JPH0838311A - Night mark means on bed - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a person from colliding against a bed by letting the person to recognize the existence of the bed in a patient room after putting off light. CONSTITUTION:Cover members 4 are provided on both side parts under the head boar 2 and foot board 3 of the bed 1, and lamps 7 for night mark are provided in the cover members 4, and solar batteries 5 are loaded on the surfaces of the head board 2 and the foot board 3, respectively, and a conductor 6 is wired on the peripheral part of the head board 2 and the foot board 3, and it is connected to the lamp 7 for night mark. Moreover, lighting devices are incorporated in the head board 2 and the foot board 3, and the lighting devices are equipped with electrical substrates and batteries, and the batteries are charged by the solar batteries 5 when the patient room is illuminated, and the lamp 7 for night mark is put on by the batteries after putting off the light. Therefore, it is possible to clearly recognize the position of the bed, which prevents the body from colliding against the bed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a night marking means for a bed, for example, in which a person approaching the bed recognizes the presence of the bed in a hospital room after the lights are turned off and prevents the person from hitting the bed. Things.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the past, in a hospital, a turn-off time is usually set. After the turn-off time has elapsed, a small lighting table lamp provided at the bedside or a flashlight is used.
Each of them has been used individually for lighting as needed. By the way, after the lights are turned off, the inside of the hospital room is not dark at all.Because of the faint lights from the emergency lights, doors and windows, and the illuminating light leaking from the desk lamps used in individual beds, the bed and other floors are The table can be visually recognized although it is faint.

[0003]

However, immediately after the light is turned off or near the foot of the bed, it is almost invisible, and when getting off the bed and going to the toilet or washroom, the body is bumped into the corner of the bed. There is a risk.
Moreover, not only patients but also caregivers and nurses need to be careful about walking, which is a great obstacle to movement during emergency treatment and the like. On the other hand, when using the above-mentioned desk lamp, the desk lamp is used for lighting in a very narrow area around the bedside, so that it cannot be carried when moving in the hospital room, and therefore, It would be a hassle to carry a flashlight. The present invention has been proposed from such a background, a bed in a hospital or the like, at night, to make a person approaching the bed recognize the existence of the bed, so as to prevent the person from hitting the bed, It is an object of the present invention to provide a night marking means in a bed.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, in a bed, night sign lamps are arranged on both sides of the lower part of a headboard or footboard constituting the bed, A lighting device for lighting the night sign lamp is provided, and the lighting device includes a solar battery mounted on the surface of the headboard or the footboard, a storage battery built in the headboard or the footboard, and various circuit elements. It is characterized in that it is equipped with an electric board mounted thereon, and that a conducting wire is built in a peripheral portion of a headboard or a footboard so as to form a circuit from the storage battery to the night sign lamp through the electric board. The above-described configuration is characterized in that the storage battery is charged when the room is lit by the solar cell in the lighting device, and the night indicator lamp is lit by the storage battery after the light is turned off. Further, the lighting device is provided with an automatic lighting means and an automatic lighting means for automatically turning off the light when a predetermined time has elapsed. Further, the bed is a bed provided with an electric floor undulating mechanism, provided with a hand switch for operating the floor undulating mechanism on the floor, and turning on the lighting device with the hand switch. And the lamp is turned on and off by turning on the switch of the hand switch.

[0005]

[Function] When the night sign lamps provided in the parts close to the floor surface of the headboard and the footboard are turned on in the patient's room after the light-off time has passed, the position of the bed can be clearly recognized and the body can be recognized. You don't hit the bed. The solar battery that constitutes the lighting device charges the storage battery when the room is lit, and after the light is turned off, the storage battery turns on the night indicator lamp. In addition, when the room becomes dark, the night indicator lamp is automatically turned on to save time and trouble. Without having to worry about the nurse's hand, he can move to the room or concentrate on treatment without worrying about other patients in the room.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of a night marking means in a bed according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a bed 1 provided with a night sign means according to the present invention.
A cover member 4 is provided on both sides of the lower part of the headboard 2 and the footboard 3 constituting the above. A night sign lamp (described later) constituting the night sign means is provided in the cover member 4. Further, the solar cells 5 are mounted on the surfaces of the headboard 2 and the footboard 3, respectively, while the conductors 6 are wired in the peripheral portions of the headboard 2 and the footboard 3 to form the headboard 2 and the footboard 3.
(See FIG. 2). Further, the headboard 2 and the footboard 3 have a built-in lighting device 8 for lighting the night indicator lamp 7. The lighting device 8 includes an electrical equipment substrate 9 on which various circuit elements are mounted and a storage battery 10,
The storage battery 10 is charged by the solar cell 7 at the time of indoor lighting, and the night sign lamp 7 covered by the cover member 4 is turned on by the storage battery 10 after the light is turned off (see FIG. 3). In addition, the night sign lamp 7
May be about 1.5 V DC, and a normal flashlight lamp can be applied. In addition, the storage battery 10
Can be used.

The electric board 9 is provided with automatic lighting means (not shown), for example, an optical sensor, and a switching circuit which operates according to the output of the optical sensor. That is, a signal from the optical sensor is given to the switching circuit by turning off the light, the circuit from the storage battery 10 to the night indicator lamp 7 via the conducting wire 6 is turned on, and the night indicator lamp 7 is turned on. The electrical board 9 also has an automatic light-off means (not shown), that is,
It is possible to mount a timer for turning off the circuit after a predetermined time elapses after the circuit leading to the night sign lamp 7 is turned on via.

Further, the above-mentioned night marking means can also be applied to a bed (not shown) provided with an electric floor raising / lowering mechanism. In this case, the bed includes a hand switch (not shown) for operating the floor undulating mechanism on the floor, and a switch for turning on the lighting device 8 is arranged on the hand switch, Electrical board 9
And an operation circuit for blinking the lamp by turning on the switch of the hand switch. The operation circuit for blinking the lamp may have a known configuration, and a description thereof will be omitted.

The night marking means in the bed according to the present invention is constructed as described above. Next, this operation will be described. In the patient's room, when the light-out time comes, and when the light-out is performed, the optical sensor in the electrical equipment substrate 9 of the lighting device 8 detects that the light-out is performed, and the optical sensor outputs a signal (for example, a voltage signal) corresponding to the light-off to the switching circuit ( By applying the voltage to a semiconductor switching circuit such as a transistor), the switching circuit is turned on to turn on the circuit from the storage battery 10 to the night sign lamp 7 via the lead wire 6, and the night sign lamp 7 can be turned on. The night sign lamp 7 can be turned on by a manual switch. The storage battery 10 is charged by the solar battery 7 during the daytime and when the hospital room is turned on, and the night sign lamp 7 can be turned on by the storage battery 10. When the night indicator lamp 7 is turned on, the night indicator lamp 7 is located at the front end of the bed 1 on the longitudinal side and the width side. There is no such thing as hitting one.

Further, after the night sign lamp 7 is turned on, the timer on the electric component board 9 of the lighting device 8
If you turn off the light after a certain period of time, you can save time and effort.
The patient nurse can move around the room and concentrate on treatment without bothering the other patient in the room.

Further, when the above-mentioned night sign means is applied to a bed equipped with an electric floor undulating mechanism, the patient himself / herself turns on the night sign lamp 7 by turning on a switch at a hand switch on the floor. Flashing can be activated.

Although the night sign means in the bed according to the present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments, the night sign means is incorporated in the headboard 2 and the footboard 3 as shown in the embodiments, In particular, since the conducting wire 6 is wired within the peripheral portions of the headboard 2 and the footboard 3, a wiring process for a power supply line, a signal line, etc. from the outside is unnecessary when the bed 1 is assembled.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, the night sign lamp provided at the position close to the floor of the headboard and the footboard located at the four corners of the bed after the lapse of the light-off time in the hospital room is provided. Since the light is on, the position of the bed can be clearly recognized, and the body does not hit the bed. In addition, when the room becomes dark, the lamp is automatically turned on to save time and trouble. Further, if the lamp is turned off after a certain period of time by a timer or the like, the trouble can be further reduced, and the patient nurse can be saved. He can move around the room and concentrate on treatment without any hassle and without having to worry about other patients in the room.

[0014]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment of a bed provided with a night marking means according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration explanatory view showing a structure of a headboard or a footboard incorporating the night sign means shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic circuit configuration diagram showing a lighting device that constitutes night sign means.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bed 2 Head board 3 Foot board 4 Cover member 5 Lighting device 6 Conductor 7 Solar cell 8 Electrical board 9 Storage battery 10 Lamp for night sign

Claims (4)

[Claims] In a bed, a night indicator lamp is provided on both sides of a lower part of a headboard or a footboard constituting the bed, and a lighting device for lighting the night indicator lamp is provided. Comprises a solar cell mounted on the surface of the headboard or footboard, a storage battery mounted in the headboard or footboard, and an electrical board on which various circuit elements are mounted. Night marking means in a bed, characterized in that the conductor is built into the periphery of the headboard or footboard to form a circuit leading to the marking lamp. 2. The bed according to claim 1, wherein the storage battery is charged by the solar battery in the lighting device when the room is turned on, and the night sign lamp is turned on by the storage battery after the light is turned off. Night signage means. 3. The night marking means for a bed according to claim 1, wherein said lighting device includes an automatic lighting means and an automatic light-off means for automatically turning off the light after a predetermined time has elapsed. 4. The bed is a bed provided with an electric floor undulation mechanism, and is provided with a hand switch for operating the floor undulation mechanism on the floor, and the hand switch is provided with the lighting device. Arrange a switch for on operation,
By turning on the switch of this hand switch,
4. The night marking means in a bed according to claim 1, wherein the lamp is operated to blink.