JP2008095452A - Toilet bowl - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make neat the aesthetic appearance of an entire toilet bowl and make compact it and prevent the sewage and water which come into an opening for discharge part facing a fluid discharge part from remaining in the opening for discharge part by smoothly draining them into a bowl part even if the sewage and water come into the opening for discharge part. <P>SOLUTION: An opening 4 for discharge part facing a fluid discharge part 3 for discharging a fluid toward the private part of a human body sitting on a toilet seat 2 is formed in the front part of the rear part of the upper opening edge part of a bowl part 1. A lower surface part in the opening 4 for discharge part is formed in a tilted lower surface part 5 tilted downward toward the bowl part 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a toilet bowl.

  Conventionally, a warm water cleaning toilet seat device is attached to the upper surface of the rear part of the toilet bowl, and the front surface of the case of the upper warm water cleaning toilet seat device at the rear of the rim portion provided at the upper opening edge of the bowl portion is positioned. A cleaning nozzle for discharging hot water or cold water provided in the warm water washing toilet seat device is taken in and out from an opening provided in the front surface of the case of the device so as to wash the local part of the human body. Also, in the past, a blower is incorporated in the hot water washing toilet seat device, and the front part of the blower duct of the blower device is opened at the front of the case of the hot water washing toilet seat device to discharge hot air or cold air, thereby local parts of the human body Was dried (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

In the conventional example as described above, the warm water cleaning device is not incorporated in the toilet bowl, and the toilet seat device separate from the toilet bowl is mounted on the upper surface of the rear part of the toilet bowl. There is a problem that the whole device cannot be made compact, and not only is it not hygienic, but dirty water and water enter the gap between the rear upper surface of the toilet bowl and the case lower surface of the warm water washing toilet seat device and stay in the gap. There was a problem that this part was discolored and further caused the generation of malodor. For this reason, in the above-mentioned patent document 1, the flow of the hot air is switched by branching the air duct that sends the hot air for drying the local part of the human body, and switching the switching damper. In this conventional example, the portion between the rear upper surface of the toilet and the lower surface of the case of the hot water cleaning toilet seat device is discharged. There is a problem that the structure becomes complicated because hot air is discharged into the gap between them, and furthermore, switching operation of the switching damper is necessary, and the operation is troublesome, and unless the switching damper is switched, hot air The sewage that has entered the gap between the rear upper surface of the toilet bowl and the case lower surface of the hot water cleaning toilet seat device remains in the state of staying, and the hot air is retained in the rear upper surface of the toilet bowl and the case lower surface of the hot water cleaning toilet seat device. The sewage that has entered the gap between the two cannot be sufficiently drained only by the discharge of warm air. There was a problem that these problems could not be solved sufficiently.
JP 2005-307472 A

  The present invention has been invented in view of the above-described conventional problems, and the appearance of the entire toilet can be made clean and compact, and in addition, sewage and water can enter the discharge portion opening facing the fluid discharge portion. However, it is an object of the present invention to provide a sanitary toilet bowl in which sewage and water that can smoothly drain into the bowl portion do not stay in the discharge portion opening.

  In order to solve the above problems, a toilet according to the present invention includes a fluid discharge unit 3 for discharging fluid toward a local part of a human body sitting on a toilet seat 2 on the front surface of the rear part of the upper opening edge of the bowl unit 1. A discharge portion opening 4 is formed, and a lower surface portion in the discharge portion opening 4 is an inclined lower surface portion 5 inclined downward toward the bowl portion 1 side.

  Thus, since the discharge part opening part 4 which the fluid discharge part 3 for discharging a fluid toward the local part of a human body faces is formed in the front part of the rear part of the bowl part 1, it is separately provided on the rear upper surface of the toilet bowl 7 Compared with the apparatus in which the warm water washing device 6 is placed and the fluid discharge part 3 is provided at a position above the upper surface of the upper opening edge of the bowl part 1, the overall appearance of the toilet bowl is cleaner and more compact. In addition, sewage does not enter between the rear upper surface of the toilet bowl 7 and the hot water washing device 6 or the like. Further, even if sewage or water enters the discharge portion opening 4, the water is smoothly discharged into the bowl portion 1 along the inclined lower surface portion 5 inclined downward of the lower surface portion in the discharge portion opening 4. .

  Further, a hot water cleaning device 6 for discharging hot water to a local part of the human body is built in the toilet bowl 7, and a hot water cleaning device that can be taken in and out of the discharge portion opening 4 in a device support case 8 that supports the hot water cleaning device 6. 6 is provided with a nozzle storage portion 9 in which the cleaning nozzle 3a constituting the fluid discharge portion 3 provided in the storage portion 6 is retracted, and the nozzle storage portion 9 is fitted into the discharge opening 4 from the rear side. It is preferable that the lower surface portion is a downward inclined portion 10 inclined downward toward the bowl portion 1 side.

  By setting it as such a structure, it can prevent that dirty water and water permeate into the warm water washing | cleaning apparatus 6 side. In particular, when sewage or water enters through the cleaning nozzle 3a and flows down into the nozzle storage unit 9, or when the cleaning nozzle 3a is stored in the nozzle storage unit 9, Even if water flows down into the nozzle storage portion 9, it flows along the downward inclined portion 10 and is smoothly discharged to the bowl portion 1.

  Moreover, the air blower 11 for discharging the warm air or the cold air for drying the local part of a human body is equipped in the toilet bowl 7, and the front-end | tip part of the ventilation duct 12 provided in the air blower 11 comprises the fluid discharge part 3. Preferably it is.

  By setting it as such a structure, it can prevent that filthy water and water permeate into the ventilation duct 12 side.

  As described above, the present invention forms the opening for the discharge part facing the fluid discharge part for discharging the fluid toward the local part of the human body sitting on the toilet seat on the front part of the rear part of the upper opening edge of the bowl part. Therefore, the appearance of the entire toilet can be made clean and compact, and the lower surface of the discharge port opening is an inclined lower surface, so even if sewage or water enters the discharge port opening, It is hygienic because it can be smoothly discharged into the bowl without stagnation.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. The toilet bowl 7 is provided with a bowl portion 1, and a rim portion 13 is provided over the entire periphery of the upper end opening edge of the bowl portion 1, and the inner peripheral portion of the rim portion 13 is directed toward the inside of the bowl portion 1. Protruding.

  A guide recess 14 is formed on the lower surface side of the rim portion 13 provided at the upper end opening edge of the bowl portion 1, and the guide recess 14 is laterally opened to the inside of the bowl portion 1 over the entire length. It is an opening.

  In the embodiment shown in the attached drawings, the main part of the toilet bowl 7 having the bowl portion 1 is made of synthetic resin, but may be made of earthenware.

  In the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the toilet bowl 7 includes a front part 15 including the bowl portion 1, a rear part 16, and a support frame 17. Both the front part 15 and the rear part 16 constituting the main body are made of synthetic resin.

  The front part 15 includes a skirt portion 18 having a substantially C-shaped horizontal section, a bowl portion 1 that is fitted and integrated into the upper portion of the skirt portion 18, and a bowl portion 1 that is further fitted onto the bowl portion 1. And the rim portion 13 which is welded and integrated with the upper end edge portion of the skirt portion 18.

  In the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, as shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, a device support described later is provided on the front portion of the rear portion of the rim portion 13 formed over the entire circumference of the upper end opening edge of the bowl portion 1. The discharge part opening part 4 which the fluid discharge part 3 provided in the toilet accessory attached to the case 8 faces is formed.

  In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, a cleaning nozzle 3 a that constitutes a fluid discharge portion 3 provided in a hot water cleaning device 6, which will be described later, faces the front portion of the rear portion of the rim portion 13 as a discharge portion opening 4. An opening 31 for putting in and out the washing nozzle and an opening 32 for air blowing facing the tip of the air duct 12 of the air blowing device 11 described later are provided side by side. Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the lower surface of the rear end portion of the rim portion 13 communicates with a deodorizing device 24 described later at a position shifted in the left-right direction from the cleaning nozzle taking-in / out opening 31 and the blowing opening 32. A deodorizing opening 33 for sucking in the odor in the bowl part 1 is provided, and a light emitting opening 34 facing a lighting means 25 to be described later composed of a light emitting part such as an LED for brightly illuminating the inside of the bowl part 1 is provided. It is.

  A guide recess 14 that is opened laterally by the lower surface of the rim portion 13 and the outer peripheral edge of the upper end of the bowl portion 1 is provided around the rear end portion of the guide recess 14. As shown, a cleaning nozzle fitting port 35 into which a bowl washing nozzle constituting a bowl washing water jetting portion 26 described later is fitted is provided, and a side portion of the washing nozzle fitting port 35 is a partition wall portion. Accordingly, the cleaning water sprayed from the bowl cleaning water spraying portion 26 to the one end portion in the left-right direction of the rear end portion of the guide recess 14 flows while turning in the guide recess 14, and a part of the side opening of the guide recess 14. The swirl flow gradually flows into the bowl portion 1 from the lower edge portion, and the inside of the bowl portion 1 is cleaned by this swirl flow.

  The rear portion of the rim portion 13 is a positioning recess 38 that opens rearward. At least the rear portion of the positioning recess 38 is inclined so that the vertical opening width becomes wider toward the rear end side. As shown in FIG. 8, a lateral guide portion 38a and a lower guide 38b are provided on the side portion and the lower surface portion in the opening portion of the rear end portion of the positioning recess 38 opened rearward. Further, at least the inside of the positioning recess 38 is inclined so that the vertical opening width becomes wider toward the rear end side.

  Below the left and right side walls of the front part of the skirt 18 are provided floor surface illumination means 40 for illuminating the floor surface on which the toilet is installed, and a speaker 41 for emitting a cry of a bird, a clear stream sound, and the like.

  In addition, a water reservoir 29 is formed at the rear of the bottom of the bowl 1 so as to project a drain cylinder 28 in the rearward direction.

  The front part 15 in which the skirt portion 18, the bowl portion 1, and the rim portion 13 having the above-described configuration are welded and integrated is attached to a front portion of a metal support frame 17 with a screw tool.

  After attaching the front part 15 to the front part of the support frame 17, the trap case 30 is attached to the support frame 17, and one end of a trap (not shown) provided in the trap case 30 is provided in the bowl part 1. Connect to the drain cylinder 28.

  In this embodiment, the trap is of a turn trap type, and is constituted by a flexible trap cylinder (not shown). The trap cylinder is rotated by a motor (not shown) so that the trap cylinder is upward U-shaped. The trap structure in which the trap structure is formed and the trap structure that is substantially inverted L-shaped and released can be selected. It is in a state where water has accumulated in the lower part of the bowl part 1, the drain cylinder part 28, and the trap cylinder. In this state, urination and urination are performed, and when the stool and urine are finished, washing is performed as described later. While flowing water, the trap cylinder is rotated to release the trap structure, and the sewage is drained together with the filth. The flexible trap cylinder, motor, etc. are accommodated in the trap case 30. The lower part of the trap case is open and the end of the trap cylinder is connected to a drain cylinder formed on the floor.

  The rear part 16 includes an upper cover 19, an apparatus support case 8, a rear cover 21, an upper side cover 22, and a lower side cover 23, all of which are made of synthetic resin.

  A hot water cleaning device 6 for local cleaning, a blower device 11 for locally drying a human body, a deodorizing device 24 for deodorizing the odor in the bowl 1 and a human body detection sensor (not shown) ), A toilet attachment device such as a cleaning nozzle constituting the illumination means 25 including a light emitting unit such as an LED and a bowl cleaning water jetting unit 26 is attached.

  A nozzle housing portion 9 is provided at the front central portion of the apparatus support case 8, and an elastic cleaning nozzle 3 a constituting the fluid discharge portion 3 provided in the hot water cleaning device 6 is disposed in the nozzle housing portion 9. Yes, when the cleaning nozzle 3a is extended for use, the front part protrudes forward from the nozzle accommodating part 9, and the entire part is located in the nozzle accommodating part 9 when contracted. Yes.

  The nozzle storage portion 9 has a U-shaped or cylindrical cross section, and is a downward inclined portion 10 that is inclined downward so that the lower surface portion of the nozzle is closer to the front end side that is the bowl portion 1 side. The upper end of the lid is pivotably supported at the upper part of the front end opening of the part 9 and is normally closed by the lid so that the lid is pushed open at the tip of the washing nozzle 3a when the washing nozzle 3a is extended. It has become.

  The blower device 11 is provided with a blower air duct 12, and the front end portion of the blower duct 12 is provided adjacent to the nozzle housing portion 9 at the front center of the device support case 8. The top end of the lid is pivotally supported by the top end of the lid so that it can be opened and closed. Normally, the lid is closed by a lid. It can be ejected.

  Further, the deodorizing device 24 is provided with a suction duct 50, and the front end portion of the suction duct 50 opens downward at the front end portion of the device support case 8.

  As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the front end of the apparatus support case 8 is provided with a positioning protrusion 2 that protrudes forward. In the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, the front end portion of the apparatus support case 8 is a positioning projection 39 across the width direction.

  The apparatus support case 8 having the above-described configuration is supported by being attached to the upper surface of the rear portion of the support frame 17 with a screw.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 6, the positioning protrusion 39 at the front end of the device support case 8 is fitted into the positioning recess 38 that opens from the rear of the front part 15 toward the rear of the rear of the rim 13 as shown in FIG. 6. The apparatus support case 8 is positioned with respect to the rim portion 13. In this case, since at least the rear portion of the positioning recess 38 is inclined so that the vertical opening width becomes wider toward the rear end side, the positioning protrusion 39 can be easily fitted into the rear end opening of the positioning recess 38, With the projection 39 fitted in the rear end opening of the positioning recess 38, the side end surface of the positioning projection 2 is connected to the side guide 38a on the side in the opening of the rear end of the positioning recess 38. At the same time, the positioning projection 39 can be fitted into the positioning recess 38 by placing the lower end surface of the positioning projection 39 on the lower guide 38b and pushing the device support case 8 forward in this state. .

  By positioning the positioning protrusion 39 in the positioning recess 38 in this manner, the bowl cleaning nozzle that becomes the bowl cleaning water ejection section 26 is fitted into the cleaning nozzle insertion port 35, and also shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the nozzle housing portion 9 in which the cleaning nozzle 3 a is stored is fitted into the cleaning nozzle insertion / removal opening 31, and the front end portion of the blower duct 12 of the blower device 11 is fitted into the ventilation opening 32 as shown in FIG. 4. Then, the tip of the suction duct 50 of the deodorizing device 24 is positioned so as to face the deodorizing opening 33, and the illumination means 25 made of a light emitting unit such as an LED as shown in FIG. It is positioned so as to face. Accordingly, the bowl washing water ejection part 26, the nozzle housing part 9, the air duct 12 tip, the suction duct 50 tip, and the illumination means 25 are respectively connected to the washing nozzle insertion port 35, the washing nozzle insertion / removal opening 31, and the air blowing unit. The opening 32, the deodorizing opening 33, and the light emitting opening 34 can be closely positioned and fitted in or faced, making positioning extremely easy.

  In this manner, the apparatus support case 8 is attached to the support frame 17 with screws or the like in a state where the apparatus support case 8 is positioned on the front part 15 attached to the front portion of the support frame 17.

  Next, the upper cover 19 is attached to the apparatus support case 8 so as to cover the apparatus support case 8. A toilet seat 2 and a toilet lid 27 are rotatably attached to the upper cover 19.

  Thereafter, the rear cover 21 is attached to the apparatus support case 8 and the support frame 17, the upper side cover 22 is detachably attached to the rear cover 21, and the lower side cover 23 is detachably locked to the upper side cover 22. In a positioned state, the magnet is detachably attached to the support frame 17 with a magnet. By attaching and detaching the lower side cover 23 and the upper side cover 22, maintenance, inspection, repair and the like inside the toilet bowl 7 can be performed.

  When the toilet 7 configured as described above is for cleaning a local part of a human body sitting on the toilet seat 2, the cleaning nozzle 3a that is the fluid discharge unit 3 is extended to extend the cleaning nozzle that is the discharge unit opening 4. A nozzle that protrudes from the opening 31 and discharges cleaning water from the cleaning nozzle 3a to clean the local part of the human body. When the cleaning is completed, the cleaning nozzle 3a is contracted and a nozzle having a tip end fitted in the discharge portion opening 4 The cleaning nozzle 3 a is stored in the storage unit 9.

  On the other hand, when drying the local part of the human body, hot air or cold air ejected from the front end portion of the air duct 12 that is the fluid ejection portion 3 is ejected from the air opening portion 32 that is the ejection portion opening portion 4. Dry the local part of the human body.

  Thus, in this invention, the opening part for discharge parts which the washing nozzle 3a which is the fluid discharge part 3 for discharging the fluid (washing water and warm air) toward the local part of a human body, and the ventilation duct 12 face 4 is formed in the front part of the rear part of the bowl part 1 so that a separate hot water washing device 6 and the like are placed on the upper surface of the rear part of the toilet bowl 7. As compared with the conventional example in which the fluid discharge part 3 is provided above the upper surface of the upper opening edge of the bowl part 1, the appearance of the entire toilet is cleaner and more compact.

  Since the separate hot water cleaning device 6 and the like are placed on the rear upper surface of the toilet bowl 7 and the fluid discharge part 3 is not provided above the upper surface of the upper opening edge of the bowl part 1 in this way, Thus, the sewage does not enter between the rear upper surface of the toilet bowl 7 and the hot water washing device 6, and even if the sewage adheres to the rear upper face of the toilet bowl 7, it can be easily wiped off.

  Further, even if sewage or water enters the discharge portion opening 4 formed in the front portion of the rear portion of the bowl portion 1, it follows the inclined lower surface portion 5 inclined downward from the lower surface portion in the discharge portion opening 4. Thus, the liquid can be smoothly discharged into the bowl portion 1, and it is possible to reliably prevent the liquid from entering the interior of the discharge portion opening 4 and staying in the interior.

  Further, the sewage or water enters and flows down into the nozzle storage part 9 through the cleaning nozzle 3 a that extends and contracts through the cleaning nozzle insertion / removal opening 31, or the cleaning nozzle 3 a is stored in the nozzle storage part 9. In this case, sewage or water adhering to the cleaning nozzle 3a may flow down into the nozzle storage portion 9, but in such a case, the lower surface portion of the nozzle storage portion 9 is a downward inclined portion 10. Therefore, sewage and water can be smoothly discharged to the bowl portion 1 along the downward inclined portion 10.

  In the above embodiment, the example of the turn trap type toilet 7 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be a siphon type, a siphon jet type, or a flush type.

It is a disassembled perspective view of the toilet bowl of this invention. It is a perspective view same as the above. It is sectional drawing of the part which fitted the nozzle accommodating part in the opening part for washing-in / out of a nozzle in the state which positioned the apparatus support case in the front part same as the above. It is sectional drawing of the part which fitted the front-end | tip part of the ventilation duct in the opening part for ventilation in the state which positioned the apparatus support case in the front part same as the above. It is sectional drawing of the part which made the illumination means face the light emission opening part in the state which positioned the apparatus support case in the front part same as the above. It is a bottom view of the state which fitted the fitting protrusion in the fitting recessed part of the rim | limb part same as the above. It is a disassembled perspective view of a front part same as the above. It is a perspective view of a front part same as the above. It is a bottom view of an apparatus support case same as the above. It is a perspective view of an apparatus support case same as the above. It is a bottom view of a rim part.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bowl part 2 Toilet seat 3 Fluid discharge part 3a Washing nozzle 4 Discharge part opening part 5 Inclined lower surface part 6 Hot water washing apparatus 7 Toilet bowl 8 Apparatus support case 9 Nozzle accommodating part 10 Down inclination part 11 Blower apparatus 12 Blower duct

Claims (3)

  Formed in the front portion of the rear edge of the upper opening edge of the bowl portion is a discharge portion opening facing the fluid discharge portion for discharging fluid toward a local part of the human body sitting on the toilet seat, and the inside of the discharge portion opening A toilet, wherein the lower surface portion is an inclined lower surface portion inclined downward toward the bowl portion side.   A hot water cleaning device for discharging hot water to a local part of the human body is built in the toilet bowl, and a fluid discharge portion provided in the hot water cleaning device that can be taken in and out from the opening for the discharge portion is mounted on the device support case that supports the hot water cleaning device. A nozzle storage part that stores the cleaning nozzle to be configured when retreating, and the nozzle storage part is fitted into the discharge opening from the rear, and a lower inclined part in which a lower surface part in the nozzle storage part is inclined downward toward the bowl part side; The toilet of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned.   An air blower for discharging hot air or cold air for drying a local part of a human body is provided in a toilet, and a front end portion of an air duct provided in the air blower constitutes a fluid discharge part. The toilet of Claim 1 or Claim 2.

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