JP2910851B1 - Bath stretcher - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To satisfactorily apply shower water to a bather's shoulder even when the body size (particularly height) of the bather varies. SOLUTION: A pillow 10 is mounted movably in a longitudinal direction of a stretcher main body 3, and a shoulder shower 12 is attached to the pillow. In addition, the shoulder shower is attached so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction along the longitudinal direction of the stretcher main body 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a stretcher for bathing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when bathing a physically handicapped person or an elderly person, as shown in FIG. The stretcher support 10 of the elevating bathtub 102 is moved together with the stretcher 100
After transferring to 2a, raise the bathtub body 102b,
Thus, there is known a bathing system that allows a physically handicapped person to take a bath without moving.

[0003] In the bathing system, a bath stretcher 100 is used to move between the elevating bathtub 102 and a stretcher 101 or a washing table placed beside the bathtub 102 with a disabled person or the like placed on top. Have been. The stretcher for bathing has wheels at the lower part, and these are stretcher support base 102b of elevating bathtub 102, stretcher 101
By moving on a guide rail 104 provided on the like, a structure is possible in which the elevating bathtub 102, the stretcher 101, and the washing table can be mutually moved.

[0004]

The conventional stretcher for bathing has the following drawbacks. That is, the stretcher 100 for bathing is used in such a manner that a stretcher main body 111 is mounted on a frame 110 on which wheels and the like are mounted at a lower portion, and a person with a physical disability is fixed on the stretcher main body 111 by a band.

[0005] A mat 113 and a footrest 11 are provided on the stretcher body.
4. Although handrails 115, pillows 116, showers for shoulders (not shown) and the like are fixedly provided, the size of a bather such as a physically handicapped person placed on the mat 113 is not necessarily uniform. Instead, it varies from person to person. Normally, when a bather is placed on the mat 113, the bather is positioned so that the foot rests on the footrest 114 or the waist position is positioned on the waist support portion of the mat 113. If the person is extremely tall or short, the hot water sprayed from the shoulder shower may not hit the shoulder of the bather properly, and may not function as the shoulder shower.

The present inventors have made in view of the above circumstances, devised that it is better to change the pillow from a fixed type to a movable type in advance from various viewpoints, and use this pillow. To provide a bath stretcher that can satisfactorily apply shower water to the bather's shoulders even when the bather's body size (particularly height) is variously varied by making the shoulder shower movable. Aim.

[0007]

The present invention achieves the above object by the following means. That is, claim 1
In the bathing stretcher (1) used in the bathing apparatus, the pillow (10) is mounted movably in the longitudinal direction of the stretcher body (3), and the pillow is provided with a shoulder shower. It is characterized by being.

[0008] The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the shoulder shower is rotatably mounted in a vertical direction along a longitudinal direction of the stretcher main body.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a stretcher for bathing according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view. The bathing stretcher 1 includes a frame 2, and a resin stretcher main body 3, which is reinforced at a required portion with stainless steel, is attached to an upper portion of the frame 2. Wheels 2a,.
Are attached in two rows in the left-right direction of the frame 2,
The wheels 2,... Travel on guide rails mounted on a stretcher support stand, a stretcher or a washing stand of the lifting bathtub, so that the bathing stretcher 1 can move between the lifting bathtubs and the like. Has become.

The stretcher main body 3 has a structure divided into three along the longitudinal direction of the frame.
3b and 3c are pin-coupled to each other, and a horizontal state where the whole is flat as shown by a solid line in FIG. 2, and a back support 3c which supports the upper body of the bather as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.
Is inclined, and the hinge part 4 that connects the shin support part 3a that supports the shin etc. of the bather and the waist support part 3b that supports the waist and the thigh is switched to a state in which the hinge part 4 rises. .

A mat 5 is detachably attached to the stretcher body 3 via fixing hooks 5a,. A foot support 7 is rotatably provided on the shin support portion 3a of the stretcher main body 3. Belts 8, 8 for fixing a bather to the bathing stretcher are attached to the waist support portion 3b and the back support portion 3c of the stretcher body 3, respectively. Further, left and right handrails 9, 9 are provided on the back support portion 3c of the stretcher body 3.
9 and a pillow 10 are respectively attached.

On both left and right sides of the pillow 10, shoulder showers 12, 12 are respectively connected by pins and mounted so as to be able to stand up and fall down. That is, the shower 12 for the shoulder
Is mounted rotatably in the vertical direction along the longitudinal direction of the stretcher body 3. Reference numeral 11 denotes a rotatable side fence attached to a frame, and the side fence 11 is usually fixed in an upright state, and is used when a bather such as a physically handicapped gets on the bathing stretcher or the stretcher. When descending from, it is rotated so as to hang down.

The pillow 10 is attached to the stretcher body 3 so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the stretcher body 3. That is, the piece 15 is attached to the base plate 13 of the pillow 10 so as to protrude downward in a state where the rotation is restricted by the two bolts 16 and 16. On the other hand, the pillow support portion of the stretcher body 3 that supports the pillow
An elongated hole 17a is formed along the longitudinal direction of the stretcher main body 3, and the pillow 10 can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the stretcher main body 3 by movably inserting the piece 15 into the elongated hole 17a. ing.

A knob 18 is screwed into the piece 15 from below, and the knob 18 is tightened, so that a stretcher near the elongated hole 17a is provided between the tightening surface 18a of the knob 18 and the base plate 13. The pillow 10 is fixed by sandwiching the main body reinforcing portion 17. That is, the knob 18 constitutes a fixing unit for fixing the pillow 10 to the stretcher main body 3.

The hot water supply and distribution system of the shower for shoulder 12 will be described. The shower for shoulder 12 is connected to a connector 12a which also serves as a pin support and penetrates the side wall of the movable pillow 10. The connector 12a is a flexible tube 12b and the flexible tube 1
It is connected to a hot water supply pipe 12d via a branch pipe section 12c interposed between the hot water supply pipes 2b.

The hot water supply pipe 12d also serves as a part of the frame 3 of the bathing stretcher 1. The hot water supply pipe 12d is connected to one connector 12f attached to the frame 3 via a short pipe 12e. It is connected. One connector 12f is detachably connected to the other connector 12g fixedly provided on the bathtub side. The other connector 12g is connected to a pump 12i via a hot water line 12h, and the pump 12i is supplied with hot water from mixing or in a vertically movable bathtub.

In the above hot water supply system, for example, when the bathing stretcher 1 is moved from, for example, a stretcher to an elevating bath tub and is moved to a regular position on a stretcher support stand of the elevating bath tub, the one of the bath stretchers 1 Connector 12f and other connector 12g
Is automatically connected. Then, on condition that a switch (not shown) provided in the elevating bath is turned on,
The pump 12i is operated, and the hot water line 1
2h, connectors 12g and 12f, short pipe 12e, hot water supply pipe 12d, flexible tube 12b, connector 1
Hot water is supplied to the shoulder shower 12 through 2a.
When the connection between the connectors 12g and 12h is released, a valve built in the connector 12h operates to seal the end of the connector 12h so that hot water does not leak therefrom.

According to the bathing stretcher 1 having the above structure, as shown in FIG. 1, a bather M such as a physically handicapped person lies on the upper part of the stretcher in a recumbent state. Due to the difference, the pillow 10 may not be located at an appropriate place. At this time, a caregiver or the like loosens the knob 18 shown in FIG. Then, the piece 15 is inserted into the slot 1
The pillow 10 is moved by the bather M
Move to an appropriate position according to the height of the child. Thereafter, the pillow 10 can be fixed at the same position by tightening the knob 18. That is, the pillow 10 can be moved and adjusted steplessly according to the height of the bather M, etc.
The bather can take a very natural lying position.

Then, as described above, when the bathing stretcher 1 is moved to a regular position on the stretcher support of the elevating bathtub,
The stretcher-side connector (one connector) 12f and the bathtub-side connector (the other connector) 12g are automatically connected, and then the pump 12i is turned on by turning on a switch (not shown) provided in the elevating bathtub. Activate,
Hot water supplied from the pump 12i via a hot water supply system,
It can be sprayed from a standing shower.

At this time, the shower 12 for the shoulder
Since the pillow 10 is moved as described above, the shoulder shower 12 is also moved integrally with the pillow 10 as described above, and the relative positional relationship between the head and the shoulder, even for a tall person or Even if the person is short, there is not much difference and it is almost constant. Therefore, when placing the pillow 10 under the head of the bather M, the hot water sprayed from the shower for shoulder 12 must hit the shoulder of the bather M or its vicinity. And If the shower hot water does not hit the shoulder well, it can be easily hit by the shoulder by changing the angle of inclination of the shower for shoulder rest 12. That is, since the shower for shoulder 12 is attached to the movable pillow 10, the hot water sprayed from the shower for shoulder 12 can be satisfactorily applied to the shoulder of the bather M.

Note that the configuration of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately changed as needed. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the shoulder shower 12 is rotatably attached to the pillow 10. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this configuration. A shower 12 may be attached.

[0022]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the shoulder shower is attached to the pillow movably attached in the longitudinal direction of the stretcher main body, when the pillow is moved and adjusted according to the height of the bather. At the same time, the position of the shower for the shoulder will also be adjusted, so that the bather's body size (especially height)
, The shower water can be satisfactorily applied to the bather's shoulder.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the shoulder shower is rotatably mounted in the vertical direction along the length of the stretcher main body, so that the inclination angle of the shoulder shower can be set freely. The shower water can be applied to the bather's shoulder more reliably.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a stretcher for bathing showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the bath stretcher.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of the bath stretcher.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a conventional bath stretcher.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Bath stretcher, 2 ... Frame, 3 ... Stretcher main body, 5 ... Mat, 7 ... Foot rest, 8 ... Belt, 9 ... Handrail 10
Pillow, 12: shower for shoulder, 15: piece, 17a: long hole, 18: knob (fixing means).

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A stretcher for bathing used in a bathing device (1)
2. The stretcher for bathing according to claim 1, wherein a pillow (10) is movably mounted in a longitudinal direction of the stretcher body (3), and a shoulder shower (12) is attached to the pillow. 2. The bathing stretcher according to claim 1, wherein the shoulder shower is rotatably mounted in a vertical direction along a longitudinal direction of the stretcher body.