connected with the side wall to define the bathing room, the first door moves along the outer side of the side wall and the two sides of the opening toward the first and the second positions. 
     
     
         17 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the first door is operated manually to move between the first and the second positions. 
     
     
         18 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the controlling means further includes the electrical driving device to drive the first door to move between the first and the second positions. 
     
     
         19 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 18 , wherein the controlling means further includes the control device to turn on or turn off the electrical driving device. 
     
     
         20 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein the control device is electrically connected with a touch switch of the electrical driving device. 
     
     
         21 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein the control device is a remote switch. 
     
     
         22 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein the control device is a sound-controlling switch. 
     
     
         23 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the second door is designed in a foldable type, and a bottom end of the second door is fixed to a bottom surface of the bottom wall, and a top end thereof is expended upward to the third position or retracted downward to the fourth position. 
     
     
         24 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 23 , wherein the isolating means further includes the electrical driving device to expand the second door upward toward the third position or retract the second door downward toward the fourth position. 
     
     
         25 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 24 , wherein the electrical driving device is a driving motor fixed to one side of a top end of the second door; the bathtub includes the engaging element to mesh with the driving motor so that the driving motor is started to move along the engaging element vertically to expend and retract the second door longitudinally. 
     
     
         26 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 25 , wherein the isolating means further includes the control device to start or stop the driving motor. 
     
     
         27 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 26 , wherein the control device is electrically connected with a touch switch of the electrical driving device. 
     
     
         28 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 26 , wherein the control device is a remote switch. 
     
     
         29 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 26 , wherein the control device is a sound-controlling switch. 
     
     
         30 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 23 , wherein the second door includes a releasing doorway opened toward the store space to form an outlet so that one part of water in the store space flows to the washing chamber, so as to release a flowing impact on body. 
     
     
         31 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 30 , wherein the releasing doorway is closed when the second door is expended to the third position, and the outlet generates when the releasing doorway is retracted to the fourth position with the second door to be rotated axially. 
     
     
         32 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the second door is designed in a foldable type, and one side of the second door is fixed to the opening, another side thereof is expended to the third position or retracted to the fourth position laterally. 
     
     
         33 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the one side of the second door is rotated axially to the third and the fourth positions. 
     
     
         34 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the bathtub further includes the side wall and the bottom wall connected with the side wall to define the bathing room, the second door moves along the inner side of the side wall and the bottom wall flexibly toward the third and the fourth positions. 
     
     
         35 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the bathtub further includes the side wall and the bottom wall connected with the side wall to define the bathing room, the second door moves along the outer side of the side wall and the bottom wall flexibly toward the third and the fourth positions. 
     
     
         36 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the bathtub further includes the side wall and the bottom wall connected with the side wall to define the bathing room, the second door moves along the two ends of the inner side of the side wall and the bottom wall on two opposites of an isolating portion flexibly toward the third and the fourth positions. 
     
     
         37 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the bathtub further includes the side wall and the bottom wall connected with the side wall to define the bathing room, the second door moves along the outer side of the side wall and the bottom wall on the two opposites of the isolating portion flexibly toward the third and the fourth positions. 
     
     
         38 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the second door is manually operated to move between the third and the fourth positions. 
     
     
         39 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the isolating means further includes the electrical driving device to drive the second door to move between the third and the fourth positions. 
     
     
         40 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 39 , wherein the isolating means further includes the control device to start or stop the electrical driving means. 
     
     
         41 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 40 , wherein the control device is electrically connected to a touch switch of the electrical driving device. 
     
     
         42 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 40 , wherein the control device is a remote switch. 
     
     
         43 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 40 , wherein the control device is a sound-controlling switch. 
     
     
         44 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the controlling means includes the opening communicating with the bathing room and the first door disposed in the opening, the first door is operated to move between the first and the second positions; when the first door is located at the first position, the opening is sealed to close the entrance, and when the first door is located at the second position, the opening is opened to generate the entrance; the isolating means includes the second door mounted in the bathing room, the second door is operated to move between the third and the fourth positions; when the second door is located at the third position, the bathing room is separated to form the store space and the washing chamber; and when the second door is located at the fourth position, the store space and the washing chamber are released to communicate with each other. 
     
     
         45 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 44 , wherein the first and second doors are comprised of one portions of the two opposite ends of a sharing door proximate to two opposite first and second ends, and the first door and the second door face to each other; when the first door is located at the first location, the second door is located at the fourth location; as the first door moves a predetermined height downward to the second position, the second door moves the same height to the third location until the first door is located at the second position and the second door is located at the third position, such that a cross sectional area of the washing chamber is more than or equal to that of the store space. 
     
     
         46 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 45 , wherein the sharing door is operated manually to move. 
     
     
         47 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 45 , wherein the controlling means and the isolating means further include the electrical driving device to actuate the sharing door to move. 
     
     
         48 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 47 , wherein the controlling means and the isolating means further include the control device to start or stop the electrical driving device. 
     
     
         49 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 44 , wherein the first door and the second door move along an annular path which is defined by moving the sharing door along the opening, the bathing room, and the side wall; when two ends of the sharing door are located at the side wall, the first door is located at the second location and the second door is located at the third location; when the two ends of the sharing door are located in the side wall at two sides of the bathing room, the first door is located at the first position and the second door is located at the fourth location; when the two ends of the sharing door are located at two sides of the side wall on one side of the opening, the first door is located at the first position and the second door is located at the third position. 
     
     
         50 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 49 , wherein the sharing door is operated manually to move. 
     
     
         51 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 49 , wherein the controlling means and the isolating means further include the electrical driving device to actuate the sharing door to move. 
     
     
         52 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 51 , wherein the controlling means and the isolating means further include the control device to start or stop the electrical driving device. 
     
     
         53 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the bathtub includes a raised saddle to be sat by a user disposed on a top surface of the bottom wall. 
     
     
         54 . An instant bathing equipment comprising
 a bathtub having a bathing room;   a controlling means including an opening communicating with the bathing room and a first door disposed in the opening, the first door being operated to move between a first and a second positions; when the first door is located at the second position, the opening is opened to form an entrance; when the first door is located at the first position, the opening is sealed to close the entrance;   an isolating means including a second door mounted in the bathing room, the second door being operated to move between a third and a fourth positions; when the second door is located at the third position, the bathing room is separated to form a store space and a washing chamber; and when the second door is located at the fourth position, the store space and the washing chamber are released to communicate with each other, wherein the first and the second doors are comprised of a flexible sharing door.   
     
     
         55 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 54 , wherein the first and second doors are comprised of one portions of the two opposite ends of a sharing door proximate to two opposite first and second ends, and the first door and the second door face to each other; when the first door is located at the first location, the second door is located at the fourth location; as the first door moves a predetermined height downward to the second position, the second door moves the same height to the third location until the first door is located at the second position and the second door is located at the third position, such that a cross sectional area of the bathing room is more than or equal to that of the store space. 
     
     
         56 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 55 , wherein the sharing door is operated manually to move. 
     
     
         57 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 55 , wherein the controlling means and the isolating means further include an electrical driving device to actuate the sharing door to move. 
     
     
         58 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 57 , wherein the controlling means and the isolating means further include a control device to start or stop the electrical driving device. 
     
     
         59 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 54 , wherein the first door and the second door move along an annular path which is defined by moving the sharing door along the opening, the bathing room, and the side wall; when the sharing door is moved to the bathing room and the side wall on two sides of the opening, the first door is located at the second position and the second door is located at the third position; when the sharing door moves to the opening and an inner side of the side wall on the two sides of the opening, the first door is located at the first position and the second door is located at the fourth position; when the two ends of the sharing door are located at two sides of the side wall on one side of the opening, the first door is located at the first position and the second door is located at the third position. 
     
     
         60 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 59 , wherein the sharing door is operated manually to move. 
     
     
         61 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 59 , wherein the controlling means and the isolating means further include an electrical driving device to actuate the sharing door to move. 
     
     
         62 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 61 , wherein the controlling means and the isolating means further include a control device to start or stop the electrical driving device. 
     
     
         63 . An operating method of instant bathing equipment comprising
 a. separating a bathing room of a bathtub to a store space and a washing chamber, wherein the bathing room is in communication with an entrance allowing to be opened and closed to make a user enter;   b. feeding water to a predetermined level in the store space;   c. keeping the entrance open so that the user enters the opened entrance and then closes the entrance;   d. closing the entrance or releasing the separated bathing room to communicate the store space and the washing chamber with each other so as to flow the water in the store space to the washing chamber, such that the bathing room is filled with water in a short time.   
     
     
         64 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 63 , wherein the entrance is disposed at a predetermined position of the bathtub relative to a side wall of the bathing room. 
     
     
         65 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 63 , wherein the entrance is opened and closed by moving a first door. 
     
     
         66 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 63 , wherein the store space and the bathing room are separated apart from and communicated with each other by moving a second door. 
     
     
         67 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 65 , wherein the first door is moved by manual operation. 
     
     
         68 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 66 , wherein the second door is moved by manual operation. 
     
     
         69 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 65 , wherein the first door is moved by using an electrical driving device. 
     
     
         70 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 66 , wherein the second door is moved by using an electrical driving device. 
     
     
         71 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 69 , wherein the electrical driving device is started or stopped by using a control device. 
     
     
         72 . The instant bathing equipment as claimed in  claim 70 , wherein the electrical driving device is started or stopped by using a control device.

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