JP2705448B2 - Fault diagnosis display method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a failure diagnosis display method for self-diagnosing a failure of an apparatus and displaying a result of the diagnosis. The present invention particularly relates to a failure diagnosis display method applied to a sanitary room (a toilet room, a bathroom, a bathroom toilet, etc.) having a hot water cleaning device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A hot water washing device is a device mainly attached to a Western style toilet for washing a toilet user by applying hot water to the buttocks. The hot water washing device is often provided with a hot air fan for drying the buttocks, a deodorizing device for discharging odors from the toilet, and the like.

[0003] By the way, a failure diagnosis device is incorporated in this hot water cleaning device, and when a failure is found, the result is displayed.
No. 51617.

[0004] In the hot water washing apparatus described in these patent publications, the operation section is directly (that is, not a remote controller) on a hot water washing apparatus main body provided in a Western style toilet.
Provided. Then, the failure portion is displayed by turning on or off the light emitting element for displaying the device operation of the operation section.

[0005]

In the failure diagnosis display method described in the above publication, it is possible to display a failure of a hot water cleaning device, but it is possible to display a failure of equipment other than the hot water cleaning device. Did not.

[0006] Further, it is not possible to provide a large number of light emitting elements in the operation section provided directly on the hot water cleaning device main body. (One reason for this is that the operation unit provided in the hot water washing device main body is located below the side of the user sitting on the toilet, so that the operation unit and the face of the seated user are separated. Another reason is that it is not preferable to provide an excessively large number of light emitting elements in the main body of the hot water cleaning device in view of the beauty of the Western style toilet. Therefore, in the conventional fault diagnosis display method, the number of faults that can be expressed is limited, and no detailed fault display is possible, no matter how the lighting or blinking of the light emitting element is combined. There was a problem.

[0007]

[0008]

According to the present invention , there is provided a method for displaying a failure diagnosis, comprising: a main body of a human body buttocks hot water washing device provided in a toilet in a sanitary room; and a main body of the hot water washing device installed apart from the toilet. A remote controller for the operation of the
A plurality of light emitting elements for displaying the operation state of the hot water cleaning device provided in the remote controller, a sanitary room device separate from the hot water cleaning device, the sanitary room device and the hot water cleaning device main body. In the failure diagnosis and display method of a sanitary device comprising a failure detection device provided respectively, by lighting or flashing a light emitting element provided in the remote controller, a hot water cleaning device discovered by the failure detection device and It is characterized in that a failure of a sanitary room device is displayed.

[0009]

[Action]

[0010] In fault diagnosis display method of the present invention, by lighting or blinking a light emitting device of the remote control of the hot water washing apparatus, for displaying the fault diagnosis result of other equipment not only warm water washing device. This remote control is installed, for example, on the side of the toilet or on the wall of the toilet room in front, so that it can be viewed in a comfortable posture, and even if a large number of light emitting elements are provided,
Light emitting elements can be easily identified accurately. Therefore, in the present invention,
By combining the lighting or blinking of a large number of light emitting elements provided on the remote controller, it is possible to perform an extremely large number of types of failure display.

Even if a large number of light-emitting elements are provided on the remote control, it is considered that this remote control has many light-emitting elements in the first place, so that it is visually recognized that the appearance of the remote control is poor. Not even.

[0012]

Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a Western-style toilet with a hot water washing device employing the method of the embodiment of the present invention and a toilet room in which the Western-style toilet is installed. FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of the main body sub-operation unit in FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the Western style toilet viewed from the opposite side to FIG. FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of the remote controller. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the structure of the automatic faucet.

A Western-style toilet 12 is installed in the toilet room 10, and a low tank is installed on the rear upper surface of the Western-style toilet 12. In this embodiment, the low tank is covered with a tank cover 14. This tank cover 14
A hand washer 14a is integrally provided at the upper part of the water purifier, and a water outlet 16 for discharging water toward the hand washer 14a is provided.

On one side of the tank cover 14, a handle 20 for supplying flush water to the toilet bowl 18 of the Western-style toilet bowl 12 and the like is provided. A water supply pipe 22 is connected to the other side surface of the tank cover 14. On the other side, a main body transmitting / receiving unit 24 for transmitting or receiving a signal is provided.
Is provided.

A heating toilet seat 26 and a toilet lid 28 are pivotally mounted on the upper surface of the Western-style toilet bowl 12 so as to be rotatable in the up-down direction.

In the lower part of the tank cover 14, there is provided a hot water washing device for washing the buttocks of the toilet user seated on the heating toilet seat 26 with hot water, and for drying the buttocks wet with hot water with hot air. A hot air drying device for blowing out hot air,
A deodorizing device is provided.

Although not shown, the hot water washing apparatus is provided with a hot water tank and a hot water washing nozzle (shower) which receives hot water supplied from the hot water tank, advances into the toilet bowl 18, and jets hot water toward the buttocks of the human body. Nozzles and charm nozzles). Further, the hot-air drying device includes a fan, an air heater, and the like. The deodorizing device includes an exhaust fan and a duct.

The hot water washing device, the deodorizing device and the hot air drying device are each supplied with electric power from a commercial power supply via a leakage prevention plug 34 inserted into an outlet 32 of the wall 30 of the toilet room. 36 is a ground wire.

The toilet room wall 3 on the side of the Western style toilet 12
8 is provided with a remote controller 40 for operating the hot water washing device, the deodorizing device and the hot air drying device.
Reference numeral 41 denotes a remote control transmitting / receiving section for transmitting and receiving an optical signal to and from the main body transmitting / receiving section 24.

As shown in FIG. 4, this remote control 40
Six switches (shower switches) 4 so that the hot water jetting intensity from the shower nozzle can be switched in six steps.
1, 42, 43, 44, 45 and 46 are provided.
The switches 41 to 46 are provided with LEDs 41a to 46a as light emitting elements, respectively, and are configured to be able to display which switch is operated.

The remote controller 40 has six switches 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 5 so that the intensity of hot water jetting from the charm nozzle can be adjusted in six steps.
The switches 51 to 56 are also provided with LEs for displaying the selected switches.
D51a to 56a are provided.

The remote controller 40 has three switches (dry switches) 61, 62, and 63 so that the amount of hot air blown from the hot air drying device can be adjusted in three stages.
63 are provided, and these switches 61 to 63 also have LEDs 61a to 61d for displaying the selected switch.
63a is provided.

The remote controller 40 is further provided with a stop switch 70 for stopping the operation and a flush switch 72 for supplying the flush water to the toilet bowl 18 by a switch. The remote controller 40 has a built-in clock function, and is provided with a liquid crystal panel 74 for displaying time.

Although not shown, the toilet seat 26 is provided with a seating switch, and when sitting on the toilet seat 26, the fan of the deodorizing device is operated.

As shown in FIG. 1, the Western-style toilet bowl 12 is provided with a main body sub-operation unit 78 separately from the remote controller 40. As shown in FIG. 2, the main sub-operation unit 78 includes a stop switch 80, a shower switch 82, a deodorizing switch 84, a toilet seat temperature controller 86 for adjusting the temperature of the toilet seat 26, and a temperature of hot water. A water temperature control controller 88 for controlling the temperature is provided.

The Western-style toilet equipped with the hot water washing device thus configured can be used in the same manner as a normal Western-style toilet. Hot water washing device, hot air drying device, or
When a malfunction occurs in a deodorizing device, a heating toilet seat, or the like, the LEDs 41a to 46a, 51a to 56a, 61a, 62
The failure location is displayed by blinking a and 63a.

Tables 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 show the relationship between the blinking of each LED and the details of the failure.

[0028]

[Table 1]

[0029]

[Table 2]

[0030]

[Table 3]

[0031]

[Table 4]

[0032]

[Table 5]

In the toilet room, a hand washer 90 is provided, and the hand washer 90 is provided with an automatic faucet 92. Hot water at a predetermined temperature can be supplied to the automatic faucet 92 from a thermostat-equipped temperature control unit 98 to which a water supply pipe 94 and a hot water supply pipe 96 are connected.

A water outlet 102, a human body sensor (including a light emitting element and a light receiving element), and a failure signal transmitter 104 are provided on the lower surface of the tip of the automatic faucet 92. On an upper surface of the automatic faucet 92, a manual switch 106 for performing manual water discharge and an LED 108 for indicating a manual water discharge state are provided. It should be noted that only one LED 108 is provided. Therefore, even if an attempt is made to display a fault location by blinking the LED 108, only a very small number of faults can be displayed.

The control section 98 includes a microcomputer control unit 110 (having a failure diagnosis function), a generator and a nickel-cadmium battery (both not shown) for storing power from the generator.
A backup battery 112, a solenoid valve (not shown) and the like are incorporated. 114 is a lead wire.

In the automatic faucet 90, the spout 10
Water is automatically started when the hand is extended below 2, and stopped when the hand is retracted. The manual switch 106
Press once to discharge water, and press again to stop water. The generator generates power at the time of water discharge. The above-described series of water discharging and stopping operations is performed by power supply from the nickel-cadmium battery or the backup battery 112.

When a failure occurs in the generator, the battery, the light emitting element, the light receiving element, and the solenoid valve, the details of the failure are displayed by blinking the LEDs 41a to 61a of the remote controller 40 as follows.

The correspondence between the blinking of the LEDs 41a to 46a and the details of the failure is as follows.

[0039]

[Table 6]

It should be noted that, even if the above-described equipment failure occurs, ordinary general users cannot repair the equipment. Since this trouble repair is performed exclusively by a specialty company such as a construction shop, the trouble location is displayed only by performing a special operation. In the present embodiment, the stop switch 8 provided on the
By pressing and holding 0 for 30 seconds, a failure diagnosis result of the hot water cleaning device is displayed. That is, if the stop switch 80 is kept pressed for 30 seconds, the failure diagnosis result is transmitted from the main body transmission / reception unit 24 to the remote controller 40, and the LED 41a and the like on the remote controller are turned on to display an abnormal point.

When the manual switch 106 of the automatic faucet 92 is kept pressed for 30 seconds, the result of the failure diagnosis of the automatic faucet 92 is displayed.

Although the above embodiment relates to a combination of a Western-style toilet with a hot water washing device and a basin 90 with an automatic faucet, the present invention can also be applied to a bathroom.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a jet bath 118 installed in a bath toilet room in which a jet bath (bubble tub) and a Western-style toilet with a hot water washing device are installed. A jet unit 126 is connected to pipes 128 and 130 to a nozzle 122 and a suction port 124 of the Western-style toilet bowl 120. 132 is a jet operation switch.

The jet unit 126 includes a pump 1
34, a filter 136 for filtering bath water,
Three-way valve A (reference numeral 138) and three-way valve B (the same
40), a filter backwash switch 142, a microcomputer / control unit 144, an idling prevention sensor 146, and the like are provided. Of course, this microcomputer and control unit 14
4 incorporates a failure diagnosis function.

The jet switch 132 includes:
A transmitter 148 for outputting a failure signal to the remote controller 40 of the hot water cleaning device is provided.

The jet bus failure diagnosis result is also indicated by the combination of blinking of the LEDs 41a to 46a as shown in Table 7 below.

[0047]

[Table 7]

As is clear from Tables 1 to 7, according to the method of the present embodiment, an extremely large number of failure contents can be accurately displayed. Therefore, it is possible to accurately identify the failure location and quickly repair it.

Further, not only the failure of the hot water cleaning device but also the failure of the automatic faucet or the jet bath can be displayed on the remote controller 40 of the hot water cleaning device in detail.

In the above embodiment, the signal indicating the result of the failure diagnosis is output by a signal such as light from the main body transmission / reception unit 24 to the remote controller 40. In the present invention, for example, the remote controller is connected to the main body and the failure diagnosis is performed. Data indicating the result may be input to the remote controller.

According to the present invention, an input pin is set up on the back surface of the remote controller 40, and the pin is inserted into a pin connecting portion provided in the main body sub-operation unit 78, thereby inputting fault diagnosis data to the remote controller 40. You may make it do.

Further, although not shown, the fault diagnosis data is output as a high-frequency signal to the commercial power supply, the remote controller 40 is connected to the commercial power supply, and the fault diagnosis data is input to the remote controller 40 through the electric power cable of the commercial power supply. Good.

Although not shown, in the present invention, the upper portion of the tank cover 14 is made detachable, and an output terminal for a failure diagnosis result is provided inside the upper portion of the tank cover 14, and a remote controller is connected to this output terminal. Then, the failure diagnosis data may be input to the remote controller. of course,
The output terminal of the failure diagnosis result may be provided at another location.

[0054]

In the above embodiment, shower and charm 2
Although a separate hot water washing system is provided, a single system with only a shower may be used. In addition, although the hot water jetting intensity of these hot water washing systems is configured to be switched in six steps, it is apparent that other numbers of steps may be used. In order to accurately display a variety of failure contents, three or more switches are provided so that the intensity of hot water washing can be adjusted in at least three stages, and LEDs are provided for each switch. Is preferred.

In the above embodiment, the hot air drying strength is switched in three steps, but may be changed to another number. It is preferable that the intensity of the hot air drying be at least two steps.

[0057]

【The invention's effect】

According to the present invention , it is not necessary to provide a large number of display switches on the body of the Western-style toilet equipped with the hot water washing device, and the appearance of the toilet such as the Western-style toilet is very good. Even if a large number of switches are provided on the remote controller, the remote controller is provided at a position that is easy for the user sitting on the toilet to see, and is easy to operate and extremely convenient.

According to the failure diagnosis and display method of the present invention, the details of failure of equipment other than the hot water cleaning device can be displayed in detail by the remote control of the hot water cleaning device.
Therefore, it is possible to identify the cause of the failure of various baths such as an automatic faucet and a whirlpool other than the hot water cleaning device and the toilet equipment, and to perform an accurate and quick repair.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a Western style toilet to which an embodiment method is applied.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of a main body sub-operation unit 78.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view from the opposite side of the Western style toilet to which the embodiment method is applied.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the remote controller.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an automatic faucet.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a jet bath.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Toilet room 12 Western-style toilet 14 Tank cover 26 Heating toilet seat 40 Remote control 41-46 Shower switch 51-56 Charm switch 61-63 Dry switch 41a-46a, 51a-56a, 61a-63a L
ED 78 Sub-operation unit 92 Automatic faucet 120 Bathtub 126 Jet unit 132 Jet switch

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A human body buttocks hot water cleaning device main body provided on a toilet in a sanitary room, a remote controller for operating the hot water cleaning device main body installed separately from the toilet, and a remote controller provided on the remote controller. A plurality of light-emitting elements for displaying the operating state of the hot water cleaning device, a sanitary room device separate from the hot water cleaning device, and failures provided in the sanitary room device and the hot water cleaning device body, respectively. In a failure diagnosis and display method for a sanitary device comprising a discovery device, a light-emitting element provided on the remote controller is turned on or off to thereby provide a hot water cleaning device and a sanitary room device discovered by the failure discovery device. A failure diagnosis display method for a hot water cleaning device, wherein a failure is displayed.