JP2006020681A - Western style toilet apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a western style toilet apparatus which enables a user to comfortably use the apparatus in a half-sitting posture. <P>SOLUTION: The western style toilet apparatus is provided with: a pair of attaching brackets 10 with which a back pad member 20 and armrests 30 are attached to a wall surface 1 by a prescribed distance above both left and right sides of a western style toilet 2; a frame 14 and the armrests 30 attached to the brackets 10 so as to be turned in rising and falling directions through a shaft 13; and the back pad member 20 or the like supported by the frame 14. Thus, though the user half rises from a toilet seat 3, the half-sitting posture is comfortably maintained, since the back part abuttes on the back pad member 20 and the arms are put on the armrests 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a Western-style toilet facility equipped with a Western-style toilet, and more particularly to an improved Western-style toilet facility so that the use of a middle waist with the waist raised from a toilet seat can be performed easily.

  Western-style toilets are usually used for men's stool use and female use by lying down on the toilet seat and adding to the toilet seat. However, as a result of the investigation by the present inventors, in public toilets, there are many people who touch the buttocks of an unspecified number of people and hesitate to sit directly on a toilet seat that is sometimes dirty. In addition, it was recognized that not a few people took a stool in a mid-waist posture with the waist up from the toilet seat. However, it was found that the middle waist posture with the waist lifted in this way is an extremely impossible posture, and there is much hope that the Western-style toilet facilities will be improved so that the middle waist posture can be easily taken.

  Some public toilets such as department stores are equipped with seat paper, but it is difficult to use because the seat paper falls off.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 2001-169968 and 2002-291658 describe a toilet provided with a backrest for supporting the back of a toilet seat occupant in addition to a handrail. However, since the backrest described in these publications is provided considerably rearward so that the back of the seated occupant of the toilet seat hits, if the middle waist user puts his / her waist on this backrest, It will come off rearward and cannot be used for the waist support of the middle waist user.
JP 2001-169968 A JP 2002-291658 A

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems and to provide a Western-style toilet facility that can be used easily in the middle waist.

  The western-style toilet equipment of the present invention (Claim 1) is a western-style toilet equipment provided with a Western-style toilet having a toilet seat, and has a waist height of a middle waist user who uses the Western-style toilet in a middle waist posture with the waist lifted from the toilet seat. In addition, a waist support member for pressing the waist portion is provided.

  The Western-style toilet facility according to claim 2 is installed according to claim 1, wherein the waist resting member is movably installed so as to be able to take a support position for supporting the waist of the middle waist user and a retreat position retracted from the support position. It is characterized by that.

  The Western-style toilet facility according to claim 3 is characterized in that, in claim 2, the retracted position is rearward of the support position, and the waist support member is substantially plate-shaped, and is located at any position of the support position and the retracted position. However, the front surface is provided so as to be substantially vertical.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the waist rest member according to the third aspect is supported by a shaft member having an axial center in a horizontal direction, and its center of gravity is lower than the shaft member. Thus, the front surface is configured to be substantially vertical regardless of the position of the support position or the retracted position.

  The Western-style toilet equipment according to claim 5 is characterized in that, in claim 3 or 4, a receiving member is provided for receiving the waist rest member from the back side when the waist rest member is located at the support position. It is.

  A Western-style toilet facility according to a sixth aspect is characterized in that, in any one of the first to fifth aspects, the middle waist user has an armrest on which an elbow is placed.

  The Western-style toilet facility according to claim 7 is installed according to claim 6 so that the armrest can move between a support position for supporting the elbow of the middle waist user and a retracted position retracted from the support position. It is characterized by this.

  The Western-style toilet equipment according to claim 8 is characterized in that, in claim 7, movement of the armrest to the retracted position and movement of the waist rest member to the retracted position are interlocked.

  In the western toilet facility of the present invention, the middle waist user can easily maintain the middle waist posture by pressing the waist portion against the waist resting member.

  By providing an armrest on which the user in the middle waist posture puts his elbow, the middle waist posture can be maintained more easily.

  In the present invention, the waist rest member or the armrest is set to a support position for supporting the waist or elbow of the middle waist user and a retracted position positioned so as not to interfere with the use of the seat retracted from the seat and seated on the toilet seat. It is preferable to make it movable. This makes it possible to comfortably use a Western-style toilet, without the waist resting member or armrest getting in the way when sitting and using as usual (sitting on the toilet seat and using the toilet).

  In the present invention, it is desirable that the waist support member has a substantially plate shape and is provided so that the front surface is substantially vertical regardless of the support position or the retracted position. Thereby, it is more reliably prevented that the retracted waist resting member interferes with the seating use.

  In the present invention, the waist support member is rotatably supported by a support shaft having a horizontal axis, and the center of gravity of the waist support member is lower than the support shaft so that the front surface of the waist support member is substantially vertical. It is desirable to keep it at This configuration is simple and low cost. However, a mechanism for interlocking the retraction of the waist rest member and the movement for keeping the front surface vertical may be provided.

  In the present invention, a receiving member may be provided for receiving the waist rest member from the back side when the waist rest member is located at the support position. If it does in this way, when a middle waist user presses a waist part against a waist support member, the waist part can be firmly received by a waist support member.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that when the armrest moves to the retracted position, the hip resting member is interlocked so as to move to the retracted position. Thereby, movement operation of an armrest and a waist support member becomes easy.

  In the present invention, the “front-rear” direction matches the front-rear direction of the Western-style toilet.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a Western-style toilet facility according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view when the middle waist is used, FIG. 3 is a side view of a retracted state of a waist rest member and an armrest, 4A is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 1, FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view of the same portion as FIG. 5A in the retracted state of the waist rest member and the armrest, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line VI-VI of FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the same portion as FIG. 6 in the retracted state of the waist rest member and the armrest.

  A Western-style toilet 2 is attached to the wall surface 1 of the toilet room, and a toilet seat 3 is attached to the upper surface of the Western-style toilet 2 via a hinge member 3a so as to be able to be turned upside down. In this embodiment, the Western-style toilet 2 is a wall-mounted type, but may be a floor-mounted type that is installed on the floor 4, or a floor-wall type that is installed at the intersection corner between the floor 4 and the wall 1. .

  A pair of mounting brackets 10 and 10 are installed to attach the waist rest member 20 and the armrest 30 to the wall surface 1 at a predetermined distance above both the left and right sides of the Western-style toilet 1. As clearly shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the mounting bracket 10 includes a support shaft 11 and a cover 12 fixed to the wall surface 1 so as to protrude forward from the wall surface 1. A frame 14 and an armrest 30 are attached to the cover 12 via a support shaft 13 so as to be rotatable in the up-down direction. A waist support member 20 is attached to the frame 14.

  The cover 12 is firmly integrated with the support shaft 11 by welding or the like. The support shaft 13 is attached to the cover 12 in parallel with the wall surface 1 and in the horizontal direction. The support shaft 13 is rotatable around its axis. The support shaft 13 is disposed on the upper side of the support shaft 11. On the upper surface of the cover 12, a notch-shaped groove portion 12a into which a front extending portion 14a of the frame 14 to be described below enters is provided.

  The frame 14 is connected and fixed to the support shaft 13. The frame 14 includes front extending portions 14a and 14a that extend forward from the respective support shafts 13 and 13 of the brackets 10 and 10, and a bridging portion 14b that bridges the front ends of the front extending portions 14a and 14a. The bridging portion 14b extends in a direction parallel to the wall surface 14a. The front extending portion 14a is provided with a receiving member 14c (FIG. 4) of the waist pad member 20. The front extending portion 14a can take a horizontal posture overlapping the support shaft 11 as shown in FIG. 4 (a) and a standing posture standing up as shown in FIG. 4 (b). Yes. Hereinafter, the state in which the front extending portion 14a is horizontal is referred to as the frame 14 being in a horizontal state.

  A sub-frame 15 is provided integrally with the frame 14 so as to be positioned vertically below the bridge portion 14b when the frame 14 is in a horizontal state. The sub-frame 15 is formed between a pair of left and right vertical bar portions 15a and 15a vertically suspended from the bridge portion 14b of the frame 14 in a horizontal state and the lower ends of the vertical bar portions 15a and 15a. This is a U-shaped member having a horizontal bar portion 15b extending so as to bridge. The horizontal bar portion 15b extends in a direction parallel to the wall surface 1 and in the horizontal direction, and has a circular vertical cross-sectional shape.

  The frame 14 and the subframe 15 may be pipe-shaped.

  An annular mounting ring 22 is slidably fitted to the horizontal bar portion 15b, and the waistrest member 20 is mounted on a mounting seat 21 protruding from the mounting ring 22.

  The horizontal bar portion 15b and the attachment ring 22 constitute a shaft member for rotatably supporting the waist rest member 20.

  The waist rest member 20 has a substantially square plate shape, and is provided with a soft pad and a skin made of vinyl or the like covering the pad on the front side.

  A weight body 24 is attached to the lower back surface of the waist rest member 20 via a rear extending member 23. The weight body 24 extends rearward from the vertically lower side of the mounting ring 22, and is configured such that the front surface of the waistrest member 20 is always substantially vertical due to the balance with the weight of the weight body 24. .

  In a state where the frame 14 is in a horizontal state, the waist support member 20 rises up above the bridging portion 14b of the frame 14, and the back surface thereof is in contact with the receiving member 14c. For this reason, even if the waist part of the middle waist user is pressed against the front surface of the waist support member 20 in this state as shown in FIG. 2, the waist support member 20 receives the waist part without rotating. At this time, the front surface of the waist rest member 20 is located near the upper part of the rear part of the inner peripheral edge of the toilet seat 3.

  As clearly shown in FIG. 1, the armrest 30 includes a hub portion 31 fixed to the support shaft 13, an arm 32 extending forward from the hub portion 31, and a distal end side of the arm 32. It has an elbow pad 33 provided on the upper surface. Since the armrest 30 is fixedly connected to the frame 14 via the support shaft 13, the armrest 30 can be rotated integrally with the frame 14 in the vertical direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4 (a), when the frame 14 is in a horizontal state where it overlaps the support shaft 11, the armrest 30 also extends forward, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 (b), etc. As the street 14 rises, the armrest 30 also stands.

  In the Western-style toilet equipment constructed as described above, when the frame 14 is leveled as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the frame 14 is firmly supported by the support shaft 11, and the armrest 30 is also held firmly in the horizontal state. Is done. As shown in FIG. 2, the waist (preferably near the middle of the pelvis or the pelvis and the spine) is pressed against the waist rest member 20 provided on the frame 14, and the elbow is placed on the armrest 30, and the toilet is used in a middle waist posture. To do. In this case, the user floats his / her waist from the toilet seat 3, but his / her waist is placed on the waist rest member 20 and his elbow is hung on the armrest 30.

  When this Western-style toilet equipment is seated and used as usual, the frame 14 and the armrest 30 are turned upright as shown in FIG. Thereby, since the waist contact member 20 retracts backward, the waist contact member 20 does not interfere with the back or the back of the head of the person sitting on the toilet seat 3, and the toilet can be used comfortably. As shown in FIG. 3, the waist rest member 20 is substantially vertical by the action of the weight body 24 even when the frame 14 and the armrest 30 are erected, so that the entire waist rest member 20 is sufficiently rearward. evacuate. In this state, it is preferable that the front surface of the waist rest member 20 is located behind the rear edge of the toilet bowl inner peripheral surface of the toilet bowl 2.

  In the above embodiment, the frame 14 is provided separately from the armrest 30, but the front extension 14 a of the frame 14 may be omitted, and the bridging portion 14 b may be bridged between the arms 31 of the armrest 30.

  In the above embodiment, the waist support member 20 is maintained in a vertical posture by balance with the weight body 24. However, the waist support member 20 may be forced to take a vertical posture by an interlocking mechanism. . A configuration example of this interlocking mechanism will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10 and FIG.

  FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a Western-style toilet facility equipped with an interlocking mechanism for rotating a waist support member, FIG. 9 (a) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IX-IX of FIG. 8, and FIGS. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the same part as FIG. 9 (a) in the middle of the rotation of the arm, and FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 9 (a).

  8-10, only the armrest 30A is attached to the cover 12 so that it can be rotated up and down, and the frame 14 is not provided. A pipe 40 is bridged between the arms 32, 32 of the left and right armrests 30 </ b> A, 30 </ b> A, and the waistrest member 20 is fixed to an attachment seat 45 of the pipe 40. The pipe 40 is attached to the arms 32 and 32 so as to be rotatable about its axis.

  In FIGS. 8 to 10, a ring seat 39 is provided so as to face a pair of side surfaces in the cover 12, and an annular portion 38 provided at the base end of the arm 32 is slidable on the ring seat 39. Thus, the arm 32 can be rotated in the up / down direction.

  As shown in FIG. 10, a shaft body 46 projects from the center of the ring seat 39 in the horizontal direction and in a direction parallel to the wall surface 1, and the pulley 41 is fixed to the shaft body 46 so as not to rotate.

  A support shaft 42 is fixedly installed in the pipe 40. The tip of the support shaft 42 is inserted into the arm 32, and a pulley 43 is fixed to the tip.

  A belt 44 is stretched between the pulleys 41 and 43. In order to prevent the belt 44 from slipping with respect to the pulleys 41 and 43, the pulleys 41 and 43 are preferably toothed pulleys, and the belt 44 is preferably a toothed belt. The pulleys 41 and 43 have the same diameter.

  In FIGS. 8, 9 and 10 (a), the front surface of the waist resting member 20 is vertical when the arm 32 is horizontal and overlapped with the support shaft 11. When the arm 32 is turned upright from this state as shown in FIGS. 9B and 9C, the pipe 40 is also turned through the pulleys 41 and 43 and the belt 44. Since the pulleys 41 and 43 have the same diameter, the standing rotation phase of the arm 32 and the rotation phase of the pipe 40 are the same, and the waistrest member 20 is always in the vertical state.

  In addition, in the state of FIG. 9 (a), it is preferable to install the stopper contact | abutted on the back surface higher than the pipe 40 of the waist support member 20 between the arms 32 and 32. FIG.

  In FIGS. 9 and 10, the rotation of the arm 32 and the rotation of the pipe 40 are interlocked by the pulleys 41 and 43 and the belt, but the gear 51 is fixed to the support shaft 46 as shown in FIG. The arm 52 and the pipe 40 may be interlocked by fixing the gear 52 to 42 and interposing an odd number of gears 50 between the two gears 51 and 52. Each gear 50 is rotatably supported with respect to the arm 32. The number of teeth of the gears 51 and 52 is the same. Also in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 11 (a), 11 (b), and 11 (c), the pipe 40 and the arm 32 are interlocked, and the front surface of the waist rest member 20 is always in a vertical state.

  In each of the above embodiments, the armrests 30 and 30A are provided. However, in the present invention, the armrests may be omitted and only the waistrest member 20 may be provided.

It is a perspective view which shows the western style toilet facility which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a side view at the time of the use. It is a side view of the retracted state of the waist rest member and the armrest. 4A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IV-IV of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view of the same portion as FIG. It is the VV sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the VI-VI sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is sectional drawing of the same part as FIG. 6 of the retracted state of a waist support member and an armrest. It is a perspective view of a Western-style toilet equipment provided with the interlocking mechanism for waist support member rotation. FIG. 9 (a) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IX-IX of FIG. 8, and FIGS. 9 (b) and 9 (c) are cross-sectional views during the rotation of the arm. FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 9. It is sectional drawing which shows the interlocking mechanism of the arm and waist support member in another embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wall surface 2 Western style toilet 3 Toilet seat 10 Bracket 11 Shaft 12 Cover 13 Support shaft 14 Frame 14c Receiving member 15 Subframe 20 Lumbar rest member 30, 30A Armrest 31 Hub part 32 Arm 33 Elbow pad 41, 43 Pulley 44 Belt 50, 51 , 52 Gear

Claims (8)

  In a Western-style toilet facility equipped with a Western-style toilet with a toilet seat, a waist resting member for pressing the waist is installed at the waist level of a middle waist user who uses a Western-style toilet in a middle waist posture with the waist floating from the toilet seat Western-style toilet facilities.   2. The western toilet according to claim 1, wherein the waist rest member is movably installed so as to be able to take a support position for supporting a waist portion of a middle waist user and a retreat position retracted from the support position. Facility.   3. The retracted position according to claim 2, wherein the retracted position is rearward of the support position, and the waist support member has a substantially plate shape so that the front surface is substantially vertical regardless of the position of the support position or the retracted position. Western-style toilet equipment, which is provided in   4. The support position and the retracted position according to claim 3, wherein the waist support member is rotatably supported by a shaft member having an axial center as a horizontal direction, and its center of gravity is lower than the shaft member. A Western-style toilet facility characterized in that the front surface is substantially vertical regardless of the position.   5. A Western-style toilet facility according to claim 3, wherein a receiving member is provided for receiving the waist rest member from the back side when the waist rest member is located at the support position.   The Western-style toilet equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising an armrest on which the middle waist user puts an elbow.   7. The Western-style toilet equipment according to claim 6, wherein the armrest is movably installed so as to be able to take a support position for supporting the elbow of the middle waist user and a retreat position retracted from the support position.   8. The Western-style toilet facility according to claim 7, wherein the movement of the armrest to the retracted position is linked to the movement of the waist rest member to the retracted position.

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