Device for disposing excrement

• US 6,554,817 B1
• Filed: 10/11/2000
• Issued: 04/29/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Niles Parts Co., Ltd. (Valeo SE)
• Original Assignee: Niles Parts Co., Ltd. (Valeo SE)
• Inventors: Sato, Kimio, Oki, Nobuyoshi, Tamura, Syuei, Sakai, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss, John G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stephens, Jacqueline F
• Application Number:
  US09/686,139
• Time in Patent Office: 930 Days
• Field of Search: 604/355, 604/327, 604/334, 604/393, 461/6, 444/3-4-6
• US Class Current: 604/393
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/451 Genital or anal receptacles A61F5/441, A61F5/442, A61F5/443 take precedence ; other body securing means A61F5/4408; devices for taking faeces samples A61B10/0038; devices for taking urine samples A61B10/007
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 9/00 Bed-pans, urinals or other sanitary devices for bed-ridden persons; Cleaning devices therefor, e.g. combined with toilet-urinals urinals worn by the patient A61F5/44

Abstract

A device for disposing excrement is provided which can feed air to an interior of a diaper cup main body 2. The diaper cup main body 2 forms a space A as a passage for feeding the air from an air feed hose to air blow ports 2e, 2f, 2g of the diaper cup main body. The space A is formed by joining together an upper cup 2a and a lower cup 2b. The upper cup 2a is adapted to be placed on a pelvic region of a human body and has the air blow ports 2e, 2f, 2g. The lower cup 2b has a connecting cylinder portion 2i to be connected to a wash-water feed hose 17, a connecting cylinder portion 2h to be connected to an excrement suction hose 16, and a connecting cylindrical portion 2j to be connected to an air feed hose 18.

Claims

1. A device for disposing excrement, comprising:

a diaper cup main body for enclosing a pelvic region of a human body;

a wash-water feed hose connected to the diaper cup main body for feeding wash water into an interior thereof;

an excrement suction hose connected to the diaper cup main body for sucking the wash water and excrement from the interior; and

an air feed hose connected to the diaper cup main body for feeding air to the interior;

wherein said diaper cup main body forms a space as a passage to feed air from said air feed hose to an air blow port of said diaper cup main body by joining an upper cup arranged on a side to contact a pelvic region of a human body and a lower cup matched to said upper cup; and

a water feed pipe and a cord arranged within the space of said diaper cup main body, said water feed pipe being connected to a private-parts wash nozzle and an anus wash nozzle installed in said upper cup, and said cord being connected to a feces-detecting sensor and a urine-detecting sensor installed in said upper cup.

2. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said upper cup has a connecting cylinder portion to be connected to said excrement suction hose and said air blow port, and said lower cup having a connecting portion for installing said wash-water feed hose and a connecting cylinder portion to be connected to said air feed hose.

3. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said upper cup of said diaper cup main body has a cavity formed in a surface of said upper cup on a side thereof to be fit on a pelvic region of a human body, said space being formed on a side of said upper cup opposite from said cavity, and an inner wall formed to join said lower cup, and

said air blow port being formed at a plurality of positions in an upper end of said cavity.

4. A device for disposing excrement, comprising:

a diaper cup main body for enclosing a pelvic region of a human body;

a wash-water feed hose connected to the diaper cup main body for feeding wash water into an interior thereof;

an excrement suction hose connected to the diaper cup main body for sucking the wash water and excrement from the interior; and

an air feed hose connected to the diaper cup main body for feeding air to the interior;

wherein said diaper cup main body forms a space as a passage to feed air from said air feed hose to an air blow port of said diaper cup main body by joining an upper cup arranged on a side to contact a pelvic region of a human body and a lower cup matched to said upper cup;

further comprising a water feed pipe and a cord arranged within the space of said diaper cup main body, said water feed pipe being connected to a private-parts wash nozzle and an anus wash nozzle installed in said upper cup, and said cord being connected to a feces-detecting sensor and a urine-detecting sensor installed in said upper cup;

wherein said upper cup of said diaper cup main body has a cavity formed in a surface of said upper cup on a side thereof to be fit on a pelvic region of a human body, said space being formed on a side of said upper cup opposite from said cavity, and an inner wall formed to join said lower cup, and said air blow port being formed at a plurality of positions in an upper end of said cavity; and

wherein said upper cup of said diaper cup main body is formed with a first air blow port in a center of an upper end of said cavity, and second and third air blow ports in left and right positions relative to said first air blow port in the upper end of said cavity, and at least one guide wall positioned in said space to converge air flowing through the space.

5. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 4, wherein said diaper cup main body has a flap covering said air blow ports on a side of said diaper cup main body to be fit on a pelvic region of a human body.

6. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 5, wherein said diaper cup main body is formed arcuate in the upper end of said cavity, and

said flap being formed generally arcuate and matched to a shape of the upper end of said cavity, said flap being fixed at a plurality of positions to thereby form an outlet port communicating to said air blow ports.

7. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 6, wherein said flap is arranged in a slant surface of the upper end of said cavity of said diaper cup main body and screwed to said diaper cup main body in respective side portions of said air blow ports.

8. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 7, wherein said diaper cup main body is continuously arranged with a waist-fit seat in the upper end, and

said waist-fit seat has a support portion provided overlapping with said flap.

9. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 8, wherein said waist-fit seat has a plate-like portion to be inserted in a bag provided in a changeable diaper, and

a slant portion provided between said plate-like portion and said support portion and formed with a cutout groove.

10. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 8, wherein said upper cup and said lower cup of said diaper cup main body are formed of a hard resin, and

said flap and said waist-fit seat being formed of a resin that is softer than said upper cup and said lower cup and easy to bend and deform.

11. A device for disposing excrement as claimed in claim 5, wherein said diaper cup main body has a cup-washing nozzle on an inner side of said flap in a vicinity of said first air blow port to flow away excrement excreted by a sick person or the like.

12. A device for disposing excrement, comprising:

a diaper cup main body for enclosing a pelvic region of a human body, said diaper cup main body having an upper cup and a lower cup joined together with a space formed between said upper cup and said lower cup;

a cup-washing nozzle attached to an upper portion of said upper cup for spraying wash fluid into the upper cup, and a wash water feed pipe arranged within said space formed between said upper cup and said lower cup and connected to said cup-washing nozzle for supplying wash water to said nozzle;

an air blow port formed in the upper portion of said upper cup adjacent to said cup-washing nozzle, an air feed hose connected to said lower cup, and said space formed between said upper cup and said lower cup providing a passage for feeding air from said air feed hose to said air blow port;

an excrement suction hose connected to the upper cup for sucking wash water and excrement from a side of said upper cup facing a pelvic region of a human body; and

a feces-detecting sensor and a urine-detecting sensor installed in said upper cup, and a cord arranged within said space formed between said upper cup and said lower cup and connected to said sensors.

13. The device for disposing excrement according to claim 12, wherein said air blow port comprises a plurality of air blow ports arranged in the upper portion of said upper cup, and said upper cup having at least one guide wall extending into said space for guiding air fed from said air feed hose into said air blow ports.

14. The device for disposing excrement according to claim 12, wherein said diaper cup main body has a flap attached to said upper cup which covers said air blow port and said cup-washing nozzle, said flap being arranged to direct the flow of air and wash water into a cavity of the upper cup.