JP2997540B2 - Stationary wheelchair bathing equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a stationary wheelchair bathing apparatus for bathing a person with a physical handicap who cannot bathe by himself.

(Prior art)

As a bathing device for people with physical disabilities who cannot take a bath on their own, a stretcher is docked in a special bath tub installed in the bathroom, and the bather on the stretcher on the stretcher is guided via a guide member to each stretcher. 2. Description of the Related Art A special bathing device that slides on a bathtub and then sinks the bath into a bath filled with hot water by a lifting device to take a bath is well known.

In this way, special bathing equipment was commercialized from a relatively early stage and widely spread to welfare facilities such as nursing homes, and has achieved many results. People who can stand and move with the equipment also bathe with the device. This is a departure from the basics of welfare, such as making full use of the functions that are being used and keeping them from being bedridden.

Under these circumstances, recently, a wheelchair bathing apparatus that can take a bath while sitting on a wheelchair, that is, in a sitting position, has been developed.

In this wheelchair bathing apparatus, a wheelchair for bathing (hereinafter referred to as a shower carry) is fixed on a base plate having a large number of drain holes, and the base plate descends into a bathtub buried under the floor. Alternatively, the bathtub embedded under the base plate rises to take a bath while sitting on the shower carry, eliminating the deficiencies of the special bathtub mentioned above for bathing wheelchair patients. It can be said that.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, in the wheelchair bathing device described above,
It is very difficult to retrofit existing buildings because of the large-scale digging work. Therefore, the introduction of wheelchair bathing equipment is limited to the construction of new buildings. .

On the other hand, in recent years, healthcare facilities for the elderly, which are expected to function as intermediate facilities between hospitals and homes, that is, facilities aiming to return to homes, and di-
In service facilities, etc., so-called intermediate bath equipment such as bus lifts, including the wheelchair bathing equipment described above, are being adopted, but all have difficulty in terms of price and installation space,
Nothing was satisfactory.

[Means for solving the problem]

In view of the above, the present invention provides a new and effective wheelchair bathing device that can be easily installed even in an existing building by installing the bathtub body on the floor surface and abolishing the conventional elevating device. It will not be provided.

Still another object of the present invention is to have a bather take a bath in a facility in a home-like atmosphere, to provide a sense of security to the bather, and to reduce the work load on the caregiver. An innovative intermediate bath device was provided.

That is, the present invention includes a bulging portion 13 which has a front door 3 which is attached to the front surface so as to be freely opened and closed, and which is inclined downward and divergently as viewed from the front, and which does not interfere with the advance / retreat of the shower carry 1. The bathtub 5 provided and the housing 4 connected behind the bathtub 5 are directly placed on the floor F, and one of the drain ports 17A and 17B provided in the bath 5 is provided with a pump 1 housed in the housing 4.
At the same time as being communicated with the hot water storage tank 21 through 9 and the filtration sterilizer 20, the outlet of the hot water storage tank 21 is connected to the hot water supply port 15B, and the other hot water supply ports 15A are connected to the mixing pulp 26. This is a stationary wheelchair bathing device.

Further, the present invention provides a seal 11,1 on the contact surface between the front door 3 and the tank 5.
1 and an injection nozzle is provided on the inner wall of the tank or a group of small holes is formed in the bottom of the tank, and the air pump 23 installed in the housing pressurizes air between the seals 11 and 11 and the group of injection nozzles or small holes. This is a stationary wheelchair bathing device characterized in that it is supplied to the public.

(Operation)

A bathtub body 2 in which a shower carrier 1 is placed on a floor F so that a bather A sitting on the shower carry 1 performs shower washing before bathing and then faces the bather A and the assistant B. To enter the bathtub body 2 together with the shower carry. At this time, the front door 3 of the bathtub body 2 is opened, and hot water is not spread in the bathtub.

Next, when the front door 3 is closed and the operation switch S1 attached to the housing 4 is pressed, quick hot water supply is started and bathing is easily performed.

Upon completion of bathing, another operation switch S2 is pressed to drive the pump 19, half of the hot water is returned to the hot water tank through the filtration sterilizer 20, and the other half is discharged to the outside through the drain 17A through the drain groove. I do. Then, when the hot water in the tub runs out, the front door 3 is opened and the shower carry 1 is pulled out to complete the bathing.

In addition, by providing the front door 3 with an inclination, a bather in a wheelchair can easily put his legs without cramping when taking a bath, and the amount of hot water in the tub 5 can be reduced by the amount of the inclination to save water.

〔Example〕

 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a bathing procedure of the present invention, and FIG.
After the assistant B performs the shower cleaning before bathing on the bather A sitting on the shower carry 1 as shown in the figure, the bather A and the helper B face each other as shown in (b). Is moved toward the bathtub main body 2 placed on the floor F, and enters into the bathtub main body 2 together with the shower carry.
At this time, the front door 3 of the bathtub body 2 is opened, and hot water is not spread in the bathtub.

Then, close the front door 3 as shown in (c) shows, if the pressing operation switch S ₁ which is attached to the housing 4 as shown in (d) shows,
Bathing is easily performed by starting quick hot water supply as described later.

Subsequently, the detailed structure of the present apparatus will be described based on the embodiment shown in FIG.

The bathtub main body 2 is formed by a FRP tank 5 and a front door 3 which can be freely opened and closed and watertightly mounted on a front surface of the tank 5. The front door 3 rotates the handle 6 to unlock the lock with the tank 5, holds the handle 7, and opens around a rotating hinge (not shown). The contact surface between the front door 3 and the tank 5 is, for example, a rubber adhesively fixed to the front door 3 as shown in FIG.
A seal 8 made of an elastic material such as a sponge presses against the corrugated surface 9 of the tank 5 to prevent water leakage, or pressurized air is supplied through a conduit 10 as shown in FIG.
Any suitable sealing method, such as guiding between, is adopted. The FRP tank 5 is actually mounted on a channel-like frame 5A which is framed on the bottom surface, both side surfaces, the front surface and the back surface as shown in FIG. 4, and its strength is maintained. Similarly, the front door 3 is also mounted by the reinforcing member 3A. In addition, on the inner surface of the tank 5, steps 12 and 12 are provided on the left and right sides thereof, and a bulge 13 is provided at the center.
And at least two or more hot water supply ports 15A, 15B are provided on the inclined back surface 14. An overflow drain 16 is formed in the upper surface of the steps 12, 12, and at the same time, the upper surface is flat so that the bather A can press both hands to perform standing training while taking a bath.

The central bulging portion 13 is set to a dimension and a shape that does not interfere with the lower surface of the seat portion and the casters when the shower carry 1 advances and retreats, so as to save the amount of hot water. The size of the bath A is set so that the front door 3 is inclined so that the legs of the bather A do not feel cramped. Thus, by providing the inclination of the front door 3 side, the bather A in the wheelchair at the time of bathing can easily put the legs without being cramped, and can reduce the amount of hot water in the bath 5 by the amount of the inclination. it can. Further, at least two or more drain ports 17A and 17B are provided on the bottom surface of the tank 5. The effective water depth of the tub 5 is about 900 mm, that is, a size that can be immersed in hot water up to the shoulders of the bather in the sitting position. When the size is about the same, the amount of hot water in tank 5 is approximately 480
The size of the bathtub can be reduced to about twice as much as the bathtub capacity of a general household. Incidentally, conventional wheelchair bathing equipment on the market requires a minimum of 800 hot water, and a large one requires around 2000.

A pump 1 connected to one of the drain ports 17B via a solenoid valve 18 is provided in a housing 4 integrally provided behind the bathtub body 2.
9 and a filter sterilizer 20 connected to the discharge side of this pump 19
A hot water storage tank 21 and the like for storing clean hot water through the filtration / sterilizer 20 are provided. The filtration and sterilization apparatus 20,
It is a well-known combination of a filter and an ultraviolet sterilizer or a disinfectant sterilizer using a chemical solution. And the above hot water tank
The discharge side 21 ′ of 21 is connected to one of the above-described hot water supply ports 15 B via an electromagnetic valve 22. The other hot water supply port 15A is connected to a well-known mixing valve 26 that mixes high-temperature hot water from a boiler and tap water as appropriate, and adjusts and supplies the desired hot water temperature.
Further, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), the tank 5 and the front door 3 are provided in the housing 4.
In the case where seals 11 with lips are provided between them, an air pump 23 is provided between the seals 11 and 11 for supplying compressed air through the conduit 10 to measure the air seal. At this time, if a part of the air is blown out together with hot water from a three-way wall of the tank 5 by a spray nozzle (not shown), not only a jet bath can be expected, but also a number of small holes are formed in the wall of the bulging portion 13 to bulge. If a part of the pressurized air is introduced into the section, the pressurized air is blown out from the small holes, and there is an advantage that a bubble bath can be performed. In addition, a gentle inclined plate 24 connected to the front end of the bathtub body 2 and extending forward.
Is installed so that a step between the floor and the floor F is eliminated and the shower carry can be moved smoothly.

 The following describes the use of this device.

Now, hot water tank about half of the bath hot water when pressed the operation switch S ₁ closes the door 3 previous first diagram the (c) shows bather A riding a shower carry 1 as is advanced into the bath main body 2 twenty one
If the setting is made to supply the other half from the mixing valve via the hot water supply port 15A and the other half from the mixing valve via the hot water supply port 15A, the hot water of 480 can be filled quickly and easily within 3 minutes in the case of this machine. . In addition, 25 is a shoulder shower, and a part of the hot water from the mixing valve is showered toward the shoulder of the bather A to prevent the body from cooling down during the hot water supply time.

The bathing finished, press another operation switch S ₂ to drive the pump 19, the half of the water through the filtration sterilizer 20 and returned to the hot water storage tank, to the outside through a more drain grooves drain outlet 17A and the other half Discharge. Then, when the hot water in the tub runs out, the front door 3 is opened and the shower carry 1 is pulled out to complete the bathing.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the wheelchair bathing apparatus according to the present invention is of a type that is directly installed on the floor surface, so that digging work for a bathtub is not required, and a great effect is obtained that an existing building can be easily installed.

Furthermore, the wheelchair bathing device of the present invention is economically inexpensive because it does not have an expensive lifting device for raising and lowering a base plate and a bath tub as in the past, and furthermore, the entire device is made compact and compact, so that the space is reduced. This is extremely advantageous in terms of aspect. Also,
When taking a bath, there is no raising / lowering operation, so that not only does the bather not feel uneasy, but also the caregiver does not have any safety concerns, and can enjoy bathing in a very homely atmosphere.

Furthermore, the swelling portion 13 is installed in the tank 4 to greatly reduce the amount of hot water, and at the same time, a method of recycling about half of the hot water to the hot water storage tank 21 for reuse is adopted, so that the water saving type is obtained, and the economical effect as well as It also has the advantage of significantly reducing hot water supply time. The hot water refluxed to the hot water storage tank 21 is stored through the filter sterilizer 20, so that there is no risk of infection.

In addition, the provision of the inclination of the front door 3 allows a bather in a wheelchair to easily and easily put his / her legs without being cramped at the time of bathing, and reduces the amount of hot water in the tub 5 by the amount of the inclination, thereby saving water. And it is economical.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 (a), (b), (c) and (d) are schematic views showing bathing means of the wheelchair bathing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view, FIG. 3 is a front view, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view, and FIGS. 5 (a) and (b) are two cross-sectional views of a facing portion between the front door and the tank. A: bather, B: caregiver, F: floor, 1 ... shower carry, 2 ... bathtub body, 3 ... front door, 4 ... housing, 5 ... bath, 6 ... Handle, 7 ... Handle, 8 ... Seal, 11 ... Seal with lip, 12 ... Step, 13 ... Swelling, 15A, 15B ... Hot water supply port, 17A, 17B ... Drain port, 18, twenty two…
… Solenoid valve, 19… Pump, 20… Filtration and sterilization device, 21…
Hot water storage tank, 23 ... air pump, 24 ... inclined plate, 25 ... shoulder shower, 26 ... mixing valve.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A front door which is attached to the front surface so as to be openable and closable, and has a front door which is inclined downward and divergently when viewed from the front, and has a bulging portion which does not interfere with the advance / retreat of the shower carry. The bathtub body and a housing continuous behind the bathtub are directly placed on the floor surface, and one of the drainage ports provided in the bath is connected to the hot water storage tank via a pump and a filter sterilizer accommodated in the housing. At the same time, the discharge port of the hot water tank is connected to one of the hot water supply ports, and the other hot water supply port is connected to the mixing valve. 2. A pressure air of an air pump installed in a housing, wherein a seal is interposed between the front door and the tank and a spray nozzle is provided on the inner wall of the tank, or a small hole group is formed on the bottom of the tank. 2. The stationary wheelchair bathing device according to claim 1, wherein the water is supplied between the seals and toward the injection nozzles or small holes.