PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathing device in which safety is improved.SOLUTION: The bathing device is provided with: a seat part 20 to bath a care-needed person, for example, an elderly person or a handicapped person, in a sitting posture an elevating mechanism 30 for elevating the seat part 20 in a bathtub 10 by using a rope body collision prevention means for preventing collision between the seat part 20 and a bottom wall of the bathtub 10 in a case when the rope body breaks and operation means for operating the collision prevention means. A person to be bathed is sat on the seat part 20 and rotated by 90 degrees, and then the seat part 20 is slid in a direction (direction inside the bathtub 10) moving away from an opening 11 so as to be fit in the bathtub 10.COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】安全性が向上された入浴装置を提供する。【解決手段】高齢者や身体障害者等の要介助者を座位で入浴させる着座部20と、索状体を用いて前記着座部20を浴槽10内で昇降させる昇降機構30と、前記索状体の切断時における前記着座部20と前記浴槽10の底壁との衝突を防止する衝突防止手段と、前記衝突防止手段を作動する作動手段と、を備える。入浴者を着座部20に座らせて90°回転させ、開口部11から退く方向(浴槽10内方向)に着座部20をスライド移動させることによって、着座部20は浴槽10内に収まる。【選択図】図1
