JPH07275314A - Slant bathing equipment with a door for a pattern on a wheel chair - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide wheel chair patient bathing equipment with a safe and easy-to-open-and-close slant plane type door with simple constitution. CONSTITUTION:A bath tub 1 has a door 2 that can close its one side watertightly, and is made slant toward the direction where the connecting section of the bath tub 1 and the door 2 faces, and a sealing stuff 5 is fixed to the door 2 in order to make the connecting section of the bath tub 1 and the door 2 watertight, which door 2 is to be clasped on the bath tub with a clasp 15 and hinges, and a spring 14 is fixed at the hinge 6 and/or the clasp 15 for energizing the door 2 toward the bath tub 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a door for a wheelchair bathing apparatus for persons with physical disabilities, elderly people and the like.

[0002]

As a conventional technique, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-3594 discloses a first slope portion, a second slope portion, a tank,
Disclosed is a stationary wheelchair bathing device, which comprises a door having an inner open end 4, and the door is opened and closed in a direction orthogonal to the second slope portion.

[0003]

In the conventional stationary wheelchair bathing device described above, the inclined plate need not be a device for changing the height as in the conventional device, and it may be a simple fixed type inexpensive device. However, since the door opens and closes in the direction orthogonal to the second slope portion, the weight of the door causes heavy weight and a lot of labor during the opening operation, and gravity is applied during the closing operation. There was a drawback that it tried to close suddenly and was dangerous. Further, if the weight of the door is to be corrected, there is a drawback that a spring mechanism for correcting the weight of the door is required, the structure is complicated and the cost is high. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks and to provide a sloped type wheelchair bathing device with a door that is safe, has a simple structure, and can be easily opened and closed.

[0004]

That is, according to the present invention, a bath (1) is provided with a door (2) for closing one side thereof in a watertight manner,
The sloped door-equipped wheelchair bathing device is characterized in that the contact portion between the bath (1) and the door (2) is inclined with respect to the direction in which the door (2) is pressed. The slope is formed at least in the bathtub bottom wall (1c). Further, a sealing material (5) for water-tightening the contact portion between the bath (1) and the door (2) is attached to the door (2). The door (2) is hooked to the bathtub (1) by a hinge (6) and a latch (15), and a spring (14) for biasing the door (2) toward the bathtub (1) is hinged. (6) and / or attached to the latch (15). In front of the bathtub (1), a slope stand (24) is installed in parallel, and the slope stand (2)
4) has a descending slope continuous with the bath bottom wall sealing slope 3c, and a guide tool (25) is provided on the slope table (24).

[0005]

In the present invention, the contact portion between the bath 1 and the door 2 is formed as an inclined surface with respect to the direction in which the door 2 is pressed, and one side of the bath 1 is closed in a watertight manner. The sealing material 5 attached to the door 2 is the bathtub 1
The contact portion between the door 2 and the door 2 is watertight, and the door 2 is attached to the bathtub 1 by the hinge 6 and the latch 15 provided over both members of the door 2 and the bathtub 1.
The spring 14 attached to the hinge 6 and / or the hook 15 urges the door 2 toward the bathtub 1 when the door 2 is closed. Guide tool 25 on the slope stand 24 provided in front of the bathtub 1
Guides the passing wheelchair to reach the bathtub 1.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a bath 2 is provided with a door 2 for closing one side thereof in a watertight manner. The bathtub portion serving as the contact portion is formed as an inclined surface with respect to the direction in which the door 2 is pressed, and the inclined surface is the bathtub seal inclined surface 3. Further, the door portion of the door that is to be in contact with the bathtub 1 is formed as an inclined surface with respect to the direction in which the door 2 is pressed, and the inclined surface is a door seal inclined surface 4. That is, the bathtub seal slope 3 is replaced with the bathtub left / right seal slope 3
a and 3b and the bath bottom seal slope 3c, and the door seal slope 4 is the door left and right seal slopes 4a and 4b and the door bottom seal slope 4.
c, and a sealing material 5 for water-tightening the contact portion between the bath 1 and the door 2 is attached to the door left and right seal slopes 4a and 4b and the door bottom seal slope 4c.

A spring 14 is used to press the door 2 against the bathtub 1.
This spring 14 is incorporated into a hinge 6 that rotatably latches the door 2 to the bathtub 1, and further incorporated into a latch 15 that latches the door 2 to the bathtub 1. There is. Hinge 6
Is attached to both members of the door 2 and the bathtub 1, and the hinge 6 has its receiving portion 7 attached to the bathtub 1 and the mounting portion 8 of the hinge 6 attached to the door 2. The receiving portion 7 includes a mounting base 9 attached to the bathtub right side wall 1b, a sliding body 10 slidably supported by the mounting base 9, a hinged spring 14a, and a rotation receiving shaft 11.
The hinged spring 14a biases the sliding body 10 toward the rear portion of the bathtub 1. The mounting portion 8 includes an attachment portion 12 attached to the door 2 and a rotary mounting portion 13.

The latch 15 is attached to both members of the door 2 and the bathtub 1, and the latch 15 has its catch 16 attached to the door 2.
The hook 17 is attached to the bathtub 1. The hanging device 17 includes a U-shaped mounting base 18 attached to the bathtub 1, a U-shaped arm 19 whose base end is pivotally supported by a mounting shaft 33 on the U-shaped mounting base 18, and a distal end of the U-shaped arm 19. A handle 20 attached to the shaft, a rotary shaft 21 rotatably mounted to the bent portion of the V-shaped arm 19, a hook shaft 22 slidably pierced by the rotary shaft 21, and a hook shaft. It is composed of a hook 23 provided at the base end of 22 and a spring 14b with a hook that biases the hook shaft 22 in the rearward direction of the bathtub 1. The sliding body 10
The hinged spring 14a attached to the hook 2 and the latch spring 14b attached to the hook shaft 22 urge the door 2 toward the bathtub 1 when the door 2 is closed.

In front of the bathtub 1, a slope stand 24 is provided in parallel, and the slope stand 24 forms a descending slope continuous with the bathtub bottom wall seal slope 3c. The upper surface of the slope stand 24 is the bathtub 1
Is a passage for a wheelchair (not shown) that goes in and out of, and a guide 25 is provided in the passage of the slope base 24 along the traveling direction of the passage so that the wheelchair does not come off the passage.
The guide 25 has a trapezoidal sectional view, is installed from the passage start end position to the end position of the slope base 24, has a height that does not hinder the opening and closing of the door 2, and has a width narrower than the wheel width of the wheelchair. . A caster (not shown) of a wheelchair can be inverted in the passage.

In FIG. 1, 26 is a thermometer for displaying the temperature of hot water in the bathtub, 27 is a mixing valve for adjusting the temperature of the hot water, 28 is a panel on which various switches and indicators are arranged, and 29 is overflow water. Overflow outlet, 30 is an additional hot water outlet for adding additional hot water, 31
Is a float switch for detecting the presence of hot water, 32 is a catch that interlocks with the float switch 31 and does not move the doglegged arm 19 away from the bathtub 1 when hot water is in the bathtub 1, and 34 is a handle for opening the door. .

In use, the caregiver first pulls the handle 20 of the door 2 away from the bathtub 1 and the hook 17 into the catch 16.
Remove the handle 34 to open the door 2. When opening
When the door 2 leaves the bathtub 1, the watertight function disappears. The wheelchair on which the bather rides is put into the bathtub 1 through the slope table 24. Since the bathtub bottom wall seal slope 3c is a slope that is continuous with the slope of the slope table 24, the wheelchair enters the bathtub 1 under a small vibration.

After the wheelchair enters the bathtub 1, the handle 34 is held and the door 2 is rotated toward the bathtub 1 to close the door 2. Immediately before the door 2 is closed, the hinged spring 14a acts so that the sliding body 1
Energize 0 towards bathtub 1. Next, the hook 23 is hooked on the catch 16 and the handle 20 is pushed toward the left side wall 1a of the bathtub. At this time, the spring 14b with the latch is attached to the hook 2
Energize 3 towards the back of bath 1. The hinged spring 14a and the latch spring 14b pull the door 2 toward the bathtub 1. By this spring action, the sealing material 5 provided on the door left / right seal slopes 4a, 4b and the door bottom seal slope 4c of the door 2 is pressed against the bathtub left / right seal slopes 3a, 3b and the bathtub bottom wall seal slope 3c to achieve watertightness. . When the door 2 is closed and the lock is finished, the hot water appropriately stored is poured into the bath. At the time of bathing, the hot water in the bathtub 1 is drained, the handle 20 is rotated to unlock the lock, the door 32 is opened with the handle 32, the wheelchair is taken out of the bathtub 1, and the bathing is finished.

[0013]

According to the present invention, the contact portion between the bath 1 and the door 2 according to the present invention is inclined with respect to the direction in which the door 2 is pressed. Therefore, the door 2 is rotated in the horizontal plane to open and close. It's done and safe.

The slope of the present invention as defined in claim 2 is formed on at least the bottom wall 1c of the bathtub, so that the bottom wall 1c of the bathtub is formed.
Since the entrance of the bathtub can be made watertight and the step at the entrance of the bathtub 1 is eliminated, it is convenient that vibration given to the bather can be reduced when entering the bathtub by riding in a wheelchair.

Since the sealing material 5 according to the present invention as set forth in claim 3 is attached to the door 2, even if a wheelchair passes through the bathtub bottom wall sealing slope 3c, the sealing material 5 is not damaged, which is convenient. is there.

Since the spring 14 for biasing the door 2 toward the bathtub 1 when the door 2 is closed according to the present invention is attached to the hinge 6 and / or the latch 15, the door 2 is attached to the bathtub. It can be pressed in the direction of 1 to ensure watertightness,
It is convenient.

Since the guide 25 is provided on the slope base 24 of the present invention as set forth in claim 5, when taking a bath in a wheelchair, the wheelchair is prevented from coming out of the passage, and passage in and out of the bathtub 1 is easily and safely performed. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall external view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial plan sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Bathtub 1c Bathtub bottom wall 2 Door 5 Sealing material 6 Hinge 14 Spring 15 Locking tool 24 Slope stand 25 Guide tool

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A bath (1) is provided with a door (2) for closing one side thereof in a watertight manner, and a contact portion between the bath (1) and the door (2) is provided.
A sloped door-equipped wheelchair bathing device, characterized in that it is sloped with respect to the direction in which the door (2) is pressed. 2. The slope is at least a bathtub bottom wall (1c).
The sloped door wheelchair bathing device with a door according to claim 1, wherein 3. A sloped door according to claim 1, wherein a sealing material (5) for water-tightening the contact portion between the bath (1) and the door (2) is attached to the door (2). Wheelchair bathing device with 4. The door (2) has a hinge (6) and a latch (1).
5) The door (2) is hooked on the bathtub (1) and the door (2) is closed.
A spring (14) biasing in the direction of is attached to the hinge (6) and / or the latch (15).
Wheelchair bathing device with sloped door as described. 5. A slope base (24) is installed in front of the bathtub (1), and the slope base (24) is a bathtub bottom wall seal slope 3.
The slope type door-equipped wheelchair bathing device with a door according to claim 1, characterized in that it has a descending slope continuous to (c), and a guide (25) is provided on the slope stand (24).