PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathing apparatus decreasing the operation trouble of a bathing caregiver when executing bathing work for watertightly closing an opening part of a bathtub body by a carrier vehicle and having an improved operability.SOLUTION: This bathing apparatus is provided with the bathtub body 2 having an open upper face and the opening part 4 formed by cutting off one-side wall part, a bathing carrier vehicle 3 having a flat surface 19b facing the circumferential edge face 4a of the opening part 4, and a locking means 33 pressedly fixing the flat surface 19b and the circumferential edge face 4a for watertightly closing the opening part 4 by a part of the carrier vehicle 3 including the flat surface 19b； and is further provided with a temporary locking means 28, when the carrier vehicle 3 is entered inward the bathtub body 2 from the direction of the opening part to a position where the circumferential edge face 4a faces the flat surface 19b, automatically locking a locking tool 26 provided in the bathtub body 2 or the carrier vehicle 3 with a locking object part 27 provided in the carrier vehicle 3 or the bathtub body 2 and temporarily locking the carrier vehicle 3 to the bathtub body 2.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】浴槽本体の開口部を搬送車で水密に閉塞する入浴作業を行う際の入浴介助者の操作手数を減らすとともに、より操作性を向上させた入浴装置を提供すること。【解決手段】上面が開口されるとともに一方側壁部分を欠切してなる開口部４を有する浴槽本体２と、開口部４の周縁面４ａに対面する平坦面１９ｂを有する入浴用の搬送車３と、平坦面１９ｂを含む搬送車３の一部で開口部４を水密に閉塞可能とするための平坦面１９ｂと周縁面４ａとを圧接固定するロック手段３３と、を備えた入浴装置において、周縁面４ａと平坦面１９ｂとが対面する位置まで搬送車３を開口部４の方向から浴槽本体２内方へ進入させた際に、浴槽本体２または搬送車３に設けた係止具２６を搬送車３または浴槽本体２に設けた被係止部２７に自動的に係止して、搬送車３を浴槽本体２に一時的に係止する一時係止手段２８を備えた。【選択図】 図７
