Shower and/or bathing cubicle for cleaning objects and/or users

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for cleaning. The apparatus is a shower and/or bathing cubicle configured for cleaning objects and/or users, such as humans or animals. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a method for cleaning objects and/or users, such as humans or animals. The apparatus may be a multi-chambered container that can restrict or limit movement from one chamber to another. The apparatus may be self-cleaning.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus for cleaning, wherein the apparatus is a mobile shower and/or bathing cubicle ( 1 ), comprising
 at least one cleaning room ( 2 ) within which the showering and/or bathing process can be carried out,   at least one antechamber ( 3 ) in which the object and/or user to be cleaned can be undressed and/or dressed,   characterized in that in particular, the cleaning room ( 2 ) can only be entered if an entrance control unit ( 4 ) releases a lock to the antechamber ( 3 ), and the cleaning room ( 2 ) is enclosed on all sides in a horizontal direction by boundary walls ( 5 ), and thus the cleaning room ( 2 ) can only be left by passing through the antechamber ( 3 ).   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , characterized in that the entrance control unit ( 4 ) comprises a key lock and/or a card access system so that only authorized persons can enter the antechamber ( 3 ). 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , characterized in that the entrance control unit ( 4 ) has at least one wireless reader, such as an RFID reader, a barcode reader and/or a barcode reader or similar, or the card access system includes such a device. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , further comprising an access device, wherein the device comprises a key, a chip and/or a reader card, by which access to the antechamber ( 3 ) is opened or blocked after data interaction with the entrance control unit ( 4 ). 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , characterized in that the access device stores information in a data-technological form that can generate a certain number of activations of the access control unit ( 7 ). 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , characterized in that after a preset period of time has passed and a user has entered the cleaning room ( 2 ), at least one cleaning nozzle ( 6 ) is automatically activated to dispense a cleaning fluid. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , characterized in that a door to the cleaning room ( 2 ) comprises a sensor system which detects when the user enters the cleaning room ( 2 ) in order to start dispensing the cleaning fluid after this preset period of time. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 7 , characterized in that the access control unit ( 4 ) detects a counting unit in terms of the number and/or duration of a showering process, in particular by an RFID on the card, which is automatically stored so that only one is stored on the card and/or in a memory element of the access control unit ( 7 ). 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , characterized in that a self-cleaning process can be carried out after a predetermined number of times, and in particular controlled by the access control unit ( 7 ), so that an interior space of the cleaning room ( 2 ) is always stored in a clean state for further use. 
     
     
         10 . A method ( 100 ) for cleaning objects and/or users, such as humans or animals, comprising the following steps:
 unlocking the access control unit ( 7 ) and then entering the antechamber ( 3 ) and subsequently preparing the object and/or user to be cleaned;   entering the cleaning room ( 2 ) and, by the access control unit ( 7 ) or another control unit, preferably fully automatically activating the cleaning nozzles ( 6 ) to emit a cleaning fluid at a predetermined cleaning interval; and   exiting from the cleaning room ( 2 ) via a door to the antechamber ( 3 ),   the method is characterized in that the cleaning room ( 2 ) can only be entered if an entrance control unit ( 4 ) releases a lock to the antechamber ( 3 ), and wherein the cleaning room ( 2 ) is bounded on all sides in the horizontal direction by boundary walls ( 5 ), and thus the cleaning room ( 2 ) can only be left by passing through the antechamber ( 3 ).