JPH05295905A - Toilet room - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a toilet which can extremely easily used by a wheelchair user. CONSTITUTION:Closet boothes 2, 102 are arrangedly provided at a front and a rear space along the wall face 201 on one side of a toilet room 1, and an urinal booth 30 in a middle part is arranged between the toilet boothes 2, 102, and the quantities of protrusion in the direction of a passage 60 of the toilet boothes 2, 102 are set up to be large, and the quantity of protrusion of the urinal booth 30 in the middle part is set up to be small. The front and the rear toilet boothes 2, 102 are symmetrically provided with entrances 5, 105, and interior equipment such as closets 15, 115 which are provided in the toilet boothes 2, 102 and semicircular in plane view and wash stands 8, 108 are symmetrically arrangedly provided. A turning space for a wheelchair is provided on the outside of the toilet booth in a middle part between the front and the rear toilet booth. Wheelchair users are mostly paralyzed on the right or the left side of a body, and turn the wheelchair in the turning space in the middle part, and can utilize the toilet room having the utilizable closet on the right or the left side as one faces.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toilet room which is convenient for users such as wheelchairs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, toilets provided on railroad trains are arranged along a wall such as a toilet bowl booth, a handwash booth, a urine booth, etc., which are separated from each other in the length direction of the train. Are formed at right angles to the passage.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned toilet, the toilet booth is provided with an entrance and exit at a right angle to the passage, and the installed toilet bowl is provided so as to project in the front direction of the entrance or left or right. It is installed so as to be inclined to the side. As a result, when a wheelchair user tries to use it, it is difficult to get in and out of the wheelchair because the entrance is installed at a right angle to the aisle and in a flat plate shape. It is difficult to use the vessel.

By the way, most wheelchair users have paralyzed one of the left and right legs and hands, and when moving in a wheelchair, entering a toilet booth, using a toilet bowl, using a handwasher, etc. In many cases, it is easy to use the left side or the right side, that is, for wheelchair users, there are left-hand and right-hand use when using a wheelchair, moving, using a toilet bowl, using a handwasher, etc. The toilet booth is inconvenient in terms of usability.

Further, since the toilet booths and the like are arranged side by side with the same width in the aisle in the toilet room, the aisle width is narrow and constant, it is difficult for the wheelchair to turn, and it is difficult to use the toilet in the wheelchair. , Furthermore, the door of the toilet booth is parallel to the aisle,
In order to enter the toilet booth, it is often difficult to move into or enter the toilet booth because the entrance is at a right angle to the passage.

In view of the present state of the toilet room, the present inventor has improved the usability of the toilet room, particularly the usability of wheelchair users. The present invention has been made to obtain Therefore, the object of the present invention is to obtain a toilet room that can handle right-handed and left-handed wheelchair users, and when using a toilet booth in the toilet room,
It is possible to easily turn in a passage in a direction with good usability, and when it is installed in a narrow space such as a train of a railway, it is extremely effective in utilizing the space, and it is to provide an easy-to-use toilet room.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Means for solving the above-mentioned problems are as follows: In a toilet room having a toilet booth defined by the surroundings, the toilet booth installed in the toilet room is provided with an entrance and an entrance. It is a toilet room with two toilet bowls arranged side by side so that they are symmetrical. Further, the toilet booth has symmetrical entrances and urinals, and a toilet booth having a urinal is defined and installed between the toilet booths. A toilet space provided with a swirl space, and further, the toilet booth provided with the urinals between the symmetrical toilet booths has a short distance from the wall surface, outside the toilet booth provided with the urinals, between the symmetrical toilet booths, A toilet room with a wheelchair turning space. The symmetrical toilet booth has a semicircular shape in plan view, the doors of the entrance and exit are arcuate, and the doors of each toilet booth are opened and closed in a symmetrical direction. A counter is installed in the counter of the washbasin, and a recess is provided along the wall surface, and a handrail is formed by inserting a hand into the recess. Further, the toilet room is used as a part of a train train. It is a toilet room provided by wheelchair users.

[0008]

According to the above-mentioned means, the toilet bowl booth provided in the toilet room is symmetrical, the toilets etc. to be installed are provided symmetrically, and the entrances and exits are also provided symmetrically. It can handle both handedness and left-handedness, and it is easy to move into and enter the toilet booth with a wheelchair, and toilet bowls and handwashers are provided on the right or left in each toilet booth. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a layout of a toilet bowl, a hand-washing device, etc. which is easy to use depending on whether the wheelchair user is right-handed or left-handed.

Further, between the toilet booths in the toilet room,
Since a turning space for wheelchairs has been formed, it is possible to change direction in this space and easily select and use right-handed or left-handed toilet booths. Symmetrically, the plan view is semicircular, so it is easy to enter the entrance.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory perspective view of a toilet room according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of the toilet room, FIG. 3 is a front view of a toilet bowl booth, and a view in the three directions of arrows in FIG.
4 is a view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a view taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 3, and FIG. 6 is a view of an example implemented on a railway train.
6 is a sectional view taken along line 6-6, FIG. 7 is a front view of the urinal booth, and is a view in the direction of arrow 7 in FIG. 2, and FIG. 8 is a view in the direction of line 8-8 of FIG.
9 is a view taken along line 9-9 of FIG. 7, FIG. 10 is a view for explaining a state in which a counter in a toilet booth is used as a handrail, and FIG. 11 is an explanatory view for showing a state in which a toilet bowl can be raised and lowered.

In the embodiment, the toilet room 1 according to the present invention is an example implemented on a railway train. The toilet room 1 is provided in a predetermined vehicle 200 of a train, and the vehicle 200 includes left and right side walls 201 and 202, a floor 203, and a ceiling 204. The side walls 201 and 202, the floor 20
3, the ceiling 204, the front wall 205 shown in FIG. 2, and the rear wall (not shown) define the toilet room 1.

In the toilet room 1, one wall surface 201
A toilet booth is provided along the inside of the. Three toilet booths are provided in the front-rear direction. In the toilet room 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the left side is the front and the right side is the rear. The toilet booth is a toilet booth 2 equipped with a first toilet bowl from the front,
An intermediate toilet booth 30 which is installed in parallel with the urinal and is adjacent to the urinal, and a toilet booth which is installed in the toilet booth and is equipped with a second urinal that is adjacent to the toilet booth.

As described above, the toilet booth 2 having the first urinal in the front-rear direction along the wall surface 201, the booth 30 having the intermediate urinal, the toilet booth having the second urinal, and three toilets for convenience Booths are lined up next to each other. The toilet booth 2 provided with the first toilet bowl has an arcuate peripheral wall 3 at the front, and the peripheral wall projects at a right angle from the wall surface 201 toward the wall surface 202 on the opposite side, while the rear wall is spaced apart from the rear and is intermediate. The wall 4 forming the side wall of the toilet booth including the urinal is provided so as to project from the wall surface 201 toward the wall surface 202.

The front portion 3-1 of the peripheral wall 3 is curved backward in an arc shape in a plan view as shown in FIG. 2, and a flat surface is formed between the front end portion of the front portion 3-1 and the front end portion of the side wall 4. A slanted doorway 5 which is biased toward the right side, that is, rearward is provided, and the doorway 5 is provided so as to be biased to a toilet booth provided with a urinal in the central portion. The doorway 5 is opened and closed by an arc-shaped door 6 having a semicircular shape in plan view, and a front wall 3-1 of the peripheral wall is provided with an arc-shaped gap 3-2 for housing the door. The door 6 is preferably an automatic opening / closing type in consideration of wheelchair users.

The first toilet booth 2 is arranged so as to be offset toward the front, and the inner wall surface of the toilet booth 3 is formed by utilizing the side wall surface 201 of the toilet room 1, and the peripheral wall 3 is the front wall. An entrance 206 from the outside is opened in the front part of the side wall surface 201 close to and separated from 205, and is opened and closed by a door 207, and an inside entrance 208 is opened in the part of the front wall 205 opposite to the toilet booth. Has been established.

A back wall 201 in the toilet booth 2, a narrow counter 7 with a small amount of projection of the peripheral wall 3 into the room, and a front plate 10 are provided to form a piping case.
Has a substantially inverted L shape in a plan view, and a wash basin 8 connected to the counter 7 is continuously provided inside the arcuate front portion 3-1.
Is curved and protrudes more toward the indoor side than the counter 7.
The wash basin 8 is provided with a wash basin 9, and the front plate 10 on the peripheral wall 3 side of the counter 7 is a tilting type, is plate-shaped as shown in FIG. 1, and is pulled out toward the front and tilted downward to change clothes. A changeable floor 11 serving as a floor is provided so as to be retractable and retractable, and the changeable floor 11 is stored upright in a recess 10-1 provided in the front plate 10.

A storage box 12 for storing makeup paper, tissue paper, etc. is provided above the front plate 10 of the counter 7, and the counter wall 7 of the peripheral wall 3 stands on the wall in a standing state. A multi-purpose table 13 that is stored in one and is pulled out to serve as a baby bed or a storage table is provided so as to be retractable. The counter 7 is provided with a concave groove 14 on the upper surface so that the rear end portion abuts on the surface of the peripheral wall 3. The concave groove 14 is inserted relative to the front portion of the counter 7 by inserting a hand as shown in FIG. The handrail is formed by the protrusion protruding to the side.

A wall surface 4 of the toilet booth 2 opposite to the peripheral wall 3
Is attached to the wall 15 so that the toilet bowl 15 projects in a direction perpendicular to the wall surface 4.
A handrail 16 having a tip portion bent into an L shape in plan view is provided on the side of the entrance / exit side of the toilet bowl 15 so that the handrail 16 can be tilted up and down as shown in FIG. 3, and the handrail 16 grips the tip portion. Since it becomes an obstacle when not in use or when entering or leaving the toilet bowl 15 with a wheelchair, when standing in or out of the toilet bowl 15 it is stored upright and stored on the wall surface 4, and when using the toilet bowl 15, 1,
It is pulled out and used as a handrail as shown in FIGS.
The handrail 16 may be of an automatic tilting type. Also toilet bowl 15
The operation panel 17 of the toilet bowl 15 is arranged in the portion 7-1 of the counter 7 along the side wall 201 opposite to the handrail 16. Further, a handrail 18 is provided in this portion 7-1 of the counter, and a toilet bowl 15 is arranged between the handrail 16 and the handrail 18, so that the portion 7-1 of the counter has an indoor front portion. Is provided with a storage box 19. In addition, above the toilet bowl on the wall surface 4 having the toilet bowl 15, there is a storage portion 25 for the toilet seat.

On the surface of the side wall 201 in the toilet room 2, a window 209 is provided above the counter 7, and the window 20 is provided.
9 is a glass plate that can be changed from transparent to opaque (frosted glass, etc.) by switch operation, or a half mirror that cannot see the inside from the outside, and 24 shown in FIG. 4 is a makeup provided on the peripheral wall surface 3. It is a mirror. In addition, the interior ceiling 20
Is provided, and lighting is provided in the ceiling recess 21, and 22 shown in FIG. 3 is a counter section 7-1 on the side of the toilet bowl 15.
This is a dust box provided on the front plate 10-1 for storing dirt. Further, reference numeral 23 in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 denotes an umbrella stand for standing and holding an umbrella or a cane. The toilet bowl 15 provided in the toilet room 2 can be adjusted up and down as shown in FIGS. 3 and 11.

The toilet booth 30 in the middle portion is provided with a side wall 31 which is spaced apart from the side wall 4 of the toilet booth 2 at the rear side.
Between the toilet booth 2 and the toilet booth 2, the amount of protrusion from the side wall surface 201 of the toilet room 1 is small, and a sufficient depth dimension to the side wall surface 201 is required for standing and using the urinal. Prepare Therefore, the amount of protrusion toward the side wall surface 202 is about half of the toilet booth 2 or about 2/3.

The toilet booth 30 in the middle is provided with side walls 4, 3
The front part of 1 is curved inwardly so as to be symmetrical to each other, and is provided with an inlet / outlet 32 opened between the front end parts of the side walls 4 and 31, and the inner wall surface 209 also serves as a piping case along this. A counter 33 and a front plate 34 are provided, and the front plate 34
A urinal 35 is disposed in a portion of the right side of FIG. The door 32 is provided with an automatic opening / closing door 47.

On the surface of the front plate 34 opposite to the urinal 35, a handrail 36 is projected from the front plate 35 in parallel with the toilet 35, and on the counter 33, a window 210 similar to the toilet room 2 is provided. A horizontally long handrail 37 is provided between the lower part and the lower part, and a front panel 34 is provided with an operation panel 38 and a storage case 39 such as tissue paper and paper towel. A hand washbasin 40 is provided on the wall surface 4 on the side opposite to the side having the toilet bowl 35, and a washbasin 41 is provided. The washbasin 40 has a basin 41 portion bulging toward the front side and a counter portion 42 above. Equipped with.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, the front plate 3
4 has the same dust box 4 as the toilet booth 2 above.
3, an umbrella stand, and a cane stand 44 are provided. And
A makeup mirror 45 is disposed above the washbasin 40 on the wall surface 4 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, and a dust box 45 for the washstand 40 is provided.

A toilet booth 102 similar to the toilet booth 2 described above is provided along the wall surface 201 behind the toilet booth 30 in the middle. This toilet booth 102
The toilet booth 2 and the internal structure are symmetrical in plan view, and the peripheral wall 103 is separated from the wall surface 31 in the rearward direction. The peripheral wall 103 is symmetrical to the peripheral wall 3, and the front portion 103-1 is symmetrically curved in an arc shape. A slanted doorway 105 that is biased forward with the front end of the side wall 31 is provided symmetrically with the doorway 5, and the doorways 5 and 10 of the toilet booth 2 and 102 having a toilet bowl.
5 is symmetrically opened to the toilet booth 30 in the middle.

The toilet booth 102 has a counter 107, a washbasin 1 similar to the toilet booth 2 on the inner surface of the peripheral wall 103.
08, a toilet bowl 115 back and forth on the side wall 31 of the middle toilet room 30, a handrail 116 that can be retracted, and a side wall 201
Similarly, a fixed handrail 118 on the side, a concave groove 114 of the counter 7, a waste container box 122, a storage box 119, an operation panel 117, and the like are provided, and the window 211 has the same function as described above, and the ceiling 120 and the concave portion where the lighting is installed are provided. 121 is also formed in the same manner as above.

The toilet booths 2, 102 having the above-mentioned toilet bowls 15, 115 are the toilet bowls 15, 115, the counter 7,
All interior equipment such as 107 and wash basins 8 and 108 are arranged symmetrically. Therefore, as shown in a plan view of FIG. 2, the toilet booths 2 and 102 are separated from each other in the front and rear of the toilet room 1 with the intermediate toilet room 30 interposed therebetween.
Devices such as the doorways 5, 105 and the toilet bowls 15, 115 installed inside are symmetrically arranged.

The above-mentioned toilet booth 2, peripheral wall 3 of 102
Handrails 50 and 150 are provided on the outer side surface of 103 from a portion close to the wall surface 102 to a portion close to the entrances 5 and 105, and a handrail 51 is provided on the opposite side wall surface 202 in the front-rear direction. Also, on the front wall 205 of the toilet room 1,
Handrail 52 used to enter and leave the toilet room 1
To provide.

A passage 60 is provided between the front and rear toilet booths 2 and 102, the intermediate toilet booth 30 and the opposite side wall surface 202. In the passage 60, the width W between the front and rear toilet booths 2 and 102 and the side wall surface 202 is set to be necessary and sufficient for the wheelchair 70 to go straight.
Is the width between the handrails 50 and 150.

Since the toilet booth 30 in the middle is a urinal booth, the side wall 20 is larger than the front and rear toilet booths 2 and 102.
The protrusion width from 1 is small, and therefore the width W1 between the front and rear toilet booths 2 and 102 and the side wall surface 202 is sufficiently larger than the width W. And the front and rear toilet booths 2,
The symmetrically facing entrances and exits 5, 105 of 102 are arcuate, and the outside of the intermediate toilet booth 30 and the side wall surface 202.
A space 61 in which the wheelchair 70 shown by a circular locus can turn is formed between and.

As described above, the toilet room 1 enters and exits through the entrance 208 of the front wall 205 or the entrance of the rear wall (not shown).
Enter and exit toilet room 1 from other vehicles. In addition, the entrance to and exit from the platform are the doorways 207 with left and right doors.
Enter and exit from 210.

Since the passage 60 is formed as described above, only the wheelchair 70 can pass through the outside of the front and rear toilet rooms 2 and 102, and the wheelchair 70 faces the outside of the intermediate toilet booth 30. In this portion of the passage 60, there is formed a space portion 61 in which the wheelchair 70 can turn, and the wheelchair 70 is moved to the space portion 61 to change the wheelchair to a posture in which it is easy to enter the toilet booth 30 in the middle portion. Also, by turning, the posture is changed to one of the entrances and exits 5 and 105 of the front and rear toilet booths 2 and 102, and the advancing direction of the wheelchair 70 is adjusted to the entrances and exits 5 and 105 of the required toilet booth 2 and 102.

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the wheelchair 70 is about to enter the rear toilet booth 102, and either one of the front and rear toilet booths 2 and 102 is selected as a right hemiplegia or left hemiplegia of the wheelchair user. Toilet booth 2, 1 depending on the condition
Select 02. The user enters the toilet booth 2 or 102 while the wheelchair 70 is still in the toilet bowl 15 or 11
Since 5 is in the opposite direction, it is used by entering the toilet booth 2 or 102 in the easy-to-use toilet 5 or 15 direction.

Toilet booths 2 and 102 are toilet bowls 5 and 10, respectively.
Since the handrails 16 and 116 of 5 can be tilted up and down, there is no hindrance when moving to the toilet bowl, and while sitting on the toilet bowl, the handrails 16 and 116 are tilted and used as a handrail,
Since the wash basins 8 and 108 are also in the vicinity, they are easy to use. or,
Since the operation panel is also provided on the side of the toilet bowl 5, it is easy to operate and an optimal toilet booth can be obtained for each of the left and right paralyzed states of the wheelchair user.

It should be noted that the toilet can be used by anyone other than a wheelchair user as a matter of course. In addition to the handrail, counters 7 and 107 in the toilet room are provided with concave grooves 14 and 114. Therefore, an old person or the like can use it as a handrail by inserting a hand into the groove other than the handrail. Further, the toilet bowls 15, 115 are convenient because they can be raised and lowered as described above.

[0035]

As is apparent from the above, according to the present invention,
A toilet booth with a toilet bowl is installed along the side wall in front of and behind the toilet room that is long in the front and back, and an intermediate toilet booth is installed between the toilet booths. Symmetrically facing inward, the toilet bowl and the interior equipment were placed in symmetrical directions in the front and rear toilet rooms, so for wheelchair users, right hemiplegia,
Depending on the situation of left hemiplegia, it is very convenient for wheelchair users to use an easy-to-use toilet bowl or a toilet booth equipped with equipment.

In particular, according to the present invention, the front and rear toilet booths are semicircular in plan view, the entrances and exits are symmetrically arranged, and the doors are circular in plan view (arc shape). Wheelchairs can be used in the aisles and toilet booths.

Further, according to the present invention, since a wheelchair turning space is secured in the passage between the toilet booth in the middle portion where the amount of protrusion from the wall surface between the front and rear toilet booths is small, and the wall surface on the opposite side, the wheelchair is By using this part of the room, you can select and use the front and rear toilet booths that turn left and right, making it easy to select an easy-to-use toilet booth, and a wheelchair user can get the optimum toilet ..

Furthermore, by implementing the above-mentioned toilet on a railway train, it is possible to obtain a toilet that is extremely easy to use for the physically handicapped persons including wheelchair users, the elderly, etc. Widely available for railroad trains,
You can get an easy-to-use toilet room.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory perspective view of a toilet room according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of the toilet room.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a toilet bowl booth in the toilet room,
View in the direction of arrow 3 in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a view taken along line 4-4 of FIG.

5 is a view taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 3 above.

[Fig. 6] Fig. 6 is a diagram of an example implemented on a railroad train, and is taken at 6-6 in Fig. 2.
Line cross section

FIG. 7 is a front view of the urinal booth in the toilet room,
View in the direction of arrow 7 in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a view taken along line 8-8 of FIG.

9 is a view taken along line 9-9 of FIG. 7 above.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a state where the counter in the toilet booth is used as a handrail.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the toilet bowl can be raised and lowered.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Toilet room, 2, 102 ... Toilet booth with a toilet bowl installed, 5, 105 ... Doorway, 6, 106 ...
Is a door, 7,107 ... counter, 8,108 ... washbasin, 14,114 ... recess, 15,115 ... toilet bowl,
30 ... toilet booth with urinals, 61 ... turning space, 70 ... wheelchair.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. In a toilet room having a toilet booth defined by the surroundings, two toilet booths installed in the toilet room are arranged side by side so that the entrance and exit and the toilet bowl installed are symmetrical. Toilet room that is characterized by: 2. The toilet room according to claim 1, wherein the toilet booth is provided with entrances and urinals symmetrically arranged, and a toilet booth provided with a urinal is defined and installed between the toilet booths. 3. The toilet room according to claim 1, wherein a turning space for a wheelchair is provided between the symmetrical toilet booths. 4. A toilet booth provided with a urinal between the symmetrical toilet booths has a short distance from a wall surface, and a wheelchair is swung outside the toilet booth provided with the urinals, between the symmetrical toilet booths. Claim 3 provided with a space
Toilet room. 5. The toilet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the symmetrical toilet booth has a semicircular shape in plan view, the doors of the entrance and exit are arcuate, and the doors of each toilet booth are opened and closed in a symmetrical direction. Room. 6. A washbasin is installed in the toilet booth,
2. The toilet room according to claim 1, wherein the counter of the washbasin is provided with a recess along the wall surface, and a handrail is formed by inserting a hand into the recess.