JP2017035188A - Toilet device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toilet device capable of preventing a connection part between a toilet seat and a device body from being exposed on the front side.SOLUTION: A toilet device includes a device body 10 fixed to the upper surface side of a toilet bowl body, a toilet seat 30 fixed to the device body 10 in such a form as to rotate to a standing posture and a lying posture on the upper surface side of the toilet bowl body, and a connection part 50 laid between the rear end part of the toilet seat 30 and the device body 10. The end part on the toilet seat 30 side of the connection part 50 is arranged inside the toilet seat 30, and the connection part 50 protrudes from an opening 70 formed at the rear end part of the toilet seat 30 that opens backward, to the rear side.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 11

Description

  The present invention relates to a toilet seat device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a toilet seat device is known that includes a device main body that is fixed to the upper surface side of the toilet body, and a toilet seat that is fixed to the device main body in a form that can rotate between a standing posture and a lying posture on the upper surface side of the toilet body. It has been. For example, in the toilet seat device described in Patent Document 1 below, the toilet seat is rotatably attached to the front part of a toilet seat box installed on the upper surface of the rear part of the toilet. A substantially semi-cylindrical mounting base protrudes near the center of the lower front portion of the toilet seat box, and a toilet seat rotating device and a toilet lid rotating device are installed in the mounting base. The drive shafts of the toilet seat rotating device and the toilet lid rotating device protrude leftward and rightward from the left and right end surfaces of the mounting base, respectively. On the other hand, hinge portions are provided projecting rearward from the left and right ends of the rear end portion of the toilet seat. The pair of left and right hinge portions are provided with drive shaft insertion holes penetrating in the left-right direction. The hinge portions are arranged on both the left and right sides of the attachment base portion, and the toilet seat is rotatably connected to the attachment base portion by inserting the drive shaft of each rotation device into the drive shaft insertion hole of each hinge portion.

JP 2014-57884 A

  By the way, in the toilet seat device having the above-described configuration, the connecting portion (attachment base portion and hinge portion) between the toilet seat and the apparatus main body is exposed on the front side. For this reason, there has been a problem that design restrictions are imposed to improve the appearance, for example, the connecting portion between the toilet seat and the apparatus main body has a symmetrical shape.

  The present invention has been completed based on the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a toilet seat device capable of preventing the connecting portion between the toilet seat and the apparatus main body from being exposed to the front side. .

  The toilet seat device of the present invention is a device main body fixed to the upper surface side of the toilet main body, and a toilet seat fixed to the device main body in a form that can be rotated between a standing posture and a lying posture on the upper surface side of the toilet body. A connecting portion that spans between a rear end portion of the toilet seat and the apparatus main body, and an end portion on the toilet seat side of the connecting portion is disposed inside the toilet seat, and the connecting portion is It protrudes rearward from an opening portion that is formed in the rear end portion of the toilet seat and opens rearward.

  According to the present invention, since the connecting portion between the apparatus main body and the toilet seat is arranged on the rear side of the toilet seat, the connecting portion between the apparatus main body and the toilet seat can be prevented from being exposed to the front side.

The perspective view which is the toilet seat apparatus in a present Example, Comprising: The state fixed to the toilet bowl main body The perspective view which shows the toilet seat of the state to which the connection part and the toilet seat fixing frame were attached The exploded perspective view which shows the hinge part by the side of the 1st connection part The perspective view which shows a mode that a cap is attached to the accommodation recessed part in which the hinge part by the side of the 1st connection part was accommodated. The disassembled perspective view which shows the hinge part by the side of a 2nd connection part. The perspective view which shows a mode that a cap is attached to the accommodation recessed part in which the hinge part by the side of the 2nd connection part was accommodated. The perspective view which shows the rear surface side of the toilet seat apparatus of the state fixed to the toilet bowl main body Partially enlarged sectional view showing hinge part of toilet seat device The partially expanded sectional view which shows the state which the storage space of a 2nd connection part faces the inside of a tank cover Rear view showing toilet seat Top view showing toilet seat The top view which shows the toilet seat apparatus of the state by which the opening part was covered with the backrest member Partially enlarged sectional view of the toilet seat device showing the opening in a state where the toilet seat is in a standing posture Partially enlarged sectional view of the toilet seat device showing the opening in a state where the toilet seat is in a lying posture

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown below.
In the toilet seat device of the present invention, the end of the connecting portion on the toilet seat side constitutes a hinge portion that rotatably supports the toilet seat, and the opening portion is a rear surface of the toilet seat in a lying posture of the toilet seat. It is good also as what is formed in the magnitude | size corresponding to the rotation range of the said toilet seat within the range which stays on the upper surface from. According to such a structure, since a hinge part can be arrange | positioned inside a toilet seat and it can prevent that an opening part is exposed to the front side, it can improve appearance.

  Moreover, the toilet seat apparatus of this invention is good also as a thing with which the said apparatus main body is provided with the cover member which covers the upper surface side of the said opening part. According to such a configuration, since the opening can be prevented from being exposed to the upper surface side, it is possible to improve the appearance.

  Moreover, the toilet seat apparatus of this invention is good also as what the accommodation space which can accommodate an electric wire is provided in the inside of the said connection part. According to such a structure, the inside of a connection part can be effectively utilized as the space which accommodates an electric wire.

  The toilet seat device of the present invention may be configured such that the accommodation space communicates with the interior of the toilet seat, is opened so that the electric wire can be accommodated from the side, and is closed by a cover portion. According to such a configuration, since the electric wire can be accommodated in the accommodating space from the side and passed through the toilet seat, the electric wire can be easily arranged.

<Example>
Hereinafter, an embodiment embodying the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
The toilet seat apparatus M according to the present embodiment is fixed to the apparatus main body 10 in such a manner that the apparatus main body 10 is fixed to the upper surface side of the toilet body 1 and the upper surface side of the toilet body 1 can be rotated between a standing posture and a lying posture. And a toilet seat 30. The toilet body 1 has a toilet bowl 2, and the toilet seat 30 rotates on the upper surface of the toilet bowl 2 between a lying state and an upright state.

The apparatus main body 10 includes a cleaning tank 11, and a backrest member (cover member) 12 is fixed to the front surface of the cleaning tank 11.
The cleaning tank 11 includes a tank 13 that stores toilet flush water and a tank cover 14 that covers the periphery of the tank 13.

  The tank cover 14 is made of synthetic resin, has a peripheral wall 15 that covers the left and right sides and the rear side of the tank 13, and a backrest member 12 is provided on the front side. A lid member 17 is provided on the upper surface side of the tank cover 14. In a state where the cover member 17 is attached to the tank cover 14, the upper surface of the tank cover 14 is an inclined surface that gradually decreases from the front end toward the rear end.

  The backrest member 12 is formed in a substantially square thick plate shape having a predetermined thickness by an elastic material, and has a cushioning property. The backrest member 12 has a rectangular shape that is long in the lateral direction when viewed from the front, and the lower end thereof is disposed close to the upper surface of the toilet seat 30. The backrest member 12 covers the upper surface side of the opening 70 of the toilet seat 30 described later. The backrest member 12 covers an opening formed on the front surface of the tank cover 14.

The backrest member 12 is fixed to the tank cover 14 and the frame 20 disposed in the tank cover 14 by a plurality of mounting screws.
The frame 20 is fixed to the toilet body 1. As shown in FIG. 7, the frame 20 is made of metal, and as shown in FIG. 7, a mounting surface portion 21 that is mounted on the upper surface of the rear portion of the toilet body 1 and a pair of left and right vertical members that rise upward from the left and right ends of the mounting surface portion 21. A frame 22 and a pair of upper and lower horizontal frames 23 spanned between a pair of left and right vertical frames 22 are provided.

  The mounting surface portion 21 has a plate shape, and a through-hole through which a mounting bolt (not shown) can pass downward is formed. The mounting bolts penetrating the mounting surface portion 21 are respectively inserted into fixing holes (not shown) provided on the upper surface of the rear portion of the toilet body 1, and the nut 10 is tightened from below to fix the device body 10 to the toilet body 1. Is done.

  The pair of left and right vertical frames 22 are joined to the left and right ends of the placement surface portion 21. The pair of vertical frames 22 are disposed at both ends of the toilet body 1 in the width direction when the apparatus body 10 is fixed to the toilet body 1.

  The horizontal frame 23 is connected to an upper end portion and an intermediate portion of the vertical frame 22. The toilet seat 30 is fixed to the horizontal frame 23 (hereinafter referred to as the toilet seat fixing frame 23A) connected to the intermediate portion via the connecting portion 50. A fixed portion 24 to which the connecting portion 50 is fixed is suspended from both ends in the left-right direction of the toilet seat fixing frame 23A.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a flange portion 26 having a substantially horizontal plate surface is provided on the upper edge of the toilet seat fixing frame 23A. The flange portion 26 is provided across the entire width on the rear surface side of the toilet seat fixing frame 23A. Both end portions in the left-right direction of the flange portion 26 constitute a spring support portion 27 that supports the lower end of the coil spring S. The spring support 27 is formed with a fitting hole 29 through which the end of a mandrel 28 inserted inside the coil spring S can be fitted. The coil spring S elastically lifts the toilet seat 30 so that a part of the leg 34 is lifted from the upper surface of the toilet body 1 in the lying posture.

  The toilet seat 30 has a rectangular shape that is slightly longer in the front-rear direction as a whole, and a substantially oval opening 31 that is longer in the front-rear direction is formed at the center. The rear end portion of the toilet seat 30 has a shape that rises upward in the lying posture of the toilet seat 30.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the toilet seat 30 includes a front member 32 and a back member 33, and a cavity is formed between the front member 32 and the back member 33. A heating element made of nichrome wire (not shown) and an aluminum sheet, which generates heat when energized, is attached to the inner surface of the front member 32. In addition, the back member 33 is provided with a plurality of (four in this embodiment) leg portions 34 that can come into contact with the upper surface of the toilet bowl 2 in the lying posture of the toilet seat 30. The legs 34 are provided on the front, rear, left and right with the opening 31 as the center.

  The back surface (back member 33) of the rear end portion of the toilet seat 30 is provided with an inclined portion 35 that is inclined downwardly in the standing posture of the toilet seat 30. The inclined portion 35 is formed over substantially the entire width of the toilet seat 30. At both ends in the width direction of the inclined portion 35, protruding edge portions 36 are provided that protrude so as to hide the inclined portion 35 when the toilet seat 30 is viewed from the side.

  As shown in FIG. 8, a hinge portion H that rotatably supports the toilet seat 30 is provided at the rear end portion of the toilet seat 30. The hinge portion H is provided at both end portions in the left-right direction of the rear end portion of the toilet seat 30. The hinge portion H is housed in a housing recess 37 formed at the rear end of the toilet seat 30. The hinge portion H is covered with a cap 38 attached to the housing recess 37. The receiving recess 37 is provided with a plurality of screwing portions 39 for screwing the cap 38 and the like. The cap 38 is formed with a recess 38A that constitutes a rear opening 71 described later.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 8, a damper device 41 that imparts resistance to the rotation of the toilet seat 30 is accommodated in one of the pair of left and right accommodation recesses 37. The damper device 41 is housed in the damper case 42 and is fixed to the housing recess 37. The damper case 42 is integrally provided with a lock portion 45 that is locked to a lock receiving portion 58 described later and holds the toilet seat 30 in an upright posture.

  A hinge fixing member 43 is accommodated in the other of the pair of left and right accommodation recesses 37 as shown in FIGS. The hinge fixing member 43 has a bearing portion 44 into which a shaft portion 59 of the second connecting portion 50B described later can be fitted, and is fixed to the housing recess 37. The bearing portion 44 has a cylindrical shape that can be fitted to the shaft portion 59. The bearing portion 44 is divided with respect to the shaft portion 59 so as to be fitted from both radial sides. The bearing portion 44 is formed by being divided into a bearing part 43 </ b> A that is fitted into the housing recess 37 and a main body part 43 </ b> B that is screwed into the housing recess 37.

  On both the left and right sides of the rear end portion of the toilet seat 30, there are provided connecting portions 50 that span between the rear end portion of the toilet seat 30 and the apparatus body 10 (see FIG. 2). Each of the pair of left and right connecting portions 50 protrudes rearward from the rear end portion of the toilet seat 30 and rises upward. The connecting portion 50 is covered with a tank cover 14 including the backrest member 12.

  The connecting portion 50 is made of synthetic resin, and a lower end portion (an end portion on the toilet seat 30 side) is a joining portion 51 joined to the toilet seat 30 (see FIG. 8). The joint portion 51 is accommodated in an accommodation recess 37 provided in the toilet seat 30 and constitutes a hinge portion H. The connecting portion 50 projects rearward from an opening 70 formed on the rear surface of the housing recess 37. The opening 70 will be described in detail later.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a spring pressing portion 52 that presses the upper end of the coil spring S is provided at the upper end portion of the connecting portion 50. The spring retainer 52 is arranged to face the spring support 27 of the toilet seat fixing frame 23A in the vertical direction. A through hole 53 through which the mandrel 28 inserted through the inside of the coil spring S can penetrate is formed in the spring holding portion 52 in the vertical direction. The mandrel 28 is fixed by bringing the head 28 </ b> A into contact with the upper surface of the spring retainer 52 and fitting an E-ring below the spring support 27.

  The connecting portion 50 includes a fixing portion 54 that is fixed to the fixed portion 24 of the toilet seat fixing frame 23A. The fixing portion 54 is disposed along the front surface of the fixed portion 24 and is fixed by a locking pin (not shown).

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 8, the shaft portion 41A of the damper device 41 is inserted into the joint portion 51 of one of the pair of left and right connecting portions 50 (hereinafter referred to as the first connecting portion 50A). A hole 57 is provided. Further, the first connecting portion 50A is provided with a lock receiving portion 58 that is engaged with a lock portion 45 provided on the toilet seat 30 and holds the toilet seat 30 in a standing posture.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, the joint portion 51 of the other connecting portion 50 (hereinafter referred to as the second connecting portion 50 </ b> B) of the pair of left and right connecting portions 50 is connected to the bearing portion 44 of the hinge fixing member 43. A fitting shaft portion 59 is provided.

  The 2nd connection part 50B is provided with the accommodating part 61 which has the accommodation space which can accommodate the electric wire W etc. inside. The accommodating part 61 is provided in the part (henceforth the protrusion part 62) which protrudes back from the toilet seat 30 among the 2nd connection parts 50B, and the axial part 59. As shown in FIG. The accommodation space of the accommodation portion 61 communicates from the protruding portion 62 to the shaft portion 59.

  The accommodating part 61 has a cylindrical shape into which the electric wire W or the like can be inserted. The accommodating portion 61 has a main body portion 61A that is open to the side so that the electric wires W and the like can be accommodated from the side, and a cover portion 61B that closes the open side of the main body portion 61A.

  The projecting portion 62 is substantially perpendicular to the fixed portion 54 at the lower end of the fixed portion 54 and is disposed substantially horizontally. The protruding portion 62 has a rectangular tube shape, and the rear end of the protruding portion 62 is located between the fixed portion 24 of the horizontal frame 23 and the vertical frame 22 as shown in FIG. Facing the space, it opens to the rear.

  The shaft portion 59 is substantially perpendicular to the projecting portion 62 at the front end of the projecting portion 62 and is disposed substantially horizontally. The shaft portion 59 has a cylindrical shape, and the distal end of the shaft portion 59 faces the internal space of the toilet seat 30 and opens in the left-right direction as shown in FIG.

  Now, an opening 70 is provided at a position corresponding to the accommodation recess 37 in the rear end portion of the toilet seat 30 (see FIGS. 10 and 11). The opening 70 is formed in a size corresponding to the rotation range of the toilet seat 30 within a range where the toilet seat 30 stays on the upper surface from the rear surface in the lying posture (see FIGS. 13 and 14). Each of the pair of left and right openings 70 has a rectangular shape in which the dimension from the rear surface to the upper surface is larger than the left and right width dimensions.

The left and right openings 70 are slightly different in size and position.
Specifically, the left and right openings 70 have different width dimensions in the left-right direction. Of the left and right openings 70, the opening 70 from which the first connecting part 50A protrudes (hereinafter referred to as the first opening 70A) is the opening 70 from which the second connecting part 50B protrudes (hereinafter referred to as the second opening 70B). The width dimension in the left-right direction is slightly smaller than

  Further, a portion of the opening 70 formed on the rear surface of the toilet seat 30 (hereinafter referred to as a rear surface opening 71) is a vertical dimension of the rear surface opening 71 of the first opening 70A as shown in FIG. However, it is slightly larger than the vertical dimension of the rear opening 71 of the second opening 70B. Note that the lower end of the rear opening 71 is formed by a recess 38 </ b> A of the cap 38.

As shown in FIG. 11, a portion of the opening 70 formed on the upper surface of the toilet seat 30 (hereinafter referred to as an upper surface opening 72) is formed by replacing the upper surface opening 72 of the first opening 70A with the second opening 70B. The size in the front-rear direction is slightly smaller than that of the upper surface opening 72.
The second opening 70B is provided at a position closer to the end of the toilet seat 30 in the left-right direction than the first opening 70A.

The opening 70 provided at the rear end of the toilet seat 30 is not visible from the front side in both the lying posture and the standing posture of the toilet seat 30.
In the standing posture of the toilet seat 30, the upper surface opening 72 is disposed on the rear side of the toilet seat 30, and the rear surface opening 71 is disposed on the lower side of the toilet seat 30. The protruding portion 62 of the second connecting portion 50B protrudes rearward from the upper surface opening 72.

  In the lying posture of the toilet seat 30, as shown in FIG. 12, the upper surface opening 72 is covered with the tank cover 14, preferably the backrest member 12, and the rear surface opening 71 is disposed on the rear side of the toilet seat 30. The protruding portion 62 of the second connecting portion 50B is in a state of protruding rearward from the rear opening 71.

Next, operations and effects of the embodiment configured as described above will be described.
The toilet seat apparatus M according to the present embodiment is fixed to the apparatus main body 10 in such a manner that the apparatus main body 10 is fixed to the upper surface side of the toilet body 1 and the upper surface side of the toilet body 1 can be rotated between a standing posture and a lying posture. The toilet seat 30, and a connecting portion 50 spanned between the rear end portion of the toilet seat 30 and the apparatus body 10, and the end of the connecting portion 50 on the toilet seat 30 side is disposed inside the toilet seat 30, The connecting portion 50 protrudes rearward from an opening 70 that is formed in the rear end portion of the toilet seat 30 and opens rearward.

  According to this structure, since the connection part of the apparatus main body 10 and the toilet seat 30 is distribute | arranged to the rear side of the toilet seat 30, it can prevent that the connection part of the apparatus main body 10 and the toilet seat 30 is exposed to the front side. .

  Further, the end of the connecting portion 50 on the toilet seat 30 side constitutes a hinge portion H that supports the toilet seat 30 so as to be rotatable, and the opening 70 stays on the upper surface from the rear surface of the toilet seat 30 in the lying posture of the toilet seat 30. Within the range, it is formed in a size corresponding to the rotation range of the toilet seat 30. According to this configuration, the hinge portion H can be arranged inside the toilet seat 30 and the opening 70 can be prevented from being exposed to the front side, so that the appearance can be improved.

  Further, the apparatus main body 10 includes a backrest member 12 that covers the upper surface side of the opening 70. According to this configuration, since the opening 70 can be prevented from being exposed to the upper surface side, the appearance can be further improved.

  In addition, an accommodation space capable of accommodating the electric wires W and the like is provided inside the second connection portion 50B. According to this structure, the inside of the 2nd connection part 50B can be used effectively as a space which accommodates the electric wire W etc.

  The accommodation space communicates with the inside of the toilet seat 30 and is opened so as to accommodate the electric wires W or the like from the side, and is closed by the cover portion 61B. According to this structure, since the electric wire W etc. can be accommodated in an accommodation space from the side, and the inside of the toilet seat 30 can be passed, arrangement | positioning of the electric wire W etc. can be performed easily.

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The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described with reference to the above description and drawings. For example, the following embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.
(1) In the above embodiment, the sizes and positions of the left and right openings 70 are slightly different. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the sizes and positions of the left and right openings may be the same.
(2) In the above embodiment, the apparatus main body 10 has the washing tank 11. However, the apparatus main body is not limited to this, and any apparatus may be used as long as it is fixed to the upper surface side of the toilet body. You may not be equipped with various toilet equipment, such as a tank and a local cleaning apparatus.
(3) In the above-described embodiment, the specific configuration of the hinge portion H has been exemplified, but the configuration of the hinge portion may be any configuration as long as the toilet seat can be rotatably supported.
(4) In the above-described embodiment, the cover member that covers the upper surface side of the opening 70 is the backrest member 12, but the cover member may not be the backrest member.
(5) In the above embodiment, the second connecting portion 50B of the pair of left and right connecting portions 50 is provided with an accommodation space. You may change the site | part provided suitably collectively. Note that the accommodation space is not necessarily provided.
(6) In the above embodiment, the accommodation space is opened so as to accommodate the electric wire W or the like from the side and is closed by the cover portion 61B. It is good also as what was made into the space and an electric wire is inserted from an axial direction.

H ... Hinge part M ... Toilet seat device W ... Electric wire 1 ... Toilet body 10 ... Device body 12 ... Backrest member (cover member)
30 ... Toilet seat 50 ... Connection part 51 ... Joint part (end part of toilet seat side)
61B ... Cover 70 ... Opening

Claims (5)

A device body fixed to the upper surface side of the toilet body,
A toilet seat fixed to the apparatus main body in a form capable of rotating in a standing posture and a lying posture on the upper surface side of the toilet body,
A connecting portion spanned between a rear end portion of the toilet seat and the apparatus main body;
With
The end of the connecting portion on the toilet seat side is arranged inside the toilet seat,
The toilet seat apparatus which the said connection part protrudes in the back side from the opening part opened in the back formed in the rear-end part of the said toilet seat. The end of the connecting portion on the toilet seat side constitutes a hinge portion that supports the toilet seat in a rotatable manner,
2. The toilet seat device according to claim 1, wherein the opening is formed in a size corresponding to a rotation range of the toilet seat within a range in which the toilet seat stays on the upper surface from the rear surface in the lying posture of the toilet seat.   The toilet seat apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus main body includes a cover member that covers an upper surface side of the opening.   The toilet seat apparatus as described in any one of Claim 1 thru | or 3 with which the accommodation space which can accommodate an electric wire is provided in the inside of the said connection part.   The toilet seat device according to claim 4, wherein the accommodation space communicates with the interior of the toilet seat, is opened so that the electric wire can be accommodated from a side, and is closed by a cover portion.

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