JP2014109174A - Liftable western-style toilet bowl - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide means for allowing a western-style toilet bowl of seating specifications to be divided into a pedestal part and a toilet bowl part, and making only the toilet bowl part liftable within a predetermined height range so that it is used as a toilet bowl part for urinating without spoiling a function of a western-style toilet bowl.SOLUTION: In an integrated western-style toilet bowl, only a toilet bowl 2 part with a low tank 1 is separated from a pedestal 3 part fixedly installed on a floor 15 and is made liftable within a predetermined height range so that it is used as a toilet bowl part for urinating without spoiling a function of a western-style toilet bowl. While an inner pipe 2' integrally formed with the toilet bowl 2 part is vertically movable in an outer pipe 3' on the toilet bowl 2 side, ring packings 2'' are provided within the inner pipe 2' in order to prevent trouble such as soil water leak and odor development. The lifting motion required for the toilet bowl 2 part with the low tank 1 is performed by a bucket seat 6 which is functionally configured to be slidable on a lift guide rail 4 surface fixedly mounted vertically on a wall surface 16 and carries the toilet bowl 2 part with the low tank 1, in a fixedly attached manner.

Description

  The present invention relates to a retractable Western-style toilet that allows only a toilet seat to be raised and lowered at a predetermined height when a man is standing.

  In the case of standing urinals with a seated Western-style toilet, the urine splashes and scatters outside, often soiling the floor and walls, which is unclean and unsanitary.

  In order to avoid this trouble, means such as attaching an anti-scattering plate in the toilet bowl and changing the shape of the toilet bowl have been considered. However, since these are seat-type Western toilets, no effect was expected.

JP 2001-040730 A, JP 2006-181306 A

The problem to be solved is that toilet facilities such as public facilities and business establishments are usually equipped with both Western urinals for sitting urinals and seated specifications. It is the actual situation.
Therefore, in the case of standing urinals in a sitting-style Western-style toilet at home, splashes often scatter outside the toilet and often stain floors and walls.

  The present invention is configured to separate a seated Western-style toilet into a pedestal part and a toilet part without impairing the Western-style toilet function, and to allow only the toilet part to be raised and lowered to a predetermined height for male standing urine. Is the most important feature. As a result, the purpose of preventing splash contamination by standing urine was realized.

  The retractable Western-style toilet of the present invention separates a seated Western-style toilet into a pedestal part and a toilet part, and holds only the toilet in a predetermined height position for standing urine without impairing the Western-style toilet function. Making the low-speed lowering movement freely available has a great advantage in that it is functionally excellent and can prevent dirty and unpleasant dirt around the Western-style toilet such as a floor caused by urine splashes.

  The elevating function according to claim 2 enables sliding up and down operation on the lift guide rail surface configured vertically with the bucket seat that carries only the separated toilet part fixedly mounted on the back, The functional configuration of a speed change and transmission mechanism made of a chain and a rotatable roller mechanism formed between the lift guide rail and the bucket seat is very excellent in terms of function.

  4. A touch switch wherein the lifting and lowering function of claim 3 enables a low-speed lowering operation after stopping and holding and releasing the holding of a bucket seat sliding vertically on a lift guide rail. It is functionally superior that the device, the latitudinal device of the transmission and transmission mechanism, and the cylinder device for slowdown are provided between the lift guide rail and the bucket seat.

  Provided means for separating a seated Western-style toilet into a pedestal part and a toilet part installed on the floor, and allowing only the toilet seat part to be raised and lowered to a predetermined height position without deteriorating the Western-style toilet function. In this way, the purpose of preventing contamination by splashing around the Western toilet seated by standing urine was realized.

FIG. 1 is a side view of the present invention in a normal use, in an embodiment of the present invention in an integrated Western-style toilet that is provided outside with a lifting function that allows only a toilet part to be separated to be lifted up and down. 2 is a front view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state in which a portion of the toilet seat 2 with a low tank 1 separated from the pedestal 3 is raised, and FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the mounting positions of the chain mounting portion 7 ″, the slow-down cylinder 13 and the like. FIG. 5 shows the shift and transmission mechanism with the connecting plates 4 ′, 4 ″, 5 that constitute the lift guide rail 4 in parallel. FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a sprocket 9, a chain 9 ′, a drive sprocket 10 ′, a passive sprocket 11, and an electric motor 10.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the distance between the wall surface 16 and the bucket seat 6 in the apparatus of the lift guide rail 4 fixedly attached to the wall surface 16. Hereinafter, it will be described in detail based on the drawings.

The present invention is an integrated Western-style toilet, which is separated from the pedestal 3 part fixedly installed on the floor 15 without impairing the Western-style toilet function, and only the toilet 2 part with the low tank 1 is used between the predetermined height positions for standing urine. It can be moved up and down.
1 to 3, there is an elevating device that allows a required elevating operation between a predetermined height of only a toilet 2 with a low tank 1 separated from a pedestal 3 that is fixedly installed on a floor 15 with an integrated Western-style toilet. It is added to the toilet 2 with the low tank 1 without impairing the function as a Western-style toilet. The inner pipe 2 ′ formed integrally with the toilet seat 2 according to the raising and lowering of the toilet 2 with the low tank 1 is provided on the side of the base 3. It is possible to move up and down in the outer pipe 3 '.
At that time, in order to prevent troubles such as leakage of sewage and generation of odor, a plurality of ring packings 2 ”for preventing sewage and odor leakage are provided in the inner pipe 2 ′ in the inner pipe 2 ′. It is provided so as not to interfere with the up and down movement of '.

4 to 6, the left and right sides are connected by connecting plates 4 ′, 4 ″ and 5 with a predetermined interval and length, and are configured in parallel to the left and right, each having a rectangular shape with a predetermined height. The lift guide rail 4 which is fixedly attached to the wall surface 16 and is vertically fixed to the wall surface 16 is formed with an inner roller 7 ′ which rotates without departing from the inside of the square hook shape. The roller base portion 7 is fixedly mounted at the left and right upper and lower end positions on the back surface of the bucket seat 6 that is configured to carry the low tank 1 portion by the fixed mounting, so that the left and right lift guide rails 4 can be smoothly faced to each other. It is possible to slide freely.
In order to allow the bucket seat 6 to move up and down on the surface of the lift guide rail 4 fixedly attached to the wall surface 16 vertically, the intermediate portion of the connecting plate 4 ′ attached to one end of the lift guide rail 4 Provided in the same way as the connecting plate 4 ′ at the intermediate position of the connecting plate 4 ″ which is attached at a position slightly lower than the intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the lift guide rail 4 and the slightly-diameter sprocket 9 provided by a rotatable structure at the position The sprocket 9 having the same diameter is rotatably connected by a chain 9 ′. A passive sprocket 11 for shifting, which is coaxial with the sprocket 9 provided on the connecting plate 4 ″ and has a different diameter, is attached to the lift guide rail 4. A small-diameter driving sprocket 10 'provided on a driving electric motor 10 fixed to a connecting plate 5 attached to the other end is connected to a chain 9' so as to be rotatable. Put.
It should be noted that between the wall surface 16 and the bucket seat 6, the square shape formed at a predetermined height of the lift / guide rail 4 prevents the required rotating operation of the sprockets 9, 11 provided on the connecting plates 4, 4 ″. It is configured with no interval.

By connecting the lift mounting portion 9 "provided at a predetermined position of the chain 9 'for connecting the sprocket 9 provided on the connecting plates 4', 4" and the chain mounting portion 7 "provided at the lower end on the back surface of the bucket seat 6. The connecting plate 4 ′ and 4 ″ on the surface of the lift guide rail 4 fixedly attached to the wall surface 16 can be moved up and down freely, but is provided at a predetermined height position of the lift guide rail 4 on one side. When the upper end of the bucket seat 6 comes into contact with the touch switch 8, the circuit with the electric motor 10 is closed and the ascending operation is stopped, and the bucket 6 has a predetermined amount between the connecting plates 4 ′ and 4 ″. It is designed to stop at the position.
At that time, a ratchet constituted by a ratchet pawl 14 provided at a predetermined position of the upper end portion on the other side of the bucket seat 6 and a ratchet release lever 14 ′ provided at a predetermined height position of the lift guide rail 4 on the same side. The stop height position is held by being locked by the device.
The bucket seat 6 that bears the seat portion of the toilet seat 2 with the low tank 1 lowered by the operation of the ratchet release lever 14 'by fixed mounting is installed between the left and right lower end portions of the back surface and the lift guide rail 4 between the left and right lower end portions. The device of the cylinder 13 is gently lowered without being suddenly lowered.
The slow-down cylinder 13 has a valve structure with a low suction resistance so that the piston constituting the atmospheric pressure in the cylinder does not hinder the ascending operation when the bucket seat 6 is raised. A large valve structure is used.
The operation of the electric motor 10 is performed by a foot switch 12 placed on the floor 15 near the pedestal 3 to be fixed.

  This makes it possible to smoothly provide the toilet part for standing urinals in a seating type integrated Western-style toilet, so that the troubles such as smearing around the toilet bowl with splashes of standing urine can be obviated. It can be avoided.

  The functional device used in the Western-style toilets that can be raised and lowered is not only a Western-style toilet but also a means for watering appliances such as kitchens, bathroom vanities, and bathtubs. Application use can be expected.

It is a side view of the present invention in normal use with an integrated Western-style toilet equipped with lifting and lowering functions such as a lift guide rail 4 fixedly attached to a wall surface 16 vertically. Example 1 It is a front view of FIG. Example 1 In FIG. 1, the inner pipe 2 ′ in which the portion of the toilet seat 2 with the low tank 1 separated from the pedestal 3 fixedly installed on the floor 15 is raised and is integrally formed with the toilet seat 2 and provided with a ring packing 2 ″ is the pedestal 3 side. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which enables sliding in the outer pipe 3 'of (Example 1). It is explanatory drawing which shows attachment positions, such as the roller base part 7, the chain attachment part 7 '', and the slowdown cylinder 13, in the back surface of the bucket seat 6. FIG. Connecting plates 4 ′, 4 ″, and 5 that constitute the lift guide rail 4 in parallel, a sprocket 9 and a chain 9 ′ that constitute a transmission mechanism, a passive sprocket 11 that constitutes a transmission mechanism, a drive sprocket 10 ′, and an electric motor 10 It is explanatory drawing shown. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a distance between a wall surface 16 to which the lift guide rail 4 is attached and a bucket seat 6 in a lifting device that functions as a lift guide rail 4 and the like.

1 Low tank 2 Toilet 2 'Inner pipe 2 "Ring packing 3 Base 3' Outer pipe 4 Lift guide rail 4 ', 4", 5 Connecting plate 6 Bucket seat 7 Roller base 7' Inner roller 7 "Chain mounting Part 8 Touch switch 9 Sprocket 9 'Chain 9 "Lift mounting part 10 Electric motor 10' Drive sprocket 11 Passive sprocket 12 Foot switch 13 Slow-down cylinder 14 Lattiet pawl 14 'Lattiet release lever 15 Floor 16 Wall surface

Claims (3)

  Separated into a pedestal part and a toilet part installed on the floor so that a seated Western-style toilet can be used as a male urinal, only the toilet part is raised to a specified height without impairing the function of the Western toilet A Western-style toilet that can be moved up and down, which has a function of a lifting and lowering function that allows a low-speed lowering operation freely during holding and lowering.   Elevating function is fixedly attached to a separate toilet part that can slide up and down between specified heights by sliding on the surface of a lift guide rail made of rigid material that is slightly wide and parallel to the left and right. Functional configuration of a bucket seat made of a rigid material that bears on the back, a sprocket powered by an electric motor to perform this sliding up and down operation, a chain mechanism, a lift guide rail, and a rotatable roller mechanism composed of the bucket seat The Western-style toilet which can be raised and lowered according to claim 1.   After the lifting and lowering of the bucket seat that carries the separated toilet part that slides and rises on the lift guide rail surface that is configured vertically by fixed mounting, stops and holds it at a predetermined height or releases its holding A touch switch device, a ratchet pawl, and a ratchet release lever, each of which allows a low-speed descent of the bucket seat, and a cylinder device for slowdown are provided between the lift guide rail and the bucket seat. The Western-style toilet which can be raised and lowered according to claim 1 or 2.

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