JP2006141486A - Shower bathing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shower bathing device capable of closing an opening around the neck part of a bather without having a helper adjust the height of the seat part of a wheelchair and saving time and labor of bathing of a crippled person or the like. <P>SOLUTION: For the shower bathing device, an opening is provided on the top plate 17 of a bathtub main body 11, a slide plate 20 for opening and closing the opening is installed to the top plate so as to be moved forwards and backwards, a notched part where the neck part of the bather sitting in a wheelchair can be housed is formed at the distal end of the slide plate, a slide receiving part 57 to be moved in linkage with the vertical adjustment amount of the pillow of the wheelchair is installed, and the slide plate is constituted of a support plate part 21 supported by the top plate and a mounting plate part 22 bendably connected to the support plate part and mounted on the slide receiving part of the wheelchair. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a shower bath apparatus, which is used when a physically handicapped person or the like performs shower bathing while sitting on a dedicated shower chair.

  This type of shower bathing apparatus is mainly composed of a dome-shaped bathtub body with a large number of shower nozzles provided on the inner wall surface, an open / close door provided on the front surface of the bathtub body, and the like. Shower bathing.

  In this type of conventional bathing apparatus, an opening is provided in the top plate of the bathtub body, and the opening can be opened and closed by moving the slide plate forward and backward, and a notch is formed at the tip of the slide plate. Was established.

  Then, after the bather enters the bathtub body, the opening around the neck of the bather is closed by extending the slide plate so that the notch surrounds the neck of the bather, and warmed by shower heat. This prevents the heat in the dome from escaping and prevents water droplets from the shower from splashing on the user's face.

Actual registration No. 3058557

  However, in such a conventional shower bathing device, since the slide plate has advanced and retreated so as to close the opening along the top plate, the assistant adjusts the height of the seat portion of the wheelchair, It has to be adjusted so that the neck of the bather comes out of the notch, and as a result, it has the inconvenience that it takes time for shower bathing for the physically handicapped.

  An object of the present invention is to eliminate these disadvantages.

In order to achieve the above object, in the shower bathing apparatus according to the present invention, an opening is provided in the top plate of the bathtub body and a slide plate for opening and closing the opening is installed in the top plate so as to be able to advance and retreat, and In the shower bathing device in which a notch portion is formed at the tip of the slide plate so that the neck of a bather sitting on a wheelchair can be stored,
A slide receiving portion that moves in conjunction with the vertical adjustment amount of the pillow of the wheelchair is installed near the neck of the bather, and the slide plate is supported by the top plate, and the support plate. And a placing plate portion which is continuously provided to the portion so as to be bendable and placed on the slide receiving portion of the wheelchair.

  In addition, the above-mentioned mounting plate part can also be resin-molded integrally with the said supporting plate part through a thin part.

  In addition, the wheelchair can be configured such that the seat portion can be tilted with respect to the carriage portion.

  Since the shower bathing apparatus according to the present invention is configured as described above, when the slide plate is pulled out to the opening side of the top plate, the placement plate portion is bent downward due to gravity, and the notch portion In the state where the neck of the bather has come out, the front end of the bather hits the slide receiving portion 55 of the wheelchair (where the bather M is sitting) and is latched.

  Therefore, if this shower bathing device is used, the assistant can close the opening around the neck of the bather without adjusting the height of the seat portion of the wheelchair as in the prior art. Therefore, it does not take time to bathe physically handicapped persons and the caregiver's work is greatly reduced.

  In addition, if the above-mentioned mounting plate part is resin-molded integrally with the said support plate part via a thin part, this slide plate will be easy to manufacture.

  In addition, if the seat of the wheelchair can be tilted with respect to the carriage, the shower can be taken upward without moving the center of gravity of the bather in the bathtub. It is easy to take a bathing posture.

  The present invention provides a slide receiving portion in the seat portion of the wheelchair in the vicinity of the neck portion of the bather, and the slide plate can be bent to the support plate portion supported by the top plate. And a mounting plate portion mounted on the slide receiving portion of the wheelchair, and when the slide plate is pulled out, the mounting plate portion is bent and is moved to the slide receiving portion of the wheelchair by gravity. It has the most important features where it is placed.

Examples of the present invention will be described below.
1 is a cross-sectional view of a shower bathing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion III in FIG. 1, and FIG.

  In FIG.1 and FIG.2, 10 is a bathtub and 11 is the bathtub main body. In the bathtub body 11, side wall portions 13 and 14 are connected to both sides of the back wall portion 12 in a U-shaped cross section. Reference numeral 15 denotes a front opening, which is formed on the front side of the bathtub body 11. The front opening 15 is a portion where the bather M enters the wheelchair C and enters the bathtub body 11. Reference numeral 16 denotes a front door, which is installed in the front opening 15 in the bathtub body 11 so as to be openable and closable. A required number of shower nozzles (not shown) are installed inwardly on the inner wall surface of the bathtub body 11 and the inner wall surface of the front door 16 in the normal configuration.

  Reference numeral 17 denotes a top plate of the bathtub main body 11, and 18 denotes an upper opening (corresponding to the "opening" of the present invention) formed in front of the top plate 17. The upper opening 18 is connected to the front opening 15 and is a portion where the bather M who sits on the wheelchair C takes the neck out of the bathtub 10 while taking a shower.

  The bathtub body 11 and the front door 16 are both resin-molded with FRP as a main material.

  In addition, since the bottom surface of the bathtub body 11 is open, the shower water flows away as it is.

  Next, reference numeral 20 denotes a slide plate, which is slidably installed along the back surface of the top plate 17. The slide plate 20 is integrally formed of a flexible synthetic resin such as foamed polyethylene and slides in a direction to open and close the upper opening 18.

  Reference numeral 21 denotes a support plate portion, which forms the root portion of the slide plate 20. The slide plate 20 is supported by the top plate 17 through the support plate portion 21. Reference numeral 22 denotes a mounting plate portion 22 of the slide plate 20, which is integrally formed with the front end edge of the support plate portion 21 so as to be bent. When the slide plate 20 is pulled out from the top plate 17, the mounting plate portion 22 reaches the vicinity of the front door 16 and closes the upper opening 18, and the front end portion thereof will be described later by gravity. It is placed on a slide receiving portion 57 of the wheelchair (where the bather M is sitting).

  23 and 23 are slide long holes (see FIG. 3), which are formed in the support plate portion (of the slide plate 20) 21. The slide long hole 23 has a long diameter in the slide direction. 24 and 24 (refer to FIG. 3) are pressing plates, which are stacked so as to cover the outer surface of the slide long hole 23 (the surface opposite to the top plate 15) in the slide plate 20. The pressing plate 24 prevents the sliding plate 20 from bending and smoothes its sliding.

  A bolt 25 penetrates the holding plate 24, loosely fits the slide long hole (of the slide plate 20) 23, and is then fastened and fixed to an embedded nut 26 embedded in the top plate 17. In order to allow the slide plate 20 to slide, there is a slight margin for this tightening.

  Next, reference numeral 30 denotes a thin portion, which is formed at a boundary portion between the support plate portion 21 and the mounting plate portion 22 in the slide plate 20. The thin portion 30 is formed by forming the upper surface of the slide plate 20 into a curved groove, and extends in the width direction to function as a hinge. Therefore, the mounting plate portion 22 can be bent through the thin portion 30.

  The thin portion 30 is formed at a position that is released from the pressing plate 24 when the slide plate 20 is pulled out, and is sandwiched between the pressing plates 24 when the slide plate 20 is pushed in. For this reason, when the slide plate 20 is pulled out, the mounting plate portion 22 is folded downward by gravity through the thin portion 30 (see the solid lines in FIGS. 1 and 3), and the top plate When pushed in the 17 direction, it is stored in a state where it is kept in a horizontal state and overlaps the top plate 17. Thus, when the top plate 17 is pushed in, it is easy to perform the next drawing work (see the solid lines in FIGS. 1 and 3).

  Instead of forming the thin-walled portion 30, the support plate portion 21 and the mounting plate portion 22 can be connected in a foldable manner by being attached to a separate hinge sheet.

  Next, reference numeral 31 denotes a notch, which is formed at the leading edge of the mounting plate (slide plate 20) 22 described above. The notch 31 has a curved shape and is wide enough to accommodate the neck when the bather M sitting on the wheelchair C takes a shower.

  Next, in FIG. 1, C is a wheelchair, which is composed of a cart unit 51 and a seat unit 52. The seat part 51 can be tilted with respect to the carriage part 51 with the connecting part 53 as a fulcrum. The tilt mechanism is controlled by an air spring 54 with a lock. When operating, the lock is released by grasping the cylinder lock lever 59, and the posture is changed from the sitting position to the tilt or from the tilt position to the sitting position to be tilted or raised.

  Reference numeral 55 denotes a lifting rod, which is installed on the back surface of the seat portion 52 so as to be movable in the vertical direction. Reference numeral 56 denotes a pillow, which is installed at the upper end of the lifting bar 55. The elevating bar 55 is fixed by a knob 551. By lifting the knob 551 and moving it up and down, the height of the pillow 56 can be adjusted according to the bather.

  A slide plate receiving portion 57 is fixed below the pillow 56 in the lifting / lowering rod 55. For this reason, when the elevating bar 55 is moved up and down, it moves up and down together with the pillow 56. In other words, the slide plate receiving portion 57 moves in conjunction with the vertical adjustment amount of the pillow 56 of the wheelchair C. When the slide plate 20 is pulled out from the top plate 17 on the slide plate receiving portion 57, its tip is placed by gravity (see FIG. 1).

  The slide plate receiving portion 57 also has a function of closing the remaining space of the notch 31 that is formed behind the bather M when the neck is accommodated in the notch 31.

  Therefore, the bather M is pre-washed by an assistant (not shown) while sitting on the seat portion 52 in a normal state (the seat portion 52 is substantially horizontal), and then the wheelchair C is moved by the tilt means. And the bather M is accommodated in the bathtub 10 in an upward state (see the state of FIG. 1). In this way, by setting the bather M upward, the bather M can take a shower in a relaxed state, and the space of the bathtub 10 can be narrowed and made compact.

  In the case of using the shower bath device configured as described above, the slide plate 20 is pulled out, the mounting plate portion 22 is folded down by gravity, and the tip portion thereof is a slide receiving portion 55 of the wheelchair C (the bather). M is sitting on). Thereafter, normal shower work is performed.

  It can be used when a physically handicapped person or the like takes a shower bath while sitting on a dedicated shower wheelchair.

It is a cross-sectional view of the shower bathing apparatus according to the present invention. It is the same top view. It is the III section enlarged view in FIG. It is IV arrow line view in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

C ... Wheelchair M ... Bather
10… bathtub
11… Bath body
12… back wall
13… Side wall
14… Side wall
15… front opening
16… front door
17… Top plate (for bathtub body)
18… upper opening (opening)
20… Slide plate
21… Support plate
22… Placement plate
23… Slide slot
24… Presser plate
25… Bolt
26… Embedded nut
30… Thin section
31… Notch
51… Dolly part
52… Seat part
53… Connecting part
54… Air spring with lock (tilt mechanism)
55… Lifting bar
551… Picking
56… Pillow
57… Slide receiving part

Claims (3)

An opening is provided in the top plate of the bathtub body, and a slide plate for opening and closing the opening is installed on the top plate so as to be able to advance and retreat, and a neck of a bather sitting on a wheelchair is provided at the tip of the slide plate. In the shower bathing device in which the notch part of the extent that can be stored is formed,
A slide receiving portion that moves in conjunction with the vertical adjustment amount of the pillow of the wheelchair is installed near the neck of the bather, and the slide plate is supported by the top plate, and the support plate. A shower bathing device comprising: a placing plate portion which is continuously provided to a portion so as to be bendable and placed on a slide receiving portion of the wheelchair. 2. The shower bath apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the placing plate portion is integrally molded with the support plate portion through a thin portion. The sitting bath apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the wheelchair has a seat part that can be tilted with respect to a carriage part.

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