JPH09252989A - Sanitary unit for the old - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to use a sanitary unit without assistance of a helper by providing a shower, a washstand, and a toilet seat, and controlling hot water temperature supplied to the shower beforehand by a signal from a wheelchair, and making it possible to adjust the heights of a handrail and a support beside the washstand by a signal from a wheelchair. SOLUTION: This sanitary unit for the old 10 is provided with a shower 11, a washstand 12, and a toilet seat 13. The shower 11 is provided with a shower head holder 15 having a receiver 15a, and a driving section 16 which is controlled to move up and down by a signal from a wheelchair. Besides, a temperature sensor 40 and a control section are installed in a shower metal fitting 39 to make it possible to set hot water temperature by a signal from a wheelchair. A handrail for support 20, capable of moving up and down, before and behind by a driving section, is arranged in front of the toilet seat 13. And, a handrail 34, capable of going up and down by a driving mechanism installed behind the wall, is installed beside an entrance of the unit 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sanitary unit for the aged or physically handicapped, which is used as a sanitary facility for public facilities, a sanitary facility for hospitals, nursing homes, private residences, etc.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a conventional sanitary unit for the aged or physically handicapped has a sanitary unit 5 in which a hand-washing device 6 and a toilet 7 are arranged, as shown in FIG. To use.
The sensor automatically opens the slide door 8 when the user stands in front of it, and automatically closes when the user goes inside. Moreover, you may attach a shower unit inside.

[0003]

By the way, the above-mentioned conventional sanitary unit for the aged cannot be rotated inside when it is entered in a wheelchair due to its small size, and the dominant hand is limited to the right or left side due to half body paralysis. There was a drawback that people could not actually use these units.

In addition, there is a drawback that a unit equipped with a shower may be burned without being properly temperature-controlled when used by an old person or the like. Furthermore, when a disabled person who gets out of a wheelchair sequentially moves to a washbasin or a toilet using a handrail, it does not fit the height of the user or the height at which it is easy to use.
It was very difficult to use.

The object of the present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the related art. Even if the user is accompanied by the right or left half of the body, the wheelchair can be smoothly rotated in the interior of the wheelchair.
An object of the present invention is to provide a sanitary unit for the elderly, which can be used freely and whose height of handrail can be adjusted according to the height of the user.

[0006]

The sanitary unit for the aged according to the present invention is a sanitary unit including a shower, a wash basin and a toilet bowl, in which a temperature sensor and a control unit are attached to a hot water supply unit of the shower, and Signal to control the temperature of the hot water supplied to the shower in advance, and adjust the height position of the handrail installed inside the unit and the height position of the support stand installed beside the washbasin by the signal from the wheelchair. It is characterized by what you can do.

The handrail is characterized in that it is disposed in front of the side wall of the unit and the toilet bowl, and that the supporting position of the shower head can be adjusted in height by a signal from the wheelchair. In addition, a switch for hand operation is provided on the shower head, and the hot water temperature and hot water amount can be adjusted.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an elevational view showing the inside of the sanitary unit for the aged according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view showing the inside of the sanitary unit for the aged, and FIG.
[Fig. 4] is a plan view showing the inside of the sanitary unit for the aged. The sanitary unit 10 for the elderly has a shower 11
And a washbasin 12 and a toilet bowl 13.

The shower 11 has a hand operation switch 14 attached to a shower head 11a, and the hand operation switch 14 can be used to adjust the hot water temperature, hot water amount, and the like. In addition, the shower head support 15 is provided with a receiver 15a for retaining the shower head 11a, and receives a signal from the wheelchair. The signal from the wheelchair is sent to a control unit (not shown), and the drive of the drive unit 16 of the shower head support unit 15 is controlled by this control unit to move up and down.

A temperature sensor 40 and a controller (not shown) are attached to the shower fitting 39 of the shower 11 so that the bath temperature can be set by a signal from the wheelchair. The signal from the wheelchair may be a light beam, an electromagnetic wave, or the like.

The drive unit 16 is integrally fixed to the shower head support unit 15 arranged behind the wall surface of the rack 1.
7, a pinion gear 18, a drive motor 19 and the like. In such a configuration, the shower head support portion 15 can be moved up and down by rotating the drive motor 19 forward and backward. The drive unit 16 is
The present invention is not limited to this configuration and may be a hydraulic mechanism or the like.

A supporting handrail 20 is disposed on the front surface of the toilet bowl 13. The handrail 20 is attached so as to be movable in the up-down direction and the front-back direction by a drive unit 21 arranged behind the wall surface. The handrail 20 is a hydraulic cylinder 22.
Moves horizontally in the direction of arrow A in FIG.

The entire drive unit 21 is raised and lowered by the rack 23 and the pinion gear 24. Furthermore, handrail 2
0 is provided with a receiver 20a and controls a drive motor 25 for rotating the hydraulic cylinder 22 and the pinion gear 24 in response to a signal from the wheelchair.

A curtain rail 26 is attached to approximately the center of the ceiling so that the shower 11 can be surrounded. The support 28 provided beside the washbasin 12
The handicapped person or the elderly person holds his / her hand to support the body when moving from the wheelchair to the toilet bowl 13. The support 28 is
It is supported from below by the arms 29, 29, and for safety, the shape is also formed by smooth curved portions without corners. The arm 29 is fixed to the rack plate 30.

The rack plate 30 meshes with the pinion gear 31 and is fixed to the drive motor 32.
The support 28 can be moved up and down by rotating in the forward and reverse directions. The control of the drive motor 32 is controlled via a controller (not shown) by a signal from the receiver 28a attached to the front surface of the support 28.

A handrail 34 is attached to a side surface of the entrance 33 of the sanitary unit for the aged. The handrail 34 is used by an elderly person or the like who has entered the unit in a wheelchair and is held by the handrail to stand up or move to the support base 28. The handrail 34 can be raised and lowered by a drive mechanism 35 mounted behind the wall surface.

The drive mechanism 35 comprises a handrail 34, a fixed rack plate 36, a pinion gear 37, and a drive motor 38. By rotating the drive motor 38 in the forward and reverse directions, the handrail 34 can be raised and lowered by the pinion gear 37 and the rack plate 36. The heights of the handrail 34, the support 28, and the handrail 20 may be individually controlled, or may be uniformly controlled as a whole. For example, heights H1, H2,
L1, L2, etc. are defined in four stages, and one of them is set to H2.
Other handrails or the like may be set to have the height of H2 by adjusting to.

Next, a method of using the sanitary unit for the aged thus constructed will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 3, an elderly person and a handicapped person enter from the entrance 33 by a wheelchair. At the entrance 33, a curtain or a door that is opened and closed by remote control is attached. An old man or the like who has entered the sanitary unit for the aged can wash his or her hand or face on the washbasin 12 as long as the washbasin is transmitted to the handrail 34.

At this time, if the height position of the handrail 34 does not fit to one's body, the height can be adjusted to suit one's physique by an operation signal from the wheelchair. If you adjust the height of the handrail 34,
The height positions of the other handrails 20, the support base 28, etc. may be set so that they can be adjusted in conjunction with each other.

When the toilet bowl 13 is to be used, the wheelchair is lowered and seated while being gripped by the handrail 34, the support 28 and the handrail 20 in sequence. When sitting on or standing up in the toilet bowl 13, the handrail 20 can be gripped. The handrail 20 can move not only in the height position but also in the horizontal direction. Therefore, by moving the handrail 20 to the front, it is possible to easily stand up.

When taking a shower, after taking off the clothes, the shower is taken from the shower head 11a while being held by the handrail 34, the support 28 and the handrail 20. At this time, the hot water temperature can be preset from the wheelchair. Further, the hot water temperature, hot water amount, etc. can be adjusted by the hand operation switch 14 of the shower head 11a. Therefore, it is possible to prevent burns of old people and the like. In addition, by covering the periphery of the shower with the curtain 27, it is possible to take a warm shower even in winter.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various design changes can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention.

[0023]

As described in detail above, according to the sanitary unit for the elderly according to the present invention, in the sanitary unit including the shower, the sink and the toilet bowl, the temperature sensor and the control unit are provided in the hot water supply section of the shower. Attach and
The signal from the wheelchair controls the temperature of the hot water supplied to the shower in advance, and the height of the handrail installed inside the unit and the height of the support stand beside the washbasin are signaled from the wheelchair. Since it can be adjusted by, the physically handicapped person and the elderly can freely take a washbasin and a shower inside, and there is no fear of getting burned. In addition, since the handrail and the supporting base can be adjusted to a user-friendly height by a remote control while sitting on a wheelchair, it can be used without the assistance of a caregiver.

Further, the handrail has a side wall inside the unit,
Since it is arranged in front of the toilet bowl and the height of the supporting position of the shower head can be adjusted by a signal from the wheelchair, the shower head can be freely adjusted according to the physical constitution of the user. Further, since the shower head is provided with a switch for hand operation, and the hot water temperature and hot water amount can be adjusted, it is not necessary to return to the wheelchair every time the hot water is adjusted.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an elevational view showing the inside of a sanitary unit for an elderly person according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the inside of the sanitary unit for the aged.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the inside of the sanitary unit for the aged.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example of a conventional sanitary unit for aged people.

[Explanation of Codes] 5 Sanitary Unit 6 Hand Washer 7 Toilet 8 Sliding Door 10 Sanitary Unit for Elderly 11 Shower 11a Shower Head 12 Washbasin 13 Toilet 14 Hand-operated Switch 15 Shower Head Support 15a Receiver 16 Drive 17 Rack 18 Pinion Gear 19 Drive motor 20 Handrail 20a Receiver 21 Drive unit 22 Hydraulic cylinder 23 Rack 24 Pinion gear 25 Drive motor 26 Curtain rail 27 Curtain 28 Support 29 Arm 30 Rack plate 31 Pinion gear 32 Drive motor 33 Entrance 34 Handrail 35 Drive mechanism 36 Rack plate 37 Pinion gear 38 Drive motor 39 Shower bracket 40 Temperature sensor

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A sanitary unit including a shower, a washbasin, and a toilet bowl, wherein a temperature sensor and a control unit are attached to a hot water supply unit of the shower, and the temperature of hot water supplied to the shower is controlled in advance by a signal from a wheelchair. , A sanitary unit for the aged, characterized in that the height position of the handrail installed inside the unit and the height position of the support placed beside the washbasin can be adjusted by a signal from the wheelchair. 2. The sanitary unit for the aged, characterized in that the handrail is provided in the side wall of the unit and in front of the toilet bowl, and the supporting position of the shower head can be adjusted in height by a signal from a wheelchair. 3. The sanitary unit for the aged according to claim 1, wherein the shower head is provided with a hand operation switch, and the hot water temperature and the hot water amount can be adjusted. 4. The sanitary unit for the aged according to claim 1, wherein the handrail arranged in front of the toilet is movable in the front-rear direction and the up-down direction.