EP2258245A1 - Siège pivotant avec revêtement pivotant automatique - Google Patents

Siège pivotant avec revêtement pivotant automatique Download PDF

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EP2258245A1
EP2258245A1 EP09161925A EP09161925A EP2258245A1 EP 2258245 A1 EP2258245 A1 EP 2258245A1 EP 09161925 A EP09161925 A EP 09161925A EP 09161925 A EP09161925 A EP 09161925A EP 2258245 A1 EP2258245 A1 EP 2258245A1
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47KSANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K13/00Seats or covers for all kinds of closets
    • A47K13/10Devices for raising and lowering, e.g. tilting or lifting mechanisms; Collapsible or rotating seats or covers

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  • the present invention relates to a toilet seat with an automatic turning cover, in particular to an electric toilet seat that can be lifted and controlled electrically, and whose surface can be turned towards the front while the toilet seat is being lifted.
  • a conventional manual lifting toilet seat coupled to a toilet stool includes a toilet seat cover and a toilet seat.
  • the toilet seat cover and the toilet seat are regularly covered onto the toilet stool, and the toiletseat is lifted up manually by hands when the toilet stool is used.
  • the toilet seat cover is also lifted up to avoid spilling urine on the surface of the toilet seat cover.
  • male users generally do not lift up the toilet seat cover, and urine may be accumulated at the toilet seat cover and an internal side of the lifted toilet seat. Even if the toilet seat cover is lifted, urine may be spilled from a hollow portion of the toilet seat cover into the internal side of the toilet seat.
  • the present invention provides a toilet seat with an automatic turning cover, comprising: a start device, having a first rotating portion and a second rotating portion disposed on a base respectively, and a motor for driving and rotating the first rotating portion and the second rotating portion; a toilet seat cover, with a rear end coupled with the second rotating portion of the start device; a toilet seat, having a pivotal base disposed at an internal side of the toilet seat, and the pivotal base having an upper pivoting portion and a belt fixing portion; an elevating arm, with a rear end coupled with the first rotating portion of the start device, and a lower pivoting portion disposed at the middle of the elevating arm; a turning arm, having a long rod with a groove disposed at the middle of the long rod, and a lower end of the long rod being rotably coupled to the lower pivoting portion of the elevating arm, and an upper end of the long rod being rotably coupled to an upper pivoting portion of the pivotal base on an internal side of the toilet seat, an elastic element
  • the aforementioned design of a toilet seat with an automatic turning cover has at least three modes of lifting a toilet seat. Firstly, a user can use the start device to drive the elevating arm and the turning arm to lift the toilet seat independently through an operation of a control box while the belt is pulled to change the direction of the surface of the toilet seat to face towards the front, so as to achieve the effect of keeping the toilet stool sanitary easily. Secondly, the start device can be controlled and driven to lift the toilet seat cover and the toilet seat synchronously when male users urinate, so as to prevent urine from being spilled onto the toilet seat cover and maintain a clean and sanitary toilet stool. Thirdly, the toilet seat or the toilet seat cover can be lifted manually during a power failure.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is a side view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 3 is a front view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 4 is a bottom view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic view of a fully covered toilet seat in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 6 is a schematic view of lifting up a toilet cover in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 7 is a first schematic view of turning a toilet seat in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 8 is a second schematic view of turning a toilet seat in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 9 is a first schematic view of lifting a toilet seat and a toilet seat cover in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 10 is a second schematic view of lifting a toilet seat and a toilet seat cover in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • the toilet seat comprises start device 1, a toilet seat cover 2, a toilet seat 3, an elevating arm 4, a turning arm 5 and a belt 6.
  • the start device 1 as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 includes a first rotating portion 12 and a second rotating portion 13 disposed on a base 11, and a motor (not shown in the figure) for driving the first rotating portion 12 or driving the first rotating portion 12 and the second rotating portion 13 individually.
  • the preferred embodiment further comprises a recession 14 disposed at the middle of the base 11 of the start device 1, two circular second rotating portions 13 coupled to the recession 14, and a circular first rotating portion 12 coupled at the middle between the two second rotating portions 13, and the motor is connected into the base 11 for driving and rotating the first rotating portion 12, or driving and rotating the first rotating portion 12 and second rotating portion 13 individually.
  • the toilet seat cover 2 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is a circular seat cover, whose rear end is coupled to the second rotating portion 13 of the start device 1, and an opening 21 (as shown in Fig. 4 ) is disposed at the middle of a rear end of the toilet seat cover 2 for passing the belt 6.
  • the toilet seat 3 as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 is a cover in a shape corresponding to the circular seat cover, and a pivotal base 31 is disposed at the middle of an internal side of the toilet seat 3, and an upper pivoting portion 32 and a belt fixing portion 33 are disposed on the pivotal base 31.
  • the elevating arm 4 as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 is a rectangular arm, whose rear end is coupled to the first rotating portion 12 of the start device 1, and a lower pivoting portion 41 is disposed at the middle of the elevating arm 4.
  • the preferred embodiment further comprises an embedding slot 42 disposed at the middle of the elevating arm 4 and corresponding to the turning arm 5, wherein the lower pivoting portion 41 is disposed at the middle of the embedding slot 42, and the lower pivoting portion 41 is form by a pivot disposed transversally in the embedding slot 42, such that the pivot can be passed through a lower end of the turning arm 5, and the lower pivoting portion 41 is pivotally coupled to the lower end of the turning arm 5, and a movable positioning steel ball 43 is installed at an internal wall proximate to a front end of the embedding slot 42.
  • the turning arm 5 as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 includes a long rod having a groove 51 at the middle of the long rod, whose lower end can be rotably coupled to a lower pivoting portion 41 of the elevating arm 4, and whose upper end can be rotably coupled to an upper pivoting portion 32 of the pivotal base 31 at an internal side of the toilet seat 3, and an elastic element 52 is coupled to the upper end for pushing open the toilet seat 3, and the elastic element 52 can be a torque spring sheathed to the upper pivoting portion 32, and an upper axle 53 is transversally installed proximate to the upper end in the groove 51, and a lower axle 54 is transversally installed proximate to the lower end, and the upper axle 53 and the lower axle 54 can be sheathed to a metal slide ring.
  • the preferred embodiment further comprises a lower end of the turning arm 5 rotably coupled to the lower pivoting portion 41 in the embedding slot 42 of the elevating arm 4, and both surfaces of the turning arm 5 include a positioning hole 55 individually corresponding to the positioning steel ball 43, such that the positioning hole 55 can be provided for embedding or separating the positioning steel ball 43.
  • the belt 6 as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 is a flexible strip, whose lower end is passed through the elevating arm 4 and the toilet seat cover 2 and fixed to the bottom of the toilet seat cover 2 (as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 ), and whose upper end is passed from the bottom of the lower axle 54 of the turning arm 5 into the groove 51, and through the lower axle 54 and the upper axle 53, and then through the top of the upper axle 53 and out from the groove 51, such that the upper end of the belt 6 is coupled to the belt fixing portion 33 of the pivotal base 31 at the internal side of the toilet seat 3.
  • the pivotal base 31 of the toilet seat 3 in accordance with the preferred embodiment includes coupled to the two protruding bases 311 on the internal side of the toilet seat 3, and the upper pivoting portion 32 and the belt fixing portion 33 are disposed transversally at transversal rods between the two protruding bases 311 respectively, and one of the transversal rods is passed through an upper end of the turning arm 5, and another transversal rod is coupled to an upper end of the belt 6, and the upper end of the belt 6 is coupled to a latch ring 61, and the latch ring 61 can be an elliptical ring for latching to the belt fixing portion 33 in the shape of the transversal rod.
  • the toilet seat cover 2 and the toilet seat 3 are maintained covered regularly, such that if a user needs to use the toilet stool, the user can lift the toilet seat electrically by operating a control box or a sensor or by hands.
  • a user performs the lifting operation through the control box or sensor as shown in Figs. 2 and 6 , so that the first rotating portion 12 of the start device 1 is rotated, while the elevating arm 4 is being driven to turn backward, and the elevating arm 4 is supporting the turning arm 5 synchronously, and the toilet seat 3 pivotally coupled to the upper end of the turning arm 5 can be lifted independently.
  • the lower axle 54 of the turning arm 5 is turned backward, and thus the lower axle 54 pulls the belt 6 gradually tighter, and the upper end elliptical latch ring 61 is latched to the belt fixing portion 33 gradually tighter.
  • the belt 6 and the latch ring 61 can drag the belt fixing portion 33 downward until the toilet seat 3 is turned downward.
  • the belt 6 will pull the toilet seat 3 tightly, so that the surface of the toilet seat 3 will turn and change its direction towards the front of the toilet seat cover 2 to show the clean appearance of the toilet seat, and prevent a user's cloth from touching the internal side of toilet seat 3 to achieve a sanitary effect easily when the user uses the toilet stool.
  • the user controls the toilet seat 3 to move downward to cover toilet seat cover 2 as shown in Figs.
  • the first rotating portion 12 of the start device 1 will drive the elevating arm 4 and the turning arm 5 to turn forward, while the lower axle 54 of the turning arm 5 is turned forward to release the belt 6, such that the upper end of the belt 6 is released from tightly pulling the toilet seat 3, and then the elastic element 52 at the upper end of the turning arm 5 props the toilet seat 3, so that the toilet seat 3 changes the direction to be covered onto toilet seat cover 2.
  • the user performs the lifting operation through the control box or sensor as shown in Figs. 9 and 10 , so that the first rotating portion 12 and the second rotating portion 13 of the start device 1 synchronously drive the elevating arm 4 and the toilet seat cover 2, wherein the elevating arm 4 can also lift turning arm 5, such that the toilet seat 3 coupled to the upper end of the turning arm 5 can be lifted.
  • the toilet seat cover 2 is also lifted upward synchronously, so that a fixing point of the lower end of the belt 6 being fixed to the bottom of the toilet seat cover 2 rises synchronously, and the lower axle 54 of the turning arm 5 cannot pull the belt 6 tightly, and the toilet seat 3 will not change its direction.
  • toilet seat 3 and the toilet seat cover 2 stacked with one another are lifted together, so that a male user needs not to lift the toilet seat 3 and the toilet seat cover 2 before taking a urination, and the toilet seat cover 2 can be kept clean easily.
  • both toilet seat 3 and toilet seat cover 2 can be turned downward simultaneously and covered onto the toilet stool again.
  • a third mode which is the manual operation of the present invention as shown in Fig. 1 , the user can lift the toilet seat 3 manually by hands during a power failure. Now, the positioning steel ball 43 of the elevating arm 4 can be separated from the positioning hole 55 of the turning arm 5, and only the turning arm 5 and the toilet seat 3 are allowed to turn upward individually.
  • the present invention provides a measure for operating the toilet seat in a power failure situation.
  • the present invention achieves the effect of using the toilet stool easily and sanitarily by changing the direction of the surface of the toilet seat towards the front to avoid the user's cloth from touching the internal surface of the toilet seat 3 when the user uses the design of the toilet seat and the turning structure to electrically control and lift the toilet seat 3.
  • the present invention complies with the patent application requirements and the products manufactured in accordance with the present invention can meet the current market requirements.

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