JP3089417B1 - Home care lift - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a home-use care lift capable of performing bathing from a wheelchair or transferring between a bed and a wheelchair by a simple operation without giving a physical disability a fear. SOLUTION: A care support lift is provided with a vertical support 1 rotatably provided on a base fixed in a room, and a horizontal base whose base is attached to the vertical support 1 so as to be able to ascend and descend along a side surface of the vertical support 1. An arm 2 and a hanging arm 3 swingably connected to the tip of the horizontal arm 2 and provided at a lower end thereof with a bathing chair and a suspension means for transporting a tool for the disabled. A handicapped person sitting on the transporting tool is suspended by the hanging arm 3 together with the bathing chair and the transporting tool, and the horizontal arm 2 is raised and lowered, the horizontal arm 2 is extended and retracted, and the vertical support 1 is rotated. Thereby, the disabled person can be transported to a desired position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a care lift having a simple structure and simple operation and suitable for home use.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the number of elderly people with physical disabilities who need nursing care has increased with the aging of society, and various types of nursing care have been provided for these elderly people and the physically handicapped (hereinafter simply referred to as the physically handicapped). Although supplies are provided, caregivers' particularly hard work is bathing the disabled and moving from a bed to a wheelchair. For this reason, for example, various proposals have been made to alleviate and reduce the labor at the time of bathing .

[0003]

However, the bathing care device already provided has a large structure of an automatic type using electric energy or hydraulic means designed mainly for a bathroom of a hospital or a collective residence home. Such an automatic bathing and nursing care device has the advantages of greatly reducing the labor of the caregiver and being able to efficiently provide a bathing service for the physically handicapped, but has a large facility cost and a large size. Because it is a structure, it cannot be applied to ordinary households,
Even if it can be miniaturized for general household use, the adoption of the automatic method causes an increase in the price and equipment of the apparatus, and has a disadvantage that the cost is extremely high for use in bathing two or three times a week. ing.

[0004] The present invention was made for the purpose of improving the disadvantages described above, equipment costs compared to prior art devices are significantly less expensive, the caregiver handwheel
An object of the present invention is to provide a home-use care lift that can suspend and transport a physically handicapped person by operation and can also be used standing on a bed side.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a nursing care lift including a vertical support rotatably provided on a base fixed in a room, and a base mounted on a side surface of the vertical support along the vertical support. manual and vertically movable horizontal arm, the upper is composed of an arm hanging comprising means for removably connecting the bathing chair and transport equipment at a lower end portion connected to the distal end portion of the horizontal arm, the horizontal arm Te The above-mentioned problem has been solved by enabling vertical and horizontal rotation by operating the handle.

That is, the nursing care lift of the present invention has a vertical support rotatably provided on a base fixed in a room, and a base mounted on a side surface of the vertical support so as to be vertically movable along the vertical support. A nursing riff comprising a horizontal arm and a hanging arm having an upper portion connected to the distal end of the horizontal arm and a lower end provided with a means for detachably connecting a bathing chair or a transporting tool.
At the bottom of the vertical support , a manual lifting
A dollar is provided, and using the inside of the cavity of the vertical support,
Comprising a lifting means for vertically moving the horizontal arm by the rotation operation of the lifting handle, the horizontal arm main
An arm and a sub arm, and a sub arm in the front half thereof is fitted to the main arm on the base side so as to be expandable and contractible, and the main arm is provided with a manual lateral movement handle,
The arm and the sub arm are turned by the turning operation of the horizontal movement handle.
Therefore, there is a back and forth moving means for moving the sub arm back and forth.
For example, the suspension arm are those characterized by its upper end is connected with a universal joint to the distal end of the secondary arm.

[0007] As means for vertically erecting the vertical strut in the room, for example, a support cylinder is erectly fixed on a plate-like base fixed to the floor in the room, and a hollow vertical strut is set in the cylinder. It is preferable to employ a means for rotatably fitting the lock. Also, in order to move the horizontal arm up and down along this vertical support, a vertical slit is provided on one side of the vertical support, the base of the horizontal arm is fitted into this slit, and the vertical support is vertically inserted into the vertical support, for example, the base of the horizontal arm fixed to the chain stretched a chain endlessly, manual Ha
This may be performed by rotating the chain forward or backward by a handle operation . Furthermore, in order to make the horizontal arm an extendable structure, the horizontal arm is composed of a main arm on the base side and a sub arm on the front side, the sub arm is fitted so that it can protrude and retract in the main arm, and by manual handle operation What is necessary is just to comprise so that a front end part can move forward and backward. Furthermore, in order to rotatably attach the suspension arm to the front end of the sub-arm , the upper end of the suspension arm and the tip of the sub-arm may be connected by a universal joint.

The means for suspending the bathing chair on the suspension arm is not particularly limited, but a rod extending in the horizontal direction is fixed to the lower end of the suspension arm, and both sides of the backrest of the bathing chair are fixed. It is preferable to provide a downward-facing hook so that the rod can be fitted into the hook and suspended.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings showing an embodiment. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view in which a care lift of the present invention is installed in a bathroom. Vertical struts, 2 are horizontal arms, and 3 are suspended arms.

In the present embodiment, a channel material having a square cross section is used for the vertical support 1, and a cylindrical body 1A having an inner diameter equal to the diagonal dimension of the vertical support 1 is fitted and fixed to the lower end thereof. The vertical support 1 is rotatably erected by fitting a cylindrical body 1A into a support cylinder 5 erected and fixed at the center of a plate-shaped base 4 fixed to the floor of a bathroom. . Reference numeral 6 denotes a cap fitted and fixed to the upper end of the vertical support 1. This cap 6 is not always necessary, and is optionally used for reinforcing the vertical support 1, and the shaft 7 of the supporting disk 8 having the shaft 7 at the center is connected to the center of the cap 6. This is to secure the vertical posture of the vertical column 1 more stably by fitting the supporting column 8 into the position and attaching the supporting disk 8 to the ceiling surface of the bathroom.

A slit 9 is provided in one side surface of the vertical support 1 in a vertical direction, and in the cavity, as shown in FIG.
A chain 12 stretched between 0 and 11 is disposed, and a shaft 13 of a lower chain wheel 11 is provided with a handle 1 for raising and lowering.
The worm wheel 16 meshing with the worm 15 rotated by the operation 4 is fixed, and the chain 12 can be rotated by rotating the lifting handle 14. Reference numeral 17 in FIG. 1 denotes a handle rod for rotating the vertical support 1.

The horizontal arm 2 is attached to the surface of the vertical support 1 provided with the slits 9 so that the chain 12 can be moved up and down along the vertical support 1 by rotating the chain 12 forward or backward. That is, in the present embodiment, two sliders 21 and 22 provided on the slit 9 at an interval above and below are fitted into the slit 9 on the side surface thereof as shown in FIG. The sliders 21 and 22 are connected to the chain 12 in vertical grooves 23 provided on the end surface. A horizontal arm 2 is provided outside the upper slider 21.
The lower slider 22 and the horizontal arm 2 are integrally connected by a triangular reinforcing support member 24.

As shown in FIG. 1, the horizontal arm 2 comprises a main arm 2A on the base side and a sub-arm 2B fitted to the main arm 2A so as to be able to come and go.
By moving B back and forth, the length of the horizontal arm 2 can be adjusted. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, roller rollers 25, 25 are arranged above and below the inner wall of the main arm 2A, so that the sub arm 2B can move back and forth lightly. As shown in FIG. 1, a rack 26 is provided on the side surface of the sub arm 2B, and a pinion 28 meshing with the rack 26 is provided through a through hole 27 formed in the side surface of the main arm 2A. And
By rotating a lateral movement handle 30 provided on a shaft 29 of the pinion 28, the sub arm 2B can be moved back and forth. Reference numeral 31 denotes a stopper for fixing the position of the sub arm 2B.

The hanging arm 3 is connected to the sub arm 2B.
At the front end of the universal joint 3 as shown in FIG.
2 and as shown in FIG.
A rod 33 for suspending the bathing chair 40 is fixed to the lower end thereof in the horizontal direction, and can be fitted to hooks 42 provided on both sides on the back of the backrest 41 of the bathing chair 40.

The bathing chair 40 has a structure capable of being mounted on a wheelchair 50 for transporting a physically handicapped person or an arbitrary cart.
The bathing chair 40 is placed on a wheelchair 50 or a trolley, and the disabled person can be carried into the bathroom while sitting thereon.

Next, the procedure of using the bathing care lift according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 6. The bathing chair 40 is placed on a wheelchair 50, and a disabled person is seated thereon. After being carried into the bathroom, first, the handle rod 17 of the vertical column 1 is rotated to move the hanging arm 3 toward the wheelchair 50, and then the vertical handle 14 is rotated to operate the horizontal arm. Adjust the height of 2,
Further, by operating the lateral movement handle 30, the auxiliary arm 2B is expanded and contracted to guide the rod 33 of the hanging arm 3 to the back of the backrest 41 of the bathing chair 40, and the rod 33 is fitted to the hook 42. In this state, the handicapped person is suspended together with the bathing chair 40 by operating the lift handle 14 of the lift, and the wheelchair 50 is pulled back, and then the handwheel is rotated or the horizontal arm 2 is pushed to move the handicapped person. The bathing position is determined by rotating the horizontal movement handle 30 while guiding the person onto the bathtub 60, and then the horizontal arm 2 is slowly lowered by operating the elevating handle 14, and the body is moved together with the bathing chair 40. Bathtub for the disabled
It is settled in hot water to make a bath.

When the bathing is completed, the operation opposite to the above is performed, and the hanging arm 3 and the bathing chair 40 together with the bathing tub 6 are used.
Wheelchair 5 waiting for the disabled from 0
0, and then slowly lower the bathing chair 40 onto the wheelchair 50, and then remove the hanging arm 3 from the bathing chair 40 and move it to a position where it does not hinder the movement of the wheelchair 50. It should be done.

The nursing care lift of the present invention can be used not only for bathing but also for the physically handicapped by standing upright at the corner of the bed, so that the disabled can be moved from a bed to a wheelchair.
Alternatively, it can be conveniently used for transfer from a wheelchair to a bed. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 7, the care lift is erected at a corner position of the bed 70, preferably at a corner position on the foot side of the bed 70. Then, when transferring from the bed 70 to the wheelchair 50, firstly lay the hammock-like transporting tool 71 under the buttocks of the physically handicapped person, make the disabled person in a sitting position, and then operate the nursing lift to level The arm 2 and the hanging arm 3 were moved above the bed 70 to position the hanging arm 3, and then the hanging rod 33 was hooked with the left and right hanging strings 72, 72 of the transfer tool 71 to confirm safety. Thereafter, the horizontal arm 2 is lifted to lift the physically handicapped person, and then the horizontal arm 2 is rotated and extended to guide the physically handicapped person onto the seat of the wheelchair 50, and then the horizontal arm 2 is lifted. By lowering, the disabled person can be transferred from the bed 70 to the wheelchair 50. When the disabled person is transferred from the wheelchair 50 to the bed 70, the operation reverse to the above operation may be performed.

In place of the above-described transportation tool 71, the disabled person can be placed in a sitting posture, and then the bathing chair 40 is laid on the buttocks and the same operation as in the above-mentioned bathing operation is performed. Of course, it is possible to transfer from the bed 70 to the wheelchair 50 and from the wheelchair 50 to the bed 70.

[0020] In FIG. 2, Han for lifting the forward and reverse rotation of the endless chain 12 as an elevating means for the horizontal arm 2
Although the manual is indicated by the rotation operation by by $ 14, this
The place of the endless chain 12, the preferred embodiment of the invention to <br/> by the rotating operation of the screw rod Te is configured to be able to perform the lifting of the horizontal arm 2, also the vertical struts
It is also a preferred embodiment incorporating the well-known low friction bearing means to reduce the load of the first rotation and the rotating portion.

As shown in FIG. 8 , a vertical support 1 is used in place of the means for raising and lowering the horizontal arm 2 by the endless chain 12 .
A screw 90 is rotatably held at a fixed position, and both ends of the screw 90 are screwed into the screw 90, and female screw bodies 91, 91 which are raised and lowered by forward and reverse rotation of the screw 90 are arranged at intervals. The female screw bodies 91 and 91 and the slider 2
And a worm wheel 92 provided at the lower end of the screw shaft 90 and a shaft of a worm 93 meshing with the worm wheel 92.
Attach the lifting handle to the
The horizontal arm 2 may be moved up and down together with the female screw bodies 91 by rotating .

The raising and lowering means of the horizontal arm 2 can be implemented by a wire rope. That is, FIG. 9, as shown in FIG. 10, a wire winding device 95 to the lower end of the vertical column 1 via a lifting handle 14 and the gear train is connected is provided, from the wire winder 95 The extending wire rope 96 is connected to a pulley 97 in the upper portion of the vertical support 1.
From the slits 9, 9 provided on both sides of the vertical support 1
The slider 21 of the horizontal arm 2 fitted to the vertical support 1 is passed over the vertical support 1 so as to be able to move up and down, the end of the wire rope 96 is fixed to the upper part in the vertical support 1, and the lifting handle 14 is turned upside down. By rotating the winding device 95
May be controlled so that the wire rope is wound up or down, and the horizontal arm 2 is moved up and down by rewinding the wire rope. In this embodiment, a mode is shown in which a shaft 98 projecting from the lower end of the vertical support 1 is fitted and inserted into a bearing 99 and supported by the base 4 so as to be rotatable.

[0023]

As described above, the nursing care lift of the present invention has a vertical support 1 rotatably provided on a base 3 fixed in a room, and a vertical support 1 having a base attached to a side surface of the vertical support 1. care for a vertically movable horizontal arm 2, an upper is suspended with means for detachably coupling the bath chair or conveying equipment to the lower end portion connected to the distal end portion of the horizontal arm 2 arm 3 which along In the lift, below the vertical support 1
Manual lifting handle is provided in the
Using the inside of the cave, the turning operation of the lifting handle
Comprising a lifting means for vertically moving the horizontal arm 2 I, I from the horizontal arm 2 and main arm and the secondary arm
Ri, the sub-arm 2B of the front half portion is stretchable constructed is fitted to the main arm 2A of the base portion side, the hand to the main arm
A horizontal handle is provided for the main arm and sub arm.
The auxiliary arm is moved forward by the rotation operation of the lateral movement handle.
Comprising a back-and-forth movement means for Kodo, the suspension arm 3 universal joint 3 the upper end to the distal end portion of the sub-arm 2
Since they are connected by two, the following effects are exhibited.

Since the sub arm 2B in the front half of the horizontal arm 2 that moves up and down is fitted to the main arm 2A on the base side so as to be able to expand and contract, the sub arm 2B is the right side of the manual handle for horizontal movement.
Adjustable telescopic speed by adjusting reverse rotation speed
It can stretch while, it is possible to the arm 3 suspending attached to its tip to induce the desired position. The hanging arm 3 is connected by a universal joint.
Since it is swingable in the free direction with respect to the sub arm 2B, the suspended position and the lowered position of the physically handicapped can be adjusted flexibly and easily.

Further, since the operation of care lift is configured to perform a manual caregiver, while observing the suspended state the speed of the lifting and rotation of the horizontal arm 2, optionally adjusted or sometimes stops Therefore, it is possible to safely transfer between the wheelchair 50 and the bathtub 60 or between the bed 70 and the wheelchair 50 without giving anxiety to the physically handicapped. Furthermore, since the structure is simple, there is no failure, and there is no danger of malfunction such as sudden rise and fall, so that reliability unique to the manual type can be obtained. Furthermore, since it can be manufactured inexpensively and compactly, it is suitable for general household use, and it is possible to reduce the labor of a caregiver and safely take a bathing of a physically handicapped person and move to a wheelchair.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a care lift of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a vertical support.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a longitudinal movement operation unit of a sub arm.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a joint between a horizontal arm and a suspended arm.

FIG. 6 is a plan view schematically showing how to use the care lift in a bathroom.

FIG. 7 is a plan view schematically showing a use state of the care lift in a bed room.

FIG. 8 is a partially omitted sectional view showing another embodiment of the lifting / lowering means of the horizontal arm.

FIG. 9 is a partially omitted sectional view showing another embodiment of the lifting / lowering means of the horizontal arm.

FIG. 10 is a side sectional view showing a main part of a hanging portion of the horizontal arm.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vertical support 2 Horizontal arm 2A Main arm 2B Secondary arm 3 Hanging arm 14 Lifting handle 30 Sideways handle 32 Universal joint 40 Bathing chair 50 Wheelchair 60 Bathtub

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A vertical support rotatably installed on a base fixed in a room, a horizontal arm whose base is attached to a side surface of the vertical support and which can move up and down along the vertical support, and a horizontal arm on an upper part. of connected to the distal end portion in the Ru care lift name from a bathing chair and transport equipment and removably suspended with a means for connecting the arm to the lower end of the vertical column
A manual lifting handle is provided in the lower part,
Utilizing the inside of the cavity to rotate the lifting handle
Therefore, the apparatus is provided with elevating means for vertically moving the horizontal arm, and the horizontal arm is composed of a main arm and a sub arm.
Ri, traverses the auxiliary arm of the front half portion is telescopically constructed is fitted to the main arm of the base portion side, the main arm manual
Handle for the main arm and the sub arm
Move the sub arm back and forth by rotating the handle
And a back-and-forth moving means for moving the hanging arm, the upper end of the hanging arm being connected to the tip of the sub-arm with a universal joint.