JP3056886B2 - Shower bath equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shower bath apparatus suitable for, for example, a bedridden or disabled person to take a bath with the help of an assistant.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of shower bath apparatus is different from a general bath in which a body is submerged in hot water stored in a bathtub, and is configured to shower a body contained in a dome-shaped bathtub. In hospitals and the like, there is an advantage that infection through hot water in a bathtub can be prevented beforehand, and it has been frequently used in recent years.

[0003] As a conventional shower bath device, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-40636, a cover is attached to a receiving tank so as to be openable and closable, and a stretcher can be accommodated by a bather. There are types of showers on the upper and lower surfaces.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned shower bath apparatus, a fixed cover for covering the half body is fixed to the receiving tub, and a rotating cover for covering the opposite half body of the bather is rotated around the edge of the fixed cover. Mounted freely. Therefore, in order to make the supporting force of the rotating cover sufficient,
At least the rigidity needs to be improved, for example, by increasing the thickness of the fixed cover. Further, there is also a dissatisfaction that it is not possible to change the jetting direction of the shower water and hit the desired body part of the bather.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and simplifies a support structure of a rotating cover.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a shower bath device in which the direction of jetting of shower water is changed so that shower water can be applied to a desired body part of a bather.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to achieve the above-mentioned object, and a first aspect of the present invention is to allow a bather who is lying on a stretcher of a water-permeable stretcher to come in and out and open upward. And a rotating cover that opens and closes the opening of the receiving tank to cover the bather in a closed state, and has a substantially rectangular dome shape when the rotating cover is closed, and has one end and the other end in the longitudinal direction. A shower bath apparatus provided with a shower mechanism for jetting appropriate temperature water to the bather, the head end and the foot end where a bather's head and feet are to be arranged, respectively. The moving cover is rotatably attached to a beam member fixed to the receiving tank and extending along the longitudinal center line of the receiving tank,
The shower mechanism includes an upper nozzle and a lower nozzle that eject appropriate temperature water to an upper surface and a lower surface of the bathing person who is supine, and a pump that pressurizes the appropriate temperature water to these nozzles. A plurality of lower nozzles are provided at intervals along the longitudinal direction of the beam member, while the lower nozzle is provided in the receiving tank with the ejection direction facing upward. A plurality of nozzles are provided at intervals along the longitudinal center line, and the upper nozzle is
Rotatably around an axis extending in the width direction of the receiving tank,
And it is linked to the upper nozzle and the beam member
By rotating the lever attached to the upper surface,
Provided so that the rotation angle can be fixed arbitrarily
It is characterized by.

[0007]

[0008]

According to the shower bath apparatus of the present invention, since the rotating cover is rotatably supported on the beam member, the supporting structure can be made simple and strong. In addition, since the upper nozzle for jetting out shower water is provided so as to be rotatable around an axis extending in the width direction of the receiving tank and to be able to fix the rotation angle arbitrarily , the bather is provided at a desired body part of a bather. Can be showered.

[0009]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 5, reference numeral 1 indicates the entire shower bath apparatus of the present embodiment. The shower bath apparatus 1 has a receiving tub 2 and a cover 3 and a rectangular dome body having a shower mechanism 4. A stretcher 6 is combined with an apparatus main body 5 in the shape of a letter.

The stretcher 6 includes caster-type wheels 7
Frame 8 runnable by, which stretcher unit 9 is supported to the bather M possible supine, the stretcher 6 is moved, bather M stretcher unit 9 each device body for supine stretcher 9 1. In the apparatus body 1, one end side and the other end side in the longitudinal direction (FIG. 1)
3 to the right side and the left side in FIG. 3 are a head end 5A and a foot end 5B on which a bather's head and feet are respectively arranged. Note that the left-right direction described in the following description is defined as the left-right direction of the bather accommodated in the shower bath device 1, that is, the left-right direction in FIGS.

The receiving tank 2 of the apparatus body 1 has an opening 11 upward.
Is formed into a substantially rectangular box-like body having The head-side end 5A and the foot-side end 5B of the receiving tank 2 are formed diagonally so as to expand toward the opening 11. A recess 12 for collecting shower water is formed inside the receiving tank 2, and a groove 13 extending in the longitudinal direction is formed at the center in the width direction. The water that accumulates in the recess 12 flows from the groove 13 through the drain hole 14 that is opened from the foot end 5B of the receiving tank 2 to the installation floor F.
Into the drain groove 15.

On the lower surface of the head end 5A of the receiving tank 2,
Notch 16 opening in head side 5A direction and left / right direction
Are formed, and a guide projection 17 of a predetermined width is formed at the center in the width direction to protrude in the direction of the head end 5A.

The receiving tank 2 has a guide projection 17 and a foot end 5B.
Legs 18 attached to the left and right lower surfaces of the
It is listed in.

An end cover 20 is fixed to the foot end 5B of the upper end edge 19 forming the opening 11 of the receiving tank 2, and a column 21 is accommodated in the end cover 20. The strut 21 is erected at the center in the width direction of the upper end edge 19 of the foot end 5B of the receiving tank 2 in a state of being slightly inclined from the foot end 5B. The end cover 20 is opened in the direction of the head end 5A, and the opening edge 22 is formed obliquely along the column 21.

A beam member 23 extending toward the head end 5A is fixed to the upper end of the column 21. This beam member 23
Is perpendicular to the support 21 and gradually separates from the opening 11 of the receiving tank 2 toward the head end 5A and is inclined at a predetermined angle.

The cover 3 includes the end cover 20 and
Fixed covers 24 provided on both sides of the beam member 23, respectively.
And a rotating cover 25.

The fixed cover 24 is provided on the right side of the beam member 23 so as to be continuous with the receiving tank 2. The fixed cover 24 extends obliquely from the lower part 24 a standing vertically to the upper end edge 19 on the right side of the receiving tank 2. An upper portion 24c extending horizontally with respect to the beam member 23 through an extending oblique portion 24b is integrally formed.
4a is the upper edge 19 of the receiving tank 2, and the upper part 24b is the beam member 23.
, And the entire end surface on the side of the foot-side end 5 </ b> B is fixed to the opening edge 22 of the end cover 20.

On the other hand, the rotary cover 25 is provided on the left side of the receiving tank 2 and is attached to the beam member 23 so as to be rotatable around an axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the beam member 23. Reference numeral 25 denotes a main cover 26 attached to the beam member 23, and a sub cover 27 rotatably attached to the main cover 26.

That is, on the left side surface of the beam member 23,
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, a hinge (first shaft member) 28 is a bracket 28 as a shaft member extending in the longitudinal direction.
The main cover 26 is rotatably attached to the beam member 23 via the shaft rod 28. The free end of the main cover 26 in the turning operation is along the longitudinal direction of the beam member 23, that is, parallel to the beam member 23, and is attached to the free end along the direction in which the free end extends. Hinge (second shaft member) 29
The sub-cover 27 is rotatably mounted via the. The plate of the hinge 29 extends over the entire length of the covers 26 and 27 so that the shower water does not leak outside.

The sub cover 27 has a trapezoidal plate shape with a large width at the head end 5A side, and the main cover 26 has a lower portion 26a,
The oblique portion 26b and the upper portion 26c are integrally formed into a trapezoidal cross section, and the oblique portion 26b is provided with a plurality of (two in this case) observation windows 36 for seeing through the inside.
Note that such an observation window 36 is also provided on the inclined portion 24b of the fixed cover 24.

The rotary cover 25 can be opened and closed by a hydraulic cylinder 30 composed of a cylinder body 30a and a piston rod 30b. This hydraulic cylinder 30
As shown in FIG. 5, the end of the cylinder body 30a is fixed to the stay 31 fixed to the upper end edge 19 on the foot end 5B side of the receiving tank 2, and the end of the piston rod 30b is fixed to the main cover 26. Stay 3 protruding from the inner surface of the inclined portion 26b
2 are pin-connected with each other with the longitudinal direction of the beam member 23, that is, the rotation axis direction of the rotation cover 25 as the axis.

The piston rod 30b of the hydraulic cylinder 30
Is extended, the main cover 26 is pushed up to open the rotating cover 25, and when the piston rod 30b is contracted, the lower end of the sub cover 27 rests on the upper edge 19 of the receiving tank 2 and the rotating cover 25 closes. I have.

During the turning operation of the turning cover 25, the sub-cover 27 is supported by the equilibrium link 33 so as to always be substantially vertical. The balance link 33 has one end fixed to the stay 33 fixed to the base end of the beam member 23 and the other end directly connected to the sub-cover 27 with a pin, respectively, and extends over the beam member 23 and the sub-cover 27. Have been.

The fixed cover 24 and the rotating cover 25 have a symmetrical shape when the rotating cover 25 is closed. In the closed state, the bather M is housed inside the head end 5A. , And an opening 34 is formed so as to be a head-out portion of the bather M. The opening 34 is provided with a curtain (not shown) for preventing shower water from scattering outside.

The beam member 23 is provided with a gutter 37 that adheres to the inner surface of the sub-cover 27 and receives water that falls from the free end when the rotating cover 25 is fully opened, along the direction in which the beam member 23 extends. ing. The gutter 37 is connected to the main cover 26.
The beam member 23 is attached to the bracket 28a of the shaft rod 28 over substantially the entire length thereof, and the end on the foot end 5B side is formed in a downward arc shape so that water falls into the receiving tank 2.

The above is the configuration of the apparatus main body 5 including the receiving tank 2, the end cover 20, the fixed cover 24, and the rotating cover 25. Next, the shower mechanism 4 provided in the apparatus main body 5 will be described.

The shower mechanism 4 includes an upper shower 38 provided on the beam member 23, a lower shower 39 provided on the receiving tub 2, and a hand shower 40.

The upper shower 38 has a plurality of (in this case, four sets) upper nozzles 42 each of which includes a pair of right and left nozzles, arranged in a pipe 41 extending along the longitudinal direction of the beam member 23.
Connected and configured. Each set of upper nozzles 42 has an ejection opening directed downward, and is pivoted about the width direction of the beam member 23, that is, the left-right direction, by a lever 44 provided on a gate plate 43 attached to the upper surface of the beam member 23. It has become.

As shown in FIG. 7, the gate plate 43 has an arc plate shape and is fixed to the upper surface of the beam member 23 in a state where the axial direction is in the left-right direction, and is formed along the circumferential direction of the gate plate 43. The lever 44 is configured to be rotatable along the slit 43a and stop at an arbitrary position. By rotating the lever 44, the direction of the upper nozzle 42, that is, the jetting direction of the shower water, can be freely changed from the head end 5A to the foot end 5B.

On the other hand, the lower shower 39 is provided with a pipe 45 extending slightly above the groove 13 of the receiving tank 2 along the longitudinal center line of the receiving tank 2, and a lower nozzle 46 having an upwardly directed ejection port is provided along the pipe 45. And a plurality (five in this case) are connected. Of these, the lower nozzles 46a and 46b on the head end 5A side are installed such that the ejection ports are slightly inclined toward the foot end 5B side. Lower nozzle 46a
Is a nozzle for jetting shower water when bathing in the supine position, and the lower nozzle 46b is a nozzle for jetting shower water when bathing in the long sitting position so that the shower water can reach the back of the bather effectively. is set up. In the long sitting position, the lower nozzle 4 excluding the lower nozzle 46a
6 and 46b, the shower water flows from the lower nozzles 46 and 46b excluding the lower nozzle 46a when the patient is in the supine position.
The switching valve 78 provided at the first position is provided.

The hand shower 40 is used by a caregiver, and has a flexible hose 47 connected to a shower top 48. In this case, two shower tops are provided.
They are hooked on hooks 49 provided on both sides of the head end 5A in the receiving tank 2, respectively.

FIG. 9 shows a piping system of the shower mechanism 4, and pipings 41, 4 of the showers 38, 39, 40 described above.
5 and the flexible hose 47,
A main pipe 52 for hot water and a main pipe 53 for water to which 0 and 51 are respectively disposed are connected via mixing valves 54 and 55. The pipes 41 and 45 of the upper shower 38 and the lower shower 39 are connected to each other by a pipe 56 and are independent of the hand shower 40. A cleaning liquid tank 57 is connected to the pipe 56 via a pipe 58. Is supplied to the upper and lower showers 38 and 39.

In FIG. 9, reference numeral 60 denotes a motor-operated valve;
Is a safety valve. Further, a safety device 74 is disposed in the pipe 56. The safety device 74 is composed of high-temperature and low-temperature thermostats 75 and 76. When the hot water that has reached the pipe 56 is at an appropriate temperature, the motor-operated valve 60 is open and one of the two thermostats 75 and 76 is used. Is turned on, the electric valve 60 is closed, and at the same time, the electric motor 77 for drainage connected to the safety device 74 is opened to drain hot water that is not at an appropriate temperature. Then, when the warm water reaches an appropriate temperature, the electric valve 60 is opened again and the electric motor 77 for drainage is closed.

Next, the stretcher 6 will be described. In the stretcher 6, as described above, the stretcher 9 that allows the bather M to lie on the frame 8 supported by the caster-type wheels 7 is supported. One end side and the other end side in the longitudinal direction (the right side and the left side in FIGS. 1 to 3) are a head side end 6A and a foot side end 6B where a bather's head and feet are to be arranged, respectively. It is formed in a substantially rectangular shape in plan view.

The frame 8 includes left and right upper frames 62 that directly support both sides of the stretcher 9,
2 and a lower frame 64 fixed to the lower end of the connecting frame 63 and extending toward the foot end 6B. In this frame 8, the lower frame 64 is about half as long as the upper frame 62, has a cantilever structure in which the upper frame 62 is supported by the connecting frame 63, and the foot end 6B is open.

A handrail 65 is attached to each upper frame 62, and wheels 7 are attached to tips of each connecting frame 63 and each lower frame 64.
In particular, the wheels 7 mounted on the connection frame 63 include the wheels 7
A stopper 7a that stops the rotation of the stretcher 6 and disables the travel of the stretcher 6 itself is attached.

At the tip of each lower frame 64, a disc-shaped guide plate (guide) 66 is mounted with its surface horizontal.

The stretcher portion 9 is made of a mesh material or the like having water permeability, so that shower water hits the lower surface side of the bather's back and buttocks. The foot end 6B has a foot 9a supported by the upper frame 62, and the head end 6A has a back 9b supported by left and right back frames 67 rotatably coupled to the upper frame 62. Has become. That is, the stretcher section 9 has a reclining structure, and when the back frame 67 is raised, the bather M can take a long sitting position in which the upper body is slightly raised.

A bell-shaped cover 73 is provided between the back 9b and the upper frame 62 to prevent the shower water of the lower shower 39 from scattering outside when the back 9b is raised. .

Each back frame 67 in the long sitting position
Has a lower end 67a protruding below the upper frame 62, and a stopper 68 with which the lower end 67a abuts is provided on the receiving tank 2 via a stay (not shown).

At the tip of the back 9b of the stretcher 9, there is provided a shampoo table 70 on which the head of the bather M is placed to wash the hair. As shown in FIG. 8, the shampoo table 70 is provided with a stay 7 so that the head of the bather M can be swung up and down.
It is attached to the front end of the back part 9b so as to be freely rotatable via 1 and the rotation angle can be fixed to an arbitrary angle.

A drainage groove 72 for guiding hair wash water into the receiving tub 2 is formed around the upper surface on which the head of the hair wash stand 70 is placed.

The stretcher 6 having the above-described structure is provided with a foot end 6.
The stretcher 9 is housed in the apparatus main body 5 by introducing B from the head end 5A of the receiving tank 2 of the apparatus main body 5 along the longitudinal direction. At this time, the lower frame 64 of the stretcher 6 and the wheels 7 mounted on the lower frame 64 pass through the recesses 12 formed on the lower surface of the receiving tank 2, and at that time, the guide protrusions are provided between the pair of left and right guide plates 66. Part 17
(Guide) fits into the stretcher 6 and the receiving tank 2
(Apparatus main body 5) Both longitudinal center lines coincide with each other. That is, the bather M lying on the stretcher 9 of the stretcher 6
It is arranged at the center of the apparatus main body 5.

When the stretcher 6 is accommodated in the apparatus main body 5, the stretcher 9 of the stretcher 6 raises the back 9b and the bather M is in a long sitting position. The part 67a contacts the stopper 68 of the receiving tub 2 and the head of the bather M is
4 and the rotating cover 25 are prevented from colliding.

The configuration of the shower bath apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment has been described above. Next, a method of using the shower bath apparatus 1 and its operation will be described.

First, the bather M is placed on the stretcher 9 of the stretcher 6, and the head of the bather M is placed on the stool 70. The posture of the bather M is supine when the back part 9b of the stretcher 9 is laid down, and is in a long sitting position when raised.

Subsequently, the rotating cover 25 of the apparatus main body 5 is fully opened, and the stretcher 6 is moved with respect to the apparatus main body 5 to accommodate the bather M with the stretcher 9. At this time, the guide projection 17 of the receiving tank 2 fits between the pair of left and right guide plates 66 mounted on the lower frame 64 of the stretcher 6,
The longitudinal center lines of both the stretcher 6 and the receiving tub 2 (the apparatus main body 5) coincide with each other, and the bather M is arranged at the center of the apparatus main body 5. When the stretcher 9 is accommodated in the long sitting position, the lower end 67a of the back portion 9b of the stretcher 9 abuts against the stopper 68 of the receiving tub 2, and further movement in the direction of the foot end 5B is prevented, so that the bather can take a bath. There is no possibility that the head of the person M collides with the fixed cover 24.

When the bather M is accommodated in the apparatus main body 5, the rotating cover 25 is closed. At this time, since the pivot rod 25 as the pivot axis is inclined along the beam member 23 and the head end 5A is separated from the bather M's head, the pivot cover 25 Does not give the bather M a feeling of fear or oppression.

After the bather M is accommodated in the apparatus main body 5 and the rotating cover 25 is closed, the curtain is closed and only the neck of the bather M is taken out from the opening 34, and the shower mechanism 4 showers the bather M to the bather M. Put in water. The shower water is turned into warm water of an appropriate temperature by the respective mixing valves 54 and 55. First, the cleaning liquid is mixed from the cleaning liquid tank and the nozzles 4 of the upper shower 38 and the lower shower 39 are mixed.
From steps 2 and 46, the upper and lower surfaces of the body of the bather M are washed. The hair of the bather M is washed by the assistant. If necessary, the rotating cover 25 is opened, and the caregiver stands on the opening side and hands-washes the body of the bather M.

Next, with the rotating cover 25 closed, only warm water is spouted from each of the nozzles 42 and 46 to wash out the body, and the assistant rinses the hair washed by the hand shower 40. In washing the hair, the shower water flows down into the receiving tank 2 from the groove 72 formed around the shampoo table 70 and does not wet the floor F.

The shower water is supplied to the bather M as described above.
When the body is showered, the direction of each upper nozzle 42 of the upper shower 38 can be changed by rotating the lever 44 to freely change the shower water jetting direction from the head side to the foot side of the body.

Thereafter, the rotating cover 25 is opened, and the caregiver wipes the wet body and hair of the bather M, thereby completing the bathing operation.

According to the shower bath apparatus of this embodiment, the rotating cover 25 is rotatably supported by the beam member 23, and is not directly supported by the fixed cover 24.
Therefore, the fixed cover 24 does not need to be improved in rigidity such as being thick, and does not increase the weight of the device.

In the upper shower 38, the direction of each shower nozzle 42 is changed by rotating the lever 44 from the head side of the body of the bather M to the foot side. The shower water can be applied to a desired body part of the bather M as a result.

Further, when the rotating cover 25 is closed and shower water is poured onto the bather M, and then the rotating cover 25 is opened, and when the assistant performs the assisting work such as hand washing and hair washing for the bather M, As described above, since the rotation axis of the rotation cover 25 is inclined, the rotation cover 25 is separated from the bather M's head and upper body. Further, the sub cover 27 of the rotating cover 25 is in a vertical state and does not interfere with the caregiver,
Water adhering to the inner surface of the sub cover 27
From the free end to the gutter 37 provided on the beam member 23, and falls along the gutter 37 into the receiving tank 2. Therefore,
The assistant can assist the bather M without the rotation cover 25 being in the way and without being affected by the water falling from the rotation cover 27. Also, the sub cover 27
The water falling from the bathroom M does not irritate the bather M.

In this embodiment, only the upper nozzle 42 of the upper shower 38 is rotated. However, the lower nozzle 46 of the lower shower 39 is also rotatable, and the shower water is rotated. The ejection direction may be changed.

[0058]

As described above, according to the shower bath apparatus of the present invention, since the rotating cover is rotatably supported on the beam member, the supporting structure can be made simple and strong. In addition, upper nozzle which spouts shower water
And rotatably about an axis extending in the width direction of the apparatus main body, and arranged to be optionally fixed to the rotation angle
The shower water can be applied to a desired body part of the bather. Also, with the cover closed
The appropriate temperature water sprayed from the nozzle is scattered to the outside
Adjustment of the nozzle rotation angle without
Nozzle angle adjustment without water exposure
Adjustment work can be performed easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view of a shower bath device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall side view showing the inside of the device and accommodating a bather in a supine position.

FIG. 3 is an overall side view showing the inside of the device and accommodating a bather in a long sitting posture.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the same device.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the same device.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a rotating cover.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a configuration of an upper nozzle.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a shampoo table.

FIG. 9 is a piping diagram of a shower mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Shower bath apparatus 2 Receiving tank 4 Shower mechanism 5 Device main body 5A Head end of device main body 5B Foot end of device main body 6 Stretcher 11 Opening of receiving tank 23 Beam member 25 Rotating cover 42 Upper nozzle 46 Lower nozzle 50, 51 pressure pump M bather

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A receiving tub having an upward opening through which a bather lying on a stretcher part of a stretcher having water permeability has an upward opening, and a rotating cover for opening and closing the opening of the receiving tub to cover the bather in a closed state. When the rotating cover is closed, it becomes a substantially rectangular dome shape, and one end side and the other end side in the longitudinal direction are a head side end and a foot side end where a bather's head and feet are respectively arranged. In the shower bath apparatus provided with a shower mechanism for jetting appropriate temperature water to the bather, the rotating cover is fixed to a receiving tub and rotates around a beam member extending along a longitudinal center line of the receiving tub. The shower mechanism is movably mounted, and the shower mechanism includes an upper nozzle and a lower nozzle that eject appropriate temperature water to an upper surface and a lower surface of the bathing person who lie on the back, and a pump that supplies appropriate temperature water to these nozzles. A plurality of upper nozzles are provided on the beam member at intervals along the longitudinal direction of the beam member, with the ejection direction facing downward, while the lower nozzle has an ejection direction upward. In the receiving tank, a plurality of the nozzles are provided at intervals along the longitudinal center line of the receiving tank, and the upper nozzle has an axis extending in the width direction of the receiving tank.
Pivotable as a center and linked to the upper nozzle
Together with the lever attached to the upper surface of the beam member.
By being moved, the rotation angle can be fixed arbitrarily.
A shower bath device, characterized in that it is provided in a shower bath device .