EP0223930B1 - Vorrichtung zum Transport von Personen - Google Patents

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EP0223930B1
EP0223930B1 EP86111608A EP86111608A EP0223930B1 EP 0223930 B1 EP0223930 B1 EP 0223930B1 EP 86111608 A EP86111608 A EP 86111608A EP 86111608 A EP86111608 A EP 86111608A EP 0223930 B1 EP0223930 B1 EP 0223930B1
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Klaus Fabian
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Hespe & Woelm & Co KG GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K3/00—Baths; Douches; Appurtenances therefor
    • A47K3/28—Showers or bathing douches
    • A47K3/281—Accessories for showers or bathing douches, e.g. cleaning devices for walls or floors of showers
    • A47K3/282—Seats specially adapted for showers
    • 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
    • A61G7/1003—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 bath-tub
    • 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
    • A61G7/1025—Lateral movement of patients, e.g. horizontal transfer
    • A61G7/1034—Rollers, rails or other means
    • 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
    • A61G7/1049—Attachment, suspending or supporting means for patients
    • A61G7/1059—Seats
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B5/00—Elevated railway systems without suspended vehicles
    • B61B5/02—Elevated railway systems without suspended vehicles with two or more rails

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  • the invention relates to a device for transporting people with a horizontally movable along a wall and lockable in any position transport pad, wherein a horizontal upper support rail and a parallel, lower support rail is provided for moving this transport pad and wherein arranged on a carriage, upper Roll the rollers of the transport pad on a support surface of the upper support rail and lower support rollers of the transport pad arranged on a support carriage, supported on an essentially vertical support surface.
  • Disabled people often use four-wheeled wheelchairs for independent movement, the front wheels of which have wheel axles rotatably mounted about vertical axes and the rear wheels of which have rings around the outside for manual movement.
  • the known wheelchairs are only suitable for locomotion on level ground. Obstacles such as sidewalks, steps, ramps, etc. can usually not be overcome by a wheelchair user on their own. In the living, clinic and rehabilitation area, the disabled is often completely on his own. It is precisely in these areas that the wheelchair is often unusable due to frequent obstacles or insufficient freedom of movement. Especially in the sanitary sector, the disabled person therefore needs external help.
  • An aseptic patient lock is known from DE-A 2 443 604, which is used to transfer patients from an impure room (bed room) to a clean room (operating area) and vice versa, the two rooms being connectable to one another by a lock opening in a partition .
  • the transport device has a transport base in the form of two assembled transport half-shells, which can be moved horizontally along a wall and can be locked in any position by means of a braking device.
  • Two horizontally running rails are provided for moving the transport half-shells, namely an upper support rail and a lower support rail parallel to it.
  • the two rails are each designed as angle profiles.
  • a carriage is assigned to each of the two rails, which is attached to the top and bottom of a rear frame of the transport pad.
  • Three rollers are each freely rotatable within the carriages, an upper roller being supported on a horizontal leg of the angular rail, while two lateral rollers are supported on a vertical leg of the rail.
  • each trolley therefore needs three rollers in order to be able to travel along the associated angular rail.
  • DE-A 2 641 005 discloses a device for transporting people in ambulances with a seat that can be moved along a guideway.
  • the guideway runs along the stretcher and has slide rails in which the seat slides on rollers. It is envisaged that the seat can be locked in all positions.
  • the guideway takes up space and limits the accessible area.
  • a special support structure is required for the guideway.
  • a device for picking up the disabled in passenger transport in which a travel rail is arranged above a receiving opening of the means of transport, into which wheelchairs can be hung on a slide hanger.
  • This device is primarily used to overcome differences in height. If the disabled person moves evenly, it increases the stability and safety of the wheelchair. It is therefore relatively complex and cannot be used in confined spaces.
  • the object of the invention is to further develop the known device for transporting people of the type specified at the outset in such a way that the movement device is simplified in terms of construction.
  • the transport pad is a seat with a backrest for transporting the disabled, that the carriage with its rollers is arranged on the top of the backrest and the support carriage with the support rollers on the bottom of the backrest and that the upper support rail is box-shaped with a lower longitudinal slot, the carriage being inserted into the mounting rail and the rollers rolling on flanks adjacent to the longitudinal slot, opposite one another, forming the wing, and the lower supporting rail box-shaped and on the side facing the backrest with a longitudinal slot is formed, wherein the support carriage is inserted into the support rail and roll the support rollers supported on the bottom surface opposite the longitudinal slot.
  • Such a device for the transport of disabled people using a seat having a backrest is characterized by a structurally simple movement device which guides the disabled person securely as he moves, using both hands for locomotion zen can. It can be mounted on walls inside houses, but also on free-standing supports.
  • Particular advantages result in the sanitary area, since the disabled person can take a seat there, for example, under a shower, with considerably reduced risk of accidents, whereby he can easily drive over obstacles, such as a shower tray or a bathtub wall.
  • the simplicity of the moving device is given by the fact that by designing the rails in a box shape with a longitudinal slot for the carriage, basically only a single roller is required.
  • the particular advantage of such rails is that track systems that are already commercially available can be used for this purpose. Fastening systems and laying equipment are also available. This design of the rails is particularly preferred in the sanitary area, since they prevent water from accumulating.
  • the backrest is firmly connected to a housing of the carriage or a housing of the support carriage, in which axles are inserted which carry the rollers or support rollers on both sides.
  • Carriage, support carriage and seat can be pre-assembled independently of one another and form interchangeable individual parts.
  • the symmetrical loading of the axles via the double-sided rollers or support rollers is mechanically particularly favorable.
  • the carriage can roll with transverse rollers on these laterally supporting side surfaces of the mounting rail.
  • the transverse rollers are preferably mounted on stub axles which protrude from the housing perpendicular to the axes of the rollers.
  • a carriage or support carriage has a brake, with a brake plate inserted into the support rail or support rail, which is fastened to a brake rod which is guided by the longitudinal slot and is fixed to the carriage or support carriage and perpendicular to the direction of movement of the brake rod and counter to the force a spring can be pressed against flanks bordering laterally on the longitudinal slot, with a brake lever which is rotatably mounted on the brake rod and is supported on a counter surface by means of eccentric disks.
  • the eccentric disks are bulged and flattened in sections on the outer circumference. This design of the eccentric discs enables both the braking force to be influenced and the brake to be locked.
  • the seat is rotatably mounted near the wall and can be folded out up to a stop. This makes it possible to accommodate the device in a space-saving and inconspicuous manner. For example, it can be hidden behind a cupboard or a crate.
  • a device for transporting the disabled which has a seat 1 with a seat frame 2, which is padded with seat cushions 3, 4.
  • the seat frame 2 is provided on the wall side with base plates 5, 6, at the upper ends of which a backrest 7 is flanged.
  • the backrest 7 is padded with a back cushion 8.
  • the seat frame 2 and the backrest 7 are preferably made of a rustproof tube material, for example of aluminum or stainless steel tube.
  • the seat cushions 3, 4 and the back cushions 8 are preferably made from a water-repellent plastic. To stabilize the seat frame 2 and the backrest 7 are connected to each other with a strut 9.
  • the housings 10, 11 of the support carriages 12, 13 are welded to the base plates 5, 6, the support rollers 14 of which are mounted on both sides on axles 15 inserted into the housings 10, 11.
  • the support carts 12, 13 run in a support rail 16 which is provided on one side with a longitudinal slot 17 and is fastened to the wall 19 with sleeves 18.
  • the carriage 22 runs in a box-shaped mounting rail 25 which is provided with lower longitudinal slots 26 for the passage of the housing 21.
  • the rollers 24 roll on mutually opposite flanks of the mounting rail 25 which adjoin the longitudinal slot 26.
  • the mounting rails 25 are held on the wall 19 with sleeves 27 and angles 28.
  • the carriage 22 shows the arrangement of the support car 12, 13 on the sides of the seat frame 2 and the carriage 22 on the cross member 20 of the backrest 7 can be seen better.
  • the carriage 22 also has transverse rollers 29 which are fastened to stub axles 30 which are arranged perpendicular to the axes 23 of the rollers 24.
  • the transverse rollers 30 absorb lateral forces introduced into the carriage 22 and enable the carriage 22 to move with little friction.
  • a brake 31 is shown, which is integrated in the support carriage 12.
  • the brake 31 consists of a sleeve 32 welded perpendicularly to the housing 10 of the support carriage 12, in which a brake rod 33 is guided.
  • the function of the brake 31 can be better understood from the enlarged representations of FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • the brake rod 33 is provided at the bottom with a brake plate 34 to which a spring supported at the end of the brake rod 33 engages via a plate 35.
  • the end of the brake rod 33 is inserted with the brake plate 34 into the support rail 16.
  • a brake lever 37 is rotatably mounted on a pin 38.
  • the brake lever carries eccentric disks 39 adjoining the brake rod 33 on both sides, which are supported on a counter surface 40 of the sleeve 32.
  • the eccentric discs have a curved surface 41 and a flat plane surface 42 on their outer circumference.
  • a constant grinding of the brake plate 34 on the flanks of the support rail 16 when the brake is released can be prevented if a return spring (not shown) is inserted into the sleeve 32 and always pushes the brake rod 33 into the support rail 16.
  • FIG. 6 to 8 show a preferred use of the device in a shower room 43 for the disabled.
  • the support rail 25 and the support rail 16 are anchored to a side wall 44.
  • the seat 1 can be moved within the shower space 43 in the arrow directions shown in FIG. 7, so that disabled people can take this place in the dry and can easily overcome the obstacle formed by the shower bowl 46 by manual movement. As shown in the top view of FIG. 8, the seat 1 can be dimensioned such that a disabled person can move under it with the help of a shower head 47.

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DE8532684U DE8532684U1 (de) 1985-11-19 1985-11-19 Vorrichtung zum Transport von Personen
DE3541001A DE3541001C1 (de) 1985-11-19 1985-11-19 Vorrichtung zum Transport von Personen
DE3541001 1985-11-19

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