JP3574808B1 - Excrement disposal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an excrement discharge device in which excreta is smoothly guided downward, is hardly clogged, and is easily detachable.
SOLUTION: A receiving part 1 for covering a genital part and an anus part of a wearer, an excrement guiding pipe 2 which is integrally protruded from a lower part of the receiving part 1 toward the front and downward and is curved in an elbow shape, A seal member 3 attached to the periphery of the part 1 and pressed against the wearer's pubic area and anus, and a soft material that is connected to the tip of the excrement guiding tube 2 and discharges excrement to the outside. And an excrement discharge pipe 4.
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Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an excrement disposal apparatus for excreting excrement of a sick person, a bedridden elderly person and the like directly from the body to the outside.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, disposable diapers and the like are often used to treat excrement of bedridden elderly people and sick people after surgery.
However, wet and dirty disposable diapers give users discomfort, and frequent replacement of disposable diapers puts a heavy burden on caregivers. Moreover, in recent years, environmental pollution caused by garbage burning has become a problem, and it has become difficult to discard a large amount of disposable diapers.

Therefore, there has been proposed an excrement disposal apparatus in which a washing water supply hose and a waste suction hose are connected to the diaper cup body, the waste in the diaper cup is washed with the wash water, and the waste can be automatically sucked and discharged from the waste suction hose. (See Patent Document 1).
However, in this case, the narrow opening end of the waste suction hose is directly connected to the lower part of the diaper cup, and the waste is discharged in the horizontal direction, so that the waste is easily clogged. Because it is mounted, the wearer cannot move, and the elderly with a bent waist cannot wear it.

Further, a discharge tube having a panty portion, two openings, a press tube attached to the panty portion, and a water / air supply port, a discharge port, a motor fan, and a water detection sensor attached to the opening of the press tube. A stool and urine discharge device provided with a device (see Patent Document 2), a buttock supporter having a stool discharge hole, and a stool plastic bag, and a urinal plastic bag mounted at the tip of a urethral tube. There has been proposed a wearable disposable & washable toilet (see Patent Document 3) including a supporter in which a lower abdomen supporter is mounted on a mounting belt.
However, these products also have a drawback that they are easily clogged because the stool is discharged in the lateral direction.

Further, a stool receiving cup, a urine receiving cup, a stool discharging device for discharging stool discharged in the stool receiving cup, and a urine discharging device for discharging urine discharged in the urine receiving cup to the outside. There is a well-known excrement disposal apparatus which is provided with a toilet cup and a urine receiving cup that can be separated (see Patent Document 4).
In this excrement disposal apparatus, the end of the defecation pipe is directly connected to the partition plate of the toilet receiving cup, and the waste is discharged in the horizontal direction.

JP-A-8-322868 JP-A-6-54874 JP-A-11-349 JP 2003-153931 A

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an excrement discharge device in which excrement is smoothly guided downward, is less likely to be clogged, and is easily detachable.

The excrement disposal device of the present invention covers a genital region and an anus region of a wearer, and has a receiving portion having a vertically long curved surface structure curved forward and convex, and an annular shape detachably attached to a peripheral edge of the receiving portion. outside the seal member, are integrally projected from the bottom of the receiving portion, and the excrement induction tube curved elbow downward before, it is connected to the distal end of the previous SL excreta guide tube, the excrement And an excrement discharge pipe made of a soft material that discharges the excrement to the outside. The seal member has flexibility on the inner periphery of the press-contact end thereof, extends inward, and has a tip portion thinner than the base portion. A flange is formed, and inside the flange, a reinforcing material that deforms when subjected to strong pressure and maintains its shape is embedded along the circumferential direction .
The receiving part may be made of a soft material, and the excrement guiding tube may be made of a hard material.
Alternatively, the receiving portion and the excrement guiding tube may be made of a soft material, and a hard hollow tube may be mounted on a wall surface of the excrement guiding tube.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the excrement guiding tube is curved in an elbow shape, the excrement discharging tube connected thereto is hard to be crushed, and the excrement falls down and is guided smoothly. Is difficult to be clogged.
The single receiving portion covers the genital area and the anus, so that it can be easily attached and detached.
Further, the reinforcing material is deformed when subjected to strong pressure, and maintains the shape of the flange in close contact with the wearer's body, which not only has a reinforcing effect but also prevents liquid leakage from the press-contact end of the seal member. be able to.
According to the second and third aspects of the present invention, since the receiving portion to be worn on the body is soft, the feeling of wearing is good, and the excrement guiding tube is hard, so that the excrement is deformed and clogged. Can be prevented.

1 to 13 show a first embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the excrement disposal apparatus includes a receiving portion 1 that covers a genital area and an anus portion of a wearer, and an excrement projecting integrally from a lower portion of the receiving portion 1 toward a lower front. The guide tube 2, a seal member 3 attached to the periphery of the receiving portion 1 and pressed against the wearer's pubic region and the anus, and one end thereof is connected to the tip of the excrement guide tube 2 to remove the excrement. An excrement discharge pipe 4 to be discharged to the outside, a connecting pipe 6 connected to the other end of the excrement discharge pipe 4 via a mounting part 5, and a crushing pump (not shown) installed in the mounting part 5. ).

The receiving portion 1 is made of a soft material such as a soft rubber or a soft plastic, and has a vertically long curved surface structure which is curved forward and convex as shown in FIGS. An intermediate portion of the receiving portion 1, that is, a portion between a portion covering the genital portion and a portion covering the anus is formed slightly narrower than upper and lower portions thereof (FIG. 6).
A thin portion 7 for attaching the seal member 3 is formed along the periphery of the receiving portion 1 (FIG. 4).
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, one end of a connection cord 8 is attached to each of the upper and lower sides and the lower part of the receiving part 1, and an adhesive sheet 9 is attached to the other end of the connection cord 8.
The adhesive sheet 9 is made of a flexible material, and an adhesive substance such as a polyurethane gel is adhered to the body contacting surface thereof. Is to be attached.

The excrement guiding tube 2 is made of a harder material than the receiving portion 1 such as hard rubber or hard plastic, and has an elbow shape that is convexly curved forward.
A locking groove 10 is formed on the outer periphery of the distal end portion of the excrement guiding tube 2 along the circumferential direction.
Although not shown, a number of sensors for sensing the passage of the stool based on the capacitance, the CCD image and the like are provided inside the wall of the excrement guiding tube 2.

A flush water supply pipe having a plurality of water outlets 11 is buried in the wall of the excrement guide tube 2, and the water outlets 11 are arranged at positions away from one end of the inner peripheral surface of the stool guide tube 4. (FIGS. 4 to 6).
The direction of water ejection from the plurality of water outlets 11 is inclined in the same direction from the circumferential direction toward the other end, and when the sensor detects the passage of the stool, the washing water composed of warm water, or Wash water containing a detergent or digestive enzymes that decompose proteins, fats, etc. is jetted as necessary, and the wash water jetted from the plurality of water jets 11 passes through the inner circumference of the excrement guiding pipe 2 through different paths. Flow spirally through the
The water jet 11 may be installed in a direction in which the washing water flows along the inner surface of the excrement guiding pipe 2 along the axial direction.

The seal member 3 is an annular soft member made of a soft plastic or the like, and is formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the peripheral edge of the receiving portion 1 as shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 9, the seal member 3 is bent in a zigzag fold in its cross section, and the folds equalize the pressure applied to the body contact surface when the seal member 3 is pressed. In addition, since the unevenness on the inner surface due to the formation of the folds is crushed by the pressure applied to the body, the excrement does not catch and adhere.
A cylindrical portion 12 is integrally formed at a connection end of the seal member 3 with respect to the receiving portion 1, and the cylindrical portion 12 is detachably engaged with the outer peripheral surface of the thin portion 7 formed in the receiving portion 1. ing.

A flange 13 having flexibility, extending inward, and having a thinner end than the base is formed on the inner periphery of the press-contact end of the seal member 3, and is formed along the circumferential direction inside the flange 13. A reinforcement made of wire is embedded.
The flange 13 is in close contact with the wearer's body, and the wire is deformed when subjected to strong pressure, and maintains the shape of the flange 13 in close contact with the wearer's body. Can be prevented.
In addition, a sheet metal can also be used as a reinforcing material embedded in the flange 13.

The excrement discharge pipe 4 is made of a soft plastic having flexibility, such as soft foamed polyurethane, and its inner peripheral surface is formed smooth by coating with paint.
As shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, a reinforcing wire 14 is formed on the outer peripheral surface or inside the wall of the excrement discharge pipe 4 so as to be bent and not closed.
In addition, one end of the excrement discharge pipe 4 is engaged with the locking groove 10 so as to be rotatably joined to the distal end of the excrement guide pipe 2 in the circumferential direction.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the other end of the excrement discharge pipe 4 is connected to a mounting part 5 provided at the base of the connecting pipe 6 so as to be rotatable in a circumferential direction. Since the excrement discharge pipe 4 is made of a soft material, it can be deformed according to the position of the mounting portion 5 and the like.
The connecting pipe 6 is fixed to a floor or the like, and its tip is connected to a sewer, a toilet, or the like.
A pulverizing / pumping pump is installed in the mounting section 5. The pulverizing / pumping pump has a cutter mechanism such as a piano wire combined with a cross at the outlet side thereof, and excrement is pulverized by the discharge pressure of the pump itself and the cutter mechanism.

When the wearer excretes, the sensor provided on the excrement guiding pipe 2 detects the excrement, and the washing water is spouted from the water spout 11 to wash the excrement.
Since the excrement guiding pipe 2 is curved in an elbow shape, the excrement is smoothly guided to the excrement discharging pipe 4, further pulverized by the pulverizing pump in the mounting section 5, and is connected to the sewer through the connecting pipe 6. Is discharged.
Further, the receiving portion 1 may be provided with a nozzle for blowing hot water to the genital area and anus of the wearer.

FIG. 15 shows the second embodiment.
The excrement discharge tube 2 is formed integrally with the receiving portion 1 by a soft material, and a hollow tube 15 made of a hard material such as a hard plastic is mounted on the wall surface of the excrement guide tube 2.
The hollow tube 15 may be embedded in the wall surface of the excrement guiding tube 2 or may be laminated on the inner surface of the wall surface.
Other configurations are almost the same as those of the first embodiment, and therefore, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a worn state excrement disposal apparatus according to a first embodiment as viewed from below. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The perspective view which looked at the excrement disposal apparatus of the wearing state which shows Example 1 from the upper direction. FIG. 2 is a side view of the excrement disposal device in a worn state showing the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a receiving portion according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a receiving portion according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a rear view of the receiving unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a plan view of a receiving section according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a side view of the receiving unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of a seal member. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a seal member. The back view of a seal member. The perspective view of the principal part of the excrement processing apparatus. The principal part back view of the excrement disposal apparatus. The side view of the excrement disposal apparatus. FIG. 10 is a side view of the receiving portion according to the second embodiment.

Explanation of reference numerals

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Receiving part 2 Excrement guide pipe 3 Seal member 4 Excrement discharge pipe 5 Attachment part 6 Connecting pipe 7 Thin part 8 Connection string 9 Adhesive sheet 10 Engagement groove 11 Water jet 12 Cylindrical part 13 Flange 14 Reinforcement wire 15 Hollow tube

Claims (3)

A receiving portion having a vertically-long curved surface structure that covers the pubic region and the anus of the wearer and is curved forward and convex, an annular seal member detachably attached to a periphery of the receiving portion , and a lower portion of the receiving portion is integrally projected from the excreta guide tube curved in elbow downward before, is connected to the distal end of the previous SL excreta guide tube, excreta consisting soft material for discharging excrement to the outside A discharge pipe , wherein the seal member has a flexible, inwardly projecting inwardly protruding inwardly at an inner periphery of a press-contact end thereof, and a flange having a tip portion thinner than a base portion. In addition, an excrement disposal device in which a reinforcing material that is deformed when subjected to strong pressure and maintains its shape is embedded along the circumferential direction .   The excrement disposal device according to claim 1, wherein the receiving portion is made of a soft material, and the excrement guiding tube is made of a hard material. 2. The excrement disposal device according to claim 1, wherein the receiving portion and the excrement guiding tube are made of a soft material, and a hard hollow tube is mounted on a wall surface of the excrement guiding tube.

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