JPH03996Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field This invention relates to a bathtub device of the type that inflates a flat air-inflatable bathtub body into a bathtub shape by introducing air into the body.

Structure of the Prior Art and its Problems For example, a bathtub device having an air-inflatable bathtub body is generally used as a device for washing the body of a bedridden patient or a bedridden elderly person in a hospital or a general home. An air-inflatable bathtub body is a bathtub body that expands into a bathtub shape when air is introduced, and contracts into a flat shape when air is removed. Therefore, when transferring the body of a patient in bed or a bedridden elderly person to the bathtub body, it is convenient if the bathtub body is contracted flatly, since the body of the patient or bedridden elderly person can be easily transferred. After that, air is introduced into the bathtub body to expand it into a bathtub shape. Next, the patient or bedridden elderly person is undressed in the bathtub body, and hot water is poured into the bathtub body.
Then, the body of the patient or the bedridden elderly person can be washed inside the bathtub body.

However, in this bathtub device, there was a problem associated with the temperature of the conventional bathtub body itself. When the patient or bedridden elderly person takes off their clothes after the bathtub body is inflated, it is inevitable that the body of the patient or bedridden elderly person will come into contact with the bathtub body before hot water is poured into the bathtub body. The bathtub body is usually made of flexible plastic material and has a fairly low temperature. For this reason, if a patient or a bedridden elderly person touches the bathtub before filling the bathtub with hot water,
There was a problem that the body of the bathtub could cool the body of a patient or a bedridden elderly person. Furthermore, when hot water is poured into the bathtub body, the bathtub body cools the hot water, causing a drop in temperature.

Purpose of the invention Therefore, this invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems and provides a bathtub device having an air-inflatable bathtub body, in which the body of a patient or a bedridden elderly person touches the bathtub body before hot water is poured into the bathtub body. This was done to prevent the body of a patient or a bedridden elderly person from getting cold, and to prevent the temperature of the water from dropping when poured into the bathtub body.

Configuration of the invention According to this invention, a heater is connected to the air pump, and a hose is connected to the heater. Therefore, when the hose is connected to the bathtub body, the air pump can send air and the heater can heat the air. Then, the air can be introduced into the bathtub body, and the heated air can warm the bathtub body.

Description of examples Examples of this invention will be described below.

In FIG. 1, this bathtub structure has a bathtub body 1 and a pedestal 2. The bathtub body 1 is of an air-inflatable type, made of flexible plastic material, and mounted on a pedestal 2. Furthermore, an air inlet 3 is formed in the bathtub body 1, and as shown in FIG. has been done. Therefore, when the hose 6 is fitted into the air inlet 3, connected to the bathtub body 1, and air is sent from the air pump 4,
Air can be heated by a heater 5, passed through a hose 6, and introduced into the bathtub body 1.
In addition, before introducing air into the bathtub body 1,
is contracting oblate. When air is introduced into the bathtub body 1, the bathtub body 1 expands into a bathtub shape.
Thereafter, when air is removed from the bathtub body 1, the bathtub body 1 contracts flatly.

This bathtub device is mobile, and the pedestal 2 has a plurality of wheels 7. Therefore, by rolling the wheels 7 along the floor surface, the bathtub body 1 and the pedestal 2 can be moved to the vicinity of the bed 8. Furthermore, in the case of this bathtub device, the height of the pedestal 2 is selected to be substantially the same as the height of the bed 8.

Furthermore, the pedestal 2 includes a tank 9 and a bath pump 1.
0, and the bath pump 10 is connected to the hot water outlet 11 of the tank 9. The tank 9 is for storing new hot water and has a rectangular shape of a certain size. A hose 12 is connected to the bath pump 10, and a shower head 13 is provided on the hose 12. Therefore, hot water can be stored in the tank 9 and sent by the bath pump 10, and the hot water can be jetted out from the shower head 13 and poured into the bathtub body 1.

Furthermore, a separation chamber 14 is formed in the tank 9. Separation chamber 14 is for storing used hot water. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, a separation chamber 14 is formed by end walls 15, 16, a side wall 17 and a bottom wall 18, and is housed in a tank 8. The separation chamber 14 has a rectangular shape with a width and height corresponding to the tank 9, and its upper surface is open. A hot water outlet 19 is provided in the bathtub body 1, and the hot water outlet 19 is fitted into a hole in the pedestal 2 at the position of the separation chamber 14, and the hot water outlet 19 is closed with a stopper. Therefore, when the stopper is removed from the hot water outlet 19, the hot water in the bathtub body 1 can be discharged into the separation chamber 14. Further, regarding the separation chamber 14, its side wall 17 and bottom wall 18
It has a bellows shape and can be expanded and contracted. Of the pair of end walls 15 and 16, one end wall 15 is only fixed to the end wall 20 of the tank 9, and the other end wall 16 and each side wall 17 are not restrained. Therefore, when the hot water in the bathtub body 1 is discharged into the separation chamber 14 when the tank 9 is not filled with hot water, the side wall 17 and the bottom wall 18 expand accordingly, and the distance between the end walls 15 and 16 increases. increases. This increases the capacity of the separation chamber 14.

In this bathtub device, when washing the body of a patient or a bedridden elderly person sleeping on the bed 8 in a hospital or a general home, push the pedestal 2 by hand and move the bathtub body 1 and the pedestal 2 to the vicinity of the bed 8. .
Then, the pedestal 2 is arranged next to the bed 8, and the body of the patient or the bedridden elderly person is transferred to the bathtub body 1 on the pedestal 2. As mentioned above, the pedestal 2 is substantially at the same height as the bed 8. Furthermore, unless air is introduced into the bathtub body 1, the bathtub body 1 remains flat and deflated. Therefore, when the pedestal 2 is arranged next to the bed 8, the body of the patient or bedridden elderly person can be placed on the bathtub body 1 on the pedestal 2 by simply rolling or sliding the body of the patient or bedridden elderly person along the bed 8. It can be transferred.
There is no need to lift the body of the patient or bedridden elderly person from the bed 8, and no great effort is required.

Next, air is sent by the air pump 4, and the air is introduced into the bathtub body 1 to expand the bathtub body 1 into a bathtub shape. Thereafter, the clothes of the patient or bedridden elderly person may be removed inside the bathtub body 1. and,
Hot water is sent through the bath pump 10 and hose 12, and the hot water in the tank 9 is squirted out from the shower head 13. When the bathtub body 1 is inserted, the shower head 1
3 and the hot water in the bathtub body 1 can wash the body of a patient or a bedridden elderly person. Therefore, the body of a patient or a bedridden elderly person can be easily washed.

Furthermore, in the case of this bathtub device, when air is introduced into the bathtub body 1, the air is heated by the heater 5 and the air enters the bathtub body 1, as described above. The heating temperature of the air is selected to be approximately the same as the temperature of the hot water poured into the bathtub body 1. Therefore, when a patient or a bedridden elderly person is undressed in the bathtub body 1 after the bathtub body 1 is inflated, the bathtub body 1 is warmed by heated air, and before hot water is poured into the bathtub body 1. Even if a patient or a bedridden elderly person's body touches the bathtub body 1, there is no risk that the patient's or bedridden elderly person's body will become cold. Moreover, when hot water is poured into the bathtub body 1, the bathtub body 1 does not cool the hot water, and the temperature of the hot water does not drop.

Furthermore, when the hot water in the bathtub body 1 becomes dirty, when the plug of the bathtub body 1 is removed from the hot water outlet 19, the hot water in the bathtub body 1 is discharged into the separation chamber 14, and the side wall 17 and bottom wall 18 of the separation chamber 14 are removed. expand accordingly,
This increases the capacity of the separation chamber 14. Therefore, used hot water can be stored in the separation chamber 14, and new hot water can be jetted out from the shower head 13 of the hose 12 and put into the bathtub body 1.

It is also conceivable to separate the bathtub body 1 from the pedestal 2, contract the bathtub body 1 flatly, place it on the bed 8, and transfer the body of a patient or a bedridden elderly person to the bathtub body 1 on the bed 8. Thereafter, the body of the patient or bedridden elderly person may be moved together with the bathtub body 1 by pulling the bathtub body 1 by hand, and may be carried to the pedestal 2. And the bathtub body 1
When the body is expanded into a bathtub shape, the body of a patient or a bedridden elderly person can be washed in the bathtub body 1. The bathtub body 1 may be expanded into a bathtub shape on the bed 8, and the body of a patient or a bedridden elderly person may be washed inside the bathtub body 1.

Effects of the invention As explained above, according to this invention, when inflating the air inflatable bathtub body 1 into a bathtub shape, air is sent by the air pump 4, the air is heated by the heater 5, and the air is heated by the heater 5. can be put into the bathtub body 1, and the heated air causes the bathtub body 1 to
can be heated. Therefore, even if the body of a patient or a bedridden elderly person touches the bathtub body 1 before hot water is poured into the bathtub body 1, there is no risk of the patient's or bedridden elderly person's body becoming cold. Furthermore, when hot water is poured into the bathtub body 1, the bathtub body 1 does not cool the hot water and its temperature does not drop, making it possible to achieve the intended purpose.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of this invention;
3 is a sectional view of the bathtub device of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the bathtub body of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the separation chamber of FIG. 1. 1...Bathtub body, 3...Air inlet, 4...Air pump, 5...Heater, 6...Hose.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] This is a device for inflating an air inflatable bathtub body that has been flattened into a flat shape and inflating it into a bathtub shape, and the device includes a heater connected to an air pump, a hose connected to the heater, and a hose connected to the bathtub body. A bathtub device, characterized in that the pump is connected to the bathtub body, the pump is used to send air, the heater is used to heat the air, and the air is introduced into the bathtub body.