JP2014156739A - Urinal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce cost by reducing the manufacturing process number by easily setting a urination position to an inner surface, to effectively prevent splashing of urine by easily changing the urination position in response to an installation state of a urinal, to reduce cost by simplifying a structure by effectively illuminating the inner surface by easily preventing infiltration of the urine into illumination means, and to improve replacement workability by easily replacing the illumination means even when the necessity of replacing the illumination means is caused by blowout of an electric bulb.SOLUTION: The inner surface of a bowl part is illuminated by the illumination means, and the splashing of the urine is restrained by displaying the urination position of the bowl part by a laser beam outputted from pointer means.

Description

  The present invention relates to a urinal device capable of giving a will to suppress scattering of urine and a psychological sense of security.

When a male user tries to urinate, for example, a urinal shown in Patent Document 1 has been proposed in order to give an intention to suppress scattering of urine and a psychological sense of security. In the urinal, a target mark portion is formed on the inner surface of the bowl portion capable of suppressing urine scattering, and urination is urged toward the target mark portion to prevent scattering.

However, the urinal must be manufactured by printing the target mark part at a required location on the inner surface of the bowl part or attaching a mark made of a different material from the urinal, increasing the number of manufacturing processes. Have a problem to do.

In addition, since the target mark portion provided on the inner surface of the bowl portion of the urinal is always fixed at a certain position, there is a problem that the position of the target mark portion cannot be changed according to the installation height of the urinal. . For this reason, depending on the installation situation of the urinal, the target mark portion could not be positioned at the optimum position, and urine scattering could not be effectively prevented.

For example, a urinal shown in Patent Document 2 has been proposed in order to easily confirm the position of urination to a urinal in darkness such as at night to prevent scattering and prevent contamination by urine. The urinal is provided with indirect illumination or the like that illuminates the inner surface of the inside of the bowl portion so that the urination position and scattering state of the urinal can be confirmed.

However, in the urinal, in order to dispose the lighting member on the inner surface, it is necessary to prevent the intrusion of attached urine or water when cleaning, and the lighting member needs to have a waterproof structure. Has the problem of increasing complexity. In addition, when the light bulb of the lighting member breaks, it is necessary to replace the light bulb, but in order to allow replacement of the light bulb etc. while maintaining waterproofness, the problem is that the waterproof open structure becomes complicated and expensive. have.

JP 2002-322725 A Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-67508

  The problem to be solved is that the urinal must be manufactured by arranging the target mark portion in advance on the inner surface, and the cost is increased by increasing the number of manufacturing steps.

Since the target mark portion is fixedly arranged on the inner surface, the arrangement position of the target mark portion cannot be changed according to the installation state of the urinal, and scattering cannot be effectively prevented.

In order to prevent urine and the like from entering the illumination means provided on the inner surface, a waterproof structure must be provided, and the structure becomes complicated and expensive.

Since it is necessary to make it possible to replace the illumination means while preventing intrusion of urine or the like, the waterproof structure of the illumination means is complicated and the cost is increased.

  The present invention provides a urinal body having a bowl portion for receiving urine, an illuminating means for irradiating light in the bowl portion on the upper inner surface of the bowl portion in the urinal body, and a laser beam irradiating the urination position in the bowl portion The most important feature is that a pointer means for displaying the urination position is provided.

  The present invention can easily display the urination position on the inner surface, and can reduce the number of manufacturing steps and reduce the cost.

The urination position can be easily changed according to the installation state of the urinal, and urine scattering can be effectively prevented.

The inner surface can be effectively illuminated by easily preventing urine from entering the illumination means, and the structure can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

Even when it is necessary to replace the illumination means due to a light bulb breakage or the like, the illumination means can be easily replaced, and the exchanging workability is excellent.

It is a whole perspective view which shows the outline of a urinal apparatus. It is a general | schematic center longitudinal cross-sectional view of a urinal apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the illumination state in a bowl part, and the display state of a urination position. It is explanatory drawing which shows the irradiation angle change state of the laser beam by a pointer means. It is explanatory drawing which shows each state which provided the reversible thermosensitive medium in the bowl part, and changed the irradiation angle of the laser beam. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which provided and provided with several illumination means of a different color in a bowl part.

  It is an optimum embodiment that the illumination means illuminates the inner surface of the bowl portion and irradiates and displays the laser light output from the pointer means on the urination position that suppresses scattering of urine reflected from the inner surface of the bowl portion.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
1 and 2 show an example of the urinal device 1, and the urinal device 1 includes a water supply unit 3, a urinal body 5, a water supply pipe 7, a spreader 9, and a trap unit 11. The water supply unit 3 and the urinal body 5 are attached to the wall surface 13 of the building frame.

  The urinal body 5 includes a bowl portion 15 that receives a urine flow from a user of the urinal body 5, and a bowl wall surface 15 a is formed on the inner surface of the bowl portion 15. The bowl wall surface 15a includes a bowl back wall surface 15b and a bowl bottom surface 15c, and the urine flow released from the user mainly hits the bowl back wall surface 202a and then flows downward to the bowl back wall surface 15b side of the bowl bottom wall 15c. It flows from the drainage opening 15d that opens to the trap portion 11.

The water supply pipe 7 is a pipe connecting the water supply unit 3 and the spreader 9 in the urinal body 5, and the water supply unit 3 is connected to the upstream side of the water supply pipe 7. The water supply unit 3 is connected to a building-side water supply pipe (not shown) piped on the back side of the wall surface.

Further, the spreader 9 provided at the upper part of the bowl back wall surface 15b discharges the wash water supplied from the connected water supply pipe 7 and flows down along the bowl back wall surface 15b to wash the bowl wall surface 15a. . The wash water that has washed the bowl wall surface 15a flows from the drain port 15d opened in the bowl bottom surface 15c to the trap portion 11 and is drained.

Illumination means 17 is attached to the upper inner surface of the bowl back wall surface 15b. The illuminating means 17 has a large number of LEDs 17b attached to an array plate 17a in an array, and a waterproof transparent plate 17c is airtightly attached to the array plate 17a on the surface (lower surface in the figure) of the array plate 17a. Panel structure. The illumination means 17 irradiates the bowl back wall surface 15b with light output from the LED 17b.

Pointer means 19 is attached to the center of the upper inner surface of the bowl back wall surface 15b. The pointer means 19 outputs beam-like laser light from the built-in semiconductor laser and displays the urination position on the bowl back wall surface 15b. The pointer means 19 displays the urination position in a color corresponding to the wavelength of the output laser beam. The urination position is set to a position where scattering of urine due to reflection or the like can be suppressed when urination is performed toward the bowl back wall surface 15b.

In addition, a human sensor 21 is provided on the upper portion of the bowl back wall surface 15b. The human sensor 21 is constituted by an infrared detection sensor, and detects a human detection signal by detecting an infrared ray emitted from the human body when the user is located within a required detection area with respect to the urinal body 5. Output. The illumination unit 17 and the pointer unit 19 are controlled to be ON based on a human detection signal output from the human sensor 21.

Next, the operation of the urinal device 1 will be described. When the user approaches the urinal body 5 within the detection area of the human sensor 21, based on the human detection signal output from the human sensor 21. The LED of the illumination means 17 is turned on to illuminate the bowl back wall surface 15b, and the pointer means 19 is output to drive the laser beam having the required beam diameter and color output from the semiconductor laser to the urination position on the bowl back wall surface 15b. Irradiate and display.

Thus, by illuminating the bowl back wall surface 15b in the urinal body 5, the user can check the urination position and the urine scattering state due to reflection from the bowl back wall surface 15b even when the surroundings are dark. It is possible to effectively prevent the urinal body 5 from being soiled. In addition, since the urination position capable of suppressing scattering in the urine due to reflection from the bowl back wall surface 15b is displayed by the laser beam, the user can easily urinate toward the urination position to minimize urine scattering. It is possible to effectively prevent the urinal body 5 from being soiled. (See Figure 3)

The present invention can be modified as follows.

1. The laser beam irradiation angle of the pointer means 19 is provided so as to be changeable, and the irradiation position with respect to the urination position on the bowl back wall surface 15b can be varied according to the installation height of the urinal body 5. (See Figure 4)

  Depending on the installation status of the urinal body 5, the urinal body 5 may be installed with a height relative to the floor surface. In such a case, it is necessary to change the urination position on the bowl back wall surface 15b in accordance with the installation height of the urinal body 5, and the laser beam irradiation angle of the pointer means 19 can be changed. The urination position can be changed and adjusted according to the installation height of the urinal body 5.

2. Before the user urinates, the laser light applied to the urination position on the bowl back wall surface 15b may be reflected from the bowl back wall surface 15b to display other portions.

  In order to prevent this, a saturated or unsaturated acid or a fatty acid or fatty acid derivative such as a dicarboxylic acid is contained in the urinating position on the bowl back wall surface 15b, and a derivative such as ester or amide is contained at room temperature. A reversible heat-sensitive medium 51 that is made transparent and visible is provided, and when irradiated with laser light, the reversible heat-sensitive medium 51 is made non-transparent by the thermal energy of the laser light so that the urination position can be displayed.

  In addition, when it is necessary to change and adjust the urination position according to the installation height of the urinal body 5 as described above, the reversible heat-sensitive medium 51 is provided by providing a width in the vertical direction around the urination position. Even if the irradiation angle of the laser beam is changed and the laser beam irradiated to the reversible heat exchange medium 51 is configured to be able to display the urination position by making the required portion non-transparent by the laser beam. Good. (See Figure 5)

3. Illumination means 61a, 61b, 61c for irradiating light of different colors on both sides of the inner surface of the bowl back wall surface 15b are arranged in a multi-stage shape in the vertical direction, and different colors are used for each vertical region according to the height of the user. It is configured to irradiate light.

Thereby, the user can confirm the urination position roughly by the color of light irradiated on the inner surface of the bowl back wall surface 15b, and can suppress scattering of urine reflected from the bowl back wall surface 15b. (See Figure 6)

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Urinal apparatus 3 Water supply unit 5 Urinal body 7 Water supply pipe 9 Spreader 11 Trap part 13 Wall surface 15 Bowl part 15a Bowl wall surface 15b Bowl back wall surface 15c Bowl bottom face 15d Drain outlet 17 Illumination means 17a Arrangement plate 17b LED
17c Transparent plate 19 Pointer means 21 Human sensor 51 Reversible thermal medium 61a, 61b, 61c Illumination means

Claims (9)

A urinal body having a bowl for receiving urine,
A urinal device comprising an illuminating means for irradiating light in the bowl part on the upper inner surface of the bowl part in the urinal body and a pointer means for irradiating and displaying a laser beam at a urination position in the bowl part. In claim 1,
The illuminating device and the pointer device are urinal devices that are lit and output-controlled based on a human detection signal output from a human sensor provided in the upper part of the bowl. In claim 2,
The human sensor is a urinal device consisting of an infrared sensor. In claim 1,
The illumination means has a panel structure in which LEDs are arrayed on an array plate and a transparent plate is laminated on the surface of the array plate in an airtight manner so that laser light output from the LEDs can be irradiated to a urination position in the bowl portion. Urinal device. In claim 1,
The urinal device, wherein the pointer means outputs laser light having a wavelength corresponding to a desired color from a built-in laser light output member. In claim 5,
The said laser beam output member is a urinal apparatus provided so that an irradiation angle is variable. In any of claims 5 and 6,
The urination position set in the bowl part is provided with a reversible heat-sensitive medium that is transparent at normal temperature and transitions to a non-transparent state when heated, and reversible heat-sensitive in a transparent state by the thermal energy of the irradiated laser light. A urinal device in which the medium is made opaque so that the position of urination can be displayed. In claim 7,
A urinal apparatus in which the urination region set in the bowl portion is set with a width corresponding to the laser beam irradiation variable angle in the vertical direction, and the urination position can be variably adjusted according to the installation situation. In claim 1,
A urinal device that is provided with a plurality of illuminating means for outputting different light in the bowl portion, and that can irradiate different light for each vertical region in the bowl portion.

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