JPH06181964A - Bathing-cum-showering device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a bathing-cum-showering device improved for remarkably easier handling and operation than a conventional device, and for capability of hot shower to be supplied from the lower side of a person taking a bath, regardless of a construction used for a person to take both a shower and a bath. CONSTITUTION:This bathing-cum-showering device is so constituted that a bathtub 2 having an open/close cover 1 is internally provided with a lift mechanism L having the capability of transferring a stretcher 4 from a carriage 3 and elevating the stretcher 4, and a shower mechanism S for spraying a shower to the stretcher 4 laid on the lift mechanism L. Constitution is further so made that the shower mechanism S has a plurality of nozzles 44 for delivering a shower, and shower delivery begins in order at a nozzle 44 farthest from the breast of a person taking a bath, ending at another nozzle 44 nearest the breast of the person.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shower / combination bathing apparatus capable of both showering with a shower, that is, a showering bath and bathing immersed in hot water, that is, bathing in hot water.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional example of a shower bath combined with a shower bath capable of performing both a shower bath and a submerged bath,
For example, the one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-111338 is known. The conventional one is composed of a bathtub whose upper part is covered with a dome and a stretcher installed so that the bath stretcher can be moved up and down.The stretcher is moved to move the bath stretcher into the bathtub. It was constructed such that a bath bath is carried out by inserting it and lowering the bath stretcher, and a shower bath is carried out by raising the bath stretcher and discharging shower water.

[0003]

Although the conventional one can perform both a shower bath and a submerged bath, it is heavy because the bath stretcher can be moved up and down by the cantilever support structure. There was a problem that handling was difficult due to poor operability. In addition, since the bath stretcher that is permanently installed on the stretcher side moves up and down in the bathtub, there is also a problem that the shower bath cannot be administered to the bather from the lower side to the upper side during the shower bath. . The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a shower bath combined with a conventional bath that can perform both a shower bath and a submerged bath. It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved shower bath / combination bath device which is much easier to handle than the above and which allows shower water to be administered to the bather from below.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a bathing device which also serves as a shower bath according to the present invention has an opening / closing lid.
Inside the bathtub (2) equipped with (1), the stretcher from the carrier (3)
Lifting mechanism that can transfer (4) and can raise and lower the stretcher (4)
(L) and a shower mechanism (S) for showering a stretcher (4) mounted on a lift mechanism (L), which is a shower bath combined use bath apparatus. Further, the shower mechanism (S) has a plurality of nozzles (44) for discharging a shower, and the nozzle (44) located near the nozzle (44) located far from the chest of the bather. The discharge of the shower is sequentially started. Further, when the transport vehicle (3) is connected to the bathtub (2) at a predetermined position, the opening / closing lid (1) is automatically opened and the shower is not discharged from the nozzle (44). I am doing it.

[0005]

In the shower bath combined with the bath apparatus according to the present invention, the carrier 3 is positioned at a predetermined position with respect to the bath 2, and the stretcher 4 is transferred from the carrier 3 to the lift mechanism L to open and close the lid. By closing and then starting to discharge the shower water, not only the upper nozzles 44a group but also the lower nozzles 44b group are discharged, and it is effective to pour hot water onto the bather from both upper and lower sides. Shower bath is performed. In addition, a required amount of hot water is poured into the bathtub 2 to lower the lift mechanism L, or the lift mechanism L is lowered and then the hot water is poured into the bathtub 2, so that the bath can be immersed in the hot water. The shower mechanism nozzles 44 for discharging the shower start discharging the shower in order from the nozzles 44 located far from the chest of the bather to the nozzles 44 located near the chest. When the transport vehicle 3 is connected to the bathtub 2 at a predetermined position, the opening / closing lid 1 is automatically opened and the shower is not discharged from the nozzle 44.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a plan view of the embodiment, FIG. 2 is a front view of the embodiment,
FIG. 3 is a hot water supply route diagram of the embodiment, FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram of the lift mechanism L installed in the bathtub 2 in the embodiment, FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control circuit in the embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a diagram of the embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of a bathing posture.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, a bathing apparatus that also serves as a shower bath is provided with an opening / closing lid 1 at the top, a bath 2 having a lift mechanism L and a shower mechanism S therein, and a carrier for transporting a stretcher 4. 3 is configured so that the stretcher 4 can be transferred from the transport vehicle 3 to the lift mechanism L on the bathtub 2 side and from the lift mechanism L in the opposite direction to the transport vehicle 3.

The transport vehicle 3 has parallel rails 7, 7 on the upper side of a vehicle body 6 which is driven by caster wheels 5 in the short side direction of the vehicle body.
And a stopper metal fitting 8 for latching and holding the stretcher 4 placed at a predetermined position so that it can be moved along the parallel rails 7, 7.

In the bathtub 2, a substantially half portion above the opening is covered with a fixed cover 10, and the opening / closing lid 1 is attached to the hinge 45 (see FIG. 4) at the edge of the fixed cover 10 located above the center of the bathtub 2. Three
The fixed cover 10 and the opening / closing lid 1 in the closed state cover substantially the entire upper part of the bathtub 2.

The opening / closing lid 1 in the closed state can be held by a hooking mechanism 11 provided between it and the bathtub 2. The hooking mechanism 11 allows the carrier 3 to be mounted on the bathtub 2. On the other hand, when it is laterally positioned at a predetermined position, the operating portion 46 provided on the side of the transport vehicle 3 is automatically unlocked by pressing the release button 48, and if unlocked, the opening / closing lid 1 is fixed. It is configured to be automatically opened at a moderate safe speed by a rotating mechanism 12 which is interposed between 10 and 10.

The latch mechanism 11 includes a latch claw 47 and a release button 48.
And the latching claw 47 is lowered while the release button 48 is being pressed by the pressing operation of the operating portion 46.
When the pressing operation of 6 is eliminated, the release button 48 is projected and returned, the hook 47 is raised, and the opening / closing lid 1 is locked. Further, as another structure of the locking mechanism 11, a locking means (not shown) using an electromagnet may be used.

The transport vehicle 3 comes into contact with a positioning guide 13 provided on the bath 2 side and is guided to be easily engaged in a predetermined position. A lock provided on the transport vehicle 3 is provided. When the release lever 9 is operated, the hook 49 is rotated upward to release the engagement. Reference numeral 14 denotes a handle for manual opening / closing attached to the opening / closing lid 1,
Reference numeral 15 is a neck opening hole that is opened across both members in the front part of the opening / closing lid 1 and the fixed cover 10, and 16 is a control box provided on the fixed cover 10 side.

The lift mechanism L installed in the bathtub 2 includes a cross link 17 and a telescopic hydraulic cylinder 18.
The parallel rails 19 and 19 in the direction traversing the bathtub 2 are laid and supported above these at a distance corresponding to the parallel rails 7 and 7 on the side of the transport vehicle, and the parallel rails are provided. Le 1
9 and 19 are configured to be able to move up and down by the expansion and contraction operation of the hydraulic cylinder 18.

As shown in FIG. 4, the hydraulic cylinder 18 is
By selectively operating the lift up SW 50, the lift down SW 51, and the lift stop SW 52 to switch the lift valve switching circuit 53, the electromagnetic valve SOL of the pressurized water inflow system is switched.
16. Either the hydraulic valve SOL17 of the pressurized water discharge system is operated, or both systems are stopped so that the hydraulic cylinder 18 can be extended, contracted, and kept in an arbitrary expanded / contracted state. A switch group for stopping the expansion / contraction of the hydraulic cylinder 18 is provided on the operation panel 34, which will be described later, as one of the operation tools.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the case of the shower bath, the parallel rail 19 is moved to the raised position and transferred from the carrier 3 onto the parallel rail 19 to be connected to the stopper metal fitting 8 (FIG. 1). The stretcher 4 which is locked and fixed at a predetermined position with a common locking structure,
Located slightly above the upper edge of the bathtub 2, the bather lying on the stretcher 4 is at a predetermined height position, and the head is positioned so as to be exposed from the neck exit hole 15 to the outside of the bathtub 2. Has become.

In order to discharge hot water to the bather in the above position,
A shower mechanism S is installed inside the bathtub 2, and the shower mechanism S is installed.
The mechanism S includes an upper nozzle group 44a and a lower nozzle group 44b. The shower discharged from the upper nozzle group 44a is controlled by opening / closing the electromagnetic valves SOL6 to SOL10, and the shower discharged from the lower nozzle group 44b group is controlled by opening / closing the electromagnetic valves SOL11 to SOL15. (See Figure 3)

The upper nozzle group 44a is provided on the fixed cover 10 so as to discharge hot water downward, and the lower nozzle group 44b is movable up and down together with the parallel rail 19.
It is provided so as to spout hot water upward (see FIG. 2).
In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the upper nozzle group 44a and the lower nozzle group 44b are arranged at appropriate intervals in the longitudinal direction of the bathtub in a plan view, that is, the body length direction of the bather.

The hot water supply path shown in FIG.
Hot water is supplied to the group and hot water is supplied to the bathtub 2, and the hot water supply path is controlled by the control circuit 54 (FIG. 5). Electromagnetic valve S of the upper nozzle 44a group
The upper hot water supply line 20 to the OL6 to SOL10 and the lower hot water supply line 21 to the electromagnetic valves SOL11 to SOL15 of the lower nozzle 44b group are the mixing valve 22 for the shower bath.
A hot water supply pipe 55 having a hot water supply pump P1 and a water supply pipe 56 having a water supply tank 23 and a water supply pump P2 are connected to the discharge side of the valve 22 and to the suction side of the valve 22.

On the discharge side of the shower bath mixing valve 22, there are provided a temperature sensor 24, a thermometer 25, a drain valve SOL1 and the like, which function in common with the hot water supply lines 20 and 21, and the upper hot water supply line. A pressure gauge 26 is provided at 20. Further, in the upper hot water supply line 20, a part of the hot water supply of the line 20 can be independently executed or stopped, and a cleaning liquid can be mixed or stopped with an electromagnetic valve SOL.
4 and solenoid valve SO for draining the residual hot water from the shower hot water supply system
L2 and a cleaning liquid supply line 28 having a siphon injector 27 are connected to the lower hot water supply line 21 to the lower nozzle 44b group.
Solenoid valve S that can independently stop hot water supply by
An OL5 and an electromagnetic valve SOL3 for draining the residual hot water of the shower hot water supply system are provided.

The structure of the hot water supply system for pouring hot water into the bathtub 2 is such that branch pipes 29 and 30 are connected to the rear part of the hot water supply pump P1 and the rear part of the water supply pump P2, respectively. , 30 are mixing valves 31 for hot water supply in the bathtub
The discharge side of the valve 31 is opened in the bath 2. Further, a hand-shower system 33 is provided by interposing a hand-shower mixing valve 32 in the middle of the hot water supply system in the bathtub 2.

In FIG. 5, the control circuit 54 operates various kinds of operation tools provided on the operation panel 34 to operate the power supply circuit 35, the valve switching circuit 36, etc. in the control box 16 to operate as described above. The shower-hot water supply system or the bathtub hot water supply system can be operated as expected.

The control of the shower / hot water supply system will be described. First, the power source SW37 of the operating tools is turned on, and the bath / shower SW38 is set to the shower side. The hot water supply pump P1 and the water supply pump P2 are operated at the same time when the power source SW37 is turned on, and both pumps P1 and P2 are automatically controlled by the built-in pressure switches (not shown) so that the pressure in the discharge side pipeline becomes substantially constant. Turns on and off. Next, when the shower bath mixing valve 22 (FIG. 3) is opened, the hot water sensor 57 detects hot water in the upper and lower hot water supply lines 20 and 21 (FIG. 3), the valve switching circuit 36 is activated, and the valve group is activated. SOL1 to SOL5
Operates in a predetermined manner to discharge hot water from the upper nozzle group 44a and the lower nozzle group 44b. When the bathing / shower SW 38 is set to the shower side, the valve switching circuit 36 performs the intended operation relating to the shower bath. that time,
The timer-39 controls so that the discharge is started from the one located at the foot of the bather and the discharge is sequentially performed from the nozzle 44 farther to the chest with a set time difference.

When the opening / closing lid 1 is open, the blockage detector 58 provided on the fixed cover 10 is turned off, and the valve switching circuit 36 which receives the off signal of the detector 58 turns on the solenoid valves SOL4.5. Since it is controlled to close, the nozzle 44
Hot water discharge from the group is to be stopped. Since the opening / closing lid 1 is opened when the carrier 3 is laterally attached to the bathtub 2, the shower is stopped when the carrier 3 is joined to the bathtub 2. Further, when the lift mechanism L is not raised to the shower bath position, hot water is not discharged from the lower nozzle 44b group.

Further, a temperature detector 40 is provided in the shower bath control system, and when a defective hot water temperature is discriminated by an input signal from the temperature sensor 24, an error lamp 41 provided on the operation panel 34 is used. A warning is given that the water temperature is poor, and the shower is to be stopped. In addition, the emergency stop 42
When the bather himself pushes the emergency stop tool 42 to activate it, the emergency stop circuit 59 is activated, and the valve switching circuit 36 is activated so that the shower can be emergency stopped. Inform the caregiver of the emergency.

Next, the operation mode of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 2, in which the stopper metal fitting 8 is placed on the carrier 3.
When the bather is placed on the stretcher 4 which is held in a predetermined position by (FIG. 1) and the carrier 3 is moved and moved to the bathtub 2, the positioning guide 13 guides the bather to the bathtub 2. It is set in place. Then, when the transport vehicle 3 is set at a predetermined position, the operating portion 46 provided on the transport vehicle 3 side unlocks the latching mechanism 11, the rotating mechanism 12 operates, and the opening / closing lid 1 becomes safe. Open at speed.

After the opening / closing lid 1 is opened, it is confirmed whether or not the parallel rail 19 supported by the lift mechanism L is in a predetermined raised position, and if it is not in the predetermined position, the hydraulic cylinder 18 is operated. And position it on the stretcher 4
The release lever (not shown) provided on the
When the latch by the metal fitting 8 (FIG. 1) is released and the stretcher 4 is pushed toward the bathtub 2, the stretcher 4 moves along the parallel rail 7 (FIG. 1) and the parallel mechanism on the lift mechanism L side is moved. -Transfer to Le 19,
When it reaches a predetermined position, it is automatically locked and fixed by a bathtub stopper metal fitting (not shown) having the same structure as that of the transport vehicle 3 side.

After the stretcher 4 is supported and fixed to a predetermined position on the side of the lift mechanism L, the carrier 3 is moved away from the bathtub 2 and the opening / closing lid 1 is closed, so that the upper part of the bathtub 2 is opened / closed by the lid 1 and the fixed cover 10. The bather's head lying on the stretcher 4 is located outside the neck exit hole 15 in a state of being covered by the stretcher 4.

The case of applying a shower bath will be described with reference to FIG. 5.
When the shower switch 38 is set to the shower side and the shower bath mixing valve 22 (FIG. 3) is opened, the valve switching circuit 36, the timer 39, etc. are operated as expected, and the electromagnetic valve SOL4 is closed. , Solenoid valve SOL
5 is opened, and SOL6 to SOL15 of the nozzle 44 group are opened. The nozzle 44 starts discharging from the nozzle 44 located at the foot of the bather, and sequentially discharges from the nozzle 44 approaching the chest with a set time difference.

The parallel rail 1 is operated by operating the lift mechanism L.
By descending 9 (Fig. 2), bathers can take a shower in a sitting position. The lower nozzle group 44b is supported by the lift mechanism L and spouts hot water from the back side of the stretcher 4 to the bather on the stretcher 4, which is a hole formed in a mat (not shown) of the stretcher 4. An action such as increasing the number (not shown) is adopted, and the hot water from the lower nozzle 44b group is effectively administered to the bather. Further, when the cleaning liquid is required in the shower bath, the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid supply line 28 can be dispensed from the upper nozzle 44a group by opening the electromagnetic valve SOL4 and closing the electromagnetic valve SOL5. (See FIG. 3) Also, in an emergency, when the bather himself wants to stop the shower bath, he can immediately stop by operating the emergency stop tool 42 (FIG. 5).

When the carrier 3 is placed sideways with respect to the bath 2 when the shower bath is finished and the bath is removed, the opening / closing lid 1 is automatically opened and hot water is discharged from the upper and lower shower nozzle groups. When the stretcher 4 is pushed toward the transport vehicle 3 by releasing the engagement of the stopper metal fitting (not shown) on the lift mechanism L side, the stretcher 4 moves the parallel rail 7 on the transport vehicle 3 side. When it moves to a predetermined position, it is automatically locked and fixed by the stopper metal fitting 8 at the place where it has moved to a predetermined position. (Fig. 1,
Note that the electromagnetic valve SOL1 (FIG. 3) is an electromagnetic valve that discharges hot water from the shower hot water supply system when the hot water temperature is poor.

Next, when taking a bath in hot water, take a bath /
If the shower bath SW38 (FIG. 5) is set to the bathing side and the shower bath mixing valve 22 is closed, the hot water supply system mixing valve 31 for pouring hot water into the bathtub 2 is opened. Hot water supplied from the branch pipes 29 and 30 through the mixing valve 31 is supplied into the bathtub 2. (See Figure 3)

As shown by the broken line in FIG. 6, the lift mechanism L on which the stretcher 4 is placed is attached to the lift lowering switch 51 (FIG. 4).
When the stretcher 4 is lowered by the operation, the upper half of the stretcher 4 is bent, and the stretcher 4 is lowered to the bathing posture position where it is immersed in hot water. In addition, as a preliminary action in the case of a bath in hot water, when the stretcher 4 is prewashed while being supported by the carrier 3, the hand shower provided in the hot water supply system for pouring hot water in the bathtub 2 Mixing valve 32 for
(FIG. 3) can be operated and washed by the hand shower system 33 (FIG. 3). In the case of the hot water bath, the valve switching circuit 36 is instructed to the bathing / shower bath SW38 which selects the bathing side, and the solenoid valves SOL4.5 are controlled in the circuit 36 to discharge hot water from the nozzle group 44. Absent.

When the lift bath switch 50 (FIG. 4) is operated to raise the lift mechanism L after the bathing in the hot water, the stretcher 4 supported by the parallel rail 19 returns to its original raised position. Then, in such a restored state, the hand shower system 33 (FIG. 3) is used to raise the boiling water.

When leaving the bath after the hot water is over, place the carrier 3 horizontally on the bath 2 as in the shower bath.
When the stopper metal fitting (not shown) on the lift mechanism L side is unlocked and the stretcher 4 is pushed toward the transport vehicle 3, the stretcher 4 is transferred to the parallel rail 7 on the transport vehicle 3 side and the stopper -It is automatically locked and fixed by the metal fitting 8. Regarding the drainage of the bathtub 2, it is always drained in the case of a shower bath, and in the case of a submerged bath, hot water is stored in the bathtub 2 and is not drained. (See FIGS. 1 and 2) The bathtub drain valve (not shown) provided on the bottom wall of the bathtub 2 is
Bath / shower SW3 controlled by valve switching circuit 36
The operation is performed together with the selection of 8, and when the shower bath is performed, it is opened, and when the hot water bath is performed, it is closed and the above-mentioned drainage or water storage is performed.

[0035]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a combined shower and bathing apparatus which can be used as both a shower bath and a submerged bath. Further, the operability of the apparatus for assisting the shower bath and the submerged bath is remarkably good, and the handling operation is easy. Compared with the conventional shower bath / combination bather in which the stretcher moves up and down with a cantilever support structure, the operability relating to the position adjustment of the bathtub 2 and the carrier 3 is remarkably good, and the handling operation is easy.

Further, in the bath apparatus for combined use with the shower bath according to the second aspect of the present invention, the bather discharges the hot water from all the nozzles 44 to the chest from the lower limbs of the bather. Is not surprising and is particularly suitable for bathers with heart disease. In addition, during the shower bath, shower water can be discharged upward from the lift mechanism side, and shower water can be administered to the back of a supine bather in the supine or sitting position. An effective shower bath can be performed by pouring hot water onto the bather from both the front and back sides at the same time.

Furthermore, the shower-bath combined use bath apparatus according to the present invention can be used safely without the problem that the shower water is discharged while the opening / closing lid 1 is open.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a hot water supply route diagram in the device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view of a lift mechanism installed in the bathtub.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control circuit.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of a bath posture of the device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Open / close lid 2 Bathtub 3 Transport vehicle 4 Stretcher 44 Nozzle 44a Upper nozzle 44b Lower nozzle L Lift mechanism S Shower mechanism SOL6 to SOL10 Solenoid valve for upper nozzle SOL11 to SOL15 Solenoid valve for lower nozzle

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A bathtub (2) having an opening / closing lid (1),
A lift mechanism (L) capable of transferring the stretcher (4) from the carrier vehicle (3) and lifting the stretcher (4), and a shower mechanism for showering the stretcher (4) mounted on the lift mechanism (L). (S) is a bathing device that also serves as a shower bath. 2. The shower mechanism (S) has a plurality of nozzles (44) for discharging a shower, and the nozzles are located near the nozzle (44) located far from the chest of the bather. The shower-bath combined use bath apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shower discharge is started in order to (44). 3. When the transport vehicle (3) is connected to the bathtub (2) at a predetermined position, the opening / closing lid (1) is automatically opened, and the shower is not discharged from the nozzle (44). The bath device also serving as a shower bath according to claim 1, configured as described above.