JPH09192194A - Body washer and chair for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily wash the head and hair of patient by forming a window hole for exposing the head of the patient by protruding the upper part of a door, which is disposed at the front part of a storage tub, forward from the front face of the storage tub, and forming nozzles for jetting out washing water toward the inside on the storage tub and the door. SOLUTION: A rack-shaped arm rest 7 protruded toward the outside is integrally formed at the intermediate part of vertical direction of left and right walls 3, care holes 8 for putting in/out the hands of a care person are formed on the upside of respective arm rests 7, and see-through windows 9 are formed on the upside of the respective care holes 8. A door 15 links its left side edge part through a hinge to the left side edge part of front part and a storage tub 1 so as to turn it, protrudes the intermediate part from side to side forward gradually from down to up from the front face of the storage tub 1 and bends it into planarly arcuate shape and a window hole 16 for exposing the head of the patient is formed on the upper face of the door 15. Then, plural nozzles 19 for jetting out washing water toward the inside of the storage tub 1 are fitted on bottom walls 4 and upper walls 5 of the storage tub 1 and the inside of the door 15.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a body cleaning device and a storage tank for spraying warm water on the body of a patient (individual) housed in a box-shaped storage tank to wash the body of the patient. The present invention relates to a chair of a body cleaning device that supports a patient.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional technique, the one described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-53209 filed by the present applicant, that is, a box-shaped storage tank is provided and the front wall of the storage tank is provided. And a window hole through which the patient's head is exposed is provided on the upper wall, and a water conduit connected to the hot water supply device is piped inside the storage tank, and the water transfer pipe is directed to a predetermined location inside the storage tank. In some cases, an opening nozzle is provided.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, since the window hole through which the patient's head is exposed is provided in the upper wall of the storage tank, the position of the patient's head exposed through this window hole. This makes it difficult for the caregiver to perform this work when the caregiver cleans the patient's head and hair. Further, in order to prevent steam from rising from the window hole, there is a drawback that the shutter structure for sealing the periphery of the patient's neck in the window hole becomes complicated. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a new body washing device that solves the above drawbacks.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention is configured as follows to achieve the above object. That is, a box-shaped storage tank whose upper surface, left and right side surfaces and rear surface are closed is provided, and a door for opening and closing the front surface of the storage tank is provided at the front of the storage tank, and the upper portion of the door is the front surface of the storage tank. A window hole that exposes the patient's head by projecting forward from
A nozzle for ejecting washing water toward the inside of the storage tank is provided in the storage tank and the door. In this case, a shelf-like armrest projecting outward is provided at an intermediate portion in the up-down direction of the left and right walls of the storage tank, and a caregiver's hands can be taken in and out on the left and right walls of the storage tank located above the armrest. It is advisable to provide holes. In addition, a bottom wall that closes the bottom of the storage tank is provided, and the bottom wall is positioned higher than the wheels of the wheeled chair that carries the patient, and the columns of the wheeled chair can pass through the bottom wall in the front-back direction. It is advisable to form the long hole and to close the long hole with a flexible sealing material divided into right and left. Further, it is preferable to provide a pressure pump for pumping the cleaning water to the storage tank and supplying it to the nozzle. Further, as a chair of the body washing device, an upper frame supporting a patient and a lower frame having a plurality of wheels in front and rear are vertically separated from each other, and the upper frame and the lower frame are vertically moved at a center portion of both of them. It is configured to be integrally connected by columns that stand upright. In this case, the upper frame may be configured such that the back frame supporting the back of the patient can be rotationally adjusted in the front-rear direction with respect to the seat frame supporting the hip of the patient.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view showing a state of use thereof, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view corresponding to III-III in FIG. Figure 1
In FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes an FRP (fiber reinforced plastic) storage tank, which is formed in a box shape in which the upper and lower surfaces that leave the front surface, the left and right side surfaces, and the rear surface are closed, and the front door 1a of the storage tank 1 is formed. It is opened and closed by the FRP door 15.

The storage tank 1 is as follows. That is, the shelf-like armrests 7, 7 projecting outward are integrally formed in the vertical middle portions of the left and right walls 2, 3, and the caregiver's hands can be taken in and out of the upper side of each armrest 7, 7. The care holes 8 and 8 are provided, and the transparent windows 9 and 9 are provided on the upper side of the care holes 8 and 8.
To form The care holes 8 and 8 can be opened and closed by curtain members 10 and 10 such as soft plastic sheets suspended from the inner surfaces of the left and right walls 2 and 3, and the transparent windows 9 and 9 are transparent plastic sheets. The inside can be seen through. As a result, the caregiver pushes the curtain members 10, 10 inward to insert the hands into the storage tank 2, and kneads and cleans a predetermined portion of the patient (a) while visually observing through the see-through windows 9, 9.

The bottom wall 4 that closes the bottom of the storage tank 1 has wheels 2 of a wheeled chair 25 for carrying a patient (a).
7 is formed at a position higher than 7, and an elongated hole 11 extending from the front end toward the rear is formed at the center of the bottom wall 4 in the left-right direction. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the long hole 11 has a width that allows the column 28 of the wheeled chair 25 to pass in the front-rear direction, and the long hole 11 is divided into left and right flexible sealing members 12, 12
Are contacted in the shape of a palm and are closed.

The above-mentioned door 15 has its left side edge portion rotatably connected to the left side edge portion of the front portion of the storage tank 1 by a hinge, and the front portion of the storage tank 1 as the left-right intermediate portion goes from the lower portion to the upper portion. From the above, the window 16 is gradually projected forward and curved in an arc shape in a plan view, whereby a window hole 16 through which the head of the patient (a) is exposed is formed on the upper surface of the door 15. The upper edge 15a of the door 15 is lower than the upper edge of the doorway 1a of the storage tank 1. A partition member 13 made of a soft sheet is suspended and supported on the upper part of the entrance / exit 1a.
The area around the neck of the patient (A) is blocked by 3 to prevent steam in the storage tank 1 from leaking toward the face of the patient (A).

The bottom wall 4, the top wall 5 and the door 1 of the storage tank 1
A plurality of nozzles 17, 18 and 19 for ejecting washing water (hot water) toward the inside of the storage tank 1 are attached to the inner surface side of 5. That is, the nozzle 17 on the bottom wall 4 side spouts the washing water toward the hips of the patient (a) and the back surface of the leg of the patient (a),
The nozzle 18 on the upper wall 5 jets the washing water toward the front of the chest, the genital area and the legs of the patient (A), and the nozzle 19 on the door 15 side sends the washing water to the neck and back of the patient (A). Gush toward.

As shown in FIG. 2, each of the nozzles 17, 18 and 19 is embedded in the bottom wall 4, the top wall 5 and the door 15 of the storage tank 1 or attached to a supply pipe 20 arranged along the inner surfaces thereof. The supply pipe 20 is connected to the discharge side of the pressure pump 21 attached to the rear wall 6 of the storage tank 1. And
The suction side of the pressurizing pump 21 is connected to a domestic bathtub or a hot water faucet (not shown) connected to a water heater, and the pressurizing pump 21 supplies hot water of a predetermined temperature to each nozzle 17,
Discharge from 18 and 19 at a predetermined pressure. If necessary, shampoo liquid, disinfectant liquid, etc. are mixed in the hot water in the supply pipe 20.

A drainage pump 22 is provided on the rear wall 6 of the storage tank 1.
Attach. The drainage pump 22 is for sucking and removing to the outside the used wash water in the storage tank 1, or the urine of the patient, the defecation of defecation, and the like. In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, reference numeral 23 is a hand shower nozzle provided in the front part of the storage tank 1, which is used when cleaning the head of the patient (a). Further, 24 is a control unit for controlling the pressurizing pump 21 and the drainage pump 22, which is installed in the hollow portion of the upper wall 5 which is formed as a double wall, and has the operation buttons 24a exposed on the upper portion of the upper wall 5. Pressurizing pump 2 by operating
1 and on / off of the drainage pump 22, the discharge pressure of the pressurizing pump 21, the temperature of hot water (washing water), etc. can be adjusted.

The above-mentioned wheeled chair 25 is as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4. That is, a small diameter wheel (caster) 27 is attached to each corner of the lower frame 26 made of a pipe curved in a rectangular shape in a plan view,
A pillar 28 made of a pipe is erected and fixed at the center of the left and right sides of the lower frame 26, and an upper frame 29 made of a pipe is attached to the upper end of the pillar 28.

In the upper frame 29, a two-stage seat frame 30 formed by bending a pipe material into a rectangular shape in a plan view is opposed to the lower frame 26 and integrally fixed to the upper ends of the columns 28. A pipe back frame 31 framed in a rectangular shape in plan view is connected to the rear of the frame 30 by a pin so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction, and a headrest 33 slides vertically on the upper end of the back frame 31 (expansion and contraction). The headrest 33 is mounted so that it can be adjusted according to the height of the patient (a).

Reference numeral 34 is an adjusting device for adjusting the rotation angle of the back frame 31 in the front-rear direction. The fan-shaped engagement plate 35 is fixed to the center of rotation of the back frame 31, and the lower peripheral portion of the engagement plate 35 is fixed. Engagement grooves 35a are formed at two positions in the circumferential direction, the operation lever 36 is rotatably attached to the upper seat frame 30 side, and the engagement groove 3 is formed on the lower end side of rotation of the operation lever 36.
A pawl 36b for engagement and disengagement is provided on 5a, and a spring urges the operating lever 36 to rotate so that the pawl 36b moves toward the engaging groove 35a.

By operating the operating lever 36 to selectively engage the claw 36b with the predetermined engaging groove 35a, the back frame 31 is in the state shown by the solid line in FIG. 4, that is, the upper half of the patient's (a) upper body. Is erected and the state of the phantom line in FIG. 4, that is, the state in which the upper half of the patient (a) tilts backward is adjusted in two steps.

A pipe leg support 37 framed in a rectangular shape in plan view is connected to the front portion of the seat frame 30 so as to be vertically adjustable. The leg receiver 37 hangs downward when the back frame 31 is erected, and horizontally rotates when the back frame 31 is tilted backward to support the leg of the patient (a). A water-permeable sheet (net) 38 is attached to the seat frame 30, the back frame 31, and the leg receiver 37, and a patient (a) is placed on the sheet 38.

5 and 6, reference numeral 39 denotes an inverted cup-shaped cover attached to each of the columns 28, and the cover 39 is provided near each column 28 when the chair 25 is stored in the storage tank 1. The sealing material 12 of the elongated hole 11 of the bottom wall 4 generated
Cover the upper part of the opening 12a of the
The water in the storage tank 1 is prevented from leaking from the 2a. Further, 40 is a guide provided in the front part of the long hole 11, and guides the column 28 of the chair 25 to the long hole 11.

Next, the usage of the above embodiment will be described. First, the back frame 31 and the leg rests 37 of the chair 25 are rotated in the horizontal direction so that the patient 25
Put on. Next, the door 15 is opened, the patient (a) placed on the wheelchair 25 is accommodated in the accommodation tank 1 from the front side, the door 15 is closed, and the head of the patient (a) is opened through the window hole 16 in the upper part of the door 15. From the outside, the partition member 13 surrounds the neck of the patient (A) (state of FIG. 2). In this state, the pressurizing pump 21 is activated to press the hot water into the supply pipe 20, and the hot water is jetted from the nozzles 17, 18, 19 toward the patient (a). In addition, a predetermined amount of shampoo or a disinfectant solution is appropriately mixed in hot water for cleaning and disinfection.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the caregiver sits on a chair on both sides of the storage tank 1, and the curtain members 10, 1 are placed.
0 is pushed inward, the hand is inserted into the accommodation tank 2 through the care hole 8, and a predetermined portion of the patient (a) is rubbed and washed while visually observing through the see-through windows 9 and 9. In this case, the caregiver should use the armrest 7 as appropriate.
Rub and wash the patient (a) while supporting the elbow with the part. Moreover, the head and hair of the patient (a) are washed by holding the hand shower nozzle 23.

The used hot water after washing the patient (a) is the bottom wall 4
The drained water and the urine and feces that the patient (A) has incontinent during the washing are sucked and removed to the outside by the drainage pump 22. Then, after the washing of the patient (a) is completed, the pressurizing pump 21 and the drainage pump 22 are stopped, water drops adhering to the body are removed with a towel or the like, and then the door 15 is opened and the wheelchair 25 is used. The patient (a) is taken out of the storage tank 1 and transferred to a predetermined bed.

FIG. 7 shows a second embodiment. In this case, the bottom wall of the storage tank 1 is removed, and a skirt 41 made of a soft resin sheet is hung down and attached to the left and right walls 2 and 3, the rear wall 6 and the lower portion of the door 15 of the storage tank 1. Four
The lower part of the storage tank 1 is shut off from the outside by 1, and the left and right walls 2,
3, a flexible hose 42 is attached to the lower part of the hose 3 and connected to the supply pipe 20 described above, and the same nozzle 17 as that described above is attached to the tip of the hose 42. The other structure is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment. The second embodiment is designed to be used in a bathroom of a general household, and since the storage tank 1 has no bottom wall, the structure is simple and the cost is low.

[0022]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the upper part of the door for opening and closing the entrance of the front part of the container is projected forward from the front surface of the container, and the head of the patient is placed on the upper part of the door. Since the window hole through which is exposed is provided, the window hole can be formed at a low position, the position of the patient's head exposed from the window hole can be lowered, and the head of the patient by the caregiver can be lowered. Also, the hair can be easily washed. Further, the partition member for sealing the periphery of the patient's neck can be formed of a simple sheet, which simplifies the structure. Further, since the care holes are provided on the left and right walls of the storage tank and the shelf-like armrests are provided directly below the care holes, the caregiver can knead and wash the patient with little labor. Further, since the column of the chair with wheels is formed with a long hole that can pass in the front-rear direction on the bottom wall of the storage tank, and the long hole is closed by the sealing material, the wheel of the chair does not get immersed in the washing water, The inside of the storage tank is kept clean and the wheels do not rust. Further, since the pressurizing pump for pumping the wash water is provided in the storage tank, it can be used in a place without a large facility such as a boiler and is highly portable. Further, in the chair, the upper frame supporting the patient and the lower frame having wheels are vertically separated from each other, and the upper frame and the lower frame are connected to each other by the columns that stand up and down at the left and right center portions of the both. Therefore, only one long hole is provided in the bottom wall of the storage tank, the rigidity of the bottom wall is less likely to decrease, and the structure of the bottom wall is simplified. Also, the upper frame of the chair allows the back frame supporting the back of the patient to be pivotally adjusted in the front-back direction with respect to the seat frame supporting the hips of the patient, so that the patient can be laid down and the head of the patient can be lowered. Even if the window of the storage tank in which the part is exposed is low, this can be easily accommodated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view showing a usage state of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view corresponding to III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a chair according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional front view of essential parts showing a fitted state of a column of a chair and an elongated hole of a bottom wall of a storage tank.

6 is a cross-sectional view of a main part corresponding to VI-VI in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a front view of essential parts showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Storage Tank 1 1a Entrance / Exit 2 Left Wall 3 Right Wall 4 Bottom Wall 5 Top Wall 6 Rear Wall 7 Armrest 8 Nursing Hole 9 Transparent Window 10 Curtain Member 11 Long Hole 12 Sealing Member 13 Partitioning Member 15 Door 16 Window Hole 17, 18, 19 Nozzle 20 Supply Pipe 21 Pressurizing Pump 22 Drain Pump 23 Hand Shower Nozzle 24 Control Section 24a Operation Button 25 Wheel Chair 26 Lower Frame 27 Wheel 28 Strut 29 Upper Frame 30 Seat Frame 31 Back Frame 32 Pin 33 Headrest 34 Adjuster 35 Engagement plate 35a Engagement groove 36 Operation lever 37 Leg support 38 Seat 39 Cover 40 Guide 41 Skirt 42 Hose

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A door (15) which is provided with a box-shaped storage tank (1) whose upper surface, left and right side surfaces and rear surface are closed, and which opens and closes a front surface of the storage tank (1) at a front portion of the storage tank (1). ) Is provided, and the door (15) is provided with a window hole (1a) through which the upper portion of the door (15) projects forward from the front surface of the storage tank (1) to expose the head of the patient (a). ) And door (15)
1. A body washing apparatus, characterized in that a nozzle (17, 18, 19) for jetting washing water toward the inside of the storage tank (1) is provided in the. 2. A shelf-like armrest (7) protruding outward is provided at an intermediate portion in the up-down direction of the left and right walls of the storage tank (1), and the storage tank (1) located above the armrest (7). 2. The body-cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that care holes (8) through which a caregiver's hand can put in and out are provided on the left and right walls of (1). 3. A bottom wall (4) for closing a bottom surface of the storage tank (1) is provided, and the bottom wall (4) is a wheel (27) of a wheeled chair (25) for carrying a patient (a). At a higher position than the above, the bottom wall (4) is formed with a long hole (11) through which the column (28) of the wheeled chair (25) can pass in the front-rear direction, and the long hole (11) is divided into left and right. 3. A body wash according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is closed by a flexible sealing material (12). 4. A pressurizing pump (21) for pumping wash water to the storage tank (1) and supplying it to the nozzles (17, 18, 19) is provided. Three
Body wash device as described. 5. An upper frame (2) for supporting a patient (a).
9) and a lower frame (26) having a plurality of wheels (27) on the front and rear sides are vertically separated from each other, and the upper frame (29) and the lower frame (26) are vertically arranged at the center portions of the both sides. A chair for a body washing apparatus, which is integrally connected by a standing column (28). 6. The upper frame (29) rotates a back frame (31) supporting the back of the patient (a) in the front-rear direction with respect to a seat frame (30) supporting the back of the patient (a). The chair of the body washing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the chair is dynamically adjustable.