JP3503281B2 - Toilet seat support lifting 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 toilet seat support elevating / lowering device that supports a toilet seat so that it can move up and down.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A toilet seat installed on the upper surface of a western-style toilet bowl is attached to a western-style toilet bowl via a toilet seat support member so as to be rotatable in the elevation direction.

Dirt such as urine permeates between the toilet seat support member and the upper surface of the Western-style toilet bowl, which easily causes odor. Therefore, it is considered that the toilet seat support member can be moved up and down with respect to the Western-style toilet bowl by the guide member, and the toilet seat support member is moved upward together with the toilet seat when cleaning the Western-style toilet bowl.

[0004]

When the toilet seat support member is simply movable up and down, when the toilet seat or the like is lowered after the cleaning is completed, the toilet seat and the toilet seat support member are supported by hand so that the toilet seat and the toilet seat support member do not strongly hit the upper surface of the Western-style toilet bowl. It was necessary to lower the toilet seat support member, which was troublesome. In particular, when the space in the toilet room is small, it is necessary to perform this work in an unnatural mid-waist position, which is inconvenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a toilet seat support elevating / lowering device capable of slowly descending a toilet seat and a toilet seat support member onto a Western-style toilet without supporting it with a hand.

[0006]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toilet seat support elevating / lowering device in which a guide fixed to a toilet and a toilet seat which is engaged with the guide and is movable in the vertical direction are connected via a support member. A slider and a slow-moving mechanism for slowing down the slider are provided.

According to the toilet seat support elevating / lowering device, the toilet seat support member can be lifted to easily and sufficiently clean the upper surface of the Western-style toilet bowl around the toilet seat support member.

When the support member for the toilet seat is lowered, the toilet seat support member naturally descends slowly due to the slow moving mechanism.

The toilet seat support lifting device according to claim 2 is the device according to claim 1.
In the above, the slow-moving mechanism is connected to the rack extending vertically in one of the guide and the slider, the pinion provided in the other of the guide and the slider, and the pinion, and when the slider descends. And a speed reducer for slowing the rotation of the pinion.

In such a toilet seat support elevating / lowering device, when the toilet seat support member descends, the pinion meshed with the rack slowly rotates so that the toilet seat support member descends slowly.

As the speed reducer for slowing the rotation of the pinion, a rotary damper is preferable as described in claim 3.

The toilet seat support lifting device according to claim 4 is the device according to claim 1.
In the above, a lock device is provided for engaging the slider and preventing the slider from descending when the slider has risen to a predetermined level.

According to such a toilet seat support elevating / lowering device, when the toilet seat support member is lifted up to a predetermined level, the lock device prevents the slider from lowering, and even if the toilet seat support member and the toilet seat are released from the hand, the toilet seat support member and the toilet seat are seated. Does not fall. Therefore, the upper surface of the toilet bowl can be cleaned by removing the hands from the toilet seat support member and the toilet seat.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toilet seat supporting lifting device.
In the above, the lock device releases the lock when the slider moves upward after being locked.

According to such a toilet seat support elevating device, when the locked slider is moved upward, the lock is released, and then the toilet seat support member and the toilet seat slowly descend.

The toilet seat support lifting device according to claim 6 is the device according to claim 4.
Alternatively, in the fifth aspect, the lock device releases the lock when a downward pressing force of a predetermined amount or more acts on the slider.

According to such a toilet seat support elevating / lowering device, when the toilet seat or the like lifted up and locked is excessively pushed down, the lock is released and the toilet seat or the like descends.

The toilet seat support lifting device according to claim 7 is the device according to claim 1.
In any one of 1 to 6, the support member for the toilet seat is a low tank cover surrounding a front half of a low tank of a Western-style toilet, and the rear end of the toilet seat is pivotally supported by the low tank cover. Is.

According to such a toilet seat support lifting device, the lower side of the front half of the low tank cover can be sufficiently cleaned.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of a Western-style toilet equipped with a toilet seat supporting lifting device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the toilet seat supporting lifting device, and FIG. 3 is a toilet seat supporting lifting device and a front cover. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a base and a guide of the toilet seat supporting elevating device, and FIG. 5 is a side view showing the operation of the locking device.

A low tank (not shown) is installed at the rear of the upper surface of the Western-style toilet 10, and the low tank is surrounded by a low tank cover 12. This low tank cover 12
Is composed of a rear cover 14 fixed to the Western-style toilet 10 and a front cover 16 which is vertically movable. A toilet seat 18 and a toilet lid 20 are pivotally attached to the front cover 16.

The front cover 16 can be moved up and down by a toilet seat supporting elevating device (toilet seat supporting device) 22. The front cover 16 is attached to the front edge of the rear cover 14, and is vertically moved by being guided by the plates 24 and 26 extending forward from the front edge. The plate 24 is provided with a long hole 28 which is long in the vertical direction, and a pin 30 projecting from the inner surface of the front cover 16 is engaged with the long hole 28 to guide the front cover 16 when it moves up and down. It is configured.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the toilet seat supporting lifting device (toilet seat supporting device) 22 is a base 32 fixed to the upper surface of the Western-style toilet bowl 10 and a pair of guides 34 provided upright from the base 32. A slider 36 that moves up and down along the guide 34, a rack 38 provided on the guide 34, a pinion 40 that meshes with the rack 38, a rotary damper 42 that slows the rotation of the pinion 40, and the like. There is.

The guide 34 is in the form of a plate that is long in the vertical direction, and side plates 44 are folded up in the direction from both sides of the guide 34 toward the front of the Western-style toilet bowl 10. A long hole 46 is vertically extended in the side plate 44, and a convex portion 48 protruding from the side of the slider 36 is slidably fitted in the long hole 46.

A through hole 50 extends vertically in the guide 34, and the rack 38 extends vertically along one vertical side of the through hole 50.

The pinion 40 is fixed to one end of a rotary shaft 52 pivotally supported by the slider 36, and the other end of the rotary shaft 52 is connected to the rotary damper 42.

The rotary damper 42 does not give rotation resistance to the rotation shaft 52 when the rotation shaft 52 rotates in the forward direction, and gives rotation resistance to the rotation shaft 52 when the rotation shaft 52 rotates in the reverse direction. It is configured to rotate slowly.

A tie plate 54 is provided between the pair of sliders 36, 36, and a rotary damper 42 is provided.
Is fixed to the tie plate 54.

From the lower end of the slider 36, the Western style toilet 10
The bracket 56 is provided so as to project toward the front of the front cover 16.
The drawing) is superposed on the bracket 56 and fixed by bolts (not shown).

A U-shaped hook metal 62 is fixed to the upper end of the slider 36.

At the upper end of the guide 34, this hook metal 62
A locking device 66 having a hook 64 that is hooked on is fixedly attached. As shown in FIG. 5, the locking device 66 includes a main body 68 fixed to the guide 34, and a holder 70 that is provided so as to project downward from the lower surface of the main body 68 and can move up and down.
And a hook 64 pivotally attached to the holder 70.

The holder 70 is vertically movable by a spring and a latch mechanism provided in the main body 68 so that it can be positioned at the upper limit and the lower limit. In the holder 70, a shaft body that axially supports the hook 64 and a spiral spring (neither shown) that is wound around the shaft body so as to bias the hook 64 in the flip-up direction are provided. Fig. 5 (a)
When the holder 70 descends like this, the hook 64 takes an inclined posture in which the lower end side thereof is separated from the guide 34, and when the holder 70 is retracted into the main body portion 68, the hook 6
4 is configured so as to take a hanging posture in which it is hooked on the hook 62.

The latch mechanism in the main body 68 releases the latch when the holder 70 is pushed further upward in the state of FIG. 5 (b), and the holder 70 is projected downward as shown in FIG. 5 (a). Then, the hook 64 is inclined. Also, in the hook hanging posture of FIG.
When 4 is pressed downward with a force equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the latch mechanism is configured to cause the holder 70 to project and assume the hook inclination posture of FIG. 5 (a).

The operation of the toilet seat supporting elevating / lowering device configured as described above will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 1 (a), the front cover 16 is normally in contact with the upper surface of the western-style toilet bowl 10, and the western-style toilet bowl 10 can be used for normal use.

When cleaning the upper surface of the Western-style toilet 10,
The front cover 16 or the toilet seat 18, the toilet lid 20, etc. are grasped and pulled up. Then, the slider 36 moves up along the guide 34, and the front cover 16 moves up together with the toilet seat 18 and the toilet lid 20 as shown in FIG. At this time, the pinion 40 meshed with the rack 38 rotates,
The rotary damper 42 gives no resistance to this positive rotation of the pinion 40, and the slider 36 moves up smoothly.

When the slider 36 rises and the latch 62 contacts the holder 70 of the locking device 66 and pushes up the holder 70, the holder 70 is pushed into the main body 68 and latched, and the hook 64 is released. In the hanging position, the hook 64 hooks the hook 62 as shown in FIG. 5 (b). As a result, even when the hand is released from the front cover 16 or the like, the front cover 16 is locked in the raised posture as shown in FIG. 1 (b). Therefore, it is possible to fully and easily clean the upper surface of the Western-style toilet bowl 10 by inserting a hand even under the front cover 16.

In order to lower the front cover 16, the front cover 16 or the toilet seat 18 and the toilet lid 20 are slightly pulled up in the state shown in FIG. 1 (b). Then, the holder 70 in the state of FIG. 5B is pushed slightly upward, and the latch in the main body 68 is released. As a result, the hook 64 returns to the inclined posture shown in FIG. 5 (a), the hooking of the hooking metal 62 and the hook 64 is released, and the slider 36 slowly descends together with the front cover 16 and the like.

At the time of this descent, the pinion 40 meshed with the rack 38 rotates in the opposite direction to that at the time of ascent, but the rotary damper 42 acts so as to give resistance to the rotation of the pinion 40 at the time of descent. Therefore, the pinion 40 rotates slowly, and the slider 36 and the front cover 1 are rotated.
6 descends slowly.

It should be noted that when the front cover 16 is raised as shown in FIG.
Alternatively, when a strong downward force is applied to the toilet seat 18 and the toilet lid 20, the latch mechanism in the main body 68 releases the latch of the holder 70 and lowers the holder 70, whereby the hook 64 is moved to the position shown in FIG. ). As a result, the hook 64 and the hook 62 are released from the hook, and the slider 36 moves down together with the front cover 16 and the like. Therefore, when an excessively large force is applied to the front cover 16 or the like which is in a raised state as shown in FIG. 1 (b),
The front cover 16 and the like are lowered,
Damage to the toilet seat 18 or the toilet lid 20 is prevented.

In the above embodiment, the guide 34 is provided with the rack 38 and the slider 36 is provided with the pinion 40. On the contrary, the slider 36 is provided with the rack, and the guide 34 is provided with the pinion and the rotary damper. May be.

Although the rotary damper 42 is used in the above embodiment, other damping mechanism may be used. As such a damping mechanism, for example, a mechanism such as water pressure for deceleration, hydraulic pressure, pneumatic pressure, a spring, a motor or the like can be adopted.

Although the toilet seat 18 is pivotally supported by the front cover 16 in the above embodiment, in the present invention, a hinge mechanism for pivotally supporting the toilet seat 18 may be directly attached to the toilet seat support lifting device 22. .

[0044]

As described above, according to the toilet seat support lifting / lowering device of the present invention, the toilet seat or the like can be lifted to easily and sufficiently clean a wide area on the upper surface of the Western-style toilet bowl. In addition, the lifted toilet seat and the like can be slowly lowered, so that it is not necessary for the operator to support the toilet seat and gently lower it on the toilet bowl.

In the present invention, the toilet seat or the like can be lifted upward and then held at this height, and the upper surface of the toilet bowl can be cleaned very easily.

In the present invention, when an excessive pushing force acts on the toilet seat or the like which is lifted up and locked, it is possible to lower the toilet seat or the like to prevent the toilet seat or the like from being damaged. is there.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a Western-style toilet equipped with a toilet seat support lifting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a toilet seat support lifting device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing an engaged state of a toilet seat support lifting device and a front cover.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a base and a guide of the toilet seat supporting lifting device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing the operation of the lock device.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Western style toilet 12 Low tank cover 14 Rear cover 16 Front cover 18 toilet seat 22 Toilet seat support lifting device 34 Guide 36 Slider 38 racks 40 pinion 42 Rotary damper 62 Hook 64 hooks 66 Locking device

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page (72) Inventor Tadashi Yamaoka 3-5-9 Higashi Wakamatsucho, Tomitabayashi-shi, Osaka Inside Tatsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Masahide Kitagawa 3-5-9 Higashi Wakamatsucho, Tomitabayashi-shi, Osaka Shares Company Tatsumi Denki Seisakusho (72) Inventor Haruji Tanaka 2-15-10 Koike-cho, Takahama-shi, Aichi Within Ohashi Technica Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP 62-275422 (JP, A) 5-28296 (JP, U) Actual Kaihei 2-13496 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A47K 13/00-17/02

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A guide fixed to a toilet bowl, a slider which is engaged with the guide and is movable in the up and down direction, and a toilet seat is connected to the toilet seat via a support member, and a slowing mechanism for slowing down the lowering of the slider. Toilet seat support lifting device. 2. The rack-moving mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the rack extends vertically in one of the guide and the slider, a pinion provided in the other of the guide and the slider, and the rack is connected to the pinion. And a speed reducer for slowing the rotation of the pinion when the slider descends. 3. The toilet seat support lifting / lowering device according to claim 2, wherein the speed reducer is a rotary damper. 4. The toilet seat support elevating / lowering device according to claim 1, further comprising a lock device that engages with the slider and prevents the slider from descending when the slider rises to a predetermined level. . 5. The locking device according to claim 4,
A toilet seat support lifting device, wherein the lock is released when the slider moves upward after being locked. 6. The toilet seat support elevating / lowering device according to claim 4, wherein the lock device releases the lock when a downward pressing force of a predetermined amount or more acts on the slider. 7. The toilet seat support member according to claim 1, wherein the toilet seat support member is a low tank cover surrounding a front half of a low tank of a Western-style toilet, and a rear end of the toilet seat is pivotally supported by the low tank cover. Toilet seat support lifting device.