JP2000325261A - Mobile toilet seat device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide a moving toilet seat device that can be directly transferred from a wheelchair to a toilet seat without having to put the wheelchair in a normal toilet. An arm (12a, 12b) for rotatably gripping a leg (7) of the seat-type toilet seat (5) at one end is provided, and moving means (13a, 13b) for slidably moving the arm (12a, 12b) with respect to a toilet side wall (1a) are provided. The arms 12a and 12b are rotatably formed with one end on the side connected to the moving means 13a and 13b as a fulcrum. Further, the arms 12a, 12b and the moving means 13a, 1
3b, a linear motor 16 having a telescopic cylinder is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toilet seat for a sitting toilet, and more particularly to a movable toilet seat device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a normal residential toilet, when a user of a wheelchair uses a toilet, he or she comes to the entrance of the toilet in a wheelchair, then gets off the wheelchair with the help of an assistant, and moves to the toilet seat with the assistance of the assistant. Or, the wheelchair user himself had to go to the toilet while holding onto the handrail provided on the toilet wall and sit down on the toilet seat. For this reason, a great burden was placed on the caregiver or the person.

As a conventional technique for reducing the burden on a caregiver or a person, there is a wheelchair disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-33697. In this wheelchair, a column is provided near one rear wheel, and a seat on which the user rides is rotatably attached to the column, so that the user can easily move from the wheelchair to the toilet seat.

The toilet device described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 9-84723 has a function of raising and lowering a toilet seat so that a user can easily stand up after the toilet.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. Hei 8-336
In the wheelchair described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 97, the width of a normal residential toilet is only about 90 cm to 1 m, and even if the wheelchair does not enter the toilet or barely enters, it simply moves from the wheelchair to the toilet seat. No space. Therefore, it was not possible to move directly from the wheelchair to the toilet seat, and as a result, the assistance of an assistant was required.

Further, in the toilet apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 9-84723, only the ease of standing up after the toilet is improved, and it is not necessary for the user to get off the wheelchair and sit on the toilet seat. The burden on the caregiver and the burden on the patient could not be reduced.

[0007] It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile toilet seat device capable of reducing the burden on a wheelchair user and an assistant.

[0008]

An object of the present invention is to provide a toilet seat provided in a toilet room, a toilet seat mounted on the toilet, four support members for supporting the toilet seat, and a support member mounted on the support member. This is achieved by moving the toilet seat to a position where it protrudes from the entrance of the toilet room.

[0009]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a moving toilet seat apparatus showing one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a toilet. 1a shows a toilet side wall, and 1b shows a toilet floor.
2 denotes a toilet entrance door, and 3 denotes a corridor outside the door. 28 is a toilet entrance. A Western-style toilet 4 is installed in the toilet 1, and a stool-type toilet seat 5 used across the toilet 4 is installed.

The toilet seat 5 includes a toilet seat 6 on which a wheelchair user puts his buttocks when using a toilet, four legs 7 supporting the toilet seat 6, a backrest 8 supporting the back of the user, Backrest 8
And a pair of armrests 9 provided on the way. The armrest 9 is formed so as to be able to jump up with the backrest 8 side as a fulcrum. The legs 7 are connected at their lower sides by a frame 10 except for the backrest side, and wheels 11 are attached to the legs 7 respectively. A footrest 19 is attached to the front frame 10.

Since the wheel 11 is attached to the leg 7, the toilet seat 5 is configured to be freely movable, and when the toilet seat 5 is straddled on the Western-style toilet 4, the toilet seat 6 is almost directly above the toilet 4. It is configured to be arranged in. An arm 12a has one end rotatably gripping one leg 7a on the front side of the toilet seat 5 at one end, and the other end fixed to the moving means 13a. A rail 14a is attached to the side wall 1a of the toilet 1, and extends from the back of the toilet toward the entrance. The moving means 13a is slidably attached to the rail 14a, and includes a moving motor 15 and wheels (not shown) inside the rail. 12b is the other arm, one end of which is one leg 7b behind the toilet seat 5.
Is rotatably held, and the other end is connected to the moving means 13b. Reference numeral 14b denotes another rail attached to the side wall 1a of the toilet 1 and extends from the back of the toilet toward the entrance. The moving means 13b includes the rail 1
4b is slidably mounted on the moving motor 15b.
And a wheel in a rail (not shown). The arm 12b is rotatably formed with one end on the side connected to the moving means 13b as a fulcrum, and a linear cylinder having a telescopic cylinder 16a is provided between the arm 12b and the moving means 13b. A motor 16 is provided.

The cylinder 16a of the linear motor 16
The hinge 17 is located at one point in the middle of the arm 12b.
The other end of the linear motor 16 is connected to the moving means 13b.

The cylinder 16a of the linear motor 16
Is formed so as to be extendable and retractable, and as the cylinder 16a expands and contracts, the cylinder 16a is connected to the arm 1 with one end on the side connected to the moving means 13b as a fulcrum.
The arm 12b is formed so as to be able to push and pull freely, and as a result, the arm 12b rotates according to the amount of expansion and contraction of the cylinder 16a. Reference numeral 18 denotes a door opening / closing motor that opens and closes the toilet entrance door 2. Numeral 24 denotes toilet seat return detecting means.

Due to the movement of the moving means 13a and 13b and the expansion and contraction of the linear motor 16, the toilet seat 5
A moving state as described in (1) is formed.

FIGS. 2 to 4 are plan views sequentially showing the state of movement of the toilet seat of the mobile toilet seat device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a state before the start of movement, that is, a state in which the toilet seat portion 6 of the toilet seat 5 is almost right above the toilet bowl 4.
It is arranged on the farthest side of the toilet with respect to a and 14b. The toilet entrance door 2 is formed in a closed state.

FIG. 3 shows a state in which the toilet seat 5 has moved from the toilet 4 side to the toilet entrance 28 side in the toilet 1 as the movement progresses, and the moving means 13a and 13b are respectively rails 14a and 14b. , And is formed on the side close to the toilet entrance 28.

FIG. 4 shows a final state of movement of the movable toilet seat according to the present invention, in which the toilet seat 5 protrudes out of the toilet 1 and is rotated by about 90 °.

In FIG. 4, the toilet entrance door 2 is formed in an open state. By further moving the moving means 13b, the toilet seat 5 is formed in a state in which the toilet seat 5 has advanced to near the toilet entrance 28 in FIG. The cylinder 16a of the linear motor 16 is formed so as to extend and rotate the arm 12b. Due to this rotation, the toilet seat 5 is moved to the front leg 7.
The toilet seat 5 is arranged so as to rotate about a and turn the side of the toilet seat 5 toward the corridor 3. 20 is a wheelchair, 21 is a user of the wheelchair.

As described above, since the side of the toilet seat 5 is arranged on the corridor 3 side, the wheelchair 20 running in the corridor 3 is arranged side by side on the side of the toilet seat 5,
It will be easy. As a result, the user 21 can easily move from the wheelchair 20 to the toilet seat 5 by flipping up the armrest of the wheelchair 20 and the armrest 9 of the toilet seat 5.

Next, a method of controlling the movement of the moving means 13a and 13b, the expansion and contraction of the linear motor 16, and the operation sequence of the toilet door opening / closing motor 18 will be described below.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a detecting means provided near the toilet entrance 28 for detecting the wheelchair 20 or the wheelchair user 21. When the detecting means 22 detects the wheelchair 20 or the wheelchair user 21, it is controlled by the device control means 26 so that the toilet entrance door 2 is automatically opened by extension of the cylinder of the door opening / closing motor 18. Further, when the detecting means 22 detects the wheelchair 20 or the wheelchair user 21, the toilet seat 5 disposed almost directly above the toilet 4 is moved by the moving means 13 a and 13 b and the cylinder of the linear motor 16 is extended. Is controlled by the device control means 26 so as to be automatically moved to the toilet entrance 28 and rotated. In addition, a seat detecting means 23 is provided on the toilet seat portion 6 of the toilet seat 5, and when the seat of the user is detected, the toilet seat 5 is provided.
Is automatically controlled from the vicinity of the toilet entrance 28 to a position almost directly above the toilet 4 by the movement of the moving means 13a and 13b and the reduction of the cylinder of the linear motor 16, and is controlled by the device control means 26. I have. Further, a toilet seat return detecting means 24 is provided near the toilet 4, and when the return of the toilet seat 5 on the toilet 4 is detected, the toilet entrance door 2 is automatically closed by reducing the cylinder of the door opening / closing motor 18. Is controlled by the device control means 26. Further, a toilet end switch 25 is provided in the vicinity of the toilet 4, and the toilet control door is automatically opened by extending the cylinder of the door opening / closing motor 18 when the toilet end switch is turned on. It is controlled by means 26.

Further, when the switch 25 for ending the service is turned on, the movement of the moving means 13a and 13b and the movement of the linear motor 1 are started.
The device control means 26 is controlled so that the toilet seat 5 is automatically moved to a state protruding from the toilet entrance 28 and rotated by the extension of the cylinder 6. By this rotation, the toilet seat 5 rotates around the front leg 7a, and is arranged so that the side surface of the toilet seat 5 faces the corridor 3 side.

In the corridor 3, since the wheelchair 20 is already arranged with the side surface facing the toilet 1, the toilet seat 5 can be arranged side by side with the side surface of the wheelchair 20 by the above-described rotation. As a result, the wheelchair user 21 can easily transfer from the toilet seat 5 to the wheelchair 20 by flipping up the armrest 9 of the toilet seat 5.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the toilet seat 5. In FIG. 5, the toilet seat portion 6 of the toilet seat 5 is formed so as to be able to jump up with the backrest portion 8 side as a fulcrum, and below the toilet seat portion 6, a seating detecting means 23 for detecting a user's seating is provided. Have been. 6 'shows the toilet seat after the flip-up. Also,
Reference numeral 27 denotes a spring that receives a load applied to the toilet seat 6. Since the toilet seat portion 6 is formed so as to be able to jump up, a healthy person can jump up the toilet seat portion 6 and use the original toilet seat of the toilet 4 when using the toilet. In addition, when the healthy person uses the toilet, the rails 14a and 14b are directly attached to the toilet side wall 1a, so that a sufficiently large space can be secured when the healthy person enters and when the toilet is used.

In FIGS. 1 to 5, each motor,
The description of codes connecting the detection means and the control means is omitted.

Although the toilet entrance door is shown as a rotary type, it may be formed as a sliding door type or a folding type.

As described above, when the detecting means detects a wheelchair user or a wheelchair, the toilet entrance door is automatically opened and the stool-type toilet seat disposed almost directly above the toilet is moved to the moving means. Since it is configured to automatically move and rotate to a state where it protrudes from the toilet entrance by movement and expansion and contraction of the linear motor, the toilet seat is disposed with its side face facing in a state protruding toward the corridor. For this reason, the wheelchair running in the corridor can be easily arranged side by side on the side surface of the toilet seat. As a result, the wheelchair user can easily transfer from the wheelchair to the toilet seat by flipping up the armrest of the wheelchair and the armrest of the toilet seat.

Further, even after the stool, the side of the toilet seat is arranged side by side with the side of the wheelchair remaining in the corridor. As a result, the user can easily transfer from the toilet seat to the wheelchair by flipping up the armrest of the toilet seat. This greatly reduces the burden on the caregiver who has conventionally supported the wheelchair user by removing it from the wheelchair or sitting down on the toilet bowl, and at the same time, the burden on the wheelchair user itself. become.

[0030]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mobile toilet seat device capable of reducing the burden on the wheelchair user and the caregiver.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mobile toilet seat device showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state of the movable toilet seat device according to the present invention before the toilet seat is moved.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the moving toilet seat device according to the present invention in a state in which the toilet seat is being moved.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a final arrival state of movement of the toilet seat of the mobile toilet seat device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the toilet seat of the mobile toilet seat device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... toilet, 2 ... toilet entrance door, 4 ... toilet bowl, 5 ... toilet seat, 12a, 12b ... arm, 13a, 13b ... moving means,
14a, 14b ... rail, 16 ... linear motor, 20 ...
Wheelchair, 22 ... Detection means, 23 ... Seat detection means, 24 ...
Toilet seat return detecting means, 25: stool end switch, 26: device control means.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued from the front page (72) Inventor Hiroshi Kikuchi 800 Tomita, Ohira-cho, Ohira-cho, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi F-term (Ref.) 2D037 AC00 AD15

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A stool-type toilet provided in a toilet room,
A toilet seat attached to the toilet, and 4 supporting the toilet seat
A moving toilet seat device comprising: a book supporting member; and a moving means attached to the supporting member, and the moving means moves the toilet seat to a position protruding from an entrance of the toilet room.