JP2566599Y2 - Walking tub with door - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement of a walking tub used by a person with a walking function to perform walking training in hot and cold water by using hot water temperature, hot water buoyancy and hot water resistance. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional walking bathtub for training in water, there has been a bathtub device as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-1944. The configuration disclosed in this publication is provided with a vertically movable step board for changing the water depth of the bath tub in the bath tub, and when putting a physically handicapped person in the bath tub, a hydraulic lift equipped with a stool for sitting the physically handicapped person, It is installed adjacent to the bathtub.

[0003]

In a conventional walking tub, a physically handicapped person (hereinafter, referred to as a bather) who performs walking training is placed on a chair of a hydraulic lift and goes in and out across the side wall of the bathtub. Therefore, there is a problem that the bather is raised to a higher position, which gives the bather a sense of fear. Further, since the water depth is adjusted by moving the tread plate provided at the bottom of the bathtub up and down, the tread plate shakes during walking training, the feet are unstable, and the equipment becomes large and the manufacturing cost increases. However, there were problems such as difficulty in cleaning.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a walking tub having a door that has a door that is easy to enter and exit the tub and has a simple structure. Is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a door provided with a door (2) on which a bather enters and exits on one side wall of a bathtub (1) for walking training in hot and cold water. It is a walking tub having. Further, a partition plate (3) for stopping the movement of hot water is provided in the bathtub (1), and a hot water moving mechanism (6) for transferring hot water to both of the two bathtubs divided by the partition plate (3) is connected. It is provided. Further, one of the tubs (1) formed by dividing the partition plate (3) is used as a bath tub section (5) for entering and exiting bathers, and the other is a walking tub section (4) for training bathers for walking. The door (2) is provided in the bathtub (5), and the partition (3) can be closed or opened in a watertight manner.

[0006]

When a bather enters or leaves the walking bathtub of the present invention, the door 2 provided for the bather to enter or leave is opened and closed.
When the door 2 is opened, the bathtub 1 is opened after confirming that there is no hot water in one of the entrance / exit bathtub sections 5 formed by dividing the bathtub 1 into two by a partition plate. Walked in with the help of the bathtub part 5,
Or, enter the room while in a wheelchair, and take a bath
After entering, the door 2 is closed and hot water of the walking bathtub section 4 on the other side is moved to the entrance / exit bathtub section 5 by the hot water moving mechanism 6,
Soak bathers in hot water.

Next, the partition plate 3 in the vertical state is tilted toward the walking tub section 4 around the shaft 14 provided on the lower side thereof to reach a substantially horizontal state. The bathtub section 4 is shaped so that it can be freely passed. Partition plate 3
Is formed so that the wall thickness becomes thinner from the lower side to the upper side, and the partition plate 3 is rotated to reach a substantially horizontal state, and the partition plate 3 is brought into close contact with the bottom wall of the walking tub portion 4. When passing between the section 5 and the walking tub section 4, there is no step in the bottom wall portion of the walking tub section 4 that hinders the passage. The right side portion of the shaft 14 penetrates the right side wall of the walking tub unit 4 and protrudes outside. The shaft 14 is rotated by the extension movement of the hydraulic cylinder 16. With the rotation of the shaft 14, the partition plate 3 is moved from a vertical state to a substantially horizontal state.

The bather walks on the partition plate 3 that has moved from the bathtub section 5 to a substantially horizontal state and moves to the walking bathtub section 4, and the bather moves to the walking bathtub section 4 side. Thereafter, the partition plate 3, which has been in a substantially horizontal state, is returned to a vertical state, and the walking and reciprocating bathtubs 4 and 5 are partitioned again so that hot water cannot be moved. Next, the hot and cold water in the bathtub section 5 is transferred to the walking bathtub section 4 by driving the hot water moving mechanism 6. When the hot water is moved, the water depth of the walking tub 4 can be adjusted depending on the amount of the hot water in the bathtub 5 to be transferred to the walking tub 4. That is, if the hot and cold water in the bathtub section 5 is not transferred to the walking bathtub section 4 at all, the water depth of the walking bathtub section 4 is the shallowest. The water depth of the walking tub 4 is the deepest.

[0009] The bather performs walking training in the walking bathtub section 4. At the time of bathing, the hot and cold water in the walking bathtub section 4 is caused to flow into the bathtub / bath section 5 via the hot and cold water moving mechanism 6, and thereafter,
By controlling the hydraulic mechanism 23, the hydraulic cylinder 16 is contracted and moved to rotate the partition plate 3 to bring the vertical state to the substantially horizontal state. The bather moves from the walking bathtub section 4 to the bathtub section 5 over the partition plate 3. The bather who has been in the bathtub section 5 in a wheelchair sits in a wheelchair. When the bather finishes moving to the bathtub section 5, the partition plate 3 is rotated to change from a substantially horizontal state to a vertical state. Next, the hot and cold water moving mechanism 6 is driven to move all of the hot and cold water in the bathtub section 5 to the walking bathtub section 4, and then the door 2 is opened. The bather goes out of the bathtub 5 and finishes walking training.

[0010]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of the device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view thereof, FIG. 3 is a front view, FIG. 4 is a piping system diagram, and FIG. It is the top view which comprised. The front wall on the short side of the rectangular bathtub 1 in a plan view for performing walking training in hot and cold water is constituted by a door 2 through which a bather enters and exits. The door 2 is openable and closable, and is closed to the bathtub 1 so as to maintain watertightness when closed. Note that the bathtub 1 may be configured in an L shape in plan view. This L-shaped bathtub in plan view is suitable when the installation location is short in depth. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, a door is provided on the side wall instead of the front of the bathtub section 5 so that the bather can move in and out from the side of the bathtub 1, or move the walking bathtub section halfway through the bathtub section. It is bent into a letter shape to prevent the depth of the walking bathtub from becoming too long.

The inside of the bathtub 1 is closely contacted with a ridge 41 provided in a series of inverted gates in a vertical direction on the left wall of the bathtub 1, a horizontal direction transverse to the bottom wall, and a vertical direction on the right wall. A partition plate 3 for stopping the movement of hot water is provided upright, and a hot water moving mechanism 6 is provided for communicating both the walking bathtub section 4 and the entrance / exit bathtub section 5 formed by the partition plate 3 to move hot water. The hot water moving mechanism 6 is stored in a storage box 7 installed on the side of the bathtub section 5. The partition plate 3 is made of a transparent material such as stainless steel or glass or resin, and the wall pressure is formed thinner from the lower side to the upper side of the partition plate 3. The door 2 is provided on the side of the entrance / exit tub section 5. The front of the door 2 is at the same height as the bottom of the entrance / exit tub section 5, and is lower than this height, and the door 2 is opened. An inclined table 8 whose height can be changed to a height that does not hinder the door movement is provided. This ramp 8
A pedal 9 for selecting one of the two heights to change the height of the upper end of the tilted table 8 is provided on the side of the inclined base 8 so as to protrude.

On the upper right edge of the bathtub section 5, an operation panel 10 for operating the apparatus and arranging switches and valves is provided. The left and right side walls and the back side wall of the walking tub 4 are rigid left and right transparent resin plates 11a and 11
b, the back resin plate 11c is fitted so that the bathing person's walking posture can be observed from outside the walking bathtub unit 4. Further, a jet nozzle 1 for jetting hot water at an appropriate position on the back side wall of the walking bathtub portion 4 where the hot water is immersed in a normal hot water storage state.
2 are provided. The hot and cold water spouted from the jet nozzle 11 is obtained by taking the hot and cold water in the walking bathtub section 4 with the circulation pump 13 and guiding it by pressurizing the water. The hot and cold water in the walking bathtub section 4 is circulated.

A shaft 14 extends from both ends of the lower side of the partition plate 3, and the shaft 14 is supported on the left and right side walls of the walking tub unit 4. The right side of the shaft 14 penetrates the right side wall of the walking tub portion 4 in a watertight state and protrudes out of the right side wall. The protruding shaft 14 has an arm 15 having an appropriate length and a hydraulic cylinder at the end of the arm 15. 16 is attached, hydraulic cylinder 1
The shaft 14 can be rotated by the expansion and contraction of the shaft 6. Then, the rotation of the shaft 14 switches the partition plate 3 between a vertical state and a substantially horizontal state. Hydraulic cylinder 16
The pressurized oil is supplied to the storage box 7, and a hydraulic mechanism 23 including a hydraulic pump (not shown) and a control valve (not shown) is stored in the storage box 7.

As another means for rotating the shaft 14, instead of the hydraulic cylinder 16, an arm attached to the shaft 14 is extended to an appropriate length and in an appropriate direction to serve as a handle. , A lock mechanism capable of locking the partition plate 3 so that it cannot be rotated may be provided, and the shaft 14 and the partition plate 3 may be manually rotated. Further, as another means for rotating the shaft 14, an electric system in which an electric motor is connected to the shaft 14 via a gear may be used.

As another configuration of the partition plate 3, a hinge is provided on one of the left and right sides of the standing partition plate 3, and the partition plate 3 is rotated about the vertical axis. The bathtub 1 may be partitioned.

On the left and right side walls of the walking tub section 4, handrails 18 are provided along the left and right side walls, which are slightly separated from the left and right side walls, so that a bather can grasp the bathers when walking. The handrail 18 is attached to one lower end of an inverted U-shaped handrail support 19, and the other hand 19 a of the handrail support 19 is vertically movably provided on a holder 20 on the left and right side walls of the walking tub unit 4. , The handrail 18 can be adjusted in height,
It is pressed and fixed by the knob bolt 21.

The operation panel 10 has switches as
A power switch 22 for connecting a power supply to the apparatus, a partition plate opening / closing switch 24 for controlling a hydraulic mechanism 23 for rotating the partition plate 3, and a drainage device for draining hot and cold water in the walking bathtub section 4 and the entrance / exit bathtub section 5. A drain switch 27 for opening the walking tub drain valve, the entrance / exit tub drain valves 25, 26, and a pump 28 for driving hot water from the inner tub 5 to the walking tub 4 of the hot water moving mechanism 6. A hot tub section hot water switch 29 to be turned on and a hot tub section hot water switch 3 for opening a valve 30 to feed hot water from the walking tub section 4 to the access tub section 5
1 are arranged.

Further, the operation panel 10 includes, as valves, a hot water supply valve 32 for supplying hot water to the walking bathtub section 4, a water supply valve 33 for supplying water to the walking bathtub section 4, and a hand shower for mixing hot water and water. A mixing valve 36 that can be switched and supplied to the walking bath section 4 with the switching valve 35.
Are arranged. In addition, the operation panel 10 has a thermometer 37 for measuring and displaying the temperature of hot and cold water in the walking bathtub section 4;
A lamp 38 for indicating a power supply state is provided.

A solenoid valve 39 is provided in the mixing hot water line 17.
Is provided, and a float switch 40 is provided at an appropriate amount of hot water supply water in the walking bathtub section 4. When the hot water supply is completed when the hot water is supplied from the mixing hot water pipe line 17 to the walking bathtub section 4, the float switch 40 is turned on. The solenoid valve 39 is actuated and the hot water supply is automatically stopped.

[0020]

As described above, the walking tub having the door according to the present invention is provided with a door on one side wall of the bath tub so that the bather can enter and exit, so that the bather can enter and exit from the opened door. . Therefore, at the time of entering and leaving, the helper does not need special assistance to the bather and can reduce the labor, and the bather is not forced to perform unreasonable operations,
You can take a bath comfortably with peace of mind, and you can move to a low position without being raised and moved high, you can bathe low, it is safe without falling or falling over, and you can safely walk without worrying about fear It has the effect of being able to get in and out. Furthermore, since a hydraulic lift device for putting a bather in a bathtub in the conventional device is unnecessary in the present invention, the present invention device can be installed even in a room with a low ceiling, and installation work on the floor can be reduced, Manufacturing costs related to the hydraulic lift device can be reduced.

In addition, when the hydraulic lift device in the conventional device is used, special assistance such as transfer to a bathing chair or lifting of the lower leg for a person with a lower limb disability when crossing the upper edge of the side wall of the bathtub is provided to the assistant. Care is needed, and for bathers,
Although a special posture is required or extra work is required, special assistance is not required in the present invention, and as described above, assistance is made easier for caregivers, and bathers can feel free to enter the bathtub with ease. It became.

Further, in the present invention, a partition wall for stopping the movement of the hot water is provided in the bathtub, and the hot water is moved to both the bathtub section and the walking bathtub section divided by the partition wall. Since the mechanism is provided in communication, the hot water moving mechanism is operated to move the hot and cold water in the entrance / exit tub to the walking tub, thereby increasing the water depth of the walking tub. The minimum water depth of the walking bath tub is when the water in the entrance / exit tub is not moved to the walking tub at all, and the maximum water depth of the walking tub is when all the water in the entrance / exit tub is moved to the walking tub. . Since the water depth can be adjusted arbitrarily from the minimum water depth to the maximum water depth, in walking training, the buoyancy and resistance of hot water can be adjusted appropriately by adjusting the water depth according to the height of the bather and the degree of obstacles, etc. Can be adjusted, and the effect of training can be enhanced.

In the conventional apparatus in which the water depth is adjusted by raising and lowering a tread provided on the bottom of the bathtub, the bottom wall shakes when a bather walks, and his feet are unstable, so that a considerable amount of training is required for walking training. This has a negative effect, and makes it difficult to clean the bottom wall of the bathtub, and the structure of the tread plate and its elevating mechanism is complicated, breakdowns are likely to occur, and the danger increases. However, in the present invention, as described above, walking training can be performed reliably and securely, and by driving the hot water moving mechanism,
The water depth can be easily adjusted, which is convenient.

Also, in the present invention, one of the bathtubs formed by dividing the partition wall is used as a bathtub for entering and leaving a bather, and the other is a walking bathtub for providing walking training for bathers. The partition wall is provided in the bathtub section, and the partition wall is formed of a rotating plate capable of partitioning and releasing the bathtub. Therefore, when opening the door, it is possible to transfer the hot and cold water in the bathtub to the walking bath and leave it empty, and it is not necessary to discard the hot and cold water in the bathtub every time the door is opened. And the cost of heating is economical.

Further, since the hot and cold water in the bathtub section is transferred to the walking bathtub section, there is no need to separately prepare a storage tank for temporarily storing the hot water drawn from the bathtub section, and the cost of the storage tank is reduced. It is unnecessary and economical in this regard. Also, once the bather enters the bathtub section, the partition wall is rotated to remove the partition wall, and the bathtub section and the walking bathtub section can be communicated so that they can pass without difficulty. Even so, the bathtub can be divided into two bathtubs,
By moving the hot and cold water appropriately, the water depth can be adjusted, the door can be opened and closed without difficulty, and these multifunctional devices can be made compact and convenient for use in walking training. ing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a piping system diagram of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of an embodiment in which a door of the device of the present invention is provided on a side wall of a bathtub section.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bath tub 2 Door 3 Partition plate 4 Walking bath tub 5 Entry / exit bath tub 6 Hot water moving mechanism

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] A bath tub for walking training in hot and cold water (1)
A door (2) through which a bather enters and exits is provided on one side wall of the bath.
A partition plate (3) for stopping the movement of hot water is provided in the tank (1).
Add hot water to both of the two bathtubs that were split by the cutting board (3).
A walking tub having a door, provided with a hot and cold water moving mechanism (6) for communication. 2. A bathtub divided by a partition plate (3).
The bath and bathtub part (5) for the bathers to enter and leave, and others
And the walking tub part (4) to be used for walking training of bathers,
The door (2) is provided in the bathtub (5), and the partition (3)
The walking tub having a door according to claim 1, wherein the walking tub can be closed or opened in a watertight manner .