CN111936713A

CN111936713A - Improved shower room

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Publication number: CN111936713A
Application number: CN201980023148.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 菲利普·杜菲尔蒙
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2018-04-06
Filing date: 2019-03-27
Publication date: 2020-11-13
Also published as: WO2019193224A1; ES2726600A1; ES2726600B2

Abstract

The present invention relates to an improved shower cubicle including a transport device for moving a mobility impaired person into the shower cubicle. The transport device is constituted by a rotating compartment in the form of a hollow cylinder closed at its base and interrupted by a central vertical plane constituting the front of the compartment open for access to the interior of the compartment and having a height-adjustable seat and handle for the user, the compartment being rotatable by at least 180 ° about an axis passing through its geometric centre and arranged to receive a rotary motion from a remotely controlled motor.

Description

Improved shower room

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an improved bathroom, which is commonly used in industry for the manufacture of bathroom compartments, whether for domestic or sanitary use, with the aim of facilitating the toilet and personal cleansing of persons with impaired mobility and/or disabled persons without the need for the help of persons bringing them into the shower.

To this end, the invention improves the transport device of the bathroom, which allows the user to be brought into the bathroom for their cleaning, using a rotating compartment provided internally with height-adjustable seats and gripping means for automatically receiving a rotation movement about a vertical axis passing through the geometric centre of the compartment, which allows a safe transport by the user from the outside of the bathroom to the inside thereof.

Similarly, the invention provides a transport device for a shower cubicle, which can be constituted by a vertical rotating panel with a rotating movement about a vertical axis passing through its geometric center, and which has associated height-adjustable seats and armrests, allowing the user to sit and grip to be transported by rotation of the panel from the outside to the inside of the shower cubicle for combing and cleaning.

Finally, the invention comprises a rotary carriage device located at the front of the bathroom and in close proximity to the entrance door of the bathroom, so as to be attached with its edges to the rotary carriage device by means of watertight joints, so that the shower enclosure is watertight. It is also provided that the door is automatically opened, so that the transport device can be rotated towards the inside and outside of the shower cubicle and also automatically closed during the shower and/or the cleaning of the user.

Background

In the current state of the art, the use of wheelchairs is known, which allows them to be manually housed in a bathroom for toilet washing and cleaning by persons with impaired mobility who previously sat on, for example in the utility model "portable shower cubicle for handicapped persons" under publication number ES 1042996U.

These types of seats have the disadvantage that they require an assistant to bring the user into the shower or bath tub, all of which can sometimes be embarrassing for the user due to the need to protect their privacy.

On the other hand, in order to bring the wheeled seat into the tub, it is necessary for the tub to have a cut-out to allow the wheels to enter the shower enclosure, which can result in water from the shower escaping through the cut-out, flooding the bathroom, which is extremely uncomfortable for using this type of shower in the home.

Similarly, another type of wheelchair is known from the prior art, the seat of which is removable and has a lower guide mounted on a platform housed inside the bath, as is the case with new ES1035481U No. "device for moving seats for bathtubs".

These types of chairs require the help of several people to extract the seat of the disabled person and to accommodate it in the bath, which may annoy the user of their work to the surrounding people.

On the other hand, these types of seats have the drawback that their construction is extremely complex and that they require assembly and disassembly work to use the same bathroom seat as for transport, which wastes the time and energy for the user to clean.

Finally, US patent No. US6195815B1, entitled "unit for shower", is also known in the prior art, which claims the following: comprising a support means in the form of an elongate panel adapted to be mounted by its substantially horizontal longer edge and to receive a mounted vehicle, the vehicle comprising a front panel, a rear panel and a third intermediate panel, the front and rear panels extending downwardly on each side of the elongate support panel respectively, the set of panels forming a "U" shape which slides in opposition across the edge of the support panel, and the "U" shaped front panel providing a seat.

This type of patent has the drawback of presenting a more structurally complex conveying device, since it is constituted by a plurality of movable panels, which is unsafe when moving the conveying assembly through the elongated support panel, and has a greater weight, which reduces its resistance to deformation, independently of the rotary conveyance of the patent applied.

Similarly, said us patent lacks a door to close the compartment during the shower, which, in addition to creating the problem of lack of watertightness to the shower water, also results in lack of privacy for the user.

Finally, in the mobile device of the us patent there is no automation of the movement of the rotating transport device, the technical problem solved is to provide a more comfortable shower cubicle for use by persons who are immobile or in wheelchairs.

Object of the Invention

The object of the present invention is to provide the market with an improved bathroom, the improvement focusing on the rotary transport means with which the bathroom is provided, so that users with impaired mobility can load on the transport means and be able to perform a rotary movement about a vertical axis, facilitating the transfer by rotation of the user from outside the bathroom to the inside thereof for combing or cleaning.

Similarly, the rotary transport device is arranged in front of the bathroom and in close proximity to the entrance door of said bathroom, so that this door can be closed on the rotary transport device to create a good water tightness of the bathroom.

Furthermore, the opening and closing movement of the door has also been automated, which allows the door of the bathroom to be opened automatically, so that the transport device can be turned or swiveled inside and outside the bathroom, and also closed automatically during the shower and/or the cleaning of the user.

Disclosure of Invention

According to the invention, the improved bathroom, whose base is constituted by the shower tray, consists of an enclosure with transportable and/or fixed walls, and has improved transport means to transfer the disabled or handicapped persons to the inside of the bathroom for personal hygiene.

For this purpose, the transport means are constituted by a rotating compartment having the shape of a hollow cylinder, closed at its base and interrupted by a central vertical plane constituting the front of the compartment and kept open for the user to access the inside of the compartment, wherein said compartment has in the lower base a height-adjustable seat and an external handle, all of which are ready to be used as transport means for the user, to be transported by turning to the inside of the bathroom.

For said transport, the compartment is able to turn or rotate at least 180 ° about a vertical axis passing through its geometric centre and its rotary motion is transmitted by a remotely controlled motor driving a vertical axis defined by an upper section of the axis projecting perpendicularly from the upper and lower bases of the compartment and by another lower section of the axis.

The axial sections are supported by bearings provided on the upper and lower rails of the shower enclosure to facilitate rotation of the axial sections by motors and drive gears also supported on the upper rails of the shower enclosure.

All this is arranged so that a user accommodated and seated in the rotating compartment can transport it by turning it at least 180 ° inside the bathroom, leaving the rear of the rotating compartment as a closing surface for the area of the bathroom itself.

Similarly, the invention is arranged to: the transport means of the bathroom can consist of a rotating vertical panel provided with an external reinforcement or internal frame of metal or any other resistant material, while its front face has associated height-adjustable seats and some arms for gripping.

The swivel vertical panel has upper and lower axis sections extending vertically and is adapted to receive the rotary motion of a remotely controlled motor that rotates and turns at least 180 ° and is supported by sockets of the upper and lower crossbars to transport users from outside the shower enclosure to the interior thereof, leaving the rear of the vertical swivel panel as a closure to an area of the shower enclosure.

The invention is also configured to: a transport device in the form of a swivel compartment or a swivel vertical panel can be provided at the front of the bathroom in close proximity to the doors of said bathroom, so that the doors are closed on the transport device by watertight joints, which ensures the watertightness of the bathroom.

The invention also provides that: the opening and closing movement of the doors of the bathroom is automatic, which allows the doors to be automatically closed on the edge of the rotating compartment or on the edge of the rotating vertical panel once the compartment or panel has been turned 180 ° towards the inside of the bathroom for the user to clean (the doors are ready to be opened automatically), so that the rotating compartment or rotating vertical panel returns by counter-rotation to its original user loading and unloading position.

Drawings

For a better understanding of what has been described so far, the descriptive description is accompanied by a set of drawings that illustrate the object of the invention, without it being understood that the aforementioned graphic representation constitutes a limitation of the characteristic features of the application.

FIG. 1: a perspective view of the improved shower enclosure is shown. Here, it can be seen that the transport device is constituted by a cylindrical rotating compartment having a closed base and interrupted by a vertical plane forming an open front to the compartment, and from the base of which the sections of the upper and lower axes project extending vertically for receiving the rotary motion about its axis by means of a transmission of an electric motor. The door is hermetically closed on one side of the compartment.

FIG. 2: there is shown a perspective view of a prior improved shower cubicle in which the height adjustable seats and some external handles for the user to grasp are visible within the swivel compartment. The door remains open to allow the compartment to be rotated 180 ° about its axis.

FIG. 3: there is shown a perspective view of the improved bathroom in which it can be seen that the user is sitting on the seat of the revolving compartment and he has made an initial rotation of 90 deg. towards the inside of the bathroom, the door being open so as not to interfere with said rotation.

FIG. 4: there is shown a perspective view of the improved bathroom, in which it can be seen that the rotating compartment has been made to perform a 180 rotation, so that the user is within the reach of the bathroom, while the rear part of the compartment forms the closing surface of the sections of the bathroom, on which the door is closed to ensure the watertightness of the bathroom.

FIG. 5: a perspective view of the improved shower enclosure is shown. Here, it can be seen that the transport device is constituted by a rotating vertical panel, from the crossbar of which some upper and lower axis sections protrude extending perpendicularly, in order to receive a rotation through the transmission of the electric motor. The door is tightly closed on the upright side of the vertical panel.

FIG. 6: there is shown a perspective view of a prior improved shower cubicle in which the vertically rotating panels have height adjustable seats on their front faces and armrests for the user to grasp. The chamber door remains open to allow the panel to rotate 180 about its vertical axis of rotation.

FIG. 7: there is shown a perspective view of the improved bathroom in which it can be seen that the rotating vertical panel has been initially rotated 90 towards the inside of the bathroom, the door being open so as not to interfere with said rotation.

FIG. 8: there is shown a perspective view of the improved shower cubicle in which it can be seen that the vertical panels have been rotated 180 deg., leaving the back of the panels as the closing face for the sections of the shower cubicle and the doors on the panels remain closed to ensure the watertightness of the shower cubicle.

FIG. 9: a perspective view of a detail of the motor transmission relative to the vertical axis of rotation of the vehicle is shown. It can be seen that the motor mounted on the upper cross member of the bathroom has on its output shaft a pinion which transmits the 180 rotation in both directions to the pinion on the upper part of the shaft of the carriage.

Preferred embodiments of the invention

The various components that make up the improved shower cubicle, according to the planned embodiments, will be described in detail and are listed below.

An improved bathroom is constituted by an enclosure with transportable and/or fixed walls, the base of which is constituted by a shower tray, and with improved transport means for transferring disabled or mobility-impaired persons to the inside of the bathroom for personal hygiene.

In the first, second, third and fourth figures, it can be seen that the transport means of the bathroom are constituted by a rotating compartment (1) in the form of a hollow cylinder (2), closed by its bases (3) and (4) and interrupted by a central vertical plane (5), the central vertical plane (5) constituting the front of the compartment which remains open (6) for the user to access the inside thereof.

Inside the compartment there are: a height adjustable seat (7) so that when the compartment is rotated, the feet of the user do not hit the lower edge of the shower enclosure; and handles (8) for protecting the safety of the user when transporting them to the inside of the bathroom.

In said figures, it can also be seen that the compartment used by the user is able to move in rotation by at least 180 ° about a vertical axis (9) passing through its geometric centre, to receive the rotational movement of a remotely controlled electric motor (10).

For this purpose, the first figure shows that the compartment has an upper section of axis (11) projecting perpendicularly from the upper and lower bases of the compartment and another lower section of axis (12).

The axial sections are supported by sockets provided in the lower cross bar (13) and upper cross bar (14) of the shower cubicle (15).

An electric motor (10) is mounted in the upper crossbar (13), the electric motor (10) transmitting rotation to a pinion (17) through a pinion (16), the pinion (17) being coupled to an end of the upper axial section (11), as shown in the ninth figure.

All arranged so that a user housed inside the rotating compartment (1) can transport it by turning it 180 ° inside the bathroom, leaving the rear of the rotating compartment as a closing face (18) of the area of the bathroom, as shown in the fourth figure.

In the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth figures, it can be seen that the transport device is constituted by a rotating vertical panel (19), said rotating vertical panel (19) being provided with an external reinforcement or internal frame (20) of metal or any other resistant material, while its front face has an associated height-adjustable seat (21) and some armrests (22) for the user to grip.

The rotating vertical panel has an upper axis section (23) and a lower axis section (24) extending vertically and is configured to receive rotational movement of a remotely controlled motor (10).

The motor (10) rotates the axis of the panel through gears (16) and (17) by at least 180 DEG, this axis being supported by the seats of the upper and lower crosspieces for carrying the user from the outside of the bathroom to the inside thereof, leaving the rear of the rotating vertical panel as a closing face (25) of the area of the bathroom.

In the first, second, third and fourth figures, it can be seen that the rotating compartment (1) is mounted at the front (26) of the bathroom and in close proximity to the doors (27) of the bathroom, so that the doors of the compartment are closed by the intermediate part of the watertight fittings (28), which ensure the watertightness of the bathroom (15).

Similarly, in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth figures, it can be seen that a rotating vertical panel (19) occupies the front of the bathroom and is in close proximity to the closed door of the bathroom and serves to close the door on the vertical panel by means of watertight joints (28).

The opening and closing movement of the door (27) can be performed automatically, so that the door on the rotating compartment (1) or on the vertical rotating panel (19) can be closed by remote control once the rotating carriage has been turned 180 ° towards the inside of the bathroom, wherein the user stays in the active area of the shower nozzles for cleaning and grooming.

Similarly, the door can be opened automatically by remote control, so that the swivel compartment or vertical swivel panel returns to the original loading and unloading user position by counter-rotation.

In the ninth figure, it can be seen that the electric motor (10) is mounted on the upper crossbar (14), at the output of which there is a pinion (16) and is used to transmit the 180 ° rotation in both directions to a pinion (17) coupled to the upper section of the rotation axis of the transport device.

Claims

1. An improved bathroom, consisting of a closed housing with transportable and/or fixed walls, the base of which consists of a shower tray, and with transport means for transferring disabled or handicapped persons inside the bathroom for personal hygiene, characterized in that said transport means consist of a rotating compartment (1) in the form of a hollow cylinder (2) and closed by its bases (3) and (4) and interrupted by a central vertical plane (5) which constitutes the front of the compartment, which remains open (6) for access to the inside of the compartment, and which has height-adjustable seats (7) and some handles (8) ready for the user, said compartment being able to rotate at least 180 DEG about a vertical axis (9) passing through its geometric centre and to receive the rotary motion of a remotely controlled electric motor (10), wherein the compartment presents an upper axial section (11) and a further lower axial section (12) protruding perpendicularly extending from the upper and lower base of the compartment, for being supported by seats provided in the lower crosspiece (13) and in the upper crosspiece (14) of said bathroom (15), mounted at the upper crossbar is an electric motor which transmits the rotation through an output pinion (16) to a pinion (17) coupled to the upper axis section, all arranged so that a user housed inside the rotating compartment (1) can be transported into the bathroom by 180 ° rotation, leaving the rear of the rotating compartment as a closing face (18) of the area of the shower cubicle.

2. An improved bathroom, characterized in that the transport means can be constituted by a rotating vertical panel (19) provided with external reinforcement or internal frame (20), whose front face has height-adjustable seats (21) and armrests (22), as well as upper (23) and lower (24) axis sections extending vertically, and which is designed to receive the rotary movement of a remotely controlled motor (10) and to rotate at least 180 °, supported by the housings of the lower (13) and upper (14) crosspieces, for transporting the user from outside to inside the bathroom (15), leaving the rear of the rotating vertical panel as a closing face (25) of the area of the bathroom.

3. Shower cubicle according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that a transport device in the form of a rotary compartment (1) or a rotary vertical panel (19) is mounted on the front panel (26) of the shower cubicle and in close proximity to the doors (27) of the shower cubicle, for closing them by means of the middle part of a watertight joint (28) on said transport device, so as to ensure the watertightness of the shower cubicle.

4. Shower cubicle according to the previous claims, characterized in that the opening and closing movement of said door (27) can be performed automatically, for automatically closing the door on said rotary compartment (1) or on said rotary vertical panel (19), which, once it has been turned 180 ° towards the inside of the shower cubicle for the cleaning of the user, or else automatically opened, returns by counter-rotation to their original user loading and unloading position.