JP2012135599A - Bathtub for nursing care - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathtub for nursing care in which elderly and handicapped persons can safely and easily go in and out to/from the bathtub, and operation is easy in use.SOLUTION: An opening section 3 for going out and in is prepared at a wall in front of a tub, a height of a tub wall 2 to step over is made low, thereby the tub is made so that a user can safely and easily go in and out without taking labored posture. A door 4 to close the opening section does not need a meaningless space to open and close, is hardly displaced even if unexpected force is added from a side, and is made a door which is an up and down sliding type to be attached and detached. In a water proof device of the opening section, an edge and the door are adhered through an elastic water proof material, in the operation, the door is slid along the edge to be downed, a lower part of the door is automatically made to be pressure-adhered to the elastic water proof material 7 at the end of the downing, next, an upper part of the door is only pressed to the elastic water proof material in a lateral direction to be simply fixed in an pressure-adhering state.

Description

  The present invention makes it possible for elderly people and care recipients to enter and leave the wall of the bathtub safely and easily, and for the caregiver, the work level is reduced, and the door installed at the opening is opened and closed. The present invention relates to a nursing tub that does not require an extra space for use, is safe in use, and can exhibit waterproof performance with a simple operation.

  Bathing is a pleasure for the elderly and cared people, but the wall is an essential part of the bathtub because it is necessary to store hot water. This wall makes it impossible for the elderly and cared people to safely Making it difficult to take a bath. It is easy to straddle a bathtub that is soaked in a shallow and large supine state, but it is difficult and dangerous for elderly people and care recipients to take this posture in the bathtub. There are few houses with bathrooms that can be installed. In addition, there are bathtubs with doors that open inside and outside, and bathtubs with doors that approach from the bottom, but this requires a space to open the doors, and the device becomes large. From such a situation, in order to straddle a high bathtub wall, the seating base is placed inside or outside the bathtub and used as a stepping board, which is very dangerous.

  There are doors with various mechanisms, such as hinged doors and sliding doors. In any case, the liquid leakage prevention method uses an elastic water blocking material to close the edge of the opening and the door to prevent liquid leakage. . As for the instrument device to be in close contact with, it is expected to be a large device using power and water pressure, there is no device that is easy to operate and operate, and has no waterproof performance.

JP2009-056138 JP2009-000330A JP2008-207013 JP2008-086579 JP 2002-336325 A JP2002-085508

  A large bathtub with shallow walls and low walls makes it easy to straddle the wall of the bathtub, but it requires a large space in the bathroom. The person is difficult and dangerous. In addition, there are bathtubs with doors that open and close, and doors that approach the wall from the bottom of the bathtub, but these bathtubs require a door opening and closing space. It has drawbacks such as difficulty in opening and closing at times, and a large device.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and allows elderly people and care recipients to take a bathing action / posture that is safe and less burdensome. It is simple and easy, and it is trying to secure its function easily.

  The present invention is a bathtub body in which four wall portions stand up from the bottom, and an opening for entering and exiting is provided in the front wall portion, and an elastic water stop material is attached around the edge of the opening portion. A door that can be attached and detached with an up-and-down slide type is installed to close the opening in a water-tight manner, but when the door is pushed in from above, the vertical force is diverted to move the lower part of the door in the horizontal direction, elastic water blocking It is a nursing tub having an instrument that works to press and adhere to the material at the left and right lower portions of the door.

  Furthermore, the present invention provides a device that functions to lock the door by pressing the upper part of the door in the horizontal direction in a state of being in pressure contact with the elastic water-stopping material. It is a nursing tub that is provided at the upper part of both left and right ends of a door that can be detached by a vertically sliding type that closes.

り、上下にスライドする仕組みになっている。この上下スライド式扉は上部 に完全に抜き取られるまで横から力が加わっても外れることがない構造にな っているので不測の力が加わった場合も安全である。
（４）扉を上から挿し込めば、自動的に扉の下部が弾性止水材に圧密着し、次に、 扉の上部を水平方向に押すと扉の上部も弾性止水材に圧密着するようにした ので、簡単な操作で開口部の水密性を確保できる。Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) Since the opening for entering and exiting is provided in the wall of the bathtub body, the height of the wall is low, and it can be easily and safely straddled.
(2) Opening and exiting openings are made up of detachable top and bottom sliding doors. Unlike door doors, there is no need for opening and closing, and bathers can enter and exit smoothly. And you can use the bathroom widely.
(3) The vertical sliding door is a plug-in type from the top, and the opening of the wall entrance / exit

It is structured to slide up and down. This vertical sliding door has a structure that does not come off even if force is applied from the side until it is completely pulled out to the top, so it is safe even if unexpected force is applied.
(4) When the door is inserted from above, the lower part of the door automatically presses and adheres to the elastic waterproofing material. Next, when the upper part of the door is pushed horizontally, the upper part of the door also presses to the elastic waterproofing material. As a result, the water-tightness of the opening can be secured with a simple operation.

The top view of the nursing bathtub of this invention. The front view of the care bathtub of this invention. The side view of the care bathtub of this invention. The perspective view seen from the back side of the nursing bathtub of this invention. The front detail drawing of the opening part for entrance / exit of the nursing bathtub of this invention, and an up-and-down sliding door. The detailed perspective view of the opening part for entrance / exit of the nursing bathtub of this invention, and an up-and-down sliding door. The a-a 'cross-section detail drawing of the opening part for entrance / exit of the nursing bathtub of this invention, and an up-and-down sliding door. The b-b 'cross-sectional detail drawing of the opening part for entrance / exit of the nursing bathtub of this invention, and an up-and-down sliding door. The c-c 'cross-section detail drawing of the opening part for entrance / exit of the nursing bathtub of this invention, and an up-and-down sliding door. The d-d 'cross-section detail drawing of the opening part for entrance / exit of the nursing bathtub of this invention, and an up-and-down sliding door. The e-e 'cross-sectional detail drawing of the opening part for entrance / exit of the nursing bathtub of this invention, and an up-and-down sliding door. The f-f 'cross-section detailed drawing of the catch tool of the up-and-down sliding door in the nursing bathtub of this invention. The f-f 'cross-section detail drawing of the force direction change instrument of the up-and-down sliding door in the nursing bathtub of this invention. The operation figure of the up-and-down slide type door of the nursing bathtub of the present invention (state which is lowering the door). The operation | movement figure (state which pressed the door from the top) of the up-and-down sliding door of the nursing bathtub of this invention. The operation | movement figure of the up-and-down slide type door of the nursing bathtub of this invention (The state which pressed the door upper part against the elastic water stop material).

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on the embodiments shown in FIGS.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the nursing tub according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided with an opening 3 for entering and exiting the wall 2 of the bathtub main body 1, and a vertical sliding door 4 is installed here. Make it easier to straddle. In addition, the vertical sliding door 4 is a sliding door that can be inserted and removed from the top, and does not require a space for opening and closing the door.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 9, the entrance / exit opening 3 and the vertical sliding door 4 are accommodated by providing concave grooves 2 a on the left and right edges of the entrance / exit opening 3, while the vertical sliding type is provided. Door 4

  As shown in FIG. 6, a rising protrusion 2 b is provided on the outside of the bathtub at the bottom of the edge of the opening 3 for entering and leaving the outside of the concave groove 2 a on both edges of the opening. An elastic waterproof material 5 in a series of U-shape is installed on the inner surface 2b1 of the 2b and the inner surface 2a1 on the outer side of the concave groove 2a, and the upper and lower sliding doors 4 are pressure-contacted to ensure watertightness. .

余裕を持たせる。上下スライド式扉４を弾性止水材５へ圧密着させる手順は、先ず、

の下部に設置された、力方向転換器具７の作動によって、上下スライド式扉４の下部が弾性止水材５の方に水平移動させられて、弾性止水材５に密着する。次に、上下ス

られた突起棒器具８が、開口部の左右縁の凹型の溝２ａ上部に設けられた突起棒キャッチ器具９に嵌まり、上下スライド式扉４の上部は、弾性止水材５に圧密着した状態で固定される。As shown in FIGS. 12 to 16, the operation of the vertical sliding door 4 is performed by the vertical sliding door 4.

Make room. The procedure for pressure-contacting the vertical sliding door 4 to the elastic water stop material 5 is as follows:

The lower part of the vertical sliding door 4 is moved horizontally toward the elastic water-stopping material 5 by the operation of the force direction changing device 7 installed in the lower part of the door, and is in close contact with the elastic water-stopping material 5. Next, up and down

The protruding bar device 8 thus fitted fits into the protruding bar catch device 9 provided in the upper part of the concave groove 2a at the left and right edges of the opening, and the upper part of the upper and lower sliding door 4 is in pressure contact with the elastic waterstop 5 Fixed in state.

凹型の溝２ａの内側の内面２ａ２（弾性止水材の付いているのとは反対側）を押すことによって、上下スライド式扉４の下部を弾性止水材５の方へ動かし圧密着させる。As shown in FIGS. 12 to 16, the force direction changing device 7 has a mechanism for changing a vertical force from above into a horizontal force, and the operation is performed when the vertical sliding door 4 is completely inserted. During the predetermined action stroke immediately before the rotation, the lower projection 7a of the rotary fan of the force direction changing device 7 hits the lower portion of the concave groove 2a, and the lower projection 7a of the rotary fan hit against the vertical sliding door 4

By pushing the inner surface 2a2 inside the concave groove 2a (the side opposite to the one with the elastic water blocking material), the lower part of the vertical sliding door 4 is moved toward the elastic water blocking material 5 and brought into pressure contact.

具９上部の突起棒誘導部９ｂを滑りながら落下し、扉４を弾性止水材から離した状態で、突起棒受け部９ｃの上で挿入止まりとなる。次に、扉４の上部に水平方向の力を加えて、弾性止水材５に押し付けると、突起棒器具８が突起棒キャッチ器具９のキャッチ穴９ａに嵌まり、扉４の上部を弾性止水材５に押し付けた状態でロックされる。解除はロックするのとは反対方向の水平力を、扉４の上部に加えれば、突起棒器具８が突起棒キャッチ穴９ａからはずれ、ロック状態が解ける。As shown in FIGS. 12 to 16, when the vertical sliding door 4 is inserted straight from above,

The protrusion 9 is dropped while sliding on the protruding bar guide portion 9b on the top of the tool 9, and the insertion is stopped on the protruding bar receiving portion 9c in a state where the door 4 is separated from the elastic water blocking material. Next, when a force in the horizontal direction is applied to the upper part of the door 4 and pressed against the elastic water blocking material 5, the protruding bar device 8 fits into the catch hole 9a of the protruding bar catch device 9, and the upper part of the door 4 is elastically stopped. It is locked while pressed against the water material 5. When the horizontal force in the opposite direction to the locking is applied to the upper part of the door 4, the protruding bar device 8 is detached from the protruding bar catch hole 9a, and the locked state is released.

  The present invention is a nursing tub that can be used safely and easily by an elderly person or a cared person with a living family in the current size without extensively refurbishing the bathroom in a general household.

５、 弾性止水材

７、 力方向転換器具
７ａ、 回転扇の下部突起
７ｂ、 回転扇の上部突起
８、 突起棒器具
９、 突起棒キャッチ器具
９ａ、 突起棒キャッチ穴
９ｂ、 突起棒誘導部
９ｃ、 突起棒受け部1, bathtub body 2, bathtub wall 2a, concave groove 2a1, inner surface 2a2 outside concave groove, inner surface 2b inside concave groove, rising protrusion 2b1, inner surface 3 of rising protrusion, opening 4 Vertical sliding door

5. Elastic waterproofing material

7, force direction changing device 7a, rotating fan lower protrusion 7b, rotating fan upper protrusion 8, protruding rod device 9, protruding rod catching device 9a, protruding rod catch hole 9b, protruding rod guiding portion 9c, protruding rod receiving portion

て噛み合っている。
（ヌ）扉が上から押し込まれたとき、垂直方向を方向転換させて扉の下部を水平方向に動かし、弾性止水材に圧着させる器具を扉の左右下部に有する。 The present invention is a bathtub main body in which four wall portions are erected from the bottom and has the following configuration.
(F) An opening for entering and exiting the wall is provided in the front.
(G) Attach an elastic waterproofing material around the edge of the opening.
(H) A door that can be attached and detached in a vertical sliding manner is installed at the opening, and the opening is sealed in a watertight manner.
(R) Concave grooves are provided on both left and right edges of the opening.

Are engaged.
(Nu) When the door is pushed in from above, the vertical direction is changed, the lower part of the door is moved in the horizontal direction, and there are appliances on the left and right lower parts of the door that are crimped to the elastic water stop material.

In the bathtub main body in which four wall portions stand up from the bottom, (f) an opening for entering and exiting the wall portion is provided in the front.
(G) Attach an elastic waterproofing material around the edge of the opening.
(H) A door that can be attached and detached in a vertical sliding manner is installed at the opening, and the opening is sealed in a watertight manner.
(I) Concave grooves are provided on both left and right edges of the opening, and convex mortises are provided on both left and right edges of the vertical sliding door. The opening and the vertical sliding door are provided with grooves and Tenon ▼ is engaged with a gap.
(Nu) When the door is pushed in from above, the vertical force is changed , the lower part of the door is moved in the horizontal direction, and there are appliances on the left and right lower parts of the door that are crimped to the elastic waterstop.
A nursing tub having the above configuration.

Claims (2)

  It is a bathtub body with four wall parts standing up from the bottom, and an opening for entering and exiting is provided in the front wall part, and an elastic waterproofing material is attached around the edge of the opening part. A removable door is installed to close the opening in a watertight manner, but when the door is pushed in from above, the vertical force is changed and the lower part of the door is moved in the horizontal direction so that it is in close contact with the elastic waterproofing material. A nursing tub that has appliances that work to be used in the lower left and right sides of the door.   The upper part of the door is pushed in the horizontal direction, and has an instrument that works to lock in a state of being in close contact with the elastic water-stopping material, at the upper part at the left and right ends of the door, and at the left and right upper part of the opening / closing opening edge. The care bathtub according to claim 1.

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