JPH11206607A - Bathroom unit with bathtub that can move up and down - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathroom unit where a bathtub can be moved up and down so that it may be made easy to use in accordance with physical conditions or actions of a bather during bathing. SOLUTION: The bathroom unit is furnished with a waterproof pan 6 on a floor and wall panels 9 erected around it. The waterproof pan 6 is made up of a washing section floor 7 and a bathtub installation section 8 and is formed integrally of a water-resistant material such as glass fiber-reinforced plastics. A bathtub's vertical position adjusting device 5 is fixed above the bathtub installation section 8 and the bathtub 1 is placed on the bathtub's vertical position adjustment device 5. The bathtub 1 can be slid along the wall panel 9, and a bathtub apron 4 can be slid along a wall 10 at the border between the washing section floor 7 and the bathtub installation section 8, the bathtub 1 and the bathtub apron 4 can be moved vertically with the shrinkage of the bathtub's vertical position adjusting device 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a bathroom unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a bathtub is installed in a bathroom unit, legs provided on the back surface of the bottom surface of the bathtub are directly mounted on a bathtub mounting portion of a waterproof pan.

[0003]

Therefore, conventionally, once the bathtub is installed, the height relationship between the washing floor and the bathtub is fixed, and the height cannot be adjusted. Therefore, the following problems have been encountered.

(1) If a bathtub is set at a height that is easy for a healthy person to use, the height is too high for elderly people who enter and exit the bathtub while sitting on the upper edge of the bathtub.

[0005] (2) If the bathtub is set low so that elderly people can easily enter and leave, there is a possibility that an infant falls into the bathtub from the washing place.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a bathroom unit whose bathtub moves up and down so that the bathtub can be easily used even after the bathtub is installed in the bathroom unit in accordance with the physical conditions of the bather and the operation during bathing. I do.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of a bathroom unit having a vertically movable bathtub according to claim 1 moves the bathtub 1 up and down as shown in FIG. It is characterized by having a bathtub vertical position adjusting device 5.

[0008] The invention of a bathroom unit having a vertically movable bathtub according to claim 2 is as shown in Figs.
In the invention as set forth in claim 1, the bathtub vertical position adjusting device 5 has the bathtub bottom surface 3 substantially flush with the washing floor 7 from the position where the bathtub upper edge surface 2 is approximately flush with the washing floor 7. The bathtub 1 can be moved up and down to the position.

The invention of a bathroom unit having a vertically movable bath tub according to claim 3 is as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
In the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the bathtub apron 4 is fixed to the bathtub 1, and the bathtub apron 4 is fixed together with the bathtub 1.
Also move up and down.

The invention of a bathroom unit provided with a vertically movable bathtub according to claim 4 is as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
In the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the upper end of the bathtub apron 4 is fixed to the bathtub 1, the lower end of the bathtub apron 4 is fixed to the waterproof pan 6 of the bathroom unit, and the bathtub apron 4 is formed to be vertically expandable and contractible. It is characterized by.

In the bathroom unit having a vertically movable bathtub according to the present invention, the bathtub 1 is raised upward by extending the bathtub vertical position adjusting device 5, and the bathtub vertical position adjusting device 5 is extended.
Is contracted, the bathtub 1 is lowered. Therefore, when a bather is in the washing room, the bath tub 1 is adjusted to a high position so that it does not fall into the bath tub 1 and is fixed and held. When an elderly person wants to step in and out of the bath tub 1, the bath tub 1 is lowered. The height of the bathtub 1 can be adjusted to a free and convenient height, such as by adjusting and holding.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a bathroom unit having a vertically movable bathtub according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a partial sectional view showing a state where the vertically movable bathtub is highest. FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the height of the vertically movable bathtub is the lowest.

1 and 2, the bathroom unit is provided with a waterproof pan 6 on the floor and a wall panel 9 erected around the pan. The waterproof pan 6 includes a washing floor 7 and a bathtub mounting portion 8, and is integrally formed of a water-resistant material such as glass fiber reinforced plastic.

A bathtub vertical position adjusting device 5 is fixed on the bathtub mounting portion 8, and the bathtub 1 is mounted on the bathtub vertical position adjusting device 5. 4 is a bathtub apron.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the bathtub apron 4 is vertically
It is fixed to. The bathtub 1 is slidable along the wall panel 9, and the bathtub apron 4 is slidable along the wall 10 at the boundary between the washing floor 7 of the waterproof pan 6 and the bathtub mounting portion 8. The bathtub 1 and the bathtub apron 4 are movable up and down as the bathtub vertical position adjusting device 5 contracts.
The bathtub vertical position adjusting device 5 is a jack unit that expands and contracts vertically by water pressure, hydraulic pressure, or the like.

In FIG. 1, a bathtub vertical position adjusting device 5 is shown.
Extend to the maximum and lift the bathtub 1 to stop, so that the bathtub bottom surface 3 is almost at the same height as the washing floor surface 7. In FIG. 2, the bathtub vertical position adjusting device 5 contracts downward to a minimum and pulls down the bathtub 1 to stop, so that the bathtub upper edge surface 2 is substantially at the same height as the washing floor 7. I have. Further, the position of the bathtub 1 is shown in FIG.
Alternatively, the operation of the bathtub up / down position adjusting device 5 can be stopped at any position between the two, and the bathtub 1 can be fixed and held. It can be adjusted to a comfortable and safe height for use.

In the bathroom unit of the first embodiment, since the bathtub apron 4 is fixed to the bathtub 1 and moves up and down together with the bathtub 1, there is no gap between the bathtub apron 4 and the washing floor 7. Does not occur.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show a bathroom unit having a vertically movable bathtub according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the vertically movable bathtub is highest. FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the height of the vertically movable bathtub is the lowest. 3 and 4, the same parts as those in FIGS. 1 and 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

3A and 4A, a bathtub apron 4A is fixed so that the upper end thereof is in contact with the vicinity of the upper edge of the bathtub on the side of the washing floor 7 of the bathtub 1, and the lower end of the waterproof pan 6 is fixed. When the bathtub apron 4A itself is made of a flexible material, is fixed to the middle part 11 of the wall 10 at the boundary between the washing floor 7 and the bathtub placement part 8, and is stretchable, and the bathtub 1 is lowered. The bathtub apron 4 </ b> A contracts bellows along the wall 10. Therefore, also in the second embodiment, there is no gap between the bathtub 1 and the washing floor 7.

FIG. 3 shows that the bathtub bottom surface 3 is almost the same height as the washing floor 7, and FIG. 4 shows that the bathtub upper edge 2 is almost the same height as the washing floor 7. However, the position of the bathtub 1 is not limited to FIG. 3 or FIG. 4, and as in the first embodiment, the operation of the bathtub vertical position adjusting device 5 is stopped at any position between them, and the bathtub 1 is moved. It can be fixed and held, and can be used after adjusting to a comfortable and safe height according to the bather's preference and physical conditions.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, even after the bathtub is installed in the bathroom unit, the bathtub can be moved up and down according to the physical condition of the bather, the operation during bathing, and the usability. Therefore, the following effects are obtained.

(1) The height can be adjusted to a comfortable and safe level according to the physical condition of the bather. For example, in the case of an elderly person who is convenient to sit in and out of the bathtub while sitting on the upper edge of the bathtub, the bathtub is used. Bathing was eased by adjusting the to a lower position.

(2) When the infant is in the washing room, etc., by adjusting the bath tub to a higher position,
Prevent dropping into the bathtub, or collect remaining hot water in the bathtub into a container such as a bucket with a siphon hose,
It can be used for washing and the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a bathroom unit provided with a vertically movable bathtub according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing a state where the vertically movable bathtub is the highest.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the height of the vertically movable bathtub in FIG. 1 is minimized.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a bathroom unit including a vertically movable bathtub according to another embodiment of the present invention, and showing a state where the vertically movable bathtub is at the highest position.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state where the height of the vertically movable bathtub in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bathtub 2 Bathtub upper edge surface 3 Bathtub bottom surface 4 Bathtub apron 4A Bathtub apron 5 Bathtub up-down position adjustment device 6 Waterproof pan 7 Washing floor 8 Bathtub mounting part 9 Wall panel 10 Wall 11 Middle part

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kazuto Matsui 1010 Ippongi, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture Within Hitachi Chemical Unit Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Toshikazu Aoyagi 1010 Ippongi, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, Hitachi Chemical Unit Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A bathroom unit having a vertically movable bathtub, comprising a bathtub vertical position adjusting device for moving the bathtub up and down. 2. The bathtub vertical position adjusting device is capable of moving the bathtub up and down from a position where the upper edge surface of the bathtub is almost flush with the floor of the washing place to a position where the bottom surface of the bathtub is almost flush with the floor of the washing place. A bathroom unit provided with a vertically movable bathtub according to claim 1. 3. The bathroom unit having a vertically movable bathtub according to claim 1, wherein the bathtub apron is fixed to the bathtub, and the bathtub apron moves up and down together with the bathtub. 4. An upper end of the bathtub apron is fixed to the bathtub, a lower end of the bathtub apron is fixed to a waterproof pan of the bathroom unit,
The bathroom unit provided with a vertically movable bathtub according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bathtub apron is formed to be vertically expandable and contractible.