PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathing device that eliminates the need for supplying hot water by manual operation of a care-giver without minding a bath hot water amount after a care-receiver take a bath when taking the bath repeatedly.SOLUTION: A bathing device includes a bathtub 2 and a transport device 3 for supporting a stretcher 5 to put a care-receiver thereon in a lifting/lowering manner. The bathing device is provided for immersing the care-receiver in the bath hot water in the bathtub 2 to take the bath, by making the stretcher 5 move up and down using at least the transport device 3 while the transport device 3 is positioned to the bathtub 2. An appropriate water level sensor for detecting a bathing appropriate water level is provided at the bathtub 2. The bathing device automatically supplies hot water to the bathing appropriate water level, after arriving at a predetermined position where the stretcher 5 with the care-receiver being put thereon comes out of the bath hot water, and when a determination is made that the water level of the bath hot water is less than the bathing appropriate water level based on the output of the appropriate water level sensor.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4COPYRIGHT: (C)2019,JPO&INPIT【課題】繰り返し入浴を行う際に、被介助者が入浴後の浴湯量を介助者が気にすることなく、手動操作により給湯する必要のない入浴装置を提供する。【解決手段】浴槽2と、被介助者を乗せる担架5を昇降可能に支持する搬送機器3とを備え、搬送機器3が浴槽2に対して位置決めされた状態で少なくとも搬送機器3で担架5を昇降させることによって、浴槽2内の浴湯に被介助者を浸漬させて入浴を行う入浴装置であって、入浴適正水位を検出する適正水位センサを浴槽2に設け、被介助者を乗せた担架5が浴湯から出る所定位置に到達した以降で、かつ、適正水位センサの出力に基づき浴湯の水位が入浴適正水位を下回っていると判定した場合に、入浴適正水位まで自動で給湯する。【選択図】図4
