JP2012066011A - Mechanism for rocking seat part of bathing system - Google Patents

Abstract

A seating portion is efficiently and easily moved.
A swing member 52 that is formed in an elongated shape and has a seating portion attached to a lower end portion 52b and that can swing in a vertical plane around a swing support point 52c provided in the vicinity of the upper end portion 52a. Urging means 55 for assisting the swinging of the moving member 52. The urging means 55 urges the portion located above the swing fulcrum 52c of the swing member 52 downward.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a seating part swinging mechanism that swings a seating part and changes its position in a bathing system including a seating part installed in a bathtub.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a bathing system for bathing a care recipient who needs care such as a sick person, a bedridden elderly person, a disabled person or the like has been used.
For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a bathing system provided with a seating section on which a care recipient who takes a bath can sit. In this bathing system, the seating part rotates and moves from the boarding / exiting position where the care recipient is boarded / exited to the bathing position where the caregiver takes a bath located on the center side of the bathtub, and the seating part can be moved up and down at the bathing position. And a support mechanism for supporting the seating portion so as to be rotatable and movable.
In such a bathing system provided with a seating section, the position of the seating section can be moved so that the posture of the care recipient and the orientation with respect to the bathtub can be optimal for the care recipient and caregiver.

JP 2009-22546 A

However, since the bathing system provided with the movable seating part moves the position of the seating part according to the care recipient, it takes time to move the seating part. Particularly in nursing care facilities and the like, it takes time and effort to move the seating section because the seating section is moved for each care recipient.
Further, when the seating portion is raised, a force for lifting the seating portion is required, and when the seating portion is lowered, it is necessary to suppress acceleration due to gravity, so it takes time to raise and lower the seating portion.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the situation mentioned above, and it aims at providing the seating part rocking | fluctuation mechanism of the bathing system which can move a seating part efficiently.

  In order to achieve the above object, a seating portion swinging mechanism of a bathing system according to the present invention is a bathing system in which a seating portion is installed in a bathtub. It is a moving mechanism, and is formed in a long shape, and one end portion in the length direction is arranged below the other end portion, and the seating portion is attached to the one end portion, and the vicinity of the other end portion A swinging member that can swing in a vertical plane around a swinging fulcrum provided on the swinging fulcrum, and a biasing means that assists the swinging of the swinging member. The upper side of the swinging fulcrum of the member is biased downward.

In the present invention, the urging means urges the upper side downward from the swing fulcrum of the swing member. As a result, when the seat located below the swing fulcrum swings from a high position to a low position, the upper part of the swing member from the swing fulcrum moves from a low position to a high position. The moving speed is suppressed by the downward biasing force of the biasing member. For this reason, when the seating portion swings from a high position to a low position, it is possible to prevent the swinging seating portion from being excessively accelerated by gravity.
On the other hand, when the seating portion swings from a low position to a high position, the upper side of the swinging fulcrum of the swinging member moves from a high position to a low position, and therefore moves by a downward biasing force of the biasing member. Forced in the direction. For this reason, the seating portion can be easily swung and moved from the low position to the high position.

Further, in the seating portion swinging mechanism of the bathing system according to the present invention, the swinging member is formed with a protruding portion protruding in a direction intersecting the vertical plane on the upper side of the swinging fulcrum, and The means includes a flat plate member that is horizontally disposed and can be displaced in the vertical direction, and a biasing member that biases the flat plate member downward, and the flat plate member abuts on an upper portion of the protrusion. It is preferable that the urging force of the urging member is transmitted to the protrusion, and the urging force can be relatively displaced in the horizontal direction with respect to the protrusion.
As described above, the swinging member is formed with a protrusion on the upper side of the swinging fulcrum, and the biasing means is provided with a flat plate member that is horizontally disposed and can be displaced in the vertical direction, and the flat plate member is attached downward. The flat plate member is in contact with the upper portion of the protruding portion to transmit the urging force of the urging member to the protruding portion, and can be displaced relative to the protruding portion in the horizontal direction. Thus, the biasing member can reliably bias the upper side of the swinging member via the protrusion and the flat plate member.

  According to the present invention, when the seating portion swings from a high position to a low position, the swinging seating portion can be prevented from being excessively accelerated by gravity, and the seating portion can be moved from a low position to a high position. Therefore, the seating portion can be moved efficiently.

It is a figure which shows an example of the bathing system by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows a mode that the door part of the bathtub raised. It is a figure which shows a mode that the seating part is not attached. (A) is a top view which shows a mode that the attaching part was folded, (b) is a front view of (a). It is a figure explaining a seating part rocking | fluctuation mechanism. It is a figure which shows a biasing member. It is a figure explaining a seating part rocking | fluctuation mechanism. It is the figure which changed direction of the seating part. It is a figure explaining a seating part rocking | fluctuation mechanism.

Hereinafter, a seating portion swinging mechanism of a bathing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.
(Bathing system)
As shown in FIG. 1, the bathing system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a bathtub 2, a seat 3 that is installed in the bathtub 2 and on which a care recipient (not shown) sits, and the seat 3 is swung to a predetermined level. The seating part swinging mechanism 5 supported at the position, the hot water supply means (not shown), the hot water supply part 6 including the tank 61 capable of storing hot water enough to be stretched on the bathtub 2, and the bathing system 1 are operated. And an operation unit 7 for this purpose.

The bathtub 2 includes a bottom portion 21 that is substantially rectangular in a plan view and four side walls 22a to 22d that are erected from four sides thereof. Of the four side walls 22a to 22d, the first side wall 22a is formed lower in height than the other side walls 22b to 22d. Here, a region immediately above the first side wall 22a from the height of the upper end of the first side wall 22a to the height of the upper end of the other side walls 22b to 22c will be described as an opening 23.
And since the opening 23 is formed in the bathtub 2, a care recipient and the seating part 3 are allowed to pass through the opening 23 and are moved from the inside of the bathtub 2 to the outside or from the outside of the bathtub 2 to the inside. be able to.

Moreover, the door part 24 which can be slid up and down along the 1st side wall 22a is provided in the outer side of the 1st side wall 22a.
As shown in FIG. 2, the door portion 24 is configured so that the upper end portion 24 a reaches the height of the upper end portion of the other side walls 22 b to 22 c when it is raised, and slides up and down to form the first side wall. The opening 23 above 22a can be opened and closed. Further, when the door portion 24 moves upward and closes the opening 23, seal members (not shown) provided at both side end portions and lower end portions of the surface of the door portion 24 on the bathtub 2 side are provided in the opening 23. It is configured to be able to seal the three surroundings except for the upper part of.
Here, the direction connecting the first side wall 22a and the second side wall 22c facing the first side wall (direction of arrow A) is the front-rear direction, the first side wall 22a side is the front side, and the second side wall 22c side is the rear side. Will be described below.

The seat portion 3 includes a seat surface 31, a backrest 32 connected to the seat surface 31, and a seat surface mounting member 33 that is supported by the seat portion swing mechanism 5 and to which the seat surface 31 is detachable. .
As shown in FIG. 3, the seat surface mounting member 33 includes a first plate member 41 having a substantially rectangular plate shape whose rear end portion is connected to a connection member 54 (described later) of the seat portion swing mechanism 5, and a first plate member 41. And a second plate member 42 connected to the front end of the first plate member 41.
The first plate member 41 is attached to the seat surface 31 when the seat surface 31 and the backrest 32 are installed in the bathtub 2. And as for the 1st board member 41 and the 2nd board member 42, the seat surface 31 can slide on this upper surface.

A first hinge 43 is interposed between the connection member 54 and the first plate member 41. Thereby, the 1st board member 41 is hold | maintained at the connection member 54 so that rotation is possible in the vertical plane orthogonal to the 2nd side wall 22c.
A second hinge 44 is interposed between the first plate member 41 and the second plate member 42. Thus, the second plate member 42 is rotatably held by the first plate member 41 in a vertical plane orthogonal to the second side wall 22c.
The seat portion 3 includes a fixing member (not shown) that fixes the first plate member 41 and the second plate member 42 so that the surface directions thereof are in a horizontal state and a vertical state.

And when the door part 24 of the bathtub 2 is falling, the 1st board member 41 and the 2nd board member 42 can be made into a horizontal state. At this time, the first plate member 41 is disposed inside the bathtub 2, and the second plate member 42 is disposed above the first side wall 22 a and the door portion 24.
Moreover, as shown in FIG. 2, when the door part 24 of the bathtub 2 is rising, the 1st board member 41 is made into a horizontal state, the 2nd board member 42 is contacted with the inner surface of the door part 24, and it is in an inclined state. By doing, the 1st board member 41 and the 2nd board member 42 can be arranged in the inside of bathtub 2.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, when the seat portion 3 (see FIG. 1) is not mounted on the first plate member 41, the first plate member 41 and the second plate member 42 are placed vertically. By setting it as a state, the 1st board member 41 and the 2nd board member 42 can be arranged in the back of bathtub 2 inside. At this time, since the central part of the bathtub 2 is opened, a care recipient can take a bath while sitting on the bottom 21 (see FIG. 4B) of the bathtub 2.

(Sitting part swing mechanism)
As shown in FIG. 1, the seating portion swing mechanism 5 includes a support column 51 erected on the outer side of the second side wall 22 c facing the first side wall 22 a, and a column 51 formed in the vicinity of one end 52 a. The swinging member 52 that is swingably supported by the support member 51 and the swinging member 52 that is formed in a rod shape and is disposed parallel to the swinging member 52 at a predetermined interval, and the vicinity of one end 53a is swingably held by the support column 51. The link member 53, the other end portion 52b of the swing member 52 and the connecting member 54 attached to the other end portion 53b of the link member 53, and a biasing means 55 for assisting the swing of the swing member 52 ( 5).

As shown in FIG. 5, the support column 51 is positioned substantially at the center in the width direction of the second side wall 22c, and is installed such that the upper end portion 51a is above the upper end portion of the second side wall 22c.
In the swing member 52, one end 52a is located above the other end 52b, and a swing fulcrum 52c is provided at a position slightly moved from the one end 52a to the other end 52b. . The swing member 52 is configured to be swingable in a vertical plane parallel to the second side wall 22c with the swing fulcrum 52c as the center.
The swing fulcrum 52c is positioned above the upper end portion of the second side wall 22c in the vicinity of the upper end portion 51a of the column 51.
Further, the swing member 52 is installed so that the other end portion 52 b enters the bathtub 2.

The swing member 52 is configured to be manually swung by a caregiver.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the swing member 52 is provided with a pin (protrusion) 57 that is located above the swing support 52 c and protrudes forward. The pin 57 is urged downward by the urging means 55.

Further, the swinging member 52 is formed with a concave portion 58 having a semicircular shape when viewed from the front, on both sides near the upper end. The column 51 is provided with a columnar stopper member 59 protruding forward from the front surface thereof, and the stopper member 59 and one of the concave portions 58 are fitted to each other so that the swinging member 52 is placed at a predetermined position. It can be fixed with. Since the swing member 52 is formed with two recesses 58, the stopper member 59 can fix the swing member 52 at two positions, the position shown in FIG. 5 and the position shown in FIG.
The stopper member 59 is artificially movable rearward from the front surface of the support column 51 so as not to come into contact with the swinging swinging member 52. In the present embodiment, an operation member 59 a that can move the stopper member 59 back and forth is provided on the upper portion of the support column 51.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the link member 53, one end 53a is located above the other end 53b, and a swing fulcrum 53c is provided at the one end 53a. The swing fulcrum 53c Is configured to be swingable while maintaining a state parallel to the swinging member 52. The swing fulcrum 53 c is located at the same height as the swing fulcrum 52 c of the swing member 52.
Further, the link member 53 is installed so that the other end 53 b enters the bathtub 2.

  The connection member 54 is rotatably held at the tip end portions (the other end portions 42b and 43b) of the swing member 52 and the link member 53 in a vertical plane on which the swing member 52 and the link member 53 swing. . Thereby, when the swing member 52 and the link member 53 swing, the connection member 54 can move together with the swing member 52 and the link member 53 without changing the direction of the swing member 52 and the link member 53.

  Here, since the seat surface mounting member 33 described above is connected to the swing member 52 via the connection member 54, the swing member 52 does not change its orientation when the swing member 52 swings. Can move with. And the position of the seat surface mounting member 33 is determined by the rocking member 52 being rocked and fixed at a predetermined position. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the position of the seating surface mounting member 33 can be changed from the position of the seating surface mounting member 33 shown in FIG. At this time, the orientation of the seat portion 3 installed on the seat mounting member 33 can also be changed.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the biasing means 55 includes a flat plate member 71 that is horizontally disposed and can be displaced in the vertical direction, and two spring members that bias the flat plate member 71 downward (the biasing member). ) 72, 72.
The flat plate member 71 is disposed on the upper side of the pin 57 and abuts against the pin 57 from above by the downward biasing force of the spring members 72, 72. The downward biasing force of the spring members 72, 72 is transmitted to the pin 57 via the flat plate member 71.
Further, the flat plate member 71 and the pin 57 are not fixed and can move relative to each other in the horizontal direction.

Next, the operation of the seating portion swing mechanism 5 will be described.
First, when the swing member 52 fixed at the position shown in FIG. 5 is made swingable when the stopper member 59 is released, the connecting member 54 attached to the other end 52b of the swing member 52 is moved upward. The pin 57 swings from below to above.
At this time, since the downward biasing force of the spring members 72, 72 is applied to the pin 57, the swinging member 52 swings with the downward biasing force of the spring members 72, 72 as a resistance force. Is suppressed. Thereby, the speed at which the seat 3 (see FIG. 1) attached to the connection member 54 moves downward is suppressed, and the seat 3 that moves downward from above is prevented from being excessively accelerated by gravity. The

Then, as shown in FIG. 9, when the axial direction of the swing member 52 is in a vertical state, the connecting member 54 is lowered and the pin 57 is raised, the flat plate member 71 pushed by the pin 57 is also raised. As a result, the downward biasing force of the spring members 72, 72 increases.
When the swing member 52 is swung in the direction of the arrow in the figure from this state, the connection member 54 is directed upward and the pin 57 is directed downward. At this time, since the downward urging force of the spring members 72, 72 is applied to the pin 57, the pin 57 is applied downward and easily moves downward. Thereby, the seat part 3 attached to the connection member 54 is easily moved upward.
And the seat part 3 is raised to the position shown in FIG. 7 as it is, and the stopper member 59 is fixed to this position by fitting with the other recessed part 58.

Next, the effect of the seating part swinging mechanism 5 of the bathing system 1 will be described with reference to the drawings.
According to the seating part swinging mechanism 5 of the bathing system 1 according to the present embodiment, when the swinging member 52 is swung to move the seating part 3 from above to below, the downward resistance force of the spring members 72 and 72 is reduced. Thus, the speed at which the seating portion 3 swings can be suppressed. Thereby, the seating part 3 can be safely swung and moved without excessively accelerating when the seating part 3 moves downward from above.
Further, if the swinging member 52 is swung in order to move the seating portion 3 from below to above, the seating portion 3 can be easily moved upward by the downward biasing force of the spring members 72, 72.
And since the seating part 3 can be moved efficiently, the effort concerning the movement of the seating part 3 can be reduced.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of the seating part rocking | fluctuation mechanism 5 of the bathing system 1 by this invention was described, this invention is not limited to said embodiment, In the range which does not deviate from the meaning, it can change suitably. .
For example, in the embodiment described above, a care recipient who needs care is bathed, but a bathing system that can also be used by a bather who does not require care may be used.
In the above-described embodiment, the first side wall 22a is formed at a lower height than the other side walls 22b to 22d, but a part of the first side wall 22a is formed at a lower height than the other. The first side wall 22a may have a recess.
In the above-described embodiment, the recess 58 is formed in the swing member 52, and the stopper member 59 is provided on the support column 51, and the stopper member 59 and the recess 58 are fitted to each other so that the swing member 52 Although the swing is stopped at a predetermined position, the means for stopping the swing member 52 may be other than this.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bathing system 2 Bathtub 3 Seating part 5 Seating part rocking | fluctuation mechanism 52 Swinging member 55 Biasing means 57 Pin (projection part)
71 Flat member 72 Spring member (biasing member)

Claims (2)

In a bathing system in which a seating portion is installed in a bathtub, a seating portion swinging mechanism of the bathing system that holds the seating portion so as to be swingable,
A swing that is formed in a long shape and has one end in the length direction disposed below the other end, the seat being attached to the one end, and provided in the vicinity of the other end. An oscillating member that can oscillate in a vertical plane around a fulcrum;
Biasing means for assisting the swinging of the swinging member,
The seating portion swinging mechanism of the bathing system, wherein the biasing means biases the upper side of the swinging member downward from the swinging fulcrum. The swing member is formed with a protrusion protruding in a direction intersecting the vertical plane on the upper side of the swing fulcrum,
The biasing means includes a flat plate member that is horizontally disposed and can be displaced in the vertical direction, and a biasing member that biases the flat plate member downward,
The flat plate member is in contact with an upper portion of the projecting portion to transmit an urging force of the urging member to the projecting portion, and is relatively displaceable in the horizontal direction with respect to the projecting portion. Item 2. A sitting portion swinging mechanism of the bathing system according to Item 1.

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