JP2013194476A - Toilet seat device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toilet seat device which suppresses adhesion of dirt to a jet part.SOLUTION: A toilet seat device 1 includes: a body 3 which is fixed to the top surface of a toilet bowl 2; a toilet seat 4 where a toilet seat rear part 15 is higher than a toilet seat front part 14 and the toilet seat front part 14 and the toilet seat rear part 15 are inclined to form surfaces flush with each other; and a flushing device 5 which has a jet part 21 receiving supply of washing water from a water flow circuit 20 supported at a predetermined position inside the body 3 and jetting the washing water from the inside of the body 3 without expansion and contraction.

Description

  The present invention relates to a toilet seat device.

  Conventionally, a toilet bowl having a bowl and a flange folded inwardly at the upper end of the bowl, a main body portion fixed to the toilet bowl and having an inner peripheral surface along an inner wall of the flange, and a body portion that is housed in the main body portion to wash a human body part There is known a toilet seat device comprising a local cleaning device having a jetting part for jetting cleaning water from the tip of a nozzle protruding from the main body part, and a toilet seat rotatably attached to the main body part (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2007-270601 A

  However, in the toilet seat device shown in Patent Document 1, when washing the human body part, the nozzle protrudes from the main body part and the ejection part ejects the washing water at a position close to the human body part part, so that the sewage scattered around the nozzle is ejected. There is a risk of adhering to the part. For this reason, the structure where an ejection part cannot become dirty easily is required.

  Then, this invention is made | formed in view of the said problem, and makes it a subject to suppress that sewage adheres to an ejection part.

  The problem-solving means of the present invention includes a main body portion fixed to a toilet bowl, a seating surface on which a user is seated, a toilet seat that is rotatable in the vertical direction with respect to the main body portion, and flush water from an ejection portion. A side wall extending from the seating surface of the toilet seat opening toward the upper surface of the toilet in the state in which the toilet seat is lowered in a state where the toilet seat is lowered. It becomes a shape which becomes high, and the said ejection part is supported by the predetermined position inside the said main-body part, and is a structure which ejects washing water from the inside of the said main-body part without expansion-contraction.

  The said structure WHEREIN: The said ejection part is good to set it as the structure which ejects washing water to a user's human body local part through the ejection port provided in the said main-body part.

  Further, the main body portion has a first jet port, and the side wall facing the surface of the main body portion has a second jet port at a position aligned with the first jet port, and the jet The part may be configured to eject cleaning water to the human body part of the user via the first jet port and the second jet port.

  According to the toilet seat device of the present invention, at the time of washing the human body part, the jet part does not protrude from the main body part and does not expand and contract, and the jet part jets washing water, so that the jet part does not approach the human body part, Sewage scattered around is prevented from adhering to the spout.

  Moreover, since it has a jet nozzle in a main-body part, the sewage which scatters around a jet nozzle is prevented by a main-body part, and it can suppress that sewage adheres to a jet part.

  Moreover, since it has a 2nd jet nozzle in a side wall, the sewage which splashes around the 2nd jet nozzle is prevented by a side wall, and it can suppress that a sewage adheres to an ejection part.

It is a front view at the time of attaching the toilet seat apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention to the toilet bowl. It is a fragmentary sectional view of the invention important point of the toilet seat device concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing at the time of use of the toilet seat apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the flowing water circuit of the washing | cleaning apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the principal part fragmentary sectional view which showed the structure of the ejection part of the toilet seat apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a front view at the time of attaching the toilet seat apparatus which concerns on the modification of this invention to the toilet bowl. It is a fragmentary sectional view of the invention important point of the toilet seat device concerning the modification of the present invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the toilet seat device 1 includes a main body 3 that is fixed to the upper surface of the toilet 2, a toilet seat 4 that is rotatable with respect to the main body 3 about a rotation shaft 10 in the vertical direction, And a cleaning device 5 for cleaning a human body part of the user.

  The toilet seat 4 in a state where the toilet seat 4 is lowered so as to contact the upper surface of the toilet bowl 2 has a seating surface 11 on which the user sits. When the toilet seat 4 is in use, the side of the seating surface 11 where the user's foot is located is the front, and the body 3 side of the seating surface 11 is the rear, the seating surface 11 at the opening of the toilet seat 4 faces the upper surface of the toilet 2. The extending side wall 13 has a shape that increases toward the rear (the main body 3 side). In other words, the toilet seat rear portion 15 is higher than the toilet seat front portion 14, and the seating surface 11 of the toilet seat 4 is formed with a surface in which the toilet seat front portion 14 and the toilet seat rear portion 15 are inclined and are flush with each other. The Here, the seating surface 11 is not limited to the range in which the user is seated, but refers to the entire surface on the seating side of the toilet seat 4. For example, the toilet seat rear portion 15 extends to the position of the rotating shaft 10. It includes a part.

  The cleaning device 5 is supported at a predetermined position inside the main body 3, is supplied with cleaning water from a flowing water circuit 20, which will be described later, and has an ejection portion 21 that ejects cleaning water from the inside of the main body 3 without expansion and contraction. Further, the cleaning device 5 has a shutter 23 (spout port) that is openable and closable on the front surface 22 of the main body 3 and opens when the cleaning water is ejected from the ejection section 21.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the flowing water circuit 20, water for supplying cleaning water is connected to a water supply valve 31 through a first pipe 30, and the water supply valve 31 is connected to a hot water tank 33 through a second pipe 32. Connected. The hot water tank 33 includes a heater 34 that warms the cleaning water stored therein, and a sensor 35 that detects the temperature of the cleaning water. The hot water tank 33 is connected to the flow control valve 37 via the third pipe 36, and the flow control valve 37 is connected to the ejection part 21 via the fourth pipe 38. The ejection part 21 has a hole 21a for ejecting washing water forward.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the shutter 23 is slidably sandwiched between a concave upper sliding portion 24 opened downward and a concave lower sliding portion 25 opened upward. The shutter 23 is provided so as to be openable and closable in the longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft 10 by a motor 40 to be provided, a pinion gear 41 attached to the motor 40, and a rack 42 that meshes with the pinion gear 41 and is provided on the shutter 23.

  The flowing water circuit 20 is connected to an external power source (not shown) and includes a control device 50 that controls the water supply valve 31, the heater 34, the sensor 35, the flow control valve 37, and the motor 40.

  The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, when the user sits on the seating surface 11 and performs a washing operation on the human body part with an operation unit (not shown), the motor 40 rotates and the pinion gear 41 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 4. The shutter 23 having the rack 42 is rotated and displaced in the right-hand direction where the hot water tank 33 is located and slides to open, and the washing water is ejected from the ejection part 21 through the flowing water circuit 20 to clean the human body part. . When the cleaning of the human body part is finished, the ejection part 21 stops the ejection of the washing water, the motor 40 rotates, the pinion gear 41 rotates clockwise in FIG. 4, and the shutter 23 having the rack 42 is controlled by the control device 50. Displace towards left handed side and slide to close.

  The effect which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated.

  According to the toilet seat device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, cleaning is performed without causing the ejection portion 21 to protrude from the main body portion 3 (without expansion / contraction). The sewage at the time) is prevented from adhering to the ejection part 21.

  In addition, since the main body 3 has the shutter 23, dirty water that scatters around the shutter 23 is prevented by the shutter 23, and it is possible to suppress the dirt from adhering to the ejection part 21.

  A modification of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the toilet seat device 1a includes a main body 3a fixed to the upper surface of the toilet 2, a toilet seat 4a that is rotatable up and down around a rotation shaft 10a with respect to the main body 3a, And a cleaning device 5a for cleaning the human body part of the person.

  The toilet seat 4a in a state where the toilet seat 4a is lowered so as to contact the upper surface of the toilet bowl 2 has a seating surface 11a on which the user sits. In the toilet seat 4a, when the side of the seating surface 11a where the user's foot is present is the front, the side wall 13a extending from the seating surface 11a in the opening of the toilet seat 4a toward the upper surface of the toilet 2 is located rearward (on the main body 3a side). The shape becomes higher. In other words, the toilet seat rear part 15a is higher than the toilet seat front part 14a, and the seating surface 11a of the toilet seat 4a is formed with a surface that is flush with the toilet seat front part 14a and the toilet seat rear part 15a. The Here, the seating surface 11a is not limited to the range in which the user is seated, but refers to the entire surface on the seating side of the toilet seat 4a. For example, the toilet seat rear portion 15a extends to the position of the rotating shaft 10a. It includes a part.

  The cleaning device 5a is supported at a predetermined position inside the main body 3a, has cleaning water supplied from a running water circuit 20a (not shown), and has an ejection portion 21a that ejects cleaning water from the inside of the main body 3a without expansion and contraction. The main body 3a has a first outlet 23a on the front surface 22a, the first outlet 23a abuts on the outlet 21a, and the toilet seat 4a faces the front surface 22a and faces downward from the toilet seat rear portion 15a. The front surface 17a (side wall) extends, and the front surface 17a has a second jet port 18a at a position aligned with the first jet port 23a. In other words, the main body 3a and the toilet seat 4a have the first jet outlet 23a and the second jet outlet 18a in a position aligned on a straight line. Moreover, the 1st jet nozzle 23a and the 2nd jet nozzle 18a are very small holes to the extent that washing water can be jetted.

  The effect which concerns on the modification of this invention is demonstrated.

  According to the toilet seat apparatus 1 according to the modified example of the present invention, the sewage (users use it) scattered around the spout 23a in order to perform the cleaning without causing the spout 21a to protrude from the main body 3a (without stretching). This prevents the sewage when adding) from adhering to the ejection part 21a.

  Moreover, since it has the 2nd jet nozzle 18a in the front surface 17a, the dirty water which scatters around the jet nozzle 18a is prevented by the front surface 17a, and it can suppress that dirty water adheres to the ejection part 21a.

  Moreover, since it has the 1st spout 23a in the front 22a, the sewage which has passed the 2nd spout 18a is prevented by the front 22a, and it can suppress that a sewage adheres to the ejection part 21a.

  Further, unlike the case of using the nozzle and the shutter 23, a drive mechanism is not required, so that the number of parts and assembly man-hours can be reduced and the cost can be suppressed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Toilet seat apparatus 2 Toilet bowl 3 Main-body part 4 Toilet seat 5 Washing apparatus 11 Seating surface 21 Ejection part 23 Shutter (jet outlet)

Claims (3)

A main body fixed to the toilet,
A toilet seat having a seating surface on which a user is seated and rotatable in the vertical direction with respect to the main body;
A cleaning device for cleaning the human body part of the user by spraying cleaning water from the spraying part,
In a state where the toilet seat is lowered, a side wall extending from the seating surface in the opening of the toilet seat toward the upper surface of the toilet becomes a shape that becomes higher toward the main body side,
The said ejection part is a toilet seat apparatus which is supported by the predetermined position inside the said main-body part, and ejects washing water from the inside of the said main-body part without expansion-contraction.   The toilet seat device according to claim 1, wherein the jetting part jets washing water to a human body part of a user through a jetting port provided in the main body part. The main body has a first spout,
The side wall facing the surface of the main body has a second spout at a position aligned with the first spout,
The toilet seat device according to claim 1, wherein the jetting unit jets washing water to a human body local part of the user via the first jetting port and the second jetting port.

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