JPH08280565A - Shower device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a shower device having the same thermal effect as that of an ordinary bathtub bath and allowing a bath giving a lower load to a body than the ordinary shower bath or bathtub bath by providing a seat part. CONSTITUTION: This shower device is constituted of a spraying device 3 spraying mist toward the body of a bather to wrap the body with the mist of hot water, a movable nozzle arm 4 holding multiple nozzles 7-11, and a seat part 13. It gives a low load to the body and allows an effective shower bath, and a bathroom can be widely utilized.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shower device, and more particularly to a sitting posture shower device having a plurality of shower functions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a shower device, there is an ordinary shower facility having a hand shower device in a bath room. In general households, it is usual to hold a hand shower tool in the washing area of the usual bath and use it in a standing posture as appropriate.

Further, a sitting posture bathing apparatus has a chair fixed in a bathing room, and a bather sitting in this chair is provided with a hot and cold water nozzle such as a body shower to shower the body in a sitting posture. Something that can bathe has been proposed (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-76459).

[0004]

Generally, compared to bathtub bathing, shower bathing does not exert hydrostatic pressure and is less burdensome to the bather's body, but it does not warm the core of the body and it is difficult to obtain a relaxed mood. There is. The sitting posture shower bathing is a bathing means that gives a relaxed mood with less burden on the body.

However, there is a problem in that hot water, which is usually ejected from the shower nozzle, flows quickly on the surface of the body of the bather, and it is difficult to obtain a sufficient heating effect.

[0006] Further, when the seating posture bathing seat is fixed to the bathroom, there is a problem in effective use of the space.

If a plurality of nozzles enclosing the bather are fixed to the wall surface of the bathroom, the distance between the bather and the nozzle is increased, resulting in heat loss and use of hot water more than necessary. Further, when the bather is brought close to the bather, there are problems such as a feeling of pressure on the bather and difficulty in caring for the bather who needs care.

If the position of the nozzle is fixed,
Children and small bathers may feel uncomfortable because of the hot water in their ears.

[0009] In addition, the bathing pattern of hot and cold water makes it possible to bathe monotonously, which makes it difficult for the bather to feel relaxed or pleasant.

Another problem is that when a bather warms a person who needs care, the caregiver gets wet when he switches on the operating means.

The present invention solves the above problems and provides an effective shower bath with less burden on the body than an ordinary shower bath or bath tub, and widely used in the bathroom. The purpose is to make it possible.

[0012]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is provided at a predetermined position of the mist ejecting means and the mist ejecting means to allow a bather to sit down and to provide a mist-like shower at a predetermined position. And a seat portion that is received by the seat portion. When the seat portion is not used, the seat portion can be folded and stored along with the mist ejecting means.

Further, the present invention has a structure provided with a mist ejecting means for supporting a nozzle arm having a plurality of shower nozzles provided so as to wrap around the body of the bather. Is preferable, and the above is the second characteristic.

Further, the nozzle arm is provided with means for moving it to the wall surface of the bathroom when the shower is not used.

Further, the mist ejecting means provided with a plurality of shower nozzles provided so as to wrap around the body is provided with means capable of adjusting to the body size of the bather.

Further, the mist ejecting means having a plurality of shower nozzles provided so as to wrap around the body is provided with a control means capable of selecting a mist-like ejection pattern according to a bather's favorite state. is there.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided control means for automatically controlling the temperature and flow rate of the hot water to be supplied according to an operation input from the operation means.
It has a mechanism for controlling the operation / stop of the mist ejecting means, and has two constitutions: a permanent operating means that is permanently installed in the bathroom and an outdoor operating means that has a remote control function that controls the temperature rise in the room before bathing. .

[0018]

The present invention has the advantage of being able to widely use the washing area by folding the chair when the shower is not used in the bathroom in the sitting posture due to the first configuration. In addition, for a bather who needs a wheelchair, by placing the wheelchair at the position of a folded chair that allows the user to enter and leave the wheelchair, it is possible to take a bath in a sitting position like a normal bather.

Further, in the case of the second construction, there is an advantage that the distance between the bather and the hot and cold water spouted from the mist spouting means is made as short as possible. Can be suppressed. Further, it also has an advantage that a bather who needs care to remove the feeling of pressure from the bather can easily take care from the side.

Further, in the case of the third structure, by moving the nozzle arm having a plurality of shower nozzles for wrapping around the bather to the wall surface of the bathroom, there is an advantage that the washing room can be widely used like the folding chair.

Further, in the case of the fourth structure, the plurality of nozzles of the mist-like shower can be appropriately moved, and the whole body can be fully covered. Further, the structure in which hot and cold water is sprayed only around the body of the bather has the advantage of saving water and saving energy.

Further, in the case of the fifth constitution, by combining and working the mist-like ejection patterns, alternating stimuli of low temperature and high temperature and mutual stimulation of strong and weak flow rates are given to the body of the bather,
It can promote blood circulation in the body and improve the function of internal organs.

Further, in the case of the sixth structure, since the two means, that is, the operating means installed in the mist-like shower bath and the operating means installed outside the bathroom are provided, the bather himself / herself can freely shower in the bathroom. In addition to the control, when the bather is a person who needs care, it can be controlled from outside the bathroom after the caregiver takes care. This has the effect of preventing the caregiver from getting wet on the clothes and raising the temperature of the bathroom in advance before taking a bath so that the bather can avoid a heat shock due to the temperature difference during bathing.

[0024]

EXAMPLE An example will be described below with reference to FIGS.

1 to 6 show a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the shower device according to the present embodiment is installed in a bathroom 1 and sprays hot and cold water 2 from various places around the body of a bather to mist the body. The fog jetting means 3 provided so as to be wrapped with the hot and cold water 2 has a basic structure.

In the shower bath in which the mist ejecting means 3 is operated, the hot and cold water 2 is ejected in a mist form from various places around the body to form a mist shower, and the body is wrapped by the mist of the hot and cold water 2. While enveloping the surroundings in a state filled with fine particles of hot water 2 with good air-holding properties, contacting the whole body at once all at once and exchanging heat instantly, the fine particles of hot water 2 wrapping around the body are successively ejected. Two
The heat exchange of the whole body is performed quickly and sufficiently by constantly replacing the fine particles of. This makes it possible to obtain the same level of heating action in a short time as in the case of entering the bathtub bath. In addition, there is no burden on the bather due to the hydrostatic pressure, such as when entering the pool of hot water, and because the ejected hot and cold water 2 is fine particles, the burden on the bather due to sudden temperature changes, irritation, etc. is even less. Become. In addition, it suffices to spray hot water around the body of the bather in a mist, which saves water and saves energy.

In this embodiment, hot and cold water 2 that wraps around the body
In order to obtain the mist shower, a plurality of individual mist spray nozzles for spraying hot and cold water are used, and the part of the body to be showered, for example, the mist spray nozzles 7, 8 corresponding to the shoulders of the body, the back Mist ejection nozzle 11 corresponding to, the mist ejection nozzle 9 corresponding to the waist, the mist ejection nozzle 1 corresponding to the thigh
0 and the like are provided, and hot water 2 is sprayed toward each part of the body in a mist state so that a necessary part of the body can be covered with the mist-like hot water 2.

As a result, the mist ejection nozzles 7 to 11 and the like are provided in the vicinity of each part of the body as needed, and the hot and cold water 2 can be efficiently and appropriately ejected and wrapped in the necessary parts of the body. You can do it. Hot water 2
You can avoid the squirt of. In order to prevent the hot and cold water 2 from being jetted to a specific portion such as the face, in this embodiment, the nozzles 7 and 8 corresponding to the shoulders are made to jet in a fan shape A as shown in FIG. There is. Other ejection nozzles 9-11
As shown in FIG. 7, a cone-shaped B having a wide ejection area for ejecting the hot and cold water 2 is used to easily wrap each part of the body with mist-like hot and cold water.

Further, the mist ejecting means 3 has a seat portion 13 which is kept at a predetermined position and maintains a position and a posture capable of properly receiving the mist-like hot water 2 ejected from the mist ejecting means 3. In the present embodiment, the seat portion 13 is foldable, and can be folded into the mist ejecting means 3 when it is not used, when it is used while standing, and when a bather who needs nursing care takes a bath in a wheelchair. .

Needless to say, the material of the seat portion is a material that is hard to slip and repels hot and cold water, and the folding structure is also a material that does not rust and the variable movement is not impaired even with soap, foam during body washing, etc. In addition, the outside of the seat portion 13 is supported by a simple structure. That is, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG.
The seat portion 13 can be fixed to the mist ejecting means 3 by a seat variable metal fitting 14 having a slot, and can be properly attached up and down, so that even a child or a short person does not feel uncomfortable as the face or the like is ejected with hot water. It has a variable configuration.

The mist ejecting means 3 has a nozzle arm 4 holding a plurality of mist ejecting nozzles 7 to 10. This nozzle arm 4 is, as shown in FIG.
It has a variable structure and can respond appropriately to changes in the bather's physique. Further, even when the mist ejecting means 3 is installed in the corner of the bathroom 1, it can be fixed close to the wall of the bathroom 1 when it is not used, and has a structure that does not get in the way when the shower is not used.

As shown in FIG. 6, the pipe 12 for connecting the mist jet nozzles 7 to 10 is inserted into the nozzle arm 4, and the heat insulating effect that does not impair the heat loss of the temperature of the mist shower is provided. It is equipped together. The nozzle arm 4 is
Equipped with a high-strength structure with the same diameter as bathroom handrails,
As a handrail, not only weak bathers but also healthy bathers have a high anti-slip effect. It also has a structure that bathers who need nursing care can use the handrail when in use and move it when not in use so that it does not interfere with nursing care. A bather who is forced to take a bath in a wheelchair can easily move the fog jetting means 3 of the wheelchair to an appropriate position without disturbing the user.

The fog jet nozzles 7 to 11 have a structure as shown in FIG. 8 and have a variable structure capable of coping with differences in height and the like, so that each part of the body can be easily wrapped in mist-like hot water.

As shown in FIG. 9, the operation panel includes an on-operation key 15, an off-operation key 16, a body key 17 for operating the fog spraying means 3, and a pouring hot water key 1 for pouring hot water.
8. A cycle key 20, a beat key 21, and a cool down key 22 for setting the mode of the fog jetting means 3 and the pouring water are provided, and a flow rate setting key 23 for setting the flow rate of the hot and cold water 2 in four stages and a temperature down key. 24, a temperature up key 25, and a display unit 26 for displaying operation guidance, various setting conditions, various modes, and the like. About 270 liters of hot water is required for bathing in the bathtub, but 90 for showering by the fog spraying means 3. Therefore, the setting of the flow rate this time is 8 l / min, 9 l / min,
There are 4 types of 10 l / min and 11 l / min. However, it is not limited to this.

When the cycle key 20 is operated on the body shower using the fog jetting means 3, the cycle mode is set. In this cycle mode, a temperature change as shown in FIG. This is to set a high temperature and a low temperature alternately for a predetermined time based on the set temperature, to give a cyclic stimulation to the body, and to improve blood circulation and internal organs.

When the beat key 21 is operated on the body shower using the fog jetting means 3, the beat mode is set.
In this beat mode, the flow rate change as shown in FIG. This is to set stronger and weaker flow rates alternately for a predetermined period of time based on the set flow rate to give a massage-like stimulus to the body to improve blood circulation and internal function.

When the cool down key 22 is operated on the body shower using the fog jetting means 3, the cool down mode is set. In this cool-down mode, the set temperature is gradually lowered from the set temperature so that the pores opened by the bath are not blocked and the hot water is not cooled, so that the temperature is automatically achieved without a rapid temperature change.

As described above, the mixing ratio of the mixing tap is automatically adjusted so that the temperature of the hot and cold water 3 supplied from the mixing tap (not shown) becomes a predetermined set temperature in response to the setting operation input from the operation panel which is the operating means. By controlling the temperature, various temperatures can be set and the temperature can be properly set without error, and it is possible to avoid being surprised at an unexpected temperature due to an error in the mixing operation.

If this operating means is composed of an operating panel installed inside the bathroom and an operating panel installed outside the bathroom, a caregiver can be used in case of operating by himself or a bather who needs care. Can be operated from outside the bathroom.

[0040]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the mist-like shower which does not burden the bather due to the hydrostatic pressure, such as bathtub bathing, is wrapped around the body with mist-like water having a good air-passing property. The heat can be exchanged by filling the whole body evenly, and the same thermal effect can be obtained in a shorter time than in a normal shower.

Further, the fine particles of new hot and cold water which are successively ejected are constantly put in to obtain the same heating effect as the bathing of the hot water in the bathtub, and a sharp temperature change is felt due to the fine particles of mist. Therefore, the burden on the bather can be reduced.

In addition, by maintaining the sitting posture, the burden on the body is less than in the standing posture of a normal shower, and even a weak bather can take a bath if the sitting position is maintained. On the other hand, when bathing in a bathtub, not only is the hydrostatic pressure affected, but also the burden of straddle movements to and from the tabs is a heavy burden for frailty, and there is a great demand for assistance. On the other hand, a sitting posture shower bath has the advantages of having a high thermal effect and less strain on the body.

In addition, when the shower is not used in the sitting position in the bathroom, the washing room can be widely used by folding the chair. In addition, for bathers who need a wheelchair, by placing the wheelchair in the position of a folded chair that allows the user to move in and out together with the wheelchair, it is possible to bathe in a sitting position like a normal bather. Furthermore, by moving the nozzle arm with a plurality of shower nozzles that enclose the bather to the wall surface of the bathroom, the washing room can be widely used like the folding chair.

In the second configuration, the distance between the bather and the shower nozzle of the mist ejecting means is set as short as possible to suppress heat loss of hot water and wasteful water consumption. It can hold the bather's heat effect.

Further, since the shower nozzle provided with the shower head has an arm shape, there is an advantage that a bather who takes care of the bather can easily take care of the bather from the side.

In the third structure, the nozzle arm with a plurality of shower nozzles for wrapping around the bather can be moved to the wall surface of the bathroom, so that the washing room can be widely used like the folding chair. .

Further, in the case of the fourth structure, it is possible to appropriately move the plurality of shower nozzles, and it is advantageous that the entire body is evenly wrapped. In addition, the structure in which hot and cold water is sprayed only around the body of the bather has advantages such as water saving and energy saving.

Further, in the fifth configuration, by combining and working the mist-like patterns,
High temperature alternating stimulation and mutual stimulation of flow strength can be applied to the bather's body to promote blood circulation in the body and improve the function of internal organs.

Further, in the sixth structure, the bather himself has two operating means, one for operating in a mist-like shower bath and the other for operating outside the bathroom. In addition to freely controlling the shower, when the bather is a person who needs care, it can be controlled from outside the bathroom after the caregiver has taken care of it. This means that the caregiver's clothes can be prevented from getting wet and the temperature of the bathroom can be raised in advance before taking a bath so that the bather can avoid a heat shock due to a temperature difference at the time of bathing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the shower device.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the shower device.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a main part of the shower device.

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a mist ejecting means of the shower device.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a nozzle arm of the shower device.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing various specific examples of the mist ejection nozzle of the shower device.

FIG. 8 is a half-cut sectional view showing a state in which a mist ejection nozzle of the mist ejection means is installed.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing an operating means of the shower device.

FIG. 10 is a graph showing an example of controlling the shower state of fog and sprinkling hot water in the shower device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Bathroom 2 Hot Water 3 Mist Spouting Device 4 Nozzle Arm 5 Stroke Hot Water Nozzle 6 Bathtub 7 Nozzle 8 Nozzle 9 Nozzle 10 Nozzle 11 Nozzle 12 Piping 13 Seat 14 Seat Fitting

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A shower provided with a fog jetting means arranged along a wall surface of a bathroom, a chair which is supported by the fog jetting means and sits down when taking a shower, and a means for folding the chair along the fog jetting means. apparatus. 2. A shower device comprising a mist ejecting means arranged along a wall surface of a bathroom, and a nozzle arm having a plurality of shower nozzles enclosing a bather supported by the mist ejecting means. 3. The shower device according to claim 2, wherein the nozzle arm is configured to be movable on the wall surface of the bathroom when the shower is not used. 4. The shower apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a shower nozzle provided at a predetermined position of the nozzle arm, the shower nozzle having a unit capable of adjusting to a physique of a bather. 5. The shower device according to claim 2, wherein the shower nozzles are a combination of those having different mist-like ejection patterns. 6. The shower apparatus according to claim 1, which has a function of controlling the operation / stop of the mist ejecting means, and has operation means provided inside and outside the bathroom where the shower is installed.