JP5902488B2 - Toilet door open / close switch - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a toilet door opening / closing switch, and more particularly to a switch for opening / closing an automatic door constructed in a toilet installed in a hospital or a station.

  To illustrate an outline of a conventionally known toilet door opening / closing switch, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-293110 of Patent Document 1 is illustrated. As shown in FIG. 1 of Patent Document 1, a toilet 1 has a front door 1a. An automatic opening / closing door 2 provided in the room, an outdoor switch 3 attached to the outdoor surface in the vicinity of the front door 1a for opening / closing the door 2, and an indoor switch 4 attached indoors for opening / closing the door 2. And a lock mechanism 2b for restricting the opening / closing operation of the door 2.

As shown in FIG. 3 of Patent Document 1, the outdoor switch 3 includes an external open switch 3a, an external close switch 3b, and a busy lamp 3c. When the external open switch 3a is operated, the door 2 Is opened, and the door 2 is set to close when the external closing switch 3b is operated.
The indoor switch 4 has an internal opening switch 4a, an internal closing switch 4b, and a locking lamp 4c. When the internal opening switch 4a is operated, the door 2 is opened, and when the internal closing switch 4b is operated, the door 2 is opened. It is set to close.
The lock mechanism 2b automatically locks the door 2 when the door 2 is closed by operating the internal close switch 4b of the indoor switch 4, and opens the door 2 by operating the internal open switch 4a. Is automatically unlocked.
Further, when the door 2 is closed by operating the internal close switch 4b of the indoor switch 4 and the lock mechanism 2b is locked, the in-use lamp 3c of the outdoor switch 3 and the in-lock lamp of the indoor switch 4 are locked. 4c is set to light.

JP 7-293110 A

As for the door opening / closing switch, both the outdoor switch 3 and the indoor switch 4 have the letters “open” written on the open switches 3a and 4a, and the letters “closed” written on the closed switches 3b and 4b. The user can determine the open switches 3a and 4a or the closed switches 3b and 4b to be operated (push button operation) according to the indoor state that can be confirmed by the in-use lamp 3c or the like.
However, it is difficult to see the switch, especially the outdoor switch 3 from the position where the notation part is separated, and the indoor status display such as the in-use lamp 3c is difficult to easily check at the position away from the toilet because the display is small. In addition, when the user leaves the toilet, the user forgot to press the close switch 3b of the outdoor switch 3 and the door 2 remains open.

  In view of the above-described conventional circumstances, the present invention instructs the switch part to be operated next by turning on the notation parts with different colors of the door opening / closing switch in a timely manner, that is, providing a light emission assist function by lighting, And it aims at improving the design effect while improving the visibility of each notation part of a switch.

斯Ru present invention provides a toilet door switch which is disposed a push button portion for closing the push button portion for opening and between the state display station C, a respective push button portion of the front SL and for closing-opening have different colored portions a, B of colors, lighting the colored portion a of the push button portion for opening said with the toilet in the standby state of the check to the non-representation of the status display station C, a for said closed allowed to turn off the colored portion B of the push button portion of the lighting of the state display unit C are colored portion a, turns off the B of each push button portion for and closing-opening the when using the occupancy in the toilet as it is displayed is denoted as "in use" light up the colored portion B of the push button portion for closing said with the time leaving to non denoted the status display station C, a push button for opening the wherein the turning off the colored portion a parts

As in the prior art, at least the character "open" the colored portion A of the push button portion for front opening Symbol notation, at least the character "closed" notation in the colored portion B of the push button portion for said closed It is so as to have. Thereby, convenience is improved, for example, by improving the index property of the colored portions A and B and the state display portion C of each push button portion to prevent erroneous operation of the toilet user.

  According to the present invention, the colored portion A of the opening push button portion, the colored portion B of the closing push button portion, and the state display portion C are turned on or off in a timely manner according to the state in the toilet. An assist function is provided to enhance the convenience of the toilet user.

It is a perspective view which shows the door opening / closing switch of this invention. It is a front view explaining each part in detail. It is a front view explaining a use situation, (a) at the time of standby, (b) at the time of toilet use, (c) shows each state at the time of leaving the room.

  The embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the entire door opening / closing switch SW of the present invention. The use and use thereof are the same as those described in Patent Document 1 described above. Indicates a case where it is used as an outdoor switch for a toilet door.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the switch SW is provided with an opening push button portion 1 and a closing push button portion 2 on both sides thereof with a state display portion C therebetween.
The switch SW is configured such that when the push button portion 1 is pressed, the toilet door is opened, and when the push button portion 2 is pressed, the door is closed. Whether the user is in the toilet (vacant, occupancy) is displayed.

The push button portion 1 is formed with a colored portion A at a substantially central portion, the push button portion 2 is also formed with a colored portion B, and both the colored portions A and B are colored with different colors. Specifically, the colored portions A and B are portions in which different colors are given to the translucent material, and the brightness (lighting color, unlit color) of each colored portion is turned on by turning on and off the light source (LED) inside the switch. ) Will change.
In the colored portion A, characters “open” and “OPEN” are written, and in the colored portion B, characters “closed” and “CLOSE” are written. When the colored portions A and B are turned on, The characters are also displayed brightly.

  In the status display section C, thin characters “in use” and “OCCUPIED” that are not displayed when not turned on are formed, and these characters are displayed by turning on the internal light source. (Notation).

The usage of the switch SW will be described with reference to FIG.
When the user does not enter the toilet (in an empty room), as shown in FIG. 3A, the colored portion A of the opening push button portion 1 is lit and the colored portion A is lit brightly. The characters “open” and “OPEN” are displayed brightly, the colored portion B of the closing push button 2 is turned off, and the status display portion C is not displayed with the characters “in use” and “OCCUPIED”. State. Therefore, the person who intends to use the toilet can recognize that the inside of the toilet is empty by looking at the lighting state of the switch SW even from a remote location.

  When the toilet user presses the push button 1 of the switch SW to open the door and enters the toilet and presses the closing push button of the indoor switch (not shown), the door is locked as described above. However, along with this, the switch SW changes to FIG. That is, both of the push button portions 1 and 2 are turned off, and the state display portion C is in a state where the characters “in use” and “OCCUPIED” are displayed. As a result, the person who intends to use the toilet can recognize that the toilet is in use by looking at the lighting state of the switch SW.

  Further, when the toilet user leaves the room, the switch SW changes to FIG. 3 (c) which displays the time when the user leaves the room when the door is opened by pressing a push button for opening the indoor switch (not shown). . That is, by pressing the opening push button part of the indoor switch, the door lock is unlocked, so that the state display part C is not shown and the colored part B of the closing push button part 2 is lit. The colored portion B has a bright lighting color, and the characters “CLOSE” and “CLOSE” are also displayed brightly. Thereby, the user leaving the toilet can understand that the colored portion B is lit to prompt the user to operate the closing push button portion 2, and by pressing the closing push button portion 2, The door closes and the switch SW returns to the standby state shown in FIG. Therefore, forgetting to close the door due to forgetting to operate the closing push button portion 2 can be prevented.

  In the above description, it has been described that the colored portions A and B and the status display portion C of the switch SW are lit and extinguished. It is included.

SW: Door open / close switch 1: Push button for opening 2: Push button for closing A: Colored part B: Colored part C: Status display part

Claims (2)

In the toilet door opening / closing switch provided with a push button part for opening and a push button part for closing with the state display part C in between,
Each push button section for the front SL-opening and closing have different colored portions A, B of colors, press the toilet during standby vacancy for opening the well as the non-representation of the status display unit C The colored part A of the button part is turned on , the colored part B of the push button part for closing is turned off , and the colored part A of each push button part for opening and closing when used in a toilet, as it appears to B to turn off is turned denoted the status display unit C is "in use", the time of exit of the push button portion for closing said well as to non denoted the status display unit C A toilet door opening / closing switch characterized in that the colored portion B is turned on and the colored portion A of the push button for opening is turned off . At least character "open" notation in the colored portion A of the push button portion for opening before reporting, the colored portion B of the push button portion for said closed and wherein at least the character "closed" is described The toilet door opening / closing switch according to claim 1.

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