JP2002004384A - Western style flush toilet bowl - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a western style flush toilet bowl provided with a functional device capable of being elevated to exert excellent cleanability. SOLUTION: This flush toilet bowl is provided with a western style toilet bowl body 1 and a shower toilet 2 installed in the back part of the body 1. The shower toilet 2 is installed in such a manner as to able to be elevated for the purpose of exposing at least the rearward portion of the basin surface of the body 1. At least one of the components of the shower toilet 2 is an LED element 3g enabling the irradiation of the portion exposed when the shower toilet 2 is elevated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a Western-style flush toilet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a Western-style flushing toilet equipped with a ceramic Western-style toilet body and a functional device provided at a rear portion of the Western-style toilet body.

[0003] For example, a shower toilet known as a functional device includes a base plate attached to a Western-style urinal body, components constituting a local cleaning mechanism fixed on the base plate, a main body cover containing the components, and a main body cover. And a toilet lid swingably provided on the main body cover. Such a shower toilet can provide the Western-style toilet body with a function of being able to wash a local portion of a seated person via a heated toilet seat by the cooperative action of the components.

Further, recent shower toilets are provided so as to be able to ascend so as to expose at least the rear side of the bowl surface of the Western-style toilet body. In such a shower toilet, when it is raised, at least the rear side of the bowl surface of the Western-style toilet body is exposed, so that dirt there can be easily cleaned by washing with water or the like.

[0005]

However, in a Western-style flushing toilet equipped with a functional device that can be raised as described above, when the functional device is raised, the functional device itself casts a shadow on the Western-style toilet body, and the rear of the bowl surface It is easy to hinder the cleaning performance.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and has as an object to solve the problem of enabling a Western-style flushing toilet having an ascending functional device to exhibit high cleanability. I have.

[0007]

The Western-style flush toilet of the present invention can provide various functions to the Western-style toilet body and the Western-style toilet body provided at the rear of the Western-style toilet body and fixed on the base plate. A functional device in which various parts are housed in a main body cover, the functional device being a Western-style flushing toilet provided so as to be able to ascend so as to expose at least the rear of the bowl surface of the Western-style toilet body,

[0008] At least one of the parts of the functional device is a lighting device capable of irradiating a portion exposed when the functional device is raised.

In the Western-style flushing toilet according to the present invention, the lighting device, which is one of the components of the functional device, irradiates the portion exposed when the functional device rises. The cleanability behind the surface is improved.

Therefore, the Western-style flush toilet provided with the function device capable of rising according to the present invention can exhibit high cleaning properties.

The lighting equipment is turned off when the functional device is lowered,
It is preferable that the light is turned on when the functional device is raised. In this case, running costs can be reduced by power saving.

[0012] On the other hand, it is also preferable that the lighting equipment is lit even when the functional device is lowered. In this case, even in a dark toilet room, light around the Western-style flushing toilet can be slightly illuminated by light leaking from between the Western-style toilet body and the functional device. Therefore, for example, convenience and aesthetics at the time of small use at midnight can be improved.

[0013] Further, it is preferable that the lighting device blinks if the toilet seat is in a horizontal state or a downward rotation state when the functional device is raised. In this case, the user can recognize these states.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments embodying the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the western-style flush toilet of the embodiment includes a western-style toilet body 1 made of ceramic and a shower toilet 2 as a functional device provided at a rear portion of the western-style toilet body 1. .

The shower toilet 2 includes a front base plate 3a, and components such as a nozzle 3b that constitutes a local cleaning mechanism fixed on the front base plate 3a.
It has a body cover 3d in which components such as the nozzle 3b are installed, a heating toilet seat 3e swingably provided on the body cover 3d, and a toilet lid 3f swingably provided on the body cover 3d.

As shown in FIG. 3, the front base plate 3a has an opening 3e opening on the back side of the shower toilet 2.
Are formed. In the opening 3e, as shown in FIG. 4, a substantially cylindrical transparent case 3f is provided so that its lower end is located in the opening 3e. In the transparent case 3f, an LED element 3g as a lighting fixture in which the lead wire 3i is connected to the substrate 3h is housed.
g is fixed to the transparent case 3f by a silicon sealer so as to be stored in a sealed state. The lead wire 3i of the LED element 3g is connected to a power supply and a limit switch (not shown). The limit switch turns off the LED element 3g by contact with the Western-style toilet body 1 when the shower toilet 2 descends, and separates from the Western-style toilet body 1 when the shower toilet 2 rises, and turns on the LED element 3g. .

As shown in FIG. 1, the shower toilet 2 comprises a rear base plate 4a, a hot water tank 4b constituting the rest of a local cleaning mechanism fixed on the rear base plate 4a, and a toilet flushing mechanism. It has components such as a rack and pinion of an elevating mechanism that provides a valve and the like and a front base plate 3a that can be raised and lowered with respect to the rear base plate 4a. A concealing member 5 that surrounds the hot water tank 4b and the like is provided upright around the entire rear base plate 4a in the horizontal direction.

In the rear base plate 4a having the hot water tank 4b and the like, bolts (not shown) are inserted through a pair of bolt mounting holes (not shown), and these bolts are inserted through toilet seat mounting holes (not shown) formed through the Western style toilet body 1. Then, a nut (not shown) is fixed by being fastened.
The front base plate 3a, together with the main body cover 3d, the heating toilet seat 3e, and the toilet lid 3f, such as the nozzle 3b, can be vertically moved up and down with respect to the rear base plate 4a by a lifting mechanism. As shown in FIG. 1, when the front base plate 3a and the like are lowered, the hot water tank 4b and the like are housed by the main body cover 3d.

In the Western-style flush toilet provided with such a shower toilet 2, the local cleaning mechanism of the shower toilet 2 provides
It is possible to wash a local part of a person sitting through the heating toilet seat 3e. In addition, this Western-style flush toilet has a shower toilet 2
The Western-style toilet body 1 can be washed by the toilet flushing mechanism.

In this Western-style flushing toilet, as shown in FIG. 2, the front base plate 3a of the shower toilet 2 and the like can be moved up and down by an elevating mechanism, whereby the rear of the bowl surface of the Western-style toilet body 1 is exposed. It is supposed to. For this reason, dirt behind the bowl surface of the Western-style toilet body 1 can be easily cleaned by washing with water or the like. At this time, in this Western-style flush toilet, the LED element 3g, which is one of the parts of the shower toilet 2, irradiates the portion exposed when the shower toilet 2 rises, so that the shadow by the shower toilet 2 itself disappears, and the Western-style toilet body itself (1) Cleanability behind the pot surface is improved.

Therefore, the Western-style flush toilet provided with the shower toilet 2 that can be raised can exhibit high cleaning properties. In particular, this Western-style flush toilet has a shower toilet 2
The LED element 3g turns off when the shower falls, and the shower toilet 2
When the LED rises, the LED element 3g is turned on, so that power is saved and running cost can be reduced.

Except for the limit switch, the LED element 3g can be turned on even when the shower toilet 2 descends. In this case, even in a dark toilet room, light around the Western-style flush toilet can be slightly illuminated by light leaking from between the Western-style toilet body 1 and the shower toilet 2 or the like. And the like and convenience can be improved.

Further, when the toilet seat 3e is in the horizontal state or the downward rotation state when the shower toilet 2 is raised, the LED element 3g may be made to blink. In this case, the user can be made aware of these states, so that the user can be prevented from sitting on the heating toilet seat 3e in this state, and the Western-style flush toilet can be prevented from being damaged.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a Western-style flush toilet according to an embodiment when a shower toilet is lowered.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the Western-style flush toilet of the embodiment when the shower toilet is raised.

FIG. 3 is a partially omitted perspective view of a shower toilet according to the Western-style flush toilet of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of a shower toilet according to the Western-style flush toilet of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Western-style toilet body 3a ... Front base plate 4a ... Rear base plate 3b, 4b, 3g ... Parts (3b ... Nozzle, 4b ... Hot water tank, 3g ... Lighting equipment (LED element)) 3d ... Body cover 2 .... Functional equipment (shower toilet) )

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A Western-style toilet body, and a functional device provided at a rear portion of the Western-style toilet body and having a body cover internally provided with components capable of imparting various functions to the Western-style toilet body fixed on a base plate. Wherein the functional device is provided so as to be able to ascend so as to expose at least the rear side of the bowl surface of the Western-style toilet body, wherein at least one of the parts of the functional device is exposed when the functional device is raised. A western-style flush toilet characterized by being a lighting device capable of irradiating the water. 2. The lighting device is turned off when the functional device is lowered,
The flush toilet according to claim 1, wherein the toilet is turned on when the functional device is raised. 3. The Western-style flush toilet according to claim 1, wherein the lighting fixture is turned on even when the functional device is lowered. 4. The Western-style flush toilet according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the illuminating device flashes if the toilet seat is in a horizontal state or a downwardly rotating state when the functional device is raised. .