DE19642676A1 - Mobile bath unit for hospitals, old people's homes, camping etc. - Google Patents

Abstract

The mobile bath comprises a lower bath tub (1) with a hermetically sealable cover (2), a head rest (3) and a device for water supply (9) and drainage (6). The patient is placed in the tub which is then closed and warm water etc supplied followed by rinsing water and drying air. A unit for supplying liquid soap and a body drying unit area also included. The water can be supplied through whirlpool nozzles (8). The bath is fitted to a mobile carriage frame (13).

Description

The invention provides an individual or mobile bathtub for hospitals and old people 's homes as well as Camping bathtub is suitable.

The purpose of the mobile bathtub is to make it sick or ill to bring frail people and not the other way around what usually very tedious or even exhausting and even can be harmful to both parties.

The bathing cover, which is almost close to the body, does not have only practical sense and purpose, but also morally ethical benefits from what is created around the body Intimate space, but above all ecological benefits, because in the Large amounts of water compared to normal bathing and energy can be saved.

The economic application area in hospitals, Retirement homes and for private care for the elderly and nursing clearly on hand, but can be about the moral as well as phy relieving area in hospitals and Retirement homes also as a "luxury mobile pool" for individual purposes in small apartments (one-room  Apartments) and used as a "camping bath". The Bathtub box can be like a ski box on the roof of a car transported and at the campsite like a mini bathroom be used.

The mismatch between the previous ones Bathroom facilities and their hygienic use consists in the relatively large expenditure of water and energy one with minimal benefits for cleaning single person per heated bathroom and a full one Bathtub with hot water. It is much more convenient that To make the bathroom as small as possible with optimal Use effect as well as water and heating energy to keep accordingly low.

Therefore, the "mobile bathtub" ( Fig. 1) can consist of a simple plastic bowl into which a human body can be placed and cleaned with appropriate devices. This mobile bath tub, which can be hermetically sealed from two halves, leaves the head exposed on a ledge and rinses the body with warm water (including added detergent) and then dries again, is shown by way of example in FIG. In addition to the heat-regulated water supply - possibly also via whirl pool nozzles ( 8 ) - and the drying process using blow-dry nozzles ( 11 ), there is a water drain ( 6 ) with a movable extension pipe that drains the used water into a sink or water container, so that the cleaning unit is simple Individual parts are:

• a) plastic container ( 1 ) with lid ( 2 ) and opening for the neck with a hemispherical support for the head ( 3 ), hermetically sealable with rubber sleeves ( 12 ) on the neck;
• b) drain hole and pipe ( 6 ) with a possible suction device (additional device I; Fig. 3) and discharge into a sink or a container;
• c) hemispherical headrest ( 3 ) with water inlet and outlet ( 7 ) for washing hair and with drying nozzles ( 11 );
• d) Water inflow ( 9 ) with thermostat and controller, also via circulation pumps (additional device I; Fig. 3) with whirlpool jets ( 8 ). Hot water connections (8 + 9) to the boiler or hot water pipe with the appropriate adapter are required (boiler also possible in the additional device I).
• e) Inlet nozzles for liquid soap and bath additives ( 10 ) with valve
• f) drying nozzles with valves ( 11 ).

The bathing process with the mobile bathtub is as follows. The patient is placed in the plastic bathtub ( 1 ) and can hermetically close the lid ( 2 ) even by means of the locking wheel or by external personnel. Then the remaining cavity is filled with hot water and cleaning agents and set in motion by means of the whirlpool jets ( 8 ). Then the process water is drained off and clear water is refilled to flush the body so that it can also be pumped out again. Finally, the body is dried via the drying nozzles ( 11 ) and the bathing cabin is opened in order to remove the completely cleaned body of the patient again.

In addition to the individual hygiene of sick and frail people, the tasks of the "mobile bathtub" are in particular the maximum use of body cleansing with minimal energy expenditure, which results in the following ecological advantages:

• a) The water requirement is reduced to 1/3 to 1/5 of Bathtub requirements, although a complete washing of the Body with warm water.
• b) The energy output is reduced accordingly for the reduced amount of water as well as with hermetic Completion of the bathing chamber for the necessary energy supply.
• c) Finally, the space saving in modern Housing conditions to be observed, especially since the mobile bathtub - can be stowed fully functional in the closet.

Also to be mentioned is the invaluable advantage of driving the mobile bathtub on a chassis to be constructed accordingly ( Fig. 2) in hospitals, nursing homes and home care - as with the stretchers in the sanitary area - directly to the hospital bed and the bathroom there Allow patients to be enacted without any hassle - except for short-term change of beds - to be expected.

Reference list

1

Plastic bathtub

2nd

hermetically sealable lid

3rd

hemispherical headrest with water inlet and outlet

4th

Locking springs

5

Locking wheel

6

Drain pipe

7

Support for headrest and drain pipe

8th

Whirlpool jets

9

Water inlet with shower heads

10th

Liquid soap nozzle

11

Warm air nozzles (hair dryer)

12th

inflatable rubber cuffs

13

Transport trolley for mobile bathtubs

14

Domestic water tank

15

Suction and circulation pump

16

Warm air motor (hair dryer)

17th

Soap dispenser

18th

Handle

Claims (5)

1 device for whole body cleaning of people, in particular in the sick, elderly and care area, consisting of

• - a lower carrycot ( 1 )
• - a cover that can be hermetically sealed against the carrycot ( 2 )
• - a headrest ( 3 )
• - And facility for water inlet ( 9 ) and water outlet ( 6 ).

2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that a device ( 10 ) for adding cleaning agents is provided. 3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a device ( 11 ) for body drying is provided. 4. Device according to one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the water is supplied via whirlpool jets ( 8 ). 5. Mobile device for whole body cleaning of people, characterized in that a device according to one of claims 1-5 is attached to a chassis ( 13 ).