JPH0663040U - Bath with auxiliary equipment for bathing - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] By providing a bathing auxiliary device in the upper half area of the wall corresponding to the bathing side of the bath, people with physical disabilities and elderly people cannot cross the wall of the bath. You can easily and safely take a bath yourself or by a caregiver. [Structure] A bath opening part opened in the upper half area of the bathing side wall of the bath, and a door for opening and closing the opening part. The door is used as a bench when entering and leaving the bath. .

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 In the present invention, a bathing auxiliary device is provided in the upper half area of the surrounding wall corresponding to the bathing side of the bath, so that it is difficult for the physically handicapped person or the elderly person to cross the bathing side surrounding wall. The present invention relates to a bath equipped with a bathing assisting device that enables a person with difficulty or who cannot cross over to easily or safely take a bath by a caregiver.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 This type of conventional bath equipped with a bathing auxiliary device was composed of a bathing opening section that was opened in the entire area of the bathing wall, and a door that opens and closes this opening section.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 According to the above-mentioned conventional example, since the opening part is opened in the entire area of the bathing side wall, the opening part is in an open state, that is, when the door is open and the bath is ready for bathing, Most of the hot water is discharged from the above-mentioned opening, and the hot water is almost in the bath. This makes it extremely easy to get into the bath, but the biggest problem is that you can only pour hot water into the bath after entering the bath and closing the opening with the door. is there. Therefore, it takes time to supply the required amount of hot water into the bathtub, and there is a problem that it is not suitable especially in winter or chilly seasons.

Also, if the door is opened when exiting the bus, hot water in the bus suddenly flows out, which is dangerous. Therefore, it is necessary to take sufficient precautions when opening the door. There was a problem.

In view of the above, according to the present invention, in the open position of the door, a substantially required amount of hot water is maintained, and the door forms a bench to facilitate a bather. By making it possible to safely take a bath, the above-mentioned conventional problems were solved.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention is characterized in that it is equipped with an opening part for bathing opened in the upper half area of the bathing side wall of the bath, and a bathing auxiliary device comprising a door for opening and closing the opening part. And the door is characterized in that, in the open position thereof, the bench is formed so as to project outward in a substantially horizontal direction with respect to the bus body, and the main constituent means is.

[0007]

[Action]

 According to the present invention, by opening the above door during bathing, the door forms a bench, on which the bather can move toward the bathtub by himself or by a caregiver while sitting down. Therefore, it is possible to take a bath easily and safely. After bathing, close the door and if there is little hot water (this varies from person to person), supply the required amount of hot water. To get out of the bath, open the door and use it as a bench again, and the bather can sit and sit on the bench and move to the opposite side of the bath to get out easily and safely.

[0008]

【Example】

 The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. In each figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a bus main body, and the bus main body 1 is not limited to the illustrated shape, and various kinds of buses having arbitrary shapes are targeted. Reference numeral 2 denotes an opening portion opened in the upper half area of the bathing side surrounding wall 3 of the bath body 1, and the opening portion 2 is provided with a door 4 for opening and closing the opening portion. .

The door 4 is rotatably attached, that is, can be opened and closed by an attachment bottle 6 to an attachment member 5 fixed to the surrounding wall 3 at both lower ends thereof.

Further, a base portion of a supporting member 7 formed by flattening a semicircular arc-shaped pipe centering on an opening / closing fulcrum of the door 4 is fixed to substantially central portions of both end portions of the surface of the door 4 on the bathtub side. The distal end side of the support member 7 is fitted into the surrounding wall through a packing 9 into an opening 8 formed so as to communicate with the cavity.

A stopper 10 is laterally projected at the tip of the support member 7. The precise protruding position of the stopper 10 is a portion suitable for maintaining the door 4 in the open position in a substantially horizontal state for forming a bench. The stopper 10 is locked by contacting the inner surface of the surrounding wall.

Reference numeral 11 shown in FIG. 2 is a weight fixed to the most distal end of the supporting member 7, and the presence of this weight allows the door 4 to be lightly closed. This configuration is not mandatory.

One locking member 12 for holding the closed position of the door 4 is fixed to both ends of the upper end surface of the door, and one locking member 12 has one locking end at one end. The locking claw 13 is formed.

In the figure, 14 is the other locking member that forms a pair with the one locking member 12, and the other locking member 14 is fixed to the upper end surface of the surrounding wall of the bus body 1. The support member 15 is rotatably supported.

In this support structure, for example, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, one end of the connecting plate 16 is rotatably supported on the support member 15 by the support shaft A, and the other end is also supported. The part is rotatably supported by the supporting shaft B on the other locking member 14. One end of a locking pin 17 that engages with the locking claw 13 is rotatably supported by the support shaft C on the connecting plate 16.

The position of the support shaft C exceeds a dead point with respect to the support shaft A when the other stop member 14 is in a position in which the other stop member 14 and the stop claw 13 of the one stop member 12 are in a stop state. Where it is. In this position, the other end 18 of the locking pin 17 is in engagement with the locking claw 13 described above, and the closed position of the door 4 is maintained so that it does not open excessively. .

Further, when in the above engagement relationship, the folded edge portion 19 at the tip of the other locking member 14 is brought into engagement with the locking piece 20 formed at the tip of the one locking member 12 described above. is there.

Reference numeral 21 in the drawing denotes a packing for preventing the hot water in the bathtub from leaking at the closed position of the door.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 24 denotes a handrail used when taking a bath or when going in and out. This handrail 24 is a desired mounting hole of a group of mounting holes formed on the upper surface of the surrounding wall of the bath body 1. Attach it to and use it. A cap 22 is attached to the unused mounting holes of these mounting groups.

The structure of the above-mentioned locking member is not limited to the one shown in the figure, and the point is that the door closing position is locked by the required locking force and the locking and unlocking operation is simple. Therefore, it is possible to design and implement it arbitrarily within a range not departing from the gist of the present invention.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, in order to move the door from the closed position to the open position, first, move the other locking member in the arrow direction of FIG. The connecting plate 16 is rotated about the support shaft A in the same direction. By this rotation, the locking pin 17 connected to the connecting plate 16 by the support shaft C is moved in the forward direction, and the tip end 18 of the locking pin 17 is engaged with the locking claw 13 of the one locking member 12. The state is released, and since the other locking member 14 is connected to the connecting plate 16 by the support shaft B, it is rotated while moving forward, so that the other locking member is also rotated. The folded edge 19 at the tip of 14 is removed from the locking piece 20 at the tip of one of the locking members 12.

In this state, when the door 4 is tilted toward the front with the mounting bottle 6 as a fulcrum as shown in FIG. 1, the door 4 reaches a substantially horizontal position and, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, The stopper 10 is brought into contact with the inner surface of the bus body 1 to prevent the door from rotating further. In this way, the door 4 forms a bench and an opening for bathing is opened.

Under the above condition, hot water is stretched in the bathtub of the bath body 1 up to the lower end edge of the opening. In other words, the position of the lower edge of this opening is a position to secure the amount of hot water necessary for bathing.

A bather 23, such as a physically handicapped person or an elderly person, sits on the bench formed of the door with himself or his or her caregiver with his back to the bathtub side (FIG. 6). See). Then, the direction can be moved sideways (see FIG. 7), then the direction can be moved toward the bath (see FIG. 6), and the bath can be entered (see FIG. 8).

After that, the door 4 is pivotally moved to the closed position with the mounting bottle 6 as a fulcrum, and in this closed position, the other locking member 14 is pivoted in the direction opposite to the previous direction with a fingertip, The support shaft C of the locking pin 17 with respect to the connecting plate is moved to a position beyond the dead point with respect to the support shaft A of the connecting plate with respect to the supporting member 15, and the other holding member 14 is held so as not to rotate unintentionally. To do.

In this state, the tip 18 of the locking pin 17 is engaged with the locking claw 13 of the one locking member 12, and the folded edge 19 is engaged with the locking piece 20.

[0027] In this case, the hot water in the bath rises due to the volume of the bather and goes beyond the lower edge of the opening, but the hot water leaks to the outside due to the action of the packing. There is no. If the amount of hot water is small, the required amount may be supplied after closing the door.

When the bather leaves the bath, the same operation as the opening operation of the door 4 described above and the method of using the vent are the same, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

When a person other than the bather takes a bath, the door 4 may be kept closed.

The handrail 24 is used by arbitrarily changing the mounting position on the bath body 1 according to the bather. Further, the shape is not limited to the one shown in the drawing, and the shape can be designed and implemented.

[0031]

[Effect of device]

 Since the present invention has the above-described configuration and functions, it is possible for people with physical disabilities and elderly people to safely and extremely easily get in and out of the bus. Moreover, there are many advantages such as being able to move in and out of the bath while securing the amount of hot water required for bathing in the bathtub.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a door of a bus of the present invention is opened to form a bench.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing an enlarged main part of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of the essential part of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway plan view showing a pair of locking member portions of the present invention in an enlarged manner.

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway side view showing a pair of locking member portions of the present invention in an enlarged manner.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view for explaining entry and exit from the bus of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining entry and exit from the bus of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view illustrating a bathing state of the bath of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Bus Main Body 2 Opening Part 4 Door 7 Support Member 10 Stopper 12 One Locking Member 14 The Other Locking Member

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Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A bathing auxiliary device comprising a bathing opening portion formed in the upper half region of the bathing side wall of various baths of arbitrary shape, and a door for opening and closing the opening portion. A bath equipped with a characteristic bathing auxiliary device. 2. The bath auxiliary device according to claim 1, wherein the door is formed so that, in the open position, the door protrudes outward in a substantially horizontal direction with respect to the bath body so as to form a bench. Bus