JP2008291648A - Toilet bowl - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To neaten the aesthetic appearance of an entire toilet bowl and make compact it, and easily assemble it by easily and accurately fitting a fluid discharge part formed on the rear part into an opening for fitting the discharge part formed on the front part. <P>SOLUTION: A toilet bowl body part 20 is formed of a front part 15 having a blow 1 and a rear part 16. A projecting part 2 for positioning and a fluid discharge part 3 provided separately from this to discharge a fluid toward the bowl part 1 are formed to project forward on the rear part 16. A positioning recess 12 opened to the rear side and an opening part 4 provided separately from this for fitting the discharge part, having one end opened to the rear side and the other end opened to the bowl part 1 side are formed in the rear part of the front part 15. The positioning projective 2 is fitted in the positioning recess 12 to perform positioning, and by this positioning, the fluid discharge part 3 separate from the positioning projective 2 is fitted in or faces to an opening 4 for fitting the discharge part, which is provided separately from the above opening 4 for fitting the discharge part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a toilet comprising a toilet main body part composed of a front part and a rear part provided with a bowl part.

  Conventionally, Patent Document 1 discloses that a toilet main body is composed of a front part and a rear part provided with a bowl part.

  In the conventional example shown in Patent Document 1, the front part provided with the bowl part is attached to the front part of the support frame, and the rear part is attached to the support frame. And the warm water washing device is built in the upper case which constitutes a part of the rear part, and the front part of the upper case with the hot water washing device is formed at the upper end of the bowl part of the front part. The washing nozzle of the hot water washing apparatus is taken in and out through an opening provided in the front part of the upper case. That is, the cleaning nozzle of the hot water cleaning device is located above the rim formed at the upper end of the bowl.

In the above conventional example, since the cleaning nozzle is located above the rim portion, there is a problem that the entire toilet device is enlarged.
JP 2003-41645 A

  The present invention was invented in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and despite the provision of a fluid discharge part for discharging fluid toward the bowl part side, the entire appearance of the toilet bowl can be made clean and compact, Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide a toilet that can be easily and accurately assembled by fitting the fluid discharge portion provided on the rear part side into the discharge portion fitting opening provided on the front part side. It is what.

  In order to solve the above problems, a toilet according to the present invention comprises a toilet main body 20 comprising a front part 15 and a rear part 16 provided with a bowl part 1, and a positioning projection 2 on the rear part 16, and Is provided with a fluid discharge part 3 that discharges fluid toward the other bowl part 1 side and projects forward, and a positioning recess 12 that opens rearward at the rear part of the front part 15, and another end. Is provided with a discharge portion fitting opening portion 4 having a rear opening and the other end opening toward the bowl portion 1 side, and the positioning projection 2 is fitted into the positioning recess portion 12 for positioning, and the positioning is performed. Thus, the toilet is characterized in that the fluid discharge part 3 different from the positioning protrusion 2 is fitted into or faces the discharge part fitting opening 4 different from the discharge part fitting opening 4.

  With such a configuration, the rear part 16 is combined with the front part 15, and the fluid discharge part 3 that discharges the fluid provided in the rear part 16 is fitted into the discharge part fitting opening 4 provided in the front part 15. For this purpose, the positioning projection 2 is fitted into the positioning recess 12 and the rear part 16 is positioned at a predetermined position of the front part 15, so that fluid ejection different from the positioning projection 2 can be performed easily and reliably. The portion 3 can be fitted in or faced to the discharge portion fitting opening 4 that is different from the positioning concave portion 12, and the combination can be easily performed. In addition, since the fluid discharge part 3 for discharging the fluid provided in the rear part 16 is fitted in the discharge part fitting opening part 4 provided in the front part 15 in this way, the rim part provided in the upper end opening part of the bowl part 1 Compared with a configuration in which the fluid discharge unit 3 is provided above 13, the appearance of the toilet bowl 7 can be made cleaner and more compact.

  In the present invention, as described above, the positioning protrusion provided in the rear part is fitted into the positioning recess provided in the front part for positioning, and by positioning, the fluid different from the positioning protrusion is provided. Since the discharge part is configured to fit or face a discharge part fitting opening different from the discharge part fitting opening, the fluid discharge part is positioned above the upper opening of the bowl part. The appearance of the entire toilet bowl can be made clean and compact, and the positioning protrusions can be used to fit the fluid discharge part provided on the rear part side into the discharge part fitting opening provided on the front part side. Since the positioning can be performed by fitting in the positioning recess, it is possible to easily and accurately fit the fluid discharge part different from the positioning protrusion into the discharge part fitting opening different from the positioning recess. Set Te becomes easy.

  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 projects toward the inside of the bowl portion 1. It is.

  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 opened sideways toward the inside of the bowl portion 1 over the entire length. It is a side opening.

  In the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, the toilet 7 provided with the bowl portion 1 has a main portion made of synthetic resin, but a part or all of it 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 attached drawings, as shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, the rear portion of the rim portion 13 formed over the entire periphery of the upper end opening edge of the bowl portion 1 is attached to a device support case 8 described later. A discharge portion fitting opening 4 is formed in which the fluid discharge portion 3 provided in the attached toilet bowl attachment device faces.

  The discharge part fitting opening 4 includes a bowl cleaning nozzle opening 4a, a local cleaning nozzle opening 4b, and an air duct opening 4c.

  In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, the local cleaning nozzle opening that the local cleaning nozzle 3 b constituting the fluid discharge unit 3 provided in the hot water cleaning device 6, which will be described later, faces the front surface of the rear portion of the rim portion 13. The part 4b and the opening part 4c for the air duct which the air duct 3c front-end | tip part of the air blower 11 mentioned later faces are provided along with right and left.

  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. 7. As shown in FIG. 8, a bowl cleaning nozzle opening 4a into which a bowl cleaning nozzle constituting a bowl cleaning nozzle 3a described later is fitted is provided.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 11, on the lower surface of the rear end portion of the rim portion 13, a deodorizing device 24 described later is placed at a position shifted in the left-right direction from the local cleaning nozzle opening 4 b and the air duct opening 4 c. A deodorizing opening 33 for inhaling the odor in the bowl portion 1 that communicates is provided, and a light emitting opening 34 that faces an illuminating means 25 described later composed of a light emitting portion such as an LED for brightly illuminating the inside of the bowl portion 1. It is provided.

  Further, the rear portion of the rim portion 13 is a positioning recess 12 that opens rearward. At least the rear portion of the positioning recess 12 is inclined so that the vertical opening width becomes wider toward the rear end side. As shown in FIG. 8, a lateral guide portion 12a and a lower guide 12b are provided on the side portion and the lower surface portion in the opening portion of the rear end portion of the positioning recess 12 opened rearward. Further, at least the inside of the positioning recess 12 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 an illumination means 25 including a light emitting unit such as an LED, and a bowl washing nozzle 3a is attached.

  A nozzle housing portion 9 is provided at the center of the front portion of the apparatus support case 8, and an expandable / contractable local cleaning nozzle 3 b constituting the fluid discharge portion 3 provided in the hot water cleaning device 6 is disposed in the nozzle housing portion 9. When the local cleaning nozzle 3b 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. It has become.

  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 portion 9 and is normally closed by the lid. When the local washing nozzle 3b is extended, the lid is pushed by the tip of the local washing nozzle 3b. It is supposed to open.

  The blower 11 is provided with a blower air duct 3c, and the front end of the blower duct 3c is provided next to the nozzle housing part 9 in the center of the front part of the device support case 8, and this blower duct 3c. The top end of the lid is pivotably 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 the positioning projection 2 over 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, the positioning projection 2 at the front end of the device support case 8 is fitted into the positioning recess 12 that opens from the rear of the front part 15 toward the rear of the rear of the rim 13 as shown in FIG. 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 12 is inclined so that the vertical opening width becomes wider toward the rear end side, the positioning protrusion 2 can be easily fitted into the rear end opening of the positioning recess 12, With the projection 2 fitted in the rear end opening of the positioning recess 12, the side end surface of the positioning projection 2 is placed on the side guide portion 12 a on the side in the opening of the rear end of the positioning recess 12. At the same time, the positioning projection 2 can be fitted into the positioning recess 12 by placing the lower end surface of the positioning projection 2 on the lower guide 12b and pushing the device support case 8 forward in this state. .

  In this way, the positioning projection 2 at the front end of the device support case 8 is fitted into the positioning recess 12 of the front part 15 to be positioned, whereby the bowl cleaning nozzle that becomes the fluid discharge portion 3 provided in the device support case 8. 3a is fitted into the bowl cleaning nozzle opening 4a provided in the front part 15, and as shown in FIG. 3, the nozzle housing 9 containing the local cleaning nozzle 3b is fitted into the local cleaning nozzle opening 4b. Also, as shown in FIG. 4, the air duct 3 c tip of the air blower 11 is fitted into the air duct opening 4 c and the air duct 50 of the deodorizer 24 is positioned so that the tip of the air intake duct 50 faces the deodorizing opening 33. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the illumination means 25 made of a light emitting portion such as an LED is positioned so as to face the light emitting opening 34. Accordingly, the bowl cleaning nozzle 3a, the nozzle housing 9, the tip of the air duct 3c, the tip of the suction duct 50, and the illumination means 25 are respectively connected to the bowl cleaning nozzle opening 4a, the local cleaning nozzle opening 4b, and the air duct. The positioning opening 4c, the deodorizing opening 33, and the light emitting opening 34 can be positioned so as to be fitted and faced, and positioning becomes 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 26 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 26, the local cleaning nozzle 3b that is the fluid discharge unit 3 is extended to expand the local cleaning that is the opening 4 for inserting the discharge unit. The cleaning water is discharged from the local cleaning nozzle 3b by projecting from the nozzle opening 4b to clean the local part of the human body. When the cleaning is completed, the local cleaning nozzle 3b is contracted and the distal end portion is inserted into the discharge portion fitting opening 4 The local cleaning nozzle 3b is accommodated in the nozzle accommodating portion 9 into which is inserted.

  On the other hand, when drying the local part of the human body, hot air or cold air blown from the front end portion of the air duct 3c which is the fluid discharge portion 3 is supplied from the air duct opening portion 4c which is the discharge portion fitting opening portion 4c. Discharge to dry parts of the human body.

  When the washing and drying of the local portion of the human body as described above is completed, water is discharged from the bowl washing nozzle 3a and the bowl washing nozzle opening provided at one side end in the left-right direction of the rear end portion of the guide recess 14 Run water from 4a. The water discharged from the bowl cleaning nozzle opening 4a flows while swirling in the guide recess 14, and a part of the water gradually swirls into the bowl 1 from the lower edge portion of the side opening of the guide recess 14. The inside of the bowl part 1 is washed by this swirling flow.

  As described above, in the present invention, the bowl cleaning nozzle 3a, the local cleaning nozzle 3b, which is the fluid discharge unit 3 that discharges the fluid toward the bowl unit 1 side provided in the device support case 8 of the rear part 16, the blower Each of the front ends of the duct 3c has a bowl cleaning nozzle opening 4a and a local cleaning nozzle opening which constitute a discharge portion fitting opening 4 having one end opened rearward and the other end opened toward the bowl portion. Since the rim portion 13 integrated with the upper portion of the bowl portion 1 of the front part 15 is provided with the opening portion 4b and the air duct opening portion 4c, a separate warm water washing device 6 and the like are placed on the rear upper surface 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, in the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, even if sewage or water enters the opening 4b for the local cleaning nozzle and the opening 4c for the air duct formed in the front part of the rear part of the bowl part 1, the local cleaning nozzle Will be smoothly discharged into the bowl portion 1 along the downwardly inclined inclined lower surface portion 5 of the lower surface portion in the air duct opening portion 4c and the air duct opening portion 4c. It is possible to reliably prevent deep intrusion and retention in the interior.

  Further, the sewage or water enters through the local cleaning nozzle 3b that extends and retracts from the local cleaning nozzle opening 4b and flows down into the nozzle storage unit 9, or the local cleaning nozzle 3b is allowed to flow into the nozzle storage unit 9. In this case, the sewage or water adhering to the local cleaning nozzle 3b may flow down into the nozzle storage part 9, but in such a case, the lower surface part of the nozzle storage part 9 and the downward inclined part 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 Positioning protrusion 3 Fluid discharge part 4 Opening part for discharge part fitting 12 Positioning recessed part 15 Front part 16 Rear part

Claims (1)

The toilet body is composed of a front part and a rear part with a bowl part, and a positioning projection on the rear part and a fluid discharge part that discharges fluid toward the other bowl part side forward A positioning recess that protrudes toward the rear and opens rearward at the rear part of the front part, and another opening for fitting the discharge part that opens at the other end and opens toward the bowl part. The positioning projection is fitted into the positioning recess and positioned, and the positioning allows the fluid ejection part different from the positioning projection to be different from the ejection part fitting opening. A toilet characterized by being fitted or faced in a fitting opening.

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