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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigeyuki Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoshige Umeda, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Otsuji, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Okawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Yoshihara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/300 ; A61F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/300 ; A61F 7/00 ;
Abstract
A steam-generating unit that is applied to the skin or the mucous membranes has a steam-generating part that employs chemical energy, and the surface applied to the skin or mucous membranes is made from a moisture-permeable sheet. The temperature of the steam generated by the steam-generating part and released from the surface of the steam-generating unit is kept to 50° C. or lower. Steam that is as safe as that from a steam towel can be easily and continuously supplied to the skin and mucous membranes by this steam-generating unit.