JP2006057453A - Western flush toilet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a western flush toilet capable of realizing the reduction of a manufacturing cost and, at the same time, surely presenting the beauty. <P>SOLUTION: The western flush toilet includes a western toilet body 1 and a toilet washing mechanism 2e provided to the rear of the western toilet body 1 and capable of washing the western toilet body 1 with washing water. The toilet washing mechanism 2e is covered with an upper cover 2h and an under cover 2i made of resin and capable of being divided into up and down parts. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a Western style flush toilet.

  Conventionally, a Western-style flush toilet equipped with a ceramic-made Western-style toilet bowl and a toilet bowl washing mechanism such as a ceramic-made low tank that is placed on the rear of the Western-style toilet bowl and temporarily stores wash water supplied from a water pipe It has been known. The toilet bowl washing mechanism can wash the western style toilet bowl body with the washing water stored in the low tank.

  However, in the conventional Western-style flush toilet, the raw tank that occupies most of the toilet cleaning mechanism is exposed. For this reason, a ceramic low tank has to be manufactured so as to exhibit an excellent aesthetic appearance, and since the manufacture is troublesome, there has been a limit to reducing the manufacturing cost.

  In this regard, it is conceivable to simply hide the toilet cleaning mechanism such as a low tank with a resin cover. In this case, although the manufacturing cost for the cover increases, it is not necessary to consider the aesthetics of the toilet flushing mechanism in the cover, so the toilet flushing mechanism can be easily manufactured and the production cost can be reduced. is there.

  However, if the toilet cleaning mechanism is simply concealed with a resin cover, if you want to open the cover for inspection of the toilet cleaning mechanism, etc., if the cover is divided into left and right, the dividing line will be It detracts from aesthetics.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional situation, and it is possible to solve the problem of providing a Western-style flush toilet that can realize a reduction in manufacturing cost and can surely have a beautiful appearance. Yes.

  The Western-style flush toilet of the present invention is a Western-style toilet body, provided at the rear of the Western-style toilet body, a toilet cleaning mechanism capable of cleaning the Western-style toilet body with washing water, and provided at the rear of the Western-style toilet body, In a Western-style flush toilet equipped with a local cleaning mechanism that can clean the local part of the human body,

The toilet cleaning mechanism and the local cleaning mechanism are concealed by an upper cover and an under cover made of a resin that can be divided into upper and lower parts on a dividing surface aligned with the rim upper surface of the Western-style toilet body,
The toilet cleaning mechanism is directly connected to a water pipe that supplies cleaning water from the outside and can discharge cleaning water by opening and closing a valve.
The toilet cleaning mechanism is connected to the other end of the flexible hose, one end of which is connected to the water pipe, and the other end of the flexible hose is located in the under cover,
The under cover has a guide that allows the flexible hose to be bent.

  In the Western-style flush toilet of the present invention, since the toilet cleaning mechanism is concealed by the resin upper cover and the under cover, the manufacturing cost of the upper cover and the under cover increases, but the toilet cleaning mechanism in the upper cover and the under cover Therefore, the toilet cleaning mechanism can be easily manufactured and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  In this Western style flush toilet, the toilet cleaning mechanism can be inspected by dividing the upper cover and the under cover vertically. In this case, the dividing line between the upper cover and the under cover extends horizontally or substantially horizontally, and the dividing line is difficult to impair the aesthetic appearance.

  Therefore, in the western style flush toilet of the present invention, the manufacturing cost can be reduced and the aesthetic appearance can be surely achieved.

  A local cleaning mechanism capable of cleaning a local part of the human body is provided at the rear part of the Western-style toilet body, and the local cleaning mechanism is also concealed by an upper cover and an under cover. In this case, it is not necessary to consider the aesthetics of the local cleaning mechanism, so that the local cleaning mechanism can be easily manufactured and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. In addition, the local cleaning mechanism can be inspected by dividing the upper cover and the under cover vertically.

  The dividing line between the upper cover and the under cover is aligned with the rim upper surface of the Western-style toilet body. In this case, the dividing line extending horizontally or substantially horizontally exhibits an aesthetic appearance.

  As a toilet cleaning mechanism, a mechanism that is directly connected to a water pipe that supplies cleaning water from the outside and that can discharge cleaning water by opening and closing a valve is adopted. This toilet cleaning mechanism is downsized because it does not have a conventional low tank. For this reason, the toilet bowl cleaning mechanism can be easily concealed by the upper cover and the under cover, and the upper cover and the under cover can be downsized to further reduce the manufacturing cost.

  In the case of adopting a toilet cleaning mechanism in which one end is connected to the other end of the flexible hose connected to the water pipe, the other end of the flexible hose is positioned in the under cover. If it is like this, even if it is a case where a water pipe is provided in the left or right side of a Western-style flush toilet bowl, a water pipe and a toilet bowl washing | cleaning mechanism can be directly connected easily. Such an effect eliminates the need to distinguish Western style flush toilets for left-side water supply and right-side water supply. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the number of items at the time of production and sales, and realize reduction of manufacturing cost and management cost. In addition, this increases the degree of freedom in designing the house and facilitates the selection of the installer. In addition, since the flexible hose can be bent to some extent, construction is easy.

  Such an undercover has a guide that allows the flexible hose to bend. Since the flexible hose has a certain degree of curvature and can be bent, if such a guide is provided in the under cover, such a useless gap between the under cover and the flexible hose is hardly or does not occur. Will improve.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the Western-style flush toilet of the embodiment includes a ceramic-made Western-style toilet body 1 and a toilet toilet cleaning device and a shower toilet 2 as a local cleaning device provided at the rear of the Western-style toilet body 1. I have.

  As shown also in FIG. 2, the shower toilet 2 is fixed on the front base plate 2a, a local cleaning mechanism 2b such as a nozzle fixed on the front base plate 2a, a rear base plate 2c, and the rear base plate 2c. A hot water tank 2d constituting the remaining part of the local cleaning mechanism 2b, a toilet cleaning mechanism 2e such as a valve fixed on the rear base plate 2c, and a rear base plate 2c fixed to the hot water tank 2d and the toilet cleaning mechanism 2e. A water supply mechanism 2f that can be supplied, an elevating mechanism (not shown) that is fixed on the rear base plate 2c and that can be moved up and down with respect to the rear base plate 2c, and is erected on the entire circumference of the rear base plate 2c in the horizontal direction; Encloses the hot water tank 2d, the toilet cleaning mechanism 2e, and the lifting mechanism The concealing member 2g, the upper cover 2h and the under cover 2i that house these local cleaning mechanisms 2b and the like, the heating toilet seat 2j that is swingably provided on the upper cover 2h, and the swinging provided on the upper cover 2h And a toilet lid 2k.

  Here, the upper cover 2h and the under cover 2i are made of resin, and the upper cover 2h and the under cover 2i are separated by a dividing line PL in a horizontal plane equal to the rim upper surface of the Western-style toilet body 1, as shown in FIG. It can be divided vertically.

  The upper cover 2h can be raised by the elevating mechanism so as to expose the rear portion of the bowl surface of the western-style toilet body 1 together with the heating toilet seat 2j and the toilet lid 2k. The upper cover 2h includes a front base plate 2a, a local cleaning mechanism 2b such as a nozzle, a rear base plate 2c, an upper part of the hot water tank 2d, an upper part of the toilet bowl cleaning mechanism 2e, an elevating mechanism and a concealing member 2g when lowered. Among these, the rear base plate 2c, the upper part of the hot water tank 2d, the toilet cleaning mechanism 2e, the lifting mechanism and the concealing member 2g are exposed.

  On the other hand, the under cover 2i is fixed to the rear base plate 2c, and houses a lower part of the hot water tank 2d, a lower part of the toilet flushing mechanism 2e, and a water supply mechanism 2f.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the water supply mechanism 2f has a main pipe 21 having one end connected to a water pipe (not shown) for supplying wash water from the outside by a flexible hose 3 and the other end connected to the toilet flushing mechanism 2e, and the main pipe 21. The branch pipe 22 is branched downward, and the branch pipe 22 is connected to the lower side, and the water supply device 23 is connected to the bottom of the hot water tank 2d. The water supply device 23 has an electromagnetic valve and a flow rate adjusting valve in a communication path with the hot water tank 2d. A cap 23a is screwed to the lower end of the water supply device 23, and an internal strainer (not shown) can be taken out by removing the cap 23a.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, a recess 4 that is recessed upward from the bottom surface is formed at a substantially upper center in the width direction of the under cover 2 i. One end of the main pipe 21 of the water supply mechanism 2 f protrudes downward from the upper end of the recess 4, and the flexible hose 3 is connected to the one end by a clip 6. Further, both side surfaces of the concave portion 4 are guide surfaces 4a formed in an arc shape so as to allow bending of the flexible hose 3 thus connected.

  A cap 23a of the water supply device 23 projects downward from the bottom surface on one side of the under cover 2i. The bottom surface of the cap 23a is adjacent to the cap 23a and projects downward beyond the projecting length of the cap 23a. Ribs 5 are formed.

  In this Western style flush toilet, the local wash mechanism 2b of the shower toilet 2 can wash the local area of the person seated through the heated toilet seat 2j. Further, in this Western style flush toilet, the Western style toilet body 1 can be washed by the toilet flushing mechanism 2e of the shower toilet 2.

  In this Western style flush toilet, since the local cleaning mechanism 2b and the toilet cleaning mechanism 2e are concealed by the resin upper cover 2h and the under cover 2i, the manufacturing cost for the upper cover 2h and the under cover 2i increases. However, since it is not necessary to consider the aesthetics of the local cleaning mechanism 2b and the toilet bowl cleaning mechanism 2e in the upper cover 2h and the under cover 2i, the local cleaning mechanism 2b and the toilet bowl cleaning mechanism 2e can be easily manufactured, and the manufacturing cost is low. Can be realized. In particular, in this Western style flush toilet, the toilet flushing mechanism 2e is directly connected to a water pipe via a flexible hose 3 and is downsized so that flushing water can be discharged by opening and closing the valve. The cover 2h and the under cover 2i are easily concealed, and the manufacturing cost is further reduced by the small upper cover 2h and the under cover 2i.

  Further, in this Western style flush toilet, the upper cover 2h and the under cover 2i are divided into upper and lower parts so that the local cleaning mechanism 2b and the toilet cleaning mechanism 2e can be inspected. In this case, the dividing line PL between the upper cover 2h and the under cover 2i extends horizontally and exhibits an excellent aesthetic appearance.

  Therefore, in this Western style flush toilet, it is possible to realize a reduction in manufacturing cost and to surely provide an aesthetic appearance.

  Moreover, in this western style flush toilet, since the other end of the flexible hose 3 is located in the upper center of the under cover 2i in the width direction, a water pipe is provided on either side of the western flush toilet. Even so, the water pipe and the toilet bowl cleaning mechanism 2e can be easily connected directly. For this reason, it is not necessary to distinguish a Western-style flush toilet for left side water supply and right side water supply. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the number of items at the time of production and sales, and realize reduction of manufacturing cost and management cost. In addition, this increases the degree of freedom in designing the house and facilitates the selection of the installer. Moreover, since the flexible hose 3 can be bent freely to some extent, the construction is also easy.

  Furthermore, in this Western style flush toilet, since the under cover 2i has a guide 4a that allows the flexible hose 3 to bend, no unnecessary gap is formed between the under cover 2i and the flexible hose 3, and the aesthetics are improved. Yes.

It is a perspective view from the back of the Western-style flush toilet bowl of embodiment. It is an expansion perspective view from the back of the western style flush toilet of embodiment. It is a back view of an under cover concerning the Western style flush toilet bowl of an embodiment. It is a bottom view of an under cover in connection with the western style flush toilet bowl of an embodiment. It is a side view of an under cover according to the Western style flush toilet of embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Western-style toilet body 2 ... Shower toilet 2e ... Toilet washing mechanism 2h ... Upper cover 2i ... Under cover 2b ... Local washing mechanism PL ... Dividing line 3 ... Flexible hose 4a ... Guide

Claims (2)

A Western-style toilet body, a toilet cleaning mechanism provided at the rear part of the Western-style toilet body and capable of cleaning the Western-style toilet body with washing water, and a local cleaning provided at the rear part of the Western-style toilet body and capable of cleaning a local part of the human body In a Western style flush toilet equipped with a mechanism,
The toilet cleaning mechanism and the local cleaning mechanism are concealed by an upper cover and an under cover made of a resin that can be divided into upper and lower parts on a dividing surface aligned with the rim upper surface of the Western-style toilet body,
The toilet cleaning mechanism is directly connected to a water pipe that supplies cleaning water from the outside and can discharge cleaning water by opening and closing a valve.
The toilet cleaning mechanism is connected to the other end of the flexible hose, one end of which is connected to the water pipe, and the other end of the flexible hose is located in the under cover,
The Western-style flush toilet, wherein the under cover has a guide that allows the flexible hose to be bent.   The toilet cleaning mechanism and the local cleaning mechanism have a rear base plate and a front base plate which can be raised with respect to the rear base plate, an under cover is fixed to the rear base plate, and an upper cover is a Western-style toilet together with a heating toilet seat and a toilet lid The Western-style flush toilet according to claim 1, wherein the toilet bowl can be lifted so as to expose a rear portion of the bowl surface of the main body.

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