JP2008200517A - Toilet device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toilet device, in which a toilet seat and a toilet lid are installed in a turnable way in such a way as to minimize reduction of the space inside a main body. <P>SOLUTION: The toilet device includes the main body 1 provided on a toilet bowl 2 for use and including a toilet functional part, and the toilet seat 7 and the toilet lid 8 supported on rotary shafts 11 and 12 to be turned up and down. The rotary shafts of the toilet seat and the toilet lid are provided at different positions of the main body 1 on a rear outside surface 9 and a front outside surface 10 on the right and the left respectively. Space between the right and left end parts of the main body 1 is thus secured to efficiently enlarge the space inside the main body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a toilet in which a body body washing apparatus for washing a human body part after toilet, etc. is installed on a toilet, and a toilet seat and a toilet lid are pivotally supported on the body. Relates to the device.

  This type of conventional toilet apparatus employs a configuration as shown in FIGS. That is, reference numeral 41 denotes a human body local cleaning device that sprays hot water onto a local part of the human body after the stool, a drying device that applies hot air to the human body part after cleaning to dry, a deodorizing device that absorbs the odor in the toilet 42, and the like It is a main body with a toilet function part (both not shown) and is provided horizontally on the rear end of the toilet 42. 43 is a toilet seat placed on the toilet 42, 44 is a toilet lid that opens and closes the toilet seat 43 and the toilet 42, and the toilet lid 44 and the toilet seat 43 are juxtaposed on the same surface as the main body 41 in front of the main body 41. The main body 41 is provided so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction.

  Since the main body 41 pivotally supports the left and right rear end portions of the toilet seat 43 and the toilet lid 44, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. The projecting end portion 45 is provided with a stepped portion 46 on the inner surface and a rotating shaft 47 of the toilet lid 44 on the upper side, and a rotating shaft 48 of the toilet seat 43 on the lower side, and the rear end portions of the toilet seat 43 and the toilet lid 44. Is positioned in the concave portion 45a and is rotatably provided. Reference numeral 49 denotes an operation unit provided with an operation button for operating the toilet function unit.

  In the toilet apparatus having such a configuration, the main body 41 is provided with the rear end portions of the toilet seat 43 and the toilet lid 44 so that the toilet seat 43 and the toilet lid 44 are pivotably attached. Since the recessed portion 45a is formed so as to be lowered rearward, the space in the main body 41 is narrowed by the amount lowered to the rear, and attention must be paid to the interior design of the toilet function portion and the like. Of course, the above problem can be solved by ensuring a sufficient space in the main body 41, but on the contrary, the protruding end portions 45 at both ends protrude greatly forward, and the main body 41 is placed horizontally on the rear end portion of the toilet bowl 42. When it arranges, the problem which must consider so that the toilet user who straddles the toilet seat 43 may not hit the protrusion end part 45 for a toilet arises.

  Further, the rear end portions of the toilet seat 43 and the toilet lid 44 must be narrower than the other end portions in order to fit into the concave portion 45a of the main body 41, and are complicated in processing including equipment. It is troublesome. Further, the rotary shafts 47 and 48 at the same position are the toilet lid 44 having the same size as the toilet seat 43 because the rotary shaft 47 of the toilet lid 44 is located above, but opened as shown in FIG. When standing upright, the tip becomes higher. Therefore, in a toilet apparatus in which a low tank (not shown) with a hand-washing function is provided on the rear side of the main body 41 to perform hand-washing after a stool, a hand-washing function is provided so that the tip of the upright toilet lid 44 does not get in the way. We had to consider the height when installing on the low tank side.

  In view of the problems of the prior art, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a toilet apparatus in which a toilet seat and a toilet lid are rotatably attached to the main body so as to minimize the space in the main body. There is to do.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a toilet apparatus in which toilet seats and toilet lid shaft support portions are provided on the left and right outer surfaces of the main body at different positions, respectively, and the toilet cover shaft support portion is located on the rear side of the main body. The space between the left and right ends of the main body is characterized in that the shaft support portion of the toilet seat is provided on the front outer side surface provided with the front side of the main body inserted inward. Can be secured to efficiently increase the space in the main body.

  The present invention secures a space in the main body with the toilet function unit and can efficiently increase the space in the main body.

  Since the object of the present invention described above can be achieved by using the configuration described in each claim as an embodiment, the configuration described in each claim is described together with the operation of the configuration in addition to the configuration of each claim. Of these, specific terms that require explanation will be described in detail with reference to the embodiment of the present invention by adding a detailed explanation.

  The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is used by being provided on a toilet bowl, and a main body with a toilet function part installed therein, and a toilet seat and a toilet lid provided on the main body with a pivotal support and provided so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. The toilet seat and the toilet lid support are provided on the left and right outer surfaces of the main body and at different positions, respectively, and the toilet seat and the toilet cover support are not at the same position, and the left and right outer sides of the main body. Because it is located on the side, it is no longer necessary to recess the part located between the left and right ends of the main body, and the shaft support does not overlap, so there is no need to enter the left and right outer surfaces of the main body more than necessary. It is possible to efficiently secure a space in the main body.

  The invention according to claim 2 is a toilet apparatus in which the toilet lid of the toilet seat according to claim 1 is configured to cover the shaft support portion of the toilet seat when the toilet seat is closed, and the shaft support portion of the toilet seat and the toilet lid Since the shaft support part of the toilet seat does not overlap, it is possible to reduce the intrusion to the inside of the outer surface on the left and right sides of the main body more than necessary, and the toilet seat support part is covered by the toilet lid, and the toilet seat support part when not in use is dusty. Can be reduced.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toilet apparatus in which the shaft support portion of the toilet lid according to claim 1 or 2 is provided at a position different from the shaft support portion of the toilet seat in the vertical direction, and the toilet lid is opened upright. At the time, in the toilet apparatus in which the height of the tip portion is lowered by the amount the shaft support is lowered and a low tank with a hand-washing function is provided on the rear side of the main body to perform hand-washing after stool, the opened toilet lid The tip of can be kept from getting in the way of hand washing.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the toilet seat and toilet lid according to any one of claims 1 to 3, or a toilet device provided with an automatic opening and closing means on the toilet lid, the toilet seat and toilet lid by the automatic opening and closing means, Or the convenience of using the toilet device is improved by automatically opening and closing the toilet lid.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the toilet lid has an outer surface, and the shaft support outer surface of the shaft support portion is centered on the shaft support portion. In the toilet device formed larger than the side surface, the shaft support outer surface of the shaft support portion of the toilet lid is reinforced by making it larger than the other outer surface, and the strength against the rotational torque at the time of opening and closing is increased, thereby preventing deformation.

  The invention according to claim 6 is the toilet apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the shaft support portion of the toilet seat is provided with a convex portion between the left and right end portions on the front side of the main body. It is what. As a result, the front outer surface, which is the left and right outer surfaces of the main body, does not enter the inner side more than necessary, and the space in the main body can be efficiently secured. Therefore, the interior design of the toilet function unit and the like in the main body can be facilitated, and the entire main body can be miniaturized.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the toilet apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Example 1)
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which the toilet lid of the toilet apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention is opened, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a top view in which a rear part of the toilet lid in the toilet apparatus and a part of the main body are cut out and a part thereof is seen through.

  1 is a main body that is disposed horizontally on the rear end of the toilet bowl 2, and is placed inside a bottom plate 1 a that constitutes the outer shell and a case 1 b that is covered from above, on a human body part after the toilet that is a toilet function part. Human body local washing device 3 for injecting and washing hot water, warm water heating device 4 for boiling hot water, drying device 5 for drying hot water on the local human body after washing, and odor from the toilet 2 are sucked and adsorbed with air The deodorizing device 6 for exhausting only the purified air to the toilet room is provided.

  Reference numeral 7 denotes a toilet seat placed on the toilet bowl 2 in front of the main body 1, and 8 denotes a toilet lid. The toilet seat 7 and the toilet lid 8 are attached to the main body 1 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. The main body 1 is shown in FIG. 3 in order to secure a space for sufficiently enclosing a toilet function section and the like in the main body 1 and to pivotally support the left and right rear end portions of the toilet seat 7 and the toilet lid 8 in a rotatable manner. In this way, the rear side surface 9 is left leaving the rear side of the outer surface at the left and right ends, and the front side surface 10 is formed by slightly inwardly entering the front side, and a wide convex shape is formed between the left and right ends. The entire portion is formed in a convex shape, leaving the portion 1c.

  Then, a rotation shaft 11 that is a shaft support portion of the toilet lid 8 is provided on the rear outer surface 9 of the main body 1, and a rotation shaft 12 that is a shaft support portion of the toilet seat 7 is provided on the front outer surface 10. Left and right rear end portions are rotatably provided on both sides of the convex portion 1c. The toilet seat 7 has a rear end portion formed into a concave portion so as to embrace the convex portion 1 c of the main body 1 to form a pivot arm 13.

  The toilet lid 8 covers the upper surface of the main body 1 and the entire toilet seat 7, and an outer surface 14 is provided on the outer periphery excluding the rear surface to cover a portion of the rotary shaft 12 of the toilet seat 7 positioned on the inner side, and further, a rotation as a shaft support portion. In order to reinforce the shaft support outer surface 15 provided with the shaft 11, the shaft 11 is formed thicker and thicker than the other outer surface 14 around the rotation shaft 11. Further, the rotating shaft 11 which is a shaft support portion of the toilet lid 8 is as shown in FIG. 2 in order to make the tip end portion in the height direction of the toilet lid 8 as low as possible when the toilet lid 8 is opened and upright. The rear seat 9 is provided on the rear outer surface 9 so as to be positioned below the rotary shaft 12 which is a shaft support portion of the toilet seat 7.

  The rotation shaft 11 of the toilet lid 8 and the rotation shaft 12 of the toilet seat 7 are arranged so that the left and right front outer surfaces 10 of the main body 1 do not enter inside more than necessary. The outer side surface 10 is arranged at different positions. The toilet seat 7 and the toilet lid 8 are provided with automatic opening / closing means 16 constituted by an electric motor, a gear and the like. The automatic opening / closing means 16 is built in the main body 1 and is operated by the operation of the user or the like, and opens / closes the toilet lid 8 via the rotary shaft 11 and the toilet seat 7 via the rotary shaft 12.

  Reference numeral 17 is a display unit provided at the center of the main body 1 and mainly used for energization of the toilet function unit. Reference numeral 18 is provided on the left outer side of the main unit 1 to mainly operate and stop the toilet function unit, temperature setting, etc. An operation unit having a switch button to perform.

In the above embodiment, the toilet lid 8 is closed when the toilet device is not in use. The toilet lid 8 is opened as shown in FIG. 1 by the automatic opening / closing means 16 being operated by the switch operation of the user. And the use of a toilet function part is performed as follows. The deodorizing device 6 operates by taking in a signal that the user is seated on the toilet seat 7 and sucks the odor in the toilet bowl 2. After the stool, the hot water heating device 4, the human body local cleaning device 3, and the drying device 5 are operated to clean the human body local portion, and the wet human body local portion is dried with warm air. Thereafter, the operation of the hot water heating device 4, the human body local washing device 3, and the drying device 5 is stopped again, and the deodorizing device 6 is also stopped when the seating signal is lost. Then, the automatic opening / closing means 16 is operated to close the toilet lid 8.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the rotation shaft 12 that is the shaft support portion of the toilet seat 7 is used as the left and right front outer surfaces 10 of the main body 1, and the rotation shaft 11 that is the shaft support portion of the toilet lid 8 is used as the left and right rear outer surfaces of the main body 1. 9, the toilet seat 7 and the toilet lid 8 are not in the same position and are located on the left and right outer surfaces of the main body 1, so that the main body 1 is located between the left and right ends of the main body as in the prior art. The front portion 10 is not formed in a concave shape but is formed in the convex portion 1c left as it is, and the rotating shafts 11 and 12 do not overlap with each other because they are displaced forward and backward. However, there is no need to enter the inside more than necessary, and the space in the main body can be efficiently secured. Therefore, it is possible to easily design the interior of the main body 1 such as a toilet function section, and also to use the entire main body 1 for miniaturization.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the rotation shaft 12 that is the shaft support portion of the toilet seat 7 is disposed inside the rotation shaft 11 that is the shaft support portion of the toilet lid 8, and the outer surface 14 when the toilet lid 8 is closed is used. Since the rotary shaft 12 of the toilet seat 7 is covered, the shaft support portion of the toilet seat 7 and the shaft support portion of the toilet lid 8 do not overlap with each other, and entry of the front outer side surface 10 on the left and right sides of the main body 1 more than necessary can be reduced. At the same time, the rotating shaft 12 portion of the toilet seat 7 is not visible from the outside, and dust can be prevented from accumulating in the shaft support portion of the toilet seat 7 when not in use. Accordingly, the toilet seat 7 can smoothly rotate over a long period of time.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the rotary shaft 11 that is the shaft support portion of the toilet lid 8 is provided below the rotary shaft 12 that is the shaft support portion of the toilet seat 7 in the vertical direction, so that the toilet lid 8 also covers the upper surface of the main body 1. Therefore, although the toilet seat 7 is slightly longer, when the toilet lid 8 is opened upright, the height of the tip can be lowered by the amount that the rotary shaft 11 is lowered. Therefore, in a toilet apparatus in which a low tank (not shown) with a hand-washing function is provided on the rear side of the main body 1 to perform hand-washing after stool, the opened end of the toilet lid 8 does not interfere with hand-washing even a little. Can be very useful.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the toilet seat 7 and the toilet lid 8 can be automatically opened and closed by the automatic opening and closing means 16, so that the convenience of the toilet device can be improved.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the toilet lid 8 is reinforced by reinforcing the outer shaft support outer surface 15 of the rotary shaft 11 that is a shaft support portion with respect to the other outer surface 14 around the rotary shaft 11. The strength against rotational torque at the time of opening and closing can be prevented and deformation can be prevented, and rotation can be maintained smoothly over a long period of time.

  In the above embodiment, the automatic opening / closing means 16 is provided on the toilet seat 7 and the toilet lid 8, respectively, but it may be provided only on the toilet lid 8. Further, the automatic opening / closing means 16 may be operated to automatically open / close based on a signal from a human body detecting means for detecting entry and exit of the toilet room of the passenger.

The perspective view which shows the state which opened the toilet lid of the toilet apparatus in Example 1 of this invention. The side view which shows the axial support part of a toilet seat and a toilet lid by notching the part after the toilet lid closed in the toilet apparatus The top view which notched the rear part of the toilet lid in the toilet apparatus, and a part of main body, and showed a part transparently The perspective view which shows the state which opened the toilet lid of the toilet apparatus in the prior art An enlarged perspective view showing a toilet lid and a pivotal support portion of the toilet seat of the toilet device Top view of the toilet device Top view showing the main body with the toilet seat and toilet lid removed.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 1c Convex part 2 Toilet bowl 7 Toilet seat 8 Toilet lid 9 Rear outer surface 10 Front outer surface 11, 12 Rotating shaft 14 Outer surface 15 Shaft support outer surface 16 Automatic opening / closing means

Claims (6)

A toilet that is provided on a toilet bowl and has a toilet function part, and a toilet seat that is supported by a pivotal support on the main body and that is pivotable in the vertical direction and covers at least a part of the upper surface of the main body. The toilet seat and the toilet lid shaft support portion are provided at different positions, the toilet lid shaft support portion is provided on the left and right outer surfaces of the rear side of the main body, and the toilet seat shaft support portion is disposed on the front side of the main body. A toilet device, which is provided on an anterior outer surface provided to enter inward. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein the toilet lid is configured to cover a shaft support portion of the toilet seat when closed. The toilet apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shaft support portion of the toilet lid is provided at a position different from the shaft support portion of the toilet seat in the vertical direction. The toilet apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the toilet seat and the toilet lid, or the toilet lid has automatic opening and closing means. The toilet device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the toilet lid has an outer surface, and a shaft support outer surface of the shaft support portion on the outer surface is formed larger than other outer surfaces. The toilet apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the shaft support portion of the toilet seat is provided with a convex portion between left and right end portions on the front side of the main body.

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