To provide a liquid atomization device and a sauna apparatus using the same for improvement in liquid atomization efficiency.
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.
Daisuke Nagano
Kentaro Fujii