Thermotherapy device

Abstract

A thermotherapy device includes a therapy unit (2) with housing having sidewalls surrounding a lying surface, a support device (8) that supports the therapy unit (2) and a heating device (7) for heating an area of the surrounded lying surface. The housing of the therapy unit (2) is open at the bottom. The support device (8) has a base wall arrangement (10) fixedly connected thereto which completes and locks the housing open at the bottom of the therapy unit to form a housing closed off at the bottom in the closed position of the therapy unit. The therapy unit (2) is mounted pivotably on one side in relation the base wall arrangement (10). The therapy unit (2) is pivotable between the closed position with the housing closed and an open position remote from the base wall arrangement, in which position the components in an interior of the housing are accessible.

Claims

1. A thermotherapy device comprising: a therapy unit with a reclining surface surrounded by side walls and with a housing, a carrier device, which carries the therapy unit; and a heating device for heating the therapy unit in the area of the surrounded reclining surface, wherein: the housing of the therapy unit is open at the bottom; a base wall arrangement is rigidly connected to the carrier device; the base wall arrangement completes and closes off the housing of the therapy unit, which housing is open at the bottom, in a closed position of the therapy unit to form a housing that is closed at the bottom; the therapy unit is mounted on one side pivotably in relation to the base wall arrangement; and the therapy unit can be pivoted between the closed position, in which the housing is closed, and an open position, with the housing, open at the bottom, and with the reclining surface, surrounded by side walls, pivoted away from the base wall arrangement, in which components located in the interior of the housing are accessible.

2. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a fixing device detachably fixing the therapy unit in the open position with the housing open.

3. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a driving device driving the pivoting motion of the therapy unit into the open position.

4. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 3, wherein the driving device is a pneumatic or electric driving device.

5. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a supporting device supporting the manually effected pivoting of the therapy unit into the open position.

6. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 5, wherein the supporting device has a spring or a gas spring.

7. A thermotherapy device comprising: a carrier device; a therapy unit comprising: a reclining surface surrounded by side walls; and a housing connected to the reclining surface and defining an interior space, below the reclining surface, with an open bottom; a base wall arrangement completing and closing off the therapy unit housing interior space, the base wall arrangement being rigidly connected to the carrier device; and a therapy unit component disposed in the interior space, the therapy unit being pivotably mounted to the base wall arrangement whereby the therapy unit is pivoted between a closed position, in which the housing is closed, and a the pivoted-up open position, in which the therapy unit reclining surface and housing are pivoted relative to the base wall arrangement and the therapy unit component located in the interior space of the therapy unit housing is accessible; and a heating device for heating the therapy unit in the area of the surrounded reclining surface.

8. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 7, further comprising a fixing device detachably fixing the therapy unit in the therapy unit housing open position.

9. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 7, further comprising a drive acting on the therapy unit to pivot the therapy unit into the therapy unit housing open position.

10. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 9, wherein the drive is a pneumatic or electric drive device.

11. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 7, further comprising a supporting device supporting a manually effected pivoting of the therapy unit into the open position.

12. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 7, wherein the supporting device comprises a spring or a gas spring.

13. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 7, further comprising a fixing device detachably fixing the therapy unit in the pivoted-up position with the housing open.

14. A thermotherapy device comprising: a therapy unit comprising a reclining surface, side walls, the reclining surface being surrounded by the side walls, and a housing part that is fixed to the reclining surface and is open at a therapy unit bottom; a carrier device; a heating device for heating a therapy unit area surrounded by the side walls; a base wall arrangement fixed to the carrier device, the base wall arrangement cooperating with the housing part of the therapy unit to form an interior therapy unit component space which is enclosed in a closed position of the therapy unit; and a pivot connection pivotably connecting the housing part of the therapy unit to the base wall arrangement, the therapy unit being pivotable between the closed position and an open position, with the housing part, open at the bottom, and with the reclining surface, surrounded by the side walls, pivoted away from the base wall arrangement whereby the component space is accessible and not enclosed.

15. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 14, further comprising a fixing device detachably fixing the therapy unit in the open position with the housing open.

16. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 14, further comprising a driving device driving the pivoting motion of the therapy unit into the open position, wherein the driving device is a pneumatic or electric driving device.

17. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 14, further comprising a supporting device supporting the manually effected pivoting of the therapy unit into the open position.

18. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 17, wherein the supporting device has a spring or a gas spring.

19. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 14, further comprising a therapy unit component disposed in the interior space and fixed to the housing part to pivot, with the housing part and with the reclining surface, surrounded by the side walls, away from the base wall arrangement whereby the component is accessible and not enclosed.

20. A thermotherapy device in accordance with claim 14, further comprising a therapy unit component disposed in the interior space and fixed to the base wall arrangement, whereby upon pivoting the housing part and the reclining surface, surrounded by the side walls, away from the base wall arrangement, the component is accessible and not enclosed.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) In the drawings:

(2) FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a thermotherapy device with the therapy unit pivoted up;

(3) FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the thermotherapy device from FIG. 1 with the housing closed;

(4) FIG. 3 is a perspective partial view of a thermotherapy device with the therapy unit pivoted away;

(5) FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of a thermotherapy device with the therapy unit pivoted up;

(6) FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of a thermotherapy device with the therapy unit pivoted up; and

(7) FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of thermotherapy device from the state of the art;

(8) FIG. 7 is a schematic side view of thermotherapy device from the state of the art; and

(9) FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of thermotherapy device from the state of the art.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(10) Referring to the drawings, FIGS. 1 and 2 show schematic side views of a thermotherapy device with the therapy unit 2 in the partially pivoted-up position and in the closed position. The thermotherapy device has a carrier device 8, which carries, among other things, the therapy unit 2. The carrier device 8 comprises a carrier chassis 14, which is provided with rollers 16 and carries a carrier column 12. The carrier column 12 carries, in turn, a base wall arrangement 10, which forms a part of the housing of the thermotherapy device. In the closed position shown in FIG. 2, the outer walls of the therapy unit 2 and the walls of the base wall arrangement 10 together form the housing of the thermotherapy device, which latter surrounds the interior space of said housing.

(11) The thermotherapy device from FIGS. 1 and 2 has, further, a column 6, which is mounted on the base wall arrangement 10 and carries a heating device 7 in the form of a radiant heater.

(12) The base wall arrangement 10 and the therapy unit 2 are connected with one another via a pivot connection 11. The pivot connection 11 may have one or more hinges, which together define a pivot axis about which the therapy unit 2 can be pivoted in relation to the base wall arrangement 10. Furthermore, a closing device may be provided, with which the therapy unit 2 can be fixed in the closed position at the carrier wall arrangement 10. The closing device may be actuated manually in order to bring it into an open position, in which the therapy unit 2 can be pivoted away from the base wall arrangement 10, or into a closed position, in which the housing formed from the outer walls of the therapy unit 2 and the base wall arrangement 10 is held in the closed position.

(13) FIG. 3 shows a schematic partial view of a thermotherapy device with the therapy unit 2 pivoted up. After opening the closing device and pivoting away the therapy unit 2, the service technician has access to the interior of the therapy unit 2 and the base wall arrangement 10. FIG. 3 schematically shows a component 30 in the interior of the therapy unit 2 and a component 34 in the interior of the base wall arrangement 10, to which components the service technician has access in this open position in a simple manner in order to replace them or to process them in another way.

(14) FIG. 4 shows a schematic side view of a thermotherapy device with the therapy unit 2 opened. A plurality of components 30 from the interior of the therapy unit 2, which are readily accessible for the service technician with the therapy unit 2 pivoted away, are indicated here.

(15) FIG. 5 shows a schematic side view of a thermotherapy device with the therapy unit 2 pivoted up. Further, a support bar 40 is shown here, with which the therapy unit 2 can be fixed in the open position. Further, a gas spring 42 is shown, which makes it easier for the service technician to pivot the therapy unit 2 up.

(16) While specific embodiments of the invention have been shown and described in detail to illustrate the application of the principles of the invention, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied otherwise without departing from such principles.