JPH0819585A - Bathing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a bathing device which can bath a person to be bathed in a sitting posture, which is hygienic, and with which the person helped to travel his wheel chair, and which can reduce the volume of hot water to be used in the bathtub. CONSTITUTION:A bathing device is composed of a wheel chair 1 and an opening and closing door type bathtub 2. The wheel chair 1 has pillars 13 which extend downward from an upper chair part and are inserted in pillar insertion holes 12 in a bottom carriage 10. The lower end parts of the pillars 13 come off from the holes 12 when the chair part is pulled upward from the carriage 10. That is, the chair part can be removed from the carriage 10. A chair part support part 23 for supporting the chair part of the wheel chair 1 is formed in the bathtub 2 so as to be elevatable and be movable inward of the opening of the bathtub body.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathing apparatus combining a wheelchair and a door opening / closing bathtub, which is mainly capable of bathing a physically handicapped person or an elderly person in a sitting position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An ordinary bath tub has a box shape with an open top, and a bather must straddle the side wall to enter the bath tub. Therefore, the following bathing apparatus combining a wheelchair and a door opening / closing bathtub has been developed so that people with physical disabilities can easily take a bath.

That is, a bather is placed on a wheelchair and is run on a slope that is arranged so as to connect to the opening of a door openable bathtub whose door is opened. Intrude to a predetermined position inside. After that, close the door to close the opening of the main body of the openable bathtub in a watertight state,
A bathing device has been developed which fills the inside of the bathtub body with hot water so that a bather on a wheelchair can be placed in a sitting position in a bathing state (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-61531, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-31531).
-See Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 193175).

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional bathing apparatus has the following problems. A wheelchair with a bather is run on a slope that is arranged so as to connect to the opening of the openable door tub, and the casters of the wheelchair are made to enter the bathtub.
There is a risk that dirt on the floor of the corridor and bathroom may be brought into the bathtub through the caster, and there is a problem in terms of sanitation. It is necessary to push the wheelchair with the bather on it while climbing the slope that connects to the door-opening bathtub, and the casters at the bottom of the wheelchair can change direction and the casters themselves are often wet. Therefore, it is difficult to move the wheelchair straight, and the assistance work is very troublesome. A bather takes a sitting posture on a wheelchair to take a bath, but the height of the caster of the wheelchair is required between the back of the bather's foot and the bottom of the bathtub, and the bathtub is required for that. As the water depth of the bath increases, the amount of hot water used in the bathtub increases.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. In addition to allowing a bather to take a bath in a sitting posture, it is hygienic and assists work such as running a wheelchair. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bathing device that is easy and can reduce the amount of hot water used in a bath.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention according to claim 1, the bather placed on the wheelchair is transferred together with the chair part on the upper part of the wheelchair, and the door is opened and closed. After locating it at a predetermined position inside the formula bathtub and closing the door,
A bathing device for putting the bather in a bathing state by filling the inside of the door opening / closing bathtub with hot water, wherein the wheelchair has a pillar extending downward from a chair portion at an upper portion, and a caster at a lower portion. The chair part can be removed from the traveling trolley by being inserted into the column insertion hole of the traveling trolley with the and the lower end of the column coming out of the column insertion hole when the chair part is pulled up with respect to the traveling trolley. It is configured that the door opening / closing bathtub is provided with a chair portion supporting portion that supports the chair portion of the wheelchair and is movable up and down and movable from the opening of the door opening / closing bathtub body toward the back. Characterize.

In the bath apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention, the door opening / closing bathtub is provided with a storage portion for storing a traveling carriage of a wheelchair below a bottom plate of the door opening / closing bathtub body.

[0008]

When the bathing apparatus of the present invention is used to bathe a bather, first, the bather is placed on a wheelchair, and the wheelchair is transferred to the vicinity of the opening of the door openable bathtub in which the door has been opened in advance. Let the tip of the wheelchair slightly penetrate into the bathtub.
At this time, the chair portion of the wheelchair is accurately aligned so that it is supported by the chair portion supporting portion of the door opening / closing bathtub. Then, the chair support is raised to lift the chair of the wheelchair. As a result, the lower end of the pillar that rises integrally with the chair portion is pulled out from the pillar insertion hole of the traveling carriage, and the chair portion is removed from the traveling carriage. After that, after moving the chair support along with the chair of the wheelchair to a predetermined location in the back of the openable bathtub,
The bather is put in a bathing state by closing the door of the door openable bathtub and filling the inside of the door openable bathtub with hot water.

In this case, the traveling carriage with casters at the lower part of the wheelchair is hygienic because it does not enter the inside of the door opening / closing bathtub body. In addition, it is sufficient for the wheelchair to simply run on the floor of the bathroom, and after the chair portion of the wheelchair is supported by the chair portion support portion of the door opening and closing bathtub, it is lifted together with this chair portion and then moved to the back. Therefore, there is no need for a wheelchair or the like to climb a slope, and the assistance work for transferring the bather to the bathtub becomes easy.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a side sectional view of the bathing apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front sectional view of the bathing apparatus, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the bathing apparatus.

As shown in these drawings, the bathing apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a wheelchair 1 on which a bather is placed, and an inward predetermined position with the bather placed on a chair portion on the upper part of the wheelchair 1. Then, by filling the inside with hot water, the openable and closeable bathtub 2 makes the bather enter the bathing state.

First, the wheelchair 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
Also, as shown in FIG. 4, the wheelchair 1 has a frame 10a.
It comprises a traveling carriage 10 having casters 10b attached to the lower part and a chair part 11 on the upper part. Column insertion holes 12, 12 are provided in the front portion of the frame 10a of the traveling carriage 10 at an appropriate distance in the left-right direction.
The lower end of the pillar 13 of the chair portion 11 is inserted into 2.

On the other hand, the chair portion 11 is provided with a plate-shaped chair portion frame 14, and in the front portion of the chair portion frame 14, the above-mentioned two columns 13 and 13 are at the same distance as the column insertion hole 12 in the left-right direction. Are installed so as to be spaced apart from each other and extend downward. The chair frame 14 includes a rail 23, which will be described later.
A roller 15 traveling on a is provided rotatably, and a disc-shaped guide member 16 is attached to the inside of the roller 15. In addition, the chair frame 14 includes
A lifting prevention member 17 having an L-shaped cross section is provided outside the roller 15, and the lifting prevention member 17 is provided.
Is an L-shaped cross section 23 provided on a chair support portion described later.
By locking to the locking part of b, even if an unbalanced load is applied to the chair part 11, the chair part 11 is prevented from tilting in the left-right direction. A footrest 19, a seat 20, and a backrest 21 are supported on the upper part of the chair frame 14.

Footrest 19 and backrest 21
As shown by the solid line and the two-dot chain line in FIG.
A tilting mechanism (not shown) interposed between the seat section 20 and the seat section 20 selects one of the tilted state and the upright state to be locked. It should be noted that the footrest 19 and the backrest portion 21 may be operated so as to be integrally in an inclined state or an upright state, or may be individually operated.

Reference numeral 23 is a chair portion support portion provided in the door opening / closing bathtub and supporting the chair portion 11 of the wheelchair 1. The chair portion support portion 23 can be moved up and down via a left and right pantograph 25 and a central cylinder 26 which are provided above the support base 24 and interposed between the chair support part 23 and the support base 24. The chair portion support portion 23 is attached with the rail 23a and the locking portion 23b, respectively. The support base 24 is provided with slide rails 27, 27 interposed between the support base 24 and the bottom plate 30a of the door opening / closing bathtub body 30.
It is movable from the opening to the back and is moved by a cylinder 28 provided in the back of the door opening / closing bath body 30.

The door opening / closing bathtub 2 has a door opening / closing bathtub body 3 whose front surface (the left side in FIG. 1 is the front surface) is opened.
0 and the door 31. Door 31 is a door opening / closing type bathtub body 3
It is hinge-coupled to 0, and locking means (not shown) for holding the door 31 in a closed state is provided between the door opening and closing bathtub body 30.

The door opening / closing bathtub body 30 is provided with protrusions 33a, 33a projecting inwardly at the lower inner portions of the left and right inner wall portions 33, 33 of the door opening / closing bathtub body 30.
Further, below the bottom plate of the door opening / closing bathtub body 30, a storage portion 35 for storing the traveling carriage 10 of the wheelchair 1 is provided. Positioning means (not shown) is provided in the storage portion so that the traveling carriage 10 can be accurately positioned at a desired position.

The door opening / closing bath 2 has a tank for storing hot water in the door opening / closing bath 2 and a hot water supply / drainage means for putting hot water in and out of the door opening / closing bath 2 (both are shown in the drawing). No) is attached.

Next, the operation of the bathing device having the above structure will be described. When bathing a bather with the bathing apparatus described above, first, the bather is placed on the wheelchair 1 and the footrest 19 is pulled up to the upper position as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. Next, the door 31 of the openable door tub 2
And the back side of the wheelchair 1 faces the opening of the door opening / closing bathtub 2. In this state, the roller 15 on the wheelchair 1 side runs on the rail 23a and the left and right guide members 16 move on the rail 23a. In order to be positioned inside, and in addition, the left and right lifting prevention members 17 can be engaged with the locking portions 23b,
After the wheelchair 1 is accurately positioned with respect to the door open / close bathtub 2, the wheelchair 1 is moved to the back of the door open / close bathtub 2.

When the wheelchair 1 is positioned with respect to the door opening / closing bathtub 2 as described above, the chair portion support portion 23 extends the cylinder 28 to position it in the front position in advance and shortens the cylinder 26. Position it in the descending position.

Next, the cylinder 26 is extended. As a result, the chair part frame 14 is passed through the chair part support part 23.
When the chair is lifted and lifted, the lower end of the pillar 13 attached to the chair frame 14 is moved to the traveling carriage 10.
It comes out from the column insertion hole 12 of. That is, the chair portion 11 is removed from the traveling carriage 10. Thereafter, the cylinder 28 is shortened to move the support base 24 along the slide rail 27 to the inner side of the door open / close bathtub 2. The chair portion support portion 23 supported by the support base 24 also goes to the back of the openable bathtub 2 with the chair portion 11 of the wheelchair 1 and the bather placed on the upper portion thereof, as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. Moving.
Then, after closing the door 31 of the door open / close bathtub 2, the bather can be put into a bathing state by filling the inside of the door open / close bathtub 2 with hot water.

In this case, the traveling vehicle 10 with casters at the bottom of the wheelchair 1 is kept stored in the storage portion 35 below the bottom plate 30a of the door opening / closing type bathtub 2 and does not enter the bathtub body, which is hygienic. Is. Further, the wheelchair 1 need only simply run on the floor of the bathroom, and moreover, the chair portion 1 of the wheelchair 1
After the chair 1 is supported by the chair support 23 of the door opening / closing bathtub 2, it is lifted up together with the chair 11 and moved to the back, so that the wheelchair 1 or the like does not need to climb a slope, The assistance work for transferring the bather to the bath becomes easy.

Next, when taking a bath, each member of the bathing device may be operated in the opposite manner to the above. That is,
After returning the hot water in the door open / close bathtub 2 to the tank, the door 31 is opened. The support 24 is extended by the extension operation of the bath cylinder 28.
And the chair part support part 23 etc. are moved to the vicinity of the opening part of the door opening / closing bathtub 2. By operating the cylinder 26 for shortening, the pillar 13 of the chair 11 is moved to the pillar insertion hole 1 of the traveling carriage 10.
Insert into 2. The wheelchair 1 in which the chair portion 11 and the traveling carriage 10 are integrated is moved so as to be separated from the door opening / closing bathtub 2 with the bather placed on the upper portion.

[0024]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when bathing a bather, the traveling carriage with casters at the lower portion of the wheelchair remains left below the bottom plate of the door opening / closing type bathtub, and the bathtub body is left. The inside of the bathtub is sanitary because it does not enter the inside, and when bathing a bather, it is sufficient to simply run the wheelchair on the floor of the bathroom, and the chair part uses the lower roller to keep the same axis. It is sufficient to transfer the wheelchair-side rail to the door-opening / closing bathtub-side rail so that wheelchairs do not need to go up the slope and the assistance work to transfer the bather to the bathtub. Will be easier. In addition, since there is no traveling carriage below the chair when taking a bath, the amount of hot water used in the bath can be reduced accordingly.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the storage compartment for storing the traveling carriage of the wheelchair is provided below the bottom plate of the main body of the door openable / closable door, the chair part of the wheelchair is provided. After setting on the chair support part on the bathtub body side, each time the door is opened and closed, it is possible to save the trouble of shifting or setting the traveling carriage from the bottom of the bathtub body, and reducing the workability of the caregiver. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a bathing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front sectional view of the bathing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a plan sectional view of the bathing apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing details of a wheelchair.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wheelchair 2 Door opening / closing bathtub 10 Traveling trolley 10b Casters 11 Chair part 12 Pillar insertion hole 13 Pillar 14 Chair part frame 15 Roller 16 Guide member 17 Lifting prevention member 23 Chair support part 24 Support stand 25 Pantograph 26 Cylinder 27 Slide rail 28 Cylinder 30 Door openable bathtub body 31 Door

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A bather placed on a wheelchair is transferred together with a chair portion on the upper part of the wheelchair, the door is positioned at a predetermined position inside an openable door tub, the door is closed, and then the door is opened and closed. A bathing device for putting the bather in a bathing state by filling the inside of a bathtub with hot water, wherein the wheelchair comprises a traveling cart with casters at the bottom, the pillars extending downward from the chair portion at the top. The chair part is configured to be removable from the traveling carriage by being inserted into the pillar insertion hole of and the lower end of the pillar is pulled out from the pillar insertion hole when the chair portion is pulled upward with respect to the traveling carriage. The door opening / closing bathtub is provided with a chair portion supporting portion for supporting the chair portion of the wheelchair, the chair portion supporting portion being movable up and down and movable from the opening of the door opening / closing bathtub body to the back. Bathing equipment. 2. The bathing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the door opening / closing bathtub is provided with a storage section for storing a traveling carriage of a wheelchair below a bottom plate of the door opening / closing bathtub body. Bathing equipment.