JP5453031B2 - Bath car and cart - Google Patents

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a bath car and a carriage, and more specifically, a bath car used for a visiting bath service, and a bath tub mounted on the bath car together with a divided bathtub. It is related with the trolley | bogie used for carrying in or taking out from a bath car.

  Visiting bathing services are provided as part of nursing care services for people requiring care such as disabled people at home or bedridden elderly people. In such visiting bathing services, in recent years, a vehicle-mounted space has been secured by using a split-type bathtub (divided bathtub) mounted on an automobile (bath car) (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  A care worker engaged in the visiting bathing service visits the home of the care recipient, removes the divided bathtub loaded from the bath car, and is manually housed by multiple people (If there is enough space, you can bring it into the residence with the divided bathtub assembled outdoors). And a division bathtub is assembled, hot water is poured in the bathtub, and bathing with respect to a care recipient is performed. After the care recipient takes a bath, the hot water in the bathtub is drained and the divided bathtub is divided, and then the divided bathtub is again carried into the bath by the care worker.

  By using a split-type bathtub, the transportability when transporting the bathtub in and out of the bath car or into the residence is improved compared to transporting a life-size bathtub. To do. Moreover, a small vehicle can be used as a bathing vehicle for transferring a bathtub. However, regardless of a conventional life-size bathtub or a divided bathtub in a divided state, transport of the bathtub is performed by lifting the bathtub by a plurality of people, and the burden on the care worker is still large. Also, since multiple care workers are required to transport the bathtub, bathing service parts other than the bathtub and the bathtub (for example, a hose for putting hot water in the bathtub or a care recipient bathe in the bathtub Therefore, it is necessary to reciprocate between the bathing car and the house many times in order to transport all of the bathing tanker and the like from the bathing car to the house, which is extremely inefficient.

Utility model registration No. 3100453

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and its purpose is to improve the transportability of a bathtub mounted on a bath car in a visit bathing service, and also the labor of a care worker when transporting the bathtub The bath is provided with means for reducing the amount of water, and as such means, the divided bathtub is used to carry in or out of the bath car and achieve the above-mentioned problem. It is to provide a dolly that can.

Such an object is achieved by the present inventions (1) to (13) below.
(1) A bath car that is loaded and transported in the car in a state where the divided bathtub is divided, and is loaded into or taken out of the divided bathtub at the time of visiting bathing service, installed on the divided bathtub and the loading platform of the bath car carriage having a pair of rail portions, the divided bath was detachably supported a main body that slides along the pair of rail portions, a pair of wheels provided at the end of the carry-out side of the main body portion If, while carrying the carriage in the bathing vehicle, the left-right direction to perform a longitudinal direction positioning means for positioning the longitudinal direction with respect to the pair of rail portions of the carriage, the positioning of the left and right directions relative to the rail portion of the carriage and positioning means, possess a carriage positioning means constituted by the vertical positioning means for positioning the vertical direction relative to the rail portion of the carriage, the pair of rail portions, respectively And a pair of slide portions arranged substantially in parallel with which the main body portion of the carriage slides, and guide portions erected on the pair of slide portions, respectively. A pair of long side portions corresponding to the pair of slide portions of the rail portion, and a pair of connecting portions connecting the front and rear of the pair of long side portions, and each long side portion corresponds to each corresponding slide portion And a groove for inserting each of the guide portions erected on each corresponding slide portion, and the left and right direction positioning means includes the guide portions of the pair of rail portions, and the carriage. When the main body portion is slid with respect to the slide portion with the guide portion inserted into the groove, the slide portion of the main body portion is substantially perpendicular to the slide direction of the main body portion. that movement in the direction is prevented Bathing car and butterflies.

(2) As the front-rear direction positioning means, the guide portion has a slit that opens at the corresponding upper end side, and the connecting portion on the carry-out side of the carriage is provided protruding downward, The plate piece to be inserted into the slit, and in the state where the carriage is carried into the bath car, the plate piece is inserted into the slit to prevent the main body portion from moving in the sliding direction ( Bathing car as described in 1) .

(3) As a vertical positioning means, having a carriage fixing mechanism provided in the bath car,
The body portion of the carriage is fixed to the rail portion by the carriage fixing mechanism in a state where the carriage is carried into the bath car, thereby preventing the body portion from moving in the vertical direction with respect to the rail portion. The bath car according to (2) above.

(4) The cart fixing mechanism is displaced to a first position that is separated from a connecting portion on the carry-out side of the main body portion of the cart and a second position that is engaged with the connecting portion on the carry-out side of the main body portion. The bath car as described in said (3) which has the member for trolley | bogie fixing provided.

(5) connecting portions of the carry-out side of the body portion, while carrying the carriage in the bathing vehicle, according to the above (4) having a locking mechanism for locking the carriage fixing member in said second position Bathing car.

(6) In the second position, the carriage fixing member is in contact with the first plate-like portion that is in contact with the end face of the carriage on the carry-out side of the carriage, and the first plate-like portion. And a second plate-like portion positioned on the upper surface side of the connecting portion on the carry-out side of the main body portion, and the locking mechanism is configured such that the carriage fixing member is the second plate-like portion. When in the position, the first plate-like part is located on the opposite side of the main body part from the connecting part on the carry-out side, and the carriage fixing member is moved from the second position to the first position. The bath car as described in said (5) which has a lock bar which prevents displacement.

(7) The first plate-like portion has a notch opened at an upper end, and the lock bar of the lock mechanism is a substantially L-shaped member having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, and the base It is provided on the end surface of the unloading side of the main body of the carriage so as to be rotatable around the end, and the lock bar is used for fixing the carriage with its tip end directed vertically upward. The bath car according to (6) , wherein the member is rotatable from the first position to the second position through the notch of the first plate-like portion.

(8) The bath car according to (7) , wherein the second plate-like portion is configured by a pair of plate pieces provided on both sides of the notch of the first plate-like portion. .

(9) The main body portion of the carriage has the second plate shape of the carriage fixing member when the carriage fixing member is positioned at the first position and the carriage is unloaded from the bath car. The bath car according to any one of (6) to (8) , wherein the member and the connecting portion on the carry-in side of the main body are locked.

(10) The bath car according to (9) , wherein a handle is provided on the carry-in side of the main body of the carriage.

(11) A carriage that is used to carry in or out of a bath car in a state where the divided bathtub is divided, and detachably supports the divided bathtub, and is a slide installed in the bath car A main body part that slides along the means, and a pair of wheels provided on the carry-out side of the main body part , wherein the main body part carries out the carriage from the bath car and places the main body part on the ground. A first movement for supporting the carriage together with the divided bathtub and preventing the carriage from moving by separating the pair of wheels of the carriage from the ground in a state where the carriage stands substantially vertically. A carriage having a prevention mechanism, wherein the carriage in a state in which the divided bathtub is supported is moved from the bath car and pulled by pulling the carriage. .

(12) The main body portion of the carriage separates the pair of wheels of the carriage from the ground in a state where the carriage is unloaded from the bath car and the main body portion is laid substantially parallel to the ground. The carriage according to (11) , further including a second movement prevention mechanism that supports the carriage together with the main body portion and prevents the carriage from moving.

(13) When the cart with the split tub supported is carried out of the bath car, the split tub of the cart is covered with a cover, and the cover stores equipment used for a visiting bath service. The trolley | bogie in any one of said (11) or (12) which has a storage part and has the bathtub fixing means which fixes each bathtub divided | segmented into the said division bathtub to the said trolley | bogie.

It is the figure which looked at the bathing vehicle from diagonally back in the state which carried the trolley | bogie which fixed (supported) the division | segmentation bathtub in the divided state and the bathing tanker of the folded state to the bathing vehicle (shown through seeing inside). It is a disassembled perspective view of the trolley | bogie for fixing the division | segmentation bathtub of the divided state shown in FIG. 1, and the bathing tanker of the folded state. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the structure installed in the loading platform of the bathing vehicle shown in FIG. It is a bottom view of the trolley | bogie shown in FIG. It is a fragmentary sectional view for demonstrating the relationship between a trolley | bogie and a rail part in the state which carried the trolley | bogie into the bath car. It is a perspective view for demonstrating the state by which the trolley | bogie is carried in the bathing vehicle and the trolley | bogie is not being fixed by the up-down direction positioning means. It is a perspective view for demonstrating the state by which the trolley is being fixed by the up-down direction positioning means in the state which carried the trolley into the bathing vehicle. It is a perspective view which shows the state which slides a trolley to the back of a rail part and carries a trolley from a bathing vehicle. It is the figure which looked at the division | segmentation bathtub in the state of FIG. 8, and the trolley | bogie which fixed the bathing tanker from the diagonally back of the bathing vehicle. It is a figure for demonstrating the state which carries out the trolley which fixed the division | segmentation bathtub and the bathing tanker from the bathing vehicle, and pulls. It is an expanded sectional view near the wheel of a trolley (the wheel is seen through).

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a cart and a bath vehicle of the present invention will be described based on preferred embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

  The bathing car of the present invention is mounted (loaded) in the car in a state where the divided bathtub is divided and transported, and the carriage of the present invention takes the divided bathtub in the divided state when the visiting bathing service is provided. Used to carry in or out of the bath car.

  FIG. 1 is a view of a bath car viewed obliquely from the rear (showing through the inside) in a state in which a carriage with a split bathtub and a folded bath tanker fixed (supported) is carried into the bath car. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a carriage for fixing the divided bathtub in the divided state shown in FIG. 1 and the bathing tanker in the folded state, and FIG. 3 is installed on the loading platform of the bathing car shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the carriage shown in FIG. 2.

  A bathing vehicle 100 shown in FIG. 1 is a hatchback-type vehicle, and has a loading platform (in-vehicle space) 101 therein. A carriage 3 in which the divided bathtub 5 in a divided state and the bathing tanker 4 in a folded state as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are fixed (supported) as shown in FIGS.

  The divided bathtub 5 is used for bathing care recipients by putting hot water in the assembled bathtub 5. As shown in FIG. 2, the divided bathtub 5 includes a first half tank 51 and a second half tank 52, and the first half tank 51 is overlaid on the second half tank 52. It is fixed to the carriage 3.

  In such a divided bathtub 5, the first half-divided tank 51 and the second half-divided tank 52 are brought into contact with each other on the contact surfaces 511 and 521 of the second half-divided tank 52. They are connected by a connecting mechanism 53 provided on the outer side surface. Thereby, the division bathtub 5 is assembled.

The second half tank 52 is provided with leg portions 54 (54a, 54b) that support the divided bathtub 5 when the divided bathtub 5 is assembled. Of these, the first leg portion 54a is provided in a U-shape at a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface of the second half tank 52, and the second leg portion 54b is closer than the first leg portion 54a. It is provided on the contact surface 521 side. Similarly to the first leg portion 54 a of the second half tank 52, the first half tank 51 also has a U-shaped leg portion at a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface of the first half tank 51. Is provided. The assembled divided bathtub 5 is supported by these legs.

  The bathing tanker 4 is used when bathing a care recipient. This bathing tanker 4 has a tanker main body 41 and a folding part 42 provided at a substantially central part in the longitudinal direction of the tanker main body 41. In the folding part 42, the tanker main body 41 is substantially half as long. It can be folded up like this. Further, the tanker main body 41 is provided with a pair of handles 43 at both ends thereof.

  The bathing tanker 4 having such a configuration deploys the tanker main body 41 at the place of visit, places it on the upper edge of the assembled bathtub 5, and attaches a net (not shown). With the care recipient on the net, the care recipient can be taken in and out of the bathtub by moving the net up and down.

  When the carriage 3 to which the divided bathtub 5 and the bathing tanker 4 are fixed is carried into or out of the bathing car 100, the carriage 3 is slid along the sliding means installed on the loading platform 101. It has become. As such a sliding means, for example, both sides of a single plate are bent to form a slide portion and a pair of guide portions, and the carriage 3 slides along the pair of guide portions. Good. In addition, a slide part composed of a plurality of rollers is provided on the loading platform 101 and a pair of guide parts are provided on both ends of each roller so that the carriage 3 slides along the guide part on the rollers (slide part). Also good. Thus, although a slide means is not specifically limited, In this embodiment, the case where a pair of rail part 1 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 is used as a slide means is demonstrated. By adopting such a configuration, even a single care worker can perform this work relatively easily and smoothly.

  In the following description, the side where the carriage 3 is carried into the bathing car 100, that is, the front side of the bathing car 100 is referred to as “loading side or front side”, and the side where the carriage 3 is carried out from the bathing car 100, ie, the bathing car. The rear of 100 is referred to as “the carry-out side or the rear side”.

  First, before describing the configuration of the carriage 3, the configuration on the bathing vehicle 100 side will be described.

In the loading platform 101 of the bathing vehicle 100, a pair of rail parts 1 and 1 shown in FIG. 3, a support body 2 that supports the pair of rail portions 1 and 1 on the floor surface of the loading platform 101, and a bathing vehicle 100 (loading platform). 101), a structure including a carriage fixing mechanism 24 (to be described later) that fixes the carriage 3 to the rail portion 1 when the carriage 3 is carried in is installed. This structure is fixed to the loading platform 101 of the bathing vehicle 100 by a fixture 6 provided on the upper surface of the loading platform 101.

  The support body 2 is a frame formed by assembling a plurality of metal bars by welding, screwing, or the like, for example. On the support 2, a pair of rail portions 1, 1 are provided so as to face each other and be substantially parallel to each other. Each rail part 1 is being fixed with respect to the support body 2 by welding, screwing, etc., for example.

  As shown in FIG. 3, each rail portion 1 is erected along a slide portion 11 on which a main body portion 31 (described later) of the carriage 3 slides, and a longitudinal direction of the slide portion 11. When sliding with respect to the slide part 11, the guide part 12 guides the main body part 31.

  The pair of slide portions 11 and 11 are provided so as to be substantially parallel to each other, and a roller 32 (described later) provided on the main body portion 31 of the carriage 3 is in sliding contact with the upper surface of each slide portion 11. Slide.

  Each guide portion 12 is erected on the outer edge of each slide portion 11, and is inserted into each groove 313 described later provided in the main body portion 31 of the carriage 3.

  The slide part 11 and the guide part 12 which each rail part 1 has are integrally formed by bend | folding one metal strip in the middle of a transversal direction.

  Further, the pair of rail portions 1, 1 are supported by the support body 2 on the front side (incoming side) of the bathing vehicle 100, so that they are substantially parallel to the upper surface of the floor surface of the cargo bed 101 at a predetermined interval. It is provided to become. On the other hand, the pair of rail portions 1, 1 are provided on the rear side (unloading side) of the bathing vehicle 100 so as to be inclined downward. With such a configuration, workability when the carriage 3 is carried into or out of the bathing car 100 is improved, and when the carriage 3 is carried into the bathing car 100, the carriage described below Combined with the positioning means, the stability of the carriage 3 is improved.

  By sliding the carriage 3 along the pair of rail portions 1, 1, the divided bathtub 5 and the bathing tanker 4 can be carried into or out of the bathing car 100.

Next, the configuration of the carriage 3 will be described.
A cart 3 shown in FIG. 2 includes a main body 31, a plurality of rollers 32 provided at a lower portion of the main body 31, a pair of wheels 33 provided at an end portion on the carry-out side of the main body 31, and the main body 31. And a fixing means 35 for fixing the divided bathtub 5 to the carriage 3. The carriage 3 can hold the bath tanker 4 between the main body 31 and the divided bathtub 5.

  The main body 31 is configured to detachably support the divided bathtub 5 and to slide along the pair of rail portions 1 and 1.

  The main body portion 31 includes a pair of long side portions 311a and 311a corresponding to the pair of slide portions 11 and 11 of the rail portion 1, and a connecting portion (short side portion) 311b connecting the front and rear of the pair of long side portions 311a and 311a. 311b, and the outer shape is constituted by a rectangular frame portion 311. Further, the main body 31 has a reinforcing portion 312 that connects the two long side portions 311 a and 311 a of the frame portion 311. By providing the reinforcing portion 312, the frame portion 311 is bent. Is prevented, and the strength of the main body 31 as a whole is improved.

  In addition, a pair of grooves 313 and 313 are formed on the lower surface of the frame portion 311 (in the present embodiment, each long side portion 311a) along the longitudinal direction thereof. Each guide portion 12 of each corresponding rail portion 1 is inserted into each groove 313. When the main body portion 31 (cart 3) is slid with respect to the slide portion 11 (rail portion 1) with each guide portion 12 inserted into each groove 313, the direction substantially orthogonal to the sliding direction of the main body portion 31 Movement to is prevented.

  Each long side portion 311 a is formed by bending a wide metal strip in the middle of the short direction so as to have a predetermined shape having a groove 313. The short side 311b on the carry-out side is formed by bending a narrow metal strip so as to be L-shaped in the middle of the short direction. Further, narrow metal strips are used for the short side portion 311b and the reinforcing portion 312 on the carry-in side, respectively. The main body 31 is formed by combining these band members by, for example, welding, screwing, or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of rollers 32 that can rotate in the longitudinal direction of the frame portion 311 are provided on the lower surface of the frame portion 311 (in this embodiment, each long side portion 311 a). In the present embodiment, a total of eight pairs of four pairs of rollers 32 are provided. When the main body 31 (the carriage 3) is slid with respect to the slide portion 11 of the rail portion 1, the roller 32 slides on the upper surface of each slide portion 11 and slides on the upper surface of the slide portion 11. It has become.

  Thereby, the operation | work which carries the trolley | bogie 3 in the bathing car 100 or unloads it from the bathing car 100 can be performed more easily and smoothly. In the present embodiment, this operation can be performed in a state where each guide portion 12 is inserted into each groove 313. In this case, when the main body 31 (cart 3) is slid with respect to the slide section 11 of the rail section 1, the main body 31 of the carriage 3 is slid straight from the carry-out direction of the rail section 1 to the carry-in direction. Work efficiency is further improved.

  A pair of wheels 33 are provided on the carry-out side of the main body 31. In the present embodiment, each wheel 33 is rotatably provided on the side surface of the end portion on the carry-out side of each long side portion 311 a of the main body portion 31. According to such a configuration, when the carriage 3 to which the divided bathtub 5 and the bathing tanker 4 are fixed is unloaded from the bathing car 100 at the visited site, the wheels 33 first come into contact with the ground.

  Then, in this state, by holding the end of the carriage 3 on the carry-in side and pulling the carriage 3, the divided bathtub 5 and the bathing tanker 4 fixed (supported) to the carriage can be moved together.

  On the other hand, a rod-like handle 34 is fixed (fixed) to the end of the main body 31 on the carry-in side. By gripping this handle 34, the work of pulling the carriage 3 and moving the divided bathtub 5 and the bathing tanker 4 can be easily performed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the main body 31 is provided with a fixing means 35 that fixes the divided bathtub 5 to the carriage 3. This fixing means 35 includes a bathtub leg stopper 351 provided in the vicinity of the joint portion of each long side portion 311a with the reinforcing portion 312 and a block-like stopper provided at the carry-out side end portion of each long side portion 311a. 352 and a belt 353 provided in the vicinity of the stopper 352.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the divided bathtub 5 is placed on the carriage 3 so that the stopper 352 is positioned in the vicinity of the second leg 54b, and the bathtub leg stopper 351 is used to By sandwiching one leg portion 54a, the divided bathtub 5 is temporarily fixed to the carriage. Further, the split tub 5 is fixed to the carriage 3 by fastening the belt 353 to the split tub 5 and tightening.

  At this time, the bathing tanker 4 can be fixed together with the divided bathtub 5 to the carriage 3 by interposing the bathing tanker 4 between the dividing bathtub 5 and the carriage 3.

  The bath car 100 as described above further includes a carriage positioning means 20 that positions the carriage 3 with respect to the rail portion 1 in a state where the carriage 3 is carried into the loading platform 101.

Hereinafter, the cart positioning means 20 will be described.
The cart positioning means 20 includes a longitudinal positioning means 21 that performs positioning in the longitudinal direction with respect to the rail portion 1 of the carriage 3, a lateral positioning means 22 that performs lateral positioning with respect to the rail portion 1 of the carriage 3, and a rail of the carriage 3. And vertical positioning means 23 for positioning in the vertical direction with respect to the portion 1.

<Front / rear direction positioning means>
First, the front-rear direction positioning means 21 that performs front-rear direction positioning with respect to the rail portion 1 of the carriage 3 will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view for explaining the relationship between the carriage and the rail portion in a state where the carriage is carried into the bath car.

  As shown in FIG. 5, each guide portion 12 of each rail portion 1 is provided with a slit 121 whose upper end is opened at a corresponding position. In addition, the short side 311b on the carry-out side of the frame 311 of the carriage 3 is bent so that a narrow metal strip is L-shaped in the short direction as described above. The bent portion forms a plate piece protruding downward. Each slit 121 provided in each guide portion 12 and the short side portion 311b on the carry-out side of the frame portion 311 of the carriage 3 constitute the front-rear direction positioning means 21. In a state where the carriage 3 is carried into the bath car 100, a plate piece protruding below the short side part 311 b on the carry-out side of the frame part 311 is inserted into the slit 121, so that the main body part 31 of the carriage 3 moves in the sliding direction. The movement is prevented and positioning in the front-rear direction with respect to the rail portion 1 of the carriage 3 is performed.

<Horizontal positioning means>
Next, the left-right direction positioning means 22 for positioning in the left-right direction with respect to the rail portion 1 of the carriage 3 will be described.

  The groove 313 provided on the lower surface of each long side portion 311a of the carriage 3 and each guide portion 12 of each rail portion 1 constitute the left-right direction positioning means 22.

  As described above, when the carriage 3 is carried into the bath car 100, the main body portion 31 is inserted in the state where the guide portions 12 of the rail portions 1 are inserted into the grooves 313 provided in the long side portions 311 a of the carriage 3. When the (trolley 3) is slid with respect to the slide part 11 (rail part 1), the movement of the main body part 31 in a direction substantially orthogonal to the slide direction is prevented. Thereby, the positioning of the left-right direction with respect to the rail part 1 of the trolley | bogie 3 is made.

<Vertical positioning means>
Next, the vertical positioning means 23 that performs vertical positioning with respect to the rail portion 1 of the carriage 3 will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a perspective view for explaining a state where the carriage is not fixed by the vertical positioning means in a state where the carriage is carried into the bathing car, and FIG. 7 is a vertical direction where the carriage is carried into the bathing car. It is a perspective view for demonstrating the state with which the trolley | bogie is being fixed by the positioning means.

  Such a vertical positioning means 23 is provided on the loading platform 101 of the bathing car 100, and the carriage fixing mechanism 24 that fixes the carriage 3 to the rail portion 1 in a state where the carriage 3 is carried into the bathing car 100, The lock mechanism 25 is provided on the short side portion 311 b on the carry-out side of the main body portion 31 and holds the state where the carriage 3 is fixed to the rail portion 1 by the carriage fixing mechanism 24. The cart fixing mechanism 24 and the lock mechanism 25 will be described below.

First, the cart fixing mechanism 24 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 3, the carriage fixing mechanism 24 is connected to a hinge (hinge part) 7 provided at an end portion on the carry-out side of the fixture 6 provided on the floor surface of the loading platform 101, and rotates the hinge 7. It is comprised with the trolley | bogie fixing member 241 which can be rotated with respect to the fixture 6 (the bathing car 100) as a center.

  The carriage fixing member 241 has a first position separated from the short side portion 311b on the carry-out side of the main body 31 of the carriage 3 as shown in FIG. The main body 31 is displaced to the second position where it engages with the short side 311b on the carry-out side. In other words, the carriage fixing member 241 rotates from the first position to the second position, or from the second position to the first position, with the hinge 7 as the rotation center axis.

  The cart fixing member 241 shown in FIG. 6 has a rectangular shape, a first plate-like portion 241a that is rotatably connected to the hinge 7 on one long side of the pair of long sides, The second plate-like portion 241b is erected on the other long side portion of the one plate-like portion 241a so as to be bent (or curved) with respect to the first plate-like portion 241a.

  The first plate-like portion 241a is formed such that the length in the longitudinal direction is shorter than the distance between the pair of guide portions 12 and 12 included in the pair of rail portions 1 and 1, and the carriage fixing member 241 is the first plate portion 241a. At the position 1, both ends of the long side portion are configured to be in contact with and supported by the upper surface of the slide portion 11 of each rail portion 1.

  Further, the first plate-like portion 241a is provided with a notch 242 that opens to the upper end at substantially the center thereof, and the second plate-like portion 241b has the notch 242 of the first plate-like portion 241a. It is comprised with the board piece provided in a pair. Accordingly, the carriage fixing member 241 can be held (locked) at the second position by using the lock bar 36 constituting the lock mechanism 25 described later.

  Further, in the second position, the first plate-like portion 241 a abuts on the end surface of the short side 311 b on the carry-out side of the carriage 3, and the second plate-like portion 241 b is on the short side on the carry-out side of the carriage 3. It is comprised so that it may be located in the part 311b upper surface side. Thereby, the short side portion 311b on the carry-out side of the carriage 3 is engaged with the first plate-like portion 241a and the second plate-like portion 241b, and the carriage 3 is fixed to the rail portion 1 so that the carriage 3 The vertical movement with respect to the rail portion 1 is prevented.

  Such first plate-like portion 241a and second plate-like portion 241b are each made of a metal plate material, and are integrally formed by cutting and bending one plate material.

  Next, the lock mechanism 25 that holds (locks) the state where the carriage 3 is fixed to the rail portion 1, that is, the state where the carriage fixing member 241 is in the second position will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the lock mechanism 25 is configured by an L-shaped lock bar 36 provided at substantially the center of the end surface of the short side 311 b on the carry-out side of the main body 31 of the carriage 3.

  The lock bar 36 has a base end 361 provided on the end surface of the short side 311b on the carry-out side of the main body 31 and a tip 362 rotatably provided with the base end 361 as a rotation center.

  Further, the lock bar 36 has the tip 362 directed vertically upward, and the carriage fixing member 241 is moved from the first position to the second position via the notch 242 of the first plate-like portion 241a. Make it pivotable.

  Next, a procedure for positioning the carriage 3 with respect to the rail portion 1 in the vertical direction by the carriage fixing mechanism 24 and the lock mechanism 25 will be described.

  First, the carriage fixing member 241 provided on the loading platform 101 is set to the first position, and the carriage 3 is moved to the rail while the guide portions 12 of the rail portions 1 are inserted into the grooves 313 of the main body portion 31 of the carriage 3. Slide against part 1. Thereafter, a plate piece protruding below the short side 311 b on the carry-out side of the main body 31 is inserted into the slit 121. Accordingly, positioning of the carriage 3 in the front-rear and left-right directions with respect to the rail portion 1 is performed, and movement in the front-rear and left-right directions with respect to the rail portion 1 is prevented.

  Thereafter, the carriage fixing member 241 is set to the second position with the tip end portion 362 of the lock bar 36 provided on the end surface of the short side 311b on the carry-out side of the carriage 3 being directed vertically upward. The short side portion 311b on the carry-out side of the main body portion 31 and the carriage fixing member 241 are engaged, and the carriage 3 is fixed to the rail portion 1 so that the carriage 3 moves in the vertical direction with respect to the rail portion 1. Is prevented.

  In this state, by rotating the front end portion 362 of the lock bar 36 vertically downward, the front end portion 362 of the lock bar 36 becomes the first plate-like portion 241a (the carriage fixing member 241) as shown in FIG. It is located on the opposite side to the short side 311b on the carry-out side of the main body 31 of the carriage 3. Thereby, the movement (rotation) of the carriage fixing member 241 from the second position to the first position is prevented, the state where the carriage 3 is fixed to the rail portion 1 is maintained, and the carriage is maintained. Positioning in the vertical direction with respect to the three rail portions 1 is performed.

The bath car 100 moves the bathtub (when moving in a state where the bathtub is loaded) by the carriage positioning means 20 (the front-rear direction positioning means 21, the left-right direction positioning means 22, and the vertical direction positioning means 23) as described above. In addition, the bathtub can be securely fixed to the loading platform 101.

Next, the usage method (action) of the carriage will be described.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which the carriage is slid to the rear of the rail portion, and the carriage is taken out of the bath car, and FIG. 9 is a carriage with the divided bathtub and bath tanker fixed in the state of FIG. FIG. 10 is a view for explaining a state in which a cart with a divided bathtub and a bath tanker fixed is carried out and pulled from the bath car.

  At the destination, first, the lock mechanism 25 is released (the tip 362 of the lock bar 36 is rotated vertically upward), and the carriage fixing member 241 is moved from the second position to the first position as shown in FIG. Set to the position.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 9, the carriage 3 is fixed along the rail portion 1 with the divided bathtub 5 and the folded bathing tanker 4 fixed in a state where the carriage fixing member 241 is in the first position. Then, it is slid rearward and taken out from the bath car, and the wheel 33 of the carriage 3 comes into contact with the ground.

  At that time, as shown in FIG. 8, the short side portion 311 b on the carry-in side of the main body portion 31 of the carriage 3 is engaged with the second plate-like portion 241 b of the carriage fixing member 241. This prevents the cart 3 from falling to the ground even when the care worker accidentally releases his hand from the main body 31 of the cart 3 when carrying the cart 3 out of the bathing vehicle 100. I can. As a result, it is possible to prevent the divided bathtub 5 and the like from being damaged.

  Next, the carriage 3 is pulled by holding the handle 34 of the main body 31 of the carriage 3. Thereby, the division bathtub 5 and the bathing tanker 4 can be moved. By using such a carriage 3, even a single care worker can perform this work relatively easily and smoothly.

  In addition, when carrying the trolley | bogie 3 in the bathing vehicle 100, what is necessary is just to perform the operation | work contrary to the above.

  In particular, when the carriage 3 is carried into the bathing car 100, the carriage fixing member 241 is set to the first state, and the short side portion 311 b on the carry-in side of the main body 31 of the carriage 3 is changed to the carriage fixing member 241. Then, the cart 3 is lifted and slid along the rail portion 1. Thereby, even if it is one care worker, the trolley | bogie 3 can be carried in to the bathing vehicle 100 easily.

  Further, the main body 31 of the carriage 3 is in a state in which the main body 31 is erected substantially perpendicular to the ground when the carriage 3 is carried out from the bathing car 100, or in a state where the main body 31 is laid substantially horizontally with respect to the ground. A movement preventing means 37 for preventing the carriage 3 from moving is provided.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view in the vicinity of the wheel of the carriage (the wheel is shown through).
The main body 31 of the carriage 3 includes a first wheel stopper 37a provided in parallel with the long side portion 311a, respectively, between the corresponding end surface side surface of each long side portion 311a and the corresponding wheel 33 . It has the 2nd wheel stopper 37b provided substantially orthogonally with the 1st wheel stopper 37a. In the present embodiment, the movement preventing means 37 is composed of a pair of first wheel stoppers 37 a and a pair of second wheel stoppers 37 b provided on the pair of wheels 33, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 11, each first wheel stopper 37 a is configured to be longer than the dimensions of each wheel 33. For this reason, the pair of first wheel stoppers 37 a is a part of the divided bathtub 5 that is fixed to the carriage 3 with the pair of wheels 33 being separated from the ground with the carriage 3 (main body portion 31) standing substantially vertically. At the same time, the cart 3 is supported. This prevents the carriage 3 from moving.

  Each second wheel stopper 37 b is also configured to be longer than the dimensions of each wheel 33. For this reason, the pair of second wheel stoppers 37b is configured so that the pair of wheels 33 are separated from the ground in a state where the cart 3 (main body portion 31) is laid almost horizontally, and together with a part of the cart 3 (main body portion 31). The cart 3 is supported. Thereby, the cart 3 loaded with the divided bathtub 5 and the bathing tanker 4 is prevented from moving.

  In addition, when conveying the trolley | bogie 3, it grounds in the range of A of the wheel 33 shown in FIG.

  Moreover, when carrying out the trolley | bogie 3 which loaded the division | segmentation bathtub 5 and the bathing tanker 4 from the bathing car 100, the division | segmentation bathtub 5 and the bathing tanker 4 of the trolley | bogie 3 may be covered with the cover (not shown). Moreover, it is preferable that such a cover has a storage part for storing equipment used for the visiting bathing service (for example, a hose for putting hot water in a bathtub). Thereby, together with the divided bathtub 5 and the bathing tanker 4, equipment necessary for service can be transported together, and the workability of the care worker is further improved. Further, such a cover preferably has a bathtub fixing means for fixing the divided first and second half tanks 51 and 52 and the bathing tanker 4 of the divided bathtub 5 to the carriage 3. . Thereby, when pulling the cart 3, it can prevent reliably that the division bathtub 5 and the bathing tanker 4 fall from the cart 3. FIG.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Rail part 11 ... Slide part 12 ... Guide part 121 ... Slit 2 ... Support body 3 ... Carriage 31 ... Main body part 311 ... Frame part 311a ... Long side part 311b ... Short side part 312 ... Reinforcement part 313 ... Groove 32 ... Roller 33 ... Wheel 34 ... Handle 35 ... Fixing means 351 ... Stopper for bathtub leg 352 ... Block-shaped stopper 353 ... Belt 36 ... Lock bar 361 ... Base end 362 ... Tip end 37 ... Movement prevention means 37a ... First wheel Stopper 37b ... Second wheel stopper 4 ... Bathing tanker 41 ... Tanker body part 42 ... Folding part 43 ... Handle 5 ... Division bathtub 51 ... First half tank 511 ... Abutting surface 52 ... Second half tank 521 ... Contact surface 53 ... Connecting mechanism 54 ... Leg part 54a ... First leg part 54b ... Second leg part 6 ... Fixing tool 7 ... Hinge (hinge part) 10 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS ... Bathing car 101 ... Carriage 20 ... Carriage positioning means 21 ... Front / rear direction positioning means 22 ... Left / right direction positioning means 23 ... Vertical direction positioning means 24 ... Carriage fixing mechanism 241 ... Carriage fixing member 241a ... First plate-like part 241b ... Second plate-like portion 242 ... Notch 25 ... Lock mechanism

Claims (13)

It is a bathing car that loads and transfers the divided bathtub in the car in a divided state, and carries in or out the divided bathtub when providing a visiting bathing service,
A split bathtub,
A pair of rails installed on the loading platform of the bath car,
A carriage having a main body part that detachably supports the split bathtub and slides along the pair of rail parts , and a pair of wheels provided at an end part on the carry-out side of the main body part,
While carrying said carriage on said bathing vehicle, the left-right direction positioning means for performing a longitudinal direction positioning means for positioning the longitudinal direction with respect to the pair of rail portions of the carriage, the positioning of the left and right directions relative to the rail portion of the carriage If, it possesses a carriage positioning means constituted by the vertical positioning means for positioning the vertical direction relative to the rail portion of the carriage,
Each of the pair of rail portions includes a pair of slide portions arranged substantially in parallel with which the main body portion of the carriage slides, and guide portions erected on the pair of slide portions,
The main body portion of the carriage has a pair of long side portions corresponding to the pair of slide portions of the pair of rail portions, and a pair of connecting portions that connect the front and rear of the pair of long side portions, The long side portion has a roller that contacts each corresponding slide portion, and a groove into which each of the guide portions erected on each corresponding slide portion is inserted,
The left-right positioning means includes the guide portions of the pair of rail portions, and the grooves of the long side portions of the carriage,
When the main body is slid relative to the slide with the guide inserted in the groove, the main body is prevented from moving in a direction substantially perpendicular to the sliding direction. Bathing car to do. As the front-rear direction positioning means, the guide portions have slits whose upper ends are opened at corresponding positions, and the connecting portion on the carry-out side of the carriage protrudes downward and is inserted into the slit. Having a piece of board
While carrying said carriage on said bathing vehicle, by inserting the plate member into the slit, bathing vehicle according to claim 1 in which movement in the sliding direction of the main body portion is prevented. As the vertical positioning means, having a carriage fixing mechanism provided in the bath car,
The body portion of the carriage is fixed to the rail portion by the carriage fixing mechanism in a state where the carriage is carried into the bath car, thereby preventing the body portion from moving in the vertical direction with respect to the rail portion. The bath car according to claim 2 . The carriage fixing mechanism is displaceably provided at a first position separated from a connection part on the carry-out side of the main body part of the carriage and a second position engaged with the connection part on the carry-out side of the main body part. The bath car according to claim 3 , further comprising a carriage fixing member. 5. The bath car according to claim 4 , wherein the connecting part on the carry-out side of the main body has a lock mechanism that locks the carriage fixing member in the second position in a state where the carriage is carried into the bath car. The bogie fixing member is bent or bent with respect to the first plate-like portion at the second position and a first plate-like portion that comes into contact with an end face of the main-body portion of the cart on the carry-out side. A second plate-like portion which is provided so as to be curved and is located on the upper surface side of the connecting portion on the carry-out side of the main body portion;
When the member for fixing the carriage is in the second position, the lock mechanism is located on the opposite side of the first plate-like portion from the connecting portion on the carry-out side of the main body, and is used for fixing the carriage. The bath car according to claim 5 , further comprising a lock bar that prevents displacement of the member from the second position to the first position. The first plate-like portion has a notch opened at the upper end,
The lock bar of the lock mechanism is a substantially L-shaped member having a base end portion and a tip end portion, and the connecting portion on the carry-out side of the main body portion of the carriage is rotatable around the base end portion. Provided on the end face,
The lock bar moves the carriage fixing member from the first position to the second position through the notch of the first plate-like part with the tip portion thereof directed vertically upward. The bath car according to claim 6 , which is rotatable. The said 2nd plate-shaped part is a bath car of Claim 7 comprised by a pair of plate piece provided in a pair on both sides of the said notch of the said 1st plate-shaped part. The main body portion of the carriage has the carriage fixing member positioned at the first position, and when the carriage is unloaded from the bath car, the second plate-like member of the carriage fixing member and the The bath car according to any one of claims 6 to 8 , wherein the connecting portion on the carry-in side of the main body portion is locked. The bath car according to claim 9 , wherein a handle is provided on a carry-in side of the main body of the carriage. A carriage used to carry in or out of a bath car in a state where a divided bathtub is divided,
A main body that supports the split tub detachably and slides along sliding means installed in the bath car;
A pair of wheels provided on the carry-out side of the main body,
The main body portion carries out the division by separating the pair of wheels of the bogie from the ground in a state in which the bogie is unloaded from the bath car and the main body portion is set substantially perpendicular to the ground. A first movement preventing mechanism for supporting the carriage together with the bathtub and preventing the carriage from moving;
The cart, which is movable along with the divided bathtub, is carried out by pulling the cart in a state of supporting the divided bathtub from the bathing vehicle and pulling the cart. The main body part of the cart is configured to unload the cart from the bathing car and place the pair of wheels of the cart away from the ground in a state where the main body part is laid substantially parallel to the ground. The trolley according to claim 11 , further comprising a second movement preventing mechanism that supports the trolley together with the main body and prevents the trolley from moving. When carrying out the carriage in a state of supporting the divided bathtub from the bath car, the divided bathtub of the carriage is covered with a cover,
The cover, visited and has a housing part for housing the equipment used for bathing services, according to the division tub claim 11 or 12 has a tub fixing means divided with each bath together fixed to the carriage Trolley.

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