WO2018002401A1

WO2018002401A1 - Washing and drying cabin for people with reduced mobility

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Publication number: WO2018002401A1
Application number: PCT/ES2017/070462
Authority: WO
Inventors: Eduard SEGURA JOBAL
Original assignee: Segura Jobal Eduard
Priority date: 2016-06-27
Filing date: 2017-06-26
Publication date: 2018-01-04
Also published as: ES1161637U; ES1161637Y

Abstract

The invention relates to a washing and drying cabin for people with reduced mobility, formed by an impermeable concave casing (10) formed by a base (11) and a number of wall (12) defining an internal chamber, a front access passage (14) and an upper opening (15), a plurality of water sprayers (20) connected to a water supply, disposed inside the internal chamber, a seat (50) integrated in said internal chamber, a drying device (30) having an air-heating device (31), as well as at least one air propulsion device (32) and a usable gate (16) corresponding to said upper opening (15) defining a passage (17) for the neck in order to keep the user's head outside the internal chamber.

Description

WASHING AND DRYING CABIN FOR PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY

REDUCED

DESCRIPTION

Object of the invention

The present invention concerns a washing and drying cabin for people with reduced mobility of the type that includes a closed enclosure where to accommodate a seated person, the head of said person being outside said closed enclosure, and where inside the enclosed enclosure sprinklers spread water on the user of the cabin in order to allow cleaning in a comfortable and safe way, and where hot air is supplied for drying said user.

Background of the invention

Washing booths for people with reduced mobility formed by a waterproof indoor enclosure equipped with sprinklers and with a front access passage are known, for example by documents DE2628542 and US4340981. However, these documents do not describe any solution for comfortable, comfortable and safe drying of the user.

Description of the invention

The present invention concerns a washing and drying cabin for people with reduced mobility. People with reduced mobility will be mainly elderly people or sick people, who due to their mobility limitations, find the task of personal hygiene difficult and who need help to perform such personal hygiene tasks.

In order to perform these personal hygiene tasks autonomously, or to perform them with the help of an assistant but in a simple and respectful way with the person with reduced mobility, said washing cabin is proposed.

The proposed cabin includes: • a waterproof concave housing formed by a base and walls that define an interior enclosure, the concave housing being provided with at least one drain point, and provided with a front access passage and an upper opening;

«At least one practicable gate complementary to said front access passage providing a tight closure;

• a plurality of water sprinklers, connected to a water supply, disposed within said interior enclosure;

• a waterproof chair integrated in said interior enclosure, provided with a seat;

Said cabin allows easy entry of a person with reduced mobility inside through said front access passage, and allows him to sit in said chair. The closure of the practicable gate closes the front access passage defining a concave and impermeable interior enclosure that allows water to be contained and collected and provided with at least one drain, preferably at its lowest point.

The interior walls of the concave housing are proposed to integrate a plurality of water sprinklers intended to project water into the interior and on the chair and the user sitting therein.

Additionally, it is proposed that the cabin also include the following characteristics: · said at least one practicable gate is complementary to said upper opening of the housing defining a neck passage and providing a tight closure except in said neck passage, said neck passage being an opening of sufficient size to inscribe in it a circle of at least 15 cm in diameter, to leave the user's head outside the inner enclosure;

• said washing cabin integrates at least one drying device comprising at least one air heating device, and at least one air driving device controlled by a flow regulator, interposed between at least one air inlet and at least one outlet of air that connect them with the interior enclosure of the cabin, producing a flow of heated air within said interior enclosure;

Therefore, it is proposed that the aforementioned at least one practicable gate completely encloses the interior enclosure, with the sole exception of the neck passage, allowing the entire body of a user sitting inside the waterproof chair to be locked inside, leaving his head out of the interior enclosure and accessible from the exterior of said interior enclosure. It is considered that the aforementioned neck passage must be of sufficient size to allow a circle of 15cm in diameter to be inscribed, sufficient to guarantee the loose passage of the user's neck.

It is also proposed that the cabin integrate at least one drying device that provides a flow of heated air into the interior of the interior, which allows the user to dry inside it.

It is also proposed that the cabin also includes a regulation and control device programmed to modify the operating parameters of at least the flow regulator, which is at least one, obtaining a variable flow of heated air at a predefined target air temperature, offering a greater air flow the smaller the thermal jump between the air that feeds the air heating device and the target air temperature.

This feature allows the flow of heated air to be injected inside the interior of the cabin at a constant temperature equal to the predefined target air temperature. To achieve this, the air is propelled by means of the air impeller from the interior to the drying device through the air inlet. It is considered that the inlet air can be mixed with air from outside the interior of the cabin, in order to introduce air with lower humidity.

Said driven air is heated by the air heating device, and subsequently the driven air is again injected into the interior enclosure through the air outlet. It will be understood that the driving device can be located both upstream and downstream of the heating device of air.

The temperature of the outlet air is kept constant by regulating the flow of heated air, which is regulated by a flow regulator integrated in the drying device and controlled by the regulation and control device.

When the indoor room air temperature is low, compared to the target temperature, the thermal jump to the target temperature is higher, so the air heating device requires more time to heat the incoming air to that target temperature , therefore the air flow that is driven through it is reduced. This allows said air to circulate more slowly through the air heating device, producing a higher temperature increase and therefore managing to expel a heated air flow with a very high thermal jump from the drying device compared to the air temperature. of the inner enclosure, although with a reduced flow with respect to the maximum flow attainable by the air impeller.

As the air contained in the interior enclosure increases its temperature, the inlet air of the drying device also has a higher temperature, which allows to increase the flow of air driven therethrough, increasing the flow of heated air at the temperature target that is ejected through the air outlet.

This heating device prevents air circulation from occurring at a temperature below the target temperature inside the cabin, which could be detrimental to a wet user, usually of advanced age, housed inside, since it could induce colds, colds or other very harmful conditions in the elderly.

It will be understood that, prior to heating, the air contained in the interior of the cabin will be at a temperature similar to the ambient temperature of the room containing said cabin, which will typically be considered between 15 ° C and 25 ° C. However, the target temperature will preferably be higher than this range, in order to achieve rapid drying of the cabin user, and also to avoid unpleasant cooling of the user caused by thermal energy absorption due to the evaporation phase change. of water, what It could induce colds or other ailments. Therefore, it is considered that the target temperature of the heated air will be ideally between 30 ° C and 45 ° C. The air heating device can be, by way of example, an electrical resistor, and the air impeller device can be by way of example an air pump or a fan, and the flow regulator is proposed to be an electronic regulation or electromechanical actuation of the air impeller device, such as a frequency inverter.

According to a further non-limiting embodiment, the regulation and control device also regulates the operating parameters of said at least one air heating device and / or at least one air driving device. Optionally, the regulation and control device is proposed to be connected to at least one air temperature sensor that measures the air temperature before passing through the air heating device, and / or measures the air temperature after passing through the air heating device, and / or measures the indoor room air temperature, and wherein said regulation and control device is programmed to modify the operating parameters of the drying device based on the data obtained by said at least one sensor.

Said at least one sensor may not be necessary in the case of having a preset sequence of operation adjustment of the drying device programmed, considering an indoor room air temperature, prior to its heating, a hypothetical preset corresponding to the usual average temperature.

According to another intended embodiment, the waterproof chair incorporates a lifting and lowering mechanism actuated by means of a chair actuating device that produces the lifting and lowering of the seat facilitating the operations of sitting and lifting a user of said cabin. Said chair actuator device may comprise an electric motor, or a piston, that drives said lifting mechanism, which for example may include a scissor mechanism arranged under the seat of said chair. According to one embodiment the actuator device is a mast vertical equipped with a rack that meshes with a gear connected to an electric motor included in the back of the chair, whose drive raises the backrest and the seat with respect to the base where said mast is anchored. Furthermore, it is also proposed that said chair has a reclining backrest between an upright position and a reclined position, so as to facilitate the action of sitting and lifting a user, the backrest being in an upright position, and facilitating a comfortable position and that allow a better washing of the user's hair, with the backrest in a reclined position. Said reclined backrest can also be driven by an actuator device such as an electric motor.

Said chair will preferably be fixed to the interior of the concave housing by means of guides that allow a guided sliding of said chair between a position of maximum insertion furthest from said front access passage, and a position of maximum extraction adjacent to the front access step, to facilitate the entry and exit of a user to said cabin.

To achieve a hot water supply it is proposed that the cabin includes a first insulated water tank, fed from an external water outlet, and equipped with an electric water heating device, such as an electric heater, which heats the stored water in said first tank at a predefined temperature, the water sprinklers being at least partially fed with water heated in said first tank. To prevent the supply of hot water from running out during a wash cycle, or during consecutive wash cycles, it is also proposed to include a second insulated water tank, fed with hot water from said first water tank, and optionally also being provided of an electric heating device intended to keep the water contained in the second water tank warm, the water sprinklers being at least partially fed with water from said second tank. This solution allows that, when the water contained in the first tank reaches the predefined temperature, it can be transferred to the second tank where the insulation, and optionally also a heating device, can maintain the temperature of said hot water contained in the tank. second tank, which will be used during the use of the cabin, and in the meantime the first tank will have been filled again with cold water and will have time to heat said water to the predefined temperature before the second tank is completely emptied. This system ensures a constant supply of hot water even if the cabin is used continuously with different consecutive users.

Alternatively, and to achieve the same purpose, an embodiment is proposed in which the cabin includes a second insulated water tank, fed from a water outlet, and provided with an electric water heating device, which heats the water stored in said second tank at a predefined temperature, the water sprinklers being at least partially fed with water heated in said second tank, and wherein said a regulation and control device controls valves that feed the sprinklers from the first water tank and from the Second water tank in turn. In this embodiment, the first and second tanks receive cold water from a mains outlet, allowing hot water to be consumed from one and the other tanks alternately so that while water is consumed from one of them, the other has time to refill and get warm again. This system has the advantage that, while the cabin is waiting to be used, it is only necessary to keep one of the tanks active and hot, but at the time of starting to use it, the other tank can be activated to heat hot water in anticipation of a prolonged use of the cabin.

Still according to another alternative, the cabin also includes a second insulated water tank, fed with hot water from said first water tank and with cold water from a water outlet, so that by means of a mixing valve the cold water mixture is made and heat in said second tank to thereby achieve the desired wash temperature to feed the water sprinklers. In the proposed embodiments, the entire valve system and the activation and disconnection of both water heating devices will preferably be controlled from said regulation and control device. Another additional embodiment raises the inclusion of a battery for head washing, accessible from outside the interior of the cabin, incorporated into said cabin in a position adjacent to the neck passage, and provided with a head water outlet at least partially fed with water heated by said electric water heating device described above. Said cell will also form a concave enclosure for collecting water from said head water outlet.

The position of the battery adjacent to the head passage allows a user of the cabin, whose head is out of the same being the neck in said neck passage, would have the head next to the battery, where he could wash his hair. conveniently by an operator outside the cabin, while the rest of the user's body is subjected to a wash cycle inside the cabin.

Optionally, it is proposed that said cell be an integral part of the concave housing, and the water collected in said cell be poured into the interior of the interior.

To facilitate the operations of the washing of the user's head of said cabin, an adjustable headrest at different heights arranged between said battery and the neck passage is included. Said headrest allows to adjust its position depending on the height of the cabin user. It will be understood that said headrest may be fixed to the cabin or chair.

According to another embodiment the sprinklers are at least partially fed with cosmetic products stored in cosmetic tanks integrated in the washing cabin, and wherein the regulation and control device regulates the quantity and the moments in which said cosmetic products are supplied to the sprinklers This allows the use of, for example, body soap and moisturizing products, in amounts and following a preset pattern, to be integrated into the water wash and subsequent drying cycle.

The regulation and control device is preferably programmable and allows to execute sequences of actions by regulating different actuators controlled by said regulation and control device, including actuators that regulate at the beginning and end of water spraying through the sprinklers, the temperature of the sprayed water and / or its pressure, as well as the air driving device and the air heating device. All this allows the cabin to execute pre-established washing cycles, with different stages, different durations of each of said stages, and different regulations of each of the parameters that define said stages. It is also contemplated that an operator can modify, by manipulating an interface, some of said parameters at will before or during the execution of one of said washing cycles, or the creation of a custom pre-established washing cycle. Additionally it is proposed that said at least one drain point of the inner enclosure be connected to a drain line by means of a drain pump. This allows that the position of the cabin is not conditioned by the access to a drain by gravity, being able to install a drain pipe with ascending sections from the cabin to an external drain thanks to the use of the drain pump. When water is poured into the enclosure, it will be collected at the drain point and the drainage pump will operate.

Other improvements in the treatment of the cabin user also arise, such as the use of a chromatic light source located in a position adjacent to the neck passage. This allows said chromatic light to be visible by the user sitting inside said cabin. Depending on the intensity and position of the chromatic light source even with the eyes closed, said chromatic light can be perceived, which produces a relaxing effect. Preferably the chromatic light will vary its color and / or intensity according to a preset pattern, which increases its effect. Said chromatic light source can also be controlled by the regulation and control device.

Also a sound source can be integrated into the cabin and connected to a music player to provide additional music therapy treatment.

The combination of all the described features of the proposed cabin provides an efficient, intimate, respectful, relaxing and pleasant personal hygiene treatment, which also allows drying of the person with hot air without risk of producing a dangerous cooling of the user, and facilitating its entry and exit in said cabin without irrigation of falls or injuries.

Although the cabin is specially designed for people with reduced mobility, it is understood that it can be used by any type of person.

It will also be understood that any range of values offered may not be optimal in their extreme values and may require adaptations of the invention for said extreme values to be applicable, said adaptations being within the reach of one skilled in the art.

Other features of the invention will appear in the following detailed description of an exemplary embodiment.

Description of the drawings

The foregoing and other advantages and features will be more fully understood from the following detailed description of an exemplary embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings, which should be taken by way of illustration and not limitation, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the washing and drying cabin proposed according to a preferred embodiment, with the gates in the open position and the chair removed in the position of maximum extraction and elevation, in this view the concave housing has been shown, but the exterior enclosure of the cabin has been indicated only with a broken line, and the internal ducts and devices of the proposed cabin are not represented;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same cabin shown in Fig. 1, the chair being in the position of maximum insertion, and the gates in the closed position;

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a longitudinal section of the cabin shown in Fig. 1, with the chair in a position of maximum extraction and raised, having indicated in this figure in a schematic way the main water pipes of the cabin, connected to the water sprinklers, and the main air pipes of the cabin, connected to the air outlets, as well as the main devices integrated in said cabin , and existing data connections between different cab devices and a programmable control and regulation unit have also been indicated with a dashed line;

Fig. 4 shows said cross section of the car stripped of the conduction scheme, the chair being in the position of maximum extraction and maximum elevation;

Fig. 5 shows the same view as Fig. 4, the chair being in the position of maximum removal, and the position of minimum elevation;

Fig. 6 shows the same view as Fig. 4 and 5, the chair being in a position of maximum insertion, of minimum elevation, and with the backrest in an upright position;

Fig. 7 shows the same view as the previous figures, the chair being in the position of maximum insertion, minimum elevation, and with the reclined backrest.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

An example of an illustrative, non-limiting nature of a washing and drying cabin for people with reduced mobility is shown in Fig. 1. Said cabin comprises an interior enclosure formed by a waterproof concave housing 10 defined by a base 1 1 and walls 12. At the lowest point of the base 11 there is a drain point 13 provided for the collection and disposal of the water poured into of the inner enclosure of the concave housing 10.

One of the walls 12 of the interior enclosure, in this example a front wall, has a front access passage 14 to allow easy and safe access to the interior of said interior enclosure by a user with reduced mobility. The upper part of said enclosure, opposite the base 11, an upper opening 15 is arranged. Inside the interior enclosure includes a waterproof chair 50 with a seat 51 and preferably also with a backrest 53, said chair 50 being able, for example, to be composed of plastic and / or stainless metal materials, intended for the user of the cabin to feel in it to proceed with the use of the washing cabin. Preferably the seat 51 and / or the backrest 53 of the chair will be openwork, including openings, to allow cleaning of the body parts in contact with said seat 51 and / or said backrest 53.

The size and shape of the interior enclosure will be sized to fully accommodate said chair 50 within the interior enclosure, as shown in Fig.

2, 6 and 7, and to also house the entire body of the user of the cabin within the interior enclosure except its head that will protrude through the upper opening 15 through the neck passage 17, the user being seated in the said chair fifty.

Both the front access passage 14 and the upper opening 15 are closed by one or more practicable gates 16, providing a tight seal. In the example shown in the figures, they are closed by two independent transparent or translucent gates. However, the closing of the upper opening 15 with the aforementioned gate 16 leaves a neck passage 17 open, which will have a diameter of 15 cm or more in diameter, allowing the cabin of the cabin user to be accommodated, leaving his body inside the interior enclosure. and leaving its head outside it and above the gate 16, the doors 16 being closed. To facilitate the entry and exit operations of a user of the cabin, especially if he has reduced mobility, the chair 50 includes a lifting and lowering mechanism 52 actuated by a chair actuator device that produces the lifting and lowering of the seat 51 of chair 50 (see Figs. 4 and 5) facilitating the operations of sitting and lifting a user from said cabin. In this example it is proposed that the legs of the chair 50 integrate a scissor mechanism, and that a motor integrated within the backrest 53 of the chair 50 drives a toothed bar anchored to the base producing an ascent and / or descent of the backrest 53 and with it from the seat 51 of the chair 50. As will be logical, many other embodiments fall within the obvious for an expert, such as a spindle mechanism for example connected to the scissors mechanism, a telescopic piston mechanism, a pantograph mechanism, etc. The lifting of the seat facilitates the operation of lifting and / or sitting a user in said chair 50. Additionally it is proposed that said chair 50 be attached to the cabin by means of guides 54 to allow its guided sliding from a position of maximum insertion in the chair. interior enclosure (see Fig. 6 and 7), away from the front access passage 14 and next to the neck passage 17, and a position of maximum extraction (see Fig. 4 and 5) adjacent to the front access passage 14 to facilitate entry and exit of a user to said cabin. The position of maximum insertion will be the one in which the chair 50 is placed during the washing cycle of the cabin user, while the position of maximum extraction will be used to help the user to enter or exit the washing cabin and dried The chair being in said maximum extraction position, said chair can remain inside the interior enclosure but closer to said front access passage 14, or be partially or totally removed from the interior enclosure, as is the case of the example shown in Fig. 3. It is also proposed that said guides 54 may be telescopic guides to allow greater removal of the chair 50 from the cabin, without interfering with the gate 16 of the front access passage 14.

It is also proposed that the backrest 53 of the chair 50 be reclining between upright and reclining positions, achieving greater comfort and position close to the horizontal during the washing and drying cycle while the backrest 53 is in a reclined position, further facilitating the washing of the hair of the user, and helping the user to enter and / or leave the cabin while the backrest is in an upright position. The walls 12 of the interior enclosure have a plurality of water sprinklers

20 oriented to project water into the interior of the interior and on a user sitting in the chair 50, producing a complete washing of said user. Water sprinklers 20 will be connected to a cabin water supply, and will be controlled by valves. In the present embodiment the base 11 and the walls 12 of the interior enclosure are contained within a cabin housing, defining an inter-space between the two intended to house the conduits and the control devices, tanks, and other devices of the cabin proposed, separating them from the water scattered inside the interior enclosure, but hiding them from the outside of the cabin, although said cabin housing is not represented more than by dashed lines in Figs. 1 and 2.

The water projected by said water sprinklers 20 will be at least partly hot water.

The proposed cabin includes a first insulated water tank 61 equipped with an electric water heating device that heats the water stored in said first water tank 61 to a predefined temperature, said first water tank 61 being fed with cold water from a water outlet 60 external to the cabin, for example a mains water outlet.

In order to avoid the depletion of hot water during the washing cycle, or in case of several consecutive washing cycles, without the first water tank 61 having time to heat more water, it is proposed to include a second water tank 62 isolated. At the beginning of a wash cycle the second water tank 62 would be filled with the hot water of the first water tank 61, so that the first water tank 61 could be filled again with cold water and immediately start heating.

Meanwhile, the hot water contained in the second water tank 62 would be used in the current wash cycle, so that when the hot water of the second water tank 62 ran out, the water of the first water tank 61 became hot water again. and could re-feed the second water tank 62 to restart the cycle. It is proposed that the second water tank 62 could also include an electric heating device intended to maintain the temperature of the water contained therein before its consumption, said electric heating device being of less power than the content in the first water tank. 61, just needing to maintain the water temperature. This embodiment is shown schematically in Fig. 3. In the present embodiment the circulation of cold and / or hot water and its use in the wash cycle, as well as its pressure, temperature and / or application time, it is proposed that it be regulated by solenoid valves and optionally by pumps, controlled by a regulation and control device 40 which can be for example a programmable logic controller.

Additionally, it is proposed that the cabin may also contain deposits of cosmetic products (not shown) connected by conduits to said water sprinklers 20, so that the regulation and control device 40 can proceed to supply measured quantities of the cosmetic products, mixed with the water, through the water sprinklers 20, is in accordance with a pre-established washing cycle stored in said regulation and control device. After washing the user confined within the interior enclosure, the cabin proceeds to an automatic drying process thereof. For this, a drying device 30, comprising at least one air heating device 31, and at least one air impeller device 32 controlled by a flow regulator (not shown), interposed between at least one air inlet 33 and the minus an air outlet 34 that connects them to the interior enclosure of the cabin, producing a flow of heated air within said interior enclosure. The aforementioned flow of hot air dries the user without it becoming too cold due to the evaporation of the water, thanks to the high controlled temperature of the flow of heated air used. Although in the attached figures the heated air inlets and / or outlets 33 and 34 are shown connected to air ducts, it is also possible that said air inlets and / or outlets 33 and 34 are connected with the drying device 30 through a sealed chamber, known as plenum. When the air impeller device 32 is actuated, an air flow occurs that passes through the air heating device 31 and then projects into the interior of the interior.

If the air temperature before passing through the air heating device 31 It is low, its temperature increase will not reach the pre-established target temperature as the temperature of the heated air, and there will be a colder air flow than expected within the indoor enclosure. To avoid this effect that may be unpleasant or even harmful to the user's health, it is proposed that the regulation and control device 40 modify the operating parameters of the air impeller device 32 through the control of the flow regulator. This control allows to conduct an air flow at a lower speed as the temperature difference between the inlet air temperature and the pre-set temperature of the heated air is greater, thus producing a slower air passage through the heating device of air 31, giving it more time to heat the flow of air that passes through it and thus achieving a greater increase in its temperature. As the inlet air that feeds the drying device is considered to be at least partly absorbed air from the inner enclosure, this air will be heated by recirculation, gradually increasing its temperature, and therefore as the air contained in the interior enclosure has a higher temperature, the air flow may increase its speed, achieving a greater flow of heated air, always maintaining said target heated air temperature. In the present embodiment it is proposed that the regulation and control device 40 have access to information from air temperature sensors integrated in the cabin, which allows precise regulation of the drying device. In particular, it is proposed that temperature sensors may exist in the drying device 30, both before and after the air heating device 31. Although this is the preferred embodiment, it is contemplated that said flow regulation may be stored in the regulation device. and control 40 according to the average air temperature, for example.

Additionally, it is contemplated that the cabin includes a wash battery 70 arranged in a position adjacent to the neck passage 17. Said wash battery 70 will be accessible from outside the cabin, and will be provided so that the user, whose body is included inside of the interior enclosure, you can lay your head inside said wash cell 70 to facilitate the tasks of washing your hair by an operator outside the cabin by means of a head water outlet integrated in said wash cell 70.

The wash cell 70 will preferably include its own drain, or be communicated with the inner enclosure to pour water from the wash cell 70 into the inner enclosure.

In the embodiment shown in the attached figures, it can be seen how the wash cell 70 is integrated in the cabin, formed by an extension of the walls 12 of the interior, although it is also considered to be an independent wash cell 70 coupled to the rest of the cabin.

In order to facilitate the operation of cleaning the head, and to increase user comfort, it is proposed that there is a headrest 71 of adjustable height between said wash cell 70 and the neck passage 17.

The present embodiment also includes a chromatic light source (not shown) located in a position adjacent to the neck passage 17, within the user's field of vision, and connected to the regulation and control device 40, and / or a sound source (not shown) integrated in the cabin and connected to a music player, which can be the regulation and control device 40, to provide a music therapy treatment.

It will be understood that the different parts constituting the invention described in one embodiment may be freely combined with the parts described in other different embodiments even if said combination has not been explicitly described, provided there is no harm in the combination.

Claims

1. - Washing and drying cabin for people with reduced mobility that includes:

• a waterproof concave housing (10) formed by a base (11) and walls (12) defining an interior enclosure, the concave housing (10) having at least one drain point (13), and provided with a front access passage (14) and an upper opening (15);

• at least one practicable gate (16) complementary to said front access passage (14) providing an adjusted closure;

· A plurality of water sprinklers (20), connected to a water supply, disposed within said interior enclosure;

• a waterproof chair (50) integrated in said interior enclosure, provided with a seat (51);

characterized in that the cabin also includes the following features:

· Said at least one practicable gate (16) is complementary to said upper opening (15) of the concave housing (10) defining a neck passage (17) and providing a tight closure except in said neck passage (17), being said neck passage (17) an opening of a size sufficient to inscribe in it a circle of at least 15 cm in diameter, to leave the user's head outside the inner enclosure;

• said washing cabin integrates at least one drying device (30) comprising at least one air heating device (31), and at least one air driving device (32) controlled by a flow regulator, interposed between at least an air inlet (33) and at least one air outlet (34) that connect them to the interior of the cabin, producing a flow of heated air inside said interior.

2. - Cab according to claim 1 wherein the cabin also includes a regulation and control device (40) programmed to modify the operating parameters of at least said at least one flow regulator obtaining a variable flow of heated air at a temperature of predefined target air, offering greater air flow the lower the thermal jump between the air that feeds the air heating device

(31) and the target air temperature.

3. - Cab according to claim 2 wherein the regulation and control device (40) also regulates the operating parameters of said at least one air heating device (31) and / or at least one air driving device (32).

4. - Cab according to claim 2 or 3 wherein the regulation and control device (40) is connected to at least one air temperature sensor that measures the air temperature before passing through the air heating device (31) , and / or measures the air temperature after passing through the air heating device (31), and / or measures the indoor room air temperature, and where said regulation and control device (40) is programmed to modify the operating parameters of the drying device (30)

depending on the data obtained by said at least one sensor.

5. - Cab according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 wherein the waterproof chair (50) incorporates a lifting and lowering mechanism (52) actuated by a chair actuator device that produces the lifting and lowering of the seat (51) facilitating the operations of sitting and getting up to a user of said cabin.

6. Cab according to claim 5 wherein said chair (50) is fixed to the inside of the concave shell (10) by means of guides (54) that allow a guided sliding of said chair between a position of maximum insertion, further away from said front access access passage (14), and a maximum extraction position adjacent to the front access passage (14) and opposite the maximum insertion position, to facilitate the entry and exit of a user to said cabin.

7. - Cab according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the cabin includes a first insulated water tank (61), fed from an external water outlet (60), and provided with an electric water heating device, which heats the water stored in said first tank (61) at a predefined temperature, the water sprinklers (20) being at least partially fed with water heated in said first tank (61).

8. - Cab according to claim 7 wherein the cabin also includes a second insulated water tank (62), fed with hot water from said first water tank (61), and also being provided with an electric heating device intended to keep the water contained in the second water tank (62) warm, the water sprinklers (20) at least partially fed with water from said second tank (62).

9. - Cab according to claim 7 wherein the cabin also includes a second insulated water tank (62), fed from a water outlet (60), and provided with an electric water heating device, which heats the water stored in said second tank (62) at a predefined temperature, the water sprinklers (20) being at least partially fed with heated water in said second tank (62), and wherein said a regulating and controlling device (40) controls valves that they feed the water sprinklers (20) from the first water tank (61) and from the second water tank (62) alternately.

10. - Cab according to claim 7 wherein the cabin also includes a second insulated water tank (62), fed with hot water from said first water tank (61) and with cold water from a water outlet (60), of so that by means of a mixing valve the mixture of hot and cold water is made in said second tank (62) in order to achieve the desired washing temperature to feed the water sprinklers (20).

1 1. - Cab according to any one of the preceding claims 7 to 10, wherein a battery (70) for head washing, accessible from outside the inner enclosure, is incorporated into the cabin in a position adjacent to the neck passage , and is provided with a head water outlet at least partially fed with water heated by said electric water heating device.

12. - Cab according to claim 1, wherein said cell (70) is an integral part of the concave housing (10), and the water collected in said cell (70) is poured into the interior of the interior enclosure of the concave housing (10) by gravity.

13. - Cab according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the water sprinklers (20) are at least partially fed with products cosmetics stored in cosmetic tanks integrated in the washing cabin, and where the regulation and control device regulates the quantity and the moments in which said cosmetic products are supplied to the water sprinklers (20).

14. Cab according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the regulation and control device (40) is programmable and allows to execute sequences of actions by regulating different actuators controlled by said regulation and control device (40), including actuators that regulate the start and end of water spraying through the water sprinklers (20), the temperature of the sprayed water and / or its pressure, as well as the air impeller (32) and the air heating device (31).

15. Cab according to claim 14 wherein the regulation and control device is connected to at least one gate position sensor that allows detecting the closed position of the at least one gate (16), and programmed not to execute a cycle of washed while a gate (16) is open.

16. Cab according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein a chromatic light source is located in a position adjacent to the neck passage (17).