JPH09173391A - Caring lift - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a person to be cared to be sufficiently and safely moved and cared while being helped with one caring person and to effectively utilize the space in the room without occupying any space at the time of unuse. SOLUTION: In this lift, a hanging arm 2 is provided above a perpendicular pole 1, a hanger 3 is provided at a top end 2a of hanging arm 2, and an actuator 4 is provided for vertically swinging the hanging arm 2 while being pivotally attached to the pole 1. In this case, the lift is provided with a bed receiving base 6 for fixture in which legs 21 of bed 20 are provided and placed below the bed 20 by pressing, a turn mount 7 pivotally linked to the bed receiving base 6 with a supporting point P, which exists in a floor face 27 of bed 20 when it is planarly watched, as a center and a hanging arm 2 to be rotated around a perpendicular core A of pole 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a care lift used when moving and caring a care receiver.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a caregiver covers the body of a cared person (elderly person or sick person) who is injured or ill due to sports or accidents and cannot walk and move from the bed by himself. They were wrapped up and lifted up by a nursing lift to move from the bed to the wheelchair, and from the wheelchair to the toilet or bathtub for excretion and bathing. As shown in FIG. 9, this care lift is provided with a suspension arm 51 having a suspension 52 over a vertical column 50, and an actuator 53 for vertically swinging the suspension arm 51 by a remote controller 54. There are mobile and fixed types. As shown in (a) of the figure, the mobile lift for nursing care supports a carriage 55 having four wheels and a support column 50.
The cared person 57 can be moved while being suspended. Further, in the fixed-type care lift, as shown in (b) of the figure, the columns 50 are fixedly installed at predetermined positions such as the bed 56, the toilet, the bathroom, and the entrance, and the suspension arm 51, the suspension 52, and the actuator 53. Etc. are carried apart and reattached to the column 50 at the point of use for use.

[0003]

However, FIG.
In the mobile nursing lift of (a), the caregiver 58 always presses the handle 59 to operate the remote controller 54 for the safety of the caregiver 58 (to prevent the rollover of the lift), that is, to lift and lower the cared person 57. ─── must be done. When moving the lifted care receiver 57, the care worker 58
Since the lift must be operated at a position away from the cared person 57, the cared person 57 feels anxious, and the cared person 57 (particularly, an elderly person with dementia) stands beside him so as not to roll over. I couldn't. Thus, one caregiver
At 58, the burden was heavy and at least two people were needed to adequately care.

Further, in the fixed type nursing care lift shown in FIG. 9 (b), when the lift is not used, the pillars 50 which are fixedly installed even if the lifting arm 51, the lifting tool 52, the actuator 53 and the like are separated are in the bed 56 and the toilet. It was left near the bathroom, the entrance, etc., and it was annoying and bad in appearance. Furthermore, since the pillars 50 had to be fixed at several places in these houses, the cost was high. Moreover, the area that can be moved from the bed 56 was small.

Therefore, the present invention provides a nursing care lift that allows a caregiver to move and care for one person alone while being close to the care receiver, and can effectively use the indoor space without obstruction when not in use. The purpose is to

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a nursing care lift of the present invention has a suspending arm provided above a vertical column and a suspending tool at the tip of the suspending arm, In a nursing care lift equipped with an actuator pivotally attached to the column and vertically swinging a suspension arm, a leg of the bed is placed and pressed, and a fixed bed pedestal is laid under the bed. , A swivel base pivotally connected to the bed pedestal around a fulcrum in the floor of the bed when viewed in plan,
The suspension arm is rotatable about the vertical axis of the column.

Further, the center of the bed, which is close to the end in the longitudinal direction, is used as a fulcrum. In addition, the frame of the bed cradle,
It is configured so that it can be expanded and contracted in the longitudinal direction of the bed.
In addition, the column is attached to the boss portion of the swivel base so as to be freely inserted and removed. In addition, a boss portion for holding the lower end of the above-mentioned support in a detachable manner is provided at a predetermined location such as a bathroom or entrance of a house.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings showing embodiments.

1 and 2 show an embodiment of a nursing care lift according to the present invention. The nursing care lift vertically swings on a vertical column 1 and an upper end 1a of the column 1. A suspension arm 2 pivotally attached to the suspension arm 2, a hanger-type suspender 3 swingably attached to a tip 2a of the suspension arm 2, and an actuator 4 pivotally attached to a column 1 to swing the suspension arm 2 up and down. And a drive motor 5 for driving the actuator 4,
Further, the leg 21 of the bed 20 is placed and pressed, and the fixed bed pedestal 6 is laid under the bed 20 and is pivotally connected to the bed pedestal 6 and holds the column 1. And a swivel base 7 for turning. The drive motor 5 is driven by electricity passed from an outlet (not shown) to the transformer, and is operated by the remote controller 35.

The bed pedestal 6 is a frame 8 installed on the floor.
And a mountain-shaped frame portion 9 at one longitudinal end portion 15 of the frame body 8, and a home base type receiving plate 10 is fixed to the upper surfaces of the frame portion 9 and the end portion 15 of the frame body 8. Has been done. Further, the four sides of the frame body 8 are formed of rectangular tube-shaped side portions 11 ..., and the four legs 21 of the bed 20 are attached to the front and rear side portions 11a of the bed 20 and the respective end portions 16 of the 11a. A receiving piece 12 having an L-shaped cross section that is placed and pressed.
Are attached respectively.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the frame 8
The left and right side portions 11b, 11b are separable from the middle portion and can expand and contract. That is, a prismatic relay member having a plurality of screw holes 13 with a predetermined pitch inside the intermediate portion of the side portion 11b.
14 is inserted, and the separated side portions 11b, 11b and the relay member 14 are aligned with the hole portion 18 penetrating (at the same pitch) on the upper surface 17 of the side portion 11b and the screw hole 13 of the relay member 14. It is connected and fixed with a screw 19. Then, one side portion 11b is slid to make the hole portion 18 correspond to the predetermined screw hole 13, so that the frame body 8 can be adjusted to a desired length. Therefore, the length of the bed 20--that is, the front and rear legs 2 of the bed 20
The frame 8 of the bed pedestal 6 is expanded and contracted in the front-rear direction of the bed 20 according to the mutual distance between 1 and 21, and the four legs 21 of the bed 20 are connected to the four sides 11a and 11a. Can be placed on the receiver 12. Then, the pedestal 6 is pressed against the floor surface 27 of the bed 20 by the weight of the bed 20 (not to shift).

Next, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the swivel base 7 holds the horizontal swing arm portion 22 and the above-mentioned support column 1 at the tip of this swing arm portion 22 in a removable manner. A vertical cylindrical boss portion 23 is provided, and a curved portion 25 having casters 24, 24 (having a substantially square V shape in plan view) is provided at a corner of a connecting portion between the swing arm portion 22 and the boss portion 23. It is provided. A short cylinder portion 26 is provided at the base end of the swing arm portion 22 and is firmly pivoted to the upper surface of the receiving plate 10 of the frame body 8 (described above). Specifically, the central axis of the short tubular portion 26 is the floor surface of the bed 20 when seen in a plan view.
It is set within 27, and moreover, in the center near the edge 28 in the longitudinal direction (front-back direction) of the bed 20.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the swivel base 7 uses the central axis of the short tubular portion 26 pivotally connected as a fulcrum P,
Further, it pivots about the fulcrum P to an almost intermediate position between the receiving pieces 12, 12 of the frame body 8--in front of the legs 21, 21 on the left and right sides of the bed 20 shown by an imaginary line. That is, assuming that the vertical axis of the column 1 vertically held by the boss portion 23 of the swivel base 7 is A, the axis A draws an arc-shaped movement locus A ₁ (as shown in the figure). Since the casters 24, 24 supporting the weight of the column 1, the actuator 4, etc. are rotatably attached to the lower end of the curved portion 25, the swivel base 7 swivels smoothly.

Further, since the column 1 itself is rotatably held (around the vertical axis A) by the boss portion 23 of the swivel base 7, when the column 1 is rotated, it is attached above the column 1. The suspension arm 2 and the suspension 3 at the tip 2a of the suspension arm 2 rotate around the axis A of the support column 1. At this time, the suspension arm 2 and the suspension 3
Assuming that the connecting point with and is point B, the locus of movement B ₁ of point B is
The circle is centered on the axis A of the pillar 1.

Therefore, the range in which the point B of the suspension arm 2 can move is the movement locus B with the movement locus A ₁ as the center.
₁ is a range of movement on the movement locus A ₁ and is a substantially heart-shaped movement area M (shown by a virtual line). That is, the suspending tool 3 can be moved to a desired position not only in the linear range but also in a wide planar range (moving region M).

FIG. 5 shows the use of the nursing care lift of the present invention.
The caregiver 30 transfers the cared person 31 from the bed 20 to the wheelchair 32 or from the wheelchair 32 to the bed 20. Put a hanging cover 33 under the care receiver 31 and
The person 33 to be cared for by hooking the cord 33a of the hook on the hook portions 34, 34 of the hanging device 3.
When hoisting 31, the caregiver 30 can hold the string 33a with one hand while being close to the cared person 31, and operate the remote control 35 with the other hand to hoist. Then, the hanging arm 2 is pulled toward the bed 20 or the wheelchair 32 on which the string 33a is pulled and transferred.
Is slowly rotated (the support 1 is rotated), and the suspension arm 2 is again lowered by the remote controller 35 to lower the care receiver 31.

Therefore, during this period, the caregiver 30 can stay close to the cared person 31 and the end 3 of the bed 20 on the column 1 side is largely detoured by the lifting tool 3, so that the cared person
31 can be moved safely without hitting the corner of bed 20. Also, when the swing base 7 and the suspension arm 2 swing,
The bed 20 holds the frame 8 against the floor surface 27.
The entire lift is prevented from falling due to its own weight (see Fig. 4).

As shown in FIG. 6, the actuator 4 has a cover member 36 at the tip thereof, and the tip of the actuator 4 is attached to a cap portion 37 pivotally connected to the outer peripheral surface of the suspension arm 2 in a swingable manner. A cover member 36) is detachably attached. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the actuator 4,
The column 1 having the suspension arm 2 and the suspension 3 has its lower end 29.
Can be inserted into and removed from the boss portion 23 of the swivel base 7, so that when the actuator 4 is removed from the cap portion 37 of the suspension arm 2, a compact folded state is obtained, and the actuator 4 and the column 1 are bound by the belt 38. It becomes a portable unit 44.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the nursing lift of the present invention is provided with the pillar 1 at a predetermined position of the bathroom F, the entrance G, etc. of the house, that is, the place where it becomes difficult to care. Bottom edge 29
A boss portion 23 that holds (removably) and can be inserted and removed is provided.

FIG. 8A shows a state in which the boss portion 23 is fixed to the wall surface 41 near the floor surface 39 in the bathroom F along the bathtub 40. The boss portion 23 has a rectangular mounting piece 42 in the longitudinal direction, and anchor bolts 43 ... Are driven into the wall surface 41 from a through hole previously provided in the mounting piece 42 to firmly fix the boss portion 23. To be done. Then, the lower end 29 of the column 1 of the unit 44 is inserted into the boss portion 23, and the unit 44 is used in the unfolded state. The caregiver 30 (not shown) can take a bath care near the care receiver 31 while operating the suspension arm 2 up and down with the remote controller 35.

After the use, the unit 44 is folded again, pulled out from the boss portion 23, and carried (or stored) to a necessary place. Therefore, since only the boss portion 23 remains in the bathroom F, the space in the bathroom F is maintained,
It does not disturb the bathing of others. It is desirable to provide a small hole for draining water on the bottom wall of the boss portion 23.

In addition, in FIG. 8B, the boss portion 23 has the entrance G
It shows a state of being embedded in a block 45 integrated with the stairs 46 of FIG. In the case of a house with a step on the stairs 46 at the entrance G,
It makes it difficult for care recipients to get in and out of the wheelchair, but if the unit 44 is inserted into the boss 23 provided as shown in the figure, the stairs 46 can be safely carried out without causing any anxiety to the care recipient. It can be moved over and transferred to a wheelchair so that it can be easily moved in and out. It should be noted that it is desirable to cover the boss portion 23 with a cylinder for avoiding rain and dust after using the lift.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and electric power may be supplied by a battery, and the design can be freely changed without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0024]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.

(According to the lift for nursing care according to the first or second aspect), a fulcrum P is located at the center of the bed 20 near the longitudinal end 28.
In addition to the turning of the turning base 7, the lifting arm 2 rotates around the axis of the column 1, so that the lifting tool 3 can move in a wide range from the edge 28 of the bed 20 to the left and right sides. Therefore, the caregiver 30 can easily operate even by one person. Therefore, the cared person 31 is wheelchaired from the bed 20.
When transferring to the wheelchair 32 (or from the wheelchair 32 to the bed 20), the caregiver 30 can move and care for the wheelchair 32 without moving the wheelchair 32 too close to the bed 20. At this time, the caregiver 30 can pay close attention to (nurse-care) the care-receiver 31's side, so that the care-receiver 31 can also receive care without anxiety.

Further, even if the suspension arm 2 and the swivel base 7 are swung largely while the load of the cared person 31 is applied to the suspending tool 3, the frame body 8 will be moved to the floor by the weight of the bed 20.
It is held down by 27 and is stable, so the entire lift will not tip over. Therefore, the cared person 31 can be safely cared for.

(According to the care lift according to claim 2)
The bed 20 is the easiest to use for caring for and moving the care receiver 31 and can cover a wide area. According to the length of the bed 20 (that is, the mutual distance between the front and rear legs 21, 21 of the bed 20) (according to the lift for nursing care according to claim 3), the frame body of the bed cradle 6 8 can be expanded and contracted in the front-back direction of the bed 20, and the four legs 21 of the bed 20 can be placed on the four receiving pieces 12 of the frame 8. Therefore, it can be applied to various types of beds 20.

(According to the care lift according to claim 4)
When the lift is not used, the column 1 can be stored by pulling it out from the boss portion 23 of the swivel base 7, so that the side of the bed 20 is cluttered cleanly and the aesthetics of the room is not impaired. Then, if the swivel base 7 is swung to the full extent and the boss portion 23 is brought close to the left and right of the bed 20 and fixed, the boss portion 23 does not get in the way and becomes inconspicuous.

(According to the care lift according to claim 5)
Since the lift can be used only by providing the boss portion 23 at a predetermined location such as the bathroom F or the entrance G, the installation work is simple and the cost is low. Furthermore, since the boss portion 23 is relatively small and not bulky, it can be widely used in the room without hindering the bathing of other people or spoiling the beauty of the entrance G. Further, the care lift can be used in a wide range of situations, which is convenient, for example, in a general home where there are people who need care.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a nursing care lift according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a stretched state of a frame body.

FIG. 4 is a plan view.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a use state.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a mounting structure of an actuator.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a folded state of the unit.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing another embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 prop 2 suspension arm 2a tip 3 suspension 4 actuator 6 bed support 7 swivel base 8 frame 20 bed 21 legs 23 boss 27 floor 28 edge 29 lower end A vertical axis F bathroom G entrance P fulcrum

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A suspension arm 2 is provided above a vertical column 1, and a suspension 3 is provided at a tip 2a of the suspension arm 2. The suspension arm 2 is pivotally attached to the column 1 to vertically swing the suspension arm 2. In the care lift provided with the actuator 4, the legs 21 of the bed 20 are placed and pressed, and the fixed bed pedestal 6 laid under the bed 20 and the bed 20 in plan view. Floor
A swivel base 7 pivotally connected to the bed pedestal 6 around a fulcrum P within 27, and the suspension arm 2 rotatable around a vertical axis A of the column 1. Lift for nursing care. 2. The nursing care lift according to claim 1, wherein the center of the bed 20 near the end 28 in the longitudinal direction is the fulcrum P. 3. The nursing care lift according to claim 1, wherein the frame body 8 of the bed pedestal 6 is configured to be extendable / contractible in the longitudinal direction of the bed 20. 4. A boss portion of a swivel base 7 in which the column 1 can be freely inserted and removed.
The care lift according to claim 1, 2 or 3, which is attached to 23. 5. A predetermined location such as a bathroom F or entrance G of a house,
The care lift according to claim 4, further comprising a boss portion (23) for holding the lower end (29) of the support column (1) in a removable manner.