JP5537449B2 - Portable toilet - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable toilet equipped with a toilet bowl whose height is adjustable.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, portable toilets that can easily change the installation position have been used as toilets for care used by elderly people, physically disabled people, sick people, and the like.

  For example, the portable toilet shown in Patent Document 1 includes a toilet bowl that houses a waste receptacle, and legs that are attached to both sides of the toilet bowl. Each leg is attached to the toilet bowl so that the vertical position can be adjusted, whereby the height of the toilet bowl can be adjusted according to the physique of the user.

  By the way, the portable toilet shown by patent document 1 needs to adjust the up-and-down position of each leg, respectively, in adjusting the height of a toilet bowl outline. Moreover, in order to level a portable toilet, it is necessary to make the height adjustment amount of each leg constant. For this reason, it takes time and effort to adjust the height of the toilet bowl.

JP 2008-206694 A

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said situation, Comprising: It aims at providing the portable toilet bowl which can perform height adjustment of a toilet bowl outline easily.

In order to solve the above problems, a portable toilet of the present invention comprises a pedestal arranged on the floor, a toilet outline supported by the pedestal alone, and a filth receptacle provided inside the toilet outline, The toilet bowl is connected via a central connecting portion that connects the central portion of the pedestal in plan view and the central portion of the bottom of the toilet bowl, and a height for changing the height of the toilet shell relative to the pedestal to the central connecting portion. An adjustment means is provided, and a lower portion of the waste receiver is disposed in the central connecting portion , and the height adjustment means includes a meandering groove extending vertically while meandering, and the toilet casing can be vertically adjusted by the meandering groove. Is supported by the pedestal .

The central connecting portion includes a support tube projecting upward from a central portion in plan view of the pedestal, and a connection tube portion projecting downward from a lower surface central portion of the toilet bowl outline. It is preferable that the connecting cylinder part is fitted by the serpentine groove so that the vertical position can be adjusted, and the filth receptacle is disposed inside the connecting cylinder part.

  In addition, an upper opening communicating with the toilet bowl is formed on the upper surface of the toilet bowl, and the filth receptacle accommodated in the toilet bowl through the upper opening has a toilet container and an antifouling container in which the toilet container is stored. A stool container mounting portion that protrudes outwardly from the upper opening edge of the stool container and is placed on the upper edge of the filth container. It is preferable that an antifouling container placement portion that protrudes outward from the toilet container placement portion and is placed on the edge of the upper opening of the toilet bowl outline is formed at the opening edge portion.

  In the present invention, the height of the toilet bowl can be easily adjusted.

It is a perspective view of the portable toilet of this embodiment. It is a perspective view of a portable toilet when a toilet lid is arranged in a closed position. It is the figure which abbreviate | omitted illustration of the toilet seat in FIG. It is side surface sectional drawing of a portable toilet. It is front sectional drawing of a portable toilet. It is a perspective view of a support cylinder. It is the expansion perspective view seen from the back side of a portable toilet. It is the partially broken perspective view of a portable toilet. It is a perspective view of a toilet bowl outline. It is the partially broken perspective view which shows the toilet bowl outline and pedestal connection part of a portable toilet. It is side surface sectional drawing which shows the front side upper end part of the toilet bowl outline. It is a perspective view of a base. (A)-(c) is explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement in the case of height adjustment of a toilet bowl outline.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the portable toilet 1 according to the present embodiment includes a pedestal 2 disposed on the floor, a toilet bowl 3 supported by the pedestal 2 alone, and a rear end portion of the toilet bowl 3 around the left-right axis. The toilet seat 4 and the toilet lid 5 are rotatably connected to each other, and the filth receptacle 6 is provided inside the toilet bowl 3. The term “around the left / right axis” means that the rotation axis direction is parallel to the left / right direction.

  The portable toilet 1 is a chair-type that includes a backrest 7 erected on the rear end of the toilet bowl 3 and armrests 8 that can be height-adjusted on both right and left ends of the toilet enclosure 3. It is a toilet. Further, the portable toilet 1 includes a paper holder 10 or a paper hanger 11 for supporting the toilet roll 9, and the paper holder 10 or the paper hanger 11 is detachably attached to the toilet casing 3. Moreover, the portable toilet 1 is lightening by forming each component using synthetic resins, such as a polypropylene, and it can move now easily.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the toilet outer shell 3 includes an upper outer body 12 constituting a toilet upper surface portion and a lower outer body 13 constituting a toilet outer peripheral surface portion.

  As shown in FIG. 5 and the like, the lower outer body 13 includes a shallow container-shaped receiving part 14 that receives the upper outer body 12, and a cylindrical connecting tube part 15 that protrudes downward from the center of the bottom of the receiving part 14. Has been. The peripheral part of the upper outer body 12 is placed on the peripheral part of the receiving part 14 and is attached to the lower outer body 13 in this state.

  As shown in FIG. 9, a recessed portion 16 that is recessed downward is formed at the central portion in the left-right direction of the upper surface of the upper outer body 12. Further, an upper opening 17 penetrating vertically through the center of the bottom of the recessed portion 16 is formed at a central position in plan view of the upper outer body 12.

  The filth receptacle 6 is stored in the toilet bowl 3 through the upper opening 17 as shown in FIG. The filth receptacle 6 consists of a double container composed of a stool container 19 that receives urine and an antifouling container 20 in which the stool container 19 is stored. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 21 denotes a container lid for closing the upper opening of the stool container 19 after the stool, and the container lid 21 is removed from the stool container 19 during the stool. The removed container lid 21 can be erected on the base 2 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.

  On the upper edge of the antifouling container 20, an antifouling container placement part 22 protruding outward is formed over the entire length in the circumferential direction. The antifouling container 20 is inserted into the toilet bowl 3 through the upper opening 17 so as to be put in and out.

  The antifouling container 20 is suspended by placing the antifouling container placement part 22 on the bottom part of the recessed part 16 including the peripheral part of the upper opening 17 of the toilet bowl outline 3. In this suspended state, the lower part of the antifouling container 20 is arranged in the connecting tube part 15 of the toilet shell 3.

  The inner peripheral edge portion of the antifouling container placement portion 22 is a stool container placement portion 23 that is recessed by one step from the outer peripheral portion.

  On the upper edge of the stool container 19, a stool container mounting portion 24 protruding outward is formed over the entire length in the circumferential direction. The stool container 19 is inserted into the antifouling container 20 so that it can be taken in and out from above. The stool container 19 is suspended on the antifouling container 20 by placing the stool container mounting part 24 on the inner peripheral part of the stool container mounting part 23 of the antifouling container 20. It is arranged in the connecting cylinder part 15. A suspension 26 (see FIG. 3) straddling between the left and right ends of the stool container 19 is attached to the upper end of the stool container 19 so as to be rotatable about the left and right axis. The stool container 19 can be easily put in and out of the antifouling container 20 by gripping the hanging hand 26.

  Moreover, the outer peripheral part of the said antifouling container mounting part 22 protrudes outward from the stool container mounting part 24 as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the pedestal 2 includes a pedestal main body 27 disposed on the floor. The pedestal main body 27 has a pedestal cylinder part 28 that opens upward, and a grounding part 29 that protrudes outward and is directly grounded to the floor is formed at the lower end of the pedestal cylinder part 28. The grounding portion 29 is formed over the outer periphery excluding the front end portion of the pedestal tube portion 28 so that the toilet bowl 3 can be supported by the pedestal 2 with a good balance. A plurality of casters 30 are provided at the rear end portion of the ground contact portion 29, and the portable toilet 1 can travel on the floor using the casters 30.

  As shown in FIG. 4 and the like, the pedestal 2 and the toilet bowl outline 3 are connected only through a central connecting portion 31 that connects the central portion of the pedestal 2 in plan view and the bottom central portion of the toilet bowl outline 3. The central connecting portion 31 is provided with a height adjusting means 32 for changing the height of the toilet shell 3 relative to the pedestal 2, and by this height adjusting means 32, the height of the toilet shell 3 is adjusted to the physique of the user. It can be changed according to the above.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the pedestal 2 includes a support cylinder 33 that supports the toilet bowl 3 at the center in plan view. The support cylinder 33 is attached to the pedestal main body 27 so as to be concentric with the pedestal cylinder part 28 and project upward from the bottom part of the pedestal cylinder part 28.

  Between the base cylinder part 28 and the base cylinder part 28 arrange | positioned inside this, the cylinder part insertion groove | channel 34 which opens circularly in top view and is opened upwards is formed. As shown in FIG. 4, the connecting cylinder 15 of the toilet bowl 3 is slidably inserted into the cylinder insertion groove 34. The connecting tube portion 15 is fitted on the outside of the support tube 33 so that the vertical position can be adjusted. The connecting tube portion 15, the support tube 33, and the pedestal tube portion 28 constitute a central connecting portion 31 that connects the pedestal 2 and the toilet bowl 3.

  As shown in FIG. 9, a rib 35 extending in the circumferential direction of the connection tube portion 15 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the lower end portion of the connection tube portion 15. A plurality of ribs 35 are formed at equal intervals in the vertical direction at the same position in the circumferential direction of the connecting tube portion 15, and a rib group 36 including the plurality of ribs 35 is formed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the connecting tube portion 15. A plurality of groups are formed. In the example shown in the figure, three groups of rib groups 36 each comprising two upper and lower ribs 35 are formed, and these ribs 35 serve as slide portions that slide relative to the support cylinder 33.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, meandering grooves 37 extending in the vertical direction while meandering along the circumferential direction of the support cylinder 33 are formed at locations corresponding to the rib groups 36 on the outer peripheral surface of the support cylinder 33. Yes.

  Each meandering groove 37 is composed of a large number of lateral grooves 38 extending in the circumferential direction of the support cylinder 33 and connection grooves 39 that connect ends in the longitudinal direction of the lateral grooves 38 adjacent to each other in the vertical direction. Each connection groove 39 is arranged in a staggered manner when viewed from the outside, and each connection groove 39 excluding the uppermost connection groove 39 has an upper end connected to the lower end of the upper connection groove 39 and is connected to the end of the lateral groove 38. It is connected to the opposite end.

  As shown in FIG. 13 (a), in the state in which the toilet bowl 3 is directed to the front, the ribs 35 of each rib group 36 are inserted into the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the transverse groove 38 of the corresponding meandering groove 37 as shown in FIG. Is done. Among these, the ribs 35 that belong to the same rib group 36 and are adjacent to each other in the vertical direction are arranged in the horizontal grooves 38 that are lined up and down via a single horizontal groove 38. The upper surface of each rib 35 is in contact with the upper portion of the corresponding lateral groove 38, so that the connecting tube portion 15 of the toilet bowl 3 is supported by the support tube 33 of the base 2.

  A lock member 40 for restricting rotation of the toilet bowl 3 relative to the support cylinder 33 in a state where the toilet bowl 3 is directed to the front is attached to and detached from the central connecting portion 31 that connects the pedestal 2 and the toilet bowl 3. It is attached freely.

  As shown in FIG. 12, a lower recessed portion 41 that opens forward and upward is formed at the rear end portion of the inner peripheral surface of the pedestal tube portion 28. As shown in FIG. 10, the lock member 40 is fitted into the lower recess 41 so as to be able to be taken in and out in a state where movement in the left-right direction is restricted from above.

  As shown in FIG. 7, an upper recessed portion 42 that opens rearward and downward is formed at the same position in the circumferential direction as the lower recessed portion 41 on the outer peripheral surface of the receiving portion 14 of the toilet shell 3. The upper end portion of the lock member 40 fitted into the lower recess portion 41 is fitted into the lower end portion of the upper recess portion 42 in a state where movement in the left-right direction is restricted. This restricts the toilet shell 3 from rotating relative to the support tube 33. That is, the lock member 40, the lower recess 41, and the upper recess 42 constitute lock means for restricting the rotation of the toilet shell 3 relative to the support tube 33.

  An operation portion 43 is formed at the upper end portion of the lock member 40 so as to protrude rearward from the pedestal tube portion 28. By lifting the operation portion 43 upward, the lock member 40 can be easily pulled out from the lower recess 41 and the upper recess 42, thereby releasing the lock.

  In the present embodiment, the height adjusting means 32 is constituted by the locking means, the meandering grooves 37, and the ribs 35. In order to raise the toilet shell 3 with respect to the base 2 by the height adjusting means 32, for example, the following is performed.

  First, the lock member 40 is pulled out from the lower recessed portion 41, and the rotation restriction of the toilet bowl 3 by the lock member 40 is released. Next, the toilet bowl 3 facing forward as shown in FIG. 13 (a) is rotated around the support cylinder 33, and the toilet bowl 3 is directed obliquely forward as shown in FIG. 13 (b). In addition, the rotation direction of the toilet bowl 3 at this time is a direction in which each rib 35 is slid to the connection groove 39 side that communicates with the lateral groove 38 on the upper stage. Thereby, each rib 35 moves to the end corresponding to the connection groove 39 along the inserted lateral groove 38.

Next, the toilet bowl 3 is lifted, and each rib 35 is moved to the upper lateral groove 38 through the connection groove 39. Subsequently, the toilet bowl 3 is rotated in the direction opposite to the above rotation and directed to the front. The rib 35 is arrange | positioned in the center part of the length direction of the corresponding horizontal groove 38. FIG. Thereby, the toilet bowl 3 rises one step. In addition, what is necessary is just to repeat the same operation | work, when raising the toilet bowl 3 in multiple steps. That is, in this case, the toilet shell 3, FIG. 1 3 (a), FIG. 1 3 (b), is rotated in the order shown in FIG. 1 3 (c). Further, in order to lower the toilet bowl 3 with respect to the pedestal 2, the toilet bowl 3 may be moved contrary to the above-described rising.

  Then, after changing the height of the toilet shell 3 relative to the base 2 as described above, the lock member 40 is inserted into the lower recessed portion 41 and the upper recessed portion 42 as described above, and the support cylinder 33 of the toilet shell 3 is inserted. The rotation with respect to is regulated. Thereby, the toilet bowl 3 is fixed at a desired height.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the toilet bowl 3 includes a connecting body 44 provided on the rear end portion of the bottom surface portion of the recessed portion 16. The toilet seat 4 and the toilet lid 5 are rotatably attached to the connecting body 44. The connecting body 44 is detachably attached to the toilet bowl 3 and can be removed from the toilet bowl 3 with the toilet seat 4 and the toilet lid 5 attached.

  Next, the toilet seat 4 will be described. In the following description of the toilet seat 4, the description will be based on the direction when the toilet seat 4 is arranged at the use position on the toilet outer shell 3 as shown in FIG.

The toilet seat 4 has a seat portion 48 formed with a substantially elliptical toilet seat opening 45 formed in a ring shape in plan view and long in the front and rear in the center, and a toilet seat connected portion 46 protruding rearward from the seat portion 48. The toilet seat connected portion 46 is connected to a toilet seat connecting portion 47 (see FIG. 8) formed at the front portion of the connecting body 44 so as to be rotatable about the left and right axis. As shown in FIG. 1, the toilet seat 4 is tilted forward and placed on the rear end portion of the toilet casing 3 from the use position where the toilet seat 4 is placed on the antifouling container placement portion 22 (see FIG. 3) of the antifouling container 20. It can be rotated in the range up to the non-use position. Incidentally, the toilet seat 4 in position of use but it may also be one that is placed on the toilet shell 3. Further, the toilet seat 4 in the non-use position is supported by either the backrest 7 or the toilet bowl 3.

As shown in FIG. 11, the seat portion 48 of the toilet seat 4 is formed in a substantially inverted U shape in which a cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the circumferential direction opens downward. Inner peripheral portion 49 which constitutes the inner circumferential surface of the seat portion 48, the outer peripheral portion 3 protrude downward from constituting a seat 4 outer peripheral surface over the circumferential direction of the full-length, human waste leakage prevention tubular by the projecting portion Part 50 is formed.

  The toilet seat 4 disposed at the use position is placed on the outer peripheral portion of the antifouling container mounting portion 22 of the antifouling container 20 and is disposed above the toilet container mounting portion 24 of the toilet container 19. The The urine leakage preventing portion 50 of the toilet seat 4 disposed at this use position is disposed along the inner surface of the upper opening edge of the toilet container 19, and the upper opening edge of the toilet container 19 and the toilet seat 4 above this are disposed. Cover the space. For this reason, the urine leakage prevention part 50 can prevent the urine from reaching the toilet seat 4 disposed above and from the upper opening edge of the toilet container 19 from the inside of the toilet seat 4 or the toilet container 19, As a result, it is possible to prevent urine from leaking out to the antifouling container placement part 22 or the outside.

  Further, the toilet lid 5 covers the toilet seat 4 arranged at the use position from above. The outer peripheral edge of the toilet lid 5 is a hanging part 51 protruding downward. The hanging portion 51 of the toilet lid 5 disposed at a position covering the toilet seat 4 is placed at a position outside the toilet seat 4 at the use position in the antifouling container placement portion 22 of the antifouling container 20. For this reason, leakage of urine can also be prevented by the hanging part 51.

In the portable toilet 1 of the present embodiment described above, the pedestal 2 and the toilet bowl outline 3 are connected only through the central connecting part 31 that connects the central part of the pedestal 2 in plan view and the bottom central part of the toilet bowl outline 3. . The central connecting portion 31 is provided with height adjusting means 32 for changing the height of the toilet shell 3 relative to the base 2. For this reason, in adjusting the height of the toilet bowl 3, it is only necessary to adjust the height adjusting means 32 provided in the central connecting portion 31 that connects the pedestal 2 and the toilet bowl 3 alone. It does not take. Moreover, the filth receptacle 6 provided in the toilet bowl outline 3 is arrange | positioned in the center connection part 31 which connects the center parts of the base 2 and the toilet bowl outline 3. FIG. For this reason, the capacity | capacitance of the waste receptacle 6 can be enlarged, keeping the toilet bowl outline 3 compact. The lower portions of the toilet container 19 and the antifouling container 20 may be positioned in the support cylinder 33 even when the toilet casing 3 is raised, and at this time, the lower positions of the toilet container 19 and the antifouling container 20 are positioned above the support cylinder 33. May be.

Further, the central connecting portion 31 of the present embodiment includes a support tube 33 protruding upward from the central portion of the pedestal 2 in plan view and a connecting tube portion 15 protruding downward from the lower surface central portion of the toilet shell 3. The connecting cylinder part 15 is fitted in the support cylinder 33 so that the vertical position can be adjusted. If it does in this way, the said center connection part 31 can be provided in the portable toilet 1 easily. The central connecting portion 31 is not limited to the one in the present embodiment, and the design can be changed as appropriate.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, the stool container mounting part 24 which protrudes outward in the upper opening edge part of the stool container 19 and is mounted on the upper edge part of the antifouling container 20 is formed. Further, an antifouling container placement portion 22 that protrudes outward and is placed on the edge of the upper opening 17 of the toilet bowl outline 3 is formed at the upper opening edge of the antifouling container 20. And the antifouling container mounting part 22 protrudes outward from the stool container mounting part 24. For this reason, even if urine leaks from the inside of the toilet seat 4 or the stool container 19 to the antifouling container placement part 22 side, the antifouling container placement part 22 causes the manure to be opened in the upper opening of the toilet casing 3. Intrusion into the toilet shell 3 from 17 can be prevented. Further, in this case, the manure can be prevented from entering the central connecting portion 31 provided with the height adjusting means 32 and relatively difficult to clean.

1 Portable toilet 2 Pedestal 3 Toilet outline 6 Soil receptacle
15 connecting cylinder part 17 upper opening 31 central connecting part 32 height adjusting means 33 supporting cylinder

Claims (3)

A pedestal arranged on the floor; a toilet outline supported by the pedestal alone; and a filth receptacle provided inside the toilet outline, wherein the pedestal and the toilet outline are located between the central portion of the pedestal in plan view and the toilet outline. Connected via a central connecting portion connecting the bottom central portion, the central connecting portion is provided with a height adjusting means for changing the height of the toilet shell with respect to the pedestal, and the waste receiver is provided in the central connecting portion. The lower portion is disposed, and the height adjusting means includes a meandering groove extending vertically while meandering, and the toilet bowl is supported by the base so that the vertical position can be adjusted by the meandering groove. Portable toilet. The central connecting portion includes a support tube projecting upward from a central portion in plan view of the pedestal and a connection tube portion projecting downward from a lower surface central portion of the toilet bowl outline, and the connection to the support tube The portable toilet according to claim 1, wherein a cylindrical portion is fitted in the meandering groove so that the vertical position can be adjusted, and the waste receiver is disposed inside the connecting cylindrical portion.   An upper opening communicating with the inside of the toilet bowl is formed on the upper surface portion of the toilet bowl, and the waste receptacle received in the toilet bowl through the upper opening is a toilet container, and an antifouling container in which the toilet container is stored. The upper opening edge of the antifouling container is formed with a stool container mounting portion that protrudes outwardly on the upper opening edge of the stool container and is placed on the upper edge of the antifouling container. The antifouling container mounting part which protrudes outward from the said stool container mounting part and is mounted on the edge of the upper opening of the said toilet bowl outline is formed in the part. Or the portable toilet of Claim 2.

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