JPH077623U - Human body transfer device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] A human transfer device facilitates transfer operations by a caregiver and guarantees transfer without fear or fear of the transferred person. [Structure] A main pillar 4 is erected on a pedestal 1 provided with casters-2 ... The horizontal frame 6 is attached so that it can be moved up and down. A screw type feed mechanism 5 is provided on the main pillar 4, and the horizontal frame 6 and the receiving plate 10 can be moved up and down by operating the handle 5e, and the horizontal frame 6 and the receiving plate 10 can be held at a required height. The horizontal frame 6 is provided with an inclination angle adjusting mechanism 13 including gear transmissions 15 and 16 and a winding transmission mechanism 14. The handle 17 is operated to incline the receiving plate 10 so that the inclination can be maintained at the adjusted inclination angle. .

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a human body transfer device applied to an elderly person with weak legs, a physically handicapped person, etc. from a wheelchair to a bed, or to a wheelchair and a toilet seat, a shower chair, a sofa, a car seat, etc. .

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, this type of transfer device is one in which a column is tilted upright on a turntable and a receiving plate is provided at its tip (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 195857/1989), and a column is attached to a pedestal with casters. The one in which a tiltable branch pillar is provided upright from a position substantially corresponding to the knee height of the pillar and a body holder is provided at the tip of the branch pillar (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-218755). Are known.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in both the former and the latter, the main pillar and the branch pillars are erected by stepping on the pedals, and since the movement is structurally simple, the upper half of the person to be transferred must be placed on the backing plate and holder. It is not easy to stand up and tilt the main pole and branch posts slowly and quietly in a bent state.Therefore, it may be necessary to press the pedal too hard to rapidly raise and tilt the main pole and branch posts. However, the posture may become unstable or the line-of-sight angle of the transferred person may suddenly change, which may cause fear, which may lead to refusal to use the device.

[0006] Furthermore, particularly, when the caregiver is a weak woman or the elderly is difficult to operate, and when the upper half of the person to be transferred is placed on the receiving plate and the holding tool, the inclination angle and the height are increased. There is also a problem that it is inconvenient because the position cannot be changed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the above-described conventional technology, and adjusts the inclination angle and height of the back plate that supports the upper body in a wide range in an analog manner and gently. It is an object of the present invention to provide a human body transfer device that can be safely transferred by any one person without giving anxiety or fear to the transferred person.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the human body transfer apparatus according to the present invention comprises a main pillar standing on a pedestal having casters, and a support plate of the body is pivotally supported on the main pillar so as to be tiltable. The horizontal frame is attached by a screw type feed mechanism so that it can be moved up and down, and the horizontal frame is provided with a tilt angle adjustment mechanism that combines a gear transmission mechanism and a winding transmission mechanism so that the receiving plate can be tilted. Is characterized by.

[0007]

[Action]

 For example, when transferring from a bed to a wheelchair, or from a wheelchair to a toilet seat, follow the procedure below by the operation of a caregiver.

(A) The device is brought close to the seated occupant in front of him and his foot is placed on the pedestal.

(B) After the horizontal frame is lowered by the screw type feed mechanism and held at an appropriate height, the receiving plate is adjusted to an appropriate angle by the tilt adjusting mechanism.

(C) The transferred person is bent forward and the upper body is placed on the receiving plate.

(D) By operating the screw type feed mechanism to raise the horizontal frame, the receiving plate is raised to an appropriate height. As a result, the person to be transferred is lifted from the sitting posture and completely transfers to the device in a middle waist posture.

(E) Next, the pedestal is pulled toward you and moved to the side of the object to be transferred while changing the direction, and the transfer is completed by the operation reverse to the above.

In the above operation, the horizontal frame and the receiving plate are held by the screw type feeding mechanism at the adjusted proper height without the need for a stopper or the like. On the other hand, the receiving plate angle is also maintained at an appropriate value adjusted by a tilt angle adjusting mechanism that is a combination of a gear transmission mechanism and a winding transmission mechanism, without the need for a stopper, etc., resulting in good operability and stability. Is also secured.

[0014]

【Example】

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a side view of the usage state. FIG. 2 shows a side view in which a person to be transferred is transferred to the device in a use state. FIG. 3 shows a plan view in which the device is partially cut away. FIG. 4 shows a front view of the receiving plate in the apparatus.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the pedestal 1 is formed in a flat rectangular shape, and casters-2 with stoppers (not shown) are provided near the four corners of the back surface thereof. is there. As shown in the figure, the pedestal 1 is designed to support the foot b of the person to be transferred a. However, as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. The pedestal 1 can be kept out of the way when it is placed on the floor 3. In addition, a stop band (not shown) for the foot b can be attached to the pedestal 1.

A main pillar 4 is provided upright on the rear end side (right side in FIGS. 1 to 3) slightly from the center of the pedestal 1. The main pillar 4 has two strip-shaped feed guide plates 4a and 4b having the same width and the same length, which are provided at a lower end at a predetermined interval L in the front-rear direction (left-right direction in FIGS. 1 to 3). On the pedestal 1 and the upper ends thereof are fixed to the support plate 4c by welding, bolting (not shown) or the like, and are erected in parallel.

The main pillar 4 includes a screw type feed mechanism 5. The screw-type feed mechanism 5 is rotated by a feed block 5a that is vertically movable between the feed guide plates 4a and 4b, and a support plate 4c whose upper and lower ends are fixed above and a thrust bearing 5b fixed on the pedestal 1. A feed screw shaft 5d which is freely supported and screwed into a screw hole 5c penetrating the center of the feed block 5a, and which is vertically provided at the center of the main pillar 4, and the support of the feed screw shaft 5d. It is composed of a bundle 5e fixed to the extending end of the plate 4c extending upward through the plate 4c.

A horizontal frame 6 is horizontally attached to the main pillar 4 so as to be vertically movable by the screw type feed mechanism 5. As shown in FIG. 3, the horizontal frame 6 includes side plates 6a and 6b, which are laterally long strips, and are parallel to each other at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction (up-down direction in the figure) by a plurality of connecting members 6c. The two guide plates 4a and 4b are fixedly attached to the main pillar 4 by sandwiching them from the left and right sides.

Further, the lateral frame 6 has its both side plates 6a and 6b fixed to the above-mentioned feed block 5a by screws 7 ... Stopping etc., whereby the feed screw shaft 5d is rotated forward and backward by the handle 5e. As a result, the main pillar 4 is moved up and down.

Further, one side plate 6b of the horizontal frame 6 is provided with two guide rollers 8 and 9 symmetrically and pivotally contacted with the outer surfaces of the above-mentioned feed guide plates 4a and 4b, respectively. As a result, the front and rear of the horizontal frame 6 do not swing up and down, and the horizontal frame 6 is held in a horizontal state and smoothly moved up and down.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, at the tip of the horizontal frame 6, there is provided a backing plate 10 for supporting the upper body c of the transferred person a in the front-back direction indicated by arrows d and d ′ in FIG. It is pivoted so that it can tilt. That is, the receiving plate 10 is provided on the rear surface of the substrate 10a, and a thick bracket 11 is provided so as to project from the vicinity of the lower end thereof at a right angle, and the bracket 11 is provided at the tip of the horizontal frame 6 on both sides thereof. A support shaft 12 is pivotally supported between the plates 6a and 6b.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the receiving plate 10 has recesses 10b for inserting the neck e of the person to be transferred a in the center of the upper end thereof and both arms (see FIG. Recesses 10c, 10c for inserting (not shown) are respectively cut out, and a mat is placed on the surface of the substrate 10a as shown in FIGS. 10d is laid. It should be noted that a retaining band (not shown) for fixing a human body can be attached to the receiving plate 10 as in the case of the pedestal 1.

The horizontal frame 6 is provided with a tilt angle adjusting mechanism 13 so that the receiving plate 10 can be tilted arbitrarily. The inclination angle adjusting mechanism 13 is composed of a combination of an input side gear transmission mechanism 15, an output side gear transmission mechanism 16 and a winding transmission mechanism 14 that interlocks these both gear transmission mechanisms 15 and 16.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the input side gear transmission mechanism 15 is located at the rear end of the horizontal frame 6 and is located at the lower portion between the side plates 6a and 6b in the front-back direction. A handle shaft 17a is pivotally supported between the bearings 18 and 19, and a handle 17 allows the worm 15a, which is rotatable, to be engaged with the worm 15a and supported on the upper portion between the side plates 6a and 6b. It is formed of a worm wheel 15b rotatably supported by a shaft 20.

On the other hand, the gear transmission mechanism 16 on the output side is located at the tip of the horizontal frame 6 and has a spur gear 16a rotatably supported by a support shaft 21 between both side plates 6a and 6b. The bracket 11 of the receiving plate 10 is engraved on the outer periphery of the tip of the bracket 11 and is formed with a gear 16b that meshes with the spur gear 16a.

In the present embodiment, the winding transmission mechanism 14 is formed by penetrating the side plate 6a through one end of the support shaft 20 of the worm wheel 15b and the support shaft 21 of the gear 16a in the both gear transmission mechanisms 15 and 16. It is formed by winding an endless chain 14c around two sprockets 14a, 14b which are extended to the outside and fixed to the respective extended ends.

Further, the winding transmission mechanism 14 can be formed by a pulley, a belt, a wire or the like (not shown) instead of the sprockets 14a, 14b and the endless chain 14c.

Therefore, in order to use the human body transfer device described above, as shown in FIG. 1, the device is brought close to the position where the foot is placed on the pedestal 1 in front of the person to be transferred a who is in a sitting posture. However, at this time, the height of the backing plate 10 is lowered in advance to a height convenient for placing the upper body c on the backing plate 10 in a sitting posture.

As shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 1, the backing plate 10 is held at a wide angle close to the standing state, and in this state, the chest of the person to be transferred a is placed on the backing plate 10 and the upper body c If the handle 17 is rotated in a predetermined direction, the rotational force is transmitted to the input side gear transmission mechanism 15, the winding transmission mechanism 14, and the output side gear transmission mechanism 16, and the receiving plate 10 is moved forward ( Gradually inclining to the right (in FIG. 1), the person a to be transferred can bend forward to place the upper body c on the receiving plate 10. Further, this state is held by the tilt angle adjusting mechanism 13 having the above configuration.

Next, when the feed screw shaft 5d is rotated in a predetermined direction by operating the handle 5e of the screw type feed mechanism 5, the feed block 5a is raised and the lateral frame 6 is raised, so that the receiving plate 10 is also raised. As a result, the person a to be transferred is lifted as shown in FIG. 2 and completely transferred to the device in a middle waist posture.

Next, the device can be moved to the side of the object to be transferred by changing its direction, and thereafter, the transfer can be completed by the operation reverse to the above.

[0032]

[Effect of device]

 Since the present invention is configured as described above, the upper half of the body can be lifted against the backing plate at an appropriate angle in the seated posture of the transferred person, and the proper angle of the backing plate and its lifting are The tilt angle adjustment mechanism consisting of the gear transmission mechanism and the winding transmission mechanism, etc. and the screw-type feed mechanism enable slow and quiet analog operation, which stabilizes the operation and makes the transferred person uneasy. You can transfer safely without feeling or fear.

Further, since the inclination angle of the backing plate and the raising / lowering operation can be carried out lightly with a small force by operating the handle, even a weak person such as a lady or an elderly person can move with peace of mind by himself. The effect is remarkable.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a human body transfer apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention in use, showing an embodiment thereof.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a transfer state of a person to be transferred in the example.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the same embodiment with a part thereof cut away.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a receiving plate in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 pedestal 2 caster 4 main pillar 5 screw type feed mechanism 6 lateral frame 13 tilt angle adjusting mechanism 14 winding transmission mechanism 15 and 16 gear transmission mechanism

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A main pillar is erected on a pedestal having casters, and a horizontal frame, on which a support plate of the body is tiltably supported, is attached to the main pillar so as to be vertically movable by a screw type feed mechanism. A human body transfer device characterized in that an inclination angle adjusting mechanism including a gear transmission mechanism and a winding transmission mechanism is provided on the lateral frame so that the front and rear receiving plates can be freely tilted.