JP2001269387A - Caregiving shower device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a caregiving shower device capable of automatically drying a bather's body after the bather takes a shower. SOLUTION: Hot air generated by a hot air generating unit 13 is forced into a shower box 12 after the bather takes a shower, for automatically drying the bather's body wetted by the shower. Thus, a caregiver can be relieved of the work of wiping the bather with a towel, which necessitates hard labor such as raising the bather.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shower device for nursing care, and more particularly to a shower device for nursing care that automatically dries a wet body after taking a shower.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a nursing shower device for showering an elderly or physically handicapped person who needs assistance with a small amount of assistance. This conventional apparatus has a shower box as a main body, and a large number of shower nozzles are arranged on the inner surface of the box.
The hot water generated by the water heater is pumped and pumped, so that the hot water is sprayed from all directions toward the bather accommodated in the box to take a shower. Some of the nursing shower devices have a door provided behind the shower box so that a bather can take a shower in a wheelchair.

[0003]

However, in these conventional nursing shower devices, the bather's body remains wet after taking a shower. This required the caregiver to use a towel to wipe the bather's entire body. Therefore, the assistant had to hold or lift the body of the bather, and long hours of heavy labor was required.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention provides
An object of the present invention is to provide a nursing shower device that can automatically dry a bather's body. Also,
An object of the present invention is to provide a nursing shower device that can effectively dry a bather. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a shower device for nursing care that enables a bather to always take a shower in a warm box.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a nursing care shower apparatus including a shower box having a shower nozzle provided on an inner surface thereof, and hot water pumping means for supplying hot water to the shower nozzle. And a shower device for nursing care, wherein a hot air generating means for blowing hot air into the box is attached to the shower box.

[0006] The shape and size of the shower box are not limited. It may be for one person or for multiple persons. Further, the structure may be such that the user can take a bath in a wheelchair. For example, a wheelchair door may be provided behind the box. Then, the shower box may have a structure in which only the bather's head is placed on the box and the feet and the torso are bathed in the shower. Further, the arrangement of the shower nozzle in the shower box is not limited. Also, the total number of shower nozzles is not limited.

The hot water pumping means may be provided integrally with the shower box, or may be provided outside the box (including outside). If installed outdoors, the space in the bathroom can be widely used. The kind of the hot air generating means is not limited. For example, an electric heater type or a burner type for burning fuel such as gas, heavy oil, light oil, gasoline, etc. may be used. The direction in which warm air is blown to the bather is not limited. For example, it may be sprayed not only from the front and back of the bather described in claim 2 but also from the side of the bather. Further, the blowing of the warm air from the warm air generating means may be performed only after the shower, instead of always blowing during the shower.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a hot air outlet for blowing the hot air generated by the hot air generating means is provided on a portion of the inner surface of the shower box facing the front and / or back of a bather. The nursing shower device according to claim 1 provided. The hot air outlet may be provided only on a portion of the inner surface of the shower box facing the front of the bather, or may be provided only on a portion facing the back of the bather. Further, it may be provided in both of these parts.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the nursing care shower apparatus according to the first or second aspect, wherein hot air is blown into the shower box from the hot air generating means even during a shower.

[0010]

According to the present invention, after the shower bathing is completed, the warm air generated by the hot air generating means is blown into the shower box, whereby the bather's body wet by the shower is automatically dried. Thus, the caregiver can be released from the wiping operation using the towel, which has to lift the bather.

In particular, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the warm air blown out from the warm air outlet is blown to a portion facing the front and / or back of the bather. This effectively dries the bather's wet body.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, even during a shower, warm air is blown into the shower box, so that a bather can always take a shower in a warm box.

[0013]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a care shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition,
For convenience of description, the front-rear direction (length direction) of the _X 1 -X ₂ direction of the shower box, lateral shower box (width direction) _Y 1 -Y ₂ direction, the height direction of the shower stall _{Z 1} - and Z ₂ direction. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a shower device for nursing care according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of the shower device for nursing care according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a rear view of the shower device for nursing care according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounting position of a shower nozzle of the shower device for nursing care according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a mounting position of a shower nozzle of the shower device for nursing care according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 shows a care shower device according to one embodiment of the present invention in S6-S of FIG.
It is sectional drawing in 6 positions.

In FIG. 1 to FIG. 6, reference numeral 10 denotes a single-person care shower device movably installed near the side wall 11a of the bathroom 11, and the care shower device 10 has a large number of showers on its inner surface. A shower box 12 in which nozzles a to j are arranged, a hot water pumping unit (hot water pumping means) 13 which is installed outdoors and supplies hot water collectively to each shower nozzle a to j, and which is installed outdoors; Hot air blower (hot air generating means) 1 for blowing hot air into shower box 12
4 is provided.

The shower 12 is a long stainless steel box body X ₁ -X ₂ direction, the entire periphery of the box lower part is open is notched. A caster 12b is attached to this notch. The opened rear end of the shower box 12 (X ₂ direction end) entrance is provided. This doorway has a hinge 12a
, A door D is provided to be freely opened and closed. Door D
The bather can take a shower while keeping the wheelchair C (see FIG. 5) by installing. Shower box 1
And 2 of the top surface, between the upper surface of the door D, X ₁ -X ₂ direction made of two divided synthetic resin collar 15 is mounted. In the center of this collar 15, the neck of the bather is X ₁
And pinched from both directions of -X _2, neck out port 15a is provided to keep out the head to the upper side of the box 12.

Further, on the inner surface of each side plate of the shower box 12, a pair of wheelchair penetration guide rod 16 extending from the lower vicinity of each of the entrance to the X ₁ -X ₂ direction reaches the vicinity of the front portion is disposed ing. The front end of the shower 12 (X ₁ direction of the end portion) of the partition plate 1
2c. A detergent tank 17 and a control unit 18 are housed above the partitioned space. In addition, a hot air blower 14 is located below the partitioned space.
A hot air outlet 14a for blowing out the hot air generated in the above into the box is formed. The hot air blower 14 mainly includes an electric heater 19, a fan 20, and a blower pipe 21 that is a supply pipe that sends hot air generated by the fan 20 to the hot air outlet 14 a. A flexible tube 22 made of heat-resistant rubber is connected to a middle part of the blower tube 21 on the indoor side. As described above, the provision of the flexible tube 22 facilitates the cleaning operation when the shower box 12 is slightly moved from the installation position to clean the floor surface.

Hereinafter, the installation positions of the shower nozzles a to j will be described with reference to FIGS. Shower nozzle a is fixed to the upper part of the X ₂ direction of the end plate of the door D,
Spray warm water on the back of the bather. A pair of shower nozzle b, of the top plate of the shower box 12, is fixed on both sides of the Y ₁ -Y ₂ direction around the entrance to inject hot water into the shoulders of the bather. Shower nozzle c is fixed to the central portion of the Y ₁ -Y ₂ direction around the upper plate of the entrance of a shower box 12, to inject hot water into the chest of the bather. Shower nozzle d is fixed to the vicinity of both side portions of the Y ₁ -Y ₂ direction around the upper plate of the front portion of the shower box 12, to inject hot water into both feet bather from above.

The shower nozzle e is a shower box 1
2 is fixed to the center of the upper plate and sprays warm water on the lower abdomen of the bather. The pair of shower nozzles f is fixed to the lower part of the middle part of the both side plates of the shower box 12 in the X ₁ -X ₂ direction, and injects hot water diagonally from below to the back of the knees of both feet of the bather. The shower nozzle g is fixed to a part of the floor surface of the bathroom 11 and at a position slightly facing the entrance / exit side from the center of the shower box 12 to spray hot water to the buttocks of the bather. The pair of shower nozzles h
It is fixed to both sides of the Y ₁ -Y ₂ direction of the upper plate of the front of the shower box 12, to inject hot water into both feet of the bather. The pair of shower nozzles i is
It is fixed to the substantially intermediate portion of the Z ₁ -Z ₂ direction around the entrance of the side plates, to inject hot water on both sides of the bather waist. The pair of shower nozzles j are a part of the floor surface of the bathroom 11, and furthermore, Y ₁ -Y at the front end of the shower box 12.
_It is fixed at a position facing the middle part in _two directions, and sprays hot water on both soles of the bather.

Next, a shower bathing method using the care shower device 10 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, first, the door D is opened to open the entrance of the shower box 12. From here, the bather is stored in the box together with the wheelchair C while being guided by the wheelchair intrusion guide rod 16. At this time, the back plate of the wheelchair C is largely down (see FIG. 5). Thereafter, the door D is closed. At that time, the neck of the bather is sandwiched between the formation portions of the neck outlet 15a of the collar 15, and the head of the bather is put out above the box 12. At this time, an annular waterproof sheet (not shown) made of a synthetic resin sheet is wound around the neck of the bather. Then, the outer peripheral portion of the waterproof sheet is fixed to the upper surface of the collar 15 using a hook-and-loop fastener or the like. As described above, when the waterproof sheet is used, warm water in the box is not applied to the face of the bather from the gap between the bather's neck and the neck opening 15a.

Next, the bather starts bathing in the shower.
During the shower bath, it is assumed that warm air is always blown into the shower box 12 from the warm air blower 14. First, the hot water generated by the hot water pumping unit 13 is sprayed from the shower nozzles a to j to various parts of the bather's body to take a shower (1 minute). Next, the detergent tank 17
The body sham stored in each shower nozzle a ~
j to the whole body (10 seconds), and hot water is again injected from each of the shower nozzles a to j (2 minutes). By these operations, shower bathing is performed.

After bathing in the shower, hot air generated by the hot air blower 14 is supplied from the hot air outlet 14a to the shower box 12
Blow in. This automatically dries the bather's body wet in the shower. In this way, by installing the hot air blower 14 in the shower device for nursing care 10, the caregiver can be released from towel wiping work that requires heavy labor such as holding a bather. In addition, since the warm air blown out from the warm air outlet 14a is blown from the front of the bather, the bather can be dried effectively.
In this case, since the warm air is always blown into the shower box 12 even during the shower bathing, the bather can always take a shower bath in the warm box.

[0022]

According to the present invention, since the hot air generating means for blowing hot air into the shower box is attached, the bather's body can be automatically dried after taking a shower.

In particular, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the hot-air outlet is provided at a portion of the inner surface of the shower box facing the front and / or back of the bather, so that the bather can be effectively dried. Can be.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the hot air is blown into the shower box from the hot air generating means even during the shower, so that the bather can always take a shower in the warm box. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a shower device for nursing care according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the shower device for nursing care according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the shower device for nursing care according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounting position of a shower nozzle of the shower device for nursing care according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a mounting position of a shower nozzle of the shower device for nursing care according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line S6-S6 in FIG. 5 of the shower device for nursing care according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 Nursing shower device, 12 Shower box, 13 Hot water pumping unit (Hot water pumping means), 14 Hot air blower (Hot air generating means), 14a Hot air outlet, a to j Shower nozzle.

Claims (3)

[Claims] A care shower device comprising: a shower box in which a shower nozzle is disposed on an inner surface; and hot water pumping means for pumping hot water to the shower nozzle, wherein hot air is blown into the shower box. A shower device for nursing care equipped with means for generating hot air to blow. 2. A hot air outlet for blowing hot air generated by the hot air generating means is provided on a portion of the inner surface of the shower box facing the front and / or back of a bather. Nursing shower equipment. 3. The care shower device according to claim 1, wherein the hot air is blown into the shower box from the hot air generating means even during a shower.