JP3446904B2 - Urinal - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toilet bowl, and more particularly to a toilet bowl capable of collecting urine. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a useful means for judging a health condition, measurement of urine components, urine specific gravity, and the like has been widely performed. When measuring urine components in hospitals, etc., the patient urinates into a urine collection cup,
It is common for an operator or the like to carry a component to an analyzer and measure the components. However, this method cannot be said to be rational, and in recent years, automation of the work has been desired under the shortage of nurses and the like in hospitals and the promotion of rationalization. [0004] Incidentally, when judging a health condition, it is important to measure the total amount of urine excreted in addition to the measurement of the concentration of urine components. This is because the excretion of a specific component in urine is determined by the component concentration and the total amount of urine. Therefore, in hospitals and the like, it has been practiced to collect the urine discharged one time at a time in a urinal and measure the total discharged amount per day, but this is also not rational. Is the way. In recent years, it has been proposed to provide a urine component measuring device in a toilet to determine the urine component. Conventionally, however, this type of toilet only determines the concentration of the urine component, and the total urine is discharged. The quantity was unknown. [0007] The invention of the present application has been made to solve such problems. Thus, the invention of the present application provides a urine collecting hole on the front bottom surface of the toilet bowl,
Urine collection provided with a partition extending into the toilet bowl at the middle part in the front-rear direction of the toilet body and having a lower end contacting the bottom surface of the toilet bowl and dividing the interior of the toilet bowl into a front urination space and a rear urination space.
A toilet, in which a support bar extending in the left-right direction is laterally provided , and the support bar is attached to a toilet seat at both ends or attached to a toilet seat and a toilet bowl , and the partition is attached to the support bar. And As described above, according to the present invention, a urine collecting hole is provided on the front bottom surface of the toilet bowl, and the inside of the toilet bowl is divided into a front urine collecting space and a rear defecation space by a partition. According to the present invention, only urine is collected in the urine collection hole at the front of the toilet bowl when the user sits on the toilet bowl and adds extra water. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to determine the total amount of urine at a time, and thus to know the total amount of urine per day. That is, according to the present invention, the total amount of urine can be obtained simply by sitting on the toilet bowl and adding urine without having to receive urine once in a urine collection cup. The partition does not need to completely separate the urination space and the defecation space, but may be any partition that does not allow the discharged urine to enter the defecation space. [0010] In the present invention, the supporting lifting bar laterally disposed utilizes and seat or bowl fitted with a partition as a support member or mounting member of the support bar to the support bar. This
Ri without providing a support member or mounting member for separately supporting bars well, the advantage of the structure of the toilet is not complicated to obtain. [0011] In the present invention, the support bar can be movable and formed Succoth in the longitudinal direction, adult In this way, children, men, women, is positioned in the proper position of the partition in accordance with the magnitude or the like of the body This provides the advantage that collected urine can be collected without leakage. According to the present invention, a guide mechanism for guiding the support bar in the front-rear direction can be provided .
Then, the support bar can be moved smoothly and smoothly in a certain direction. [0013] In other present invention, configuring the partition sheet of flexible as a partition in a removable water-soluble paper
In this way, the paper as a partition sheet can be washed into the toilet after use, so that the treatment after use is easy and the mixing of urine between the former user and the latter user can be performed. The advantage that can be prevented is obtained. Further , in the present invention, the extraction conduit is continuously extended from the urine collection hole, and the communication between the urine collection hole and the extraction conduit is cut off by driving the plug fitted into the urine collection hole by the drive mechanism. Or you can let them communicate, like this
It can be carried out toilet flushing in the state of closing the take-out pipe by plug body after the removal of the urine to the outside if. In this case, the toilet can be cleaned well by keeping the top surface of the plug flush with the bottom surface of the toilet bowl when the communication opening of the discharge pipe is closed. Conversely, by leaving the extraction conduit open with the plug, the cleaning water flows in the reverse direction through the extraction conduit toward the communication opening side to wash the inside of the extraction conduit and the urine collection hole ( Backwashing). [0016] In other present invention, it is possible to keep continuously provided a urine component measuring device to the pick up line, it becomes possible to determine both the total amount of measurement and urine urine component if, as this , The measurement can be automated. Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a urine-collecting Western-style toilet, 12 denotes a toilet body having a toilet bowl 14, 16 denotes a toilet seat, 18 denotes a toilet lid,
Reference numeral 20 denotes a washing water tank (low tank). As shown in FIG. 1, the toilet seat 16 and the toilet lid 18 are rotatable about a shaft 19 on the base end side. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 41 denotes a seating sensor for detecting whether or not a human body is seated on the toilet seat 16. A support bar 22 is attached to the toilet seat 16. The support bar 22 extends so as to cross the toilet seat 16 in the left-right direction, and each end protrudes outside through an opening 24 formed in the toilet seat 16, and an operation knob 26 is provided at the projecting end. I have. As shown in FIG. 3A, a pair of front and rear guide rollers 28 are
It is rotatably mounted via a zero. In this example, the toilet seat 16 is an internally hollow member having an upper surface that forms an upwardly convex curved surface.
As shown in FIG.
A pair of guide rails 36 each including left and right rails and a lower rail 34 are provided on each side. As means for attaching the guide rail 36, for example, both the upper rail 32 and the lower rail 34
It can be attached to the upper rear surface of the toilet seat 16 via 7 or can be attached to the toilet seat 16 by other means. The guide rails 36 extend in the front-rear direction, and the guide rollers 28 are rotatably fitted to the guide rails 36. In this example, the guide rail 36 and the guide roller 28 constitute a guide mechanism for the support bar 22. However, this guide mechanism can be provided in another configuration. A urine collection hole 39 is provided on the front bottom surface of the toilet bowl 14, and a urine extraction conduit 38 extends from the side surface of the urine collection hole 39 so as to be continuous. A plug 40 is fitted into the urine collection hole 39 with almost no gap as shown in FIG. A rack member 42 extends from the plug 40, and the rack member 42 is meshed with a pinion gear 46 that is driven to rotate by a motor 44. That is, the rotation of the motor 44 allows the stopper 40 to be moved up and down in the urine collection hole 39. In this example, the rack member 42, the pinion gear 46, and the motor 44 constitute a driving mechanism of the plug 40. The stopper 40 is connected to the outlet pipe 3 at the rising end.
8 is closed and the upper surface of the toilet bowl 1 is closed.
The shape, the vertical stroke, and the like are determined so as to be flush with the bottom surface of the nozzle 4 and to open the communication opening of the discharge pipe 38 at the lower end. In this embodiment, the size of the urine collecting hole 39 is determined so that a concave portion having a capacity of about 400 cc is formed when the stopper 40 is lowered. Where capacity 400
cc is a capacity that can sufficiently accommodate the total amount of urine discharged at one time. As shown in FIG. 1 (B), an electromagnetic valve 48 and a pump 50 are provided on the outlet pipe 38, and a urine component analyzer (urine component measuring device) is provided on the downstream side thereof. ) 52 are provided in series. A controller 54 is electrically connected to the analyzer 52, and a display device 56 is electrically connected to the controller 54. Further, a tap water supply pipe 58 is connected to the extraction pipe 38 via an electromagnetic valve 48. The support bar 22 is for attaching a partition sheet for dividing the interior of the toilet bowl 14 into a front urination space and a rear urination space. FIG. 5 shows an example of this partition sheet. In this example, the partition sheet 60 is made of water-soluble paper, and has a mounting portion 62 at one end. FIG. 6A shows an example for attaching the partition sheet 60 to the support bar 22 at the attaching portion 62. In this example, the pressing piece 64 is rotatably attached to the support bar 22 around the shaft 66, and the pressing piece 64 is urged by a spring 68 in the pressing direction on the surface of the support bar 22. Reference numeral 70 denotes a knob. In the case of this example, the mounting portion 6 of the partition sheet 60
2 is applied to the surface of the support bar 22 and when the force in the separating direction applied to the pressing piece 64 is removed, the pressing piece 64
8, the partition sheet 60 is pressed against the upper surface of the support bar 22.
Is attached to the support bar 22. As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the holding piece 64 has a substantially semicircular shape along the surface of the support bar 22 having a circular cross section.
Is pressed against the surface by the support bar 22 over a wide area range. FIG. 6 (b) shows another means for attaching the partition sheet 60. In this example, a projection 72 is provided on the support bar 22, while a hole 74 is provided on the partition sheet 60 side. In the hole 74, the partition sheet 60 is fitted into the projection 72 and is mounted on the support bar 22. As shown in FIG. 5, the partition sheet 60
Is provided with a fold 76, and the bent piece 78 can be easily bent and raised along the fold 76. These bent pieces 78 function as guides for guiding the discharged urine forward. Next, the operation of the toilet 10 of this embodiment will be described. In this example, the support bar 22 is moved in the front-rear direction to be pre-positioned at an appropriate position, and the partition sheet 60 taken out of the storage box or the like is mounted on the support bar 22 and hangs down in the toilet bowl 14. . At this time, the partition sheet 60 is inclined upward to the right in FIG. 1B, and the lower end of the partition sheet 60 is brought into contact with the bottom of the toilet bowl at a position near the urine collection hole 39. It should be noted that the left and right edges of the partition sheet 60 are
Although it is desirable that the inner surface of each of them is in contact with each other, this is not always necessary, and a slight gap may be formed between them. That is, the partition sheet 60 does not need to strictly divide the space inside the toilet bowl 14 into a front urination space and a rear urination space. When the user sits on the toilet seat 16, for example, a signal from the seating sensor 41 causes the urine sampling hole 3 to enter.
The plug 40 fitted in 9 is automatically lowered by the motor 44, and the communication opening of the extraction pipe 38 is opened. That is, the urine collection hole 39 and the extraction conduit 38 communicate with each other. When the user performs urination in this state, the discharged urine is guided to the partition sheet 60 without going to the side of the defecation space behind the toilet bowl 14, and is guided to the urine collection hole 39 of the front urination space. It is collected and further extracted to the outside through an extraction line 38. Then, the analyzer 52 measures the urine component and obtains the total amount of urine. At this time, the electromagnetic valve 48 is in a state where the take-out pipe 38 is open and a state where the tap water supply pipe 58 is closed. After the urination is completed, the partition sheet 60 is removed from the support bar 22 and dropped into the toilet bowl 14, and the partition sheet 60 is discharged together with the flush water of the toilet bowl through the discharge passage of the waste water. As described above, in the toilet bowl 10 of the present embodiment, the urine component and its discharge amount can be automatically obtained simply by sitting on the toilet and adding extra water. When the toilet 10 is washed, the stopper 40 is positioned at the rising end by the motor 44. At this time, the upper surface of the stopper 40 is flush with the bottom of the toilet bowl 14, so that
When the bottom of the toilet bowl 14 is washed, the urine collection hole 39 does not become a particular obstacle, and the periphery of the urine collection hole 39 is well cleaned. On the other hand, when it is necessary to clean the discharge conduit 38 (this may be performed for each urination), the stopper 4
In a state where 0 is lowered, the electromagnetic valve 48 is switched to make the tap water supply pipe 58 and the take-out pipe 38 communicate with each other, and the tap water supplied from the supply pipe 58 is taken out of the take-out pipe 38.
It should just flow in the opposite direction. FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the present invention.
First, in the example of (a), the urine from the extraction line 38
In the example of (b), a plurality of electromagnetic valves 48 are provided on the extraction conduit 38, and the urine from the extraction conduit 38 is received in separate urine collection containers 80 for each user. Is made possible. In the example of (c), urine from the extraction line 38 is received in the large-capacity cylinder 82, and a part of the urine is guided to the small-capacity cylinder 84 (for example, the capacity ratio is 20: 1). Above, the urine collection container 88 is received by switching the valve 86. In the case of (c), since the ratio of the capacity of the cylinders 82 and 84 is known in advance, there is an advantage that the total urine output can be obtained only by collecting a small amount of urine. Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, this is only an example. For example, in the above example, the support bar 22 is moved in the front-rear direction through the opening 24 provided in the toilet seat 16, but the support bar 22 is positioned between the toilet seat 16 and the toilet bowl 14 and moved in the front-rear direction. It is also possible to make it. In the above example, the support bar 22 is manually moved in the front-rear direction. However, the support bar 22 may be automatically moved by a drive mechanism using a motor or the like as a drive source. In the above example, the case where the partition sheet 60 is taken out from the storage box or the like by hand has been described as an example.
It is also possible to automatically feed out the partition sheets one by one from the storage portion provided at the rear of the toilet seat 16 simultaneously with the seating. In addition, when the support bar is automatically moved back and forth, an appropriate position of the user is stored in a memory, and when the toilet is not used, the support bar stored at the rear of the toilet seat is operated by a button operation or the like. It is also possible to automatically advance the vehicle to a proper position according to the user and stop there. In addition, it is also possible to provide two pairs of support bars, and FIG.
Further, as shown in (B), the support bar 22 may be positioned between the toilet seat 16 and the toilet bowl 14, and may be moved between them in the front-rear direction. It may be removable for
The present invention can be configured in a form in which various changes are made without departing from the gist thereof.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a detailed view of a urinal according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of the urinal. 3 is a diagram of a main part of a guide mechanism in FIG. 1 and a diagram showing another example of a mounting position of a support bar in FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a diagram of a urine collection hole and a peripheral portion in FIG. 1; FIG. 5 is a detailed view of a partition sheet in FIG. FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of a partition sheet mounting means of FIG. 5; FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a main part of another embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Urine collection toilet bowl 12 Toilet bowl body 14 Toilet bowl 16 Toilet seat 22 Support bar 28 Guide roller 36 Guide rail 38 Extraction duct 39 Urine collection hole 40 Plug body 42 Rack member 44 Motor 46 Pinion gear 52 Analyzer (Urine component measuring device) )

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Shigeru Yokoyama 5-1-1 Koiehonmachi, Tokoname-shi, Aichi Pref. Inax Co., Ltd. 56) References JP-A-63-21555 (JP, A) JP-A-60-4682 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) E03D 11/02 E03D 9/00 G01N 33/493

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims 1] A urine collecting hole is provided on a front bottom surface of a toilet bowl, and extends into the toilet bowl at an intermediate portion in a front-rear direction of a toilet body, and a lower end is formed on a bottom surface of the toilet bowl. And provided a partition for dividing the inside of the toilet bowl into a front urination space and a rear urination space.
A urine collection urinal, in which a support bar extending in the left-right direction is horizontally provided , and the support bar is attached to a toilet seat at both ends or attached across a toilet seat and a toilet bowl , and the partition is attached to the support bar. A urinal that is featured.