JP2011030109A - Remote control device for toilet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a remote control device for toilets which can be placed so that an operation signal is not interrupted by a user etc., while ensuring various designs of walls of a toilet room as well as ensuring a good design of the toilet unit itself. <P>SOLUTION: The remote control device for toilet includes a remote control manipulator for emitting an operation signal to a toilet stool side device 3 installed in a toilet stool 50, and a receiver 2 installed on the side of the toilet stool 50 for receiving the operation signal emitted by the remote control manipulator. The toilet stool 50 has a bowl 51 and a skirt 52 surrounding the bowl. The receiver 2 includes a light incidence surface 7 located to be exposed to a front surface 52a and both side surfaces 52b of the skirt 52 of the toilet stool 50, and a light guiding path located to guide the operation signal incident on the light incidence surface 7 to a light receiving element. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a toilet remote control device.

  In the toilet room, a toilet remote control device is used to remotely control toilet-side devices such as a local cleaning device installed in the toilet. The toilet remote control device includes a remote controller that transmits an operation signal when operated by a user, and a receiver that is installed on the toilet side in order to receive an operation signal generated from the remote controller.

  By the way, in the conventional remote control device for toilets, it is difficult to ensure a variety of design of the toilet room and ensure reception performance so that the user does not interfere with signal reception. there were.

  This is because in a conventional toilet remote control device, the receiver is installed on the rear side of the toilet so that the operation signal can reach the receiver without being interrupted by the user or the toilet device. A method is adopted in which an operation signal is reflected once on a wall surface such as a ceiling from the operation device, and then the reflected operation signal is incident on a receiver (see Patent Document 1, etc.).

  However, in this method, the material and shape of the wall surface of the toilet room are limited to those that easily reflect the operation signal. In other words, the design of the toilet room is sacrificed in order to ensure the reception performance so that the user does not get in the way of the operation signal.

  On the other hand, in order to ensure the design of the wall surface of the toilet room, if a method in which the operation signal is directly incident on the receiver without going through the wall surface, the user etc. The problem that it becomes easy to block is generated. Moreover, since it is necessary to arrange | position the receiver so that it may expose rather than hide behind a toilet bowl, there also exists a problem that the design property of toilet itself falls.

JP 2006-2495 A

  The present invention has been invented in view of the above problems, and can be installed so that a user or the like does not block an operation signal while ensuring various design of the wall surface of the toilet room. It is an object to provide a remote control device for a toilet that can ensure good design.

  The toilet remote control device of the present invention that can solve the above-described problems is a remote control operator 1 that transmits an operation signal to the toilet-side device 3 installed in the toilet 50, and the remote controller 1 transmits the operation signal. And a receiver 2 installed on the toilet 50 side for receiving an operation signal. The toilet bowl 50 has a bowl part 51 and a skirt part 52 surrounding the bowl part 51. The receiver 2 includes a light incident surface 7 disposed so as to be exposed on the front surface 52a and both side surfaces 52b of the skirt portion 52 of the toilet 50, and an operation signal incident on the light incident surface 7 to the light receiving element 4. And a light guide path 6 arranged so as to be guided.

  According to the toilet remote control device of the present invention, the remote control operation can be performed on the light incident surface 7 exposed on the front surface 52a and the both side surfaces 52b of the skirt portion 52 without once reflecting the operation signal on the ceiling surface of the toilet room. The operation signal from the toilet 1 can be directly incident and the toilet device 3 can be remotely operated. Therefore, since the material and shape of the wall surface such as the ceiling surface of the toilet room are not limited to those that easily reflect the operation signal, various design properties of the toilet room are ensured. Since the light incident surface 7 of the receiver 2 is exposed on the front surface 52a and both side surfaces 52b of the skirt portion 52, the light incident surface 7 is exposed regardless of the position and posture of the user. Is prevented, and the situation where the operation signal cannot be received is prevented. In addition, since it is not necessary to arrange a special receiving unit in order to expose the light incident surface 7, the design of the toilet itself can be secured well.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the remote controller 1 mounted and fixed in the toilet room is provided with a transmitter 12 that transmits an operation signal in a predetermined direction so as to be rotatable. In this way, even if the remote controller 1 is attached and fixed in any place according to the design of the toilet room, the operation signal can be set by appropriately rotating the transmitter 12 at the time of installation. Can be transmitted toward the skirt portion 52. That is, various design of the toilet room and various mounting forms of the remote controller 1 are ensured.

  The present invention is advantageous in that it can be installed so that a user or the like does not block an operation signal while ensuring a variety of design of the toilet room wall surface, and the design of the toilet itself can be secured well.

  In addition, the remote controller that is mounted and fixed in the toilet room is provided with a transmitting part that transmits an operation signal in a predetermined direction so that it can rotate freely. There is an effect that various mounting forms are secured.

It is a perspective view of a toilet bowl provided with an example receiver in an embodiment of the present invention. It is the perspective view which divided the toilet bowl same as the above. It is a disassembled perspective view of the light guide with which a toilet bowl same as the above is equipped. It is explanatory drawing of a light guide body and a light receiving element same as the above. It is a front view of a remote control operating device same as the above.

  The present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. An example of a remote controller for a toilet in an embodiment of the present invention includes a remote controller 1 (see FIG. 5) installed at an appropriate location such as a toilet room wall surface, and a receiver 2 (see FIGS. 1 to 3) installed on the toilet 50 side. (See FIG. 4).

  Hereinafter, the receiver 2 installed on the toilet 50 side will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the toilet bowl 50 is a stool type having a bowl portion 51 opened upward and a skirt portion 52 formed so as to cover the front and both sides of the bowl portion 51. . The skirt portion 52 is formed in a U shape in a plan view, and extends downward from the outer peripheral edge of the upper surface of the bowl portion 51 as shown in FIG.

  On the upper surface of the toilet 50, a local cleaning device 30 is installed as the toilet device 3 that is the operation target of the remote controller. The local cleaning device 30 includes a device main body 31 installed in a rear portion of the bowl portion 51 on the upper surface of the toilet bowl 50, a toilet seat (not shown) rotatably connected to the front of the device main body 31, Similarly, a toilet lid 32 is rotatably connected to the front of the apparatus main body 31 so as to cover the toilet seat, and a cleaning nozzle (not shown) is provided so as to protrude forward from the apparatus main body 31.

  The receiver 2 for receiving an operation signal for the local cleaning device 30 is installed in a form incorporated in the skirt portion 52 of the toilet 50. The receiver 2 includes a light receiving element 4 that is electrically connected to a control unit (not shown) of the apparatus main body 31 and a light guide 5 that guides an incident operation signal to the light receiving element 4.

  The light guide 5 includes an upper rim portion 5a formed in a U shape in plan view along the skirt portion 52, and a hanging portion 5b extending downward from the inner peripheral portion of the upper rim portion 5a. The upper rim portion 5a and the hanging portion 5b are integrally formed so as to have an inverted L-shaped longitudinal section. In the light guide 5, only the outer peripheral surface of the upper rim portion 5a and the lower end surface of the hanging portion 5b are provided so that light can enter and exit, and the other surfaces are provided so as to perform only internal reflection.

  That is, the outer peripheral surface of the upper rim portion 5a of the light guide 5 serves as the light incident surface 7, the lower end surface of the hanging portion 5b serves as the light exit surface 8, and the entire light guide 5 having an inverted L-shaped longitudinal section is the light guide path 6. It is provided to become. The hanging portion 5b has a tapered shape in which the cross section gradually decreases as it goes downward, and the area of the light exit surface 8 is significantly smaller than the area of the light incident surface 7 (see FIG. 3).

  The skirt portion 52 is provided with an arrangement hole 9 for inserting and fixing the upper rim portion 5 a of the light guide 5. The disposition hole 9 is a long hole extending from the front surface 52a of the skirt portion 52 to both side surfaces 52b, and the upper rim portion 5a of the light guide 5 is inserted and fixed in the disposition hole 9. The rim portion 5 a is designed so that the outer peripheral surface (that is, the light incident surface 7) is flush with the outer peripheral surface of the skirt portion 52.

  The light guide 5 is fixed to the skirt portion 52 by inserting and fixing the upper rim portion 5 a into the arrangement hole 9, and the hanging portion 5 b is arranged in the space S between the skirt portion 52 and the bowl portion 51. . The light receiving element 4 is disposed in the vicinity of the lower part of the hanging part 5b and at a position facing the light exit surface 8 in the vertical direction. The light receiving element 4 is in a position where the periphery is covered by the skirt portion 52.

  Next, the remote controller 1 installed and fixed on the toilet room wall surface will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 5, a large number of operation switches 10 and a display unit 11, which is a liquid crystal screen, are arranged on the front side of the remote controller 1. In the illustrated example, as the operation switch 10, a buttocks cleaning switch 10a, a bidet cleaning switch 10b, a stop switch 10c, a drying switch 10d, a cleaning strength strength switch 10e, a cleaning position front / rear switch 10f, and the like are arranged.

  In addition, on the lower surface of the remote controller 1, a transmitter 12 that transmits an operation signal, which is an infrared signal, in a predetermined direction is provided so as to be rotatable in all directions, front, rear, left, and right. The direction of each transmitter 12 is set so that an operation signal is transmitted from the portion where the remote controller 1 is installed toward the skirt 52 of the toilet 50.

  According to the toilet remote control device of the present example having the above configuration, the operation signal is not reflected once on the ceiling surface of the toilet room or the like, but on the light incident surface 7 exposed on the front surface 52a and the both side surfaces 52b of the skirt portion 52. Thus, the operation signal can be directly incident. As shown in FIG. 4, the operation signal that has entered the light guide 5 through the light incident surface 7 is reflected in the light guide path 6 formed in an inverted L-shaped cross section and reaches the light exit surface 8 at the lowest end. The light is emitted from the light exit surface 8 toward the light receiving element 4 in the vicinity thereof. The light receiving element 4 that has received the operation signal transmits the reception to the control unit of the apparatus main body 31, and the control unit performs various operations of the local cleaning device 30 based on the operation signal (that is, buttocks cleaning, bidet cleaning, cleaning stop, and drying). , Cleaning strength change, cleaning position change, etc.).

  Here, since the light incident surface 7 of the receiver 2 is exposed in a wide range from the front surface 52a to the both side surfaces 52b of the skirt portion 52, the standing position and posture of the user can be determined. However, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the user cannot receive the operation signal due to an obstacle. In addition, since the light incident surface 7 is formed flush with the outer surface of the skirt portion 52, the design of the toilet itself is ensured well. The material and shape of the wall surface such as the ceiling surface of the toilet room are not limited to those that easily reflect the operation signal, and various design properties of the toilet room are also ensured.

  That is, according to the toilet remote control device of the present example having the above-described configuration, it can be installed so that the user does not block the operation signal while ensuring various design of the wall surface of the toilet room, and the toilet itself. Therefore, it is possible to ensure a good design.

  In the remote control device for toilets of the present invention, if the wall surface such as the ceiling surface of the toilet room has no problem in the reflection of the operation signal, it is set to be reflected on the wall surface and incident on the light incident surface 7. It doesn't matter. Even in this case, since the light incident surface 7 is disposed so as to be exposed on the front surface 52a and the both side surfaces 52b of the skirt portion 52, the user can be in any standing position or posture. It is possible to prevent a situation in which a signal cannot be received due to interference.

  Further, the light incident surface 7 is not limited to a series of forms from the front surface 52a to the both side surfaces 52b of the skirt portion 52, and may be any shape as long as it is exposed to at least the front surface 52a and the both side surfaces 52b of the skirt portion 52. Alternatively, the skirt portion 52 itself may be a light guide, and the front surface 52a and both side surfaces 52b of the skirt portion 52 that is the light guide may be the light incident surface 7.

  Although the present invention has been described based on the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and appropriate design changes can be made within the intended scope of the present invention. Is possible.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Remote controller 2 Receiver 3 Toilet side equipment 4 Light receiving element 6 Light guide 7 Light entrance surface 12 Transmitting part 51 Bowl part 52 Skirt part 52a Front surface 52b Side surface

Claims (2)

  A toilet comprising a remote controller that transmits an operation signal to a toilet-side device installed in the toilet, and a receiver that is installed on the toilet to receive the operation signal transmitted by the remote controller In the remote control device for use, the toilet includes a bowl portion and a skirt portion surrounding the bowl portion, and the receiver includes a light incident surface disposed so as to be exposed on a front surface and both side surfaces of the skirt portion of the toilet device. A toilet remote control device comprising: a light guide disposed so as to guide an operation signal incident on the light incident surface to a light receiving element.   2. The remote controller for a toilet according to claim 1, wherein the remote controller attached and fixed in the toilet room is provided with a transmitter for transmitting an operation signal in a predetermined direction so as to be rotatable. .

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