JP2006307468A - Door device of toilet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a door device of a toilet capable of preventing a toilet seat from being seen from a gap of a door when a circular arcuate door is in a closing or an opening position even if the toilet seat is located in any position in a toilet booth. <P>SOLUTION: A circular arcuate opening and closing guide rail projectingly curved toward the outside of the toilet is consecutively constructed up to the upper part of the toilet booth through the upper part of the other end from the upper part of one end of a forward opening section of the toilet, and the circular arcuate door 8 curved toward the outside at the approximately same curvature as that of the opening and closing guide rail is the door device of the toilet hangingly supported on the opening and closing guide rail in a movable manner through a traveling means enabling the inside of the opening and closing guide rail to travel, and a closing member 13 having flexibility closing a gap between the front plate 4b forming the forward opening section and the door 8 is provided toward the door 8 side from the front plate 4b side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a toilet door device having a sliding door that is arcuate in plan view.

Conventionally, an arc-shaped opening and closing guide rail that curves convexly toward the outside of the toilet has been continuously erected from the upper end of the front opening of the toilet to the upper part of the toilet booth through the upper end of the other end. A toilet door in which an arcuate door that is curved outwardly with the same curvature as that of the rail is movably supported on the opening and closing guide rail via a traveling means capable of traveling in the opening and closing guide rail. The device has already been patented and patented by the present applicant (see Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).
Japanese Patent No. 3316743 Japanese Patent No. 3345801

  In a toilet using an arc-shaped door, as shown in FIG. 5 and Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, the toilet seat (a) is arranged on the rear wall (c) side facing the front opening (b) of the toilet. In this structure, when the arc-shaped door (d) is disposed at the closed position, both sides of the door (d) overlap behind the front plates (e) and (e) in the front view. The toilet seat (a) direction was not seen from the gap between the front plates (e) and (e) and the door (d).

  However, as shown in FIG. 6, the toilet booth (a) is disposed so as to be offset from one side wall (f), and the front panel (e) provided on the side wall (f) side has a large left-right dimension. Then, when the arcuate door (d) is in the closed position, there is a problem that the toilet seat direction in the toilet booth can be seen from the gap between the front plate (e) and the door (d).

  The present invention solves the above-described problem, and when the toilet seat is provided at any position in the toilet booth, when the arcuate door is in the closed position, the toilet seat is not visible through the gap between the doors. An object of the present invention is to provide a toilet door device that can be opened and closed smoothly, is excellent in safety, and has an additional function such as antistatic.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
(1) An arc-shaped opening / closing guide rail that is convexly curved toward the outside of the toilet is continuously erected on the upper part of the front opening of the toilet, and the outer side has the same curvature as that of the opening / closing guide rail. An arcuate door that is curved toward the door is movably supported on the open / close guide rail via travel means capable of traveling in the open / close guide rail, and the front opening is opened and closed by the movement of the door. In the toilet door device, the front plate forming the front opening and the flexible closing member that closes the gap between the door are provided from the front plate side toward the door side.

(2) In the above item (1), the tip of the closing member is provided in contact with the curved surface of the door.

(3) In any one of the above (1) and (2), the end surface on the front plate side to which the closing member is attached is formed as an inclined surface that is substantially parallel to the curved surface of the door. The closing member is provided so as to protrude at a substantially right angle toward the door.

(4) In any one of the above items (1) to (3), an edge member formed of an aluminum extrusion material is disposed on the end face of the front plate, and a closing member is attached to the edge member.

(5) In any one of the above items (2) to (4), the blocking member is a brush-like member formed by bundling a plurality of flexible fibers so as to face the same direction.

(6) In any one of the above items (1) to (5), the blocking member is provided with a grounding function for preventing charging.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be achieved.
(A) According to the first aspect of the invention, when the arcuate door is in the closed position, the closing member closes the gap between the front plate and the door. The possibility of seeing the inside can be eliminated. Therefore, regardless of the position of the toilet seat, for example, the side of the toilet booth, the risk of seeing the toilet seat from the gap between the front plate and the door can be eliminated. Further, since the closing member has flexibility, the door can be opened and closed smoothly without obstructing the opening and closing of the door. Furthermore, even if a finger is caught in the gap, the closure member bends, so that safety can be improved.

(B) According to the invention of claim 2, since the tip of the closing member is provided in contact with the surface of the door, the gap between the front plate and the door can be completely eliminated.

(C) According to the invention described in claim 3, since the end face on the front plate side is inclined toward the door side, the end face on the front plate side and the closing member are not visible from the front, and the appearance is improved. In addition, since it is inclined, it is possible to increase the facing width between the end face on the front plate side and the door, so that the possibility that the inside can be seen from the gap between the front plate and the door can be further reduced.

(D) According to the invention of claim 4, the closing member can be easily attached to the edge member, and the appearance of the edge of the front plate can be improved.

(E) According to the invention described in claim 5, since the closing member is a brush-like member formed by bundling a plurality of flexible fibers, the closing member is more easily deformed and is in its original state. It can be made easy to return to. In addition, air permeability can be obtained by using a brush. Further, when the closing member is provided on the door bottom side, an effect of wiping off dust and the like adhering to the curved surface with the closing member when the door is opened and closed can be obtained.

(F) According to the invention described in claim 6, since the static electricity can be eliminated by using the earthing function of the closing member, the discomfort caused by the discharge that is likely to occur when the user touches the door can be eliminated. it can.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 to 4 show two toilets provided with an embodiment of the present invention and details of each part thereof.

  As shown in FIG. 1, each of the two toilet booths arranged side by side is partitioned by a side wall (1) and a rear wall (2) on both sides, and the front is greatly opened to open the front opening (3). It has become. In each toilet booth, a toilet seat (a) is installed on one side wall (1).

  A front plate (4a) extending in the direction of the right side wall (1) from the front end of the left side wall (1) in FIG. 1 is attached to the left side wall (1). It has been. From the front end of the right side wall (1), a narrow front plate (4b) extending in the direction of the left side wall (1) is attached to the right side wall (1).

  On the upper part of the front opening (3), an open / close guide rail (5) having a substantially semicircular arc shape in plan view convex toward the outside is installed. As shown in FIG. 1, the open / close guide rail (5) passes from the upper portion of the right front plate (4b) to the upper portion of the left front plate (4a) through the front opening (3). Furthermore, one end side is fixed to the side wall (1) or the front plate (4a) (4b) so as to continuously extend along the upper part of the left side wall (1) to the middle upper part of the toilet booth. It is held in a horizontal state by the supporting metal fitting (6).

  As shown in FIG. 1, the open / close guide rail (5) has an arcuate door (8) having almost the same curvature as the open / close guide rail (5) through two traveling means (7). It is suspended. The two traveling means (7) are arranged at the upper end of the door (8), near the left and right ends, that is, divided into a position on the door end side and a position on the door bottom side.

  Similarly, as shown in FIG. 1, the door (8) has an approximately ¼ arc shape and is long enough to cover the front opening (3). The toilet on the left side in FIG. 1 is in a state where the door (8) is opened (“empty” state), and the toilet on the right side is in a state where the door (8) is closed at the front opening (3) (“in use”). State).

  In the present embodiment, the toilet bowl (a) is installed in the toilet booth in a state of being offset from the side wall (1) on the closed position side where the front plate (4b) is attached.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a door stop fitting (9) is fixed to the lower side of the inner surface of the front plate (4a) on the door end side. When the door (8) is closed, the door stop fitting (9) comes into contact with the V-shaped groove (10a) of the resin edge member (10) provided at the tip of the door (8), and the door (8 ) To reduce the impact and positioning.

  One continuous edge member (11) is fixed to the end face of the front plate (4b) on the door end side over the entire length in the vertical direction of the front plate (4b). The edge member (11) is formed of, for example, an aluminum extrusion material, and is substantially parallel to the curved surface of the door (8) when attached to the front plate (4a) as shown in FIGS. And has an inclined surface (11a). The inclined surface (11a) is provided with a long groove (12) continuously over the entire length in the vertical direction. The long groove (12) has an inner side that expands in the left-right direction and has a T-shaped cross section.

  On the inclined surface (11a) of the rim member (11), a closing member (13) is provided with the long groove (12) as an attachment portion. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the closing member (13) includes a band-like binding member (13 a) inserted into a portion of the long groove (12) that extends in the left-right direction, and the binding member (13 a) A plurality of flexible fibers are bundled in the same direction and arranged side by side to form a brush-like portion (13b) formed into a brush shape.

  The blocking member (13) is inserted and arranged by sliding the binding member (13a) into the portion (12a) widened in the left-right direction of the long groove (12), and the brush-like portion (13b) from the front side of the inclined surface (11a) It is attached to the rim material (11) so that the tip of the

  In other words, the edge member (11) is provided with a brush-like portion (13a) protruding substantially perpendicularly from the inclined surface (11a) over the entire length in the vertical direction. The length of the hair of the brush-like portion (13a) is set so as to slightly contact the curved surface on the outside of the door (8) when the door (8) is disposed at the closed position. Further, the bristles of the brush-like portion (13a) have an antistatic grounding function, and when the door (8) is disposed at the closed position, the static electricity of the door (8) is grounded and released.

  The edge member (11) provided with the closing member (13) is also provided in the same manner on the end face of the front plate (4a) on the door bottom side as necessary.

  In the toilet door device configured as described above, when the arcuate door (8) is in the closed position, the brush portion (13a) of the closing member (13) contacts the curved surface of the door (8). Therefore, the gap between the door (8) and the front plate (4b) can be completely eliminated so that the interior of the toilet booth cannot be seen. Thus, regardless of the position of the toilet seat (a) in the toilet booth, such as placing the toilet seat (a) close to the side wall (1) in the toilet booth, the front plate (4a) and the door (8 ), The toilet seat (a) can be hidden from view.

  Moreover, since the brush part (13b) of the closing member (13) has flexibility, it does not obstruct the opening and closing of the door (8), and the door (8) can be opened and closed smoothly. . Furthermore, even if a finger is caught in the gap, the brush portion (13b) bends, so safety can be ensured.

  Further, when the closing member (13) is provided also on the end face of the front plate (4a) on the door bottom side, the closing member (13) is in contact with the door (8). The effect of wiping off dust adhering to the curved surface of the door (8) at the time of opening / closing operation.

  Further, since the inclined surface (11a) of the edge member (11) serving as the end surface of the front plate (4b) is inclined toward the door (8), the end surface of the front plate (4b), that is, the inclined surface (11a) ) Or the blocking member (13) is hidden behind the door (8) and cannot be seen from the front, and the appearance is improved. Further, since the inclined surface (11a) and the door (8) can be widened by being inclined, the possibility that the inside can be seen from the gap with the door (8) can be further reduced. it can.

  Since a flexible fiber is used as the brush portion (13b) of the closing member (13), the brush portion (13b) is more easily deformed and easily returned to the original state. Moreover, air permeability can be obtained by making it into a brush shape. Also, since the door (8) can be prevented from being charged due to static electricity by using the ground function, discomfort due to discharge that easily occurs when the user touches the door (8) can be eliminated.

  The present invention can be variously modified and changed in the above-described embodiment without departing from the scope of the claims.

  For example, the closing member (13) is formed of rubber or other flexible material, or the protruding length of the closing member (13) is such that the tip contacts the surface of the door (8) when the door (8) is closed. Or not.

It is a top view of what provided two toilets provided with one embodiment of the present invention in parallel. It is an enlarged plan view of the front end right side part in the toilet booth of FIG. Similarly, it is an enlarged plan view of an edge material. Similarly, it is an enlarged plan view of a closing member. It is a top view which shows an example of the conventional toilet which has arrange | positioned the toilet seat of the toilet on the back wall side. It is a top view which shows an example of the conventional toilet which has placed the toilet seat of the toilet in the side wall side.

Explanation of symbols

(1) Side wall
(2) Rear wall
(3) Front opening
(4) Front plate
(4a) Front plate
(5) Opening and closing guide rail
(6) Support bracket
(7) Traveling means
(8) Door
(8a) Top surface
(8b) Guide groove
(9) Door-to-door bracket
(10) Edge member
(10a) V-shaped groove
(11) Edge material
(11a) Inclined surface
(12) Long groove
(13) Closure member
(13a) Bundling member
(13b) Brush part
(a) Toilet seat
(b) Front opening
(c) Rear wall
(d) Door
(e) Front plate

Claims (6)

An arc-shaped opening / closing guide rail that is curved convexly toward the outside of the toilet is continuously installed on the upper part of the front opening of the toilet, and outwards with a curvature substantially the same as the curvature of the opening / closing guide rail. A toilet having a curved arc-shaped door movably supported on an opening / closing guide rail via traveling means capable of traveling in the opening / closing guide rail, and the front opening is opened and closed by the movement of the door. In the door device,
A toilet door device, characterized in that a front closing plate that forms a front opening and a flexible closing member that closes a gap between the door and the door are provided from the front plate side toward the door side.   The toilet door device according to claim 1, wherein the front end of the closing member is provided in contact with the curved surface of the door.   The end face on the front plate side to which the closing member is attached is formed as an inclined surface that is substantially parallel to the curved surface of the door, and the closing member protrudes from the inclined surface toward the door at a substantially right angle. The toilet door device according to either 1 or 2.   The toilet door device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an edge member formed of an aluminum extrusion material is disposed on an end face of the front plate, and a closing member is attached to the edge member.   The toilet door device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the closing member is a brush-like member formed by bundling and arranging a plurality of flexible fibers facing the same direction. The toilet door device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the blocking member is provided with an antistatic grounding function.

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