JPH1156924A - Bed with automatically positioning close-stool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To carry out the washing and drying of an anus without staining a bed by detecting a detecting mark previously stuck to the coccyx part of the upper part of a buttocks part of a lying down sick persons to accurately position a close-stool at the anus position of the sick person for accurately positioning the center of the close-stool to the anus part. SOLUTION: At the time of relieving oneself, first an auxiliary bed 7 is lowered below a bed, and next a motor 13 for rotating the wheels 12 of a truck 10 is driven to advance the truck 10 for setting the vertical moving device of a close-stool 15 just under an opening. In this case, a detecting mark 42 previously stuck to the coccyx part in the upper part of a buttocks part of the sick person is detected with a sensor 43 built in the close-stool 15 to accurately fit the buttocks part to the close-stool 15. Next, motors 22, 23 are driven to bring the upper part of the close-stool 15 into the bed opening having been closed by the auxiliary bed until then, and the upper opening of the close-stool 15 is fitted to the buttocks part of the sick persons to make the relieving oneself possible. After the relieving oneself, water is jetted from a buttocks washing nozzle 31 to wash the buttocks, and the wet buttocks is dried by a drying fan 30.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bed with a toilet bowl which can be used by a sick person or the like while resting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A bed with a toilet bowl to which a sick person or the like can add urine while lying down is known so far, and various types and structures are available on the market.

[0003] The toilet operating mechanism incorporated therein has a mechanical structure, and the combination of a link and a guide rail allows the toilet and the partial bed to be moved and raised and lowered in a simple operation system within a fixed position. Because of the structure, it is not possible to accurately position the anus such as the sick during actual use,
Beds become unclean and unsanitary during defecation, and have not yet been put to practical use, and have not yet been widely used.

[0004]

Therefore, in the present invention,
By driving the operation of the toilet with an electric motor, detecting the detection mark previously attached to the tail base of the upper part of the buttocks of the sick person lying down, and accurately positioning the toilet at the anus position of the sick person, The structure based on the mechanical operation method does not allow the user to use the toilet at an accurate position, thereby solving the problem that the bed is soiled and hygienic defecation cannot be performed.

[0005]

One of the features of the bed with a toilet bowl according to the present invention is that the auxiliary bed is usually in a closed position,
And a motorized up and down movement device for the auxiliary bed, which is brought to and held in the open position when urinating, and an electric motor drive for the urinal, which usually brings the urinal to the lower position of the bed and to the opening of the bed when urinating. Space below the bed parallel to and parallel to the longitudinal center axis of the bed, spaced below a vertical plane common to the central axis of the bed so that the vertical movement devices are arranged in series along the longitudinal direction of the bed. It is provided on a single truck that can run on its own with an electric motor.

Further, another feature of the present invention is that a sensor for detecting the position of the head and both sides of the body of a person lying on the bed is incorporated in the bed, and the sensor of the person lying on the bed by other sensors incorporated in the toilet bowl. An automatic positioning device configured to detect the position of the unit is provided.

[0007] With such a structure, since both of the above-mentioned vertical moving devices are on a single bogie, they do not require separate driving devices to drive them horizontally with respect to the bed, and furthermore, The above and below and left and right moving devices of the toilet can easily find an accurate position with respect to the buttocks and anus of a person lying down, solving the problem common to the above-mentioned bed with a toilet. Things. Hereinafter, other objects and features of the present invention, and the structure of a bed according to the present invention will be further clarified by a preferred embodiment described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an explanatory front view, partially in section, showing an example of a bed with a toilet according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory side view of the bed with a toilet bowl viewed from the direction of the arrow along the line XX of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a view of the present invention viewed from the direction of the arrow along the line YY of FIG. Explanatory sectional view of the bed with a toilet bowl, FIG. 4 is an explanatory plan view of the bed with a toilet bowl according to the present invention.

A mat is laid on a horizontally extending bed plate 3 fixed between a front plate 1 and a rear plate 2 standing upright facing each other. This mat comprises a part 4 for the upper body, a part 5 for the lower body and a part 6 for the buttocks, and the mat 6 for the part for the buttocks and the bed plate 3 thereunder, as particularly apparent in FIG. An opening 11 is formed at a location corresponding to the buttocks of a sick person lying down (illustrated by phantom lines) and having a shape larger than that of a toilet bowl described later and penetrating with a dimension larger than that. The opening 11 accommodates the auxiliary bed 7 so that the upper surfaces of the portions 4, 5, and 6 of the mat and the upper surfaces thereof are horizontal.

The central axes of a pair of guide rails 8, 9 provided so as to extend parallel to each other on the floor below the bed are spaced directly below a vertical plane common to the central longitudinal axis of the bed. Is parallel to the central axis. Four wheels 12 provided at four corners of the cart 10 are on the guide rails 8 and 9, and are rotated via a pulley 14 by driving of a motor 13 fixed on the cart 10,
The carriage 10 is moved forward and backward as described later.

As is clear from the above, the truck 1
The central axes of the forward and reverse travels coincide with the longitudinal central axis of the bed plate 3 and thus vertically spaced on a common vertical plane with the longitudinal central axis of the opening 11.

A vertical moving device for the auxiliary bed 7 and a vertical moving device for a toilet 15 having an upper portion that can be exposed through the opening 11 are provided on the carriage 10. The apparatus includes a frame 16 fixed to the lower end of the auxiliary bed 7, a pair of motors 17 and 18 fixed on the carriage 10, and one end of each of the motors 1 and 18.
The other end is connected to the drive shafts of the motors 7 and 18 and the other end thereof is screwed with the frame 16 of the auxiliary bed 7 so that the motor
Rotating shaft 1 for moving auxiliary bed 7 up and down by reverse rotation
9 and 20.

On the other hand, the above-mentioned vertical moving device for the toilet 15 is provided with a block 21 mounted on the toilet 15 and carried by guide rails 29 having an L-shaped cross section.
21, a pair of motors 22 fixed on the carriage 10,
23, one end of each of which is connected to the drive shafts of the motors 22, 23, and the other end of which is screw-engaged with the above-mentioned blocks 21, 21 by forward / reverse rotation of the motors. A rotating shaft 24 for moving the toilet 15 up and down,
25.

When desired, the vertical moving device can move the toilet bowl 15 up and down and also can move the toilet bowl in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the bed. To this end, one end is connected to the drive shaft of another motor 26, 26 fixed on the carriage 10, and the other end of the rotation shaft 27, which engages with a part of the rails 29, 29 in a threaded manner,
28 is provided, and the rail fixed to the toilet bowl is moved in the direction (left and right) across the longitudinal direction of the bed so as to slide on the blocks 21 by the forward / reverse rotation of the motor.

Such a means can be used when the body of a sick person lying on the bed is not on the central longitudinal axis of the bed.
This is for fitting a toilet seat forming the upper opening of the toilet 15 to the buttocks of the sick person. For this purpose, the opening 11 formed by lowering the auxiliary bed 7 must be wider than the upper opening of the toilet 15 at least in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the bed as described above. Also, naturally, the auxiliary bed 7 covering such a wide opening 11
Must also be wide.

The toilet 15 is provided with a drying fan 30 and a buttock cleaning nozzle 31, and a waste tank 32 is detachably mounted. Numeral 33 denotes a flushing water tank placed on the floor under the bed, which is provided with pumps 34, 35 and 36 and a hose, respectively, a buttocks flushing nozzle 31 of the toilet bowl 15, a toilet flushing nozzle (not shown), and FIG. 14 are connected to a hand shower 39 described later.

Reference numerals 37 and 38 denote position sensors using a group of phototubes, which detect the position of the head (head end) and the position of the body (left and right sides of the body) of the sick person lying down, and are indicated by the dashed line in FIG. If there is no human body in the area of the light beam of the phototube, that is, if a part of the human body comes into contact with the light beam of the phototube, the above-mentioned vertical movement device of the auxiliary bed 7 is prevented from operating, and thus described later. Wired into the electrical central controller. Reference numeral 40 in FIG. 11 denotes a cylinder for erecting the upper body part 4 of the mat at a desired angle.

The motor 13 for driving the wheels 12 of the truck 10, the motor 17 for the vertical moving device of the auxiliary bed 7,
18, the up and down movement motors 22 and 23 of the toilet bowl 15, the left and right movement motors 26 and 26 of the toilet bowl 15, the pumps 34, 35 and 36 for pumping water from the washing water tank 33, and the upper body part 4 of the mat are raised. Cylinder 4 for
Each of the drive sources 0 is electrically connected to a central control device (not shown), and is driven by operating the control device itself or a means for remote control via this device.

Reference numeral 42 denotes the position of the anus of the sick person lying down and the toilet 1
5 is a detection mark previously attached to the tail base of the upper part of the patient's buttocks to accurately match the position of 5; 43 is a sensor for the detection mark 42 incorporated in the toilet bowl 15;
By detecting the detection mark 42 by the sensor 43 and moving the toilet bowl 15 up and down and / or right and left, the buttocks can be automatically and accurately fitted to the toilet bowl 15. .

The operation and operation of the bed with a toilet of the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described below. The bed in the normal state shown in FIG. 1 first drives the motors 17 and 18 for the vertical moving device of the auxiliary bed 7 during stool operation, and FIG. 5 (explanatory front view for showing the operation of the bed). The auxiliary bed 7 is lowered below the bed as shown by.

Then, the motor 13 for rotating the wheels 12 of the carriage 10 is driven to move the carriage 10 forward and stop, and FIG. 6 (explanatory front view showing the operation of the bed).
As shown in the figure, the vertical movement device of the toilet bowl 15 is provided directly below the opening 11.

If necessary, as shown by arrows in FIG. 7 (explanatory side view for showing the operation of the bed), the toilet bowl 15 is moved in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the bed, that is, in the left-right direction. You may move it. To this end, the motors 26, 26 are driven as described above.

In order to adjust the position of the toilet bowl 15,
As shown by arrows in FIG. 8 (explanatory plan view of a portion of the bed to show the positional relationship between the opening of the bed and the toilet provided thereunder), the toilet 15 is moved left and right with respect to the bogie. In addition to moving, the entire carriage 10 is finely driven back and forth.

Then, as shown in FIG. 9 (explanatory front view for showing the operation of the bed), the motors 22 and 23 are driven to bring the upper part of the toilet 15 into the opening 11 of the bed. Thereby, the upper opening of the toilet bowl 15 fits the buttocks of the sick person, and the sick person can add urine.

Next, as shown in FIG. 10 (explanatory front view for illustrating the operation of the bed), the cylinder 40 is driven to raise the upper body 4 of the mat obliquely in order to ease the convenience. Let it.

After the stool is completed, the pump 34 is driven to spray water from the buttocks washing nozzle 3 to wash the buttocks, as shown in FIG. 11 (an explanatory front view showing the operation of the bed). Then, the wet buttocks are dried by the drying fan 30. If necessary, the pump 36 may be operated to wash the buttocks and the periphery thereof with the hand shower 39.

This hand shower 39 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in (1), a shape having a flexible material head 41 that can be used in close contact with the buttocks may be used.

Next, the toilet 15 is lowered, the cart 10 is retracted to the original position, the auxiliary bed 7 is raised, and the opening 11 of the bed is closed again.

As shown in FIG. 12 (explanatory side view for illustrating the operation of the bed), after the pump 35 is operated to discharge the toilet flush water into the toilet 15 and to wash the toilet 15, , Take out the waste tank 32 from the toilet bowl 15,
The waste in the waste tank 32 can be discarded.

[0030]

As described above, the bed with a toilet according to the present invention has a simple structure and is therefore easy to operate. In particular, a device for creating an opening for lowering the auxiliary bed to expose the toilet bowl on the bed, and a device for providing a toilet bowl in the opening, are mounted on a single bogie and are mounted on the same axis. As the position of the toilet automatically moves vertically and horizontally on the detection mark that is attached to the caudal bone above the buttocks of the person who is moving and lying down, the center of the toilet is accurately positioned at the anus, so the bed It has excellent effects such as cleansing and drying of the anus without soiling and sanitary.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially sectional explanatory front view showing an example of a bed with a toilet according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory side view of the bed with a toilet viewed along the line XX in FIG. 1 from the arrow direction.

3 is an explanatory side view of the bed with a toilet bowl as viewed from the direction of the arrow along the line YY in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory plan view of a bed with a toilet according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory front view of the bed of the present invention for showing the operation of the bed.

FIG. 6 is a front view similar to FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory cross-sectional view of the bed as viewed in the direction of the arrow along the line ZZ in FIG. 6 for illustrating the operation of the bed.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory plan view of a part of the bed for showing a positional relationship between the opening of the bed and a toilet bowl provided therebelow.

FIG. 9 is a front view similar to FIG. 5;

FIG. 10 is a front view similar to FIG. 5;

FIG. 11 is a front view similar to FIG. 5;

FIG. 12 is an explanatory side view of the bed to show the operation of the bed.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory side view showing a special head of the hand shower.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory front view of a head portion of the hand shower of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-front board 2-rear board 3-bed board 4-mat upper body part 5-mat lower body part 6-mat buttocks peripheral part 7-auxiliary bed 8-guide rail 9-guide rail 10-trolley 11 -Opening 12-Wheel 13-Motor 14-Pulley 15-Toilet bowl 16-Frame 17-Motor 18-Motor 19-Rotation axis 20-Rotation axis 21-Block 22-Motor 23-Motor 24-Rotation axis 25-Rotation axis 26- Motor 27-rotating shaft 28-rotating shaft 29-guide rail 30-drying fan 31-buttocks cleaning nozzle 32-waste tank 33-cleaning water tank 34-pump 35-pump 36-pump 37-photoelectric tube 38-photoelectric tube 39-hand shower 40-cylinder 41-shower head 42-detection mark 43-detection mark sensor

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] October 15, 1997

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0008

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Figure 1 is an explanatory front view of a portion of an example of the toilet bed according to the present invention in section, the arrow direction along the line X-X in FIG. 2 FIG. 4 more saw explanatory side view of the toilet beds, 3 illustrative cross-sectional view of the toilet bed of the present invention viewed from the arrow direction along the line Y-Y in FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is the invention FIG. 3 is an explanatory plan view of a bed with a toilet bowl.

[Procedure amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Figure 2

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

FIG. 2 is an explanatory side view of the bed with a toilet bowl viewed from the direction of the arrow along line XX in FIG. 4 ;

[Procedure amendment 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Figure 3

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

FIG. 3 is an explanatory side view of the bed with a toilet bowl viewed from the direction of the arrow along the line YY in FIG. 4 ;

Claims (4)

[Claims] A sensor for detecting the position of the head of a person lying on a bed and the positions of both sides of the body are incorporated in the bed, and the position of the anal part of the lying person can be detected by other sensors incorporated in the toilet bowl. Bed with automatic positioning toilet bowl. 2. A part corresponding to the upper body of a lying person can be erected at a desired angle, and the upper part of a toilet bowl that can move to a part corresponding to the buttocks of this person has a size that can be faced, and the central axis in the longitudinal direction thereof. Is a bed having an opening in the shape of a central axis in the longitudinal direction of the bed, and the above-mentioned opening is usually closed, and an electric motor for moving a part of the bed up and down to open the opening when the toilet is used is used. A device driven by a motor and for moving the toilet up and down so that when the opening is closed, the toilet is held under the bed and when the opening is open, the top of the toilet can be seen in the opening. A device driven by an electric motor of
The apparatus for moving part of the bed up and down comprises means driven by an electric motor to move the toilet bowl in a direction transverse to the longitudinal central axis of the bed, and On a single self-propelled bogie driven by an electric motor on an axis running on a vertical plane common to the longitudinal center axis of the opening and running parallel to the center axis below the bed. The bed with an automatic positioning toilet according to claim 1, wherein the bed is mounted so as to be in series with each other along a running axis. 3. The toilet automatically runs vertically and horizontally on a detection mark previously attached to the tail base on the upper part of the buttocks of a person lying down with the anus positioned substantially at the opening of the bed. The bed with an automatic positioning toilet according to claim 1, wherein the center of the toilet is located at the anus. 4. A washing water tank for supplying water to the buttocks cleaning nozzle, hand shower and the like of the toilet bowl, and the head of the hand shower is replaceable according to the purpose of use. 4. The bed with an automatic positioning toilet according to 2 or 3.