JP2002115306A - Western style toilet bowl - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce sticking of urine scattering to an upper surface of a toilet bowl body when using a Western style toilet bowl for urination of a male. SOLUTION: This Western style toilet bowl is composed of the toilet bowl body 1 and a stool 2 installed on this toilet bowl body so as to freely rise up and fall down, the upper surface 16 of the toilet bowl body 1 is constituted in an inclined state so that a front part becomes low in an installed state, and the thickness t of the stool is set different in the longitudinal direction so that the upper surface 22 becomes horizontal in a falling-down state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a Western-style toilet used particularly for the public.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, there are toilets for urinals and urinals for males. In many cases, western urinals are used as urinals for males. .

[0003]

When a male urinal is used as a urinal for a urinal, the upper surface of the urinal is contaminated by the scattering of urine, and the contaminants become severe due to repeated use. For this reason, not only is it extremely unsanitary, but it also causes a great discomfort to the subsequent user, and also has a disadvantage that it results in a bad reputation for the administrator of the toilet apparatus.

[0004]

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional inconvenience, a toilet body and a toilet seat attached to the toilet body so as to be able to move up and down are provided.
In the installation state, configure it in an inclined state so that the front part is low,
In addition, the thickness of the toilet seat is varied in the front-rear direction such that the upper surface thereof is horizontal in a prone state.

[0005] In the above, preferably, a plurality of grooves are formed on the upper surface of the toilet body from the inclined direction toward the upper surface opening and open at the opening position.

Further, the toilet body has a ball formed in a funnel shape and having a discharge port at a lower portion, and an opening on the upper surface which matches the upper surface opening of the ball, and supports the ball inside. And a cover body installed on a wall surface or a floor surface, and a case where the toilet body is made of ceramic in which a ball portion and a discharge portion are integrally provided.

[0007]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a part of a wall-mounted type Western-style toilet bowl, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a general front view in a state in which the toilet 3 is upright, and the Western-style toilet is composed of a toilet body 1, a toilet 2 and a lid 3 movably mounted on the toilet body 1.

The toilet body 1 is formed in a funnel shape, has a discharge port 11 in the lower part, and has a flange 12 along the periphery of the upper opening.
A ball 13 made of, for example, stainless steel, and an opening 14 on the upper surface that matches the upper surface opening of the ball 13.
With the back open and the ball 1 inside.
And a cover body 15 made of synthetic resin attached at the position of the collar 12. The toilet body thus configured is installed on the wall surface by the wall panel 4.

The wall panel 4 has a size suitable for closing the back surface of the cover body 15, and a support member 41 for fixing and supporting the lower portion of the ball 13 is provided on the front surface thereof.
Accordingly, the lower part of the ball 13 is fixedly supported by the support member 41 of the wall panel 4 and the cover body 15 is attached to the ball 13 at the position of the flange 12, so that the toilet body 1 is installed on the wall surface.

Although the installation configuration of the above-mentioned toilet body 1 is basically not different from the installation configuration of the conventional toilet, the present invention has the above-described configuration, and the toilet body 1 has a lower front portion in the installed state. It is required to be configured in an inclined state as described above.

That is, when the toilet body 1 is installed, it is required that the upper surface 16 be inclined downward to the front with respect to the floor surface A such that the upper surface 16 is lower at the front and higher at the rear. .

On the rear upper surface of the toilet body 1, a toilet seat 2 and a lid 3 are mounted on the rear upper surface via mounting means 17, respectively, as is well known, and the toilet body 1 is further provided in the present invention. The requirement is that the thickness t of the toilet seat 2 is made different in the front-rear direction in accordance with the configuration in which the toilet seat is inclined forward and downward in the installed state.

More specifically, the toilet seat 2 has
An opening 21 having a size matching the upper surface opening 14 of the toilet main body 1 is provided, and when the toilet body 1 falls down on the upper surface, the upper surface 22 forms a horizontal plane p similar to a toilet seat used in normal use. The upper surface 22 of the toilet seat 2 forming the horizontal plane p is preferably curved and formed in a concave shape so as to fit the buttocks, so that the thickness t is gradually increased from the rear position toward the front. On the lower surface of 2, a cushioning piece 23 is provided which comes into contact with the upper surface of the toilet body 1 when it falls down.

Thus, as described above, the toilet body 1
When the urine is scattered when a man urinates in a state shown in FIG. 2 in which the upper surface thereof is installed in an inclined state so that the front portion is lowered and the toilet seat 2 is raised, the upper surface of the toilet body 1 is The water droplets of the scattered urine flow down along the inclination direction of the toilet body 1 and drop from the front position on the floor surface to reduce the adhesion of urine to the upper surface 16 of the toilet body 1. can do.

In the above description, the water droplets of the urine dropped on the floor surface are, for example, laid with a water-absorbing mat around the floor surface on which the toilet body 1 is installed, or received urine dropped from the toilet body 1. By taking measures such as providing a groove for draining and providing a means for discharging urine flowing into the groove to the outside, it is possible to eliminate discomfort when using the toilet.

FIG. 3 shows the upper surface 16 of the toilet body 1 in order to further reduce urine adhering to the upper surface 16 of the toilet body 1.
Then, urine attached to the upper surface 16 is passed through the opening 1 of the toilet body 1.
4 shows another embodiment in which a plurality of grooves 18 for positively leading to the position 4 are formed.

The groove 18 is curved so as to have a concave cross section, and its tip is open at the position of the opening 14.
The groove 18 extends linearly in the inclined direction at the rear position of the upper surface 16 of the toilet body 1, and extends from the linear portion to the opening 14 from the rear position to the left and right side position.
It is formed so as to be curved toward.

Therefore, according to this configuration, the urine scattered and attached to the upper surface 16 of the toilet body 1 flows into the groove 18 and is guided to the position of the opening 14, and enters the ball 13 from the tip thereof. Since the liquid is dropped, the adhesion of urine can be remarkably reduced, and the stain around the toilet body 1 can be reduced.

The above embodiment shows a Western-style toilet bowl in which the toilet body 1 is installed on a wall surface. FIG. 4 shows a toilet bowl type in which the toilet body 1 is installed on a floor surface. Instead of the point that the back surface of the cover body 15 is closed and the lower surface thereof is open,
A floor panel 5 having a support member 51 fixedly supporting the lower portion of the ball 13 on the upper surface so as to close the open lower surface.
And there is basically no difference between them.

In each of the above embodiments, the configuration of the case where the entire toilet body 1 is inclined so that the center L of the toilet body 1 is inclined forward and its front portion is lowered, FIG. 5 shows another embodiment in which the ball 13 is formed so that its upper surface is lower at the front position, and the ball 19 is mounted in the cover body 15 so that the center L thereof is vertical. An example is shown and its operation is not different from the configuration described above.

Also in this configuration, the upper surface 1 of the toilet body 1
6 may of course be provided with a groove 18.

Further, in the above embodiments, the case where the toilet body 1 is composed of the ball 13 and the cover bodies 15 to 19 is illustrated, but FIG. 6 shows the case where the present invention is applied to a ceramic toilet body. Shows another embodiment.

The ceramic toilet body 6 has a ball portion 60.
And the discharge unit 61 are integrally formed, and the lower surface thereof is installed on the floor surface. A water guide 62 for jetting the washing water is formed integrally with the periphery of the upper opening of the ball portion 60, and the upper surface 63 is inclined so as to be lower at the front portion. The toilet seat 2 and the lid 3 are attached to the rear portion of the upper surface of the toilet body 6 configured as described above so that the toilet seat 2 and the lid 3 can be raised and lowered. In the present invention, the toilet seat 2 is The upper surface 22 of the toilet seat 2 is so thick that its thickness increases in the forward
Are configured to be horizontal.

Also in the case of the embodiment having this configuration, it is a matter of course that the groove 18 may be provided on the upper surface 16 of the toilet body 1.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, even if urine on the upper surface of the toilet body is scattered, it flows down along the inclined surface, so that the adhesion of urine to the upper surface of the toilet body is reduced. In addition, the discomfort caused by the use of the toilet can be softened, and since the upper surface of the toilet seat is held in a horizontal state, there is an advantage that there is no trouble in use.

In particular, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the urine attached to the upper surface of the toilet body can be positively guided into the ball, and there is an advantage that the adhesion of urine can be further reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view showing a main part cut away.

FIG. 2 is an overall front view of a state in which a toilet seat is raised.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing another embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a side view showing still another embodiment corresponding to FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a side view showing still another embodiment corresponding to FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a side view showing still another embodiment, which is partially cut away.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,6 toilet body 2 toilet seat 11 discharge pipe 13 ball 14,21 opening 15,19 cover body 16,22 top surface 18 groove 60 ball part 61 discharge part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A toilet body and a toilet seat attached to the toilet body so that the toilet seat can be raised and lowered, wherein an upper surface of the toilet body is configured so as to be inclined such that a front portion thereof is lower in an installed state, and A western style toilet characterized by having different thicknesses in the front-rear direction such that the upper surface thereof is horizontal when lying down. 2. The western style toilet according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of grooves are formed on the upper surface of the toilet body from the inclined direction toward the upper surface opening and open at the opening position. 3. The toilet body is formed in a funnel shape and has a ball having a discharge port at a lower portion, and an opening at an upper surface which matches with an upper surface opening of the ball, and supports the ball inside. 3. The western style toilet according to claim 1, further comprising a cover body installed on a wall surface or a floor surface. 4. The western style toilet according to claim 1, wherein the toilet body is made of pottery having a ball portion and a discharge portion integrally provided.