JP7390875B2 - toilet device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD This disclosure relates to toilet bowl devices.

Conventionally, electric power is supplied to a toilet device to operate various mechanisms such as opening and closing the toilet seat and toilet lid, and a cleaning mechanism for the buttocks. Electrical wiring is connected to each mechanism to provide power. For example, it has been proposed to provide a power supply line and a ground line on the substrate of a buttock cleaning mechanism in a toilet bowl device (see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2012-72655

When connecting electrical wiring to a toilet device, if a device having another mechanism is to be connected later, the electrical wiring may be electrically wired outside the toilet device. However, in view of the appearance of the toilet device, it is desirable to arrange the electrical wiring so that it cannot be visually recognized. In addition, it is also desired to facilitate the installation work of electrical wiring at the site where the toilet device is installed.

The present disclosure includes a base portion that is disposed at the top of a toilet main body and to which a functional component is attached, and at least a portion of the base portion that is positioned at a first position and a second position higher than the first position. The present invention relates to a toilet device comprising: an elevating mechanism for elevating and lowering the toilet bowl; and an electrical connection portion to which electrical wiring is connected, which is disposed on the bottom of the portion of the base portion that is the object of the elevating and lowering.

It is a figure showing the state where the toilet device of this embodiment is in a normal position. It is a figure showing the state where the toilet device of this embodiment is in a raised position. It is a bottom view of the front base part of this embodiment. It is a partial top view of the front base part of this embodiment. It is a side view of the front base part of this embodiment. It is a partially enlarged perspective view of the front base part of this embodiment.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the toilet device 1 including the lifting mechanism 8 will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the front-back direction when viewed from a person sitting on the toilet seat 21 of the toilet device 1 is defined as the front-back direction. The direction connecting the left and right sides that intersect in the front-rear direction is defined as the width direction. The vertical direction is defined as the up-down direction. In the figure, F indicates the front of the toilet device 1, and R indicates the rear.

The toilet device 1 of this embodiment includes a toilet seat 21, a toilet lid 22, a toilet main body 10, a base portion 3, and a lifting mechanism 8, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The toilet seat 21 and the toilet lid 22 are rotatably attached to the toilet main body 10 above the toilet main body 10.

The base part 3 is arranged at the upper part of the rear part of the toilet main body 10. The base portion 3 includes functional components, a front base portion 31, a rear base portion 32, a cover portion 33, and electrical wiring 34 (see FIG. 6) that connects each of the functional components. The functional parts include, for example, a hose, a cleaning nozzle, a power supply unit, a control circuit board, an electric opening/closing unit that electrically opens and closes the toilet seat 21 and the toilet lid 22, a valve unit, various piping, etc. (all not shown). The functional parts are attached to the base part 3 in consideration of various functions and positional relationships with other members.

The cover part 33 is a lid made of resin that covers the upper parts of the rear base part 32 and the front base part 31, which will be described below.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the rear base portion 32 is arranged at the rear and upper part of the toilet main body 10. The rear base portion 32 is made of a resin material and is formed to extend in the width direction and the front-rear direction of the toilet device 1. Functional components are installed in the rear base portion 32. The rear base portion 32 is fixed to the toilet main body 10 by inserting a pair of shaft members 321 extending from the lower surface of the rear base portion 32 into mounting holes (not shown) in the toilet main body 10.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the front base part 31 is arranged above the rear part of the toilet main body 10 and in front of the rear base part 32. The front base portion 31 is formed to extend in the width direction and the front-rear direction of the toilet device 1. The front base portion 31 supports some of the functional components.

The front base part 31 is a part that is raised and lowered by a lifting mechanism 8, which will be described later, and is configured to be movable in the vertical direction with respect to the rear base part 32 and the toilet main body 10. The front base portion 31 is movable by the lifting mechanism 8 between a fixed position before lifting (see FIG. 1; first position) and a raised position after lifting (see FIG. 2; second position). be. The elevating mechanism 8 will be described later.

As shown in FIG. 3, the front base portion 31 has an elongated shape whose longitudinal direction extends along the width direction of the toilet main body 10. As shown in FIG. The front base portion 31 is attached so that the width direction thereof runs along the front-rear direction of the toilet main body 10. The front base portion 31 includes a bottom portion 311 , an opening portion 312 , a guide rib portion 313 , a reinforcing rib portion 314 , and an electrical connection portion 4 .

The bottom portion 311 has a substantially flat surface installed on the rear upper surface 10a of the toilet main body 10, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5. A water stop packing 315 is attached to the bottom surface portion 311 along the longitudinal direction of the front base portion 31 . The water stop packing 315 is a rubber member arranged so as to protrude downward from the bottom part 311. The water stop packing 315 is arranged so as to prevent water from splashing on the toilet body 10 side while the front base portion 31 is attached to the toilet body 10.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the opening 312 extends in the longitudinal direction of the front base 31 (in the width direction of the toilet main body 10) at one end of the front base 31 in the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface 311. It is formed into a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. The opening 312 is a through hole that penetrates the front base portion 31 in the thickness direction. From the opening 312, a bent portion 42, which is a part of the electrical connection portion 4 described later, is exposed.

As shown in FIG. 3, two guide rib portions 313 are formed along the width direction of the substantially rectangular parallelepiped opening 312. As shown in FIG. The guide rib portion 313 projects from the outer peripheral edge of the opening 312 toward the inside of the opening 312 . As shown in FIG. 6, the guide rib portion 313 is constituted by an L-shaped protruding piece that extends in a cantilever shape from one and the other end in the width direction of the opening 312 to opposite sides, respectively. The guide rib portion 313 protrudes inward in the width direction below the opening portion 312. The guide rib portions 313 each extend in the width direction of the opening 312 to approximately the same length, and are formed alternately as shown in FIG. 3 .

The reinforcing rib portion 314 is formed in a substantially U-shape and includes a pair of horizontal ribs 314a and 314b, and a vertical rib 314c that connects the horizontal ribs 314a and 314b. The horizontal rib 314a is arranged between the two guide rib parts 313 formed, and the horizontal rib 314b is arranged adjacent to one of the guide rib parts 313 in the width direction of the front base part 31 within the opening 312. It is placed at a distance to the inside of the A pair of horizontal ribs 314a and 314b extend from one end of the opening 312 to the other end in the width direction. The vertical rib 314c connects the horizontal ribs 314a and 314b along the longitudinal direction of the opening 312. The reinforcing rib portion 314 is located above the guide rib portion 313 within the opening 312 .

As shown in FIG. 6, the reinforcing rib portion 314 is formed above the opening 312 and has a plate-like shape extending downward from above the bottom surface portion 311. In the reinforcing rib portion 314, a pair of horizontal ribs 314a and 314b are formed to cross the opening 312 in the width direction, and a vertical rib 314c connects the horizontal ribs 314a and 314b to partially close the opening 312. and strengthen the rigidity around the area where the opening 312 is formed. At the same time, by partially blocking the opening 312 and extending downward from above, even when water splashes from below the opening 312 toward the inside of the front base part 31, water can be prevented. Entry into the front base portion 31 can be prevented to some extent.

The electrical connection part 4 is a metal member connected to the upper surface of the bottom part 311 in the front base part 31, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the electrical connection part 4 is arranged on the outer edge side of the front base part 31, and has a vertically elongated shape along the width direction of the front base part 31 (the front-rear direction of the toilet device 1) when viewed from above. It has a main body portion 41 and a bent portion 42 . The main body portion 41 is a vertically elongated portion along the front-rear direction of the toilet device 1 . The bent portion 42 is a portion whose front end side in the longitudinal direction is bent toward the inside of the front base portion 31 along the width direction of the toilet device 1 . As shown in FIG. 3, the bent portion 42 of the electrical connection portion 4 becomes the portion exposed from the opening 312.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the electrical connection part 4, the rear end side in the longitudinal direction of the main body part 41 is located lower than the central part and the front end side when viewed from the side. The electrical connection portion 4 is a thin, flat plate having substantially the same thickness over its entire length. A plurality of through holes 43 to which terminals or the like can be connected are arranged at intervals in the electrical connection part 4, and electrical wiring 34 can be connected through the terminals. The electrical connection portion 4 is arranged above the bottom surface portion 311 from the lowest end surface of the bottom surface portion 311 within the opening portion 312 .

The electrical wiring 34 is a conductive wire connected to each functional component of the toilet device 1. The electrical wiring 34 can be grounded by connecting it to the electrical connection part 4 and extending the ground wire 340 that grounds the electrical wiring 34 from the electrical connection part 4. The electrical wiring 34 is connected to a desired through hole of the electrical connection part 4 via a metal terminal.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the elevating mechanism 8 includes a telescopic elevating shaft 81, an elevating lever (not shown), an upper mounting plate 83, and a lower mounting plate 84, and is the object of elevating. This is a mechanism for raising and lowering the front base portion 31 between a home position shown in FIG. 1 and a raised position higher than the home position shown in FIG.

The lower mounting plate 84 is a metal plate that is attached to the toilet main body 10 and the rear base portion 32. The lower mounting plate 84 is a vertically elongated plate whose longitudinal direction is arranged along the width direction of the toilet main body 10, and through holes are formed in one and the other of the longitudinal directions.

The telescopic elevating shaft 81 is a shaft portion that is connected to the toilet main body 10 and the lower surface of the front base portion 31 and is movable up and down. Two telescopic elevating shafts 81 are attached to the front base portion 31 at the center in the width direction of the toilet device 1 with a gap between them. The telescopic elevating shaft 81 passes through a through hole in the lower mounting plate 84 and is attached to the inside of the toilet main body 10 side. The telescopic elevating shaft can be extended and contracted up and down by the telescoping force of a spring (not shown).

The upper mounting plate 83 is a metal plate that is supported by the upper end of the telescopic elevating shaft 81 and has the same width and length as the lower mounting plate 84 . By fixing the upper mounting plate 83 to the lower surface of the front base portion 31 , the vertical movement of the telescopic elevating shaft 81 is interlocked with the front base portion 31 .

The elevating lever is attached to the side of the toilet main body 10 so as to protrude from the side. The elevating lever is connected to the upper mounting plate and the telescopic elevating shaft 81, and by operating the elevating lever, the spring can be engaged and released, and the front base portion 31 can be moved to the home position and the raised position. be able to.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the raised position where the front base portion 31 is raised, a space is left between the upper surface 10a of the toilet main body 10 and the lower surface of the bottom surface portion 311 of the front base portion 31. As shown in FIG. 6, the lower surface of the bottom surface 311 of the front base part 31 is accessible from between the upper surface 10a of the toilet main body 10 and the lower surface of the bottom surface 311 of the front base part 31. Since the opening 312 is a through hole, a part of the bent part 42 of the electrical connection part 4 attached to the inside of the front base part 31 is visible from the lower surface side of the bottom part 311, and is exposed so that the electrical wiring 34 can be attached. has been done. As shown in FIG. It can be drawn from the inside to the outside.

After the ground wire 340 is pulled out from the opening 312, it is placed on the guide rib portion 313 without hanging down immediately. A ground wire 340 extending from the electrical connection portion 4 is guided from the opening 312 toward the outer end surface of the front base portion 31 . One end of the ground wire 340 is connected to the electrical connection part 4, and the other end extends to the outside of the front base part 31. This grounds the functional component.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the front base portion 31 is in the lowered normal position, the bottom surface portion 311 of the front base portion 31 is placed on the top surface 10a of the toilet main body 10. Therefore, the opening 312 formed in the bottom surface portion 311 is closed by the top surface 10a. Therefore, the bent portion 42 of the electrical connection portion 4 is also covered by the upper surface 10a of the toilet main body 10 and is not visible from the outside.

According to the toilet device 1 of this embodiment, the following effects are achieved. The toilet device is arranged such that the base part 3, which is disposed on the upper part of the toilet main body 10 and to which functional parts are attached, and the front base part 31, which is at least a part of the base part 3, are in a normal position and a raised position higher than the normal position. The structure includes an elevating mechanism 8 that moves up and down between the two, and an electrical connection section 4 that is disposed on the bottom surface 311 of the front base section 31 of the base section 3 and to which electrical wiring is connected. Since the electrical connection part 4 is arranged on the bottom surface part 311 of the front base part 31, the electrical connection part 4 is exposed so that the electrical wiring 34 can be attached when the base part 3 is in the raised position. . Therefore, in the raised position of the base portion 3, the ground wire 340 can be attached from the lower surface of the bottom surface portion 311 of the front base portion 31. When the front base portion 31 is in the lowered position, the bottom surface portion 311 of the front base portion 31 cannot be accessed, and therefore the ground wire 340 cannot be attached. Since the attachment point of the ground wire 340 is not visible in the fixed position, it is possible to design a clean appearance. Since the electrical wiring to be grounded can be connected to the electrical connection part 4 and grounded from the bottom part 311, attachment of the grounding wire 340 and the like becomes easy.

In this embodiment, at least a portion of the electrical connection portion 4 is configured to be covered by the upper surface 10a of the toilet main body 10 while the base portion 3 is in a fixed position. When the front base portion 31 is in the lowered position, the bent portion 42 of the electrical connection portion 4 is covered by the upper surface 10a of the toilet main body 10, making it difficult to visually recognize the attachment position, producing the same effect as described above.

In this embodiment, the base part 3 includes an opening 312 formed in the bottom part 311 and through which a part of the electrical connection part 4 is exposed, and protruding from the outer periphery of the opening 312 toward the inside of the opening 312. It is configured to include a guide rib portion 313 that guides the ground wire 340 extending from the electrical connection portion 4 from the opening portion 312 toward the outer end surface of the base portion 3. When the ground wire 340 is taken out from the opening 312 to the outside of the toilet main body 10, the ground wire 340 is guided to the outer end surface of the front base portion 31 by the guide rib portion 313. Therefore, the ground wire 340 does not hang down and interfere with the upper surface 10a of the toilet main body 10, thereby preventing it from bending. Therefore, installation becomes easy and breakage of the ground wire 340 can be prevented.

In this embodiment, the opening 312 is formed to penetrate through the bottom surface 311 in the thickness direction, and the electrical connection section 4 is located above the bottom surface of the bottom surface 311 within the opening 312. It was placed in Therefore, even if the top surface 10a of the toilet main body 10 gets wet and the bottom surface 311 gets wet, the electrical connection section 4 will not get wet. Therefore, it is possible to prevent electricity from flowing from the electrical connection part 4 through water in an unintended direction and to prevent the electrical connection part 4 from rusting.

In this embodiment, the base portion 3 is configured to include a reinforcing rib portion 314 that partially closes the opening portion 312. Since the reinforcing rib portion 314 is formed in the opening 312, the strength around the opening 312 can be ensured even if the volume of the opening 312 is large.

In this embodiment, the reinforcing rib portion 314 extends downward from above the bottom surface portion 311 in the opening 312 . Since the reinforcing rib part 314 extends downward from the upper part of the bottom part 311 in the opening part 312, the reinforcing rib part 314 can be pushed into the inside of the front base part 31 when water is applied diagonally from below to above. Water can be prevented from entering.

In this embodiment, one end of the electrical wiring 34 is connected to the electrical connection part 4, and the other end is extended to the outside of the base part 3. This facilitates the installation and grounding of the electrical wiring 34, producing the same effects as described above.

In this embodiment, the electrical wiring 34 is configured with a ground wire 340 that grounds the electrical wiring 34. By attaching the ground wire 340 to the electrical connection part 4, it becomes possible to hide the ground wire 340 during grounding, and the installation becomes easy, producing the same effects as described above.

In this embodiment, the electrical connection part 4 is arranged on the outer edge side of the base part 3. Since the electrical connection part 4 is disposed on the outer edge side of the front base part 31, when electrical wiring work is performed from around the toilet device 1, the installation position is close and the work is facilitated.

In this embodiment, the electrical connection portion 4 is exposed while the base portion 3 is in the raised position. In the raised position of the base part 3, the ground wire 340 can be attached from the lower surface of the bottom part 311 of the front base part 31, so that the same effect as described above is achieved.

The present disclosure is not limited to the above embodiments, and modifications, improvements, and the like are included in the present disclosure. For example, the electrical wiring 34 may be the electrical wiring of another device installed in the toilet device 1 afterward. Even when adding a pressurizing pump, a washing device for the buttocks, a heating device, etc. at the time of renovation, electrical wiring can be connected via the electrical connection part. The elevating mechanism may move the entire base portion up and down. The electrical connection portion may be located on the rear base portion.

1 toilet device, 3 base part, 4 electrical connection part, 8 lifting mechanism, 10 toilet main body, 10a top surface, 311 bottom part, 312 opening part, 313 guide rib part, 314 reinforcing rib part, 340 ground wire

Claims (10)

a base part that is placed on the top of the toilet bowl body and to which functional parts are attached;
a lifting mechanism that raises and lowers at least a portion of the base portion between a first position and a second position higher than the first position;
an electrical connection part disposed on the bottom surface of the part of the base part that is the target of the elevation, and to which electrical wiring is connected;
The electric wiring is a ground wire that grounds the electric wiring, and extends outward from the side of the base part . The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the electrical connection portion is covered by the upper surface of the toilet main body when the base portion is in the first position. The base portion is
an opening formed in the bottom surface portion, through which a part of the electrical connection portion is exposed;
a guide rib portion that protrudes from an outer peripheral edge of the opening toward the inside of the opening and guides the electrical wiring extending from the electrical connection portion from the opening toward the outer end surface of the base portion; The toilet device according to claim 1 or 2, comprising: The opening is formed to penetrate in the thickness direction of the bottom part,
4. The toilet device according to claim 3, wherein the electrical connection portion is located above the bottom surface of the bottom surface within the opening. The toilet device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the base portion has a reinforcing rib portion that partially closes the opening. 6. The toilet device according to claim 5, wherein the reinforcing rib portion extends downward from above the base portion within the opening. The toilet device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the electrical wiring is connected to the electrical connection part at one end and extends outside the base part at the other end. The toilet device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , wherein the electrical connection portion is arranged on the side portion side in the width direction of the toilet main body . The toilet device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , wherein the electrical connection portion is exposed when the base portion is in the second position. The toilet device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the electrical connection part is a metal member connected to the upper surface of the bottom part .

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