JP2015127479A - Cover mechanism and toilet bowl unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toilet bowl unit having a cover mechanism with a cover mounted on a base member via ratchet mechanism capable of preventing looseness of the cover in a state locked to the base member.SOLUTION: The toilet bowl unit includes: a base member 2; a cover 4 mounted onto the base member 2; and a ratchet mechanism 5 provided to the base member 2 and the cover 4. The ratchet mechanism 5 is arranged to lock the cover 4 to the base member 2 and to unlock the cover 4 when the cover 4 in a lock state is pressed toward the base member 2. The cover 4 has a thin wall part 40 which is formed to be thinner than other part around the same in a part of the cover 4; and a movable part 41 which is movable in a thickness direction of the cover 4 due to an elastic deformation of the thin wall part 40. The ratchet mechanism 5 is provided to the rear face of the movable part 41 and the base member 2.

Description

  The present invention relates to a lid mechanism and a toilet, and more particularly to a lid mechanism in which a lid is fixed to a base member by a latch mechanism and a toilet having the lid mechanism.

  Patent Document 1 proposes a toilet in which a cover (lid) is attached to a device case (base member) containing a toilet interior device such as a hot water washing device or a deodorizing device by engaging a latch and a strike.

  The latch is a so-called push latch that is disengaged from the strike by pushing the strike in the engaged state toward the latch.

JP 2009-263994 A

  By the way, when the lid is attached to the base member using a push latch as in Patent Document 1 or a conventionally known magnetic push latch, the lid is removed between the base member and the lid attached thereto. In addition, it is necessary to provide a gap for pushing.

  However, if there is a gap between the base member and the lid attached to the base member in this way, the lid may rattle.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a lid mechanism in which a lid is fixed to a base member by a latch mechanism, and a lid mechanism capable of suppressing rattling of the lid fixed to the base member, and a toilet equipped with the lid mechanism It is an issue to propose.

  In order to solve the above problems, a lid mechanism of the present invention includes a base member, a lid attached to the base member, and a latch mechanism provided on the base member and the lid, and the latch mechanism includes The lid is fixed to the base member, and the lid in the fixed state is pushed into the base member side to release the fixing of the lid, and the lid is in a part of the periphery. A thin portion formed thinner than the other portion, and a moving portion that moves in the thickness direction of the lid by elastic deformation of the thin portion, and the latch mechanism includes a back surface of the moving portion and the base member. It is provided.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said thin part is a shape where the said one part back surface of the said lid was dented.

  At this time, the surface of the thin portion of the lid, the surface of the moving portion of the lid, and the surface of the other portion around the thin portion of the lid are flush with each other. preferable.

  Moreover, it is preferable to further include a mark provided on the surface of the moving part.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a toilet of the present invention is a toilet provided with the above-described lid mechanism, and includes a toilet body having a bowl, a device storage case attached to an upper portion of the toilet body, and the device storage case. The device storage case is the base member, and the lid is fixed to the device storage case by the latch mechanism.

  In the present invention, by pushing a part of the moving part of the lid, the fixing by the latch mechanism can be released and the lid can be removed from the base member. Therefore, according to the present invention, there is no need to provide a gap for pushing the entire lid between the lid and the base member, and the lid can be fixed while being applied to the base member. Shaking can be suppressed.

The principal part of the toilet bowl provided with the cover mechanism of 1st embodiment of this invention is shown, (a) is a perspective view of the state which opened the cover, (b) is a partially broken perspective view of a cover. The principal part of the toilet bowl provided with the same lid mechanism is shown, (a) is a perspective view with the lid closed, and (b) is a perspective view with the lid closed and the toilet lid removed. (A), (b) is a perspective view which shows the whole toilet bowl provided with the cover mechanism same as the above. (A)-(c) is a partially broken sectional view which shows the mode of fixation of the latch mechanism of an example of a lid mechanism same as the above, and the state of fixation release. The other examples of the lid | cover of a lid mechanism same as the above are shown schematically, (a) is a rear view of the principal part of a lid | cover, (b) is sectional drawing of the principal part of a lid | cover. (A)-(c) is a partially broken sectional view which shows the mode of fixation of the latch mechanism of an example of the cover mechanism of 2nd embodiment of this invention, and the state of fixation release.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  3 (a) and 3 (b) show a toilet 100 including the lid mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The lid mechanism of the present embodiment includes a device storage case 200 that is the base member 2, a lid 4 that is attached to the base member 2, and a latch mechanism 5 that is provided on the base member 2 and the lid 4. The toilet 100 includes a toilet body 1 having a bowl 10, a support frame 11, a device 3, a frame cover 12, a toilet seat 13, and a toilet lid 14 in addition to the configurations 200, 4, and 5 of the lid mechanism.

  In the following, on the basis of the state shown in FIG. 3A, the side where the bowl 10 is located with respect to the device 3 is the front, the opposite direction is the rear, the horizontal direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction is the left-right direction, Each configuration will be described with the vertical direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction as the vertical direction. That is, the direction indicated by the arrow X1 in FIG. 3A is the front, the direction indicated by the arrow Y1 is the right direction, and the direction indicated by the arrow Z1 is the upper side. The lid 4 will be described on the basis of the lying posture, which is the state shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the toilet body 1 has a bowl 10, a rim (not shown), and a skirt 15 integrally, and is made of resin. The support frame 11 is made of metal, and is placed on the floor to support the toilet body 1 at the front. The frame cover 12 includes a pair of side covers 120 attached to the left and right side portions of the rear portion of the support frame 11 and a rear cover 121 attached to the rear end portion of the support frame 11.

  The device storage case 200 is attached to the rear upper part of the toilet body 1 and is attached to the rear upper part of the support frame 11. In this embodiment, the toilet seat 13 and the toilet lid 14 are attached to the apparatus storage case 200 so as to be able to be tilted up and down. The toilet seat 13 is placed on the rim of the toilet body 1.

  A trap device 16 having a so-called turn trap is provided below the device storage case 200. The upstream end portion of the turn trap communicates with the inside of the bowl 10, and the opening portion of the tip end (downstream end portion) of the turn trap is moved downward by driving means such as a motor. Drains water and filth from the water. Further, the turn trap forms pooled water in the bowl 10 by the opening of the tip of the turn trap being moved upward by the driving means. Various existing techniques can be used as appropriate for such a trap device 16, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  The device storage case 200 is box-shaped and stores various devices 3 of the toilet 100 inside. In the present embodiment, the device 3 is an auxiliary battery 30 for power failure, a detergent tank 31, a deodorizing device, a local cleaning device, a control unit, an operation switch 32, a remote control receiver 33, and the like. The detergent tank 31 is for mixing detergent into the washing water supplied to the bowl 10. The deodorizing apparatus sucks the air in the bowl 10 with a fan and deodorizes with a deodorizing filter, and further includes an electrostatic atomizer 34 that generates charged fine particle water. The local cleaning device has a cleaning nozzle that is provided at the rear end of the bowl 10 and protrudes into the bowl 10, and jets hot water from the cleaning nozzle toward the local area. The control unit controls the operation of each device described above, and the operation switch 32 is operated by a user to operate each device. The remote control receiver 33 receives a signal from a remote control provided outside the outer shell of the toilet 100, and the received signal is transmitted to the control unit.

  In addition, the apparatus 3 does not need to include the detergent tank 31, the deodorizing device, and the local cleaning device. Further, a part of the device 3 may be provided below the device storage case 200 instead of inside the device storage case 200. Other devices not described above may be provided in the device storage case 200 or below the device storage case 200.

  An operation switch 32, an auxiliary battery 30, and a detergent tank 31 are exposed on the upper surface portion 20 of the device storage case 200. The device storage case 200 is provided with a lid 4 that covers the upper surface portion 20. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2A, a portion of the upper surface portion 20 excluding the left and right end portions 201 and 202 is covered with the lid 4.

  As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the lid 4 is pivotally attached to the rear end of the upper surface portion 20 of the device storage case 200 via a hinge. Therefore, the front end portion of the lid 4 is movable up and down, thereby opening and closing the upper surface portion 20 of the device storage case 200.

  In the present embodiment, the lid 4 and the device storage case 200 are provided with a latch mechanism 5. The latch mechanism 5 fixes the lid 4 to the device storage case 200, and releases the fixation of the lid 4 when the lid 4 in a fixed state is pushed into the device storage case 200 side (lower side). In the present embodiment, the latch mechanism 5 includes a striker 50 provided on one of a part of the back surface of the lid 4 and the device storage case 200 and a latch device 51 provided on the other.

  In the present embodiment, a striker 50 is provided on a part of the back surface of the lid 4, and a latch device 51 is provided on the upper surface portion 20 of the device storage case 200. Note that the latch device 51 may be provided on a part of the back surface of the lid 4, and the striker 50 may be provided on the upper surface portion 20 of the device storage case 200.

  The latch device 51 locks the lid 4 by engaging with the striker 50, and releases the locked state of the lid 4 when the striker 50 in the engaged state is pushed. The latch mechanism 5 of the present embodiment is a so-called push type latch mechanism.

  4 (a), 4 (b), and 4 (c) show an example of the latch mechanism 5 of the present embodiment.

  In a state where the striker 50 is not engaged with the latch device 51, the body 52 protrudes from the opening 53 a of the housing 53 due to the bias of the spring, as shown in FIG. 4A, and the pair of arms 57 has the opening 53 a of the housing 53. Projecting out of the housing 53. At this time, the pair of arms 57 are opened with their distal ends spaced apart.

  In order to engage the striker 50 with the latch device 51, the striker 50 is inserted between the pair of arms 57, and the striker 50 is moved to the back side of the housing 53 from here.

  At this time, the body 52 is pressed by the striker 50 and moves to the inner side of the housing 53 against the spring, and the pair of arms 57 are elastically deformed by the inner surface 54 of the opening 53a so that the distal end portions approach each other. It will be in the closed state as shown in (b). The base portion 500 of the striker 50 is sandwiched by the locking portions 59 of the pair of arms 57, and the locking portions 59 of the arms 57 are locked to the surface of the enormous portion 501 on the base portion 500 side. At this time, the body 52 is fixed by a mechanism inside the housing 53 and cannot move to the opening 53 a side of the housing 53.

  In order to disengage the striker 50 engaged with the latch device 51, the striker 50 is pressed to the back side of the housing 53, and the striker 50 resists the spring as shown in FIG. Is further moved to the back side of the housing 53. Thereby, the fixing of the body 52 is released, and the body 52 moves to the state shown in FIG.

  At this time, it is pressed by the body 52, the pair of arms 57 protrudes from the opening 53a of the housing 53 to the outside of the housing 53, and the pair of arms 57 is in a state where the tip portions are separated from each other as shown in FIG. Returns to elasticity. Thereby, the engagement between the pair of arms 57 and the striker 50 is released.

  The latch device 51 may be any device that locks the lid 4 by engaging with the striker 50 and releases the locked state of the lid 4 when the striker 50 in the engaged state is pushed. It is not limited to the thing of the structure shown to Fig.4 (a)-FIG.4 (c).

  The lid 4 is fixed to the device storage case 200 by the latch mechanism 5, so that the lid 4 is positioned at a position covering the upper surface portion 20 of the device storage case 200 (hereinafter referred to as “closed position”). Further, when the fixing by the latch mechanism 5 is released, the lid 4 can be moved to the open position where the upright posture is substantially perpendicular to the upper surface portion 20.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1B, the lid 4 has a thin portion 40 formed at a part thereof thinner than the other surrounding portions, and the thickness of the lid 4 by elastic deformation of the thin portion 40. And a moving unit 41 that moves in the direction. One of the latch mechanisms 5 (striker 50) is provided on the back surface of the moving unit 41. In the present embodiment, the thin-walled portion 40 has a shape in which a part of the back surface of the lid 4 is recessed. Hereinafter, a portion of the lid 4 outside the thin portion 40 (the other portion around the thin portion 40) is referred to as a thick portion 44. Since the thin portion 40 is thinner than the thick portion 44, it is more easily elastically deformed than the thick portion 44.

  In the present embodiment, the thin portion 40 has an annular shape in plan view, and the circular portion of the lid 4 surrounded by the thin portion 40 is the moving portion 41. The thin-walled portion 40 is provided so that its thickness decreases toward the inner side. And the moving part 41 is provided so that it may become fixed thickness. In the present embodiment, the thickness of the moving part 41 is substantially the same as the thickness of the inner peripheral edge of the thin part 40. The moving part 41 does not necessarily have a constant thickness, and the thickness can be set as appropriate.

  Further, the thickness of the moving part 41 may be substantially the same as the thickness of the thick part 44 as shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b). In this case, the thin-walled portion 40 is provided so that its thickness decreases, for example, from the outer peripheral edge toward the radial central portion and from the radial central portion to the inner peripheral edge. At this time, the thickness of the inner peripheral edge of the thin portion 40 is substantially the same as the thickness of the moving portion 41, and the thickness of the outer peripheral edge of the thin portion 40 is substantially the same as the thickness of the thick portion 44. The thin-walled portion 40 is not limited to the shape described above as long as it has a smaller thickness than the moving portion 41 and the thick-walled portion 44 and is more easily elastically deformed than the moving portion 41 and the thick-walled portion 44.

  The lid 4 is made of resin and has a substantially rectangular plate shape in the present embodiment. The lid 4 has a hanging piece 42 projecting downward on the outer peripheral edge thereof. Specifically, the drooping piece 42 is provided on the left and right ends of the lid 4 in the front-rear direction, and is provided on the front end in the left-right direction. The lid 4 is provided with a connecting portion 43 that is rotatably connected to the upper surface portion 20 on the lower surface of the rear end portion.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, the moving part 41 is pressed from above by the user's hand with the lid 4 in the closed position, so that the thin-walled part 40 is elastically deformed and moves downward. be able to. The moving portion 41 can return to its original position when the user's hand is released and the thin portion 40 is elastically restored in a state where the fixing by the latch mechanism 5 is released. In the state before pressing and the state after return, the upper surface of the thin portion 40 and the upper surface of the moving portion 41 are flush with the upper surface of the thick portion 44, and the upper surface of the lid 4 is flush throughout.

  The lid 4 further includes a mark 6 on the upper surface (front surface) of the moving unit 41. The mark 6 is for informing the user of the portion of the lid 4 where the latch mechanism 5 is located on the lower surface (back surface). The mark 6 is, for example, a plurality of resin small protrusions. In addition, the mark 6 should just be what a user can visually recognize, for example, may print on the upper surface of the moving part 41, and may affix a sticker etc. on it.

  In the present embodiment, a guide 45 having a U-shaped cross section is provided around the striker 50 on the back surface of the moving unit 41. The guide 45 is for guiding the striker 50 to a fixed position of the latch device 51 when the striker 50 is pushed toward the latch device 51, as shown in FIGS. 4 (b) and 4 (c). is there. Note that the guide 45 may have only a protective cover function for preventing the striker 50 from being damaged, and may not have a guide function.

  The lid 4 can be formed by, for example, injection molding. At this time, each structure (the thin part 40, the moving part 41, the thick part 44, the hanging piece 42, the connection part 43, and the guide 45) of the lid | cover 4 can be formed integrally. At this time, the striker 50 and the mark 6 can also be formed integrally with each component of the lid 4. In addition, each said structure 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 50, 6 may each be formed by a separate member, and may be integrated by welding etc.

  In the device storage case 200, a recess 21 that opens upward is formed in the upper surface portion 20 at a position overlapping the thin portion 40 and the moving portion 41 of the lid 4 in the closed position in plan view. In the upper surface portion 20, a latch device 51 is attached to the bottom surface of the recess 21. In the present embodiment, the recess 21 has a substantially rectangular shape in plan view. In the present embodiment, the inner side surface of the recess 21 is inclined so as to be positioned downward as the side closer to the bottom surface of the recess 21 extends in the circumferential direction. The size of the concave portion 21 corresponds to the size of the thin portion 40 and the moving portion 41. That is, the concave portion 21 has a size and shape that does not prevent the thin portion 40 and the moving portion 41 from moving downward.

  Further, the upper surface portion 20 is formed with a groove portion 22 that opens upward at a position overlapping the hanging piece 42 of the lid 4 in the closed position in plan view. The depth of the groove portion 22 is the same as or slightly shorter than the protruding length (vertical length) of the hanging piece 42. Therefore, the drooping piece 42 of the lid 4 in the closed position contacts the bottom surface of the groove portion 22 in the circumferential direction as shown in FIG. Hereinafter, a flat portion in which the operation switch 32, the auxiliary battery 30, the detergent tank 31, the concave portion 21, and the groove portion 22 are not arranged in the upper surface portion 20 is referred to as a flat portion 23. As shown in FIG. 1A, the operation switch 32, the auxiliary battery 30, and the detergent tank 31 are exposed on the upper surface portion 20 so as not to protrude upward from the upper surface of the flat portion 23.

  In the present embodiment, the groove portion 22 at the front end of the upper surface portion 20 is open not only upward but also forward. And the groove part 22 of the right-and-left end part of the front part of the upper surface part 20 is opened not only upward but also to the side (right side or left side). The groove portions 22 at the left and right end portions of the rear portion of the upper surface portion 20 are opened only upward. Each groove portion 22 is slightly inclined so that the bottom surface thereof is positioned lower toward the front side, and can drain to the bowl 10 side when water enters.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2A, the lid 4 has a top surface on the left and right sides of the upper surface portion 20 of the toilet lid 14 and the upper surface portion 20 of the device storage case 200 in the closed position. It is provided so as to be flush with the upper surfaces of the end portions 201 and 202. In the present embodiment, the upper surface of the lid 4 is slightly curved corresponding to the upper surface of the rear end portion of the toilet lid 14 and the upper surfaces of the end portions 201 and 202, as shown in FIG. . The lid 4 is slightly lifted from the closed position in a state where the fixing by the latch mechanism 5 is released, and the left and right end portions 201 of the upper surface portion 20 of the toilet lid 14 and the upper surface portion 20 of the device storage case 200 are lifted. It is located above the upper surface of 202.

  In the toilet bowl of this embodiment described above, the lid 4 is opened and closed as follows.

  When closing the lid 4, the lid 4 is moved from the standing posture to the lying posture, and the lid 4 is pressed downward while the striker 50 of the lid 4 is in contact with the body 52 of the latch device 51. Thereby, the striker 50 is engaged with the latch device 51, and the lid 4 is fixed to the device storage case 200. Note that the striker 50 of the lid 4 is engaged with the latch device 51 of the device storage case 200 and the lid 4 is fixed to the device storage case 200 by moving the lid 4 from the standing posture to the lying posture. Is also possible.

  The lid 4 is fixed to the device storage case 200, and the mark 6 (that is, the thin portion 40) is positioned on the latch device 51 of the recess 21 of the upper surface portion 20 of the device storage case 200. Further, at this time, at least the drooping piece 42 of the lid 4 hits the bottom surface of the groove portion 22 of the device storage case 200 over the circumferential direction. At this time, the upper surface of the lid 4 is flush with the upper surface of the rear end portion of the toilet lid 14 and the upper surfaces of the left and right end portions 201 and 202 of the upper surface portion 20 of the device storage case 200.

  When opening the lid 4, the mark 6 is pressed downward to elastically deform a part of the thin portion 40 of the lid 4 to move the moving portion 41 downward. At this time, the body 52 of the latch device 51 is pressed by the striker 50 of the lid 4, and the engagement state between the striker 50 and the latch device 51 is released.

  The lid 4 is slightly lifted from the closed position in a state where the fixing by the latch mechanism 5 is released, and the upper and lower ends 201 and 202 of the upper surface portion 20 of the toilet lid 14 and the upper surface portion 20 of the device storage case 200 are lifted. It is located above the upper surface. Thereby, the lid | cover 4 will be in the state which is easy to open.

  In the toilet bowl 100 according to the present embodiment described above, since the engagement by the latch mechanism 5 can be released by the movement of a part of the moving part 41 of the lid 4, the hanging piece 42 of the lid 4 is attached to the device storage case 200. The lid 4 can be fixed to the device storage case 200 while being in contact with the bottom surface of the groove 22. Thereby, in the toilet bowl 100 of this embodiment, although it is the toilet bowl 100 which fixes the lid | cover 4 to the apparatus storage case 200 with the mechanical push type latch mechanism 5, it is between the hanging piece 42 and the bottom face of the groove part 22. FIG. There is no need for a gap. Therefore, in the toilet 100 of this embodiment, shakiness of the lid 4 caused by the gap can be suppressed.

  Moreover, in the toilet 100 of this embodiment, the recessed part 21 is provided in the site | part corresponding to the thin part 40 and the moving part 41 among the upper surface parts 20 of the apparatus storage case 200, and the thin part 40 and the moving part 41 in this recessed part 21 are provided. Can be moved. Thereby, in the toilet bowl 100 of this embodiment, it is also possible to fix the lid 4 to the device storage case 200 in a state where the thick portion 44 of the lid 4 is applied to the flat portion 23 of the device storage case 200. The rattling of 4 can be further suppressed. In addition, the lid 4 is fixed to the device storage case 200 in such a state that the thick portion 44 of the cover 4 is in contact with the flat portion 23 of the device storage case 200, so that a suddenly large force is applied to the cover 4 in the closed state. It is possible to prevent the drooping piece 42 from being damaged or the lid 4 from being cracked. Moreover, the lid | cover 4 and the apparatus storage case 200 can be provided compactly in the up-down direction by making the clearance gap between the cover 4 and the apparatus storage case 200 in the closed state.

  Next, a toilet 100 including the lid mechanism according to the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 6 (a), 6 (b) and 6 (c) will be described. The toilet 100 of this embodiment differs in the structure of a lid mechanism from the toilet 100 of 1st embodiment. About the same structure as the cover mechanism of 1st embodiment, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected in a figure and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The lid mechanism of this embodiment includes a push-type latch mechanism 5 using a magnet. FIG. 6A, FIG. 6B, and FIG. 6C show an example of the latch mechanism 5 of the present embodiment.

  The latch mechanism 5 of the present embodiment includes a latch receiver 70 made of a magnetic material and a latch device 71 that attracts the latch receiver 70 by magnetic force. The latch receiver 70 is a plate-like member, for example, a metal plate. The latch receiver 70 is fixed to the back surface of the moving part 41 by an adhesive or welding.

  The latch device 71 includes a magnet latch 72, a housing 73 that houses the latch 72 so as to project and retract, and an internal mechanism (spring, rotor, etc.) that restricts the projecting and retracting operation of the latch 72. The latch device 71 is attached to the bottom surface of the recess 21 so as to correspond to the latch receiver 70.

  In order to attract the latch receiver 70 to the latch 72 and fix the lid 4 in the closed position, the latch receiver 70 is applied to the latch 72 and attracted, and as shown in FIG. Move to the side. At this time, the latch 72 is pressed by the latch receiver 70 and moves to the back side of the housing 73 against the spring, and partially protrudes from the housing 73, and the outside is outside the housing 73 (opposite the back side) by the internal mechanism. Side) is restricted. Thus, the latch receiver 70 is attracted to the latch 72, and the movement of the latch 72 to the outside of the housing 73 is restricted by the internal mechanism, whereby the lid 4 is fixed in the closed position.

  In order to release the cover 4 from being closed, the latch receiver 70 is pressed to the back side of the housing 73 as shown in FIG. 6C, and the latch 72 is further moved against the spring. Move to the back side. Then, the movement restriction of the latch 72 by the internal mechanism is released, and the latch 72 largely protrudes out of the housing 73 as shown in FIG. Thereby, fixation to the closed position of the lid 4 is released, and the lid 4 is moved to a position above the closed position. At this time, since the latch receiver 70 remains adsorbed to the latch 72, in order to open the lid 4 further, the lid 4 is lifted and the latch receiver 70 is removed from the latch 72.

  The latch device 71 is attached to the latch receiver 70 to lock the latch receiver 70 in a predetermined position, and the latch receiver 70 in the locked state is pushed in, so that the latch receiver 70 is locked in a predetermined position. As long as it cancels, it is not limited to the above-described configuration.

  Also in the toilet bowl 100 of this embodiment described above, the fixing by the latch mechanism 5 can be released by the movement of a part of the moving portion 41 of the lid 4, and the hanging piece 42 of the lid 4 is placed on the bottom surface of the groove portion 22 of the device storage case 200. The lid 4 can be fixed to the device storage case 200 in the applied state. Thereby, also in the toilet bowl 100 of this embodiment, shakiness of the lid | cover 4 of the state fixed to the apparatus storage case 200 can be suppressed.

  Also in the toilet bowl 100 of the present embodiment, the lid 4 can be fixed to the device storage case 200 with the thick portion 44 of the lid 4 applied to the flat portion 23 of the device storage case 200. The rattling of 4 can be further suppressed.

  In summary, the lid mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the base member 2, the lid 4 attached to the base member 2, the base member 2 and the lid 4 as in the first and second embodiments described above. And a latch mechanism 5 provided. The latch mechanism 5 fixes the lid 4 to the base member 2 and releases the fixation of the lid 4 when the lid 4 in a fixed state is pushed into the base member 2 side. The lid 4 has, in part, a thin portion 40 formed thinner than other peripheral portions, and a moving portion 41 that moves in the thickness direction of the lid 4 due to elastic deformation of the thin portion 40. The latch mechanism 5 is provided on the back surface of the moving unit 41 and the base member 2.

  By adopting such a configuration, in the lid mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention, by pressing a part of the moving portion 41 of the lid 4, the fixing by the latch mechanism 5 is released, and the lid 4 is used as a base. It can be removed from the member 2. Therefore, in the lid mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention, there is no need to provide a gap for pushing the entire lid 4 between the lid 4 and the base member 2, and the lid 4 is fixed in a state of being applied to the base member 2. It is possible to suppress rattling of the lid 4 due to the gap.

  Moreover, as for the lid mechanism of embodiment of this invention, it is preferable that the thin part 40 is a shape where the said one part back surface of the lid | cover 4 was dented like 1st and 2nd embodiment mentioned above.

  With such a configuration, in the lid mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention, the thin portion 40 is not conspicuous from the front side of the lid 4, and the lid 4 is highly designed.

  Moreover, the lid mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the surface of the thin portion 40 of the lid 4, the surface of the moving portion 41 of the lid 4, and the lid 4 as in the first and second embodiments described above. It is preferable that the surface of the said other part around the thin part 40 is flush.

  Thus, by making the surface of the lid 4 flush with the entire surface, the lid mechanism of the embodiment of the present invention has a sense of unity in the lid 4 and is highly designed.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the lid mechanism of the embodiment of the present invention further includes a mark 6 provided on the surface of the moving unit 41 as in the first and second embodiments described above.

  With such a configuration, in the lid mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention, the position of the moving unit 41 provided with the latch mechanism 5 on the back surface of the lid 4 can be easily grasped from the front side of the lid 4. Easy to push in.

  Moreover, the toilet bowl of embodiment of this invention is a toilet bowl provided with said lid mechanism like 1st and 2nd embodiment, Comprising: The toilet body 1 which has the bowl 10, and the upper part of the toilet body 1 are mounted | worn. A device storage case 200 and a device 3 stored in the device storage case 200. In the toilet of the embodiment of the present invention, the device storage case 200 is the base member 2, and the lid 4 is fixed to the device storage case 200 by the latch mechanism 5.

  In the toilet of the embodiment of the present invention, by providing the above-described lid mechanism, there is no need to provide a gap for pushing the entire lid 4 between the device storage case 200 that is the base member 2 and the lid 4. 4 can be fixed in a state of being applied to the device storage case 200. Thereby, in the toilet bowl of embodiment of this invention, the rattling of the lid | cover 4 caused by the said clearance gap can be suppressed, and the water splashed from the bowl 10 grade | etc., And the apparatus storage case 200 and lid | cover 4 From entering the inside of the device storage case 200 can be suppressed.

  In the above description, the thin-walled portion 40 of the first and second embodiments has been described as an example in which a part of the back surface of the lid 4 has a recessed shape. It may be a shape in which only a part of the surface of the lid 4 is recessed instead of the shape in which the back surface of the part is recessed. Further, the lid 4 may have a shape in which both a part of the front surface and the back surface of the lid 4 are recessed.

  Moreover, in the above description, the example in which the lid mechanism of the first and second embodiments is used for the toilet 100 has been described. However, the lid mechanism of the first and second embodiments includes a vanity, a kitchen shelf, and a cupboard. It may also be used for various cabinets such as TV shelves. Thus, by using the lid mechanism of the first and second embodiments as the lid mechanism of the cabinet, the space between the lid 4 and the base member 2 (the cabinet box that is opened and closed by the lid 4) is placed inside the cabinet. Ingress of water, dust, or the like can be suppressed.

  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. It is.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Toilet body 2 Base member 3 Equipment 4 Lid 5 Latch mechanism 6 Mark 40 Thin part 41 Moving part 200 Equipment storage case

Claims (5)

A base member;
A lid attached to the base member;
A latch mechanism provided on the base member and the lid,
The latch mechanism fixes the lid to the base member, and the lid in the fixed state is pushed into the base member side to release the fixing of the lid.
The lid has, in part, a thin-walled portion formed thinner than other surrounding portions, and a moving portion that moves in the thickness direction of the lid by elastic deformation of the thin-walled portion,
The said latch mechanism is provided in the back surface of the said moving part, and the said base member, The cover mechanism characterized by the above-mentioned.   The lid mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the thin portion has a shape in which the back surface of the part of the lid is recessed.   The surface of the thin portion of the lid, the surface of the moving portion of the lid, and the surface of the other portion around the thin portion of the lid are flush with each other. The lid mechanism according to claim 2.   The lid mechanism according to claim 2, further comprising a mark provided on a surface of the moving unit. A toilet comprising the lid mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A toilet body having a bowl;
A device storage case attached to the upper part of the toilet body,
A device stored in the device storage case,
The device storage case is the base member;
The toilet is fixed to the device storage case by the latch mechanism.

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