EP0622065A1 - Bathing aid - Google Patents

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EP0622065A1
EP0622065A1 EP94106668A EP94106668A EP0622065A1 EP 0622065 A1 EP0622065 A1 EP 0622065A1 EP 94106668 A EP94106668 A EP 94106668A EP 94106668 A EP94106668 A EP 94106668A EP 0622065 A1 EP0622065 A1 EP 0622065A1
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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
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    • 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
    • A61G7/1013—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
    • 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
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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
    • A61G7/1073—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G7/1076—Means for rotating around a vertical axis

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  • the invention relates to a bathing aid with a telescopically lowerable, retractable seat that can be swung out of the bathtub.
  • a bathing aid is known from EP-A-0 380 621, in which a seat attached to it can be hydraulically lowered and opened onto a frame that can be inserted into the bath tub and has hydraulic cylinders that protrude backwards.
  • Such a seat makes it considerably easier for disabled people to take a full bath, especially since this seat can be lowered to the bottom of the bathtub. For severely handicapped people, especially paraplegics, it is impossible to get onto the seat from the wheelchair that was driven next to the bathtub without outside help.
  • a bathing aid is already known from GB-A-2120933, in which the hydraulic frame is attached to the head of the bath tub behind the bath tub. With this frame, the seat can be lowered and retracted into the bathtub and the seat can also be swiveled out by 90 °, but then the seat can only be lowered to the edge of the bathtub.
  • this device requires a considerable amount of space and is very elaborately designed and constructed, so that it has not been introduced in practice.
  • the present invention is therefore based on the object to provide a bathing aid which is simple in construction, requires little space and is designed such that seats of this type can easily be extended and retracted into the bath tub and the seat can also be removed from the bath tub swung out and lowered to the same height as the seat retracted into the bath outside the bath.
  • the invention provides that a column of telescopically movable into one another and only with the tap water pressure actuable hydraulic cylinder is fixed to the side next to the head of the bathtub on the floor and that at the head of the uppermost hydraulic cylinder a crossbar that can be swiveled by at least 90 ° is attached with low friction, at the free end of which the seat is articulated with its backrest.
  • the column of the hydraulic cylinder is supported on the side of the bathtub by a side arm fixed to the lowest, fixed hydraulic cylinder.
  • the head of the uppermost hydraulic cylinder has a total stroke height of at least 1000 mm.
  • a manual valve actuation for lifting, lowering and pivoting the seat is provided on the seat itself.
  • the pressure force of the hydraulic cylinders should be about 150 kg.
  • hydraulic cylinders can practically not be rotated in their guidance, particularly in the case of additional bending loads, it is also advantageous if the traverse is mounted on the head of the uppermost hydraulic cylinder via ball bearings.
  • the crossmember can be pivotally driven by a water motor.
  • the water motor installed in the traverse can act on a pinion that is in operative connection with a ring gear surrounding the uppermost hydraulic cylinder.
  • the ring gear can be provided with stops for limiting the angle of rotation of the crossbar.
  • each hydraulic cylinder in the respective larger hydraulic cylinder is at least three times its diameter.
  • a column 3 made of hydraulic cylinders 5, 6 and 7 is firmly anchored to the floor via a circular base plate 4.
  • the column 3 consists of the lower fixed hydraulic cylinder 5 and two further hydraulic cylinders 6 and 7 which can be moved in them.
  • a horizontally projecting crossmember 9 is pivotally attached via a low-friction bearing 8, not shown in detail .
  • the bath seat 10 is now attached to the free end of this crossmember 9.
  • this bath seat 10 can be lowered from its highest position A via an intermediate position B to the bottom of the bathtub corresponding to position C, the cross member 9 'being shown in its lowest position.
  • the seat can be opened from its position C into the uppermost position A, the seat 10 then being pivoted 90 ° forwards counterclockwise via the crossmember 9 and the head 8 and then lowered until it reaches its deepest Assumes position D outside the bathtub.
  • the current position of the traverse is identified by the reference number 9 ′′.
  • the total stroke H of the telescopic column 3 should be at least 1000 mm in order to once the seat 10 in to be able to lower its lowest position C or D and, in addition, to enable the seat 10 to be raised to its uppermost position A to such an extent that a pivoting out or in of the seat is also possible with a person sitting on it and with his legs hanging down .
  • the pressure force of the hydraulic cylinders should be about 150 kg.
  • crossbar 9 In order to enable the crossbar 9 to be pivoted easily without additional pressing of the hydraulic cylinders 6 and 7, it is expedient if the crosshead 9 is supported and supported with its rotary head 8 in ball bearing rings (not shown in detail) on the hydraulic cylinder 7. Rotation of the crossmember 9 is possible via a water motor, also not shown, installed in the crossmember 9, the driven pinion of which acts on a ring gear on the hydraulic cylinder 7.
  • a manual actuation valve is provided on a backrest of the seat 10, with which the seat 10 can be raised or lowered and can also be pivoted.
  • stops should also be provided in the rotary head 8 for limiting the angle of rotation of the crossmember.

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Abstract

For a bathing aid which comprises a seat which can be hydraulically lowered and raised in a bath tub and pivoted out of the bath tub, it is provided, as a simple, space-saving design, that a column (3) of hydraulic cylinders (5, 6, 7) which can be telescopically moved inside one another and are solely actuated by the pressure of tap water be firmly mounted on the ground to the sides next to the top of the bath tub (2), and that a side-arm (9) which can be pivoted about at least 90@ be fastened with low friction on the top (8) of the uppermost hydraulic cylinder (7). The seat (10) with its back rest is hinged on the free end of the side-arm. <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Badehilfe mit einem teleskopartig absenkbaren, auffahrbaren und aus der Badewanne ausschwenkbaren Sitz.The invention relates to a bathing aid with a telescopically lowerable, retractable seat that can be swung out of the bathtub.

Grundsätzlich ist aus der EP-A-0 380 621 eine Badehilfe bekannt, bei der an ein in die Badewanne einsetzbares Gestell mit nach hinten geneigt aufragenden Hydraulikzylindern ein daran befestigter Sitz hydraulisch absenkbar und auffahrbar ist.Basically, a bathing aid is known from EP-A-0 380 621, in which a seat attached to it can be hydraulically lowered and opened onto a frame that can be inserted into the bath tub and has hydraulic cylinders that protrude backwards.

Ein solcher Sitz bietet für behinderte Personen eine erhebliche Erleichterung, ein Vollbad zu nehmen, insbesondere da sich dieser Sitz bis auf den Boden der Badewanne absenken läßt. Für schwerbehinderte Personen, insbesondere Querschnittsgelähmte, ist es jedoch ohne fremde Hilfe unmöglich, vom neben die Badewanne gefahrenen Rollstuhl auf den Sitz zu gelangen.Such a seat makes it considerably easier for disabled people to take a full bath, especially since this seat can be lowered to the bottom of the bathtub. For severely handicapped people, especially paraplegics, it is impossible to get onto the seat from the wheelchair that was driven next to the bathtub without outside help.

Es besteht daher die Forderung, derartige Sitze auch aus der Badewanne heraus schwenkbar zu gestalten, um damit ein leichteres Überwechseln auf den Badesitz zu ermöglichen.There is therefore a requirement to make such seats pivotable out of the bathtub in order to make it easier to change over to the bath seat.

Es hat sich dabei jedoch als praktisch unmöglich erwiesen, ein solches in die Badewanne einsetzbares Hydraulikgestell so auszugestalten, daß damit der Sitz auch aus der Badewanne herausgeschwenkt werden kann. Dies scheitert daran, daß beim Herausschwenken auf die Hydraulikzylinder zu große Kippkräfte einwirken, wodurch die Gefahr besteht, daß das Hydraulikzylinder-Gestell selbst oder die ganze Badewanne kippt, insbesondere da in Privathaushalten üblicherweise Badewannen nicht fest am Boden verankert sind.However, it has proven to be practically impossible to design such a hydraulic frame that can be inserted into the bathtub in such a way that the seat also can be swung out of the bathtub. This fails due to the fact that when the hydraulic cylinders are pivoted out, excessive tilting forces act, which creates the risk that the hydraulic cylinder frame itself or the entire bathtub tilts, particularly since bathtubs are usually not firmly anchored to the floor in private households.

Es ist dazu bereits aus der GB-A-2120933 eine Badehilfe bekannt, bei der das Hydraulikgestell am Kopf der Badewanne hinter der Badewanne befestigt ist. Mit diesem Gestell ist ein Absenken und Auffahren des Sitzes in die Badewanne und darüberhinaus ein Herausschwenken des Sitzes um 90° möglich, wobei dann der Sitz jedoch nur bis auf den Badewannenrand abgesenkt werden kann. Dieses Gerät erfordert jedoch einen erheblichen Platzbedarf und ist sehr aufwendig gestaltet und konstruiert, so daß es sich in der Praxis nicht eingeführt hat.For this purpose, a bathing aid is already known from GB-A-2120933, in which the hydraulic frame is attached to the head of the bath tub behind the bath tub. With this frame, the seat can be lowered and retracted into the bathtub and the seat can also be swiveled out by 90 °, but then the seat can only be lowered to the edge of the bathtub. However, this device requires a considerable amount of space and is very elaborately designed and constructed, so that it has not been introduced in practice.

Der vorliegenden Erfindung liegt daher die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Badehilfe zu schaffen, die einfach aufgebaut ist, einen geringen Platzbedarf benötigt und so gestaltet ist, daß damit auf einfache Weise derartige Sitze leicht in die Badewanne ein- und ausgefahren und der Sitz darüberhinaus aus der Badewanne ausgeschwenkt und auf die gleiche Höhe wie der in die Badewanne eingefahrene Sitz außerhalb der Badewanne abgesenkt werden kann.The present invention is therefore based on the object to provide a bathing aid which is simple in construction, requires little space and is designed such that seats of this type can easily be extended and retracted into the bath tub and the seat can also be removed from the bath tub swung out and lowered to the same height as the seat retracted into the bath outside the bath.

Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe ist erfindungsgemäß vorgesehen, daß eine Säule aus teleskopartig ineinander verfahrbaren und allein mit dem Leitungswasserdruck betätigbaren hydraulischer Zylinder seitlich neben dem Kopf der Badewanne am Boden fest montiert ist und daß am Kopf des obersten Hydraulikzylinders eine um mindestens 90° schwenkbare Traverse reibungsarm befestigt ist, an derem freien Ende der Sitz mit seiner Rückenlehne angelenkt ist.To achieve this object, the invention provides that a column of telescopically movable into one another and only with the tap water pressure actuable hydraulic cylinder is fixed to the side next to the head of the bathtub on the floor and that at the head of the uppermost hydraulic cylinder a crossbar that can be swiveled by at least 90 ° is attached with low friction, at the free end of which the seat is articulated with its backrest.

Damit ist es möglich, auch in Privathaushalten mit nur geringem Platzbedarf eine Badehilfe einzubauen, mit der ein solcher Sitz auch einfach aus der Badewanne herausgeschwenkt und tief abgesenkt werden kann, um damit ein leichteres Überwechseln auch ohne fremde Hilfe, beispielsweise in einen Rollstuhl zu ermöglichen.This makes it possible to install a bathing aid in private households with only a small footprint, with which such a seat can also simply be swung out of the bathtub and lowered deeply, so that it is easier to change over without external help, for example into a wheelchair.

Zur zusätzlichen Stabilisierung ist es dabei zweckmäßig, wenn sich die Säule der Hydraulikzylinder über einen seitlichen, am untersten, feststehenden Hydraulikzylinder befestigten Arm auf dem Badewannenrand abstützt.For additional stabilization, it is expedient if the column of the hydraulic cylinder is supported on the side of the bathtub by a side arm fixed to the lowest, fixed hydraulic cylinder.

Um ein Einschwenken des Sitzes auch mit einer darauf sitzenden Person und herabhängenden Unterschenkeln zu ermöglich, ist es ferner zweckmäßig, wenn der Kopf des obersten Hydraulikzylinders eine Gesamthubhöhe von mindestens 1000 mm aufweist. Zur einfachen Bedienung ist es ferner zweckmäßig, wenn am Sitz selbst eine Handventilbetätigung zum Anheben, Absenken und Schwenken des Sitzes vorgesehen ist. Die Druckkraft der Hydraulikzylinder sollte dabei etwa 150 kg betragen.In order to enable the seat to be swiveled in even with a person sitting on it and hanging lower legs, it is also expedient if the head of the uppermost hydraulic cylinder has a total stroke height of at least 1000 mm. For simple operation, it is also expedient if a manual valve actuation for lifting, lowering and pivoting the seat is provided on the seat itself. The pressure force of the hydraulic cylinders should be about 150 kg.

Da Hydraulikzylinder insbesondere bei zusätzlichen Biegebelastungen praktisch nicht in ihrer Führung gedreht werden können, ist es ferner von Vorteil, wenn die Traverse über Kugellager am Kopf des obersten Hydraulikzylinders gelagert ist.Since hydraulic cylinders can practically not be rotated in their guidance, particularly in the case of additional bending loads, it is also advantageous if the traverse is mounted on the head of the uppermost hydraulic cylinder via ball bearings.

Dabei kann die Traverse über einen Wassermotor schwenkbar antreibbar sein. Dazu kann der in der Traverse eingebaute Wassermotor auf ein Ritzel einwirken, daß in Wirkverbindung mit einem den obersten Hydraulikzylinder umgebenden Zahnkranz steht.The crossmember can be pivotally driven by a water motor. For this purpose, the water motor installed in the traverse can act on a pinion that is in operative connection with a ring gear surrounding the uppermost hydraulic cylinder.

Um zu verhindern, daß die Traverse zu weit geschwenkt wird, kann der Zahnkranz mit Anschlägen zur Begrenzung des Drehwinkels der Traverse versehen sein.To prevent the crossbar from being pivoted too far, the ring gear can be provided with stops for limiting the angle of rotation of the crossbar.

Um darüberhinaus ein Klemmen der Hydraulikzylinder wegen der hohen Biegebeanspruchung zu vermeiden, ist es zweckmäßig, wenn die geführte Einspannlänge jedes Hydraulikzylinders im jeweils größeren Hydraulikzylinder mindestens das Dreifache seines Durchmessers beträgt.In order to avoid jamming of the hydraulic cylinders due to the high bending stress, it is expedient if the guided clamping length of each hydraulic cylinder in the respective larger hydraulic cylinder is at least three times its diameter.

Anhand einer schematischen Zeichnung sind Aufbau und Funktionsweise eines Ausführungsbeispieles nach der Erfindung näher erläutert. Dabei zeigt die einzige Figur in perspektivischer Ansicht die Gesamtkonstruktion in verschiedenen Höhenstellungen.The structure and mode of operation of an exemplary embodiment according to the invention are explained in more detail with reference to a schematic drawing. The single figure shows a perspective view of the overall construction at different heights.

Wie man aus der einzigen stark schematisierten Figur erkennt, ist beispielsweise in der Ecke 1 eines Badezimmers eine Badewanne 2 eingebaut. Am Kopfende neben dieser Badewanne ist eine Säule 3 aus Hydraulikzylindern 5, 6 und 7 über eine kreisförmige Bodenplatte 4 fest am Boden verankert.As you can see from the only highly schematic figure, is for example in the corner 1 of a bathroom a bathtub 2 installed. At the head end next to this bathtub, a column 3 made of hydraulic cylinders 5, 6 and 7 is firmly anchored to the floor via a circular base plate 4.

Nach dem dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel besteht die Säule 3 aus dem unteren feststehenden Hydraulikzylinder 5 sowie zwei weiteren, in ihnen verfahrbaren Hydraulikzylindern 6 und 7. Am Kopf des obersten Hydraulikzylinders 7 ist über eine reibungsarme, nicht im einzelnen dargestellte Lagerung 8 eine horizontal abragende Traverse 9 schwenkbar befestigt. Am freien Ende dieser Traverse 9 ist nunmehr der Badesitz 10 angehängt.According to the illustrated embodiment, the column 3 consists of the lower fixed hydraulic cylinder 5 and two further hydraulic cylinders 6 and 7 which can be moved in them. At the head of the uppermost hydraulic cylinder 7, a horizontally projecting crossmember 9 is pivotally attached via a low-friction bearing 8, not shown in detail . The bath seat 10 is now attached to the free end of this crossmember 9.

Wie man aus der Zeichnung weiter ersieht, kann dieser Badesitz 10 von seiner höchsten Stellung A über eine Zwischenstellung B bis zum Boden der Badewanne entsprechend der Stellung C abgesenkt werden, wobei die Traverse 9' in ihrer untersten Stellung gezeigt ist.As can further be seen from the drawing, this bath seat 10 can be lowered from its highest position A via an intermediate position B to the bottom of the bathtub corresponding to position C, the cross member 9 'being shown in its lowest position.

In gleicher Weise ist ein Auffahren des Sitzes von seiner Stellung C in die oberste Stellung A möglich, wobei dann der Sitz 10 über die Traverse 9 und den Kopf 8 um 90° nach vorn entgegen dem Uhrzeigersinn geschwenkt und anschließend abgesenkt wird, bis er seine tiefste Stellung D außerhalb der Badewanne einnimmt. Die jetzige Stellung der Traverse ist mit den Bezugszeichen 9'' gekennzeichnet.In the same way, the seat can be opened from its position C into the uppermost position A, the seat 10 then being pivoted 90 ° forwards counterclockwise via the crossmember 9 and the head 8 and then lowered until it reaches its deepest Assumes position D outside the bathtub. The current position of the traverse is identified by the reference number 9 ″.

Der Gesamthub H der Teleskopsäule 3 sollte dabei mindestens 1000 mm betragen, um einmal den Sitz 10 bis in seine tiefste Stellung C bzw. D absenken zu können und um es darüberhinaus zu ermöglichen, daß der Sitz 10 soweit in seine oberste Stellung A gehoben werden kann, daß ein Aus- oder Einschwenken des Sitzes auch mit einer darauf sitzenden Person und herabhängenden Beinen möglich ist. Außerdem soll die Druckkraft der Hydraulikzylinder etwa 150 kg betragen.The total stroke H of the telescopic column 3 should be at least 1000 mm in order to once the seat 10 in to be able to lower its lowest position C or D and, in addition, to enable the seat 10 to be raised to its uppermost position A to such an extent that a pivoting out or in of the seat is also possible with a person sitting on it and with his legs hanging down . In addition, the pressure force of the hydraulic cylinders should be about 150 kg.

Um ein leichtes Verschwenken der Traverse 9 ohne zusätzliche Pressung der Hydraulikzylinder 6 und 7 zu ermöglichen, ist es zweckmäßig, wenn die Traverse 9 mit ihrem Drehkopf 8 in im einzelnen nicht näher dargestellten Kugellagerringen am Hydraulikzylinder 7 abgestützt und gelagert ist. Eine Drehung der Traverse 9 ist dabei über einen in der Traverse 9 eingebauten ebenfalls nicht näher dargestellten Wassermotor möglich, dessen angetriebenes Ritzel auf einen Zahnkranz am Hydraulikzylinder 7 einwirkt.In order to enable the crossbar 9 to be pivoted easily without additional pressing of the hydraulic cylinders 6 and 7, it is expedient if the crosshead 9 is supported and supported with its rotary head 8 in ball bearing rings (not shown in detail) on the hydraulic cylinder 7. Rotation of the crossmember 9 is possible via a water motor, also not shown, installed in the crossmember 9, the driven pinion of which acts on a ring gear on the hydraulic cylinder 7.

Für eine Betätigung der Badehilfe ist beispielsweise an einer Lehne des Sitzes 10 ein Handbetätigungsventil vorgesehen, mit dem der Sitz 10 angehoben oder abgesenkt und darüberhinaus geschwenkt werden kann. Um dabei ein Schwenken über einen zu großen Schwenkwinkel zu verhindern, sollten ferner Anschläge zur Begrenzung des Drehwinkels der Traverse in Drehkopf 8 vorgesehen sein.For actuating the bathing aid, for example, a manual actuation valve is provided on a backrest of the seat 10, with which the seat 10 can be raised or lowered and can also be pivoted. In order to prevent swiveling over an excessively large swivel angle, stops should also be provided in the rotary head 8 for limiting the angle of rotation of the crossmember.

Insgesamt ergibt sich also eine Badehilfe, die bei nur sehr geringem Platzbedarf und einer einfachen Konstruktion sowohl das Ein- und Ausfahren eines Sitzes in die Badewanne als auch ein Herausschwenken aus dem Badewannenbereich ermöglicht, um damit eine einfache Benutzung auch ohne Hilfspersonal zu ermöglichen.All in all, this results in a bathing aid that requires only a small amount of space and a simple construction to both move a seat in and out of the bathtub and swing it out of the bathtub area enabled to enable easy use even without auxiliary staff.

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Badehilfe mit einem teleskopartig absenkbaren, auffahrbaren und aus der Badewanne (2) ausschwenkbaren Sitz (1), dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Säule (3) teleskopartig ineinander verfahrbaren und allein mit dem Leitungswasserdruck betätigbaren Hydraulikzylindern (5, 6, 7) seitlich neben dem Kopf der Badewanne (2) am Boden fest montiert ist und daß am Kopf (8) des obersten Hydraulikzylinders (7) eine um mindestens 90° schwenkbare Traverse (9) reibungsarm befestigt ist, an deren freiem Ende der Sitz (10) mit seiner Rückenlehne angelenkt ist.Bathing aid with a telescopically lowerable, retractable seat (1) that can be swung out of the bathtub (2), characterized in that a column (3) telescopically movable into one another and actuable solely with the tap water pressure (5, 6, 7) laterally next to the head the bathtub (2) is firmly mounted on the floor and that on the head (8) of the top hydraulic cylinder (7) a crossbar (9) which can be pivoted by at least 90 ° is attached with low friction, at the free end of which the seat (10) is articulated with its backrest is. Badehilfe nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sich die Säule (3) der Hydraulikzylinder (5, 6, 7) über einen seitlichen, am untersten feststehenden Hydraulikzylinder (5) befestigten Arm auf dem Badewannenrand (2) abstützt.Bathing aid according to claim 1, characterized in that the column (3) of the hydraulic cylinders (5, 6, 7) is supported on the edge of the bath tub (2) by means of a lateral arm fixed at the lowest fixed hydraulic cylinder (5). Badehilfe nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kopf (8) des obersten Hydraulikzylinders (7) eine Gesamthubhöhe von mindestens 1000 mm aufweist.Bathing aid according to claim 1, characterized in that the head (8) of the uppermost hydraulic cylinder (7) has a total lifting height of at least 1000 mm. Badehilfe nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß am Sitz (10) eine Handventilbetätigung zum Anheben, Absenken und Schwenken des Sitzes (10) vorgesehen ist.Bathing aid according to claim 1, characterized in that a manual valve actuation for lifting, lowering and pivoting the seat (10) is provided on the seat (10). Badehilfe nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Druckkraft der Hydraulikzylinder (4, 5, 6) etwa 150 kg beträgt.Bathing aid according to claim 1, characterized in that the pressure force of the hydraulic cylinders (4, 5, 6) is approximately 150 kg. Badehilfe nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Traverse (9) über Kugellager am Kopf (8) des obersten Hydraulikzylinders (7) gelagert ist.Bathing aid according to claim 1, characterized in that the traverse (9) is mounted on the head (8) of the top hydraulic cylinder (7) via ball bearings. Badehilfe nach Anspruch 1 und 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Traverse (9) über einen Wassermotor schwenkbar antreibbar ist.Bathing aid according to claims 1 and 6, characterized in that the crossmember (9) can be driven to be pivotable via a water motor. Badehilfe nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der in der Traverse (9) eingebaute Wassermotor auf ein Ritzel einwirkt, daß in Wirkverbindung mit einem den obersten Hydraulikzylinder (7) umgebenden Zahnkranz steht.Bathing aid according to claim 7, characterized in that the water motor installed in the crossmember (9) acts on a pinion that is in operative connection with a toothed ring surrounding the uppermost hydraulic cylinder (7). Badehilfe nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Zahnkranz mit Anschlägen zur Begrenzung des Drehwinkels der Traverse (9) versehen ist.Bathing aid according to claim 8, characterized in that the toothed ring is provided with stops for limiting the angle of rotation of the crossmember (9). Badehilfe nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die geführte Einspannlänge jedes Hydraulikzylinders (6, 7) im jeweils größeren Hydraulikzylinder (5, 6) mindestens das Dreifache seines Durchmessers beträgt.Bathing aid according to claim 1, characterized in that the guided clamping length of each hydraulic cylinder (6, 7) in the respective larger hydraulic cylinder (5, 6) is at least three times its diameter.
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