JP2007289280A - Chair - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a chair capable of providing a thermal environment comfortable to a person using a shower without changing the facilities of a bathroom or a shower room and without requiring a special maintenance cost. <P>SOLUTION: The chair has a warm water receiving port 5, a shower connecting section 6, a warm water passage 7 extending from the warm water receiving port 5 to the shower connecting section 6, and a shower tool 10 connected to the shower connecting section 6, and at least a part of the warm water passage 7 is arranged in a seat section 1 and warms the seat section 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a chair mainly used in a bathroom or a shower room, and more particularly to a chair suitable for a senior citizen who needs care.

  When elderly people requiring care receive a shower service in the bathroom or shower room, it is desired that this be done in a comfortable environment. Usually, a caregiver performs a body washing service for an elderly person who needs to sit in a chair, but when the room temperature of the bathroom or shower room is low, the elderly person who needs care is in pain.

  In order to solve such problems, the room temperature of the bathroom or shower room may be kept at an appropriate temperature, or a heating chair using electricity may be used, but for that purpose, the equipment cost and maintenance cost are high. There is a problem of sticking.

In addition, although the utility model regarding the chair for the nursing care elderly people used in a bathroom or a shower room is known, this well-known thing is going to solve the subject different from the subject of this invention (patent document) 1).
Utility Model Registration No. 3067564

  The present invention provides a chair capable of washing the body by providing a comfortable temperature environment to shower users such as elderly persons requiring care without requiring modification of the facilities of the bathroom or shower room or special maintenance costs. For the purpose.

  In order to achieve the above object, the chair of the present invention includes a hot water receiving port, a shower connecting portion, a hot water passage from the hot water receiving port to the shower connecting portion, and a shower appliance connected to the shower connecting portion, At least a part of the hot water passage is arranged in the seat portion so as to warm the seat portion.

  According to the present invention, the hot water supplied to the shower device is used simply by connecting the existing hot water supply unit and the hot water receiving port provided in the chair of the present invention to a bathroom or shower room such as a faucet capable of supplying hot water. Thus, the seat portion can be warmed. Heating of the buttocks by the seat portion is comfortable for a person who sits on this chair and uses shower hot water. Thus, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a chair that can warm the shower user's buttocks and provide a comfortable temperature environment without requiring modification of the bathroom or shower room or special maintenance costs. it can.

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

  This embodiment relates to a chair made of synthetic resin developed for elderly people requiring care, and includes a seat part 1, a backrest part 2, four leg parts 3, and a caster 4 provided at the lower end of each leg part 3, The elderly in need of care sitting in this chair is transported from a separate room to the bathroom or shower room where they can receive shower service. The caster 4 preferably has a lock device (not shown) so that the brake can be applied when receiving a shower service.

  The seat portion 1 and the backrest portion 2 are provided with a hot water passage 7 having one end serving as a hot water receiving port 5 and the other end serving as a shower connecting portion 6. The hot water receiving port 5 is constituted by a metal pipe 5a fixed at an appropriate position in the front corner of the seat portion 1, and the shower connecting portion 6 is constituted by a metal pipe 6a fixed at an appropriate position at one end portion of the upper side of the backrest portion 2. These metal pipes 5a and 6a are fixed to the seat portion 1 or the backrest portion 2 using an adhesive. The hot water passage 7 is formed so as to meander from the hot water receiving port 5 of the seat portion 1 toward the rear corner at the point-symmetrical position, and then reaches the backrest portion 2 from which the point in the backrest portion 2 is formed. It is formed so as to meander toward the shower connecting portion 6 in a symmetrical position.

  In the present embodiment, the synthetic resin upper plate 8 having an L shape in side view and the synthetic resin lower plate 9 having an L shape in side view are joined together so that the seat portion 1 and the backrest portion 2 are integrated. The warm water passage 7 is configured by matching the groove formed on the inner surface of the upper plate 8 with the groove formed on the inner surface of the lower plate 9. As a configuration method of the warm water passage 7, a configuration method such as bonding a passage forming plate having a warm water passage to a chair having a normal structure may be adopted.

  The shower connecting part 6 is connected to a shower fixture 10 including a hose 10a and a shower nozzle 10b. The hose 10a of the shower device 10 is preferably configured to be detachably connected to the metal pipe 6a of the shower connecting portion 6, and is optimally configured to include a one-touch attaching / detaching means (not shown). A holding metal fitting 11 for detachably holding the shower nozzle 10b is fixed to a side portion of the backrest portion 2.

  The hot water inlet 5 is connected via a hose 13 to a faucet 12 that is already installed in a bathroom or shower room and can supply hot water. Also in this case, it is desirable that the hose 13 is configured to be detachably connected to the metal pipe 5a of the hot water inlet 5, and it is optimal that the hose 13 includes a one-touch attaching / detaching means (not shown). .

  A drain outlet 14 is provided in the vicinity of the hot water inlet 5 at the seat portion location of the hot water passage 7. Specifically, by providing a metal pipe 14a with an opening / closing valve that protrudes downward from the seat portion 1 at a position where it begins to bend in a U shape at the rear end of the hot water passage starting end portion that extends linearly from the hot water receiving port 5 The drainage portion 14 is configured. The drainage portion 14 serves to discharge the warm water in the warm water passage 7 and also serves to prevent cold water or hot water from being sent to the central portion of the seat portion 1.

  In order to automatically prevent the cold water or hot water from being sent to the central portion of the seat portion 1, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. It is only necessary to provide a temperature sensor 15 for measuring the temperature and to provide an automatic open / close valve 16 that automatically opens and closes the drainage portion 14 according to the temperature measured by the temperature sensor 15.

  Moreover, it can be set as the structure which supplies the hot water discharged | emitted from the said drain removal part 14 to a bathtub.

  According to the above configuration, by connecting the hose 10a of the shower apparatus 10 and the hose 13 from the faucet 12 to the chair body that has been carried in the bathroom or shower room with the elderly requiring care, the elderly requiring care can take a shower. Service can be received. And the warm water sent from the faucet 12 warms the seat part 1 and the backrest part 2 while flowing through the warm water passage 7, and gives a comfortable temperature environment to the elderly requiring care. And using hot water with warmed chairs, elderly people requiring care can receive shower service.

  The present invention can be configured in various modes other than those shown in the above embodiments. For example, the present invention can be applied to a chair that does not have the backrest 2, and in this case, only the seat 1 can be heated with warm water. In this case, the shower connecting portion 6 is formed on the seat portion 1, and it is preferable that a stand for holding the shower device 10 is provided on the seat portion 1 at this time. In addition, the present invention can be applied to a chair used by a normal person in a bathroom or a shower room.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is used for a chair at the time of shower use that can make a temperature environment suitable while using existing equipment in a bathroom or a shower room.

The perspective view which shows the Example of this invention. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the principal part.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Seat part 2 Backrest part 5 Hot water receiving port 6 Shower connection part 7 Hot water passage 10 Shower appliance 14 Drain extraction part 15 Temperature sensor

Claims (4)

A hot water receiving port, a shower connecting portion, a hot water passage extending from the hot water receiving port to the shower connecting portion, and a shower device connected to the shower connecting portion, wherein at least a part of the hot water passage is disposed in the seat portion. The chair is configured to warm the seat part. The chair according to claim 1, wherein the hot water passage is arranged in the seat portion and then arranged in the backrest portion so as to warm the backrest portion. The chair according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a drainage portion is provided in the vicinity of the hot water inlet of the seat portion location of the hot water passage. The temperature sensor which measures warm water temperature is provided in the upstream location from the drain extraction part of a warm water channel | path, It was comprised so that a drain extraction part might be opened and closed automatically according to the temperature measured with this temperature sensor. Chairs.

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