PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sauna apparatus which gives a user good bodily sensation even when jetting droplets from a nozzle to a sauna object chamber and continues sauna environment of moderate high temperature and high humidity.SOLUTION: The sauna apparatus includes heating means 12 for heating air, humidifying means 13 for humidifying the air heated by the heating means 12, directly humidifying means 15 for directly humidifies the sauna object chamber 1, and control means for controlling each of the means. The air to be humidified by the humidifying means passes through the heating means 12 through circulation blowing means 11 for circulating the air in the sauna object chamber 1, then passes through the humidifying means 13 and gas/liquid separation means 14 for separating large droplets and fine droplets, is blown to the sauna object chamber 1 and humidifies the sauna object chamber 1, and the directly humidifying means 15 directly humidifies the sauna object chamber 1. Thus, the sauna start time is shortened by the directly humidifying means 15 of high humidification ability, and the bodily sensation of the user is improved by the humidifying means 13 and the gas/liquid separation means 14 wherein the particle size of the humidified air is fine.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】ノズルから噴射される水滴がサウナ対象室に噴射されても使用者の体感が良好で、中高温高湿のサウナ環境を継続することを目的とする。【解決手段】空気を加熱する加熱手段12と、前記加熱手段12により加熱された空気を加湿する加湿手段13と、サウナ対象室1内に直接加湿を行う直接加湿手段15と、前記各手段を制御する制御手段を備え、前記加湿手段で加湿する空気は前記サウナ対象室1の空気を循環する循環送風手段11を介し前記加熱手段12を通過後、前記加湿手段13、大粒水滴と微細水滴を分離する気液分離手段14を経て前記サウナ対象室1に吹き出し前記サウナ対象室1を加湿し、前記直接加湿手段15は前記サウナ対象室1に直接加湿することにより、加湿能力の高い直接加湿手段15によりサウナ立ち上がり時間の短縮が行え、加湿空気の粒径が微細な加湿手段13、気液分離手段14により使用者の体感が良好なサウナ装置を提供できる。【選択図】図1
