JP4288956B2 - Illuminated toilet facilities - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an illuminated toilet facility having a light emitter that illuminates a floor surface in front of a Western-style toilet.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As the lighting equipment for the floor surface in front of the Western-style toilet, in FIG. 1 and paragraph 0016 of JP-A-8-284232, the front surface of the sleeve portion of the toilet seat box is illuminated on the front surface of the front of the Western-style toilet. It is described that a lighting fixture is provided. In paragraphs 0063 to 0068 of FIGS. 2001-65032 and FIGS. 8 and 9, LEDs are provided on the shelf provided on the wall surface of the toilet room and the lower surface of the remote control to illuminate the feet when the toilet is used. Are listed. Paragraphs 0054 to 0055 of JP-A No. 2001-120448 and FIG. 8 describe that LEDs are embedded in the front and side surfaces of the Western-style toilet, the toilet seat, and the toilet lid to emit light.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-8-284232 [Patent Document 2]
JP 2001-65032 A [Patent Document 3]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-120448
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Since the illuminating device of the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-284232 is provided on the sleeve portion of the toilet seat box, the illumination light is irradiated forward so as to pass through the side of the Western-style toilet. For this reason, the brightness in front of the Western-style toilet is insufficient. Also, since the silhouette of a Western style toilet is reflected on the floor in front of the Western style toilet, it may be difficult to find when the slippers placed on the floor are on the shadow side of the silhouette.
[0005]
When the LED is provided on the wall shelf or the lower surface of the remote control as disclosed in JP 2001-65032 A, the floor surface near the wall surface becomes bright, but the brightness of the floor surface in front of the Western-style toilet is insufficient. Increasing the number of LEDs on the shelf or the remote controller increases the brightness in the vicinity of the Western-style toilet, but the cost is high and there is a risk of dazzling.
[0006]
Embedding LEDs on the side of a Western-style toilet as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-120448 is considerably expensive since the Western-style toilet is made of ceramics. In addition, although it describes that LED is provided to a toilet seat and a toilet lid in the same number, the toilet seat and toilet lid in this case are not overhanging from the upper surface of a western style toilet bowl, and the light from LED is upward or a western style toilet bowl. The floor near the Western-style toilet is not so bright.
[0007]
An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to provide an illuminated toilet facility that can efficiently illuminate the floor surface in front of a Western-style toilet.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The toilet bowl facility with illumination according to the present invention (Claim 1) is a toilet bowl installation in which a toilet seat and a toilet lid are provided on the upper surface of a Western style toilet bowl, and the front edge of the toilet lid is forward of the front edge of the toilet seat and the Western style toilet bowl And a floor lighting light emitter for irradiating light on the floor surface in front of the Western-style toilet is provided at the front edge of the toilet lid, and the toilet lid is in a standing state. A toilet device with illumination that irradiates light backward from the front edge of the toilet, and when the toilet lid is in an inverted state, the floor illumination light emitter is turned on, When the lid is in the standing state, the rear illumination light emitter is turned on .
The illuminated toilet device of the present invention (Claim 2) is a toilet device in which a toilet seat and a toilet lid are provided on the upper surface of a Western-style toilet, and the front edge of the toilet lid is more forward than the front edge of the toilet seat and the Western-style toilet. The floor lighting light emitter that illuminates the floor surface in front of the Western-style toilet is lighted toilet equipment provided at the front edge of the toilet lid, A human body detection sensor for detecting a person entering the room, means for causing the floor illumination light emitter to emit light in response to the human body detection by the human body detection sensor, and raising the toilet lid with a predetermined time delay after the human body detection by the human body detection sensor And a toilet lid turning device.
[0009]
According to lighted toilet facility according the present invention, the light emitter provided on the front edge of the toilet lid so the illumination light on the floor of the toilet stool front is irradiated locally on the floor of the toilet stool forward Can be illuminated. The present invention is particularly suitable for entering a room without turning on the interior lighting of the entire toilet room at night and using the stool under a faint light. When the toilet room is used in such a faint light, it is not dazzling and the cellular activity of the body is not activated by light, so that it is possible to go to bed immediately after stool.
[0010]
In the present invention, since light is irradiated from above to the front of the western-style toilet, a large silhouette does not occur in front of the western-style toilet and it is easy to find slippers and the like.
[0011]
In the present invention, but of providing a light emitting device to the toilet lid, the toilet seat, toilet lid is usually made of a synthetic resin, it is easy to manufacture to incorporate emitter.
[0012]
In this onset bright, the leading edge of the toilet lid than the front edge of該便seat and toilet stool is extended forward, the bed illumination light emitter is provided on the front edge of the該便lid. Since the toilet lid is usually a single plate and has a simpler configuration than the toilet seat, even if the front edge is extended so as to extend, the manufacturing cost can be increased only slightly. Moreover, when the front edge part of the toilet lid is extended, in the case of a manual toilet lid, the fingertip can be easily hung on the front edge part.
[0013]
According to the first aspect, there is provided a rear illumination light emitting device that emits light backward from the front edge of the toilet lid in a state where the toilet lid stands upright. If it does in this way, the wall surface in the vicinity of a hand-washing machine or the back of a Western style toilet bowl can be illuminated with the light irradiated backward from the upright toilet lid upper part. Thereby, it becomes easy to use a hand-washing machine, or the effect of indirect illumination can be acquired. In addition, the floor illumination light emitter does not irradiate light when the toilet lid is raised, and the rear illumination light emitter does not emit light when the toilet lid is tilted. The light will not be applied to the body. Therefore, since it is not dazzling and cell activity of the body does not become active, it is possible to go to bed immediately after stool.
[0014]
According to a second aspect of the invention, which is applied to toilet stool equipment having a toilet lid automatic opening and closing mechanism for automatically opening and closing based on a toilet lid to a human body detection, after the human body sensing a predetermined time the timing to open the toilet lid Ru is delayed. By doing so, for example, the floor surface in front of the Western-style toilet can be illuminated with the light emitter from the time when the user enters the toilet room and wears slippers or the like to approach the Western-style toilet.
[0017]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a Western style toilet equipment according to an embodiment, in which FIG. 1A shows a state in which the toilet lid is closed and FIG. 1B shows a state in which the toilet lid is opened. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another embodiment.
[0018]
A ceramic Western-style toilet 1 is installed on the floor F of the toilet room, and a tank cover 2 is installed on the upper surface of the rear part. The tank cover 2 is provided with a raw tank for storing toilet flush water, a hot water washing device for washing the human body with warm water, and the like. This hot water cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning nozzle 3 extending forward. On the side surface of the tank cover 2, a flush handle 4 is provided for discharging water from the low tank. A hand-washing device 5 is installed on the upper portion of the tank cover 2, and a hand-washing water discharge pipe 6 is erected on the upper surface on the back side of the hand-washing device 5.
[0019]
A toilet seat 7 and a toilet lid 8 are attached to the lower front portion of the tank cover 2 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. In this embodiment, the toilet lid 8 is of an automatic opening / closing type, and the tank cover 2 is provided with a human body detection sensor and a rotating device (both not shown).
[0020]
The front edge of the toilet lid 8 extends forward from the front edge of the toilet seat 7 and the upper front edge of the Western-style toilet 1. A light emitting unit 10 is provided at the front edge of the toilet lid 8. The light emitting unit 10 includes a substrate 11, a floor illumination LED 12 provided on a lower surface side of the substrate 11 (a lower surface side in a state where the toilet lid 8 is lying down, the same applies hereinafter), and an upper surface side of the substrate 11. The LED 13 for basin lighting provided in the LED and the translucent resin mold 14 in which the substrate 11 and the LEDs 12 and 13 are embedded are provided. The light emitting unit 10 is fixed to the toilet lid 8 by fitting into an opening 8 a provided at the front edge of the toilet lid 8.
[0021]
On the ceiling of the toilet room having the Western-style toilet equipment configured as described above, an indoor lighting device (such as an incandescent lamp or a fluorescent lamp) for illuminating the entire toilet room is provided.
[0022]
When a person enters the toilet room, it is detected by a human body detection sensor provided in the tank cover 2, the LED 12 is lit as shown in FIG. 1A, and the floor surface F in front of the Western-style toilet 1 is predetermined. Illuminated over a wide area. Therefore, even if the indoor lighting device is turned off at night, the floor and slippers can be visually recognized.
[0023]
After entering this room, when a predetermined time (for example, 3 to 5 seconds, this time is adjustable), the toilet lid 8 automatically opens (stands up).
[0024]
When the toilet lid 8 stands up, the LED 12 is turned off, the LED 13 is turned on instead, and the vicinity of the upper surface of the hand-washer 5 is illuminated. When the human body leaves, the LED 13 is turned off, and the toilet lid 8 is closed (falls down) after the required time has elapsed.
[0025]
Thus, according to this embodiment, the floor surface F in front of the Western-style toilet 1 is illuminated when entering the toilet room, so it is easy to approach the Western-style toilet 1. In this case, since the light from the light emitting unit 10 hardly causes a silhouette in front of the western-style toilet 1, the visibility of the floor surface F is good, and slippers and the like are easy to find.
[0026]
In addition, since the toilet lid 8 remains closed for a while after entering the toilet room, and the floor surface F is illuminated by the LED 12 during this time, there is sufficient time to wear slippers.
[0027]
After the toilet lid 8 is erected, the vicinity of the handwasher 5 is illuminated, so that handwashing is easy. Moreover, since the light which hits the hand-washing machine 5 and the wall behind it is reflected and the toilet room interior is indirectly illuminated, the use of the Western style toilet 1 is also easy. Since the LED 12 is turned off after the toilet lid 8 stands, it is not dazzling.
[0028]
It should be noted that the LEDs 12 and 13 may not be turned on during the daytime or when the indoor lighting equipment is turned on. The toilet lid 8 may be opened immediately after entering the toilet room.
[0029]
Although the said embodiment is related to the western style toilet equipment provided with the tank cover 2, this invention is applicable also to western style toilet equipment of the type etc. which used the toilet seat box instead of the tank cover. FIG. 3 shows an example thereof, and a toilet seat 21 and a toilet lid 22 are attached to the toilet seat box 20 so as to be rotatable. The light emitting unit 10 is provided at the front edge of the toilet lid 22.
[0030]
In the illustrated embodiment, each of the two light emitting units 10 is provided to be divided to the left and right, but the number and position of the light emitting units are not limited to those illustrated.
[0031]
In this invention, you may provide the light emitter (for example, LED12) only for floor lighting, and the light emitter (for example, LED13) only for back lighting in a separate location. For example, a floor illumination light emitter may be provided on the left side of the toilet lid, and a rear illumination light emitter may be provided on the right side.
[0032]
In the present invention, the hand-washing device may be omitted.
[0033]
In the present invention, LEDs may be provided in the vicinity of the flash handle, a paper holder, or the like as described in JP-A-2001-120448. In the present invention, a floor cover LED or the like may be provided on the tank cover.
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, an illuminated toilet facility capable of efficiently illuminating the floor surface in front of a Western-style toilet is provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a Western style toilet facility according to an embodiment.
2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Western style toilet 2 Tank cover 7 Toilet seat 8 Toilet lid 10 Light emitting unit 11 Substrate 12, 13 LED
20 Toilet seat box 21 Toilet seat 22 Toilet lid

Claims (2)

In toilet equipment with a toilet seat and toilet lid on the top of a Western-style toilet,
The front edge of the toilet lid extends forward from the front edge of the toilet seat and the Western-style toilet, and a floor lighting light emitter that irradiates light to the front floor of the Western-style toilet is provided in front of the toilet lid. At the edge,
Illuminated toilet equipment provided with a rear illumination light emitter that irradiates light rearward from the front edge of the toilet lid in a state where the toilet lid stands.
An illuminated toilet facility , wherein a floor illumination light emitter is turned on when the toilet lid is in an inverted state, and a rear illumination light emitter is turned on when the toilet lid is in an upright state . In toilet equipment with a toilet seat and toilet lid on the top of a Western-style toilet,
The front edge of the toilet lid extends forward from the front edge of the toilet seat and the Western-style toilet, and a floor lighting light emitter that irradiates light to the front floor of the Western-style toilet is provided in front of the toilet lid. Illuminated toilet equipment provided at the edge,
A human body detection sensor for detecting a person entering the toilet room;
Means for causing the floor illumination light emitter to emit light according to the human body detection of the human body detection sensor;
An illuminated toilet facility, comprising: a toilet lid rotating device that raises the toilet lid after a predetermined time after the human body detection by the human body detection sensor.

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