JPH0515568A - Bath tub - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Not only a healthy winner but also an elderly person with disabilities, a disabled person, an infant, etc. can easily enter and leave the bathtub without sacrificing the area in the bathtub. The purpose is to provide a bathtub that can be used. A floor member 13 having a peripheral end face separated from an inner peripheral surface of a peripheral wall portion 12 of the bathtub 10 is provided in the inside 10a of the bathtub 10, and the floor member 13 is provided by an elevating device 17 mounted in a bathroom Y. It is configured to move up and down in conjunction with the entrance and exit of bathers to and from the bathtub 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathtub.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a bathtub has a fairness of 2-19102.
As shown in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2004-242242, a bottom surface portion and a peripheral wall portion form a housing having an upper opening.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, a bathtub 3 having a casing opened upward by integrally molding a bottom portion 1 and a peripheral wall portion 2 is located at a lower position than a washing floor 4 of a bathroom Y. Some are installed along the wall 5 of the bathroom Y so that 1 is located.

[0004]

By the way, in the bathtub 3 in which the bottom surface portion 1 is arranged at a position lower than the floor surface 4 of the washing room in this way, it is particularly difficult for an elderly person who has weak legs and feet and a foot. For persons with disabilities, short infants, and the like, when the bathtub 3 and the washing floor 4 are moved in and out across the peripheral wall 2, not only the peripheral wall 2 becomes an obstacle but also the stairs. In order to support the body in a state in which the legs of the person who is located higher (in this case, the wash floor 4 side) are bent as well as going up and down,
This puts a strain on the foot on the supporting side,
Combined with the fact that the wash floor 4 and the bathtub 3 are slippery, they cannot support the body firmly and may slip.
There was a risk of drowning in rare cases.

Therefore, it is conceivable to provide a step (not shown) inside the bathtub 3 so as to be flush with the wash floor 4 in order to eliminate the step between the bottom 1 and the wash floor 4. In this case, there is a new problem that the inside of the bathtub 3 becomes narrow.

[0006] In view of the above situation, the present invention makes it easy for not only a healthy person to win but also an elderly person with disabilities, a disabled person, an infant, etc. to enter and leave the bathtub without sacrificing the area in the bathtub. The purpose is to provide a bathtub that can be used.

[0007]

In order to achieve the object, the present invention provides a bathtub formed so as to present a casing having an upper portion opened by a bottom portion and a peripheral wall portion. A floor member having a peripheral end surface separated from the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion is provided, and the floor member is configured to move up and down in conjunction with the entrance and exit of a bather by a lifting device installed in the bathroom. The main point is that

[0008]

In this structure, when the bather goes in and out of the bathtub, the floor member is displaced in the vertical direction by the elevating device to assist the bather in and out.

[0009]

EXAMPLES Examples of bathtubs according to the present invention will now be described with reference to FIGS.
It will be explained based on.

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the entire structure of the bathtub of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the bathtub of the present invention.

In the figure, 10 is a bathtub installed in the bathroom Y, which is a bottom surface portion 11 located below the washing floor 1 provided in the bathroom Y, and a predetermined height D from the bottom surface portion 11.
The peripheral wall 12 extending upward so as to store the warm water W is integrally formed. In addition, a floor member 13 parallel to the bottom surface portion 11 is provided inside the bathtub 10 inside 10a.

The floor member 13 includes a plurality of plate members 14, 14 ... Extending in the longitudinal direction of the bathtub 10, and plate members 14, 14.
A pair of support members 15 for supporting the ... In a connected state from below,
It is composed of 15 and. Further, the occupying area of the floor member 13 is set to a size that a bather can put on, while the floor member 13 is provided in a separated state so as not to contact the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion 12.

The support members 15 and 15 are provided with support portions 15a and 15a for supporting the plates 14 and 14, and an elevating device 1 provided on a wall surface 16 of the bathroom Y by being bent upward at a substantially right angle.
7 and connecting portions 15b and 15b.
The support members 15 and 15 are formed of hollow pipe members and are set so that the hot water W in the interior 10 a of the bathtub 10 is supplied to the lifting device 17.

Inside the lifting device 17, the bath 10
A cylinder mechanism (not shown) is provided for displacing the floor member 13 in the vertical direction by expanding and contracting the support members 15 and 15 as the bather goes in and out.

In the above structure, before the bather enters the bathtub 10, that is, when there is no bather in the bathtub 10, the floor member 13 is positioned horizontally near the surface of the warm water W, and the lifting device is provided. It is stopped at that position by 17.

When the bather enters the bathtub 10,
The floor member 13 descends along the peripheral wall portion 12 when the floor member 13 is put on the floor member 13 while straddling the peripheral wall portion 12 while placing a hand on the peripheral wall portion 12 and applying its own weight.

At this time, the bather's body is immersed in the warm water W and, at the same time, the bathtub 10 corresponding to the volume of the bather's body is immersed.
Since the hot water W in the interior 10a of the tank 10 is supplied to the lifting device 17 by the support members 15 and 15, the water level of the hot water W in the interior 10a of the bath 10 hardly changes.

On the other hand, when a bather leaves the bathtub 10,
The lifting device 17 is driven by a switch operation (not shown),
When the floor member 13 rises and rises to almost the same height as the floor surface 1 of the wash floor, the rise of the floor member 13 is once stopped so that the bather can easily exit the bathtub 10 to the floor surface 1 of the wash floor.

Further, when the bather leaves the floor member 13, the elevating device 17 is driven again and the floor member 13 is heated with the warm water W.
Rise to near the water surface.

At this time, the warm water in the lifting device 17 is returned to the interior 10a of the bath 10 again according to the volume of the interior 10a of the bath 10 occupied by the bather.

By the way, in the above embodiment, the lifting device 17
Although the configuration in which the cylinder mechanism is provided is shown in the above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and for example, a configuration in which a drive motor is provided in the elevating device to elevate and lower the floor member 13 is also possible. Further, by forming the support member from a pipe, the hot water in the bathtub flows between the bathtub and the lifting device in conjunction with the increase or decrease of the volume occupied by the bather in the bathtub, so that the hot water W can be saved. it can.

[0022]

As described above, in the bathtub according to the present invention, a floor member having a peripheral end face separated from the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion is provided inside the bathtub, and the floor member is Since it is configured to move up and down in conjunction with the entrance and exit of a bather to and from the bathtub by the lifting device installed in the bathroom, it is possible not only for a healthy winner but especially for a healthy winner without sacrificing the area in the bathtub. Elderly people with disabilities, persons with disabilities, infants, etc. can easily enter and leave the bathtub.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the overall configuration of a bath according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the bathtub of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a conventional bathtub.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Y bathroom, 10 bathtub, 11 bottom face part, 12 peripheral wall part, 13 floor member, 17 lifting device.

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A bathtub formed so as to present a housing having an upper opening by a bottom surface portion and a peripheral wall portion, wherein the inside of the bathtub is separated from the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion. A bathtub provided with a floor member having a peripheral end surface, and the floor member is configured to be lifted and lowered in association with the entrance and exit of a bather by a lifting device installed in a bathroom.