JP5970411B2 - Bed equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a so-called back-up type bed apparatus that can divide a floor plate body into a plurality of floor portions and drive a part of the floor portions up and down.

  Generally, a bed apparatus has a bed main body, and this bed main body is provided with a floor board. A mattress is placed on the upper surface of the floor board. The floor plate body is divided into a plurality of floor portions. One of the plurality of floor portions is a fixed floor portion fixed to the bed main body, and the floor portion located at least in the portion corresponding to the upper body of the user is the above-described floor portion. It is a back-up floor part as a movable floor part that is rotatably connected to the fixed floor part.

  The back raising floor portion is driven up and down manually or electrically. Recently, many bed apparatuses that can be driven up and down by electric drive, which is easier to operate than manual operation, have been adopted.

  When the backrest floor is driven up and down by electricity, an electric actuator is provided on the bed body. This electric actuator has a drive mechanism for driving the raising and lowering floor portion up and down, and this drive mechanism is actuated by a motor.

  The bed apparatus having the electric actuator includes a controller for operating the electric actuator, and the back floor portion can be raised and lowered by operating the controller.

  By the way, at the time of a power failure or when the motor fails, the electric actuator may not be operated by the controller. In this case, the user of the bed apparatus is in a state where the upper body is raised or cannot be raised, which places a burden on the user's body.

  In particular, when the user is a sick person, for example, if the user must maintain the posture of the upper body for a long time, the burden on the body may be greatly increased.

  In view of this, an electric actuator (linear actuator) that can be operated manually even during a power failure or when the motor fails has been developed.

  The electric actuator having the above configuration includes a motor, a driving force transmission mechanism portion driven by rotation of the motor, an actuator rod linearly driven by driving of the driving force transmission mechanism portion, and the external input shaft. It is comprised by the manual operation handle which can drive the said driving force transmission mechanism part, and the clutch mechanism provided between the said external input shaft and a driving force transmission mechanism part.

  When the motor is operated during normal operation, the actuator rod is linearly driven by the driving force transmission mechanism, so that the movable floor is driven up and down by the actuator rod.

  In the event of a power failure or the like, the external input shaft is rotationally driven by the manual operation handle, so that the actuator rod can be linearly driven by the operation of the clutch mechanism without rotating the motor. .

  As a result, it is possible to prevent the electromagnetic brake action caused by the motor, which is a negative addition caused by the rotation of the motor during manual operation, from occurring. Therefore, the manual operation handle can be used to drive the movable floor portion with a relatively light force. It can be done easily.

JP-A-9-191611

  As described above, if the clutch mechanism is provided between the motor and the actuator rod, when the external input shaft is rotationally driven by the manual operation handle, the motor is not rotated by the action of the clutch mechanism. The floor can be driven up and down. Thereby, the raising / lowering driving operation of the movable floor portion can be performed with a light operating force without causing an electromagnetic brake action on the motor.

  However, according to the configuration described above, a clutch mechanism must be provided in the driving force transmission mechanism. The clutch mechanism is not only very expensive, but also has a complicated structure, and the driving force transmission mechanism may be enlarged by providing the clutch mechanism in the driving force transmission mechanism. In other words, the provision of the clutch mechanism may increase the cost, make the configuration complicated, and increase the size.

  When the movable floor is manually driven up and down by using the manual handle, the present invention prevents the electromagnetic brake from being generated by the rotation of the motor without using the clutch mechanism. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bed apparatus which can be easily performed with a light operation force.

This invention comprises a bed body provided with a footboard at one end in the longitudinal direction ;
A fixed floor portion fixed to the upper surface of the bed body and a floor plate body having a movable floor portion rotatably connected to the fixed floor portion;
An electric actuator having a drive mechanism that is provided on the bed body and drives the movable floor portion of the floor plate body to move up and down, and a motor that operates the drive mechanism;
A manual handle for manually driving the drive mechanism instead of the motor;
A controller for remotely operating the electric actuator;
And a release means provided on both the controller and the footboard side, for releasing an electromagnetic brake in the motor circuit of the electric actuator when the driving mechanism is driven by the manual handle. In the bed equipment featured.

  The release means is preferably a release switch that opens a closed circuit formed when the operation of the drive mechanism by the motor is stopped.

  According to the present invention, when the driving mechanism for driving the movable floor to move up and down is driven by the manual handle, the electromagnetic brake generated in the motor circuit of the electric actuator can be shut off by the releasing means.

  That is, since the electromagnetic brake generated in the motor circuit can be electrically disconnected by the release means, the configuration is simple, small, and inexpensive compared to the case where the clutch mechanism is used.

The front view of the bed apparatus which shows one embodiment of this invention. The top view which shows the principal part of an electric actuator in cross section. Sectional drawing which shows the worm | warm and worm wheel part of the said electric actuator. The front view of a controller. The figure which shows the state by which the drive circuit of the motor was closed by the cancellation | release switch. The figure which shows the state by which the drive circuit of the motor was open | released by the cancellation | release switch. Explanatory drawing when operating a back raising floor part.

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

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing a bed apparatus, which includes a bed body 1. A head board 2 is provided at one end of the bed body 1 in the longitudinal direction, and a foot board 3 is provided at the other end.

  A floor plate body 4 is provided on the upper surface of the bed main body 1. The floor plate body 4 is divided into a plurality of floor portions. In this embodiment, it is divided into a fixed floor portion 5 and a back-up floor portion 6 as a movable floor portion.

  The fixed floor portion 5 is placed on the foot board 3 side of the upper surface of the bed main body 1 and fixed to the bed main body 1, and the back raising floor portion 6 is provided on the head board 3 side and one end thereof is the above. The fixed floor 5 is rotatably connected to one end of the fixed floor 5.

  A support member 8 is provided on the lower surface of the bed body 1 on the footboard 3 side, and an electric actuator 11 having a configuration described later is swingably provided on the support member 8 by a support shaft 9. This electric actuator 11 can be driven from the state where the back raising floor portion 6 is horizontally laid down as shown by a solid line in FIG. 1 in the rising direction shown by a chain line.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the electric actuator 11 includes a motor 12 as a drive source and a drive mechanism 13 that decelerates and transmits the rotational force of the motor 12. That is, the drive mechanism 13 is provided inside the casing 14 casing 14. The motor 12 is attached to the outside of one end of the casing 14 with its axis orthogonal to the axis of the casing 14.

  An output shaft 12a of the motor 12 projects into the casing 14, and a worm 15 constituting the drive mechanism 13 is attached to the output shaft 12a. As shown in FIG. 2, one end of the guide tube 16 is attached and fixed to the front end opening of the casing 14.

  A screw shaft 17 is inserted into the casing 14 and the guide tube 16 with its axis line coincided with the axis line of the casing 14. A worm wheel 18 that meshes with the worm 15 is fitted and fixed to one end of the screw shaft 17.

  The tip end side of the screw shaft 17 from the portion where the worm wheel 18 is fitted projects into a cylindrical portion 19 formed on the rear end side of the casing 14. A concave engaging portion 17 a is formed at the end of the screw shaft 17 protruding into the cylindrical portion 19.

  The screw shaft 17 is rotatably supported in the casing 14 by a thrust bearing 21 and a pair of radial bearings 22a and 22b so as not to move in the axial direction. A nut body 24 is screwed into a portion of the screw shaft 17 located in the guide tube 16. The nut body 24 is provided so as to be movable in the axial direction in a non-rotatable state with respect to the guide cylinder 16.

  The nut body 24 is attached to a proximal end portion of a drive shaft 25 movably inserted into the guide cylinder 16. A long hole 25 a is formed at the tip of the drive shaft 25 protruding from the guide cylinder 16. As shown in FIG. 1, the front end portion of the drive shaft 25 is connected to the other end of an arm 26 having one end connected to the lower surface of the back-up floor portion 6 of the floor plate body 4 through the elongated hole 25a. Are pivotally connected.

  When the motor 12 is driven and the worm wheel 18 is rotationally driven by the worm 15, and the screw shaft 17 is interlocked with the rotation, the nut body 24 screwed to the screw shaft 17 moves along the screw shaft 17. The guide cylinder 16 is linearly driven in the axial direction.

  As a result, the drive shaft 25 is interlocked with the nut body 24. Therefore, the arm 26 connected to the drive shaft 25 is rotated in the direction of the arrow, and the back raising floor portion 6 is interlocked with the rotation. It is driven in the rising direction from the lying down state or in the falling direction from the rising state.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the engaging portion 17a at the tip of the screw shaft 17 located in the cylindrical portion 19 of the casing 14 is provided at the tip of a manual handle 27 bent in a crank shape. The shaft-shaped portion 28 can be detachably engaged. The shaft-like portion 28 is hollow, and a projection 28a that engages with the engaging portion 17a is provided on the inner bottom portion thereof. A grip 28b is provided at the rear end of the manual handle 27 so as to be rotatable when the manual handle 27 is rotated.

  When the shaft coupling portion 28 at the tip of the manual handle 27 is inserted into the cylindrical portion 19, the projection 28 a is engaged with the engagement portion 17 a at the tip of the screw shaft 17.

  Accordingly, if the manual handle 27 is rotated in this state, the screw shaft 17 rotates in conjunction with the rotation. Therefore, the screw shaft 17 is rotated in the same manner as when the screw shaft 17 is rotated by the motor 12. According to the rotation direction, the back raising floor portion 6 can be driven in the raising direction or the lying down direction.

  In this embodiment, the manual handle 27 is provided separately from the casing 14. However, for example, when the shaft-like portion 28 at the front end of the manual handle 27 is foldably connected to the tubular portion 19 and rotated in the standing direction from the folded state, the engaging portion 17a has the above-mentioned It is good also as a structure where the projection part 28a of the screw shaft 17 engages.

  The electric actuator 11 is provided on the bed body 1 so that the engaging portion 17a of the screw shaft 17 is located on the footboard 3 side.

  5 and 6 show the drive circuit 31 of the motor 12. The drive circuit 31 has a back up switch 32 and a back down switch 33. Each switch 32, 33 has common contacts 32a, 33a, on contacts 32b, 33b and off contacts 32c, 33c. Each of the switches 32 and 33 is turned on only when operated by pressing a switch button, and returns to an off state when the operation is released.

  Between the common contacts 32a and 33a of the back raising switch 32 and the back lowering switch 33, there are provided the motor 12 and a release switch 35 as a release means for releasing an electromagnetic brake generated in the motor 12 as described later. Yes.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, when the back raising switch 32 and the back lowering switch 33 are in the OFF state, the common contact 32a, the off contact 32c, and the common contact 33a of the switches 32 and 33, The off contacts 33c are electrically connected to each other. The off contacts 32c and 33c are grounded by a ground wire 36, and the on contacts 32b and 33b are connected to a DC power source.

  Therefore, when the back switch 32 is operated to connect the common contact 32a and the ON contact 32b, a current flows through the motor 12, and the output shaft 12a of the motor 12 rotates in a predetermined direction, for example, clockwise. Thereby, the drive shaft 25 is driven in a direction protruding from the guide cylinder 16, and the back raising floor portion 6 is driven in a rising direction from a horizontal state.

  If the operation of the back raising switch 32 is stopped in a state where the back raising floor portion 6 is raised to a predetermined angle, the back raising floor portion 6 stops at the raising angle at that time, and the worm 15 and the worm wheel 18 are stopped. The state is maintained by meshing with the.

  When the raised floor portion 6 is raised, the back-lowering switch 33 is operated. As a result, the common contact 33a and the ON contact 33b of the back-lowering switch 33 are conducted, and a current in the opposite direction flows through the motor 12, so that the output shaft 12a of the motor 12 is driven to rotate counterclockwise. . As a result, the raised floor 6 raised up is driven in the lying down direction.

  Although not shown in detail, when the back-up floor 6 is raised to the set maximum angle and when it is tilted down to a horizontal angle, the limit switch is actuated to connect to the motor 12. Power is cut off. Thereby, even if the back raising switch 32 or the back lowering switch 33 is operated, the driving of the back raising floor portion 6 is stopped.

  FIG. 4 shows a controller 38 for operating the electric actuator 11 remotely. The controller 38 is provided with a power switch 39, the back raising switch 32, the back lowering switch 33, and the release switch 35. ing. The release switch 35 is provided not only on the controller 38 but also on the foot board 3 as shown in FIG. The controller 38 is provided with a hook 41. The hook 41 can detachably engage the controller 38 with the foot board 3, the head board 2, or the like.

  A lead wire 43 having a connector 42 at the tip is connected to the controller 38, and the connector 42 is connected to a control device 44 provided on the lower surface of the bed body 1.

  The release switch 35 may be provided on the casing 14 of the electric actuator 11 or may be provided on a side surface or a lower surface of the bed body 1 located on the footboard 3 side. That is, the release switch 35 may be provided on the footboard 3 side.

  According to the bed apparatus having the above configuration, when the back switch 32 is operated with the power switch 39 provided in the controller 38 turned on, the back floor 6 of the bed apparatus is raised in the upward direction. Can be made. Further, in order to incline the raised back floor portion 6, the back-lowering switch 33 provided on the controller 38 may be operated.

When raising / lowering the back raising floor 32, the release switch 35 is closed as shown in FIG. Thereby, the drive circuit 31 provided with the motor 12 is closed.

  By the way, even if the back-up switch 32 or the back-down switch 33 of the controller 38 is operated, such as when a power failure occurs, the motor 12 fails, or the drive circuit 31 provided with the motor 12 fails. The back raising floor portion 6 cannot be operated.

  In such a case, as shown in FIG. 6, the release switch 35 provided on the controller 38 or the foot board 3 is operated, and the drive circuit 31 provided with the motor 12 is opened.

  Then, the shaft-shaped portion 28 provided at the tip of the manual handle 27 is inserted into the cylindrical portion 19 formed on the casing 14, and the protrusion 28 a at the tip is formed at the end of the screw shaft 17. Engage with the engaging portion 17a.

  Next, the screw shaft 17 is interlocked by rotating the manual handle 27. Since the back raising floor 6 can be driven in the raising direction or the lying down direction by the rotation direction of the screw shaft 17, the back raising floor 6 in the raising state or the back raising floor in the lying down state. 6 can be manually actuated in the desired direction.

  When the screw shaft 17 is rotated by the manual handle 27, the release switch 35 is turned off, so that the drive circuit 31 provided with the motor 12 is opened. Therefore, even if the screw shaft 17 is rotated by the manual handle 27 and the output shaft 12a of the motor 12 is rotated by the rotation of the screw shaft 17, the electromagnetic brake is generated by the power generation action of the motor 12 by the rotation. There is no effect.

  Therefore, the rotation operation of the screw shaft 17 by the manual handle 27, that is, the manual operation of raising and lowering the back raising floor portion 6 can be easily performed with a light force.

  The release switch 35 is provided on both the controller 38 and the foot board 3. Therefore, when raising / lowering the back raising floor portion 6 with the manual handle 27, the release switch 35 can be easily operated. In particular, since the operation with the manual handle 27 is performed on the footboard 3 side, the release switch 35 is provided on the footboard 3 so that the raising / lowering operation of the back-up floor portion 6 can be easily performed manually. Can be performed.

  When the back raising switch 32 or the back lowering switch 33 of the controller 38 is operated to drive the back raising floor 6 in the up or down direction, if the release switch 35 is turned off, the driving is performed. Since the circuit 31 is opened, the energization to the motor 12 can be cut off.

  Therefore, the release switch 35 can also be used as a stop switch for urgently stopping the driving of the back raising floor portion 6. For example, a person in the vicinity of the footboard 3 of the bed apparatus is in a state where an object is likely to be caught in the lying back-up floor portion 6 or a user's limb on the floor plate body 4 is likely to be caught. When noticing, the release switch 35 can be operated to stop the operation of the backrest floor portion 6.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow when the backrest floor portion 6 is operated by the manual handle 27. That is, when operating the back raising floor portion 6 with the manual handle 27 and the release switch 35 is closed and the drive circuit 31 is energized, when the screw shaft 17 is rotated by the manual handle 27, the motor 12 An electronic brake is generated. Therefore, the operation of the manual handle 27 becomes heavy and the operability is deteriorated.

  On the other hand, when operating the back raising floor portion 6 with the manual handle 27, if the release switch 35 is opened and the drive circuit 31 is de-energized, the screw shaft 17 can be rotated by the manual handle 27. The electronic brake is not generated in the motor 12. Therefore, the manual handle 27 can be easily operated with a light force.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be variously modified. For example, the floor portion of the floor plate body is divided into two parts, and only the back raising floor portion of the floor plate body is driven up and down as an example, but the floor plate body has two leg floors in addition to the fixed floor portion. It is also possible to divide the floor portion into a total of five floor portions, that is, the waist floor portion and the back-raised floor portion, and drive the leg floor portion upside down in addition to the back-raised floor portion.

  In that case, there is a case where the motor for driving the back-up floor portion and the motor for driving the leg floor portion are different from each other. In that case, if the release switch is provided in the drive circuit of each motor, respectively. Good.

  Moreover, the structure of the electric actuator which drives the said back raising floor part and the said leg floor part should just be the structure which can drive up and down movable floor parts, such as a back raising floor part and a leg floor part, and, in short, a motor When the movable floor portion cannot be driven up and down by this, the present invention can be applied if the movable floor portion is raised and lowered using a manual handle.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Bed main body, 2 ... Head board, 3 ... Foot board, 4 ... Floor board body, 6 ... Back raising floor part (movable floor part), 11 ... Electric actuator, 12 ... Motor, 13 ... Drive mechanism, 27 ... Manual handle 31 ... Drive circuit, 32 ... Back-up switch, 33 ... Back-down switch, 35 ... Release switch, 38 ... Controller.

Claims (2)

A bed body provided with a footboard at one end in the longitudinal direction ;
A fixed floor portion fixed to the upper surface of the bed body and a floor plate body having a movable floor portion rotatably connected to the fixed floor portion;
An electric actuator having a drive mechanism that is provided on the bed body and drives the movable floor portion of the floor plate body to move up and down, and a motor that operates the drive mechanism;
A manual handle for manually driving the drive mechanism instead of the motor;
A controller for remotely operating the electric actuator;
And a release means provided on both the controller and the footboard side, for releasing an electromagnetic brake in the motor circuit of the electric actuator when the driving mechanism is driven by the manual handle. Features bed equipment. The bed apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the release means is a release switch that opens a closed circuit formed when the operation of the drive mechanism by the motor is stopped.

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