FR2723535A3 - DEVICE FOR MOVING PEOPLE. - Google Patents

Abstract

Device for moving a person (invalid) comprising a vertical column, in use, provided with lifting means attached to it and displacement relative to the latter for this person, which column is provided with means movement, comprising a horizontal swivel arm (2), which on the one hand can be articulated around a shaft mainly vertical to a building or the like and on the other hand is fixed to the column, characterized in that the The column comprises a platform (10) for feet and at least one of the parts movable relative to the building or the like comprises braking means.

Description

_ 1 _ Device for moving people. ' The present invention

  relates to a device for the movement of a person (invalid) comprising a vertical column, in use, provided with lifting means fixed to it and movable relative to it for all person, which column comprises displacement means, comprising a horizontal pivoting arm, which on the one hand can be hingedly attached around a mainly vertical shaft to a building or the like and

  on the other hand is attached to the column.

  Such a device is known from American patent n 4,998,305. From this, a shower stool mounted on a swivel arm is known. This shower stool mounted on a swivel arm is hingedly connected with a print which must be wedged between the

  bottom and ceiling of a shower device.

  With such a device, a patient can be moved in the shower. With this, however, it is not possible to move people from a seated position in one device to a seated position in another device. In the state of the art, the so-called steel nurse is presented for this purpose. Such a device generally consists of a rolling chassis on which one or more columns are arranged. To these columns, lifting stirrups which may or may not move relative to these are fixed, the aim being that the patient rests in one way or another on the lifting stirrup. This can for example be achieved using a lifting rope which is attached to the fork-shaped ends of the stirrup

lifting.

  With such devices, patients can stand up from a chair and be moved a certain distance and then be seated on another chair or piece of furniture. In addition, these devices can be used to bring

  people in and out of a lying position.

  Although such devices are well suited, the problem arises that such devices are not always present in sufficient numbers. In addition, the drawback of such devices is that they take up a relatively large amount of space and that the displacement of these poses problems, in particular in limited spaces. By this limited maneuverability, the nursing staff must for example in many toilet spaces still and always use manual force to place a patient on a toilet bowl.

  from a wheelchair and vice versa.

  The object of the present invention is to improve the device described above so that it can, when not in use, be stored so as to save space and barely interfere with it is easy to handle without being unstable and that the particular movement, necessary for moving a patient from a wheelchair to a bowl and vice versa, can be carried out in reduced space. This object is achieved in a device described above by equipping the column with a tray for feet and by equipping at least one of the parts that can be moved by

  relation to the building or the like of braking means.

  Basically, the design of the invention is to have the lifting device at a fixed point. This means that the device according to the invention, via the articulated connection with the pivoting arm which in turn -3- is fixedly connected with the building, can in principle only be applied in one place. In this way, we can be sure that in the above place such

device is still present.

  By applying the swivel arm which is fixed to the building, an extremely stable construction is obtained in which any danger of the device overturning with the patient, especially if the patient is in the raised position, is removed so

guarantee.

  By the use of the swivel arm, the movement of lifting the patient from a wheelchair and placing him for example on a bowl or in a bath can also be carried out in a particularly small space. This means that the device according to the invention can be carried out in toilet spaces which are arranged according to

  directives prescribed by the various authorities.

  The construction according to the invention also makes it possible to store the device, after use, so as to save a lot of space and hardly interfere. The patient can thus stand on the foot platform, the oscillation movement being able to be controlled by the presence of means of

braking.

  According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the attachment to the column comprises an articulated attachment. Thus, the lifting device can, in a stationary position of the pivoting arm,

  be positioned around a vertical tree.

  It is possible to produce the lifting device in any manner known from the state of the art. According to one embodiment, the column consists of two parts, a first part of which is fixed in an articulated fashion or not to the pivoting arm and the second part of which is made so as to be able to move in height relative to the first part. Such a construction may or may not be combined with a stirrup of

lifting can move or not.

  In the embodiment described above, the foot plate is preferably placed on the first

part, connected to the swivel arm.

  The pivoting arm according to the invention can be produced in different ways. The simplest embodiment is a straight swivel arm. In practice, this does not seem to be very practical and for this it is proposed according to another embodiment to realize it as a curved arm which consists of two parts, which are located at an angle to one another. and fixedly connected to each other. In this way, it is possible on the one hand to provide a minimum storage space for the lifting device and on the other hand it is possible to obtain an optimal positioning of the lifting device relative to an object. Under such an object is included a wheelchair, a bowl, a bath, etc. According to another advantageous embodiment, the lifting arm is made in an articulated manner. In addition, the lifting arm may include a portion

telescopic or not.

  To obtain maximum stability, the pivoting arm is according to a preferred embodiment of the invention carried out near at least one of the articulated points thereof with braking means which can be controlled or not. By this, an articulated point can be fixed and thus facilitate the movement of the patient. In addition, it can be avoided that the patient moves with a speed

  unacceptable or bangs something.

  An articulated attachment of the swivel arm to the lifting device can be carried out in different places. A first possibility is to have the articulation point in the shaft of the device for -

  lifting and more particularly of the lifting column.

  According to another embodiment, the articulated fixing is arranged in the presence of a foot plate near the

side of this foot plate.

  According to another advantageous embodiment of the invention, the braking means are arranged in the foot platform. The braking means in this embodiment are preferably produced as blocks which can be lowered. These can be

operated with a motor.

  The invention will be described in more detail with the aid of the example embodiments shown in the drawing. In this drawing: FIG. 1 represents in a first perspective view a first embodiment of the device according to the invention in the position of taking a patient from a bowl; FIG. 2 represents a second position seen in perspective of the device according to the invention during transport of a standing patient of the first embodiment according to the invention; Figure 3 shows in cross section a possible embodiment of the brake; Figure 4 schematically shows a top view of another embodiment of the device according to the invention with in particular a modified pivoting arm; FIG. 5 represents another variant of the invention and more particularly the pivoting arm; FIG. 6 schematically represents a top view of a last variant of the pivoting arm according to the invention; and Figure 7 shows a cross section of another embodiment of the tray according to the invention

  comprising braking means according to the invention.

  - 6 - In Figures 1 and 2, a first embodiment of the device according to the invention is shown in different positions and taken up entirely in 1. This consists of two parts, that is to say a pivoting arm taken up entirely in 2 and a lifting device taken up entirely in 3. This lifting device can comprise any lifting device known from the state of the art. The pivoting arm 2 is fixed by the fixing 5 and the articulation 6 to the ground 4. In the articulation 6, a braking mechanism, not shown in more detail, may be present, which can be controlled by a part 7 to block this joint or brake the rotational movement of the pivoting arm. The pivoting arm 2 consists of two parts, the perpendicular part of which is represented at 8. This comprises at its free end a hinge 9 which is on the other hand fixed to the plate 10 for feet of the lifting device 3. The plate 10 for feet is firmly fixed to the fixing column 11. The lifting column 12 is placed telescopically in the fixing column 11. On the lifting column 12, a lifting stirrup 13 is arranged in an articulated manner. This lifting bracket 13 is made in the form of a fork and the free ends thereof are connected with the free ends

lifting rope.

  The lifting column 12 is supported by a motor not shown in detail with a gas spring 16

  that can move up and down.

  The lifting bracket 13 can be moved using the cylinder 15. The lifting column 12 is provided with a

knee support 17.

  A bowl, on which the patient concerned

  must be placed, is shown in 20.

  - 7 - The device described above operates as follows. Starting from the position shown in FIG. 2, the lifting stirrup 13 is moved at the same time or not as the lifting column 12 downwards and for example a wheelchair not shown with the patient is moved in front of the device. lifting. Then, the lifting rope 14 is undone from one of the fork-shaped branches of the lifting stirrup 13 and is led under the armpits

over the patient's back.

  Then the lifting stirrup 13 is moved at the same time or not with the lifting column 12 upwards so that the patient is moved, after having placed his feet on the plate 10 and that he rests with his calves against the knee support 17, from a sitting position in a wheelchair to a hanging / standing position. With this, the lifting stirrup 13 is moved to the position shown in Figure 2, the patient being thus brought into a

standing position.

  Then are moved both the swivel arm relative to the attachment 5 and the lifting device relative to the swivel arm to the position shown in Figure 1. The bracket 13 respectively the lifting column 12 are moved downwards so that the patient can sit on the bowl. During the respective movement outside the lifting device, the brakes which may be present in the articulations of the pivoting arm 2 can be used to keep the movement as controllable as possible. Using the construction shown here, it is possible to store a lifting device in a toilet space, for example, in order to save a lot of space. In addition, the construction is very

  stable during patient movement.

  In Figure 3, a possible embodiment of the braking means is shown. In it, a section through the swivel arm 2 is shown near

of the joint 6.

  It seems that a pin 27 fixedly connected to the fastener 5 is present, which is provided with a disc 28 with a series of openings 29 arranged along the circumference. The pivoting arm 2 rotates with bearings shown diagrammatically around the pin 27. In the pivoting arm 2 a support beam 30 is fixed firmly, comprising articulations 31 around which locking beams 32 can be articulated. These locking beams 32 comprise at the ends of the pins 33 having such a dimension that they can justly take hold in one of the openings 29 of the

disc 28.

  At the other end, the locking beams 32 are subjected to the influence of springs 34

  bowl that spreads the locking beams.

  In addition, a coil 35 is present.

  The excitation of this electric coil leads to the mutual displacement of the ends of the locking beams 32 in opposition to the action of the bowl 34, so that the locking pins 33 move out of the openings 29 and that the disc 28

can move freely.

  This means that, in the non-excited position of the coil 35, the locking pins 33 are always pushed by the springs 34 against the disc and as soon as an opening 29 of the disc is encountered, the pins fall into this opening which causes

direct blocking.

  -9- In this way, it is possible to lock the pivoting arm 2 in a number of distinct positions relative to the fastening 5, absolute reliability being guaranteed and a positive intervention being necessary to cancel the unlocking with the

reel 35.

  It is understood that such a construction can also be present at the other end of the pivoting arm 2. In addition, it is possible to produce any other braking construction known from the state of the art. In Figures 4-6, other variants of the invention are shown. With this, the bowl is shown in the figures with 20 and the chair

rolling with 19.

  In FIG. 4, the pivoting arm consists of a straight arm which is on the one hand fixed in an articulated manner with the ground (or wall) of the building and on the other hand with the

corner of tray 10 for feet.

  The storage position is shown in dotted lines. In Figure 5 an articulated lifting arm is shown with parts 22, 23 which are connected by a hinge 21. Thus, an even more compact storage position of the device can be obtained as emerges from the position shown in dotted lines. In this embodiment, the pivoting arm is also applied near the corner of the foot platform. In FIG. 6, an embodiment is shown, in which the pivoting arm is on the one hand made in an articulated manner and the point of articulation is on the other hand in the middle of the

tray for feet.

  In FIG. 7, another embodiment of the

  tray for feet according to the invention is shown.

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  The tray for the foot is shown as a whole at 41. Therein, an electric motor to be controlled 42, in a manner not shown in more detail, is applied which drives by a reduction mechanism a shaft 43 to which a bent shaft is fixed, which in turn takes a control rod 44. This control rod 44 which can be moved up and down controls a plate 45 in which blocks of

40 rubber are incorporated.

  By actuating the motor 42, the connecting rod 44 and thus the plate 45 are moved up and down and by depressing the blocks 40, braking can

be performed.

  From the above, it appears that many variations are possible. In addition, it is understood that the invention is not limited to the application in

combination of a bowl.

  For those skilled in the art, alternative embodiments of the above construction will be clear and it is intended that such alternative embodiments are found in

  the scope of the appended claims.

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Claims (8)

  1. Device for moving a person (disabled) comprising a vertical column, in use, provided with lifting means fixed thereto and movable relative thereto for this person, which column is provided movement means, comprising a horizontal pivoting arm (2), which on the one hand can be articulated around a mainly vertical shaft to a building or the like and on the other hand is fixed to the column, characterized in that the column includes a tray (10) for feet and at least one of the parts movable relative to the building or the like comprises means braking.   2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the fixing to the column comprises a fixing (9) which can be articulated around a vertical tree.   3. Device according to one of claims   above, characterized in that the column is an articulated column, a first part (11) of which is fixed to the swivel arm and the second part (12) of which is arranged so that it can move vertically relative to the first part and understands lifting means (16).   4. Device according to claim 3, characterized in that the plate (10) for feet is   disposed on the first part (11).   5. Device according to one of claims   previous, characterized in that the pivoting arm comprises at least two arm parts (22, 23) articulated relative to each other around a shaft mainly vertical.   6. Device according to one of claims   previous, characterized in that the means of - 12 -   braking are arranged in at least one of the points of the pivoting arm.   7. Device according to one of claims   1-5, in which the braking means are arranged in the tray (10) for feet.   8. Device according to claim 7, in which the braking means comprise blocks (40)   can be lowered to the bottom.