JP2016125236A - Private part washing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a private part washing device easy-to-clean for a worker.SOLUTION: A private part washing device 1 includes: a washing nozzle 3 for spouting washing water toward a private part of a human body: and a nozzle storage part 2 for storing the washing nozzle 3 in a reciprocating manner. The nozzle storage part 2 has a nozzle opening 21 as an opening formed for allowing the washing nozzle 3 to protrude forward from the nozzle storage part 2. The washing nozzle 3 is arranged to advance to a washing position 34 at which washing water is spouted, and to advance to a cleaning position 35 where the washing nozzle 3 protrudes from the nozzle opening 21 further than the washing position 34.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a local cleaning apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a local cleaning device is known that includes a cleaning nozzle that ejects a cleaning liquid to a local portion and a nozzle storage portion that has a nozzle opening for storing the cleaning nozzle so as to be able to move forward and backward (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 5354453

  In the local cleaning apparatus described in Patent Document 1, the cleaning nozzle can protrude only from the nozzle opening of the cleaning nozzle to a cleaning position suitable for jetting cleaning water to the local portion. Therefore, it is difficult to clean the vicinity of the nozzle opening of the cleaning nozzle at the cleaning position.

  The present invention has been invented in view of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a local cleaning device that is easy for an operator to clean.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configuration.

  A cleaning nozzle that ejects cleaning water toward the human body portion, and a nozzle storage portion in which the cleaning nozzle is stored so that the cleaning nozzle can be moved forward and backward. The nozzle storage portion projects from the nozzle storage portion. The cleaning nozzle is provided so as to be able to protrude at a cleaning position for ejecting cleaning water and a cleaning position protruding from the nozzle opening rather than the cleaning position. It is characterized by being able to.

  In the local cleaning apparatus of the present invention, since the cleaning nozzle can protrude beyond the cleaning position, the operator can easily clean the vicinity of the nozzle opening of the cleaning nozzle at the cleaning position.

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a toilet. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the toilet with the toilet lid and toilet seat open. FIG. 3A is a longitudinal sectional view of the local cleaning device in the storage position where the cleaning nozzle is stored in the nozzle storage portion, and FIG. 3B is a vertical sectional view of the local cleaning device in the cleaning position where the cleaning nozzle ejects cleaning liquid. FIG. 3C is a longitudinal sectional view of the local cleaning device in a cleaning position where the cleaning nozzle can clean the back surface of the shutter unit.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the toilet 6 in which the local cleaning device 1 of the present embodiment is installed includes a bowl portion 61, a casing 62 serving as an outer shell, and a control unit 63 installed in the casing 62. Prepare. The toilet 6 includes a toilet seat 64 that is mounted on the bowl portion 61 so as to be able to rise and fall, and a toilet lid 65 that is rotatably attached to the casing 62 and accommodates the toilet seat 64.

  The bowl portion 61 is preferably formed in a shape that allows the washing water to flow in an annular shape, such as an elliptical shape or a circular shape in plan view, but the shape is not limited. Moreover, the bowl part 61 can be formed with various materials including a synthetic resin and earthenware, and a material is not specifically limited. A cleaning water discharge port (not shown) that discharges cleaning water toward the inside of the bowl portion 61 is provided on the upper portion of the bowl portion 61.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 1, the front F is a direction in which the user seated on the toilet seat 64 placed on the bowl portion 61 faces, and the opposite direction is a rear B. The left side L and the right side R are the left and right when facing the front F.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the casing 62 includes a skirt 62 a that forms the front half, a side cover 62 b that forms the lower part of the rear half, a device case 62 c that forms the upper part of the rear half, and a rear cover (not shown) that forms the rear end. And). A bowl portion 61 is provided in the skirt portion 62a.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the device case 62c accommodates a control unit 63, a setting unit for performing various settings, and the like (not shown). The control unit 63 includes a microcomputer and executes a control program stored in a storage unit such as a ROM (Read Only Memory).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the local cleaning device 1 is installed on the rear side of the rim portion 61 a formed at the upper end portion of the bowl portion 61. The local cleaning device 1 is connected to a water supply source (not shown) in order to eject cleaning water. Further, in the local cleaning apparatus 1, a drive unit 40 that moves a cleaning nozzle 3 to be described later back, a heater (not shown) that warms the cleaning water, a valve (not shown) that jets the cleaning water, and the like are electrically connected to the control unit 63. Connected. The components such as the drive unit 40, the heater, and the valve are controlled by an output signal from the control unit 63.

  The local cleaning device 1 will be described in detail below. The local cleaning device 1 is based on the state where the cleaning nozzle 3 shown in FIG. 3A is located at the storage position 36 stored in the nozzle storage unit 2. The local cleaning device 1 includes a cleaning nozzle 3 that ejects cleaning water toward a local part of a human body, and a nozzle storage unit 2 in which the cleaning nozzle 3 is stored so as to be freely movable back and forth.

  In this embodiment, the nozzle storage portion 2 has a cylindrical shape as shown in FIG. 3A, but the shape is not limited. The nozzle housing part 2 has a nozzle opening 21 which is an opening forwardly formed so that the cleaning nozzle 3 protrudes from the nozzle housing part 2. The nozzle storage unit 2 has a restriction opening 22 that is an upward opening that restricts a range in which the cleaning nozzle 3 can advance and retreat in the front-rear direction. Further, the nozzle housing part 2 has an insertion opening 23 which is provided at the front end part and is a downward opening for mechanically connecting the cleaning nozzle 3 and the driving part 40.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the nozzle housing portion 2 is provided with a shutter portion 24 that opens when the cleaning nozzle 3 protrudes from the nozzle opening 21 and closes when the cleaning nozzle 3 is stored in the nozzle housing portion 2 from the nozzle opening 21. Is done.

  In the shutter portion 24, in this embodiment, the shaft 24 f is supported by the bearing portion 25 formed on the upper side of the front end portion of the nozzle storage portion 2. The axis of the shaft 24f is a direction perpendicular to the forward / backward direction of the cleaning nozzle 3 and the vertical direction. The shutter unit 24 rotates around this axis 24f.

  The shutter part 24 includes a shielding part 24a for shielding the nozzle opening 21, and a protruding piece 24b provided to protrude from the upper end of the shielding part 24a.

  Here, the protruding piece 24b has an inclined portion 24d that protrudes from the shielding portion 24a and is located upward as it goes rearward, and a receiving portion 24e that protrudes rearward from the rear end of the inclined portion 24d.

  The receiving portion 24e is provided with a shaft 24f. The receiving portion 24e is formed with such a length that it does not hit the upper end portion of the nozzle storage portion 2 when the shutter portion 24 rotates around the shaft 24f.

  In the local cleaning device 1, as shown in FIG. 3B, the cleaning nozzle 3 is advanced, the tip thereof is applied to the back surface 24 c of the shielding portion 24 a, and the cleaning nozzle 3 is further advanced to move the shutter portion 24 diagonally forward ( (Open direction). Further, when the cleaning nozzle 3 is retracted and stored in the storage portion from the nozzle opening 21, the shutter portion 24 can be rotated diagonally backward (closed direction) downward as shown in FIG. 3A.

  The cleaning nozzle 3 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and a supply path (not shown) through which cleaning water supplied from a water supply source and heated by a heater flows is provided. The cleaning nozzle 3 is formed with an ejection port 31 for ejecting cleaning water above the front end.

  The cleaning nozzle 3 can be moved in the front-rear direction by the drive unit 40. The drive part 40 is arrange | positioned under the nozzle accommodating part 2, as shown to FIG. 3A.

  In this embodiment, the drive unit 40 includes a motor 41, a worm gear 42 coupled to the motor 41, and a worm wheel 43 that meshes with the worm gear 42. The drive unit 40 includes a small-diameter gear 44 that is connected to the worm wheel 43 by an axis and rotates around the same axis, and a large-diameter gear 45 that meshes with the small-diameter gear 44.

  The large-diameter gear 45 of the drive unit 40 is inserted into the nozzle storage unit 2 through the insertion opening 23 and meshes with the rack unit 33 that is cut into the lower middle part of the cleaning nozzle 3. As described above, the power of the motor 41 of the drive unit 40 is transmitted to the cleaning nozzle 3. In addition, the structure of the drive part 40 is not limited to what was mentioned above.

  The cleaning nozzle 3 is provided so as to be able to protrude at a cleaning position 34 for ejecting cleaning water shown in FIG. 3B and a cleaning position 35 protruding from the nozzle opening 21 more than the cleaning position 34 shown in FIG. 3C. An insertion portion 32 that protrudes upward and is inserted into the restriction opening 22 is provided above the rear end portion of the cleaning nozzle 3.

  In the cleaning nozzle 3, as shown in FIG. 3A, the rear end of the insertion portion 32 contacts the rear edge of the restriction opening 22 at the storage position 36. Thereby, the movement to the back of the washing nozzle 3 is controlled. In the cleaning nozzle 3, as shown in FIG. 3C, the front end of the insertion portion 32 contacts the front edge of the restriction opening 22 at the cleaning position 35. Thereby, the movement to the front of the washing nozzle 3 is controlled.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the insertion portion 32 is provided so as to protrude further upward than the restriction opening 22. In the upper end portion of the insertion portion 32, in the present embodiment, a pushing portion 32a that protrudes forward and has a predetermined length is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 3C, the predetermined length of the pushing portion 32a is a length that allows the receiving portion 24e of the shutter portion 24 to be pushed forward when the cleaning nozzle 3 is at the cleaning position 35. Further, the length of the push-in portion 32a is formed such that the shutter portion 24 is further rotated obliquely upward and the back surface 24c of the shutter portion 24 can be exposed forward by pushing the receiving portion 24e. . Accordingly, when the cleaning nozzle 3 moves forward to the cleaning position 35, the opening degree of the shutter portion 24 becomes an open position 26 where the back surface 24c of the shutter portion 24 is exposed forward, as shown in FIG. 3C. At this time, the operator can clean the back surface 24c of the shutter unit 24.

  In the local cleaning apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the pushing portion 32a of the cleaning nozzle 3 and the protruding piece 24b of the shutter portion 24 serve as the opening mechanism 5 that exposes the back surface 24c of the shutter portion 24 forward. With the opening mechanism 5, when the cleaning nozzle 3 is positioned at the cleaning position 35, the opening degree of the shutter unit 24 can be made larger than the opening degree at the cleaning position 34. Further, the opening mechanism 5 of the present embodiment does not function at the cleaning position 34, and is a mechanism for setting the opening degree of the shutter portion 24 to the above-described opening degree only at the cleaning position 35.

  When the cleaning nozzle 3 moves forward to the cleaning position 35 by the opening mechanism 5, it automatically opens to the position where the back surface 24c of the shutter portion 24 is exposed forward. Thereby, the operator can open the shutter part 24 without touching the hand directly, and the operator is less likely to feel uncomfortable during cleaning.

  When the cleaning nozzle 3 is located at the cleaning position 34, the tip of the shutter unit 24 is placed on the cleaning nozzle 3 as shown in FIG. 3B. At this time, the shutter unit 24 is open to a position facing downward. More specifically, in the present embodiment, the shutter portion 24 is open to a position that faces obliquely downward on the nozzle opening 21 side.

  Since the nozzle opening 21 is covered by the shutter portion 24 opened at such an opening degree, it is possible to prevent the cleaning water from splashing against the nozzle opening 21. Further, since the shutter portion 24 covers not only the nozzle opening 21 but also the cleaning nozzle 3, a covering portion 37 that is covered by the shutter portion 24 is formed on the cleaning nozzle 3.

  As shown in FIG. 3B, the covering portion 37 is a portion in the vicinity of the nozzle opening 21 in the cleaning nozzle 3, and includes a portion protruding from the nozzle opening 21 and a portion in the nozzle storage portion 2. Since water that has traveled to the surface of the shutter portion 24 and water that has traveled from the front end portion of the cleaning nozzle 3 adhere to the covering portion 37, water scale is likely to occur. Moreover, since it is accommodated in the nozzle accommodating part 2 with getting wet, there exists a possibility that mold | fungi may generate | occur | produce in the coating | coated part 37 of the washing nozzle 3. FIG.

  Here, when the cleaning nozzle 3 is located at the cleaning position 34, the covering portion 37 is a portion that is covered with the shutter portion 24 and located within the nozzle storage portion 2. At this time, since the shutter portion 24 and the nozzle storage portion 2 become obstacles at the cleaning position 34, the covering portion 37 is difficult to clean.

  Therefore, in the local cleaning device 1, as shown in FIG. 3C, when the cleaning nozzle 3 is located at the cleaning position 35, the back surface 24c of the shutter unit 24 is exposed forward, and the covering portion 37 is exposed from the nozzle opening 21. It is preferable to do. At this time, the distance between the cleaning nozzle 3 and the front end of the shutter unit 24 when it is positioned at the cleaning position 35 is larger than the distance between the cleaning nozzle 3 and the front end of the shutter unit 24 when it is positioned at the cleaning position 34. Becomes larger. Thereby, not only can the back surface 24c of the shutter portion 24 be cleaned, but also the covering portion 37 can be cleaned.

  In the local cleaning device 1 configured as described above, the cleaning nozzle 3 can protrude from the cleaning position 34 to the cleaning position 35 that protrudes from the nozzle opening 21. Therefore, the operator can clean the vicinity of the nozzle opening 21 of the cleaning nozzle 3 at the cleaning position 34 at the cleaning position 35.

  The above-described local cleaning device 1 has the following configuration.

  The local cleaning device 1 includes a cleaning nozzle 3 that ejects cleaning water toward a human body local part, and a nozzle storage part 2 in which the cleaning nozzle 3 is stored so as to be movable back and forth. The nozzle housing 2 has a nozzle opening 21 that is a forward opening formed so that the cleaning nozzle 3 protrudes from the nozzle housing 2. The cleaning nozzle 3 is characterized in that it can be protruded at a cleaning position 34 for ejecting cleaning water and a cleaning position 35 that protrudes from the nozzle opening 21 more than the cleaning position 34.

  Thereby, the operator can clean the vicinity of the nozzle opening 21 of the cleaning nozzle 3 at the cleaning position 34 at the cleaning position 35.

  The nozzle storage unit 2 is provided with a shutter unit 24 that opens when protruding from the nozzle opening 21 of the cleaning nozzle 3 and closes when the cleaning nozzle 3 is stored in the nozzle storage unit 2 from the nozzle opening 21. The local cleaning device 1 preferably has an opening mechanism 5 that makes the opening of the shutter portion 24 larger than the opening at the cleaning position 34 when the cleaning nozzle 3 is located at the cleaning position 35.

  Thereby, the shutter part 24 can be opened without an operator touching a hand directly.

  Further, when the cleaning nozzle 3 is positioned at the cleaning position 34, a covering portion 37 covered with the shutter portion 24 is formed on the cleaning nozzle 3. When the cleaning nozzle 3 is located at the cleaning position 35, the covering portion 37 is preferably exposed from the nozzle opening 21.

  Thereby, in the cleaning position 35, not only can the back surface 24c of the shutter part 24 be exposed and cleaned, but also the covering portion 37 can be cleaned.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Local washing | cleaning apparatus 2 Nozzle accommodating part 21 Nozzle opening 24 Shutter part 24c Back surface 26 Opening position 3 Cleaning nozzle 32 Insertion part 32a Pushing part 34 Cleaning position 35 Cleaning position 36 Storage position 37 Covering part 5 Opening mechanism

Claims (3)

A cleaning nozzle that ejects cleaning water toward a local human body;
A nozzle storage section in which the cleaning nozzle is stored so as to freely advance and retract,
The nozzle housing part has a nozzle opening which is an opening to the front formed so that the cleaning nozzle protrudes from the nozzle housing part,
The local cleaning device, wherein the cleaning nozzle is provided so as to be able to protrude from a cleaning position for ejecting cleaning water and a cleaning position protruding from the nozzle opening more than the cleaning position. The nozzle storage portion is provided with a shutter portion that opens when protruding from the nozzle opening of the cleaning nozzle and closes when the cleaning nozzle is stored in the nozzle storage portion from the nozzle opening,
The local cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an opening mechanism that increases an opening degree of the shutter unit more than an opening degree at the cleaning position when the cleaning nozzle is located at the cleaning position. When the cleaning nozzle is located at the cleaning position, a covering portion covered with the shutter portion is formed on the cleaning nozzle,
The local cleaning apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the cleaning nozzle is positioned at the cleaning position, the covering portion is exposed from the nozzle opening.

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