JP2009000330A - Bathtub for nursing care - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathtub for nursing care which enables a care receiver to safely take a bath sitting on a wheelchair, enables a care giver to perform bathing with little load, and enables the aged and the physically handicapped to easily and safely take a bath. <P>SOLUTION: An entrance/exit opening part 6 provided on a wall part 1B of a bathtub main body 1 is opened/closed by a sliding door 14 and stops water by a fixed packing 15 and a side movable packing 10. A lower surface 6C of an entrance/exit opening part 6 is provided with a floor side rubber mat 12 and a wheel sinking recessed part 13, while a lower surface of the sliding door 14 is provided with a door side rubber mat, and a running wheel is journaled. When the door is closed, the running wheel rotates into the wheel sinking recessed part 13, a gap between the opening 6 and the sliding door 14 is closed watertight by the rubber mat 12, and the sliding door 14 is locked to the bathtub main body 1. The opening/closing of the sliding door 14 is operated manually and by remote operation switches 24 and 25. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention allows a cared person to take a bath in a wheelchair state, and allows an elderly person or a handicapped person to take a bath safely and easily without straddling the wall of a bathtub. It relates to a nursing tub that is easy to work for.

  Bathing is a pleasure for care recipients and elderly people, but the bathtub has a structure that is essential because it needs to store hot water. It is impossible rather than difficult to take a bath. For this reason, for example, when a cared person who needs a wheelchair takes a bath, a lift-type bathing apparatus is proposed that is installed in the vicinity of a bathtub and lifts the cared person from the wheelchair with a hammock-like lifting tool to bathe. (Patent Document 1).

In addition, a care receiver bathtub has been proposed in which an opening is provided on the wall of the bathtub so that a wheelchair or an elderly person can easily go in and out, and the opening is opened and closed with a door-type door. In addition, for elderly people, a bathtub for elderly people has been proposed in which a bathtub is set low relative to a washing place and a step for entering and exiting is provided in the bathtub, thereby making it easy to enter and exit the bathtub.
JP 11-28238 A

  However, the above-described lift-type bathing device has the disadvantage that it cannot be installed unless it has a certain amount of space around the bathtub, the disadvantage that a plurality of caregivers are required, and the disadvantage that the cared person feels anxiety because it is lifted However, there are drawbacks in that it takes time and effort to prepare for bathing, and that the equipment is expensive. In addition, a bathtub provided with a door-type door has a drawback in that it cannot smoothly enter and exit the bathtub because the door must move within a range in which the door can be moved, regardless of whether the door is open or opened.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and allows a care recipient to safely take care of a person in a wheelchair, lessen the burden on a caregiver, and allows the elderly to take a bath. An object of the present invention is to provide a nursing tub in which a person with reduced mobility can easily and safely bathe.

  The means of the present invention configured to solve the above-described problem is formed from a bottom of a bathtub body with four wall portions standing upright from the bottom, and from one end to the bottom of the bathtub body. It consists of an entrance / exit opening, and a horizontal sliding door provided in the one wall portion so as to be slidable in the lateral direction and closing the entrance / exit opening in a liquid-tight manner.

Then, an elastic water-stopping material is provided at the lower rim of the one wall portion in which the entrance / exit opening is formed, a wheel dropping recess is provided, and an elastic water-stopping material is provided on the lower surface of the lateral sliding door and traveling The wheel is pivotally supported, and when the door is closed, the running wheel is transferred into the wheel drop recess, so that the space between the entrance / exit opening and the horizontal door is liquid-tightly closed with the elastic water stop material, and the side is closed. The sliding door is locked to the bathtub body.

  Moreover, the said horizontal sliding door is comprised electrically, and it is good to enable opening and closing operation by a hand operation switch and a remote operation switch.

Furthermore, it is preferable that a magnetic material is provided on one of the mouth of the entrance / exit opening and the horizontal door, and a magnetized piece magnetically attached to the magnetic material is provided on the other.

  Moreover, it is good to provide the said bathtub main body with the shower apparatus which sprays warm water widely from a bather's neck to a shoulder.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) Since the entrance / exit opening is provided in the wall of the bathtub body, it is possible to bathe in a wheelchair state, and it is possible for even elderly people and people with lower limbs to walk as if walking. It is excellent in safety.
(2) Since the entrance / exit opening is configured to be opened and closed with a horizontal door, unlike the door type door, there is no need for a space for opening and closing, there is no need to make the bathroom large, and people who take a bath smoothly You can go in and out.
(3) Since the horizontal door is configured electrically and is operable by a remote operation switch and a hand operation switch, a single assistant can open and close the horizontal door to perform a bathing operation.
(4) The surface of the bathtub body and the horizontal door is in contact with an elastic waterproof material, and when closed, the wheel of the horizontal door drops into the bottom of the bathtub body. It is possible to reliably prevent leakage of hot water.
(5) When the door is closed, the side door is automatically locked with the wheel falling to the floor of the bathtub body, so there is no danger of the door door opening suddenly due to forgetting to lock. It is.
(6) Since the bathtub body and the horizontal door are not only elastic waterproofing material but also magnetically attached to each other to stop the water, the user should take a safe bath without worrying about leakage of hot water. Can do.
(7) Since the bathtub main body is provided with a shower device that widely sprays hot water, it can be warmed by applying hot water from the neck to the shoulder of a cared person who cannot immerse the hot water in the neck for wheelchair use.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1 thru | or FIG. 3, 1 shows a bathtub main body. The bathtub body 1 is composed of a substantially rectangular bottom 1A, four front wall portions 1B, a rear wall portion 1C, and left and right lateral wall portions 1D, 1E standing from the outer edge of the bottom portion 1A. It is similar to a bathtub. Further, a mixing faucet 2 is provided on the upper surface of the horizontal wall portion 1D, a drainage port 3 is provided at one corner of the bottom portion 1A, and an overflow port 4 is provided on the upper side of the other corner, and on the upper surface of the rear wall portion 1C. A safety bar 5 is provided.

  Reference numeral 6 denotes an entrance / exit opening provided in the front wall 1B. The entrance / exit opening 6 has a width that allows a wheelchair to enter and exit, and is formed in a substantially bowl shape from the upper end of the front wall 1B to the bottom 1A. Then, facing the opening side surface 6A on one side, the front wall portion 1B has a horizontally-long U-shaped door storage portion 7 for storing a lateral pulling door 14 to be described later, and the upper surface is closed by the cover 7A. It is. Also, a U-shaped door tip insertion portion 8 is recessed in the front wall portion 1B facing the opening side surface 6B on the other side facing the opening side surface 6A on one side, and the upper surface is closed by the cover 8A. It is.

  3 and 6, reference numerals 9 and 9 denote a pair of one-side fixed packings affixed to the front end sides of the inner surfaces 7B and 7B forming the door storage portion 7, and each one-side fixed packing 9 has a contact surface. It is formed on the concave V-shaped surface. 10 and 10 are a pair of other side fixed packings attached to the inner surfaces 8B and 8B forming the door tip insertion portion 8, and 11 is a door receiving packing attached to the inner surface 8C of the door tip insertion portion 8. The receiving packing 11 has a contact surface formed in a corrugated shape. Further, 12 is a floor-side rubber mat provided from the opening lower surface 6C of the entrance / exit opening 6 to the lower surface in the door storage portion 7. The floor-side rubber mat 12 has a position near the opening of the door storage portion 7 and a door tip insertion. Two pairs of wheel recesses 13, 13, 13, 13 are formed at the front and rear of the portion 8 (see FIGS. 3 and 6).

  4 and 5, reference numeral 14 denotes a lateral door that closes the opening / closing opening 6 so as to be openable and closable. The lateral door 14 is flattened from a pair of side plates 14A, 14A, a front plate 14B, a wide packing support plate 14C, a rear plate 14D, a top plate 14E and a bottom plate 14F which are formed to be longer than the horizontal width of the opening 6 for entry and exit. It is configured in a box shape, and a plurality of reinforcing plates 14G are provided apart from each other. In FIG. 6, 15 and 15 are side movable packings affixed to the overhanging surface of the packing support plate 14C. Each of the side movable packings 15 has a contact surface formed as a convex V-shaped surface. The water-stopping property is ensured by fitting with the concave V-shaped surface of the one-side fixed packing 9.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a front end packing adhered to the front plate 14B of the laterally pulling door 14, and the front end packing 16 is formed in a corrugated shape so as to be fitted to the door receiving packing 11 so as to improve the water blocking performance. Reference numeral 17 denotes a door-side rubber mat adhered to the lower surface of the bottom plate 14F. The door-side rubber mat 17 abuts against the floor-side rubber mat 12 to prevent water leakage. Furthermore, magnet pieces that are magnetically attached to each other are provided in the one-side fixed packing 9 and the side movable packing 15, and the door receiving packing 11 and the tip packing 16, and these magnet pieces are magnetically attached when the door is closed. By doing so, packings 9 and 15 and 11 and 16 are more closely attached to stop water. In addition to the method of embedding magnet pieces as described above, each packing may be made of a magnetic rubber material.

  Reference numerals 18 and 18 denote front wheels pivotally supported on the bottom plate 14F of the lateral door 14, and 19 and 19 denote rear wheels pivotally supported on the bottom plate 14F. The front wheels 18 and the rear wheels 19 are provided on the drive shafts, respectively. By being driven by the reversible drive motors 20, 20, the lateral pulling door 14 moves forward and backward.

  Reference numeral 21 denotes a control panel installed in the door 14 for opening and closing the lateral door 14. The control panel 21 is provided on the rear plate 14 </ b> D of the lateral door 14 and contacts the rear wall 1 </ b> E of the bathtub body 1. The door opening detection sensor 22 to be separated, the door closing detection sensor 23 embedded in the door receiving packing 11 in the door tip insertion portion 8, and the hand operation switch 24 provided on the upper surface of the front wall portion 1B of the bathtub body 1 and covered with the cover 8A. It is electrically connected. The control panel 21 can also be operated by a remote control switch 25.

Then, the control panel 21 starts the drive motors 20 and 20 based on the closing signal or the opening signal sent from the hand operation switch 24 or the remote operation switch 25 to move the lateral door 14 forward or backward to open / close the opening 6. Are opened and closed, and both drive motors 20 are stopped by signals from the opening detection sensor 22 and the closing detection sensor 23. Further, when the lateral pulling door 14 is reliably closed or opened, the control panel 21 emits an alarm sound and the lamp is turned on (turned off). As described above, the lateral door 14 is configured to be electrically operated and is operated by the hand operation switch 24 and the remote operation switch 25, so that the assistant can easily perform the work. In addition, although the door detection sensor 22 was provided in the horizontal pulling door 14, it may be located in the door storage part 7 and may be provided in the bathtub main body 1. FIG.

  Furthermore, 26 shows the shower apparatus provided in one horizontal wall part 1D upper surface of the bathtub main body 1. FIG. There is a problem that a person who takes a bath in a wheelchair can soak in the hot water only up to the chest in the bathtub main body 1 and feel cold because the top of the shoulder is exposed from the hot water surface. The shower device 26 is installed to solve this problem. A feature of the shower device 26 is that there are a plurality of hot water supply pipes 26A that can be expanded and contracted in the height direction so that hot water can be widely applied from the neck to the shoulder of the person taking a bath, and in this embodiment, three shower heads 26B. , 26B, 26B have been installed horizontally. The basic configuration of the hot water supply device, such as the hot water supply tube, the water supply tube, the on-off valve, and the operation knob of the hot water shower device 26 is substantially the same as that of a known hot water shower device, and the details thereof are omitted.

  Although the nursing bathtub according to the present embodiment has the above-described configuration, the operation thereof will be described next. First, the cared person gets in the wheelchair from the open / close opening 6 in the bathtub body 1 and the caregiver advances the lateral door 14 by hand or the remote control switch 24 (25), and the front door 4 The rear wheels 18 and 19 are securely fitted into the wheel drop recesses 13 and 13. As a result, the horizontal door 14 is slightly dropped to the bottom 1A side of the bathtub body 1, and the door-side rubber mat 17 is brought into close contact with the floor-side rubber mat 12, so that hot water leaks from the opening lower surface 6C side of the entrance / exit opening 6. The situation is prevented.

Further, it can be confirmed by voice, a lamp, or the like that the lateral door 14 is securely closed by a signal from the door closing sensor 23. Further, since the one side fixed packing 9 and the side movable packing 15, the door receiving packing 11 and the front end packing 16 are fitted to each other and are brought into close contact by the magnetic force of the magnet piece, from both the opening side edges 6A and 6B of the entrance opening 6 The hot water is surely prevented from leaking. When bathing is completed, the assistant removes the hot water from the drainage port 3, and retracts the horizontal pulling door 14 by the hand or remote operation switch 24 (25) to open the entrance / exit opening 6. Whether the horizontal door 14 has been completely retracted can be confirmed by an alarm sound, a lamp, or the like based on a signal from the opening detection sensor 22.

  The above-described operation for bathing is basically not different when an elderly person or a person with a physical disability bathes.

  In the present embodiment, one mixing faucet 2 is provided in the bathtub body 1. However, since it is necessary to quickly fill the hot water when taking a bath, a plurality of mixed waters are taken into consideration in consideration of the hot water supply capability of the mixing faucet. The plugs 2, 2,... May be provided.

It is an external appearance perspective view of the bathtub for nursing care concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a top view of a bathtub for care. It is decomposition | disassembly structure explanatory drawing of the bathtub for care. It is a structure explanatory view of a horizontal door. It is a top view which shows the internal structure of a horizontal sliding door. It is explanatory drawing of the opening part for entrance / exit and the horizontal sliding door.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bath body 6 Entrance / exit opening part 10 Side surface fixing packing 11 Door receiving packing 12 Floor side rubber mat (elastic waterproofing material)
14 Side pulling door 15 Side movable packing 16 End packing 17 Door rubber mat (elastic waterproofing material)
18, 19 Wheel 24 Hand control switch 25 Remote control switch 26 Shower device

Claims (5)

  A bathtub main body with four wall sections standing up from the bottom, an entrance / exit opening formed on one wall of the bathtub main body from the upper end to the substantially bottom side, and slidable laterally on the one wall section A nursing bathtub that is provided with a lateral door that liquid-tightly closes the opening / closing opening.   An elastic water-stopping material is provided at the lower edge of the one wall portion in which the entrance / exit opening is formed, a wheel dropping recess is provided, an elastic water-stopping material is provided on the lower surface of the lateral door and a traveling wheel is provided. When the door is closed, when the door is closed, the running wheel is transferred into the wheel drop recess to close the space between the entrance / exit opening and the lateral door in a liquid-tight manner with the elastic water stop material, and the lateral door The nursing tub according to claim 1, wherein the tub is locked to the bathtub body.   The nursing bathtub according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lateral door is configured to be electrically operated and can be opened and closed by a hand operation switch and a remote switch.   2. The rim of the entrance / exit opening and the horizontal door are provided with a magnetic material on one of them, and a magnetized piece magnetically attached to the magnetic material is provided on the other. Nursing tub.   The bathtub for care according to claim 1, wherein the bathtub body is provided with a shower device for spraying warm water widely from the neck to the shoulder of the bather.

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