JPH0715538Y2 - Excretion treatment device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to an excretory disposal device especially for sick people and the like.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, as this type of device, a sensor, an air supply device, a hot water supply device, and an excrement discharge device are mainly connected to pants, and when excretion is detected by the sensor, excrement is determined according to a predetermined program. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 51-122994 proposes a method of automatically discharging excrement by discharging and washing the waste.

In this type of device, the pants main body is formed of a flexible sheet because the pants main body needs to be brought into close contact with the skin, and the air passage, the hot water passage, and the excrement passage are integrally formed in the flexible sheet. .

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned conventional technique, since the pants main body is formed by the flexible sheet, and the passages for air, warm water, excrement, etc. are integrally formed in the pants main body, the user wears the pants. If the posture is changed while wearing the body, the passage formed by the flexible sheet is crushed and closed, and there is a problem that discharge and cleaning of excrement are prevented. On the other hand, it is possible to form the pants main body with a relatively hard resin or rubber that does not cause the passage to be closed by external pressure, and to solve the above problem, but in this case, the pants main body has a bad wearing feeling, It is predicted that the user will have difficulty in changing their posture while wearing their pants.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an excretion processing device which can prevent the passage of excrement, liquid, etc. from being crushed and can easily change its posture in a worn state.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The excretion treatment device of the present invention is a polymer resin having a plurality of passages formed therein, and a supply port for air, liquid and the like and a waste substance suction port communicating with the passages provided on the inner surface. A molded body and a flexible sheet body integrally provided on the entire circumference of the polymer resin molded body are provided, and the polymer resin molded body has a main wall portion and a sub-wall portion shorter than the main wall portion. It is integrally formed in the intersecting direction.

[Operation] With the above configuration, while the flexible sheet body is in close contact with the skin, the supply of air, liquid, etc., and the discharge of excrement are formed in the polymer resin molded body through a passage that is not crushed by external pressure. Be seen. In addition, the soft sheet body is brought into close contact with the skin to provide a good wearing feeling, and the main wall portion is located on the crotch portion side and the sub wall portion is located on the hip portion side, so that the posture can be easily changed in the worn state.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 20 show an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, this device has a plurality of passages for supplying air and liquid and discharging excrement. The excrement wearable body 3 comprising the formed polymer resin molded body 1 and the silicone sheet body 2 which is a flexible sheet body covered with the polymer resin molded body 1 is provided, and FIGS. As shown in the figure, a valve unit 4 connected to a passage in the excrement wear body 3, and a hot water supply device 5 connected to the valve unit 4,
An air supply device 6, a deaeration device 7, and an excrement discharge device 8 connected to the passage of the excrement wear body 3,
Furthermore, it has a control unit 9 for controlling the valve unit 4 and each device 5, 6, 7, 8 and the like according to a predetermined program. Further, the excretory wear body 3 is attached and held by a cloth cover 11 with a string 10 in a state of being placed on the user's crotch part, and is connected to the air supply device 6 and the deaeration device 7. It is designed to be used in common with the inflatable waist bag 12.

The polymer resin molded body 1 includes a main wall portion 13 arranged on the crotch portion side and a sub wall portion formed on the hip portion side so as to be shorter than the main wall portion 13.
14 and 14 are intersected in an L-shape to be integrated, and side wall portions 15 whose inner edges are curved along the crotch shape are integrally formed on both side edges on the inner surface side of the main wall portion 13 and the sub wall portion 14. Has been formed. The left and right side wall portions 15 corresponding to the inner end side slightly from the center of the main wall portion 13
A sensor 16 for detecting excrement is provided on the inner side of the end edge and on the inner surface of the sub wall portion 14, and the sensor 16 is electrically connected to the control portion 9 by an electric cord (not shown). On the inner surface of the main wall portion 13, one first ejector nozzle 17 is provided at the center on the outer end side, and the first ejector nozzle 17 is provided at the center on the inner end side.
The ejector nozzles 17A, 17B, 17C are provided in three columns, and the ejector nozzle 17A on the outer end side of the ejector nozzles 17A, 17B, 17C is provided with a nozzle end portion 18 whose direction can be set by bending the spray port toward the perineum of the user. Is provided. One second ejector nozzle 19 is provided at the center of the inner surface of the sub wall portion 14 on the outer end side. Warm air outlets 20 and 20A are provided one each on the outer end side and the inside on one side of the center of the inner surface of the main wall 13, and on the one side of the center of the inner surface of the sub wall 14 on the outside. One warm air outlet 20B is provided on the end side. A waste suction port 21 is formed on the other side of the center of the inner end of the main wall 13, and the inner surface of the sub-wall 14 is inclined toward the waste suction port 21 to form the waste suction port 21. It's getting low. In the polymer resin molded body 1, the first ejector nozzles 17, 17A, 17B, 1 are provided.
A first passage 22 for supplying heated compressed air, which communicates with the base end of 7C, the end of the second ejector nozzle 19 and the center of the base of the sensor 16, and each first ejector nozzle 17, 17
A second passage 23 for hot water pressure communication that communicates with the middle of A, 17B, 17C and the end of the second ejector nozzle 19, and a hot air pressure communication that communicates with each of the hot air outlets 20, 20A, 20B. Third passage 24
And a fourth passage 25 communicating with the excretory suction port 21. Each of the passages 22, 23, 24, 25 is opened at the outer end surface of the main wall portion 13, and the valve unit 4 is provided at the opening of the first passage 22.
To the first hose 27 with a heater 26 connected to
A second hose 28 with a heater 26 connected to the valve unit 4 is connected to the opening of the second passage 23, and a valve unit is connected to the third passage 24 via a hole 30 with a heater 26 of an elbow 29. Four
Is connected to the fourth passage 25, and a fourth hose 33 connected to the excrement discharge device 8 is connected to the fourth passage 25 through the hole 32 of the elbow 29. The elbow 29 is fixed to the outer end surface of the main wall portion 13 with a screw 34. In this case, a metal pipe 35 is attached to the openings of the first and second passages 22 and 23, and the first and second hoses 27 and 2 are attached to the metal pipe 35.
8 is inserted, and the third and fourth hoses 31, 33 are elbow 29.
Is attached to the hose connection part 36 of the.

The silicone sheet body 2 has an exterior portion 37 formed in conformity with the outer peripheral surface shape of the polymer resin molded body 1.
The outer peripheral surface of the polymer resin molded body 1 is covered with 37, the abutting plate 38 is brought into contact with the outer side of the exterior portion 37, and fixed by a plurality of screws 39 to integrally integrate the exterior portion 37 with the polymer resin molded body. Have been converted. Further, the tongue portion 40 extends along the entire peripheral edge of the opening of the exterior portion 37,
The vicinity of the entire peripheral portion of the opening and the tongue portion 40 are fixedly adhered to the outer peripheral surface of the polymer resin molded body with an adhesive. The silicone sheet body 2 further extends outward around the exterior portion 37, and a bag-shaped air seal portion 41 which can be expanded and contracted by supplying and releasing compressed air is provided on the entire periphery of the polymer resin molded body 1. It is integrally formed in an elliptical shape so as to surround it. The air seal portion 41 is in communication with the waist back 12 by a communication hose 42, and a fifth hose 43 for supplying and sucking compressed air.
Is connected to the valve unit 4 by
The hose 43 is connected to the air seal portion 41 and the waist back 12 by a branch hose 44. Also, the air seal part
A silicone extension 45 is integrally formed on the entire circumference of 41.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the sensor 16 has an inner cylinder electrode 47 arranged at the center of the outer cylinder electrode 46, and the inner surface of the outer cylinder electrode 46 and the inner cylinder electrode 46.
An insulating mold material 48 such as synthetic resin is filled between the outer surface of 47 and both electrodes 46, 47 to integrate them, and the inner cylindrical electrode 47
At the tip of the, a protruding portion that protrudes about 0.5 to 1 mm from the outer cylinder electrode 46
An air passage 50 is formed in the inner cylindrical electrode 47 and communicates with the first passage 22. The inner cylinder electrode 47 is compressed by the compressed air discharged from the protrusion 49 through the air passage 50.
Blow away the water that adheres around the tip of the. A projecting piece-shaped cord connecting portion 51 is formed at the base end of each electrode 46, 47.

The first ejector nozzles 17, 17A, 17B, 17C are shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, the bottom side of a cup-shaped water supply tube 53 is integrally formed at the tip of the air supply tube 52.
A nozzle body 54 is fitted inside. A step portion 55 is formed in the middle peripheral surface of the air supply pipe 52, and a partition member 56 is fitted in the step portion 55, and an air passage 57 in the air supply pipe 52 is fitted through the partition member 56. The base end opening communicates with the first passage 22, and the base openings of a plurality of water passages 58 formed around the water supply pipe 53 communicate with the second passage 23. The water passage
The air passages 58 are arranged around the air passage 57 in parallel therewith. The nozzle body 54 has a tapered hole that spreads toward both ends of the central hole 59.
60, 61 are connected in series, and compressed air from the air passage 57 and hot water from the water passage 58 are mixed and squeezed by the taper hole 60 on the base end side. 61
It is diffused by and sprayed as mist-like air mixed water.
A mounting groove 63 for the packing 62 is formed on the peripheral surface of the water supply cylinder 53.

As shown in FIGS. 11 to 13, the second ejector nozzle 19 has an L-shaped passage 65 formed inside a cylindrical nozzle 64.
One end of this passage 65 forms an injection port 66 opening to the upper surface of the cylindrical nozzle body 64, a first fan-shaped notch 67 is continuously provided at the upper end of the other end of the passage 65, and a lower portion is wider than the notch 67. Second fan-shaped notches 68 are continuously provided, the second passage 23 communicates with the first and second notches 67, 68, and the first notches 67 have first
22 communicates with each other, and the compressed air from the first passage 22 is mixed with the hot water from the second passage 23 in the first cutout portion 67 and is squeezed to pass through the passage 65 and then from the injection port 66. It is jetted as mist-like air mixed water. A mounting groove 70 for the packing 69 is formed on the circumferential surface of the cylindrical nozzle body 64.

The valve unit 4, the respective devices 5, 6, 7, 8 and the control unit 9 are mounted on a carriage 71, an excrement discharge device 8 is arranged in the front row of the carriage 71, and a hot water supply device 5, A compressor 72 that constitutes the valve unit 4 and each of the devices 5, 6, 7, 8 is arranged, and a control section 9 is arranged in the rear row. The air outlet of the compressor 72 is connected to the valve unit 4 by a sixth hose 73.

The hot water supply device 5 is a water tank as shown in FIG. 14 and FIG.
A water injection cylinder 75 is provided upright in the center of the upper surface of the water tank 74, and a lid 77 with a pressure valve 76 is attached to the water injection cylinder 75 so as to be openable and closable. The water tank 74 has a water level sensor.
It has a heater 78, a thermistor 79 and a heater 80 so that the temperature detected by the thermistor 79 becomes constant by the control unit 9.
The power outage of 80 is controlled, and the water outage state can be notified based on the signal from the water level sensor 78. Further, a seventh hose 81 for sending compressed air into the water tank 74 is connected to the upper surface of the water tank 74, and a second hose is provided below the body of the water tank 74 via the valve unit 4.
An eighth hose 82 communicating with the second hose 23 connected to the second hose 23 connected to the second hose 23 via the valve unit 4 is also connected to the upper surface.
Hose 83 is connected. The hot water in the water tank 74 is supplied to the excrement wear body 3 through the eighth hose 83 by the pressure of the compressed air supplied into the water tank 74 through the seventh hose 81, and the ninth hose 83 is supplied by switching the valve. Supply air through.

The waste discharge device 8 has a waste tank 84 as shown in FIG. 14 to FIG. 18, and a suction chamber 85 that can be divided into upper and lower parts is provided on the side of the waste tank 84. A suction motor 86 is provided as a suction power source. An odor discharge chamber 87 is detachably attached to the upper opening of the excrement tank 84, and a relay chamber 88 is fixedly installed above the suction chamber 85. In addition, a separation chamber is provided on the side of the suction chamber 85.
89 are provided. The fourth hose 33 is connected to the inside of the relay chamber 88, and the excrement passage 90 for sending the excrement to the odor discharge chamber 87, and the first odor passage for sending the odor from the odor discharge chamber 87 to the separation chamber 87. 91 and a second odor passage 92 for sending the odor from the separation chamber 87 to the suction chamber 85. An upper plate 93 is fixed to the upper lid portion of the odor discharge chamber 87, and a lower opening portion is partitioned by an integral partition wall 94. Inside the chamber 87, one end is connected to the excrement passage 90 and a tank is provided. An elbow pipe 95 having the other end opened is provided at 84, and a suction pipe 96 having one end connected to the first odor passage 91 and the other end opened into the chamber 87 is provided. A communication hole 97 is formed in the partition wall 94, and an inner cylinder 100 having an upper wall 98 and a peripheral side wall 99 is erected in the communication hole 97, and the peripheral side wall 99 has a large number of inclined holes 101 forming the same angle.
Is provided, and an outer cylinder 102, which is higher than the inner cylinder 100, is erected on the outside thereof. Below the communication hole 97, a baffle plate 103 is horizontally arranged. Further, the odor discharge chamber 87 is provided with a water level sensor 104 for detecting the amount of excrement in the tank 84, and with a packing 105 for maintaining airtightness with the tank 84, a handle 106 and an odor discharge chamber 87. A detachable connecting lever 107 is provided to bring the relay chamber 88 into close contact with the relay chamber 88 in an airtight state. The separation chamber 89 has an inlet 108 and an outlet 109 juxtaposed with each other, a baffle plate 110 is obliquely provided below the inlet 108, and a reservoir sensor 111 and a drain 112 are provided below the inlet 108. A deodorant filter 113 is attached to the outlet below the suction chamber 85. The fourth hose 33 is sucked by the suction motor 86.
The excrement sent through is stored in the excrement tank 84 via the excrement passage 90 of the relay chamber 87 and the elbow pipe 95 of the odor discharge chamber 87 as shown by the arrow in FIG. on the other hand,
The odor in the tank 84 collides with the baffle plate 103 and is disturbed, and the inner cylinder 1
Outer cylinder 102 flowing out spirally from the inclined hole 101 of 00
Along the upper plate 93 and further disturbs, and then is sent to the separation chamber 89 through the suction pipe 96 and the first odor passage 91, where it collides with the baffle plate 110 and disturbs and stagnates. And then through the second odor passage 92 to the suction chamber.
It enters the inside of 85 and is further released to the atmosphere in a deodorized state through the deodorant filter 113.

The valve unit 4 is provided with a plurality of electromagnetic switching valves as shown in FIG. 19, and includes a pressure control valve 114 for controlling the compressed air pressure from the compressor 72, an air seal, and a first switching valve for back-to-back expansion. 115, an air seal, a second switching valve 116 for contracting the waist-back, and a third switching valve 117 for blowing hot air.
And a fourth switching valve 118 for nozzles and a fifth switching valve 119 for water pressure feeding. When the first switching valve 115 is energized, compressed air is supplied to the air seal portion 41 and the waist back 12, and the passage is cut off due to disconnection of electricity. When the third switching valve 117 is energized, air is pressure-fed to the nozzles and the second and third passages 23 and 24 for hot air, and the passage is cut off due to disconnection of electricity. When the fourth and fifth switching valves 118 and 119 are energized, hot water is pumped to the first passage 22 for nozzles, and when the power is cut off, air is pumped to the first passage 22. When the second switching valve 116 is energized, the air in the air seal portion 41 and the waist back 12 is sucked by the compressor 72.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

The excrement wear body 3 is worn on the crotch portion of the user 120, and is attached and held by the cloth cover 11, and the waist back 12 is attached to the waist.
To place. In this case, the main wall portion 13 of the polymer resin molded body 1
Is located on the crotch portion side, and the sub-wall portion 14 is located on the hip portion side. User 120
When the person excretes while lying down, this is detected by the sensor 16, and the control unit 9 activates the present apparatus based on this detection signal and executes a series of excretion processing operations according to a predetermined program.

First, the compressor 72 and the suction motor 86 are activated and the first switching valve 115 is energized, whereby compressed air is supplied to the fifth hose 43, the branch hose 44, and the communication hose.
It is supplied to the air seal portion 41 and the waist back 12 through 42 and inflates. The waist is lifted due to the expansion of the waist back 12, and the entire circumference of the silicone sheet body 2 is brought into close contact with the skin via the air seal portion 41 to form a sealed space between the skin and the inner surface of the polymer resin molded body.

Next, the first switching valve 115 is cut off, and the third, fourth, and fifth switching valves 117, 118, 119 are simultaneously energized so that the ejector nozzles 17, 17,
Warmed air-mixed water is sprayed from 17A, 17B, 17C and 19 in a mist state, and warm air is blown out from each of the warm air outlets 20, 20A and 20B for 20 to 50 minutes. During this time, the excrement is sequentially sucked from the excrement suction port 21 together with the air-mixed water, and is continuously washed with the air-mixed water and the warm air. In this case, the fourth and fifth switching valves 118, 11
In 9, for example, electricity is cut off at intervals of 15 seconds to intermittently eject the air-mixed water. After a lapse of a predetermined time, the fourth and fifth switching valves 11
8,119 is cut off, which causes each ejector nozzle 17,
Warm air continues to be ejected from 17A, 17B, 17C and 19 and the inside of the closed space is dried together with the warm air from the warm air outlets 20, 20A and 20B. After performing this drying process for 20 to 50 minutes,
The switching valve 117 is turned off, the second switching valve 116 is energized, and the air in the air seal portion 41 and the waist back 12 is sucked and contracted, so that the apparatus is stopped and the processing operation is completed. is there.

Thus, in the above embodiment, a plurality of passages 22,23,2
Ejector nozzles 17, 17A, 17B, 17C, 19, hot air outlets 20, 20A, 20B, and waste suction ports that are 4,25 formed inside and communicate with these passages 22,23,24,25 A blood excretion wear body 3 is composed of a polymer resin molded body 1 provided with 21 on its inner surface and a silicone sheet body 2 which is a flexible sheet body integrally provided all around the polymer resin molded body 1. However, since the polymer resin molded body 1 is integrally formed with the main wall portion 13 and the sub-wall portion 14 shorter than the main wall portion 13 in the crossing direction, the portion that adheres to the skin is a flexible silicone sheet. Despite being the body 2, each passage 22,23,24,25 is formed of a polymer resin that is not likely to be deformed by external pressure, and thus each passage 22,23 even if the user changes their posture in a worn state. 23, 24, 25 are not crushed, and it is possible to smoothly perform the operation of discharging excrement and cleaning. In addition, the soft silicone sheet body 2 around the entire circumference of the polymer resin molded body 1 is in close contact with the skin, which gives a good feeling of wearing, and the polymer resin molded body 1 has a substantially L-shaped cross-section and the main wall Part 13 is located on the crotch side and has a short side wall
Since 14 is located on the hip side, it is possible to easily change the posture in a worn state while lying down. Further, in the embodiment, the excrement suction port 21 is provided near the inner end side of the main wall portion 13, that is, the continuous portion with the sub-wall side 14, and at the location corresponding to the substantially central portion of the main wall portion 13, that is, near the perineum. Since the plurality of first ejector nozzles 17A, 17B, 17C are provided and the ejector nozzles 17, 19 and the hot air outlets 20, 20A, 20B are further provided around this, air around the perineal area as well as its surroundings is provided. It is possible to smoothly wash and dry with the mixed water and warm air, and moreover, the discharged water can be smoothly discharged from the suction inlet 21 along with the jetted water toward the sub-wall portion 14 on the hip side. Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the polymer resin molded body 1 is used.
Since the side wall portions 15 are integrally formed on both sides of the inner surface of the, a sealed space is reliably formed between the skin and the polymer resin molded body 1 via the side wall portions 15 when the air seal portion 41 is expanded, It is possible to reliably perform the operation of treating excrement in this closed space. Also, the ejector nozzles 17,17A, 17B, 17C, 19
Since the water sprayed from is mixed with air, the amount of water used is smaller than when spraying by pressurizing only water like a general jet nozzle, and efficient cleaning is possible, and the capacity of the water tank 74 Since the number is small, the overall size of the device can be reduced.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention. For example, the shape and size of the polymer resin molded body and the kind of resin may be appropriately selected, and the material, shape and size of the flexible sheet body may be properly selected. The type and number of supply ports may be selected as appropriate. Further, the thickness and shape of the main wall portion and the sub wall portion may be appropriately selected.

[Advantages of the Invention] The present invention is a polymer resin molded body having a plurality of passages formed therein, and a supply port for air, liquid, etc. and a suction port for excrement provided on the inner surface, and the polymer resin. A flexible sheet body integrally provided around the entire periphery of the molded body, wherein the polymer resin molded body is formed by integrally forming a main wall portion and a sub-wall portion shorter than the main wall portion in a cross direction. As a result, it is possible to provide an excretion processing device that can prevent the passage of excrement, liquid, etc. from being crushed and that can easily change its posture in a worn state.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 20 show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a body for excretion, FIG. 2 (A) and (B) are the same sectional views, and FIG. 3 is a polymer resin. A perspective view showing the molded body and the elbow,
4 and 5 are cross-sectional views of a polymer resin molded body, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a worn state, FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a sensor, and FIG.
The figure is the same perspective view, FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the first ejector nozzle, FIG. 10 is the same perspective view, FIG. 11 is a sectional view of the second ejector nozzle, FIG. 12 is the same plan view, and FIG. FIG. 14 is a cutaway perspective view of the same, FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a state in which each device is mounted on a trolley, FIG. 15 is a plan view of the same, FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view showing a waste discharge device, and FIG. 16 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 16, FIG. 18 is a sectional view showing a sunsion structure, FIG. 19 is a circuit diagram showing the flow of air and water, and FIG. 20 is a time chart showing a processing operation. 1 …… Polymer resin molded body 2 …… Silicone sheet body (sheet body) 13 …… Main wall part 14 …… Sub wall part 17,17A, 17B, 17C, 19 …… Ejector nozzle (supply port) 20,20A , 20B ... Warm air outlet (supply port) 21 ... Excretion suction port

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A polymer resin molded body having a plurality of passages formed therein, and a supply port for air, liquid, etc., and a waste material suction port communicating with the passages provided on the inner surface, and a polymer resin molded body of the polymer resin molded body. With a flexible sheet body that is integrally provided all around,
The excrement treatment device, wherein the polymer resin molded body is formed by integrally forming a main wall portion and a sub-wall portion shorter than the main wall portion in a crossing direction.