JP4055325B2 - Urine stone suppression device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a urine stone suppression device attached to a toilet bowl cleaning device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as for a urinary stone suppression device, there is a device in which a medicine supply mechanism and a toilet flushing water supply mechanism are provided separately as seen in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-302347.
The details found in the publication are as follows. Wash water flowing through the toilet flush water supply pipe is collected and supplied to the outer box through the water transfer pipe. This supply of water is stopped when the float floating in the float guide frame closes the communication hole. The drug contained in the drug container is leached into the water by the supplied water. Then, when the water flowing in the toilet flushing water supply pipe stops, the medicine-containing water in the outer box again flows back to the toilet flushing water supply pipe via the water transfer pipe and is supplied into the toilet bowl.
[0003]
Another urine stone suppression device is commercially available that electrolyzes clean water, raises the concentration of hypochlorous acid contained in clean water, and sterilizes during the time when bacterial activity is active. Has been.
The details of the product are as follows. A branch pipe for electrolysis is branched from a water supply pipe connected to a supply source of chlorine ion-containing water such as water supply, separately from the cleaning pipe branched for each toilet. A continuous electrolysis tank having at least one pair of electrodes and a flow path formed between the electrodes is provided in the branch pipe for electrolysis. By applying a voltage between the electrodes, the washing water introduced into the continuous electrolysis tank is electrolyzed. Thereby, hypochlorous acid having a strong sterilizing power is generated and stored in the storage tank. This sterilized water containing hypochlorous acid is supplied to the toilet bowl by a pump at an appropriate timing.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The first conventional apparatus using a medicine compensates for the consumption of the medicine, so that the work of disassembling the equipment and replenishing the medicine each time occurs, and the running cost for replenishing the medicine together with the complexity of the work itself Will be enormous.
In addition, since the exposed portion is necessary for the replenishment operation and it is necessary to connect to the downstream side of the toilet flushing water supply mechanism of the medicine supply device, the installation location is very limited. Furthermore, since a tank part for storing cleaning water for causing the drug to invade is required, the space required for installation also increases.
[0005]
In addition, the second conventional device that electrolyzes clean water and raises the concentration of hypochlorous acid contained in clean water requires less maintenance and higher running costs than the device that uses chemicals. It is an excellent device. However, since it is necessary to install a storage tank, a supply pump, its control device, etc. at the time of installation, it may not be installed depending on the installation location and installation space.
In addition, due to the size of the device, even if it is to be retrofitted to an existing toilet bowl cleaning device, it may not be attached and there is a risk that the design will be impaired if it is forcibly attached.
[0006]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the object of the present invention is that maintenance is not required, running costs are hardly generated, it is compact, not limited to a new installation, and is also attached to an existing toilet bowl cleaning device. An object of the present invention is to provide a urinary stone suppression device.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention]
In order to achieve the above object, claim 1 comprises at least one pair of electrodes installed in the washing water flow path, and an electric application control device for applying electricity to the electrodes, wherein the at least one pair of electrodes is provided in the existing installation. Of the water faucet mounting part of the manual cleaning device, the main valve body of the existing manual cleaning device, the push button mounting portion of the existing manual cleaning device, the cleaning water conduit mounting part of the existing manual cleaning device or It is arranged in the washing water conduit portion of an existing manual washing device .
By applying a charge to the wash water by the pair of electrodes and the electricity application control device, it is possible to add a bactericidal effect to the wash water, so there is only a very small amount of electricity bill besides the water bill, and running cost is very low . Further, since there is no medicine to be consumed, there is no need for a medicine storage tank or its injection device, and the installation space can be made compact. Furthermore, since the replenishment work of the medicine is not necessary, the maintenance is unnecessary, and the labor cost can be reduced together with the medicine price.
[0014]
In order to achieve the above object, a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the at least one pair of electrodes is disposed inside a stop cock mounting portion of an existing manual cleaning device. The at least one pair of electrodes is disposed inside a stop cock mounting portion of an existing manual cleaning device. By installing the pair of electrodes in the stop cock mounting portion, it is possible to retrofit without replacing the existing manual cleaning device main body. Moreover, since fixing parts, such as a screw of a water faucet attachment part, can be utilized, fixing of an electrode can be performed easily.
[0015]
In order to achieve the above object, a third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the at least one pair of electrodes is disposed inside a main valve body of an existing manual cleaning device. By disposing the pair of electrodes inside the main valve body, it can be retrofitted without replacing the existing manual cleaning device main body. Moreover, since fixing parts, such as a screw of the main valve body upper cover, can be used, the electrodes can be fixed easily.
[0016]
In order to achieve the above object, a fourth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the at least one pair of electrodes is disposed inside a push button mounting portion of an existing manual cleaning device. By disposing the pair of electrodes inside the push button mounting portion, it is possible to retrofit without replacing the existing manual cleaning device main body. Moreover, since fixing parts, such as a screw of a push button attachment part, can be utilized, fixing of an electrode can be performed easily.
[0017]
In order to achieve the above object, a fifth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the at least one pair of electrodes is disposed in a cleaning water conduit mounting portion of an existing manual cleaning device. By arranging the pair of electrodes in the cleaning water conduit mounting portion, it is possible to retrofit without replacing the existing manual cleaning device main body. Moreover, since fixing parts, such as a screw of a washing water conduit | pipe attachment part, can be utilized, fixing of an electrode can be performed easily.
[0018]
In order to achieve the above object, a sixth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the at least one pair of electrodes is disposed in a cleaning water conduit portion of an existing manual cleaning device. By disposing the pair of electrodes in the cleaning water conduit portion, it is possible to retrofit without replacing the existing manual cleaning device main body.
[0036]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a urine stone suppressing device 1 according to the present invention. The urine stone suppression device 1 is composed of an element group 1A of the washing water flow path system and an element group 1B of the electric control system. In the washing water flow path system element group 1A, a stop cock 2, a backflow prevention valve 3, a constant flow valve 4, an electromagnetic on-off valve 5, and an electrode box 6 are arranged in series from the upstream side of the washing water. The stop cock 2 is used at the time of maintenance of the downstream part from this, and can be omitted from the urine stone removing apparatus of the present invention by providing it separately. The connection order of the constant flow valve 4, the electromagnetic on-off valve 5, and the electrode box 6 on the downstream side of the backflow prevention valve 3 is not limited to this, and the order may be changed.
[0037]
Element group 1B of the electric control system includes a signal line (5) connecting the valve control device 7 of the electromagnetic on-off valve 5 and the signal line (5), and a signal line (6) connecting the electric application control device 8 of the electrode box 6 and the signal line (5). ▼) 8A, a power source 9 that sends power to both the valve control device 7 and the electric application control device 8, a photoelectric sensor 10 that senses the presence of the user, and a signal line that transmits the signal to the valve control device 7 (▲ 3 ▼) 10A, comprising a signal line (4) 11 connecting the valve control device and the electric application control device.
[0038]
A signal sensed by the photoelectric sensor 10 is transmitted to the valve control device 7 by a signal line (3) 10A. The valve control device 7 assumes the operation of the user from the state of the signal, and the electromagnetic on-off valve 5 An appropriate open / close signal is transmitted through the signal line (5) 7A. By this signal, the electromagnetic on-off valve 5 is opened, and the toilet bowl is cleaned. Further, the valve control device 7 transmits a signal to the electromagnetic on-off valve 5 and simultaneously transmits a similar signal to the electric application control device 8 via the signal line (4). The electric application control device 8 assumes the operation of the electromagnetic on-off valve 5 from the state of the signal, and transmits it to the electrode box 6 via an appropriate electric application signal signal line (6) 8A. By this signal, the electrode box 6 applies electricity, the water flowing through the washing water flow path is subjected to electrolytic treatment, and the toilet bowl is washed with electrolytic water.
[0039]
FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a urolith suppressor using a flow sensor. The constant flow valve 4 in FIG. 1 was replaced with a flow sensor 12 and connected to the electricity application control device 8 by a signal line (1) 8B. In the case of a constant flow valve, the mechanism of the electric application control device 8 can be simplified because the flow rate is substantially constant regardless of the pressure of the wash water flowing in and the opening of the on-off valve. On the other hand, by replacing the constant flow valve with a flow rate sensor, it is possible to control the amount of electricity applied finely according to the flow rate of the cleaning water. As the flow rate sensor here, there is one utilizing a principle such as an impeller type, a differential pressure type, an electromagnetic induction type, an ultrasonic type, a mass type, or a vortex type. In this case, the signal from the flow sensor 12 is transmitted to the electric application control device 8 through the signal line (1) 8B. As a result, the electric application control device 8 can assume the operation of the electromagnetic on-off valve 5, and therefore the signal line (4) can be omitted. For this reason, this is an effective means for retrofitting the urine stone suppression device while holding down a small number of replacement parts with respect to the existing automatic cleaning device.
[0040]
FIG. 3 shows a diagram in which an electromagnetic on-off valve and an electric application control device are connected by signal lines. The flow sensor 12 of FIG. 2 is omitted, and the electromagnetic on-off valve 5 and the electric application control device 8 are connected by a signal line ((2)) 8C. In this case, the signal of the electromagnetic on-off valve 5 is transmitted to the electric application control device 8 through the signal line ((2)) 8C. As a result, the electric application control device 8 can assume the operation of the electromagnetic on-off valve 5, and therefore the signal line (4) can be omitted. For this reason, this is an effective means for retrofitting the urine stone suppression device while holding down a small number of replacement parts with respect to the existing automatic cleaning device.
[0041]
Further, an operation detection sensor (not shown) is attached to the electromagnetic opening / closing valve 5, and the operation detection sensor and the electric application control device 8 are connected by a signal line (not shown). When it is difficult to take out the signal line from the electromagnetic on-off valve 5, the same effect as when the electromagnetic on-off valve 5 and the electric application control device 8 are connected by the signal line (2) 8C can be obtained by this method. it can.
[0042]
FIG. 3 shows a retrospective view of the present invention to an existing manual cleaning apparatus. The existing manual cleaning device is composed of a main body 14, a water stopper part 15 having a backflow prevention function, a main valve body part 16, a main valve body part upper lid 17, an operation push button part 18, and a cleaning water conduit 19. ing. On the other hand, the retrofit urine stone suppression device 13 is attached by cutting the washing water conduit portion and sandwiching it from both sides. The retrofitting urine stone suppression device 13 has a pair of electrodes 6 and an impeller-type flow sensor 12 in an internal washing water flow path, and includes an electric application control device 9 and a dry battery box 9 attached integrally with the outer case. Yes.
[0043]
When the user presses the operation push button portion 18 after using the toilet bowl, washing water flows, the electricity application control device 9 senses washing by the flow rate sensor 12, and the toilet is washed by the electrolyzed water by supplying electricity to the electrode 6. . In this case, it is detected that the push button is pushed by the flow sensor, but a proximity sensor can be attached to the push button and used instead. Further, in the case where a material that generates antibacterial ions such as silver is used for the electrode 6, even if the area of the electrode is about 1 cm ² , the electrode 6 is practically used, and the electrode can be downsized and the entire apparatus can be downsized. ing.
[0044]
Because of this miniaturization, all electrodes can be attached to the opening of the main body 14 of the existing manual cleaning device. Specifically, in addition to the example illustrated in FIG. 3, a method of screwing and attaching to the screw portion 20 connected to the water supply main pipe, a method of attaching the water stop cock portion 15 by replacing parts, and the main valve body portion 16 as the main electrode There are a method of exchanging with an integrated part of the valve body part and a method of inserting from the operation push button part 18.
[0045]
FIG. 4 shows an example of a device 22 in which an existing manual cleaning device is replaced with a photoelectric sensor type automatic cleaning device and an electrolyzed water cleaning function is added. The photoelectric sensor 10 senses the user, and the electricity application control device 8 opens the electromagnetic on-off valve 23 and applies electricity to the electrode 6 using the electricity of the dry battery box 9. The electromagnetic on-off valve 23 generates a flush operation of the main valve body by opening an operation connecting pipe 24 that connects between the upper part of the main valve body and the push button operation unit. Thereby, the electrolytic cleaning water can be automatically cleaned by sensor detection.
[0046]
5 to 9 show examples of retrofit installation on other toilet valves.
FIG. 5 shows a case where it is attached to a high tank, and FIG. 5 (a) shows a case where it is attached to a washing water conduit. This is the same structure as the above-mentioned manual cleaning device. FIG.5 (b) shows the case where it attaches to tank water surface vicinity. About a certain amount of water is poured from the water supply port to the tank per hour, and when it accumulates to a certain height, it has a structure that causes a self siphon to flow out as washing water. For this reason, the water surface is constantly moving up and down, and the electric application controller 8 is controlled so as to be applied only when the electrode 6 is in water. As a more preferable method of this type, there is a method in which the tank is doubled, an electrode is placed inside the tank, and the amount overflowing from the inside is accumulated in the outer tank which is the original tank. If it carries out like this, the height of a water surface will always become constant and the electric application control apparatus 8 can be simplified. FIG.5 (c) shows the case where it is immersed in a tank. Also in this case, electrolysis can be performed without being affected by up and down of the water surface by the self-siphon, and a throw-in type is possible, so that the mounting structure can be simplified.
[0047]
FIG. 6 shows a case where it is attached to an exposure type automatic flush valve. In this case, in addition to the structure similar to the manual cleaning device described above, there is a method of enlarging the case and incorporating everything in the case. By doing so, it is possible to share the power source and conceal the connection portion of the connector, thereby improving the design.
[0048]
FIG. 7 shows a case where it is attached to an embedded automatic flush valve. In this case, it has the same structure as the above-described manual cleaning device. However, since the electrode can be made small, it can be realized with a minimum dimensional difference by integration with an automatic flash valve control device.
[0049]
FIG. 8 shows a case where it is attached to an automatic flush valve-integrated toilet. Although it is the same as the case where it is attached to an embedded type automatic flush valve, since it is integrated with the toilet bowl, the processing to the wall becomes unnecessary and the workability is very good.
[0050]
FIG. 9 shows the case of attaching to a unit-type toilet. In this case, all the functional parts can be stored in the unit, so it can be installed without changing the appearance.
[0051]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention exhibits the following effects by the above configuration.
According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a urinary stone suppression device that requires no maintenance, hardly generates running costs, is compact, is not limited to a new installation, and can be attached to an existing toilet bowl cleaning device.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a urolith suppressor according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a urolith suppressor using a flow sensor. FIG. 3 is a signal line connecting an electromagnetic on-off valve and an electric application control device. [Fig. 4] Subsequent drawing of the present invention to an existing manual cleaning device [FIG. 5] A device in which the existing manual cleaning device is replaced with a photoelectric sensor type automatic cleaning device and an electrolytic water cleaning function is added [FIG. 6] to a high tank [Fig.7] Installation drawing to the automatic flush valve of the exposure type [Fig.8] Installation drawing to the automatic flushing valve of the embedded type [Fig.9] Installation drawing to the toilet with the automatic flushing valve [Fig.10] Installation drawing on unit-type toilet [Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Urine stone suppression apparatus, 1A ... Element group of washing water flow path system, 1B Element group of electric control system, 2 ... Stop cock, 3 ... Backflow prevention valve, 4 ... Constant Flow valve, 5 ... Electromagnetic switching valve, 6 ... Electrode box, 7 ... Valve control device, 7A ... Signal line (5), 8 ... Electric application control device, 8A ... Signal line (6), 8B ... Signal line (1), 8C ... Signal line (2), 9 ... Power supply, 10 ... Photoelectric sensor, 10A ... Signal line (3), 11 ... Signal line (4), 12 ... Flow rate sensor, 13 ... Retrofitting urine stone suppression device, 14 ... Manual cleaning device body, 15 ...・ Water stop cock part, 16 ... Main valve body part, 17 ... Main valve body upper cover, 18 ... Operating push button part, 19 ... Washing water conduit part, 20 ... Water supply book Pipe connection part, 21 ... Washing water Pipe connections, devices obtained by adding the electrolytic water cleaning function with substituting the 22 ... Photoelectric sensor type automatic cleaning device, 23 ... electromagnetic valve, 24 ... operating connection pipe

Claims (1)

At least one pair of electrodes installed in the wash water passage, and a electric application control device for applying electricity to said electrodes, inside of said at least one pair of electrodes, stop cock mounting portion of the existing manual cleaning device , Placed inside the main valve body of the existing manual cleaning device, inside the push button mounting portion of the existing manual cleaning device, the cleaning water conduit mounting portion of the existing manual cleaning device, or the cleaning water conduit portion of the existing manual cleaning device A urine stone suppression device characterized by comprising:

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