JPH08317877A - Fitting structure for toilet cover or toilet seat - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To fit a toilet cover and a toilet seat to a common tank cover via an automatic opening/closing device or via a slow-down device having a smaller shape than it. CONSTITUTION: A holding recess 80 for storing and holding an automatic opening/closing device is formed on a tank cover 38 serving as a fitting body, and the automatic opening/closing device is inserted and fitted in the holding recess 80. When a toilet cover 48 and a toilet seat 46 are fitted via a slow-down device 88, an adapter 90 is fitted in the holding recess 80, and the slow-down device 88 is fixed to the adapter 90.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toilet lid or toilet seat mounting structure, and more particularly to a structure for mounting a toilet lid or toilet seat through an automatic opening / closing device or a slowdown device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When using a toilet bowl, a local cleaning device has been widely used, which sprays cleaning water from a tip of a nozzle toward a human body local area after adding the toilet. In this local cleaning device, a toilet lid and a toilet seat are provided on the rear upper surface of the toilet body so as to cover a predetermined attachment body, for example, a wash water tank and other predetermined mechanical parts via an automatic opening / closing device or a slowdown device. It is being attached to the cover.

Here, the automatic opening / closing device is a device for automatically opening and closing the toilet lid and the toilet seat on the basis of switch operation or human body detection by a human body detection sensor, and the slowdown device is in an open state, that is, a standing state. This is a device for slowly closing the toilet lid and toilet seat at.

In this way, when the toilet lid and the toilet seat are attached through the automatic opening / closing device in the local cleaning device, the toilet can be used with almost no hands in combination with the local cleaning by the nozzle. There is no hassle and the cleanliness can be improved. Further, when the slowdown device is used, the toilet lid and the toilet seat can be closed slowly and gently by simply touching the toilet lid and the toilet seat.

[0005]

By the way, the automatic opening / closing device and the slowdown device are completely different in size, that is, the automatic opening / closing device has a remarkably larger outer shape than the slowdown device. When the above-mentioned tank cover is provided with a mounting portion for the automatic opening / closing device or the slowdown device in advance and the automatic opening / closing device or the slowdown device is attached thereto, when the automatic opening / closing device is attached or when the slowdown device is attached Different tank covers are required for and.

That is, it is necessary to prepare two types of tank covers in advance. However, the tank cover has a large overall shape.
If the types are prepared, a large space is required as an inventory space, inventory management becomes troublesome, and there arises a problem that the required cost is increased.

[0007]

The invention of the present application has been made to solve such a problem. Thus, the invention of the present application is that the toilet lid or the toilet seat is attached to the base end portion,
An automatic opening / closing device having a predetermined outer shape or a slow-down device having an outer shape smaller than the automatic opening / closing device, and a rotary engaging shaft protruding from the automatic opening / closing device or the slow-down device is attached to the toilet lid or A mounting structure for releasably mounting to a predetermined mounting body in a state of being engaged with an engaging hole formed in a mounted portion of a toilet seat in an integrally rotating state, and the automatic opening / closing device is housed and held in the mounting body. To form a holding recess for attaching the toilet lid or toilet seat to the mounting body via the automatic opening / closing device, the automatic opening / closing device is fitted in the holding recess while being fitted. When attaching the toilet lid or the toilet seat to the mounting body via the slowdown device, an adapter having a shape that fits into the holding recess to fix the position is mounted in the holding recess, and the adapter is attached to the adapter. Su Characterized in that none to secure the down just apparatus (claim 1).

According to another invention of the present application, in claim 1, a second holding concave portion for accommodating and holding the slowdown device is provided in the adapter, and the slowdown device is fixedly fixed in the holding concave portion. It is characterized in that it is mounted in a recessed form (claim 2).

[0009] Still another invention of the present application is, in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the mounting body is a tank cover disposed on a rear upper surface of a toilet body in a toilet bowl with a local cleaning device (claims). 3).

[0010]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, when the holding recess is formed on the side of the mounting body and the toilet lid or the toilet seat is mounted on the mounting body via the automatic opening / closing device, the automatic opening / closing is performed. While the device is mounted in the holding recess, the slowdown device is mounted in the holding recess via the adapter when the device is mounted via the slowdown device, which is common to the present invention. Either the automatic opening / closing device or the slowdown device can be attached to the attachment body, specifically to the common holding recess.

As a result, it is not necessary to prepare different mounting bodies for attaching the automatic opening / closing device to the mounting body and for mounting the slowdown device.
Inventory management becomes easy and cost can be reduced based on common parts.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the adapter is provided with a second holding recess, and the slow-down device is attached to the second holding recess. According to the present invention, the second holding recess is provided. The slowdown device can be easily and positionally fixed by fitting the slowdown device into the holding recess.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the mounting structure according to the first or second aspect is applied when the toilet lid or the toilet seat is attached to the tank cover of the local cleaning device via the automatic opening / closing device or the slowdown device. What I did,
According to the present invention, a tank cover having a large shape can be shared between the case where the automatic opening / closing device is attached and the case where the slowdown device is attached, and the space required for inventory can be significantly reduced, and the cost of the tank is high. Since only one type of cover needs to be prepared, the required cost can be reduced.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 2 is an external view of the toilet bowl with a local cleaning device, and FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the toilet bowl with a local cleaning device. In these drawings, reference numeral 10 is a toilet bowl body made of ceramics, and a resin base plate 12 is placed and fixed on the upper surface of the rear portion.

On the base plate 12, various mechanical parts constituting a local cleaning device such as a pair of nozzles 14 for ejecting cleaning water toward a human body local part, a deodorizing fan 16 and a pump 18 are placed. On the base plate 12, a tank tray 22 having an overall shallow tray shape having a container-shaped concave portion 20 at the bottom is placed. The tank receiver 22 is fixed to the base plate 12 with screws.

On the upper side of the tank receiver 22, a wash water tank 24 made of resin is placed. This wash water tank 2
4 has a convex portion 26 which forms a part of the container at the lower part, and is placed on the tank receiver 22 in a state where the convex portion 26 is fitted into the concave portion 20 of the tank receiver 22. Has been done.

In the cleaning water tank 24, a boss portion 2 having a plate-like shape and a substantially triangular shape in a plan view is provided at a lower portion of a front surface and a lower portion of a rear surface.
8 is formed, and block-shaped boss portions 30 are formed on the upper front surface and the upper rear surface. The wash water tank 24 is fixed to the tank receiver 22 with screws at the lower boss portion 28.

A resin mounting plate 34 having a plurality of cylindrical boss portions 32 is integrally provided on the front surface of the wash water tank 24. A fixing hole is formed in the center of each of the boss portions 32, and a screw is screwed into the fixing hole to control the control circuit board 36.
Are fixed to the mounting plate 34. That is, the control circuit board 36 causes the wash water tank 24 to pass through the mounting plate 34.
Attached to the front of the. Here, the control circuit board 36
Is a control unit in the local cleaning apparatus.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 38 denotes a resin tank cover, and the tank cover 38 is divided into a front cover 40 and a rear cover 42, each of which is the washing water tank 24, the tank receiver 22 and the base plate 12. It is arranged and fixed on the base plate 12 so as to cover the above various mechanical components.

The front cover 40 and the rear cover 42 are
The wash water tank 24 is fastened to the wash water tank 24 by screwing a screw into the boss portion 30 at the upper portion of the wash water tank 24. A toilet seat 46 and a toilet lid 48 are openably and closably attached to the front cover 40, and a lid 44 is placed on the upper surface of the tank cover 38.

In FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numeral 50 denotes a remote controller operation section, which is provided with various operation keys 52 and a light emitting section 54. The light emitting portion 54 emits an optical signal corresponding to the operation of the operation key 52, and the emitted optical signal is a light receiving portion 56 provided at the front corner of the upper end of the tank cover 38 and serving as a human body detection sensor. The light is received at and the signal is transmitted to the control unit.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show the toilet seat 46 and the toilet lid 4.
8 specifically shows a mounting structure of the No. 8 to the tank cover 38. As shown in these drawings, the tank cover 38, specifically, the front cover 40 is provided with a box-shaped portion 58 at a lower end portion of the front surface thereof in a state of protruding forward. In addition, an automatic opening / closing device 60 for automatically opening / closing the toilet lid 48 and the toilet seat 46 is incorporated.

The automatic opening / closing device 60 has a toilet lid opening / closing motor, a toilet seat opening / closing motor, and gears for transmitting the rotational driving force from these motors inside the housing 62. The toilet lid opening / closing motor and the toilet seat Rotational engagement shafts 64 and 66 that are independently rotated by an opening / closing motor.
Project outside the housing 62.

The rotary engagement shafts 64 and 66 are
The through hole 68 formed in the side surface of the box-shaped portion 58 is inserted, and one rotary engagement shaft 64 is provided in the base end portion of the toilet lid 48. Is engaged in a state of being integrally rotated with the other rotary engaging shaft 6
6 is engaged with an engaging hole 76 of an arm 74 as a mounted portion provided at the base end of the toilet seat 46 in an integrally rotating state.

That is, in this example, the toilet lid 48 and the toilet seat 4
6 is a rotary engagement shaft 64 or 66 in the automatic opening / closing device 60.
Each of them is automatically driven to open and close based on its independent rotation.

FIGS. 6 and 7 specifically show the mounting structure of the automatic opening / closing device 60 inside the box-shaped portion 58 of the tank cover 38. As shown in the drawing, a rib 78 is integrally formed in an upright shape on the inside of the side surface of the box-shaped portion 58 of the tank cover 38, and outside the automatic opening / closing device 60 surrounded by the rib 78. A holding recess 80 having a shape corresponding to the shape is formed. Then, the automatic opening / closing device 60 is fitted into the holding recess 80 so as to fit completely therein.

This automatic opening / closing device 60 has a protruding portion 8 to the side.
2 and correspondingly, the holding concave portion 80 is formed with a lateral concave portion 84, and the projection portion 82 is fitted into the concave portion 84, and the same portion is formed with a screw 86. It is fixed to.

The above is an example of attaching the toilet lid 48 and the toilet seat 46 to the tank cover 38 via the automatic opening / closing device 60. In this example, the toilet lid 48 and the toilet seat 46 are thrown to the same tank cover 38. It is also possible to attach via a down device. 1 and 8 show the specific mounting structure.

In these figures, 88 is a slowdown device, and 90 is an adapter for attaching this to the tank cover 38. Here, the slowdown device 88 has rotating engagement shafts 64 and 66 that protrude from the housing 92 to the outside and are rotatable independently of each other, and are connected to the rotation engagement shafts 64 and 66 inside the housing 92. Lid 48,
A predetermined resistance is applied in the returning direction of the toilet seat 46, that is, in the closing motion direction so that the rotary engagement shafts 64 and 66 are slowly rotated in the same direction.
And the toilet seat 46 is gently and slowly rotated when closed.

The adapter 90 has an outer peripheral wall portion 94 and rib-like portions 96, 98 arranged vertically and horizontally inside the outer peripheral wall portion 94, and has an outer shape as a whole in which the automatic opening / closing device 60 is partially cut away. Moreover, the holding recess 80 is shaped so as to fit into the holding recess 80 so as to be fixed in position.

This adapter 90 is used for the automatic opening / closing device 6
0 has the same outer shape as the protruding portion 82 at 0
00, the protrusion 100 of which has a holding recess 80
It is fitted into the recessed portion 84 and is fixed to the same portion with a screw 86.

The adapter 90 includes a slowdown device 88.
A second holding concave portion 102 having a shape that fits snugly is formed, and the adapter 90 is fitted in the second holding concave portion 102. Similar to the automatic opening / closing device 60, the slowdown device 88 is provided with a lateral projection 104. Correspondingly, the second holding recess 102 is also formed with a sideward recess 106, and the protrusion 104 is fitted therein, and is fixed to the same by a screw 86.

As shown in FIG. 8, a through hole 108 is formed in the adapter 90, and the through hole 108 is formed through the rotary engaging shafts 64 and 66 of the slowdown device 88.
Are inserted, and they can be engaged with the engaging holes 72 and 76 in the toilet lid 48 and the toilet seat 46, respectively, in an integrally rotating state.

As described above, in this embodiment, the tank cover 38 is provided with the first holding concave portion 80 and the automatic opening / closing device 60 is attached thereto, while the slowdown device 88 is attached at the same time. Automatic switchgear 60
The adapter 90 corresponding to the outer shape of the automatic opening / closing device 60 is fitted in the holding recess 80 for attachment, and the slowdown device 88 is attached to the adapter 90. According to the common tank cover 3
8 automatic switchgear 60 or slowdown device 88
Any of these can be attached.

As a result, when the automatic opening / closing device 60 is attached to the tank cover 38 and when the slowdown device 8 is installed.
It is not necessary to use a different tank cover 38 as compared with the case where the tank cover 38 is attached, the inventory management of the tank cover 38 is facilitated, and the cost can be reduced based on common parts.

Further, in this embodiment, the automatic opening / closing device 60 can be easily mounted by simply fitting it into the holding recess 80 and screwing the screw 86, and also when mounting the slowdown device 88, the inside of the first holding recess 80 can be installed. While fitting the adapter 90 into the and fixing it with the screw 86,
It suffices to fix the slowdown device 88 in the second holding recess 102 of the adapter 90 with the upper screw 86. Even when the automatic opening / closing device 60 is mounted, or the slowdown device 88 is mounted. In each case, they can be easily fitted.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, this is merely an example. For example, the above example is an example of attaching a toilet lid and a toilet seat to a toilet bowl with a local cleaning device.
The present invention can also be applied when attaching a toilet lid and a toilet seat to an ordinary toilet bowl that does not have a local cleaning device. Others The present invention can be applied to various types of toilet bowls with a local cleaning device other than the above example, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a mounting structure of a toilet lid and a toilet seat, which is an embodiment of the present invention, for mounting these to a tank cover via a slowdown device using an adapter.

FIG. 2 is a view showing an appearance of a toilet bowl with a local cleaning device including the toilet lid and the toilet seat of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the toilet bowl with local cleaning device of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the toilet lid, toilet seat, and tank cover in FIG.

5 is an enlarged view showing a main part of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a mounting structure when the toilet lid and the toilet seat in FIGS. 4 and 5 are attached via an automatic opening / closing device.

7 is a side sectional view of the mounting structure of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the mounting structure of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Toilet main body 38 Tank cover 46 Toilet seat 48 Toilet lid 60 Automatic opening / closing device 64, 66 Rotating engagement shaft 70 Boss portion 72, 76 Engagement hole 74 Arm 80 Holding recess 88 Slow down device 90 Adapter 102 Second holding recess

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An automatic opening / closing device having a predetermined outer shape or a slowdown device having an outer shape smaller than that of the automatic opening / closing device at a portion to which a toilet lid or a toilet seat is attached at a base end thereof, and A rotatable engagement shaft protruding from an automatic opening / closing device or a slowdown device is attached to a predetermined attachment body so as to be openable / closable in a state of being engaged with an engagement hole formed in an attached portion of the toilet lid or a toilet seat in an integrally rotating state. A holding recess for accommodating and holding the automatic opening / closing device is formed in the mounting body, and the automatic opening / closing is performed when the toilet lid or the toilet seat is attached to the mounting body via the automatic opening / closing device. While making the device to be fitted in the holding recess,
When attaching the toilet lid or the toilet seat to the mounting body via the slowdown device, an adapter having a shape that fits into the holding recess to fix the position is mounted in the holding recess, and the adapter is attached to the adapter. A structure for attaching a toilet lid or a toilet seat, characterized in that a slowdown device is fixed. 2. The adapter according to claim 1, wherein the adapter is provided with a second holding recess for accommodating and holding the slowdown device, and the slowdown device is fixedly fitted in the holding recess. A structure for attaching a toilet lid or a toilet seat characterized by the above. 3. The toilet lid or toilet seat mounting structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the mounting body is a tank cover disposed on a rear upper surface of a toilet body of a toilet bowl with a local cleaning device.