JPH0632645B2 - Toilet equipment for beds - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bed-equipped toilet device arranged in a bed for the sick.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various toilet devices attached to a bed for a sick person have been proposed, but they have to be in good contact with the sick person's local area. In addition, no sufficient one has been proposed in that waste must be treated promptly and satisfactorily.

The present invention relates to a toilet device with a bed that solves the above two problems.

[0004]

The gist of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A toilet device attached below the bed, in which an opening 83 that can be opened and closed is provided at a local position of a sick person lying on a bed that can be raised and lowered, and slides below the bed toward the bed foot rest portion. A toilet bowl mounting frame 66 that can be swung together is provided, and a toilet bowl 67 is provided on the toilet bowl mounting frame body 66, and the toilet bowl 67 extends from the opening 83 at the upper point where the toilet bowl mounting frame body 66 is swung.
The sliding and swinging movements of the toilet mounting frame 66 are set so that the projecting portion of the toilet body 67, the bag body 77 is hung vertically on the toilet bowl 67, and the opposing heat portions 74 and 75 sandwich the predetermined height position from the lower edge of the bag body 77. The present invention relates to a toilet device for a bed, wherein the heating parts 74 and 75 are provided with upper, middle and lower three-stage linear heating elements 73.

[0006]

[Function] The toilet bowl 67 attached to the toilet bowl mounting frame 66 has an opening in the bed in a slanted state that matches the local position of the toilet bowl slanting body 66 slid and slid when necessary. It projects from 83 and surely abuts the local area.

Then, the bed is moved up and down to appropriately adjust the position of the toilet 67.

When the bag 77 is clogged by the heating portions 74 and 75 after the bag 77 is filled with dirt, the middle linear heating element 73 cuts the bag 77 and at the same time, the lower linear heating element 73 causes the dirt to be collected. Seal the bag 77 containing the. At this time, the bottom portion of the bag body 77 remaining above is also sealed by the upper linear heating element 73 at the same time.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described below.

The structure of the bed frame 1 is as follows.

A cross rail 13 is provided between the left and right frames 12 of the bed frame 1.
The support rod 14 is provided in the center of the horizontal rail 13 so as to project toward the foot side of the bed, and the lateral rod 5 of the wheelchair to be described later is fitted to the tip of the support rod 14 in a V shape. A horizontal rod fitting portion 6 having a recess is attached.

A mounting body 15 is provided so as to project substantially at the center of the inner edges of the left and right frames 12, and the mounting body 15 and the backrest portion 7 of the wheelchair, which will be described later, together with the U-shaped frame portion 16 constituting the upper half of the bed resting portion. Pivot.

Further, the left and right mounting bodies 15 are provided with bending bodies 17 and 25 constituting the left and right of the lower half of the bed. The bent bodies 17, 25 have a structure in which upper bodies 17a, 25a and lower bodies 17b, 25b are pivotally attached, and the upper ends of the upper bodies 17a, 25a have the above-mentioned mounting body 1
The lower body 17b, 25b is pivotally attached to the lower body 17b, and the lower body portions near the lower ends are placed and abutted on the placing plate 18 protruding from the inner edges of the left and right frames 12.

A supporting rod 95 is provided on the upper ends of the left and right bent bodies 17 and 25, and a connecting rod 19 is installed between the supporting rods 95.

A locking rod 20 is provided on the inner edges of the left and right bent bodies 17 and 25 so as to be projected and retracted by a solenoid, and a lower swinging body 42 of a wheelchair which will be described later is provided on the inner edges of the tips of the bent bodies 17 and 25. Locking rods 21 fitted in receiving holes 59 provided on the left and right ends of the
Is provided so that it can be sunk freely. Incidentally, the projecting and retracting movement of the locking rod 21 is configured to be performed manually.

Reference numeral 84 is a locking rod by the operation of the solenoid.
It is a gear that meshes with the tooth portion of the locking rod 20 that causes the 20 to project and retract.

In the longitudinal direction of the back side of the left and right bent bodies 17, 25,
Expansion and contraction rods 22 and 23 in which a ball screw mechanism is incorporated are arranged. L is attached to the tip of the elastic rod 22 arranged on the back side of the bending body 17.
A U-shaped arm rod 24 is pivotally attached, and the tip of the L-shaped arm rod 24 is fixed near the lower end of the U-shaped frame portion 16.

An L-shaped arm rod 26 is pivotally attached to the tip of a telescopic rod 23 disposed on the back side of the bent body 25, and the tip of this L-shaped arm rod 26 is the base of the upper body 25a of the bent body 25. It is fixed near the edge. A pillar 27 with casters is vertically provided at four corners of the bed frame 1, and an elevating leg 28 having a ball screw mechanism is vertically provided inside the pillar 27. Reference numeral 29 is a motor for operating the ball screw mechanism, 30 is a fixed case tube fitted to the expandable members 22 and 23, 48 is a guide rod, and 85 is a handrail detachably fitted to the upper end of the column 27 with casters. Is.

The structure of the wheelchair is as follows.

The wheelchair includes a base frame 31 with wheels and the base frame.
31 and a sick person placing portion 10 that is detachably locked.

Shafts are provided on the left and right sides of the rear rod of the base frame 31, and wheels 34 are rotatably provided on the shafts. A curved support rod 35 that bends rearward is pivotally attached to the front left and right of the base frame 31, and a shaft is provided at the lower end of the curved support rod 35 so that the steering wheel 36 can rotate. It is movably installed. Reference numeral 96 is a brake device.

A projecting frame 37 is fixed to the front portion of the base frame 31 in a downwardly inclined state, and locking rods 3 are provided on the left and right of the front end of the projecting frame 37.
8 is projected. Further, a mounting plate 39 is provided substantially in the center of the protruding frame 37 and substantially in the center of the front part of the base frame 31, and the mounting plate 39 is provided.
An elevating wheel body 41 that is moved up and down by stepping on the pedal 40 is fixed to the lower end of the.

On the left and right of the rear part of the base frame 31, there is a sick person placing part 10 described below.
A receiving body 43 for receiving is attached, and a locking receiving body 44 having a V-shaped recess is fixed to the receiving body 43.

Further, U-shaped receiving portions 57 for receiving the left and right frames of the seating portion 8 are provided on the left and right of the front portion of the base frame 31.
Reference numeral 49 is a guide roller that abuts on the guide rod 48 to favorably connect and separate the wheelchair and the bed frame 1.

The sick person placing portion 10 includes a backrest portion 7, a seating portion 8,
It is composed of a footrest section 9.

At the front edge of the seat portion 8, the leading edge is the projecting frame 37.
An upper oscillating body (32) having a length that abuts on the tip edge of the upper oscillating body is pivotally attached, and a lower oscillating body (42) is pivotally attached to the tip of the upper oscillating body (32). The left and right rods of the lower swinging body 42 are configured to be located outside the left and right rods of the upper swinging body 32, and the base ends of the left and right swings of the lower swinging body 42 are slightly extended to engage the protruding frame 37. It is configured so that it can be locked with the stop rod 38.

The base frame is provided on the left and right of the rear end of the seat 8.
A support body 45 placed on the receiving body 43 of 31 is vertically provided, and a plurality of locking pins 46 arranged so as to draw a substantially arcuate locus project from the outer surface of the support body 45.

Further, at the rear end of the outer surface of the support body 45, a pin 47 for engaging with the engagement receiving body 44 of the base frame 31 is provided in a protruding manner.

A backrest portion 7 is pivotally attached to a rear edge of the seat portion 8, and a pipe having a protruding and retracting rod 50, which is engaged and retracted between the retaining pins 46, is installed in the left and right rods constituting the backrest portion 7. 51 is stuck. A suspension rod 52 is connected to the pipe 51,
52 is connected to the gripping rod 33. At the center of the gripping rod 33, a hook rod 53 that is locked to the upper rod of the backrest portion 7 is pivotally attached. Further, a horizontal rod 5 fitted to the horizontal rod fitting portion 6 is provided near the lower end of the back surface of the backrest portion 7, and the lower side of the horizontal rod 5 is in contact with the front surface of the horizontal rod fitting portion 6. A stopper plate 54 is attached.

Further, an opening 83 is provided substantially at the center of the seating portion 8 which constitutes the sick person placing portion 10. A shaft 90 is mounted on the lower side of the seat portion 8 in the width direction of the seat portion 8. A worm gear 91 is fixed to the left and right of the shaft 90, and a worm wheel 92 that meshes with the worm gear 91 is attached to the shaft. Is arm 93
A cover plate 94 for opening and closing the opening 83 is attached to the tip of the worm wheel 93. The shaft 90 and the drive shaft of the motor 29 are connected by a bevel gear 89.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a pin 55 and a hook rod 56 which are released at the same time when the projecting and retracting rod 50 is retracted into the pipe 51 by the movement of the suspension rod 52.
A safety device composed of and 97 is a bearing plate. Reference numeral 58
Are the motors 29, solenoids, and heating parts 74 and 75 described later.
The control unit controls the linear heating element 73, and various controls such as sequence control and microcomputer control are possible. Therefore, the bed according to the present embodiment can of course be remotely operated, for example, by using the remote controller "carrying a sick person" or "using a toilet".
It is also possible to design so that all the operations are automatically performed by pressing a button such as.

Since this embodiment has the above-mentioned structure, the following operational effects are exhibited (the following are operational effects when the toilet device is not used).

A sick person sleeps on the bed in a state where the wheelchair and the bed frame 1 are fitted and connected to each other and the bed surface is flat.
In this state, the column 27 with casters is grounded on the floor surface.

The base frame 31 of the wheelchair is positioned at a predetermined position of the bed, that is, below the sick person placing portion 10 which constitutes the bed. Then, the sick person is placed on the sick person placing portion 10.

Subsequently, for example, a signal is sent to the control unit 58 by remote control, and the motor 29 is operated by the signal from the control unit 58 to extend the four lifting legs 28 to raise the bed to a predetermined height. The telescopic rod 22 is extended and the L-shaped arm rod 24 is activated to tilt the U-shaped frame portion 16 to a desired angle. At this time, the hook rod 53 pivotally attached to the gripping rod 33 is locked to the upper rod of the backrest portion 7, and the protruding and retracting rod 50 is a locking pin.
Since it is not located between 46, the backrest 7 is in a free state. Therefore, as the U-shaped frame portion 16 tilts, the backrest portion 7 tilts at the same time. Subsequently, the motor 29 of the lifting leg 28 is driven by a signal from the control unit 58.
, The bed frame 1 is lowered, the support 45 is placed on the receiving body 43, and the pin 47 is fitted to the locking receiving body 44 to form a wheelchair, and the bed frame 1 is further lowered. Then, the fitting between the lateral rod 5 and the lateral rod fitting portion 6 is released, and the bed frame 1 and the wheelchair are separated.

Then, the solenoid is operated in response to a signal from the control unit 58 to project the locking rod 20 on which the foot rest 9 is placed to be retracted, and then the locking rod 21 is manually pushed on the wheelchair. The upper swinging body 32 and the lower swinging body 42 are slid out from the receiving hole 59, and the left and right levers of the lower swinging body 42 and the locking rods 38 of the projecting frame 37 are locked to bend the foot rest 9.

Subsequently, the hook 53 and the upper bar of the backrest 7 are unlocked, the projecting and retracting bar 50 is positioned between the desired locking pins 46, and the backrest 7 is fixed at the desired angle.

Then, the wheelchair is pulled out from the introduction opening 3 of the bed frame 1. In this case, the wheel assembly of the wheelchair 41
Wheel and the rear wheel 34 are grounded, and the steering wheel 36
Since it is not grounded, the wheelchair can be pulled out linearly from the bed frame 1. Further, since the guide roller 49 is in contact with the guide rod 48, the wheelchair can be reliably pulled out linearly also at this point.

[0039] When the wheelchair drawer is completed, the pedal 40
The wheel of the pedal 40 is lifted by pressing, and the wheelchair is supported by the front and rear wheels 34 and the steering wheel 36, and the sick person is transported to a desired place by the wheelchair. At this time, since the steering wheel 36 is pivotally supported by the curved support rod 35 which is curved rearward, the straightness of the wheelchair is maintained.

When the sick person put on the wheelchair returns, first, the motor 29 is operated by the signal from the control unit 58, the elevating leg 28 is contracted to lower the bed frame body 1, and then the pedal 40 is depressed to operate the pedal 40. The wheels are grounded and the steering wheels 36 are floated. In this state, the wheelchair is pushed to introduce the wheelchair into the bed frame 1 through the introduction opening 3, and the stopper plate 54 contacts the front surface of the lateral rod fitting portion 6. Stop pushing the wheelchair at the contact position. At this position of the wheelchair, the lateral rod 5 of the wheelchair is located above the lateral rod fitting portion 6 of the bed frame 1.

In this state, when the motor 29 is operated by the signal from the controller 58 to raise the bed frame 1, the pin 47 is moved.
Is disengaged from the lock receiving body 44 and the base frame 31 of the wheelchair is released.
When the bed frame 1 is further raised, the horizontal rod 5 and the horizontal rod fitting portion 6 are engaged with each other to connect the patient placement portion 10 and the bed frame 1 to each other. To be done. In this state, the gripping rod 33 is moved to engage the hook rod 53 with the upper rod of the backrest portion 7 to pull out the projecting and retracting rod 50 from between the locking pins 46, and to set the backrest portion 7 in a free state to a predetermined angle. The backrest portion 7 is brought into contact with the fixed U-shaped frame portion 16.

Subsequently, the engagement between the locking rod 38 and the left and right levers of the lower sliding body 42 is released to bring the seat 8, the upper sliding body 32, and the lower sliding body 42 into a flat state, and the locking rod is fitted in the receiving hole 59. 21 is inserted and the foot rest 9
To prevent the foot from bending
Is mounted on the locking rod 20 and supported. Subsequently, the upper half of the bed, which is composed of the backrest portion 7 and the U-shaped frame portion 16, is slid by a signal from the control portion 58 to flatten the bed surface, and the bed frame body 1 to a predetermined height. A series of operations are completed by lowering.

The structure of the toilet device will be described.

A mounting plate 60 is placed on the floor below the bed frame 1
Is fixed to the mounting plate 60, two rails 61 are intervened and fixed to the mounting plate 60 at a predetermined interval, and a base 86 that slides on the rail 61 is provided, and the base frame 62 is attached to the base 86. The drawer frame body 63 is fixed to the base frame 62 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction with respect to the base frame 62, and the drawer body 64 is placed on the drawer frame body 63. It is provided so as to be freely drawn out from the side opening 87 of the underframe 62, and support rods are provided on the left and right sides on the base side of the drawer frame 63.
65 is pivotally attached, and a toilet attachment frame 66 is pivotally attached to the tip of this support rod 65, and the upper surface of this attachment frame 66 is made of synthetic resin and formed into a special shape so that it can be adhered well to the local area. The toilet bowl 67 is fixed, the tubular body 68 is connected to the toilet bowl 67, the tubular body 68 is arranged in a hanging state in the toilet bowl mounting frame 66, and the tubular body 68 has a tubular bag body of a predetermined length. 77 is fitted and the upper part of the bag 77 is fixed to the tubular body 68 by an appropriate means.

A motor 29 is attached to the upper portion of the base frame 62, a worm gear 69 is fixed to the drive shaft of the motor 29, and a worm wheel that meshes with the worm gear 69 is provided below the worm gear 69. 70 is mounted on the shaft. An arm rod 72 is fixed to a shaft 71 of the worm wheel 70, and a tip of the arm rod 72 is fixed to a rear wall of the toilet mounting frame 66.

At the upper front end of the base frame 62, there are three linear heating elements.
The heating portion 74 having the 73 formed therein is provided, and on the other hand, the heating portion 75 having the three-stage linear heating portion 73 formed at the position corresponding to the heating portion 74 at the inner edge of the upper end of the drawer frame 63 is also formed.
It is installed so that it can be sunk by 76.

Posts 78 are erected up and down on one side of the mounting plate 60, and a screw rod 79 is installed between the support rods 78. A nut member 80 is screwed to the screw rod 79, and the nut member 80 and Stand 86
And are connected by a connecting rod 88.

Reference numeral 81 is a limit switch section, and 82 is a limit switch adjusting section for adjusting the operating position of the limit switch.

Since the toilet device is constructed as described above, the following operational effects are exhibited.

The bed frame 1 and the sick person placing portion 10 of the wheelchair are fitted and connected, and the base frame 31 of the wheelchair is located below the bed frame 1.

First, the base frame 31 is moved to a position where it does not interfere with the sliding of the base 86.

Subsequently, the U-shaped frame portion 16 of the bed frame 1 is tilted to a desired altitude by a signal from the control portion 58, and then the telescopic rod 23 is extended by a signal from the control portion 58, whereby an L-shaped arm is formed. The frame 26 swings, and the body 25 moves by swinging the L-shaped arm frame 26.
When a moves, the pivotal connection between the upper body 25a and the lower body 25b moves upward, the lower body 25b slides on the mounting plate 18 toward the bed head mounting portion, and the bending body 25 bends. Due to the movement of the upper body 25a, the upper body 17a connected by the connecting rod 19 also moves, so that the left and right bent bodies 1
At the same time, 7,25 bend upward, and the lower bodies 17b and 25b slide toward the bed head resting side. With the bending of the bent bodies 17 and 25 and the sliding of the lower bodies 17b and 25b, the bent body 1 is locked by the locking rod 20.
The foot rest portion 9 of the wheelchair, which is placed on 7,25 and is connected by fitting the lower bodies 17b and 25b and the receiving hole 59, is also bent.

Therefore, the sick person on the bed is firmly held in position without sliding even if the backrest portion 7 and the U-shaped frame portion 16 tilt.

Subsequently, the motor 29 is driven by a signal from the controller 58.
And the bevel gear 89 is rotated, the shaft 90 is rotated, the worm gear 91 and the worm wheel 92 are rotated,
The arm rod 93 is swung, the lid plate 94 is swung downward, and the opening 83 of the seat 8 is opened.

Then, similarly, when the motor 29 is actuated by the signal from the control unit 58 to rotate the screw rod 79, the nut frame 80 is actuated so that the base frame 62 slides forward on the rail 61 and the limit is reached. The switch portion 81 stops the base frame 62 at a predetermined position. When the base frame 62 stops sliding and the motor 29 is operated by a signal from the control unit 58 to rotate the worm gear 69, the worm wheel 70 meshed with the worm gear 69 rotates, and the worm wheel 70 moves. The arm rod 72 fixed to the shaft 71 swings, and the swinging of the arm rod 72 activates the toilet mounting frame body 66, and the toilet bowl 67 attached to the toilet mounting frame body 66 projects from the opening 83. The support rod 65 is slid upward by the activation of the toilet mounting frame body 66, and the drawer frame body 63 is pulled out from the base frame 62 so that the drawer frame body 63 is located directly below the toilet bowl mounting frame body 66.

In this state, the bed body 1 is appropriately moved up and down,
Make sure that the toilet bowl 67 comes into contact with the local area of the sick person.

In this state, the sick person urinates, for example. The urine is stored in the bag 77 from the toilet 67 through the cylinder 68. The bag body 77 hangs down due to the weight of urine, and the bottom of the bag body 77 abuts on the drawer body 64 placed on the drawer frame body 63.

Subsequently, the toilet mounting frame 66 is slid downward by the worm wheel 70 rotating in the opposite direction to the above, the supporting rod 65 is also slid by this sliding, and the drawer frame 63 is the base frame 62.
The bag 77 is slidably housed inside, and the bag 77 is held by the heating parts 74 and 75. At this time, the heating unit 74 is operated by the signal from the control unit 58.
・ Current flows through the linear heating element 73 of 75, and the intermediate linear heating element 73
The bag body 77 is cut by the upper linear heating element 73, the bottom of the bag body 77 is heat-sealed for the next time, and the upper linear heating element 73 is cut by the upper linear heating element 73. The edges are heat sealed.

In this state, the drawer body 64 is pulled out from the side opening 87 of the base frame 62, and the bag body 77 containing urine stored in the drawer body 64 is taken out from the drawer body 64 and discarded.

Lastly, the motor 29 is rotated in the reverse direction to the above-mentioned operation so that the lid plate 94 is slid to close the opening 83 of the seat 8.

[0061]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above,
It has the following effects.

By the bed that can be moved up and down and the toilet bowl that swings, the toilet bowl reliably and satisfactorily abuts the local area. That is, the local part of the sick person is positioned in an oblique state. Therefore, according to the present invention, since the toilet bowl comes into contact with the local portion in an oblique state, it covers the local area without a gap as compared with, for example, a structure in which the toilet bowl is raised from directly under the bed and the toilet bowl comes into contact with the local area.

Since the bag body is cut and heat-sealed by the opposing heating portions formed with the upper, lower, middle and lower three-stage linear heating elements, the waste can be treated very efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a partial front view of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of part of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a part of the bed frame of the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view of a main part of this embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory view of a main part of this embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of an essential part of this embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a front sectional view of a main part of this embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory diagram of the main parts of the present embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the wheelchair of this embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a side view of the above.

FIG. 13 is a partial exploded side view of the above.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view of a main part of the above.

FIG. 15 is a side view of the toilet device of this embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a side view showing an operating state of the above.

FIG. 17 is a side sectional view showing an operating state of the above.

FIG. 18 is a front view of the heating unit of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 66 Toilet mount frame 67 Toilet bowl 73 Linear heating element 74 Heat section 75 Heat section 77 Bag body 83 Opening section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A toilet device attached below a bed, wherein an openable / closable opening is provided at a local position of a sick person lying on a bed that can be raised and lowered, and slides below the bed in the direction of the bed footrest portion. In addition, a toilet mounting frame that can be swung is provided, and the toilet mounting frame is provided with a toilet, and the toilet mounting frame is slid so that the toilet projects from the opening at the upper point when the toilet mounting frame is swung. And, by setting the oscillating motion, the bag body is hung vertically on the toilet bowl, and the opposing heating part that holds the predetermined height position from the lower edge of the bag body is provided, and the upper, middle, lower three-stage linear heating element is formed in this heating part. A toilet device for a bed, which is characterized in that