PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid atomization device and a sauna apparatus using the same for improvement in liquid atomization efficiency.SOLUTION: The liquid atomization device includes: a heat exchanger 7 and a fan motor 8 provided in an air passage connecting a suction opening 4 and an exhaust opening 5 and a liquid atomizing means 9 provided between the fan motor 8 and the exhaust opening 5. The liquid atomizing means 9 includes a rotation means 13 which is provided with: a rotating shaft 19 a water lifting pipe 22 having an inverted conical shape, and integrally formed with rotating plates 20a-20c which turn around the rotating shaft 19 in the axial direction of the rotating shaft 19 and a plurality of crushing parts 23 disposed on the outer periphery of the rotating plates 20a-20c. The crushing parts 23 are configured such that a surface opposing to the rotational direction of the rotating plates 20a, 20b, 20c protruding toward the rotating shaft 19 constitutes a colliding surface that is substantially perpendicular to the tangential direction of the rotating plates.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】本発明は、液体微細化装置とそれを用いたサウナ装置に関するもので、水の微細化効率を向上することを目的とする。【解決手段】吸込口4と排気口5を結ぶ風路に設けた熱交換器7およびファンモータ8と、このファンモータ8と排気口5間に設けた液体微細化手段9とを備え、液体微細化手段9の回転手段13は、回転軸19と、この回転軸19の軸方向に回転軸19を中心として回動する回転板20a~20cと一体に形成された、逆円錐状の揚水管22と、回転板20a~20cの外周に配置した複数の破砕部23を設け、破砕部23は、回転軸19に向けて突出する回転板20a,20b、20cの回転方向に対向する面が回転板の接線方向に対して略直交する衝突面を構成した。【選択図】図2
