EP0208886A1 - Support pour handicapés physiques disposé latéralement à une cuvette de WC - Google Patents

Support pour handicapés physiques disposé latéralement à une cuvette de WC Download PDF

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EP0208886A1
EP0208886A1 EP86107394A EP86107394A EP0208886A1 EP 0208886 A1 EP0208886 A1 EP 0208886A1 EP 86107394 A EP86107394 A EP 86107394A EP 86107394 A EP86107394 A EP 86107394A EP 0208886 A1 EP0208886 A1 EP 0208886A1
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Dieter P. M.S. B.S. Philippen
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Hans Grimberg Edelstahl GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1001—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto specially adapted for specific applications
    • A61G7/1007—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto specially adapted for specific applications mounted on or in combination with a toilet
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1013—Lifting of patients by
    • A61G7/1019—Vertical extending columns or mechanisms
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/104—Devices carried or supported by
    • A61G7/1044—Stationary fixed means, e.g. fixed to a surface or bed
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/14—Standing-up or sitting-down aids

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  • the invention relates to a support device, arranged on the side of a water closet (WC), for the physically disabled, set up as a support for one. WC seat.
  • WC water closet
  • Support devices of this type are already manufactured by the applicant of the present patent application and serve to enable disabled and elderly people to use the water closet (WC) without the help of third parties.
  • WC water closet
  • the previous arrangement is still unsatisfactory, since it does not allow the WC seat to be continuously adjusted.
  • the task of the invention to improve a support device of the type mentioned at the outset such that, on the one hand, the seat height is infinitely adjustable in a predetermined range, in order thereby to adapt to the respective hip or to enable the patient's knee situation, but on the other hand also enables the patient to sit down on the toilet seat without much effort and also to rise from it again.
  • the support of the support device is arranged on (at least) a column which is telescopic and is equipped with a damped spring device such as a pneumatic spring with a certain counterpressure and a stop device which prevents the movement downwards against the pressure of the spring device an adjustable height.
  • a damped spring device such as a pneumatic spring with a certain counterpressure
  • a stop device which prevents the movement downwards against the pressure of the spring device an adjustable height.
  • the toilet seat can be attached to the carrier so that it can be folded away.
  • the support of the support device can also be provided with a hand rest in order to provide the patient with additional help.
  • changing the seat from the wheelchair to the toilet is made easier by this additional hand support.
  • Clamping inserts can also be accommodated in the frame-like handle, on which, for example, toilet paper rolls can be hung, or alternatively soap dish inserts, ashtrays, towel holders, also supporting devices, and the like.
  • the gas pressure spring could be accommodated in one column, while a second column could be designed as a stop device or could accommodate a stop device.
  • Other pillars could serve as guidance facilities.
  • the stop device consists of a rod which is mounted in a height-adjustable and fixable manner, the lower end of which strikes the bottom plate of the column to limit the movement of the carrier downwards.
  • the S tützford could also be designed so that the fold-down, toilet seat on two sides is made movable.
  • the support comprises a stand column fastened to the floor made of a rectangular profile, which serves as a guide for a further rectangular profile pipe which is arranged displaceably with respect to the stand column, at the upper end of which the support for the toilet seat and a compression spring with damping device are arranged such that when a toilet user sits under his weight, the toilet seat moves against the spring force and the damper effect down to the position of use.
  • the compression spring with damping device can be a mechanical coil spring with oil damping device, but a gas pressure spring is particularly lightweight and inexpensive.
  • the two rectangular profile tubes extend telescopically each other, in such a way that between the inner and outer rectangular profile tube on two opposite sides of the rectangle each has a free space for receiving guide wheels.
  • This has the great advantage that a maintenance-free roller bearing is made possible, which reduces the friction of the arrangement to a minimum, which serves the convenience of using the support device according to the invention.
  • the guide wheels on the inner tube are rotatably mounted at two heights such that the wheels roll along the inner surface of the outer tube at one height on one narrow side of the free space, while the wheels on at the other height Roll along the opposite narrow side, whereby the lever load caused by the toilet seat presses the wheels to the respective narrow side.
  • the inner tube is fixed to the floor and the outer tube carries the toilet seat, whereby the trapping of dirt in the telescopic arrangement can be prevented without the use of special sealing devices, while the gas pressure spring inside the inner.
  • Tube is arranged and on the one hand is attached to a plate which closes the larger pipe and forms the support for the toilet seat and on the other hand to a floor support plate which closes the inner pipe.
  • the stop z. B. can be formed by an insertable on the inner tube below the lower end of the outer tube, but preferably by one of the carrier axially adjustable rod extending down to the base plate is formed, the rod extending within the inner tube.
  • the rod runs in particular through a drawer bearing fastened to the carrier, into which an externally operable clamping screw is inserted. enough that the rod in the drawer is rigidly jammed.
  • the push rod extends beyond the carrier with its upper end and carries or forms a grip ball at its end there, which at the same time could cause a stop for the upward movement, unless other, possibly adjustable devices are provided for this are.
  • FIG. 1 shows the support device 10 according to the invention, which is arranged on the side of a water closet (WC) 12 and serves as a support for a toilet seat 14 and, if appropriate, for a hand rest 16.
  • a handle 18 is shown, which can be attached to the floor and ceiling of the room and, if necessary, is provided for additional support for the disabled, for which the support device is preferably used.
  • the carrier is arranged on (at least) one column (several are shown in FIG. 1), which is telescopic and is equipped with a damping spring device with a specific counter pressure, in particular with an air spring, as will be explained in more detail below.
  • a stop device which will also be explained in more detail below, whereby the downward movement, see arrow 20, is limited against the pressure of the spring at a certain adjustable height, the different height levels being indicated in dashed lines.
  • FIG. 2 A perspective view of a particularly favorable embodiment of the support device according to the invention is shown in FIG. 2, in which the toilet seat 13 is fastened to the support 14 by means of a folding mechanism 22 so that it can be folded away.
  • the actual toilet seat 13 which is made of wood or plastic and has a specially designed shape, is rigid on a carrier ring 24. or backwards in the usual.
  • the carrier ring 24 Fastened in a way that can be folded away, the carrier ring 24 in turn merging into a metal profile bar at a point lying laterally from the toilet seat 13, which is pivotably mounted between two carrier brackets 26 about an axis 28 by 90 °.
  • the metal profile rod 25 which is only shown in broken lines, on a connecting web 29 which connects the two tabs 26 to one another.
  • the seat can be folded up in a clockwise direction by 90 ° about the axis 28 and is locked in this way by means of two pins (not shown here) in incisions 30, which are also formed by the carrier tabs 26.
  • the two tabs 26 are welded onto a mounting plate 32, which in turn is screwed onto a U-shaped bracket 34 (see reference number 36).
  • This bracket 34 forms the upper end of a telescopically formed column, which consist of two telescopically guided rectangular profiles 42 and 44, the lower rectangular profile 44 is welded to a base plate 46, which in turn can be fastened to the floor with the aid of fastening screws (reference number 48) is.
  • the U-shaped part 34 On the side opposite the plate 32, the U-shaped part 34 carries a further plate 50, on which a hand rest 16 in the form of a tubular frame 52 is attached. So-called service inserts 54 can be clamped within the tubular frame 52 and can serve as carriers for various types of service facilities, for example for soap dishes, ashtrays or, as shown here, toilet paper roll holders 56.
  • An air spring and a stop device are arranged within the column 40 consisting of the telescopic tubes 42 and 44, the stop device consisting of a rod 58 which is mounted in a height-adjustable and fixable manner in the support 14, the lower end 60 of which, see FIG. 3, on the base plate 46 of the column 40 strikes down to limit the movement of the carrier 14.
  • 3 also shows the gas spring 62, which, depending on the weight of the patient, preferably uses the device according to the invention should, with a back pressure of z. B. 40, 50 or 60 kg can be equipped, the back pressure should be a few kilograms lower than the seat weight of the user.
  • the counter pressure of the gas spring 62 is exceeded by a few kilograms due to its weight (as well as the weight of the upper telescopic tube and the devices attached to it), so that the toilet seat gently recedes moved down until the set by the stop column 58. Position is reached.
  • the position of the rod 58 within the carrier 14 is determined by the rod bearing in a block 64 which is rigidly connected to the carrier 14 in a suitable manner and which has a bore 66 for the sliding passage of the rod 58 and a further one intersecting this bore. with thread. provided bore 68, in which a locking screw 70 is screwed so far that it just reaches the surface of the rod 58.
  • the gas pressure spring 62 is also suitably fastened to the base plate 46 and to the carrier 14. So that the toilet seat can be lowered and raised as gently and smoothly as possible, ie that the telescopic tubes can slide into one another with only a slight difference in weight, a particularly low-friction mounting of the upper rectangular profile 42 in the lower rectangular profile 44 is provided.
  • a free space 72 or 74 which serves to accommodate guide wheels 76 and 78 or 80 and 82.
  • the guide wheels 76, 78, 80 and 82 are rotatably mounted on the inner tube 44 at two heights 84 and 86 in such a way that the wheels at one height (84) on one narrow side of the free space 72 and 74 on the other 5, while at the other height, reference number 86, the wheels 78, 82 roll on the opposite narrow side, see FIG. 4, the lever load resulting from the toilet seat load driving the wheels 76 , 80 or 78, 82 presses on the respective narrow side.
  • the guidance can be effected, for example, in that the wheels 76, 78, 80 and 82 each receive lateral guidance on a corresponding guide bar 94, or other guidance devices are provided which enable largely friction-free guidance in the unloaded direction, for example others Blocks 96, which guide the rod 58, or by the gas pressure spring 62, which can also take over guiding properties.
  • This gas pressure spring 62 is arranged within the telescopic structure formed from the two tubes 44 and 42 and is fastened on the one hand to a plate that closes the outer tube, forms the support for the toilet seat or on the U-piece 34 and on the other hand to the inner tube bottom support plate 46, see reference numbers 96 and 98.
  • the arrangement of the gas pressure spring 62 as well as the rod 58 within the telescopic tubes has the advantage that the overall arrangement is very compact and easy to clean from the outside, and there is also the mechanical advantage that canting forces caused by the influence of the gas pressure spring are avoided, which occur more easily when attached outside the telescope could.
  • the upper movement of the upper telescopic tube 42 can be limited by adjustable Aritsch devices attached to the lower end of the upper tube 42, which abut against a corresponding stop originating from the lower tube 44, for example against one of the wheels 76 or 80.
  • adjustable Aritsch devices attached to the lower end of the upper tube 42, which abut against a corresponding stop originating from the lower tube 44, for example against one of the wheels 76 or 80.
  • Another possibility would be to use the gas pressure spring 62 as a sling since it has a maximum extension length.
  • the adjustability could be achieved by attaching a similar second block next to the block 68, through which the piston star 100 is slid upwards in a manner similar to the rod 58 and ends there again, for example, with a ball, the block (reference number 102 then again a locking screw - similar to the device - could have 70, 72, in order to be able to achieve a certain maximum extension length by jamming the rod 100 in the block 102 and thus the desired maximum height setting.

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AT86107394T ATE47657T1 (de) 1985-06-14 1986-05-30 Stuetzgeraet, seitlich eines wasser-closets (wc) anqeordnet, fuer koerperbehinderte.

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DE8517423U DE8517423U1 (de) 1985-06-14 1985-06-14 Stützgerät, seitlich eines Wasser-Closets (WC) angeordnet, für Körperbehinderte
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DE2362029A1 (de) * 1972-12-13 1974-06-20 Deucher Conrad R Verstellvorrichtung, insbesondere fuer die ausfuehrung einer kippbewegung der sitzflaeche eines krankenstuhls oder des kopfbzw. fussteils eines bettes
BE890865A (fr) * 1980-10-22 1982-02-15 Richardson William R Transport pour malade
EP0057543A1 (fr) * 1981-01-23 1982-08-11 Flemming Hvidt Mobelarkitektfirma A/S Appareil de soulèvement et descente d'un siège pour personnes handicapées

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DE2362029A1 (de) * 1972-12-13 1974-06-20 Deucher Conrad R Verstellvorrichtung, insbesondere fuer die ausfuehrung einer kippbewegung der sitzflaeche eines krankenstuhls oder des kopfbzw. fussteils eines bettes
BE890865A (fr) * 1980-10-22 1982-02-15 Richardson William R Transport pour malade
EP0057543A1 (fr) * 1981-01-23 1982-08-11 Flemming Hvidt Mobelarkitektfirma A/S Appareil de soulèvement et descente d'un siège pour personnes handicapées

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EP1293163A2 (fr) * 2001-09-12 2003-03-19 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Appareil d'examen urologique d'un patient comportant un siège-urinoir
EP1293163A3 (fr) * 2001-09-12 2003-06-18 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Appareil d'examen urologique d'un patient comportant un siège-urinoir

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