JP3687402B2 - Connecting device for toilet bowl and drain pipe - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a connecting device between an outlet of a seat-type flush toilet and an external drain pipe, and in particular, a flush toilet with a toilet storage body for storing a flush water tank or the like disposed behind a flush toilet body and an external The present invention relates to a connection device with a drain pipe.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a toilet storage body is known in which a cabinet-shaped storage body is provided at the rear of a seat-type flush toilet body installed in a toilet room, and a cleaning water tank is stored therein. The toilet storage body is disposed in a standing manner on the side of the tank front panel, which forms a tank installation space for installing a cleaning water tank, and is in contact with the tank installation space. And a cabinet having a cabinet front panel forming a storage space.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, the seat-type flush toilet body is installed at a predetermined position in the toilet room for piping construction, etc., but when performing construction to fix the toilet body directly to the drain pipe on the building side, there is a construction error. If it exists, it may be in the construction state where it is difficult to change the position of the toilet body to the front and back of the toilet room.
[0004]
Specifically, if the position of the drain pipe on the building side is farther from the wall than the predetermined position in the toilet room, the space between the cabinet fixed on the wall and the toilet body fixed on the basis of the position of the building side drain pipe There arises a problem that a gap is formed in the surface and the design property is impaired.
[0005]
Conversely, if it is too close to the wall from a predetermined position in the room, the toilet body may interfere with the rear part of the cabinet, making it impossible to perform construction.
[0006]
For this reason, in order to cope with construction errors even after fixing the toilet body to the drainage pipe on the building side, there is a connecting device between the toilet side drainage pipe and the building side drainage pipe that can move the toilet body position back and forth in the toilet room. Necessary.
[0007]
The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and when a flush toilet with a toilet storage body is attached, the connection device between the toilet and the drain pipe, which can improve the construction quality, and this connection It aims at providing the flush toilet provided with an apparatus.
[0008]
To achieve the above object, the connecting device between the toilet bowl and the drainage tube of the present invention according to claim 1, the discharge side connecting pipe for connecting the outlet of the toilet body, the building side drain side connected to the discharge connection of water pipes A toilet and drainage pipe connecting device comprising a pipe, and a connecting member made of an elastic member that connects the drainage side pipe and the drainage side pipe, wherein the drainage side pipe is connected to the drainage side pipe. A large-diameter portion that accommodates the outlet; a horizontal step portion provided downstream of the large-diameter portion; a small-diameter portion provided downstream from the horizontal step portion; and the horizontal portion outside the large-diameter portion. has a connecting member engaging portion for connecting the connecting member which is erected and extended from the stepped portion, the small diameter portion has an inner diameter dimension smaller than the outer diameter of the drainage side connection pipe As a dimension, it is accommodated with a gap inside the drain side connection pipe, and further, one end of the connection member Together when connected to an outer circumferential surface of the connecting member fitting part, is connected to the other end portion on the outer peripheral surface of the drainage side connection pipe, said small diameter portion is movable in a range of the gap, said discharge side An upper end portion of the drain side connection pipe is brought into contact with an outer surface of the connection pipe, and the discharge side connection pipe is supported by the drain side connection pipe .
Therefore, even after the toilet body has been connected to the connecting device, the toilet position can be moved back and forth, left and right of the toilet room, even when a cabinet is installed behind the toilet body, a gap between the toilet body and the cabinet front panel, A gap is not formed between the rear part of the cabinet and the rear wall of the toilet room, and the appearance is not impaired.
In addition, since the discharge side connection pipe and the drain side connection pipe overlap and communicate with each other, the movement range after connecting the discharge port of the toilet body to the discharge side connection pipe is regulated and within the predetermined adjustment range. It is possible to move the toilet.
Moreover, since the discharge side connection pipe and the drain side connection pipe are connected by the elastic material, the discharge side connection pipe can be easily moved.
[0009]
Further, the outer surface of the horizontal step portion of the discharge side connection pipe is brought into contact with the end portion of the drain side connection pipe.
Accordingly, the discharge side connecting pipe is supported by the horizontal step portion. Moreover, a seal mechanism can also be comprised in the part which contact | abuts.
[0010]
Further, the connecting member is provided with a folded portion at an intermediate portion thereof.
[0021]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In order to further clarify the configuration and operation of the present invention, preferred examples will be described below.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a toilet room in which a flush toilet with a toilet storage body according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.
1 and 2, a flush toilet 1 includes a toilet seat 4 and a toilet lid 5 on a toilet body 3 having a ball portion 2 and is installed at a substantially central position in a toilet room. A toilet storage box 9 is provided at the rear of the flush toilet 1, that is, at the back of the toilet room.
The toilet storage box 9 is provided with a flush water tank 13 and piping inside and accommodates toilet paper and the like. The front panel 10 and the left and right sides of the front panel 10 are arranged upright at the rear of the flush toilet 1. The left cabinet 11R and the left cabinet 11L, and the hand-washing counter 17 are provided.
[0022]
(First embodiment)
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the toilet body 3 of the flush toilet 1 and the existing drain pipe 50 provided on the floor TF of the building are connected by the connecting device 56. 3a is a skirt part.
FIG. 4 is a plan view of the toilet body 3. Reference numeral 6 denotes a toilet connecting portion with the front panel 10.
The connection device 56 includes a drain side connection pipe 51 and a connection member 53 formed of an elastic member having a folded portion 55 in part.
The drainage side connecting pipe 51 is formed of a synthetic resin material such as hard vinyl chloride having a large diameter on the drainage port 18 side of the toilet body 3 and a small and large diameter on the drainage pipe 50 side.
The connecting member 53 is formed of a flexible resin material (for example, EPDM), and has one end fitted to the drain port 18 and the other end fitted to the large-diameter side of the drain side connection pipe 51. After the connection member 51 is fitted, the drain port 18 and the drain side connection pipe 51 are fixed by the hose bands 54a and 54b.
[0023]
Next, the procedure for assembling and installing the flush toilet 1 and the toilet storage box will be described.
The toilet storage box will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, as shown in FIG. 3, the toilet body drain 18 and the drain side connection pipe 51 are connected to each other by the connecting member 53 through the hose bands 54 a and 54 b. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the left and right cabinets 11 </ b> L and 11 </ b> R are installed with fixing screws 14 and 14 with the back wall surface TWa as a reference.
After that, the front panel 10 is pressed together with the front panel 10 so that there is no space between the left and right cabinets 11L and 11R using the mobility of the connecting member 53 with the front panel 10 sandwiched between the toilet bowl connecting portions 6.
[0024]
In the pressed state, as shown in FIG. 5, the left and right sides of the toilet body 3 are fixed to the rear fixing piece 7 fixed to the floor TF at a predetermined position from the rear wall surface TWa with fixing screws 15 to fix the front part. The front side of the toilet main body 3 is fixed to the piece 8 with a fixing screw 15, and the toilet main body 3 is fixed to the floor surface TF. Thereafter, the decorative cap 16 is attached to the head of the fixing screw 15.
[0025]
Subsequently, the installation of the flush toilet 1 and the toilet storage box 9 is completed by performing operations such as installing the hand-washing counter 17 and connecting the pipes, and installing the toilet seat 4 and the toilet lid 5.
In this embodiment, the toilet body 3 can move within the range of elastic deformation of the folded portion 55 of the connecting member 53, and no gap is generated between the toilet body 3, the front panel 10, and the left and right cabinets 11L, 11R.
[0026]
(Second embodiment)
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment showing a state in which the toilet main body 3 of the flush toilet 1 and the existing drain pipe 50 provided on the floor TF of the building are connected by the connecting device 57. The connection device 57 includes a discharge-side drain pipe 58 connected to the discharge port 18 of the toilet body 3, a straight drainage-side connection pipe 59 connected to the building-side drain pipe 50, and the discharge-side connection pipe 58 and the drain-side connection. The connecting member 60 is connected to the tube 59.
The discharge-side connecting pipe 58 includes a large-diameter portion 58a for accommodating the discharge port 18, a horizontal step portion 58c provided downstream thereof, a small-diameter portion 58b extending from the horizontal step portion 58c, and an outer side of the large-diameter portion 58a. And a connecting member fitting portion 61 for fitting a connecting member 60 erected by extending the horizontal step portion 58c.
A sealing member 52 is formed of an elastic material that accommodates and seals the discharge port 18 in the large-diameter portion 58a.
The drainage side connection pipe 59 has a diameter for accommodating a part of the small diameter part 58b of the discharge connection pipe 58 in an overlapping manner.
The connecting member 60 is a pipe formed of an elastic member, and has a folded portion 60a at an intermediate portion. One end of the connecting member 60 is an outer peripheral portion of the connecting member fitting portion 61 of the discharge side connecting tube 58, and the other end is a drain side connecting tube 59. The large-diameter portion 58 a is connected to the outer peripheral portion, supports the discharge-side connection pipe 58 by the holding force of the connection member 60, and seals the drainage flow path 62.
Reference numerals 54c and 54d denote hose bands for fastening the connecting member 60 and the connecting member fitting portion 61 of the discharge side connecting pipe 58 and the drain side connecting pipe 59 after connecting.
[0027]
In this embodiment, the connecting member 60 is a tube formed of an elastic member, and the small diameter portion 58b of the discharge side connecting pipe 58 is spaced from the inner surface of the drain side connecting pipe 59 due to the movability of the folded portion 60a in the middle. It can move within the range of d. The toilet main body 3 is pressed and fixed to the front panel 10 by this mobility.
In addition, although the attachment of the connecting member 53 in FIG. 3 is always on-site, in this embodiment, the connecting member 53 can be assembled in advance at a factory or the like. The shape can be simply fitted into 52 (this is called a slip-in method), and improvement in workability can be expected.
The procedure for assembling and installing the flush toilet 1 and the toilet storage box will be omitted.
[0028]
(Third embodiment)
As shown in FIG. 7, this embodiment is an example of a positional relationship in which the axial center of the outlet 18 of the toilet body 3 and the axial center of the drain pipe 50 on the building side are relatively greatly displaced. The connecting tube 59 is composed of an L-shaped first bent tube 59a and an inverted L-shaped second bent tube 59b. The second curved pipe 59b is fitted with the drain pipe 50, one end of the first curved pipe 59a accommodates the small-diameter portion 58b of the discharge side connecting pipe 58, and the other end is fitted with the second curved pipe 59b.
The upper end portion of the first curved pipe 59a of the drain side connection pipe 59 is brought into contact with the outer side surface 58d of the horizontal step part 58c of the discharge side connection pipe 58, and the drain side connection pipe 59 supports the discharge side connection pipe 58. . Other configurations are the same as those of the second embodiment.
In this case, since the discharge side connection pipe 58 is supported by the first curved pipe 59a of the drain side connection pipe 59, an excessive load is not applied to the connection member 60, and the connection member 53 has a sealing property of the drain passage. It is only necessary to ensure the function, and no holding force for supporting the discharge side connecting pipe 58 is required. For this reason, the elastic member constituting the connecting member 60 having a small hardness can be used.
The procedure for assembling and installing the flush toilet 1 and the toilet storage box will be omitted.
[0029]
(Fourth embodiment)
In this example, as shown in FIG. 8, the connection member 60 and the seal member 52 in the second and third embodiments are integrally formed.
In this case, a hose band for fastening the discharge port 18 of the toilet body 3 to the large-diameter portion 58a of the discharge connection pipe 58 becomes unnecessary, and an improvement in assembly and cost reduction can be expected.
[0030]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, since the movable part is provided between the toilet main body outlet and the drain side connecting pipe, the position of the toilet can be moved even after the connection is completed, and the workability is improved.
Moreover, even when a cabinet is installed behind the toilet body, there is no gap between the toilet body and the front panel of the cabinet or between the rear of the cabinet and the rear wall of the toilet room, and the appearance is not impaired.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a toilet room in which a toilet storage body according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the toilet body 3 and the drain pipe 50 according to the first embodiment are connected.
FIG. 4 is a plan view of the toilet body 3.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a fixing operation on the floor surface TF of the toilet body 3;
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the toilet body 3 and the drain pipe 50 according to the second embodiment are connected.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a toilet body 3 and a drain pipe 50 according to a third embodiment are connected.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a toilet main body 3 and a drain pipe 50 according to a fourth embodiment are connected.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Flush toilet 2 ... Ball part 3 ... Toilet body 3a ... Skirt part 4 ... Toilet seat 5 ... Toilet lid 6 ... Connection part 7 ... Front fixing piece 8 ... Rear fixing piece 9 ... Toilet storage box 10 ... Front panel 11L ... Left cabinet 11R ... Right cabinet 13 ... Washing water tank 14 ... Fixing screw 15 ... Fixing screw 16 ... Make-up cap 17 ... Hand wash counter 18 ... Toilet body outlet 50 ... Building side drain pipe 51 ... Drain side connection pipe 52 ... Seal Member 53 ... Connection members 54a, 54b, 54c, 54d ... Hose band 55 ... Folded portion 56 ... Connection member 57 ... Connection device 58 ... Discharge-side connection pipe 58a ... Large diameter portion 58b ... Small diameter portion 58c ... Horizontal step portion 59 ... Discharge-side connecting pipe 60 ... connecting member 60a ... folded portion 61 ... connecting member fitting portion 62 ... drainage channel TF ... floor surface TWA ... back wall surface

Claims (2)

And a discharge-side connecting pipe for connecting the outlet of the toilet bowl, the water discharge side connecting pipe for connecting to the building side discharge water pipe, and a connection member made of an elastic member for connecting the drainage side connection pipe to the discharge side connecting pipe A connecting device for a toilet and a drain pipe,
The discharge-side connecting pipe includes a large-diameter portion that accommodates the discharge port, a horizontal step portion provided downstream of the large-diameter portion, and a small-diameter portion provided downstream from the horizontal step portion, anda connecting member fitting portion for connecting the connecting member which is erected to extend from the horizontal step portion outside of the large diameter portion,
The small-diameter portion has an outer diameter dimension smaller than the inner diameter dimension of the drain side connection pipe, and is accommodated with a gap inside the drain side connection pipe.
Furthermore, both the one end portion of the connecting member is connected to the outer peripheral surface of the connecting member fitting part, is connected to the other end portion on the outer peripheral surface of the drainage side connection pipe, said small diameter portion is the gap and it can be moved in a range of,
A connection between a toilet and a drain pipe , wherein an upper end portion of the drain side connection pipe is brought into contact with an outer surface of the drain side connection pipe, and the drain side connection pipe is supported by the drain side connection pipe apparatus.   The said connection member is provided with the folding | returning part in the intermediate part, The connection apparatus of the toilet bowl and water pipe of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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