JP2001295344A - Wash hand basin - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wash hand basin with which the hands can be easily washed even at night without turning on a night light originally installed in the toilet room. SOLUTION: Light emitters 8, 9 and 10 are provided at the wash hand basin 5 and a low tank cover 2. The light of a light source 25 in a low tank cover 2 is radiated from the light emitters 8, 9 and 10 through optical fibers 20, 22, 24 and 26, the location of the wash hand basin 5 and discharged water from a discharge hole 7 can be visually recognized.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hand-washing device installed in a toilet room, and more particularly to a hand-washing device with improved usability at night or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When the light in the toilet room is too bright when entering the toilet room for use at night or the like, nerves may be stimulated, resulting in poor sleepiness. This inconvenience is eliminated by illuminating only a very necessary part of the toilet room.

[0003] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-284232 discloses that a warm water washing device is provided with an illuminating device for illuminating the floor of a toilet room and the inside of a toilet bowl.

[0004]

The problem to be solved by the invention is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-284.
According to the No. 232 toilet room, the toilet can be used without any trouble without turning on the original light of the toilet room, but there is some inconvenience in using a toilet bowl, and hand washing water is easily scattered. .

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide a hand-washing device in which a hand-washing bowl can be easily used without turning on the original lighting of the toilet room at night or the like.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a hand-washing device having a hand-washing bowl installed in a toilet room and a spout for discharging water toward the hand-washing bowl. It is characterized by having.

In such a hand-washing device, the positions of the hand-washing basin and the water spout can be visually checked by emitting light from the light-emitting body, and the hand-washing basin can be easily used at night or the like without turning on the original lighting of the toilet room.

The hand-washing device of the present invention may be mounted on a wall or installed on a counter, but is suitable when the hand-washing bowl is installed on a low tank or a low tank cover. This is because the low tank and low tank cover are located at the rear of the toilet and are slightly away from the toilet user, so it is necessary to extend the hands and use them. This is because they tend to do so.

Such a low tank or a low tank cover (hereinafter, these may be referred to as lower members).
To provide the luminous body in the upper lavatory bowl, lead wires for supplying power to the luminous body are provided in the lavatory bowl and the lower member, respectively, and when the lavatory bowl is installed on the lower member, the lead wire of the lavatory bowl and the lower member are connected. It is preferable that the lead wire is connected via a coupler.

Instead of supplying power to the luminous body from the lower member by a lead wire, a solar cell may be provided in a hand basin or a water spout, or a hydraulic power generator may be provided in a water supply passage for the water spout. In addition, a dry battery or a storage battery may be provided if there is no need to replace the battery or charge the battery.

An optical fiber may be used as the luminous body. In this case, the optical fiber may be provided in the toilet bowl, the optical fiber may be provided in the lower member, and light may propagate from the optical fiber of the lower member to the optical fiber of the toilet bowl.

The optical fiber has the advantage that there is no risk of electric leakage even when water is applied or the cable is broken.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a Western-style toilet provided with a hand-washing device according to an embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a hand-washing bowl.

A low tank cover 2 is provided on the rear upper surface of the Western-style toilet 1, and a toilet seat 3 is provided in front of the low tank cover 2.
And the toilet lid 4 are attached so as to be vertically rotatable.
A hand basin 5 is provided above the low tank cover 2. The hand-washing spout 6 extends upward from the center of the rear edge of the hand-washing bowl 5.
A water outlet 7 is provided on the lower surface on the tip side of the hand-washing water discharging section 6.

Light emitting portions 8 are provided at four corners on the upper surface of the hand basin 5, and the water outlets 7 of the hand washing and discharging portion 6 are provided.
A light emitting unit 9 is also provided in the vicinity of.

In this embodiment, a light emitting section 10 is also provided at a lower portion on the front end side of both side surfaces of the low tank cover 2.

A low tank 12 is provided below the drain port 5a of the toilet bowl 5. A ball tap (not shown) is provided to fill the low tank 12 with water to a specified water level. The primary side of this ball tap is flexible hose 1.
5 is connected to a stopcock 16.

A tube 14 for supplying water to the water outlet 7 is connected to the secondary side of the ball tap. This tube 14
Is fixed to the rear upper edge of the raw tank 12 by a mounting portion 14a so as to rise upward from the rear of the raw tank 12.

The distal end of a water supply connection pipe 13 is connected to the water discharge port 7 of the hand washing water discharge section 6. The rear end of the water supply connection pipe 13 is detachably fitted to the upper end of the tube 14 from above.

The tips of optical fibers 20, 22, and 26 are connected to the light-emitting portions 8, 9, and 10, respectively. The optical fibers 20 and 22 are routed inside the hand basin 5 and connected to the light guide coupler 21. The light guide coupler 21 is supplied with light from a light source 25 having an LED or the like via a light guide coupler 23 and an optical fiber 24. Light is also supplied from the light source 25 to the light emitting unit 10 via the optical fiber 26. The light source 25 and the optical fiber 26 are arranged in the low tank cover 2, and the coupler 23 is provided on the upper part of the low tank cover 2.

The electric equipment in the low tank cover 2 is provided with an outlet 29, a plug 28, and a cord 27.
Power is supplied from a commercial power supply via the.

In the Western-style toilet 1 with the toilet bowl 5 configured as described above, when a toilet-cleaning handle (not shown) is operated, water is flushed from the low tank 12 into the toilet bowl of the Western-style toilet 1 and a ball tap is provided. Is opened and low tank 1
Water injection into water 2 and water discharge from water outlet 7 start. In the hand basin 5, since light is projected from the water spouts 8 and 9, even when the interior of the toilet room is dark, it is possible to visually check the position of the hand basin 5 and the water spout from the water spout 7 to wash the hands. it can. Therefore, the hands can be easily washed without turning on the indoor lighting in the toilet room.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a hand-washing spout 30 of a hand-washing bowl according to another embodiment. The hand-washing / water-discharging section 30 has a battery storage section 32. A light source such as an LED emits light from the dry battery stored in the battery
From the water outlet, and the light hits the water flowing out of the spout 31.

In FIG. 3, the light emitting section 33 is separate from the battery housing section 32. However, a light emitting section is provided in the battery housing section 32, and the light emitting section is provided in the hand washing and discharging section 30 with respect to the battery housing section 3.
2 may be configured to be removable.

The hand-washing / water-discharging section 40 shown in FIG. 4 has a mounting hook 41 for a light-emitting unit 42 at the tip. Light emitting unit 4
2, a hole 43 for receiving the hook 41, an engagement claw (not shown) provided in the hole 43, a push button 44 for releasing the engagement between the engagement claw and the hook 41, ,
It has a light emitting unit 45 and the like provided on the lower surface. A battery is installed in the light emitting unit 42 and the charging terminal 4
6, the battery can be charged. The light emitting unit 45 has an LE that emits light when supplied from the battery.
D and the like are provided.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing another embodiment. A hand-washing bowl 49 is detachably installed above the low tank cover 48, and the tip of the tube 51 protrudes upward from a hand-washing water spouting part mounting portion 50 of the hand-washing bowl 49. A ring-shaped pedestal 52 is set on the mounting portion 50 so that the tube 51 passes therethrough. A light emitting section 53 is provided on the pedestal 52. The spout 55 on the pedestal 52
A hand-washing / water-discharging section 54 having the following is installed. Hand wash spout 54
The pedestal 52 is fixed to the basin 49 with screws or the like. Reference numerals 56 and 57 indicate insertion holes for the screws.

The lead wire 58 connected to the light emitting portion 53 of the pedestal 52 is connected to a lower connector 59 A in the lavatory bowl 49. By connecting the connector 59B provided on the upper surface of the low tank cover 48 and the connector 59A, the light emitting unit 53 can be energized. The connectors 59A and 59B may be electrically connected by contact between the terminals, or may supply power to the lead wire 58 by electromagnetic induction.

The hand-washing and discharging section 61 shown in FIG.
A battery (not shown) is charged with electric power from the camera, and the light emitting unit 63 is caused to emit light by the battery.

In the hand-washing spout 70 shown in FIG. 7, water is supplied to a spout 74 from a ball tap via water supply pipes 71 and 73. The hydraulic power generator 7 is provided between the pipes 71 and 73.
2 is provided, and when water flows through the pipes 71 and 73, power generation is performed. The battery 75 is charged by the generated power, and the light emitting unit 77 is supplied by power supply from the battery 75.
LED 76 and the like emit light.

In any of the above embodiments, it is preferable that an illuminance sensor and a human body sensor are provided so that light is emitted from the light emitting section only when a human body is detected in a dark state.

Each of the above embodiments is an example of the present invention, and the present invention may have other configurations. For example, the position of the solar cell may be other than shown, and the number and arrangement of the light emitting units may be other than shown.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, even when the toilet room is dark, it is easy to use a hand-washing bowl, and it is possible to prevent water from splashing during hand-washing and thereby to prevent clothes from getting wet.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a Western-style toilet provided with a hand-washing device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a hand-washing bowl portion of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a hand washing / water discharging section 30.

4A is a perspective view of a hand-washing / water-discharging section 40, and FIG. 4B is a perspective view of a light-emitting unit.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a toilet bowl with a light emitting unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a hand-washing / water-discharging section 61;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the hand-washing / water-discharging section 70;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Western-style toilet 2 Low tank cover 5 Hand wash basin 6 Hand wash water spouting part 8, 9, 10 Light emitting part 12 Low tank 20, 22, 24, 26 Optical fiber 21, 23 Light guide coupler 25 Light source 30, 40 Hand wash water spout part 42 Light emitting unit 45 Light emitting part 48 Low tank cover 49 Hand-washing bowl 52 Pedestal 54 Hand-washing spout 59A, 59B Connector 61, 70 Hand-washing spout

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Toshiaki Takaba 5-1-1 Koie Honcho, Tokoname-shi, Aichi Prefecture Inax Corporation (72) Inventor Toshio Hino 5-1-1 Koie-Honcho, Tokoname-shi, Aichi Inax Corporation (72) Inventor Katsunori Tomita 5-1-1 Koie Honcho, Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture Inax Corporation (72) Inventor Akiya Ohira 5-1-1 Koie Honcho, Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture Inax Corporation (72) Invention Person Takeshi Shihoda 5-1-1 Koiehoncho, Tokoname-shi, Aichi Prefecture Inax Corporation (72) Inventor Hideya Koike 5-1-1 Koiehonmachi, Tokoname-shi, Aichi Prefecture Inax Corporation (72) Inventor Junjiro Ebitani Aichi Prefecture 5-1-1 Koie Honcho, Tokoname-shi F-term (reference) in Inax Corporation 2D039 BA01 CD01 2D060 BA03 BC30 CA15

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A hand basin installed in a toilet room,
A hand-washing device having a water spout for discharging water toward the hand-washing bowl, wherein the hand-washing bowl or the water spout is provided with a luminous body. 2. The hand-washing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the hand-washing bowl is detachably mounted on a lower tank or a low-tank cover serving as a lower member, and the spout is installed in the hand-washing bowl. . 3. The lead wire of the hand basin and the lead of the lower member according to claim 2, wherein a lead wire is wired to the hand basin and the lower member, respectively, when the hand basin is installed on the lower member. A hand-washing device characterized by comprising a coupler for coupling with a wire. 4. The hand-washing device according to claim 2, wherein a solar cell is provided in the hand-washing bowl or the water spout, and the light-emitting body can emit light by the power of the solar cell. 5. The hydraulic power generator according to claim 2, wherein a hydraulic power generator is provided in a water supply passage leading to a water discharge port of the water discharger, and the luminous body is capable of emitting light by the power of the hydraulic power generator. A hand washing device. 6. The hand-washing device according to claim 2, wherein the luminous body is a tip of an optical fiber. 7. An optical fiber according to claim 6, wherein an optical fiber is disposed in each of the hand basin and the lower member, and a light source is provided at a rear end of the optical fiber of the lower member. A hand washing apparatus characterized in that light is propagated through an optical fiber.