JP2590914Y2 - Shower stretcher - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a shower stretcher for taking a shower for a physically handicapped person.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a prior art, Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 52823/1985.
There is what is shown in the gazette, the technology disclosed in this gazette, a bed for a shower bath provided with a base plate, a water leakage prevention edge and a drain hole, and a shower nozzle provided in a support frame placed on the base plate Device.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the invention] In the prior art,
When transferring the bather to the bathing device, because there is no special mechanism to assist the assistance operation related to the transfer,
A lot of labor is required for the caregiver. Due to the large amount of assistance involved in the transfer, bathing people who are assisted can be very painful, for example, being forced to take an unreasonable posture, and furthermore, the risk of slipping and dropping the bathing person during assistance. Is also large.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the problems of the prior art and to provide a shower stretcher which can easily and safely transfer a bather. That is, the present invention comprises a tray 1 for receiving water, a support 2 for supporting the tray 1, and a leg 3 for supporting the support 2 vertically and movably. Is a bendable side wall door 4. A tray 1 for receiving water, a column 2 for supporting the tray 1, and a leg 3 for vertically and movably supporting the column 2 are provided. Are arranged in a plane and are provided with row rollers 17.

A row of rollers 17 is provided on the upper surface of the tray 1 for receiving water. The rollers 17 are covered with an endless belt 20. Upper door 2 that can be opened and closed by covering the upper part
1 and a shower nozzle 22 is provided inside the upper wall door 21.
And a hot water supply pipe 10 for supplying hot water to the shower nozzle 22. Further, the column 2 has a column elevating mechanism 14 whose length is variably fixed. Further, a door row roller 24 is mounted on the upper surface of the side wall door 4, and the upper surface of the row roller 17 on the tray 1 and the upper surface of the door row roller 24 are the same when the side door 4 is in the open state. A side door lock 25 is provided which locks at a height.
The row rollers 17 are supported so as to be able to move up and down by a roller elevating mechanism 26 mounted on the upper end of the column 2.
The tray 1 is provided with a tray elevating mechanism 30 provided on the leg 3.
It is supported so that it can go up and down.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a bather placed on the apparatus is showered to warm and wash the bather. Tray 1
The hot water discharged from the shower is received, the column 2 supports the tray 1, and the legs 3 support the column 2 vertically and movably. The column 2 is movable, and the side wall door 4 of the long side wall 7a of the tray 1 can be opened and closed manually. Each roller 1 of the row rollers 17 provided above the tray 1
8 is rotatable. The caregiver moves the bather who has been transferred onto the row rollers 17 from the end of the row rollers 17 to the center.

[0007] The endless belt 20 covered by the row-arranged rollers 17 rotates the roller 18 while rotating the rollers 18.
7 around. When the assistant pushes the bather on the upper surface of the endless belt 20 in the horizontal direction, the bather moves in the horizontal direction with the rotation of the endless belt 20. The upper wall door 21 provided above the tray 1 opens the upper part of the tray 1 when the door is opened, and covers the upper surface of the tray 1 when the door is closed to form a semi-cylindrical closed chamber on the upper surface of the tray 1. The bather placed on the upper surface of the tray 1 is covered with the upper wall door 21 to shield the bather from being insulated. The hot water supply pipe 10 provided inside the upper wall door 21 guides the hot water supplied from the hot water supply tank 8 to the shower nozzle 22, and the shower nozzle 22 provided inside the upper wall door 21 transfers the introduced hot water to the upper surface of the tray 1. Let it squirt.

[0008] The assistant opens the upper wall door 21 and pushes the bather to the center of the upper surface of the row rollers 17, and thereafter, the assistant closes the upper wall door 21 and removes the bather's head. Exposed. Then, hot water of an appropriate temperature of about 43 degrees Celsius is spouted from the shower nozzle 22 of the upper wall door 21 toward the bather. The column 2 is extended and contracted by the operation of the column lifting mechanism 14. The length of the column 2 is arbitrarily variably fixed, and the height of the row rollers 17 on which the bather is placed is adjusted. The caregiver operates the support elevating mechanism 14 to adjust the height of the upper surface of the row rollers 17 and, when carrying out a work for loading a bather, sets the upper surface of the row rollers 17 to the height of the medical bed (not shown). Match.

[0009] Door row roller 24 in the second embodiment
When the side wall door 4 is opened, the side wall door 4 is hung by a side wall door hook 25 provided on the tray 1 and is held substantially horizontally. When the side door 4 is opened, the upper surface of the row rollers 24 is flush with the upper surface of the row rollers 17 on the tray 1. The door arranging roller 24 and the row arranging roller 17 rotate freely, and the bather riding on the upper surface of the door arranging roller 24 smoothly transfers from the door arranging roller 24 to the row arranging roller 17.

In the third embodiment, the row rollers 17 supported by the roller lifting mechanism 26 mounted on the upper end of the column 2
Is raised and lowered by the operation of the roller lifting mechanism 26. When the row rollers 17 are raised, the upper surface of the rollers 17 is raised to a position higher than the side wall 7 of the tray 1, and when the row rollers 17 are lowered, the upper surface of the rollers 17 is lower than the side wall 7 of the tray 1. To lower. Further, the tray 1 supported by the tray elevating mechanism 30 in the fourth embodiment moves up and down by the elevating operation of the elevating mechanism 30. When the tray 1 is raised, the row rollers 17 are surrounded by the side walls 7 of the tray 1, and when the tray 1 is lowered, the upper surface of the side walls 7 of the tray 1 is made lower than the upper surface of the row rollers 17.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a tray 1 for receiving water, a column 2 for supporting the tray 1, and a column 2 are vertically and movable. A long side wall 7a for supporting the tray 1;
Is a side wall door 4 that can be bent. The tray 1 is
One side wall 7a of the tray 1 which is a rectangular shallow box in plan view for receiving shower water poured into a bather and which can be bent with respect to the bottom wall 7b rotates between a standing state and a hanging state. The movable side door 4 is provided. When the side door 4 is in the upright state, the side door 4 is closed, and the side door 4 and the side walls are watertight with the short side front and rear side walls 7c and 7d so that water in the tray 1 does not leak. A packing 5 is provided at the contact portions 7c and 7d. Outside the side door 4, a side door handle 34 for opening and closing the door 4 and locking the door 4 is mounted.

A drain hose 6 is provided at an appropriate position on the bottom wall 7b of the tray 1 to guide and drain the hot water accumulated in the tray 1. A coupler 9 serving as a connection terminal when receiving hot water for showering from a separately prepared hot water supply tank 8 is protrudingly provided at an appropriate position on the other side wall 7e on the long side of the tray 1, and is provided adjacent to the coupler 9 to receive the hot water. A shower tap 11 for opening and closing a conduit for guiding the hot water to the hot water supply pipe 10 is provided on the other side wall 7e, and further, at appropriate locations on the front and rear side walls 7c and 7d of the tray 1, there is provided a device for moving the entire apparatus. A moving handle 12 is protruded. The hot water supply tank 8 is a device separate from the embodiment, and has a tank (not shown), a heater (not shown), a pressurizing pump (not shown), and a hot water supply hose 35.

The column 2 is provided on a leg 3 on which a caster 13 is mounted on the back surface and which can be moved on the floor surface.
Is provided with a column elevating mechanism 14, which can be freely expanded and contracted. That is, the column 2 has an outer casing 15 formed in a telescopic shape, and an elastic body 1 formed of a hydraulic cylinder or the like inside.
6 is provided so as to be expandable and contractible, and the tray 1 is attached to the upper part of the column 2. Support lifting mechanism 14
Comprises a telescopic body 16, a hydraulic pump (not shown) for supplying oil pressurized to the telescopic body 16, and a column elevating pedal 37 for controlling the operation thereof. Above the row rollers 17, the bather's head is positioned on the front side of the front side and lies down. The row rollers 17 separate the rollers 18 from each other at a small distance from each other in the longitudinal direction of the tray 1. The roller 18 is attached to the upper end of the column 2, and the rollers 17 are arranged in a row on the tray 1. Located at the top of. The endless belt 20 is a flexible flat belt, and is covered from the left end roller 18a to the right end roller 18b of the row rollers 17 and from the front to the back of the row rollers 17.

The upper wall door 21 covers the upper portion of the tray 1 and is attached to the other side wall 7e of the tray 1 via a hinge 38 so as to be openable and closable. The shower nozzle 22 blows out hot water at an appropriate temperature. It is provided on the inside back of the upper wall door 21,
The hot water supply pipe 10 supplies hot water to the shower nozzle 22, and is provided on the inner back side of the upper wall door 21.
An upper wall door handle 23 which is gripped when the upper wall door 21 is manually opened / closed is provided at an upper portion of the upper wall door 21 so as to protrude forward, and a curtain 36 is attached to a front edge of the door 21. ing.

In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 5, door arranging rollers 24 are mounted on the upper surface of the side door 4. The tray 1 is provided with a side door lock 25 that locks the upper surface of the row rollers 17 on the tray 1 and the upper surface of the door row rollers 24 on the same plane when the side door 4 is open.

The third embodiment shown in FIG.
7 is supported by a roller elevating mechanism 26 provided at the upper end of the column 2 so as to be able to move up and down. Roller elevating mechanism 26
Is composed of an X frame 27, a hydraulic cylinder 28 for rollers that expands and contracts, and a pressure oil supply unit (not shown). The pressure oil supply unit (not shown) includes a roller lifting pedal 29, a hydraulic pump (not shown), and an oil tank (not shown).

In the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the tray 1 is supported so as to be able to move up and down by a tray elevating mechanism 30 provided in the middle of the column 2. The tray lifting / lowering mechanism 30 includes a tray X frame 31, a tray hydraulic cylinder 32, and a pressure oil supply unit (not shown). The pressure oil supply unit (not shown) includes a tray lifting / lowering pedal 33, a tray hydraulic pump (not shown), and a tray oil tank (not shown). The two members of the tray 1 and the tray elevating mechanism 30 are
It moves up and down at the same time by the expansion and contraction operation of.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment when a bather is showered will be described. The first embodiment is a caster 1
3 is movable by rotating the tray 3 for receiving water.
Receive used shower water at
It drains water to a suitable drainable part of the room, and is used not only in a bathroom but also in a general nursing room. When the first embodiment is used in a nursing room, first, the embodiment is moved to a nursing room. That is, the caregiver moves the holding handle 12 of the present embodiment to the medical treatment room, and also moves the hot water supply tank 8 to a position where hot water can be supplied to the present embodiment.

Second, the bather is set to the bathing state in the first embodiment. That is, the caregiver opens the upper wall door 21 and also opens the side wall door 4, undresses the bather lying on the medical treatment bed (not shown), and places the bather on the endless belt 20 while lying down. Then, the bather is pushed to the center of the tray 1. At this time, the endless belt 20 rotates together with the roller 18 therein,
Bathers can be moved with little effort. That is, the endless belt 2
When the caregiver pushes the bather on the horizontal plane 0 horizontally, the endless belt 20 rotates the row rollers 17 while rotating the rollers 18 having frictional resistance with the belt 20, and this action is performed. In addition, the bather can be moved lightly. Then, the side wall door 4 is closed with the side wall door handle 34 and the top wall door 21 is closed with the top wall door handle 23. The head of the bather faces the outside from the end of the upper wall door 21.

Third, the first embodiment is set to be ready for shower ejection. That is, the tip of the drainage hose 6 is put into the drainage section of the medical treatment room as appropriate, and the hot water supply hose 35
Is connected to the coupler 9 provided on the tray 1. Then, the shower tap 11 is opened, and a shower is ejected from the shower nozzle 22. The bather is showered by the assistance work, and the body is washed and heated. 4th
Then, the first embodiment is returned to the state of stopping the shower. That is, to end the shower, the pressurizing pump (not shown) of the hot water supply tank 8 is stopped, the shower tap 11 is closed, the coupler 9 is removed, the upper wall door 21 is opened, the bather is wiped, and the side door 4 is closed. Open the bed, place the embodiment on the original medical treatment bed (not shown), and leave the bather lying down (not shown).
To transfer to the bed (not shown).
Thereafter, the assistant wears the bather and ends the shower bath.

[0021]

The present invention is configured as described above, and has the following effects. The invention according to claim 1 comprises a tray 1 for receiving water, a support 2 for supporting the tray 1, and a leg 3 for supporting the support 2 vertically and movably, and one side wall of the tray 1. 7
Since a is a bendable side wall door 4, the side wall door 4 can be opened and hung when the bather lying on the medical treatment bed is transferred to the embodiment as it is. It is not necessary to perform an assisting operation of lifting the bather high so as to exceed the distance, and the labor of the assistant can be reduced and the transfer of the bather can be facilitated. In addition, since the transfer of the bather is facilitated, the danger of the helper accidentally dropping the bather during transfer to the present invention can be minimized, and the safety can be improved. In addition, the present invention makes it possible to easily take a shower bath without wetting the floor or splashing hot water around, it can be used without any problem not only in the bathroom but also in the nursing room, and for the caregiver, one by one from the nursing room The trouble of reciprocating movement, such as transporting to the bathroom, can be omitted.
The bather is not given any anxiety or pain due to vibration or impact during transportation.

The invention according to claim 2 comprises a tray 1 for receiving water, a support 2 for supporting the tray 1, and a leg 3 for supporting the support 2 vertically and movably.
In addition, since the row-arranged rollers 17 having the rollers 18 arranged in a plane are positioned and attached on the tray 1, a bather lying on a medical bed (not shown) is left as it is. When the bather is transferred to the embodiment in the state, the bather moves on the roller 18 with the rotation of the roller 18, so that the labor of the assistant can be reduced and the transfer of the bather can be facilitated. In addition, since the transfer of the bather is facilitated, the danger of the caregiver accidentally dropping the bather during the transfer to the present invention can be minimized, and the safety can be improved, and also, the bath can be easily performed in the nursing room. It was convenient to take a shower. According to the present invention, the roller 17 is arranged above the tray 1 for receiving water, with the side wall 7a of the tray 1 being a bendable side wall door 4.
Since there is no need for assistance work of raising the bather high beyond the side wall 7,
There is an effect that the assisting labor can be reduced by the rotating action of the roller 18.

The invention according to claim 4 is directed to the roller 1
Since the endless belt 20 is put on the endless belt 7, the endless belt 20 is rotated by a slight external force while the rotation of the roller 18 is performed. It can be easily moved in the horizontal direction with a small amount of assistance, and there is an effect that the assistance work can be easily performed. The invention according to claim 5 provides an upper wall door 21 above the tray 1, a shower nozzle 22 inside the upper wall door 21, and a hot water supply pipe 10 for supplying hot water to the shower nozzle 22.
Because it is provided, move to the sickroom and nursing room,
Since a bather can be transferred onto the endless belt 20 and the bather can be showered, the labor for transporting the bather to the bathroom can be saved, and the shower bath can be easily performed in the nursing room or the like.

According to the present invention, since the column 2 is provided with the column raising / lowering mechanism 14 whose length is arbitrarily variably fixed, it is possible to transfer a bather from the medical bed to the present invention. In addition, the height of the endless belt 20 can be adjusted to an easily transferable height, and there is an effect that the labor for transfer of the bather can be reduced. Since the door arranging roller 24 is mounted on the upper surface of the side wall door 4 and the side wall door catch 25 is provided on the tray 1, the invention according to claim 7 is directed to the side of the invention. Since the side wall door can be extended, when a bather is transferred from the medical treatment bed (not shown) to the present invention, a space must be provided between the bed (not shown) and the leg 3 or the column 2 of the present invention. In such a case, the side wall door 4 protrudes toward the bed by the width thereof, which is convenient.

The invention according to claim 8 is directed to the roller 1
7 is supported so as to be able to move up and down by a roller elevating mechanism 26 mounted on the upper end of the column 2, so that when a bather is transferred between the nursing bed (not shown) and the row rollers 17. Can move the upper surface of the row rollers 17 higher than the upper edge of the side wall 7 of the tray 1.
Can be lowered lower. Since the row rollers 17 can be raised and lowered in this way, if the transfer is performed with the row rollers 17 lowered, the labor involved in transferring the bather can be reduced, and the row rollers 17 can be lowered. If the shower bath is carried out in a state in which the shower water is scattered, the shower water can be suitably prevented from scattering on the side wall of the tray 1, and there is an effect that the hot water is not scattered.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, since the tray 1 is supported by the tray elevating mechanism 30 provided on the leg 3 so as to be able to move up and down, the bather is arranged in line with a bed (not shown). When transferring between the rollers 17, the upper edge of the side wall of the tray 1 can be lowered lower than the upper surface of the rows of rollers 17.
The upper edge of the side wall of the tray 1 can be raised higher than the upper surface of the tray 7. Since the tray 1 can be raised and lowered in this manner, if the transfer is performed with the tray 1 lowered, the labor involved in transferring the bather can be reduced, and the shower bath can be performed with the tray 1 raised. If it is carried out, the shower water can be suitably prevented from scattering on the side wall of the tray 1, and there is an effect that the hot water is not scattered.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of the first embodiment of the present invention from which the upper wall door is removed.

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing the side door handle according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a front view of a second embodiment of the present invention with a part omitted;

FIG. 6 is a partially omitted front view of a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a fourth embodiment of the present invention, with a part omitted.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 tray 2 support 3 leg 4 side door 10 hot water supply pipe 14 support elevating mechanism 17 row roller 18 roller 20 endless belt 21 upper wall door 22 shower nozzle 24 door array roller 25 side door hook 26 roller elevating mechanism 30 tray elevating mechanism

Claims (9)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A tray 1 for receiving water, a support 2 for supporting the tray 1, and legs 3 for supporting the support 2 vertically and movably, and one long side wall 7a on the long side of the tray 1. Is a side wall door 4 that can be bent. 2. A tray 1 for receiving water, a support 2 for supporting the tray 1, and legs 3 for supporting the support 2 vertically and movably. A shower stretcher, comprising a row of rollers 17 in which rollers 18 are arranged in a plane. 3. A roller 1 is provided on an upper surface of a tray 1 for receiving water.
The shower stretcher according to claim 1, further comprising a row roller (17) having rows (8). 4. The shower stretcher according to claim 3, wherein an endless belt is covered on the row rollers. 5. An upper wall door 21 is provided so as to cover the upper part of the tray 1 and can be opened and closed, a shower nozzle 22 is provided inside the upper wall door 21, and a hot water supply pipe 10 for supplying hot water to the shower nozzle 22 is provided. The shower stretcher according to claim 4, characterized in that: 6. The column 2 has a column lifting mechanism 14 whose length is variably fixed.
Shower stretcher as described. 7. A door arranging roller 2 on the upper surface of the side door 4.
4 is mounted on the tray 1, and a side wall door stopper 25 for holding the upper surface of the row roller 17 and the upper surface of the row roller 24 on the tray 1 at the same height when the side door 4 is opened. The shower stretcher according to claim 3, wherein the shower stretcher is provided. 8. The shower stretcher according to claim 2, wherein the row rollers 17 are supported by a roller lifting mechanism 26 mounted on the upper end of the column 2 so as to be able to move up and down. 9. The shower stretcher according to claim 2, wherein the tray 1 is supported by a tray elevating mechanism 30 provided on the leg 3 so as to be able to move up and down.