JP3724314B2 - Toilet seat support lifting device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a toilet seat support lifting device for enabling a toilet seat installed in a Western-style toilet to move up and down. More specifically, the present invention relates to a toilet seat support lifting / lowering device that moves a front half of a low tank cover up and down.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a western style toilet having a low tank cover, dirt such as urine tends to enter between the low tank cover and the upper surface of the western style toilet, causing odor generation. In view of this, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-28619 proposes a toilet seat support lifting device that allows the front half of the low tank cover to be raised and that the front half is raised to sufficiently clean the upper surface of the Western-style toilet.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The toilet seat support elevating device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-28619 is configured to move the front half up and down by a motor, so that the configuration is complicated and the cost is high.
[0004]
An object of the present invention is to provide a toilet seat support lifting apparatus that is simple in structure and inexpensive.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The toilet seat support lifting apparatus of the present invention includes a lower tank fixedly installed on a rear upper surface of a Western-style toilet, a low tank cover having a front half coupled to the latter half so as to move up and down, and attached to the front half In the toilet seat support lifting apparatus provided with the toilet seat, a guide for guiding the vertical movement of the front half body is provided, and the front half body can be moved up and down by friction sliding with respect to the guide. A toilet supporting lifting device capable of stopping at an arbitrary height by friction , wherein a pair of guides having a U-shaped plan view is fixed to the Western-style toilet, and a slider is provided in the front half, The slider has flange portions on both sides, each of the flange portions on both sides of the slider is inserted into each of the pair of guides, and a leaf spring is attached to each flange portion, Leaf spring on each slider Sexually it abuts, in which the front half by the friction between these leaf spring and the slider is characterized in that it becomes possible stop at any height.
[0006]
Since this toilet seat support raising / lowering device manually moves the lower half of the low tank cover up and down, the configuration is simple and inexpensive. Further, the front half body can be moved up and down by friction sliding with respect to the guide, and can be stopped at an arbitrary height by this friction .
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Following, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a Western-style toilet equipped with a toilet seat support lifting apparatus according to an embodiment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a state in which a hand basin and a front half are removed in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the slider of the guide mechanism, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the upper guide piece, and FIG. 6 is a side view of the western-style toilet with the front half raised.
[0008]
As shown in FIG. 1, this western style toilet 10 has a low tank cover 12 on the upper surface of the rear part. The low tank cover 12 includes a front half body 14 that can be moved up and down, a rear half body 16 that is fixedly installed on the Western-style toilet 10, and a hand basin 18 that is detachably attached to the tops of the front half body 14 and the rear half body 16. It has become. The hand-washing bowl 18 is provided with a hand-washing water discharging part 22. A flash lever 20 is provided on the side surface of the rear half body 16. A toilet seat 24 and a toilet lid 26 are attached to the front lower portion of the front half body 14 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction.
[0009]
As shown in FIG. 2, a low tank 34 is installed in the low tank cover 12 via a low tank cradle 32. A ball tap 36 is provided on the upper portion of the row tank 34. When the water level in the row tank 34 decreases, the ball tap 36 is opened and water is supplied into the row tank 34. The ball tap 36 is connected to a hand-wash / water connection pipe 38, and the hand-wash / water connection pipe 38 stands upward from the center of the upper surface of the rear half body 16 and is inserted into the hand-wash water discharge section 22.
[0010]
A float valve mechanism (not shown) is provided in the lower part of the low tank 34. By operating the flush lever 20, the float valve is pulled up, and the water in the low tank 34 is discharged into the toilet bowl of the Western-style toilet 10. Circuit boards 40 and 42 are installed on the front side of the row tank 34.
[0011]
A hot water tank 44 is installed below the low tank cradle 32 so that hot water can be supplied to the cleaning nozzles 52 and 54.
[0012]
An upper guide piece 48 for guiding the vertical movement of the front half body 14 is attached to the upper front edge of the rear half body 16. In addition, a pair of guides 46 are erected along the center of the front surface of the low tank 34, and an elevating base 50 on which the vertical movement is guided by the guides 46 is installed. The front half body 14 is installed on the lift base 50.
[0013]
The cleaning nozzles 52 and 54 are installed on the lift base 50. When hot water is supplied to the nozzles 52 and 54, the nozzle body moves forward, the hot water is jetted obliquely upward from the tip, and the hot water is poured onto the buttocks of the human body seated on the toilet seat 24. The nozzle bodies of the nozzles 52 and 54 may be of a type that moves forward by a motor.
[0014]
The lift base 50 is also provided with devices such as a hot air drying device 56 that blows out hot air for drying the collar.
[0015]
As shown in FIG. 3, the guide 46 is fixed to the western style toilet 10 through a guide mounting plate 60. The guide mounting plate 60 is L-shaped, the seat portion 60a is fixed to the Western-style toilet 10, and the guide 46 is fixed to the standing portion 60b.
[0016]
The guide 46 has a U-shaped plan view having a front piece 46a, a rear piece 46b, and a connecting piece 46c that connects the front piece 46a and the rear piece 46b. The front piece 46a and the rear piece 46b are parallel to each other, and the flange portion 62a of the slider 62 is inserted between them.
[0017]
A lift base mounting plate 64 is fixed to the front surface of the slider 62 by rivets, bolts, welding, or the like, and the lift base 50 is fixed to the lift base mounting plate 64.
[0018]
As shown in FIG. 4, the slider 62 has a flange portion 62a projecting left and right. A recess 62b is provided so as to be recessed from the side end surface of the flange portion 62a. The recess 62b has a substantially trapezoidal shape that is wider on the back side than on the entrance side. A substantially Ω-shaped leaf spring 66 is attached to the recess 62b. In FIG. 4, only one leaf spring 66 is shown, but in reality, the leaf springs 66 are attached to all the recesses 62b. The leaf spring 66 elastically contacts the inner surface of the connecting piece 46c of the guide 46. When the slider 62 moves up and down, the leaf spring 66 frictionally slides on the connecting piece 46c. The degree of this friction is such that even if the hand is released from the front half body 14, the front half body 14 does not descend and can be stopped at an arbitrary height.
[0019]
The upper guide piece 48 extends forward from the front edge of the rear half 16 by a predetermined length. As shown in FIG. 5, a guide hole 70 penetrating in the vertical direction is provided in the front portion of the guide piece 48. An O-ring 72 is attached to the inner peripheral surface of the guide hole 70.
[0020]
A guide rod 74 inserted into the guide hole 70 and sliding with the O-ring 72 is fixed to the upper portion of the front half body 14. The guide rod 74 has click grooves 76 and 78 at two upper and lower portions. When the front half body 14 is lowered to the lowering limit, the upper click groove 76 is engaged with the O-ring 72 and the front half body 14 is moved to the upper limit. When raised, the lower click groove 78 engages with the O-ring 72, and a click feeling is generated respectively.
[0021]
In the Western-style toilet 10 with the toilet seat supporting lifting device configured as described above, the front half body 14 is lowered to the lower limit in normal times, and the upper end of the front half body 14 and the upper end of the rear half body 16 are the same height. It's all right. A hand-washing basin 18 is placed over the front half body 14 and the rear half body 16.
[0022]
When cleaning the upper surface of the Western-style toilet bowl 10 on the lower side of the front half 14, the hand basin 18 is removed as shown in FIG. 6 and the front half 14 is lifted. Then, the slider 62 is guided by the guide 46 and smoothly moves upward, and the front half body 14 is pulled up. Therefore, the hand is released from the front half body 14, and the upper surface of the western style toilet 10 below the front half body 14, that is, below the lifting base 50 is cleaned. During this time, due to the friction between the leaf spring 66 and the connecting piece 46c of the guide 46, the front half body 14 continues to stop at the same height.
[0023]
Thereafter, the front half body 14 is pushed down, and then the hand-washing bowl 18 is mounted on the front half body 14 and the rear half body 16 to restore them.
[0024]
Thus, according to the toilet seat support lifting apparatus, the front half body 14 can be moved up and down in a manual operation manner to sufficiently clean the rear upper surface of the Western-style toilet 10, and odor generation can be prevented. In addition, this toilet seat support lifting apparatus has a simple configuration and is inexpensive .
[0025]
【The invention's effect】
As the following, according to the present invention can increase the front half body of the low tank cover by a manual operation, the upper rear surface of the toilet stool and carefully cleaned can be prevented odor development. The toilet seat support lifting apparatus of the present invention has a simple configuration and is inexpensive.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a Western-style toilet equipped with a toilet seat support lifting apparatus according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where a hand basin and a front half body are removed in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a guide mechanism.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a slider of a guide mechanism.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an upper guide piece.
FIG. 6 is a side view of a Western-style toilet with the front half raised .
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Western style toilet 12 Low tank cover 14 First half body 16 Second half body 18 Wash basin 24 Toilet seat 34 Low tank 44 Hot water tank 46 Guide 48 Upper guide piece 50 Lifting base 52, 54 Cleaning nozzle 62 Slider 64 Lifting base mounting plate 66 Plate spring 70 Guide hole 74 Guide rod

Claims (1)

A low tank cover having a rear half body fixedly installed on a rear upper surface of a Western-style toilet and a front half body which is coupled to the latter half body so as to be movable up and down;
In the toilet seat support lifting device provided with a toilet seat attached to the front half,
A guide for guiding the vertical movement of the front half is provided, and the front half can be moved up and down by friction sliding with respect to the guide, and can be stopped at an arbitrary height by this friction. A toilet support lifting device,
A pair of guides having a U-shaped plan view is fixed to the Western-style toilet,
A slider is provided on the front half,
The slider has flange portions on both sides,
Each of the flange portions on both sides of the slider is inserted into each of the pair of guides,
A leaf spring is attached to each flange, the leaf spring elastically contacts each slider, and the front half can be stopped at an arbitrary height by friction between the leaf spring and the slider. A toilet seat support lifting device.

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