EP2134305A1

EP2134305A1 - Hospital bed having a locally reinforced frame

Info

Publication number: EP2134305A1
Application number: EP08707673A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Hans-Peter Barthelt
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2007-03-21
Filing date: 2008-02-12
Publication date: 2009-12-23
Also published as: WO2008113436A1; JP2010521255A; CN101677899B; DE102007014101A1; CN101677899A; US20100017965A1

Abstract

A hospital bed (1) comprises longitudinal bars (42, 43), between which levers (38, 39) are supported. The levers (38, 39) are attached to an axle tube (61) extending between the longitudinal bars (42, 43). The longitudinal bars are locally reinforced in terms of the wall thickness on the axle tube (61) on the side adjacent to the axle tube by a welded-on reinforcement plate (67). A round rod (74) extends through the through bores (71, 77) in the two longitudinal bars (42, 43) and the axle tube (61). To this end, the longitudinal bars are provided with through bores (71), which extend through the reinforcement plate (67).

Description

Care bed with locally reinforced frame

Care beds usually consist of a standing on the ground lifter and a lying on it lying frame. With the help of the jack, the height of the lying frame can be brought from a normal bed height to care height, which makes it easier for the nursing staff to make manipulations on the patient.

The lying frame itself is divided into several parts, which are mutually movable, so that the individual body sections can be set more or less high.

Because of these multiple pivoting and movement functions within the nursing bed, the task of storing an axle or shaft rotatably between two longitudinal struts repeatedly occurs. The longitudinal struts in nursing beds are usually steel tubes with a rectangular cross-section, whereby is used for reasons of strength, taking into account the load of the rectangular cross section edgewise. The steel tube is thin-walled and dimensioned under the aspect of flexural strength under load.

In order to support the axes or shafts between such longitudinal beams, it is known to drill through the steel pipe and insert a bush into the bore obtained. The bushing is welded to the steel tube on both sides, whereby on the side of the axle or shaft, ie the bearing side, the surface also has to be smoothed by grinding. Naturally, the weld is also affected.

In the bearing bush thus obtained, a cylindrical pin is taken, which projects after assembly from the frame tube in the axis or shaft. In order to hold the bolt in the bearing bush, it is provided with knurling in the area which is inserted in the bearing bush after assembly. By knurling ribs are created, which increase the outer diameter of the bolt. When driving in, the ribs raised by knurling should become wedged in the bearing bush and hold the bolt. It turns out, however, that this type of attachment is only reliable if the components are manufactured with very tight tolerances. As the axes rotate, there is a circumferential load that causes flexing in the joint between the pin and the bush, causing the material to creep in the area of the knurling. The bolt becomes loose.

Based on this, it is an object of the invention to provide a nursing bed, in which between the longitudinal beams forming square tubes, the axes are stored in a simple manner.

This object is achieved by a care bed with the features of claim 1.

The nursing bed according to the invention has a standing on the ground lift, which is adjustable in height. On the upper end of the lift is a reclining frame that holds the mattress. Depending on the area of use, the reclining frame is divided into different numbers of mutually movable sections. At least the lifter or an additional intermediate frame inserted between the lifter and the bed frame has lengthwise longitudinal bars of square tubing. Between these longitudinal beams at least one tubular axle or shaft is rotatably mounted.

The square tube or the longitudinal spar is in the area where the tubular axis or shaft is provided on the axis or shaft adjacent side with a reinforcing plate. A through hole leads through the longitudinal spar at the relevant point. This bore is divided into two sections, namely an outer section in the outer tube wall of the longitudinal spar and a portion in the inner tube wall and the adjacent reinforcing plate.

A round rod piece passes through the mutually aligned portions of each through hole of the two mutually parallel longitudinal beams. On these two Rundstangenstücken the axle or shaft is mounted. Evidently avoids the new type of storage, the required prior art welded socket, which had previously fulfilled two functions, namely the holding of the chosen bearing pin and the power transmission in the longitudinal beams.

The wall thickness of the tubular longitudinal beam is selected primarily according to the bending forces that occur during the operational load of the nursing bed. Locally, the axis or shaft can generate much higher forces beyond the creep limit of the metal because the surface pressure is too high. By using the reinforcing plate in this critical area, the surface is enlarged so that the seated in the bore round rod at the contact point itself does not tend to material creep, causing material creep on the bore wall.

The new type of connection is on top of that very fault tolerant because the round rod can sit with play in the through hole. A complicated to be applied tightly tolerated knurl is just as unnecessary as a reworking of the welded bushing on the bearing side.

If a single through both bars and the axle / shaft continuous round rod is used, there are very favorable conditions with respect to the bending load of the round rod, because a cantilevered inner end is avoided, as occurs with the knurled studs. The round bar is clamped at both ends and not cantilevered like the knurled pin. This also reduces the load on the edge of the Through hole, because the bending strength reduces the tilting of the round rod in the through hole. Thus, the outer portion of the through hole is also used for carrying, which significantly reduces the surface pressure on the bearing side.

In the nursing bed according to the invention, the existing on the bearing side reinforcing plate ultimately functionally replaced the previously used bearing bush, i. in the new nursing bed, the space between the two mutually parallel walls of the longitudinal spar is free of any other structural elements.

Good load conditions arise when the reinforcing plate is materially connected to the relevant surface of the longitudinal spar. The cohesive connection can be done by soldering or by edge welding of the reinforcing plate.

The reinforcing plate may for example be square, which substantially simplifies the orientation during assembly on the longitudinal spar.

Good load transfer to the reinforcing plate is achieved when the through-hole is made after attaching the reinforcing plate.

In known nursing beds, the wall thickness of the tubular longitudinal beams is in the range between 1.5 and 3 mm. It is advantageous if the reinforcing plate has a thickness between 2 and 8 millimeters, depending on how high the radial load in the region of the through hole. A favorable storage of the axle or shaft on the round bar is achieved when the tubular axle or shaft end reducers, whose bore is adapted to the outer diameter of the round bar.

The round rod can be held against axial displacement by at least one frictionally mounted spring ring.

Incidentally, developments of the invention are the subject of subclaims.

The following description of the figures explains aspects for understanding the invention. Further details not described to those skilled in the usual manner can be seen from the drawings, which supplement the description of the figures. It is clear that a number of modifications are possible.

The following drawings are not necessarily to scale. To illustrate details, it may be that certain areas are exaggerated in size. Moreover, the drawings are simplistically simplified and do not include any detail that may be present in the practice. The terms "top" and "bottom" or "front" and "rear" and "right" and "left" refer to the normal position of use or the terminology of nursing beds.

In the drawing an embodiment of the object of the invention is shown:

Fig. 1 shows an inventive nursing bed in the lying position, in perspective view.

Fig. 2 shows the rotary bed of Fig. 1 in the chair or sitting position.

Fig. 3 illustrates the bed frame for the bed of Fig. 1 in a side view.

4 shows a section of the bottom frame of the lifter according to FIG. 3, illustrating the mounting of an axle.

Fig. 5 shows the bearing assembly in a perspective exploded view.

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a nursing bed i in the lying position, while Figure 2 shows the nursing bed 1 in the seat or chair position.

The nursing bed 1 has a bed border 2 with a head part 3, a foot part and side walls 5 and 6. The viewer facing side wall 5 is located in the reclining position as illustrated at a distance from the ground, so there is a gap between the lower edge of the side wall 5 and the bottom, which allows the nursing staff to deliver the toes under the bed. The side wall 5 is movably mounted and arrives in the chair position of the nursing bed 1 in a downwardly shifted position, as can be seen Figure 2. The special mounting of the side wall 5 is explained for example in detail in DE 199 12 937 A 1. Within the Bedumrandung 2 is a bed frame 7, as Fig. 3 reveals. To the bed frame 7 includes a height-adjustable base 8, on the upper side of a rotary hinge is fixed with a vertical axis of rotation, an intermediate frame 10, and a reclining frame 11, on which a mattress 12 is located. The reclining frame 11 is rectangular in plan view.

The rotary hinge is sunk for the most part in the base 8, which is why it can not be seen in Fig. 3.

The lying frame is divided into a central portion 13 which is fixedly connected to the intermediate frame 11, a back portion 14 which is hinged to the central portion 13, a thigh portion 15 which is also hinged to the central portion 13, and a lower leg portion 16th The lower leg section 16 is hinged to the end of the thigh section 15 remote from the central section 13. The hinge axes about which the sections 14, 15, 16 are movable relative to the central section 13 are horizontal. Finally, to the lying frame 12 is still a foot section 17 which is rigidly connected directly to the base 8.

The central portion 13 of the reclining frame 12 has two mutually parallel longitudinal beams 18, of which only one can be seen because of the side view. The other is behind it. Each of these spars 18 terminates at hinged tabs for a hinge.

The spine portion 14 is supported by a spar 22 as well further limited to a parallel spar, which is not visible because of the representation in Fig. 3. The visible spar 22 is hinged to the spar 19. The two bars 22 of the back portion 14 are connected by a not visible in the figure transverse spar at the upper end at 23 together. In addition, on the underside of the two bars 22, a further transverse strut 24 runs.

Also, the thigh section 15 is limited by two longitudinal beams, of which only one longitudinal spar 25 can be seen. The other longitudinal spar is covered by the longitudinal spar 25. The two longitudinal beams 25 are connected by a cross strut 26. The cross strut 26 extends approximately at the center of each longitudinal spar 25 at the bottom.

Finally, the lower leg portion 16 is bounded by two longitudinal beams, of which in turn only the longitudinal beam 27 can be seen in the figure. The two longitudinal beams 27 are connected together at the lower end at 28 via a transverse strut. In addition to the cross brace

28, the two longitudinal beams 27 are connected by a strut 29, at the two mutually parallel guide rails

30 are attached, which extend to the lower transverse frame 28. As shown, they extend at an angle to the longitudinal beam 27 in such a way that they converge in the direction of the foot end. The distance between the two guide rails 31 is significantly smaller than the distance between the two longitudinal beams 27. Opposite these, the guide rails 31 are offset approximately 20 cm inwards. In the guide rails 30 engages a lever arrangement 31, with which the lower leg portion 16 can be raised.

The foot section 17 consists of bars 32, which on the Base ^' 8 are raised above struts 33.

The height-adjustable base 8 includes an upper frame 34 and a frame 35 which are connected to each other via a total of five toggle lever pairs 36 and 37. The toggle lever pairs 36, 37 are each located on one longitudinal side of the base 8, so that the corresponding toggle lever pairs 36, 37 on the other longitudinal side in the side view of Fig. 3 are not visible. The toggle pairs are mounted according to the sectional view in Fig. 4. The explanation will be given below.

The toggle lever pair 36, 37 is composed of an upper toggle lever 38 and a lower toggle lever 39. Each knee lever 38, 39 is mounted via a bearing arrangement with a horizontal bearing axis in the upper and lower frame 34, 35. The bearing axes are indicated schematically at 41. All bearing shafts 41 are parallel to each other. The hinges 41 are coaxial with their axes to the axes of the hinges 41 of the unrecognizable toggle levers 38, 39.

The upper frame is bounded laterally by two mutually parallel longitudinal bars 42, which are rigidly connected to each other by means of non-recognizable transverse struts. This creates a rectangular framework.

Similarly, the lower frame is composed of two mutually parallel longitudinal beams 43, which are also rigidly interconnected by cross braces. The subframe is a rectangular rigid frame. The two toggle lever pairs 36, 37 on each side of the base 8 are each coupled to each other by an associated horizontal coupling strut 52. Each coupling strut 52 is hingedly connected to the knee joint 54 of each toggle lever pair 36, 37 as shown. Finally, on each side of the base 8, an obliquely extending coupling strut 53 connects the upper toggle lever 38 of the toggle lever pair 37 with the lower toggle lever 39 of the toggle lever pair 36.

A drive motor 54 extends between the upper frame 34 and the lower frame 35. The drive motor 53 is a commercially available spindle motor. With the aid of a permanently excited motor 54, a not recognizable worm gear is driven. The worm wheel is rotatably connected to a screw spindle. On the screw a threaded nut on the train and pressure-resistant lifting tube 55 is mounted, which runs coaxially in a guide tube 56.

By starting the engine with the corresponding direction of rotation, the lift tube 55 is either withdrawn into the guide tube 56 or advanced out of the guide tube. By advancing the lifting tube 55, the upper frame 34 moves upward.

Fig. 4 shows a section of the lower frame 35 of the lift in a perspective view. As there are also visible parts that are covered in the strict side view of FIG. 3 and in themselves bear the same reference numerals, the reference numerals in Fig. 4 are supplemented to distinguish the right and left congruent parts in addition to the letter a and b. 4 shows portions of the two lower longitudinal spars 43a and 43b. NEN, between which the lower toggle lever 39 a and 39 b of the toggle lever pair 36 are mounted. The two toggle levers 39a and 39b are welded to each other in parallel and at a distance from each other on an axle tube 61. As can be seen, the axle tube 61 projects laterally beyond the two toggle levers 39a and 39b. It extends between the two longitudinal beams 39a and 39b.

The exact nature of the structure can be seen in the exploded view of Fig. 5, in which a piece of the longitudinal spar 39b and a part of the lower toggle lever 39b is shown.

The storage in the longitudinal beam 43a is designed in the same manner, which is why it is sufficient to explain the storage only at one end of the axle tube 61.

The longitudinal spar 43b is a square steel tube with a rectangular cross-section, which is used edgewise for load reasons. The tube is closed in the circumferential direction and there are a total of four planar and mutually parallel walls 62, 63, 64 and 65 can be seen, which enclose an inner space 65 tubular. The walls 62 and 63 have, for example, a height of 50 mm, while the walls 64 and 65 are 20 to 30 mm wide. The wall thickness of the walls 62 ... 65 is between 1.5 and 3 mm.

Where the axle tube 61 is located, the axle 62 facing the wall 62 of the longitudinal beam 43 b is reinforced by means of a reinforcing plate 67 in thickness. The reinforcing plate 67 is a plane-parallel steel plate with an edge length approximately equal to the height of the wall 62. It is connected on all sides with the wall 62 via a weld 68. The edge length of the reinforcing plate 67 is so chosen that even under unfavorable conditions during welding an undisturbed plane surface 69 remains, which can serve as thrust bearing or contact surface.

For the storage of the axle tube 61, a through bore 71 passes through the longitudinal spar 43b, which consists of an outer section 72 in the wall 63 and an inner section 73 in the wall 62 and the reinforcing plate 67. The two sections 72 and 73 have the same diameter. They aligned with each other exactly. To accomplish this, the bore 71 is attached after the reinforcing plate 67 on the inside of the longitudinal spar 43b, i. welded on the bearing side.

The transmission of radial forces emanating from the axle tube 61 takes place by means of a round rod 74, the outer diameter of which corresponds to the nominal diameter of the bore 71. The outer diameter of the round rod 74 is significantly smaller than the inside width of the axle tube 61. For diameter adjustment inserted in the axle tube 61 in the respective end of a collar 75, which carries a disc-shaped collar 76 whose outer diameter corresponds to the outer diameter of the axle tube 61. The outer diameter of the cylindrical portion of the collar bushing 75 is adapted to the inside width of the axle tube 61, so that the collar bush 75 can be inserted with slight play up to the adhesive seat in the axle tube 61 from the end. Through the collar bushing 75 leads coaxially through a hole 77.

In the mounted state, the axle tube 61 with the toggle arms 39a and 39b fastened thereon is located between the two reinforcing plates 67, which are connected to the mutually parallel longitudinal bars 43a and 43b, with little axial play. are welded. The disk / 6 of the bushing 65, which consists for example of polyamide, faces with its flat outer side of the plane surface 69 of the reinforcing plate 67.

The round rod 74 extends uncut through the axle tube 61, the bore 77 of the collar bushing 75 and end by the aligned holes 71 of the two longitudinal beams 43a and 43b. On the side of the outer wall 63 of each of the two longitudinal beams 43a and 43b, the round rod 74 is a short distance, about 10 to 15 mm.

For axial securing of the round rod 74 inserted on each free on the relevant side wall 63 projecting end of a disc-shaped claw spring 78, as is commercially available. This claw spring 78 has radially inwardly extending tabs 79 which define a bore 81 whose diameter is smaller with a relaxed claw spring 78 than the outer diameter of the round rod 74. These claw springs can be attached, but no longer pull down from the round rod 74 without destruction.

It can be seen that the two longitudinal bars 43a and 43b are reinforced locally in the wall thickness by the welded-on reinforcing plate 67 directly at those points at which a radial or shearing force is transmitted from the axle tube 61 to the respective longitudinal spar 43a, 43b. This creates a bearing surface in the region of the bore portion 73, which is sufficiently large so that the forces can be transmitted without long-term material deformation. On the other hand, the relevant longitudinal beam 43a or 43b can still be dimensioned in the wall thickness in accordance with the bending forces that occur. It must no thicker material can be used just to transfer the radial bearing forces.

A further improvement is also due to the fact that the round rod 74 is clamped at both ends in the longitudinal spar 43a and 43b. It is thus able to transmit the forces better directly on the exit side on the inside of the longitudinal spar 43 b, i. she bends less strongly.

The novel bearing has been described in detail in connection with Figures 4 and 5 for the storage of the lower toggle arms 39a and 39b of the toggle lever pair 36. However, it will be readily apparent to one skilled in the art that the illustrated type of bearing can also be used for the lower toggle arms 39 of the toggle lever pair 37 and the upper toggle lever arms 38 of the two toggle lever pairs 36 and 37, as well as for the lever shaft 30 which is shown in FIG Intermediate frame 10 is mounted, which also consists of mutually parallel longitudinal beams.

The structure of the bearing in connection with the toggle arms 39 of the toggle lever pair 36 is thus only representative of all other comparable positions in the nursing bed. 1

Instead of a continuous round rod 74 and short rod sections can be used, which are dimensioned in length so that they pass through the collar bushing 75 in the assembled state and on the outside of the longitudinal spar 43 carry a head similar to a nail. By a mounted on the outside of the longitudinal spar 43 bridge, which spans over this head, the second lige cut round rod to be secured in the axial direction to the outside.

A nursing bed has longitudinal bars between which levers are mounted. The levers are attached to an axle tube which extends between the longitudinal beams. The longitudinal bars are locally reinforced in the axle tube on the side adjacent to the right-hand tube by a welded-on reinforcing plate in the wall thickness. A round rod extends through the through holes in the two longitudinal beams and the axle tube. For this purpose, the longitudinal beams are provided with through holes, which pass through the reinforcing plate.

Claims

Claims :

1. nursing bed (1) with a standing on the ground lifter (), which is adjustable in its vertical extent, with a on the lifter (8) arranged lying frame (11), wherein at least the lifter (8) or the lying frame (11 ) or an intermediate frame (10) provided between the lifter (8) and the lying frame (11) has two mutually parallel longitudinal bars (42, 43) formed by thin-walled square tubes (16) between which at least one tubular shaft or axis (61 ) and the two at the height of the shaft or axis (61) include a through hole (71) which is divided into two sections (72,73), of which one portion (72) in the one wall (63) of the longitudinal spar (43) and the other portion (73) in the opposite wall (62) of the respective longitudinal spar (43) is included, with a round rod piece (74) for supporting the respective shaft or axis (61), wherein the round rod piece (74 ) through the through holes (71 ) of the respective square tube (43) and into the shaft or axis (61) such that the round bar piece (74) protrudes on the outer sides (63) of the respective square tube (43), and with at least two reinforcing plates (67),

- On the side (62) on each Vierkantröhr (43) are firmly bonded, the stored

Shaft or axis (61) is adjacent, and

- Through which the through hole (71) passes, such that the bore (71) passes through the longitudinal spar (43) and the reinforcing plate (67).

2 ^' . Care bed according to claim 1, characterized in that between the sections (72,73) of the through hole (71) no structural elements are present.

3. Nursing bed according to claim 1, characterized in that the through hole (71) in the reinforcing plate (67) has the same diameter as adjacent to the reinforcing plate (67).

4. Nursing bed according to claim 1, characterized in that the through hole (71) is drilled after attaching the reinforcing plate (67).

5. Nursing bed according to claim 1, characterized in that the wall thickness of the longitudinal spar (43) is between 1.2 mm and 4 mm.

6. Nursing bed according to claim 1, characterized in that the thickness of the reinforcing plate (67) is between 2 mm and 8 mm.

7. Nursing bed according to claim 1, characterized in that the diameter of the through hole (71) is between 5 mm and 15 mm.

8. Nursing bed according to claim 1, characterized in that the reinforcing plate (67) is square, wherein the edge length is smaller than the height of the respective longitudinal spar (43).

9. nursing bed according to claim 1, characterized in that the reinforcing plate (67) with the longitudinal spar

(43) is connected at least peripherally cohesively.

10. Nursing bed according to claim 1, characterized in that the reinforcing plate (67) is welded to the longitudinal spar at the edge.

11. Nursing bed according to claim 1, characterized in that the two round rod pieces form a common continuous round rod (74) which projects beyond the outer sides of the two longitudinal spars (43) with both ends.

12. Nursing bed according to claim 11, characterized in that the round rod (74) on at least one of its longitudinal bars over the (43) projecting end carries a retaining ring (78) which supports the round rod (74) against axial sliding out of the through hole (71). guaranteed.

13. Nursing bed according to claim 1, characterized in that the tubular axis or shaft (61) end reducers (75), whose inner diameter (77) corresponds to the outer diameter of the round rod (74).