JP2013060767A - Upper surface equipment for toilet bowl, and cover case thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cover case in which dirt hardly adheres and remains at the lower edge of the front part thereof, and to provide upper surface equipment for a toil bowl equipped with the cover case.SOLUTION: A cover case 4 for a toilet seat box 1 has an upper face part 4a, a suspended part, a swollen part, a sloping face part 4d, a side face part and a bottom face part 4f integrally molded with a synthetic resin. The bottom face rear part and the rear face of the cover case 4 are opening ports 21, 22. A front base plate 3 is arranged on the upper side of the bottom face part 4f through the opening port 21 and fixed thereto with machine screws or the like. Then, a back plate 23 is mounted in the opening port 22.

Description

  The present invention relates to a toilet upper surface equipment such as a toilet seat box installed on a rear upper surface of a toilet (Western style toilet), and a cover case therefor.

  A toilet facility is known in which a toilet seat is attached to a toilet top surface facility such as a toilet seat box or a tank cover installed on the upper surface of a Western-style toilet so as to be able to rotate in the up-and-down direction. The bottom surface of the toilet top surface facility is configured by a base plate, and various devices are installed on the base plate.

  Dirt such as urine is infiltrated between the toilet seat box and the upper surface of the Western-style toilet bowl, which is likely to cause odor. In view of this, it has been proposed that at least a front portion of a toilet seat box or the like can be moved up and down with respect to a western style toilet, and the toilet seat box is moved (floated) together with the toilet seat when the western style toilet is cleaned.

  For example, Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2004-324168 (Patent Document 1) describes a low tank cover in which a front base plate can be raised and lowered. Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2009-285060 (Patent Document 2) describes a toilet seat box in which a front base plate can be raised and lowered.

  In these toilet upper surface facilities, an elevating drive device commonly referred to as a levitation unit is installed on the rear base plate.

  As described in paragraphs 0029, 0031, and 0041 of Patent Document 2 and paragraph 0017 of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-147858 (Patent Document 3), the cover case and the base plate of the toilet upper surface equipment are usually combined. Molded with resin. In paragraph 0018 of Patent Document 3, it is described that the upper half of the toilet seat box made of synthetic resin is screwed to the bottom plate made of synthetic resin.

JP 2004-324168 A JP2009-285060 JP2004-147858

  When the bottom half-shaped upper half body and the bottom plate are engaged and screwed as in Patent Document 3, dirt is infiltrated into the joint between the upper half body and the bottom plate and is likely to remain attached. In particular, since the front part of the cover case faces the toilet bowl of the toilet bowl, dirt such as large and small urine tends to adhere and remain on the seam, which tends to cause odor.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described conventional problems, and to provide a cover case in which dirt hardly adheres to the vicinity of the lower edge of the front portion of the cover case and a toilet top surface facility provided with the cover case.

  A cover case according to a first aspect of the present invention is a cover case that is installed at the rear of a toilet bowl, and includes an upper shell that forms at least an upper surface portion, a front surface portion, and left and right side surfaces of the cover case, and a front portion of the cover case And a bottom plate portion constituting the bottom surface portion of the cover case, wherein the upper shell and the bottom plate portion are integrally formed of a synthetic resin at the front portion of the cover case, or are integrally formed by welding or adhesion. It is characterized by becoming.

  It is preferable that the upper shell and the bottom plate are integrally formed.

  In one aspect of the first invention, the bottom plate portion is provided only at the front portion of the bottom surface portion of the cover case, the rear portion of the bottom surface portion of the cover case is an open portion, and the rear surface portion of the upper shell is The opening is continuous with the opening, and a back plate constituting the rear surface of the cover case is detachably attached to the opening.

  In another aspect of the first invention, the bottom plate portion is provided only at the front portion of the bottom surface portion of the cover case, the rear portion of the bottom surface portion of the cover case is an open portion, and the rear surface portion of the upper shell body is The upper shell is integrally formed with the side surface and the upper surface.

  The toilet upper surface equipment of the second invention is a rear base plate fixedly installed at the rear part of the toilet bowl, a front base plate disposed on the front side of the rear base plate and lifted and lowered by a lifting device provided on the rear base plate, A toilet upper surface equipment comprising the cover case of the first invention attached to the front base plate, wherein the bottom plate portion of the cover case is disposed below the front base plate. Is.

  In one aspect of the toilet upper surface facility of the second invention, the cover case with the back plate removed is engaged with the front base plate from the front of the front base plate, and then the back plate is attached to the upper shell, thereby the cover case Is assembled.

  In another aspect of the toilet upper surface facility according to the second aspect of the invention, in the state where the front base plate is raised to the ascending limit or the vicinity thereof, the cover case in which the rear surface portion is also integrated in series is attached to the front base plate.

  A cover case according to a third aspect of the present invention is a cover case installed at the rear part of a toilet bowl, and includes an upper shell that forms at least an upper surface part, a front surface part, and left and right side parts of the cover case, and a front part of the cover case In the cover case having a bottom plate portion that constitutes the bottom surface portion, the upper shell body and the bottom plate portion are separate from each other, and a sealing material for sealing a joint between the upper shell body and the bottom plate portion is provided. It is characterized by being.

  As the sealing material, a film attached so as to cover the seam or a filler filled in the seam is suitable.

  In the cover case of the first invention, at least at the front part of the cover case, the upper shell body and the bottom plate part are integrally formed of synthetic resin or are integrally formed by welding or adhesion, and dirt is connected to the seam. Infiltration is prevented.

  In particular, by integrally molding the upper shell and the bottom plate portion, there is no seam between them. Therefore, even if dirt adheres, it can be removed by simple cleaning.

  When the rear part of the cover case bottom part is an open part, the back part of the cover case is an open port, and the back plate is attached to the open port, the cover case with the back plate removed from the open port is a The base plate can be easily engaged from the front. Thereafter, a back plate is attached to the opening.

  To attach the cover case where the rear part of the bottom part of the cover case is an open part and the rear part of the cover case is integrated with the side part and top part of the upper shell body to the front base plate, the front base plate is raised. The cover case can be assembled to the front base plate so that the front base plate is inserted into the cover case through the cover case opening portion.

  In the cover case of the third invention, since the seam between the upper shell and the bottom plate is sealed with the sealing material, dirt such as feces is prevented from entering the seam.

It is a disassembled perspective view of the toilet seat box which concerns on embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the cover case for toilet seat boxes which concerns on embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the cover case for toilet seat boxes which concerns on embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows the assembly method of the cover case for toilet seat boxes which concerns on embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows the assembly method of the cover case for toilet seat boxes which concerns on embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the front-end part of the cover case for toilet seat boxes which concerns on embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the front-end part of the cover case for toilet seat boxes which concerns on embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the front-end part of the cover case for toilet seat boxes which concerns on embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the front-end part of the cover case for toilet seat boxes which concerns on embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment]
1, 2, 4, and 6 show a toilet seat box as a toilet upper surface facility according to the first embodiment, FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the toilet seat box, and FIG. 2 is a line II-II in FIG. 1. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the cover case for the toilet seat box along FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a method for assembling the toilet seat box, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the front portion of the toilet seat box.

  The bottom of the toilet seat box 1 is constituted by a rear base plate 2 and a front base plate 3 that can be moved up and down arranged on the front side of the rear base plate 2. A cover case 4 made of synthetic resin is attached to the front base plate 3 so as to move up and down together with the front base plate 3.

  The rear base plate 2 includes a lift 8 and a heater 8 and a pump 9 for supplying hot water to the hot water washing nozzles 6 and 7 (shower nozzle 6 and bidet nozzle 7), a room heating unit 10, a power supply board 11, and a control circuit. A valve unit (not shown) for supplying water to the substrate 12, the toilet bowl, and the trap part is provided.

  The rear base plate 2 is a plate-like member made of synthetic resin and constitutes the rear part of the bottom surface of the toilet seat box 1.

  Although not shown in the drawings, the lifting device 5 includes a fixed plate fixed to the rear base plate 2, a lifting drive device installed on the fixed plate, a movable plate lifted and lowered by the driving device, and a movable plate And a damper for slowing down the movable plate. The drive device includes a rack extending in the vertical direction, a pinion that meshes with the rack, and a motor that rotates the pinion. This drive device operates by operating a lift switch provided on a remote controller (not shown) for a warm water flush toilet seat.

  The front base plate 3 is a plate member made of synthetic resin and constitutes the front portion of the bottom surface of the toilet seat box 1. The front base plate 3 extends forward from the front edge of the rear base plate 2 by a predetermined length (for example, about 50 to 100 mm).

  The front base plate 3 includes hot water washing nozzles 6 and 7 for washing the human body with warm water, a forward / backward moving motor for the nozzles 6 and 7, a toilet seat electric opening / closing unit 15 for opening and closing the toilet seat, and a toilet lid. The electric lid opening / closing unit 16 for opening and closing the door, the hot air fan unit 17 for blowing out hot air toward the human body part and drying it, the deodorizing fan for deodorizing by sucking odorous air from the toilet bowl and the deodorizing A cartridge, a seating sensor 18 and the like are provided. Reference numeral 19 in FIG. 1 indicates a deodorizing cartridge mounting opening.

  The rear portion of the front base plate 3 is placed on the movable plate of the elevating device 5 and is fixed to the movable plate with bolts or screws.

  The cover case 4 includes a flat upper surface portion 4a, a drooping portion 4b that hangs down from the front edge of the upper surface portion 4a, a bulging portion 4c that bulges forward from the drooping portion 4b, the drooping portion 4b and the bulging portion 4d (FIGS. 2, 4 and 6) which are connected to the lower end of the portion 4c and which are inclined to the front with an inclined slope 4d, left and right side surfaces 4e, and a bottom front portion of the cover case 4 And have.

  A hinge hole 4h of the toilet seat is provided on the side surface of the bulging portion 4c, and an opening 4j for engaging the seating sensor 18 is provided on the front surface. In the upper part of the left and right side surface portions 4e of the cover case 4, a toilet lid hinge hole 4i is provided.

  On the front edge side of the bottom plate portion 4f, although not shown, an opening for passing the hot water cleaning nozzles 6 and 7, a hot air outlet, and a deodorizing suction port are provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the bottom rear portion of the cover case 4 is an opening 21. Further, in this embodiment, the rear surface portion of the cover case 4 is also an open port 22, and the open ports 21 and 22 are continuous. A back plate 23 (FIG. 2) is detachably attached to the rear opening 22 by screws, bolts, flat fasteners, locking claw mechanisms (not shown), and the like.

  The cover case 4 is integrally formed by injection molding of a synthetic resin such as polypropylene including the bottom plate portion 4f.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, there is no seam from the front end of the slope portion 4d to the bottom plate portion 4f, and it continues from the outside of the slope portion 4d to the bottom surface of the bottom plate portion 4f without a groove or stripe. . Therefore, even if stool, water, or the like is applied to the front end portion of the cover case 4, it does not penetrate the seam and can be removed without wiping.

  A procedure for assembling the toilet seat box 1 by attaching the cover case 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. Reference numerals 25 in FIGS. 4A to 4C indicate various devices on the rear base plate 2.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the cover case 4 before the back plate 23 is attached is slid from the front of the front base plate 3 toward the rear, and the bottom plate portion 4f is placed under the front base plate 3 as shown in FIG. Place on the side. Then, the bottom plate portion 4f is fixed to the front base plate 3 with screws, bolts or the like. In FIG. 4B, the front base plate 3 is positioned at the lower limit, but may be positioned higher than this.

  Thereafter, by attaching the back plate 23 to the cover case 4, the toilet seat box 1 is completed as shown in FIG.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4A, the cover case 4 with the back plate 23 removed is engaged with the base plates 2 and 3, so that the various devices 25 of the rear base plate 2 and the cover case 4 are The distance from the upper surface portion 4a is large. Therefore, the device 25 may be installed at a higher position than shown.

  As shown in FIG. 4C, the toilet seat box 1 is installed on the upper surface of the rear portion of the western-style toilet 30 made of ceramics or the like so that the front edge side of the bottom plate portion 4f faces the toilet bowl 31, and the rear base plate 2 is secured by bolts 32. Is fixed to the toilet 30.

  The rear base plate 2 is not directly fixed to the toilet bowl 30 with bolts 32, but the toilet seat box mounting member is fixed to the toilet bowl 30 with bolts, and the rear base plate 2 is bolted, screwed, etc. to the toilet seat box mounting member. You may make it attach by.

  In the Western-style toilet facility having the toilet seat box 1 configured as described above, when the lift switch of the remote controller is operated, the motor of the driving device 5 rotates in the forward direction, and the front base plate 3 and the cover case 4 are raised. Thereby, since the upper surface part of the western style toilet bowl 30 covered with the toilet seat box 1 is exposed, the lower surface of this part and the bottom plate part 4f of the cover case 4 can be carefully cleaned.

  When the lowering switch of the remote controller is operated, the motor of the driving device 5 is reversed, and the front base plate 3 and the cover case 4 are brought into the bottomed state where they are lowered onto the western style toilet 30.

[Second Embodiment]
With reference to FIGS. 3 and 5, the cover case 4 </ b> A in which the rear surface portion 4 r is integrally provided will be described.

  The rear surface portion 4r is continuous with the upper surface portion 4a and the left and right side surface portions 4e of the cover case 4A. The other configuration of the cover case 4A is the same as that of the cover case 4. In FIG. 3, the other reference numerals indicate the same parts as those in FIG. The cover case 4A is desirably integrally formed by injection molding of a synthetic resin such as polypropylene including the rear surface portion 4r.

  The front section of the cover case 4A is the same as the cover case 4 as shown in FIG. Therefore, even in this cover case 4A, even if stool or water is applied to the front end portion, it does not penetrate the seam and can be removed without wiping.

  To complete the toilet seat box by assembling the cover case 4A to the base plate, the front base plate 3 is raised to the ascent limit or the vicinity thereof (preferably to the ascent limit) as shown in FIG. Then, the cover case 5A is inclined slightly forward, and the cover case 4A is moved rearward until the front base plate 3 is placed on the upper side of the bottom plate portion 4f through the opening 21 until the state shown in FIG. Next, the cover case 4A is fixed to the base plate 3 with screws, bolts or the like. Then, the toilet seat box 1A is constructed by lowering the front base plate 3 as shown in FIG. FIG. 5C shows the positional relationship between the toilet seat 35 and the toilet lid 36 and the toilet seat box 1A. The toilet seat 35 and the toilet lid 36 can be turned upright from the lying state in FIG.

  In FIG. 5A, the cover case 5A is tilted forward. However, if the length of the rear surface portion 4r is slightly shortened, the cover case 5A can be assembled to the base plate in a horizontal posture.

  In the cover cases 4 and 4A of the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the bottom plate portion 4f is integrally formed with the slope portion 4d and the side surface portion 4e, but the bottom plate portion is similar to the cover case 4B in FIG. 4f may be molded separately from the other main body portion of the cover case 4B and fixed to the main body portion by vibration welding, an adhesive, or the like. In this case, although the seam is represented at the position indicated by W in FIG. 7, since the main body portion and the bottom plate portion 4f are fixed by vibration welding, an adhesive, or the like, feces, water, etc. do not soak into the seam.

  In the present invention, as shown in the cover case 4C of FIG. 8, the bottom plate portion 4f and the main body portion are separately provided, and the bottom plate portion 4f is assembled to the main body portion with an adhesive, a screw, a locking claw, You may fill with sealing materials, such as the caulking material 40, in the joint of a main-body part and the baseplate part 4f. Further, instead of filling the sealing material, or together with filling the sealing material, a sealing synthetic resin tape 41 covering the seam as shown in FIG. 9 may be attached.

  In each of the above embodiments, a toilet seat box is shown as a cover case, but a low tank cover or the like may be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Toilet seat box 2 Rear base plate 3 Front base plate 4,4A, 4B, 4C, 4D Cover case 4a Upper surface part 4d Slope part 4f Bottom plate part 4r Rear surface part 5 Lifting device 6,7 Hot water washing nozzle 21,22 Open port 23 Back plate 30 Toilet bowl

Claims (8)

A cover case installed at the rear of the toilet,
An upper shell constituting at least the upper surface, the front surface, and the left and right side surfaces of the cover case;
A cover case having a bottom plate portion constituting a bottom surface portion of a front portion of the cover case,
A cover case characterized in that, at the front part of the cover case, the upper shell body and the bottom plate part are integrally formed of a synthetic resin or are integrally formed by welding or adhesion. In claim 1, the bottom plate portion is provided only at the front portion of the bottom surface portion of the cover case, the rear portion of the bottom surface portion of the cover case is an open portion,
The rear surface portion of the upper shell body is an open port that continues to the open portion,
A cover case, wherein a back plate constituting a rear surface of the cover case is detachably attached to the opening. In claim 1, the bottom plate portion is provided only at the front portion of the bottom surface portion of the cover case, the rear portion of the bottom surface portion of the cover case is an open portion,
The cover case, wherein a rear surface portion of the upper shell body is integrally formed with a side surface portion and an upper surface portion of the upper shell body. A rear base plate fixedly installed at the rear of the toilet,
A front base plate disposed on the front side of the rear base plate and lifted and lowered by a lifting device provided on the rear base plate;
A toilet upper surface facility comprising the cover case according to any one of claims 1 to 3 attached to the front base plate,
The toilet upper surface facility, wherein the bottom plate portion of the cover case is disposed below the front base plate. In claim 4, the cover case is the cover case according to claim 2,
The toilet upper surface equipment, wherein the cover case is assembled by engaging the cover case with the back plate removed from the front base plate from the front of the front base plate and then attaching the back plate to the upper shell. . In claim 4, the cover case is the cover case according to claim 3,
The toilet upper surface equipment, wherein the cover case is attached to the front base plate in a state where the front base plate is raised to the ascending limit or the vicinity thereof. A cover case installed at the rear of the toilet,
An upper shell constituting at least the upper surface, the front surface, and the left and right side surfaces of the cover case;
In the cover case having a bottom plate portion constituting the bottom surface portion of the front portion of the cover case
A cover case, wherein the upper shell and the bottom plate are separate from each other, and a sealing material for sealing a joint between the upper shell and the bottom plate is provided.   8. The cover case according to claim 7, wherein the sealing material is a film attached so as to cover the seam or a filler filled in the seam.

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