JP2005143889A - Bathtub for care - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathtub for care, wherein even one caring person can easily take care of a physically challenging sick person to take a bath in the bathtub installed in a residence, a hospital, a nursing facility, or the like by reducing a burdon of a labor onto the caring person when taking care of the sick person to take the bath, and where it is possible to take care of the sick person to take the bath without fear or anxiety by simple constitution. <P>SOLUTION: Four guide supports 6 are erected in the bathtub 1, and are put through the four corners of a movable frame table 2, and the movable frame table 2 can vertically be moved in the bathtub 1 along the guide supports 6 by a vertical movement driving means. A fixed frame table 4 is provided on the side of the washing place 3 of the movable frame table 2, and a legless chair 5 is reciprocatively provided between the movable frame table 2 and the fixed frame table 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a nursing tub used in a home or hospital for bathing a physically handicapped person who needs nursing care.

  Caregivers of bedridden elderly people, injuries, and other physically handicapped sick people who need a caregiver are most struggling when they hold the sick, put them in the bathtub, wash their bodies, and lift the sick It is time to take a bath that must be taken out of the bathtub, and it is hard work for caregivers. For this reason, it is difficult to bathe alone, and it is bathed by a plurality of caregivers not only in the home but also in hospitals and nursing homes.

In order to solve this problem, conventionally, a bathing care apparatus has been proposed in which a bather is lowered from the upper part of the bathtub to the inside of the bathtub while sitting on an auxiliary chair, and is raised from the bathtub and bathed.
However, this device suspends the auxiliary chair from above and reciprocates between the upper part of the washing area and the upper part of the bathtub and lowers it from the upper part of the bathtub into the bathtub. The equipment is large and the equipment cost is high. At the same time, because it is suspended from above, the sick have a problem of fear and anxiety and a great mental burden.
JP-A-8-98867

  From the above points, the present invention reduces the burden of caregivers' labor when bathing physically handicapped sick people, and even if there is only one caregiver in a bathtub set up at home, hospital, nursing home, etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide a nursing tub that can be easily bathed, has a simple structure, and does not cause sickness or anxiety to the sick, and can be taken in safely.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the nursing tub according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided with a movable frame base that is moved up and down by an elevating drive means on the bathtub, and a fixed frame that communicates with the movable frame base on the washing area side of the movable frame base A base is provided, and a seat chair is provided between the movable frame base and the fixed frame base so as to be reciprocally movable.

By adopting such a configuration, the seat chair is moved to the fixed frame base on the washroom side, and the caregiver makes the sick sit on the seat chair, and the seat chair is directly moved from the fixed frame base to the movable frame on the bathtub side. If it moves to the base and the movable frame base is lowered by the lift drive means, it can be put in the bathtub without holding the sick.
And if you move the movable frame base after washing your body and move the sitting chair from the movable frame base to the fixed frame base, you can get out of the bathtub without holding the sick, It can be reduced, and one caregiver can bathe the sick.

  Next, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the nursing care bathtub according to the first aspect, wherein the lifting drive means is inserted into the four corners of the movable frame base, and the movable frame base is slidably raised and lowered. A guide column erected in the interior, a drive drum provided outside the bathtub, a pair of ropes wound in parallel to the drive drum and opposite to each other, and one side of the movable frame base of the bathtub An upper guide car installed above and a lower guide car installed below the bathtub on the same side as the upper guide car, and the tip of the one rope is movable from the upper guide car and the lower guide car. It is hung on the upper surface side of the base and fixed to the lower side of the bathtub on the other side of the movable frame base, and the tip of the other rope is stretched from the upper guide wheel to the lower surface side of the movable frame base and is movable The other side of the frame base is fixed above the bathtub, and the movable frame base is Is supported by a pair of ropes by forward and reverse rotation of the drum, it is characterized in that the lifting horizontally along the guide column.

  By adopting such a configuration, the movable frame base is supported by a pair of ropes with a simple configuration, and moves up and down horizontally along the guide column by rotating the driving drum forward and backward.

  Next, the nursing tub of the present invention according to claim 3 is the nursing tub according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the traveling path of the sitting chair is provided from the movable frame base to the fixed frame base. In the lower part, a moving platform for moving the traveling path is provided.

  By setting it as such a structure, a seat chair moves on a traveling path with a movable stand, and reciprocates between a movable frame base and a fixed frame base.

  Next, a nursing tub according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the nursing tub according to the third aspect, wherein a slider is provided on the moving base, and the slider is formed in a roller shape and moves perpendicular to the traveling path. A central slider is arranged at the center of the lower part of the base chair, and side sliders are arranged in parallel at both sides of the lower part of the seat of the movable base. The lower side of the slider is provided at a position below the lower surface of the slider. A protrusion is provided in the vicinity of the end of the runway on the washing area side, with the slider tilted downward to the bathtub side, and the side slider on the bathtub side of the moving base is pressed against the runway to stop the chair. When the chair moves the runway to the bathtub side When the side slider on the bathtub side of the moving base is engaged, the seat chair tilts downward toward the washing area with the central slider as a fulcrum, and the side slider on the washing base side of the moving base is pressed against the road and seated. The protrusion which stops a chair is provided in the edge part vicinity of the bathtub side of a traveling path, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  By adopting such a configuration, when the seat moves to the washing area side, the side slider on the washing area side of the moving table engages with the protrusion provided near the end on the washing area side of the traveling path, The seat chair tilts downward toward the bathtub with the center slider as a fulcrum, and the side slider on the bathtub side of the moving base presses against the road and stops the seat chair. In the state, the chair is prevented from moving naturally to the bathtub side.

  Conversely, when the chair moves to the bathtub side, the side slider on the bathtub side of the moving base engages with the protrusion provided near the end of the bathtub on the traveling path, and the chair is centered. The side slider on the moving platform is tilted downwards with the pedestal as a fulcrum, and the side slider on the washing station side presses against the road and stops, so this serves as a stopper and seats the sick person Is prevented from moving naturally to the washing area.

  Next, the nursing tub of the present invention according to claim 5 is the nursing tub according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the drive drum is rotated manually by forward / reverse rotation of a handwheel or forward / reverse. It is an automatic type that is rotationally driven by a rotatable motor.

  With this configuration, the drive drum may be rotated manually by a hand-operated handle or by an automatic motor that can rotate forward and backward.

According to the nursing care bathtub of the present invention, a caregiver puts a sick person in a sitting chair while washing the body, then lifts the sitting chair from the bathtub, and draws the sitting chair to the washing area side. Often, the caregiver's effort can be greatly reduced because the sick person is not held in and out of the bathtub, and one caregiver can bathe the sick person at home, hospital, The bathtub is suitable for nursing homes.
In addition, the sick person can move between the movable frame base and the fixed frame base while sitting on the chair, and the sick person can feel comfortably without fear of fear or anxiety compared to the case where the chair is suspended. You can take a bath.

Since the movable frame base can be moved up and down horizontally along the guide column while being supported by a pair of ropes, the configuration is simple and the equipment cost is low.
In the state where the sick person is seated and the seat chair is stopped, the seat chair is safe because the side slider serves as a stopper and does not move unless the caregiver moves the seat chair.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the nursing tub according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal front view showing a state where the movable frame base is raised, and FIG. 3 is a state where the movable frame base is lowered. FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing a state in which the movable frame base is raised, and FIG. 5 is a partial longitudinal front view showing a state in which the same chair is moved to the washing area.

  The nursing care tub of the present invention is installed in the bathtub 1 and is moved up and down by the lifting means, the fixed frame base 4 provided on the washing frame 3 side of the movable frame base 2 and in communication with the movable frame base 2, A seat chair 5 that reciprocates along a traveling path provided between the movable frame base 2 and the fixed frame base 4 is provided.

The bathtub 1 has a rectangular shape, and guide columns 6 that are inserted into the four corners of the movable frame base 2 are erected on the floor surface on one end side in the longitudinal direction.
The movable frame 2 has a cross section that extends in the direction crossing the longitudinal direction of the bathtub 1 and is parallel between the front member 2a and the rear member 2b, which are made of square bars, and between the ends of the front member 2a and the rear member 2b. Is composed of a circular side pipe 2c closer to the washing area and a side pipe 2d on the opposite side of the bathtub 2c, and two plate-like connecting members 2e and 2e between the front member 2a and the rear member 2b. Is handed over.

And the guide support | pillar 6 is penetrated by the both ends of the front member 2a of this movable frame stand 2, and the rear member 2b.
Further, guide cylinders 2f through which the guide columns 6 are inserted are respectively fixed to the lower surfaces of the positions of the front member 2a and the rear member 2b through which the guide columns 6 are inserted, and the movable frame 2 is moved up and down horizontally. .

  Next, the fixed frame base 4 is made of square material having a square cross section, and the front member 4a extending from the washing field 3 side to the upper part of the front member 2a of the movable frame table 2 near the end of the washing field 3 side, and from the washing field 3 side. A rear member 4b extending over the entire length of the upper part of the rear member 2b of the movable frame base 2, a side member 4c on the washing field side provided between the ends of the front member 4a and the rear member 4b on the washing field 3 side, and the bathtub 1 The side member 4b is connected to the end of the rear member 4b on the side, and is composed of a side member 4d on the bathtub side that extends on the upper side of the side pipe 2d of the movable frame base 2, and is located between the front member 4a and the rear member 4b on the washing area side Connecting members 4e and 4e are provided.

And the support | pillar 7 is provided in the lower surface of the edge part of the front member 4a and the rear member 4b by the washing field, and the washing field 3 side of the fixed frame stand 4 is supported by this support | pillar 7.
Further, the bathtub 1 side support of the fixed frame base 4 is provided in the vicinity of the end of the front member 4a, the end of the rear member 4b, the vicinity of the center of the rear member 4b, and the vicinity of the end of the side member 4d on the front side. The upper ends of the guide columns 6 are fixed to the lower surface, and are supported by the four guide columns 6.

  Next, the raising and lowering means of the movable frame base 2 includes a guide column 6 and a driving drum 8 provided in the washing place 3, and a pair of ropes 9 a and 9 b wound in opposite directions in parallel to the winding drum of the driving drum 8. A pair of upper guide wheels 10a, 10b fixed to the substantially central portion of the connecting member 4e near the bathtub side of the fixed frame base 4 and juxtaposed on the side of the movable frame base 2 above the bathtub 1. The lower guide wheel 11 is fixed to the bottom of the bathtub 1 upward below the guide wheel 10a.

The drive drum 8 is fixed on a table 12 installed at a substantially central portion of the front member 4a and the rear member 4b, and is rotated by a motor 13 capable of rotating in the forward and reverse directions in the washing place 3 below the fixed frame table 4 near the bathtub. To drive. Of course, the drive may be replaced with the motor 13 and may be a handwheel.
The tip of one rope 9a of the pair of ropes 9a, 9b wound around the drive drum 8 is stretched over the upper guide wheel 10a and the lower guide wheel 11, and the side pipe 2c closer to the washing place side of the movable frame base 2 The top end is fixed to the bottom of the bathtub 1 through the top surface of the movable frame base 2 and the top surface of the opposite side pipe 2d.
For fixing to the bottom of the bathtub 1, the ring body 14 is fixed to the bottom of the bathtub 1, and the end of the rope 9 a is fixed thereto, and the rope 9 a is tensioned.

  Further, the tip of the other rope 9b is stretched over the upper guide wheel 10b, and from the lower surface of the side pipe 2c closer to the washing area of the movable frame base 2 to the lower surface of the movable frame base 2 and the lower surface of the opposite side pipe 2d. Then, the tip is fixed to the ring body 16 fixed by the bracket 15 at the substantially central portion on the side member 4d of the fixed frame base 4 above the bathtub 1, and the rope 9b is tensioned. Thus, the movable frame 2 is supported by the pair of ropes 9a and 9b.

With this configuration, when the movable frame base 2 is lifted and lowered from the state where the movable frame base 2 is raised (FIG. 2), the driving drum is driven in the direction in which one rope 9a is wound around the winding drum of the driving drum 8. If the motor 8 is rotationally driven by the motor 13, the other rope 9b is fed out simultaneously, and the movable frame 2 is lowered by its own weight while being supported by the two ropes 9a and 9b (FIG. 3).
When the movable frame base 2 is raised, the motor 13 is rotated in the reverse direction, the rope 9b is wound, and the fixed frame base 4 is raised. At this time, the rope 9a is unwound from the drive drum 8.

Next, on the traveling path on which the chair 5 reciprocates, two rails 17 and 17 are fixed on the connecting members 2e and 2e in parallel with the movable frame 2 toward the washing place 3 side.
Further, when the movable frame base 2 is raised to the fixed frame base 4, two rails 18 and 18 continuing to the rails 17 and 17 are fixed on the connecting members 4e and 4e in parallel.
The rails 17 and 17 on the movable frame base 2 side and the rails 18 and 18 on the fixed frame base 4 side form a traveling path.
And it connects to the edge part of the rails 17 and 17 at the both ends of this traveling path, and is connected to the protrusion part 19 and 19 on the connection material 2e, and the edge part of the rail 18 and 18 and protrusions on the connection material 4e. 20 and 20 are respectively fixed.
The protrusions 19 and 19 and the protrusions 20 and 20 are formed with inclined portions 19a and 19a and inclined portions 20a and 20a inclined downward toward the rails 17 and 17 and the rails 18 and 18, respectively, and the upper surface is a horizontal portion 19b. 19b and horizontal portions 20b, 20b are formed.
Further, a handrail / shelf 21 is installed on the side member 4d on the bathtub side of the fixed frame base 4 from the rear member 4b of the fixed frame base 4 along the traveling path.

  Next, the seat chair 5 is composed of a backrest 5a, a seat plate 5b, and an armrest 5c provided on the bathtub side. A moving table 22 is fixed to the lower surface of the seat plate 5b, and the moving table 22 reciprocates on the traveling path. To do. In addition, the seat 5 is installed so as to move sideways on the traveling path.

  The movable table 22 includes a flat plate portion 22a fixed to the lower surface of the seat plate 5b, and wall surface portions 22b and 22b that are suspended along the front edge and the rear edge of the seat chair 5 of the flat plate portion 22a. And between the wall surface portions 22b and 22b, the rails 17 and 18 are orthogonally crossed and parallel to each other, and the rails 17 and 17 and the three roller-shaped sliders 23 sliding on the rails 18 and 18 are configured. ing.

The three sliders 23 are provided with a central slider 23a at the central portion of the seat plate 5b, and on both sides thereof a side slider 23b on the washing area side and a side slider 23c on the bathtub side. The lower surface of the central slider 23a is disposed at a lower position than the lower surfaces of the side sliders 23b and 23c on both sides.
In the drawing, the central slider 23a is a slider having a larger diameter than the side sliders 23b and 23c.

With such a configuration, when the seat 5 moves along the running path to the washing place 3 side, the side slider 23b on the washing place side of the moving base 22 moves from the inclined part 20a of the protruding part 20 of the running path to the horizontal part 20b. The seat chair 5 tilts downward toward the bathtub 1 with the central slider 23a as a fulcrum, and the bathtub-side slider 23c of the moving base 22 presses against the rail 18 to stop the chair 5 Let At this time, the side end portion of the flat plate portion 22 a of the movable table 22 comes into contact with the side member 4 c of the washing frame side of the fixed frame table 4.
When the seat 5 moves along the traveling path to the bathtub 1 side, the side slider 23c on the bathtub side of the moving base 22 slides on the horizontal part 19b from the inclined part 19a of the protrusion 19 on the traveling path. The seat chair 5 is inclined downward toward the washing place 3 with the central slider 19a as a fulcrum, and the side slider 23b on the washing place side of the moving base 22 is pressed onto the rail 17 to stop the seat chair 5. At this time, the side end portion of the flat plate portion 22 a of the moving table 22 comes into contact with the side member 4 d on the bathtub side of the fixed frame table 4.

Next, the usage method of this invention bathtub is demonstrated based on drawing.
The caregiver raises the movable frame base 2, stops the seat chair 5 on the fixed frame base 4, and causes the sick person to sit on the seat chair 5. At this time, in the seat 5, the side slider 23 b on the washing station side of the moving table 22 rides on the protrusion 20, the seat 5 tilts downward toward the bathtub 1, and the side slider 23 c on the bathtub side moves to the rail 18. Since the upper part is in pressure contact, the side slider 23c serves as a stopper, which prevents the seat chair 5 from moving to the bathtub 1 side when a sick person is seated.
In addition, since the armchair 5c is provided only on the bathtub 1 side and not on the washing room 3 side, the seat chair 5 is easy to perform the work of sitting or taking down the sick.

  Next, the caregiver moves onto the movable frame 2 by pressing the seat chair 5 on which the sick person is seated. At this time, in the seat chair 5, the side slider 23c on the bathtub side of the moving base 22 rides on the protrusion 19, the seat chair 5 tilts downward toward the washing place 3, and the side slider 23b on the washing place side moves to the rail 17. Since the upper part is in pressure contact, the side slider 23b serves as a stopper, and the seat 5 is prevented from moving to the washing place 3 side, which is safe.

  Then, the caregiver puts a switch (not shown) of the motor 13 so that the drive drum 8 is rotationally driven in the direction in which the movable frame 2 is lowered, lowers the movable frame 2, and puts the sick person into the bathtub 1. After the caregiver washed the sick person's body in the bathtub 1, this time the motor 13 is rotated in the reverse direction to raise the movable frame base 2, the sick person is lifted from the bathtub 1, and the caregiver raises the seat chair 5 to the movable frame base. 2. Move from the top to the fixed frame base 4 and move the sick person down from the seat 5.

  Although the present invention has been specifically described above based on the embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the traveling path may be a floor surface instead of the rail, and the protrusion may be the same as the traveling path. You may provide one each in the center part of both ends, and the structure of a movable stand, a movable frame stand, and a fixed frame stand is not limited to the said structure.

It is a top view which shows one embodiment of this invention bathtub. It is a vertical front view which shows one Embodiment of this invention bathtub. It is a vertical front view which shows one Embodiment of this invention bathtub. It is a vertical side view which shows one Embodiment of this invention bathtub. It is a partial vertical front view which shows one Embodiment of this invention bathtub.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bathtub 2 Movable frame base 3 Washing place 4 Fixed frame base 5 Seat chair 6 Guide support | pillar 8 Drive drum 9a, 9b Rope 10a, 10b Upper guide wheel 11 Lower guide wheel 17, 18 Rail 19, 20 Protrusion 22 Moving stand 23a Center Slider 23b, 23c Side slider

Claims (5)

  A movable frame base that is moved up and down by a lifting drive means is provided in the bathtub, and a fixed frame base that communicates with the movable frame base is provided on the washing area side of the movable frame base, and a seat chair is provided between the movable frame base and the fixed frame base. A nursing tub characterized by being reciprocally movable.   The elevating drive means is inserted into the four corners of the movable frame base, and the guide column that is erected in the bathtub in which the movable frame base is slidably raised, the drive drum provided outside the bathtub, and the drive drum in parallel. A pair of ropes wound in opposite directions, an upper guide car installed above the bathtub on one side of the movable frame base, and installed below the bathtub on the same side as this upper guide car A lower guide wheel is provided, and the leading end of the one rope is spanned from the upper guide wheel and the lower guide wheel to the upper surface side of the movable frame base, and is fixed to the lower side of the bathtub on the other side of the movable frame base. The tip of the other rope is spanned from the upper guide wheel to the lower surface side of the movable frame base, and is fixed above the bathtub on the other side of the movable frame base. Supported by a pair of ropes by reverse rotation and rises horizontally along the guide column Care tub according to claim 1, characterized in that.   3. The care according to claim 1, wherein a travel path for the seat is provided from the movable frame base to the fixed frame base, and a moving base for moving the travel path is provided at a lower portion of the seat chair. Bathtub.   A slider is provided on the moving table, and the slider is formed in a roller shape. At the center position of the lower part of the chair of the moving table perpendicular to the traveling path, the slider at the center and the lower part of the chair of the moving table Side sliders are arranged in parallel to each other at both sides, and the lower surface of the center slider is located below the lower surfaces of the side sliders on both sides, and the seat chair moves to the washing area side. In this case, the side slider on the washing platform side of the moving table engages, and the seat tilts downward toward the bathtub side with the center slider as a fulcrum, and the side slider on the moving table bathtub side is pressed against the road. Protrusions that stop the seat chair are provided near the end of the washing road side of the runway, and when the chair moves the runway to the bathtub side, the side slider on the bathtub side of the moving base is engaged By doing so, the seat There is a protrusion near the end of the runway on the bathtub side that tilts downward to the washroom side as a fulcrum and presses the side slider on the washroom side of the moving table against the runway to stop the chair. The nursing tub according to claim 3.   The nursing drum according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the driving drum is of a manual type that is driven to rotate by forward / reverse rotation of a handwheel, or an automatic type that is rotationally driven by a motor capable of rotating forward / reversely. .

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