JPH1147041A - Elevating/lowering handrail device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To permit even a person without strength to sit-up from a toilet bowl or sit-down on it by providing a handrail being adjacent to the toilet bowl so as to be elevating/lowering possible in a toilet room where the toilet bowl is arranged and also providing a driving device for elevating/lowering the handrail. SOLUTION: A toilet room elevating/lowering handrail device 18 is fitted on the side wall 20 of the toilet bowl 10 and the driving device is contained inside a casing 22. The almost upper half part of the easing 22 is constituted as a guide part 28 and the handrail 36 is elevated/lowered in diagonally vertical directions by the guide of the guide groove of the guide part 28. Fit pieces are formed in a block-shaped holding part for holding the bar-shaped mainbody part 38 of the handrail 36 by a base end part and the end part of the bar-shaped mainbody part 38 is inserted between the fit pieces so as to be fitted in the holding part in a state where they are rotatable in a horizontal direction. Then, the upper end of the driving rod of the driving device is abutted on the lower end part of the holding part and the whole handrail 36 is forcibly elevated/ lowered in the diagonally vertical directions by the push-up or the drawing operation of the driving rod.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevating handrail device in which a handrail moves up and down.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a toilet room, it may be difficult for a person with a weak leg such as the elderly or a physically handicapped person to sit on a toilet (or Western style toilet) or stand up from the toilet. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 7, a handrail 204 is attached to the side wall 202 of the toilet 200 to assist the user to stand up from the toilet 200 or to sit on the toilet 200. That is being done.

[0003] However, even if such a handrail 204 is provided, there is a problem that the handrail 204 is not very useful if the user does not have any strength (particularly the upper body).

When a caregiver stands up or sits down on the toilet 200 while caring for the disabled, the caregiver must support almost the entire weight of the disabled, There is a problem that the burden on the user is large. The above problems also occur when an elderly person or a physically handicapped person enters or leaves a bathtub in a bathroom.

[0005]

The invention of the present application has been made to solve such a problem. According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the toilet room in which a toilet is installed, a handrail is provided so as to be able to move up and down in proximity to the toilet, and a driving device that drives the handrail up and down is provided. It is characterized by.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the handrail can be moved up and down obliquely with respect to a vertical direction such that a rising end is located in front of the toilet bowl with respect to a falling end. It is characterized by having done.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a lifting handrail device is provided.
2. The handrail according to any one of the items 2, wherein the handrail is provided on a side wall of the toilet bowl so as to be able to move up and down along the wall.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an elevating handrail device, in a bathroom provided with a bathtub, a handrail is provided so as to be able to move up and down in proximity to the bathtub, and a driving device for driving the handrail up and down is provided. Features.

The lifting handrail device according to a fifth aspect is characterized in that, in the fourth aspect, the handrail is provided on a wall of the bathroom so as to be able to move up and down on a side where the bathtub and the washing place are in contact with each other.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lifting handrail device.
5. In any one of 5, the handrail is supported in a cantilever manner at a wall-side end, and at least the other end protrudes toward the indoor side at the time of use.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the lifting handrail device according to the sixth aspect, the handrail is foldable toward the wall.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a handrail is provided in a toilet room so as to be able to move up and down near a toilet and a driving device for driving the handrail up and down is provided. In the case of this lifting device, the handrail moves up and down by the force of the driving device, so that even a person with no power can easily rise from the toilet or sit down on the toilet with the help of the upward or downward movement of the handrail. be able to.

Alternatively, when the caregiver cares for the operation of the physically handicapped person standing up from the toilet or sitting on the toilet, the burden on the caregiver can be significantly reduced.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the handrail can be moved up and down obliquely with respect to a vertical direction such that the rising end is located in front of the toilet bowl with respect to its lower end. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the handrail from hindering when the user stands up.

[0015] When the toilet user rises from a state of sitting on the toilet, the body comes out slightly forward. Therefore, for example, when the handrail is vertically moved up and down, the handrail may become a hindrance in the rising operation in some cases.

On the other hand, in the apparatus according to the second aspect, since the handrail is moved obliquely upward, the handrail does not obstruct the user's rising operation, and the handrail is assisted. And a good start-up operation can be performed. Or, conversely, when sitting down on the toilet, the operation can be performed smoothly. In the present invention, the handrail can be provided on the side wall of the toilet and so as to be able to move up and down along the wall.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a handrail is provided so as to be able to move up and down in the bathroom and close to the bathtub, and a driving device for driving the handrail up and down is provided. This can be easily done with the help of handrails when a person with a disability enters or leaves the bathtub.

Alternatively, when the caregiver takes care of the physically handicapped person when entering or leaving the bathtub, the burden on the caregiver can be significantly reduced.

In the apparatus according to the fourth aspect, it is desirable to provide a handrail on the wall of the bathroom on the side where the bathtub and the washing place are in contact (claim 5). In such a case, the operation of entering the bathtub from the washing room or the operation of exiting from the bathtub to the washing room side can be effectively assisted by the handrail.

In the present invention, it is desirable that the handrail is supported in a cantilever manner at the end on the wall side, and that the other end is provided so as to protrude into the room. Especially in this case, there is no need for an elderly person or a physically handicapped person with weak grip strength or upper body strength to grip the handrail strongly. Thus, a rising operation or a sitting operation can be performed by the vertical movement of the handrail.

In this case, it is preferable that the handrail can be folded toward the wall. In this case, when a person who does not need a handrail sits down on the toilet or gets up from the toilet, or enters or exits from the washroom side to the bathtub or from the bathtub to the washroom side in the bathroom, the handrail becomes an obstacle. Such a problem does not occur.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the interior of the toilet room,
Reference numeral 10 denotes a Western-style toilet placed on the floor 12 of the toilet room, 14 denotes a toilet body, and 16 denotes a flush water tank.

In this embodiment, a toilet handrail device 18 is attached to a side wall 20 of the toilet 10. FIG.
In FIG. 3 and 22, a casing 22 of the handrail device 18 extends obliquely upward and forward from the lower end to the upper end.

The casing 22 is formed in a box-like shape with a substantially majority portion in which a driving device 24 is housed. The driving device 24 includes a driving source such as a motor and a driving rod 26 driven by the driving source in an upward projecting direction or a downward retracting direction.

The casing 22 has a guide portion 28 substantially in the upper half.
Is configured as The guide portion 28 is a portion having a U-shaped cross section as a whole, including a pair of front and rear rail portions 30 and a connecting portion 32 connecting the front and rear portions at the end on the wall 20 side. Guide grooves 34 are formed vertically on the inner surface side of each of the rails 30. The handrails 36 are guided by these guide grooves 34 so that the handrail 36 can be moved up and down diagonally.

The handrail 36 has a rod-shaped main body 38 and a block-shaped holder 40 for holding the main body 38 at its base end. The holding portion 40 is formed with a pair of upper and lower mounting pieces 42, and the rod-shaped main body 38 has an end inserted between the mounting pieces 42 and is rotatable in a horizontal direction by a shaft 44. It is attached to the holding section 40.

As shown in FIG. 5A, the rod-shaped main body portion 38 has a position protruding from the wall 20 at right angles to the toilet 10 side toward the room and a position folded along the wall 20. It is rotatable horizontally between them. The main body 38
Can be locked at a position protruding from the wall 20 at right angles by a lock mechanism not shown.

A pair of sliding shafts 46 having a circular cross section protruding in the front-rear direction are provided at the upper end of the holding unit 40.
These sliding shafts 46 are provided in the guide grooves 34 of the rails 30.
Is slidably fitted in

The lower end of the holding portion 40 is brought into contact with the upper end of the driving rod 26 of the driving device 24, and the driving rod 26 slides up and down with the guide groove 34 as the driving rod 26 is pushed up or retracted. The handrail 36 as a whole is forcibly moved up and down obliquely upward and downward by the guide action with the shaft portion 46.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 48 denotes a stopper provided on the inner surfaces of the pair of rail portions 30 so as to protrude from the guide groove 34 on the indoor side. The stoppers 48 are urged in a projecting direction by a spring (not shown) and are movable in the projecting direction and the retracting direction.

In the apparatus of the present embodiment, the toilet user uses the handrail 36.
In the state where the handrail 36 is positioned at the rising end, as shown in FIG. You can sit down against.

After the toilet is used, the driving device 24, specifically, the handrail 3 by pushing up the driving rod 26
With the upward movement of 6, the user can stand up from the toilet 10 while keeping the weight on the handrail 36.

It is to be noted that the toilet user can leave the handrail 36 with the handrail 36 at the rising end after standing up from the toilet 10 or leave the handrail 36 or the main body of the handrail 36. It is also possible to release the lock on the portion 38 and move forward from the toilet 10 while rotating the main body 38 toward the wall 20 as shown in FIG.

When the handrail 36 is not used, the handrail 36 is turned to the wall 20 side, that is, in a folded state, and when the handrail device 18 is used, the handrail 36 is again placed on the toilet. It can also be turned to the 10 side and locked in that position and used.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 4, when the lifting handrail device 18 is not used, the entire handrail 36 is housed in the casing 22, specifically, the upper half guide portion 28. Can also.

Here, in order to store the handrail 36 in the guide portion 28, the handrail 36 is entirely raised upward around the sliding shaft portion 46 with the handrail 36 positioned at the lower end. It only has to be turned. Thus, the handrail 36 housed in the inner space of the guide portion 28 is prevented from falling down by the action of the stopper 48.

In the case of the lifting handrail device 18 of this embodiment, the handrail 36 is lifted and lowered by the force of the driving device 24, so that even a person without power can easily get up or down from the toilet 10 with the help of the handrail 36. The toilet 10 can be seated.

Alternatively, when the caregiver takes care of the operation of the physically handicapped person standing up from the toilet 10 or sitting on the toilet 10, the burden on the caregiver can be significantly reduced.

In the lifting handrail device 18 of the present embodiment, the handrail 36 is moved obliquely upward, so that the handrail 36 does not obstruct the user's rising operation, so that the handrail is not moved. It is possible to perform a good start-up operation with the help of 36. Alternatively, when the user sits down on the toilet 10, the operation can be performed smoothly.

Further, since the handrail 36 is supported in a cantilever manner at the end on the wall side and the other end side is protruded toward the indoor side, an elderly person or a handicapped person with weak gripping force or upper body power can use the handrail 36. It is not necessary to grasp the handrail strongly, the weight is deposited on the handrail 36 by leaning the body against the handrail 36, and in this state, a rising operation or a sitting operation can be performed by the lifting / lowering movement of the handrail 36.

Since the handrail 36 can be folded toward the wall 20, a person who does not need the handrail 36 can use the toilet 10.
There is no problem that the handrail 36 gets in the way when sitting down or standing up.

FIG. 6 shows an example in which the present invention is applied to a bathroom handrailing device. The bathroom handrailing device is attached to a wall 56 on the side where the bathtub 52 and the washing place 54 are in contact with each other. 18 is attached. In this example, handrail 3
6 rises and falls in the vertical direction.

In the case of this example, the elderly and the physically handicapped
This can be easily done with the help of the handrails 36 when entering and leaving the bath, and significantly reduces the burden on the caregiver when the caregiver cares for the physically handicapped when entering and leaving the bathtub 52. can do.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, these are merely examples, and the present invention can be configured in various modified forms without departing from the gist thereof.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an elevator handrail device for a toilet room according to one embodiment of the present invention, together with a peripheral portion.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the lifting handrail device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view showing the same lifting handrail device into a handrail and a casing.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the same lifting handrail device in a state in which the handrail is stored.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of how to use the same lifting handrail device.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a bathroom handrail device according to another embodiment of the present invention together with a peripheral portion.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a conventional fixed-type toilet handrail together with peripheral parts.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Western-style toilet 18 Elevating handrail device 20,56 Wall 24 Drive device 36 Handrail 52 Bathtub 54 Washing place

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A handrail device in which a handrail is provided so as to be able to move up and down in proximity to the toilet in a toilet room in which the toilet is installed, and a driving device is provided for driving the handrail up and down. . 2. The handrail according to claim 1, wherein the handrail can be moved up and down obliquely with respect to a vertical direction such that a rising end is located in front of the toilet bowl with respect to a falling end. Lifting handrail device. 3. The lifting handrail device according to claim 1, wherein the handrail is provided on a side wall of the toilet bowl so as to be able to move up and down along the wall. 4. A lifting handrail device, wherein a handrail is provided so as to be able to move up and down in proximity to the bathtub in a bathroom in which the bathtub is installed, and a drive device for driving the handrail to move up and down is provided. 5. The handrail device according to claim 4, wherein the handrail is provided on a wall of the bathroom so as to be able to move up and down on a side where the bathtub and a washing place are in contact with each other. 6. The handrail according to claim 3, wherein the handrail is supported in a cantilever manner at the wall-side end, and at least the other end protrudes into the room at the time of use. An elevating handrail device. 7. The handrail device according to claim 6, wherein the handrail is foldable toward the wall.