JP4626579B2 - Toilet handrail mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a handrail attachment structure for a toilet bowl.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a handrail mounting structure for attaching a handrail to a ceramic toilet bowl, a structure in which a metal base plate is fixed to the toilet bowl and a handrail is fixed to the metal base plate is known (for example, Patent Document 1). reference). However, in this case, the load from the handrail is applied to the ceramic toilet, and generally there is a possibility that the ceramic product may be damaged because the strength varies depending on the product. Had to take bigger than the product.

Therefore, toilets that prevent the load from handrails from being received by pottery have been considered. For example, the first half of the toilet is manufactured with pottery, and the second half of the toilet is configured with a metal frame. It is known that it is fixed to the front half (see, for example, Patent Document 2), a handrail is fixed to this frame portion, and the load from the handrail is received by the frame portion.
JP 2003-000476 A JP 2003-41645 A

  However, in this case, although there is no possibility of damage like pottery, it is still necessary to ensure strength, and in particular, it is necessary to receive a moment applied to the part where the handrail is attached to the frame part. Fastening to the frame with bolts and nuts, and trying to receive moments only with these bolts and nuts, the bolts will not endure with the fastening force alone, or the bolts and nuts will be deformed. Met.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is a toilet handrail mounting structure capable of receiving a moment applied from the handrail to the frame portion when the handrail is fixed to the frame portion. It is a problem to provide.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is a handrail attachment structure for a toilet having a metal frame portion 2 at the rear, and the frame portion 2 is substantially front and rear on both the left and right sides. An upper horizontal frame 21 whose direction is the longitudinal direction and a rear vertical frame 23 projecting downward from the vicinity of the rear end of the upper horizontal frame 21, and the base plate 3 attached to the frame portion 2 is attached to the upper horizontal piece 31. And a vertical piece 32 and a lower horizontal piece 33 are formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section, the rear end surface of the lower horizontal piece 33 of the base plate 3 is brought into contact with the front surface of the rear vertical frame 23 of the frame portion 2, and the base plate The upper horizontal piece 31 is fixed to the upper surface of the upper horizontal frame 21, and the base end portion of the handrail 4 is attached to the base plate 3.

  By adopting such a configuration, the moment that the frame portion 2 receives from the base plate 3 can be received by the front surface of the rear vertical frame 23, and the moment is applied to the portion where the base plate 3 and the frame portion 2 are fixed by the fixing tool. It is prevented from being concentrated and damaged.

  In the present invention, moments are prevented from being intensively applied to the portion where the base plate and the frame portion are fixed by the fixing tool, and the load applied to the handrail can be stably supported. It can be done.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

  The toilet body is mainly composed of a toilet main body 1 made of ceramic or synthetic resin disposed in the front portion and a metal frame portion 2 installed in the rear portion of the toilet main body 1.

  The toilet body 1 is not particularly limited, such as one having an S-shaped fixed trap structure or one having a movable turn trap structure. Hereinafter, an example of the toilet body 1 having a turn trap structure will be described with reference to FIG.

  A bowl 11 having an opening 11 a at the top is formed in the toilet body 1, and a case body 12 is provided at the rear of the toilet body 1. An attachment hole 13 is provided on one side wall of the case body 12, and a trap part 14 that can be rotated and turned upside down is inserted and attached to the attachment hole 13, and most of the trap part 14 is in the case body 12. The connecting portion 15 at the front end of the trap portion 14 protrudes from the case body 12 to the outside. The connecting portion 15 of the trap portion 14 is fitted and connected to a bowl drain port 11 b formed at the rear end portion of the bowl 11.

  The trap portion 14 disposed in the case body 12 is configured such that a rear end, which is a free end of the trap portion 14, is turned upside down by a trap driving means (not shown). In this example, the trap portion 14 is formed of a soft material and has a bellows shape, and a rotating body 16 rotatably attached to the case body 12 is connected to the rear end portion of the trap portion 14. The rotating body 16 is connected so as to be rotated by a motor constituting a trap driving means disposed outside the case body 12. Therefore, when the motor is rotated in one direction, the rear end that is the free end of the trap portion 14 is rotated so that the rear end is downward. When the motor is rotated in the opposite direction, the rear end that is the free end of the trap portion 14 is upward. It turns to become.

  A discharge hole 19 is provided in the lower part of the case body 12, and an external drain pipe is connected to the discharge hole 19. Accordingly, a drainage channel (not shown) extending from the bowl 11 is constituted by the bowl drainage port 11b of the bowl 11, the trap part 14, the case body 12, and the external drainage pipe.

  The toilet body 1 is provided with a water supply passage 17 for supplying water to the bowl 11, and the water supply passage 17 has a water passage rim formed at the edge of the upper end opening 11 a of the bowl 11 of the toilet 1. The other end is connected to the water pipe. A water supply means 18 comprising a water supply electromagnetic valve for opening and closing the water supply path 17 is provided in the middle of the water supply path 17.

  Next, the frame part 2 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the frame portion 2 is a metal part installed on the rear portion of the toilet bowl, that is, on the rear side of the toilet bowl body 1, and is fixed to the toilet bowl body 1 with a bowl 11, etc. Or a structure that is fixed to the floor and receives a load, and a handrail 4 is attached as in the present invention, or a device such as a local cleaning device is placed. Is. An embodiment will be described below.

  The frame portion 2 includes an upper horizontal frame 21 having a longitudinal direction substantially in the front-rear direction on each of the left and right sides of the toilet, a front vertical frame 22 provided below the front end portion of the upper horizontal frame 21, and an upper horizontal frame. Side having a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from the side, comprising a rear vertical frame 23 projecting downward from the vicinity of the rear end of the frame 21, and a lower horizontal frame 24 connecting the lower ends of the front vertical frame 22 and the rear vertical frame 23. The frame part 20 is provided, and the installation frame 25 is installed in the front end part of the vicinity of the upper end part of the left and right side frame part 20, and the rear end part, and the left and right side frame parts 20 are connected.

  The frame 2 may have a front end fixed to the toilet body 1, but a through hole 24 a that penetrates vertically is formed in the lower horizontal frame 24, and a fastener (such as a bolt nut or a screw) is formed in the through hole 24 a. (Not shown) is inserted and fixed to the rear end of the lower end of the toilet body 1 and the floor. A handrail 4 is attached to the frame portion 2 via a base plate 3.

  The base plate 3 is a plate having a rectangular shape when viewed from the side, and the shape of the side view is not limited, but the shape of the front view, that is, the shape of the cross section in the front-rear direction of the plate, is the upper horizontal piece 31. And a vertical piece 32 and a lower horizontal piece 33 are formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section. A handrail attachment portion is formed on the base plate 3. The handrail mounting portion includes a positioning projection 34 formed of a plurality of convex portions or concave portions and a plurality of handrail mounting holes.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the handrail 4 has a shaft portion 42 extending laterally from a circular mounting seat 41 of the handrail 4, and an arm 43 obliquely upward from the tip portion at the side end portion of the shaft portion 42. The arm 43 is curved so as to extend vertically as the arm 43 goes upward, and a horizontal handrail portion 44 is formed at the upper end of the arm 43. The mounting seat 41 is connected to the base plate 3 described above, and is provided with positioning holes 45 and handrail mounting holes 46 at positions corresponding to the positioning protrusions 34 and handrail mounting holes provided on the base plate 3. As described above, when the handrail 4 is attached to the base plate 3, the mounting seat 41 of the handrail 4 is arranged in alignment with the base plate 3, and the positioning protrusion 34 is fitted into the positioning hole 45 so that the base plate of the handrail 4 is fitted. 3 is determined, and a screw 47 is screwed into the handrail mounting hole 46 to attach the handrail 4 to the base plate 3. The handrail portion 44 is used to apply weight when a disabled person or an elderly person who is physically disabled stands up from a state of sitting on the toilet seat, and makes the stand-up operation easier, but the weight hung on the handrail portion 44 Is applied to the base plate 3 and can stably support the weight hung on the handrail 4.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the base plate 3 is attached to the frame portion 2 in a state where the rear end surface of the lower horizontal piece 33 of the base plate 3 is in contact with the front surface of the rear vertical frame 23 of the frame portion 2. The upper horizontal piece 31 is fixed to the upper surface of the upper horizontal frame 21 of the frame portion 2. The upper horizontal piece 31 of the base plate 3 is provided with a through hole 31a penetrating vertically, and the upper horizontal frame 21 of the frame portion 2 is provided with a through hole 21a penetrating vertically. The upper horizontal piece 31 is placed on the upper surface of the upper horizontal frame 21 of the frame portion 2 and is fixed by the fixing tool 5 made of bolts and nuts in a state where the through holes 24a and 21a are communicated.

  In the handrail mounting structure of the present invention, when a hand is placed on the handrail portion 44 of the handrail 4, a moment as shown in FIG. The rear end surface of the lower horizontal piece 33 of the base plate 3 comes into contact with the front surface of the rear vertical frame 23 of the frame portion 2 to receive a force, and the rotational force is received by the frame portion 2. As a result, it is possible to prevent the moment from being intensively applied to the portion where the base plate 3 and the frame portion 2 are fixed by the fixing tool, and being damaged.

It is the perspective view which showed only the flame | frame part and base plate of this invention for convenience. 1 is an overall schematic perspective view of the present invention. It is explanatory sectional drawing of a toilet body of a turn trap type, (a) shows at the time of water storage, (b) shows at the time of drainage. It is explanatory drawing explaining attachment of a handrail and a baseplate. (A) is sectional drawing explaining the attachment to the flame | frame part of a baseplate, (b) is a perspective view explaining the part which receives a moment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Toilet body 11 Bowl 14 Trap part 16 Rotating body 2 Frame part 21 Upper horizontal frame 22 Front vertical frame 23 Rear vertical frame 24 Lower horizontal frame 3 Base plate 31 Upper horizontal piece 32 Vertical piece 33 Lower horizontal piece 4 Handrail 41 Mounting seat 42 Shaft part 43 Arm 44 Handrail part 5 Fastening tool

Claims (1)

A handrail mounting structure for a toilet having a metal frame portion at the rear, wherein the frame portion is on both the left and right sides, respectively, an upper horizontal frame having a longitudinal direction substantially in the front-rear direction, and a vicinity of the rear end portion of the upper horizontal frame And a rear vertical frame projecting downward, and a base plate to be attached to the frame portion is formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section composed of an upper horizontal piece, a vertical piece, and a lower horizontal piece, The end surface is brought into contact with the front surface of the rear vertical frame of the frame portion, the upper horizontal piece of the base plate is fixed to the upper surface of the upper horizontal frame, and the base end portion of the handrail is attached to the base plate. Toilet handrail mounting structure.

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