JP2008154929A - Shower unit - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shower unit which enables a user to have a shower in a sitting state and further comfortably shampoo the hair in the sitting state. <P>SOLUTION: The shower unit includes a seat part, a back part, at least a pair of a water delivery parts separated from each other across the center of the seat part and provided on the back part for delivering a shower flow to be applied to the front side of the body of a sitting person sitting on the seat part, and a head washing water delivery part provided between the water delivery parts and above the water delivery parts. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a shower apparatus, and more particularly to a shower apparatus that can receive a shower bath throughout the body while a user is sitting.

  As a shower bath apparatus that can receive a shower bath in a posture in which a user is sitting, there is one disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example. According to this patent document 1, spray is sprayed toward the user from the spray nozzle provided on the arm protruding forward from the back of the user in a sitting posture over the shoulder. Furthermore, according to the shower device of Patent Document 1, a configuration is provided in which a nozzle unit that surrounds the occupant's scalp is provided so that the nozzle tip is close to the occupant's scalp, and hot water is ejected from the nozzle to the occupant's scalp. ing.

  However, in the configuration of Patent Document 1, since it is designed so that warm water is ejected to the scalp from a nozzle close to the scalp, there is no space for a hand to perform a hair washing operation, and the physique (height and sitting height) and posture change. There are problems such as being unusable and unusable, having to keep the head in the same posture, and being unable to relax.

  Moreover, in patent document 2, in the shower apparatus similar to patent document 1, the structure which detects the position of a seated person's head with a position detection means according to a physique etc., and adjusts the position of a nozzle unit is disclosed. However, the structure is complicated and the cost increases.

Further, in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the water discharger for warming the body is provided on the arm protruding forward from the back side, and the arm hits the arm during the hair washing operation, which disturbs the hair washing.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-314061 JP-A-11-18882

  The present invention provides a shower device that allows a user to take a shower bath while sitting, and also enables comfortable hair washing while sitting.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, a shower flow that is provided on the back portion and spaced apart across the center of the seat portion, the back portion, and the seat portion, and is showered on the front side of the seated person seated on the seat portion. A shower apparatus comprising: at least a pair of water discharge units for discharging water; and a head washing water discharge unit provided between the water discharge units provided apart from each other and above the water discharge unit. Is provided.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the shower apparatus which can receive a shower bath in the state which the user sat down, and also made comfortable hair washing in the state of sitting down is provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a shower apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

  The shower device according to the present embodiment includes a back portion 11 that can receive the back of a seated person, and a base portion 12 provided below the back portion 11. Here, the back portion 11 may be a bathroom wall surface that is substantially perpendicular to the bathroom floor surface, or may be provided separately in front of the bathroom wall surface and inclined so as to fall backward. The base 12 is on a business trip from the back 11 toward the inside of the bathroom. A seat portion 14 is provided on the upper surface of the base portion 12.

  A pair of water discharge portions 20 is provided in a portion of the back portion 11 above the seat portion 14. A neck support portion 5 that protrudes forward is provided at a slightly lower portion between the pair of water discharge portions 20 in the back portion 11. A waist support portion 6 that protrudes forward is provided in a portion of the back portion 11 slightly above the boundary with the seat portion 14. The user can sit on the seat portion 14 with the neck support portion 5 supporting the back side or the back of the neck and the waist support portion 6 supporting the waist. Unable to take a relaxed posture.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the pair of water dischargers 20 as viewed from the front.

  The pair of water dischargers 20 are provided on both the left and right sides of the center C with the center C of the seat 14 interposed therebetween. Each water discharge part 20 is located above the shoulder of the seated person in a state where the user is seated on the seat part 14.

  Each water discharge part 20 has the 1st-3rd water discharge parts 21-23. The 1st-3rd water discharging parts 21-23 are provided along with the horizontal direction which cross | intersects substantially perpendicular | vertical with respect to a height direction. Each of the first to third water dischargers 21 to 23 has a plurality of water discharge ports.

  A third water discharge portion 23 is provided on the innermost side with respect to the center C of the seat portion 14, a second water discharge portion 22 is provided outside the third water discharge portion 23, and outside the second water discharge portion 22. A first water discharger 21 is provided. The 1st-3rd water discharging parts 21-23 are provided in the substantially same height. Alternatively, the second water discharger 22 is provided at a slightly higher position than the first water discharger 21 and the third water discharger 23. From each water discharging part 21-23, the shower flow of the hot water of about 40-45 degreeC is discharged, for example.

  The water discharge direction of the shower flow from the second water discharge unit 22 is set slightly below the horizontal direction.

  The direction of water discharge of the shower flow from the first water discharger 21 is directed from the outside of the seated person seated on the seat 14 (outside when viewed laterally in FIG. 3) to the vicinity of the shoulder part of the seated person. It is set as follows.

  The water discharge direction of the shower flow from the third water discharge unit 23 is set to face the shoulder near the base of the neck of the seated person seated on the seat 14.

  A head washing water discharger 33 is provided above the pair of water dischargers 20 in the back part 11. The head washing water discharger 33 is positioned above the head of the seated person who is seated on the seat 14 and the neck support 5 supports the neck. The head washing water discharger 33 has a plurality of nozzles or water discharge ports and points them downward.

  Next, the operation of the shower device according to this embodiment will be described.

  2 and 3, the first to third water dischargers 21 to 23 discharge the shower flow from above the seat portion 14 so as to represent the locus of the shower flow with a broken line. Put it in front of the body of the seated person (below the neck).

  From each 2nd water discharging part 22, the shower flow of the hot water which falls in the front edge vicinity of the ejection seat part 14 in the downward direction from the horizontal direction is discharged. From another point of view, the second water spouting unit 22 discharges the shower flow over the seated person's shoulders in front of the seated person in an arc by his / her own weight. The shower flow falls near the lower limb. At this time, the shower flow may fall not only on the leg of the seated person but also on the abdomen. The shower flow then flows on the surface of the lower limb from the seated person's knee to the foot.

  Even if the second water discharge unit 22 is provided in the vicinity of the head behind the seated person and far from the lower limbs of the seated person, by discharging water over the shoulder of the seated person, the discharged water flow is The lower limb can be reliably warmed from the knee by reliably reaching the lower limb without being blocked by the seated person.

  From the third water discharger 23, a shower flow is discharged toward the shoulder near the base of the seated person's neck. Part of the shower flow that hits the shoulder flows through the front and sides of the body from the chest to the torso of the seated person, and the other part of the shower flow that hits the shoulder wraps around the back. In this way, both the front side and the back of the seated person's body can be warmed. Moreover, the massage effect by a shower style can also be made to act on a shoulder part.

  From the 1st water discharging part 21, a shower flow is discharged toward the shoulder part of a seated person. The shower flow that hits the shoulder portion is not covered by the shower flow from the second water discharge portion 22 and the third water discharge portion 23, and is on the portion around the center of the arm portion or the side portion of the trunk portion. Flow and warm the part.

  The hot water that wraps around the back of the seated person flows one after another along the back or back 11 of the seated person toward the seat 14, and a temperature boundary layer cannot be formed between the back and the back 11 of the seated person. The heat of the hot water is easily transmitted to the back of the seated person. Since the back of the human body has a high density of thermal receptors (the part where the human body feels heat), the thermal effect can be enhanced even with a small flow rate, and it also saves water and saves energy by saving the amount of hot water used.

  In addition, if the seat part 14 is formed in a concave shape, the hot water discharged from each of the water discharge parts 21 to 23 is accumulated in the concave seat part 14 along the body surface or the back part 11 of the seated person, In addition, at least the back side of the thigh is surely in contact with hot water. Thereby, the buttocks and the waist | hip | lumbar part vicinity which the shower flow from each water discharging part 21-23 does not hit directly can be warmed efficiently. In addition, warming the lower back can activate intestinal movement. The hot water that has fallen on the seat 14 flows out from the front edge facing the inside of the bathroom toward the back of the lower limb of the seated person and warms the back of the lower limb.

  That is, in this embodiment, in the seated state, the shower flow from each of the water dischargers 21 to 23 is received by the entire body excluding the portion above the neck, thereby obtaining a feeling of bathing in hot water (a feeling of bathing). It is possible to obtain a high thermal effect while being a shower bath. And compared with the case where it is immersed in a bathtub, water pressure is not applied to a body and there are few burdens to a body. Furthermore, since there is no need to move in and out of the bathtub and it can be used in a sitting state, a high thermal effect can be easily obtained even for an elderly person or a user who has a physical movement disorder. Also, instead of taking a shower for each part of the body, the whole body can be showered at the same time, so the body can be warmed by taking a shower while saving water in a short time.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a shower flow is discharged downward from the head cleaning water discharger 33. A seated person sitting on the seat 14 can perform hair washing by the shower flow discharged from the head washing and discharging unit 33.

  For example, before the hair is washed by water discharged from the head washing water discharger 33, the whole body (portion below the neck) is warmed by the shower flow discharged from the first to third water dischargers 21 to 23, or the body is washed. If this is done, the hair can be washed after the pores of the scalp are opened due to an increase in body temperature, so that the pores can be easily cleaned and the scalp washing effect can be enhanced.

  Further, unlike Patent Documents 1 and 2, in which a nozzle unit is provided so as to surround the scalp of the seated person, the nozzle tip is positioned close to the scalp and the water flow is ejected toward the scalp, in this embodiment, the head The head washing and discharging unit 33 is provided at a sufficient distance from the seated person's head so that the washing and discharging unit 33 can perform a hair washing operation by hand without disturbing the washing and discharging unit 33. Since the shower flow that is close to free fall is discharged, it is possible to perform a hair washing operation comfortably while suppressing splashing on the face of the seated person due to water splashing.

  In the present embodiment, the act of warming the body and body using the water spouting unit 20 and the hair washing act using the head washing and spouting unit 33 are performed while sitting in the same place and in the sitting posture ( It can be done without changing body orientation. In other words, while sitting, it is generally possible to take a bath, act to warm the body, wash the body, and wash the hair. For people who have had a burden to move their body, it is safe and easy to bathe.

  In addition, when receiving a shower flow from the water discharger 20, the body can be washed at the same time as warming the body, that is, the hot water used for warming the body and the hot water used for washing the body can be used together to save water and save energy. I can plan.

  The pair of water discharge units 20 are provided on the back portion 11 so as to be separated from each other, and the head washing water discharge unit 33 is provided between the pair of water discharge units 20 and above the water discharge unit 20. Even if the shower flow is simultaneously discharged from the water discharger 20 and the head washing water discharger 33, the water discharge from each of the water dischargers 20, 33 can be discharged to a desired part without interfering with each other. It is. By warming the whole body with water discharged from the water discharger 20 and allowing the head to be washed with water discharged from the head washing water discharger 33, it is possible to prevent the body from being cooled, especially during head washing in winter.

  In addition, the water discharger 20 is configured such that the seated person moves the body slightly forward and sits down or tilts his head forward to discharge the water discharge from the head washing water discharger 33 toward the front from the back 11. By directly showering the back part of the neck of the seated person who is difficult to reach the water discharge flow from the head or flowing along the head, by simultaneously discharging the shower flow from the water discharge unit 20 and the head washing water discharge unit 33, The whole body heat effect can be further enhanced.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, the water discharging part 20 which takes a shower flow on the front side of the body is provided on the back part 11 on the rear side of the seated person, and is not an arm-shaped configuration protruding forward as in Patent Documents 1 and 2. Therefore, the water discharger 20 does not get in the way during the hair washing operation.

  Further, unlike Patent Documents 1 and 2, in which a nozzle unit is provided so as to surround the scalp of the seated person and the nozzle tip is positioned close to the scalp and the water flow is jetted toward the scalp, the head cleaning in this embodiment The water discharger 33 is provided sufficiently upwardly with respect to the head of the seated person sitting on the seat 14 in consideration of the physique (height or sitting height) of the seated person. For this reason, in this embodiment, it is not necessary to fix the position of the head to maintain the state where the scalp is close to the nozzle, and the head can be moved freely, and the hand can be easily moved between the head and the head washing and discharging unit 33. Further, when performing the operation of washing the hair with the hand, the hand does not collide with the head washing water spouting unit 33, and it is easy to use and the hair can be washed easily. Further, since the head washing and discharging unit 33 is not configured to be close to the seated person's scalp, the position of the nozzle unit is detected by detecting the position of the seated person's head according to the seated person's physique as in Patent Document 2. There is no need to provide a complicated mechanism for adjustment, and low cost can be realized.

  If the occupant discharges a shower flow vertically downward from the head washing and discharging part 33 in a state where the cervical part is supported by the cervical support part 5, the shower flow even if the physique (height or sitting height) of the occupant changes. The range of contact is almost the same, and it is possible to take a shower style behind the front of the seated person, not to touch the face directly, and to prevent the hot water mixed with shampoo from spreading around the face to the user. No discomfort.

  From the viewpoint of suppressing the shower flow from the head washing water spouting unit 33 on the face of the seated person and the hot water flowing through the head from flowing around the face, the diffusion range of the shower flow from the head washing water discharging unit 33 Is preferably set in the vicinity of the back portion 11. More specifically, when the seated person causes the neck support portion 5 to support the neck, the head is naturally positioned in the vicinity of the neck support portion 5, so that the shower flow from the head washing water discharger 33 If the diffusion range is set in the vicinity of the cervical support 5, the shower flow can be applied only to the head, and water discharge and stagnation on the face can be suppressed.

  In the present embodiment, the “shower flow” means that the water discharged from the water discharge units 21 to 23 and 33 is discharged in a linear shape, or the water discharged in the form of a droplet (mist flow). Including. If the shower flow which consists of a continuous water flow instead of spraying is discharged from the 1st-3rd water discharging parts 21-23 and the head washing | cleaning water discharging part 33, surrounding space will be made like the case where a mist (spray) is ejected. It does not become a high temperature and high humidity atmosphere. Further, the shower flow in this case is economical because the temperature drop of the discharged water due to the heat of vaporization is smaller than that of the mist, so that it is not necessary to set the set temperature of the shower flow higher than necessary.

  In addition, by making it possible to adjust the water discharge direction of the shower flow from the head washing water discharge unit 33 and appropriately setting the water discharge direction, it is possible to cope with various usage forms according to the user's preference.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4, by discharging the shower flow in a direction inclined toward the back part 11 with respect to the vertical downward direction from the head washing water discharging part 33, water discharge and stagnation on the face are reduced, A comfortable hair wash can be performed by showering only the head.

  In addition, by making it possible to adjust the position in the front-rear direction of the head washing and discharging unit 33, it is possible to cope with different uses of washing and face washing. For example, at the time of face washing, as shown in FIG. 5, the head washing and discharging unit 33 can be moved forward so that the shower flow from the head washing and discharging unit 33 can be directed toward the face of the seated person.

  Further, by making it possible to adjust the position of the head washing and discharging unit 33 in the front-rear direction, it is possible to cope with differences in the physique and sitting method of the seated person, for example, a seated person who sits shallowly or a seated person who leans forward slightly On the other hand, the head washing water discharger 33 is positioned in the front, and the head washing water discharger 33 is arranged rearward (back part) for a seated person who sits deeply on the back part 11 side or sits back. 11 side) to cope with it.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a shower device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Note that the same components as those in the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, a shower head 43 that is detachably held with respect to the back portion (or bathroom wall surface) 11 is provided as the head washing water discharger. The shower head 43 is held between the pair of water discharge portions 20 and on the back portion 11 above the water discharge portion 20 via a shower head holding portion 45. The shower head 43 has a plurality of water outlets and faces them downward. Also in this embodiment, the seated person sitting on the seat portion 14 can perform hair washing by the shower flow discharged downward from the shower head 43 as in the first embodiment.

  The shower head 43 is connected to a shower hose 44 that is connected to, for example, a washing faucet (not shown), and is held so that a portion in the vicinity of the connection portion of the shower head 43 with the shower hose 44 is hooked by the shower head holding portion 43. Yes. In addition, a shower hose holding part 46 is provided on the bathroom wall next to the shower head holding part 45, and a part of the shower hose 44 can be held by being hooked on the shower hose holding part 46.

  The shower head 43 can be removed with respect to the shower head holding | maintenance part 45, and as shown in FIG. 7, the user can hold | grip with a hand and can use it as a normal shower.

  A shower hose holding part 46 is provided at substantially the same height next to the shower head holding part 45, and a part of the shower hose 44 is hooked and held on the shower hose holding part 46, so that the shower hose 44 near the shower head 43 is held. Is held substantially horizontally, thereby suppressing twisting of the shower hose 44 and stably maintaining a desired posture in which the water outlet of the shower head 43 faces downward.

  Further, for example, if the shower head holding portion 45 is provided with a rotary hinge mechanism and the shower head 43 is configured to be rotatable around the horizontal axis X indicated by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 6, the water outlet of the shower head 43 is formed. It is possible to incline the water discharge surface forward or to the rear side, and it is possible to cope with the physique of the seated person, how to sit down, and the proper use of washing and face washing.

It is a model perspective view of the shower apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a model perspective view showing the mode of the shower water discharged from the water discharging part 20 in the shower apparatus. It is the schematic diagram which looked at the water discharging part 20 in the shower apparatus from the front direction. It is a model perspective view showing a mode that the shower flow is discharged from the head washing | cleaning water discharging part in the shower apparatus in the direction inclined to the back | dorsal side with respect to the perpendicular downward direction. It is a model perspective view showing a mode that the head washing | cleaning water discharging part in the shower apparatus is moved ahead, and the shower flow is discharged toward the seated person's face. It is a model perspective view of the shower apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a model perspective view showing the state which removed and used the shower head which is a head washing | cleaning water discharging part in the shower apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment from the back part.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 5 ... Neck support part, 6 ... Lumbar support part, 11 ... Back part, 12 ... Base part, 14 ... Seat part, 20 ... Water discharge part, 21 ... 1st water discharge part, 22 ... 2nd water discharge part, 23 ... 3rd water discharging part, 33 ... Head washing | cleaning water discharging part, 43 ... Shower head

Claims (9)

A seat,
Back,
At least a pair of water discharge portions that are provided on the back portion apart from the center of the seat portion and discharge a shower flow to be applied to the front side of the seated person sitting on the seat portion;
A head washing water discharging part provided between the water discharging parts provided apart from each other and above the water discharging part;
A shower apparatus characterized by comprising:   The shower device according to claim 1, wherein a diffusion range of a shower flow discharged from the head washing water discharger can be adjusted rearward from a frontal head of a seated person sitting on the seat.   The shower device according to claim 1, wherein a diffusion range of a shower flow discharged from the head washing water discharger can be adjusted to a region near the back. A neck support part for supporting a neck of a seated person seated on the seat part;
The shower device according to claim 1, wherein a diffusion range of a shower flow discharged from the head washing and discharging unit can be adjusted to a region near the neck support unit.   The shower apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a shower flow can be discharged vertically downward from the head washing and discharging unit.   The shower apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a shower flow can be discharged from the head washing water discharger in a direction inclined to the back side with respect to a vertically downward direction.   The shower device according to claim 1, wherein the head washing and discharging unit is provided so that the position thereof can be adjusted in the front-rear direction.   The shower device according to claim 1, wherein the head washing water discharger is provided so that a water discharge direction can be adjusted.   The shower device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the head washing water discharger is a shower head that is detachably held with respect to the back and is connected to a shower hose. .

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