JP2011152233A - Device for bathroom - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for a bathroom which has a character display easily and surely visible and inexpensive. <P>SOLUTION: The device for a bathroom, such as a handrail 6 or a shower device 13 for a bathroom, has an elongated shaft 1 and attaching portions 3 in which the shaft 1 is mounted on a wall face 4 away from the wall face 4 of the bathroom. Moreover, a character display 2 formed of LEDs is disposed on the shaft 1 so that the character display 2 displays textual information toward the bathroom. In this way, the character display 2 is provided inexpensively, and allows easy and sure visual recognition of textual information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a bathroom facility such as a handrail and a shower device for a bathroom, and more particularly, to a technique for providing a character display unit on a bathroom facility that is attached to a wall surface of a bathroom and has an elongated shaft portion at a position away from the wall surface. is there.

  Conventionally, there are information output devices such as waterproof radios and waterproof TVs that can be brought into the bathroom, or bus TVs embedded in the bathroom walls, which output external information such as news broadcasts and entertainment broadcasts into the bathroom. is there. However, since the carry-in type is newly installed in the bathroom such as mounting on the flange of the bathtub or hanging on the shower hook, the space in the bathroom is reduced and the comfortable use of the bathroom is hindered. Yes. And since it takes time and effort to bring it into the bathroom and to charge or replace the built-in power source, it cannot be used comfortably. In addition, barrier-free bathrooms, which have been increasing in recent years, have handrails for bathrooms that assist bathroom users in and out of bathtubs, making it difficult to secure a place for carrying-in type bathrooms and making contact when using handrails. Accidents such as electric leakage and falling due to damage.

  In addition, the embedded type is a type in which a screen of a bus TV, a speaker, etc. are embedded in the wall surface, and it does not take time and effort to bring it in during use. And there exists a thing which arrange | positions display means, such as a bus television, in the bathroom installation previously installed in the bathroom like the mirror apparatus of patent document 1, and without changing the external appearance of a bathroom. Specifically, a display means such as a bus TV and an illuminating means are provided behind the half mirror, and when the half mirror is not used as a mirror, the display means is illuminated by illuminating the display means with the light of the illuminating means. Information is presented in the bathroom through a mirror.

  However, an embedded type such as a bus TV requires a work such as forming a large opening for embedding on the wall surface during construction, and also prevents the water in the bathroom from leaking from the embedded position to the back side of the wall surface, etc. It is necessary to carry out waterproofing treatment and is expensive. And since the mirror apparatus like patent document 1 switches the mirror function by a half mirror, and the information display function by a display means by an illumination means, the switching operation by a bathroom user is required and there also exists a problem that it takes an effort. Furthermore, in bathrooms that are barrier-free, the bathroom TV and other handrails are installed on the wall surface of the bathroom, so that some of the display means may be shadowed by the handrails for the bathroom, making it difficult to see. The installation position of the handrail is limited, and it is difficult to use it comfortably.

JP 2003-61797 A

  Therefore, the present invention has been invented in view of the above circumstances, and can provide a bathroom facility provided with a character display portion that can be easily and surely recognized while being inexpensively installed in a barrier-free bathroom. It was an issue.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the bathroom equipment of the present invention includes an elongated shaft portion 1 which is a grip portion 7 for gripping by hand, and an attachment for mounting the shaft portion 1 with a gap from the wall surface 4 of the bathroom. A bathroom handrail 6 having a portion 3. And the character display part 2 which consists of LED is arrange | positioned in the said shaft part 1, The said character display part 2 displays character information toward the inside of a bathroom, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  With such a configuration, the display of the character display unit 2 can easily and surely enter the bathroom user's field of view, and the character information can be easily and reliably visually recognized. Specifically, since the bathroom handrail 6 is gripped by a hand during an operation such as standing up after bathing in a bathtub or after body washing, the bathroom handrail 6 is provided at a position that is easy to enter the view of a bathroom user during bathing or washing. . Therefore, the character display part 2 can be easily and reliably entered into the field of view of the bathroom user during bathing or washing. And since the character display part 2 was provided in the handrail 6 for bathrooms and comprised with LED, the character display part 2 can be made cheap.

  Further, the bathroom equipment of the present invention includes a shower head 14, an elongated shaft portion 1 that is a slide shaft 16 for slidably supporting the shower head 14, and a space between the shaft portion 1 and the wall surface 4 of the bathroom. It is the shower apparatus 13 which has the attaching part 3 for attaching. And the character display part 2 which consists of LED is arrange | positioned in the said shaft part 1, The said character display part 2 displays character information toward the inside of a bathroom, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  With such a configuration, the display of the character display unit 2 can easily and surely enter the bathroom user's field of view, and the character information can be easily and reliably visually recognized. Specifically, when the bathroom user supports the shower head 14 on the slide shaft 16 and uses the shower device 13, the bathroom user faces the shower head 14 and the shaft portion 1 side. 2 is easily and surely entered. And since the character display part 2 was provided in the shower apparatus 13 and comprised with LED, the character display part 2 can be made cheap.

  In addition, it is preferable that the information acquisition unit 11 that acquires information to be displayed on the character display unit 2 from outside is provided outside the bathroom, so that the types of character information displayed on the character display unit 2 can be increased.

  As described above, the bathroom handrail, which is one of the bathroom facilities of the present invention, allows the bathroom user during bathing or washing to easily and reliably visually recognize the character display portion. You can bathe and wash your body while having fun, and you can use the bathroom comfortably. And since the character display part was comprised with LED, expense can be made cheaper than what used the liquid crystal etc.

  In addition, the shower device, which is one of the bathroom equipment of the present invention, allows the bathroom user during the shower to easily and reliably visually recognize the character display portion, so that the bathroom user can use the shower while enjoying the character information. The bathroom can be used comfortably. And since the character display part was comprised with LED, expense can be made cheaper than what used the liquid crystal etc.

  Furthermore, by providing the information acquisition unit outside the bathroom, the information for the character display unit can be acquired easily and stably from the outside, and the types of character information displayed on the character display unit can be increased. The bathroom can be used more comfortably.

It is the (a) front view of the handrail for bathrooms in the Example of the present invention, (b) top view, and (c) side view which saw through a part. It is the perspective view which abbreviate | omitted some bathrooms which provided the handrail for bathrooms same as the above. It is the figure which showed the character display part and the external device typically. It is a modification of the handrail for bathrooms, (a) L-shaped front view, (b) E-shaped side cross-sectional view, (c) U-shaped side cross-sectional view. It is the perspective view which cut | disconnected a part of shower apparatus.

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

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the bathroom in this example is a barrier-free bathroom in which a handrail is provided on the wall surface 4 of the bathroom. And the above handrails are for operation assistance that the bathroom user grips when moving in and out of the bathtub, such as when straddling the bathtub or standing up from the bathtub, or after body washing, such as when raising the waist from a state of bending in the washing area The handrail 6 for the bathroom.

  Therefore, it is provided so as to protrude from the wall surface 4 of the bathroom or the flange portion of the bathtub at a position that is easy to enter the view of the bathroom user during bathing or body washing. In other words, the handrail 6 for the bathroom easily enters the view of the bathroom user in the state where the user sits down in the bathtub or washing area such as the boundary between the washing area and the bathtub, the vicinity of the bathtub, or between the top and bottom of the mirror and the mirror, and the upper body and waist. Alternatively, it is provided at a position where it can be grasped by hand when raising the foot.

  Further, the bathroom handrail 6 is formed of a hollow cylindrical member, and has an I-shape having a linear or substantially linear gripping portion 7 along the left-right direction and the vertical direction of the wall surface 4 of the bathroom. There are E-shaped, L-shaped, etc., in which a plurality of types are connected. The bathroom handrail 6 is preferably a cylindrical member having a diameter of about 25 to 35 mm for the shaft portion 1 so that the bathroom user can easily grasp the entire circumference of the gripping portion 7. It may be formed.

  Hereinafter, the I-shaped bathroom handrail 6 projecting around the bathtub among the bathroom handrails 6 will be described in detail.

  The I-shaped bathroom handrail 6 protrudes from the tub after taking a bath, and a plurality of the I-shaped bathroom handrails 6 are provided on the bathroom wall 4 surrounding the tub at the same height as the head of the bathroom user during bathing. The arrangement allows easy visual recognition and gripping when going up.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the shaft portion 1 is a grip portion 7 that has an elongated shaft portion 1 linearly or substantially linearly along the central axis of the cylinder, and the shaft portion 1 can be gripped by hand. A mounting portion 3 extends from both ends of the shaft portion 1 toward the wall surface 4 of the bathroom. The mounting portion 3 is inserted between the shaft portion 1 and the wall surface 4 and is supported on the wall surface 4 in a state where the shaft portion 1 is separated from the wall surface 4 so that the entire outer periphery of the shaft portion 1 can be gripped. It is being fixed to the wall surface 4 via fixing tools, such as a screw and a volt | bolt.

  Furthermore, when the bathroom user grips the gripping part 7, the mounting part 3 is mounted on the back side of the wall surface 4 (not shown in particular) so that the mounting part 3 is not detached from the wall surface 4 due to a load such as the weight of the bathroom user. It is reinforced. Note that reference numeral 5 of the wall surface 4 is a through-hole constructed in order to insert the mounting bracket into the wall surface 4 when the mounting bracket is disposed on the back side of the wall surface 4.

  The shaft portion 1 is provided with a character display portion 2 for displaying character information, and the character display portion 2 is a rectangular display surface having a short side smaller than or substantially the same as the diameter of the shaft portion 1. It is what has. The character display unit 2 is arranged with the display surface parallel to the wall surface 4 and directed into the bathroom, and the long side of the surface being substantially parallel to the axial direction.

  Specifically, the LED module 8 has a plurality of LEDs spread in a substantially rectangular shape and has a display surface. The LED module 8 includes a control unit that performs light emission control of the LEDs in addition to the LEDs. And by the above light emission control, characters are drawn by combining the positions of the LEDs to be turned on at once, and a character string such as a sentence can be drawn by drawing a plurality of characters at once along the long side. is there.

  Examples of the characters include numbers, kanji, hiragana, katakana, alphabets, symbols, and the like. Since the LED module 8 can be divided into LED units for each character, the size of the character display unit 2 and the number of characters to be displayed can be easily changed at the construction site simply by changing the number of LED units arranged on the shaft unit 1. It is possible to change to

  In addition, the character display unit 2 is formed with a recess recessed inward on the shaft 1 and embedded in the recess, and is disposed in a space inside the shaft 1 to form a recess. There are some which are built in the shaft part 1 without.

  In the case of embedding in the recess, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, the character display portion 2 is covered with a rectangular waterproof panel 9 having optical transparency, and the waterproof panel 9 is placed in the recess via a seal member. It is attached. For this reason, the waterproof panel 9 transmits the display of the character display unit 2 into the bathroom and protects the character display unit 2 from water immersion and external contact. Further, the waterproof panel 9 can grip the outer surface as a part of the grip portion 7 and can easily maintain the character display portion 2 by simply removing the waterproof panel 9 from the shaft portion 1.

  Moreover, what is built in the shaft part 1 is that a part or all of the shaft part 1 is formed of a light-transmitting cylindrical member, and the character display part 2 is disposed inside the light-transmitting part. While protecting the character display part 2, a display is permeate | transmitted in a bathroom. And the assembly man-hour and the number of parts at the time of arrangement | positioning of the character display part 2 can be reduced, and construction can be performed cheaply and easily.

  Thus, by arranging the character display unit 2 on the handrail 6 for the bathroom, it is possible to save the trouble of bringing a waterproof radio or the like into the bathroom, easily display external information in the bathroom, and when using the handrail 6 for the bathroom. The character display unit 2 is not in the way. And by arranging in the handrail 6 for bathroom installed in the position where the bathroom user who is taking a bath is easily visible, the bathroom user simply turns his face to the grip part 7 without changing the posture of the body, Character information can be visually recognized easily and reliably. Furthermore, since the member which arranges the character display part 2 is the handrail 6 for bathrooms, the installation to the wall surface 4 becomes unnecessary at the time of attachment of the character display part 2, and it can attach cheaply.

  That is, by arranging the character display unit 2 on the bathroom handrail 6 around the bathtub, the user can take a bath in the bathtub while enjoying the character information displayed on the character display unit 2, and can use the bathroom comfortably. Furthermore, by using the LED module 8 in the character display unit 2, it is possible to draw characters directly with the LED and display character information, and it can be produced at a lower cost than those using liquid crystal or the like.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the character display unit 2 is connected to an information acquisition unit 11 that acquires external information outside the bathroom and an external power source 12 such as a commercial power source via a connection cable 10. Yes.

  Specifically, the connection cable 10 is a bundle of a plurality of conductors such as a signal line for outputting information for character information and a power supply line, and is arranged in a space inside the bathroom handrail 6. One end of each conductor of the connection cable 10 is connected to the LED module 8 of the character display unit 2, and the other end is led out of the bathroom through the through-hole 5 of the wall surface 4. The connection cable 10 led out of the bathroom has the other end of the signal line connected to the information acquisition unit 11 and the other end of the power supply line connected to the external power source 12.

  The information acquisition unit 11 is disposed outside the bathroom, and can receive and attach the external storage medium detachably to a receiving terminal that receives external information from an external network by wire or wirelessly, and reads stored information in the external storage medium A reading terminal.

  The external network includes the Internet using an RSS (RED Site Summary, Rich Site Summary, Really Simple Syndication) function, broadcast radio waves for teletext broadcasting, home electric equipment installed outside the bathroom, and the like. The above household electric appliances are air conditioners installed in rooms other than intercoms, telephones, and bathrooms. The operating status of each device is acquired as external information and displayed in text information such as visitors, incoming calls, or room temperature. It is displayed in part 2.

  The external storage medium is a storage medium such as a memory disk or a memory card, and the storage information in the external storage medium is, for example, an electronic document such as a novel or a Japanese song, or learning such as a table calculation or kanji reading. Information. And in what displays learning information, after displaying a question, by displaying an answer after progress for a predetermined period of time, it is possible to perform learning effectively while enjoying learning.

  That is, the external information acquired by the information acquisition unit 11 is not limited to information that can be displayed on the character display unit 2 as it is, but may be information that can be converted into character information by the information acquisition unit 11 or the control unit of the LED module 8. That's fine. And the information acquisition part 11 is not restricted to what was equipped with both the receiving terminal and the reading terminal, Of course, what was equipped with only one terminal may be provided with two or more receiving terminals.

  The character display unit 2 has a storage medium built in the LED module 8 or the like, and the character display unit 2 can display character information even if no information is output from the information acquisition unit 11. Of course, the character display unit 2 may be one in which a control unit that performs LED light emission control is arranged outside the bathroom by the connection cable 10.

  Thus, by connecting the connection cable 10 to the character display unit 2, the external power source 12 can be used as a power source for the character display unit 2, and an external device such as the information acquisition unit 11 installed outside the bathroom. The character display part 2 can be connected to. And by connecting the character display part 2 to the information acquisition part 11 provided outside the bathroom, while being able to acquire the information for the character information displayed on the character display part 2 easily and stably from the outside The number of types of character information displayed on the character display unit 2 can be increased.

  Further, since the external power source 12 is used as the power source for the character display unit 2, it is not necessary to install a built-in power source such as a secondary battery for the character display unit 2 on the handrail 6 for the bathroom, and maintenance such as battery replacement and charging is performed. The burden on the bathroom user can be reduced.

  Further, since the connection cable 10 is arranged in the space inside the bathroom handrail 6 and is led out of the bathroom from the reinforcing through-hole 5, a hole opening work for connecting the cable 10 and waterproofing and contact prevention of the connection cable 10 are performed. It can be done at low cost without the need for such processing.

  The outside of the bathroom refers to the outside of the bathroom such as the ceiling or under the floor of the bathroom, or a place other than the bathroom such as a dressing room or a corridor. And the information acquisition part 11 may be installed in a different place for every terminal in the thing provided with both the receiving terminal and the reading terminal, or the thing provided with the some receiving terminal. For example, receiving terminals that do not require direct external operation such as attachment / detachment are stored in a dead space such as the back of the ceiling or under the floor of a bathroom, and the reading terminal can be easily used by a bathroom user in a room other than the bathroom such as a dressing room or in a corridor. It is exposed to a place where it can be externally operated such as attaching and detaching.

  In addition, by making it possible to scroll the characters displayed on the character display unit 2 at a predetermined speed, it is possible to display a character string longer than the number of characters that can be displayed at one time on the character display unit 2 and display more complicated character information. This is preferable. The above-mentioned scroll allows the bathroom user to read without following the character string of the character information, and the burden on the bathroom user is further reduced, and the bathroom can be used more comfortably.

  Of course, an operation terminal for externally switching the character display unit 2 or changing the setting is installed in the bathroom, and the operation terminal and the character display unit 2 are connected by a connection cable 10 that passes outside the bathroom, so that the character display unit is connected. You may make 2 respond | correspond to a bathroom user's liking etc. in a bathroom.

  In addition, the character display unit 2 is not limited to the one whose display surface is parallel to the wall surface 4, for example, a character display such as a bathroom handrail 6 for standing up at a washing place provided between a currant and a mirror above the currant. The part 2 may not be parallel to the wall surface 4 inclined upward.

  In detail, the character display part 2 provided in the handrail 6 for bathrooms of the said washroom makes a display visually recognize the bathroom user in a washroom, The said bathroom user's face is located in the approximate front of the mirror, There is a face above the handrail 6 for the bathroom. Therefore, by arranging the character display unit 2 to be tilted upward, a bathroom user who sits down in front of the mirror and the currant can easily view the character information simply by pointing his face downward from the mirror. You can wash your body while enjoying.

  In other words, the character display unit 2 of the present invention displays the characters on the character display unit 2 simply by turning the face without obstructing the operation while staying in a bathtub or washing place such as bathing or body washing. It is easily visible. Therefore, the character display unit 2 displays the state in which the long side is maintained along the shaft unit 1 in accordance with the installation height of the handrail 6 for the bathroom and the height of the face at the position where the bathroom user wants to view the bathroom. The surface is tilted upward, downward, or left and right.

  The bathroom handrail 6 on which the character display unit 2 is disposed is not limited to an I-shape, and may be an E-shape, an L-shape, or a K-shape bathroom handrail 6. A plurality of 2 may be provided. For example, one character display portion 2 is arranged across the two shaft portions 1 like an E-shaped bathroom handrail 6 in which two shaft portions 1 are connected on substantially the same straight line shown in FIG. You may set up. And, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), two shaft portions 1 are orthogonally connected to each other, and each shaft portion 1 is provided with a character display portion 2, and one is directed to the bathtub side, and the other. May be the one facing the washing area. Moreover, like the figure-shaped thing which provided the character display part 2 only in one axial part 1 shown in FIG.4 (c), one attachment part 3 is fixed to the wall surface 4 of a bathroom, and the other is the flange of a bathtub It may be fixed to the bottom of the section or washing area.

  Moreover, the character display part 2 can also be arrange | positioned also at the axial part 1 of the shower apparatus 13 installed in the side of a currant and a mirror. In addition, description of the same structure as what provided the character display part 2 in the handrail 6 for bathrooms mentioned above is abbreviate | omitted.

  The shower device 13 includes, for example, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, a shower head 14 that is a discharge portion, a holding portion 15 such as a shower hook that detachably or integrally holds the shower head 14, and a holding portion 15. And a slide shaft 16 that slidably supports up and down. The slide shaft 16 is a shaft portion 1 formed of a cylindrical member elongated in the vertical direction of the bathroom, and both ends of the shaft portion 1 are fixed to the wall surface 4 by being separated from the wall surface 4 of the bathroom by a mounting portion 3. The above-mentioned slide shaft 16 is reinforced by a mounting bracket in the same manner as the bathroom handrail 6 because the bathroom user may grip it as a handrail.

  That is, the shower device 13 changes the height of the shower head 14 by sliding the holding portion 15 up and down along the slide shaft 16, so that the shower can be performed without the bathroom user holding the shower head 14. Can be bathed. The slide shaft 16 also serves as a bathroom handrail 6.

  Further, the slide shaft 16 is provided with a character display unit 2, and the character display unit 2 has a substantially rectangular display surface having long sides along the axial direction, and the display surface is a front surface of a mirror. It is tilted toward the front side. In other words, it is arranged in front of a bathroom user who sits down in the washing area and faces the shower device 13, and uses the bathroom during showering with the slide head 16 holding the shower head 14 via the holding portion 15. The display surface enters the person's field of view. Therefore, the bathroom user can use the shower device 13 while enjoying the display of the character display unit 2 of the slide shaft 16, and can use the bathroom more comfortably.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Axis part 2 Character display part 3 Mounting part 4 Wall surface 5 Through-hole 6 Handrail for bathroom 7 Grasping part 8 LED module 9 Waterproof panel 10 Connection cable 11 Information acquisition part 12 External power supply 13 Shower apparatus 14 Shower head 15 Holding part 16 Slide axis

Claims (3)

  A handrail for a bathroom having an elongated shaft portion that is a grip portion for gripping by hand and an attachment portion for attaching the shaft portion with a gap from the wall surface of the bathroom, and a character display composed of LEDs on the shaft portion A bathroom facility, wherein the character display portion displays character information in the bathroom.   A shower device comprising: a shower head; an elongated shaft portion that is a slide shaft for slidably supporting the shower head; and a mounting portion for mounting the shaft portion with a gap from the wall surface of the bathroom. A bathroom display characterized in that a character display section comprising LEDs is arranged in the section, and the character display section displays character information in the bathroom.   The bathroom equipment according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an information acquisition unit for acquiring information to be displayed on the character display unit from outside is provided outside the bathroom.

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