JP2003265361A - Toilet seat mounting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attach/detach a toilet seat in simple structure. <P>SOLUTION: The toilet seat mounting structure is composed of a fixing member 7 to be fixed on a lavatory bowl, a shaft supporter 16 equipped with a pair of holes 17 confronted to the fixing member 7, a toilet seat 1 equipped with a toilet seat shaft 9 and supported to be freely turnable on the shaft supporter 16 and a cover 8 mounted on the fixing member 7. Between the toilet seat shaft 9 and the holes 17, a gap is provided for sliding the toilet seat 1 in the axial line direction of the toilet seat shaft for freely attaching/detaching the toilet seat to/from the fixing member 7, and the cover 8 is equipped with a portion for regulating the lateral movement of the toilet seat 1 for regulating sliding of the toilet seat 1 in the axial line direction of the toilet seat shaft. Therefore, while the cover 8 is not mounted, the toilet seat 1 can be attached to and detached from the fixing member 7 and when the cover 8 is mounted, attaching/detaching of the toilet seat 1 can be regulated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a toilet seat mounting structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a structure in which a toilet seat is rotatably supported by a fixing member 7 fixed to a toilet bowl, it is roughly divided into a case where a toilet seat shaft 9 is fixed to a toilet seat and a case where it is detachable. . The toilet seat shaft 9 is supported by a pair of shaft supports 16 provided on the fixing member 7, and rotatably supports the toilet seat on the fixing member 7. When the toilet seat shaft 9 is detachable from the toilet seat, as shown in FIG. 7, the holes 21 formed in the toilet seat and the shaft support 16 are
The toilet seat shaft 9 is detachably penetrated through the seat 17, and the toilet seat is detachably attached to the fixing member 7 and rotatable. The toilet seat shaft 9 forms a hook-shaped detachment prevention structure between the toilet seat and the fixing member 7, and prevents the toilet seat shaft 9 from detaching due to vibration such as rotation. When the toilet seat shaft 9 is fixed to the toilet seat, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the hole 17 of the shaft support 16 allows the ring of the toilet seat shaft 9 to be partially opened and closed for attaching and detaching the seat shaft 9. As a structure capable of opening and closing the wheel, there is a method of attaching and detaching a part of the shaft support body 16 with screws. In some cases, a heater for heating the toilet seat is provided inside the toilet seat, and the control means for controlling the electric power to the heater is arranged on the fixed member, and the electric wire as the energy transmission means for transmitting the electric power to the heater is installed inside the toilet seat shaft. Through. Further, the fixing member 7 is provided with a cover for hiding the toilet seat shaft 9 and the like and improving the appearance, and when the fixing member is provided with the control means, the cover is also covered by this cover so that the appearance is arranged.

[0003]

When the toilet seat shaft is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the toilet seat, a structure is required to prevent the toilet seat shaft from falling off the toilet seat or the fixing member, and the structure of the toilet seat, the toilet seat shaft and the shaft support is complicated. Becomes The toilet seat shaft has holes provided on both the toilet seat and the shaft support so as to be passed therethrough, but the holes through which the toilet seat shaft is passed are small relative to the size of the toilet seat and the like, and the work of stacking the holes is not easy. Even when the toilet seat shaft is fixed to the toilet seat, the number of parts is increased due to the structure of opening and closing the ring of the hole of the shaft support, and the structure is complicated and laborious to assemble. Further, when an electric wire or the like is passed through the toilet seat shaft, the structure becomes complicated and the assembly becomes more difficult.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fixing member fixed to a toilet bowl, and a shaft support having a pair of holes provided in the fixing member and facing each other.
It is composed of a toilet seat that has a toilet seat shaft and is rotatably supported by a shaft support, and a cover that is attached to a fixing member. The toilet seat slides in the axial direction of the toilet seat axis between the toilet seat shaft and the hole. By doing so, a gap is provided so that it can be detached from the fixing member, and the cover is equipped with a slide restricting device that restricts sliding of the toilet seat in the axial direction of the toilet seat axis, so the toilet seat is fixed when the cover is not attached. It can be attached to and detached from the member, and the attachment and detachment of the toilet seat can be regulated when the cover is attached.

In the second aspect, since the sliding restricting means is made by abutting a part of the toilet seat on the cover, the cover itself becomes the sliding restricting means.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the shaft support is provided with the hole-spacing varying means for making the toilet seat detachable, and the cover is provided with the hole-spacing fixing means. Therefore, when the cover is not attached, the toilet seat is the fixing member. It can be attached and detached, and when the cover is attached, attachment and detachment of the toilet seat can be restricted.

In the present invention, the hole spacing varying means is an elastic deformation structure formed on the shaft support, and the hole spacing fixing means is an elastic deformation restricting structure formed on the cover. The cover itself is a means for fixing the hole spacing.

According to the present invention, the cover is provided with the insertion groove through which the toilet seat shaft is inserted when the cover is attached. Therefore, the cover can be easily attached after the toilet seat shaft is attached to the shaft support.

In the sixth aspect, the toilet seat is provided with the toilet seat heating means, the cover hides a part of the toilet seat shaft, and the energy transmission means to the toilet seat heating means is arranged on the toilet seat shaft. Never exposed.

In the present invention, the cover hides the control means for the toilet seat heating means, so that the control means is not exposed to the outside.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The toilet seat device according to the present invention is composed of a toilet seat 1, a casing including a fixing member 7 and a cover 8 and containing a control device 14. The toilet seat 1 includes a toilet seat body 2 and a toilet seat bottom plate 3 as shown in FIGS.
The toilet seat heating means 4 is attached to the inner surface side of the toilet seat body 2. The toilet seat heating means 4 is composed of a heater 5 and a heat transfer body 6, and the heat transfer body 6 is an aluminum sheet with an adhesive material and is attached to the inner surface side of the toilet seat body 2.

Toilet seat shafts 9 are provided on the left and right of the toilet seat 1, and one toilet seat shaft 9 (upper side in FIG. 1) is formed integrally with the toilet seat 1. The other toilet seat shaft 9 (lower side in FIG. 1) is hollow and fixed to the toilet seat 1, and an electric wire 12 as an energy transmitting means connected to the heater 5 is passed through the hollow portion.

At the tip of the electric wire 12 extending to the outside of the toilet seat 1 through the toilet seat shaft 9, there is provided a connector 13 which is detachably connectable to the control means 14.

As will be described later with reference to FIG. 3, the toilet seat 1 is also provided with a thermistor 19 for detecting the temperature of the toilet seat 1, and the signal line 20 passes through the toilet seat shaft 9 as well as the electric wire 12 and passes through the control means 1.
4 is detachably connected.

A fixing member 7 on which the control means 14 is arranged is attached to the toilet bowl 10 with bolts 11.

The control means 14 is provided with a power cord 15, which extends outside the fixing member 7 and is connected to a commercial power source (not shown).

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a pair of shaft supports 16 is arranged on the fixing member 7, and a hole 17 through which the toilet seat shaft 9 is inserted is formed in the shaft support 16 so as to face each other. The lateral width of the toilet seat 1 in the direction crossing the toilet seat shaft 9 is formed smaller than the distance between the shaft supports 16 by the length of one toilet seat shaft, and the toilet seat shaft 9 is slidable along the hole 17 in the axial direction. . Since there is a gap between the toilet seat shaft 9 and the hole 17, the axis of the toilet seat shaft 9 and the hole 17 can be removed by sliding the toilet seat 1 to one side, and the toilet seat 1 can be removed from the fixing member 7. Is possible.

When the toilet seat 1 is attached to the shaft support 16 via the toilet seat shaft 9, the electric wire 12 can be connected to the control means 14 arranged on the fixing member 7 through the toilet seat shaft 9 and the hole 17.

The fixing member 7 includes a part of the toilet seat shaft 9 and an electric wire 12.
And the cover 8 for concealing the control means 14 is mounted from above. The cover 8 has a substantially concave top view as a whole, and has a shape sandwiching a part of both ends of the toilet seat 1 on the axial side, and is provided with an insertion groove (not shown) through which the toilet seat shaft 9 is inserted when the cover is attached. Therefore,
The cover after the toilet seat shaft is attached to the shaft support can be easily mounted from above. Further, the cover 8 contacts the cover 8 even if the toilet seat 1 is moved in the axial direction, so that the toilet seat 1 is restricted from sliding in the axial direction.

Next, an embodiment of another method for attaching and detaching the toilet seat shown in FIGS. The shaft support 16 protrudes like a plate from the fixing member 7 and has a hole 17 formed near the tip. Since the shaft support member 16 is a plate-shaped member for varying the hole spacing so that it can be easily elastically deformed, the distance can be varied by elastic deformation near the tip of the shaft support member 16 having the hole 17, and the width of both ends of the toilet seat shaft 9 can be varied. The distance between the holes 17 is widened so that the toilet seat 1 can be attached and detached. A cover 8 for concealing a part of the toilet seat shaft 9, the electric wire 12 and the control means 14 is attached to the fixing member 7 as described above. The cover 8 is provided with a fitting portion 18 as an elastic deformation restricting structure of the shaft support 16 that abuts on the tip of the shaft support 16 and suppresses elastic deformation.

[0021]

The present invention has the following effects due to the above configuration. According to claim 1, the toilet seat can be attached to and detached from the fixing member when the cover is not attached, and the attachment and detachment of the toilet seat can be regulated when the cover is attached. Therefore, whether to attach or detach the toilet seat can be easily switched with a simple structure. Is possible. In the second aspect, since the cover itself serves as the slide restricting means, the structure is simple and the number of parts can be reduced. In claim 3,
When the cover is not attached, the toilet seat can be attached to and detached from the fixing member, and when the cover is attached, the attachment / detachment of the toilet seat can be regulated. Therefore, whether or not the toilet seat can be attached / detached can be easily switched with a simple structure. . In the fourth aspect, the shaft support itself serves as the hole spacing varying means and the cover itself serves as the hole spacing fixing means, so that the structure is simple and the number of parts can be reduced. In claim 5, by the insertion groove provided in the cover,
The cover can be easily attached after the toilet seat shaft is attached to the shaft support. According to the sixth aspect, since the energy transmission means is not exposed to the outside, it does not spoil the appearance. According to the seventh aspect, the control means is not exposed to the outside, so that the appearance is not spoiled.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a toilet seat attachment state diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of part A in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which a cover is attached to the toilet seat device of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 3 showing a cross section of the toilet seat.

FIG. 6 is an overall view showing how the toilet seat is attached to the toilet bowl.

FIG. 7 is a structural diagram of a toilet seat shaft mounting structure in the related art.

FIG. 8 is a structural view of a toilet seat shaft attachment according to another conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Toilet seat 2: Toilet seat body 3: Toilet seat bottom plate 4: Toilet seat heating means 5: heater 6: Heat transfer body 7: Fixed member 8: Cover 9: Toilet seat axis 10: Toilet bowl 11: Bolt 12: Electric wire 13: Connector 14: Control means 15: Power cord 16: Shaft support 17: hole 18: Mating part 19: Thermistor 20: Signal line

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A fixing member fixed to a toilet bowl, a shaft support provided in the fixing member in a pair and provided with opposed holes, and a toilet seat shaft rotatably supported by the shaft support. And a cover attached to the fixing member, for sliding the toilet seat between the toilet seat shaft and the hole in the axial direction of the toilet seat axis so as to be detachable from the fixing member. A toilet seat mounting structure characterized in that a gap is provided, and that the cover is provided with a slide restricting means for restricting sliding of the toilet seat in the axial direction of the toilet seat axis. 2. The toilet seat mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein a sliding restricting means is formed by abutting a part of the toilet seat on the cover. 3. A fixing member fixed to a toilet bowl, a shaft supporting member provided in the fixing member and having a pair of holes facing each other, and a toilet seat shaft so as to be rotatably supported by the shaft supporting member. And a cover attached to the fixing member, the shaft support body is provided with hole spacing varying means for making the toilet seat detachable, and the cover is provided with hole spacing fixing means. Toilet seat mounting structure. 4. The toilet seat according to claim 3, wherein the hole spacing varying means is an elastic deformation structure formed on a shaft support, and the hole spacing fixing means is an elastic deformation restricting structure formed on a cover. Mounting structure. 5. The cover is provided with an insertion groove through which the toilet seat shaft is inserted when the cover is attached.
The toilet seat mounting structure according to any one of 1. 6. The toilet seat is provided with a toilet seat heating means, the cover conceals a part of the toilet seat shaft, and the toilet seat shaft is provided with energy transfer means to the toilet seat heating means. 6. The toilet seat mounting structure according to any one of 5 to 5. 7. The toilet seat mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the cover hides the control means for the toilet seat heating means.