CA1079902A - Shower-bath equipment - Google Patents

Shower-bath equipment

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CA1079902A
CA1079902A CA256,635A CA256635A CA1079902A CA 1079902 A CA1079902 A CA 1079902A CA 256635 A CA256635 A CA 256635A CA 1079902 A CA1079902 A CA 1079902A
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Hans A.V. Johansson
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Abstract

INVENTOR

HANS ARNE VALENTIN JOHANSSON
TITLE
AN IMPROVED SHOWER-BATH EQUIPMENT

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The present invention relates to an improved shower-bath equipment, or tub, having at least one shower-emitting device for douching a person sitting on a seat disposed within the tub, the shower-bath tub comprising a bottom portion provided with a shower-water discharge and an upstanding portion, the inventive improvement residing in that a holed part of said upstanding portion forms the bottom of a space within the tub adapted to have said seat disposed therein during douching, in that said holed part is spaced substantially beneath said seat when disposed in said space and with its hold aligned beneath a hold made in the seat, and in that a space beneath said upstanding portion has provided therein a discharge device for collecting and flushing away faeces passing down through said holes in said seat and in said holed part, respectively.

Description

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The present invention relates to an improved shower-tub device, or tub, having at least one shower-emitting device for douching a person sitting on a seat disposed within the tub. The shower-bath t~b comprises a bottom portion provided with a shower-water discharge and upstanding portion. The inventive improvement resides in that a holed part of said upstanding portion forms the bottom of a space within the tub that is adapted to have said seat disposed therein during douching. The holed part is spaced substantially beneath said seat when disposed in said space and with its hole aligned beneath a hole made in the seat. Within that space beneath said upstanding portion there is provided a discharge device for collecting and flushing away faeces pa8sing down through said holes in said seat and in said holed part, respectively.
Shower-bath equipment or devices of the kind above-noted usually enable a satisfactory douching effect, but they are unsuited for use at the same time as water closets. If the douching person should evacuate his bowels while becoming douched in a douching tub of the conventional kind - which often occurs at hospitals and special nursing-homes, then great problems will arise in connection with satisfactory cleaning of the tub thereafter.
The present invention has as an object a shower-bath tub which, on one hand, enables a water closet function without increasing in space requirement relative to conventional shower-bath tubs, and, on the other hand, enables shower water to be discharged at a
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point remote from that for the discharge of faeces, so that faeces cannot block the shower-water discharge.
Thirdly, this enables the douching person to be washed and possibly dried from beneath without the necessity of lifting the douching person above the attitude in which the douching operation takes place.
The invention therefore contemplates a shower-bath tub with a lavatory equipment which is disposed in a raised portion and arranged at the rear of a shower-bath tub comprising a holder part and a discharge device disposed in the upper raised portion beneath a hole, for collecting and flushing waste faeces, defined in part by the raised portion, whereby a holed seat is removably disposed in the shower-bath tub above the raised portion, characterized in that the shower-bath tub comprises a lower space which is attached only at one side along the rear part of the raised portion, whereas the remaining sides are left open.

The ~bodiments of the invention will now be disclosed by way of example and reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a shower-bath tub according to the invention and having a seat disposed therein;
Fig. 2 illustrates the shower-bath tub of Figure 1 in side elevation and partly in section; and Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of a shower-bath tub according to the invention, the door being open and the seat of the tub being replaced by a seat carried by a wheel-chair.

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, The shower-bath tub 1, illustrated by way of example has two side walls 2 and 3, a rear wall 4 and a front wall 5. The front wall is provided with a door opening 6. The side walls 2, 3 are provided with supporting handles 7 to be held by the douching person while being douched; the rear wall 4 is provided with a cushion 8 against which the douching person may lean, and the front wall 6 has guideways 9 enabling a door 10 to be withdrawn and removed if required.
The shower-bath tub 1 has a spray or a similar shower-emitting device comprising at least one supply conduit 11 which is connected to the domestic water-supply inlet (not shown) and which is provided with a shut-off or control valve 12. This valve opens into at least one inlet manifold 13 having distributing orifices 14 or nozzles which project water shower sprays against the occupant of the tub 1 as the water flows from the orifices 14. The distribution orifices 14 or nozzles may be disposed in a row in the rear wall 4, but may also be arranged otherwise, such as, for example, in several rows within more than one wall.
The temperature of the shower water may be controlled by means of a conventional hot-cold-water mixing cock (not shown) as those familiar with the unit will know.
The shower-tub 1 comprises a bottom portion 16 provided with a shower-water discharge 15, and, adjacent thereto, an upstanding flange portion 17. The shower-water collecting in the bottom portion 16 is conducted so as to flow down into a conventional gully 17 disposed therebelow for further discharge into a sewage disposal system 18.

, The objects of the invention enable a water closet function without the necessity of increasing the dimensions of the tub, and witho~lt any risk of blocking gullies serving solely for waste water, and without creating any difficulties for the subsequent cleaning progress. They also enable the occupant of the tub to be cleaned and/or dried from beneath. Thus the shower-bath tub or equipment 1 according to the invention is mainly characterized in that a holed part 19 running essentially horizontally and incorporated in a raised portion 17 forms the bottom of a space 22 adapted to have the seat 20 or 21 disposed therein during douching. This holed part 19 is æpaced substantially beneath the seat 20 or 21 disposed within the space 22 and with its hole 23 beneath a hole 24 provided in the seat 20 or 21. Furthermore, within a space 25 beneath the upstanding portion 17 a discharge 26 is disposed for collecting and flushing away faeces passing downward through the holes 24 and 23 in the seat 20 or 21 and the holed part 19.
In order to accomplish simple and appropriate collecting and effective removal of faeces, the discharge 26 comprises a bowl 27 for collecting faeces.
Connected to the bowl 27 is at least one flush-water pipe 28 being suitably connected to the domestic water supply (not shown), while the water flushing operation is controlled by a valve 29. ~he bowl 27 is connected at its bottom to a discharge con~uit 30 having a drain trap portion 31 and serving for discharging waste products into the sewage disposal system 18.
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the holed part 19 has a depending flange 32 extending about the periphery of its hole 23 and projecting down into the upper portion of the bowl 27 so as to form therein an inner wall of a flushing channel 33 which opens downwardly and into which the flush-water pipe 28 opens.
In the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, a seat 20 is carried in the space 22 by carrier numbers 34, 35 affixed to brackets 36 attached to the side walls 2 and 3.
The shower-bath tub or equipment 1 according to the invention could, optionally, be used for douching a person sitting on the seat of a wheel-chair 37. For such usage, the seat arrangement within the tub 1 is omitted or removed; the door 10 is removed;
and, the wheel-chair 37 is advanced into the tub 1 until its seat 21 occupies its intended position in the space 22. In this position a hole (not shown) in this seat 21 is vertically aligned or substantially aligned above the hole 23 in the upstanding portion 17.
The wheel-chair 37 may comprise a low undercarriage 38 having three or four wheels 39 and a telescoping elevating column 40 having built-in lifting gear (not shown) which is operable by a handle or lever 41. At the top of the vertically movable part of the elevating column 40 at least one carrier arm 42 is attached which extends downward and carries the seat 21.
To enable the seat 21 to be disposed in its intended position within the tub 1 by means of a simple wheel-chair 37, of the above-described kind, the ,,; _ , 107990Z

discharge arrangement 26 may be disposed within the space 25 in the tub 1 which is defined by the raised portion 17. In this case the drain-trap portion 31, in part at least, projects into sid space 25 and extends above the basement surface for the tub 1 so as to form, beneath the tub 1, a space or compartment 43 which is open towards three sides of the tub 1. The undercarriage of the wheel-chair 37 can thereby be moved in beneath the tub 1.
The space 43 may be created by the use of one or more U-shaped frame members 44, 45 disposed with their legs 46, 47 lying horizontally and with their web portion 48 forming a substantially vertically extending, carrying frame portion. The drain-trap portion i8 connected to the sewage system 19 through a conduit portion 49 which extends downward along the web portion 48, thereby blocking one side only of the space 43, whereas the remaining sides thereof are left open.
The arrangment described hereinbefore, by way of example, is intended to elucidate the present invention without restricting the latter to the embodiment disclosed. The design and disposition of details forming part of the exemplified arrangment, of course, may be varied without departing from the inventive concept.

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Claims (7)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A shower-bath tub adapted to rest on a supporting surface, and having at least one shower water emitting device for washing a person sitting on a seat disposed within the tub, the shower-bath tub comprising a bottom portion pro-vided with a shower-water discharge and an upright portion disposed adjacent said bottom portion, the improvement con-sisting in that: a holed part of said upright portion forms the bottom of an area within the tub adapted to have seat disposed therein during washing, said holed part being spaced substantially beneath said seat when said seat is disposed in said area with the hole in said holed part aligned beneath a hole provided in said seat, and in that a space is provided beneath said upright portion and has a discharge device housed therein for collecting and flushing away feces passing down through said aligned holes in said seat and in said holed part, said discharge device comprising a bowl disposed beneath said holed part for collecting feces, at least one flushing water conduit connected to said bowl for flushing away feces, and a discharge conduit connected to the bottom of said bowl for conveying feces into a sewage disposal system, said discharge conduit including a drain-trap portion, and said holed part including a rim depending from the periphery of the hole therein so as to project downwardly into the upper portion of said bowl and to form within the latter an inner wall of an annular downwardly opening flushing channel into which said flushing water conduit opens, said discharge device being disposed so that the drain-trap portion of said discharge conduit is spaced above said supporting surface, and there being a compartment formed between the bottom of said shower-bath tub and said supporting surface, said compartment being open toward three sides of the tub, and said tub further including: a wheel-chair having a low undercarriage receivable with said com-partment beneath the tub, said undercarriage carrying column means being arranged to extend vertically of said tub; carrier arm means on the upper end of said column means; and a seat carried by said carrier arm means, and positionable within said tub.
2. A shower-bath tub according to claim 1, wherein the drain-trap portion of the discharge conduit is connected to a sewage disposal system through a conduit portion which extends downwardly from the space defined by said upright portion at the fourth side of the shower-bath tub, removed from the three open sides of said compartment beneath said tub, said conduit portion being separated from said compart-ment by a frame member.
3. A shower-bath tub according to claim 1, wherein said column means is telescopically arranged, and further inclu-ding gear means for adjusting the height of said column means.
4. A shower-bath tub adapted to rest on a supporting surface, including:
a tub having side walls, a front wall, a rear wall, and a bottom wall;
water closet means disposed within said tube near said rear wall thereof, said water closet means including a generally horizontal wall portion provided with an opening, and a discharge device located below said opening for col-lecting and flushing away feces, said discharge device inclu-ding a conduit portion extending downwardly from the rear end of said tub and connectable with a sewage disposal system;
shower water emitting means arranged within said tub and spaced above said water closet means;
bracket means secured to the underside of said bottom wall and adapted to support said tub in a position with said bottom wall spaced above said supporting surface, whereby to form a compartment beneath said tub that is open on three sides; and a wheelchair having a low profile undercarriage that is receivable within said compartment, said wheelchair including a patient seat having an opening therein and which is supported at a level spaced above said generally horizontal wall portion of said water closet means, said wheelchair undercarriage being maneuverable within said compartment to locate said seat above said opening of said water closet means.
5. A shower-bath tub according to claim 4, wherein said bracket means comprises:
a pair of elongated, parallel U-shaped frames arran-ged to extend parallel to the side walls of said tub, and secured to said bottom wall thereof, the closed ends of said frames being disposed adjacent said rear end of said tub.
6. A shower-bath tub according to claim 5, wherein said conduit portion at said rear end of said tub is sepa-rated from said compartment by a frame element, whereby it is protected from being damaged by said undercarriage of said wheelchair.
7. A shower-bath tub adapted to rest on a supporting surface, including:
a tub having side walls, a front wall, a rear wall, and a bottom wall, at least a portion of said front wall being removable to provide access to the interior of said tub;

water closet means disposed within said tub near said rear wall thereof, said water closet means including a generally horizontal wall portion provided with an opening, and a discharge device located below said opening for col-lecting and flushing away feces, said horizontal wall portion being positioned at a height not greater than about midway the height of said side walls, and being connected with said side walls and said rear wall;
a seat having an opening therein;
means for supporting said seat within said tub, in a position spaced above said horizontal wall portion and with the opening of said seat aligned vertically with said opening in said horizontal wall portion said means for supporting said seat comprising a wheelchair having a low profile undercarriage, and wherein bracket means are provided to support said tub in an elevated position above said supporting surface whereby to form a compartment beneath said tub that is open on three sides, and which is adaptable to receive said low profile under-carriage of said wheelchair; and shower water emitting means arranged within said tub and spaced above said water closet means, effective to thoroughly cleanse a patient carried on said seat, the vertical spacing between said seat and said horizontal wall portion being sufficient to allow shower water to play on and completely wash the patient, with spent shower water flowing over and cleasing said horizontal wail portion.
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