EP0331606A2 - Verstellgerät für den Luftverteiler einer Luftsprudelmatte - Google Patents

Verstellgerät für den Luftverteiler einer Luftsprudelmatte Download PDF

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EP0331606A2
EP0331606A2 EP89630038A EP89630038A EP0331606A2 EP 0331606 A2 EP0331606 A2 EP 0331606A2 EP 89630038 A EP89630038 A EP 89630038A EP 89630038 A EP89630038 A EP 89630038A EP 0331606 A2 EP0331606 A2 EP 0331606A2
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Jean-Louis Gasparini
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
    • A61H33/02—Bathing devices for use with gas-containing liquid, or liquid in which gas is led or generated, e.g. carbon dioxide baths
    • A61H33/025—Aerating mats or frames, e.g. to be put in a bath-tub
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
    • A61H33/60—Components specifically designed for the therapeutic baths of groups A61H33/00

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  • the invention relates to a mat for effervescent baths comprising groups of air outlet openings and which can be actuated independently of each other, and a distribution valve which can be placed in different positions in order to convey to different groups of air outlet openings.
  • a mat for effervescent baths of this type is described in European patent 0 063 734, according to which the mat comprises an air distribution body carrying the adjustment or distribution valve, several mat bodies in communication with the distribution body. and provided with air outlets of a size suitable for a first effervescent bath therapy, as well as a system of pipes also in communication with the dispensing body and provided with air openings of a different size for a other effervescent bath therapy.
  • the control or adjustment valve provided on the distribution body is designed to connect an air supply tube to it and it is provided with a movable valve body in order to place the air supply in communication with the bodies or the pipes of the mat for effervescent baths.
  • a person taking an effervescent bath is normally lying on the mat with the feet on the side of the distribution body, so as not to be hampered by the pipe used to connect the air source to the distribution body. In this prone position it is difficult or even impossible to actuate the adjustment or distrubtion valve to choose another therapy in an effervescent bath. If the movable body of the dispensing or regulating valve cannot be actuated by the feet, you must stand up and sit in order to actuate the regulating or dispensing valve by hand. This is particularly difficult for disabled people who normally need assistance in order to be able to change the air distribution on the body parts of the effervescent bath mat or on the pipes thereof.
  • the present invention provides a remote control device to be connected to the movable body of the dispensing valve in order to allow the actuation of this valve by a person lying in a bathtub on the mat for effervescent baths.
  • This remote control device can consist of a rod or a control stick detachably connected to a wing of the dispensing or regulating valve in order to move it in either direction.
  • the rod or the stick can be provided with float means which ensure that the rod always remains in an upwardly pivoted position and therefore easily graspable for actuating the adjustment or distribution valve.
  • the float may be provided at its free end with a handle or a hook in order to be able to hang the control rod on a support means to be fixed to the edge of the bathtub or above it. .
  • the movable part of the adjustment or distribution valve can be provided with two diametrically opposite wings and the remote control means can comprise a cord fixed at its ends to the wings of the movable body of the adjustment valve. and carrying between its ends a handle made of light material forming a float.
  • This handle forming a float can also be provided with a handle or a hook for hanging it on a support means fixed to the edge of the bathtub or above it.
  • a movable control means in the longitudinal direction of the mat on one side of it and connected by a flexible cable to the distribution valve in order to place it in the desired position.
  • a flexible control means and cable can be provided on the other side of the mat.
  • the flexible cable can be an endless flexible cable placed around the movable element of the distribution valve and around a return pulley located on one side of the mat.
  • a control lever is attached to the endless cable.
  • the flexible cable can be driven by the pulley controlled by a small electric motor whose switch can be located on one side of the mat.
  • the flexible cable can be replaced by a rigid rod carrying a toothed segment and driving the distribution valve by toothed wheels.
  • a grooved cylinder can be carried by the rotary shaft on one side of the mat.
  • the rotary shaft is a flexible shaft actuating the distribution valve by a friction or toothed wheel drive means for example worm.
  • the grooved cylinder can be replaced by a small electric motor controlled by a switch located on one side of the mat.
  • FIG. 1 shows a mat 10 for effervescent baths placed in a bathtub B.
  • the mat 10 comprises a distribution body 12, several mat bodies 14, 16, 18, 20 provided with groups of air outlet openings of a first size (not shown) and a flexible pipe system 22 provided with groups of air outlet openings of a different size (not shown).
  • the openings of the groups of openings can also be of identical sizes.
  • the distribution body 12 is provided with an adjustment or distribution valve 24 oriented vertically or horizontally to which an air supply pipe (not shown) can be connected.
  • the valve 24 can be placed in different positions to distribute the air to the outlet openings of the mat bodies 14, 16, 18, 20 or to the air outlet openings of the pipe system 22.
  • a control device remotely constituted according to the embodiment of Figures 1 to 3 by a stick or an adjusting rod 26, is connected, as shown in Figure 2, by a spring carabiner 28 to a wing 30 of the movable body 32 of the distribution or adjustment valve 24.
  • the movable body 32 of the valve 24 is provided with a central opening 34 for the connection of the air supply pipe.
  • the wand 36 is provided with a handle forming a float 36 which ensures that the wand always floats in an inclined position upwards in the water so that it can be easily grasped by a person lying in the bathtub on the mat for effervescent baths.
  • the rod 26 is provided with a handle 38 which can be hung on a hook 40 of a support device 42 to be fixed to the edge of the bathtub B or above the latter.
  • the hook 28 can be used together with the float 36 or it can also be used to maintain a rod, not fitted with a float 36, in the pivoted upward position and hooked to the support 42.
  • FIG. 4 shows another support 42 ′ fixed to the edge of the bathtub and provided with a cutout 44 in order to receive the control rod 26.
  • the control device comprises a flexible cord or cable 50, for example made of plastic, carrying between its ends a handle 52 forming float.
  • a first end 54 of the rope 50 is connected to a first wing 55 of the movable body 32 ′ of the adjustment or distribution valve 24 ′, the other end 56 of the rope 50 is connected to a wing 58 diametrically opposite the wing 55 of the moving body 32 ′ of the adjustment valve 24 ′.
  • the handle 52 can also be provided with a means for hanging it on a support to be fixed to the edge of the bathtub or above it.
  • the adjustment valve can be actuated by pushing or pulling on the rod 36.
  • the adjustment valve 24 ′ is actuated by pulling it by the either end 54, 56 of the cord 50.
  • the embodiment according to Figure 3 is suitable for use with a rotary valve member.
  • the embodiment according to Figures 1 and 2 can also be used in combination with a rotary valve body but it is also suitable for use in combination with a linearly displaceable valve element.
  • the control device for actuating the distribution valve 124 comprises on one side of the central mat body 16 a control means 130 appropriately retained on a slide 132 and able to slide in opposite directions the along the longitudinal axis of the mat 10 on this slide 132.
  • the control means 130 is connected by a flexible cable 134 to a control lever 136 of the distribution valve 124.
  • the flexible cable 134 is guided by several ears or perforated guide handles 138 spaced along the cable 134.
  • the cable 134 is designed to transmit a push or a traction to the control lever 136 when the control element 130 is moved in one or the other direction on the slide 132.
  • the flexible cable is replaced by a rigid rod 240 located on one side of the mat and extending in the longitudinal direction of the latter to be actuated also by a sliding control element on a slide (not shown).
  • the rigid rod 240 is provided at its free end with a toothed section 242.
  • the distribution valve 224 is provided with a toothed crown 244 and one or more free toothed wheels 246 are arranged between the toothed part 242 of the rigid rod 240 and the toothed wheel 244 of the dispensing valve for the transmission of the actuating movement of the control rod 240 to the dispensing valve 224.
  • the toothed wheels are preferably arranged inside the dispensing body 12.
  • the rod 240 will be provided with an articulation at the height of each gap between the different elements, so as not to impede the flexibility of the mat.
  • Another possibility would be to choose a semi-rigid material for the rod 40 which would allow it to be bent by 90 °, an angle sufficient both for use and for placing in packaging of the mat.
  • the distribution valve 324 is provided with a worm wheel 302.
  • a worm 303 is in engagement with the worm wheel 302.
  • a flexible rotating shaft 305 extends from the worm end 303 to a manual control element 310 which may consist of a grooved cylinder.
  • the flexible shaft 305 extends from the endless screw 308 outward towards one side of the mat then changes direction and extends in the longitudinal direction of the mat towards a suitable position allowing manual actuation of the grooved cylinder 310 by a person taking an effervescent bath and lying on the mat.
  • the flexible shaft is housed in bearings 304 on the opposite sides of the worm wheel 303 and the grooved cylinder 310.
  • the flexible rotating shaft can also be supported at other points along its length between the screw endless 303 and the grooved cylinder 310.
  • the manual control by the grooved cylinder can be replaced by an electric control comprising a small electric motor 312 powered by an appropriate current source, such as a battery (not shown).
  • a control means for the electric motor 312 is located in the electric circuit.
  • This control means may include a first button to be actuated for rotation of the motor in one direction and a second button to be actuated for rotation of the motor in the other direction.
  • the control means is located on one side of the mat in order to be easily accessible.
  • the electric motor can also be located on one side of the mat close to the control means or it can be located in the distribution body of the mat near the distribution valve.
  • the flexible rotary shaft can be replaced by a rigid shaft 305 ′.
  • the worm gear transmission it is also possible to provide a transmission by spur gears or by friction wheels.
  • the distribution valve 424 is driven by an endless flexible cable 403.
  • the flexible cable can be wound several times around the movable element 402 of the valve distribution 424.
  • the endless flexible cable 403 extends from the distribution valve 424 to one side of the mat towards a guide pulley 404 and then changes direction. From this guide pulley 404 the cable extends along the side of the mat in the longitudinal direction thereof towards a return pulley 406. From the return pulley 406 the cable extends in the longitudinal direction of the mat in the opposite direction to a second guide pulley 404. From the second guide pulley 404 the flexible cable 403 extends inwards towards the distribution valve 424.
  • a control lever 405 is fixed to the flexible cable endless 403 in a suitable place in order to be easily accessible by a person lying on the mat.
  • the manual control system can be replaced by an electrically controlled system.
  • This system may include a small electric motor 407 powered by a battery (not shown).
  • the electric motor drives a pulley 408 actuating an endless flexible cable 403 ′.
  • the electric motor 407 and the control pulley 408 can be arranged in the distribution body of the mat.
  • the control means of the electric motor is again located on one side of the mat in order to be easily accessible. It can be formed by two separate buttons, one for the rotation of the distribution valve in one direction and the other for the rotation of the distribution valve in the opposite direction.
  • the elements of the transmission system of the embodiments according to FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 located inside the contour of the distribution body will be arranged in a different enclosure from that of the air ducts to inside the distribution body.
  • This enclosure will be sealed with respect to the air ducts and the movable member of the distribution valve will extend in this enclosure, in order to be actuated by the toothed wheels 244, 246 and the rod 240 (fig. 6) , by the worm wheel 302, the worm 303 and the flexible rotary shaft 305 or the electric motor (fig. 7) or by the pulley 402 and the endless cable 403, or the electric motor 407 (fig 8).
  • This enclosure can be located inside the dispensing body or can be arranged above or below it.

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GB2394565A (en) * 2002-09-13 2004-04-28 Conair Cip Inc Remotely controlled air pump for a bath mat

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GB2394565A (en) * 2002-09-13 2004-04-28 Conair Cip Inc Remotely controlled air pump for a bath mat

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