JP2008036301A - User-worn device and automatic excretion disposal apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a user-worn device which reduces a load on an excrement disposal apparatus and an automatic excretion disposal apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: Since a distance from a user's anus to an excrement suction opening 161a becomes short, and an excrement cup 161 expands approximately in the shape of an elliptical cone by providing a diaper cup 10 formed to have an approximately C-shaped cross-section to cover from a lower abdomen to user's buttocks and the excrement cup 161 which is placed on the buttocks side of the diaper cup 10 and is formed to expand from a connecting part 160 of an excrement hose to a part right below the user's anus approximately in the shape of the elliptical cone and to have an elliptical long axis following the width direction of the user, the efficiency of sucking the excrement increases. The user-worn device which reduces a load on a motor in the excrement disposal apparatus and the automatic excretion disposal apparatus are provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a user wearing apparatus and an automatic excretion processing apparatus for discharging excrement while being worn by an elderly person such as a bedridden elderly person, a sick person, an infant, and the like.

In recent years, with the aging of the population, the number of elderly people who need nursing care has increased rapidly. With such a rapid increase, most of bedridden elderly people who are receiving care at home, nursing homes, hospitals, etc. are unable to handle manure (hereinafter referred to as “excrement”) by themselves. It is in. In addition, users such as infants, severely disabled persons, visceral disease patients and fractured persons on the bed, including those with fractures, must be sleeping in the bed, and therefore cannot handle excrement by themselves. It is in.
For this reason, the user is configured to be able to attach the excretory attachment body composed of the diaper main body and the diaper cup attached to the crotch portion of the diaper main body, and the excretion attachment body to the user. Wearing an excretory wearing device.

With this type of excrement fitting, after use, the caregiver removes the diaper cup from the user, the caregiver manually carries the excrement in the diaper cup to the toilet, processes the excrement, and cleans the diaper cup. The diaper cup is attached to the user again, or the diaper cup is discarded and a new diaper cup is attached. In this excretion process, odor problems, changing the direction of the user's body, post-processing (wiping, etc.) to the user, and so much labor are required.
For this reason, an automatic excretion processing apparatus that automatically performs excretion processing is desired and developed.

In general, an automatic excretion processing apparatus includes a diaper main body that constitutes a part of the excretory attachment body, a diaper cup that is attached to the crotch portion of the diaper main body and constitutes another part of the excretion attachment body, and one end of the diaper cup. And a hose connected at the other end to the suction device. In this automatic excretion processing device, when a user wearing a diaper body and a diaper cup excretes excrement, the sensor in the diaper cup senses excrement, and the suction device collects in the diaper cup via a hose. In addition to sucking the excreted waste, the suction device sends warm water to the diaper cup to wash the dirt in the diaper cup, and the washed sewage is stored in the tank in the suction device, and further to the diaper main body and the diaper cup. It is comprised so that warm air may be blown and those inside may be dried (for example, refer patent document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-56891

  However, in the above-described prior art, there is an allowance for the volume of the space between the diaper cup and the user so that the user can cope with a large physique. For this reason, when discharging excrement, a large discharge capacity corresponding to the space, that is, a large motor is required, and the excrement disposal apparatus becomes large.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a user wearing device and an automatic excretion processing device that have less burden on the excrement processing device.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is mounted between the crotch of the user, and purified water and drying air from the excrement disposal apparatus are supplied via the purified water hose and the air hose, respectively. In the user wearing device for discharging the user's excrement to the excrement disposal device through the excrement hose, a diaper formed in a substantially C-shaped cross section covering the buttocks from the lower abdomen of the user The cup and the diaper cup are arranged on the buttock side, and are formed so as to extend in a substantially elliptical cone shape from the connection part of the excrement hose to just below the user's anus and the long axis of the ellipse is in the horizontal direction. A feces cup is provided.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the diaper cup formed in a substantially C-shaped cross-sectional shape covering the buttocks from the user's lower abdomen, and disposed on the buttocks side of the diaper cup and used from the connection portion of the excrement hose The distance from the user's anus to the excretion suction port is shortened by providing the excrement cup formed so that the long axis of the ellipse is horizontal and extends almost right below the anus of the user In addition, since the excrement cup spreads in an approximately elliptical cone shape, excrement suction efficiency is improved, and it is possible to provide a user wearing device and an automatic excretion processing device that impose less burden on the motor in the excrement disposal device. it can.

  The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1, a bowl-shaped excrement guide member is provided from the central inner wall in the diaper cup to the opening of the excretion cup.

  According to invention of Claim 2, the space between a user and the inner wall of a diaper cup is provided by providing the bowl-shaped excrement guide member over the opening part of the excrement cup from the center inner wall in a diaper cup. Therefore, it is possible to provide a user wearing device and an automatic excretion processing device that imposes less burden on the motor in the excrement processing device.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, a concave surface is formed in the vicinity of a connection portion between the excrement guide member and the excrement cup.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, the concave surface is formed in the vicinity of the connecting portion between the excrement guide member and the excrement cup, so that the opening area of the excrement cup is reduced and the suction efficiency is improved. The rate at which urine excreted from a person falls can be improved.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a passage for water purification is provided from the nozzle for water purification provided on the inner wall of the diaper cup to the excrement guide member, and the excrement guide is provided. A mesh member is provided in the opening for water purification of the member.

  According to invention of Claim 4, the channel | path for water purification is provided from the nozzle for water purification provided in the inner wall of the diaper cup to the excrement guide member, and a net-like member is in the opening for water purification of the excrement guide member. Since the distance from the nozzle to the user is shortened, the cleaning efficiency is improved.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a water purification path for supplying cleaning water to the user wearing device to the user wearing device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, and drying air to the user wearing device. And a sewage channel that discharges the sewage from the user wearing device together with the air, and the water purification channel, the ventilation channel, and the sewage channel are connected to the excrement disposal device. And

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, any one of the above-described user wearing devices has a purified water path for supplying cleaning water to the user wearing device, a ventilation path for supplying drying air to the user wearing device, and use Automatic connection with less waste to the motor in the excrement disposal device by connecting the sewage channel that discharges the sewage from the user wearing device with the air, and connecting the water purification channel, the ventilation channel, and the sewage channel to the excrement disposal device Provision of an excretion processing apparatus can be realized.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the user wearing device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects and one end of the user wearing device are connected to the user wearing device, and the user's excrement is contained in the user wearing device. A water purification path through which cleaning water for cleaning contamination due to air, a ventilation path through which air for drying after washing into the user wearing device passes, and sewage from the user wearing device pass through the air. A composite pipe having a sewage channel, a water supply mechanism connected to the other end of the composite pipe for supplying the cleaning water into the user wearing device, and supplying drying air into the user wearing device. And an excrement disposal apparatus having a recovery mechanism for recovering the sewage together with the air through the sewage channel.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, any one of the above-described user-worn devices and one end of the user-worn device are connected to the user-worn device, and the washing water for washing the user's excrement in the user-worn device. A composite pipe having a purified water passage through which the air for drying after washing into the user wearing device passes, and a sewage passage through which sewage from the user wearing device passes along with the air, Connected to the other end, has a water supply mechanism that supplies cleaning water into the user wearing device, and a recovery mechanism that supplies drying air into the user wearing device and collects the sewage together with the air through the sewage channel. By providing the excrement disposal apparatus, it is possible to provide an automatic excretion disposal apparatus with less burden on the motor in the excrement disposal apparatus.

  A seventh aspect of the present invention is the user wearing device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein one end of the user wearing device is connected to the user wearing device, and the user's excrement is within the user wearing device. A water purification path through which washing water for washing contamination caused by the air passes, a ventilation path through which air for drying after washing into the user wearing device passes, and the sewage in the user wearing device passes through the air. A composite pipe having a sewage channel to be connected; a wash water tank connected to the other end of the composite pipe for storing the wash water; a filth tank for storing the waste water; and supplying the wash water into the user wearing device. And a waste collection device having a water supply mechanism, a collection mechanism for collecting the sewage together with the air in the filth tank, and a blower mechanism for supplying drying air into the user wearing device. .

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, any one of the above-described user-worn devices and one end of the user-worn device are connected to the user-worn device, and the washing water for washing the contamination due to the excrement of the user in the user-worn device. A composite pipe having a purified water passage through which the air for drying after washing into the user wearing device passes, and a sewage passage through which the sewage in the user wearing device passes along with the air, A cleaning water tank connected to the other end for storing cleaning water, a filth tank for storing sewage, a water supply mechanism for supplying cleaning water into the user wearing device, a recovery mechanism for collecting sewage into the sewage tank together with air, and use It is possible to provide an automatic excretion processing apparatus with less burden on the motor in the excrement processing apparatus by providing the excrement processing apparatus having a blower mechanism for supplying air for drying in the person wearing apparatus. it can.

  A diaper cup formed in a substantially C-shaped cross-sectional shape covering the buttocks from the user's lower abdomen, and disposed on the buttocks side of the diaper cup, in a substantially elliptical cone shape from the connecting part of the excrement hose to just below the user's anus And the excrement cup formed so that the long axis of the ellipse is horizontal, and the distance from the user's anus to the excretion suction port is shortened, and the excrement cup is almost elliptical cone Therefore, it is possible to provide a user wearing device and an automatic excretion processing device with less excrement suction efficiency and less burden on the motor in the excrement processing device.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an embodiment of a diaper cup used in a user wearing device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of the diaper cup shown in FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VII-VII in FIG. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of FIG. 4 (however, only the housing is shown). FIG. 9 is a perspective cutaway view of the user wearing device using the diaper cup shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is an external view when the user wearing device shown in FIG. 9 is worn on the user. 11A is a bottom view when the user wearing device using the diaper cup shown in FIG. 1 is attached to the user (however, the cover 170 of the diaper cup is removed). (B) is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the air-water mixing section in FIG. In addition, the connector is abbreviate | omitted in FIGS. 1-11 (a), (b).

  The user wearing device 200 (see FIG. 9) is attached to the user's crotch, and purified water and drying air from the excrement disposal device described below are supplied via the purified water hose and the air hose, respectively. It is an apparatus for discharging a person's excrement to the excrement disposal apparatus through the excrement hose. The user wearing device 200 has a diaper cup 10 that is formed in a substantially C-shaped cross-sectional shape that covers the buttocks from the user's lower abdomen.

A diaper cup 10 shown in FIG. 1 has a boat-shaped main wall portion 11 disposed on the buttocks side of the user 2 and a substantially crescent cross section that extends substantially vertically from the main wall portion 11 and is disposed on the crotch portion 2a side. It has a sub-wall portion 12 having a shape and a lower abdomen side covering portion (also referred to as a male pubic region storage portion) 15 of a ladle that covers the lower abdomen.
The main wall portion 11 and the sub wall portion 12 are integrated so as to substantially intersect the L shape, and the both side edges on the inner surface side of the main wall portion 11 and the sub wall portion 12 are along the crotch shape. The side wall part 13 which is an opening edge part which contact | connects the skin surface of the groin part of the 2 crotch part 2a is integrated.
The diaper cup 10 has a connection portion 160 for excrement hose at the center (anus side) of the inner end side of the main wall portion 11 that intersects the sub-wall portion 12 in a substantially L shape, and the main wall portion 11. And an inclined portion inclined at a predetermined angle in the direction of the connecting portion 160 from the side opposite to the inner end side.

The diaper cup 10 is formed on the buttock side (main wall portion 11) so as to extend from the excrement hose connection portion 160 to a position just below the user's anus in a substantially elliptical conical shape and the long axis of the ellipse is in the horizontal direction. The excrement cup 161 is arranged.
This shortens the distance from the user's anus to the excrement suction port, and the excrement cup 161 spreads in a substantially elliptical cone shape, thereby improving the excrement suction efficiency and to the motor in the excrement disposal apparatus described later. This is to reduce the burden of

The excrement cup 161 is integrally formed with the bowl-shaped excrement guide member 162 from the central inner wall in the diaper cup 10 to the opening 161a as the excretion suction port of the excretion cup 161. A concave surface 163 is formed in the vicinity of the connecting portion between the excrement cup 160 and the excrement guide member 161, and the funnel is crushed from above. For this reason, the shape of the opening 161a of the excretion cup 161 has a concave shape on the upper side and a concave shape on the upper side (see FIGS. 6 to 8).
This reduces the space between the user and the inner wall of the diaper cup 10, thereby reducing the burden on the motor in the excrement disposal apparatus. In particular, the excrement guide member 162 is urine discharged from the user. This is for efficiently discharging the diaper to the lower part of the diaper cup 10.

  The outer peripheral part of the diaper cup 10 is equipped with the sealing member 14 which seals the clearance gap between users (refer FIG. 9, 10). The seal member 14 is made of a hollow flexible member (for example, silicone rubber) having a substantially rectangular cross section (may be elliptical, trapezoidal, or oval).

  The lower abdomen side covering part (male genital part storage part) 15 covering the lower abdomen is made of a rigid member (for example, silicone rubber or acrylic resin having higher rigidity than the seal member 14).

  Further, the diaper cup 10 is provided with a sewage channel 330 communicating with the opening 161 a so as to protrude from the outer end surface of the main wall portion 11. The dirty water channel 706 is detachably connected to the excrement disposal apparatus 300 via the composite pipe 700. In the figure, reference numeral 170 denotes a cover.

Furthermore, the structure of the diaper cup 10 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 11, the diaper cup 10 is attached to the upper end of the sub-wall portion 12 with the base end portion of the male pubic region storage portion 15 as the lower abdomen-side abdominal portion, and the user's 2 A fixing portion 16 to be fixed to the waist (lumbar bone) 2b is attached by adhesion.
After the base end portion is fitted to the fitting projection of the diaper cup 10, the male genital part storage portion 15 is attached by adhering and fixing the end portion of the seal surface to the end portion of the seal member 14. As a result, the excretory wearing device 1 can secure a sealing property from the diaper cup 10 to the male pubic part storage unit 15.

  The fixing portion 16 includes a fixing portion main body 16a that is bonded and fixed to the diaper cup 10, a fixing portion main body 16a, and a waist mat portion 16b that is detachably attached to the fixing portion main body 16a. The waist mat portion 16b is formed of, for example, a urethane material and has elasticity.

The waist mat portion 16b and the fixed portion main body 16a are each attached with a hook-and-loop fastener (not shown) as a member to be coupled, and the waist mat portion 16b can be detachably coupled to the fixed portion main body 16a. It is. The waist mat portion 16b can be selected according to the body shape of the user 2.
A body load distribution mat portion made of an elastic material may be provided on the back side of the fixed portion main body 16a. A plurality of hollow cylindrical bodies and the like are arranged in the body load dispersion mat portion, and are configured to disperse the body load. The hollow cylindrical body is disposed so that the height gradually decreases from the center part on the base end side of the body load dispersion mat part toward the periphery. The diaper cup 10 can relieve congestion of the waist 2b by dispersing the body load of the waist 2b of the user 2 by the body load dispersion mat portion 16c configured as described above.

  In the waist mat portion 16b, a belt portion 17 capable of mounting the excretory attachment body 1 on the waist portion 2b of the user 2 is sewn and extends right and left. A hook-and-loop fastener is attached to both ends of the belt portion 17, and the excretory attachment body 1 can be attached to the waist 2b of the user 2 by detachably connecting the end portions of each other.

One end of a connecting portion 18 connected to the male genital storage portion 15 is detachably attached to the belt portion 17. The connecting portion 18 has a length corresponding to the body shape of the user 2 and is extendable. The connecting portion 18 may be a known belt whose length can be adjusted according to the body shape of the user 2. The other end of the connecting portion 18 can be detachably attached to the male genital storage portion 15.
Normally, one end of the connecting part 18 is attached to the male genital storage part 15, and when the excretory wearing device 1 is attached, the other end is attached to the belt part 17 so that the belt part 17 and the male genital storage part 15 Are connected to connect the male genital part storage part 15 and the fixing part 16.

As shown in FIGS. 1-6, the diaper cup 10 is provided with sensors 23 (23-1, 23-2) for detecting excrement. The sensors 23 are respectively installed in the main wall portion 11 and in the vicinity of the boundary between the main wall portion 11 and the sub-wall portion 12, and sensors (hereinafter referred to as “urine sensor”) 23-1 for detecting urine, It is installed inside the bottom cover of the inclined portion of the main wall portion 11 that is inclined toward the connection portion 160 from the other end portion side opposite to the connection portion 160 of the wall portion 11, and solid matter (stool, soft stool, etc.) The so-called “feces”) 23-2 (hereinafter referred to as “feces sensor”).
Each of the sensors 23-1 and 23-2 is a photo interrupter composed of a light emitting element and a light receiving element. When the photo interrupter is a transmissive type, it is composed of a laser diode, a laser diode and a phototransistor (or a photodiode) arranged so as to sandwich the flow line through which excrement passes, and when the photo interrupter is a reflective type It is composed of a light emitting diode, a laser diode, and a phototransistor (or a photodiode) disposed in the vicinity of a flow line through which excrement passes.

  In the diaper cup 10, after excretion of excrement (feces and urine) is detected by the urine sensor 23-1 and the feces sensor 23-2, a cared person (use) is used according to the type of excrement (that is, feces or urine). The injection nozzles 50a and 50b for injecting a fluid such as warm water (hereinafter referred to as “purified water”) to the site to be cleaned in order to clean the anus and genital area (hereinafter referred to as “cleaning site”) of 2) Is provided on the sub-wall portion 12. Further, the injection nozzle 50c for facilitating the discharge of excrement, particularly feces, injects the purified water in the direction opposite to the connection portion 160 and along the boundary portion between the horizontal portion and the vertical portion of the sub-wall portion 12. Is provided.

An air / water mixing section 306 is provided in the vicinity of the injection nozzle 50b on the back side (right side in FIG. 8) of the sub-wall section 12. The air / water mixing unit 306 mixes the air supplied from the excrement disposal apparatus 300 described later via the ventilation path 302 and the purified water supplied via the purified water path 303 to generate a mixed phase flow. The output side of the air / water mixing unit 306 is branched into three, one is directly connected to the nozzle 50b, the other is connected to the nozzle 50a via the tube 320, and the other is connected to the nozzle 50c via the tube 321. Yes.
Water purification passages 164 and 165 are provided from the water purification nozzles 50 a and 50 b provided on the vertical inner wall of the sub-wall portion 12 of the diaper cup 10 to the excrement guide member 162. In the openings 166 and 167 for water purification of the excrement guide member 162, mesh members (for example, stainless steel mesh or resin mesh) 168 and 169 are provided, respectively. The multiphase flow jetted from the jet nozzles 50a to 50c is diffused by the mesh members 168 and 169, and excrement can be crushed and efficiently discharged. The communication part 323 of the air / water mixing part 306 with the ventilation path 302 is formed in a quadrangular frustum shape with a narrow upper side and a wide lower side, so that the mixed phase flow can be prevented from flowing back into the ventilation path 302.

A substantially C-shaped tube (for example, a silicone tube) 213 is provided at the distal end of the main wall 11 (the lower end in FIG. 1 (f)). The center of the tube 213 is connected to the other end of the ventilation path 307 whose one end (the upper end in FIG. 1 (f)) is connected to the ventilation path 302 (FIGS. 9 to 11 (b)). Both ends of the tube 213 are closed, and a plurality of hot air outlets 210 are formed on the connection portion 160 side. The skin of the user wearing the diaper cup 10 is dried by the warm air blown out from the warm air port 210.
On the upper side of the tube 213, a substantially C-shaped bowl-shaped member (for example, silicone resin) 212 is provided. The bowl-shaped member 212 has a function of mixing purified water (mixed-phase flow) from the nozzle 50c and air from the tube 213, a function of preventing excrement from adhering to the hot air outlet 210 of the tube 213, and a drying unit. It has the function of increasing the flow rate by narrowing down when only air is blown out to improve the drying efficiency.

  The water channel is configured such that warm water that is purified water is supplied from the excrement disposal apparatus 300 via the composite pipe 700, and according to the detection result of excrement by the urine sensor 23-1 and the fecal sensor 23-2. By adjusting the strength of the jet of purified water by the control device 400 described later, the user's site to be cleaned is efficiently cleaned.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an automatic excretion device using the user wearing device according to the present invention.
An automatic excretion processing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 2 includes a user mounting apparatus 200 that is mounted between the user's crotch, an excrement processing apparatus 300 that processes excretion excreted from the user, a user mounting apparatus 200, and It comprises a control device 400 that performs overall control of the excrement disposal device 300, a data reading device 500, and a data transmission device 600.

FIG. 13: is a conceptual diagram which shows one Embodiment which shows the automatic excretion processing apparatus using the user mounting apparatus based on this invention.
FIG. 13 shows in detail the user wearing device 200, the excrement disposal device 300, and the composite tube 700 of the automatic excretion disposal device 100.

The excrement disposal apparatus 300 mainly includes a water supply mechanism, a blower mechanism, and a recovery mechanism.
The water supply mechanism includes a purified water tank 121 for storing purified water 120, an electromagnetic pump 122 for supplying purified water 120 from the purified water tank 121 to the user wearing device 200, and purified water 120 in the purified water tank 121 provided below the purified water tank 121. A heater 123 as a heating means for heating the water to an appropriate temperature, a temperature sensor 124 for detecting the temperature of the purified water 120, a water level sensor 125 for detecting the water level of the purified water 120, and the water purification paths 130 and 131. Yes.

The blower mechanism includes a blower 101, a filter element 105, and return air for blowing air for drying in the diaper cup 10 opened to the crotch portion of the user wearing device described later to the user wearing device 200. It is composed of ventilation passages 110 and 111 through.
The filter element 105 has a replaceable deodorizing filter using, for example, activated carbon, and removes malodor of air returning from the diaper cup 10.
The blower 101 includes a double-axis motor M104, an air circulation fan 102 attached to the output shaft of one of the double-axis motor M104 (upper side in the figure), and the output of the other (lower side in this case) of the double-axis motor M. The cooling fan 103 is attached to a shaft.

  Return air is air supplied from the excrement disposal apparatus 300 to the user wearing apparatus 200, and suction air is air sucked from the user wearing apparatus 200 to the excrement disposal apparatus 300.

  The intake port of the fan 103 sucks air outside the excrement disposal apparatus 300, and the exhaust port of the fan 103 cools the biaxial motor M <b> 104 itself and the excrement disposal apparatus 300 via the ventilation path 114. Each part is cooled, and by opening the valve 107, it can be exhausted to the outside through the ventilation path 115.

  A ventilation path 110 is connected to the exhaust port of the fan 102, and one end (left side in the figure) of an air circulation path 113 through which suction air passes is connected to the intake port. A centrifugal separation mechanism 129 is connected to the other end (in this case, the right side) of the ventilation path 113.

  The recovery mechanism includes a waste tank 126, a centrifugal separation mechanism 129, a ventilation path 112, and a dirty water path 132 (however, the ventilation path 112 and the dirty water path 132, the ventilation path 331 and the dirty water path 330, the ventilation path 705 and the dirty water path). 706 is an individual passage in the figure, but is actually a common passage through which air and sewage flow at the same time, and the connection portion 160 is inserted into the ventilation passage 331 and the sewage passage 330, so Are almost in common relations.)

  Although the sewage can be discharged by opening the opening / closing valve 128 provided in the piping at the bottom of the filth tank 126, the filth tank 126 is configured to be detachable without the opening / closing valve 128, and the filth tank 126 may be configured to be removed.

The centrifugal separation mechanism 129 provided at the upper part of the waste tank 126 includes air supplied by the blower 101 via the user wearing device 200 and waste water supplied by the electromagnetic pump 122 via the user wearing device 200. A rotating blade (not shown) that rotates around a vertical rotating shaft by pressure, and a tapered skirt that extends downward and is disposed so as to cover the rotating track of the rotating blade.
The centrifugal force of the centrifugal separation mechanism 129 separates sewage and air, accommodates the sewage 127 in the filth tank 126, and causes the blower 101 to collect air through the ventilation paths 113 and 116.

  That is, the sewage in the user wearing device 200 is collected together with the air in the excrement disposal device 300 to separate the air and sewage, the sewage 127 is stored in the sewage tank 126, and the air is stored in the user wearing device 200 and the excrement. Circulation with the processing apparatus 300 is performed.

  That is, the purified water 120 in the purified water tank 121 is the purified water channel 130, the electromagnetic pump 122, the purified water channel 131, the purified water channel 704, the purified water channel 303, the nozzles 50a to 50c, the excrement cup 161, the sewage channel 330, the sewage channel 706, and the sewage. The waste is collected in the filth tank 126 through the path 132 and the centrifugal separation mechanism 129.

  The air in the diaper cup 10 is the excrement cup 161, the ventilation path 331, the ventilation path 705, the ventilation path 112, the centrifugal separation mechanism 129, the filth tank 126, the centrifugal separation mechanism 129, the ventilation path 113, the fan 102, the ventilation path 110, The filter element 105, the ventilation path 111, the ventilation path 703, the ventilation path 307, and the warm air outlet 210 are circulated to the diaper cup 10.

The user wearing device 200 described above includes the diaper cup 10, the water purification path 303 connected to the nozzles 50 a to 50 c provided in the diaper cup 10, the ventilation path 307 connected to the hot air outlet 210, and the connection part 160. A ventilation path 331 through which air passes (however, the ventilation path 331 and the sewage path 330 are actually common), a waste cup 161 connected to the connection portion 160 through which excrement passes, and urine A sensor 23-1 for detecting and a sensor 23-2 for detecting feces are provided.
The electrical connector 24 and the connector are connected to end portions of the ventilation paths 302 and 331, the water purification path 303, and the dirty water path 330 of the diaper cup 10.

  The connection port of the water purification channel 131 of the excrement disposal apparatus 300 is detachably connected to the water purification channel 704 in the composite pipe 700 by a connector, and the water purification channel 704 is detachably connected to the user wearing device 200 by another connector. .

The water purification path 704 is connected to the nozzles 50 a to 50 c via the water purification path 303 of the user wearing device 200.
From the nozzles 50a to 50c, the purified water is ejected to the excrement 207 discharged from the user in the user wearing device 200, and the contamination is cleaned.

  The composite pipe 700 includes a ventilation path 703 made of a flexible pipe (for example, a bellows pipe made of resin, a corrugated pipe or a spiral pipe) having connectors at both ends, a water purification path 704 made of a similar flexible pipe, and a similar flexible pipe. A ventilation path 705 made of a pipe, a sewage path 706 made of a similar flexible pipe, and signal lines 701 and 702 for connecting the sensors 23-1 and 23-2 and the control computer 402 together to form a flexible hose or tube The user wearing device 200 and the excrement disposal device 300 are detachably connected to each other. The length of the composite pipe 700 may be, for example, a length (for example, about 3 m, but not limited) that allows the user to wake up on the bed and easily detach.

  Further, the composite pipe 700 has a signal in any one of the spiral grooves of the ventilation paths 703, 705, the purified water path 704, and the dirty water path 706 when the ventilation paths 703, 705, the purified water path 704, and the dirty water path 706 are spiral pipes. You may comprise so that compactness can be achieved by embedding the lines 701 and 702.

These double-axis motor M104, electromagnetic pump 122, heater 123, temperature sensor 124, and water level sensor 125 are connected to a control computer 402 of the control device 400, and the control computer 402 operates the blower 101 and the temperature of the purified water 120. The supply of purified water 120, the water level, etc. are controlled.
The operation panel 401 includes a switch and a display unit for performing an on / off operation of the automatic excrement disposal apparatus, an automatic manual switching operation of washing and drying, a water temperature setting, and the like.

Next, the cleaning timing will be described with reference to the operation flowcharts of FIGS.
FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the timing of cleaning by the automatic excretion processing apparatus shown in FIG.
First, the case where the excreta is urine will be described with reference to the operation flow chart of FIG.
When the cared person (user) 2 urinates, the urine sensor 23-1 detects urine to turn on (ON) (step S101), and the control device 400 drives the electromagnetic pump 122 intermittently (step S101). S102), the purified water is allowed to flow through the diaper cup 10 for several seconds (for example, spraying for 3 seconds, stopping for 2 seconds × 5 times), and the blower 101 is driven while the electromagnetic pump 122 is driven to clean the water channel 131 and the water purification channel 704. Then, warm water (mixed phase flow) in which air is mixed is flowed to the spray nozzles 50a to 50c through the water purification path 303 (step S103), and the warm water is sprayed from the spray nozzles 50a and 50b toward the portion to be cleaned of the user 2. It wash | cleans and it injects and wash | cleans toward the excrement in the main wall part 11 of the diaper cup 10 from the injection nozzle 50c.

Contamination due to the user's urine in the diaper cup 10 can be sufficiently washed by injecting warm water from the nozzles 50a to 50c to the urine that is excreted (step S104).
The excrement disposal apparatus 300 sucks the urine excreted in the diaper cup 10 from the excretion cup 161 together with the purified water (sewage) that has cleaned the site to be cleaned (step S105), and enters the excrement disposal apparatus 300. It discharges to the provided waste tank 126 (step S106).

  After the urine from the user 2 is excreted, the control device 400 supplies hot water from the user wearing device 200 to the diaper cup 10 intermittently for a certain period of time to wash the diaper cup 10 (step S107). The sewage after washing is sucked from the excrement cup 161 (step S108), and the sewage is discharged to the filth tank 126 provided inside the excrement disposal apparatus 300 (step S109). The control device 400 stops the electromagnetic pump 122 and blows warm air from the blower 101 into the diaper cup 10 to dry the portion to be cleaned of the user 2 and the inside of the diaper cup 10. Warm air for drying is blown out from the warm air port 210 in the diaper cup 10 (step S110), and the air used for drying is sucked from the excrement suction port 21 (step S111), and the excrement processing apparatus 300 is filled with air. The bad odor of air is filtered by the provided filter element 105 and circulated between the blower 101, the waste tank 126, and the diaper cup 10 (step S112). When the drying process is completed, the blower 101 is turned off by the control device 400. (OFF) (step S113), the urine processing is terminated.

Next, the case where the excrement is feces will be described with reference to the operation flow diagram of FIG.
FIG. 15 is a further flowchart for explaining the timing of cleaning by the automatic excretion processing apparatus shown in FIG.
When the user 2 who is a care recipient defecates, the stool sensor 23-2 detects that the stool is turned on (step S201), and the control device 400 intermittently turns on the electromagnetic pump 122 as described above. The blower 101 is driven while the electromagnetic pump 122 is driven while the purified water is being passed through the diaper cup 10 for several seconds, and the diaper cup 10 is jetted through the purified water path 131, the purified water path 704, and the purified water path 303. Since warm water is allowed to flow through the nozzles 50a to 50c (step S203) and the warm water is sprayed from the spray nozzles 50a to 50c toward the portion to be cleaned of the user 2, the contamination of the user's stool in the diaper cup 10 is prevented. It can be washed sufficiently (step S204).
The excrement disposal apparatus 300 sucks the feces excreted in the diaper cup 10 from the excretion cup 161 together with the purified water (sewage) that has cleaned the site to be cleaned (step S205), and enters the excrement disposal apparatus 300. It discharges to the provided filth tank 126 (step S206).

  After the excretion of the stool by the user 2 is completed, the control device 400 supplies hot water (multiphase flow) to the diaper cup 10 intermittently for a certain period of time to wash the diaper cup 10 (step S207). The sewage after washing is sucked from the excrement cup 161 (step S208), and the sewage is discharged to the filth tank 126 provided in the excrement disposal apparatus 300 (step S209). The control device 400 stops the electromagnetic pump 122 and blows warm air from the blower 101 into the user wearing device 200 to dry the portion to be cleaned of the user 2 and the inside of the diaper cup 10. The hot air for drying is blown out from the hot air port 210 in the diaper cup 10 after washing (step S210), and the air used for drying is sucked from the excrement cup 161 (step S211), and the inside of the excrement processing apparatus 300 The filter element 105 provided in the filter filters the bad odor of the air and circulates between the blower 101, the filth tank 126 and the diaper cup 10 (step S212). It is turned off (step S213), and the flight process is terminated.

Here, in the water purification channel 704 of the composite pipe 700, after the user 2 washing target site is washed by the injection nozzles 50a to 50c, the remaining water of the purified water (warm water) stays. Decreases to room temperature as time passes.
Washing with purified water whose temperature has dropped gives the user 2 an uncomfortable feeling.

  Therefore, the purified water remaining in the purified water channel 704 (hereinafter referred to as “residual purified water”) is used as purified water of the diaper cup 10. That is, by flowing residual purified water from the injection nozzles 50a to 50c to the diaper cup 10 for several seconds at a pressure lower than that at the time of washing, (a) purified water having a preset temperature is always obtained. The discomfort caused by the temperature difference between the diaper cup 10 and the inner surface of the diaper cup 10 is moistened to prevent dirt from adhering. (C) Clogging of the injection nozzles 50a to 50c can be prevented.

  The diaper cup 10 is formed of a transparent material. That is, by making the material of the diaper cup 10 to be worn on the lower back of the user 2 transparent, (1) confirmation of the wearing state; whether or not the diaper cup 10 is worn at a predetermined position by visual inspection. (2) Confirmation of urination, defecation and dirt; can confirm the presence and state of urination, defecation and dirt without removing diaper cup 10; (3) Confirmation of device operation status; automatic excretion It is possible to check the operation status of the devices and devices that constitute the processing device 100.

  The automatic excretion processing device 100 described above displays an “operation error” on the screen of the operation panel 401 provided in the control device 400 and also displays the “contents of the operation error” in a known speech synthesis LSI (large scale integrated circuit). The user 2 and the caregiver are also notified by the voice of

  As shown in FIG. 2, the automatic excretion processing device 100 described above is further connected to the excrement processing device 300 and the control device 400, and data relating to excrement processed by the excrement processing device 300 by the control device 400. For example, it includes a data reading device 500 that reads data related to the number of defecations, defecation charges, number of urinations, and amount of urination of the user 2, and a data transmission device 600 that transmits data read by the data reading device 500.

The data reading device 500 is configured to read data other than data related to excreta, for example, data related to blood pressure, pulse, SpO ₂ , body temperature, blood sugar level, and the like by connecting another measuring device (not shown). .
The data transmission device 600 reads the data read by the data reading device 500, that is, data related to so-called biological information, via a wired or wireless communication network such as the Internet, for a care center, a day service center, a home helper, an attending physician, a care recipient. It is configured to transmit to a target location such as a family.

  The above-described embodiment shows an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. is there. For example, in the present embodiment, the space between the excrement cup and the main wall is hollow, but the present invention is not limited to this and may be solid. Moreover, in embodiment mentioned above, although demonstrated when the concave surface was formed in the upper surface of the excretion cup, this invention is not limited to this, Even if the shape of the opening part of an excretion cup is an ellipse Good.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for a user wearing apparatus and an automatic excretion processing apparatus that are disposed in a facility or home that accommodates elderly persons such as bedridden elderly persons who cannot be excreted by themselves, sick persons, infants, and the like.

It is an appearance perspective view showing one embodiment of a diaper cup used for a user wearing device concerning the present invention. It is a front view of the diaper cup shown in FIG. It is the III-III sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the IV-IV sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the VV sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the VI-VI sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the VII-VII sectional view taken on the line of FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of FIG. 4. It is a perspective fracture view of a user wearing device using the diaper cup shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is an external perspective view when the user wearing device shown in FIG. 9 is worn on the user. (A) is a bottom view when the user wearing device using the diaper cup shown in FIG. 1 is attached to the user, and (b) is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the air-water mixing part of (a). is there. It is a block diagram showing one embodiment of an automatic excretion device using a user wearing device concerning the present invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows one Embodiment which shows the automatic excretion processing apparatus using the user mounting apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the timing of the washing | cleaning by the automatic excretion processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a further flowchart for demonstrating the timing of the washing | cleaning by the automatic excretion processing apparatus shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Diaper cup 11 Main wall part 12 Subwall part 13 Side wall part 14 Seal member 15 Lower abdominal part side covering part (male genital part storing part)
23-1 Urine sensor 23-2 Feces sensor 50a-50c Injection nozzle 160 Connection part 161 Excretion cup 161a Opening part (excretion inlet)
162 Excrement guide member 163 Concave surface 164, 165 Passage 166, 167 Opening 168, 169 Net-like member 210 Hot air vent 212 Bush member 213 Tube 307 Ventilation path

Claims (7)

The user's crotch is attached to clean water and drying air from the excrement disposal apparatus via the water purification hose and the air hose, respectively, and the user excrement is excreted to the excrement disposal apparatus. In the user wearing device for discharging through the hose for
A diaper cup formed in a substantially C-shaped cross section covering the buttocks from the lower abdomen of the user;
An excrement cup disposed on the buttock side of the diaper cup and extending in a substantially elliptical conical shape from a connection part of the excrement hose to a position just below the user's anus and having a long axis of the ellipse in a horizontal direction And a user wearing device.   The user wearing device according to claim 1, wherein a bowl-shaped excrement guide member is provided from an inner central wall of the diaper cup to an opening of the excrement cup.   The user wearing device according to claim 2, wherein a concave surface is formed in the vicinity of a connection portion between the excrement guide member and the excrement cup.   A water purification passage is provided from a water purification nozzle provided on an inner wall of the diaper cup to the excrement guide member, and a net-like member is provided in an opening for water purification of the excrement guide member. The user wearing device according to claim 2 or 3.   The user wearing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a water purification path that supplies cleaning water to the user wearing device, an air passage that supplies drying air to the user wearing device, and An automatic excretion processing apparatus, wherein a sewage path for discharging sewage from a user wearing apparatus together with the air is connected, and the water purification path, the ventilation path, and the sewage path are connected to an excrement disposal apparatus. The user wearing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
One end is connected to the user wearing device, a water purification path through which washing water for washing contamination by the user's excrement passes in the user wearing device, after washing into the user wearing device An air passage through which drying air passes, and a composite pipe having a sewage passage through which the sewage from the user wearing device passes along with the air;
A water supply mechanism connected to the other end of the composite pipe and supplying the cleaning water into the user wearing device, and supplying drying air into the user wearing device, and the sewage through the sewage channel And an excretion processing apparatus having a recovery mechanism for recovering the air together with the air. The user wearing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
One end is connected to the user wearing device, a water purification path through which washing water for washing contamination by the user's excrement passes in the user wearing device, after washing into the user wearing device A composite pipe having a ventilation path through which drying air passes, and a sewage path through which sewage in the user wearing device passes along with the air;
A cleaning water tank that is connected to the other end of the composite pipe and stores the cleaning water, a filth tank that stores the sewage, a water supply mechanism that supplies the cleaning water into the user wearing device, and the sewage for each air An automatic excretion processing apparatus comprising: a recovery mechanism for recovering to the waste tank; and an excretion processing apparatus having a blower mechanism for supplying drying air into the user wearing device.

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