JPH01236027A - Band-shaped sanitary cover and toilet seat using it - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To smoothly move a band-shaped sanitary cover on a seat by providing the band-shaped sanitary cover and guiding parts guiding the cover along the grooves which are installed in the seat in the lengthwise direction of the cover. CONSTITUTION:A band-shaped sanitary cover 40 is long in a band shape and wound in a roll condition. The band-shaped sanitary cover 40 is made of a transparent or translucent polyethylene with the thickness of several mum. For a guiding part 41, a section is made in a circular shape, and the part 41 is made unitedly with the band-shaped sanitary cover 40. A guiding groove 8 is formed along the side surfaces of the outer circumference and inner circumference of a seat 1. At a deep side of the guiding groove 8, a locking hole 9 with a circular section is provided in communicating with the guiding groove 8. The guiding groove 8 guides and conducts one edge of the band-shaped sanitary cover 40. The locking hole 9 holds the guiding part 41 of the band-shaped sanitary cover 40 and holds the band-shaped sanitary cover 40 so that it cannot be removed from the seat 1. Consequently, the band-shaped sanitary cover 40 is moved in sliding on the upper surface of the seat 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a belt-shaped sanitary cover for providing a sanitary cover to a toilet seat and the toilet seat. More specifically, a belt-shaped sanitary cover having a guide portion in the longitudinal direction of the belt-shaped sanitary cover;
This invention relates to a toilet seat that guides the belt-shaped sanitary cover along the toilet seat.

[Prior Art] Toilet seats with horseshoe-shaped seats are widely known and used. Western-style toilet seats are unsanitary because many people sit on them. For this reason, a sanitary cover is installed on the toilet seat,
Various sanitary cover replacement devices have been proposed that replace the sanitary cover each time the toilet seat is used. Tokuko Sho 57-291
Publication No. 74 describes the use of a plastic tubular sanitary cover over the toilet seat. A rolled tubular sanitary cover is inserted into one end of the horseshoe shape, and rolled up using an electric motor from the other end.

Turn on the electric motor every time you use the toilet seat.
The sanitary cover is rolled up and replaced. In addition, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 57-79500 discloses a toilet seat covered with a belt-shaped sanitary cover, a roll-shaped sanitary cover attached to the tip of the toilet seat, and a manual sanitary cover winding device provided at the other end. Are listed.

[Problem to be solved by the invention 1 However, the device described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 57-29174 uses a tubular sanitary cover. For this reason, when a used sanitary cover is rolled up, it is cut in the longitudinal direction with a fixed knife.

This cutting resistance is strong, and the torque of the electric motor increases during winding, which may prevent smooth winding. This causes the winding device to malfunction. Furthermore, when replacing a used sanitary cover roll with a new one, the toilet seat is replaced with the toilet seat still attached to the toilet bowl, so the replacement work takes time.

In public facilities such as department stores, sanitary covers must be replaced quickly to reduce the amount of time the toilet is not in use. The belt-shaped sanitary cover disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-79500 cannot be moved smoothly along the toilet seat because it is a belt-shaped sanitary cover. Therefore, the user must hook the sanitary cover to the top of the toilet seat each time it is used. In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention achieves the following objects.

An object of the present invention is to provide a band-shaped sanitary cover that moves while being guided by a guide groove provided along a toilet seat.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a toilet seat having a guide structure that guides a band-shaped sanitary cover to facilitate movement.

[Means for solving the above problems] This invention takes the following means to solve the above problem.

A first means is a sanitary cover for a toilet seat having a horseshoe-shaped toilet seat, which includes a long continuous belt-like sanitary cover, and a guide groove provided in the toilet seat that is provided in the longitudinal direction of the belt-like sanitary cover. This is a belt-shaped sanitary cover having a guide portion for guiding the.

The guide portions can move more smoothly and reliably through the guide groove of the toilet seat by providing two guide portions at both ends of the belt-shaped sanitary cover in the width direction.

A second means is a toilet seat using the belt-shaped sanitary cover of the first means, which has a guide groove for guiding a guide portion of the belt-shaped sanitary cover along the toilet seat.

It is effective to have two guide grooves for guiding both ends of the band-shaped sanitary cover in the width direction.

1. In order to insert one end of the long continuous band-shaped sanitary cover from one end of the toilet seat, the guide part of the band-shaped sanitary cover is inserted into the guide groove provided along the curvature of the toilet seat. When renewing a used belt-shaped sanitary cover, the belt-shaped sanitary cover is rolled up from the other end of the toilet seat using a winding device. The band-shaped sanitary cover is smoothly rolled up along the guide groove of the toilet seat.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.
The figure shows the general appearance of a toilet seat 1 to which a belt-shaped sanitary cover 40 of the present invention is applied. The toilet seat 1 is a platform on which to sit when in use, and is shaped like a horseshoe. Both ends of the toilet seat 1 are inserted into the housing 2.
It is fixed to the letter-shaped frame 3 or the housing 2. The frame 3 is for fixing to a toilet bowl (not shown). A sanitary cover remaining amount meter 4 indicating the remaining amount of the belt-shaped sanitary cover 40 is arranged on the first side of the house sink 2.

The sanitary cover remaining amount meter 4 is composed of a plurality of LEDs, and the number of lit LEDs indicates the remaining amount. If the lit LED disappears, a new strip sanitary cover 40 must be installed. Sanitary cover remaining amount meter 4
A lock 5 provided near the lid 6 is used to lock the M6 after fixing it to the housing sink 2. As will be described later, the sanitary cover roll 20 housed inside the housing 2 is prevented from being taken out by anyone other than those involved.

A manual handle 10 is provided on one side of the housing sink 2. The manual handle 10 is rotated by a person using the toilet seat 1 to wind up the used belt-shaped sanitary cover 40. What is shown in FIG. 2 is a belt-shaped sanitary cover 40.
2 is a cross-sectional view of the shape of the belt-shaped sanitary cover 40 and the guide structure for guiding the belt-shaped sanitary cover 40 to the toilet seat 1. FIG. The band-shaped sanitary cover 40 is a long band-shaped cover and is wound into a roll. This belt-shaped sanitary cover 40 is made of transparent or translucent polyethylene with a thickness of several microns. Guide portions 41 are provided at both ends of the band-shaped sanitary cover 40 in the width direction.

The guide part 41 has a circular cross section and is made integrally with the band-shaped sanitary cover 40. The diagram shown on the left side of FIG. 2(a) is a sectional view when the belt-shaped sanitary cover 40 is loaded onto the toilet seat 1. The guide groove 8 is formed along the outer and inner side surfaces of the toilet seat 1. At the back of the guide groove 8, a locking hole 9 having a circular cross section is provided in communication with the front guide groove 8. The guide groove 8 guides and guides one end of the belt-shaped sanitary cover 40. The locking hole 9 holds the guide portion 41 of the sanitary belt cover 40 so that the sanitary belt cover 40 does not come off the toilet seat 1.

Therefore, the band-shaped sanitary cover 40 moves over the upper surface of the toilet seat 1, as will be described later.

What is shown in FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the toilet seat with a band-shaped sanitary cover shown in FIG. A battery box 7 is provided in the center of the housing 2. The battery hook 7 has a space inside, and a battery for driving the sanitary cover remaining amount meter 4 is accommodated in the space.

The remaining amount of the rolled sanitary cover 40 is detected by the remaining amount detection lever 11. Remaining amount detection lever 11
is constantly pressed against the radial center of the sanitary cover roll 20. Therefore, the remaining amount of the sanitary cover roll 20 can be detected by arranging the position of the remaining amount detection lever 11 and the contacts that light L and ED in correspondence (this is a known mechanism, not shown). A bearing 14.14 is provided on the side wall 12 of the housing 2, either integrally with the side wall 12 or separately, for receiving the shaft 21 of the sanitary cover roll 2o in a groove and holding it rotatably.

On the side wall 13, a gyaho soksu 15 is formed.

An intermittent drive gear mechanism 30, which will be described later, is housed in the A'-hook 15. The intermittent drive gear mechanism 30 rotationally drives the winding shaft 22 that winds up the sanitary cover roll 20. The roll container 16 is a sanitary cover roll 2
This is a case that accommodates 0. The roll container 16 has a box-like shape and is open on one side. Concave bearings 18 are formed on both side walls of the roll container 16. Bearing 1
8, the shaft 21 of the sanitary cover roll 20 is temporarily locked and temporarily fixed with a concave surface.

An opening 17 is provided at the tip of the roll container 16. One end of the seat 1 is inserted into the opening 17. In this state, the sanitary cover roll 20 can be moved together with the toilet seat 1. A winding hook 19 is fixed to the other end of the toilet seat 1. .

A winding shaft 22 is rotatably provided on the side wall of the winding hook 19. A drive locking lever 2 is attached to one end of the winding shaft 22.
It is fixed at 3. The drive locking lever 23 is rotationally driven by an intermittent drive gear mechanism 30. The winding hook 19 is provided with a tension roller 24 parallel to the winding shaft 22. The tension roller 24 applies tension to the hygiene force in the splinter. 3 shows an intermittent drive gear mechanism 30. As shown in FIG. Handle 1
o is connected to the pinion gear 31 by a shaft and driven. Binion gear 31 meshes with gear 32. gear 3
2 is connected to an intermittent gear 33 by a shaft, and drives this intermittent gear 33.

A part of the outer periphery of the intermittent gear 33 has a notch and no teeth are formed thereon. Therefore, this notch portion
Never drive. The intermittent gear 33 meshes with the binio>' gear 34. Binion gear 34 is gear 3
5 by a shaft and drives a gear 35. gear 3
5 meshes with the pinion gear 36. The pinion gear 36 is pivotally connected to the drive lever 37. The drive lever 37 has two parallel shafts 38,38. The drive lever 37 sandwiches the drive locking lever 23 between two shafts 38, 38 and drives the drive lock lever 23 to rotate.

Usage... This embodiment has the following I usages, which are used as follows. The sanitary cover roll 20 is attached to the roll container 16
It is passed to the user in the state contained within. In order to place the sanitary cover roll 20 on the toilet seat 1, the user inserts the key into the key 5 and does not remove the lid 6. Toilet seat 1 to 3rd
Take it out as shown. (However, the roll container 16 is not loaded into the housing 2.) One end of the belt-shaped sanitary cover 40 is removed from the sanitary cover roll 20, and the toilet seat 1 is
Insert the -40 from one end of the holder into the amphibious force.

Is this insertion the guide for toilet seat 1? s8, insert both ends of the guide portion 41 of the band-shaped sanitary cover 40 into the locking hole 9. Toilet seat 1
, then remove the belt-shaped sanitary cover 4 from the other end of the toilet seat 1.
Take out one end of 0. The band-shaped sanitary cover 40 is hooked onto the tension roller 24 and wound around the take-up shaft 22. Meanwhile, the sanitary cover roll 20 is housed in the roll container 16 as shown in FIG. Opening of roll container 16 [11
7 is inserted into one end of the toilet seat 1 to temporarily fix the sanitary cover roll 20 so that it does not move.

In this state, the toilet seat 1 can be carried around. A spare toilet seat 1 is prepared in advance and this work is carried out not inside the toilet but at another location. In this state, both ends of the toilet seat 1 are inserted into the housing 2 from above. The shaft 21 of the sanitary cover roll 20 is hooked and fixed within the concave surface of the bearing 14. At the same time, the roll container 16 has a sanitary cover roll 20
and toilet seat 1. Since the roll container 16 is a disposable container in this embodiment, it is discarded as is. However, it may be reused in some cases.

The two shafts 38 of the drive locking lever 23 or the drive lever 37
．． It is inserted between 38. The housing 2 is covered with a lid 6 to complete the setting. When the handle 10 is turned, the pinion gear 3
1. Gear 329, intermittent gear 33, pinion gear 311. Gear 35. Binion gear 36 and drive lever 37 rotate. The two shafts 38 , 38 of the drive lever 37 rotate the drive locking lever 23 and the winding shaft 22 . The winding shaft 22 winds up the band-shaped sanitary cover 40.

As this winding continues, the intermittent gear 33 becomes toothless, and the pinio>' gear 34 is no longer driven to rotate. At this position, the movement of the band-shaped sanitary cover 40 is stopped once. This stop is set at an interval where the belt-shaped sanitary cover 40 goes around the toilet seat 1 and a new belt-shaped sanitary cover 40 is formed. In this embodiment, the belt-shaped sanitary cover 4 is rotated approximately 10 times.
0 stops. Furthermore, after 5 rotations of idle rotation, the intermittent gear 33 comes to the position where it next meshes with the binion gear 34, and it becomes possible to exchange -40 to the next belt-shaped hygienic force. From then on, repeat the same operation.

"Other Embodiments" In the embodiments described above, the handle 10 is equipped with an intermittent drive gear mechanism 30.
If you have a power supply, you can drive it electrically. This electric motor side is a well-known mechanism as described in the prior art described above. In the embodiment described above, the roll container 16 was removed when being set in the housing 2. However, the housing 2 may have a shape that allows the roll container 16 to be set and fixed in the housing 2 as it is. In this case, the opening 1 of the roll container 16
7 may be configured to be large enough to allow the belt-shaped sanitary cover 40 to pass through easily.

FIGS. 5(a) and 5(1) show other embodiments of the sanitary cover 40, the guide groove 8 of the toilet seat 1, and the locking element 9.

The band-shaped sanitary cover 40 shown in FIG. 5(b) is an example in which the guide portions 41 at both ends in the width direction are formed in a T-shape. The guide portion 41 is formed to be thicker than the main body of the belt-shaped sanitary cover 40. Therefore, the guide portion 41 does not lose its shape. This method of forming a thick wall uses the same material as a well-made
・Made by pasting or coating, or by forming it thickly from the beginning during molding. As shown in FIG. 5(a), the guide groove 8 and the locking hole 9 are also shaped like a 1' character to match this shape.

FIG. 5(d) shows an L-shaped sanitary cover 40.
Not shown. As shown in FIG. 5(c), an L-shaped guide groove 8,
A locking hole 9 is provided. FIG. 5(f) shows the guiding part 41 by bending one end of the --shaped belt-shaped sanitary cover 40 in the opposite direction.
This is an example of forming a . FIG. 5(e) shows the guide structure of the toilet seat 1 that guides the sanitary cover 40. Figure 5 (g)
1 is an example in which a guide groove 8 and a locking hole 9 are provided on the bottom surface of the toilet seat 1. The belt-shaped sanitary cover 40 has the same shape as that shown in FIG. 5(b), or has a wider coverage area of the toilet seat 1 and a slightly wider width.

FIGS. 5(i) and 5(j) show a cross section of the belt-shaped sanitary cover 40 having a ■-shaped guide portion 41 and the toilet seat 1 thereof. Fifth
Figures (1) and (K) show cross sections of a belt-shaped sanitary cover 40 having a U-shaped guide portion and the toilet seat 1 thereof. The band-shaped sanitary cover 40 described above is provided with guide portions 41 at both ends in the width direction. The sectional view of the toilet seat 1 shown in FIG. 6 shows the guide groove 8 and the locking hole 9.
This is an example in which a lining 43 is provided on the inner surface of the guide groove 8 and the engaging hole 9 of the belt-shaped sanitary cover 40.

The lining 43 is made of a material with high solid lubricating properties so that the guide portion 41 of the belt-shaped sanitary cover 40 can easily slip. 7th
The illustrated example is an example in which the guide groove 8 and locking hole 9 on the inner peripheral side of the toilet seat 1 are enlarged. The inner periphery of the toilet seat 1 is designed to slide smoothly even if the band-shaped sanitary cover 1 has wavy wrinkles. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 8(a), one guide groove 8 is provided. The guide groove 8 is provided along the toilet seat 1 at approximately the center of the upper surface of the toilet seat 1. The belt-shaped sanitary cover 40 is provided with a guide portion 41 of - book. Although the band-shaped sanitary cover 40 is not stable, it can be smoothly moved along the guide groove 8.

The band-shaped sanitary cover 40 shown in FIG. 9(b) is an example using paper. The paper is wavy and has a lot of elasticity. At both ends in the width direction of this belt-shaped sanitary cover 40, an outer circumferential guide portion 41a and an inner circumferential guide portion 41b each having a circular cross section are provided.
is the provision. outer circumference guide part 41a, inner circumference guide part 411)
is made of synthetic resin. The method of adhering synthetic resin to paper is carried out by impregnating paper with resin. The outer peripheral guide portion 41a is
Use resin that stretches easily. The inner guide portion 4 lb is made of relatively hard resin.

Therefore, even if the band-shaped sanitary cover 40 is slid along the toilet seat 1, the inner circumferential guide portion 41b that slides on the inner circumferential side having the curvature at the tip of the toilet seat 1 moves without stretching. On the other hand, the outer periphery guide portion 41a is made of resin because the outer periphery of the toilet seat 1 is long. Since paper is highly elastic, it stretches along the outer circumferential guide portion 41a. Also,
The paper band-shaped sanitary cover 40 may be laminated with synthetic resin for waterproofing, if necessary.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail below, in the present invention, the toilet seat is covered with a belt-shaped sanitary cover having a guide portion, so that the belt-shaped sanitary cover can be smoothly moved over the toilet seat. Additionally, since the toilet seat can be replaced in a cassette style, the sanitary cover roll can be quickly replaced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an overview of an embodiment of the manual cassette type toilet seat with a sanitary cover of the present invention, Fig. 2 (a> is a sectional view of the toilet seat, Fig. 2(b) is a sectional view of a band-shaped sanitary cover, 3 is an exploded view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the fourth section is a diagram showing the inside of the intermittent drive gear mechanism, and FIGS. 5(a) to (1) are sectional views showing other embodiments of the toilet seat. 6 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the belt-shaped sanitary cover, FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the guide groove of the toilet seat, FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing still another embodiment of the guide groove of the toilet seat, and FIG.
a) is a sectional view showing another embodiment of a toilet seat with only one guide groove;
FIG. 8(b) is a cross-sectional view of a band-shaped sanitary cover used for the toilet seat of FIG. 8(a), FIG. 9(a> is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment in which a guide roller is provided on the toilet seat, )) is an example of a band-shaped sanitary cover using paper. 1-Toilet seat, 2-Housing, 3-Frame, 4-Hygiene force meter, 5-Lock, 8 Guide groove, 9-Latching hole, 10-Handle, 20--Hygiene force roll, 30-Intermittent drive gear mechanism , 37 - Drive lever, 40 - Band-shaped sanitary cover, 41 - Guide section Applicant House Construction Co., Ltd. Agent Tomisaki
Moto Sei OJ No. 8 (a) No. 9 (a) Figure (b) Figure (b)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sanitary cover for a toilet seat having a horseshoe-shaped toilet seat,
A belt-shaped sanitary cover comprising a long continuous belt-shaped sanitary cover, and a guide section provided in the longitudinal direction of the belt-shaped sanitary cover for guiding the belt-shaped sanitary cover along a guide groove provided on the toilet seat. sanitary cover. 2. The band-shaped sanitary cover according to item 1, wherein the guide portions are provided at both widthwise ends of the band-shaped sanitary cover. 3. A toilet seat using the band-shaped sanitary cover according to item 1, characterized in that it has a guide groove that guides the guide portion of the band-shaped sanitary cover along the curvature of the toilet seat. 4. The toilet seat according to item 3, wherein the guide groove has two guide grooves for guiding both widthwise ends of the band-shaped sanitary cover.