Claims
- 1. A sauna device for vaporizing a substance comprising:
a body having an exhaust area and a vapor apparatus, wherein said vapor apparatus generates a first vapor having a first temperature from said substance and generates a second vapor having a second temperature from said substance, and wherein said vapor apparatus can provide said first and second vapors to said exhaust area at substantially the same time.
- 2. The device of claim 1, wherein said vapor apparatus can provide said first vapor and said second vapor individually to said exhaust area.
- 3. The device of claim 1, wherein said first temperature is above a boiling point of said substance, and wherein said second temperature is below said boiling point of said substance.
- 4. The device of claim 3, wherein said second temperature is at or below room temperature.
- 5. The device of claim 4, wherein said vapor apparatus is a first apparatus and a second apparatus, and wherein said first apparatus has a heater that heats said substance to generate said first vapor.
- 6. The device of claim 1, wherein said vapor apparatus is a first apparatus and a second apparatus, and wherein said second apparatus has a transducer that vibrates said substance to generate said second vapor.
- 7. The device of claim 5, wherein said first apparatus has a first chamber with a first volume and a second chamber with a second volume, wherein said first volume is substantially smaller than said second volume, wherein said heater is in thermal communication with said first volume and in substantial thermal isolation from said second volume, and wherein said first and second volumes and said exhaust area are in fluid communication.
- 8. The device of claim 1, further comprising a hood that substantially surrounds said exhaust area thereby forming an exhaust volume.
- 9. The device of claim 8, wherein said exhaust volume is sized for a user's face.
- 10. The device of claim 1, wherein said exhaust area has a first opening for exhausting said first vapor and a second opening for exhausting said second vapor.
- 11. The device of claim 10, wherein said first opening has an adjustable valve movable into a plurality of positions to adjust a direction of flow of said first vapor.
- 12. A sauna device for use with a substance comprising:
a first vapor apparatus having a heater, a first chamber with a first volume, and a second chamber with a second volume; and an exhaust area in fluid communication with said first vapor apparatus, wherein said first volume is substantially smaller than said second volume, wherein said heater is in thermal communication with said first volume for heating said substance thereby generating a first vapor from said substance, wherein said heater is in substantial thermal isolation from said second volume, and wherein said first and second volumes are in fluid communication.
- 13. The device of claim 12, wherein said first vapor apparatus has a thermally conductive plate partially defining said first volume, wherein said first volume has a thin rectangular shape, and wherein said heater is in thermal communication with said thermally conductive plate.
- 14. The device of claim 13, wherein said first vapor apparatus has a heat sink in thermal communication with said heater and said thermally conductive plate.
- 15. The device of claim 12, further comprising a second vapor apparatus in fluid communication with said exhaust area, wherein said second vapor apparatus has an air pump and a transducer for generating a second vapor from said substance.
- 16. The device of claim 15, further comprising a water chamber for storing said substance, wherein said first vapor apparatus and said second vapor apparatus are in fluid communication with said water chamber.
- 17. The device of claim 15, wherein said first and second vapor are provided to said exhaust area at the same time.
- 18. The device of claim 17, wherein said first and second vapor are individually provided to said exhaust area.
- 19. The device of claim 15, wherein said second vapor has a second temperature that is at or below room temperature.
- 20. The device of claim 14, wherein said exhaust area has a first opening for exhausting said first vapor and a second opening for exhausting said second vapor.
- 21. The device of claim 20, wherein said first opening has an adjustable valve movable into a plurality of positions to adjust a direction of flow of said first vapor.
- 22. The device of claim 11, further comprising a hood that substantially surrounds said exhaust area thereby forming an exhaust volume.
- 23. The device of claim 22, wherein said exhaust volume is sized for a user's face.
- 24. A method of providing vapor to a user comprising:
generating a first vapor having a first temperature from a substance; generating a second vapor having a second temperature from said substance; and providing said first and second vapors to said user at substantially the same time.
- 25. The method of claim 24, wherein said first and second vapors can be individually provided to said user.
- 26. The method of claim 24, wherein said first temperature is above a boiling point of said substance, and wherein said second temperature is below said boiling point of said substance.
- 27. The method of claim 26, wherein said second temperature is at or below room temperature.
- 28. The method of claim 24, wherein the step of generating said second vapor comprises vibrating said substance and mixing air from an air pump with at least a portion of said substance that has been vibrated.
- 29. The method of claim 28, further comprising providing a transducer to vibrate said substance.
- 30. The method of claim 24, wherein the step of generating said first vapor comprises heating only a portion of said substance.
- 31. The method of claim 30, wherein said portion of said substance is substantially smaller than said substance.
- 32. The method of claim 31, wherein the step of providing said first and second vapors to said user comprises substantially surrounding said first and second vapors that are exhausted with a hood.
- 33. The method of claim 32, wherein said hood fittingly engages a user's face.
- 34. The method of claim 24, further comprising means for adjusting a direction of flow of said first vapor.
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is related to and claims priority in, copending U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/389,547, filed Jun. 18, 2002, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60389547 |
Jun 2002 |
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