JPH1099403A - Bath lift bathing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] In connection with a bathing device for lowering a bather in a sitting position in a long sitting position to the bottom of a bathtub, it can be easily installed in an existing bathtub without large-scale construction, and
It is an object of the present invention to be able to be easily operated by anyone and to smoothly carry out the repositioning movement of the seat. SOLUTION: For a wheelchair 30 which can be separated into a leg 10 and a seat 20 respectively, a suspension concrete 40 which suspends the back of the seat separated from the leg is engaged and mounted on guide rails 50B, 50C. A traversing part 50 to be moved horizontally, and a lift with rails to raise the seat 20 suspended above and below the bathtub 60 to the same level as the guide rails 50B and 50C or to the bathtub bottom 60D. A bus lift bathing apparatus 100 in which a bus lift main body 70 provided with an elevating section 70C of 80 is disposed on a bathtub edge 60A. Thereby, it can be easily installed in an existing bathtub without large-scale construction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention separates a person with a physical handicap who can hold a sitting position but cannot take a bath on his own from a dedicated wheelchair only from a seat part provided with a backrest. The present invention relates to a bathing device for bathing a common bathtub with a healthy person in a sitting posture with each of the clubs, and particularly to a simple installation in an existing bathtub and a change in the position of a seat to facilitate movement.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a bathing device for a physically handicapped person who can keep a sitting position but cannot take a bath by himself,
Usually referred to as an “intermediate bath,” it is distinguished from a “special bath,” which is dedicated to bedridden or bathed while lying down. Recently, various types of intermediate baths have been developed. As one of them, a typical example of an intermediate bath device to be installed in a general bathtub is generally called a bath lift, a lift body having a lifting function is installed at an appropriate position adjacent to a bathtub edge, and a seat portion and a wheel portion are provided. A bather who is in a special wheelchair that can be detached and put in between is lifted, swiveled, and lowered through the lift body, and bathed in the entire seat. When installing, anchor work and floor remodeling work were bulky and extremely troublesome.

[0003] In addition, there are types in which installation work is relatively simplified, but in these cases, approach work for docking a dedicated wheelchair to the lift body is troublesome, and a high level of work proficiency is required of the assistant. I was

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and is an intermediate bath apparatus which is installed using a general bath tub having a wide space which can be used by healthy persons. The bathtub edge is skillfully used to install the bath lift body, and the bather in the wheelchair is guided by guide rails provided in the traversing part of the bus lift body to move inside the bathtub. When moving to a bath, the leg and seat of the wheelchair are separated, and only the seat is moved while leaving the leg, so that the bather descends to the bathtub bottom with the seat in a long sitting position. It is an object of the present invention to be able to easily install an existing bath tub without large-scale construction, to be easily operated by anyone, and to be able to smoothly move the seat.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a wheelchair which can be separated into a leg and a seat. A traversing part that horizontally moves the hanging concrete by engaging with the guide rail and moving the seat part suspended above the concrete to the same level as the guide rail in order to move the seat part suspended inside or outside the bathtub or to the bottom of the bathtub. A bath lift bathing apparatus characterized in that a bath lift main body having a lift section with a rail with a rail to be lowered is arranged at the edge of a bathtub.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, with the help of an assistant, a seat with a backrest is separated from a wheelchair carrying a physically handicapped person who cannot take a bath by himself, and the entire bath is separated from the general bathtub. It is made to take a bath. The bathing procedure is
First, the seat is separated from the legs with the wheels of the wheelchair.
Then, after the rear surface of the seat is hung on the guide rail of the traversing portion of the bus lift body, the seat is horizontally moved in the bathtub. Subsequently, the seat that has moved horizontally is mounted and fixed on a lift with rails of the lift. Thereafter, the elevator with rails is lowered to the bottom of the bathtub, and a person with a physical handicap enters the bathtub together with the seat. In addition, when going out of the bathtub, the seat can be returned to the leg of the wheelchair in a completely reverse procedure.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the bath lift bathing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the traversing portion has two upper and lower guide rails and a rail with a rail to be joined to the guide rail. A bath lift bathing device characterized in that the upper and lower rails are also offset and the middle part of the lower guide rail is offset forward.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the suspension or the seat that engages with the upper and lower two guide rails of the traversing portion is supported. A bather is riding on the seat, and with this weight,
The upper and lower two guide rails bend downward, but the lower guide rail is offset forward by a predetermined amount, so that the bather slides down from the seat while keeping its inclined posture constant. Safely move on the guide rail without feeling uneasy.

Further, claim 3 of the present invention is directed to claims 1 and 2.
In the bath lift bathing device described above, the bus lift main body arranged on the bathtub rim further includes a guide bar that comes into contact with an outer wall of the bathtub rim in a front-rear direction orthogonal to a direction of a guide rail attached to the bath lift main body. A bath lift bathing apparatus characterized in that it comprises fastening means for abutting against the inner wall of the bathtub rim and pressing the wheelchair, and positioning a wheelchair in front of a guide rail along the guide bar.

[0010] According to the third aspect of the present invention, the operation of attaching and detaching the bath lift main body arranged at the bathtub edge to and from the bathtub edge can be performed reliably and simply by one-touch operation. Then, the wheelchair can be reliably and simply positioned and arranged along the guide bar on the front surface of the guide rail.

Further, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the bath lift bathing apparatus according to the first aspect, the leg of the wheelchair is provided with:
A bath lift bathing device characterized in that the frame is constituted by U-shaped upper and lower frames.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the upper and lower frames are U-shaped, an assistant can enter the space in the U-shaped, and the traversing operation of the seat that moves on the guide rail of the traversing portion can be performed. It became easier to do.

[0013]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is an overall plan view showing a bathing apparatus for a long sitting person or the like of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view showing a bathing apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 3 and subsequent figures are detailed illustrations showing the bathing apparatus of the present invention.

An embodiment of the bath lift bathing apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. The above bath lift bathing device 100
The overall configuration of the vehicle lift 30 is different from the wheelchair 30 which can be separated into the leg 10 and the seat 20 each having the moving means C1 and C2, while the bus lift main body 70 is
40 that hangs the back surface 20B to be the back support 20A
And a traversing part 50 for horizontally moving the hanging concrete 40 by engaging and mounting, and a seat part 20 suspended on the hanging concrete 40 on the traversing part 50 is clamped by a bathtub edge 60A for moving into the bathtub 60. The lifting unit 70C is arranged in a
In 0C, the guide rails 50B and 15C of the traversing part 50 are provided.
And an elevator 80 with rails for raising the level to the same level L or lowering to the bathtub bottom surface 60D. Then, the seat 2 separated from the wheelchair 30 and hung on the hanging concrete 40
0 is movable in and out of the general bathtub 60 while in the long sitting position.

Next, the structure of the wheelchair 30, the legs 10, and the seat 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. Leg 10
Is composed of brake-equipped wheels 11, 12, 13, and 14 and upper and lower frames 15, 16 having a skeleton thereof. The guide rail 1 is provided on the upper frame 15.
7 and 18 are bridged in the left-right direction (X direction) shown in the figure, and a number of rollers 20D and 20E attached to the bottom surface of the seat plate 20C of the seat portion 20 are engaged with this. Thereby, the seat 2
0 moves in the left-right direction shown in FIG. Usually, both are connected and fixed by clamp members K1 and K2 provided between the seat portion 20 and the leg portion 10.

Further, the seat 20 has a U-shaped hooking bar 20H which is hung on a hook 40A provided on the upper part of the hanging member 40 in a horizontal position on the upper surface of the back surface 20B. Also, back 2
At the lower part of 0B, a receiving surface seat 201 for two support bolts 40B provided at the lower part of the hanging concrete 40 is attached. Then, first, the wheelchair 30 is positioned and fixed to the front part of the traversing part 50. Then, the seat portion 20 placed on the leg portion 10 causes the rear surface 20B to approach the front surface of the suspension concrete 40, and the operation lever 40
When the hook 40A is moved by C to lift the U-shaped hooking rod 20H, the receiving surface seat 20I also has two support bolts 40B.
And is hung on the front surface of the hanging concrete 40. When the hook 40A is moved by the operation lever 40C to release the hook bar 20H, the seat 20 is released onto the leg 10 of the wheelchair 30.

The above-mentioned hanging concrete members 40 are laid on the upper and lower sides of a frame 50D supported in a horizontal position and connected to the front surface 50A of the traversing part 50, on the side opposite to the bathtub of the bus lift body 70 arranged at one corner of the bathtub 60. Guide rails 50B and 50C
Is mounted by three rollers 40E, 40F, 40G,
Move horizontally. The above two guide rails 50B, 50C
Have metal fittings 50E,
As shown in FIG. 6B, when the bather M is placed on the seat portion 20 suspended on the front surface of the suspension member 40, the middle abdomen of the guide rails 50B and 50C is connected to the front surface 50A as shown in FIG. There is a risk of bending to the maximum, lowering the back surface 20B of the seat portion 20 and the seat plate 20C, deteriorating the stability of the bather M placed on the seat portion 20, and causing the bather M to fall.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, the middle part of the lower guide rail 50C is offset forward by a predetermined amount Yo. Accordingly, even if the bather M is placed on the seat 20 suspended on the front surface of the suspension concrete 40, even if the middle abdomen of the guide rails 50B and 50C flexes to the maximum on the front surface 50A side as shown by a two-dot chain line, Since the middle portion of the side guide rail 50C is offset forward by a predetermined amount Yo, the seat portion 20 maintains a just good posture, and the bather M on the seat portion 20 can safely move the two guide rails 50B and 50C. It is transferred to the left and right (X direction).

Subsequently, a bus lift body 7 having an elevating portion 70C disposed on a bottom surface 60D in the bathtub while being held between the bathtub edges 60A.
0 and the configuration of the elevator with rails 80 will be described. The bus lift main body 70 in which the elevating part 70C is arranged at one corner in the bathtub is provided with a guide bar 70A that comes into contact with the outer wall 60B of the bathtub edge 60A in the front-rear direction (Y direction) orthogonal to the X direction of the traversing part 50. In addition, the inner wall 6 of the bathtub edge 60A
There is a fastening means 70B which comes into contact with and presses against 0C.

The guide bar 70A is mounted orthogonally to the lower front surface of the traversing portion 50 outside the bathtub in the bus lift body 70, and includes two abutments 70D, 70D which come into contact with the outer wall 60B of the bathtub edge 60A. I have. And
The fastening means 70B which comes into contact with the inner wall 60C of the bathtub rim 60A and presses it against the inner wall 60C is installed at the upper part inside the bathtub of the installation vertical portion 70C which is parallel to the guide bar 70A. Accordingly, the bus lift body 70 causes the guide bar 70A to come into contact with the outer wall 60B of the bathtub edge 60A, and the fastening means 70B
And press-fit against the inner wall 60C of the bathtub rim 60A for installation and fixation. Thus, the wheelchair 30 is made to approach the bus lift body 70 with the guide bar 70 </ b> A as a guide, and is easily positioned on the front surface of the traversing portion 50. In this state, the wheelchair 30 is configured to be clamped to the front of the traversing portion 50 by the clampers K3 and K4.

The bath lift main body 70 to the bathtub edge 60A
By the mounting, the elevator with rail 80 is arranged on the front surface of the elevator 70C located inside the bathtub of the bus lift body 70. Although not shown, the rail-equipped elevating table 80 slowly moves the elevating member up and down by forward and reverse rotation driving of a motor, and elevates the two upper and lower rails 80A and 80B attached to the elevating member in a horizontal posture. The upper and lower two rails 80A, 80B are at the highest end positions, and as shown in FIG.
It matches the same level L as C and is joined in a straight line. In this state, the hanging concrete 40 smoothly moves between the left and right rails 50B, 50C and 80A, 80B by the manual operation of the assistant K.

As described above, the suspension 40 on the rails 80A and 80B of the rail-equipped elevator 80 has the seat 20 suspended from the front as shown in FIG.
0 is lowered to the bottom surface 60D of the bathtub 60,
Put 0 in the bathtub to bathe. In addition, when raising the seat part 20 in a bathtub, it lifts up out of a bathtub by operation reverse to the said procedure.

With the configuration of the bath lift bathing apparatus 100 of the present invention, the bathing of the bather M on the seat 20 is performed in the existing bathtub 60, and the effect is exhibited. First, a bather M sitting on a dedicated wheelchair 30 is washed by a helper K. Subsequently, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the wheelchair 30 is moved to a predetermined position on the front surface 50A of the traversing portion 50 of the bus lift main body 70 via the guide bar 70A in the Y direction and positioned. Here, the clampers K3, K4
To clamp on the front surface of the traversing section 50. Then, the back 2 is attached to the front of the hanging concrete 40 of the traversing part 50 in the long sitting posture.
0B is approached and the hook 40A is operated by the operation lever 40C.
To lift the U-shaped hook bar 20H,
I is also supported by the two support bolts 40 </ b> A, and is suspended from the front surface of the suspension concrete 40.

Next, in order to move the seat portion 20 into the bath tub 60, the elevator with rails 80 of the lifting and lowering portion 70C of the bus lift main body 70 arranged to be sandwiched between the bath tub edges 60A is raised. 80B to the above guide rail 5
The same level L is set to 0B and 15C. And wheelchair 3
As shown in FIG. 1, the bather M is moved to the guide rail 5 while the seat part 20 suspended from the suspension concrete part 40 is kept in a long sitting position.
The supporter K moves from 0B, 50C to the rails 80A, 80B in the X direction to the elevating position (a2). Here, the seat 20 is transferred to and fixed to the elevating platform 80 with rails. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 8, the elevator with rail 80 on which the seat portion 20 is placed is lowered, lowered to the bottom surface 60 </ b> D of the bathtub, and bathed. The bathing is performed by the reverse operation of the bathing with the help of the assistant K.

As described above, according to the bath lift bathing apparatus 100 for a long sitting person or the like of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. First, since only the seat needs to be transferred into the bathtub, there is an effect that the work of the caregiver is reduced and the efficiency is improved. Then, as shown in FIG.
Has a U-shape, so that the assistant enters the frame and is easily moved to the position (a1) necessary for the assistant to move the wheelchair 30.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the lower guide rail 50C has a configuration in which the middle portion of the lower guide rail 50C is offset forward by a predetermined amount Yo. Thus, even if the bather M is placed on the seat 20 suspended on the front surface of the suspension concrete 40, the middle abdomen of the guide rails 50B and 50C is maximally bent toward the front surface 50A. Since the abdomen is offset forward by a predetermined amount Yo, the seat portion 20 maintains a good posture, and the bather M on the seat portion 20 can be safely moved by two.
There is an effect that the guide rails 50B and 50C can be transported left and right on the guide rails 50B and 50C.

The guide bar 70A and the fastening means 70B allow one-touch operation of mounting the bus lift body 70 disposed on the bathtub edge 60A to the bathtub edge, so that the bus lift can be easily operated without remodeling a general bathtub. There is an effect that a bathing device can be installed. Furthermore, there is an effect that the wheelchair can be positioned and arranged along the guide bar on the front surface of the guide rail reliably and simply.

The above is an introduction of a limited embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and can be modified within the scope of the present invention.

[0029]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, with the help of an assistant, a seat with a backrest of a seat is separated from a wheelchair carrying a physically handicapped person who cannot take a bath by himself. There is an effect that the whole bath can be bathed in the general bathtub.

Further, the bus lift main body arranged at the bathtub edge can be attached to the bathtub edge by a one-touch operation by the guide bar and the fastening means, so that the bath of the present invention can be easily and easily modified without modifying a general bathtub. The effect that the lift bathing device can be attached is exhibited.

According to the second aspect of the present invention,
Because the middle part of the lower guide rail arranged in front of the traversing part was offset forward by a predetermined amount,
A bather sits on the seat suspended from the front of the suspended concrete,
Even if the middle part of the guide rail flexes to the front side, the middle part of the lower guide rail is offset by a predetermined amount forward, and the seat keeps a good posture and the bather who sits on the seat Can be safely transported on the two guide rails.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the mounting of the bath lift body to the bathtub rim, which is arranged at the bathtub rim, can be operated by one-touch operation by the guide bar and the tightening means, so that it can be attached to the general bathtub. On the other hand, there is an effect that the device can be securely and simply mounted without any modification. Further, the positioning of the wheelchair in front of the guide rail member along with the guide bar can be reliably and simply performed.

Further, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the upper and lower frames are formed into U-shapes, a caregiver can enter the space in the U-shapes, and the seat for moving on the guide rail of the traversing portion can be provided. There is an effect that the traversing operation can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall plan view showing a bath lift bathing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall front view showing the bath lift bathing device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an overall side view showing the bath lift bathing device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a main part of the seat, the hanging concrete, and the traversing part of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an operation diagram of a seat and a hanging concrete according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the operation of the suspension according to the present invention and a guide rail.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the suspension according to the present invention and a guide rail.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing the loading and unloading of the seat of the present invention into and out of the bathtub.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Leg part 20 Seat part 30 Wheelchair 40 Hanging concrete 50 Traversing part 50A Front surface 50B, 50C Guide rail 60 Bathtub 60A Bathtub rim 60B Outer wall 60C Inner wall 60D Bottom 70 Bus lift main body 70A Guide bar 70B Fastening means 70C Elevating part 70D Rail 80 Elevating stand 80A, 80B Rail K Helper M Bather X Left and right direction Yo Offset 100 Bath lift bathing equipment

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A traversing part for horizontally moving a wheelchair separable from a leg part and a seat part by engaging and suspending a back surface of a seat part separated from the leg part with a guide rail. ,
A bus lift body having a lift section with a rail-elevating platform for raising and lowering the guide rail to the same level as the guide rail or lowering to the bottom of the bath tub in order to move the specifically suspended seat part into and out of the bath tub. Bath lift bathing device characterized by being arranged in. 2. The bath lift bathing device according to claim 1, wherein the upper and lower guide rails of the traversing section are two upper and lower rails, and the rail of the elevator with rails connected to the guide rails is not two upper and lower rails. A bath lift bathing device, wherein a middle part of the lower guide rail of the guide rail is offset forward. 3. The bath lift bathing device according to claim 1, wherein the bus lift body disposed on the bathtub edge has an outer wall of the bathtub edge in a front-rear direction orthogonal to a direction of a guide rail attached to the bathlift body. A guide bar that contacts the inner wall of the edge of the bathtub, and a fastening means that presses against the inside wall of the bathtub edge, and a wheelchair is positioned and arranged in front of the guide rail along the guide bar. apparatus. 4. The bath lift bathing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the leg portion of the wheelchair has a frame formed by U-shaped upper and lower frames.