JP2604769Y2 - Switching cock and sanitary washing device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sanitary washing device suitable for a so-called Western toilet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a sanitary washing apparatus for washing a local portion in a sanitary and comfortable manner by jetting washing water toward a local portion of a user. This sanitary washing device is mounted on a Western-style toilet 30 as shown in FIG. In the toilet 30, the rear end of the toilet seat 32 is generally rotatably attached to a dome-shaped main body 31. A water reservoir 33 is provided at the bottom of the main body 31, and a plurality of projections 35 are provided on the lower surface of the toilet seat 32 so as to abut on the peripheral edge 34 of the main body 31. Is placed.

FIG. 8 shows a configuration of a conventional sanitary washing device 10 of a type which is additionally attached to an existing toilet 30 later. The sanitary washing device 10 includes the entire toilet device 3
A horizontal shaft 37 is attached to a rear portion of the frame body 36 to be mounted on the toilet body 0, and a toilet lid 38 and a rear end of a toilet seat 39 having a central portion opened are rotatably mounted on the horizontal shaft 37. Further, a nozzle 73A for cleaning the toilet and a nozzle 73B for the bidet are attached to the lower side of the toilet seat 39.

Further, a control unit 70 for controlling the flow rate and pressure of the washing water is mounted beside the frame 36, and an operation unit 71 is provided on the surface thereof. The operation unit 71 is provided with an oscillating cleaning selection switch 71A, a bidet selecting switch 71B, a stop button 71C, and the like in order to select the oscillating cleaning nozzle 73A and the bidet nozzle 73B.

The washing water is supplied into the control unit 70 by a water distribution pipe 72 connected to an external pump (not shown) or the like, from which the washing nozzle 73A or the bidet nozzle arranged behind the toilet seat 39 is provided. The water is sent to 73B and ejected to the outside.

As shown in FIG. 9, a projection 7 for stably holding the toilet seat 39 on the body 31 of the toilet 30 when the sanitary washing device 10 is mounted on the toilet 30 as shown in FIG.
4 are provided. Each nozzle 73A, 73B
Can be moved forward and backward by an electromagnetic unit (not shown).
In addition, on the front surface of each nozzle 73A, 73B, each nozzle 7A is provided.
A nozzle cover 75 for concealing 3A, 73B and surrounding components from the outside is arranged.

When the sanitary washing device 10 is to be mounted on an existing toilet 30, the frame 36 is attached to the main body 31 of the toilet 30 after removing the toilet seat 32 of the toilet 30. At this time, the water distribution pipe 72 is connected to, for example, a water distribution pipe (not shown) of the washing water storage tank 2 disposed behind the toilet 30. When the toilet 30 is used, the toilet seat 39 of the sanitary washing device 10 is dropped on the main body 31 and seated thereon.

When the sanitary washing device 10 is used, the operating section 71 selects the nozzle 73A for washing the ash and the nozzle 73B for the bidet. Next, the cleaning water is ejected from each of the nozzles 73A and 73B by adjusting the amount and pressure of the cleaning water. The spouted water allows the local area to be sanitarily and comfortably washed.

[0009]

In the sanitary washing device 10, various switching cocks (not shown) are used in the piping section of the washing water. These switching cocks are provided on a single supply side. Is normally switched in two or three directions to discharge, and there is no switching cock in which the supply side switches and discharges in multiple directions in a plurality of systems. Therefore, for example, in a case where hot water is used for local cleaning and water is used for cleaning the nozzle cover 75 and the like, and further in a case where the nozzle 73A for cleaning the oscillating nozzle and the nozzle 73B for the bidet are switched, a plurality of nozzles are used. There is a problem that the switching cock must be used, and the device becomes complicated and large.

In view of the above, the present invention has solved the above-mentioned problem, and has disclosed a switching cock capable of switching and discharging different liquids supplied from a plurality of systems in multiple directions, and using the switching cock. It proposes a sanitary washing device that has been used.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a switching cock according to the first aspect, wherein a sealed cylindrical main body is divided into two parts by a diametrical partition, and the first liquid is divided into two parts. A first switching unit for passing the second liquid and a second switching unit for passing the second liquid, a first inlet for injecting the first liquid on one end face side of the first switching unit, and a first switching unit. A plurality of discharge ports for discharging the first liquid are provided on the other end side of the liquid crystal display, and a second injection port for injecting the second liquid is provided on the same one end surface as the first injection port of the second switching unit. A plurality of discharge ports for discharging the second liquid are provided on the other end surface side of the second switching section, and a rotatable switching plate is disposed inside an end face provided with the discharge ports of the first switching section and the second switching section. When the switching plate is rotated, a discharge hole is provided which is sequentially aligned with the discharge port. It is characterized in that the matched discharge port and to discharge the first liquid or the second liquid.

In the sanitary washing device according to the second aspect, a tank with a heater for storing and heating a predetermined amount of water supplied from outside, a washing nozzle for jetting warm water in the tank with a heater, and an external device. Nozzle for directly ejecting the water supplied from the nozzle, a mounting portion for attaching the cleaning nozzle and the cleaning nozzle to the toilet, and a first system flow path for supplying warm water in the tank with heater to the cleaning nozzle, or ,
A switching cock for switching so as to select a second channel for supplying water supplied from the outside to the cleaning nozzle, wherein the switching cock comprises a first channel and a second channel. And a switching plate that operates over the range.

[0013]

According to the switching cock according to the first aspect of the present invention, the inside of the cylindrical main body is divided into the first switching portion and the second switching portion by the partition portion. The first liquid flows into the first switching unit from a first injection port provided on one end surface side of the first switching unit, and the second liquid flows from a second injection port provided on one end surface side of the second switching unit. Liquid flows into the second switching unit. When the switching plate rotates, the discharge hole of the switching plate is aligned with the discharge port of the first switching portion provided on the other end surface side of the first switching portion, and the first liquid is discharged from the first switching portion. While flowing out of the outlet, the discharge port of the second switching unit is closed to restrict the second liquid, or the switching plate is connected to the discharge port of the second switching unit provided on the other end surface side of the second switching unit. The discharge hole is aligned with the second
Liquid flows out of the discharge port of the second switching unit,
Since the discharge port of the switching section is closed and the first liquid is stopped, the two flow paths can be selected and switched by one switching plate. Therefore, the switching plate is connected to the first switching portion and the second switching portion.
Since the switching cock can be shared with the switching unit, the size of the switching cock can be reduced. Claim 2 of the present invention
According to the sanitary washing device according to the first aspect, the switching cock according to the first aspect is applied, and as shown in FIG.
, A control unit 13 is provided, and an operation unit 15 is provided here. The operation unit 15 is provided with a relatively large rotary knob 15A as shown in FIG. Mode or the "video" mode is set.

In the case of the "wash cleaning" mode, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a switching plate of a switching cock 44 (hereinafter, referred to as a switching plate).
The rotating plate 59 is used. ) Coincides with the discharge port 64A of the first system flow path (hereinafter, referred to as the first switching section 53) through which the hot water passes, whereby the hot water is discharged from the discharge port 64A. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, this is ejected from the nozzle 11A for cleaning the ash through the pipe 14A. Further, in the case of the "bidet" mode, the discharge hole 60 of the switching cock 44 coincides with the discharge port 64B of the first switching section 53, and the hot water discharged from the discharge port 64B is supplied via the pipe 14B to the bidet nozzle 11B. Squirted from.

Further, in the "stop" mode position, the rotary knob 15
A is pulled up and is rotated in this example by 180 degrees until it is stopped.
It matches the discharge port 65 of the flow path of the system (hereinafter, referred to as the second switching section 54). Thus, cleaning water is ejected from the cleaning nozzles 16 provided on the nozzle cover 12B of FIG. 1 to clean the nozzle cover 12B. Therefore, the switching cock that is reduced in size by having the switching plate shared by the first channel and the second channel is provided, so that the entire apparatus can be reduced in size.

[0016]

Next, an embodiment of the sanitary washing device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition,
The same parts as those described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description is omitted.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which the sanitary washing device 1 according to the present invention is mounted on an existing Western style toilet 30 and the toilet seat 32 is raised. In the sanitary washing device 1, an oscillating washing nozzle 11 </ b> A and a bidet nozzle 11 </ b> B, which are arranged so as to eject cleaning water at different positions, are attached to the attachment portion 12 placed on the back side of the main body 31. I have. Also,
The attachment portion 12 is securely attached to the rear end of the peripheral portion 34 of the toilet 30 by a suction cup (not shown).

FIG. 1 shows a state in which these nozzles 11A and 11B are housed, that is, a non-use state.
Further, cleaning nozzles 16, 16 for cleaning the surface of the nozzle cover 12B are attached to the upper portion on both sides of the nozzle cover 12B that covers the nozzles 11A, 11B.
The cleaning nozzles 16 and 16 are disposed one at a time on the upper left and right sides of the nozzle cover 12B, respectively, and are configured to spray cleaning water toward the surface of the nozzle cover 12B.

The osiri washing nozzle 11A and the bidet nozzle 11B are connected via a pipe 14A, 14B from a tank 13A with a heater in a control unit 13 provided to protrude from the mounting unit 12 to the outside of the toilet body 31. Hot water is supplied. Further, cleaning water supplied from the outside such as the existing water storage tank 2 (FIG. 3) is supplied to the cleaning nozzles 16 and 16 without passing through the heater-equipped tank 13A.
Supplied directly via 4C. The pipes 14A to 14C are drawn into the main body 31 from a gap between the toilet seat 32 and the peripheral edge portion 34, and are connected to the nozzles 11A, 11B, and 16.

On the upper side of the control unit 13, an operation unit 15 is provided. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, there are a plurality of modes, in this example, a "stop" mode, an "osiri cleaning" mode, and a "bidet" mode. And a relatively large rotary knob (rotary knob) 15A for selecting the "cleaning" mode, a water pressure adjusting knob 15B for adjusting the pressure and flow rate of the washing water, and a water temperature adjusting knob 15C for adjusting the temperature of the washing water. Are located. The water force adjustment knob 15B and the water temperature adjustment knob 15C are configured such that the more the clockwise rotation, the stronger the water force or the higher the water temperature.

The rotary knob 15A is formed in a dome shape, and is rotated to rotate the rotary knob 15A.
When D is turned to the "stop" mode position provided on the panel surface of the operation unit 15, the rotation of the rotary knob 15A is temporarily stopped as described later, and the supply of the washing water and the cleaning water is stopped. When the instruction line 15D is turned to the position of the "OSHIRI cleaning" mode or the "VIDEO" mode, the rotation is stopped here, and the cleaning water is jetted from the nozzles 11A or 11B.

Further, when the rotary knob 15A is pulled up while the instruction line 15D is directed to the "stop" mode position, and then the instruction line 15D is directed to the "cover cleaning" mode position, the rotation stops here. Then, cleaning water is jetted from the cleaning nozzles 16 and 16. In this example, the positions of the “washing” mode and the “bidet” mode are provided at positions 180 degrees apart from each other, and the position of the “stop” mode is provided in the middle. The position of the “cover cleaning” mode is provided on the opposite side of the “stop” mode.

FIG. 3 shows a piping system for washing water and cleaning water of the sanitary washing device 1. For example, water supplied from the already installed water storage tank 2 (FIG. 9) via the pipe 41 is pressurized by the pump 42 in the control unit 13 and stored in a predetermined amount in the tank 13A with heater. Then, the water stored here is heated to an appropriate temperature by the heater 13B to become hot water.

The hot water in the tank with heater 13A is supplied to a switching cock 44 via a pipe 43. And
It is switched to the pipe 14A or the pipe 14B side by the switching cock 44, and is supplied to the nozzle 11A for cleaning the iris or the nozzle 11B for the bidet and is ejected. Further, the water pressurized by the pump 42 is directly supplied to the switching cock 44 via a bypass pipe 45 on a path different from that of the tank 13A with the heater, where the water is switched with the hot water supplied from the tank 13A with the heater. And supplied to the cleaning nozzles 16 via a pipe 14C.

As shown in FIG. 4, the switching cock 44 has a substantially closed cylindrical cock body 51 divided into two by a diametrical partition 52. One of the rooms is a first switching unit 53 for passing hot water, and the other is a second switching unit 54 for passing water. A first inlet 56 and a second inlet 57 are provided on the front side plate 55 of the cock main body 51 so as to correspond to the first switching unit 53 and the second switching unit 54, respectively. The first injection port 56 is connected to the pipe 43 extending from the tank 13A with the heater, and the second injection port 57 is connected to the bypass pipe 45.

The rear plate 58 of the main body 51 and the partition 5
A rotation plate 59 is rotatably arranged between the rotation plate 59 and the rotation plate 59. As shown in FIG. 5, the rotary plate 59 has only one discharge hole 60 at a radius R from the center. A rotating shaft 61 (FIG. 4) is fitted into the center of the rotating plate 59, and the tip of the rotating shaft 61 projects outward from the cock body 51. A gear 62 is mounted on the protrusion, and is connected to the above-described rotation knob 15A by an intermediate gear (not shown). And the rotary knob 15
By turning A, the rotating plate 59 is rotated by a predetermined angle. An O-ring 63 is attached to the contact surface between the rotating shaft 61 and the cock main body 51 so that the internal water or hot water does not leak to the outside.

The rear side plate 58 of the cock body 51 is provided with two discharge ports 64A and 64B at a position corresponding to the first switching portion 53 and at a radius R from the center as shown in FIG. . One discharge port 65 is provided at a position corresponding to the second switching section 54 and at a radius R from the center. Therefore, by operating the rotation knob 15A, the rotating plate 5
By rotating 9, the discharge holes 60 at the radius R can be made to coincide with the respective discharge ports 64 </ b> A, 64 </ b> B, 65.

In this case, when the "cleaning" mode is set by operating the rotary knob 15A, the discharge hole 60 coincides with the discharge port 64A in the first switching section 53. In this case, hot water is discharged from the discharge port 64A, and is spouted from the nozzle 11A for cleaning the pipe through the pipe 14A. Also, when the "video" mode is set,
The discharge hole 60 coincides with the other discharge port 64B in the first switching section 53, and the hot water discharged from the discharge port 64B is ejected from the bidet nozzle 11B via the pipe 14B.

Further, when the "cover cleaning" mode is set by operating the rotary knob 15A, the discharge port 65 of the rotary plate 59 coincides with the discharge port 65 of the second switching section 54, and the discharge port 65 discharges the liquid. The water is supplied to the cleaning nozzle 16 via the pipe 14C and is ejected. That is, the switching cock 44 switches between different liquids supplied from two systems, that is, hot water and water in this example, and further discharges hot water by switching to a plurality of systems, in this example, two systems.

The mounting portion 12 shown in FIG. 1 is formed of, for example, a hard resin and the like.
It has an upper plate portion 12A placed on the upper side, and a nozzle cover 12B provided in front of the upper plate portion 12A toward the lower side. The nozzle cover 12B is provided with the nozzle 11
A, the bidet nozzle 11B and the pipes are formed in such a size that they are concealed and invisible from the outside. The cleaning nozzle 11A and the bidet nozzle 11B extend and contract according to the pressure of the cleaning water. The bidet nozzle 11B protrudes longer than the nozzle 11A.

When the sanitary washing device 1 is used, the toilet seat 32 is placed on the main body 31 as shown in FIG. Thus, the portion arranged in the main body 31 of the sanitary washing device 1 is almost invisible from the outside, and only the control unit 13 is arranged outside. Then, the user sits on the toilet seat 32 and rotates the rotary knob 15A of the operation unit 15 clockwise or counterclockwise to select either the “washing” mode or the “bidet” mode. As a result, the switching cock 44 in the control device 13 is switched, and the cleaning hot water is supplied from the tank 13A with the heater to the nozzle 11A for cleaning the iris or the nozzle 1 for the bidet.
Water is sent to the 1B side.

Thus, the cleaning nozzle 11A or the cleaning nozzle 11B housed inside the mounting portion 12 is removed.
Are arranged at predetermined positions. Next, warm water for cleaning is spouted obliquely upward from the nozzle holes 24B to clean the local area in a hygienic and comfortable manner. Rotation knob 1 after use
5A is rotated 90 degrees to set the "stop" mode. This stops the supply of hot water for cleaning, and the nozzle 1
The 1A or bidet nozzle 11B is housed inside the nozzle cover 12B as before. Therefore, even when the toilet seat 32 is lifted and used for men, each nozzle 11
A and 11B do not interfere.

If the nozzle cover 12B is dirty, the rotary knob 15A is pulled up and rotated 180 degrees. As a result, the “cleaning” mode is set, the switching cock 44 is switched, and the cleaning water directly supplied from the water storage tank 2 is supplied from the cleaning nozzles 16 and 16 to the nozzle cover 12.
B is sprayed toward the surface of B, and the surface of the nozzle cover 12B is cleaned.

As described above, in this sanitary washing device 1, 1
It is possible to switch between hot water and water with the individual switching cocks 44, and to supply hot water by switching to the side of the osiri washing nozzle 11A or the bidet nozzle 11B. Therefore, it is not necessary to use a large number of switching cocks as in the related art, so that the size of the control unit 13 can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, the switching cock 4
In the fourth embodiment, the case where the discharge ports 64A and 64B of the first switching section 53 are made into two systems and the discharge port 65 of the second switching section 54 is made into one system has been described. It is. Further, in this embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the sanitary washing device 1 which is additionally attached to the toilet 30 later is described.
The present invention is also applicable to a sanitary washing device mounted on a vehicle.

[0036]

As described above, according to the switching cock of the first aspect, the cylindrical main body includes the first switching portion and the second switching portion.
A switching plate having a discharge hole which is divided into a switching portion and which can be aligned with a discharge port provided in each switching portion, is provided in the main body,
By rotating the switching plate, the discharge holes are aligned with the discharge ports. With this configuration, the two flow paths can be selected and switched by one switching plate. Therefore, since the switching plate can be shared by the first switching unit and the second switching unit, there is no need to use a plurality of switching cocks as in the related art, and the installation space can be reduced.

According to the sanitary washing device according to the second aspect, the switching cock according to the first aspect is applied to clean the first flow path for supplying hot water to the cleaning nozzle or the water. A switching cock for switching so as to select the second system flow path to be supplied to the nozzle,
It is provided with a switching plate that operates over the first system flow path and the second system flow path. With this configuration, it is possible to perform switching such that either one of the two flow paths is selected for the supply of the two systems, and it is possible to reduce the installation space for the switching cock. it can. Therefore, there is an effect that the configuration of the switching control unit is simplified, and the control unit and the like in which the switching control unit is installed can be reduced in size to reduce the cost of the entire apparatus.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a toilet 30 to which a sanitary washing device 1 according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an operation unit 15.

FIG. 3 is a piping system diagram of cleaning water and cleaning water.

4 is a configuration diagram of a switching cock 44. FIG.

FIG. 5 shows a discharge hole 60 and a discharge port 64 of the switching cock 44.
It is a side view which shows arrangement | positioning of A, 64B, 65.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a use state of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a general Western style toilet 30.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a conventional sanitary washing device 10.

FIG. 9 shows a Western style toilet 3 to which the conventional sanitary washing device 10 is applied.
FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,10 Sanitary washing device 11A Nozzle for cleaning siri 11B Nozzle for bidet 12 Mounting part 13 Control part 13A Tank with heater 14A, 14B, 14C Pipe 16 Cleaning nozzle 30 Toilet bowl 31 Toilet bowl main body 51 Cock main body 52 Partitioning part 53 First switching Part 54 Second switching part 56 First inlet 57 Second inlet 59 Rotating plate 60 Discharge hole 64A, 64B, 65 Discharge port

Claims (3)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A first switching part for passing a first liquid and a second switching part for passing a second liquid by dividing a sealed cylindrical main body into two parts by a partition part in a diameter direction, wherein: A first inlet for injecting the first liquid is provided on one end surface of the first switching unit, and a plurality of outlets for discharging the first liquid are provided on the other end surface of the first switching unit. A second injection port for injecting the second liquid is provided on the same one end surface of the second switching unit as the first injection port, and the second liquid is injected on the other end surface of the second switching unit. A plurality of discharge ports for discharging are provided, and a rotatable switching plate is disposed inside an end face of the first switching section and the second switching section where the discharge ports are provided, and the discharge ports are provided when the switching plate rotates. Is provided with discharge holes which are sequentially aligned with each other. Switching cock being characterized in that so as to discharge the first liquid or the second liquid from. 2. A tank with a heater for storing and heating a predetermined amount of water supplied from outside, a cleaning nozzle for blowing hot water in the tank with heater, and a jet of water directly supplied from outside. A nozzle for cleaning, a mounting portion for attaching the cleaning nozzle and the cleaning nozzle to the toilet, a first-system flow path for supplying hot water in the tank with a heater to the cleaning nozzle, or supplied from the outside And a switching cock for switching so as to select a second flow path for supplying the water to the cleaning nozzle, wherein the switching cock includes the first flow path and the second flow path. A sanitary washing device characterized by having a switching plate that operates over a period of time. 3. The switching cock, wherein the sealed cylindrical main body is divided into two parts by a diametrical partition part, and the first system flow path through which the hot water in the tank with the heater passes and the outside from the outside. The supplied water is converted into the second
And a first channel for injecting hot water in the tank with the heater on one end surface side of the flow channel of the first system, and hot water in the tank with the heater on the other end surface side. A second inlet for injecting water supplied from the outside into the same one end surface as the first inlet in the second system flow path; A discharge port for supplying water supplied from the outside to the cleaning nozzle on the other end face side, and a discharge port arranged on the inside of the end face on the other end face side and sequentially aligned with each of the discharge ports when rotated. The sanitary washing device according to claim 2, further comprising a rotatable switching plate having: