BATHING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathing apparatus by which not only a lying person to be cared but also people in a wide range can safely and easily bathe without wasting water or a thermal energy at home or the like. SOLUTION: A water bag 5 is provided under a seat 4 which can elevate along an elevating guide 3 being fixed to a base 2, and hot water is fed into the water bag 5 from a bathtub 1 through water bag side piping 8a and bathtub side piping 8b provided on a pump 7 which can switch between water-feeding and water-draining. After lifting the seat to a stopper 3a position, a user sits on the seat, can sink together with the seat by draining the hot water in the water bag by operating the pump, and be immersed in the hot water. At the time of coming out from the bathtub, the hot water is filled into the water bag from a water tank by operating a water feeding pump, and the seat is raised to the stopper, and the user comes out from the bathtub. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI