ES2726600B2 - PERFECTED SHOWER CABIN - Google Patents

Description

DESCRIPTION

PERFECTED SHOWER CABIN

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention refers to an improved shower cabin, of general application in the industry destined to the manufacture of bathroom cabins, either for domestic and / or sanitary use, the purpose of which is to facilitate people with reduced mobility and / or disabled people, grooming and personal cleaning, without the need for helpers to introduce them into the showers.

For this purpose, the invention improves the means of transport of a shower cabin, which allows a user to be introduced into the cabin for their toilet, using a rotating cubicle provided inside with a height-adjustable seat and gripping means. , in a position to automatically receive a rotational movement around a vertical axis that passes through the geometric center of the cubicle, which allows the safe transport by turning of a user from the outside of the shower cabin to its interior.

Finally, the invention includes that the rotating means of transport is located at the front of the shower cabin and next to the entrance door to said cabin, to be attached to the rotating means by its edge through a joint of watertightness, allowing the shower enclosure to be watertight.

It has also been provided that the door opens automatically so that the means of transport can rotate towards the inside and outside of the cabin and also closes automatically during the shower and / or toilet of the user.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In the current state of the art, it is already known to use wheelchairs, which allow them to be manually housed inside a shower cabin to clean or clean a person with reduced mobility previously seated in it, such and as in the utility model for "Portable shower for the disabled and disabled with the publication number ES1042996 U.

This type of chair has the disadvantage that it requires an assistant to introduce the user into the shower or bath, which is sometimes embarrassing for the user as it requires reserving their privacy.

On the other hand, to insert the chair with wheels into the shower tray, it requires that the tray have cutouts to allow the wheels to enter the shower cabin, which causes the water from the shower to escape through the cutouts, flooding the bathroom, a fact that is very uncomfortable for this type of shower to be used in a home.

Likewise, another type of wheelchair is known from the state of the art, whose seat is removable with lower guides to be attached to a platform that is housed inside the bathtub, as is the case of the existence of utility model number ES 1035 481 U for "Device for mobile seat for bathtubs".

These types of chairs require the help of several people to extract the seat with the handicapped person and house them in a bathtub, which can cause the user to feel annoyed by the work they are giving to the people around them.

On the other hand, these types of chairs have the disadvantage that their configuration is very complex and that they require assembly and disassembly work to use the same seat for the bathroom as for transport, which results in a waste of time and energy to perform. the toilet of a user.

Finally, it is also known from the state of the art US patent US 6195815 B1 with the title "Unit for a shower" where it is claimed that it comprises support means in the form of an elongated panel that is adapted to be mounted with its edges longer substantially horizontal and ready to receive mounted a means of transport comprising a front and a rear panel that respectively extend downwards on each side of the elongated support panel and a third intermediate panel forming the set of panels a "U" Inverted sliding by the edge of the support panel and whose front panel of the "U" presents a seat.

This type of patent has the drawback of presenting a structurally more complex means of transport since it is composed of several movable panels, which is unsafe when moving the transport assembly through an elongated support panel, and with a greater weight that reduces its resistance to deformation and that has nothing to do with the rotating transport of the patent applied for.

Likewise, said US patent lacks a door that closes the cabin during the shower, which creates a lack of privacy for the user, in addition to creating a problem of lack of tightness to the shower water.

Finally, the automatisms that move the rotating means of transport do not exist in the movable means of the US patent, which solves the technical problem of providing a shower cabin that is more comfortable to be used by people with lack of movement, or wheelchair bound.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention is to bring to the market an improved shower cabin, whose improvements focus on the rotating means of transport that a shower cabin has, so that a user with reduced mobility can be mounted on the means of transport, capable of have a rotational movement around a vertical axis and thus facilitate the transfer by rotation of the user from the outside of the shower cabin to its interior for cleaning or cleaning.

Likewise, it has been envisaged that the rotating means of transport is located at the front of the shower cabin, next to the entrance door of said cabin, so that the door can close on the rotating means of transport to create a good water tightness of the cabin.

In addition, the door opening and closing movements have been automated, allowing the car door to open automatically so that the means of transport can be turned or rotated into and out of the car and can be closed. also automatically during the shower and / or toilet of the user.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In accordance with the invention, the improved shower cabin is made up of a closed structure with transportable and fixed walls, the base of which is made up of a shower tray and has an improved means of transport to transfer a handicapped person or person with reduced mobility. inside a shower cabin for personal hygiene.

For this purpose, the means of transport is constituted by a rotating cubicle in the form of a hollow cylinder, truncated by a central vertical plane, and which is closed by an upper base and a lower base, the front of the cubicle being open for access inside of a user, where it has a height-adjustable seat on its lower base and external grab handles, all in a position to be used as a means of transport for the user, for the transfer by turning inside the shower cabin.

For this transport, the cubicle is capable of turning or rotating at least 180 ° around a vertical axis that passes through its geometric center, and whose rotational movement is transmitted by a remote-controlled motor that drives the vertical axis, which remains defined by an upper section of the axis and another lower section of the axis, which protrude in vertical extension from the upper and lower base of the cubicle.

Said shaft sections are supported by bearings provided on the upper and lower cross members of the shower cabin, to facilitate their rotation by the motor and transmission gears, which are also supported on the upper cross member of the cabin.

All this is arranged so that the user housed and seated inside the rotating cubicle can be transported by means of the rotation with a turn of at least 180 °, inside the shower cabin, leaving the rear part of the rotating cubicle as a facing of closing an area of the shower cabin itself.

The invention has provided that the means of transport, in the form of the rotating cubicle, can be mounted on the front of the shower cabin and next to the door of said cabin, in a position to close the door on the means of transport with the intermediation of sealing gaskets, which ensures the water-tightness of the shower cabin.

The invention has also provided that the opening and closing movements of the shower cabin door are automated, which allows the door to close automatically on the edge of the rotating cubicle, once the 180 ° turn of the cubicle towards the inside of the shower cubicle for the user's toilet, the door being ready to open automatically so that the rotating cubicle, by reverse rotation, returns to its initial position for loading and unloading the user.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a better understanding of what has been discussed so far, the descriptive memory is accompanied by a set of drawings in which the object of the invention is shown, without it being understood that the aforementioned graphic representation constitutes a limitation of the peculiar characteristics of this application.

Figure 1: Shows a perspective view of the improved shower cabin. In it, it is observed that the means of transport is made up of a rotating cubicle in the shape of a cylinder truncated by a central vertical plane that is closed at the top and bottom by bases, from which some sections of the upper and lower axis protrude in vertical extension. in a position to receive a rotation turn around its axis by means of the transmission of a motor. The cabin door closes hermetically on one side of the cubicle.

Figure 2: Represents a perspective view of the previous improved shower cabin where inside the rotating cubicle there is a height-adjustable seat on the lower base, as well as some external handles for the user's grip. The cabin door is held open to start the cubicle a 180 ° turn around its axis.

Figure 3: Illustrates a perspective view of the improved shower cabin where it is observed that a user is seated on the seat of the rotating cubicle and which has made an initial turn of 90 ° into the cabin, the door being open so as not to interfere with said turn.

Figure 4: Shows a perspective view of the improved shower cabin where it is observed that the rotating cubicle has made a 180 ° turn, leaving the user in the field of action of the cabin shower, while the rear of the cubicle it acts as a closing face of a sector of the shower cabin, on which the door is closed to ensure the sealing of the cabin.

Figure 5: Illustrates a perspective view of a detail of the motor transmission to the vertical axis of rotation of the means of transport. In it it can be seen that the motor mounted on the upper cross member of the cabin has a pinion on its output shaft that transmits the 180 ° rotation in two directions, to the pinion of the upper section of the axis of the means of transport.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

The various components that make up the improved shower enclosure are set out in detail and listed below, according to a planned embodiment.

The improved shower cabin is made up of a closed structure with transportable and fixed walls, the base of which is made up of a shower tray and has an improved means of transport to transfer a handicapped person or person with reduced mobility into a cabin. shower for your personal hygiene.

In the first, second, third and fourth figures, it is observed that the means of transport of the shower cabin is constituted by a rotating cubicle (1), in the form of a hollow cylinder (2), truncated by a central vertical plane ( 5), and closed by its bases, upper (3) and lower (4), the front of the cubicle being open (6) for access to its interior by a user.

Inside the cubicle and on its lower base (4) there is a seat (7) adjustable in height so that the user's feet do not collide with the lower edge of the cabin when turning the cubicle and of some grab handles (8) for the safety of the user when transporting it to the inside of the cabin.

In said figures it is also observed that the cubicle used by a user is capable of a rotational movement of at least 180 ° about a vertical axis (9) that passes through its geometric center, in a position to receive the rotary movement of a motor (10) with remote control.

For this purpose, the first figure shows that the cubicle has an upper shaft section (11) and another lower shaft section (12) that protrude in vertical extension from the upper and lower bases of the cubicle.

Said shaft sections are in a position to be supported on bearings provided in the lower cross member (13) and in the upper cross member (14) of the shower cabin (15).

In said upper cross member (14) is mounted the motor (10) that transmits the rotation through a pinion (16) to the pinion (17) that is coupled to the end of the upper shaft section (11), as can be seen in the fifth figure.

All this arranged so that the user housed inside the rotating cubicle (1) can be transported by a 180 ° turn inside the shower cabin, leaving the rear part of the rotating cubicle as a closing face (18) of a shower cabin area, as shown in figure four.

In the first, second, third and fourth figures, it can be seen that the rotating cubicle (1) is mounted on the front (19) of the shower cabin and next to the door (20) of said cabin, in a position to hermetically close the door on the cubicle with the intermediation of sealing gaskets (21), which ensures the water tightness of the shower cabin (15).

The opening and closing movements of the door (20) are capable of being automated, so that with a remote control the door can be closed on the rotating cubicle (1) once the 180 ° turn has occurred. of said rotating means of transport towards the interior of the shower cabin, where the user in the field of action of the water jets of a shower for cleaning and grooming.

Likewise, with the remote control, the door can be opened automatically so that the rotating cubicle, by reverse rotation, returns to its initial position for loading and unloading the user.

In the fifth figure it is possible to see the mounting of the motor (10) on the upper cross member (14), at whose output it has a pinion (16) in a position to transmit the 180 ° rotation in two directions, to the pinion (17) coupled to the upper section of the axis of rotation of the means of transport.

Claims (3)

1. - PERFECTED SHOWER CABIN, of the type that is constituted by a closed enclosure with transportable and fixed walls, the base of which is made up of a shower tray and which has a means of transport to transfer a disabled person or person with reduced mobility inside a shower cabin for personal hygiene, characterized in that the means of transport is constituted by a rotating cubicle (1), in the form of a hollow cylinder (2), truncated by a central vertical plane (5), and closed by its bases, upper (3) and lower (4) being the cubicle open by its front (6) for access to its interior, and in whose lower base (4) it has a seat (7) adjustable in height and Some handles (8), ready to be used by a user, the cubicle being able to rotate at least 180 ° about a vertical axis (9) passing through its geometric center and ready to receive the rotary movement of a motor ( 10) with remote control, for which Indeed, the cubicle has an upper section of the shaft (11) and another lower section of the axis (12) that protrude in vertical extension from the upper and lower bases of the cubicle, in a position to be supported by bearings provided in the lower cross member (13) and in the upper cross member (14) of the shower cabin (15), where the motor is mounted that transmits the rotation through the output pinion (16) to the pinion (17) coupled to the upper section of the shaft, all arranged so that the user housed inside the rotating cubicle (1) can be transported by a 180 ° turn inside the shower cabin, leaving the rear of the rotating cubicle as a closing face (18) of an area of the shower cabin, in whose front (19) has the door (20), allowing the access of a second person. inside the shower cabin. 2. - PERFECTED SHOWER CABIN, according to the first claim, characterized in that the door (20) of said cabin is able to close hermetically on the rotating cubicle or means of transport with the intermediation of rubber gaskets (21), which which ensures the watertightness of the shower cabin (15). 3. - PERFECTED SHOWER CABIN according to the second claim, characterized in that the opening and closing movements of the door (20) are capable of being automated, in a position to close the door in a automatically on the rotating cubicle (1), once the 180 ° turn into the shower cabin has been made, for the user's toilet, or the door is opened automatically so that the revolving cubicle, by inverse rotation, returns to its initial user loading and unloading position.