JP2007136008A - Bubble passage for portable bathing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bubble passage for a portable bathing apparatus for washing a bathing person with bubbles and giving comfortable bathing feeling by squirting bubbles to as many parts of his/her body as possible by means of an extremely simple structure in the portable bathing apparatus for physically handicapped persons, persons in need of care, or the like. <P>SOLUTION: The problem is solved by a bathtub body A comprising a main body part A<SB>1</SB>of the bathtub equipped with a seat part 4 and a bubble-jetting opening 5 and a bathtub opening and closing part A<SB>2</SB>and a recessed bubble guiding groove 6 for making the bubbles squirted from the bubble jetting opening 5 pass on a backrest surface 4b of the seat part 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a bubble passage of a simple bathing apparatus for a physically handicapped person, a cared person and the like.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various simple bathtubs exist as a bathing facility dedicated to care for a care recipient such as a disabled person or an elderly person. The main thing of this kind of bathtub is provided with a bubble (foam) jetting part, and the bubble jetting part is used to apply a bubble to a bather to clean the body or to make a comfortable bathing. . As this type, there is the following Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-85512). This patent document discloses a foam bathing system in which a duct is piped in a bathtub, hot foam from the duct is discharged, the bath is filled, and foam bathing can be performed.
JP 2002-85512 A

  In Patent Document 1, the bath system is of a box capsule type, and the inside of the bath system is narrow because a bather enters a limited space. Since the bubble jetting part is mounted in this narrow space and causes the bather to jet bubbles, the entire body of the bather does not necessarily hit the jetted foam. For example, in the backrest part of the bath system, bubbles do not easily enter because the bather's back directly hits, and the back that touches the backrest cannot receive hot foam. Therefore, there is a possibility that a satisfactory bathing feeling cannot be obtained.

  The problem (technical problem or purpose) to be solved by the present invention is that in a bathing facility dedicated to care for persons with disabilities, elderly persons, etc. It is to squirt a bubble to clean the bather's body with foam and to give a comfortable bathing feeling.

  The invention of claim 1 is a simple bathing machine comprising a bathtub body formed of a bathtub body formed with a seat part and having a bubble injection port, and a bathtub opening and closing part. The above problems have been solved by providing a bubble passage of a simple bathing device in which a concave bubble guide groove through which bubbles ejected from the bubble jet port circulate is formed.

  Next, the invention of claim 2 solves the above-mentioned problem by using the bubble guide groove as a bubble passage of a simple bathing device including a vertical groove portion formed in a substantially vertical shape in the configuration described above. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the above-described configuration, the bubble guide groove is a bubble passage of a simple bathing apparatus configured by the vertical groove portion and a horizontal groove portion orthogonal to the vertical groove portion. Settled.

  Invention of Claim 4 solved the said subject by making the said horizontal groove part into the bubble channel | path of the simple bathing apparatus formed in the position close | similar to the seat surface of the said seat part in the above-mentioned structure. Next, the invention according to claim 5 is the above-described configuration, wherein the seat surface of the seat portion is formed with a seat surface groove portion along the front-rear direction at a center position in the width direction, and the seat surface groove portion is formed with the bubble guide groove. The above-described problem has been solved by communicating with the bubble injection port as a bubble passage of a simple bathing device mounted in the seat groove portion.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the foam flowing along the foam groove formed in the backrest part can moderately stimulate the bather's back, and a comfortable bathing can be achieved. Moreover, this foam groove is a structure that is only formed as a recessed groove in the backrest part, and can be manufactured very simply and efficiently, especially when the bathtub body part is an integrally molded product made of synthetic resin. It can be said that it is suitable for mass production.

  Next, in the invention of claim 2, since the bubble groove is constituted by a vertical groove portion formed along a substantially vertical shape, the bubble flows along the height direction of the bather's back, and an extremely good bubble is obtained. It demonstrates the cleaning effect. Next, according to the invention of claim 3, in addition to the vertical groove portion, by forming a horizontal groove portion orthogonal to the vertical groove portion, foam flows in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction with respect to the back of the bather, The bather's back can be stimulated by foam over a wider area.

  Next, according to the invention of claim 4, the lateral groove portion is a bubble passage of a simple bathing device formed at a position close to the seat surface portion, thereby stimulating the bather's back and waist with foam. Can be given. Next, the invention according to claim 5 is that, in the configuration described above, the seat portion is formed with a seat groove portion along the front-rear direction at the center position in the width direction, and the seat groove portion communicates with the bubble groove. So, you can give foamy stimulation to the lower body and back of the bather and enjoy a comfortable bathing.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Configuration of the present invention is mainly composed of a bathtub body portion A ₁ and the tub opening portion A ₂ Prefecture, tub body A is composed of its bath main body portion A ₁ and the tub opening section A ₂ (FIG. 1, FIG. 3). A bathtub gap 1 is formed in the bathtub body A ₁ . Bath tub void portion 1 constituting the internal tub body A with tub switching unit A _2. Furthermore, in the present invention, there are a stationary type and a reclining type.

First, the stationary type will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the shape of the bathtub body A ₁ is a substantially cubic or a rectangular parallelepiped, and has an opening formed to have a substantially half-open or half-divided shape. It is formed into a body shape. The opening part which comprises the said half-opening part is formed in the state where two adjacent surfaces continue. The two openings are located on the front surface and the upper surface of the casing-shaped bathtub main body A ₁ and communicate with the bathtub gap 1.

The opening located above the bathtub main body A ₁ becomes the upper surface opening 2, and the opening located on the front side becomes the entrance / exit 3. The upper surface opening 2 is an opening located on the surface of the hot water poured into the bathtub body A, and the entrance / exit 3 is an opening for a bather to enter and exit the bathtub gap 1 of the bathtub body A, and the bathtub opening / closing part a ₂ bathtub gap portion 1 by closing the bathtub body portion a ₁ is a site that is provided with a watertight.

Of its bath main body portion A ₁ and the tub opening portion A _2, a synthetic resin is formed by, each of which is formed as a single piece by molding mold. The bathtub opening / closing part A ₂ is a swing door type (see FIG. 1) that can be opened and closed in a horizontal direction by a hinge with respect to the entrance / exit part 3 of the bathtub body A ₁ , and both are locked by a clip fitting or the like. To be joined. Or bath tub switching unit A ₂ is also present that to the bath main body portion A ₁ and a pivot connection has been separated type.

Seat portion 4 is formed in the interior of the tub body portion A _1. As shown in FIG. 1, the seat portion 4 is formed below the center of the bathtub body A _{1 in} the height direction, and is integrally formed with the bathtub body A _1. . The seat portion 4 is composed of a seat surface 4a and a backrest surface 4b. Specifically, continuous said back surface 4b is formed so as to bulge forward from the inner wall surface of the tub body portion A _1, both widthwise side walls tops of the bathtub body portion A ₁ of the backplate surface 4b And serve as an arm rest.

Its Inside the tub main body A _1, bubble injection port 5 is provided. The bubble injection port 5 jets a large number of bubbles into hot water to remove dirt from the bather or to stimulate the body appropriately to make the bath comfortable. A recessed bubble guide groove 6 is formed in the backrest surface 4 b of the seat portion 4. The bubble guide groove 6 is formed in a substantially perpendicular manner with respect to the height direction of the bath main body portion A _1. The cross-sectional shape of the bubble guide groove 6 is a substantially “concave” shape as shown in FIG. 2 (B), and is ejected from the bubble injection port 5 as shown in FIGS. 5 (A) to (C). Bubbles are distributed.

  The bubble guide groove 6 includes a vertical groove 6a and a horizontal groove 6b. The longitudinal groove portion 6 a is formed substantially perpendicular to the backrest surface 4 b of the seat portion 4. The horizontal groove 6b is formed so as to be orthogonal to the vertical groove 6a (see the portion indicated by the imaginary line in FIGS. 1 and 2A and FIG. 7). By forming the horizontal groove 6b, in addition to the bubbles flowing in the vertical groove 6a, bubbles also flow in the horizontal groove 6b, and as shown in FIG. The bubbles flow in the horizontal direction and the bather's back can be stimulated by the bubbles over a wider range.

  In addition, the lateral groove 6b may be formed at a position close to the seat surface 4a of the seat 4, and in this case, the lateral groove 6b exists around the waist of the bather. . Therefore, the said horizontal groove part 6b can send out a bubble to a bather's waist, can give the irritation | stimulation by a bubble, and can expect the massage effect.

  Further, the seat surface 4a of the seat portion 4 is formed with a seat surface groove portion 7 at the center position in the width direction and along the front-rear direction. The seat groove 7 and the bubble guide groove 6 communicate with each other (see FIGS. 2A and 3). The seat surface groove 7 separates the seat surface 4a into two at the center in the width direction.

  Then, two groove wall surfaces 7a and 7a are formed in the center of the seating surface 4a so as to be opposed to each other with an appropriate interval. Both the bubble wall surfaces 7a, 7a are equipped with the bubble injection ports 5, the bubbles ejected from the bubble injection ports 5 flow through the seat surface groove portion 7, and apply a bubble to the lower body portion of the bather, and A bubble can also hit a bather's back part simultaneously through the bubble guide groove 6 (refer FIG. 5).

Its tub switching unit A _2, together with the form serves as the door with respect to the entrance portion 3 of the bath main body A _1, is closed the entrance portion 3, the bathtub body portion A ₁ and the tub opening portion A ₂ constitutes the bathtub body A. In that the inner surface of the tub opening and closing unit A _2, the tub main body A as _one side the seat portion 4 parts of the knee in a state where the bather sitting was in the fit, the void portion is formed.

Moiety conjugated to the bath main body portion A ₁ and the tub opening section A ₂ is a cemented surface, the bonding surface and the main body joint surface 10 in the bath main body A ₁ side, the tub opening portion side and open connecting face portions 13 Called. An apron 11 is formed on the main body joint surface portion 10. In that the body joint surface 10 of the bathtub body portion A ₁ side, the packing member 12 is stuck along the shape of the body joint surface 10. The packing material 12 is made of a sealing rubber material or synthetic resin. The body joint surface 10 of the bathtub body portion A ₁ has its lower end position is an inclined surface so as to project to the front side of the tub main body A ₁ than the upper end (see FIG. 3).

Next, FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 describe the reclining type in the present invention, and the bathtub body A performs a reclining operation. The reclining type, the conjunction bathtub body portion A ₁ is swung on a vertical plane, which has to be stopped and fixed at appropriate positions, to such an operation, described later recline mechanism Is attached to the bathtub support frame B, and the reclining mechanism allows the bathtub body A to swing and tilt, or to be in a horizontal state and capable of bathing. Bath tank body A are those similar to the tub body A described above was constructed from the bath main body portion A ₁ and the tub opening portion A ₂ Prefecture. Then, the reclining type, similar to the stationary type, the bathtub body portion A ₁ is, as shown in FIG. 7 (A), and an opening is formed in a substantially cubic or substantially rectangular parallelepiped or the like, substantially half open or half shape It is formed in a casing shape such as a capsule or a bowl. Furthermore, as with the reclining type is also the stationary type, bath tub switching unit A ₂ are Ya those with the bath main body pivotal connection has been swinging door type for A ₁ [FIG 7 (A) reference] There is a separate type.

Also in this reclining type, the bathtub body portion A _1, the bubble guide groove 6 is formed, further wherein the bubble guide groove 6 is constituted by a vertical groove 6a and the lateral groove portion 6b. The longitudinal groove portion 6 a is formed substantially perpendicular to the backrest surface 4 b of the seat portion 4. Further, the lateral groove 6b is formed so as to be orthogonal to the vertical groove 6a (see FIGS. 7A and 8). As described above, the lateral groove portion 6b is also formed at a position close to the seat surface 4a of the seat portion 4 and is present around the bather's waist. The massage effect can be expected. Similarly to the configuration described above, the seat surface 4a of the seat portion 4 is formed with a seat surface groove portion 7 at the center position in the width direction and along the front-rear direction thereof, and the seat surface groove portion 7 and the bubble. The guide groove 6 communicates (see FIGS. 7A and 8). The seat surface groove 7 separates the seat surface 4a into two at the center in the width direction.

First, the state before using the said bathtub body A is a state of a chair with respect to the said bathtub support frame B [refer FIG. 6 (A) and FIG. 7 (B)]. When the bather perform bathing, first, as bathtub body portion A ₁ is a state of substantially the chair, the bath is set to the supporting frame B [FIG. 6 (A), the FIG. 7 (A) reference] . The bathtub switching unit A ₂ is in the state open to the bath main body portion A _1, bather sits on the seat portion 4. Then, the tub opening portion A ₂ is closed to the bath main body portion A _1, tub body A which said bathtub body portion A ₁ consisting of the tub opening and closing portion A ₂ becomes horizontal state on the bathtub supporting frame B [Fig. 6 (B), see FIG. 7B], hot water is put in and bathing is performed.

It is a perspective view which shows the state which opened the bathtub opening / closing part from the bathtub main-body part in the stationary type of this invention. (A) Permanent perspective view of main part of stationary type in the present invention, (B) is an end view taken along arrow XX. It is a vertical side view of the stationary type in this invention. It is a vertical side view provided with the seat part of another shape in the stationary type of this invention. (A) is a longitudinal side view of the bathtub body showing the flow of bubbles in the bathing of the present invention, (B) is an action diagram showing the flow of bubbles seen from the front side of the bather, (C) is the back of the bather It is an effect | action figure which shows the flow of the bubble seen from the side. (A) is the side view of this invention made into the reclining type, (B) is a side view of a reclining state. (A) is a perspective view of this invention made into the reclining type, (B) is a perspective view of a reclining state. It is a front view of a reclining type bathtub main-body part.

Explanation of symbols

Bathtub body A, bathtub main body A ₁ , bathtub opening / closing part A ₂ , seat part 4, seat surface 4 a, backrest surface 4 b,
Bubble injection port 5, bubble guide groove 6, vertical groove part 6 a, horizontal groove part 6 b, and seating surface groove part 7.

Claims (5)

  In a simple bathing machine having a bathtub body formed of a bathtub body formed with a seat part and having a bubble injection port and a bathtub opening and closing part, the back of the seat part was jetted from the bubble injection port A bubble passage for a simple bathing apparatus, wherein a bubble guide groove having a concave shape through which bubbles circulate is formed.   2. The bubble passage of a simple bathing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bubble guide groove comprises a vertical groove formed in a substantially vertical shape.   3. The bubble passage of a simple bathing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the bubble guide groove is composed of the vertical groove part and a horizontal groove part orthogonal to the vertical groove part.   4. The bubble passage of a simple bathing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the lateral groove portion is formed at a position close to a seating surface of the seat portion.   5. The seat surface groove according to claim 1, wherein the seat surface has a seat groove formed along the front-rear direction at a center position in the width direction. A bubble passage for a simple bathing apparatus, wherein the bubble injection port is communicated with a guide groove and is mounted in the seat groove portion.

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