JP2009024338A - Indication device of toilet booth - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an indication device which enables the status of use of a toilet booth to be visually recognized even from a lateral direction. <P>SOLUTION: A rotary indication body 6, which is horizontally rotated on the vertical axis 60 as the center of rotation in synchronization with the operation of a locking mechanism, is rotatably provided on a door body 4 or a front panel 3 so as to form a swelling body 6' which constantly swells from a surface 40 of the door body or a surface 30 of the front panel. The rotary indication body 6 is split into two portions, that is, first and second half portions 6A and 6B along a vertical plane 600 passing through the vertical axis 60. The first and second half portions 6A and 6B are color-coded with different colors, the first half portion 6A forms the swelling portion 6' in an unlocked state, and the second half portion 6B forms the swelling portion 6' in a locked state. The first and second half portions 6A and 6B are equipped with surfaces 601, 602, 603, 604 and 605 which enable the color of the swelling portion 6' to be visually recognized from the lateral direction when forming the swelling 6', respectively. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a display device for a toilet booth, and more particularly to a device for displaying the use state of the toilet booth on the outside of the toilet booth in conjunction with locking / unlocking of the locking mechanism from the inside of the toilet booth.

There is a locking mechanism inside the public toilet booth, and in conjunction with the locking / unlocking of the locking mechanism, the toilet booth is in use by displaying “in use”, “empty”, etc. on the outside of the door body It is displayed outside the booth.

However, in public toilets where multiple toilet booths are connected in series, when a large number of people form a line and wait in turn (see FIG. 2), “in use” on the door surface, Since “vacant” cannot be recognized from the side, it is difficult to understand the usage status of the toilet booth in the back, and there are many useless vacancies. Here, Patent Document 1 has been proposed as an improvement in the visibility of the display unit in the hooking lock, but this is because the display window is provided on the outer periphery of the spherical end plate so that the display window can be removed from the floor surface. It is characterized by improving the poor visibility resulting from being about 1 m high, and the above problem cannot be solved.

In order to solve the above problem, it is conceivable to electrically connect the opening / closing state of each toilet booth door and a display panel installed in the vicinity of the toilet entrance, and display the usage status of each toilet booth by the display panel. However, in this case, (a) it is difficult to compare the floor plan of the display panel and the actual booth position, (b) electrical work is required, and running costs (electricity costs) are incurred. (C) the display panel There is a problem that a space and construction work are required.

It is also conceivable that the toilet booths are arranged in a circle and the use position of each toilet booth can be overlooked by setting the waiting position as the center. However, in this case, (a) wasteful space is generated, (b) it is difficult to secure a space suitable for the layout, and (c) large-scale renovation work is required to adopt it for an existing public toilet. There's a problem.
JP 2002-155649 A

An object of this invention is to provide the display apparatus which can visually recognize the use condition of a toilet booth also from a horizontal direction.

The technical means adopted by the present invention in order to achieve such a problem is that a lock operation is performed from the inside of the toilet booth in a toilet booth display device including an entrance formed in the front panel and a door body for opening and closing the entrance. A locking mechanism that performs unlocking operation, and a rotation display body that rotates about a rotation axis in conjunction with the locking operation / unlocking operation of the locking mechanism, the rotation display body being a door body surface or a front panel surface The rotary display body is rotatably provided on the door body or the front panel so as to form a bulging portion that always bulges from the first half portion and the second half portion along a plane passing through the rotation axis. The first half and the second half are color-coded by different colors, and in the unlocked state, the first half forms the bulge, and in the locked state The second half forms the bulge The first half part and the second half part each have a surface capable of visually recognizing the color of the bulging part from the lateral direction when the bulging part is formed. It is. In one aspect, the rotation axis is a vertical axis, the rotary display body rotates in the horizontal direction around the vertical axis, and a plane passing through the rotation axis is a vertical plane. In another aspect, the rotation axis is a horizontal axis extending in the horizontal direction (the width direction of the door body / front panel), and the rotation display body rotates in the vertical direction around the horizontal axis.

The color classification of the first half and the second half can be performed by coloring the surfaces of the first half and the second half, or by forming the first half and the second half from a pre-colored material. Good. Further, when a colored paint is used, the colored paint may be a luminescent paint (fluorescent paint or daylight paint). Further, a light source may be provided in the rotary display body, and the first half and the second half may be color-coded using a filter. Or you may provide the light emission source of a mutually different color in a 1st half part and a 2nd half part. Further, in color coding, it is not always necessary to fill the entire surface of the first half and the second half. That is, it is only necessary that the colors are identifiable to a certain degree with the human eye. For example, coloring such as a spotted pattern or a striped pattern may be used. In a typical embodiment, the first half is “blue” and the second half is “red”, but the combination of color coding is not limited to “blue and red” as long as it can be identified with the naked eye.

In one aspect, the locking mechanism comprises a latch provided on either the panel or the back surface of the door body and a latch receiver provided on the other side. The panel or door body provided with the rotation display body A first gear that rotates in conjunction with the operation of the latch is rotatably provided, and the vertical shaft portion of the rotary display body includes a second gear that meshes with the first gear. In one preferred embodiment, the first gear has a larger diameter than the second gear and constitutes a speed reduction mechanism. In one embodiment, the latch is slidably provided in the horizontal direction on the back surface of the door body or the back surface of the panel, and the locking mechanism is locked and unlocked by sliding the latch in the horizontal direction directly from the inside of the toilet booth. In another aspect, a rotation knob or a rotation lever may be provided on the back surface of the door body or the back surface of the panel, and the latch may be locked to the latch receiver by a rotation operation. A mechanism for interlocking the rotation operation of the rotation knob or the rotation lever with the rotation of the rotation display body is a normal design matter for those skilled in the art.

In one aspect, the horizontal cross-sectional shape of the bulging portion is an arcuate shape (including a semicircle) whose front panel surface or door body surface is a chord, and the front panel surface or door body surface is a lower bottom (longer than the upper base). Isosceles trapezoid, or isosceles triangle with the base of the front panel surface or door surface. When the horizontal cross-sectional shape of the first half and the second half is a semicircle (rotary display is a sphere, a cylinder, a bicone, etc.), the horizontal cross-sectional shape of the bulge is the front panel surface. Or it becomes the bow shape which makes the door body surface the string. A curved surface forming an arc in a horizontal section forms a surface where the color of the bulging portion can be visually recognized from the lateral direction when the bulging portion is formed. When the horizontal cross-sectional shape of the first half and the second half is an isosceles trapezoid (the rotary display body is a hexagonal column), the horizontal cross-sectional shape of the bulging portion is the front panel surface or the door body surface. It is an isosceles trapezoid with a lower base (longer than the upper base), and the side surface that forms the opposite side of the isosceles shape in the horizontal cross section can visually recognize the color of the bulge from the lateral direction when the bulge is formed. Forming a surface. When the horizontal cross-sectional shape of the first half and the second half is an isosceles triangle (the rotation display body is a quadrangular prism), the horizontal cross-sectional shape of the bulging part is the front panel surface or the door body surface. The isosceles triangle that forms the base, and the side surface forming the side in the horizontal cross section forms a surface in which the color of the bulging portion can be visually recognized from the lateral direction when the bulging portion is formed.

The rotary display according to the present invention includes a first half and a second half that are color-coded, and the first half forms a bulge in the unlocked state and the second half in the locked state. Use the toilet booth because the first half and the second half each have a surface on which the color of the bulge can be seen from the side when the bulge is formed. You can see the situation from the side. Moreover, since the visual recognition by color is used, the usage status of the toilet booth can be grasped even from a certain distance. Therefore, by using the display device according to the present invention in a toilet booth of a public toilet, it is possible to reduce a user's useless waiting time and to prevent queues as much as possible.

According to the invention of claim 3, by appropriately selecting the gear ratio of the first gear and the second gear, it is possible to cope with various panel thicknesses, and the rotary display body interlocked with the locking mechanism with a smaller number of parts. Can be configured.

FIG. 1 is a partial front view and a side view of a plurality of toilet booths arranged in a horizontal direction, and FIG. 2 is a sketch of a public toilet. The toilet booth 1 is formed in a horizontal sectional view from the front, back, and side, and the front includes a front panel 3 in which an entrance 2 is formed, and a door body 4 that opens and closes the entrance 2. . In the illustrated example, the door body 4 maintains a state where the door booth 1 is rotated by a predetermined angle inside the toilet booth 1 when the toilet booth 1 is not used (a state in which no external force is applied to the door body 4). The front panel 3 includes a door-side panel of the door body 4 and a door-side panel of the door body 4, but the common front panel 3 is adjacent to one of the booth doors between adjacent toilet booths 1. Form the side panel, the doorside panel of the other booth. The side surface of the toilet booth 1 is formed from a common partition panel 5 between adjacent toilet booths 1. In FIG. 2, a plurality of toilet booths 1 are arranged so as to face each other across the passage 10, and a waiting position on the labor side of the passage 10 is indicated by a line 11. A queue 13 is formed up to twelve.

A display device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 is a front view of the display device viewed from the outside of the booth, FIG. 3 right is a sectional view of the display device viewed from the side, and FIG. 4 is a rear view of the display device viewed from the inside of the booth. In the illustrated example, the display device is provided on the front panel 3.

The display device includes a spherical rotation display body 6, and the rotation display body 6 is provided on the front panel 3 so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis 60 (see the right side of FIG. 3). In the illustrated example, the rotary display body 6 is rotatably supported by an upper vertical shaft portion 60A passing through the vertical shaft 60 and a lower vertical shaft portion 60B. The front panel 3 has an opening 3 ′ extending in the thickness direction corresponding to a portion where the rotary display body 6 is provided. The front panel surface 30 and the front panel back surface 31 cover the opening 3 ′. The rectangular plates 300 and 310 are respectively coated.

A circular opening is formed in the plate 300 provided on the front panel surface 30, and the portion of the rotary display body 6 accommodated within the thickness of the front panel 3 is projected from the opening to the outside of the toilet booth 1. ing. In this way, the portion of the rotary display body 6 forms a bulging portion 6 ′ that bulges from the surface 30 of the front panel 3 at all times. The bulging portion 6 ′ is covered with a transparent cover body 6 ″. By restricting access to the bulging portion 6 ′ from the outside of the booth, the rotation display body 6 is rotated from the outside of the booth to Prevents unlocking.

The rotary display body 6 is divided into a hemispherical first half 6A and a second half 6B by bisecting in the vertical direction along the vertical plane 600 passing through the vertical shaft 60 (shaft portions 60A and 60B). ing. The first half 6A is blue and the second half 6B is red. When the blue first half 6A forms the bulging portion 6 ', it means "vacant", and when the red second half 6B forms the bulging portion 6', it means "in use". In the example shown in the figure, each of the first half 6A and the second half 6B (an arcuate part with the front panel surface 30 as a string) forms a bulge 6 '. By making the vertical surface 600 substantially coincide with each other, the whole of the first half 6A and the second half 6B (semicircle) may form the bulging portion 6 ′.

The display device includes a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a latch 7 provided on the back surface 31 of the front panel 3 on the door-end side so as to be slidable in the width direction, and a latch receiver 8 provided on the door-end side of the door back surface 41. With the doorway 2 closed, the latch 7 is protruded toward the doorway side, so that the front end side of the latch 7 is locked to the latch receiver 8 on the back surface 41 of the door body to be locked. As is clear from FIGS. 5 and 6, the front panel 3 and the door body 4 have substantially the same thickness (expected dimensions), and the door panel 4 closes the doorway 2 and the front panel surface. 30 and the door body surface 40, the front panel back surface 31, and the door body back surface 41 are flush with each other.

The sliding movement of the latch 7 of the locking mechanism is transmitted to the rotation display body 6 via the speed reduction mechanism. The transmission mechanism includes a plurality of meshing claws 70 formed in the lengthwise direction inside the latch 7 and rotatably provided on the front panel 3, and teeth formed continuously in the circumferential direction on the meshing claws 70 of the latch 7. A small-diameter first gear 9 that meshes with the first gear 9 (in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the rotation center is indicated by 90) and an extended portion below the shaft portion 60 </ b> B of the rotation display body 6. A second gear 61. In conjunction with the sliding operation of the latch 7, the rotation display body 6 is rotated about the vertical axis 60 as a rotation center.

In FIG. 5, the locking mechanism is in the unlocked state, and the latch 7 is in the retracted position on the front panel back surface 31. In this state, the blue first half 6A of the rotary display 6 bulges on the surface 30 of the front panel 3 to form a bulge 6 ', and the red second half 6B of the rotary display 6 is the panel. 3 is located. When the latch 7 is slid toward the door back surface 41 from the state of FIG. 5, the first gear 9 rotates in conjunction with the sliding operation of the latch 7, and the second gear in conjunction with the rotation of the first gear 9. The rotation display body 6 is rotated by rotating the shaft portion 60 </ b> B provided with 61. In FIG. 6, the locking mechanism is in a locked state, and the latch 7 is locked to the latch receiver 8 on the back surface 41 of the door body. In this state, the red second half 6B of the rotary display 6 bulges on the front panel surface 30 to form a bulge 6 ', and the blue first half 6A of the rotary display 6 is in the panel 3. Is located. That is, in the unlocked state, the first half 6A forms the bulging portion 6 ', and in the locked state, the second half 6B forms the bulging portion 6'. The first gear 9 and the second gear 61 correspond to the positions of the unlocked state / locked state of the latch 7 and such positions of the rotation display body 6 (first half 6A, second half 6B). It can be set by those skilled in the art by appropriately adjusting the gear ratio.

Since the rotary display 6 is a sphere, both the first half 6A and the second half 6B are hemispheres. The first half 6A and the second half 6B have a semicircular horizontal cross-sectional shape, and when the first half 6A and the second half 6B form the bulge 6 ', the bulge 6' The horizontal cross-sectional shape becomes an arcuate shape having the front panel surface 30 as a string, and the curved surfaces 601 and 601 forming an arcuate arc in the horizontal cross-section form a surface where the color of the bulging portion 6 ′ can be visually recognized from the lateral direction. . Moreover, by adopting the spherical rotating display body 6, the color of the bulging portion 6 ′ can be visually recognized not only from the lateral direction but also from an arbitrary angle.

7 to 9 show other modes of the rotation display body 6, and the same reference numerals are given to the same members as those described above, and the description using the same reference numbers is omitted. The above description can be used. The rotary display body 6 shown in FIGS. 7 to 9 has a substantially cylindrical shape, and is provided on the front panel 3 so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis 60. The first half 6A and the second half 6B have a semicircular horizontal cross-sectional shape, and when the first half 6A and the second half 6B form the bulge 6 ', the bulge 6' The horizontal cross-sectional shape becomes an arcuate shape having the front panel surface 30 as a string, and the curved surfaces 602 and 602 forming an arcuate arc in the horizontal cross-section form a surface where the color of the bulging portion 6 ′ can be visually recognized from the lateral direction. . 5 and 6 can be directly applied to the columnar rotary display body 6 as it is.

FIG. 10 shows three other modes of the rotary display body 6. In FIG. 10, the upper figure is a horizontal sectional view, and the lower figure is a front view of the first half 6A. A horizontal dotted line indicates the front panel surface 30. The front panel surface 30 and the vertical surface 600 may be substantially matched.

In FIG. 10 (A), the rotation display body 6 is a bicone. The first half 6A and the second half 6B have a semicircular horizontal cross-sectional shape, and when the first half 6A and the second half 6B form the bulge 6 ', the bulge 6' The horizontal cross-sectional shape becomes an arcuate shape having the front panel surface 30 as a string, and the curved surfaces 603 and 603 forming an arcuate arc in the horizontal cross-section form a surface where the color of the bulging portion 6 ′ can be visually recognized from the lateral direction. .

In FIG. 10B, the rotary display 6 is a hexagonal column. The first half 6A and the second half 6B have an isosceles trapezoidal horizontal cross-sectional shape. When the first half 6A and the second half 6B form the bulge 6 ', the bulge 6' The horizontal cross-sectional shape is an isosceles trapezoid with the front panel surface 30 as the bottom (longer than the top), and the side surfaces 604 and 604 forming the opposite sides of the isosceles in the horizontal cross section are bulged from the lateral direction. A surface on which the color of the portion 6 ′ is visible is formed.

In FIG. 10C, the rotary display 6 is a quadrangular prism. The first half 6A and the second half 6B have isosceles triangles in horizontal cross section, and when the first half 6A and the second half 6B form the bulge 6 ', the bulge 6' The horizontal cross-sectional shape is an isosceles triangle with the front panel surface 30 as the base, and the side surfaces 605 and 605 forming the side edges in the horizontal cross-section are surfaces on which the color of the bulging portion 6 ′ can be visually recognized from the lateral direction. Form.

As described above, the rotary display body 6 according to the present invention includes the first half 6A and the second half 6B that are color-coded, and the first half 6A is the bulging portion 6 'in the unlocked state. In the locked state, the second half 6B forms the bulging portion 6 ', and the first half 6A and the second half 6B are respectively in the lateral direction when the bulging portion 6' is formed. The surface (601,602,603,604,605) which can visually recognize the color of the bulging part 6 'is provided. Therefore, in the case as shown in FIG. 2, it can be visually recognized that the color of the bulging portion 6 ′ of the front panel 3 of the toilet booth 1 in the back of the left and right columns is blue, It can be visually recognized that the color of the bulging portion 6 ′ of the front panel 3 is red. Although the aspect which provides the display apparatus (rotary display body 6) in the front panel 3 has been demonstrated, you may provide a display apparatus (rotary display body 6) in the door body 4. FIG. In this case, when the color of the bulging portion of the door 4 of the toilet booth is red, it is determined that it is “in use”, and in other cases, it is determined that it is “empty”.

The present invention can be used in public toilet booths. In addition to the toilet booth, the technical idea of the present invention itself can be used as a display device for a private room such as a conference room.

It is the partial front view and side view of a plurality of toilet booths arranged in the horizontal direction It is a sketch of a public toilet. The left figure is a front view of the display device as seen from the outside of the booth, and the right figure is a sectional view of the display device as seen from the side. It is the rear view which looked at the display apparatus from the booth inside. It is a top view of the display apparatus in which a locking device is in an unlocked state, the upper figure mainly shows color coding of a rotation display object, and the lower figure mainly shows a transmission mechanism. It is a top view of the display apparatus in which a locking device is in a locked state, the upper figure mainly shows color coding of a rotation display object, and the lower figure mainly shows a transmission mechanism. Another aspect of the rotating display is shown, the left figure is a front view of the display device as seen from the outside of the booth, and the right figure is a sectional view of the display device as seen from the side. It is the rear view which showed the other aspect of the rotation display body, and looked at the display apparatus from the booth inner side. It is a top view of the display apparatus which shows the other aspect of a rotation display body, and the locking apparatus which mainly shows a transmission mechanism is in an unlocked state. Furthermore, the other aspect of a rotation display body is shown.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Toilet booth 2 Entrance / exit 3 Panel 4 Door body 6 Rotation display body 6A 1st half 6B 2nd half 60 Vertical shaft 60A Upper vertical shaft 60B Lower vertical shaft 61 Second gear 7 Latch 8 Latch receiver 9 First gear

Claims (4)

In a toilet booth display device comprising an entrance formed on the front panel and a door body that opens and closes the entrance,
A locking mechanism for locking / unlocking from the inside of the toilet booth;
A rotating indicator that rotates about the axis of rotation in conjunction with the locking and unlocking operations of the locking mechanism;
With
The rotation display body is rotatably provided on the door body or the front panel so as to form a bulging portion that constantly bulges from the door body surface or the front panel surface,
The rotary display body is divided into a first half and a second half along a plane passing through the rotation axis, and the first half and the second half are color-coded by different colors. And
In the unlocked state, the first half forms the bulging portion, and in the locked state, the second half forms the bulging portion, and the first half and the second half are respectively It has a surface where the color of the bulging part is visible from the lateral direction when the bulging part is formed,
Toilet booth display device.   The display of the toilet booth according to claim 1, wherein the rotation axis is a vertical axis, the rotation display body rotates in a horizontal direction around the vertical axis, and a plane passing through the rotation axis is a vertical plane. apparatus. The locking mechanism comprises a latch provided on either the panel or the back of the door body, and a latch receiver provided on the other,
The panel or door provided with the rotation display body is rotatably provided with a first gear that rotates in conjunction with the operation of the latch, and the shaft portion of the rotation display body passing through the rotation axis is connected to the first gear. The display device for a toilet booth according to claim 1, further comprising a second gear that meshes. The horizontal cross-sectional shape of the bulge is an arcuate shape with the front panel surface or door body surface as a string, an isosceles trapezoid with the front panel surface or door body surface as the bottom, or the front panel surface or door body surface is the bottom. The display device for a toilet booth according to claim 1, wherein the display device is an isosceles triangle.

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