JPH10286296A - Wheelchair bathing device with course member - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely and easily execute a bathing operation regardless of a level of gradient of the floor surface of a bathroom by providing a course member for introducing a wheelchair to a bathtub on the bathtub and/or floor surface. SOLUTION: In use, a bathing person laid in the posture possible to bathe and set on a wheelchair 5 is moved to a bathroom, and after the bathing person is properly washed, the wheelchair 5 is pushed into a bathtub 2 having a door 1 opened together with the bathing person. At this time, the wheelchair 5 is first moved onto the entrance regulating part 19 of a course member 6, and then guided by the course member 6 and advanced into the bathtub 2. The top part 6a of the course member 6 is horizontally mounted on the bathtub 2 by regulating a top fixture 27, and the base part 6b of the course member 6 is horizontally set on a floor surface 22 by regulating a route member adjuster 20. The entrance regulating part 19 of the course member 6 is removably provided so as to be laid in inclined state, extending from the course member 6 to the floor surface 22 having a gradient, and after the wheelchair 5 is transferred, it is returned to horizontal state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathing apparatus for bathing a physically handicapped person, an elderly person or the like, and to a wheelchair bathing apparatus with a course member for bathing in a wheelchair.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a wheelchair bathing apparatus, it is known that only a seat part enters a bathtub and a trolley part lies outside the bathtub. As an example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-19475 discloses that a wheelchair including a bogie unit, a seating part, and a space connector, and a bathtub, and the space connector is housed in the seating unit or the bogie unit. A "parallel entry wheelchair bathing device" is disclosed.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional apparatus in which the bogie unit does not enter the bathtub, the wheelchair tilts and the wheelchair becomes difficult to push into the bathtub when the gradient of the floor surface of the bathroom increases.
In addition, there is a drawback in that the adjustment of the correlation between the wheelchair and the bath tub requires a lot of trouble when the apparatus is installed. If the introduction passage of the bathtub has irregularities due to a drainage duct, grating, or the like, there is also a problem that it is difficult to put a wheelchair into the bathtub.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and to provide a wheelchair bathing apparatus with a track member that can reliably and easily perform a bathing operation irrespective of the magnitude of the gradient of the bathroom floor. It is in.

[0005]

That is, the present invention provides a wheelchair (5) comprising at least a seat (7) and a cart (8).
And a bathtub (2), and said seat portion (7) at the time of bathing.
Is mounted inside the bathtub (2) and the trolley (8) is mounted outside the bathtub (2). The wheelchair (5) is placed on the bathtub (2) and / or the floor (22). A wheelchair bathing apparatus with a track member, characterized in that a track member (6) to be introduced into (2) is provided. The track member (6) includes a horizontal portion (31) for introducing and supporting the cart (8) substantially horizontally along the bottom wall (2a) of the bathtub (2), and a horizontal portion (31).
The wheelchair (5) is provided on the floor (2).
2) The inlet introduction adjustment section (1)
9). Further, at least a part of the course member (6) is connected to the bathtub (2).

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A bather is placed on a seat 7 of a wheelchair 5, and a trolley 8 supports the seat 7 and freely moves on a floor 22. At the time of bathing, the seat 7 is mounted inside the bathtub 2 and the trolley 8 is mounted outside the bathtub 2. The path member 6 provided between the bathtub 2 and the floor surface 22 causes the carriage unit 8 to enter and enter the bathtub 2.

[0007] The horizontal portion 31 of the path member 6 introduces and supports the carriage portion 8 transferred thereon substantially horizontally along the bottom wall 2 a of the bathtub 2. The entrance introduction adjuster 19 pivotally supported by the base 6 b of the horizontal part 31 introduces the wheelchair 5 from the floor 22 to the horizontal part 31.

At least a part of the path member 6 is connected to the bathtub 2. When the wheelchair 5 enters the bathtub 2, the course member 6 moves, and the course member 6 guides the wheelchair 5 to an optimum position of the bathtub 2 to facilitate entry into the bathtub 2. By connecting a part of the course member 6 to the bathtub 2, installation and adjustment of the course member 6 becomes easy.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 has a bathtub 2 with a door 1, a hot water storage tank 3 for storing hot water, and hot water moved between the hot water storage tank 3 and the bathtub 2. It comprises a hot water adjusting unit 4 for supplying and draining hot water, a wheelchair 5 for carrying a bather, and a plate-like path member 6 installed from below the bottom wall 2a of the bathtub 2 to the front of the opening 2b of the bathtub 2. .

The bathtub 2 accommodates the entire wheelchair 5 and provides bathing to a bather on the wheelchair 5, and the bathtub 2 is provided with the hot water adjusting unit 4.

The wheelchair 5 comprises a seat portion 7 and a bogie portion 8 on which the seat portion 7 is mounted so as to be separable and which freely moves on a floor surface 22. The bogie unit 8 includes an upper frame 9 attached below the seat unit 7, a lower frame 10 provided below the upper frame 9, and an upper frame 9.
Frame 11 that supports upper frame 9 between the upper frame 9 and the lower frame 10
And a caster 12 attached to a lower portion of the lower frame 10.

The roller 13 attached to the upper frame 9 rolls on the upper surface of the bottom wall 2a when the upper frame 9 separates from the lower frame 10, and the front support frame 11a is pivoted on the lower frame 10. The rear frame 11b is supported to support the front portion of the upper frame 9, and the rear support frame 11b is pivotally supported by the upper frame 9 to support the rear portion of the upper frame 9.

The hot water storage tank 3 is a tank for storing hot water for bathing, and is communicated with the bath tub 2 via a hot water adjusting unit 4. The hot water in the hot water storage tank 3 is ready for bathing by the hot water adjusting unit 4. Moved to 2.

The hot water adjusting unit 4 includes a pump 14 for moving hot water, an electric valve 15 for changing the flow direction of hot water, and a pipe 16 for connecting these to the bathtub 2 and the hot water storage tank 3. Is moved between the hot water storage tank 3 and the bath tub 2 to supply and discharge hot water to the bath tub 2. Further, although not shown, the hot water adjusting unit 4 has a filtering function in addition to the hot water moving function.

The course member 6 comprises a horizontal portion 31 and an inlet introduction adjusting portion 19, and the front portion 6a of the horizontal portion 31 is
The base member 6b of the horizontal portion 31 is attached to the bottom wall 2a of the base member 2a with the attachment member 27, and the track member adjuster 2 is provided in the hanging direction.
0 and is placed on the floor surface 22. Further, an inlet introduction adjusting portion 19 is attached to the base 6b via a hinge 21 so as to be inclined downward toward the base.

The track member 6 may be any member as long as it can guide the bogie section 8 and is not shown. Other examples of the plate-like track member 6 include rails, profiles, roller guides, and the like. Is used. The path member 6
Is supported on both the bathtub 2 and the floor surface 22, but may be fixed only to the floor surface 22 or may be provided integrally with the bathtub 2 as another embodiment.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 17 denotes an insulated heater for heating hot water, and reference numeral 18 denotes a hot water supply valve for initially supplying hot water to the bathtub 2, increasing hot water, and raising the temperature.

In using the embodiment, a bather who is ready to take a bath is transferred to a wheelchair 5 and moved to a bathroom, whereupon the bather is appropriately cleaned, and then the wheelchair is placed in a bathtub 2 with a door 1 opened. Push 5 in with every bather.

At the time of the above pushing, the wheelchair 5 first gets on the entrance introduction adjusting portion 19 of the course member 6, and thereafter, the wheelchair 5
Is suitably guided by the course member 6 and approaches the bathtub 2 to enter.

Since the floor 22 has a slope,
The bathtub 2 is set horizontally by adjusting the bathtub adjuster 23. The leading end 6a of the track member 6 is mounted horizontally on the bathtub 2 by adjusting the tip attachment 27, and the base 6b of the track member 6 is adjusted horizontally by adjusting the track member adjuster 20 so that the floor 2 is kept horizontal.
2 The entrance introduction adjusting portion 19 of the base 6b of the track member 6 is connected with a gentle inclination from the horizontal track member 6 to the inclined floor surface 22.

The bathtub 2 and the course member 6 are adjusted to a predetermined distance, and the wheelchair 5 rises up to the course member 6 and becomes substantially horizontal along the bottom wall 2a and is suitably joined to the horizontally installed bathtub 2. it can. In a state where the wheelchair 5 is pushed into and joined to the bathtub 2, the bogie unit 8 dives below the bottom wall 2 a of the bathtub 2, and the seat unit 7 enters the bathtub 2 on the bottom wall 2 a.

Which occurs when the wheelchair 5 is pushed into the bathtub 2;
The mode of the separating operation of the seat portion 7 and the bogie portion 8 will be described. First, when the wheelchair 5 is pushed toward the opened bathtub 2, the wheelchair 5
Roller 13 rides on the bottom wall 2a.

Next, the front support frame 11a, which is pivotally supported on the carriage 8 by the shaft 24, is pushed down after contacting the front end of the bottom wall 2a, and is turned down to the lower frame 10 side and held by the lower frame 10. Is done. Further, when the wheelchair 5 enters the bathtub 2, the rear support frame 11b, which is supported by the seat portion 7 in a hanging manner by the shaft 24, comes into contact with the front end of the bottom wall 2a, is pushed up, and turns upward to the upper frame 9 side. It is held in the upper frame 9. When the wheelchair 5 is moved toward the bottom wall 2a, the bottom wall 2a is located between the upper frame 9 and the lower frame 10, the seat 7 reaches the bottom wall 2a, and the bogie section 8 is connected to the bottom wall 2a. As it goes down, the seat 7 and the carriage 8 are separated.

Next, the door 1 is closed, a supply switch (not shown) is turned on, the hot water adjusting unit 4 is operated, the hot water in the hot water storage tank 3 is moved to the bath tub 2, and the bather takes a bath.

At the end of bathing, a return switch (not shown) is turned on, the hot water adjusting unit 4 is operated, and the hot water in the bathtub 2 is moved to the hot water storage tank 3. When the hot water in the bathtub 2 becomes empty, the door 1 is opened, the bather is taken out of the bathtub 2 together with the wheelchair 3, passes down the path member 6 and descends to the floor surface 22, and the bathing is completed.

The union operation when the wheelchair 5 is pulled out of the bathtub 2 will be described. First, when the seat portion 7 is pulled out, the rear support frame 1 is pulled out.
1b fits into the concave portion 25 of the bogie section 8 and the seat section 7
Engages with the bogie unit 8. Subsequently, when the seat portion 7 is further pulled out, the front support frame 11 a stands up by the force of the spring 26 and supports the upper frame 9. As described above, the upper frame 9 and the lower frame 10 are united,
When the seat portion 7 is further pulled out, both the seat portion 7 and the bogie portion 8 are taken out in a united state.

The wheelchair 5 is moved away from the bathtub 2 to clean the bather, and a series of bathing operations is completed.

When a plurality of wheelchairs 5 are prepared, rotation assisted bathing such as transfer, washing, bathing, and wiping can be performed, and the bathing assisting work can be performed efficiently.

The second embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 is configured such that the seat 7 and the carriage 8 in the wheelchair 5 of the first embodiment do not separate at the time of bathing, and only the seat 7 enters the bathtub 2. The track member 6 is formed in a box shape. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 28 denotes a non-separable wheelchair, 29 denotes a seal portion, 30 denotes a fitting body that fits into the seal portion 29 when the non-separable wheelchair 28 is pushed into the bathtub 2 to achieve watertightness, and 34 denotes a side guide. .

In the third embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the non-separable wheelchair 28 of the second embodiment is replaced by a wheelchair 33 with a door having a movable door 32 attached to the back of the seat 7, and a fitting body is provided. 30 is unnecessary. When the wheelchair with door 33 is pushed into the bathtub 2, the movable door 32 contacts the front edge of the bathtub 2 and seals the bathtub 2 in a watertight manner. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 35 denotes a door lock,
Reference numeral 6 denotes a support frame movable portion that moves so that the movable door 32 follows the front edge of the bathtub 2.

[0031]

According to the present invention, between the bathtub 2 and the floor surface 22,
Since the track member 6 for introducing the carriage unit 8 into the bathtub 2 is provided, even when the gradient of the floor surface 22 is large, when the wheelchair 5 is joined to the bathtub 2, the wheelchair 5 is kept horizontal by the track member 6. Thus, the wheelchair 5 can be suitably and easily joined to the bathtub 2, the push-in separation operation of the wheelchair 5 can be reliably performed, and the operation of the wheelchair 5 related to bathing is facilitated, which is convenient.

As described above, in the case of a separate bathing apparatus in which the wheelchair 5 separates into the bathtub 2 when taking a bath, the installation work of the apparatus is extremely simple, which is convenient. Further, the entire bathing apparatus can be easily and easily set even on the steep floor surface 22, which is convenient. Further, even if the slope of the floor surface 22 is set to be large, the bathtub 2 and the wheelchair 5 can be easily docked (joined), so that the bathroom can be drained well, which is convenient.

Since the wheelchair 5 docked in the bathtub 2 is correctly docked in a horizontal state, no force acts on the open / close portion of the bathtub, so that the constituent members of the open / close portion are not damaged and water leakage occurs. It is convenient.

Since the path member 6 according to the present invention includes the horizontal portion 31 and the entrance introduction adjusting portion 19, even if the inclination of the floor surface 22 is large, the inclination direction of the floor surface 22 may be any direction. Also, the entrance introduction adjusting portion 19 is adjusted according to the inclination of the floor surface 22 and smoothly connects the floor surface 22 and the horizontal portion 31 so that the wheelchair 5 can be smoothly moved between the floor surface 22 and the horizontal portion 31. It is.

According to the present invention, since at least a part of the path member 6 is connected to the bathtub 2, it is easy and easy to adjust the correlation between the bathtub 2 and the wheelchair 5 when the initial bathing device is installed. Even if the bathtub 2 shifts after installation, the positional relationship with the course member 6 does not shift or separate, and therefore,
The wheelchair 5 can always be suitably docked to the bathtub 2 and the bathing operation can be performed reliably, which is convenient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a bathtub when a door is opened according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of sign]

 2 Bathtub 2a Bottom wall 5 Wheelchair 6 Course member 6a base 7 Seat section 8 Dolly section 19 Entrance introduction adjustment section 22 Floor surface 31 Horizontal section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. At least a seat (7) and a cart (8)
And a bathtub (2), wherein the seat (7) is mounted inside the bathtub (2) and the trolley (8) is mounted outside the bathtub (2) when taking a bath. A wheelchair bathing apparatus with a path member, wherein a path member (6) for introducing a wheelchair (5) into the bathtub (2) is provided on the bathtub (2) and / or the floor surface (22). 2. A track member (6) comprising: a horizontal portion (31) for introducing and supporting a cart portion (8) substantially horizontally along a bottom wall (2a) of a bathtub (2); and a horizontal portion (31). The wheelchair (5) is moved from the floor surface (22) to the horizontal portion (3).
2. A wheelchair bathing apparatus with a course member according to claim 1, further comprising an inlet introduction adjusting section (19) for introducing the water into the wheelchair. 3. A wheelchair bathing apparatus with a track member according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the track member (6) is connected to the bathtub (2).