JP4158329B2 - Hot water cleaning device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a hot water cleaning apparatus (sometimes referred to as a sanitary cleaning apparatus or a local cleaning apparatus) that is installed in a Western-style toilet and performs cleaning by ejecting hot water from a nozzle toward a buttocks of a human body. More specifically, the present invention relates to a hot water washing apparatus provided with a toilet seat box.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As is well known, the hot water cleaning device guides hot water from a hot water source such as a hot water tank or a hot water supply pipe to a cleaning nozzle by using a pump or hot water pressure, and jets it upward or obliquely upward from an outlet at the tip of the cleaning nozzle. It is configured.
[0003]
An example of a conventional hot water cleaning apparatus (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-181860) will be described with reference to FIGS. The warm water cleaning apparatus 1 includes a toilet seat box 10 having warm water cleaning means 6 and warm air drying means (not shown), and a main body switch panel 2 provided on a sleeve portion 101 protruding from the main body of the toilet seat box 10.
[0004]
Each means is configured to be operated by the switch panel 2. The toilet seat box 10 has warm water cleaning means 6 and warm air drying means comprising cleaning nozzles 6a, 6b and the like. The main body of the toilet seat box 10 includes a toilet seat 81 and a toilet lid 82 and is disposed above a ceramic toilet bowl 83.
[0005]
As shown in FIG. 3, the switch panel 2 includes a stop button 20, an anus cleaning operation button 21, a bidet cleaning operation button 22, and a dry air blowing out hot air. A button 23 is provided.
[0006]
Further, a wide cleaning on / off button 24, a cleaning position advance button 25, and a reverse button 26 for adjusting the spread of cleaning are provided. A dial 28 for adjusting the washing strength, a toilet seat button 27 for adjusting the height of the toilet seat temperature, and a hot water button 30 for adjusting the water temperature of a shower or the like are arranged.
[0007]
4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the operation surface portion of FIG. Reference numeral 101a ′ denotes an upper half housing of the sleeve 101, and an insulating substrate 36 is supported below the upper half housing 101a ′, and a movable portion 37a of each switch element 37 mounted on the insulating substrate 36 is provided. A substrate holder 311 facing the inner wall of the upper half housing 101a ′ is disposed. The substrate holder 311 is obtained by superposing an upper member 311a and a lower member 311b. A spring 312 is interposed between the upper member 311a and the lower member 311b, and the upper member 311a is in contact with the inner wall of the upper half housing 101a ′ by the force of the spring 312. The insulating substrate 36 is interposed between the upper member 311a and the lower member 311b, is fixed to the upper member 311a with screws 313, and each switch element 37 is also supported by the upper member 311a. And the lower member 311b is supported by the boss | hub 314 protruded from the lower half housing of the sleeve part 101, for example.
[0008]
A key top 38 is disposed immediately above the switch element 37, and a resin 39 joined to the upper surface of the upper half housing 101a ′ by means of adhesion or the like so as to enclose the key top 38 in the window 31b. . The resin 39 is an operation nameplate that forms an operation surface of the operation device and also serves as an operation panel and a dial. The character portion 39a of the resin 39 covering the window 31b is so-called embossed (processed to give a bulge) so that the key top 38 can be easily pressed. The switch element 37 has a movable portion 37a interlocked with the pressed key top 38, and performs a switching action when the movable portion 37a protrudes and retracts. Further, the insulating substrate 36 is connected to a control device (not shown) so that each function of the human body local cleaning device can be operated.
[0009]
When the key top 38 is pressed from above the resin 39 with a finger or the like, the movable portion 37a operates in conjunction with the switch element 37 to operate the corresponding mechanism. It should be noted that the characters of the character portion 40b constituting the operation surface of FIG. 3 are applied to the back surface of the resin 39 by means of the printing layer 40a in order to avoid the disappearance of characters due to long-term use. For this reason, the resin 39 is made of a transparent material.
[0010]
As described above, in the hot water washing apparatus of the type in which the switch panel 2 is provided on the sleeve portion 101 that protrudes from the main body portion of the toilet seat box 10 to the side, the width of the sleeve portion 101 needs to be sufficiently large. That is, since the circuit board (36, 311) on which various switch elements 37 and circuit elements are mounted is arranged on the lower side of the switch panel 2, the sleeve portion 101 has a width that can accommodate the circuit board. There was a need to do.
[0011]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
If the inside dimensions of the toilet room are small, a hot water cleaning device having a large sleeve 101 may not be installed on a Western-style toilet. Even if a hot water washing apparatus can be installed, the overhanging sleeve portion tends to be an obstacle when cleaning the toilet room.
[0012]
A remote controller may be used to eliminate the sleeve, but the cost is high.
[0013]
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a warm water cleaning apparatus in which the overhang width of the sleeve portion is extremely small.
[0014]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The hot water cleaning apparatus of the present invention includes a main body part installed on the upper surface of the rear part of a Western-style toilet, a toilet seat box having a sleeve part projecting from the main body part to the outside of the Western-style toilet, and hot water cleaning installed in the toilet seat box In a hot water washing apparatus having a mechanism and an operation part provided on the upper surface of the sleeve part, a circuit board having a switch operated by the operation part is disposed in the main body part of the toilet seat box, and the operation part The circuit board switch is interlocked with a power transmission cable.
[0015]
In such a warm water washing apparatus, since the circuit board is disposed not in the sleeve portion but in the main body portion of the toilet seat box, the width of the sleeve portion can be significantly reduced. That is, the overhang of the sleeve portion to the side of the western style toilet becomes extremely small.
[0016]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. Fig.1 (a) is a perspective view of the hot water washing | cleaning apparatus which concerns on embodiment, FIG.1 (b) is sectional drawing which follows the BB line of Fig.1 (a).
[0017]
This hot water washing apparatus includes a toilet seat box 50 having a main body 51 disposed on a Western-style toilet (not shown in FIG. 1) and a sleeve 52 protruding from the main body 51 to the side of the Western-style toilet. ing. A toilet seat 53 and a toilet lid 54 are attached to the main body 51 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. A plurality of pressing portions 55 are provided on the upper surface of the sleeve portion 52 as an operating body for operating each function of the hot water cleaning apparatus.
[0018]
The pressing unit 55 includes a stop switch pressing unit that stops operations such as anal cleaning (shower cleaning), bidet cleaning, and hot air drying, an anal cleaning pressing unit, a bidet cleaning pressing unit, and a dry switch that blows hot air. Pressing part for wide cleaning, pressing part for wide cleaning on / off switch for adjusting the spread of cleaning, pressing part for cleaning position forward switch, pressing part for reverse switch, toilet seat temperature for adjusting the height of toilet seat temperature It consists of a pressing part for an adjustment switch and a pressing part for a hot water temperature adjustment switch that adjusts the water temperature of a shower or the like.
[0019]
Although the cleaning strength adjustment dial 58 is provided on the front surface of the sleeve portion 52, the dial 58 may be provided on the upper surface of the sleeve portion 52. Further, instead of the dial 58, a cleaning strength adjusting switch pressing portion may be provided on the upper surface of the sleeve portion 52.
[0020]
In the main body 51, a hot water tank, a washing nozzle (shower nozzle, charm nozzle), a switching valve, a hot air drying fan, a deodorizing device, and the like are installed. A circuit board 60 on which circuits and switches for controlling these electrical components are mounted is provided in the main body 51 of the toilet seat box 50. The main body 51 can be designed to have a large height as necessary, and has a sufficient space for accommodating the circuit board 60. In this embodiment, the circuit board 60 is disposed on the upper side of the hot water tank (not shown), but may be another location.
[0021]
The switch 61 installed on the circuit board 60 and the pressing portion 55 are interlocked by a push cable 62. This push cable 62 is formed by inserting a bendable wire 62b into a bendable sheath (sheath-like outer tube) 62a. One end of the sheath 62 a is fixed to the sheath mounting plate 63 below the pressing portion 55, and the other end is fixed to the sheath mounting plate 64 on the upper side of the circuit board 60. One end of the wire 62b is in contact with the pressing portion 55 via the key top 65, and the other end of the wire 62b is in contact with the switch 61. When the pressing portion 55 is pressed, the switch 61 is pressed through the wire 62b, and thereby an operation signal or an operation stop signal for the electrical components of the hot water cleaning apparatus is generated.
[0022]
In FIG. 1, only one push cable 62 is illustrated, but the same number of push cables 62 as the pressing portions 55 are provided.
[0023]
Thus, since the circuit board 60 is arranged in the main body 51 of the toilet seat box 50, the width W of the sleeve 52 may be small enough to arrange the required number of pressing parts 55 on the upper surface. Therefore, in the western style toilet with the hot water cleaning device arranged on the upper surface, the overhang of the sleeve 52 to the side of the western style toilet is very small, so this hot water cleaning device is also installed for the western style toilet in a narrow toilet room. can do.
[0024]
Further, the sleeve 52 does not get in the way when cleaning the toilet room.
[0025]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, since the hot water cleaning device of the present invention has a very small extension to the side of the sleeve, this hot water cleaning device can be installed in a Western-style toilet in a narrow toilet room, and when cleaning the toilet room, The part does not get in the way and is easy to clean.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1A is a perspective view of a hot water cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment, and FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a conventional toilet with a hot water cleaning device.
FIG. 3 is a plan view of a conventional switch panel.
4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the operation surface portion of FIG. 4;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hot water washing apparatus 2 Switch panel 10 Toilet seat box 20 Stop button 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 Button 28 Dial 50 Toilet seat box 51 Body part 52 Sleeve part 55 Press part 58 Dial 60 Circuit board 61 Switch 62 Push cable

Claims (1)

A toilet seat box having a main body portion installed on the rear upper surface of the western style toilet and a sleeve portion projecting from the main body portion to the outside of the western style toilet;
A hot water washing mechanism installed in the toilet seat box;
In the warm water washing apparatus having an operation part provided on the upper surface of the sleeve part,
A circuit board having a switch operated by the operation unit is arranged in a main body of the toilet seat box, and the operation unit and the switch of the circuit board are interlocked by a power transmission cable. Cleaning device.

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