JP2000201989A - Bathroom unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable an aged person or a physically handicapped person to take a bath safely without assistance and the used for water depth adjustment when taking a bath and to allow the whole container to be moved and installed. SOLUTION: A container 1 is partitioned into a dressing room 24 serving also as a washroom, and a bathroom 25. A perforated bottom plate 52 is provided in a bathtub 51 of the bathroom 25 elevatingly along a guide means, and a wire rope 54 is connected to the end part of the bottom plate 52. A motor for winding the wire rope 54 is operated by an operating switch 56. The operating switch 56 is provided fixedly or detachably near the bathtub 51 so as to enable a bather to operate it at hand.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a so-called bathroom unit in which a toilet and a bathroom are provided in a container, and more particularly to a bathroom unit suitable for use by the elderly and the disabled.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When bathing, it is common to store hot water in a bathtub at a certain depth in advance and then bathe in that state. For this reason, when a cared person such as an elderly person or a handicapped person (hereinafter referred to as a cared bather) takes a bath, in order to prevent accidents, the bathtub is taken into account in accordance with the physique, age, and degree of disability of the cared bather. The water depth needs to be carefully adjusted.

[0003]

In such a case, the depth of the bathtub is adjusted visually by the caregiver from outside the bathtub, but each time the bather takes a bath, the depth is adjusted to a depth suitable for the bathee. It takes time and effort. In addition, the caregiver must take a bath while holding the body of the care-received bather, and the caregiver is forced to perform considerable hard work. Therefore, it is conceivable to add a bathing lift to an existing bathroom, but in this case, a large-scale bathroom repair work is required. In addition, when there are no more bathees at home, there is no longer any need for nursing care facilities, but there is a problem in that removing them requires a heavy burden. In view of the above problems, the present invention eliminates the need for adjusting the water depth when a care recipient bathes, and allows a care recipient bath to safely take a bath without assistance,
It is another object of the present invention to provide a bathroom unit that can be easily installed and moved.

[0004]

For this purpose, a bathroom unit of the present invention divides the interior of a container into a toilet room and a bathroom, and includes a bathtub, a bottom plate provided in the bathroom so as to be able to move up and down, and
A lifting rope having one end connected to the bottom plate, a winding device for winding the other end of the lifting rope, and an operation switch for operating the winding device are provided.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The apparatus of the present invention is manufactured by using a container for transporting cargo, and the container is provided with a locking portion for lifting on an upper surface and a concave and convex portion for fitting and fixing on a lower surface to have a heat insulating structure. . The interior of the container is divided into two rooms, one of which is a toilet room and the other is a bathroom. An entrance and exit such as an automatic door is provided in the partition so as to be able to enter and exit the bathroom. Toilet facilities will be installed in the toilet room, and a part of them will be used as a dressing room, while bathtub facilities will be installed in the bathroom. The inner bottom of the bathtub has a double bottom structure, and the upper bottom plate is provided so as to be able to move up and down. The raising and lowering operation of the bottom plate is performed while providing a guide means comprising a rail or a roller on the inner wall surface of the bathtub and supporting the bottom plate along the guide means.

[0006] The bottom plate is made of plastic, wood, etc.
It is spacious and strong enough for a cared bather to sit and ride and forms a number of overflow holes. A lifting rope is connected to a corner end of the bottom plate, and the lifting rope is connected to a winder capable of rotating forward and reverse. An operation switch for driving and operating the winding machine is fixedly or movably disposed near the bathtub so that the care-received bather can easily operate at hand. Note that a chair may be attached instead of the bottom plate.

In the bathtub of the present invention, first, the care-recipient bather operates the operation switch to rotate and drive the winding machine to raise the bottom plate so that the care-recipient bather can enter the bath without any assistance. Stop the bottom plate. Next, the care recipient bathes on the bottom plate, and in that state, lowers the bottom plate to a desired position in the bathtub to take a bath.

[0008]

Embodiment 1 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a box-shaped cargo transport container is used, and the interior is divided into two rooms by a partition plate having an entrance and exit, one of which is a toilet / dressing room and the other is a bathroom. .

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a box-shaped container in which columns and beams are formed of a steel frame material. On the front face of the container 1, as shown in FIGS. An automatic door 4 made of glass with 3 is provided to be openable and closable on the left and right, and a distribution board 5 which can be connected to an external power supply (not shown) is mounted on the left side of the automatic door 4. The side wall of the container 1 is formed by fixing a heat insulating panel 6 having a dew condensation preventing function to a column 7 and, as shown in FIG. 4, is formed by two colored iron plates 8 and a heat insulating material 9 therebetween. In addition, wood, brick, slab, curtain wall, and the like can be used as the side wall.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a fixing member 11 having a pin hole 10 is provided at a corner of the lower surface of the container 1, and this pin hole 10 is provided by a trailer or the like.
When transporting the vehicle, it is fitted to a pin provided on the bed of the trailer. On the other hand, an annular hook 12 is attached to the corner of the roof-side beam member 16 of the container 1.
When the container 1 is hoisted by a crane or the like, the wire rope 13 on which the towing hook 43 is hung is connected.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, the roof portion of the container 1
A plurality of long panels 14 are combined in a siding panel shape, and a waterproof sheet 15 is attached to the upper surface thereof. In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the roof side beam member 16 and the heat insulating panel 6 are connected by an angle 17, and as shown in FIG. 8, the floor side beam member 18 and the floor panel 19 are connected by an angle 20. Have been.

As shown in FIG. 1, reference numeral 21 denotes a partition section for partitioning the interior of the container 1 into a toilet / dressing room 24 and a bathroom 25, and a sash window 22 is fixed to the left side of the partition section 21. An automatic door 23 with a sensor is provided on the right side so as to be freely opened and closed. The toilet / dressing room 24 has a toilet on the left side and a dressing room on the right side, and a sheet is attached to the floor panel 19. Wood, brick, slab, concrete, etc. can be used as the material of the floor surface. A toilet 26 provided with a stainless steel handrail 36 and a washstand 28 with a faucet 27 are arranged in the toilet.
9. As shown in FIG. 10, the drain pipe 30 of the vanity stand 28 is connected to an external sewage tank through a PVC pipe 31 and a PVC pipe 32.
Each can be connected to a drain tank.

As shown in FIG. 11, reference numeral 33 denotes a ventilation fan formed on the rear wall of the bath room 25, reference numeral 34 denotes an aluminum sash window, and a bathtub 51 provided with a drainage portion 35 is provided on the left rear side of the bathroom 25. On the other hand, the fixed bed 37 is positioned at substantially the same height as the upper end face of the bathtub 51 on the right rear side of the bathroom 25.
Is made of wood or plastic. A tile is attached to the floor of the fixed bed 37 and the bathroom 25, and a drain 38 on the floor is connected to a drain 40 via a buried pipe 39. As shown in FIG. 9 and FIG.
5 can be connected to an external drain tank via a drain trap 44 and a PVC pipe 41, and the drain pipe 40 can be connected to an external drain tank via a PVC pipe 42. In the drawings, reference numerals 45 and 46 denote fixed bands.

The bathtub equipment disposed in the bathroom 25 includes a bathtub 51 whose lowermost portion projects below the lower surface of the container 1, a resin bottom plate 52 which can be moved up and down and is disposed on the bottom surface in the bathtub 51.
Rail 53 serving as guide means formed on the side wall of bathtub 51
And a plurality of wire ropes 5 connected to the end of the bottom plate 52.
4 and a pair of motors 5 for winding each wire rope 54
5 and a push-button type operation switch 56 for operating the motor 55.

A grid-like elevating member 57 is mounted on the back side of the bottom plate 52. FIG. 13 shows a detailed concrete example of the elevating member 57. As shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the bottom plate 52 has a number of small holes 5.
Lifting member 57 having a lower surface 9 and connected to the lower surface side by bolts 61
A pulley 60 that fits with the rail 53 is attached to the horizontal shaft portion 58.

Each wire rope 54 is provided such that a contact 54 a provided at an intermediate portion thereof can come into contact with a limit switch 65.
The contact of the bottom plate 4 allows the raising operation of the bottom plate 52 to be restricted. The periphery of the wire rope 54 is protected by a pipe cover (not shown) whose upper part is fixed to a ceiling 67 with an inspection door 66, the lower end of the rope 54 is connected to an elevating member 57, and the upper end of the rope 54 is Motor 55
It is wound. The motor 55 is mounted on the gantry 68 so as to be able to run toward the fixed bed 37 side.
Between them, a motor control panel 69 is provided. The push-button operation switch 56 for turning on and off the operation of the motor 55 is normally detachably attached to a side wall near the bathtub 51.

As described above, since the operation switch 56 is disposed near the bathtub 51, the care recipient bather can operate the operation switch 56 from inside and outside of the bathtub 51 at hand. Can be wound up and unwound. Thereby, the bottom plate 52 can be raised and lowered to a desired height.

When the bathee actually takes a bath, first, the bottom plate 52 is raised to above the bathtub 51 and the bottom plate 52 is slightly moved to the fixed bed 37 side. Ride on. Next, the bottom plate 52 is placed in the bathtub 51.
By lowering to below, the user can take a bath while sitting on the bottom plate 52. When leaving the bath after taking a bath, the bottom plate 52 may be lifted to a position above the bathtub 51 to stop the bath, the bottom plate 52 may be moved to the fixed bed 37 outside the bathtub 51, and may just descend from the bottom plate 52.

As described above, the care-received bather can easily take a bath by raising and lowering the bottom plate 52 at an appropriate position corresponding to his or her physique. At that time, the care-received bather can take a bath at a desired water depth position, and there is no need to adjust the bath water level again even if another bather is substituted.

In the above embodiment, a small handhold or a backrest may be provided at the end of the bottom plate 52 along the periphery. Further, by providing a rotation mechanism at an intermediate portion of the wire rope 54 or a connection portion between the wire rope 54 and the bottom plate 52, the bottom plate 52 may be rotatable around a vertical axis.

[0020]

Embodiment 2 FIGS. 15 and 16 show the bottom plate 52 of Embodiment 1. FIG.
17 shows an example of a bathtub unit to which a chair 70 shown in FIG. 17 is attached. Components similar to those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and described.

As shown in FIG. 17, a chair 70 has a pair of support frames 71, 71 connected by a connecting rod 72, and
A seat 73 is mounted on the base 71, and a backrest 74 is mounted on the connecting rod 72. This connecting rod 7
2 is attached to the support frames 71, 71 so as to be vertically movable, and the height adjustment dials 75, 75 provided on the left and right can adjust the backrest 74 to a height suitable for the bathee. Has been.

As shown in FIG. 15, a lower end of a wire rope 54 is connected to a chair 70 via a rotating mechanism 80 attached to a connecting rod 72 so that the chair 70 is rotatable about a vertical axis. The upper end of the hoisting device 8
Connected to 1. In the figure, reference numeral 82 denotes a running motor, which can run on a running rail 90 provided on a ceiling. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16, an H-shaped steel or an I-shaped steel is used as the traveling rail 90, and a roller 83 that can be fitted into the left and right recesses is attached to the drive shaft end of a pair of traveling motors 82. The rollers 83 allow the vehicle to reciprocate from the outside of the bathtub 51 to just above the bathtub 51. In addition, in the figure, 91 is the running rail 9
No. 0 is a coil spring type stopper attached to the tip.

An operation switch 56 for operating the hoisting device 81 and the running motor 82 is provided with a motor control unit 84.
, And the bathee operates the switch 56 by himself to perform the operation of hoisting and rewinding the wire rope 54 and the operation of the traveling motor 82,
The chair 70 can be moved up and down and horizontally.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the bottom plate in the water tank can be stopped at an arbitrary height by winding the lifting rope with the winder by operating the operation switch. The care bather can easily get in and out of the bathtub while being on the bottom plate, and can take a bath at a desired depth position in the bathtub. In particular, a cared bather can take a bath alone without any nursing care, and it is not necessary to adjust the amount of water in the bathtub every time a bather is replaced. In addition, since the present invention is manufactured using a freight transport container, the facilities of the toilet room and the bath room in the container are standardized in advance at the factory and mass-produced. Can be selectively assembled on site. This makes it possible to easily attach a bathtub facility suitable for the elderly and the disabled to the existing building.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially sectional plan view showing a bathtub unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an automatic door of the bathtub unit.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part showing a detection sensor of the automatic door.

FIG. 4 is an essential part perspective view showing a roof portion of the bathtub unit.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the bathtub unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a hook portion of a roof of the bathtub unit.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view showing a bath room of the bathtub unit.

FIG. 8 is an essential part perspective view showing a floor portion of the bathtub unit.

FIG. 9 is a left side view of the unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a partial cross-sectional side view showing a wash surface of the bathtub unit.

FIG. 11 is a front sectional view showing a bath room.

FIG. 12 is a rear view of the bathtub unit.

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing a specific example of a bottom plate.

FIG. 14 is a partially sectional perspective view of the bottom plate of FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a side sectional view showing a bath room of a bathtub unit to which a chair is attached.

FIG. 16 is a partial sectional front view of the bath room of FIG.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view of a chair.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container 2 Opening / closing drive device 3 Sense sensor 4 Automatic door 5 Distribution board 6 Insulation panel 7 Pillar 8 Color iron plate 9 Insulation material 10 Pin hole 11 Fixing member 12 Hook 13 Wire rope 14 Long panel 15 Waterproof sheet 16 Roof side beam member 17 angle 18 floor side beam member 19 floor panel 20 angle 21 partition 22 sash window 23 automatic door 24 toilet and dressing room (toilet room) 25 bathroom 26 toilet 27 faucet 28 washstand 29 drainage pipe 30 drainage pipe 31 PVC pipe 32 PVC pipe 33 Ventilation fan 34 Sash window 35 Drain pipe 36 Handrail 37 Fixed bed 38 Drain groove 39 Buried pipe 40 Drain pipe 41 PVC pipe 42 PVC pipe 43 Lock hook such as crane 44 Drain trap 45 Fixed band 46 Fixed band 51 Bath tank 52 Bottom plate 53 Guide means (rail) 54 Group 54a contact 55 motor (winding machine) 56 operation switch 57 elevating member 58 horizontal shaft part 59 small hole 60 pulley 61 bolt 65 limit switch 66 inspection door 67 ceiling part 68 mount 69 control panel 70 chair 71 support frame 72 connecting rod 73 Seat 74 Backrest 75 Height adjustment dial 80 Rotary mechanism 81 Hoisting device 82 Running motor 83 Roller 90 Running rail 91 Stopper

Claims (3)

[Claims] An interior of a container is divided into a toilet room and a bathroom. In the bathroom, a bathtub, a bottom plate provided to be able to move up and down in the bathtub, a lifting rope having one end connected to the bottom plate, and the lifting device are provided. A bathroom unit, comprising: a winding device for winding the other end of a rope; and an operation switch for operating the winding device. 2. The bathroom unit according to claim 1, wherein a toilet and a bathroom in the container are separated by a partition plate having an automatic door, and a dressing room is provided in the toilet room. 3. The bathroom unit according to claim 1, wherein a chair is attached instead of the bottom plate.