JP2001345949A - Electric equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide electric equipment which can easily and speedily make contact with a repair company by telephone with a simple constitution. SOLUTION: If abnormality such as the breaking of a heater and a fault of a flower occurs, a controller 30 places an electronic sound generator 50 in operation. This electronic sound generator 50 generates the tone signal corresponding to the telephone number of the repair company. Then a mobile telephone put in the off-hook state is put close to a toilet seat box 11. Consequently, the repair company is called and the fault details can be communicated by telephone.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to electrical equipment,
In particular, the present invention relates to an electric device having a means for generating an alarm when an abnormality occurs. The present invention relates to an electric device suitable for application to a toilet electric device such as a hot water washing device for washing a buttocks of a toilet user with hot water.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a hot water washing apparatus, hot water from a hot water source such as a hot water tank is supplied to a washing nozzle, and the washing water is jetted upward or diagonally upward from the tip of the washing nozzle to wash the buttocks of a human body. Have been. In recent years, a hot water washing apparatus provided with a hot air drying mechanism for blowing hot air to the buttocks after washing to dry the hips has been widely used. The toilet seat of a Western-style toilet provided with this hot water washing device is usually a heating toilet seat having a heater. Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 5-295783 discloses that when a failure occurs in such a device, a function of prompting repair by displaying a failed portion by a light emitting element is described.

[0003]

When an attempt is made to contact a repair company when the occurrence of an abnormality such as a failure is reported as an alarm, the telephone number is not immediately known, and a catalog of electrical equipment must be found. Must be inconvenient. In some cases, a label printed with the contact information at the time of failure is attached to the electric device. However, in the case of a toilet electric device such as a hot water washing device with a heated toilet seat, there are almost no portions suitable for applying the label. For example, if the label is attached to the front or top surface where it is easy to see, the appearance is poor. It is hard to notice the label in the small toilet room if it is put on the side or the back.

It is conceivable to output the telephone number of the repair company by voice instead of the alarm sound, but expensive circuit components such as a voice IC are required.

It is technically possible to connect an electric device to a telephone circuit and automatically notify a repair company when a failure occurs, but it is extremely expensive and cannot be expected to spread.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional technique, and has as its object to provide an electric device capable of easily and quickly making a telephone call to a repair company with a simple configuration.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided an electric apparatus having an abnormality detecting means and an alarming means for generating an alarm sound when an abnormality is detected, wherein the detecting means comprises: The tone signal corresponding to the telephone number of the repair company is generated as an alarm.

In such an electric device, when an abnormality is detected, a tone signal is generated. When the mobile telephone of the push line is brought into an off-hook state and approached to the source of the tone signal, access to the repair company is started by the tone signal. In this way, it is possible for the user of the electric device to notify the repair company of the abnormality without having to search for a telephone number and make a call.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a hot water washing device with a heated toilet seat as an electric device according to an embodiment.

In FIG. 1, water such as tap water flows into a hot water tank 3 via a water supply pipe 1 and a main valve 2. The hot water tank 3 is provided with a heater 4 and a thermistor 5 for detecting temperature, and the water is heated at a predetermined temperature (hot water).
It is said. This hot water is sent to a washing nozzle 9 via a pipe 6, a flow sensor 7, and a flow rate (washing strength) adjusting valve 8.
It is jetted upward or obliquely upward from the tip of the nozzle 9 and poured onto the buttocks of the occupant of the heating toilet seat 10. Although not shown, a pump for supplying hot water to the nozzle 9 may be provided.

The heating toilet seat 10 has a toilet seat body 12 supported by a toilet seat box 11 so as to be freely rotatable in the vertical direction, and a heater 13 provided on the toilet seat body 12. The main valve 2, the hot water tank 3, the flow sensor 7, and the washing nozzle 8 are installed in the toilet seat box 11.

A warm air fan 20 and a controller 30 for blowing hot air onto the buttocks of the seated person are installed in the toilet seat box 11. The hot air fan 20 includes a blower 21 and an air heater 22. The thermistor 24 is installed in the toilet seat box 11 near the circuit board in order to measure the temperature of the circuit board (not shown) of the controller 30.

The controller 30 transmits and receives signals to and from a controller 40 such as a remote controller, and also controls the thermistors 5 and 2.
4 and a thermistor (not shown) provided on the toilet seat body 12
Receives a temperature signal.

The controller 40 includes a liquid crystal display panel 41
In addition, a washing switch 42, a hot air switch 43, a stop switch 44, a heating toilet seat switch 45, a temperature switch 46 for adjusting the temperature of hot water, hot air or a heating toilet seat.
It has.

When the washing switch 42 is pressed, the main valve 2 is opened, hot water is spouted from the washing nozzle 9, and when the stop switch 44 is pressed, the main valve 2 closes and the hot water stops.

When the hot air switch 43 is pressed, the hot air fan 2
When the warm air blows from 0 and the stop switch 44 is pressed, the warm air stops. When the heating toilet seat switch 45 is pressed, the heater 13 of the heating toilet seat 10 is energized to heat the toilet seat, and when the heating toilet seat switch 45 is pressed again, the energization to the heater 13 is stopped.

The temperature of the heating toilet seat 10 is adjusted by operating the temperature switch 46 in a state where the heating toilet seat switch 45 is turned on and neither the buttocks washing nor the hot-air drying is performed, and in a state where hot water is jetted out. By operating the temperature switch 46, the temperature of the hot water is adjusted. By operating the temperature switch 46 while the hot air is being blown out, the temperature of the hot air is adjusted.

The temperature and operating state of the hot water, hot air, and heating toilet seat are displayed on the liquid crystal panel 41 together with the date and time.
The controller 30 may use a battery as a power source or a commercial power source as a power source.

An electronic sound generator 50 as alarm means is connected to the controller 30. This electronic sound generator 5
0 is installed in the toilet seat box 11.

In the hot water washing apparatus with a heated toilet seat, the controller 30 activates the electronic sound generator 50 when an abnormality such as disconnection of the heater or failure of the blower occurs. The electronic sound generator 50 generates a tone signal corresponding to the telephone number of the repair company. Therefore, a mobile telephone (for example, a telephone handset) in an off-hook state is connected to the toilet seat box 11.
Approach. Then, this telephone is connected to a repair company, and the details of the failure can be notified by telephone.

That is, a push-line telephone generates a sound at a pitch unique to each button when the buttons of numbers 0 to 9 are pressed. When sound is propagated to an off-hook phone in an order corresponding to a particular phone number, the phone starts accessing this phone number and the phone automatically connects to a repair company.

Although the above embodiment relates to a hot water washing apparatus with a heated toilet seat, the present invention can be applied to control of various other electric appliances.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, the user can easily contact the repair company even when an abnormality occurs in the electric equipment, and the repair can be promptly made.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a hot water washing device with a heated toilet seat according to an embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Main Valve 3 Hot Water Tank 4 Heater 5 Thermistor 7 Flow Sensor 8 Flow Control Valve 9 Washing Nozzle 10 Heating Toilet Seat 11 Toilet Seat Box 12 Toilet Seat Body 13 Heater 20 Hot Air Fan 21 Blower 22 Heater 24 Thermistor 30 Controller 40 Controller 50 Electronic Sound Generator vessel

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Akiya Ohira 5-1-1 Koiehonmachi, Tokoname-shi, Aichi Prefecture Inax Corporation (72) Inventor Ken Takamata 5-1-1 Koiehonmachi, Tokoname-shi, Aichi Stock Inside Inax Company (72) Inventor Katsunori Tomita 5-1-1 Koie Honcho, Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture Inax Company (72) Inventor Ikuya Wella 5-1-1 Koie Honcho, Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture Inax Company (72) Inventor Nao Ikegawa 5-1-1 Koiehoncho, Tokoname-shi, Aichi F-term in Inax Corporation (Reference) 2D037 AD01 2D038 KA06 5K101 LL01 LL14 MM07 RR12 UU03

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An electric apparatus having an abnormality detecting means and an alarm means for generating an alarm sound when an abnormality is detected, wherein the detecting means outputs a tone signal corresponding to a telephone number of an electric equipment repair company. An electric device characterized by generating an alarm. 2. The electric device according to claim 1, wherein the electric device is a toilet electric device.