JPH11262510A - Half hot water-type simple bathtub - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a half hot water-type simple bathtub facilitating a patient to take a bath by himself or with a little help. SOLUTION: This half hot water-type simple bathtub is constituted such that at an opening part 5 formed at least in one area of the upper half part of a side wall 4 of a bathtub 1, an opening and closing door 6 is provided on the same level as the sill of the opening part 5; a traveling base 7 is provided inside and/or outside of the bathtub 1; a hot water supply system 3 for supplying hot water to the bathtub 1 is annexed; the supply system 3 has a reservoir tank for temporarily storing the water of the bathtub 1; and the water reservoir tank is communicated with the bathtub 1 so as to reciprocatably.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a simple half-water bathtub for assisting bathing of an elderly person or a physically handicapped person (hereinafter referred to as a patient).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a prior art, there is Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-149926, which discloses a "limb crippled body," which comprises a bathtub, an opening in a side wall, and a door, and which allows a patient to take a bath by himself / herself. Bathtub "is described.

[0003]

The door of the bathtub in the prior art is attached to the bottom of the bathtub from the upper edge to the bottom, and slides up and down, so that the opening and closing operation of the door is not easy. In addition, the door in the prior art is attached from the upper edge of the bathtub to the bottom surface, and it is necessary to discharge hot water every time the door is opened.
Hot water supply facilities and hot water storage tanks will also be large.

Also, after entering the bathtub, it is necessary to be in a semi-standing position until squatting or hot water enters without hot water, which is difficult to use. In addition, because the seat is almost as high as the upper edge of the bathtub, it is too high and unstable as a stool seat, and only the lower leg can be immersed in hot water in the stool position, There has been a demand for a bathtub that allows a whole body bath in a sitting posture.

[0005] Further, since there is no handrail that is convenient for the patient to grasp when entering or leaving the bathtub, it is difficult for the patient to transfer to or from the bathtub alone or with little assistance, and it is unstable and dangerous.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above disadvantages,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a simple half-water bathtub with a simple configuration that facilitates a patient to take a bath directly, alone or with little assistance.

[0007]

That is, according to the present invention, a door (6) that opens and closes is provided in an opening (5) formed in at least one upper part of one side wall (4) of a bathtub (1). A direct bathing type semi-bath simple type, characterized in that a transfer table (7) is provided inside and / or outside of the bathtub (1) at substantially the same height as the threshold of the opening (5). It is a bathtub.

In addition, a hot water supply system (3) for supplying and storing hot water to the bathtub (1) is provided in parallel with the hot water supply system (3).
A liquid sending facility in which hot water communicates with the bathtub (1) in a reciprocating manner;
It consists of a hot water storage tank (8) for storing hot water.

Further, the inner transfer table (7a) provided inside the bathtub (1) is an up-and-down type inner transfer table (16) that moves up and down in the bath part (1b). Furthermore, it has a pneumatic or hot water type bellows type elevator (15) for raising and lowering the transfer table (7) or an air type or hot water type lift (22) for raising and lowering the transfer table (7). .

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A patient is bathed using the present invention.
The door 6 provided in the opening 5 above the one side wall 4 of the bathtub 1
It turns to open and close the opening 5. The hot water in the bathtub 1 is drained, the amount of hot water is reduced to half (= half hot water), and the door 6 is opened and closed.

At the time of bathing, a patient sits on the transfer table 7 provided at the same height as the threshold of the opening 5 and inside and / or outside the bathtub 1 and moves inside or outside the bathtub 1. . The transfer table 7 at approximately the same level greatly assists the movement of the patient and facilitates the operation.

A hot water storage tank 8 included in the hot water supply system 3 for supplying hot water to the bathtub 1 communicates with the bathtub 1, and takes in the hot water in the bathtub 3 or supplies the hot water to the bathtub 1. An elevating type inner transfer table 16 in which the inner transfer table 7a provided inside the bathtub 1 is an elevating type moves up and down in the lower part 1b.

A pneumatic lift 22 is mounted on the lift-type inner transfer table 16.
Is provided, air is supplied to and discharged from the elevator 22 to move up and down the elevating inner transfer table 16. If a pneumatic bellows-type elevator 15 is provided, air is supplied and discharged to the bellows-type elevator 15. Then, the liftable inner transfer table 16 is moved up and down. When the hot-water type elevator 22 is provided on the lift-type inner transfer table 16, the hot water is supplied to and discharged from the lift-type inner transfer table 16 to raise and lower the lift-type inner transfer table 16, and the hot-water type bellows-type lift 15 is provided. Supplies and discharges hot and cold water to a bellows type elevator 15 to move up and down the elevating type inner transfer table 16.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 comprises a bathtub 1 for bathing provided on a floor 2 and a hot water supply system 3 for supplying hot water to the bathtub 1. Note that the bathtub 1 can be portable or movable without being installed on the floor 2.

An opening 5 is formed in the upper half of the side wall 4 of the bathtub 1 (= a front wall 4a in a specific example).
Is provided with a door 6 for opening and closing the door. Usually, the door 6 is attached to the upper half of the front wall 4a by a hinge 12 or the like so as to be openable and closable. The door 6 in the state where the door 6 is pulled open is a place where the door 6 does not obstruct the patient entering or leaving the bathtub 1. Located in.

At a height approximately equal to the threshold surface of the opening 5,
A transfer table 7 on which the patient sits or kneels is provided. The transfer table 7 is an auxiliary table for improving the independence of the bather by being located outside the bathtub 1 and / or inside the bathtub 1 at a position substantially at the height of the opening 5. The transfer table 7 provided inside the bathtub 1 is an inner transfer table 7a, and the transfer table 7 provided outside the bathtub 1 is an outer transfer table 7b.

The bathtub 1 is attached to the hot water supply system 3 during normal use. In addition, the bathtub 1 can also be made portable or movable as needed, and can be moved and separated from the hot water supply system 3 to supply hot water from another.

The hot water supply system 3 is a terminal composed of a housing, and detailed illustration is omitted. However, similar to FIG. 2 of a second embodiment which will be described later, a piping system is formed by using an appropriate coupling or the like. Then, hot water is supplied to the lower hot water section 1b of the bathtub 1 and hot water is supplied to the upper hot water section 1a using the piping system.

Further, the hot water supply system 3 has a built-in hot water storage tank 8 for storing hot water in the bathtub 1 that has been reciprocated. Bathtub 1
The hot water storage tank 8 is connected to the hot water storage tank 8 by a supply / discharge pump 9.

At the top of the hot water supply system 3, a hot water supply port 14 for supplying hot water to the bathtub 1, a thermometer 10 for displaying the temperature of hot water stored in the hot water storage tank 8, and hot water and water in the facility are mixed and mixed. A mixing valve 11 or the like for sending hot water to the hot water storage tank 8 is appropriately provided.

The nursing handrail 12 that can be grasped by the patient when taking a bath
It is attached to the front and rear walls 4a and 4b of the bathtub 1 so as to be positioned above the bathtub 1. The auxiliary handrail 13 is attached to the upper central portion from the lower front part of the right side wall 4c of the bathtub 1.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 19 denotes a drain port opened on the bottom wall of the bathtub 1, reference numeral 20 denotes a hot water supply switch for issuing an instruction to move hot water from the hot water storage tank 8 to the bathtub 1, and reference numeral 21 denotes a hot water supply tank for storing hot water in the bathtub 1. This is a drain switch that gives an instruction to move to.

When entering the bathtub 1 using the present invention, the bath 6 is kept in a half-water bath, the door 6 is opened, and the door 6 is slipped off from a seat or a wheelchair (not shown) in the washing area to transfer the front wall 4a outside. After sitting on the table 7b, the user transfers to the inner transfer table 7a inside the front wall 4a, enters the bathtub 1, and first puts the lower limbs in hot water.

At this time, the patient holds the auxiliary handrail 13 to the right of the transfer table 7 and the nursing handrail 1 to the upper left of the transfer table 7.
Hold 2 as needed and enter bathtub 1. Next, the door 6 is closed, the hot water supply switch 20 is operated, and the hot water supply port 14 of the hot water supply system 3 is opened.
To supply the bathtub 1 with water at an appropriate temperature until the bathtub 1 is full (= all hot water), and perform a whole-body bath. The operation in the hot water in which the hot water is contained can be freely performed by buoyancy, and the hot water can be slipped from the inner transfer table 7a to the bottom of the bathtub 1 for deep bath.

When leaving the bathtub 1, the patient operates the drain switch 21 at the position of the inner transfer table 7a, and moves the hot water in the bathtub 1 to the hot water storage tank 8 to make it half-water. The body is supported with the nursing handrail 12, the door 6 is opened, the rider transfers from the inner transfer stand 7 a to the outer transfer stand 7 b, and exits from the bathtub 1.

At the time of bathing, as in the case of bathing,
The patient moves while holding the nursing handrail 12 and the auxiliary handrail 13 as appropriate, and leaves the bath. The body is wiped at the external transfer platform 7b, and the vehicle is transferred to a wheelchair or the like. Therefore, support for entering and leaving the bath can be easily provided. The next patient takes a bath in the same order as the current patient, with the bathtub 1 in the semi-hot state as an initial state.

When the patient moves in and out of the bath, the door 6 is pivotally opened to a place where it does not interfere with the bathing operation of the patient, and the patient easily enters and leaves the bath through the opening 5. still,
The door may have a sliding door structure or the like when there is no rotating space.

In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the inner transfer platform 7a in the first embodiment is a vertically movable inner transfer platform 1 having a variable height.
6. In one specific example, the lift-type inner transfer table 16 has a bellows-type elevator 15, which allows air to flow into and out of the bellows-type elevator 15 to expand and contract to move the table 23 up and down.

In another example, hot and cold water is introduced into and out of the bellows type elevator 15 instead of air, and the bellows type elevator 15 is expanded and contracted.
The platform 23 is raised and lowered. Alternatively, instead of the bellows type elevator 15, a telescopic type, a refraction / extension bag type, an expansion / contraction bag type, etc., an elevator 22 is provided. Raise and lower.

When raising and lowering the elevating type inner transfer table 16, the transfer table operation switch 17 is pushed and the pump 18 is operated to feed the fluid, and air or hot and cold water is taken into and out of the bellows type telescopic container to expand and contract. The elevating inner transfer table 16 is moved up and down. The elevating type inner transfer table 16 is in a bathing state for the whole body at the lowered position.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 16a denotes a liftable inner transfer platform at an upper position, and 16b denotes a liftable inner transfer platform at a lower position.
Although not shown in the drawings, a gas spring, a normal telescopic spring, an electric actuator or a hydraulic cylinder, and an elevating mechanism including an X frame are used instead of the bellows telescopic type of the second embodiment. You may.

The hot water is supplied to the bathtub 1 by a hot water storage tank 8.
In addition to the hot water storage method of pouring hot water, a new hot water method of pouring fresh hot water from the hot water supply system 3 or a general bath tub hot water method of pumping and taking in hot water in a general tub by the supply / discharge pump 9 may be used.

Although not shown, a circulating device may be additionally installed in the hot water supply system 3 to provide a 24-hour bath, and a blower may be additionally installed in the hot water supply system 3 to generate air bubbles in the bathtub 1. Bathtub 1 with holes to generate air bubbles
Alternatively, a wheel may be additionally attached to a lower portion of the bathtub 1 to form a movable bathtub that is easy to move.

[0034]

According to the present invention, an opening 5 formed in the upper half of the side wall 4 of the bathtub 1 is provided with a door 6 which can be opened and closed. Also, when bathing with little assistance (= light assistance), it is easy to straddle the side wall 4 of the bathtub 1 and can easily take a bath, which is convenient.

Further, since the door 6 is provided in the upper half, the water pressure received by the door 6 is small, and there is little leakage on the seal surface, which is convenient. In the case of cleaning, the door 6 can be opened, which is easy.

Since the opening 5 is formed in the upper half part of the bathtub 1, when the door 6 is opened, the movement of hot water may be substantially half (= half hot water) of the total amount of hot water. In addition, the capacity of the supply / discharge pump 9 may be small, the hot water supply / discharge time is short, and there is residual hot water in the bathtub 1 at the time of hot water supply. Are alleviated and dangers can be avoided.

According to the present invention, since the transfer table 7 is provided inside and / or outside the bathtub 1 at the same height as the threshold of the opening 5, the transfer table 7 is used to put the transfer table 7 into the bathtub 1. If you move from a wheelchair is smooth, it is easy to perform a bathing operation,
It is convenient.

In addition, it is also possible to eliminate the need for a pit into which the entire bathtub 1 is to be placed. Therefore, pit construction is not required when the bathtub 1 device is introduced. There is no problem, and the bottom of the bathtub 1 is extremely low and there is almost no step with the floor, so that entering and leaving the bath is easy. In addition, bathing operation is performed by holding the assistant handrail 12 so that the bathing is easy.

According to the present invention, the hot water supply system 3 for supplying hot water to the bathtub 1 has the hot water storage tank 8 capable of reciprocating the hot water in the bathtub 1, so that when the door 6 is opened, the hot water is moved to the hot water storage tank 8 without being discarded. In the next bathing, the hot water in the hot water storage tank 8 can be used, and the hot water can be saved and used effectively, which is convenient.

The up-and-down inner transfer table 16 according to the present invention moves up and down from this position with the middle position of the bathtub height at the top (= the lower part 1a).
The moving stroke is short, and the bathtub 1 may be small and simple. Even if the bathtub 1 has a shallow depth, the upper body can be sufficiently immersed in the hot water by lowering the elevating transfer stand 16. it can. In addition, the elevating transfer table 16 is also simple and compact, and can be easily carried, such as when the bathtub 1 is a portable type, which is convenient.

Since the present invention has the pneumatic or hot water type bellows type elevator 15 or the elevator 22 for raising and lowering the transfer table 7, the structure of the transfer table 7 to be raised and lowered can be simplified and reduced in cost. It is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a right side view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bathtub 1a Lower hot water part 4 Side wall 5 Opening 6 Door 7 Transfer stand 7a Inner transfer stand 8 Hot water storage tank 15 Bellows type elevator 16 Elevation type inner transfer platform 22 Elevator

Claims (4)

[Claims] An opening (5) is provided at at least one location in the upper half of one side wall (4) of the bathtub (1), and a door (6) for opening and closing is provided. Transfer stand (7) inside and / or outside of bathtub (1), almost as high as the threshold
However, a direct bathing type half-bath simple bathtub is provided. 2. A hot water supply system (3) for supplying and storing hot water to / from a bathtub (1), the hot water supply system (3) comprising: a liquid supply facility for communicating hot water to the bathtub (1) in a reciprocating manner; The half-water simple bath tub according to claim 1, comprising a hot water storage tank (8) for storing water. 3. A half-oil type as set forth in claim 1, wherein the inner transfer table (7a) provided inside the bathtub (1) is a vertically movable inner transfer table (16) that moves up and down in the hot water section (1a). Simple bathtub. 4. A pneumatic or hot water type bellows type elevator (15) for raising and lowering the transfer table (7), or the transfer table (7)
A simple half-water bathtub having a pneumatic or hot-water type elevator (22) for elevating and lowering.