JPH0751051Y2 - Bathing equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a bathing apparatus for bathing a person with a physical disability, especially a leg, and can be used in medical institutions, nursing homes, and the like.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a bathing apparatus for bathing a person with a leg inconvenience while sitting on a chair. Such a bathing device is usually a chair for seating a bather, as shown in FIG.
91, a lift 92 for moving the chair 91, and a bathtub 93. In such a bathing apparatus, after the bather is seated on the chair 91, the chair 91 is vertically lifted by the lift 92, swiveled, and vertically suspended in the bathtub 93 for bathing.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

However, in such a conventional bathing apparatus, it is necessary to first transfer the bather from the wheelchair or bed to the chair 91,
For this reason, there is a problem that a caregiver has to bear a heavy burden on a bather who is difficult to transfer by himself.

In addition, there is also a problem that the bather sitting on the chair 91 has a strong sense of fear when turning especially in a state of being lifted.

An object of the present invention is to provide a bathing device that reduces the burden on a caregiver who cares for a bather and does not give a fear to the bather.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The bathing apparatus of the present invention comprises a wheelchair including a base and a seat that is attachable to and detachable from the base, a slope frame having a slope formed toward the inside of the bath, and a slope of the slope frame. The lifter is configured to be movable up and down and the seat portion of the wheelchair is detachable, and lifting means for lifting the lifter.

[Action]

In the present invention having such a structure, in order to bathe the bather, the wheelchair with the bather is moved to the slope frame, and only the seat of the wheelchair is laid on the lifter with the bather sitting. To move. Next, the lifter lowers the lifter along the slope into the bathtub to bathe.

To take a bath, contrary to the bathing, the lifter is raised by the elevating means and taken out from the bath, and the seat on which the bather sits is moved from the lifter to the base.

For this reason, the bather does not have to step down from the seat of the wheelchair at the time of bathing, that is, it is not necessary to transfer from the wheelchair to the bathing apparatus, and the caregiver's burden is reduced. Moreover, since the bather is gradually moved up and down along the slope by the lifter, there is no operation such as lifting or turning, and there is no fear of the bather.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and shows a slope frame 3 arranged on a side wall 2 of a bathtub 1 and a wheelchair 5 on which a bather 4 is seated.

The wheelchair 5, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
Consists of 10 and seat 30. The pedestal portion 10 is composed of two U-shaped rails 11 arranged to face each other in the horizontal direction, and a frame 12 connecting the U-shaped rails 11 to each other. flame
Casters 13 are attached to the four corners of the lower surface of the base 12, and the base 10 is movable.

In addition, the base 10 has an engaging device 14 for engaging with the slope frame 3.
The engaging device 14 is provided with an engaging portion 15.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the seat portion 30 of the wheelchair 5 is bent into a substantially dogleg shape to form the seat 31A and the backrest 31B.
And a leg side frame 32 rotatably attached to the tip of the seat surface of the body frame 31. Under the seat 31A of the main body frame 31, two axle support plates 33 are fixed on each of the left and right sides of the main body frame 31.

The axle support plates 33 are provided with axles 34A that are mounted on the support plates 33 that are arranged to face each other. Axles capable of rolling on the U-shaped rail 11 of the base 10 at both ends of the axle 34A.
35 is installed. Therefore, the seat portion 30 is formed by sequentially moving the axle 35 from the open side of the U-shaped rail 11 to the outside.
Removed from 10. Also, by moving in the opposite direction, the seat
30 is attached to the base 10, and the seat 30 is configured to be removable from the base 10.

Below the backrest 31B of the main body frame 31, there is provided a protection frame 36 which is provided in a substantially U-shape in a plane and protects the bather 4 from falling from the seat portion 30. Further, an upper end portion of the main body frame 31 is provided with a grip portion 37 which is bent outward so that the caregiver pushes the wheelchair 5.

A hand lever 38 for locking the base portion 10 and the seat portion 30 is provided at the grip portion 37. One end of a lock wire 39 is fixed to the hand lever 38, and the other end of the wire 39 is connected to a lock mechanism 43 with a spring pin. The pin of the lock mechanism 43 can be engaged with the hole of the engaging piece 42 provided on the U-shaped rail 11 of the base 10. By this engagement, the base portion 10 and the seat portion 30 are immovably locked, and the seat portion 30 is movable with respect to the base portion 10 by grasping the hand lever 38 and removing the pin from the hole.

The leg side frame 32, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
A first frame rotatably connected to the body frame 31
32A, and a second frame 32B, one end of which is fitted and slidable in the frame 32A. The second frame 32B can be fixed to the frame 32A by the knob 44, and thus the first and second frames 32A, 32
The leg side frame 32 made of B is configured to be expandable and contractible. The leg side frame 32 is configured so as to be capable of being retained by being retained at a predetermined angle with respect to the main body frame 31 by an appropriate retaining means (not shown).

Further, the leg side frame 32 is provided with a regulation means 45 for regulating the rotation range with respect to the main body frame 31. The regulation means 45 is composed of a regulation plate 46 fixed to the leg side frame 32 and having a hole 46A formed therein, and a rod 47 inserted into the hole 46A and rotatably attached to the axle 34A. rod
A retaining member 47A larger than the hole 46A is attached to the tip of the 47, so that the leg-side frame 32 is rotated to a position where the retaining member 47A abuts the plate 46, that is, a substantially horizontal position, and is rotated further. It is impossible.

In addition, the leg side frame 32 has a footrest 48 and a band-shaped foot support 49.
Is installed.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the slope frame 3 includes two substantially A-shaped frames 50, and each frame 50 includes a slope 51 inclined toward the bathtub 1. A lifter 52 is arranged in the frame 50, and the lifter 52 is provided with rollers 53, 54 that contact the inner surface of the frame 50.
The rollers 53 and 54 allow the lifter 52 to move smoothly in the vertical direction.

Also, a suspension bolt 55 is fixed to the upper end of the lifter 52,
One end of a wire 56 is fixed to the suspension bolt 55. The other end of the wire 56 is fixed to a winch 58 as an elevating means provided at the lower end of the frame 50 via a pulley 57 at the upper end of the frame 50.

As shown in FIG. 6, the winch 58 rotates a wire winding pulley 59 provided at the lower end of each frame 50 and having the other end of the wire 56 fixed, and a shaft 60 between the pulleys 59. A support portion 61 that freely supports, a driven pulley 62 fixed to the shaft 60, a drive pulley 64 fixed to the output shaft of the electric motor 63, and a chain 6 suspended between these pulleys 64, 62.
Composed of 5 and.

Therefore, if the motor 63 is driven to wind the wire 56 around the pulley 59, the lifter 52 moves up, and if the motor 63 is driven in the opposite direction to unwind the wire 56, the lifter 52 moves down. When the lifter 52 rises or descends and reaches the ascent or descent limit shown in FIG. 4, the upper end of the lifter 52 contacts the limit switch 66 or 67, the electric motor 63 automatically stops, and the lifter 52 stops. To do.

Each lifter 52 has an axle of a roller 53, as shown in FIG.
Connected by 68. A U-shaped rail 70 similar to the U-shaped rail 11 of the wheelchair 5 is fixed to the lifter 52. The U-shaped rail 70 is fixed to the lifter 52 by fixing a bracket 69 fixed to the lifter 52 and a substantially U-shaped fixing member 70A fixed to the U-shaped rail 70 with bolts and nuts. An engagement piece 71 having a hole into which the pin of the lock mechanism 43 with a spring pin of the seat portion 30 can be engaged is fixed to the U-shaped rail 70 as in the base portion 10.

On the frame 50, when the lifter 52 is in the upper limit position,
U-shaped guide rail 72, one end of which is continuous with U-shaped rail 70
Are fixed via a fixed frame 73 having a U-shaped cross section. The other end of the U-shaped guide rail 72 can be connected to the U-shaped rail 11 of the wheelchair 5.

The cover 74 of the winch 58 has a docking catcher 75 to which the engaging portion 15 of the engaging device 14 of the base portion 10 is locked.
Is provided. By locking the engaging portion 15 in the docking catcher 75, the base 10 is locked by the cover 74 and the U-shaped rail 11 and the U-shaped guide rail 72 are maintained in a connected state.

Further, a jet jet generator 76 is provided on the slope frame 3, and by operating the generator 76, the jet jet is jetted toward the bather from the jet outlet 77 provided on the side wall 2 of the bathtub 1. Is configured.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

Pour hot water of an appropriate temperature into the bathtub 1 to a predetermined depth,
The bather 4 is seated on the seat 30 of the wheelchair 5. Next, when the wheelchair 5 is moved to the cover 74 while the bather 4 is seated, the engagement portion 15 is automatically locked and locked in the docking catcher 75. At this time, the U-shaped rail 11 and the U-shaped guide rail 72 are also connected to each other.

After that, the hand lever 38 is grasped to release the pin of the lock mechanism 43 from the engaging piece 42, and the seat portion 30 is laterally moved from the base portion 10 to the U-shaped rail 70 of the lifter 52 via the U-shaped guide rail 72.
The seat is fixed to the lifter 52 by engaging the pin with the engagement piece 71.

When the winch 58 is driven and the wire 56 is unwound after the seat portion 30 is fixed, the lifter 52 descends along the slope 51, and the bather 4 sitting on the seat portion 30 bathes in hot water. At this time, if necessary, the jet jet generator 76 may be operated to eject the jet jet from behind the bather 4 to improve the warm bath effect.

After bathing, drive winch 58 to raise lifter 52, and then move seat 30 from U-shaped rail 70 to U-shaped guide rail.
It moves to the U-shaped rail 11 via 72 and is fixed to the base 10, and the wheelchair 5 including the base 10 and the seat 30 returns to the room or the like to complete the bath.

According to the present embodiment as described above, the bather 4 can move to the lifter 52 while sitting on the seat 30 in the horizontal direction, and further move up and down along the slope 51 together with the lifter 52 to take a bath. Therefore, since there is no vertical hoisting, turning, or vertical hanging operation while sitting on a chair, which gives the bather 4 a feeling of fear, the bather 4 can safely and safely take a bath.

Further, the bather 4 can take a bath while sitting on the seat 30 of the wheelchair 5, and it is not necessary to transfer the bather 4 from the wheelchair to the chair of the bathing device as in the conventional case. The person 4 can easily take a bath.

Further, the leg side frame 32 of the seat portion 30 of the wheelchair 4 is used by the bather 4
It can be expanded and contracted according to the height of the bath, and can be used by bathers 4 of various heights, and is highly versatile.

Further, since the seat portion 30 is moved via the U-shaped rails 11, 70, 72, the safety is extremely high without derailment.

Further, the jet jet generator 76 is provided so that the jet jet can be jetted to the bather 4, the hot bath effect can be further improved, and it is particularly effective for a patient who is using in rehabilitation or the like.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and modifications, improvements, etc. within the scope of achieving the object of the present invention are included in the present invention.

For example, the wheelchair 4 is not limited to the wheelchair in the above-described embodiment, and the seat portion 30 may slide with respect to the base portion 10. Alternatively, the wheelchair 4 may be a plate-shaped member instead of the frame. If the portion 10 and the seat portion 30 are configured to be detachable, the specific configuration, material, shape, etc. may be set as appropriate for implementation. At this time, the lock mechanism 43 of the base portion 10 and the seat portion 30 is not limited to that of the above-described embodiment, but may be one utilizing magnetic force.

Also, the movement of the seat 30 on the U-shaped rails 11, 70, 72 was moved manually by the caregiver, but by providing an appropriate drive member on the seat 30 and the U-shaped rails 11, 70, 72, You may make it move with the driving force. In this case, the caregiver's burden can be further reduced.

Further, the configuration of the slope frame 3 is not limited to that of the above-described embodiment, but may be another configuration or shape such as a configuration in which the lifter 52 is provided outside the frame 50.
Removable lifter 52 and this lifter 52 slope 51
It suffices to have a raising and lowering means for raising and lowering along. The elevating means is not limited to the winch 58, and a mechanism using gears or the like may be used, and the specific structure of these may be set appropriately for implementation.

[Effect of device]

According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the burden on a caregiver who takes care of a bather and not to give fear to the bather.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing the overall structure, FIG. 2 is a side view showing a wheelchair, FIG. 3 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a side view showing a slope frame, FIG. 5 is a front view thereof, FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a winch as an elevating means, and FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a conventional example. 1 ... Bathtub, 3 ... Slope frame, 4 ... Bather,
5 ... Wheelchair, 10 ... Stand, 11,70 ... U-shaped rail, 30
...... Seat, 31 ...... Main body frame, 32 ...... Leg side frame,
35 …… Wheels, 43 …… Spring lock mechanism with spring, 50
…… Frame, 51 …… Slope, 52 …… Lifter, 58…
… A winch, which is a lifting means, 72… A U-shaped guide rail.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A wheelchair including a base and a seat that is attachable to and detachable from the base, a slope frame having a slope formed toward the inside of a bathtub, and an ascending / descending unit along the slope of the slope frame. A bathing apparatus comprising: a lifter configured so that a seat portion of the wheelchair is detachably attached, and an elevating means for elevating the lifter.