JP6059081B2 - Interlocking member for bed equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention provides a bed apparatus in which a plurality of bottoms are provided on a frame of a bed apparatus and an operation mechanism is provided for raising and lowering a predetermined bottom, and the driving force of an actuator for one operation mechanism is transferred to another operation mechanism. It is related with the interlocking member of the bed apparatus for transmitting.

  As a bed device, especially a bed device for medical, nursing and home use, the bottom has a back bottom, a waist bottom, a knee bottom, and a foot bottom, and the back bottom and the knee bottom can be rotated to be able to undulate. Therefore, what is configured to support the user on the bottom in a suitable posture depending on the case is widely used.

  In such a bed apparatus, a push-up arm and an interlocking arm are provided on each of a drive shaft for rotationally driving the back bottom and a drive shaft for rotationally driving the knee bottom, and an interlocking link (back knee interlocking trunk between the interlocking arms). In other words, a configuration is disclosed in which the knee bottom can be rotationally driven in conjunction with the rotational driving of the back bottom (for example, see Patent Document 1).

In the bed apparatus as described above, there are various requests from a user such as a person being assisted, and there is a case where only a back raising operation is necessary and a knee raising operation is unnecessary.
In order to cope with this, as described in Patent Document 1, the applicant provides a switching bracket (movement blocking member) on the interlocking link in the bed apparatus capable of raising the back and knees, and switching via the switching lever. We are developing a mechanism that switches the brackets and transmits / disables the operating force of the interlocking link to the knee-lifting mechanism. This mechanism enables switching between back-up and knee-lifting of the interlocking link and only the back-lifting operation by operating a switching lever.

  However, the structure provided with the switching lever as described above has a problem that the structure around the interlocking link is complicated, and the number of components increases, leading to an increase in cost.

Here, if the interlocking link is removed, the interlocking state can be easily switched to the non-interlocking state.
However, there are the following demerits when the removed interlocking link is stored in a place different from the bed apparatus. This is particularly disadvantageous for a bed company such as a bed apparatus rental company.

  First of all, when stored at the site (customer), it is easy to lose or damage the interlocking member. As described above, the loss or breakage of the interlocking member is likely to be a factor that impedes troublesome maintenance for maintenance.

  In addition, when the linked link is stored on the bed operator's side, the number of management items increases, so the storage location and management costs increase, and it takes time to respond when a linked setting is requested from the same customer. The physical, financial, and human burdens will increase.

As described above, when the interlocking link is stored in another place of the bed apparatus, there is a demerit that the handleability of the bed is lowered.
On the other hand, if the interlocking link (interlocking member) is not stored separately, but the interlocking member can be stored (stored) in the bed apparatus in association with the bed apparatus, the handling of the above bed can be improved. The structure of installing interlocking links at various locations has not been proposed.

JP 2009-240583 A

  In view of such circumstances, the present invention enables selection of the operating bottom of the bed apparatus with a simple structure and operation of changing the mounting position of the interlocking member, and associates the interlocking member with the bed apparatus when in the non-interlocking state. It is possible to provide an interlocking member of a bed apparatus that can be stored and can be improved in bed handling.

The present invention provides a bed apparatus in which a plurality of bottoms are provided on a frame of the bed apparatus, and an operation mechanism is provided for raising and lowering the predetermined bottom.
A first actuating mechanism for raising and lowering a first bottom of the plurality of bottoms;
A driving unit for supplying a driving force to the first operating mechanism;
A second operating mechanism for raising and lowering a second bottom of the plurality of bottoms;
An interlocking member that transmits the driving force of the driving unit to the second operating mechanism;
The interlocking member is substantially rod-shaped and has a first connecting portion for connecting to the first operating mechanism at one end portion and a second connecting portion for connecting to the second operating mechanism at the other end portion. A connecting portion, and an attachment portion for attaching the interlocking member to the frame of the bed apparatus;
When operating the second bottom, the first connecting portion of the interlocking member is connected to the first operating mechanism, and the second connecting portion is connected to the second operating mechanism, and the driving portion The second bottom can be raised and lowered with an actuating force of
On the other hand, when not operating the second bottom, the first connecting portion of the interlocking member is removed from the first operating mechanism, and the second connecting portion is removed from the second operating mechanism. The interlocking member of the bed apparatus is characterized in that the interlocking member can be attached to a frame by the mounting portion.

  In the present invention, when the second bottom is not operated, the attachment portion of the interlocking member is attached to the frame via the second operation mechanism, and the second connection portion of the interlocking member is attached to the frame. It is preferable to be characterized by the above.

According to the interlocking member of the bed apparatus of the present invention, when operating the second bottom, the first connecting part of the interlocking member is connected to the first operating mechanism, and the second connecting part is When connected to the second operating mechanism, the second bottom can be raised and lowered by the operating force of the drive unit. On the other hand, when the second bottom is not operated, the first connecting unit of the interlocking member is connected to the first operating unit. Since the interlocking member can be attached to the frame by the attachment portion, the first bottom and the second bottom can be attached by attaching the interlocking member without increasing the number of components. On the other hand, only the first bottom can be raised and lowered by removal.
Therefore, by using the interlocking member, it is possible to easily switch the interlocking / non-interlocking of the bottom operation with a small number of components.

  In addition, since the interlocking member can be attached to the bed device in a non-interlocking state in which only the first bottom can be raised by removing the interlocking member, it is not necessary to store the interlocking member in another place. The member does not get in the way, and at the same time, storage associated with the bed apparatus can be performed, and the bed handling property is good.

These are the schematic perspective views of the bed apparatus concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view of the flame | frame explaining the action | operation mechanism of a bed apparatus. It is a perspective explanatory view of the frame around the interlocking member. It is a perspective explanatory view of an interlocking member. It is explanatory drawing in the state which removed the interlocking member from the 1st action mechanism. It is explanatory drawing of the state which identifies with the identification terminal that the interlocking member of the bed apparatus concerning 2nd Embodiment of this invention was taken.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a bed apparatus on which a bottom according to an embodiment of the present invention is placed. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the first embodiment and the second embodiment together.
As shown in FIG. 1, in the bed apparatus, the head side facing the head of the user who is lying on the bed is denoted by “H”, and the foot side facing the user's foot is denoted by “F”.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the bed apparatus mainly includes an upper frame 10 having a generally ladder-like structure in which the length direction with the end portions facing the head side and the foot side is longer than the width direction, and is mounted on the upper frame 10. And a bottom 12 to be placed.

  The upper frame 10 is supported on the floor surface by a head-side support portion 14H and a foot-side support portion 14F provided on the lower surface side of each of the head-side and foot-side portions of the upper frame 10.

  The lower ends of the head-side support part 14H and the foot-side support part 14F are connected by a detachable connection frame 20 (see FIG. 2).

  The bed apparatus is provided with a plurality of bottoms on a frame thereof and an operating mechanism for raising and lowering the predetermined bottoms.

  In the embodiment, the upper frame 10 has a knee-raising near the center, which is operated by a head-side back raising link 22a and a second operating mechanism 24, which are operated by a first operating mechanism 22 described later. A link 24a with a push-up roller is provided. An actuator 26 is also provided as an example of a drive unit that drives them.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, the bottom 12 supports a user's load in the state which mounted the mattress (The outline is shown with the code | symbol "18" in FIG. 1). The bottom 12 includes plate-like portions of a back bottom 12a for supporting the head and back of the user, a waist bottom 12b for supporting the waist, a knee bottom 12c for supporting from the waist to the knee, and a foot bottom 12d for supporting the foot beyond the knee. .

  In the bed apparatus of the embodiment, the bottom 12 provided on the upper part thereof can be raised and lowered. In other words, the back bottom 12a of the bottom 12 can be raised with the back raising link, and the knee bottom 12c and the foot bottom 12d can be raised with the knee raising link and the leg raising operation with the knee raising link. Yes.

  Here, the bottom 12 is made of a resin plate material in which the back bottom 12a, the waist bottom 12b, the knee bottom 12c, and the foot bottom 12d are thick. In addition, this material is an example in the bottom, and a plate material of another material such as an iron plate can be used for the bottom.

  2 is a plan view of a frame for explaining an operation mechanism of the bed apparatus, FIG. 3 is a perspective explanatory view of the frame around the interlocking member, and FIG. 4 is a perspective explanatory view of the interlocking member.

  2 and 3, in the bed apparatus, the back bottom 12a (first bottom) of the back bottom 12a, the waist bottom 12b, the knee bottom 12c, and the foot bottom 12d (an example of a plurality of bottoms). 1), the actuator 26 for supplying a driving force to the first operating mechanism, and the knee bottom 12c of the plurality of bottoms (second bottom example). A second operating mechanism 24 for raising and lowering, and an interlocking member 28 for transmitting the driving force of the actuator 26 to the second operating mechanism 24 via the first operating mechanism 22. A control box 34 containing a control circuit for controlling the operation of each part such as the actuator 26 of the bed apparatus is fixed to the lower part of the upper frame 10, and each switch, actuator, A transmission cable such as a power supply is connected via a connector terminal that can be screwed.

The interlocking member 28 is attached as shown in FIG. 3 and has a substantially rod shape made of a metal material such as a steel material having a U-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. A first connecting portion 28a is attached to the end of the interlocking member 28 on the head side (one side), a second connecting portion 28b of the attachment hole is attached to the end of the foot side (the other side), and attached to the foot side at the center. A hole attaching portion 28c is provided.
When the back bottom 12a is not interlocked with the knee bottom 12c, the second connecting portion 28b shown in FIG. 4 is connected to the second support portion 30 shown in FIG. 4 is attached to the arm 24c of the second operating mechanism 24 shown in FIG. 5 with a hinge pin. And in this non-interlocking state, the 1st connection part 28a shown in FIG. 4 will be in the state which is not attached, as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the first operating mechanism 22 is fixed to the rotating shaft 22b and the back raising link 22a (the frame 12a1 for fixing the back bottom 12a) that raises and lowers the back bottom 12a by the rotation. The rotary shaft 22b installed along the width direction of the upper frame 10, the first arm 22c connected to the advance / retreat end of the advance / retreat rod 26a of the actuator 26 with a hinge pin, In order to advance and retract the interlocking member 28 in the longitudinal direction by driving the rotating shaft 22b, the second connecting member 22d is connected to the hole of the first connecting portion 28a by inserting a hinge pin (indicated by reference numeral 28a1). Yes.

  The upper frame 10 has a ladder structure in which structural bodies 10a and 10b in the width direction are provided in parallel to the rotation shaft 22b and the like. One structure 10a is provided with a first support portion 26b that supports the tail end of the actuator 26 with a hinge pin so as to be slidable. Further, as will be described later, a second support portion 30 that supports the second connecting portion 28b with a hinge pin when the interlocking member 28 is not used is provided in the other structural body 10b.

  The second actuating mechanism 24 includes a link 24a in which a roller rolls in contact with the lower surface side of the knee bottom 12c, the rotating shaft 24b installed along the width direction of the upper frame 10, and the rotating shaft 24b. The arm 24c is connected to the second connecting portion 28b by a hinge pin (indicated by reference numeral 28b1) so as to be rotated by the movement of 28. Each hinge pin may be configured to be prevented from being detached by a split pin.

  In the bed device of the embodiment, when the knee bottom 12c (second bottom) is operated, the first connecting portion 28a of the interlocking member 28 is connected to the second arm 22d of the first operating mechanism 22. And the 2nd connection part 28b is connected with the arm 24c of the 2nd action | operation mechanism 24, and the knee bottom 12c can be raised / lowered with the action | operation force of the actuator 26 (refer FIG. 3).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, when the knee bottom 12c is not operated, the first connecting portion 28a of the interlocking member 28 is removed from the first operating mechanism 22 (the edge is also cut from the actuator 26). To. Then, the second connecting portion 28b is removed from the second operating mechanism 24, and the interlocking member 28 can be attached to the upper frame 10 by the attaching portion 28c of the hole of the interlocking member 28. .

  Specifically, when the knee bottom 12c is not actuated, the hole of the attachment portion 28c of the interlocking member 28 is fixed to the arm 24c of the second actuating mechanism 24 with a hinge pin, that is, the upper frame via the second actuating mechanism. Attach to 10. At the same time, the second connecting portion 28b of the interlocking member 28 is attached to the upper frame 10 side. That is, when the interlocking member 28 is not used, the second connecting portion 28b is fixed to the second support portion 30 of the upper frame 10 (another structure 10b) by the hinge pin.

As described above, according to the interlocking member 28 of the bed apparatus of the embodiment, the back bottom 12a and the knee bottom 12c can be interlocked by the attachment of the interlocking member 28, while only the back bottom 12a can be operated by the removal. Therefore, the operating state of the bottom can be selected by attaching / detaching the interlocking member 28.
Accordingly, it is possible to easily switch between interlocking / non-interlocking with a small number of components by using the interlocking member 28 without the need for installing a switching lever or the like.

  In addition, since the interlocking member 28 can be attached to the bed apparatus in a non-interlocking state in which only the back bottom 12a can be raised and lowered by removing the interlocking member, the interlocking member is placed in another storage place other than the bed apparatus. Since it is not necessary to store, the interlocking member 28 does not get in the way. In addition, since the interlocking member 28 can be stored in association with the bed apparatus, the handling of the bed can be improved.

  A bed apparatus according to the second embodiment will be described. In the second embodiment, in addition to the first embodiment, a case where the bed apparatus (upper frame 10) is tilted by the operations of the head side support portion 14H and the foot side support portion 14F will be described.

  In the bed apparatus of the second embodiment, a head side support portion 14H and a foot side support portion 14F that support the upper frame 10 with respect to the floor surface are provided on the head side and the foot side lower portion of the upper frame 10. ing. The head side support portion 14H and the foot side support portion 14F are each provided with an actuator as an example of a drive unit for driving up and down.

  The head-side support portion 14H and the foot-side support portion 14F can move up and down in conjunction with each other to change the height of the bed apparatus (upper frame 10). In addition, the actuator can be tilted so that there is a difference in the vertical position of the head side and the foot side of the upper frame 10 by driving control of each actuator according to an operation input such as a switch.

  Further, in the bed apparatus, the head-side support part 14H and the foot-side support part 14F can be tilted on the condition that the detection unit detects that the interlocking member 28 is attached in the interlocking state. Is.

  Specifically, in conjunction with the back raising operation, the head side support portion 14H is raised and the foot side support portion 14F is lowered, whereby the upper frame 10 is tilted so that the foot side is down. Note that, depending on the height of the bed apparatus, the head-side support portion 14H may only rise, or the foot-side support portion 14F may only drop. That is, the upper frame 10 may be tilted so that the foot side is down.

  Then, on the condition that the interlocking member 28 is mounted, the upper frame 10 is tilted by driving control of the head side support portion 14H and the foot side support portion 14F. That is, the upper frame 10 tilts on the condition that the back bottom 12a and the knee bottom 12c are interlocked.

  This is because the back-up bottom is raised during the tilting motion, and the tilting motion of the head side when the knee bottom is not interlocked prevents the user from shifting to the foot side. The position of is made stable.

  Here, when performing the tilting operation, in order to detect that the back bottom 12a and the knee bottom 12c are in an interlocked state, in other words, the knee bottom 12c is operated by the operation of the drive unit. , Using detection means.

An example of the detection means is shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which mounting of the interlocking member 28 is detected.
Various means can be considered as means for detecting that the interlocking member 28 is attached in an interlocking state. In the second embodiment, the attachment of the interlocking member 28 is detected by connecting the identification plug 36 to the control box 34. ing.

As shown in FIG. 6, the identification plug 36 is connected to the interlocking member 28 by a string-like member 38 having a length that can be connected to the control box 34 when the interlocking member 28 is mounted in the interlocking state.
The control box 34 is provided with a socket 34a for mounting the identification plug 36, and detects that the interlocking member 28 is mounted at the interlocking position.

  For example, in the case of the state of FIG. 5, the length of the string-like member 38 is insufficient, and the identification plug 36 cannot be connected to the socket 34 a of the control box 34.

  The identification plug 36 and the string-like member 38 are examples of detection means, and other detection means such as detecting attachment of the interlocking member 28 by a proximity switch, an infrared sensor, an IC tag, or the like can be employed.

  From the above configuration, according to the second embodiment, the back bottom 12a and the knee bottom 12c are raised in conjunction with each other when the head side support portion 14H and the foot side support portion 14F are tilted toward the foot side. Since the user's waist is sandwiched between the back bottom 12a and the knee bottom 12c and the position is stabilized, the user can be prevented from shifting to the foot side even in the tilting operation.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the structure of the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation implementation can be carried out within the scope of the present invention.
For example, the first bottom and the second bottom are not limited to the back bottom and the knee bottom as in the above embodiment, and can be implemented by other bottoms.

  The interlocking member of the bed apparatus of the present invention can be used for various bed apparatuses such as a home care bed apparatus, a facility care bed apparatus, and a hospital bed apparatus.

10 upper frame 12 bottom 12a back bottom 12b waist bottom 12c knee bottom 12d foot bottom 22 first operating mechanism 24 second operating mechanism 26 actuator 28 interlocking member

Claims (2)

In the bed apparatus in which a plurality of bottoms are provided on the upper frame of the bed apparatus, and an operation mechanism is provided for raising and lowering the predetermined bottom,
A first actuating mechanism for raising and lowering a first bottom of the plurality of bottoms;
A driving unit for supplying a driving force to the first operating mechanism;
A second operating mechanism for raising and lowering a second bottom of the plurality of bottoms;
An interlocking member that transmits the driving force of the driving unit to the second operating mechanism;
The interlocking member is substantially rod-shaped and has a first connecting portion for connecting to the first operating mechanism at one end portion and a second connecting portion for connecting to the second operating mechanism at the other end portion. A connecting portion, and an attachment portion for attaching the interlocking member to the upper frame;
When operating the second bottom, the first connecting portion of the interlocking member is connected to the first operating mechanism, and the second connecting portion is connected to the second operating mechanism, and the driving portion The second bottom can be raised and lowered with an actuating force of
On the other hand, when not operating the second bottom, the first connecting portion of the interlocking member is removed from the first operating mechanism, and the second connecting portion is removed from the second operating mechanism. An interlocking member for a bed apparatus, characterized in that the interlocking member can be attached to the upper frame by the mounting portion . When the second bottom is not operated, the attachment portion of the interlocking member is attached to the upper frame via a second operation mechanism, and the second connecting portion of the interlocking member is attachable to the upper frame. The interlocking member of the bed apparatus according to claim 1.

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