A kind of air cushion, air cushion suit and gas chamber unit
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of air cushion, air cushion suit and gas chamber unit, be applied to have by air pump expansion and
The medical and Bed with special provision for nursing of the gas chamber of contraction.
Background technique
Those bedfast old men and since disease, accident etc. lead to the patient etc. of body function obstacle, due to difficulty
With automatic moving body so that lying down in bed for a long time.Therefore, need to be prevented such patient in medical treatment and nursing place
A part of equal bodies is generated by the compressing of duration the generation of this case that bedsore due to long-time.
For the purpose of preventing the generation of such bedsore or cure the bedsore that has generated, invent and have developed suitable for medical treatment and
The various mattresses of Bed with special provision for nursing.One of which is equivalent to the branch of disc spring in one mattress to substitute by the gas chamber filled with air
Support structure supports the air cushion of patient body.
The gas chamber of such air cushion, the prevention of the various factors such as structure, composition, control method and bedsore, curative effect have
Significant relationship.Gas chamber one by high-frequency welding process to polyvinyl chloride (PVC), ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin
(EVA), the thin-film materials such as polyurethane (PU) are welded, and processing is then formed, be configured to the various shapes such as cylindrical shape with
And the various shapes such as single or multi-layer structure and obtain.Also, the air cushion for the purpose of medical treatment, nursing, usually will not be by same
A gas chamber constitute whole air cushion, but the shrinkproof control of alternating for being arranged with multiple gas chambers, and needing to carry out adjacent air cells
And the control respectively of each gas chamber.
In patent document 1, disclose it is a kind of will be filled with air multiple gas chambers configuration air cushion longitudinal direction, hand over
For the pre- counteracting bedsores air cushion of the pressurization and Decompression Controlling carried out to gas chamber.In the bedsore air cushion, it is being arranged as one layer
Gas chamber upper surface portion while covered by mattress, gas chamber is fixed at the both ends of mattress, thus long side side can be generated on mattress
To tension, under this effect it can be expected that obtain body press dispersion effect.
In addition, the thickness of air cushion is that the body pressure dispersion effect mostly important with the prevention to bedsore has larger associated factor
One of.Can be generated generally, due to the thin air cushion of thickness and bottom out phenomenon, thus its as bedsore counter-measure be considered substantially without
Effect.It therefore, is increase cushion depth, it is necessary to increase the air bag (air chamber) for constituting air cushion.For example, for the bed for making length 2000mm
Pad reaches the thickness of 200mm, and 10 can only be arranged in the gas chamber of single layer structure.In this way in the gas chamber of single layer structure, due to
Diameter of section with the increase gas chamber of cushion depth becomes larger, therefore similar situation about lying on " round log " occurs.In addition, at this
Under kind of state, air is filled in the state of arranged gas chamber and air is discharged state is alternately being realized with adjacent gas chamber
When, the body for the user that lies down only is supported with the half of gas chamber always, the thickness of air cushion is thicker, and the quantity of supported gas chamber is got over
It is few, it will receive local pressure with the body part that support section abuts against.
Do not increase gas chamber diameter in addition, having yet, but increases the side of cushion depth by the multiple gas chambers of arranged perpendicular
Method, but and it is unstable, and gas chamber fluctuation when, since weight of human body etc. may shift or collapse.
In contrast, in patent document 2, a kind of air cushion is disclosed, wherein orthogonal with the longitudinal direction of bed in direction
In the state that direction is laid flat, it is equipped with a plurality of elongated bag-shaped gas chamber side by side along the longitudinal direction of implantation.In addition, in gas chamber
Portion is provided with the demarcation plate for being divide into upper part and lower part inner space, and the width of gas chamber is limited when injecting air, makes gas chamber
It is expanded to long roly-poly shape in the up-down direction, or is expanded to long ellipticity in the up-down direction.It accordingly, can compared with width
Enough height are provided, can effectively prevent bottoming out when reducing internal pressure etc..
In addition, in patent document 3, disclosing a kind of internal pump air cushion, incited somebody to action relative in the longitudinal direction of air cushion
The gas chamber that multiple bag-shaped rooms are divided into multiple groups and configure carries out the sucking and discharge of air to each gas chamber group.Herein, at this
In air cushion, among rodlike bag-shaped room, the length of gas chamber group corresponding with the foot of the people to lie down is set as bag-shaped with other
Room compare 30% hereinafter, and the installation space between air cushion edge part, configured with to exhaust pump.In this way by the way that exhaust will be given
Pump stores occupying in space to air cushion, provides built-in pump-type air cushion.
[patent document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open 2004-229966 bulletin
[patent document 2] Japanese Patent Laid-Open 2005-6939 bulletin
[patent document 3] Japanese Patent Laid-Open 2011-160894 bulletin
The technical problems to be solved by the invention
According to the gas chamber of the demarcation plate (platform sling) for being divide into upper part and lower part inner space was arranged in the past as described above,
It, can be by the width (length of longitudinal direction of gas chamber in the state that gas pad height (length of gas chamber vertical direction) is kept certain
Degree) constriction (shortening).Accordingly, bottoming out when use can be solved the problems, such as.However, for the setting separation in air bag (air chamber)
Plate, air chamber structure can become complicated, increase high-frequency welding process, making gas chamber, increased production cost.
It is provided with the gas chamber of demarcation plate in air bag, such as is shaped by following manufacturing procedure.
(1) film in the appropriate location welding of 1 thin-film material as demarcation plate in air bag.
(2) thin-film material is turned back, makes its other side phase welding with the film as demarcation plate.
(3) thin-film material is turned back again, by periphery welding post-processing at cylindrical shape.
(4) both ends of the surface of difference welding cylindrical portions.
In this way, when consideration does not increase the diameter of section of gas chamber and increases gas pad height, will lead in previous gas chamber
The complication of production process and with production process complication and generate productivity decline and increased costs.
The present invention considers such case and completes that its purpose is to provide a kind of air cushion, air cushion is set with and gas chamber unit,
It can carry out the suction for being suitable for the gas chamber of healing and pre- counteracting bedsores using the gas chamber that can be shaped by easy preparation method
Gas control system is supplied to the bed environment that user is suitable for.
Summary of the invention
To solve the above problems, air cushion of the invention, has the gas chamber group as made of the arrangement of multiple gas chambers, the gas chamber is logical
It crosses in place of two thin-film materials are overlapped using the flat-pushing forming of mold, and can be pressed with regulation and keep being inhaled by external device (ED)
Enter the air with discharge, the gas chamber group, from the substantially columnar bag-shaped gas chamber extended to the short side direction of the air cushion
It is multiple and constitute to the arrangement of the longitudinal direction and vertical direction of the air cushion respectively, and be arranged in make in the longitudinal direction and
Two vertically adjacent gas chambers have mutually different diameter of section.
In addition, to solve the above problems, air cushion of the invention, the gas chamber group are by being overlapped it in two thin-film materials
Place uses the flat-pushing forming of mold, thus make multiple gas chamber units that can be shaped in the internal bag-shaped gas chamber arrangement for keeping air,
Also, it is configured to the gas chamber unit for keeping the diameter of section of two neighboring gas chamber mutually different, is folded in half in defined position, and it is right
Multiple gas chamber units of folding state are arranged to the longitudinal direction of the air cushion and are constituted.
In addition, to solve the above problems, air cushion of the invention, diameter of section D1, D2 of two adjacent gas chambers,
When a reference value of diameter of section is set as D, biggish diameter of section D1 is D+ α, and lesser diameter of section D2 is D- α, wherein α
On the basis of value D 5~15%.
In addition, to solve the above problems, air cushion of the invention, is fixed by fixing the 1st of the gas chamber unit from outside
Portion and corresponding with the fixed part for being set to the gas chamber unit itself and fix the 2nd fixed part of the gas chamber unit, with gas
The fixed multiple gas chamber units of chamber unit unit.
In addition, to solve the above problems, air cushion of the invention, the gas chamber of the gas chamber unit, with the specified position
On the basis of halve when vertically adjacent multiple gas chambers between be formed with air duct, pass through the outside
When device sucks to any one gas chamber of the vertical direction and discharges air, identically as any one described gas chamber to institute
State the sucking of all gas chambers and the discharge air of vertical direction.
In addition, to solve the above problems, air cushion of the invention is set with, comprising: above-mentioned air cushion;External device (ED), to described
The sucking and discharge of air cushion progress air;And air hose, the suction of air is carried out to the air cushion by the external device (ED)
Enter and discharge, from the external device (ED), the sucking and discharge of air is carried out by multiple autonomous systems, the air hose is described
In each system of multiple autonomous systems have suction and discharge channel, the multiple suction and discharge channel of the air hose it is any
One with each gas chamber of the gas chamber group, be sequentially connected according to the quantity of the multiple autonomous system, pass through the external device (ED)
The sucking and discharge of air are carried out with the defined action cycle.
In addition, the air hose has the independent suction of 3 systems to solve the above problems, air cushion of the invention is set with
Gas channel, any one of the suction and discharge channel of the air hose with the gas chamber, be sequentially connected according to 3 systems, from described
External device (ED) carries out the sucking and discharge of air with 3 action cycles of air-breathing, exhaust and stopping, in the longitudinal direction
In the gas chamber of arrangement, the sucking and discharge of air are carried out with the identical action cycle every two.
In addition, to solve the above problems, gas chamber unit of the invention, by using mould in place of two thin-film materials are overlapped
Have flat-pushing forming, thus make it is multiple can shape, the gas chamber in the internal gas chamber arrangement for keeping air, in internal holding air
When, it is substantially columnar bag-shaped gas chamber, and be configured to keep the diameter of section of two neighboring gas chamber mutually different.
Invention effect
According to the present invention, it using the gas chamber that can shape by easy preparation method, while can carry out being suitable for curing and pre-
The suction and discharge of the gas chamber of counteracting bedsores control, and suitable bed environment is provided for user.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the oblique view for showing the summary of air cushion suit 1 of the air cushion 2 comprising one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the assembling assumption diagram for showing the summary of air cushion 2 of one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 be constitute present embodiment air cushion 2 gas chamber group the 4 gas chamber beams i.e. expanded view of gas chamber unit 21 and
Explanatory diagram for explaining a usage state;
Fig. 4 is the summary sectional view for illustrating the gas chamber state inside the air cushion 2 of present embodiment;
When Fig. 5 is for illustrating that gas chamber is connected with 3 systems respectively with air hose 5 in the air cushion 2 of present embodiment
Structure explanatory diagram;
Fig. 6 is the explanatory diagram for the details for illustrating the connection method of the gas chamber of present embodiment and air hose 5.
Symbol description
1 air cushion suit
2 air cushions
3 foam top bodies
4 pump units
5 air hoses
21 gas chamber beams, gas chamber unit
21a~21d gas chamber
21e protruding portion
21f blow vent
21g hook eye button
21h T shaped connector
21p parallelogram
22a, 22b fastener
51~53 air hoses
A1, A2, B1, C1 notch section
D a reference value
D1, D2 diameter of section
X cushion depth
Specific embodiment
Hereinafter, being described with reference to the air cushion of one embodiment of the present invention, air cushion suit and gas chamber unit.
Fig. 1 is the oblique view for showing the summary of air cushion suit 1 of the air cushion comprising one embodiment of the present invention.Such as Fig. 1
Shown, the air cushion suit 1 of present embodiment has: air cushion 2;Foam top body 3 is the foam being set to above air cushion 2
Pad;Pump unit 4 carries out the sucking and discharge of air to air cushion 2;And air hose 5, be used for by pump unit 4 with gas
The sucking and discharge of air are carried out between pad 2.
Fig. 2 is the assembling assumption diagram for showing the summary of air cushion 2 of an embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Fig. 2, in air cushion 2
Inside, gas chamber group from it is multiple to the short side direction of air cushion extend substantially columnar bag-shaped gas chambers respectively to the length of air cushion
Edge direction and vertical direction are arranged and are constituted.In the present embodiment, specifically, it is arranged with 24 gas in the long side direction
Room is arranged with 2 gas chambers in vertical direction, total to have 48 gas chambers.
As shown in Fig. 2, the gas chamber in present embodiment, vertical and horizontal each 2 totally 4 gas chambers be 1 beam.The gas chamber beam (hereinafter,
Referred to as " gas chamber unit ") 21, a pair of of annular fastener 22a near short side direction both ends by being mounted on the inside of air cushion 2,
22b is fixed.A pair of of fastener 22a, 22b, are provided only with the quantity for being equivalent to gas chamber beam in the longitudinal direction of air cushion.In this implementation
In mode, it is provided with 12 couples of fasteners 22a, 22b.
Fig. 3 (a), (b) are the 4 gas chamber beams i.e. exhibitions of gas chamber unit 21 for constituting the gas chamber group of air cushion 2 of present embodiment
Open figure and explanatory diagram for explaining a usage state.The gas chamber unit 21 of present embodiment, by two thin-film material weights
(state after flat-pushing: S1) is made using the flat-pushing forming of mold in folded place.As thin-film material, it is, for example, possible to use will gather
The resin materials such as vinyl chloride (PVC), ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin (EVA), polyurethane (PU) are processed into 0.2~
The resin film of 1.0mm or so.In addition, lamination process, bond processing on these resin materials can be used to have fibre as needed
Tie up the material of material etc..In addition, 4 gas chamber 21a~21d are can be to provide that pressure keeps sucking and discharging by pump unit 4
The structure of air.The gas chamber unit 21, the position between the 2nd gas chamber 21a and the 3rd gas chamber 21c are folded in half and use (quilt
State when being installed to air cushion: the state that S2 → air enters on a small quantity: S3).Also, the gas chamber list of the doubled state handled in this way
Member 21 is constituted gas chamber group (use state: S4) as shown in Fig. 2, being arranged in the longitudinal direction of air cushion 2.
In the present embodiment, each gas chamber of gas chamber unit 21, being arranged in makes two adjacent gas chambers with mutually different
Diameter of section.Specifically, in gas chamber unit 21 shown in Fig. 3, gas chamber 21a and gas chamber 21b, gas chamber 21b and gas chamber
21c, gas chamber 21c and gas chamber 21d, gas chamber 21d and gas chamber 21a, when reaching regulation pressure after sucking the air from pump unit 4,
In substantially columnar bag-shaped with mutually different diameter of section.In addition, in the present embodiment, by diameter of section
Type is set as 2 kinds, makes the big section gas chamber 21a, 21c, the diameter of section that gas chamber 21b, 21d are small bore, but can also make 4
The diameter of section of gas chamber is different.In addition, the gas chamber quantity that gas chamber unit is included is not limited in 4, for example, it is also possible to
It is there are 2 when folding in the longitudinal direction of air cushion, in vertical direction with 3, can also be in the long side direction
With 3, in vertical direction have 2, in addition to this may be used.As long as in short, air cushion longitudinal direction and it is described hang down
Histogram is arranged in two adjacent gas chambers with mutually different diameter of section.
In this way, two adjacent gas chambers are arranged in be cut with mutually different in the gas chamber unit 21 of present embodiment
Face diameter realizes the stabilisation of unit by being set as so-called " nesting " state.It is assumed that all identical with diameter of section
When gas chamber constitutes same unit, once discharge is given to the confession of gas chamber alternately air in the longitudinal direction of air cushion, then
Understand destruction of balance and the gas chamber being overlapped in vertical direction is made to collapse, or original position can not be returned to, it is possible to the function original to air cushion
It can cause adverse effect.
As shown in the embodiment, become a pair by making 2, make two adjacent gas chambers in longitudinal direction and vertical
There is mutually different diameter of section on direction, therefore inclined-plane is formed by the envelope curve of two gas chamber top surfaces of connection vertical arrangement.
Fig. 4 is the summary sectional view for illustrating the 2 inner plenum state of air cushion of present embodiment.As shown in figure 4,2 a pair of of gas chambers
The envelope curve of 21,4 connection gas chamber top surfaces of unit forms parallelogram 21p.Since parallelogram is similar to rectangle, because
This support force mutually asked by gas chamber effect same as rectangular gas chamber as friction generation, mutually support between gas chamber and
It will not collapse, generate stability.In this way, by so that 4 gas chambers is in 2 a pair of nested conditions, it can be achieved that unit stabilization
Change.
Herein, the determination method about the gas chamber diameter of section of the air cushion of present embodiment 2 is illustrated.Firstly, setting
Determine cushion depth X, a reference value D of diameter of section is set as to the half (X/2) of thickness X.Next, for two neighboring gas chamber
Biggish diameter of section D1 is set as D+ α by diameter of section D1, D2, and lesser diameter of section D2 is set as D- α, α is set as a reference value
The 5~15% of D.
Herein, it when the value of α is larger, since two excessive gas chambers of the difference in size of diameter of section are adjacent, thus deposits
In the problem excessive based on the rough wave effect generated for giving discharge etc. for carrying out air to gas chamber.Therefore, verifying section is straight
The size of diameter and rough wave effect as a result, α is determined as the 5~15% of a reference value D in the present embodiment.In addition, the value is simultaneously
It is not limited only to the case where gas chamber is two layers, it is also identical in the case where the multilayers such as 3 layers, 4 layers.Specifically, by the thickness of air cushion
When degree is set as 160mm, a reference value D of diameter of section is 80mm.In addition, if α is set as 12.5%, then biggish diameter of section
For 80+80 × 0.125=90mm, lesser diameter of section is 70mm.
In addition, each gas chamber of the gas chamber unit 21 of present embodiment, does not constitute independent air bag (air chamber) all,
Two gas chambers (in Fig. 3, gas chamber 21a and gas chamber 21b, gas chamber 21c and gas chamber 21d) being overlapped in vertical direction have mutually
Between can flow into the blow vent 21f of air.In the present embodiment, as described below, it is inhaled into from external air under being located at
The gas chamber of side is discharged from the gas chamber, but this do not negate from external air be inhaled into positioned at upside gas chamber or from
The gas chamber discharge.In this way, when air is inhaled into any gas chamber up and down or discharges from any gas chamber, air similarly quilt
It sucks other gas chambers of vertical direction or is discharged from other described gas chambers.Accordingly, be overlapped in vertical direction two gas chambers (
In Fig. 3, gas chamber 21a and gas chamber 21b, gas chamber 21c and gas chamber 21d) mutually same pressure each other, therefore be easy to carry out to being arranged in
The control of air pressure between the gas chamber of longitudinal direction.
Herein, the preparation method about the gas chamber unit 21 of forming present embodiment is illustrated.In the present embodiment, lead to
Previous well-known high-frequency welding processing is crossed, gas chamber unit 21 is shaped.
So-called high-frequency welding processing is in brief a kind of heatronic welding processing of utilization.That is,
The processing method is a kind of by pneumatics and hydraulic the mold for playing the role of electrode to be crimped to dielectric substance i.e. thermoplastic
In, dielectric heating only is carried out to mold crimping portion using the electromagnetic wave exported from higher-order of oscillation pipe, welding or fusing are situated between
The processing method of electric body.For example, being melted similar to making the high frequency waves launched out of household microwave oven be concentrated to material by mold
Solve the scene of & welding.Such high-frequency welding processing has good welding due to being evenly heated from inside dielectric
Intensity can be processed in only several seconds application times.In addition, being also not required to the bonding material being intended to be limited only between the material
Material etc., and can be crosslinked and be reconstructed in molecular level, therefore the stable welding processing of quality can be referred to as.
In the present embodiment, high-frequency welding processing is carried out according to following procedure.
(1) it is overlapped two thin-film materials in advance, pushes high-frequency welding mold from the upper side.
(2) high frequency is applied to mold, bond vitrified only is carried out to the mould part of two films.
(3) it takes apart a die from film, the outside blank parts bonded along die melt is cut using cutter etc..
In the present embodiment, air cushion 2 has and buckles for fixing the hook eye of gas chamber unit 21.In addition, as shown in figure 3,
In gas chamber unit 21, hook eye button 21g also is provided in the protruding portion 21e of gas chamber, the position of the hook eye button is the hook with air cushion 2
Eye detains corresponding position.In addition, the hook eye button 21g of the protruding portion 21e by making gas chamber buckled with the hook eye of air cushion 2 it is mutually chimeric,
Gas chamber is fixed on air cushion 2.In addition, being formed with to be connected with air hose 5 and become and inhale in gas chamber 21b and gas chamber 21c
Enter the connector with the flow channel of discharge air, but it is not shown on Fig. 3.
In addition, gas chamber unit 21, as shown in Fig. 2, passing through a pair being mounted near the inside short side direction both ends of air cushion 2
Annular fastener 22a, 22b are fixed.A pair of of fastener 22a, 22b, are provided only in the longitudinal direction of air cushion and are equivalent to gas chamber beam
Quantity.In the present embodiment, 12 couples of fasteners 22a, 22b are provided with.Therefore, by making each gas chamber unit from fastener
It passes through and keeps hook eye button equally mutually chimeric as described above, to be fixed as unit of gas chamber unit.
Next, being illustrated about sucking is carried out by gas chamber of the pump unit 4 to air cushion 2 with the movement for discharging air.
As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, in the present embodiment, it is connected to the air hose 5 of gas chamber in air cushion 2, extends to air cushion 2
Outside, and be connected with external air intake and exhaust system, that is, pump unit 4.In the present embodiment, it will be made of 12 gas chamber units
24 pairs of gas chambers be divided into three systems, 3 air hoses 5 are separately connected in each system.
When Fig. 5 is for illustrating that gas chamber is connected with 3 systems respectively with air hose 5 in the air cushion 2 of present embodiment
Structure explanatory diagram.As shown in figure 5, air hose 5 is made of in each system 1 air hose, add up to by 3 air hoses 51
~53 are constituted.In each air hose, specifically in the coupling part of the gas chamber and air hose specified according to each system
Part i.e. corresponding with connector forming position with certain spacing be formed with notch section A1, A2 ..., B1, B2 ..., C1,
C2….Herein, as described above, being formed with the connector for being connected with air hose 5 in each gas chamber.
Fig. 6 is the explanatory diagram for the details for illustrating the connection method of the gas chamber of present embodiment and air hose 5.Such as
Shown in Fig. 6, in gas chamber 21c, it is formed with the flow channel for being connected and becoming sucking and discharge air with air hose 5
T shaped connector 21h.Connector 21h, such as by a part display of T shaped connector in Fig. 6, from the portion of notch section A1
Divide the inside for being inserted and secured on air hose 51.
As described above, in the present embodiment, air cushion suit 1, the independent suction and discharge that air hose 5 has 3 systems are led to
Road, any one and the gas chamber in the suction and discharge channel of air hose 5, is sequentially connected according to 3 systems.Also, by pump unit 4 with
Air-breathing, exhaust and 3 action cycles of stopping carry out the sucking and discharge of air, arrange in the longitudinal direction of air cushion 2
In gas chamber, the sucking and discharge of air are carried out with the identical action cycle every two.
Above description is one embodiment of the present invention, does not limit practical range of the invention.That is, of the invention
The embodiment that the equivalent embodiment carried out in range changes and modifies, belongs to technology scope of the invention.