JP2000237271A - Bathtub and bath room unit using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathtub which enables compact installation thereof with a washing space by a method wherein an apron part is arranged rotatably relatively to the body of the bathtub and the apron is leveled to form a washing space while a waterproof piece is so arranged as to form a a weir vertically erected as the washing space is furnished. SOLUTION: A bath room unit 10 is constituted of a bathtub 11 and a body 12 for building a box-shaped bath room 12 surrounding it. The bathtub 11 is constituted of the body 14 of the bathtub and an apron part 15 covering the front side thereof and a floor pan 16 laid in the body 14 of the bathtub. Moreover, the apron part 15 is bait up with a square body plate 19 and a waterproof piece 20 forming a weir erected on the upper rim and on both right and left rims thereof. The body plate 19 is made to be the same in the length and height as the body 14 of the bathtub and an area surrounded by the waterproof piece 20 serves as a washing space 19A. The washing space 19A is formed in a shape of a surface inclined downward toward a drain port 22 provided between the side of the body 14 of the bathtub, namely, the apron part 15 and a floor pan 16 to facilitate the drainage.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathtub and a bathroom unit using the same, and more particularly, to a bathtub capable of easily performing satisfactory care work for a care recipient and a bathroom unit using the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a bathroom in a house is often provided in a place separated from a living room or a bedroom.
From the living room, bedroom, etc., it is a structure that can enter the bathroom without passing through the corridor or the dressing room. Such a structure of a general house is often inconvenient for a bedridden elderly person or the like or a care recipient with a physical disability to take a bath. In other words, bathing of the care recipient requires the caregiver's assistance, but at this time, the caregiver must wake up the care recipient in the bedroom and take it to the bathroom through the corridor or dressing room. It is necessary, and there are steps such as Kutsusuri on the way, and such a care work requires a great deal of labor. In addition, since the care recipient often cannot walk on his own, he or she must hold the bath and go to the bathroom.

[0003] In order to facilitate the above-mentioned care work, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-217508 proposes a simple shower unit. That is, the shower unit can be installed in a closet such as a living room, and thereby, when washing the care recipient, the distance that the care recipient moves from the living room or the like can be minimized. .

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned shower unit, after the person to be cared for can be washed in a shower after sitting on a provided chair, a bathtub is not provided. In addition, the body of the care recipient cannot be warmed by taking a bath. For this reason, in winter or the like when the body of the care recipient gets cold easily, the care recipient does not want to wash only the shower and also wants to take a bath in the bathtub. Therefore, in such a case, the caregiver must take the care recipient to a bathroom with a bathtub provided in the house, as in the past, and the labor of care work is still not reduced. It was still insufficient to easily achieve satisfactory nursing care for the subjects. Therefore, if a bathtub is provided in the shower unit, a washing area adjacent to the bathtub is also required, and the flat area in the unit must be substantially the same as the flat area of the bathtub and the washing area. Inconvenience that it cannot be installed in a closet of a living room or the like with the feeling of furniture.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such inconveniences, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bathtub having a washing area, which can be installed compactly, and a bathroom unit using the bathtub. It is in.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a bathtub body and an apron portion provided adjacent to the bathtub body, the apron portion being rotatable relative to the bathtub body. , And a washing area is formed in a state where the apron portion is lying down. According to such a configuration, when used, the washing area is formed adjacent to the bathtub body due to the fall of the apron portion, while when not in use, the apron portion is raised to provide approximately the same size as the bathtub body. Therefore, the bathtub can be compactly arranged, and can be arranged in a closet of a living room, or can be arranged next to a bedroom or the like. In addition, the care recipient can take a bath, and the caregiver can easily perform satisfactory care work for the care recipient. Here, a bathroom unit surrounding the bathtub body may be provided by a bathroom forming body provided with an openable and closable door for allowing access to the bathtub body. Thereby, it can be provided as a unit including the bathtub main body and the retractable washing area, and the waterproofness inside and outside of the unit can be achieved, and a ventilation fan, lighting, and the like can be attached, which is more practical. It can be.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the present invention, it is preferable that the apron section is provided with a drain port, and the drain port communicates with a drain from the bathtub body. With this configuration, hot water and the like accumulated in the washing area of the apron can be discharged to the outside together with the drainage inside the bathtub body, and the usability can be further improved. When a floor pan is laid on the bathtub body, a drain port may be provided between the apron section and the floor pan.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First Embodiment FIGS. 1 and 2 are schematic perspective views of a bathroom unit according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Here, FIG. 1 shows a use state of the unit, and FIG. 2 shows a storage state when the unit is not used. In the following description, the front side in FIGS. 1 and 2 is referred to as “front side”, the depth side in FIG. 1 is referred to as “back side”, and the left and right in FIG. It shall be. 1 and 2,
The bathroom unit 10 includes a bathtub 11 and a substantially box-shaped bathroom forming body 12 surrounding the bathtub 11.

The bathtub 11 includes a bathtub main body 14, an apron section 15 provided so as to cover the front side of the bathtub main body 14, and a floor pan 16 laid on the bathtub main body 14. ing.

The bathtub body 14 is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped having a size of 0.5 tsubos by using artificial marble made of polyester or acrylic, FRP, stainless steel, or the like. It is housed inside the bathroom forming body 12. A flange surface 14A is formed on the upper surface side of the bathtub body 14, and a water faucet capable of supplying hot water from a hot water supply device (not shown) to the inside of the bathtub body 14 is not particularly limited. 17 are provided. The drainage from the bathtub body 14 is discharged to the outside from a drainage port (not shown) by a drainage hose or the like. Further, the bathtub body 14 is provided with a water level sensor (not shown) to prevent overflow of hot water in the bathtub body 14.

The apron portion 15 is connected to a substantially rectangular main body plate 19, and to the upper edge and the left and right edges of the main body plate 19 in FIG. 2 and in a washing place forming state described later (see FIG. 1). And a waterproof piece 20 forming a weir standing upright. The length and width of the main body plate 19 are substantially the same as the maximum length and height of the bathtub main body 14, and the area surrounded by the waterproof pieces 20 is a washing area 19 </ b> A.
Becomes Here, the washing area 19A is located on the side of the bathtub body 14, that is, the apron 15 and the floor pan 1 during use.
The surface shape is slightly inclined downward in FIG. 1 toward the drain port 22 provided between the washing area 19A and the washing area 19A. The drain water from the drain port 22 is discharged to the outside by a drain hose (not shown) or the like. In addition, the waterproof piece 20
May be provided on the entire peripheral edge of the main body plate 19, and in this case, the drainage port 22 may be provided on the waterproof piece 20 located on the bathtub main body 14 side during use.

The waterproofing piece 20 is not particularly limited, but is formed of a material such as rubber.
Is fixed to each end face except one side. That is, the waterproof piece 20 is provided on the side wall pieces 2 provided on the left and right sides of the main body plate 19.
4, 24, and a front wall piece 26 which is connected to the side wall pieces 24, 24 and arranged on the front side in the use state shown in FIG. The side wall pieces 24, 24 are rotatably connected to the inner surfaces of side wall panels 32, 33, which will be described later, forming the bathroom forming body 12 by connecting pins 28 on the side opposite to the front wall piece 26, whereby the apron is formed. Part 1
5 is rotatable relative to the bathtub body 14. That is, the apron unit 15 is in the lying state, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the flange portion 14 of the bathtub body 14
It is accommodated in the space below A, and the washing area 19A can be accommodated inside the bathroom forming body 12. The connection between the apron part 15 and the bathroom forming body 12 is performed by the connection pin 28.
The present invention is not limited to this. For example, the connection may be made by two mutually rotatable joints or the like. In short, any mechanism may be used as long as the apron section 15 can be rotated relative to the bathtub body 14. Further, the front wall piece 26 is provided with an engaging projection 29 which is detachably provided in an engaging recess (not shown) provided in the interior of the bathroom forming body 12. It can be held firmly.

The floor pan 16 includes a front wall 16A and a side wall 16A.
B and 16B are formed in a box shape, and do not interfere with each other when the apron 15 rotates. Here, when the apron portion 15 is in the use state of FIG. 1, the front wall 16A abuts against the end face of the main body plate 19 where the waterproof piece 20 is not provided, while the side walls 16B,
The outer surface of 16B abuts on the inner surface of the rear end side of the side wall pieces 24, 24 of the apron portion 15. As a result, when the apron 15 is in use, the waterproof area 20A and the front wall 39A of the washing area 19A serve as a weir to prevent water leakage to the outside. In addition,
In this case, a sealing member such as waterproof rubber (not shown) is interposed between the abutting portion of the front wall 16A and the apron portion 15, thereby preventing water leakage from the abutting portion.

The bathroom forming body 12 includes a ceiling panel 30.
A pair of left and right side wall panels 32 and 33 suspended from both right and left ends of the ceiling panel 30;
A rear wall panel 35 spanned between the rear end sides of 2, 33;
A door 37 is provided between the front end sides of the side wall panels 32 and 33 and allows the entrance and exit of the bathtub body 14. The bathroom forming body 12 is formed in such a size that the bathtub main body 14 is disposed therein without substantially any gap. That is, the separation width between the side wall panels 32 and 33 is provided substantially the same as the maximum length of the bathtub body 14, and the separation width between the rear wall panel 35 and the door 37 is provided substantially the same as the maximum width of the bathtub body 14. Can be

In the present invention, although not particularly limited, the ceiling panel 30, the right side wall panel 32, and the rear wall panel 35 are provided with the following components.
That is, the ceiling panel 30 is provided with a ventilating fan 41 capable of discharging steam and the like inside the bathroom forming body 12, and the inner surface of the side wall panel 32 is connected to the lighting device 43 and the faucet 17. A shower hanger 46 on which a shower 45 can be hooked is provided.
Is provided with a grip bar 48 near the bathtub body 14. In addition, the installation position of each component is not limited to the above-described position.
For example, it may be installed anywhere as long as the functions of the components can be exhibited. Further, it is also possible to adopt various structures applied to the wall panel of the conventional bathroom unit, such as providing a window on the rear wall panel 35.

The door 37 is arranged at a position above the height of the flange surface 14A of the bathtub body 14, and
The opening width is formed to be substantially the same as the maximum length of the bathtub body 14,
Thereby, the care worker's access to the bathtub main body 14 and the caregiver's assistance work space are formed. Here, as the door 37, a swing type that can be opened and closed in the front-rear direction in the drawing by hinge connection is employed, and although not shown here, the open state is maintained by a lock mechanism such as a string. It has become. In addition, as the door 37,
The type is not limited to the swing type, and is a type that opens and closes by sliding up and down, a type in which a door pocket is provided on one of the left and right sides of the bathroom forming body 12, and a door can be stored in this door pocket, Various types of shutters can be employed, such as an arc shutter.

Next, the bathroom unit 10 in the present embodiment will be described.
How to use will be described.

First, in the storage state shown in FIG.
Using the knob 51 formed on the apron portion 15, the apron portion 15 is rotated while being pulled to the front side, and brought into the use state shown in FIG. Then, the washing area 19A is exposed, and this area can be used as a space for undressing bathers and the like, and also functions as a receiving portion of the hot water splashed from the bathtub body 14 side. Can be prevented from flowing out to the floor. When the door 37 is in the open state, the opening width is substantially the same as the maximum length of the bathtub body 14, and the leg is lifted while the care recipient or the like is seated on the flange surface 14 </ b> A of the bathtub body 14. Since it is possible to guide the body of the care recipient to the inside of the bathtub body 14, it is not necessary to lift the whole body of the care recipient and the caregiver's care work can be performed simply and smoothly. Then, after the end of bathing, the apron 15 is rotated in the opposite direction to that described above and stored in the bathroom forming body 12.

Therefore, according to the first embodiment,
The apron unit 15 having the washing area 19A is provided with the bathtub body 1
The apron portion 15 is provided so as to be rotatable relative to the housing 4 when not in use.
, It is possible to reduce the size of the bathroom unit 10 having all the essential functions. Therefore, the bathroom unit 10 can be installed adjacent to the closet of the living room, in the bedroom, or the like, and the bathing of the care recipient can be performed. It can be carried out.

Next, other embodiments of the present invention will be described. In the following embodiments, the same or equivalent components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description is omitted or simplified.

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional side view of a bathtub according to a second embodiment. The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the bathroom forming body 12 and the floor pan 1
The present embodiment is characterized in that the bathtub body 14 and the apron portion 15 are supported on the gantry 60 without providing the bathtub 6. That is, the lower part of the gantry 60 is partially buried in the lower part of the floor surface F, and the surface of the main body plate 19 of the apron 15 contacts the floor surface F in the illustrated use state.

In the apron section 15 in this embodiment, the waterproof piece 20 is provided on the entire peripheral edge of the main body plate 19, and a drain port 61 is formed in the waterproof piece 20 located on the side of the bathtub body 14 in use. . The drain port 61 communicates with a connection pipe 63 attached to a drain channel 62 from the bathtub body 14 via a hose 64, so that drain from the apron 15 can be discharged to the drain channel 62. In addition, the apron part 15 is connected to the gantry 60 via a suitable hinge structure so as to be rotatable relative to the bathtub main body 14, as in the first embodiment, and is in a stored state (standing state). It is stored on the lower surface side of the flange surface 14A, and its state is firmly held by engagement means not shown.

Third Embodiment FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional side view of a bathtub according to a third embodiment. In the third embodiment, the bathtub body 14 is directly installed on the floor F via the legs 58 provided on the bottom surface side without providing the bathroom forming body 12 and the floor pan 16 in the first embodiment. It has features.

The apron section 15 in this embodiment has substantially the same configuration as in the second embodiment. That is, the waterproof piece 20 is provided on the entire peripheral edge of the main body plate 19, and the drainage port 61 is provided on the waterproof piece 20 located on the bathtub body 14 side in use. This drain port 61 is connected to a hose 65
Is connected to a drain trap 66 through which drain water from the bathtub body 14 passes. The drain trap 66 is a drain 67
Drain from the apron 15
7 is discharged. In the present embodiment, the apron 15 is connected to the support 69 via a suitable hinge structure so as to be rotatable relative to the bathtub body 14, and a flange is provided as in the second embodiment. The apron portion 15 stored on the lower surface side of the surface 14A can be firmly held.

The configuration of each section of the apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to the illustrated configuration example, and various changes can be made as long as substantially the same operation is achieved. In short, the present invention can be variously modified as long as the apron portion 15 having the washing area 19A is provided on the bathtub body 14 so as to be relatively rotatable.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A bathtub body, and an apron portion provided adjacent to the bathtub body. The apron portion is provided so as to be rotatable relative to the bathtub body, and the washing room area is formed in a state where the apron portion is lying down. It can be placed in the car, and the bathing of the person to be cared becomes possible, so that the caregiver can easily perform a satisfactory care work for the person to be cared.

Further, since the apron section is provided with a drain port, hot water collected in the washing area of the apron section can be discharged to the outside, and the usability can be further improved.

Further, the bathroom unit surrounding the bathtub body is provided by a bathroom forming body provided with a door capable of opening and closing the bathtub body so as to allow access to the bathtub body, so that the bathtub can be provided as a unit. In addition to providing waterproofness inside and outside the unit, it is also possible to mount lighting and the like inside, thus making it more practical.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a use state of a bathroom unit according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing a housed state of the bathroom unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional side view of a bathtub according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional side view of a bathtub according to a third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... bathroom unit, 11 ... bathtub, 12 ...
Bathroom forming body, 14: Bathtub body, 15: Apron part, 19A: Washing area, 22: Drain outlet, 37
... door, 61 ... drain, 62 ... drain, 67
... Drainage channels

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[Submission date] January 13, 2000 (2000.1.1)
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[Correction target item name] Claim 1

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[Correction target item name] 0006

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[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a bathtub body and an apron portion provided adjacent to the bathtub body, the apron portion being rotatable relative to the bathtub body. to form a washing space region in the state provided that the apron portion is laid down in, the washing area formed
Equipped with a waterproof piece that forms a weir standing upright in the vertical state
Was, adopts a configuration that. According to such a configuration, when used, the washing area is formed adjacent to the bathtub body due to the fall of the apron portion, while when not in use, the apron portion is raised to provide approximately the same size as the bathtub body. Therefore, the bathtub can be compactly arranged, and can be arranged in a closet of a living room, or can be arranged next to a bedroom or the like. In addition, the care recipient can take a bath, and the caregiver can easily perform satisfactory care work for the care recipient. Here, a bathroom unit surrounding the bathtub body may be provided by a bathroom forming body provided with an openable and closable door for allowing access to the bathtub body. Thereby, it can be provided as a unit including the bathtub main body and the retractable washing area, and the waterproofness inside and outside of the unit can be achieved, and a ventilation fan, lighting, and the like can be attached, which is more practical. It can be.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A bathtub body, and an apron portion provided adjacent to the bathtub body, wherein the apron portion is provided so as to be rotatable relative to the bathtub body, and a washing area is formed in a state where the apron portion is lying down. A bathtub characterized by being formed. 2. A drain port is provided in the apron section,
The bathtub according to claim 1, wherein the drain port communicates with a drainage channel from the bathtub body. 3. The bathtub according to claim 1, wherein a drainage port is provided between the apron section and a floor pan laid on the bathtub body. 4. A bathtub including a bathtub body and an apron portion provided adjacent to the bathtub body, and a bathroom forming body surrounding the bathtub body, wherein the apron portion rotates relative to the bathtub body. It is provided so that it is possible to form a washing area in a state where the apron part is laid down, and the bathroom forming body is provided with a door capable of opening and closing to allow access to the bathtub body. And bathroom unit.