JP4699296B2 - Bathtub - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a bathtub, and more particularly to a bathtub suitable for use with pets such as dogs.

Conventionally, it is well known to bathe pets such as dogs or to wash them by shower. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-206259 (Patent Document 1) discloses a device suitable for use as a bathtub for pet animals. The side wall of the bathtub in this apparatus is formed with a notch serving as an entrance / exit for the pet animal, and the pet animal can be guided into the bathtub by removing the closing plate that closes the notch. During the bathing of the pet animal, it is possible to prevent the pet animal from going out of the bathtub by closing the entrance with the closing plate. In addition, this apparatus is made so that it can circulate, filtering the water of a bathtub, and can wash a pet animal.
JP-A-11-206259

  Since the apparatus described in Patent Document 1 only fits the closing plate piece into the entrance / exit cut-out part, the water level in the bathtub must be lower than the entrance / exit. There are cases where it is not enough to bathe pets. Moreover, in order to open and close the entrance / exit, it takes time and effort to fit or remove the closing plate piece from the cut portion.

  Then, in this invention, it is made into the subject to improve with respect to the conventional bathtub so that such a difficulty in the conventional bathtub can be eliminated.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is directed to a bottom portion that can be drained and a peripheral wall portion that rises from a peripheral portion of the bottom portion, and a top opening is formed by the peripheral wall portion. There is a bathtub.

  In this bathtub, the features of the present invention are as follows. In the peripheral wall portion, a side opening that extends from the top edge of the peripheral wall portion toward the bottom and communicates with the inside and outside of the bathtub is formed, and the side opening has a peripheral edge of the side opening. An inner lid having a dimension in the height direction and a dimension in the width direction larger than the side opening is detachably provided so as to contact the inner surface of the peripheral wall portion in a watertight state. The inner lid has a hooking means for the top edge that allows the inner wall to hang from the top edge of the peripheral wall portion in the vicinity of both sides of the side opening. The outer surface of the inner lid has attachment means for the bathtub that allows the inner lid to be pressed against the inner surface of the peripheral wall portion to close the side opening.

  In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the hooking means is formed by bending the top of the inner lid into an inverted U shape.

  In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the attachment means is a receiver that is a counterpart to a latch provided outside the bathtub, and the receiver is on the outer surface side of the inner lid. Is provided.

  In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the latch is attached to a support member provided in the bathtub so as to be able to cross the side opening.

  In still another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the inner surface of the peripheral wall portion has an inclination that becomes a downward slope from the top edge toward the bottom portion in the vicinity of the side opening.

  In the bathtub according to the present invention, the inner lid that closes the side opening formed in the peripheral wall portion is in close contact with the inner surface of the peripheral wall portion in a watertight state at the periphery of the side opening, so that the water level stretched on the bathtub is in the side opening. No water leaks from the bathtub. Since the water pressure acts on the inner lid from the inside of the bathtub so that it is in close contact with the peripheral wall portion, the water leakage prevention effect by the inner lid is improved. The inner lid can also be hung by hanging the top portion on the top edge of the peripheral wall portion, so that the operation when closing the side opening by the inner lid is facilitated.

  In the present invention, the hooking means provided on the inner lid can be easily obtained by bending the top of the inner lid into an inverted U shape.

  Moreover, in this invention of the aspect which the attachment means of the inner cover with respect to a bathtub is provided in the outer surface side of the inner cover, and the latch provided in the outer side of the bathtub acts on this receiver, In addition to water pressure, the inner lid can be brought into close contact with the inner surface of the peripheral wall portion by the action of a latch, thereby preventing water leakage from between the inner lid and the peripheral wall portion.

  In this aspect of the present invention in which the latch is attached to the support member that crosses the side opening, there is nothing that obstructs the entrance / exit of the dog in the vicinity of the side opening if the lid and the support member are removed from the bathtub.

  In this aspect of the invention in which the peripheral wall portion has an inclination that is inclined downward toward the bottom portion, the inner lid suspended from the top edge of the peripheral wall portion can be supported by the inclination, and the inner lid is closed when the inner lid is closed. The lid can be prevented from moving freely.

  The details of the bathtub according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  1, 2 and 3, FIG. 1 is a partially broken perspective view of the bathtub 1, FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1 of the bathtub 1 with the inner lid 31 removed, and FIG. It is an III-III sectional view. The bathtub 1 is suitable for bathing a pet dog and washing the shower, and has a rectangular bottom portion 2 and a peripheral wall portion 3 rising from the sides of the bottom portion 2, and a top opening 4 is formed by the peripheral wall portion 3. The peripheral wall portion 3 is inclined so as to descend downward from the top opening 4 toward the bottom portion 2, and has a front wall portion 6, a rear wall portion 7, and a pair of side walls 8.

  The bottom 2 is fitted with a soot base plate 11 at a part thereof, and a water storage part 12 is formed below the top base plate 11 by lowering the bottom 2 locally. A submersible pump 10 is installed in the water reservoir 12. The submersible pump 10 is connected to a drain pipe 15 a for discharging the water that has passed through the daughter board 11 and entered the water storage section 12 to the outside of the bathtub 1 and a water pipe 15 b for sending it to the shower head 14. . The drainage pipe 15a and the water supply pipe 15b can be used properly by opening and closing valves 16a and 16b attached thereto. As can be understood from FIG. 3, the water sent from the water supply pipe 15 b to the shower head 14 via the flexible hose 17 returns to the bathtub 1 and is reused. As the pump 10, for example, Kawapet L of Kawamoto Seisakusho (Nagoya City) can be used.

  The front wall portion 6 of the peripheral wall portion 3 is formed with a side opening 21 for making it easier for the dog to enter the bathtub 1 from the side. The side opening 21 is formed by cutting out a part of the front wall 6 from the top edge 22 toward the bottom 2. A plurality of latches 24 are attached to the side edge portion 23 of the side opening 21 in the front wall portion 6. The side opening 21 can be closed from the inside of the bathtub 1 using the inner lid 31, and the inner lid 31 closing the side opening 21 is shown by a solid line in FIG. The inner lid 31 before closing the side opening 21 is indicated by a virtual line.

  The inner lid 31 has a height dimension and a width dimension that are larger than the height dimension and the width dimension of the side opening 21, and when the side opening 21 is closed, The peripheral edge portion of the lid 31 can be brought into close contact with the inner surface of the front wall portion 6 along the edge of the side opening 21. A packing material 32 for preventing water leakage is attached to the peripheral portion of the inner lid 31. The inner lid 31 is also bent so that the top 33 has a substantially inverted U shape. When the side opening 21 is closed by the inner lid 31, the top 33 is caught by the top edge 22 in the vicinity of both sides of the side opening 21 so as to sandwich the top edge 22 of the front wall 6 from above, and the inner lid 31 is moved forward. It hangs diagonally along the inner surface of the front wall 6 from the top edge 22 of the wall 6. At the top edge 22, a step 34 is provided at a portion where the top 33 of the inner lid 31 is to be hooked, so that it is easy to place the inner lid 31 at a predetermined position when closing the side opening 21. On the outer surface of the inner lid 31, a catcher 36 that is a counterpart of the latch 24 is attached. If the inner lid 31 is placed at a predetermined position to be hooked, the latch 24 can be easily received by the catcher 36 from the outside of the bathtub 1. An inner lid 31 that can be actuated, closes the inner lid 31 from the inner side of the bathtub 1 to the inner surface of the front wall 6 and can be closed so as not to leak the side opening 21 is attached to the bathtub 1. Means. The latch 24 and the catch 36 are conventional, and the latch 24 applied to the catch 36 is in a tensioned state with respect to the catch 36 by operating a lever 24a integrated with the latch 24.

  Such an inner lid 31 is supported by the top edge 22 of the front wall portion 6 in the bathtub 1 and the inclined inner surface of the front wall portion 6 when the latch 24 is applied to the catch 36. Therefore, it is not always necessary to place the hand on the inner lid 31 to support it, and both hands can be used freely for the latch 24 and the catch 36. In addition to the inner lid 31 being in close contact with the inner surface of the front wall 6 by the action of the latch 24, the pressure of water stored in the bathtub 1 causes the inner lid 31 to be in close contact with the inner surface of the front wall 6. Since it acts, the inner lid 31 has a high water leakage prevention effect.

  In order to fill water in the bathtub 1, first, an operator removes the inner lid 31, introduces a dog into the bathtub 1, and then closes the inner lid 31. The inner lid 31 can keep the bathtub 1 closed from the inside so that the dog does not go out only by hooking the inverted U-shaped top 33 which is a hooking means to the top edge 22 of the front wall 6. The operator can concentrate on handling the latch 24. When the inner lid 31 is completely closed using the latch 24, water is applied to the bathtub 1 using a water supply hose (not shown) prepared outside the bathtub 1. In the bathtub 1, if necessary, the pump 10 is started and the valve 16 a is closed, while the valve 16 b is opened to allow the dog to take a shower in the bathtub 1. After completion of the operation, the valve 16b is closed, while the valve 16a is opened to drain water from the bathtub 1, and the inner lid 31 is removed. In FIG. 1, a recess 38 is formed on the outer surface of the front wall 6 on both sides of the side opening 21 to be used as a handle.

  4 and 5 are a partially cutaway perspective view of the bathtub 1 in a mode different from that of FIG. 1 and a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG. In the bathtub 1 of FIG. 4, a pair of C-shaped hook members 41 are attached to the outer surface of the inner lid 31 as a receiver. The front wall 6 of the bathtub 1 is provided with a support bar 42 that extends across the side opening 21. Both end portions 43 of the support bar 42 are removably supported by arm portions 44 formed on the outer surface of the front wall portion 6. The support bar 42 is provided with a pair of ring members 46 as latches. The ring member 46 includes a ring 47 that can be attached to and detached from the hook member 41, a straight threaded portion 48 that extends from the ring 47 and passes through the through hole 42 a in the support bar 42, and the threaded portion 48 includes the support bar 42. And a head 49 screwed from the outside. As shown in the figure, when the ring 47 is hooked on the hook member 41 and the head 49 is rotated clockwise, the inner lid 31 can be brought into close contact with the inner surface of the bathtub 1. When removing the inner lid 31, the head 49 is rotated counterclockwise to remove the ring 47 from the hook member 41, and then the support bar 42 is removed from the arm portion 44. The inner lid 31 from which the ring 47 has been removed can be removed from the bathtub 1 in the same manner as the inner lid 31 in FIG. 4 and 5 is preferable in that the dog and the latch do not get in the way when the dog passes through the side opening 21. 4 and 5, it is also possible to implement the present invention by replacing the C-shaped hook member 41 of the inner lid 31 with an annular one and replacing the ring 47 of the support bar 42 with a C-shaped one. It is.

  In the example of illustration, the use of the bathtub 1 demonstrated as a thing for pet dogs can be used for animals other than a dog, or can be used as a thing for care.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to manufacture a bathtub in which the inner lid can be easily closed.

The partial fracture perspective view of a bathtub. The figure similar to FIG. 1 about the bathtub which removed the inner cover. III-III sectional view taken on the line of FIG. The partial fracture | rupture perspective view of the bathtub from which an aspect differs from FIG. The figure which shows the VV line | wire cut surface of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bathtub 2 Bottom part 3 Perimeter wall part 4 Top part opening 21 Side part opening 22 Top edge 24 Latch 31 Inner lid 33 Top part, Hook means 36 Attachment means, Receptacle 41 Attachment means, Receptacle (hook member)
42 Support member (support bar)
46 Latch (ring member)

Claims (5)

A bathtub having a bottom portion formed to allow drainage and a peripheral wall portion rising from a peripheral portion of the bottom portion, and a top opening formed by the peripheral wall portion;
In the peripheral wall portion, a side opening that extends from the top edge of the peripheral wall portion toward the bottom and communicates with the inside and outside of the bathtub is formed, and the side opening has a peripheral edge of the side opening. An inner lid made so that the dimensions in the height direction and the width direction are larger than the side opening so as to be able to contact the inner surface of the peripheral wall portion in a watertight state is provided detachably,
The inner lid has a hooking means for the top edge that allows the inner wall to hang from the top edge of the peripheral wall portion in the vicinity of both sides of the side opening. The said bathtub has the attachment means with respect to the said bathtub which makes it possible to close the said side part opening by press-contacting an inner cover to the inner surface of the said surrounding wall part, The said bathtub characterized by the above-mentioned.   The bathtub according to claim 1, wherein the hooking means is formed by bending the top of the inner lid into an inverted U shape.   The bathtub according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the attachment means is a receiver that is a counterpart to a latch provided outside the bathtub, and the receiver is provided on an outer surface side of the inner lid.   The bathtub according to claim 3, wherein the latch is attached to a support member provided in the bathtub so as to be able to cross the side opening.   The bathtub according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an inner surface of the peripheral wall portion has an inclination that becomes a downward gradient from the top edge toward the bottom portion in the vicinity of the side opening.

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