JPH09168572A - Bath/sauna device for the old/handicapped - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device used both as a bath and a sauna in which the old or the handicapped who is confined to bed can be bathed, can dry his wet body without feeling cold after bathing, can take a sauna bath at a suitable temperature, can have his hair shampooed, and can be massaged while lying in bed. SOLUTION: A bathroom/sauna room 6 is inside this device main body 2. When a person lying in bed is carried into the bathroom/sauna room 6 through an opening 7 and placed on a roller part 12, hot water is injected from every directions from upper hot water injection pipes 19A, 19B, 19C, and lower hot water injection pipes 21A, 21B, 21C, and side hot water injection pipes 22 and 23. And hot wind coming from a fan heater is supplied through a hot wind supply pipe 26 to the bathroom/sauna room 6 to warm air inside the room. Thus the person can take a bath lying in bed, and since air inside the bathroom/ sauna room 6 is warmed by the hot wind, he can also take a sauna bath and dry his wet body after bathing. And in addition, he can have his hair shampooed at a shampoo/washbowl part 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bath / sauna device for nursing care, and more particularly, it enables a bedridden elderly person to take a bath in a sleeping posture, and moreover, a wet body after bathing can be kept inside the device. In regard to a nursing bath and sauna device that can be dried while lying down in a room and can also be used in a sauna bath at an appropriate temperature, and at the same time, can wash hair in a sleeping position, it is fully automatic with no human hands. The extremely useful nursing care device for the future aging society.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Bathing a bedridden elderly person, a sick person or the like is a heavy burden on a caregiver. It takes a lot of power to take a bedridden elderly person, a sick person, etc. in their hands and take a bath. They also have the power to wash their bodies with their hands, and soap makes their bodies slippery. Rinsing (rinsing) soap etc after body shampooing is also a difficult task. In order to reduce the burden on the caregiver, in a bathing device with a shower with a built-in shower device, a person is put on a table with a car and carried as it is, and in the bathing device, the person is kept lying down A device has been proposed in which a shower is sprayed on the whole body to automatically perform preliminary washing, washing (body shampoo) and rinsing. However, in this device, after taking a bath, a person is put on a table with a car and carried out of the device again, and the wet body after bathing is wiped manually with a towel etc. I have a problem. In addition, the above-mentioned bathing is carried out only by a shower with hot water, and the shower temperature cannot be heated so much. Therefore, if the time after bathing is too long, there is a problem of cooling the hot water. In addition, in this device, there is a problem that sufficient cleanliness cannot be maintained because the bath is only cleaned and disinfected by a shower used for bathing. Further, for example, like a patient in a hospital, not only bathing but also sauna bathing may be desired. This broadly means that not only bedridden elderly people, sick people, etc. but also, in some cases, ordinary people can take a bath and use it in a sauna, thereby enabling diversion.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Under the above technical background, the present invention does not have the drawbacks of the prior art described above, and furthermore, bathing (prewashing, body shampooing, rinsing) and hair washing while a person is sleeping. Provide a technology to dry the wet body after taking a bath, all of which can be done automatically without human intervention, and to provide a nursing bath / sauna device that can take a sauna bath. It is intended to do so. The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will become apparent from the entire specification and the drawings.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a bath / sauna for nursing care, in which a person can take a bath, wash his / her hair, dry a wet body after bathing, and take a sauna bath while the person is sleeping. An apparatus, wherein the nursing bath / sauna apparatus includes a bath / sauna room, an opening through which a person can be carried into the bath / sauna room, and can be moved. The apparatus main body has a roller section comprising a plurality of movable rollers on which a person carried in through the opening is placed, and a bath / sauna room of the apparatus main body. A hot water supply pipe that lays inside and supplies hot water to the inside of the bath / sauna room via a compressor is disposed in the bath / sauna room and constitutes the hot water supply tube. Upwards towards An upper hot water injection pipe was Ana設 at appropriate intervals a plurality of injection holes so that it can inject et hot water,
A lower portion, which is provided at an upper portion of the roller portion and constitutes the hot water supply pipe, in which a plurality of injection holes are provided at appropriate intervals so that hot water can be injected from below toward a person on the roller portion. A hot water injection pipe is provided at a lower portion of the roller section, and a plurality of injection holes are appropriately spaced so that hot water can be injected from a side toward a person on the roller section which constitutes the hot water supply pipe. A hot-air supply pipe provided with a hot-air reflector is provided to supply hot air from a fan heater to the inside of the bath / sauna room and to warm the inside of the bath / sauna room. The device body further comprises a body cleaning agent liquid supply device for supplying a body cleaning agent liquid to hot water passing through the hot water supply pipe inside, the bath and sauna device for nursing care. Things.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a bath / sauna apparatus for nursing care showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a bath / sauna apparatus for nursing care showing an embodiment of the present invention.
(A) is an explanatory view of an injection tube showing an embodiment of the present invention, (B) is an explanatory view of a main part of a roller part, (C) is a structural view of a roller part, and FIG. It is a block system diagram showing an example of the present invention.

A bath / sauna device 1 according to the present invention has a device main body 2 and a hair washing / washing portion 3 provided outside the device main body 2. The device main body 2 is composed of a box 4 having a hollow circular cross section made of a heat insulating material such as styrene foam and a base 5 thereunder.
The inside is a bath / sauna room 6, and has an opening 7 on the upper side of the box 4 having a hollow circular cross section, through which a person can be carried. A lid 8 is attached to the opening 7 and a handle 9 is provided.
Thereby, the lid 8 can be opened and closed. A hot air outlet 10 is provided above the handle 9 of the lid 8. Wheels 11 are attached to the table 5 of the bath / sauna device 1 and can be moved by the wheels 11.

In the bath / sauna room 6, the opening 7
A roller unit 13 composed of a plurality of rollers 12 is suspended so that a person carried in through the device can be placed and moved. The roller portion 13 is installed substantially in parallel with the lower end portion of the opening 7 so that a person can easily carry in the roller portion 13.
An example of the details of the main part of the roller unit 13 is as shown in FIGS. 3B and 3C, in which a roller 12 is rotatably mounted on a roller bearing. Roller part 13
Has a plurality of rollers 12 arranged at appropriate intervals.

In the lower part of the bath / sauna room 6 of the apparatus main body 2,
A hot water storage tank 15 is attached. Hot water heated by the water heater 16 is sent to the hot water storage tank 15 and stored in the tank 15. Water is supplied from the water supply unit 17 to the water heater 16. A hot water supply pipe 18 is provided inside the bath / sauna room 6 along the wall surface of the room 6. The hot water supply pipe 18 can spray hot water from eight directions toward a person on the roller unit 13. Above the roller section 13, upper hot water injection pipes 19A, 19B, 19C are provided. The upper hot-water injection pipe 19A injects hot water from above in a downward direction toward a person on the roller unit 13. The upper hot water injection pipes 19B, 19C are respectively
3 Inject hot water obliquely downward from above toward the upper person. In the upper hot water injection pipes 19A, 19B, 19C,
As shown in FIG. 4A, a plurality of injection holes 20 are provided at appropriate intervals in the axial direction so that hot water can be injected from above toward a person on the roller unit 13. Similarly, a plurality of injection holes 20
Of the lower hot water injection pipes 21A, 2
1B and 21C are provided. The lower hot water injection pipe 21A
Injects hot water vertically from below toward the person on the roller section 13 through the gap between the rollers 12. The lower hot water injection pipes 21B and 21C respectively inject hot water obliquely upward from below toward a person on the roller unit 13. A plurality of injection holes 20 are provided at appropriate intervals in the same manner as described above so that hot water can be injected from the side (lateral direction) toward a person on the roller section 13. Injection tubes 22 and 23 are provided. Upper hot water injection pipe 1
9A, 19B, 19C, lower hot water injection pipes 21A, 21
The hot water supply pipe 18 is constituted by B and 21C and the side hot water injection pipes 22 and 23, and these are communicated. Device body 2
A compressor 24 is attached to the lower part of the bath / sauna room 6. The hot water in the hot water storage tank 15 is circulated in the hot water supply pipe 18 by the compressor 24,
Also, as described above, the upper hot water injection pipes 19A, 19B, 19
C, hot water is injected from the lower hot water injection pipes 21A, 21B, 21C and the side hot water injection pipes 22, 23.

The warm water flowing through the inside of the hot water supply pipe 18 is supplied with a body cleansing liquid such as a liquid soap from a body cleansing liquid supply device 25 outside the apparatus main body.

The apparatus main body 2 is provided with a hot air supply pipe 26 for heating the inside of the bath / sauna room 6. The hot air supply pipe 26
As shown in FIG. 1, the pipe once exits the apparatus main body 2 from the inside of the bath and sauna room 6 and is again parallel to the upper portion of the upper hot water injection pipe inside the bath and sauna room 6. ing. The hot air from the fan heater 27 (sometimes hot air) flows through the hot air supply pipe 26. The hot air is discharged from the end of the hot air supply pipe 26 inside the bath / sauna room 6. A hot air reflecting plate 28 is attached to the end of the hot air supply pipe 26 so that the hot air uniformly heats the inside of the bath / sauna room 6 as much as possible.
A wire net 29 is provided above the hot air supply pipe 26. As shown in FIG. 1, the hot air supply pipe 26 is provided with a water draining section 30 outside the apparatus main body 2 to drain water appropriately. To

[0011] A hair washing section (hereinafter referred to as a wash basin) 3 attached to the outside of the apparatus main body 2 allows a person to wash their hair while sleeping. You can wash your face. The basin 3 is supported by a pin 31 and can be removed. The basin 3 is configured to be freely adjustable to an angle at which hair can be easily washed. Cold water or hot water warmed from the hot water storage tank 15 is sent to the basin 3, and hair can be washed by a hand shower 32 attached to the apparatus main body 2.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to a block diagram shown in FIG. When water is supplied from the water supply unit 17, the hot water is boiled in the water heater 16. Water heater 16 is operated by a power supply. Water heater 16
Is sent to the hot water storage tank 15. A liquid level detector 33 is attached to the hot water storage tank 15, and the detected hot water storage amount is fed back to the control / operation unit 34 to control the hot water storage amount. Further, a hot water storage temperature detector 35 such as a thermometer is attached to the hot water storage tank 15, and the detected hot water temperature is controlled by the control / operation unit 3.
4 to control the hot water temperature. The hot water storage tank 15 is provided with a heater and is adapted to appropriately maintain the temperature. The hot water storage tank 15 with a heater is operated by a power supply. The amount of stored hot water is controlled by a liquid level relay and stopped when the water level is full. Hot water valve 36
Is opened, hot water is sent from the hot water storage tank 15 to the compressor 24 side. The hot water valve 36 is controlled
It is controlled by the operation unit 34. The cold water valve 37 is opened and closed appropriately, the cold water is mixed with the hot water, and the temperature of the hot water is appropriately adjusted. Liquid soap is supplied from the liquid soap supply device 25 to the hot water. The opening and closing of the liquid soap supply valve 38 is controlled by the control / operation unit 34. Thereby, only hot water can be supplied without supplying liquid soap. The adjustment of the supply amount is also controlled by the control / operation unit 34. At the time of body shampooing, the hot water valve 36 and the liquid soap supply valve 38 are opened, and the compressor 24 is operated. The shower pressure of the hot water discharged from the compressor 24 is controlled by a shower pressure control valve 39 and a shower pressure detector 40, and the shower pressure detector 4
The data detected at 0 is fed back to the control / operation unit 34 and can be performed by controlling the shower pressure control valve 39. Compressor 24
The temperature of the hot water flowing out is detected by the shower temperature detecting section 41, and the detected data is fed back to the control / operation section 34 to be controlled. At this time, cold water can be appropriately added to the hot water to control the shower temperature. From the upper hot water injection pipes 19A, 19B and 19C, the lower hot water injection pipes 21A, 21B and 21C and the side hot water injection pipes 22 and 23, a hot water shower adjusted to a proper temperature and an appropriate pressure in the above eight directions respectively. Is jetted. The interior of the bath / sauna room 6 has a fan heater 2
It is good to make 7 warm by operating. Fan heater 2
The hot air from 7 passes through a hot-air supply pipe, and becomes a bath / sauna room 6
Spread inside. The bath / sauna room 6 is provided with two bathroom temperature detectors 42 for detecting the temperature inside the bath / sauna room 6 and based on the feedback data, the operation of the fan heater 27 is stopped or Activation is controlled by the control / operation unit 34. When the device 1 is stopped, the shower control valve 43 is closed, the supply of the shower is stopped, and after the hair is washed, the compressor 24 and the fan heater 27 are stopped after a certain period of operation.

Although the invention made by the present invention has been specifically described based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof. Needless to say.

[0014]

The effects obtained by the representative ones of the inventions disclosed in the present application will be briefly described as follows. That is, according to the present invention, a bedridden elderly person or the like can be bathed in the lying posture, and the inside of the bath / sauna room is warmed by hot air, so that a wet body after bathing by hand can be used. It is not necessary to wipe with a towel, etc., and the wet body after bathing can be dried while lying inside the device, there is no problem of hot water cooling, and sauna bath with hot air is also possible, at the same time, It is possible to provide a bath / sauna device for nursing care that can wash hair in a posture in which a person is sleeping. Can be performed automatically without relying on humans,
An extremely useful care device can be provided for the aging society in the future. Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a nursing bath / sauna device capable of sauna bathing, so that not only bathing but also sauna bathing is possible, and it is not limited to bedridden elderly people, sick people, etc. It can also be used for bathing and sauna use, and can be diverted. Further, according to the present invention, the inside of the bath can be cleaned and disinfected by hot air, and cleanliness can be maintained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a bath / sauna device for nursing care showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a bath / sauna device for nursing care showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4A is an explanatory view of an injection pipe showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4B is an explanatory view of a main part of a roller section, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a roller unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Bath and sauna apparatus 2 ... Device main body 3 ... Hair washing and washing part 4 ... Box 5 ... Table 6 ... Bath and sauna room 7 ... Opening 8 ... Lid 9 ... Handle 10 ... Hot air outlet 11 ... Wheel 12 ... Roller 13 ... Roller part 14 ... Roller bearing 15 ... Hot water storage tank 16 ... Boiler 17 ... Water supply part 18 ... Hot water supply pipe 19A ... Upper hot water injection pipe 19B ... Upper hot water injection pipe 19C ... Upper hot water injection pipe 20 ... Injection hole 21A ... Lower hot water injection Pipe 21B ... Lower hot water injection pipe 21C ... Lower hot water injection pipe 22 ... Side hot water injection pipe 23 ... Side hot water injection pipe 24 ... Compressor 25 ... Body cleaner liquid supply device 26 ... Hot air supply pipe 27 ... Fan heater 28 ... Hot air Reflecting plate 29 ... wire netting 30 ... draining section 31 ... pin 32 ... hand shower 33 ... liquid level detector 34 ... control / operation section 35 ... hot water storage temperature detector 36 ... for hot water Lube 37 ... cold water valve 38 ... liquid soap supply valve 39 ... Shower pressure control valve 40 ... Shower pressure detecting unit 41 ... Shower temperature detector 42 ... bathroom temperature detector 43 ... Shower control valve

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A bath / sauna device for nursing care that can take a bath, wash hair, dries a wet body after bathing, and can take a sauna bath while a person is sleeping. The bath / sauna device includes a bath / sauna room, an opening portion through which a person can be carried into the bath / sauna room, and a movable device body, and a detachable hair washing / washing portion attached to the outside of the device body. The apparatus main body has a person loaded thereon through the opening, and a roller unit including a plurality of movable rollers is laid horizontally in a bath / sauna room of the apparatus main body, and a compressor is provided. A hot water supply pipe for supplying hot water to the bath / sauna room through the hot / water supply pipe is disposed in the bath / sauna room, and the hot water is supplied from above toward a person on the roller unit, which constitutes the hot water supply pipe. To be able to inject An upper hot water injection pipe in which a plurality of injection holes are provided at appropriate intervals is disposed above the roller section, and the hot water supply pipe is formed. A lower hot water injection pipe in which a plurality of injection holes are provided at appropriate intervals so that the hot water can be injected, the lower hot water injection pipe is disposed below the roller portion, and the hot water supply pipe is configured.
A side hot water injection pipe having a plurality of injection holes provided at appropriate intervals so as to be able to inject hot water from the side toward the person on the roller portion is provided, and hot air from a fan heater is used as the bath air. A hot-air supply pipe provided with a hot-air reflection plate is provided, which is supplied to the inside of the sauna room and warms the bath and the inside of the sauna. A bath / sauna device for nursing care, which is provided with a body cleanser liquid supply device for supplying a body wash.