JPH0960058A - Bathroom - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathtub allowing an easy access even for a bathing person requiring a caretaker by providing a washing place with a sub-bathtub having an upper open part at the same level as the washing place. SOLUTION: A sub-bathtub 5 is provided at a position nearer a skirt 4 under a hot and cold water faucet, and the upper opening 6 of the sub-bathtub 5 is positioned at the same level as a washing place 3. In addition, the sub-bathtub 5 is kept along the skirt 4, and laid in space ranging from the apron 7 of a bathtub 2 to a skirt wall 8. Then, the upper opening 6 is covered with a boiler 10,. so as to be released and closed, thereby allowing the top of the boiler 10 to be used like an ordinary washing place. Also, the sub-bathtub 5 becomes usable, when the boiler 10 is opened, and a direct access to the sub-bathtub 5 from the washing place 3 is allowed without any need of such striding as required for an access to the bathtub 2. Also, easy leaving from the sub-bathtub 5 is allowed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathroom having a bathtub in which a bather who needs a caregiver can easily enter and leave.

[0002]

In recent years, there has been proposed a bathroom for a general home, which has a bathtub and a washing room, taking into consideration the bathing of an elderly person accompanied by a caregiver. For example,
A part of the flange of the bathtub is made wide so that the user can enter and leave the bathtub while sitting on the wide part when bathing, and many grip bars are provided. Also, eliminate steps on the entrance / exit of the bathroom, provide an emergency escape door, and use the entrance / exit of the bathroom as a sliding door.
It was also devised. However, in the bath tub of the above-mentioned bathroom, since a person with normal health is also supposed to use it, it has a high straddle height, which makes it difficult for a person requiring a caregiver to enter and leave the bath tub. The caregiver had to enter the bathtub when getting out of the room. Also, a shallow bathtub is suitable, but the bathtub is deep in a bathroom which is used by ordinary persons in the same manner as described above. Furthermore, although a person in a bathtub is cared for through the flange portion of the bathtub, there is a problem that the height of the flange portion of the bathtub makes it difficult to carry out care work.

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention takes the above into consideration.
The purpose is to provide a dedicated bathtub for people who need nursing care in the bathroom so that it does not interfere with general bathing.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and in a bathroom having a bathtub and a washing area, a sub-tub having an upper opening at the washing area height is provided. , Providing a bathroom characterized by being provided in the washing place, in a bathroom having a bathtub and a washing place, a sub-tub is provided in the washing place, the height position of the upper opening of the sub-tub, It is intended to solve the above problems by providing a bathroom characterized by being set in an intermediate portion from the height position of the washing area to the height position of the opening of the bathtub upper surface. In this way, since a sub-tub is provided separately from the commonly used bath, the sub-tub can be used as a dedicated bath for those who need care, and the upper opening of the sub-tub is the same as the washing area. Since the height is set and the position is lower than the bathtub that is normally used, it is easy to come in and out.

Further, according to the present invention, the upper lid opening of the sub-tub is arranged so that it can be opened and closed by covering the upper lid opening flush with the opening of the sub-tub. By allowing water and the like to flow into the sub-tub through the bath-shaped bath lid, the space above the sub-tub covered by the bath lid can be used.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
3 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In the figure, 1 is a unit bath constituting a bathroom. In the unit bath 1, a wall panel, a doorway, etc. are set in a lower structure in which a bath 2 and a washing room 3 are arranged in parallel, and a ceiling panel is set on the upper part By that, the bathroom is formed. As shown in FIG. 1, in the washing room 3, a sub-tub 5 is provided at a position near the lower waist 4 side under the hot water supply tap, and the upper opening 6 of the sub-tub 5 is provided at the height of the washing room. positioned. The sub-tub 5 is arranged along the lower waist 4 and between the apron 7 of the bath 2 and the waist wall 8 facing the apron 7, and a flange portion 9 surrounding the upper opening 6 of the sub-tub 5. Among them, one side 9a is adjacent to the lower waist 4, two sides 9b and 9c corresponding to the longitudinal direction are adjacent to the apron 7 and the waist wall 8, and the remaining one side 9d is adjacent to the washing area 3.

In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a bowl-shaped bath lid arranged in abutment with the upper surface opening 6 of the sub-tub 5, and covers the upper surface opening 6 flush with the opening surface 6a. The bath lid 10 is pivotally supported by the sub bath 5 around the sides 9b and 9c of the flange 9 as pivot centers, and the upper opening 6 is arranged to be openable and closable. Further, since the bath lid 10 is shaped like a drain, it is provided so that water or the like can be poured into the sub bath 5 through the bath lid 10 even when the bath lid 10 is covered with the bath lid 10. Has been. Of course, the bath lid 10 has such strength that a person can ride on the bath lid 10 when the bath lid 10 is covered with the bath lid 10. It is provided so that it can be used like a normal washroom.

As shown in the drawing, a storage portion 11 is provided in the apron 7 and the waist wall 8, and each of the storage portions 11 opens the upper opening 6 of the sub-tub 5 and opens the bath lid 10. When the bath lid 10 is started up, the bath lid 10 is stored in a raised state so that the bath lid 10 does not get in the way when the sub-tub 5 is used.

In this way, the sub-tub 5 is provided in the washing space 3 such that the upper opening 6 is at the height of the washing space 3, and the upper opening 6 is covered by the bath lid 10 so as to be openable and closable. , Can be used on the bath lid 10 like a normal washing place with the bath lid 10 covering the upper opening 6, and by opening the bath lid 10, the sub bath 5 can be used. It is possible to directly and easily enter the sub-tub 5 from the washing place 3 without the trouble of going in and out like the bathtub 2 and to easily get out.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 12 indicates a grip bar. Further, in the example of FIG. 1, two bath lids cover the top opening, but one bath lid may cover the top opening. Further, the bath lid itself may be detachable.

FIG. 3 shows another example of the present invention. In this example, the height position of the upper opening 6 of the sub bath 5 is set to an intermediate portion from the height position of the washing area to the height position of the upper opening of the bath 2. Then, in the same manner as in the above-mentioned example, the two lid-shaped bath lids 10 that cover the upper surface opening 6 of the sub-tub 5 are provided so as to be open, and the two bath lids 10 are provided. It is provided so that it can be seated on the bath lid 10 in the closed state. Further, in this example, since the upper surface opening 6 of the sub-tub 5 is located above the washing space 3,
The water, hot water, etc., which have been washed away in the washing room 3 are prevented from flowing into the sub-tub 5.

In each of the examples described above, the sub bath is integrally formed with the lower structure of the unit bath, but it may be formed separately from the lower structure and attached later. Well, further, when the lower structure is configured by retrofitting a bath floor panel having a washing room with a bathtub, a waist wall, etc., an auxiliary bathtub may be formed integrally with the bath floor panel, or separately. You may make it attach the auxiliary bathtub shape | molded to. Further, in the above example, the bathroom is constituted by the unit bath, but when the bathroom is constructed on site, the sub bath is integrally formed on the building floor, or a separately molded sub bath. You may make it install a bathtub.

[0012]

As described above, according to the present invention,
In a bathroom having a bathtub and a washing area, a sub-tub having an upper opening located at the height of the washing area is provided in the washing area, and another invention is A sub-tub is provided in the washing area, and the height position of the upper opening of the sub-tub is set to an intermediate portion from the height position of the washing area to the height position of the upper surface opening of the bath. is there. In this way, the top opening of the sub-tub is
The height of the washroom and the height between the washroom and the top opening of the bathtub make it extremely easy to enter and leave the sub-tub, and it is easy to take care of bathers in and out of the sub-tub. Becomes Then, it is possible to sit in the washing room and take a bath with only the feet.If the upper opening of the sub-tub is located at the upper position, even if you sit on the flange, the waist height will be high. Instead, it is easy to stabilize, and you can bathe only with your feet, as described above. As described above, since the bathtub has a sub-tub corresponding to a bather who needs nursing care when bathing, the bath becomes a bath where the bather can easily take a bath, and a caregiver can also obtain a bath where the nursing work is easy. And
Since a normal bathtub is also provided, it is possible for the general public to take a bath, which is a useful bathroom that does not limit the bathers. Furthermore, by covering the upper opening of the sub-tub with a drain-shaped bath lid, a space that can be used on the bath lid can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of a bathroom according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a cross section of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Unit bath 2 ... Bathtub 3 ... Washing room 5 ... Sub bath 6 ... Upper opening of sub bath 9 ... Flange 10 ... Bath lid

Claims (3)

[Claims] In a bathroom having a bathtub and a washing area, a sub-tub having an upper opening located at the height of the washing area,
A bathroom characterized by being provided in the washing place. 2. In a bathroom having a bathtub and a washing area, an auxiliary bathtub is provided in the washing area, and the height position of the upper opening of the auxiliary bath is from the height of the washing area to the height of the upper opening of the bathtub. A bathroom characterized by being set in the middle part up to the position. 3. A cap-shaped bath lid that is openably and closably disposed in the upper opening of the sub-tub so as to cover the upper opening flush with the opening of the sub-tub. The bathroom according to claim 1 or 2, which is provided so that water or the like can be poured into the sub-tub.