JP2003213763A - Toilet apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toilet apparatus which facilitates exchange of a deodorizer even by the user. <P>SOLUTION: The toilet apparatus is formed of a main body case 2, an air tunnel 11, the deodorizer 3, and an air blower 4. The main body case 2 is arranged on a rear portion of a toilet stool 1 in a detachable manner, and has an air inlet 9 for sucking an odor of human waste excreted from a human body and an air outlet 10 for discharging purified air. The wind tunnel 11 is arranged in the body case 2, and connects the air inlet to the air outlet. The deodorizer 3 is arranged in a channel of the air blower, for purifying the odor passing through the channel together with air. The air blower 4 sucks the odor together with air from the air inlet and discharges the purified air from the air outlet. According to the toilet apparatus, the deodorizer 3 is arranged in the body case 2 from an opening 21 formed in a bottom surface 2a of the body case 2, in a detachable manner. Therefore, the body case is detached from the toilet stool, and the deodorizer is exchanged, i.e., taken in and out of the opening in the bottom surface of the body case, followed by attaching again the body case to the toilet stool. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toilet which is provided at a rear part of a toilet bowl, and the odor of filth discharged from a human body is suctioned together with air from a suction port to be cleaned and then air is discharged from a discharge port to a toilet room. Regarding the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional deodorizing device for a toilet device of this type is described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-316964, and will be described with reference to FIG. A casing 81 is provided laterally at the rear of the toilet 80. Inside the casing 81, the inner housing 8
2 are arranged, and the deodorant cartridges 83 and the motor drive fans 84 are accommodated in a line in this order from the left side.

The odor drifting in the toilet 80 is sucked to the deodorant cartridge 83 side through the opening of the casing 81 by the rotation of the motor drive fan 84, deodorized by the deodorant cartridge 83, and then through the opening 85. It is released to the outside. The deodorant cartridge 83 is a casing 81.
The bottom door 86 is configured to be opened and passed through the opening 87 before being stored in the toilet 80.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the above conventional configuration,
The replacement of the deodorant cartridge 83, which has deteriorated in performance over a long period of time, is not specifically shown, but it is considered that the door 86 is opened from the bottom side of the casing 81. However, the door 86 at the bottom of the casing 81 installed in the toilet 80 is unlikely to be in the sight of the exchanger, so it is considered difficult to replace the deodorant cartridge 83.

Further, it is extremely difficult for an unskilled user to remove the casing 81 once installed by the contractor on the toilet 80 every time the deodorant cartridge 83 is replaced. When a local washing device for washing the local portion of the human body after stool with warm water is installed in the casing 81 and a water supply pipe is installed, it is extra difficult to remove the casing 81.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems and provides a toilet device in which the deodorant can be easily replaced by the user.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is a suction port which is provided at the rear part of a toilet bowl and through which the odor of waste discharged from the human body is sucked. And a main body case having an outlet through which the purified air is exhausted, a wind tunnel provided in the main body case, connecting the inlet and the outlet, and provided in a path of the wind tunnel, and the odor passing through with the air. A deodorant for cleaning the air and a blower that sucks odors together with air from the suction port and exhausts the purified air from the air outlet, and the main body case is located at a position where the bottom surface of the main case faces when the deodorant is replaced. It can be moved and attached to the toilet bowl,
The deodorant is a toilet device detachably provided through an opening provided on the bottom surface of the main body case.

According to the above means, the deodorant can be replaced by moving the main body case attached to the toilet bowl to the position where the bottom surface faces.
The deodorant can be attached / detached from the opening of the bottom face that is exposed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a detachable portion is provided on the rear part of the toilet bowl, and an inlet for sucking the odor of the waste discharged from the human body and an outlet for discharging the purified air are provided. A main body case having, a wind tunnel provided in the main body case, which connects the suction port and the discharge port, and a deodorant for purifying the odor passing with air and the air from the suction port, provided in the path of the wind tunnel. A toilet device comprising a blower for sucking odor and exhausting purified air from a blowout port, wherein the deodorant is detachably provided from an opening provided on the bottom surface of the main body case.

According to the above means, the body case detachably attached to the toilet bowl is removed, and the deodorant is put in and out from the opening at the bottom of the body case to replace the deodorant, and the body case is attached to the toilet bowl again. Has the effect of being.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toilet device in which a deodorant is integrally provided with a cover for closing the opening provided on the bottom surface of the main body case. Has a function that can also be used as a lid.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toilet device in which a deodorant is detachably provided on a cover for closing an opening provided on a bottom surface of a main body case, and the opening portion on a bottom surface of the main body case is closed. The deodorant can be removed from the cover and only the deodorant can be replaced.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toilet device in which the shape of the deodorant is formed so as to be removable from an opening provided on the bottom surface of the main body case, and the deodorant enters and leaves from the bottom surface side of the main body case. Therefore, compared with the case where the deodorant is put in and out from the side surface of the main body case, there is an effect that the restriction on the shape of the deodorant is reduced.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the front portion of the main body case that faces the rear portion of the toilet seated on the toilet seat is formed as an upward inclined surface, and the deodorant has its upper and lower surfaces as the bottom surface of the main body case. A toilet device formed in a shape along the inclined surface,
A deodorant of a size that fills the vertical space inside the main body case can be used, and it has the effect of effectively utilizing the space to enhance the deodorizing ability.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The toilet device of the present invention will be described below.
It will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional top view showing a main part of a toilet device of the present invention cut away, and FIG. 2 is a right-side cross-sectional view showing a main part of a toilet device cut out. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the attachment and detachment of the deodorant of the device, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the attachment and detachment structure of the device, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a blower of the device, and FIG. It is a side view which shows the structure of a deodorant, and FIG.6 (b) is a side view which shows the structure of the filter of the same apparatus.

The toilet bowl 1 has a main body case 2 of a toilet device attached to the upper surface of the rear part thereof in a detachable manner with a structure shown in FIG. The main body case 2 is composed of a horizontally long bottom plate 2a and a mountain-shaped cover 2b which is a lid. As shown in FIG. 1, the deodorizer 3 and the blower 4 which constitute the deodorizing device are on the right side, and the drying device is on the left side. Heater 5 that uses the constituent electricity as its heat source
And a blower 6, and a local cleaning device 8 including a nozzle 7 for cleaning a local part of a human body with warm water over the center and the left rear, respectively.

The body case 2 is provided with a suction port 9 at the front portion of the bottom plate 2a for sucking the odor of the filth discharged from the human body into the toilet 1, and the air cleaned with the deodorant 3 is discharged. It has a blowout port 10. The deodorant 3
Sets the thickness in the height direction equal to or higher than the height of the blower 4, and utilizes the increased difference H as an air passage to improve the deodorizing ability.

The deodorant 3 and the blower 4 are provided in the main body case 2, and the deodorant 3 is provided from the front part to the rear part of the main body case 2 along the path of the wind tunnel 11 connecting the suction port 9 and the blowout port 10. The fan 12 of the blower 4 and the motor 13 located at the center of the fan are provided so that their radial surfaces are horizontal, and the deodorizing device is arranged horizontally in the order of the blower 4. The overall thickness in the height direction is kept low.

Therefore, in this embodiment, a thin sirocco fan can be adopted as the blower 4, and further, in the wind tunnel 11, the circulating air has passed the deodorant 3 in the horizontal direction as shown by the arrow in FIG. The fan 12 of the blower 4 and the motor 13 located in the center of the fan are turned afterwards.
It is configured to flow vertically into.

The outlet 10 is a lower step 15 formed on the back side of the rear part of the main body case 2 which is in contact with a toilet seat cover 14 which is rotated and opened vertically for the convenience of use.
In addition, a plurality of openings are formed at least upward from the upper surface to the rear surface.

The filter 16 is constructed by adhering a net 16b to a horizontally long frame 16a as shown in FIG. 6 (b), and all of the air flowing in from the suction port 9 is prevented so that dust does not adhere to the deodorant 3. Are arranged in parallel to face the front surface of the deodorizing material 3 so as to pass through. Since the filter 16 needs to be cleaned every short period of time, a collar 16c that hermetically closes the side opening so that the filter 16 can be detachably attached from the side opening of the cover 2b of the main body case 2. It has a structure in which an attached handle 16d and an engagement piece 16e which engages in the cover 22 by elastic force are provided.

The gap 17 is formed between the bottom surface of the blower 4 and the bottom plate 2a of the body case 2, and even if filthy water or the like is accidentally introduced from the outlet 10 that opens upward in the body case 2, the gap 17 collects in the gap 17. This is to prevent the blower 4 from being immersed in dirty water or the like. The pair of left and right rails 18, 19 are
As shown in FIG. 4, the base plate 20 provided on the upper surface of the toilet 1 and the bottom plate 2a of the main body case 2 are vertically locked to each other,
The main body case 2 provided at the rear part on the toilet bowl 1 is slidably engaged in the front-back direction so that the body case 2 can be pulled out in the front-back direction on the toilet bowl 1 so that the user can easily attach and detach the deodorant 3 when exchanging it. I try to do it if possible.

That is, since the deodorant 3 is exchanged by taking it in and out through the opening 21 provided in the bottom plate 2a of the main body case 2, a thin elastic support piece provided on both the left and right sides of the cover 22 that covers the opening 21. It is sandwiched between 23 and attached detachably. In order to cover the opening 21 in an airtight manner, the cover 22 is provided with a tongue piece 24 that deforms with elastic force at the center in the longitudinal direction, and the tongue piece 24 is detachably locked to the edge of the opening 21. ing.

Similar to the toilet seat lid 14, 25 is a toilet seat which is mounted on the toilet bowl 1 so as to be pivotable rearward about the rear end and arranged on the left and right ends of the body case 2, and 26 is for supplying water to the local cleaning device 8. In order to replace the deodorant 3 with the water supply hose, the main body case 2 is detached from the toilet bowl 1 as shown in FIG. Uses a pressure resistant hose. 27 is a tank (generally referred to as a low tank) that stores water for draining filth in the toilet bowl 1 after use, which is automatically replenished every time it is used and always stores a fixed amount.

In the above-described embodiment, the use of the toilet device will be described. A toilet user opens the toilet seat lid 14 vertically and sits on the toilet seat 25 to perform toilet. At this time, the blower 4 is rotated by the seat of the toilet user to cause an air suction action around the inside of the toilet 1, the air is sucked from the suction port 9 to remove dust by the filter 16, and further passes through the deodorant 3. Then, the smell of dirt is absorbed and cleaned. Then, the purified air is discharged upward from the outlet 10 through the blower 4 and is discharged to the space existing between the open toilet seat lid 14 and the tank 27.

On the other hand, the user operates the local cleaning device 8 to clean the local part after toilet with warm water, and warms the cleaned local part with the air sucked by the blower 6 and the heater 5 as a drying device. It is weathered and sprayed on a local area to be dried, and the waste is drained by flowing water from the tank 27 into the toilet 1. During this period, the toilet user is sitting on the toilet seat 25, and the above deodorizing action is continued.

In this way, when the deodorant 3 is used for a long time and its performance is deteriorated, it is replaced. That is, when the main body case 2 is pulled to the front side of the toilet 1 with the toilet seat lid 14 closed, the main body case 2 is slid and guided by the left and right rails 18 and 19, and the main body case 2 is pulled out toward the front, and the rail 18 is removed from the rail 18.
When the engagement is released, the main body case 2 can be placed on the toilet bowl 1 as shown in FIG.

In this state, the tongue piece 24 is removed from the edge of the opening portion 21, the cover 22 is pulled out, and the deodorant 3 is taken out from the opening portion 21. Then, the deodorant 3 older than the support piece 23 is removed, and the new deodorant 3 is sandwiched between the support pieces 23 and attached. After that, the deodorant 3 can be attached to the inside of the main body case 2 through the opening 21 and the main body case 2 can be attached to the upper surface of the rear portion of the toilet bowl 1 in the reverse order of the above-described removal work.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the main body case 2 is attached to the toilet so that it can be moved to a position where the bottom surface 2a of the main body case can face when the deodorant 3 is replaced, and the deodorant 3 is attached to the bottom surface of the main case 2. Since it is provided detachably from the opening 21 provided in 2a, even a user who is an amateur in the construction of the toilet device can move the main body case 2 to a position where the bottom surface 2a can face, and remove the deodorant 3 from the opening 21 in the bottom surface 2a. The deodorant 3 can be detached and attached, and the deodorant 3 can be easily exchanged, and the deodorant 3 can be promptly exchanged without being left in a deteriorated state, so that a stable deodorizing ability can always be maintained.

Further, in this embodiment, since the main body case 2 is detachably provided on the rear part of the toilet bowl 1 and the deodorant 3 is detachably provided from the opening provided on the bottom surface 2a of the main body case 2, The main body case 2 is removed from the toilet bowl 1, and the deodorant 3 is exchanged by inserting and removing the deodorant 3 from the opening 21 of the bottom surface 2a of the main body case 2, and the main body case 2 is attached to the toilet bowl 1 again, As for construction, even an unskilled user can easily replace the deodorant 3 and can quickly replace the deodorant 3 without leaving it in a deteriorated capacity and always maintain a stable deodorizing capacity.

Further, in the present embodiment, since the deodorant 3 is provided integrally with the cover 22 that closes the opening 21 provided on the bottom surface 2a of the main body case 2, the cover 22 is provided with the opening 21.
It can also be used as a lid, and the structure can be simplified.

Further, in the present embodiment, the deodorant 3 is detachably provided on the cover 22 that closes the opening 21 of the bottom surface 2a of the main body case 2. Therefore, the deodorant 3 is removed from the cover 22. Only 3 can be replaced, and cover 2
2 can be reused and the maintenance cost can be reduced.

Further, in the present embodiment, since the shape of the deodorant 3 is formed so as to be attachable to and detachable from the opening 21 provided on the bottom surface 2a of the main body case 2, the deodorant 3 is used as the main body case 2.
Can be in and out from the bottom side of the body, for example, when inserting and removing a deodorant that is elongated from the side of the main body case, there is a high probability that various other members will protrude due to the design in the long distance to the back. Since it cannot be put in and out unless it is avoided, the shape of the deodorant tends to be restricted by all means. However, in this embodiment, the restriction on the shape of the deodorant can be reduced.

In the above-described embodiment, the deodorant 3 is put in and taken out of the opening 21 of the bottom plate 2a of the main body case 2 and is replaced by the cover 22, which covers the opening 21. A deodorant may be provided integrally with a dedicated cover, and the dedicated cover for attaching the deodorant may also serve as the lid of the opening. In the above embodiment, the body case 2 of the toilet device is attached to the pair of left and right rails 1.
8 and 19 are provided on the upper surface of the toilet bowl 1 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction so as to be attachable and detachable. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The rear sides of the left and right side surfaces may be rotatably attached to the toilet bowl.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 7 is a right side sectional view showing a notched essential portion of a toilet device according to another embodiment of the present invention. The present embodiment is different from the invention of the first embodiment only in the structure of the deodorant, and other parts having the same configurations and effects are given the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof is omitted, and different. The explanation will focus on the process.

The main body case 2 has a front portion facing the back surface of the toilet seat 25 seated on the toilet seat 25 formed on an upward sloped surface 28 so as to be along the sloped portion 25a of the toilet seat 25 which overlaps with the upper surface. The wind tunnel 11 forms a path for inclining a part 11 a along the inclined surface 28 of the main body case 2 so as to smoothly flow the air to the blower 4. The deodorant 3a has upper and lower surfaces formed in a shape that follows the bottom surface 2a of the main body case 2 and the inclined surface 28, and uses a vertical space that is a full space between the inclined portion 11a of the wind tunnel 11 and the bottom surface 2a. It has a large shape and its ability is enhanced.

In the above embodiment, the air flowing from the suction port 9 by the rotation of the blower 4 reaches the deodorizing agent 3a through the filter 16, passes through the deodorizing agent 3a, and the odor of the waste is absorbed and cleaned. . Then, the cleaned air passes through the blower 4 and is discharged upward from the outlet 10. In such an air circulation process, the air is circulated up to the inclined part 11a of the wind tunnel 11 and also to the upper surface part where the deodorant 3a is fully inclined, so that a further deodorizing effect can be obtained.

As described above, in this embodiment, the toilet seat 25
The front portion of the main body case 2 facing the rear portion of the user who is seated on the upper surface is formed as an upward inclined surface, and the deodorant 3a is formed such that the upper and lower surfaces thereof are in a shape along the bottom surface 2a of the main body case 2 and the inclined surface. Therefore, the deodorant 3a having a size that fully fills the vertical space in the main body case 2 can be formed, and the space can be effectively used to enhance the deodorizing ability.

In the above-described embodiment, the inclined portion 25a of the toilet seat 25 has a shape on the front side of the toilet seat 25 which is shaped to conform to the shape of the buttocks so as to be used as a space for escaping the buttocks of the user sitting on the toilet seat 25. It is tilted corresponding to.

[0041]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the toilet device of the present invention can be used even if not a contractor, because the main body case can be moved with respect to the toilet bowl so that the deodorant can be attached to and detached from the bottom opening of the main body case. A person can easily exchange the deodorant.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional top view showing a notched essential part of a toilet device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a right-side cross-sectional view showing a main part of the toilet device in the first embodiment by cutting out a main part thereof.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing attachment and detachment of a deodorant of the toilet device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure for attaching and detaching the toilet device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a blower of the toilet device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6A is a side view showing the structure of the deodorant of the toilet device according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 6B is a side view showing the structure of the filter of the toilet device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a right side sectional view showing a main part of a toilet device according to a second embodiment of the present invention by cutting out a main part thereof.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a deodorizing device portion in a conventional toilet device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 toilet bowl 2 body case 2a Bottom plate (bottom) 3,3a Deodorant 4 blower 9 Suction port 10 outlet 11 wind tunnel 11a part 18, 19 rails 22 cover 23 Support piece

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Ryoichi Koga             1006 Kadoma, Kadoma-shi, Osaka Matsushita Electric             Sangyo Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 2D038 BB18 BB23 BC01

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A main body case provided at a rear portion of a toilet bowl, having a suction port for sucking the odor of filth discharged from a human body and a discharge port for discharging purified air.
Provided in the main body case, a wind tunnel connecting the suction port and the discharge port, provided in the path of the wind tunnel, a deodorant for cleaning the odor passing with air and the odor is sucked together with air from the suction port, The main body case is attached to the toilet bowl so that it can be moved to a position where the bottom surface of the main body case can face when replacing the deodorant, and the deodorant is attached to the bottom surface of the main body case. A toilet device that is detachably attached from the opening provided. 2. A main body case, which is detachably attached to a rear portion of a toilet bowl, and has a suction port for sucking the odor of filth discharged from a human body and a discharge port for discharging purified air, and the main body. Provided in the case, a wind tunnel connecting the suction port and the discharge port, and provided in the path of the wind tunnel, a deodorant for cleaning the odor passing with the air and a suction of the odor with the air from the suction port for cleaning A toilet device comprising a blower for exhausting the discharged air from an outlet, and the deodorant is detachably provided from an opening provided on the bottom surface of the main body case. 3. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein the deodorant is provided integrally with a cover that closes an opening provided on the bottom surface of the main body case. 4. The deodorant is removably provided on a cover that closes an opening provided on the bottom surface of the main body case.
Alternatively, the toilet device according to claim 2. 5. The toilet device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the deodorant is formed in such a shape that it can be attached to and detached from an opening provided on the bottom surface of the main body case. 6. The main body case has a front part facing the rear part of the toilet seated on the toilet seat formed on an upward inclined surface, and the deodorant has upper and lower surfaces along the bottom surface of the main case and the inclined surface. The toilet device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the toilet device is formed into a sheet.