JPH0366846A - Rotary type water closet unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent urine from splashing to the surrounding by furnishing a sensing means for the body length of user at a urinal, and adjusting its mounting angle on the basis of the obtained value. CONSTITUTION:A means 26 to sense the body length of user is installed on a urinal unit, wherein the mounting angle of the urinal 15 can be varied by a motor. A control device is installed to adjust the angle of the urinal on the basis of the value given by this sensing means 26. When the user stands in front of the urinal 15 and a switch 28 is pushed, the angle of urinal 15 is varied according to his body length. This prevents the urine from splashing to the surrounding.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rotatable male urinal unit.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of rotary toilet unit was developed, for example, by
As shown in Japanese Patent No. 29359, it had a structure as shown in FIG.

That is, the toilet bowl 1 rotates around the rotating shaft 2 as a fulcrum.

A toilet seat 4 is attached to the excretion port 3 side of the toilet bowl 1 so as to be openable and closable. 5 is a cleaning nozzle, and 6 is an operating lever. Reference numeral 7 denotes a drain trap, and the waste is discharged to the outside of the vessel through the drain trap and drain pipe 8. 9 is the door.

With the above configuration, when the toilet is used for toileting or for a woman's toilet, the toilet bowl 1 and the toilet seat 4 are rotated to a horizontal position, and the user sits on the toilet seat and defecates. Next, in the case of men's errands, the toilet bowl 1 is placed in a horizontal position, and the toilet seat 4 is erected vertically, so that the user urinates so that urine does not come onto the toilet seat 4.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above configuration, when a man does errands, he stands the toilet seat 4 vertically and urinates toward the excretion port 3; Since the mouth 3 is located at a low position and opens parallel to the floor, it is difficult to discharge urine into the excretion port 3. As a result, there have been problems such as urine splashing onto the toilet bowl 1 and the toilet seat 4 and staining the floor surface with urine.

The present invention solves such conventional problems, and aims to provide a toilet that allows men to easily perform errands while maintaining a configuration that does not take up much space like the conventional rotating toilet unit. .

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the rotating toilet unit of the present invention includes a male urinal that can be rotated by fitting into a driving means, a height detection means for detecting the height of the user of the toilet. , and a control means for adjusting the drive amount of the drive means based on the detected value of the height detection means.

Function: With the above-described configuration, the present invention detects the height of the toilet user, determines the suitable angle of the male urinal that suits the height, and drives the rotating angle of the male urinal to the suitable angle using the drive device. This is how it was done.

Example Embodiments of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 8.

In Figures 1 to 3, 10 is a seat-angle toilet with an excretion opening 11, and the upper surface of the toilet 10 on the excretion opening 11 side is a toilet seat 12 for sitting. During excretion,
Alternatively, a drainage supply pipe 13 is installed to supply water to wash away excrement in the toilet bowl 10 after defecation, and a drainage supply pipe 14 is attached to the back side of the toilet bowl 10 to supply water to flush away urine during urination.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a urinal for men, and the urinal 10 is inserted into the excretion port 16 of the urinal 15 for men, so that the urinal IO and the urinal 15 for men overlap. Male urinal 1
A drainage supply pipe 17 is attached to the inside of 5 for supplying water to wash away urine during errands. 18 is the toilet bowl 10,
This is a support portion that supports the male urinal 15. The support part 1
Attached to 8 is a rotating shaft 19 that serves as a fulcrum when the toilet bowl 10 and the men's urinal bowl 15 rotate. Toilet bowl 10
, the male urinals 15 individually rotate from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction about the rotating shaft 19 as a fulcrum. This rotation is
Driving means 2 for the toilet bowl 10 consisting of a motor 20 and a gear 21
2, a male urinal 15 consisting of a motor 23 and a gear 24
It is rotated by the drive means 25 of. 34 is an encoder that detects the angle of the male urinal 15. 26 is a height detection means for detecting the height of the user of the men's urinal 15 by vertically arranging infrared sensors 27; 28 is the urinal 10;
An operation switch 29 selects which of the urinals 115 and 115 to use.
5 is selected, the control means controls the drive amount of the drive means 25 according to the detected value of the height detection means 26, and when the toilet IO is selected by the operation switch 28, the two control means control the toilet. Drive means 22 until 10 is at a horizontal angle.
drive. 39 is a dirt receptacle, and 31 is a waste discharge pipe.

FIG. 4 shows height detection and angle setting of the male urinal 15, in which the height detection means 26 detects the height Ha of the user 32 of the male urinal 15 standing in front of the toilet. In this method, infrared sensors 27 having high directivity in the vertical direction are arranged in a row in the vertical direction, and each infrared sensor 2
7 respectively perform human body detection, and determine that the height Ha of the user 32 is between the height Hb of the sensor that detected the human body and the height Hc of the sensor that did not detect the human body. Height H
The estimated value Ha' of a is determined by Ha' - (Ha+Hb)/2.

On the other hand, the optimal setting angle θset of the male urinal 15 is
The height Hd of the tip 33 of the male urinal 15 is set to match the corrected height Hf lower than the crotch height He of the user 32. That is, the height Hd of the tip 33 of the male urinal 15 is Hd=He-Hf. This inseam height He is generally correlated with height and He! qo, 45H
It is said that a. The correction height Hf is a dimension provided to facilitate the act of urination by men and to absorb various variations. Once Hd is determined, since the installation height Hg of the rotating shaft 19 and the dimension La from the rotating shaft 19 to the tip 33 are known, the setting angle θset is θ5et=stn
-' ((Hd-Hg)/La).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the control contents of the angle setting of the male urinal 15 by the control means 29.
In step 40, if the operation switch 28 is operated to select the use of the male urinal 15, the process proceeds to detection of the height of the stage 41, otherwise the process returns and is repeated until the switch operation occurs. The height detection in step 41 is performed by the height detection means 26.
The estimated height Hl detected by is taken in. Step 42 calculates the toilet setting angle θs from Hl based on the following equation.
Determine et.

θ5et=sin-'[((0,451+a'-)1
f)-Hg) /La] Step 43 is the encoder 34
Step 44 compares the set angle θset with the rotation angle θ, and if the rotation angle θ becomes the same as the set angle θset, the motor 23 is stopped at step 45. to finish the settings. If not, proceed to step 46, step 46
If the rotation angle θ is larger than the set angle θset, the motor 23 is rotated in the normal direction in step 47. If it is smaller, the motor 23 is reversed in step 48. When the motor 23 rotates in the normal direction, it drives the male urinal 15 so that the rotation angle θ becomes smaller, and when it rotates in the reverse direction, it drives the rotation angle θ to become larger. While the motor 23 is being driven, the process returns to step 43 and is repeated until the rotation angle θ reaches the set angle θset.

Figures 6 to 8 show the usage conditions, and in Figure 6, 35
is used for urination and for women. 36A in Figure 7
is used by short men for short errands.

In FIG. 8, 36B indicates a tall male user for short errands.

In the above configuration, when the toilet bowl 10 is used for urination and for women's toilets, use of the toilet bowl 10 is selected using the operation switch 28. Then, the driving means 23 and 25 are driven and the toilet bowl 1
0. Place the male urinal 15 in the horizontal direction.

Then, the user sits on the toilet seat 12 and urinates into the excretion port 11 in the same way as a conventional Western-style toilet. That is, it is performed in the posture of the user 35 in FIG. During or after excretion, the excrement is sent to the waste receptacle section 10 by flowing water from the waste water supply pipe 13, and is further discharged to the outside of the vessel through the waste discharge pipe 31.

Next, for a man's urinal, but for a person of short stature such as a child, the driving means 23 is used to make the toilet bowl 10 vertical.
The male urinal 15 is rotated to a lower position based on the value detected by the height detection means 26. So the male urinal 15
The person stands in front of the toilet and urinates into the excretion port 16. That is, the seventh
In the case of a tall person such as an adult, the urinal 10 for men is placed vertically, and the urinal 15 for men is placed diagonally based on the value detected by the height detecting means 26. become.

Then, he stands in front of the male urinal 15 and urinates into the excretion port 16. That is, it is performed in the state of the user 36B in FIG. During this errand, in addition to the excretion opening, the back side of the toilet bowl 10 can also be used as an opening, so that leakage of urine to the outside can be prevented. Sewage such as urine is collected through the drainage supply pipe 1 as described above.
By flowing water from 4.17, the waste receptacle is sent to the section 30, and is further discharged to the outside of the device through the water pipe 31.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the rotary toilet unit of the present invention provides the following effects.

(1) By appropriately changing the rotation angle of the male urinal according to the user's height, the height of the excretion port becomes appropriate for the user's height, reducing the user's concerns. At the same time, it is possible to prevent contamination of the surrounding area.

(2) In the case of men's urinals, the opening of the urine receptacle is not only the opening of the men's urinal, but also the back side of the toilet can be used as an opening, so the receptacle has a wide opening and the urine can be It is possible to prevent staining of the surrounding area due to leakage to the outside, scattering, etc.

(3) When the toilet is not in use, by standing the toilet vertically, the toilet floor becomes wider and the space around the toilet can be used for other purposes.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional front view of a rotary toilet unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of the same, and FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of the male urinal unit in use. Figure 4 shows the constituent countries explaining the same height detection and the angle setting of male urinals.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the control contents of the control means;
Figure 6 is a diagram of how the same person is used for urination and toileting for women, Figure 7 is a diagram of how it is used when a man of the same height is short, and Figure 8 is a diagram of how it is used when a man of the same height is tall. , FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional rotating toilet unit. 15... Male urinal, 25... Drive means, 26... Height detection means, 29...
...control means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A urinal for men that can freely rotate in the vertical direction; a driving means for driving the urinal for men; a height detection means for detecting the height of a user using the urinal for men; A rotating toilet unit comprising: a control means for controlling a driving amount of the driving means according to a detected value.