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US 4,432,103 AGranted
Steam bath apparatus and liquid or steam treatment equipment
OwnerWalter Hunzikerinventor
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Abstract
A modular steam bath cabinet has a steam generating system including a heated, inclined evaporating surface over which heated liquid flows to cause evaporation of the liquid. Any known evaporated liquid is collected, reheated and recirculated. Heated liquid may also be circulated to a shower nozzle. The steam generating system is part of the module, which includes the floor of the cabinet.
Claims18
A steam bath apparatus comprising a cabinet with an access opening adapted to be closed by door means;
- a steam generating system located in said cabinet and including an evaporation surface, heating means for heating said evaporation surface and for heating liquid to be evaporated, a liquid outlet for supplying liquid to be evaporated onto said evaporation surface, collecting means for collecting any non-evaporated liquid from said evaporation surface, and pumping means having an inlet and an outlet for recirculating said non-evaporated liquid to said liquid outlet;
- said collecting means comprising a tub having a floor and disposed at the bottom of said cabinet and covered by a grating, said evaporation surface comprising at least a part of said floor of said tub, said liquid outlet comprising nozzle means located above said floor of said tub and below said grating for dispensing a heated layer of liquid flowing over said evaporation surface for generating steam within said cabinet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.