JPH0545276Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a toilet room for wheelchair users.

(Conventional technology) Many people use wheelchairs due to physical disabilities or illnesses, and in order to promote the active participation of these wheelchair users in society, we have developed toilet bowls, washbasins, and toilet bowls that are designed to be usable while using a wheelchair. The toilet room is equipped with toilet room fixtures such as mirrors.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Since the toilet room fixtures are arranged along the walls of the toilet room, users are required to move laterally.

Since wheelchairs are not suitable for lateral movement, the user rotates 90 degrees, moves forward and backward, and flips 90 degrees to move from the toilet bowl to the sink.

However, for a ronin or a suddenly ill person who is unaccustomed to operating a wheelchair, such direction changing operations can be a great burden, and the passage must be made sufficiently large to avoid colliding with walls.

In addition, there is a strong need for a toilet room that does not have an excessively large passageway and is easy to use even for users who are inexperienced in operating the toilet.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to meet the above-mentioned demands, the present invention includes a lateral movement device for placing a wheelchair user on the toilet room and moving the wheelchair user horizontally.

(Function) A wheelchair user rides on the lateral movement device in the toilet room and moves freely between the toilet room fixtures.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described below based on the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a toilet room according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view taken along the line A-A of the same.

The wheelchair user toilet room 1 is a private room surrounded by walls on all four sides, and a Western-style toilet 2 is installed along a back wall 1c facing an entrance wall 1b through which an entrance 1a opens.
A wash basin 3 and a mirror 4 are provided.

A lateral movement device 5 is disposed on the floor 1d between and parallel to the entrance wall 1b and the back wall 1c.

This lateral movement device 5 includes a driving wheel 5a and a driven wheel 5b.
Conveyor chain 5c, 5c spanned between
This is a plate conveyor that passes narrow plates 5d... to. The outer surfaces of these plates 5d... are covered with rubber cloth 5e.

The drive wheel 5a is driven in forward and reverse directions by a motor 5f and a speed reducer 5g.

This motor 5f is controlled by a controller 5h, and the controller 5h has left and right walls 1e, 1
Push button switches 5i and 5j provided at f are connected. In addition, 5l... is conveyor chain 5c...
It is a friroll that supports...

The operation of the toilet room 1 having the above configuration will be described below.

A user in a wheelchair enters the toilet room 1 through the entrance 1a, gets on the lateral movement device 5, and presses the right push button switch 5j.

The controller 5h acts so that the lateral moving device 5 moves to the left by the distance between the wash bowl 3 and the Western-style toilet bowl 2 and stops.

The user moves forward toward the Western-style toilet 2, finishes his business, retreats, gets on the lateral movement device 5 again, and presses the left push button switch 5i.

The lateral movement device 5 moves to the right and allows the user to face the washing bowl 3. After the user freely uses the wash basin 3 and mirror 4, he or she retreats and exits the toilet room 1 through the entrance 1a.

As mentioned above, the lateral movement device 5 is controlled by the controller 5.
It moves only a predetermined distance to the right or left by the action of h, but further movement is possible by pressing the pushbutton switches 5i and 5.
This can be done by holding down j.

If the left or right walls 1e, 1f are approached too closely due to an erroneous operation, the proximity switches 5k, 5k provided at the bottom of the walls 1e, 1f, respectively, detect this and activate the lateral movement device 5. Stop automatically. The proximity switch 5k is preferably a photoelectronic switch that emits infrared rays and receives reflected light with a receiver, for example.

In addition to the plate conveyor shown in this example, the lateral movement device 5 may be a belt conveyor, a pallet conveyor, or a steel conveyor.

(Effects of the invention) As stated above, the present invention does not require the size of the toilet room, and is suitable for elderly people who are unaccustomed to operating a wheelchair.
To provide a toilet room that is easy to use even for a sick person.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a toilet room according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view taken along the line A-A of the same. In addition, in the figure, 1 is a toilet room for wheelchair users,
1a is an entrance, 1c is a back wall, 2 is a Western-style toilet bowl, 3 is a washing bowl, 4 is a mirror, and 5 is a lateral movement device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] In a toilet room in which toilet room fixtures such as a toilet bowl, washbasin, and mirror are arranged along the back wall facing the entrance of the toilet room, a wheelchair user is not allowed to enter the toilet room along the back wall facing the entrance of the toilet room. A toilet room for a wheelchair user, characterized by being provided with a lateral movement device for moving parallel to the wheelchair.