JP6395104B2 - Heating toilet seat - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a heated toilet seat having a support member therein.

  In recent years, there is a toilet seat structure provided with a load receiving portion that is provided between a seating member and a bottom wall member and has a load support that faces the seating member at a distance from the lower surface of the seating member (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .

JP 2013-236653 A

  In the toilet seat structure described in Patent Document 1, the heater and the load support are directly spaced apart from each other, so that when the user is seated, the seat member is bent by the load, Since the load supporter comes into contact, the heat generating part of the heater may be disconnected and may not function as a heating toilet seat.

Therefore, when the seating member bends due to the load of the user at the time of use, a heating toilet seat that suppresses disconnection of the heating portion of the heater while maintaining toilet seat strength by avoiding the heating portion of the heater and providing a support. There is.
However, even in this conventional heating toilet seat, when the seating member is bent by the user's seating on the heating toilet seat and the support member and the seating member are in contact, the user is informed that the support member is in contact with the seating member. There was a problem of losing the feeling.

  Therefore, the present invention solves the problems of the prior art as described above. That is, the object of the present invention is to provide a seating feeling even if the seating member is in contact with the support member due to bending when seated. It is to provide an excellent heating toilet seat.

The invention according to claim 1 is a seating member having a seating portion, a bottom wall member joined to the seating member, toilet seat heating means provided on the back side of the seating portion of the seating member, and the seating member. And a heating toilet seat provided in a hollow space formed between the bottom wall members and supporting the seating member via the toilet seat heating means, wherein the support member is a member of the support member. A load support portion protruding from the base portion and facing the toilet seat heating means; and a positioning portion protruding from the base portion and defining a horizontal position of the cushion member . The load support portion is made of an elastic body. It is covered with a cushion member, and the cushion member extends to above the base and is in contact with the positioning portion, thereby solving the above-described problem.

  The heating toilet seat according to the present invention includes a support member that is in a hollow space formed between the seating member and the bottom wall member and supports the seating member via the toilet seat heating means, so that the seating member bends when seated. Since the support member supports the load applied to the seating portion when contacting the support member, the support strength for the seating can be increased as compared with the case without the support member, and the following specific effects can be achieved. it can.

That is, according to the heating toilet seat of the first aspect of the present invention, at least the tip of the load support portion is covered with the cushion member made of an elastic body, so that the seating member abuts on the support member at the time of sitting and cushions. When the member is compressed, a repulsive force due to the elasticity of the cushion member is applied to the seating member. Therefore, even when the seating member is bent at the time of seating, the seating member is excellent even if it is in contact with the support member. Can do. Further, the support member has a positioning portion that protrudes from the base portion and defines the horizontal position of the cushion member, the load support portion is covered with a cushion member made of an elastic body, and the cushion member is extended to above the base portion, Due to the contact, the cushion member is restricted from shifting in the horizontal direction. As a result, the cushion member can be reliably disposed at a predetermined position, and even when the seating member is bent at the time of seating, even if the seat is in contact with the support member, it is possible to provide a heated toilet seat with a good seating feeling.

  In the invention according to claim 2, in addition to the configuration of the heated toilet seat according to claim 1, the thickness of the cushion member above the tip of the load support portion is smaller than the height of the load support portion. Thus, the above-described problem is solved.

  According to the heating toilet seat of the invention according to claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 1, the thickness of the cushion member above the tip of the load support portion is smaller than the height of the load support portion. Therefore, in the height direction of the load support portion, the ratio of the load support portion that is harder than the cushion member is larger than that of the cushion member, so even if the seating member bends when seated, the support strength Thus, it is possible to provide a heated toilet seat having a good seating feeling while maintaining the above.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a heating toilet seat that not only increases the support strength for seating compared to the case without a support member, but also has an excellent seating feeling even when the seating member is bent and abuts on the support member when seated. Can do.

The external perspective view of the heating toilet seat of 1st Embodiment of this invention. AA sectional drawing of FIG. The principal part enlarged view of FIG. The principal part expanded sectional view in the modification of 1st Embodiment.

(First embodiment)
Below, the heating toilet seat 100 which is 1st Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated based on FIG. 1 thru | or FIG.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the heating toilet seat 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The heating toilet seat 100 that warms the user's buttocks is annular and is placed in front of the toilet T. FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1, and the heating toilet seat 100 includes a seating member 110 and a bottom wall member 120.

  The seating member 110 includes a seating portion 111 that constitutes a surface on which a user is seated, and side portions that constitute a side surface of the seating member 110 that is smoothly continuous from the seating portion 111 (an inner peripheral portion 112 and an outer peripheral side on the inner peripheral side). The outer peripheral portion 113) is flexible.

  Further, the bottom wall member 120 includes a bottom surface portion 121 that faces the toilet T, an inner circumferential convex portion 122 that faces a substantially horizontal inner circumferential side joining surface 112 a provided on the bottom surface of the inner circumferential portion 112, and an outer circumferential portion 113. It has the substantially horizontal outer peripheral side joint surface 113a provided and the outer peripheral convex part 123 which opposes.

And the inner peripheral side joint surface 112a and the inner peripheral convex part 122, and the outer peripheral side joint surface 113a and the outer peripheral convex part 123 are joined, respectively, and the seating member 110 and the bottom wall member 120 are joined.
Thereby, a hollow space V is formed between the seating member 110 and the bottom wall member 120.

  Further, a toilet seat heating means 130 for heating the user's buttocks through the seating portion 111 by being heated by itself is attached to the back surface of the seating portion 111 of the seating member 110.

  A detailed configuration of the toilet seat heating means 130 will be described with reference to FIG. 3 which is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 2 when the user is not seated.

  The toilet seat heating means 130 includes a linear heating element 131, which is a linear heating element, and a linear heating element 131 that is affixed to almost the entire back side of the seating portion 111, and the linear heating element 131 is laid. Is spread to the entire area of the seating portion 111, and a fixing sheet 134 that holds the linear heating element 131 together with the heat diffusion sheet 133 is provided.

  Further, the toilet seat heating means 130 has a spacer 132 having a rectangular cross section in addition to the linear heating element 131 between the thermal diffusion sheet 133 and the fixed sheet 134 and a distance from a load support portion 143 of the support member 140 described later. Furthermore, ds is further provided above.

That is, the thermal diffusion sheet 133 and the fixed sheet 134 sandwich the spacer 132 at a position different from the linear heating element 131 and the linear heating element 131.
Thereby, peeling of the spacer 132 from the thermal diffusion sheet 133 is suppressed and the spacer 132 is positioned.

The height Hs of the spacer 132 is larger than the thickness Hh of the linear heating element 131, and the width Ws of the spacer 132 is larger than the width W of the load support portion 143.
Thereby, even if there is some assembling error, the spacer 132 and the load support portion 143 face each other.

Further, according to FIGS. 2 and 3, the hollow space V is opposed to the toilet seat heating means 130 when the user is not seated, and the seat portion 111 is bent due to the seating of the user. At this time, a support member 140 that abuts against the toilet seat heating means 130 and supports the load applied to the seating portion 111 is provided.
As a result, the support member 140 supports the load applied to the seating portion 111 when the seating member 110 abuts on the support member 140 during seating.

  The support member 140 includes a horizontal base 141, a plurality of hanging portions 142 (142a, 142b, 142c, 142d), and a load support portion 143 (load support portions 143a, 143b).

  The horizontal base portion 141 is a base portion that faces the seat portion 111 substantially in parallel and extends to the vicinity of the inner wall of the seat member 110.

The plurality of hanging portions 142 (142a, 142b, 142c, 142d) hang down from the horizontal base portion 141 and come into contact with the bottom wall member 120.
The drooping portion 142 a hangs from the innermost peripheral side of the horizontal base portion 141, and the drooping portion 142 d hangs from the outermost peripheral side of the horizontal base portion 141.
The hanging parts 142b and 142c hang from the horizontal base 141 between the hanging parts 142a and 142b, and the hanging parts 142b are located on the inner peripheral side from the hanging parts 142c.

The load support portion 143 (143a, 143b) rises upward from the horizontal base portion 141 and protrudes upward toward the toilet seat heating means 130 while facing the toilet seat heating means 130 when the user is not seated and is seated. Supports loads from 110.
In addition, when the seating part 111 bends by the deformation | transformation of the seating member 110 and the seating part 111 contacts the load support part 143 via the seat heating means 130, the load support part 143 supports the load applied to the seating part 111. .

  Even if the seat support member 143 (143a, 143b) is spaced apart from the toilet seat heating means 130 and the seat member 110 is pressed by seating or the like and the seat member 110 is bent, the seat member 110 and the support member are supported. 140 becomes difficult to contact.

In the present embodiment, although the load support portion 143 is separated from the spacer 132 by the distance ds, the toilet seat heating means 130 may not include the spacer 132.
In this case, the load support portion 143 only needs to be separated from the fixed sheet by the distance ds.

The entire load support portion 143 (143a, 143b) is made of an elastic body such as rubber and is covered with a cushion member 150 (150a, 150b) that is softer than the load support portion 143.
As a result, when the seating member 110 is bent at the time of sitting and abuts against the support member 140 and the cushion member 150 is compressed, a repulsive force due to the elasticity of the cushion member 150 is applied to the seating member 110.
The cushion member 150 is a member harder than the spacer 132.

Further, the cushion member 150a extends to above the horizontal base portion 141, and is positioned above the horizontal base portion 141 and outside the load support portion 143a and the positioning portion 144a projecting upward from the horizontal base portion 141 inside the load support portion 143a. It is in contact with the protruding 144b.
Similarly, the cushion member 150b extends to above the horizontal base 141, and is positioned above the horizontal base 141 outside the load support portion 143b and the positioning portion 144c projecting upward from the horizontal base 141 inside the load support portion 143b. It contacts 144d protruding to
Thereby, the positioning part 144 defines the position of the cushion member 150 in the horizontal direction, and restricts the cushion member 150 from being displaced in the horizontal direction.
In the present embodiment, the positioning portion 144 is provided on both sides of the load support portion 143, but the positioning portion 144 may be provided only on one side of the load support portion 143.

The height H1 of the positioning portions 144a and 144b is substantially equal to the thickness t3 of the cushion members 150a and 150b in the upper portion of the horizontal base 141, but may be larger than the thickness t3 of the cushion members 150a and 150b.
Thereby, even if the position of the cushion member 150 is displaced, it is difficult to get over the positioning portion 144, and therefore the position of the cushion member 150a can be more reliably defined.

Further, the cushion member 150 is opposed to the toilet seat heating means 120 so as to be separated.
Thereby, since the opportunity for the cushion member 150 to contact the toilet seat heating means 120 decreases, the opportunity for stress to the cushion member 150 also decreases, and deterioration of the cushion member 150 can be suppressed.

Further, the thickness t 1 of the cushion member 150 above the tip of the load support portion 143 is smaller than the height H of the load support portion 143.
Thereby, in the height direction of the load support part 143, the ratio of the load support part 143 harder than the cushion member 150 becomes larger than the cushion member 150.

  Further, the thickness t 1 of the cushion member 150 above the tip of the load support portion 143 is larger than the thickness t 2 of the cushion member 150 on the side of the load support portion 143.

Furthermore, the thickness t1 of the cushion member 150 above the tip of the load support portion 143 is larger than the thickness Hh of the linear heating element 131.
Thus, even when the seating member 110 is bent and abuts against the support member 140 and the cushion member 150 is compressed when seated, the linear heating element 131 may abut against the load support portion 143 via the fixed sheet 134. Can be suppressed.

  Further, the cushion member 150 discretely covers the load support portion 143 in the circumferential direction of the heating toilet seat 100, but may cover the load support portion 143 over the entire circumferential direction.

(Modification of the first embodiment)
Below, the modification of 1st Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated based on FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part in a modification of the first embodiment.
In this modification, the cushion member 150 includes a hard cushion portion 151 (151a, 151b) that covers the load support portion 143, and a soft cushion portion that is located above the hard cushion portion 151 and is made of a softer material than the hard cushion portion 151. 152 (152a, 152b).
The hard cushion portion 151 and the soft cushion portion 152 are integrated by bonding or the like.
Accordingly, it is possible to provide the heated toilet seat 100 having a good seating feeling while further increasing the strength of the heated toilet seat 100 with respect to the seating.

  The heating toilet seat 100 of the present embodiment thus obtained is in a hollow space V formed between the seating member 110 and the bottom wall member 120 and supports the seating member 110 via the toilet seat heating means 130. Since the member 140 is provided, not only the support strength for the seating is increased as compared with the case where the support member 140 is not provided, but also at least the tip of the load support portion 143 is covered with the cushion member 150 made of an elastic body. Even when the seating member 110 is bent at the time of seating, even if the seating member 110 is in contact with the support member 140, it is possible to provide the heating toilet seat 100 having an excellent seating feeling.

  Further, since the thickness of the cushion member 150 above the tip of the load support portion 143 is smaller than the height of the load support portion 143, even if the seating member 110 is bent at the time of sitting, the cushion member 150 is in contact with the support member 140. It is possible to provide the heated toilet seat 100 having excellent seating feeling while maintaining the supporting strength.

  Since the support member 140 has the positioning portion 144 that defines the position of the cushion member 150 in the horizontal direction, the cushion member 150 can be reliably disposed at a predetermined position, and the seat member 110 is supported by bending when seated. Even if it is in contact with the member, it is possible to provide the heated toilet seat 100 with excellent seating feeling.

(Modification)
As mentioned above, although the form for implementing this invention was demonstrated, this invention is not limited above.
The present invention provides a seating member having a seating portion, a bottom wall member joined to the seating member, a toilet seat heating means provided on the back side of the seating portion of the seating member, the seating member, and the bottom wall member And a supporting member that supports the seating member via the toilet seat heating means, wherein the supporting member protrudes from a base of the supporting member and the toilet seat It has a load support portion that is spaced apart from the heating means, and at least the tip of the load support portion is covered with a cushion member made of an elastic body, and supports the seat compared to the case where there is no support member. In addition to increasing the strength, it is possible to provide a heated toilet seat with excellent seating feeling even if the seating member bends during seating and is in contact with the support member.

The material of the seat member and the bottom wall member that forms the appearance of the heated toilet seat may be any material as long as it can be injection-molded such as polypropylene resin or ABS resin.
Further, the material of the seating member and the bottom wall member need not be the same.

  Moreover, as for the joining method of the seating member and the bottom wall member, vibration welding is used in the present embodiment, but the joining method is not limited to vibration welding, and for example, snap fit (engagement) may be used. Then, the boundary surface between the seating member and the bottom wall member may be filled with resin and joined together.

  The material of the heat diffusion sheet may be any material as long as it has a high thermal conductivity such as aluminum or copper and is excellent in moldability.

  The material of the fixing sheet may be any material as long as it is a flame-retardant material, and may be the same material as the heat diffusion sheet.

  Further, the material of the cushion member may be any material as long as the hardness defined by JIS K6253 is about 70.

  And each element with which each embodiment mentioned above is provided can be combined as long as it is technically possible, and the combination of these is also included in the scope of the present invention as long as it includes the features of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Heating toilet seat 110 ... Seating member 111 ... Seating part 112 ... Inner peripheral part 112a ... Inner peripheral side joining surface 113 ... Outer peripheral part 113a ... Outer peripheral side joining surface 114 .... Inner peripheral side inner wall 115 ... Outer peripheral side inner wall 120 ... Bottom wall member 121 ... Bottom surface part 122 ... Inner peripheral convex part 123 ... Outer peripheral convex part 130 ... Toilet seat heating means 131 ... Linear heating element 132 ... Spacer 133 ... Thermal diffusion sheet 134 ... Fixed sheet 140 ... Support member 141 ... Horizontal base (base)
142 ... hanging part 142a, 142b, 142c, 142d ... hanging part 143a, 143b ... load support part 144 ... positioning part 144a, 144b, 144c, 144d ... positioning part 150 ... cushion Member 150a, 150b ... Cushion member 151 ... Hard cushion member 151a, 151b ... Hard cushion member 152 ... Soft cushion member 152a, 152b ... Soft cushion member T ... Toilet bowl V ... Hollow space dh ... Distance between spacer and linear heating element ds ... Distance between spacer and upper end of cushion member Hh ... Thickness of linear heating element Hs ... Height of spacer Ws ...・ Spacer width t1, t2, t3 ... Thickness of cushion member H ... Load Height Width H2 · · · positioning portion of the height W · · · load-bearing part of the support portion

Claims (2)

A seating member having a seating portion, a bottom wall member joined to the seating member, a toilet seat heating means provided on the back side of the seating portion of the seating member, and formed between the seating member and the bottom wall member A heating toilet seat provided with a support member that is in a hollow space and supports the seating member via the toilet seat heating means,
The support member has a load support portion that protrudes from the base portion of the support member and faces the toilet seat heating means, and a positioning portion that protrudes from the base portion and defines a horizontal position of the cushion member ;
The load supporting portion is covered with a cushion member made of an elastic body ,
The heating toilet seat , wherein the cushion member extends to above the base portion and contacts the positioning portion .   The heating toilet seat according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the cushion member above the tip of the load support portion is smaller than a height of the load support portion.

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