EP3677731B1 - Toilet cleaning system - Google Patents
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- the disclosure relates to a toilet cleaning system which supplies cleaning water to a toilet.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a toilet device which is provided with a fine air bubble generator which supplies water together with fine air bubbles into a storage tank of a toilet and in which cleaning water containing fine air bubbles flows into the toilet when cleaning operation is executed.
- PATENT DOCUMENT 1 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2008-274615
- JP 2007 077666 A describes a toilet bowl flushing water producing apparatus.
- This apparatus comprises an on-off valve for opening/closing a passage of flushing water supplied to a flush toilet bowl; a discharger capable of causing electric discharge to produce nitrogen oxide gas by applying voltage between at least a pair of electrodes; a dissolution part provided in the passage of flushing water to dissolve the nitrogen oxide gas produced by the discharger, in the flushing water; and a control part capable of controlling the on-off valve and the discharger.
- the control part opens the on-off valve to dissolve the nitrogen oxide gas in the flushing water passing through the dissolution part and discharges the flushing water from the dissolution part.
- JP 2002 356898 A relates to a flushing water supply means for supplying the flushing water, which mixes and discharges flushing water and air.
- the system comprises a flushing water exhaust nozzle which communicates with the flushing water supply means and from which the flushing water is jetted, an air introducing opening which is opened to the air and from which the air serving as outdoor air is introduced, an air contact chamber which is installed downstream directly near the flushing water exhaust nozzle, communicates with the air introducing opening, makes the introduced air stored temporarily inside and brings the jetted flushing water into contact with the stored air, an air mixing chamber which is installed downstream from the air contact chamber and makes the flushing water and the air mixed together, and a flushing water discharge opening which is installed downstream from the air mixing chamber and opened to the air.
- the toilet device disclosed in Patent Document 1 mentioned above is able to be cleaned by cleaning water containing fine air bubbles.
- the fine air bubbles contained in the cleaning water tend to decrease when the cleaning water flows down an inner surface of the toilet or flows on the way to a drainage channel such as a drainage trap, so that further improvement is desired in view of cleaning the drainage channel.
- the present disclosure is proposed in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a toilet cleaning system capable of efficiently cleaning a drainage channel connected to a drainage portion of a toilet.
- the toilet cleaning system of one aspect of the present invention as constructed above is able to effectively clean the drainage channel connected to the drainage portion of the toilet.
- Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of one example of a toilet cleaning system of the first embodiment that is not part of the claimed invention.
- a toilet cleaning system 1 has a water supply channel 6, 8 which supplies cleaning water to a toilet 2.
- the toilet cleaning system 1 is configured such that cleaning water is supplied to a single toilet 2 only, aspects thereof can be embodied in connection with the claimed invention.
- the toilet 2, which is a supply destination of cleaning water, is exemplified as a urinal for a standing user.
- the toilet 2 has a bowl portion (bowl-like portion) 3, a water supply portion 4 connected to the water supply channel 6, 8, and a drainage portion 5 discharging urine and cleaning water
- the water supply portion 4 has a discharge portion such as a spreader which discharges cleaning water along an inner surface of the bowl portion 3.
- the drainage portion 5 constitutes a trap portion in the shape of a bowl or in the shape of the letter P and is connected to a drainage channel 9.
- the toilet 2 can be a so-called floor-type and vertically-long urinal which is installed on the floor, or a wall-type urinal which is installed so as to be hooked on a wall surface.
- the toilet cleaning system 1 can include the toilet 2.
- the toilet device can be constructed with the toilet 2 and the toilet cleaning system 1.
- the toilet cleaning system 1 has a bypass water supply channel 10 which is branched from the water supply channel 6, 8 and is connected to the drainage channel 9 connected to the drainage portion 5 of the toilet 2.
- the water supply channel on the upstream side (on the water supply source side) of a branch portion 10a from which the bypass water supply channel 10 is branched and connected is defined as an upstream side water supply channel 6, and the water supply channel on the downstream side (on the side of the toilet 2) of the branch portion 10a is defined as a downstream side water supply channel 8.
- the bypass water supply channel 10 has a bypass valve 11 which opens or closes the bypass water supply channel 10 to supply or shut off cleaning water.
- the bypass water supply channel 10 has a backflow prevention portion 12 such as a backflow prevention valve (check valve) which prevents backflow of cleaning water to the upstream side.
- the backflow prevention portion 12 is provided on the downstream side (on the side of the drainage channel 9) of the bypass valve 11.
- An end portion on the downstream side of the bypass water supply channel 10 is connected to a region which is relatively close to the drainage portion 5 of the drainage channel 9 which is in the shape of a horizontally installed pipe.
- the end portion on the downstream side of the bypass water supply channel 10 can be connected to the end portion on an upstream side of a region of the drainage channel 9 provided so as to extend in the approximately horizontal direction.
- the toilet cleaning system 1 has an air bubble mixing portion 13 which bubbles air and mixes the air bubbles into cleaning water supplied to the bypass water supply channel 10.
- the air bubble mixing portion 13 is provided for the upstream side water supply channel 6 on the upstream side of the branch portion 10a from which the bypass water supply channel 10 is branched and connected and mixes the air bubble into cleaning water.
- the air bubble mixing portion 13 can be configured to mix fine air bubbles of both or one of millimeter order or micrometer order.
- the air bubble mixing portion 13 can be configured in such a manner that the void fraction (area rate of fine air bubbles contained per sectional area unit of fluid) of bubbled cleaning water mixed with fine air bubbles (cleaning water containing fine air bubbles) is from 5% to 40%, or more preferably from 10% to 30%.
- the air bubble mixing portion 13 has a gas-liquid mixing portion 16 in the shape of a venturi pipe provided for the upstream side water supply channel 6 as a sudden pressure change portion and an air introduction portion 14 introducing air into the gas-liquid mixing portion 16.
- the air introduction portion 14 can be constituted in such a manner that a tip end of a pipe is open to the atmosphere or that an on-off valve is provided in the middle of a pipe.
- the air introduction portion 14 can be constituted such that gas including functional gas such as carbon dioxide gas or ozone gas is introduced into air.
- a flow rate adjustment portion 15 capable of adjusting the flow rate of the air supplied to the gas-liquid mixing portion 16 is provided on the downstream side of the air introduction portion 14. The void fraction mentioned above can be adjusted by controlling the flow rate adjustment portion 15.
- the gas-liquid mixing portion 16 has a constricted portion formed in the shape of a nozzle and air is introduced from the air introduction portion 14 by the ejector effect by negative pressure action of cleaning water discharged through the constricted portion.
- the air bubbles are sheared and minutely divided by a sudden pressure change action when passing through a narrow diameter portion and a wide diameter portion of the gas-liquid mixing portion 16, and become fine air bubbles to be mixed in cleaning water.
- the downstream side water supply channel 8 has a water supply valve 7 which opens and closes the downstream side water supply channel 8, and supplies and shuts off cleaning water.
- the water supply valve 7 is provided on the downstream side of the gas-liquid mixing portion 16.
- the upstream side water supply channel 6 can be communicated with a water pipe, which is a water supply source.
- the water supply method of the toilet cleaning system 1 can be a direct water pressure type.
- a three-way switching valve which functions as the water supply valve 7 and the bypass valve 11 can be provided for the branch portion 10a.
- a drainage channel cleaning mode in which bubbled cleaning water is supplied to the bypass water supply channel 10 after the cleaning operation as mentioned above can be performed. Namely, when the cleaning operation is on, a drainage channel cleaning mode which supplies bubbled cleaning water to the drainage channel 9 can be executed after the toilet cleaning mode in which bubbled cleaning water is supplied to the bowl portion 3 of the toilet 2.
- both of or one of the toilet cleaning mode and the drainage channel cleaning mode can be executed. Namely, when the toilet is not used for a relatively long time, the cleaning mode can be performed.
- Such a cleaning operation is performed by controlling each portion by a control unit which has a control circuit such as CPU and a storage unit and which is appropriately provided for the toilet cleaning system 1.
- bubbled cleaning water can also be supplied to the bowl portion 3 of the toilet 2. Namely, when the water supply valve 7 and the bypass valve 11 are open, bubbled cleaning water is branched at the branch portion 10a to be supplied into the bowl portion 3 of the toilet 2 via the downstream side water supply channel 8 and the drainage channel 9 via the bypass water supply pipe 10.
- the drainage channel 9 connected to the drainage portion 5 of the toile 2 is effectively cleaned.
- the toilet cleaning system 1 has the air bubble mixing portion 13 in which air is bubbled and mixed with cleaning water supplied to the bypass water supply channel 10. Therefore, bubbled cleaning water is directly supplied to the drainage channel 9 connected with the bypass water supply channel 10 without reaching the toilet 2. Namely, bubbled cleaning water is supplied to the drainage channel 9 without passing through the bowl portion 3 and the drainage portion 5.
- air bubbles contained in the bubbled cleaning water reached the drainage channel 9 are inhibited from reducing.
- dirt such as urine stone (calcium ion and bacteria) adhering to the inner surface of the drainage channel 9 is absorbed by the air bubbles contained in the bubbled cleaning water and is effectively removed, thereby effectively inhibiting accumulation of urine stone.
- the air bubble mixing portion 13 is provided so as to mix air bubbles at the upstream side water supply channel 6 on the upstream side of the branch portion 10a from which the bypass water channel 10 is branched and connected. Therefore, bubbled cleaning water is also supplied to the toilet 2 and cleaning performance of the toilet 2 is improved.
- this embodiment is constructed such that bubbled cleaning water is branched at the branch portion 10a and is simultaneously supplied to both of the toilet 2 and the bypass water supply channel 10. Therefore, compared with the embodiment in which bubbled cleaning water is selectively supplied to the toilet 2 and the bypass water supply channel 10, both of the bowl portion 3 of the toilet 2 and the drainage channel 9 are effectively cleaned.
- Fig. 2 illustrates a diagrammatic system configuration of one example of a toilet cleaning system of the present invention.
- the downstream water supply channel 8 is branched into a plurality of channels (three channels in the figure) and cleaning water is supplied to a plurality of toilets 2, 2, 2.
- Branch pipes 8A, 8A, 8A of the downstream side water supply channel 8 are respectively connected to water supply portions 4, 4, 4 of the toilets 2, 2, 2.
- the water supply valves 7, 7, 7 as mentioned above are respectively provided for the branch pipes 8A, 8A, 8A.
- the discharge portions 5, 5, 5 of the toilets 2, 2, 2 are respectively connected with drainage pipes 9A, 9A, 9A connected to the drainage channel 9 which is in the shape of a horizontally installed pipe.
- An end portion on the downstream side of the bypass water supply channel 10 is connected to a connection portion of the drainage channel 9 and the drainage pipe 9A connected to the toilet 2 on the most upstream side in the drainage direction of the drainage channel 9.
- the end portion on the downstream side of the bypass water supply channel 10 is connected to an end portion on the upstream side of a region of the drainage channel 9 provided so as to extend in the approximately horizontal direction.
- the backflow prevention portion 12 as mentioned above is provided at a region on the downstream side of the bypass water supply channel 10.
- the bypass valve 11 as mentioned above is provided on the upstream side of the backflow prevention portion 12 of the bypass water supply channel 10.
- an air bubble mixing portion 13A is provided so as to mix air bubbles at an upstream side water supply channel 19 on the upstream side of the branch portion 10a from which the bypass water channel 10 is branched and connected.
- an end portion on the upstream side of the upstream side water supply channel 19 is connected to a water storage portion 18.
- a water supply method of the toilet cleaning system 1A is a tank type (pump pressurization type), not a direct water pressure type.
- Cleaning water is supplied to the water storage portion 18 from a water supply pipe 6A such as a water pipe.
- the water storage portion 18 has a suitable level meter so as to store cleaning water at a predetermined level.
- the air bubble mixing portion 13A is configured to generate bubbled cleaning water mixed with fine air bubbles in such a manner that cleaning water with air dissolved under pressure is depressurized.
- fine air bubbles are mixed into cleaning water by shearing and breaking air bubbles by the pressurization of the sudden pressure change action as mentioned above.
- the air bubble mixing portion 13A has an air introduction pipe 14A which introduces air and a pump 15A which sucks air introduced from the air introduction pipe 14A and sucks cleaning water in the water storage portion 18.
- the air bubble mixing portion 13A has a dissolution tank 17 connected to a discharge side of the pump 15A, and the dissolution tank 17 has a gas-liquid mixing tank and a gas-liquid separation tank and dissolves air into cleaning water by pressurization of the pump 15A.
- the air bubble mixing portion 13A has a pressure release portion 16A in the shape of a venturi pipe for releasing pressure on the downstream side of the dissolution tank 17.
- the pump 15A is activated with the bypass valve 11 closed and the water supply valve 7 of the toilet 2 after cleaning operation is open, then bubbled cleaning water mixed with fine air bubbles is supplied to the bowl portion 3 of the toilet 2.
- bubbled cleaning water can be directly supplied to the drainage channel 9 via the bypass water supply pipe 10.
- bubbled cleaning water can be supplied only to the bypass water supply channel 10. Similar to the above, bubbled cleaning water can be simultaneously supplied to both of at least the bowl portion 3 of the toilet 2 and the bypass water supply channel 10.
- the toilet cleaning system 1A of the embodiment as mentioned above has the approximately same effect as the first embodiment.
- the drainage channel 9 connected to the drainage portions 5, 5, 5 of the toilets 2, 2, 2 is effectively cleaned.
- the toilet 2 to be cleaned in the toilet cleaning systems 1, 1A is exemplified as a urinal; however, a squat-type or seat-type toilet can be used.
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Description
- The disclosure relates to a toilet cleaning system which supplies cleaning water to a toilet.
- Conventionally, various toilet systems which supply cleaning water mixed with air bubbles to toilets have been known.
- For example, Patent Document 1 mentioned below discloses a toilet device which is provided with a fine air bubble generator which supplies water together with fine air bubbles into a storage tank of a toilet and in which cleaning water containing fine air bubbles flows into the toilet when cleaning operation is executed.
- PATENT DOCUMENT 1 :
Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2008-274615 -
JP 2007 077666 A -
JP 2002 356898 A - The toilet device disclosed in Patent Document 1 mentioned above is able to be cleaned by cleaning water containing fine air bubbles. However, the fine air bubbles contained in the cleaning water tend to decrease when the cleaning water flows down an inner surface of the toilet or flows on the way to a drainage channel such as a drainage trap, so that further improvement is desired in view of cleaning the drainage channel.
- The present disclosure is proposed in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a toilet cleaning system capable of efficiently cleaning a drainage channel connected to a drainage portion of a toilet.
- In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a toilet cleaning system according to appended claim 1 is proposed.
- The toilet cleaning system of one aspect of the present invention as constructed above is able to effectively clean the drainage channel connected to the drainage portion of the toilet.
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Fig. 1 illustrates a schematic system configuration that is not part of the claimed invention and represents one example of a toilet cleaning system of an example including devices thereof may be implemented in combination with the claimed invention. -
Fig. 2 illustrates a schematic system configuration of one example of a toilet cleaning system of the present invention. - Embodiments of one aspect of the present invention are described below with reference to the attached drawings.
- In the following embodiments, the directions such as up and down directions are explained under the condition that the toilet is installed.
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Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of one example of a toilet cleaning system of the first embodiment that is not part of the claimed invention. - As illustrated in
Fig. 1 , a toilet cleaning system 1 has awater supply channel toilet 2. Even though in this example, the toilet cleaning system 1 is configured such that cleaning water is supplied to asingle toilet 2 only, aspects thereof can be embodied in connection with the claimed invention. Thetoilet 2, which is a supply destination of cleaning water, is exemplified as a urinal for a standing user. - The
toilet 2 has a bowl portion (bowl-like portion) 3, awater supply portion 4 connected to thewater supply channel drainage portion 5 discharging urine and cleaning water - The
water supply portion 4 has a discharge portion such as a spreader which discharges cleaning water along an inner surface of thebowl portion 3. - The
drainage portion 5 constitutes a trap portion in the shape of a bowl or in the shape of the letter P and is connected to adrainage channel 9. Thetoilet 2 can be a so-called floor-type and vertically-long urinal which is installed on the floor, or a wall-type urinal which is installed so as to be hooked on a wall surface. The toilet cleaning system 1 can include thetoilet 2. In other words, the toilet device can be constructed with thetoilet 2 and the toilet cleaning system 1. - The toilet cleaning system 1 has a bypass
water supply channel 10 which is branched from thewater supply channel drainage channel 9 connected to thedrainage portion 5 of thetoilet 2. In the following explanation, the water supply channel on the upstream side (on the water supply source side) of abranch portion 10a from which the bypasswater supply channel 10 is branched and connected is defined as an upstream sidewater supply channel 6, and the water supply channel on the downstream side (on the side of the toilet 2) of thebranch portion 10a is defined as a downstream sidewater supply channel 8. - The bypass
water supply channel 10 has abypass valve 11 which opens or closes the bypasswater supply channel 10 to supply or shut off cleaning water. The bypasswater supply channel 10 has abackflow prevention portion 12 such as a backflow prevention valve (check valve) which prevents backflow of cleaning water to the upstream side. Thebackflow prevention portion 12 is provided on the downstream side (on the side of the drainage channel 9) of thebypass valve 11. An end portion on the downstream side of the bypasswater supply channel 10 is connected to a region which is relatively close to thedrainage portion 5 of thedrainage channel 9 which is in the shape of a horizontally installed pipe. The end portion on the downstream side of the bypasswater supply channel 10 can be connected to the end portion on an upstream side of a region of thedrainage channel 9 provided so as to extend in the approximately horizontal direction. - In addition, the toilet cleaning system 1 has an air
bubble mixing portion 13 which bubbles air and mixes the air bubbles into cleaning water supplied to the bypasswater supply channel 10. In the example, the airbubble mixing portion 13 is provided for the upstream sidewater supply channel 6 on the upstream side of thebranch portion 10a from which the bypasswater supply channel 10 is branched and connected and mixes the air bubble into cleaning water. The airbubble mixing portion 13 can be configured to mix fine air bubbles of both or one of millimeter order or micrometer order. The airbubble mixing portion 13 can be configured in such a manner that the void fraction (area rate of fine air bubbles contained per sectional area unit of fluid) of bubbled cleaning water mixed with fine air bubbles (cleaning water containing fine air bubbles) is from 5% to 40%, or more preferably from 10% to 30%. - In the example, the air
bubble mixing portion 13 has a gas-liquid mixing portion 16 in the shape of a venturi pipe provided for the upstream sidewater supply channel 6 as a sudden pressure change portion and anair introduction portion 14 introducing air into the gas-liquid mixing portion 16. Theair introduction portion 14 can be constituted in such a manner that a tip end of a pipe is open to the atmosphere or that an on-off valve is provided in the middle of a pipe. In addition, theair introduction portion 14 can be constituted such that gas including functional gas such as carbon dioxide gas or ozone gas is introduced into air. In the example, a flowrate adjustment portion 15 capable of adjusting the flow rate of the air supplied to the gas-liquid mixing portion 16 is provided on the downstream side of theair introduction portion 14. The void fraction mentioned above can be adjusted by controlling the flowrate adjustment portion 15. - The gas-
liquid mixing portion 16 has a constricted portion formed in the shape of a nozzle and air is introduced from theair introduction portion 14 by the ejector effect by negative pressure action of cleaning water discharged through the constricted portion. The air bubbles are sheared and minutely divided by a sudden pressure change action when passing through a narrow diameter portion and a wide diameter portion of the gas-liquid mixing portion 16, and become fine air bubbles to be mixed in cleaning water. In such a configuration, when cleaning water flows into the upstream sidewater supply channel 6, air is taken in by the negative pressure and bubbled cleaning water is produced, so that chemical agent is not required to be filled and adverse effect on the environment caused by discharge of chemical agent hardly occurs. - The downstream side
water supply channel 8 has awater supply valve 7 which opens and closes the downstream sidewater supply channel 8, and supplies and shuts off cleaning water. Thewater supply valve 7 is provided on the downstream side of the gas-liquid mixing portion 16. The upstream sidewater supply channel 6 can be communicated with a water pipe, which is a water supply source. Namely, the water supply method of the toilet cleaning system 1 can be a direct water pressure type. In place of the example in which thewater supply valve 7 and thebypass valve 11 are separately provided, a three-way switching valve which functions as thewater supply valve 7 and thebypass valve 11 can be provided for thebranch portion 10a. - In the toilet cleaning system 1 configured as mentioned above, with the
water supply valve 7 is open with thebypass valve 11 closed, bubbled cleaning water mixed with fine air bubbles is produced when cleaning water passes through the gas-liquid mixing portion 16, and is supplied to thebowl portion 3 of thetoilet 2 via the downstream sidewater supply channel 8. Such a cleaning operation can be performed by operating a cleaning operation portion provided for thetoilet 2 or by a human body detection sensor which detects the movement of a human body. - In addition, when the
bypass valve 11 is open with thewater supply valve 7 closed, bubbled cleaning water produced as mentioned above when cleaning water passes through the gas-liquid mixing portion 16 is directly supplied to thedrainage channel 9 via the bypasswater supply channel 10. - For example, a drainage channel cleaning mode in which bubbled cleaning water is supplied to the bypass
water supply channel 10 after the cleaning operation as mentioned above can be performed. Namely, when the cleaning operation is on, a drainage channel cleaning mode which supplies bubbled cleaning water to thedrainage channel 9 can be executed after the toilet cleaning mode in which bubbled cleaning water is supplied to thebowl portion 3 of thetoilet 2. - In addition, when the cleaning operation is not performed for a predetermined time set in advance, both of or one of the toilet cleaning mode and the drainage channel cleaning mode can be executed. Namely, when the toilet is not used for a relatively long time, the cleaning mode can be performed.
- Such a cleaning operation is performed by controlling each portion by a control unit which has a control circuit such as CPU and a storage unit and which is appropriately provided for the toilet cleaning system 1.
- In the drainage channel cleaning mode, bubbled cleaning water can also be supplied to the
bowl portion 3 of thetoilet 2. Namely, when thewater supply valve 7 and thebypass valve 11 are open, bubbled cleaning water is branched at thebranch portion 10a to be supplied into thebowl portion 3 of thetoilet 2 via the downstream sidewater supply channel 8 and thedrainage channel 9 via the bypasswater supply pipe 10. - In the toilet cleaning system 1 of the example as mentioned above, the
drainage channel 9 connected to thedrainage portion 5 of thetoile 2 is effectively cleaned. - Namely, the toilet cleaning system 1 has the air
bubble mixing portion 13 in which air is bubbled and mixed with cleaning water supplied to the bypasswater supply channel 10. Therefore, bubbled cleaning water is directly supplied to thedrainage channel 9 connected with the bypasswater supply channel 10 without reaching thetoilet 2. Namely, bubbled cleaning water is supplied to thedrainage channel 9 without passing through thebowl portion 3 and thedrainage portion 5. Thus, compared with the example in which bubbled cleaning water is supplied to thedrainage channel 9 via thebowl portion 3 and thedrainage portion 5, air bubbles contained in the bubbled cleaning water reached thedrainage channel 9 are inhibited from reducing. As a result, dirt such as urine stone (calcium ion and bacteria) adhering to the inner surface of thedrainage channel 9 is absorbed by the air bubbles contained in the bubbled cleaning water and is effectively removed, thereby effectively inhibiting accumulation of urine stone. - In this example, the air
bubble mixing portion 13 is provided so as to mix air bubbles at the upstream sidewater supply channel 6 on the upstream side of thebranch portion 10a from which thebypass water channel 10 is branched and connected. Therefore, bubbled cleaning water is also supplied to thetoilet 2 and cleaning performance of thetoilet 2 is improved. - In addition, this embodiment is constructed such that bubbled cleaning water is branched at the
branch portion 10a and is simultaneously supplied to both of thetoilet 2 and the bypasswater supply channel 10. Therefore, compared with the embodiment in which bubbled cleaning water is selectively supplied to thetoilet 2 and the bypasswater supply channel 10, both of thebowl portion 3 of thetoilet 2 and thedrainage channel 9 are effectively cleaned. - Next, another embodiment is explained with reference to the drawings.
- In the following embodiment, differences from the first embodiment are mainly explained and the similar components are allotted with the same reference numerals and their explanations are omitted or briefly described.
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Fig. 2 illustrates a diagrammatic system configuration of one example of a toilet cleaning system of the present invention. - In a
toilet cleaning system 1A of this embodiment, the downstreamwater supply channel 8 is branched into a plurality of channels (three channels in the figure) and cleaning water is supplied to a plurality oftoilets Branch pipes water supply channel 8 are respectively connected towater supply portions toilets water supply valves branch pipes - The
discharge portions toilets drainage pipes drainage channel 9 which is in the shape of a horizontally installed pipe. An end portion on the downstream side of the bypasswater supply channel 10 is connected to a connection portion of thedrainage channel 9 and thedrainage pipe 9A connected to thetoilet 2 on the most upstream side in the drainage direction of thedrainage channel 9. Namely, the end portion on the downstream side of the bypasswater supply channel 10 is connected to an end portion on the upstream side of a region of thedrainage channel 9 provided so as to extend in the approximately horizontal direction. - The
backflow prevention portion 12 as mentioned above is provided at a region on the downstream side of the bypasswater supply channel 10. Thebypass valve 11 as mentioned above is provided on the upstream side of thebackflow prevention portion 12 of the bypasswater supply channel 10. - Also in this embodiment, an air bubble mixing portion 13A is provided so as to mix air bubbles at an upstream side
water supply channel 19 on the upstream side of thebranch portion 10a from which thebypass water channel 10 is branched and connected. In this embodiment, an end portion on the upstream side of the upstream sidewater supply channel 19 is connected to awater storage portion 18. Namely, a water supply method of thetoilet cleaning system 1A is a tank type (pump pressurization type), not a direct water pressure type. - Cleaning water is supplied to the
water storage portion 18 from awater supply pipe 6A such as a water pipe. Thewater storage portion 18 has a suitable level meter so as to store cleaning water at a predetermined level. - In this embodiment, the air bubble mixing portion 13A is configured to generate bubbled cleaning water mixed with fine air bubbles in such a manner that cleaning water with air dissolved under pressure is depressurized. In such a configuration, compared with the embodiment in which fine air bubbles are mixed into cleaning water by shearing and breaking air bubbles by the pressurization of the sudden pressure change action as mentioned above, finer air bubbles are mixed into cleaning water.
- The air bubble mixing portion 13A has an
air introduction pipe 14A which introduces air and apump 15A which sucks air introduced from theair introduction pipe 14A and sucks cleaning water in thewater storage portion 18. The air bubble mixing portion 13A has adissolution tank 17 connected to a discharge side of thepump 15A, and thedissolution tank 17 has a gas-liquid mixing tank and a gas-liquid separation tank and dissolves air into cleaning water by pressurization of thepump 15A. The air bubble mixing portion 13A has apressure release portion 16A in the shape of a venturi pipe for releasing pressure on the downstream side of thedissolution tank 17. - In the
toilet cleaning system 1A configured as mentioned above, thepump 15A is activated with thebypass valve 11 closed and thewater supply valve 7 of thetoilet 2 after cleaning operation is open, then bubbled cleaning water mixed with fine air bubbles is supplied to thebowl portion 3 of thetoilet 2. - In addition, when the
pump 15A is activated and thebypass valve 11 is open, similar to the first embodiment mentioned above, bubbled cleaning water can be directly supplied to thedrainage channel 9 via the bypasswater supply pipe 10. In addition, when thepump 15A is activated and thebypass valve 11 is open with all of thewater supply valves water supply channel 10. Similar to the above, bubbled cleaning water can be simultaneously supplied to both of at least thebowl portion 3 of thetoilet 2 and the bypasswater supply channel 10. - The
toilet cleaning system 1A of the embodiment as mentioned above has the approximately same effect as the first embodiment. In addition, in this embodiment, thedrainage channel 9 connected to thedrainage portions toilets - Parts of the different configurations in the above-mentioned embodiments can be combined or exchanged with each other. The above-mentioned components of the
toilet cleaning systems 1, 1A in each embodiment are only examples and various modifications are possible. - In the above-mentioned embodiments, the
toilet 2 to be cleaned in thetoilet cleaning systems 1, 1A is exemplified as a urinal; however, a squat-type or seat-type toilet can be used. -
- 1, 1A
- toilet cleaning system
- 2
- toilet
- 5
- drainage portion
- 6, 19
- upstream side water supply channel (water supply channel)
- 8
- downstream side water supply channel (water supply channel)
- 9
- drainage channel
- 10
- bypass water supply channel
- 10a
- branch portion
- 13, 13A
- air bubble mixing portion
Claims (2)
- A toilet cleaning system (1A), comprising:a water supply channel (19, 8) configured to supply cleaning water to a plurality of toilets (2);a bypass water supply channel (10) which is branched from the water supply channel (19,8) and is to be connected to a drainage channel (9) connectable to a drainage portion (5) of each of the toilets (2); andan air bubble mixing portion (13A) which bubbles air and mixes fine air bubbles of micrometer order into the cleaning water to be supplied to the bypass water supply channel (10),wherein an end portion on a downstream side of the bypass water supply channel (10) is connected to an end portion on an upstream side of a region of the drainage channel (9), the region extending in an approximately horizontal direction,wherein the air bubble mixing portion (13A) comprises:a pump (15A) which sucks the cleaning water in a water storage portion (18) provided on an upstream side of the bypass water supply channel (10) and sucks air introduced from an air introduction pipe (14A) provided on an upstream side,a dissolution tank (17) which is connected to a discharge side of the pump (15A) and dissolves air into the cleaning water by pressurization of the pump (15A), anda pressure release portion (16A) to release pressure for depressurization, the pressure release portion being provided on a downstream side of the dissolution tank (17), andwherein cleaning water mixed with the fine air bubbles is generated by depressurizing cleaning water with air dissolved under pressure.
- The toilet cleaning system (1A) according to claim 1, wherein
the air bubble mixing portion (13A) is provided so as to mix air bubbles at the water supply channel (19) on an upstream side of a branch portion (10a) from which the bypass water supply channel (10) is branched and connected.
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